Chapter Summaries

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.

Karin, Yakumo, and Haku confronted the rampaging Ten-Tails to stop it from absorbing the Tailed Beasts sealed in Shinji's Chibaku Tensei. As the Ten-Tails' tails neared the stone spheres, an unidentified figure intervened with repulsion.

• Akatsuki's members learned from Zetsu that the Ten-Tails was rampaging and that they needed to stop 'B,' then agreed to join the fight.
• Karin approached the Ten-Tails, deflected its shockwave with Shinra Tensei, and tried to restrain it with her Rinnegan.
• The Ten-Tails swung its tails toward the seven stone spheres containing the sealed Tailed Beasts.
• Yakumo bound the Ten-Tails with Wood Release while Haku coated its tails in ice, slowing its attacks alongside Karin.
• A figure flew into the sky and repelled the Ten-Tails' tails just before they could strike the stone spheres.

Karin tried to suppress the Ten-Tails while her allies fought on despite their exhaustion, but she was outmatched. Shion arrived after defeating Moryo and gaining the full power of a Miko, knocking the Ten-Tails down and offering to help.

• Kimimaro and Neji's Fusion State, along with Yakumo, Haku, and Karin, helped trip the Ten-Tails, but most of them were left nearly out of chakra.
• Karin attacked the Ten-Tails with her Rinnegan while Nameless held off Hiruko, Ranmaru, Scorpion, Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan.
• Zetsu watched the battle and hoped Nagato or Obito would defeat 'A' before Karin subdued the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails blasted Karin away, leaving her unable to suppress it.
• Shion arrived with the power she had gained by defeating Moryo, knocked the Ten-Tails down, and asked Karin and the others if they needed help.

Shion arrived at the battlefield with chakra surpassing Nagato and 'A,' deepening the Five Kage’s suspicions about the Akatsuki’s hidden strength and 'A's identity. As the Kage chose to remain and witness the battle, the fake 'Uchiha Itachi' sensed something strange while traveling through the Land of Hot Water.

• Shion raced toward the battlefield, and Sasuke identified her as 'X,' an ally from the Demon Slayer World.
• The Five Kage questioned the Akatsuki’s strength and speculated that 'A' had staged the apparent infighting between 'B' and 'D.'
• Tsunade suspected that 'I' was the Konoha Military Police Force’s Nameless Uchiha and began to connect 'A' to someone she knew.
• An Intelligence Squad shinobi reported that more than half the personnel had evacuated, and Tsunade ordered the rest to withdraw from the battlefield.
• The Five Kage decided to stay, with the Fourth Raikage refusing to leave without Killer B.
• The fake 'Uchiha Itachi' stopped in the Land of Hot Water and looked toward the Rain Country with a confused expression.

Shion joined the battle against the Ten-Tails, helping Karin and the others restrain it while the Akatsuki forces suppressed Hiruko’s group. In Kamui Space, Shinji overwhelmed Nagato, captured the Three-Tails and Yang Nine-Tails, and declared the fight over.

• Shion joined Karin in restraining the Ten-Tails, while Haku, Yakumo, Kimimaro, Neji, and the others helped Nameless suppress Hiruko and his allies.
• Zetsu recognized Shion and feared that her arrival would ruin his plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Shinji exposed the time limit of Nagato’s Limbo: Border Jail and defeated him in close combat.
• Nagato released the Three-Tails and Yang Nine-Tails to disrupt Shinji’s Planetary Devastation.
• Shinji took control of both Tailed Beasts with his Six Tomoe Rinnegan and told Nagato that the fight was over.

Shinji used Imperial God Palace to trap Nagato and repeatedly strike him before sealing him with Four Symbols Seal. He removed one of Nagato’s Rinnegan and reached for the other.

• Nagato decided to seek Obito’s help once Limbo: Border Jail recovered, but Shinji immobilized him with Imperial God Palace.
• Shinji released Nagato from the technique just before each strike, landing three heavy blows while Nagato could not react.
• Shinji waited for Imperial God Palace to weaken, then bound Nagato with Four Symbols Seal as the paralysis wore off.
• Shinji removed one of Nagato’s Rinnegan and reached for the second.

Shinji defeated Nagato, took both of his Rinnegan, and spared him while sealing the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails. He revealed how Madara and Obito had manipulated Nagato and the Akatsuki, then approached Obito to seek a way out of Kamui Space.

• Nagato tried to resist Shinji's Four Symbols Seal, but Shinji removed his remaining Rinnegan and declared him defeated.
• Shinji spared Nagato and sealed the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails into a scroll.
• Nagato asked who Shinji was and challenged his claim to the Akatsuki's identity, prompting Shinji to question how far Nagato's organization had strayed from Yahiko's ideals.
• Shinji told Nagato that Obito had killed the Akatsuki members who came to help him and that Obito and Black Zetsu had planned to use him to resurrect the Ten-Tails.
• Shinji revealed that Madara had transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato so Nagato would revive him with the Revolving Heaven Jutsu.
• Shinji walked toward Obito, intending to take his Mangekyō Sharingan to escape Kamui Space.

Shinji, disguised as 'A', defeated Obito and Nagato in 'Kamui Space' and took Obito's right Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito and the Akatsuki retreated as Karin and Shion subdued the Ten-Tails.

• Shinji sealed Obito, broke his Spiral Mask, and discovered he had recovered Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji removed Obito's right eye, but Obito escaped after a White Zetsu Clone shed the seal and he used 'Kamui'.
• Obito told Zetsu that 'A' had taken his eye and both of Nagato's Rinnegan, and Zetsu ordered the Akatsuki members to retreat.
• Hiruko and the others withdrew, while Nameless, Yakumo, Haku, Kimimaro, and Neji guarded the battlefield around Karin and Shion.
• Shion and Karin subdued the Ten-Tails with Shion's sealing arts, Karin's 'Adamantine Sealing Chains', and her Rinnegan.

With Karin and Shion suppressing the Ten-Tails, Shinji returned victorious from his battle with Nagato and brought the war’s struggle for control of the beast to an end. He handed Nagato to Konan, then reunited with his subordinates atop the bound Ten-Tails.

• Karin and Shion subdued the Ten-Tails, and the storm clouds cleared over the battlefield.
• Shinji emerged from a distorted vortex carrying the defeated Nagato, revealing that he had won their fight.
• Konan charged at Shinji to protect Nagato, but Shinji tossed Nagato to her, and Nagato persuaded her to leave with him.
• Nameless confirmed that she had marked Nagato with 'Yachihoko' before Shinji handed him over.
• Shinji joined his subordinates on the Ten-Tails' head and assessed their Chakra, finding Shion, Nameless, and Karin strongest among them.

Shinji decided not to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki until he had recovered and could maximize the power he gained. After suppressing the Ten-Tails, he had Shion seal it temporarily, while the Five Kage considered how to survive the new balance of power.

• Shinji rejected the idea of immediately sealing the incomplete Ten-Tails inside himself and chose to wait until he was ready.
• Shinji released Planetary Devastation, freeing Killer B and Nagato's Six Paths of Pain from the stone spheres.
• The Fourth Raikage wanted to rescue Killer B, but the other Kage and Tsunade warned that fighting 'A' would be suicide.
• The Kage recognized that their villages could no longer rely on the Tailed Beasts and discussed seeking reconciliation with 'A'.
• Shinji sealed Nagato's Six Paths of Pain and Killer B in his Sealing Scroll, then suppressed the Ten-Tails with his Dojutsu.
• Shion used Sealing Coffin to temporarily seal the Ten-Tails inside a black box.

Shinji sealed the Jinchuriki and Ten-Tails, then withdrew with his subordinates while the Five Kage organized the battlefield’s aftermath and considered how to respond to the Akatsuki Organization. In the Land of Fire, the Overlord redirected the fake 'Itachi Uchiha' toward Konoha after the Ten-Tails’ aura disappeared.

• Shinji judged Obito’s remaining Kamui eye a serious threat, but chose not to pursue the Akatsuki Organization or clash with the Allied Forces.
• Shinji and his subordinates rose into the sky and disappeared into the clouds, leaving the Five Kage to recover and regroup.
• The Five Kage discussed investigating 'A' through Sasuke, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo, while debating whether to keep hunting Nagato’s Akatsuki Organization.
• The fake 'Itachi Uchiha' sensed the Ten-Tails’ aura vanish, then received an order and raced toward Konoha.