Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Killer B fought Nagato’s Rinnegan summons until Nagato began draining Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra and threatening his soul. A crow hidden inside Naruto freed Itachi from Kabuto’s control, and Itachi joined the battle against Nagato, ending with the two facing off amid their attacks.

• Killer B explained Nagato’s Six Paths abilities as Nagato summoned a multi-headed dog and a monstrous bird to attack Naruto and Killer B.
• Naruto and Killer B fought the summons, but the dog regrew its heads whenever they struck it.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra and soul toward him.
• A Sharingan crow emerged from Naruto and activated Kotoamatsukami, freeing Itachi from Kabuto’s control.
• Itachi regained control of himself, summoned Susanoo, and resisted Nagato’s attacks as Nagato used Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in.
• Itachi attacked Nagato with an Amaterasu-coated shuriken, then drew the Totsuka Blade as Nagato knocked the shuriken aside.

Naruto, Killer B, and Itachi fought Nagato after Kabuto took complete control of him. They destroyed Nagato's Chibaku Tensei together, but Nagato remained ready to attack.

• Itachi used Amaterasu to free Naruto from Nagato's Banshō Ten'in, then revealed that he had regained control of himself.
• Kabuto seized Nagato's will completely, and Nagato threatened to kill Naruto, Killer B, and Itachi to take the Nine-Tails' and Eight-Tails' chakra.
• Naruto called on Kurama and fully entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode as Nagato launched Chibaku Tensei.
• Itachi identified the black sphere as Chibaku Tensei's core and told Naruto and Killer B to strike it together with their strongest attacks.
• Naruto and Killer B fired Tailed Beast Bombs while Itachi used Susanoo's Yasakani Magatama, and their attacks shattered the core.
• Naruto and Killer B landed safely as Nagato stood ready to continue fighting.

Naruto, Itachi, and Killer B fought Kabuto-controlled Nagato until Itachi sealed him with the Totsuka Blade. Freed from Kabuto’s control, Nagato spoke with Naruto before being sealed away, leaving Naruto and Itachi on Turtle Island’s coast.

• Itachi and Naruto attacked Nagato while Killer B struck from behind, but Nagato’s summons and Six Paths abilities countered them.
• Nagato used a massive Shinra Tensei to scatter Naruto’s clones and allies, then activated Six Paths Unity: Omnipotence Release.
• Naruto vowed to survive and keep working toward peace as Itachi and Killer B distracted Nagato, allowing Itachi to pierce him with the Totsuka Blade.
• The sealing freed Nagato from Kabuto’s control, and Nagato told Naruto that his story was more wonderful before the blade sealed him into its gourd.
• Itachi withdrew the Totsuka Blade and watched the gourd in silence while Naruto stood behind him on the coast.

Itachi explained how Shisui’s crow freed him from Kabuto’s control, then asked Naruto and Killer B to distract Nagato while he sought Kabuto and tried to end Impure World Reincarnation. As Naruto and Killer B set out after Itachi, Kabuto prepared to unleash more reanimated fighters and continue the war.

• Itachi told Naruto that the crow he had implanted in him carried Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, which had freed Itachi from Impure World Reincarnation.
• Itachi asked Naruto and Killer B to keep Nagato and Kabuto occupied while he searched for Kabuto’s real body and tried to make him release the technique.
• Naruto and Killer B agreed to serve as bait, and Itachi left through the forest.
• Naruto reflected that Nagato had found peace and vowed to bring Sasuke back before heading into the forest with Killer B.
• Kabuto watched the battlefield through a screen and ordered, “Impure World Reincarnation: All Forces, Attack.”

The Shinobi Allied Forces prepared for a second attack by the reanimated Kage and met them in an organized defense. As A clashed with the Third Raikage, Rasa looked toward Gaara, while Hozuki Gengetsu singled out Mei Terumi.

• A, Ōnoki, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and the Allied Forces prepared their defenses after the previous attack.
• The sensory unit detected the reanimated Kage underground, and the Allied Forces deployed according to Plan B.
• The Third Raikage, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, Rasa, and dozens of reanimated shinobi emerged from a fissure.
• Rasa looked at Gaara, who stood among the Allied Forces as the Fifth Kazekage.
• A charged the Third Raikage and met his Four-Finger Nukite in a clash of lightning.
• Hozuki Gengetsu recognized Mei Terumi and teased her while Mu argued with him.

Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, Gaara, and A fought resurrected opponents across the battlefield as Naruto arrived to support the Allied Forces. The fighting continued as new Impure World Reincarnation bodies emerged, while Itachi and Sasuke came face to face in the forest.

• Mei Terumi used Water Mirror Formation to counter Hozuki Gengetsu's Steaming Danger Tyranny, and Gengetsu praised her strength.
• Ōnoki defeated Mu with Dust Release, though he knew Mu would reform, and promised to find a way to let him rest in peace.
• Tsunade joined Gaara against Rasa, while A struck the Third Raikage with a powerful punch and earned his father's brief approval.
• Naruto arrived and launched a Rasengan at the Third Raikage, but it failed to pierce his Lightning Release Chakra Mode as more resurrected fighters emerged.
• Itachi met Sasuke in the forest, and the brothers stared at each other beneath the moonlight.

Itachi and Sasuke joined forces to track down Kabuto while the Allied Shinobi sealed several reincarnated Kage. After Mu’s clone brought Kabuto news of the battlefield, Kabuto prepared to summon the legendary Asura of the Ninja World.

• Itachi told Sasuke that Shisui’s eye had temporarily freed him from Kabuto’s control, and Sasuke agreed to help him find Kabuto.
• Mei Terumi used Lava Release to destroy Hozuki Gengetsu’s steam clone, allowing the Sealing Squad to seal the Second Mizukage.
• Gaara and the Allied Forces trapped Rasa in a pit and sealed the Fourth Kazekage.
• Naruto exposed the crack beneath the Third Raikage’s chest by making him strike himself, and A helped seal him.
• Mu split himself and sent a clone to report to Kabuto, who then prepared to summon the legendary Asura of the Ninja World.

Mu summoned Uchiha Madara with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to aid the war, but Madara revealed that an unknown Uchiha named Uchiha Sou was watching events from the shadows. Kabuto learned of this supposed hidden player and resolved to intensify the war to draw him out.

• Mu summoned Uchiha Madara from a sealed coffin on a concealed cliff.
• Madara recognized that he had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and questioned Mu about the war and Obito's failures.
• Mu told Madara that Nagato was dead, Obito held the Rinnegan, and Itachi Uchiha had broken free of control.
• Madara named Uchiha Sou as a hidden variable whom Mu and Kabuto did not know about, then told Mu to relay that he had arrived to Obito.
• Mu sent a split body carrying Kabuto's instructions toward Obito while Madara headed toward the battlefield.
• Kabuto heard the name Uchiha Sou and decided to make the war burn hotter to force him out of hiding.

Uchiha Madara faced the Shinobi Allied Forces Fourth Division and overwhelmed its vanguard with taijutsu before unleashing his Majestic Destroyer Flame. The Mist Village ninja stopped the flames with Water Style, and Madara turned his attention toward several powerful figures approaching from within the Allied Forces.

• Uchiha Madara descended before the Fourth Division and invited its shinobi to attack him.
• Madara evaded the Allied Forces’ opening attacks, then cut through their formation with taijutsu and left more than a hundred shinobi down.
• Madara formed a single hand seal and unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame across the Allied Forces’ position.
• More than twenty Mist Village ninja combined their Water Style: Water Wall techniques and stopped the flames after nearly exhausting their Chakra.
• Madara observed the scorched battlefield and focused on several powerful figures approaching within the Allied Forces.

Uchiha Madara attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces Fourth Division with Tengai Shinsei, and Gaara and Ōnoki failed to stop his second meteorite. Madara left the devastated battlefield and headed toward the next fight, hoping to face Hashirama.

• Madara approached Gaara and Ōnoki, revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and challenged the Allied Shinobi Forces to seal him.
• Madara summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, and Gaara caught it with sand while Ōnoki reduced its weight.
• Madara summoned a second meteorite, which overwhelmed Gaara and Ōnoki’s defenses and struck the Fourth Division, devastating its ranks.
• Gaara and Ōnoki survived the impact but watched helplessly as Madara walked away from the ruins.
• Madara looked toward the distant battlefield, murmured that he wished Hashirama were there, and continued onward.

Sou sensed Uchiha Madara’s return and prepared to begin his own plan as the Eye of the Moon approached its final stage. He also secured a contingency to sever the Pure Land’s connection to the living world, leaving Madara to walk toward the center stage unaware of Sou’s plans.

• Sou sensed Madara’s Causality Thread surge back into the living world and realized Yakushi Kabuto had traced the existence of Uchiha Sou.
• Sou judged that Madara, Obito, and Nagato were part of a plan laid decades earlier and anticipated the coming Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Cang reached his anchor point in the Pure Land and prepared to sever its connection to the living world for an instant, preventing any intervention by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Cang declared that the time to begin had come and called the coming events the season of harvest.
• Madara walked through a moonlit wilderness toward center stage, unaware that Sou was watching his Causality Thread.

After Uchiha Madara’s meteor killed most of the Fourth Division, the five Kage gathered to assess his power and plan their response. They left the command tent intending to restrain him for three minutes so the Sealing Squad could act.

• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that fewer than six thousand of the Fourth Division’s twenty-three thousand soldiers had survived.
• A, Tsunade, Ōnoki, and Gaara assembled at the command tent, and Mei Terumi joined them after repelling a White Zetsu assault at the coast.
• Ōnoki recalled that Madara’s presence had once frozen Iwagakure’s main force, while Tsunade identified Susanoo as the likely source of his destructive power.
• Tsunade told the Kage their goal was to restrain the immortal Madara and give the Sealing Squad at least three minutes to seal him.
• Gaara agreed to give the squad three minutes, and Tsunade led the Kage out to confront Madara.

The Five Kage confronted Uchiha Madara at the edge of the giant crater, where he dismissed them as unworthy opponents and challenged them to fight him. The chapter ended as five powerful chakra auras erupted around them.

• The Raikage, Tsunade, Ōnoki, Gaara, and Mei arrived together before Uchiha Madara.
• Madara assessed the Five Kage, recognizing Tsunade as Hashirama's granddaughter and Ōnoki as the timid boy he had once known, while dismissing the others without comment.
• Tsunade told Madara that she was not her grandfather, and Ōnoki replied that Madara was responsible for his long life.
• Madara stepped forward, making the earth tremble, and asked whether the Five Kage would face him separately or together.
• Five powerful chakra auras abruptly erupted as the Five Kage remained before Madara.

Madara overwhelmed the Five Kage in close combat, shrugged off their attacks through Impure World Reincarnation, and broke free of Gaara’s sand seal by manifesting Susanoo. The chapter left the Kage facing Madara’s armored Susanoo and its enormous sword as he began his attack.

• A charged Madara, but Madara caught his punch, evaded his attacks, and broke his left arm before Tsunade began healing him.
• Ōnoki struck Madara with Dust Release, and Mei Terumi hit him with Boil Release, but his Impure World Reincarnation body regenerated from both attacks.
• Gaara trapped Madara in a sand sphere bearing sealing formulas, but Madara burst free as the Sealing Squad prepared to act.
• Madara summoned Susanoo’s skeletal first form, then transformed it into its armored second form and formed a giant sword.
• Madara raised Susanoo’s sword and brought it down toward the Five Kage.

The Five Kage resisted Madara’s Susanoo with coordinated attacks, but Madara multiplied his Susanoo using Wood Clones and challenged them to last thirty seconds against twenty-five giants.

• Tsunade raised a stone wall while Gaara shielded the Five Kage with sand, giving Ōnoki time to strike Madara’s Susanoo with Dust Release.
• Madara withdrew from Ōnoki’s attack and fired Yasakani Magatama, blasting Ōnoki into rubble and forcing Mei Terumi’s water wall to evaporate.
• Tsunade shattered one magatama with a punch, and the Five Kage regrouped as Madara acknowledged their resistance.
• Madara created more than a dozen Wood Clones, each activating Susanoo, and asked whether the Five Kage could still hold him off for thirty seconds against twenty-five giants.

Tsunade released the Strength of a Hundred Technique and destroyed two Susanoo with her bare fists, then asked the other Kage to protect her while she recovered. A, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and Gaara fought Madara and his Susanoo, but his Impure World Reincarnation regeneration kept repairing their damage.

• Tsunade unleashed her Yin Seal and shattered two Susanoo, breaking both arms in the process.
• Madara sent more than a dozen Susanoo after Tsunade, and A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Gaara moved to defend her.
• Tsunade asked the four Kage to keep Madara from attacking her for thirty seconds while her arms healed.
• A charged Madara and damaged Susanoo's ribs, but Susanoo caught him in its hand.
• Mei Terumi used Lava Release to corrode Susanoo's arm and free A, but Madara's Impure World Reincarnation quickly regenerated it.

The Five Kage shattered Madara’s armored Susanoo with a coordinated attack, but Madara answered by summoning Perfect Susanoo and splitting the battlefield with a single sword strike. With the Kage separated and a giant blade descending on Tsunade, the fight reached a desperate turning point.

• Ōnoki proposed combining the Five Kage’s abilities to break through Susanoo, then used Light-Weight Rock Technique on A and Weighted Rock Technique on Tsunade.
• A charged at Susanoo with Gaara’s sand helping him accelerate, cracked its chest with a body strike, and cleared the way for Tsunade.
• Tsunade struck the crack with her weighted fist and shattered Susanoo’s armor, exposing Madara and earning his respect.
• Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo, a giant hundreds of meters tall, and challenged the Five Kage to keep fighting.
• Madara’s sword strike carved a vast canyon through the battlefield, separating the Five Kage and leaving Tsunade alone beneath a descending blade.

Itachi tracked Yakushi Kabuto to his hidden cave, while Sasuke followed Itachi in hopes of confronting his brother. The brothers entered together to capture Kabuto alive and end the Impure World Reincarnation, but the cave sealed shut behind them.

• Itachi followed the connection of the Impure World Reincarnation to locate Kabuto in the western wilderness, and Sasuke followed his trail.
• Kabuto sensed Itachi and Sasuke approaching his cave and prepared to face them in Sage Mode.
• Itachi waited outside the cave as Sasuke arrived, and the brothers agreed they had to capture Kabuto alive to release the jutsu.
• Itachi promised to protect Sasuke, and the brothers entered the cave side by side.
• Kabuto welcomed them into his hidden lair as the entrance closed, plunging the cave into darkness.

Sasuke and Itachi confronted Kabuto in his cave, where he revealed his Sage Mode and summoned an army of reanimated ninja. Itachi moved to fight Kabuto while Sasuke faced the corpses, but Kabuto redirected the army against Itachi and trapped him in a relentless assault.

• Sasuke and Itachi entered Kabuto's underground chamber and found him transformed by Sage Mode.
• Kabuto refused Sasuke's demand to release the Impure World Reincarnation and summoned an army from the sealed coffins.
• Itachi assigned Sasuke to fight the reanimated ninja while he confronted Kabuto, citing his familiarity with Kabuto's weaknesses.
• Kabuto attacked Itachi with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, animating the cave's rocks and stalactites.
• Kabuto commanded Asuma Sarutobi, Hizashi Hyuga, Dan Katō, and the other reanimated ninja to attack Itachi, who blocked some blows with Susanoo but was wounded before regenerating.

Sasuke and Itachi fought Kabuto and the Impure World Reincarnation bodies in the cave, but Kabuto’s Sage Mode gave him the advantage. The chapter left Itachi searching for a weakness in Kabuto’s mind while dodging his strengthened attacks.

• Sasuke burned two reincarnated bodies to ashes with Amaterasu, then suffered dizziness from the strain.
• Kabuto split the cave floor with Inorganic Reincarnation, and Hizashi Hyuga struck Sasuke with the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms before Sasuke blasted him away with Lightning Style Chakra.
• Kabuto used Sage Mode-enhanced attacks to overwhelm Itachi, temporarily paralyzing his arm with venom and hurling him into a stone wall.
• Itachi told Kabuto he was waiting for his Sage Mode to run out, but Kabuto revealed a Second Form that made him faster and stronger.
• Itachi dodged Kabuto’s attacks and searched for a mental opening that would let him use a decisive technique.