Chapter Summaries

Obito and Kakashi feared Nagato might resurrect Madara Uchiha, while Konan’s six hundred million Explosive Tags devastated the Shinobi Alliance Army. Tsunade and the other leaders prepared to join the battlefield as the explosions continued.

• Obito and Kakashi discussed Nagato’s power and agreed that he might use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to resurrect Madara Uchiha, then headed toward the front lines after hearing explosions.
• Yahiko signaled Konan to detonate six hundred million Explosive Tags around the Shinobi Alliance Army, killing nearly ten thousand soldiers immediately as blasts continued across the battlefield.
• Konan wondered whether she and Yahiko were wrong, and Yahiko told her that the war could still lead the world toward peace; Konan agreed.
• Tsunade urged the command room leaders to go to the battlefield, but the Fourth Raikage reminded her they could not arrive quickly without the Fourth Hokage.
• Tsunade explained that Nagato’s Guard Unit could transport the leaders using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Fourth Raikage left to arrange their departure.

Konan’s Explosive Tags devastated the Shinobi Alliance Army before Yahiko summoned reincarnated fighters and Madara Uchiha. As Madara joined the battle and learned Nagato’s memories, the story revealed that the original Madara and Hashirama were directing a larger plan from the Origin Land.

• Gaara led the surviving Shinobi Alliance troops out of Konan’s Explosive Tags while the Third Tsuchikage, Itachi Uchiha, Shizuka Uchiha, and Fugaku Uchiha protected their retreat.
• Yahiko summoned coffins of reincarnated ninjas, and Gaara led the Alliance into battle against them as Konan held back for another helper.
• Gaara and eight other ninjas charged Yahiko and Konan, but Yahiko summoned Madara Uchiha, who emerged and questioned why Obito was absent.
• Nagato shared his memories with Madara Uchiha, revealing Black Zetsu’s plan, and Madara agreed to help fight the Alliance.
• In the Origin Land, Hashirama and Madara discussed their plan with Tobirama Senju, Uchiha Izuna, and Minato Namikaze, then sent Tobirama to find the Blazing Sun Beast and the Cloud-Swallowing Beast.

Madara Uchiha battled the Allied shinobi, overwhelmed them with Susanoo and meteorites, and challenged Hinata’s Tenseigan. As a swarm of meteorites descended, Naruto and Sasuke arrived and destroyed them with a combined Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Gaara, Itachi Uchiha, the Third Tsuchikage, and others attacked Madara Uchiha, but his Susanoo withstood their assaults and Kurama Yakumo’s lightning.
• Madara Uchiha praised Kurama Yakumo’s genjutsu and summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, but Hinata destroyed it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hinata clashed with Madara Uchiha using her Tenseigan, but his Rinnegan-powered Shinra Tensei blasted her away.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed the Third Tsuchikage’s challenge and summoned a swarm of meteorites with Tengai Shinsei.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived and wiped out the meteorites with a combined Tailed Beast Bomb.

Naruto and Sasuke faced Madara Uchiha in their strongest forms while Obito and Kakashi fought Black Zetsu and White Zetsu. A mysterious power transformed the Zetsus into Naruto, and Hashirama and Madara revealed that the Seven Emotions and Six Desires had to be defeated to secure lasting peace.

• Naruto and Sasuke entered their Six Paths forms and charged Madara Uchiha, whose Complete Body Susanoo met them in battle.
• Obito and Kakashi cornered Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, and Kakashi tore off Black Zetsu's arm with Kamui.
• A mysterious voice intervened as Obito and Kakashi prepared to finish the Zetsus, and powerful chakra flowed from their shadows into their bodies.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu transformed into Naruto, astonishing Kakashi and Obito.
• Hashirama and Madara explained that the Seven Emotions and Six Desires came from lingering thoughts of gods and that Naruto Uzumaki was meant to serve as its vessel.

Naruto and Sasuke continued battling Madara Uchiha as their allies fought Nagato and the tailed beasts. Tsunade and the other Kage arrived to support Gaara and the Third Tsuchikage, while Madara revealed a powerful wooden golem protected by Susanoo armor.

• Karin pursued Matatabi while Itachi, Fugaku, Shizuka, Haku, Kurama Yakumo, and Hinata drew the other tailed beasts into separate fights.
• Nagato injured Gaara with Shinra Tensei, but Tsunade and the Fourth Mizukage arrived with reinforcements, and Tsunade began healing Gaara and the Third Tsuchikage.
• Jiraiya transformed with Ninja Art: Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf, destroyed Nagato's summoning beasts, and charged at him as Yahiko intervened and Konan drew Orochimaru away.
• Nagato faced the Five Kage and declared that defeating them would bring down the Five Great Nations.
• Madara used Wood Release against Naruto and Sasuke, but they counterattacked with Muramasa, Amenotejikara, and Lightning Release: Qilin.
• Madara emerged from underground and summoned a massive wooden golem covered in Susanoo armor and surrounded by eight wood dragons, sending Naruto and Sasuke flying.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Madara Uchiha, using their Six Paths abilities, space-time techniques, and divine artifacts to counter his overwhelming power. The battle remained unresolved, and Madara Uchiha focused on defeating the Nine-Tails and waiting for Nagato to weaken.

• Naruto and Sasuke agreed they had to stop Madara Uchiha before he revived and took the Ten-Tails from Nagato.
• Naruto and Sasuke activated Six Paths Mode and attacked Madara Uchiha, who revealed four Limbo Clones.
• Naruto and Sasuke used their abilities to catch Madara Uchiha off guard, but his Impure World Reincarnation body quickly healed his injuries.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought Madara Uchiha and his Wooden Golem with swords, sealing chains, and fused bells, but the divine artifacts were damaged and forced them to put them away.
• Naruto and Sasuke relied on Flying Thunder God Technique and Amenotejikara to keep Madara Uchiha's Limbo Clones out of their fight.
• Madara Uchiha abandoned attempts to bring the clones into the three-way battle and focused them on helping his Wooden Golem defeat the Nine-Tails.

Nagato summoned the God Tree during his battle with the Five Kage, raising the stakes of the war and bringing Kaguya Otsutsuki’s seal into focus. Heaven Slayer and the others prepared to act if Infinite Tsukuyomi revealed her location, while Hashirama and Madara watched their plans advance.

• Nagato used a summoned chameleon to hide and restrain Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage, but Gaara exposed him and the Five Kage attacked in coordination.
• Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage struck Nagato into a crater, but the God Tree erupted from the ground and Nagato announced that the real battle was beginning.
• Nagato landed on the God Tree and was pierced by one of its branches as Madara, Obito, and the two Narutos reacted to its appearance.
• Heaven Slayer explained that the God Tree could reveal Kaguya Otsutsuki’s location, and he and Katerina planned to trace her will if Infinite Tsukuyomi activated.
• Hashirama and Madara discussed Nagato’s weakened God Tree, the Fourth Hokage’s progress in opening the Origin Land, and their hope for peace.

The Five Kage fought Nagato and the God Tree as its branches threatened the battlefield, and Tsunade broke through to strike Nagato. After the Kage sealed the rampaging God Tree and the six jinchuriki, Nagato impaled Tsunade, but she survived and healed with the Strength of a Hundred Seal.

• The God Tree sent chakra-draining branches toward the Five Kage and the battlefield, so Gaara flew to evacuate the fighters while Tsunade attacked Nagato.
• Mei Terumi froze and burned away the branches blocking Tsunade, who punched Nagato through the God Tree and freed it from his control.
• The God Tree reclaimed the tailed beast chakra from the six jinchuriki, allowing Itachi Uchiha and the others to defeat and seal them.
• The Fourth Raikage knocked the Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky, while Gaara and the Third Tsuchikage sealed the God Tree in a weighted sand pyramid.
• Nagato emerged and impaled Tsunade with a Greatsword, but she broke free, severed his weaponized arms, and recovered using the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Tsunade told the Four Kage that her regenerative ability came from being the First Hokage's granddaughter.

The Creator God instructed Hamura Otsutsuki to prepare for Kaguya’s return while explaining why he could not intervene directly. On the battlefield, Naruto and Sasuke turned to confront Nagato as their allies held Madara, while Kakashi and Obito traded Obito’s Rinnegan for Rin Nohara and withdrew to recover.

• The Creator God told Hamura Otsutsuki to prepare to release Kaguya’s body and remove the power of desire, then assigned him to guard the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Creator God welcomed the two Supreme Gods and Heavenly Net back, and they agreed to accompany him after the crisis was resolved.
• Nagato absorbed the God Tree’s power and unleashed his full strength, prompting Naruto and Sasuke to seek a way to fight him while Madara Uchiha remained in their path.
• Itachi Uchiha, Nawaki Senju, and Guy took on Madara Uchiha, allowing Naruto and Sasuke to leave and confront Nagato.
• Kakashi and Obito realized the two Narutos wanted Obito’s Rinnegan, and Obito traded it for Rin Nohara’s release.
• Kakashi sent Rin Nohara into the Kamui Dimension, and Obito replaced his Rinnegan with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan as they withdrew to recover.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Nagato while the Five Kage and the alliance defeated the White Zetsu army, and Yahiko explained to Jiraiya that he had started the war to force the villages toward peace. After Madara Uchiha stopped Nagato’s attack and took control of him with Black Zetsu, the real battle began as Black Zetsu used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

• Naruto and Sasuke took over the fight against Nagato while Tsunade led the alliance to defeat the White Zetsu army and reduce casualties with Sakura’s help.
• Yahiko told Jiraiya that he and Nagato had started the war to unite the villages under pressure and weaken their ability to wage future wars.
• Naruto and Sasuke battled Nagato with their Space-Time Ninjutsu, but Nagato was struck by a Tailed Beast Bomb after his own attack suddenly stopped.
• Madara Uchiha revealed his increased power, while Naruto discovered that Nawaki Senju and Madara had both survived their earlier fight but were badly injured and exhausted.
• Black Zetsu spread over Nagato, took control of his hands, and began the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique as Madara blocked Naruto and Sasuke.

Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and overwhelmed Naruto and Sasuke, who resorted to their dangerous Dragon Transformation. The chapter ended with the two transformed into divine dragons and facing Madara Uchiha in the sky.

• Madara Uchiha used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to become alive, took Nagato’s Rinnegan, and extracted the Ten-Tails from him.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Madara Uchiha, but he absorbed their techniques, shattered their swords, and defeated them before absorbing the Ten-Tails and restoring his vision.
• Madara Uchiha easily repelled Naruto and Sasuke’s Truth-Seeking Orb attacks, prompting them to begin Dragon Transformation.
• Yahiko and Konan rushed to Nagato, but Madara Uchiha attacked them and told them Nagato would soon die after using the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the God Tree and bound Naruto and Sasuke, but they transformed into black and white divine dragons and rose to confront him.

Naruto and Sasuke battled Madara Uchiha in their dragon forms until Obito and Kakashi arrived to help. Meanwhile, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru confronted Dark Naruto and Good Naruto, who revealed themselves as dangerous aspects living inside Naruto.

• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Madara Uchiha with Dragon Breath and dragon strikes, while Madara Uchiha merged with the God Tree and countered with the Ten-Tails and a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto bound Madara Uchiha with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Sasuke wounded the Ten-Tails with Dragon Breath, but Madara Uchiha trapped both dragons with the God Tree’s sealing branches and fired a huge Truth-Seeking Orb at them.
• Obito and Kakashi severed the binding branches with six shuriken, allowing Naruto and Sasuke to escape before Madara Uchiha’s attack struck; Naruto greeted Obito and Teacher Kakashi when he saw them atop a Susanoo.
• Dark Naruto and Good Naruto discussed their plan to force Madara Uchiha to use Infinite Tsukuyomi so they could emerge, then dodged an attack from Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
• Tsunade explained that Dark Naruto and Good Naruto were the power of emotion and desire living inside Naruto, and said she intended to seal their consciousnesses; Dark Naruto challenged her, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru argued briefly.

Good Naruto and Dark Naruto survived the Sannin’s coordinated assault and prepared to get serious. Elsewhere, Madara Uchiha drove Kakashi and Obito into the Kamui Dimension, then continued fighting Naruto and Sasuke as their attacks ended in a massive explosion amid spatial rifts.

• Good Naruto used Adamantine Sealing Chains to escape Jiraiya’s swamp and countered attacks from Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade alongside Dark Naruto.
• Tsunade struck Dark Naruto with Star-Shattering Fist, sending both Narutos crashing into a crater, but they emerged alive and said they would get serious.
• Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to hold back Naruto and Sasuke while attacking Kakashi and Obito, but Kakashi severed his hand and Obito absorbed his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara Uchiha caught Kakashi and Obito in the God Tree’s branches, draining their chakra, and Kakashi pulled them into the Kamui Dimension to recover.
• Madara Uchiha regrew his hand and resumed fighting Naruto and Sasuke, disrupting their attempt to pull him into a manifested domain with Planetary Devastation.
• Naruto and Sasuke unleashed Dragon Breath at Madara Uchiha’s black sphere, triggering a huge explosion amid spatial rifts.

Madara Uchiha summoned countless meteorites while preparing to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, forcing the Shinobi Alliance and their allies to intervene. Naruto and Sasuke reached Madara too late to stop him, and Kaguya began to emerge despite his confidence that her resurrection was impossible.

• Madara Uchiha summoned enormous meteorites, and Naruto and Sasuke struggled to protect the Shinobi World from them.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Shizuka Uchiha, Gaara, Kurotsuchi, the Five Kage, Kakashi, and Obito joined the fight against the meteorites.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru attacked Good Naruto and Dark Naruto while the two sides remained wary of one another.
• Naruto and Sasuke broke through the meteorite swarm and confronted Madara Uchiha as he prepared to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara Uchiha claimed Kaguya could not resurrect, but a hole appeared in his chest as Kaguya's spectral figure emerged from the moon.

Black Zetsu revealed that he had secretly marked Madara Uchiha so Kaguya Otsutsuki could use him to return, and Infinite Tsukuyomi trapped nearly everyone in the shinobi world. Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi, and Obito failed to stop the chakra gathering around Madara, and Kaguya began to emerge.

• Black Zetsu revealed that he had placed a Forbidden Spell on Madara Uchiha and that Infinite Tsukuyomi would let Kaguya return through his body.
• Infinite Tsukuyomi took hold of the shinobi world, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata resisted with their dōjutsu and Obito brought himself and Kakashi into the Kamui Dimension.
• The God Tree bound and drained the controlled people, sending their chakra into Madara until his body burst apart.
• Naruto asked Kakashi and Obito to use Kamui against the gathering chakra, but its power was absorbed along with their spatial attack.
• Naruto and Sasuke prepared to face Kaguya as an overwhelming will descended and her figure began to take shape.

Kaguya Otsutsuki reclaimed the Three Sacred Treasures and absorbed them, discovering that the heroes had used their power to replenish the Shinobi World and badly damage her divine kingdom. She attacked Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi, and Obito, and the chapter ended with Kakashi accepting White Zetsu’s flesh to gain the First Hokage’s cells and remain in the fight.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki drew the Three Sacred Treasures out of Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, while Sasuke and Kakashi stopped Naruto from rushing her.
• Kaguya combined the Three Sacred Treasures into her divine kingdom, and Sasuke realized it had been weakened after the treasures were damaged.
• Kaguya showed the group that they had used the treasures’ power to replenish the Shinobi World and demanded to know what they had done.
• Kaguya attacked with a powerful shock wave, sending all five flying despite their defenses and injuring Kakashi most severely.
• Obito gave Kakashi White Zetsu’s flesh, and Kakashi pressed it into his chest to gain the First Hokage’s cells.

The Creator God prepared for Kaguya Otsutsuki’s return while Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi, and Obito fought her in the Shinobi World. Kaguya overwhelmed their attacks, and Naruto and Sasuke tried to create an opening for a close-range strike.

• The Creator God sent the Sage of Six Paths away and gave a speck of golden light to help the boy withstand the emotions Dark Naruto and Good Naruto were absorbing.
• The Creator God sent Kaguya’s physical body to the Divine Realm, where Heaven Slayer and the others began absorbing it and the realms’ world force.
• Kaguya attacked Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata through spatial rifts, then transformed the battlefield into volcanic terrain; Naruto rescued Hinata from falling into the magma.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi, and Obito launched ranged attacks, but Kaguya blocked or absorbed them and pierced Susanoo with her chakra senbon.
• Sasuke proposed that the group distract Kaguya while he and Naruto tried to touch her, and Naruto sent shadow clones to create an opening as Sasuke waited nearby.

Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies fought Kaguya through her shifting dimensions, but her All-Killing Ash Bones killed Obito after Kakashi tried to save him. Obito then reappeared to help Naruto and Sasuke attempt to seal Kaguya, but she froze them all and escaped.

• Kakashi and Obito attacked Kaguya with Kamui Shuriken while Sasuke tried to strike her, but Kaguya countered with All-Killing Ash Bones and trapped the group in a high-gravity dimension.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to bring Sasuke close to Kaguya, but their attack failed; Hinata then hit Kaguya with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Kakashi and Obito rescued Naruto and Sasuke from Kaguya's spatial rifts, but Kakashi drew an All-Killing Ash Bone into the Kamui Dimension to protect Obito.
• Obito knocked Kakashi aside and took the All-Killing Ash Bone through the heart, turning to stone and crumbling as Kakashi grieved.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Kaguya alongside Hinata, while Kakashi tried Kamui; Sasuke saved Kakashi from Kaguya's spatial rift.
• Obito reappeared beside Kaguya and released Naruto and Sasuke to attempt the seal, but Kaguya froze everyone into blocks of ice, absorbed the attacks, and left.

Kaguya sealed space, forcing Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Obito, and Kakashi into a desperate battle while Obito sacrificed his Mangekyō’s power to restore Kakashi’s Kamui. After Kaguya sent Obito and Kakashi to another dimension, Naruto and Sasuke’s reckless attack nearly ended in defeat, and Kaguya unleashed a sinister black chakra.

• Obito revealed that Izanagi had saved him, and Naruto gave him Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan after Kaguya sealed space and disabled their space-time techniques.
• Obito transferred his Mangekyō’s ocular power to Kakashi, restoring Kakashi’s ability to use Kamui at the cost of Obito’s Mangekyō for at least ten years.
• Kaguya sent Kakashi and Obito to a desert dimension, where they began gathering chakra so Kakashi could open a passage back to Naruto and the others.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged Kaguya in anger, but she overwhelmed them until Hinata intervened with Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists and helped them retreat.
• Kaguya recognized Hinata’s exceptionally pure White Eye bloodline, lamented her descendants’ betrayal, and erupted with cold, sinister black chakra.

As Kaguya’s dark energy erupted, the Creator God and the others prepared for Naruto and Sasuke to seal her while Heaven Slayer extracted the corrupted power and sent it to Ao Ming. Dark Naruto and Good Naruto continued absorbing emotions and desires, waiting for the Heavenly Dao’s protection of Naruto to disappear so they could seize him.

• The Creator God assured the Sage of Six Paths that Naruto could absorb Kaguya’s dark energy, while Ao Guang said Naruto and Sasuke only needed to seal her briefly.
• In the Origin Land, the First Hokage told the Fourth Hokage to prepare for the Seven Realms and reincarnation, and the Fourth Hokage said Qingxi had obtained the powers needed for the plan.
• Good Naruto stopped Dark Naruto from trying to absorb Kaguya’s power and persuaded him to keep absorbing people’s emotions and desires until they could take over Naruto.
• Lola and Rimuru sealed off the space around Kaguya while Heaven Slayer extracted the dark energy from her with his Demon Blade.
• Katerina wrapped the extracted energy in demonic power, and she sent it through Heaven Slayer’s spatial rift to Ao Ming.
• The Three Sovereigns of Taboo watched Heaven Slayer’s group handle the dark energy and appeared satisfied.