Chapter Summaries

Shinji inspected the Sky Ninja Village’s Flying Fortress and forced Zero-Tails to power its reactor, getting the fortress airborne. He left Haku to oversee repairs while planning to extract Zero-Tails’ technical knowledge through Tsukuyomi.

• The Five Kage discussed Shinji Uchiha’s disappearance and the lack of evidence to verify their suspicions about Itachi Uchiha’s message.
• Shinji and Haku reached the Flying Fortress’s core power room, where Zero-Tails explained that the reactor needed a major energy source.
• Zero-Tails suggested using a Tailed Beast to power the fortress, and Shinji recognized that he was trying to provoke conflict with Nagato.
• Shinji trapped Zero-Tails in Tsukuyomi and sealed him inside the reactor, restoring its power.
• The Flying Fortress rose into the air, and Shinji left Haku aboard to recruit workers and supervise repairs.

The Akatsuki Organization recovered in Bird Country while its members discussed Moryo and Shinnō’s disappearance and Itachi’s reported attacks on the allied forces. Obito concluded that an impostor was posing as Itachi, while the real Itachi hid during his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan fusion; elsewhere, a figure emerged from a secret chamber before Konan.

• Hiruko confirmed that Juzo Biwa had recovered, while Hidan complained that his back still hurt after receiving White Zetsu Cells.
• Scorpion said Moryo and Shinnō had disappeared after a large battle in the Land of Iron, and the group suspected that A’s organization might have attacked them.
• The members discussed reports that Itachi had attacked the Ninja Village Allied Forces, and Obito told them to focus on recovering while he prepared to capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Obito asked Zetsu about Itachi, and Zetsu confirmed that his clones had seen Itachi wield Susanoo with the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade.
• Obito realized that an impostor was posing as Itachi while the real Itachi hid during his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan fusion.
• Konan waited outside a secret chamber at another Akatsuki Organization base as a figure emerged.

Nagato recovered his ability to walk and gained a major boost in power after harnessing the Chakra of six Tailed Beasts through the Six Paths of Pain. After reviewing the Ninja Village Allied Forces’ remaining fighters, he decided to attack their weakened headquarters himself.

• Nagato emerged from the hidden room on his own feet, and Konan welcomed his recovery.
• Nagato explained that the Tailed Beast Chakra had revived his Uzumaki Sage Body and changed his Rinnegan, making him a miniature Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Konan told Nagato that the Akatsuki and Ninja Village Allied Forces had suffered heavy casualties during the Grass Country assault, though the Allied Forces’ Rain Country headquarters was weakened.
• Konan gave Nagato a roster of the Allied Forces’ remaining high-level fighters, and he noticed Jiraiya’s name.
• Nagato said he would personally attack the Allied Forces’ headquarters, while Konan warned him about its remaining fighters, A, and the Upper Moon One.

Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku discussed the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy of an evil force threatening to destroy the Shinobi World, with “light” possibly holding the key to its survival. Naruto then made rapid progress in Senjutsu training with Menma’s help, while the prophecy’s meaning remained unknown.

• Naruto practiced sensing natural energy on Mount Myōboku as Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku watched.
• Sage Fukasaku told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage had foreseen the Shinobi World shattered and its final light extinguished by an unknown evil force.
• Jiraiya wondered whether Nagato or Upper Moon One was the threat, but Sage Fukasaku said the Great Toad Sage could not identify it and had trembled when trying to observe it.
• Sage Fukasaku said the prophecy emphasized “light” as the power that could let the Shinobi World endure, leaving Jiraiya unsure what it represented.
• Naruto announced that he had absorbed natural energy, and Menma revealed that his assistance had boosted Naruto’s absorption speed.
• Naruto continued Senjutsu training with Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku and showed exceptional talent.

Jiraiya and Tsunade tried to identify the “light” in the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy, each privately believing a young ninja could save the Shinobi World. Meanwhile, Shinji monitored his plans from the Flying Fortress as the Akatsuki gathered near the Allied Forces’ camp.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied the Shinobi World’s destruction and that finding the prophesied “light” was their only hope.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade considered powerful ninjas and talented youths as candidates, privately thinking of Naruto and Kurama Yakumo respectively.
• Shinji listened as Karin reported that Itachi had fused the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan but had not confirmed implanting White Zetsu Cells, and Shinji urged her to press him to deal with the fake Itachi.
• Karin reported that Shion was still fighting Moryo and that Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo had fully recovered; Shinji told Karin to warn them to stay on guard.
• Nine Akatsuki members stood in the rain and watched the Ninja Village Allied Forces’ main camp.

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.