Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara captured Han and revealed that he intended to claim the Five-Tails as payment, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki to join forces against him. The chapter ended as they launched their strongest attacks at Madara.

• Uchiha Madara grievously wounded Han, then summoned a beast that swallowed him and secured the Five-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki stopped fighting when they saw Madara capture Han, then confronted him.
• Madara told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he knew Konoha had hidden the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and reminded him he planned to claim it.
• Madara claimed the Five-Tails as payment for killing the Third Raikage and dismissed the alliance with Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki prepared his Particle Style as Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Enma away with the unconscious Hatake Sakumo and formed his Five Elements: Great Combined Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki attacked Madara together from above and below.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki with Shinra Tensei, forcing the two leaders to agree to a temporary truce. After reaching the rear for treatment, Hiruzen urgently asked who was guarding Konohagakure, worried that Madara was going after the Nine-Tails.

• Ōnoki joined Hiruzen Sarutobi in attacking Madara, but Madara reflected both attacks with Shinra Tensei and devastated the battlefield.
• Hiruzen and Ōnoki survived the blast with serious injuries, while nearly a thousand Ninja were caught in its reach.
• Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, Uchiha Fugaku, and Aburame Shibi arrived, and Hiruzen proposed a temporary truce that Ōnoki accepted.
• Kitsuchi and Aburame Shibi relayed the ceasefire order as Fugaku and Akatsuchi carried their injured leaders away.
• Hiruzen saw Hatake Sakumo receiving treatment, then asked Fugaku who was guarding Konohagakure because Madara had said he was going to retrieve the Nine-Tails.

After the fighting in the Land of Rain subsided, Kagura prepared to take his recovered forces back to reinforce the front in the Land of Rice. He and Jiraiya agreed with Yahiko to celebrate together after the war ended.

• Iwagakure's remaining forces tacitly ceased hostilities and withdrew from the mountain range, while Konoha and Amegakure chose not to pursue them.
• Tsunade and the other Medical Ninjas treated the wounded, and Kagura ordered Tsunade to rest after the injured Konoha Ninjas were out of danger.
• Kagura complained to Jiraiya about the burdens of leadership while Yahiko and Konan discussed the situation in the Land of Rain.
• Kagura told Yahiko and Konan that he planned to return with most of his forces and reinforce the front in the Land of Rice.
• Jiraiya thanked Yahiko for his words and proposed holding a grand banquet together after they ended the war.

Kagura led the survivors from Amegakure toward Konoha while listening to Might Dai recount his battle. A new system mission then revealed that Kagura had to choose between preventing Uchiha Madara from obtaining the Nine-Tails and ensuring Uzumaki Kushina survived.

• Kagura and the others left Amegakure with most of the surviving Konoha ninja, leaving a few severely wounded people behind with Yahiko.
• Might Dai recounted opening the Seventh Gate as he traveled with Kagura, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
• Kagura had Nawaki's two companions carry the Great Sword: Samehada and the broken Kubikiribōchō instead of storing them in scrolls.
• The system offered Kagura two exclusive missions: prevent Uchiha Madara from obtaining the Nine-Tails or ensure Uzumaki Kushina survived.

Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha after forty years to reclaim the Nine-Tails, slipping past the village guards as he headed toward its location. He reached the Nine-Tails and announced his arrival.

• Uchiha Madara reminisced about leaving Konoha and becoming estranged from the Uchiha Clan.
• Two Uchiha Chunin confronted Madara at the village gate, and he knocked them out with genjutsu.
• Madara entered Konoha and explained that he had abandoned his attempt to obtain the Eight-Tails and had already taken the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara used his connection to the Nine-Tails to locate it and walked toward its position.

Kagura learned that Uchiha Madara was heading to Konoha to capture Kushina and rushed back with Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Minato. Madara found Kushina at home, where she was pregnant and still had not told Minato she was going to be a father.

• Kagura learned from the System Mission that Uchiha Madara was targeting Uzumaki Kushina and summoned Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze to return to Konoha.
• Minato panicked at the thought of losing Kushina, but Kagura reassured him and led the three men toward the village at full speed.
• Kagura left Hyuga Hiashi in command of the group and judged that he needed the others’ help to face Madara.
• Kushina cooked dinner alone, worried about Minato, and thought about surprising him with news of her pregnancy.
• Uchiha Madara entered Kushina’s home, noticed her stomach, and called her the Nine-Tails.

Kagura rushed back to Konohagakure and discovered Uchiha Madara extracting the Nine-Tails from Kushina. After the Third Raikage, revived as one of Madara’s New Six Paths, stopped his rescue attempt, Kagura released six Tailed Beasts to fight.

• Kagura left his exhausted companions behind and raced ahead to Konohagakure, where he found the village gate guards fallen.
• Kagura dispelled the illusion concealing Kushina’s home and saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path extracting Kushina’s chakra.
• Uchiha Madara confronted Kagura, who charged toward Kushina but was knocked away by the Third Raikage.
• Kagura recognized the Third Raikage as one of Madara’s New Six Paths and released six Tailed Beasts.

After the sixth Tailed Beast reached 100% fusion, Kagura gained new ways to summon, exchange places with, and restore the beasts, but no direct boost to his own combat strength. He summoned all six against Uchiha Madara, who crippled the Three-Tails with one stomp before Shukaku caught him in a Sand Sphere.

• The sixth Tailed Beast's full fusion removed distance limits on releasing and exchanging places with the beasts, and made them immortal and indestructible, though they could still be injured and need time to recover.
• Facing Uchiha Madara and Madara Six Paths, Kagura summoned all six Tailed Beasts at once.
• Madara moved too quickly for Kagura to follow, landed on the Three-Tails, and shattered its shell with a stomp that sent it crashing into the ground.
• The Third Raikage blocked Kagura from rushing to help Isobu as the other Tailed Beasts prepared to fight Madara.
• Shukaku turned the ground to sand and swept Madara into a massive Sand Sphere with Sand Control.

Madara effortlessly defeated the six Tailed Beasts and trapped Kagura between himself and the Raikage. As Madara prepared to kill Kagura, Jiraiya and two others arrived.

• One-Tails restrained Madara while Two-Tails attacked, but Madara caught its flaming claws and hurled it into a distant forest.
• Madara destroyed One-Tails with a kick, then used his Gunbai to send the Tailed Beast Bombs from Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails back at them.
• Kagura watched Madara defeat the six Tailed Beasts and tried to think of a way to overcome him while facing the Raikage.
• Madara lectured Kagura about relying on Tailed Beasts, then declared that he would kill him.
• Jiraiya and two others arrived just as Madara raised his hand to strike Kagura.

Uchiha Madara summoned five reanimated figures to fight Kagura and his allies while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path extracted Kushina’s Nine-Tails. The chapter ended with Kagura recognizing the Third Mizukage among Madara’s new Six Paths.

• Uchiha Yashiro led the Uchiha Military Police Force away to evacuate nearby villagers after Kagura ordered them not to join the fight.
• Namikaze Minato arrived and saw Kushina trapped by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as it extracted the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Uchiha Madara stood aside as five figures emerged before Kagura and the others.
• Kagura recognized Senju Tobirama, Mu, Hozuki Gengetsu, the Second Raikage, and Karatachi Yagura among Madara’s new Six Paths.

Kagura and his allies summoned Kinkaku, Ginkaku, Senju Tobirama, and Senju Hashirama with Impure World Reincarnation to face Madara and his Six Paths. Tobirama recognized Orochimaru as his summoner and accused Kagura of being an evil Uchiha, and Kagura cheerfully greeted him as his Second Grandfather.

• Jiraiya recognized Madara and the Six Paths, while Kagura told Orochimaru he would have to rely on him.
• Orochimaru unrolled a scroll with four seals, and four Coffins rose from the ground as Madara watched without intervening.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku emerged, recognized the formidable opponents, and welcomed the chance to fight them.
• Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama emerged; Tobirama examined his summoned body and realized Orochimaru had used his Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama accused Kagura of being an evil Uchiha, and Kagura greeted him as his Second Grandfather.

Kagura introduced himself to the resurrected Tobirama and Hashirama, provoking Tobirama before Madara challenged Hashirama to a rematch. After learning the year and how his body had been created, Hashirama listened as Kagura explained the threat and asked the resurrected fighters for help stopping Madara from taking the Nine-Tails' power.

• Kagura told Tobirama that he was Tsunade's husband and called him Second Grandfather, enraging Tobirama until Hashirama calmed him.
• Hashirama joked with Kagura about marrying Tsunade, and Kagura explained that Tsunade had quit gambling.
• Madara stepped forward to challenge Hashirama, but Hashirama interrupted him to ask Kagura about the year, Konoha, and his unusual body.
• Kagura told Hashirama that it was Konoha Year 48 and Hiruzen Sarutobi was Hokage, while Orochimaru explained that Hashirama's body was an artificial human made with his cells.
• Kagura explained that Madara and the Six Paths were their enemies and asked the resurrected fighters, especially Kinkaku and Ginkaku, to help stop Madara from taking the Nine-Tails' power.

Kagura and his allies split Madara’s Six Paths among separate battlefields while choosing their opponents. Hashirama faced Madara in a modified body that could sustain only a fraction of his strength for ten minutes, and Madara welcomed the fight.

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku recognized Kagura but chose to fight the Second and Third Raikage for the thrill of battle.
• Tobirama discovered his corpse had been turned into one of Madara’s Six Paths, and Kagura assigned Minato to support him against Six Paths Tobirama.
• Kagura took on Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu while assigning Orochimaru and Jiraiya to fight the Third Mizukage.
• Kagura’s group separated Madara’s Six Paths, and Madara allowed them to leave with their opponents.
• Hashirama entered Orochimaru’s modified body, which could draw out at most eighty percent of his strength for ten minutes, and prepared to fight Madara.

Madara let the Six Paths engage their opponents so he could fight Hashirama, while battles broke out across the other fields. Tobirama and Minato struggled against Six Paths Tobirama, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru found themselves matched by copies created by Karatachi Yagura.

• Madara faced Hashirama alone as the pressure between them cracked and sank the ground.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku abandoned their ninja tools and fought the Second and Third Raikage in a brutal taijutsu brawl.
• Tobirama admitted that Six Paths Tobirama outmatched him, then charged alongside Minato using Flying Thunder God.
• Six Paths Tobirama repelled Tobirama and Minato with Shinra Tensei, sending them crashing to the ground.
• Karatachi Yagura summoned mirror copies of Jiraiya and Orochimaru, which matched the originals in taijutsu and ninjutsu.

Kagura faced Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu, struggling against their hidden abilities until Gengetsu revealed the Animal Path’s summoned beasts. Madara’s forces attacked, leaving Kagura to confront the beasts charging toward him.

• Kagura recognized Mu’s ability to conceal his Chakra and recalled the powerful techniques of Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu.
• Hozuki Gengetsu summoned a three-headed Hellhound, a crab, a chameleon, a bird, and a bull instead of the Giant Clam.
• Kagura realized that Gengetsu was using the Animal Path abilities of Madara’s Six Paths.
• Hozuki Gengetsu questioned Kagura about how he knew the name Animal Path, but Kagura stayed silent.
• Hozuki Gengetsu signaled the summoned beasts, and they charged at Kagura.

Kagura and Kirin faced the Animal Path’s five Summoned Beasts while Kagura’s injured Tailed Beasts could not help him. They knocked the Fighting Bull away and trapped the Hell Hound in Amaterasu, but the remaining beasts overwhelmed Kirin and engulfed them in explosions.

• Kagura summoned Kirin and charged the Animal Path’s five beasts instead of retreating.
• Kirin overpowered the Fighting Bull and sent it flying with a single collision.
• Kagura used Amaterasu to cover the Hell Hound in Black Flames, stopping it from attacking.
• The Hell Crab restrained Kirin while the giant bird dropped explosive eggs onto Kirin and Kagura.

Kagura used Susanoo and the Totsuka Blade against Madara’s Summoned Beasts, freeing several of them from his control. The beasts regained their own minds and fled, leaving the battle’s next move unresolved.

• The Summoned Beasts coordinated attacks against Kirin, but Kirin’s Absolute Protection blocked their energy-based strikes while leaving it vulnerable to physical attacks.
• Kagura summoned Susanoo to protect Kirin, blocked the Hell Crab’s pincer with the Yata Mirror, and struck the diving bird with the Totsuka Blade.
• Kagura cut through the Hell Crab and threw the Totsuka Blade through the chameleon, freezing both Summoned Beasts in place.
• The bird recovered first, and the Hell Crab and transformation dragon also regained movement after their Rinnegan disappeared.
• The freed Summoned Beasts saw Kirin and ran away instead of attacking again.

Kagura freed the Summoned Beasts from Madara’s genjutsu, but Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu attacked while he was airborne. After Kirin shielded him from Mu’s Dust Release, Kagura struck down Hozuki Gengetsu’s hidden Animal Path body with Wind Style: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, as the King of Hell appeared behind Mu.

• Kagura used the Totsuka Blade’s genjutsu to free the Summoned Beasts from Madara’s control, and they fled.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu attacked Kagura as he descended, but Kirin leaped in front of Mu’s Dust Release and suffered a massive wound.
• Kagura recalled the injured Kirin and landed, then charged toward an apparently empty stretch of ground.
• Kagura saw through Hozuki Gengetsu’s clam Mirage, decapitated the concealed Animal Path body, and destroyed it and its Black Receivers with Wind Style: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken.
• Mu praised Kagura’s ninjutsu, then the King of Hell rose from the ground behind him.

Mu used the Naraka Path to restore Hozuki Gengetsu, while the battles across the battlefield ended as the revived fighters began to disappear. Senju Hashirama’s time was up, and Kushina had fallen unconscious beside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Mu summoned the King of Hell, restored Hozuki Gengetsu, and forced Kagura to realize the fight was ending.
• The Second Raikage and Third Raikage defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who could no longer move.
• Six Paths Tobirama taunted Senju Tobirama and Minato before leaving when the battle’s time was up.
• Minato stopped Tobirama from pursuing Six Paths Tobirama and looked toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with unease.
• Senju Hashirama realized his ten minutes were over as his body broke apart, while Kushina lay unconscious on the ground.

Kagura and his allies fought Uchiha Madara and the Six Paths, while Minato reached Kushina after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path extracted her Tailed Beast. Madara withdrew after rescuing Karatachi Yagura, and Kushina lay dying in Minato’s arms.

• Minato rushed to Kushina as she collapsed, knowing that losing her Tailed Beast meant her life was draining away.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru reported that they had nearly defeated Karatachi Yagura, but Heavenly Path Tobirama had rescued him.
• Kagura recognized that Jiraiya’s Sage Mode and Orochimaru’s ninjutsu had overcome Karatachi Yagura’s Human Path abilities.
• Uchiha Madara warned Kagura they would meet again, then vanished with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Six Paths.
• Kagura chose not to pursue Madara and saw Minato holding Kushina as her life continued to fade.