Recaps

The Akatsuki Organization assembled on a slope overlooking the Ninja Village Allied Forces' main camp and prepared to attack. The Six Paths of Pain launched Tailed Beast Balls at the camp, leaving the advancing allied ninja staring back at the bombardment.

• The Akatsuki Organization members gathered on a high slope as Obito confirmed the allied forces had been drawn into battle elsewhere.
• The Six Paths of Pain arrived, and the Deva Path ordered the group to capture Killer B and Naruto Uzumaki and kill anyone who resisted.
• The allied forces spotted the Akatsuki Organization and rushed out of their camp as its barriers activated and searchlights came on.
• The five Jinchuriki entered Tailed Beast Transformation and formed Tailed Beast Balls.
• Yugito Nii and the other four Jinchuriki fired their Tailed Beast Balls, which struck the main camp before the allied forces could respond.

The Akatsuki Organization launched a major assault on the Ninja Village Allied Forces' headquarters, but its layered barriers and counterattack showed the battle would be a clash between powerful forces. The Six Paths of Pain broke through the Allied Forces' defenders and entered the headquarters as Obito sent Muku into battle and Zetsu searched for two Jinchuriki.

• The Five Tailed Beast Balls broke through one of the headquarters' three barriers, and the Deva Path deflected the Allied Forces' counterattack into the forest.
• The Akatsuki Organization advanced toward the headquarters, with Hiruko, Ranmaru, Deidara, Hidan, Kakuzu, Juzo Biwa, and Scorpion joining the charge.
• Obito released Muku, ordered him to prove his worth, and watched him transform into Enlightenment and rush into the battle.
• Obito sent Zetsu to find the two Jinchuriki, then vanished using Kamui.
• The Six Paths of Pain overwhelmed the Allied Forces' troops and compound ninjutsu, then entered the headquarters through a gap in its barrier.

Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and the Akatsuki attacked the Allied Forces’ base, but the Five Kage and other shinobi rallied to fight back. Hiruko infiltrated the medical camp to take Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and confronted the wounded shinobi guarding the severely injured ward.

• The Two-Tails Jinchuriki fired a Tailed Beast Ball through the base, and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki began charging another.
• The Fourth Raikage struck the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Five Kage and allied shinobi joined the battle against the attackers.
• Hiruko killed the medical camp’s guards with Storm Release: Laser Circus and searched the tents for Kakashi.
• Hiruko entered the severely wounded ward, absorbed Asuma’s Great Ash Pile Burning with Nether Release, and found Asuma and other injured shinobi waiting there.

Hiruko attacked the wounded Jonin, but Sasuke intervened and fought him at high speed. Meanwhile, Obito entered Kakashi’s tent and reclaimed his Mangekyō Sharingan, intending to use it to oppose Nagato and create a world without war.

• Hiruko taunted the wounded Jonin and attacked Asuma after Asuma condemned him.
• Sasuke appeared in State Two, saved Asuma, and clashed with Hiruko using his Sharingan and Lightning Release Chakra.
• Obito entered Kakashi’s tent while the others were distracted and confirmed that Itachi had defeated Team Kakashi.
• Obito removed Kakashi’s left Mangekyō Sharingan and implanted it in his own empty eye socket.
• Obito told the sleeping Kakashi to rest while he pursued his plan to create a world without war.

Shinji waited aboard the Flying Fortress while Nagato’s new Six Paths of Pain attacked the Allied Forces’ main camp. As the battle spread across the camp, Obito learned that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had appeared but the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was missing.

• Shinji arrived near the main camp with Karin, Nameless, Yakumo, Haku, Neji, and Kimimaro, but decided to wait until Nagato revived the Ten-Tails before acting.
• Nagato’s five Jinchuriki transformed into their Tailed Beasts and overwhelmed the camp, while Killer B, Tsunade, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Pakura fought them.
• Tsunade asked where Naruto and Yakumo were, and Shizune reported that neither was in the camp.
• Obito appeared on a hill with Zetsu and asked whether the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had been located.
• Zetsu reported that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was surrounded by Allied Forces shinobi, but Naruto was nowhere to be found.

Obito and Zetsu watched the Akatsuki’s surprise attack falter as the Allied Forces subdued several Tailed Beasts and held off the other attackers. Nagato refused Konan’s offer to join the battle, reminding her that the Jinchuriki were also his Six Paths of Pain.

• Obito asked Zetsu for news about Shinji Uchiha, who had vanished with several Military Police members, and learned that Nameless’s identity remained unknown.
• A Konoha shinobi used the Mind Body Switch Technique on Six-Tails Saiken, turning it away from the Allied Forces’ camp and toward Two-Tails.
• Tsunade, Yamato, and Torune Aburame subdued Five-Tails Kokuō with Wood Release and nanoscopic Kikaichū.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi’s Earth Release team brought down and pinned Seven-Tails.
• The Allied Forces recovered from the surprise attack and held the Akatsuki members at bay, while Nagato rejected Konan’s offer to fight Eight-Tails because the Jinchuriki were his Six Paths of Pain.

The Allied Forces suffered major setbacks as Nagato’s Paths turned the tide across several battlefields. Jiraiya tried to persuade the Deva Path to abandon his plan, then sprang a prepared sealing trap when Nagato refused.

• The Two-Tails extracted Fu Yamanaka’s soul from the Six-Tails, killing him and returning the Six-Tails to Nagato’s control.
• The Seven-Tails summoned giant creatures against Ōnoki’s forces, while the Five-Tails fired missiles that killed and wounded shinobi, including Torune Aburame.
• Tsunade activated her Yin Seal and summoned Katsuyu as Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Pakura agreed they might have to kill the Jinchuriki to stop the Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya challenged the Deva Path’s plan to rule as a god and warned him of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy, but Nagato refused to change course.
• Jiraiya gave the signal, and hidden Konoha shinobi used chains and Sealing Jutsu to bind the Deva Path.

Jiraiya and the Allied Forces used prepared traps and the Five Kage’s combined strength to seal Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and subdue several Tailed Beasts. The Paths were all sealed, shifting the ongoing battle in the Allied Forces’ favor.

• Jiraiya trapped the Deva Path with sealing techniques and a frog genjutsu, then pinned it with a stone sword.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade overpowered the Five-Tails, and the Sealing Team returned Han to his Jinchuriki state.
• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Pakura helped suppress the Seven-Tails, which the Sealing Team sealed along with its summoned beasts.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Pakura joined the Raikage and Killer B to fight the Two-Tails, Four-Tails, and Six-Tails near the camp.
• The Five Kage sealed the remaining Tailed Beasts and returned their Jinchuriki to their normal states, leaving all Six Paths of Pain sealed.

After sealing Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, the Five Kage and Allied Forces searched for Nagato, who appeared and challenged them. Nagato seized the Fourth Raikage and drained his chakra as the allied shinobi surrounded him and prepared to attack.

• Tsunade ordered the forces to find Nagato, and Nagato emerged from the smoke to face the Five Kage and Jiraiya.
• Nagato offered to spare the villages if Jiraiya surrendered the Tailed Beasts, but Jiraiya refused.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Nagato, who grabbed him by the throat and drained his chakra, forcing him out of Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Mei Terumi covered Nagato with Hidden Mist Technique while the allied shinobi surrounded him and Ōnoki prepared Dust Release.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Pakura, and Mei Terumi launched an assault as Nagato continued holding the Fourth Raikage.

Nagato overwhelmed the Five Kage’s coordinated attack, capturing the Fourth Raikage and Mei Terumi and knocking away Tsunade and Pakura. After surviving Ōnoki’s Dust Release unharmed, he declared that the Five Kage were no match for him, leaving the Allied Forces shaken and afraid of defeat.

• Killer B watched from a distance, trusting the Five Kage and believing Nagato could not win against them and their allies.
• Mei Terumi shrouded the battlefield in mist as Jiraiya, Tsunade, Pakura, and Mei Terumi moved in to rescue the Fourth Raikage and attack Nagato.
• Nagato repelled Jiraiya with Shinra Tensei, pulled Mei Terumi to him with Banshō Ten'in, then kicked away Tsunade and Pakura and dropped the Raikage and Mizukage.
• Ōnoki struck Nagato with Dust Release, but Nagato emerged unharmed and declared that the Five Kage were nothing special.
• The Five Kage and the Allied Forces realized Nagato surpassed Kage-level strength, and fear spread across the battlefield.

Nagato’s Super Almighty Push devastated the battlefield, allowing Obito and the White Zetsu Clones to recover the sealed Jinchuriki and restore the Six Paths of Pain. The Six Paths captured Killer B, while Nagato and his allies searched for Naruto Uzumaki; Tsunade emerged from the wreckage in shock.

• Sasuke and Hiruko continued fighting at the medical camp as Hiruko taunted Sasuke about his weakening body and praised the Akatsuki Organization’s leader.
• Nagato unleashed Super Almighty Push, flattening the battlefield and scattering the Five Kage, Jiraiya, Killer B, and the other ninja.
• Obito and the White Zetsu Clones recovered the sealed Jinchuriki, and Obito freed the Deva Path, allowing the Six Paths of Pain to rise again.
• Nagato ordered the Six Paths of Pain to bring him the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, and they defeated and captured Killer B.
• Nagato asked Obito where Naruto Uzumaki was, but Obito said he could not find him in the main camp.
• Tsunade crawled out from beneath the wreckage and saw the recovered Six Paths of Pain and captured Killer B.

Nagato captured Killer B and the Five Kage, then repelled their desperate counterattack with an unknown technique. He began summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, intent on reviving the Ten-Tails without Naruto.

• Nagato ordered the Six Paths of Pain to find Naruto Uzumaki after Akatsuki captured Killer B.
• Tsunade organized rescue efforts and treated Jiraiya and the Five Kage while Jiraiya sent Fukasaku and Shima back to Mount Myōboku.
• The Six Paths of Pain brought Jiraiya and the Five Kage before Nagato, who demanded Naruto's location and declared he would become a god.
• The Five Kage attacked Nagato together, but an unknown force sent them flying back without affecting anything else nearby.
• Nagato said he could revive the Ten-Tails without Naruto's half of the Nine-Tails, then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Shinji sent his masked subordinates into the battlefield after Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and defeated the Five Kage. As Shinji advanced toward Nagato, his allies revealed their hidden strength and loyalty, while a gigantic Susanoo appeared in the sky.

• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the defeated Allied Forces lost the will to fight as the battlefield fell silent.
• Shinji ordered his subordinates to deploy, and the masked members of his faction prepared to join him against Nagato.
• Shinji descended onto the battlefield, where Sasuke, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo revealed their Akatsuki Organization identities and stood with him.
• 'B' used Shinra Tensei against Hiruko, then 'C,' 'D,' 'F,' and 'G' arrived and bowed to Shinji, revealing their allegiance and formidable abilities.
• Shinji continued toward Nagato as his allies faced the Akatsuki Organization, and a gigantic red Susanoo emerged through the clouds.

As Shinji’s allies confronted Nagato’s Akatsuki Organization, they stopped the enemy members from reaching him and demonstrated a range of overwhelming abilities. The battle left the onlookers wondering whether A had more than one pair of Rinnegan under his command.

• Hiruko ordered Scorpion, Ranmaru, Kakuzu, Hidan, Juzo Biwa, and Deidara to attack Shinji, and Ranmaru moved first by using Shadow Release.
• Haku intercepted Ranmaru’s attack, while Ido seized control of Scorpion’s Third Kazekage Human Puppet and made it attack him.
• Yakumo trapped Hidan and Kakuzu in a sea of trees, and Kimimaro and Neji struck Juzo Biwa hard enough to break Kubikiribōchō and send him flying.
• Kimimaro and Neji used an attractive force to drag Deidara and his Clay Bird to the ground, leaving the battlefield stunned by their apparent Rinnegan-like power.

Shinji challenged Nagato for the Ten-Tails as Hiruko and the Allied Shinobi Forces witnessed the power of Akatsuki Organization's mysterious newcomers. The chapter ended with Shinji using Chibaku Tensei to seize control of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain and lift them, along with Killer B, into the sky.

• Hiruko summoned his Susanoo, but the mysterious man’s red complete Susanoo split it apart with a single strike.
• The man identified himself as Akatsuki Organization's 'I,' while the gathered fighters wondered where 'A' had found such powerful allies.
• Konan flew to Nagato, who told her he would face 'A' as a trial on his path to godhood.
• Shinji demanded the Ten-Tails, and Nagato agreed to give it to him if he won their fight.
• Shinji used Chibaku Tensei to take control of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain and lift them and the unconscious Killer B into the sky.

Shinji sealed Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and Killer B in seven Chibaku Tensei spheres, then fought Nagato to stop him from breaking free. Shinji gained the upper hand in their clash, but Nagato vanished just before a decisive blow, leaving the Five Kage to suspect an invisible enemy was at work.

• Shinji sealed Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and Killer B in seven giant stone spheres with Chibaku Tensei.
• Shinji charged Nagato and fought him in a fierce Taijutsu battle while the onlookers retreated from their shock waves.
• Shinji used the Twelve Palaces at full strength and overpowered Nagato in a head-on collision.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei, and Shinji countered with the same dōjutsu to push through the blast.
• Nagato vanished just before Shinji’s fist struck, and the Five Kage suspected an invisible enemy had intervened.

Shinji recognized Nagato’s Limbo: Border Jail and pinned two of its shadows, then fought Nagato and the remaining shadows while Konan and Karin clashed beneath a sky filled with Explosive Tags. As the Akatsuki fell behind across the battlefield, Obito joined the fight to prevent Nagato’s defeat and save the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Shinji identified Nagato’s Limbo: Border Jail, struck one shadow away, and pinned two others with Black Rods.
• Shinji resumed his Taijutsu battle against Nagato and the two remaining Limbo shadows.
• Konan flew toward the battlefield with a vast cloud of Explosive Tags, prompting the Allied Shinobi Forces to flee.
• Karin confronted Konan, and the two fought amid Explosive Tags detonating across the sky.
• Black Zetsu and Obito retreated as they saw the Akatsuki fighters losing against 'A's allies.
• Obito joined Nagato’s fight against 'A' to protect the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Sasuke struggled to find a way to help in the chaotic battle, but every fight he reached was beyond his ability to influence. He launched a full-power Chidori at Nagato, only to be swept away when Nagato and Shinji’s Shinra Tensei attacks collided.

• Sasuke watched the battle shift repeatedly and, frustrated by his helplessness, charged toward Haku and Ranmaru’s fight.
• Ranmaru kicked Sasuke aside, and Haku warned him to leave the dangerous battlefield.
• Sasuke tried to approach the sand battle and then the aerial fight, but was driven back by the sand and Go’s wingbeat.
• Sasuke spotted Nagato fighting Shinji and rushed in with a Chidori infused with Natural Energy.
• Yakumo cried out as Sasuke entered the battle, but Nagato and Shinji’s colliding Shinra Tensei attacks sent Sasuke flying.

Shinji fought Nagato as the battlefield watched, and Nagato escalated the battle by using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the power of the Tailed Beasts. Shinji drew on the seven Tailed Beasts sealed in the stone spheres, leaving the two colossal opponents poised for their next clash.

• Sasuke's sneak attack was swept aside by the shockwaves, and he crashed into the mud, questioning whether he was even qualified to fight.
• Kurotsuchi, Ringo Ameyuri, Temari, Suigetsu, and Darui watched from beneath Gaara's wall of sand and discussed Sasuke and the Akatsuki members Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo.
• Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals to attack Shinji, who blocked the Chakra dragons with his golden Perfect Susanoo.
• Nagato strengthened the Chakra dragons with power from the Three-Tails and the Yang Nine-Tails, while Shinji realized his Susanoo might not hold them back.
• Shinji drew Chakra from the seven Tailed Beasts sealed in the giant stone spheres and sent the converging pillars of Chakra toward his Susanoo.

Shinji absorbed the Chakra of seven Tailed Beasts into his Susanoo, while Nagato empowered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with the Three-Tails’ and Nine-Tails’ Chakra. The two colossal forces faced off as the Five Kage and other ninjas retreated, and Obito looked for an opening to strike.

• Shinji used his Dojutsu to contain the Chakra of seven Tailed Beasts in his Susanoo, transforming it into towering Susanoo Armor.
• Nagato fed the Three-Tails’ and Nine-Tails’ Chakra from the artifacts into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, restoring and empowering it.
• Tsunade, the Fourth Raikage, Pakura, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi realized they could not affect the battle as the two giants grew to around a hundred and twenty meters tall.
• Gaara and the other nearby ninjas began retreating, while Akatsuki members widened their distance from the main battlefield.
• Obito entered his intangibility state and sent Zetsu ahead while he searched for an opening to strike.
• Zetsu sensed that the empowered Demonic Statue and Susanoo resembled Little Ten-Tails, and Shinji’s Susanoo held seven Tailed Beasts’ Chakra but lacked the Nine-Tails.

Shinji used his Six Tomoe Rinnegan-powered Susanoo to overpower Nagato and badly wound the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The statue then instinctively tried to absorb the Tailed Beast Chakra inside Shinji, threatening to revive the Ten-Tails before Shinji could control it.

• Shinji and Nagato sent their Susanoo and Demonic Statue of the Outer Path charging at each other.
• Shinji endured the statue’s nine Chakra dragons and cut them apart with a single sword stroke.
• Shinji struck the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, splitting it from shoulder to waist and leaving Nagato reeling.
• Shinji prepared to attack again, but the statue launched chains that pierced his Susanoo and began pulling out its Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Shinji realized the statue could gather all nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra and revive the Ten-Tails, so he grabbed the chains to stop it.

Shinji struggled to keep the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra from his Susanoo while the battle’s shock waves devastated the surrounding battlefield. When Nagato recovered enough of his Dojutsu to strengthen the statue, Shinji abandoned the struggle and appeared before him to use Contract Seal: Release.

• Shinji used his Susanoo to hold back the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s chains as they pulled at the Tailed Beast Chakra.
• The clash between Shinji and Nagato unleashed shock waves that threw shinobi across the battlefield and flattened the Ninja Village Allied Forces’ main camp.
• Yakumo asked Ido to scout the central battlefield, while Obito, Karin, and Konan moved toward it through the chaos.
• Nagato recovered enough of his Dojutsu to reinforce the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose chains began overpowering Shinji’s Susanoo.
• Shinji dispelled his Susanoo, used a Body Flicker to reach Nagato, and pressed a palm against him to activate Contract Seal: Release.

Shinji severed Nagato’s contract with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Obito’s Kamui Shuriken sent them both into Kamui Space as the Ten-Tails revived. Shinji froze Obito with Imperial God Palace and turned back to face Nagato.

• Shinji used Contract Seal to sever Nagato’s contract with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Obito struck Shinji and Nagato with a Kamui Shuriken, transporting them into Kamui Space.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the Tailed Beasts’ chakra and began transforming into the Ten-Tails.
• Obito entered Kamui Space and agreed to Nagato’s suggestion that they attack Shinji together, while secretly seeking a Rinnegan.
• Shinji used Imperial God Palace to freeze Obito, then challenged Nagato to resume their fight.

Shinji subdued Obito with his Imperial God Palace and agreed to fight Nagato for control of the Ten-Tails. As the Ten-Tails awakened on the Rain Country battlefield, it went out of control and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at fleeing shinobi.

• Shinji trapped Obito in temporal stasis with Imperial God Palace while he and Nagato recovered from their clash in Kamui Space.
• Nagato summoned four Limbo shadows and challenged Shinji, who agreed to fight for the Ten-Tails.
• The resurrected Ten-Tails appeared on the battlefield, terrifying the shinobi and prompting Zetsu to wonder why Obito had not yet succeeded.
• Zetsu realized the Ten-Tails was out of control when it launched a Tailed Beast Ball toward fleeing shinobi.

The Ten-Tails fired a massive Tailed Beast Ball at the retreating Ninja Village Allied Forces, but Yakumo and Nameless deflected it. Karin volunteered to try to subdue the Ten-Tails, while the battered Akatsuki members watched as B, C, D, F, G, and I charged toward it.

• The Ten-Tails launched a huge Tailed Beast Ball at the fleeing Ninja Village Allied Forces, and Yakumo tried to stop it with Wood Release.
• Nameless used her complete Susanoo to knock the Tailed Beast Ball off course, saving the retreating ninja but badly damaging her Susanoo.
• Yakumo, Nameless, Karin, Haku, Neji, and Kimimaro gathered to find a way to subdue the Ten-Tails, and Karin volunteered to try using her Rinnegan.
• Nagato's Akatsuki members regrouped in poor condition, and Deidara said the Ten-Tails' resurrection meant their leader had achieved his goal.
• Ranmaru pointed out that B, C, D, F, G, and I were rushing toward the Ten-Tails.