Chapter Summaries

Akatsuki struck the Allied Shinobi Forces on multiple fronts, trapping Hyuga Yunchuan in a Barrier before a moon-based attack engulfed him and devastating the Land of Fire’s capital. The chapter ended with Nara Shikaku exposing Orochimaru as the impostor Rasa while the battle around the capital continued.

• Hyuga Yunchuan’s feather-arrows pierced the White Zetsu hidden among the Allied Shinobi Forces without harming the real ninja, but Kakuzu’s four bodies trapped him in a Four Red Yang Formation as Otsutsuki Toneri’s Giant Tenseigan fired a beam from the moon.
• The strike devastated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ command center in the capital, where Kisame Hoshigaki used Isobu’s body and shell to shield the Jinchuriki and others from the worst of the impact.
• Nara Shikaku and Ōnoki saw Sky Ninja Tools attacking the capital and the Eighth Division’s medical unit, and Shikaku suspected Rasa had betrayed them.
• The impostor Rasa’s face transformed to reveal Orochimaru, who acknowledged Shikaku’s suspicion and leaped down from a Flying Ninja Tool.
• Yugito Nii attacked Orochimaru with blue flames while Kakuzu’s Fire Release Clone countered with its Red Feather Fan, and two fighters charged Orochimaru as he landed.

Orochimaru summoned Tobirama Senju to counter the Shinobi forces, then revealed that Danzo had been controlling the Second Hokage. After Nara Shikaku explained Hyuga Yunchuan’s transformation of the Land of Fire, Tobirama praised the system and accused Orochimaru of being jealous of Yunchuan, provoking Orochimaru’s anger.

• Han and Killer B attacked Orochimaru, but he blocked them with Crystal Release and Ice Release while Terumi Mei and Kisame launched Water Release techniques.
• Orochimaru summoned Tobirama Senju, who countered Terumi Mei’s and Kisame’s attacks with powerful Water Release techniques.
• Tobirama discovered that Danzo was controlling him with a Mangekyō Sharingan and had stolen Uchiha, Hyuga, and First Hokage powers.
• Nara Shikaku explained that the Five Great Nations had united as the Shinobi and that Hyuga Yunchuan had taken over the Daimyo’s authority and made Konoha the Land of Fire’s military force.
• Tobirama recognized the advantages of Yunchuan’s system and told Orochimaru that he was jealous of Yunchuan, making Orochimaru’s expression turn hostile.

Orochimaru revealed his alliance with Akatsuki and left the battle while his controlled Tobirama Senju attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces. At the medical camp, Hiruko slaughtered the defenders and confronted Shizune, who challenged his motives before he attacked her.

• A distant blast led Orochimaru to declare that Hyuga Yunchuan would soon die, then he used a Mangekyō Sharingan to control Tobirama Senju and order him to attack the assembled shinobi.
• Tobirama Senju's Water Severing Wave killed two shinobi and cut through the city wall, while Nara Shikaku and the others narrowly evaded it; Orochimaru left the Fire Release Clone to hold them back.
• At the medical camp, two disguised figures exploded into flesh bombs, killing one Akimichi Clan shinobi and allowing Hiruko to decapitate the other and storm the tents.
• Hiruko killed the medical shinobi with his Swift Release and Steel Release, but Shizune cut his bandages and pierced him with poisoned Senbon, giving the wounded Iwagakure shinobi time to escape.
• Shizune accused Hiruko of acting out of envy and relying on stolen power, and Hiruko responded by sending his bandages toward her at increased speed.

Orochimaru fought Han, Killer B, Terumi Mei, and Kisame before summoning Tobirama Senju, who learned that Danzo controlled him through the Impure World Reincarnation. After Nara Shikaku described Hyuga Yunchuan’s transformation of the Land of Fire, Tobirama accused Orochimaru of being jealous of Yunchuan, provoking Orochimaru’s anger.

• Orochimaru used Crystal Release and Ice Release to stop Han and Killer B, then summoned Tobirama Senju to counter Terumi Mei and Kisame’s Water Release attacks.
• Tobirama Senju recognized the Impure World Reincarnation and discovered that Danzo’s power, including a Mangekyō Sharingan, controlled his body.
• Nara Shikaku explained that Danzo had become a Missing-nin and that the Five Great Nations had united into the Shinobi to face Akatsuki.
• Nara Shikaku told Tobirama Senju that Hyuga Yunchuan had taken over the Daimyo’s authority and transformed Konoha into the Land of Fire’s military institution.
• Tobirama Senju grasped the potential of Yunchuan’s reforms, then accused Orochimaru of envying Yunchuan; Orochimaru reacted with visible anger.

Shizune sacrificed herself to hold Hiruko off until Tsunade arrived and battered him with overwhelming force. After breaking free of his Ketsuryūgan genjutsu with power drawn from Hollow, Tsunade declared she was betting her life on the future Hyuga Yunchuan had begun shaping and charged Hiruko again.

• Shizune distracted Hiruko and endured severe wounds until he impaled her with his bandages.
• Tsunade crashed into Hiruko with Strength of a Hundred: Heavenly Foot, then attacked him despite breaking her leg.
• Hiruko trapped Tsunade in a Ketsuryūgan genjutsu, but she broke it using Hollow's spiritual energy stored through altered Yin Seal markings.
• Tsunade explained that she chose to trust the changes Hyuga Yunchuan had brought to Newborn Konoha and the Ninja World, despite her doubts about him.
• Tsunade declared she was betting her life and struck Hiruko again with a supersonic punch.

Orochimaru devoured Hiruko and gained several stolen Kekkei Genkai, then left Tsunade to fight his Strange Soul Body. He headed into the darkness, anticipating the next stage of his plan involving Uchiha Obito and Hashirama Senju.

• Tsunade defeated Hiruko, who transformed into a giant monster of black threads and began devouring the Sky Ninja and their aircraft.
• Orochimaru approached the monster and let Hiruko swallow him, then absorbed Hiruko and acquired six of the ten Kekkei Genkai he needed for his transformation.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru, but his Strange Soul Body blocked her full-powered punch and resisted her attacks.
• Orochimaru left the Capital City while Tsunade fought the Strange Soul Body and vowed to stop him if he desecrated Hashirama Senju's soul.
• Orochimaru disappeared into the forest, thinking that Uchiha Obito and Hashirama Senju had reached their planned destination and that Hyuga Yunchuan was part of the path ahead.

Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Obito fought the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave while Hyuga Yunchuan survived a moon-born attack and defeated Sasori’s Puppet horde. When a second lunar attack descended, Yunchuan flew toward the moon and sliced its beam apart with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

• Uchiha Obito and Hashirama Senju entered the White Snake Sage’s palace dragging the corpses of Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime, and Hashirama attacked the Sage with Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.
• Hyuga Yunchuan emerged alive from the crater after blocking the lunar strike with his Chakra Beads, prompting Sasori and Kakuzu to flee as the Four Red Yang Formation fell.
• Yunchuan destroyed Sasori’s more than a thousand Puppets and struck Sasori with chakra beams, while the Previous Four Kage blocked beams aimed at Kakuzu and his clones.
• A second attack gathered on the moon, so Yunchuan told the Allied Shinobi Forces to stop Nagato from reaching the Underground Palace and flew toward the moon.
• Yunchuan used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to slice apart the second beam descending from the moon.

Hyuga Yunchuan battled the beam attack while the Allied Shinobi Forces sealed the reanimated Kage and prepared to advance toward the Underground Palace. The Evil God Sect arrived to fight the White Zetsu, and Second Pillar left the main force to confront Yakushi Kabuto and demand Naruto’s whereabouts.

• Hyuga Yunchuan endured the diverted beams and advanced toward their source as the Allied Shinobi Forces watched in renewed hope.
• Maki and the Allied Shinobi Forces sealed the Second Mizukage, Second Tsuchikage, Third Kazekage, and Third Raikage, while the Fourth Raikage ordered troops toward headquarters and the Underground Palace.
• The White Zetsu army charged the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Hidan and the Evil God Sect intervened, and Impure World Reincarnation shinobi joined the ensuing battle.
• The Fourth Raikage led the Allied Shinobi Forces around the battle and into the Land of Hot Water, where Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Second Pillar and Uchiha Yakumi had left the group.
• Second Pillar confronted Yakushi Kabuto and demanded to know where Naruto was.

Tobirama Senju’s battle against the transformed Jinchuriki stalled as the Fire Release Clone learned that Hyuga Yunchuan had survived the Akatsuki’s trap. Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation shinobi entered the fight, and Tsunade, Ōnoki, and Terumi Mei were sent toward the Underground Palace while the others stayed to hold the battlefield.

• Tobirama Senju and his Fire Release Clone struggled against Kisame Hoshigaki, Killer B, Ōnoki, and Terumi Mei as the clone learned that Hyuga Yunchuan had survived the attack.
• The Fire Release Clone tried to escape with Han, but Kisame fired a Tailed Beast Ball at him; Tobirama summoned Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Blue B through Impure World Reincarnation to stop it.
• Nara Shikaku concluded that Orochimaru was pursuing the Tailed Beasts and urged Ōnoki and Terumi Mei to reinforce the Underground Palace, while Tsunade arrived to join the battle.
• Nara Shikaku ordered Mabui and Genma Squad to use the Heavenly Transfer Technique and Flying Thunder Formation Technique to send Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and Tsunade to the front lines.
• Killer B countered Tobirama and Blue B, while Kinkaku and Ginkaku attacked Kisame and Yugito with the Sage of Six Paths’ Ninja Tools; Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and Genma Squad disappeared in a flash of lightning.

Might Guy and Rock Lee faced the resurrected Might Duy, who opened the Gate of Death and challenged them to show their taijutsu. In the Land of Iron, Naruto explained his beliefs about gods and justice to Sasuke, then clashed with him after Sasuke promised to help him.

• Might Guy's forces encountered White Zetsu and received help from the Evil God Sect before reaching the resurrected Chukichi, Rasa, Shin, Teacher Chen, and Might Duy.
• Might Guy reunited with Might Duy, and he and Rock Lee told him how they had continued to train and carry on his teachings.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of Death and fought Might Guy and Rock Lee, overpowering their attacks with his Hollow Power-enhanced body.
• Naruto told Sasuke two competing legends of the Rabbit Goddess and argued that people needed a force that rewarded good and punished evil.
• Naruto revealed his Pale Bone Mask and said he was pursuing that path, while Sasuke refused to kill him and instead attacked him with the Silver Spear.

Naruto and Sasuke fought fiercely in the fortress, each revealing new abilities and managing to wound the other. After Naruto blasted Sasuke through the ceiling, their attacks collided outside, but Naruto used a strange hand sign to summon a giant fox head that swallowed Sasuke.

• Naruto and Sasuke traded close-range attacks as Sasuke used his speed and Sharingan to counter Naruto’s strength and claws.
• Sasuke kicked Naruto back, hurled Sacred Annihilation Arrow, and then recalled it to attack Naruto from behind, cracking Naruto’s Bone Armor.
• Naruto said the warm-up was over and blasted Sasuke through the fortress ceiling with Hollow Flash.
• Sasuke formed a lightning bow from Sacred Annihilation Arrow and fired at Naruto’s Hollow Flash, causing a massive explosion in the snowy sky.
• Naruto made an unfamiliar hand sign and said, “Knock,” causing a gigantic fox head to emerge from below and swallow Sasuke.

Naruto and Sasuke fought fiercely in the icefield, escalating their powers until their final attacks triggered an avalanche. As the avalanche engulfed the Uchiha clan members, the former friends joined forces to protect them inside a Nine-Tails construct.

• Uchiha Yakumi and the other Uchiha watched Naruto and Sasuke battle, while Yakumi worried that Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan was not the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto broke out of Kurama's fox-skull attack, revealed his Hollow-like Bone Armor, and challenged Sasuke to continue fighting.
• Sasuke summoned Susanoo's first form, and he and Naruto traded heavy blows until Naruto formed a fox head for a Hollow Flash and Sasuke advanced Susanoo to its second form to throw a lightning spear.
• Naruto's Hollow Flash and Sasuke's lightning spear collided, destroying the ancient castle and triggering an avalanche on the nearby mountains.
• Naruto and Sasuke appeared before the Uchiha clan members and combined their powers to form an armored Nine-Tails head as the avalanche struck and swallowed them.

After surviving the avalanche, Naruto and Sasuke confronted how each had tried to impose his wishes on the other, then reconciled and agreed to listen. Naruto brought Sasuke into his sealing space, which he called “home,” to privately reveal what he truly wanted to do.

• Uchiha ordered the survivors to count everyone and check for injuries as Naruto pulled Sasuke from the snow.
• Naruto challenged Sasuke for trying to force him back to Konoha, and Sasuke admitted he had been selfishly imposing his wishes.
• Sasuke promised not to force Naruto to return and said he would help him on his own path, even if it meant opposing the Ninja World.
• Naruto and Sasuke laughed together, then bumped fists so Naruto could show him what he really wanted to do.
• Naruto brought Sasuke into his Sealing Space, called it “home,” and introduced him to Kurama before preparing to talk privately.

Naruto explained his Sealing Space and showed Sasuke a documentary about a world without Chakra or ninja, revealing an alternative path for human civilization. Sasuke was left shaken by what he had seen, and Naruto asked whether he now believed Naruto was using him.

• Naruto explained that Chakra connected him and Sasuke, allowing Sasuke to enter Naruto's Sealing Space, and described the space as a manifestation of his spiritual will.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Ōtsutsuki Yunshi had been his teacher, had left after revealing his real name, and may have guided him, though Naruto had made his own choices.
• Naruto showed Sasuke the books, Scrolls, and other memories stored in the cabin, most of which had come from Ōtsutsuki Yunshi.
• Naruto played a documentary depicting a planet without Chakra or ninja that developed through technology, endured world wars, and established relative peace and systems of governance.
• Sasuke watched in stunned silence, then asked whether the documentary showed another planet, and Naruto asked whether Sasuke now thought he was using him.

Naruto showed Sasuke the choice he had been denied and warned that the Six Paths Sage might be watching them. After returning to the snowy battlefield, Naruto exposed Uchiha Itachi, and the confrontation ended with Minato Namikaze recognizing Naruto.

• Naruto explained that Sasuke could choose whether to help him, but said he could not reveal his plans because the Six Paths Sage might be watching them.
• Naruto returned with Sasuke to the snowy battlefield and used Hollow Flash to reveal Uchiha Itachi hiding among a flock of crows.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with a Lightning Arrow, but Itachi survived by using two coffins to shield himself.
• Sasuke recognized Uchiha Shisui among the figures in the coffins and struck at Itachi, while Naruto's punch missed after an enemy used space-time ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Itachi appeared beside Minato Namikaze, who sensed the Nine-Tails Chakra in Naruto and asked if he was Naruto.

Hyuga Yunchuan broke into the moon’s hollow interior and confronted the forces guarding it. Elsewhere inside the Artificial Sun, Ōtsutsuki Toneri implanted the Golden Tenseigan to gain the power to kill Yunchuan, while Hyuga Neji warned him not to underestimate his target.

• Hyuga Yunchuan used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to bore through the moon’s surface and reveal its artificial inner world.
• Hyuga Yunchuan landed among the ruins of Hamura’s descendants’ town, where thousands of Puppets and airborne attackers surrounded him and fired Chakra bullets.
• Hyuga Neji delivered the Golden Tenseigan to Ōtsutsuki Toneri inside the Artificial Sun.
• Ōtsutsuki Toneri implanted the Golden Tenseigan and felt its immense power surge through him.
• Hyuga Neji warned Toneri that Hyuga Yunchuan was more dangerous than he thought, but Toneri remained absorbed in his new power.

Hyuga Yunchuan used Greed to distort perceptions during his battle with Otsutsuki Toneri, tricking Ōtsutsuki Isshiki into believing Toneri had died. After Isshiki fled to seek Ōtsutsuki Yunshi’s body, Yunchuan arranged for Kagokage to impersonate him and die in his place.

• Hyuga Neji escaped as the Artificial Sun and floating islands began to crumble, leaving Toneri to face Hyuga Yunchuan.
• Toneri tried to recruit Yunchuan to cleanse the ninja world, then attacked him with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion when Yunchuan did not join him.
• Yunchuan used Greed to distort the battle, making Toneri and Isshiki mistake each other’s identities and believe Yunchuan had been killed.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki broke free of the distortion with Kusabi, realized Toneri was still alive, and fled toward the Land of Hot Water to find Ōtsutsuki Yunshi’s body.
• Shadow and Kagokage arrived through a Garganta, and Yunchuan told them to let the shinobi witness the supposed savior’s death.
• Kagokage attacked Toneri while Yunchuan prepared to let him impersonate Hyuga Yunchuan and die in his place.

Nagato and the Akatsuki massacred the Allied Shinobi Forces guarding the Underground Palace so they could feed it enough energy to open its third layer. As Nagato descended into the rift and Kakuzu prepared to sacrifice himself to repay a debt, Sasori’s giant Puppet attacked the arriving main force, and Kakashi unexpectedly summoned someone wearing the Fourth Hokage’s cloak.

• Nagato, Konan, Hanzo, and Kakuzu slaughtered the defenders and fed their bodies into the Underground Palace.
• The Fourth Raikage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hatake Kakashi, Kitsuchi, and Jiraiya arrived and fought their way toward Nagato, but Akatsuki members stopped them.
• Nagato repelled Kakashi and the others, ordered his allies to hold them back, and leaped into the rift.
• Kakuzu refused Sarutobi Hiruzen’s offer to abandon the Akatsuki, explaining that he intended to repay the person who saved his life by giving one life in return.
• Kakuzu’s Black Threads pulled his four elemental clones into his body as a colossal Sasori-shaped Puppet rose from the sea and fired a Chakra Cannon at the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Kakashi opened a slit with Envy and summoned a figure wearing the Fourth Hokage’s cloak into the path of the incoming blast.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Allied Shinobi Forces were saved from a Chakra Cannon when Kakashi summoned Hokage Nagato, whose Sage Mode and immense power changed the course of the battle. Nagato directed Akamichi Chodo and the Fourth Raikage against the giant Puppet, while Kakuzu transformed into a fearsome five-nature monster; the chapter ended with the Fourth Raikage and Hanzo clashing in combat.

• Hokage Nagato appeared before Kakashi, blocked the Chakra Cannon with a Five-Style: Great Barrage Technique, and revealed that he was a Konoha shinobi trained by Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya.
• Hokage Nagato entered Sage Mode, and Kakashi explained that summoning Nagato's true body had nearly drained his Chakra and that Nagato could stay only about ten minutes.
• Kakuzu fused his five hearts and pushed his Chakra natures to their limits, becoming a powerful monster as Hokage Nagato sensed the threat.
• At Nagato's direction, Akamichi Chodo swallowed the Three-Colored Pills, grew to the Puppet's size, and struck it, but the Puppet blasted and threw him into the sea.
• The Fourth Raikage diverted the Puppet's next Chakra Cannon and helped Akamichi Chodo grapple with it, then climbed onto its head to try to tear open its steel plating.
• Hanzo attacked the Fourth Raikage with his poisoned Kusarigama, and the two exchanged blows in a fierce close-range fight.

Akamichi Chodo and the Allied Shinobi Forces fought the giant Puppet while Hokage Nagato, Jiraiya, and the Toad Sages defeated Kakuzu with a combined Sage Art. As Nagato vanished back to his world, the battlefield’s survivors saw a black crack split the full moon in half.

• The giant Puppet counterattacked with poisoned weapons and Chakra beams, badly injuring Akamichi Chodo and causing heavy Allied Shinobi Forces casualties before Kitsuchi’s earth technique pinned it down.
• Kakuzu formed a five-nature biological cannon, and Hokage Nagato, Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima countered it with Sage Art: Jiraiya, vaporizing the battlefield around him.
• Nagato confirmed Kakuzu had died after his Chakra and vitality were burned away, and Shinobi verified the motionless body had no heartbeat or breath.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces destroyed one of the Puppet’s legs, while Nagato began to disappear and told Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen to carry on.
• Kakashi asked whether Nagato came from another real world, and Nagato left without answering directly before vanishing in particles of light.
• A sensory Shinobi noticed a straight black crack running through the full moon, and the gathered survivors watched as it appeared split in half.