Chapter Summaries

Nagato used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Uchiha Madara, then died after asking him to spare Konan. Madara reclaimed the Rinnegan and turned his attention to gathering the Tailed Beasts and targeting Konoha and the Ninjutsu Sect Office.

• Nagato gave in to Uchiha Madara's demand and used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect him.
• Uchiha Madara regained his strength, took the Rinnegan from Nagato, and promised not to hurt Konan.
• Nagato died after asking Uchiha Madara to protect Konan.
• Uchiha Madara said he would reclaim the Nine-Tails and the complete chakra of the other Tailed Beasts.
• Obito reported that a poisonous snake had escaped, but Uchiha Madara told him to focus on Konoha and the Ninjutsu Sect Office.

At the Five Kage Summit in Takigakure, Rin faced accusations that the Ninjutsu Sect Office was secretly allied with the Akatsuki. She pledged the office’s full support against the Akatsuki, leaving Minato to suspect Uesugi Shinji had used the organization for his own plans.

• Shibuki hosted the Five Kage Summit in Takigakure, where leaders from the great villages and the Ninjutsu Sect Office gathered to discuss the Akatsuki.
• The Raikage criticized Sorakage for skipping the summit and accused the Ninjutsu Sect Office of having unclear ties to the Akatsuki.
• Rin rejected the accusations, and Zabuza and Haku moved to defend her when the Raikage threatened the office.
• Namikaze Minato calmed the room and asked Rin to address rumors that General Uesugi was the Akatsuki's Azure Dragon.
• Rin declared that the Ninjutsu Sect Office would fully support wiping out the Akatsuki, prompting the Raikage and Ōnoki to question their intelligence.
• Minato wondered whether Uesugi Shinji planned to discard the Akatsuki after using it.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Ninjutsu Sect Office agreed to halt conflicts and unite against the Akatsuki. Obito then appeared at their meeting, declared war on the Shinobi World, and revealed the Eye of the Moon Plan, leaving the assembled leaders alarmed by its scale.

• Minato and the other leaders agreed to stop wars, investigate the Akatsuki, and combine their forces to destroy it and reclaim the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito appeared through a spatial vortex and mocked the leaders for thinking they could defeat the Akatsuki.
• The Raikage attacked Obito, but his body passed through him, and Minato explained Obito's intangibility.
• Obito announced that the Akatsuki was declaring war on the Shinobi World and introduced the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito explained the plan, and the leaders grew grave as they realized the Akatsuki might be able to carry it out.

Obito declared the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Uchiha Madara appeared and revealed that he had been controlling Obito. Madara identified himself as the Akatsuki's true leader and prepared to seize the Nine-Tails' chakra from Namikaze Minato.

• Obito explained that the Akatsuki would impose peace through the Eye of the Moon Plan, and the Fourth Raikage rejected it.
• Namikaze Minato warned Obito that the Five Kage had joined forces and understood how his abilities worked.
• Uchiha Madara emerged from a space-time vortex and claimed that Obito was a disobedient pawn under his control.
• Ōnoki recognized Uchiha Madara and identified him as one of the men who shaped the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Madara insulted Sunagakure and declared that he would take the Nine-Tails' chakra from Namikaze Minato.
• The four Kage and Rin stood to face Uchiha Madara as the shinobi in the hall went on guard.

Uchiha Madara attacked the Shinobi World alliance at the Five Kage Summit and overwhelmed the Kage with his speed and Susanoo. As his six-armed Susanoo launched a devastating strike, Ōnoki prepared a stone giant to hold it back while the others planned to attack Madara.

• The Fourth Raikage challenged Uchiha Madara, but Ōnoki warned the alliance about Madara’s strength from the Warring States Era.
• Uchiha Madara struck the Fourth Raikage, then dodged attacks from Namikaze Minato, Terumi Mei, and Ōnoki while the Raikage charged back in.
• Namikaze Minato escaped Madara’s throw with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Rin ambushed Madara with her crimson blade.
• Madara summoned Susanoo to block the Raikage and Rin, demolishing the meeting hall as the fighters scattered outside.
• Madara expanded Susanoo into a six-armed giant and attacked the alliance with three enormous blades of light.
• Ōnoki told Shibu to evacuate Takigakure’s villagers, then began creating a stone golem to hold Susanoo off.

Ōnoki’s stone golem and the allied shinobi engaged Uchiha Madara, while Ōnoki rallied the fighters as they adapted to his strength. Terumi Mei’s acid-mist dragon exposed Madara to Ōnoki’s Dust Release, which struck through Susanoo’s defense and left Ōnoki certain they had succeeded.

• Ōnoki raised a giant stone golem, and the allied shinobi used it to approach Susanoo while Madara unleashed a vast wave of fire.
• Ōnoki sent six fighters, including Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Raikage, Rin, Kakashi, Zabuza, and Haku, to attack Madara at close range.
• Terumi Mei questioned whether shinobi could match Madara, and Ōnoki rallied the allied forces by urging them to fight together and make history.
• The six fighters improved their coordination against Madara, while he used his Gunbai to defend; Ōnoki and Terumi Mei prepared a surprise attack.
• Minato moved the others clear as Terumi Mei engulfed Madara in her Boil-Lava Dragon Destruction Technique, forcing him to defend himself with Susanoo.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release through Susanoo’s exoskeleton and struck Madara, then believed they had won.

Madara survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release and escalated the battle by summoning a colossal meteor. Meanwhile, Uesugi Shinji completed his forbidden jutsu and created a powerful new life, which he named Quetzalcoatl.

• Minato warned the Allied shinobi that Madara had survived Dust Release, and Madara revealed he had absorbed the attack with the Rinnegan.
• Madara’s Susanoo destroyed Ōnoki’s stone giant, but Shisui Uchiha’s Susanoo arrived with Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sasuke to protect the falling shinobi.
• Madara rejected Shisui and Sasuke’s defiance and cast Tengai Shinsei, revealing a meteor large enough to cover Takigakure.
• At the Ninjutsu Sect Office, Uesugi Shinji completed the Outer Path Jade sealing technique after nearly a month of combining the nine Tailed Beast chakras.
• The Outer Path Jade transformed into a white serpent-like being that regarded Shinji as its parent, and Shinji named it Quetzalcoatl.

Rin and Shisui Uchiha joined forces against Uchiha Madara, turning the battle in their favor with Garaga, the Three Sacred Treasures, and Rin’s sword technique. As Madara was badly wounded, Obito Uchiha seized his opening and appeared before him using Kamui.

• Uchiha Madara used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, forcing the remaining fighters to struggle against its vines.
• Shisui Uchiha used the Three Sacred Treasures to protect the allied shinobi and resist Madara’s Wood Release.
• Rin entered Sage Mode with Garaga and countered the vines with the serpent’s Senjutsu flames.
• Shisui Uchiha and Garaga attacked Madara together, while Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to escape the assault.
• Rin struck Madara with One-Character Flame Shadow Slash: Final Form, leaving him severely wounded despite his recovery technique.
• Obito Uchiha used Kamui to appear in front of Madara before he could recover through the Demonic Statue.

Obito killed Uchiha Madara, took the Rinnegan, and became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, overwhelming the gathered shinobi. Uesugi Shinji arrived just in time to block Obito’s attack and confronted him over threatening Rin.

• Obito killed Uchiha Madara with Wood Release, took the Rinnegan, and summoned the Ten-Tails.
• Obito merged with the Ten-Tails and became a godlike Jinchuriki, then defeated Kakashi and drove Garaga to retreat.
• Obito attacked Rin and the assembled shinobi with the Sword of Nunoboko, overwhelming their defenses.
• Uesugi Shinji appeared and used Sage Art: Soul-Suppressing Rashomon to swallow Obito’s black energy.
• Uesugi Shinji confronted Obito for threatening Rin as the other shinobi watched warily.

Uesugi Shinji fought Obito after Obito became a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, demonstrating that his Ice Release carried the power of Kekkei Mōra. As Obito summoned the God Tree beneath a crimson moon, Shinji revealed Quetzalcoatl, an Outer Path Jade made from the Nine Tailed Beasts' Chakra, which Obito recognized as a new “Ten-Tails.”

• Uesugi Shinji blocked Obito’s Sword of Nunoboko with an ice-crystal sword and explained that Obito had only mastered a basic use of Kekkei Mōra.
• Uesugi Shinji froze Obito’s shield and overwhelmed him in close combat, while Obito used Truth-Seeking Orbs to break free of the ice.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to draw directly on the God Tree, and Obito summoned it with Six Paths: God Tree Birth.
• The Fourth Raikage challenged Rin over Uesugi Shinji’s possible ties to the Akatsuki, but Ōnoki stopped him from escalating the dispute.
• A crimson full moon appeared as Uesugi Shinji summoned Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent formed from the Nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra.
• Uesugi Shinji rode Quetzalcoatl above Obito, who recognized it as an entirely new Ten-Tails.

Uesugi Shinji attacked Obito while the Eye of the Moon trapped nearly everyone in an illusion, but Shinji and three others resisted its effects. Black Zetsu betrayed Obito and used the God Tree to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, who appeared before Shinji as the chapter ended.

• Uesugi Shinji rode Quetzalcoatl down toward Obito, whose God Tree branches were burned to ash by White Yin Fire.
• Obito activated the Eye of the Moon, trapping nearly all living creatures in an illusion, while Uesugi Shinji, Shisui Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, and Uzumaki Naruto remained conscious.
• Uesugi Shinji attacked Obito with Quetzalcoatl as the God Tree drained the sleeping world's energy and its flower bud began to bloom.
• Black Zetsu entered Obito's back and drained his strength to fuel the flower bud, declaring that Kaguya Otsutsuki would return.
• The flower bud bloomed and released Kaguya Otsutsuki, whose light blocked Uesugi Shinji's attack.

Uesugi Shinji battled Kaguya Otsutsuki in her lava dimension, exploiting her lack of combat experience to overwhelm her and pierce the Rinne Sharingan on her forehead. The Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Black Zetsu was frozen, and Kaguya prepared a final attack to destroy the Shinobi World.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki sent Obito flying, concealed Zetsu in her sleeve, and transported Uesugi Shinji and Quetzalcoatl to her lava dimension, Amenominaka.
• Uesugi Shinji dodged Kaguya Otsutsuki’s lava and Rabbit Hair Needle attacks, then wounded her with an ice sword and White Yin Fire before she escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Uesugi Shinji made four clones and used Sealing Technique: Space Lock to briefly block Kaguya Otsutsuki’s portal, allowing him and his clones to slash her repeatedly.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack destroyed two clones but exposed her forehead, and Uesugi Shinji pierced her Rinne Sharingan with an Ice Blade.
• The Eye of the Moon cracked and Infinite Tsukuyomi ended; Uesugi Shinji froze Zetsu as Kaguya Otsutsuki vowed to destroy the Shinobi World and invoked Truth-Seeking Orb of the End.

Kaguya Otsutsuki unleashed a growing Truth-Seeking Orb of the End that threatened to destroy the Shinobi World, and Uesugi Shinji revealed that Naruto and Sasuke were key to saving it. The Sage of Six Paths appeared and began explaining Kaguya’s history.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki created the Truth-Seeking Orb of the End and vowed to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Uesugi Shinji admitted he could protect only one city with his own power.
• Uesugi Shinji said the way to save the entire Shinobi World depended on Naruto and Sasuke.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared and told Uesugi Shinji he existed outside of destiny.
• The Sage of Six Paths identified Kaguya Otsutsuki as his mother and began recounting events from a thousand years earlier.

Sasuke and Naruto used the Sage of Six Paths’ power to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Truth-Seeking Orb of the End, but Uesugi Shinji revealed his own formidable power afterward. Years later, Sasuke left Konoha again to pursue strength with Orochimaru, while the Shinobi World’s factions prepared for a tense future.

• The Sage of Six Paths awakened Indra and Asura’s powers in Sasuke and Naruto, who sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Truth-Seeking Orb of the End.
• Sasuke challenged Uesugi Shinji, but Shinji quickly subdued him and returned him unharmed to Namikaze Minato.
• Uesugi Shinji showed Rin the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and two evolved eyes, then declared that the Ninjutsu Sect Office could break the cycle of fate.
• At the Valley of the End, Sasuke defeated Naruto, left Konoha, and joined Orochimaru to seek greater power against Uesugi Shinji.
• After several years of peace, the other great ninja villages and major powers secretly allied against the Ninjutsu Sect Office as tensions continued to rise.