Recaps

The Great Toad Sage rallied the Shinobi World against Houka, turning the confrontation into a choice between resisting an invading god and siding with the Divine Children. Houka answered the toad’s provocation by summoning Ryuchi Cave’s fighters and absorbing Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara, while a Yellow Flash attacked his arm.

• The Great Toad Sage urged Hagoromo, Katsuyu, and the ninja villages to unite against Houka, claiming the Shinobi World faced an invasion.
• Chiyo, Orochimaru, and the other leaders weighed their choices as Gaara and Uchiha Sasuke sided with the Divine Children; Orochimaru joined Kamui.
• Houka condemned the Great Toad Sage for provoking more deaths, and the toad urged Hagoromo to summon the other villages’ fighters.
• Houka declared that fighters below Kage level should stay back, summoned Ryuchi Cave’s powerful fighters, and pulled Naruto Uzumaki to him for chakra.
• Houka absorbed Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara into his arm, prompting the Great Toad Sage to scream that he had devoured the Nine-Tails and One-Tail.
• A Yellow Flash appeared beside Houka and slashed a kunai at his arm.

Houka’s forces and the resurrected shinobi clashed after Minato’s first attack failed, while Houka revealed abilities that could consume powerful souls and imitate an Otsutsuki. The Six Paths Sage realized Houka might belong to the clan his mother feared most.

• Minato attacked Houka but was annihilated, then emerged from the King of Hell’s mouth and entered Nine-Tails and Sage modes.
• Madara, Kamui, Minato, and other shinobi attacked Houka’s group; Tagitsu-hime trapped Kushina in an illusion.
• Hashirama, Jiraiya, Hiruzen, and the warring states fighters joined the battle despite the Six Paths Sage’s pleas for peace.
• Houka transformed into Black Impermanence and used soul-reaping chains to bind and swallow many powerful souls, severing their connection to the Pure Land.
• Houka transformed into an Otsutsuki-like form, destroyed the Great Toad Sage’s sealing talismans, and alarmed the Six Paths Sage.

Houka sent Demon Merry to hold off Hagoromo and Hamura while he pursued the Great Toad Sage. Demon Merry attacked the brothers and began turning Konoha’s surroundings and people into demonic puppets.

• Hagoromo resurrected Hamura and passed him the Yin mark so they could use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei against Houka.
• Houka returned to human form, declared the Otsutsuki brothers mere appetizers, and summoned Demon Merry to fight them while he went after the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage called for Katsuyu, but the White Snake Sage intimidated the Slug Sage and defended Houka’s intentions.
• Houka attacked the Great Toad Sage with a God-level Thunder Spear, and Hagoromo moved to protect him as Demon Merry struck at the brothers with the Holy Fate Spear: Longinus.
• Hamura caught the spear with the Tenseigan, but Demon Merry unleashed the Nineteen King Weapons and held both brothers at bay.
• Demon Merry turned the forest and Konoha’s watchtowers into demons and began using Black Turn Domination on the people in the village.

As Houka’s clone fought the Six Paths Sage and Hamura Otsutsuki in Konoha, the Great Toad Sage fled to destroy the Loulan Dragon Vein and its Space-Time Passage. Houka realized his true body was waiting at the passage and sent it a warning, leaving the Great Toad Sage racing toward an unknown danger.

• Demon Merry turned unconscious Konoha shinobi into Black-Turn Puppets, while Houka captured the souls the Six Paths Sage sent to aid Gamamaru.
• The Great Toad Sage trapped Houka with the Toad Mouth Binding Technique, escaped to Mount Myoboku, and used a subordinate to summon him to Sand Village.
• The Great Toad Sage headed for the Loulan Ruins with Mount Myoboku’s Sage Talismans, intending to destroy the Dragon Vein passage and prevent Houka’s true body from arriving.
• Houka killed the Great Toad of Iwasu, pursued the Great Toad Sage to Mount Myoboku, and used Leaf-Casting Divination to discover he was heading toward the Land of Wind.
• Houka sent a warning to his true body through an Electromagnetic Wave Receiver in the Loulan Ruins, then stayed at Mount Myoboku to absorb natural energy as the Great Toad Sage raced toward Loulan.

Houka stabilized the Dragon Vein passage, sent eight clones into the Naruto World to seize its power and treasures, and ambushed the Great Toad Sage at the Loulan Ruins. The Great Toad Sage was left unable to resist as Houka drained its luck and crushed it with lightning and Conqueror’s Haki.

• Houka learned from his clone that the Great Toad Sage planned to destroy the Space-Time Passage and that the Six Paths Sage had taken the Tenseigan.
• Houka split off eight clones and sent them to capture the Rinnegan, Sharingan, tailed beasts, Six Paths Tools, ninja swords, and other targets across the Naruto World.
• The clones departed from the Loulan Ruins, while the remaining Houka clone waited for the Great Toad Sage and absorbed natural energy using Ryuchi Cave Sage Art.
• The Great Toad Sage arrived at Loulan intending to destroy the passage, but Houka teleported in and seized it before it could act.
• Houka drained the Great Toad Sage’s luck and immobilized it with lightning and Conqueror’s Haki, leaving it helpless.

Houka returned from the ruins of Loulan after capturing the Great Toad Sage and joined the battle in Konoha, where he overwhelmed the Otsutsuki brothers and began capturing powerful souls. The chapter ended with Houka turning his attention to Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju, and the other legendary souls.

• Houka's clone imprisoned the unconscious Great Toad Sage in the Dragon Vein passage while Houka's original held him for later questioning about Mount Myoboku's Sage Talismans.
• On the Konoha battlefield, Hagoromo and Hamura attacked Demon Merry, while Shanks and the other fighters struggled against the controlled villagers and their opponents.
• Houka stopped Danzo Shimura's Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique from hitting Shanks, then captured more powerful souls.
• After Hagoromo and Hamura badly injured Demon Merry and prepared to seal him, Houka blasted them away with an Advanced Conqueror's Haki Thunder Dragon.
• Houka told the Six Paths Sage that Gamamaru had escaped, then captured Uchiha Izuna and challenged Uchiha Madara as he set his sights on the remaining legendary souls.

Houka overwhelmed Uchiha Madara and argued with the Six Paths Sage about how the Shinobi World should be governed. The Six Paths Sage offered to hand over the world if Houka would protect it, but Houka demanded his Rinnegan, and Hamura’s refusal made war inevitable.

• Houka pinned Uchiha Madara with Sandstorm Sealing, then shattered Madara’s Susanoo and sent him flying toward Kamui.
• Demon Merry returned after recovering from Golden Wheel Tensei Burst and apologized to Houka for being sealed.
• Hamura Otsutsuki worried that Houka’s arrival would make it harder for him and the Six Paths Sage to use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
• Houka criticized the Six Paths Sage for allowing the ninja clans to destroy one another and failing to prepare the Shinobi World for the Otsutsuki Clan.
• The Six Paths Sage offered to hand the Shinobi World to Houka if Houka would improve it without making its great ninja villages vassals.
• Houka demanded the Six Paths Sage’s Rinnegan, Hamura refused to let him harm his brother, and Houka declared that war was inevitable.

Houka rejected the Six Paths Sage’s offer to withdraw and attacked him, driving the fight away from Konoha as the other battles continued across the battlefield. Orochimaru kept Tsunade contained while Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled against Shamrock.

• Hamura Otsutsuki refused to surrender the Rinnegan, and Houka ordered Merry to stop him before charging the Six Paths Sage.
• Houka’s Majestic Attire Nine-Tails Susanoo blasted the Six Paths Sage toward the ocean, and Hamura followed as they fought away from Konoha.
• Uchiha Madara tried to recover Uchiha Izuna’s soul but was held off by Gu Yue Shenwei, while Ancient Moon Ryuma asked Ichikishima-hime to take over Jiraiya.
• The demonized White Snake Sage attacked Jiraiya, Sage Fukasaku, and Sage Shima, who held their ground while hoping the Great Toad Sage would return with help.
• Orochimaru blocked Tsunade and argued that the Divine Children’s victory would make her side rebels, while Manda watched Katsuyu’s split body.
• Orochimaru watched Shamrock beat the one-armed Hiruzen Sarutobi and noted that the Dead Demon Consuming Seal no longer worked after its death god became Hamura Otsutsuki.

Chiyo led the Sand Village fighters to support the Divine Children, while Orochimaru saved the defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi from Shamrock. Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and unleashed a devastating attack on Lu Ya, leaving the battle at its most dangerous point as he launched Night Guy.

• Chiyo decided to support the Divine Children and led Maki, Temari, Kankuro, and the others into battle against Konoha's ninja clans.
• Shamrock defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Orochimaru persuaded him to spare Hiruzen and took the wounded Third Hokage hostage.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death, alarming both sides as he charged at Lu Ya.
• Might Guy's Evening Elephant killed the White Snake Sage, Shinya, and the Three Snake Princesses, then sent Katakuri flying.
• Lu Ya attacked Might Guy head-on, and Might Guy unleashed Night Guy, burning his remaining life force as he raced toward him.

Might Guy killed Lu Ya with his Gate of Death strike, then died after clashing with the enraged Divine Children. Lu Ya awakened his Gear Five: Sun God form, and Houka’s eyes appeared across the sky as a godlike presence descended over the Shinobi World.

• Houka watched the battle through his Eyes of Heaven and chose not to intervene as Might Guy fought the Divine Children.
• Might Guy killed Lu Ya, provoking Kamui, Katakuri, Ryuma, Shamrock, and Shanks to attack him in fury.
• Might Guy unleashed his final Night Guy strike, dying as he blasted the five Divine Children into craters.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze seized Lu Ya’s body and demanded the Divine Children surrender, while Sarutobi Shinobi celebrated and threatened them.
• Lu Ya revived, awakened his Gear Five: Sun God form, and slapped Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze aside.
• Lu Ya called out to his father, and enormous eyes appeared in the sky as a powerful presence swept across the Shinobi World.

Houka's clones attacked the Akatsuki in Amegakure as the Eye of Heaven's arrival spread terror across the Shinobi World. The clones trapped Amegakure and began fighting Pain's forces, while other villages faced new invasions and Konoha's defenders lost hope.

• The Six Paths Sage, Hamura Otsutsuki, Nagato, and ninja across the hidden villages looked up at the Eye of Heaven and feared the god who had descended.
• Houka's two clones approached the Akatsuki base in Amegakure and found Kisame Hoshigaki, Uchiha Itachi, Deidara, and Sasori of the Red Sand waiting with the Six Paths of Pain.
• One clone unleashed Death Thunder Cage over all of Amegakure, trapping Nagato and Konan and cutting off their escape.
• Houka's clones taunted Pain about being a vessel for Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan, then released Conqueror's Haki as the battle began.
• Houka's clones descended on the major hidden villages, while Jigen decided to stay hidden after seeing the Eye of Heaven.
• On the Konoha battlefield, Lu Ya's roar convinced the defenders that the True God had arrived, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze despaired.

Houka descended, healed the Ancient Moon brothers, and punished Lu Ya for his reckless charge into battle. He then seized Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze, tortured them for threatening his children, and left the shinobi forces pleading for mercy.

• Houka descended and healed Lu Ya, Kamui, Katakuri, Shamrock, and Ryuma, while Shanks and Shamrock celebrated their newly awakened powers.
• Kamui and Katakuri scolded and beat Lu Ya for nearly getting himself killed, and Shamrock and Ryuma greeted Houka as their father.
• Houka pinned Lu Ya to the ground for his recklessness, then pulled Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze back and took the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato.
• Houka tortured Tobirama and Minato, terrifying Kushina Uzumaki, Jiraiya, and the other shinobi as the White Snake Sage and others began regenerating.
• Hashirama Senju prostrated himself before Houka and begged him to spare the innocent villagers, while Uchiha Sasuke celebrated joining Houka's side and vowed to kill Uchiha Itachi.

Houka left Hashirama Senju with the Divine Children and took several souls before departing to pursue the Six Paths Sage. Shanks and Shamrock attacked the Sarutobi clan, and the chapter ended with Shanks preparing to strike Asuma Sarutobi.

• Houka seized the souls of Madara, Kushina, and others, gave Ryuma several additional souls, and left Hashirama Senju to the Divine Children before heading after the Six Paths Sage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi begged Kamui to spare the Sarutobi clan, but several Sarutobi Shinobi begged Shamrock and Shanks to spare them and blamed Hiruzen.
• Shanks killed the Sarutobi Shinobi who pleaded for mercy, while Shamrock kicked Hiruzen and Orochimaru sealed him.
• Kurenai Yuhi tried to stop Asuma Sarutobi from seeking revenge, but Asuma broke free and charged at Shanks.
• Shanks swung Black Blade Gryphon at Asuma, using his newly mastered Advanced Conqueror's Haki.

Shanks defeated Asuma Sarutobi and Konoha's ninja submitted, while Houka's clones overwhelmed the Akatsuki. Houka pressed toward Nagato's hiding place as Konan prepared a massive explosive attack, and Kisame was left ready to surrender.

• Shanks's Divine Departure severed Asuma Sarutobi's fist and smashed him through Konoha's gates, forcing the ninja to submit under Hashirama Senju's glare.
• Kamui, Katakuri, Shamrock, and Shanks beat Lu Ya for complaining, while Ryuma blocked Konoha's view and devoured powerful souls.
• At the Akatsuki headquarters, Houka destroyed the Asura Path, Hell Path, and King of Hell, then ignored Heavenly Path Pain's Universal Pull and charged toward Nagato Uzumaki.
• Nagato and Konan tried to flee, but Houka's Thunder Cage trapped them, and Konan prepared to use Six Hundred Billion Explosive Tags.
• Houka wrecked Sasori of the Red Sand's puppet shell and Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo, while Samehada fled from Kisame Hoshigaki and Kisame considered surrendering.

Houka overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi and the Akatsuki members, defeating Itachi’s defenses and genjutsu before taking his eyes. The chapter left Houka with three Mangekyo Sharingan while Itachi lay defeated and Kisame accepted that he had lost.

• Deidara kept attacking Houka, but Sasori gave up after Houka crushed his puppets and defeated the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Houka shattered Itachi’s Susanoo and blasted apart his Amaterasu with a shock wave of Advanced Conqueror’s Haki.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi on Houka, but Houka resisted and seized him after the genjutsu rebounded.
• Houka gouged out Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan, but Itachi’s crow unleashed Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami in a failed attempt to control him.
• Houka destroyed the crow, kicked Itachi away, and absorbed the three Mangekyo Sharingan into his arm.
• Kisame watched Itachi’s defeat and recognized that Houka had beaten him with ease.

Houka defeated Uchiha Itachi, forced Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasori of the Red Sand to surrender, and pursued Pain. Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to attack Houka’s Thunder Cage, but Houka’s clone reached him and demanded the Rinnegan.

• Houka drained Uchiha Itachi’s chakra and eye power, rejected him as a subordinate, and told the remaining Akatsuki members to follow him.
• Kisame Hoshigaki, Deidara, and Sasori of the Red Sand restored Uchiha Itachi’s ordinary sight and traveled toward Pain’s hideout with him.
• Konan sent Nagato away with a paper clone and stayed behind as Houka fought through Pain’s remaining Paths.
• Nagato ignored Konan’s warning and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which struck Houka’s Thunder Cage with a Tailed Beasts Ball.
• Houka’s clone rode the Thunder Cage’s lightning to reach Nagato and demanded that he hand over the Rinnegan.

Houka defeated Nagato and took the Rinnegan, revealing that Uchiha Madara had placed restrictions on them. He left Nagato alive with replacement eyes while Konan rushed toward the scene.

• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and sent its chakra dragon at Houka, who destroyed the dragon and blasted the statue's head off with one punch.
• The statue's collapse weakened Nagato, but Houka withstood his Super Almighty Push and told him that Uchiha Madara had chosen him as a vessel for the Rinnegan.
• Houka pulled Nagato's Rinnegan from his eyes and absorbed them, discovering that Uchiha Madara had restricted their abilities.
• Houka spared Nagato, removed a pair of eyes from a hidden White Zetsu, and fused them into Nagato's body.
• Konan charged toward Nagato after her paper clone was destroyed, while the four Paths of Pain pursuing Houka's clone collapsed as corpses.
• Houka's clone celebrated being faster than the other Houka.

Houka’s forces captured jinchuriki across the Shinobi World while the Hidden Stone mobilized to pursue them. At the coastal battlefield, Houka merged with his clone, took control of the Nine-Tails and One-Tail, and cornered the Six Paths Sage, who realized Houka wielded the power of a world.

• Konan let the Akatsuki members leave after Deidara and Kisame explained that they had submitted to the new boss, Houka.
• Houka’s clones reached Amegakure, the Hidden Waterfall Village, the Hidden Stone Village, and Grass Village, while others approached the Hidden Cloud Village and Kirigakure.
• After a Houka clone captured Han, Onoki led more than ten thousand Hidden Stone ninja to pursue the captor and protect Roshi, whom another clone was searching for.
• Houka merged with the clone fighting the Six Paths Sage, took the Yang Nine-Tails and One-Tail from Naruto and Gaara, and sent the two jinchuriki back to their allies.
• Houka sealed the area’s space-time and demanded Hagoromo’s Rinnegan, while Hamura urged his brother to flee to the Pure Land.
• The Six Paths Sage saw that Houka carried the power of an entire world and despaired of defeating him.