Chapter Summaries

Genya approved Naruto and Sasuke’s rematch, which ended in a draw before Sasuke suffered Mangekyō Sharingan side effects. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Tabito arrived in Sunagakure seeking information about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and was confronted by Pakura.

• Kakashi reported that Orochimaru had joined forces with Akatsuki again, and Genya dismissed him to rest.
• Naruto and Sasuke asked Genya for permission to fight again, and he approved their match under his supervision.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought with their strongest techniques and exhausted themselves in a draw; Tsunade treated Sasuke’s eyes, and Genya gave him Genetic Serum.
• Otsutsuki Tabito and his companions arrived in Sunagakure through a formation on the moon, seeking clues about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Pakura challenged Tabito’s group and ordered the Sand shinobi to capture them.

Otsutsuki Tabito and his companions searched for information about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, defeating Sunagakure’s defenders before heading to Konoha. They arrived at the village gates, where Kakashi led the Anbu in preparing to defend Konoha against them.

• Otsutsuki Tabito seized control of the Puppet Masters’ puppets and defeated Pakura and Sunagakure’s elites, including Rasa.
• Otsutsuki Tabito decided to seek information about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the strongest hidden village and traveled toward Konoha with Otsutsuki Yui and Otsutsuki Sazan.
• Otsutsuki Tabito’s group attacked Anbu patrol members who challenged them in Konoha’s sphere of influence.
• Kakashi and more than a dozen Anbu elites confronted the group outside Konoha after receiving the patrol’s warning.
• Otsutsuki Tabito demanded to meet Konoha’s highest leader, and Kakashi ordered the Anbu to prepare to defend the village.

The Otsutsuki attacked Konoha, and Sazan’s magma giant shattered the village walls and overwhelmed its defenders. Genya arrived with reinforcements and confronted Tabito, while Tsunade’s attack was stopped by Sazan, leaving Genya ready to avenge her.

• Tabito sent Sazan to attack Kakashi, who failed to stop him with a lightning-infused kunai.
• Sazan created a magma giant that smashed through Konoha’s walls, and the Anbu’s ninjutsu could not damage it.
• Akimichi Choza attacked the giant after taking his clan’s secret medicine, but Sazan defeated him.
• Genya arrived with Tsunade, Killer B, Han, Naruto, and Sasuke, and Tabito ordered him to kneel.
• Tabito insulted Tsunade and offered to take her to the moon as his maid, prompting her to attack him.
• Sazan broke Tsunade’s stone axe and sent her flying, but Genya caught her and promised to avenge her.

Naruto and Sasuke challenged Otsutsuki Sazan but were defeated, so Killer B and Han joined the battle with Gyuki and Kokuō. Otsutsuki Sazan’s lava giant fought back, and the chapter ended as he launched a massive lava fireball at the tailed beasts while they prepared Tailed Beast Bombs.

• Genya let Naruto and Sasuke face Otsutsuki Sazan, and both unleashed their strongest attacks before being defeated.
• Genya reassured the injured Naruto and Sasuke, while Killer B and Han stepped in to fight.
• Killer B and Han entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Otsutsuki Sazan’s rock giant, which rapidly regenerated.
• Killer B transformed into Gyuki and struck the giant, but Otsutsuki Sazan severed two of Gyuki’s tentacles and knocked him down.
• Kokuō charged the giant and sent it flying, but it struck Kokuō back before Otsutsuki Sazan fired a huge lava fireball at both tailed beasts.
• Gyuki and Kokuō gathered power to fire Tailed Beast Bombs at the incoming attack.

Killer B and Han defeated Otsutsuki Sazan, but Otsutsuki Tabito attacked the tailed beasts and challenged Genya. Genya overwhelmed Tabito’s attacks and met his giant Hamura phantom with a powerful Rasengan, leaving the result of their clash unresolved.

• Killer B and Han struck Otsutsuki Sazan with a combined Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving him badly injured in a giant crater outside Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Tabito attacked Kokuō and Gyuki, injuring them with powerful strikes and attraction and repulsion forces.
• Genya destroyed Tabito’s Puppet Hoverboard, then blocked his punches and resisted his attempt to pull him closer.
• Tabito summoned a massive Hamura-like phantom and brought its hand down on Genya, who countered with Sage Art: Five Elements: Super Wheel-Karma Rasengan.
• The two attacks merged after colliding, and dazzling light erupted.

Genya defeated the Otsutsuki who attacked Konoha and ordered their capture so he could learn why they had come. Otsutsuki Tabito escaped, while Morino Ibiki began questioning the prisoners.

• Genya overwhelmed Otsutsuki Tabito, destroying Hamura's phantom and knocking him unconscious.
• Otsutsuki Yui ambushed Genya, but he caught her whip and kicked her into a rock wall.
• Genya defeated the remaining Otsutsuki, and Kakashi's ANBU began taking them into custody.
• Otsutsuki Tabito escaped on a Puppet Hoverboard after vowing revenge on Konoha.
• Genya ordered the prisoners brought to the interrogation division and told Morino Ibiki to question Otsutsuki Yui.

Genya interrogated Otsutsuki Yui and learned that the moon clan had come to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then allowed the captured Otsutsuki to stay in Konoha under surveillance. After discovering Yui’s abundant chakra could help upgrade his bloodline limit, Genya turned his attention to using the clan as a source of power.

• Ibiki intimidated Otsutsuki Yui into revealing that her clan was searching for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Genya told Yui that Obito had the statue and learned that Otsutsuki Tabito had escaped using a chakra-burning secret art that would leave him weakened for years.
• Yui answered Genya’s questions about the moon clan, and Genya arranged apartments and medical treatment for the captured Otsutsuki while ordering Kakashi to monitor them.
• Genya sensed the vast chakra in Yui and realized that the Otsutsuki could help him upgrade his bloodline limit.
• Genya visited the recovering Otsutsuki in their apartments, where they suppressed their hostility after remembering how easily he had defeated Tabito.

Genya drained the recovering Otsutsuki prisoners of their chakra before leaving with Nami, while the wounded Otsutsuki Tabito traveled to Ryūchi Cave seeking the White Snake Sage’s help against Konoha. The White Snake Sage allowed Tabito to enter and faced him in her palace.

• Genya used Wood Release to drain several million energy points from the Otsutsuki, then spoke with Otsutsuki Yui about his bloodline and Nami’s Hyuga heritage.
• Genya and Nami left after Genya finished harvesting the Otsutsuki’s chakra.
• Otsutsuki Tabito flew to Ryūchi Cave, intending to enlist the White Snake Sage’s help to destroy Konoha.
• Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime challenged Tabito, but the White Snake Sage instructed them to let him pass.
• Tabito followed the two sages to the White Snake Sage’s palace and stood before the enormous snake.

Otsutsuki Tabito sought White Snake Sage’s help in finding the God Tree’s remaining power, while Akatsuki planned to weaken Konoha and gather the Tailed Beasts. Orochimaru revived powerful shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation, and Deidara began testing himself against the Third Raikage Ay.

• White Snake Sage struck Tabito for trying to manipulate her, then sent Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime to help him search for the God Tree’s remaining power while warning them to kill him if he threatened Ryūchi Cave.
• Kakuzu reported that the Otsutsuki Clan had attacked Konoha and been defeated by the Fifth Hokage, prompting Obito to urge Akatsuki to speed up its plans to collect the Tailed Beasts.
• Orochimaru proposed weakening Konoha by attacking other hidden villages, and Obito ordered him to summon powerful shinobi from past generations to support Akatsuki’s missions.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon dozens of figures, including Namikaze Minato and the Third Raikage Ay, whose appearance stirred strong emotions in Obito.
• Deidara challenged Ay to test his strength, but Ay used lightning to pierce and disable Deidara’s Clay Bombs.

Ay nearly killed Deidara during a spar before Obito stopped the fight and revealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Otsutsuki Clan’s likely interest in it. Obito’s history with Minato troubled Orochimaru, while Genya put the Otsutsuki to work in Konoha.

• Ay charged Deidara, but Sasori shielded him with iron sand and restrained Ay with chakra threads, allowing Deidara to escape the blow.
• Obito ended the spar and told Orochimaru that the Otsutsuki might be searching for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, creating an opportunity to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito explained that Madara had survived his fight with Hashirama, awakened the Rinnegan, and summoned the statue from the moon.
• Obito privately addressed the Impure World Reincarnated Minato, recalling his role in the deaths of Minato and Kushina and reaffirming his plan to create the Eye of the Moon world.
• Orochimaru noticed Obito’s attachment to Minato, offered to revive his consciousness, and threatened to uncover Obito’s identity after Obito warned him to stop prying.
• Genya assigned the Otsutsuki to repair Konoha’s walls, help with construction, clean, and spar with Naruto and Sasuke; Yui compared her figure with Nami’s while cleaning Genya’s office.

Otsutsuki Yui spent the day exploring Konoha with Nami, while Deidara, Sasori, and the Third Raikage Ay were ambushed by Otsutsuki Tabito. Tabito and the Ryūchi Cave sages escaped after a clash, leaving the Akatsuki and Ay wondering about the powerful stranger.

• Otsutsuki Yui ate with Nami and relaxed at a Konoha hot spring, where she teased Nami about secretly loving Lord Hokage.
• Deidara and Sasori traveled with the Third Raikage Ay toward the Land of Lightning, and Deidara told Ay about Kumogakure's losses and Killer B's situation.
• Otsutsuki Tabito mistook the group for Konoha pursuers and ambushed them with Hamura's phantom, but learned that Deidara and Sasori were Akatsuki enemies of Konoha.
• The Third Raikage Ay attacked Tabito with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite and pierced Hamura's phantom, but Tagitsuhime pulled Tabito out of danger.
• Ichikishimahime used Sage Art: Creation of Heaven and Earth to trap Ay, Deidara, and Sasori in a cavern, then escaped with Tabito and Tagitsuhime.

The Fourth Raikage Ay welcomed Shisui and a Konoha convoy bringing supplies to help Kumogakure survive the coming winter. Deidara then attacked the village from the air, and Ay's Chakra Cannons forced him to change tactics and target the Raikage.

• Mabui reported Kumogakure's casualties, food shortage, and lack of winter supplies, and suggested requesting aid from Konoha.
• A Kumogakure Anbu announced that Konoha had sent about thirty carts of rice and warm clothing, and Ay and Mabui went to welcome Shisui.
• Ay thanked Shisui for delivering the supplies on Genya's orders and asked him to convey his gratitude to the Fifth Hokage.
• Deidara bombed Kumogakure from a clay bird while Sasori and the Third Raikage watched from the ground.
• Ay ordered Samui to fire the Chakra Cannons, and Deidara dodged their shots by summoning another clay bird.
• Deidara sent five enlarged clay birds toward Ay to destroy the Chakra Cannons.

The Fourth Raikage Ay and Kumogakure's ninja stopped Deidara's C4 Garuda attack, but Sasori arrived to protect the wounded Deidara. The Third Raikage, Ay, then appeared under Impure World Reincarnation and attacked his son, leaving their first clash unresolved.

• Shisui warned the Fourth Raikage that Deidara's Clay Bombs were vulnerable to Lightning Style, and Ay used a lightning net to destroy the incoming bombs.
• Deidara created the giant C4 Garuda, but Shisui explained its deadly microscopic bombs, so Ay ordered Kumogakure's Water Style ninja to soak it.
• Ay disabled Garuda with a lightning attack while Shisui's Susanoo deflected Sasori's iron spear, and Darui wounded Deidara with Storm Release: Laser Circus.
• Sasori appeared beside Deidara with the Third Kazekage, halting Darui's assault.
• The Third Raikage revealed that Orochimaru had revived him through Impure World Reincarnation, urged Ay to protect Kumogakure, and launched a lightning-wrapped punch at his son.
• Ay punched back, but their expected evenly matched clash did not occur.

The Fourth Raikage battled his reanimated father while waiting for the Sealing Squad, and Shisui fought Sasori after the Akatsuki members joined the clash. Shisui destroyed Sasori’s giant puppet tentacle, leaving Sasori shocked by his strength.

• The Third Raikage attacked the Fourth Raikage and explained that he had to be sealed to stop the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• The Fourth Raikage summoned a giant lightning tiger, while the Third Raikage countered with his Black Panther technique.
• Shisui and Mabui waited for the Sealing Squad as Sasori and Deidara approached the Fourth Raikage, prompting Shisui and the other Cloud ninja to intervene.
• Sasori attacked with poisoned iron needles, but Shisui cut them down and dodged the puppet’s scythes and summoned tentacle.
• Shisui severed Sasori’s thousand-arm puppet tentacle with seven strikes, leaving Sasori astonished by his power.

Shisui wounded Sasori and destroyed the Third Kazekage puppet while Deidara fought off Darui and the Kumogakure ninja. Deidara escaped into the air and dropped puppet bombs and shadow clones on Kumogakure, leaving the village engulfed in explosions.

• Shisui used Sage Art: Body Flicker Technique to strike Sasori, cut his neck, and cleave the Third Kazekage puppet in two.
• Sasori escaped with a thin wound and swore revenge as he and Shisui continued fighting.
• Deidara, weakened by his earlier wound, battled Darui, Tekka, and other Kumogakure ninja while their Lightning Style countered his Clay Bombs.
• Deidara scattered C1: Clay Spider Bombs among the Kumogakure fighters, who defended themselves with Water Style: Water Wall.
• Deidara summoned a clay bird, took flight, and dropped puppet bombs and shadow clones over Kumogakure as Samui prepared the Chakra Cannon.
• The bombs detonated across Kumogakure, sending a massive shockwave through the village and destroying nearby buildings, trees, and other obstacles.

Deidara’s self-destruction devastated Kumogakure, but the village had evacuated most residents to safety. With the destruction behind them, the Fourth Raikage resumed his fight against the Third Raikage and was left facing a potentially fatal strike.

• Deidara was badly wounded by a Chakra Cannon, but Sasori caught him and tried to treat him.
• Deidara tore open the mouth at his heart, consumed clay, and sacrificed himself in an enormous explosion that devastated Kumogakure.
• The Fourth Raikage crawled out of the rubble, while the Third Raikage reformed and the Sealing Squad prepared to begin the sealing plan.
• The Fourth Raikage fought the Third Raikage with his Lightning Style techniques, but was gradually forced onto the back foot.
• The Third Raikage attacked the Fourth Raikage’s heart with Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite, and Mabui cried out in alarm.

The Fourth Raikage and his allies sealed the resurrected Third Raikage after a desperate battle, but Sasori attacked before they could recover. The chapter ended with Sasori summoning a hundred puppets while the wounded defenders faced overwhelming odds.

• Darui stunned the Third Raikage with Black Panther, and the Fourth Raikage and Shisui attacked him, but he overpowered them.
• The Fourth Raikage summoned a lightning dragon, and Kumogakure's sealing squad bound and sealed the Third Raikage.
• Before the Third Raikage vanished, he praised Ay and asked him to tell Killer B that he was proud of him.
• Sasori attacked the exhausted defenders with flames and water jets, then pierced Ay's abdomen with a cable drill.
• Tekka and Shisui fought back against Sasori, who summoned one hundred puppets with Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.

Shisui defeated Sasori and saved Kumogakure, but collapsed from exhaustion after the battle. Obito then ordered Orochimaru to prepare a jinchuriki theft and revive Uchiha Madara, while Genya grew wary of Akatsuki’s next move.

• Shisui used Flying Thunder God and Susanoo to destroy Sasori’s puppets and kill him, ending the immediate threat to Kumogakure.
• Shisui collapsed, and Mabui ordered him and the injured Fourth Raikage taken to the hospital while Kumogakure’s ninja strengthened patrols.
• Zetsu reported Sasori and Deidara’s deaths to Obito, who blamed Konoha and ordered Orochimaru to have the Fourth Hokage steal a jinchuriki.
• Obito told Orochimaru to bring Uchiha Madara into the plan, and Orochimaru warned that Madara might be too powerful to control.
• Genya learned of the attacks on Kumogakure and other villages and suspected Orochimaru had already revived Madara through Impure World Reincarnation.

Genya proposed uniting the hidden villages to protect them from the Akatsuki, but their Kage hesitated after hearing his plan. Meanwhile, Obito’s group revived Madara with Impure World Reincarnation and sent him to attack Konoha, where Genya confronted him.

• Genya persuaded Tsunade and Konoha’s leaders to pursue complete unification, then gave the other village Kage one day to decide after they raised concerns about the plan.
• Genya comforted Naruto, who was looking at the Fourth Hokage’s statue and asked what his parents had been like.
• Orochimaru revived Madara with Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito asked him to hold off Genya while the others captured the Tailed Beasts.
• Madara attacked Konoha with Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Genya countered the fire and met him outside the village.
• Madara demanded that Genya join the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Genya fought back with Hashirama’s broadsword before Madara deflected his strike with Uchiha Return.
• Genya activated Lightning Armor and hurled a Lightning Spear at Madara.

Genya fought Madara in a devastating battle outside Konoha, meeting his Susanoo and Wood Release with Sage Arts, his own Susanoo, and a wooden giant. The chapter ended with Genya destroying more than twenty of Madara’s Susanoo clones, while the main battle continued.

• Madara clashed with Genya, unleashed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Fire Style, and Genya absorbed and returned the flames.
• Genya blocked Madara from driving the fight toward Konoha, then struck with a hundred-meter water sword and thousands of Water Style bombs.
• Madara emerged in a hundred-meter Susanoo and battled Genya’s Susanoo; Genya strengthened it with ocular power and attacked with the Heavenly Marsh Spear.
• Tsunade told Hiashi and Might Guy to wait and trust Genya rather than rush into the fight.
• Madara used Wood Release, pollen, and twenty-five Wood Clones with Susanoo, but Genya countered with a wooden giant wrapped in Susanoo.
• Genya destroyed more than twenty of Madara’s Susanoo giants within minutes.