Recaps

Kumogakure had transformed into a prosperous entertainment hub under the Doujinshi Association, but a letter from the Land of Rice prompted Fourth Raikage A to prepare for a serious meeting with Uchiha Kuro. He left Mabui and Samui in charge of the village and chose Darui and C to accompany him, despite their excitement about meeting their teacher.

• Kumogakure's Doujinshi Association built a dominant entertainment empire that reshaped the village's economy and helped make it the Ninja World's richest village.
• Fourth Raikage A reviewed an urgent letter from the Land of Rice and summoned Mabui, Samui, Darui, and C to his office.
• A entrusted Kumogakure's affairs to Mabui and Samui while he traveled to the Land of Rice.
• A ordered Darui and C to accompany him and warned them not to rush at Uchiha Kuro when they met him.
• C asked A why he had chosen him and Darui for the trip despite their enthusiasm for Teacher Kuro.

A tried to keep Killer B from learning about the Land of Rice conference and Teacher Kuro, but B burst into the office to pitch his new Galgame project and caught the letter revealing the plans. The chapter ended with B freezing after reading it, then roaring in shock.

• A rejected bringing Mabui and Samui to the Six Nations Conference, partly to avoid further damage to his reputation.
• A asked Darui whether Killer B would remain in seclusion, and Darui assured him B would not emerge for at least ten days or half a month.
• A ordered Darui and C to prepare to leave for the Land of Rice the next day.
• Killer B stormed into the office and presented A with a proposal for a new game combining doujinshi, novels, music, illustrations, and voice acting.
• A's punch sent the Land of Rice letter flying, and Killer B caught it despite A's attempt to stop him.
• Killer B read the letter and let out a piercing roar.

Ōnoki decided Iwagakure would attend the Six Nations Summit in the Land of Rice, while Sunagakure’s elders rejected the invitation. Chiyo took up the letter to seek a meeting with Uchiha Kuro about her grandson’s fate.

• Ōnoki ordered Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to accompany him to the Land of Rice and left Kitsuchi in charge of Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki wondered whether Deidara was in Uchiha Kuro’s hands and resolved to bring him back.
• Sunagakure’s elders argued against attending the Six Nations Summit unless Konoha returned the One-Tail Jinchuriki.
• Chiyo and Ebizo entered the council chamber, and Chiyo condemned the elders’ handling of Sunagakure.
• Chiyo picked up the Land of Rice’s invitation and said she wanted to speak with Uchiha Kuro about her grandson.

Sasuke trained to control Amaterasu with Kagutsuchi while Naruto, Gaara, and Fu arrived with lunch. Naruto explained that his father could help Kuro in the coming battle, though he himself lacked the experience to contribute much.

• Sasuke used Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to form a black-flame blade, but his attempt to control a slash failed and he extinguished the flames.
• Naruto, Gaara, and Fu came to the training ground with lunch after Kuro had formed a temporary alliance between them and their tailed beasts.
• Sasuke urged the three Jinchuriki to train and master their new power before the coming battle.
• Naruto said that his father could help Kuro, even though Naruto himself did not think he could contribute much.

Naruto explained his plan for Minato to use his body in the coming battle against Madara, while Sasuke resolved to master his ocular technique to protect those he cared about. In Kuro’s laboratory, Itachi returned with White Zetsu, and Kuro used them to resurrect Hashirama and Tobirama through Impure World Reincarnation.

• Naruto told Sasuke that Minato would temporarily take over his body and use Nine-Tails Chakra to help fight Madara.
• Sasuke questioned Naruto’s motives, learned of his friendship with Gaara, and decided to master his ocular technique for Itachi’s sake.
• Kuro inspected his failed attempt to cultivate a Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from a fragment and welcomed Itachi back with White Zetsu.
• Itachi reported finding White Zetsu near Konoha and the Land of Rice, then departed to search for more and locate Madara.
• Kuro used Impure World Reincarnation on two White Zetsu, summoning Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

Uchiha Kou summoned Hashirama and Tobirama from the Pure Land with an improved Impure World Reincarnation, and the brothers awoke in his laboratory. Tobirama remained wary of Kuro’s power, while Hashirama sensed no malice, and Kuro introduced himself by name.

• Hashirama and Tobirama awoke in a laboratory and realized they had been brought back to the living world.
• Tobirama accused the young man before them of profaning the dead, while Hashirama scolded him for inventing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama sensed the Rinnegan in Kuro’s eyes and found he could neither gauge Kuro’s strength nor escape the jutsu’s control.
• Hashirama admitted he also could not break free, but reassured Tobirama that Kuro harbored no malice.
• Kuro told Hashirama and Tobirama that he had summoned them and introduced himself as Uchiha Kou.

Kuro confronted Tobirama’s hostility and explained that he had revived the Senju brothers with Impure World Reincarnation. He told them Konoha was safe for now but the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out, leaving Hashirama grief-stricken and demanding an explanation.

• Tobirama recognized Kuro as an Uchiha and angrily questioned how he had obtained Impure World Reincarnation and what he had done to Konoha.
• Kuro rebuked Tobirama, and Hashirama calmed the exchange by insisting Kuro meant them no harm.
• Kuro said he had revived Hashirama and Tobirama for a reason and suggested they discuss the matter.
• Hashirama asked whether Konoha and the Uchiha were still well.
• Kuro said Konoha was safe for the time being but the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.
• Hashirama’s chakra erupted with grief and anger, and he asked Kuro to explain what had happened.

Kuro explained that Uchiha Madara had survived and was preparing a disaster for the Ninja World, then asked Hashirama and Tobirama to help stop him. Hashirama agreed, while Kuro used his Mangekyō Sharingan to examine the chakra phantom of Asura behind him and realized Hashirama could be even more useful than expected.

• Hashirama confronted Tobirama over the Uchiha clan’s destruction, and Tobirama regretted the tragedy but could not change what had happened.
• Kuro told Hashirama and Tobirama that he had revived them because the Ninja World faced an approaching disaster and needed their strength.
• Kuro revealed that Uchiha Madara was alive and might be stronger than Kuro, then recounted Madara’s scheme, the Eye of the Moon Plan, and the Uchiha clan’s role as its sacrifice.
• Hashirama accepted the need to act against Madara and asked Kuro what they could do.
• Kuro’s Rinnegan changed to Mangekyō Sharingan, and he saw Asura’s chakra phantom behind Hashirama, concluding that Hashirama was exceptionally useful.

Madara and Obito had Orochimaru release the Box of Ultimate Bliss and extract Black Zetsu as the final material for Madara’s preparations. Orochimaru’s technique erased Black Zetsu’s consciousness, leaving behind an empty shell.

• Obito arrived with Orochimaru, who had developed a technique for Madara’s final preparations.
• Orochimaru released the Box of Ultimate Bliss and drew the monster Gū’s dark energy into its fragments.
• Madara used Susanoo and the Totsuka Blade to release Black Zetsu from its gourd.
• Orochimaru’s curse markings dragged Black Zetsu into the Box’s fragments and erased his consciousness despite his pleas.
• Black Zetsu’s will vanished, leaving a pure, empty shell made from Otsutsuki Kaguya’s Yin–Yang Release.

Madara fused Black Zetsu and the Box of Ultimate Bliss fragments into powerful armor and prepared to confront Uchiha Kuro. He set out with Obito for the Land of Rice, determined to capture the tailed-beast hosts and meet Kuro himself.

• Madara's armor fused Black Zetsu with the Box of Ultimate Bliss fragments, granting him Yin–Yang Release power and the ability to form a Long Halberd.
• Madara explained that the armor could erase Flying Thunder God marks and that taijutsu was the best way to fight Kuro's chakra-absorbing Inari God technique.
• Obito reported that the Five Great Nations and the Eight-Tails and Three-Tails Jinchuriki had arrived in the Land of Rice.
• Madara transformed part of his armor into a black warhorse, mounted it, and set out with Obito toward the Land of Rice.
• Madara declined Orochimaru's offer to accompany him and vowed to clear every obstacle before meeting Uchiha Kuro for the first time.

Kuro visited Tobirama’s laboratory to learn that growing a new Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was possible but would take at least three years. Newly empowered by Asura’s chakra, Wood Release, and Sage Mode, Kuro planned other ways to prepare for Uchiha Madara and left to meet representatives from the Five Great Nations.

• Kuro noticed that Tobirama had discovered how to cultivate another Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from its tissue.
• Tobirama explained that creating even a prototype would take at least three years, so the research could not help against Madara soon.
• Kuro considered combining the Demonic Statue’s chakra with chakra from the Nine Tailed Beasts to imitate the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki’s power.
• Kuro weighed whether to use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru or Uchiha Madara.
• Kuro asked Tobirama to continue the research, then left to meet the people from the Five Great Nations.

Tobirama worried about Uchiha Kuro’s coming battle with Uchiha Madara and what Kuro might do afterward. In the Land of Rice, Kuro welcomed news that the Five Great Nations’ representatives had arrived and began considering a future with Mei Terumi after the conflict ended.

• Tobirama watched the tissue in his laboratory and decided he had to trust Uchiha Kuro to defeat Uchiha Madara.
• Utakata told Kuro that the Five Great Nations’ representatives had arrived, with Chiyo representing Sand Village and Mei Terumi receiving them.
• Kuro learned that Utakata and Saiken were getting along well and teased Utakata about his date with Hotaru.
• Utakata teased Kuro about Mei Terumi before fleeing the hall, prompting Kuro to reflect on their shared history and her acceptance of him.
• Kuro decided that after everything was over, he would return to Mist Village and consider the life he wanted with Mei Terumi.

The Five Nations delegations arrived in the Land of Rice for Kuro’s Six Nations Conference, where Killer B, C, and Darui embarrassed A and sparked a clash with Ōnoki. Watching the disorder and hearing A question his ties to Mei Terumi, Kuro regretted calling the meeting and wondered if he should cancel it.

• Killer B, C, and Darui marched through the Land of Rice in doujin shirts, loudly celebrating their devotion to Teacher Kuro.
• A caught the three Kumogakure men acting foolishly and smashed them into the street, damaging the road.
• Ōnoki mocked A, and Mei Terumi intervened before their argument could escalate further.
• A paid Mei Terumi for the road repairs and wondered whether the Mist Village was secretly cooperating with Uchiha Kuro.
• A complained that Kuro had not appeared, and Mei Terumi said she had sent someone to notify him.
• Kuro watched the delegations leave and the three Kumogakure men stuck in their pits, then regretted holding the meeting.

Killer B woke to find Uchiha Kuro at the Six Nations Conference, but his fanatical excitement was cut short by A. Kuro invited the gathered leaders into High Heaven Palace, promising to answer their questions once the meeting began.

• In his consciousness space, the Eight-Tails woke Killer B and told him that the Teacher Kuro he admired had appeared.
• Killer B opened his eyes and saw Kuro standing beside Mei Terumi, while A, Ōnoki, and Chiyo regarded Kuro’s Rinnegan with shock and wariness.
• Killer B charged toward Kuro in ecstatic admiration, but A struck him unconscious before he could reach him.
• A demanded that Kuro explain the purpose of the meeting, and Kuro said he would answer once the meeting officially began.
• Kuro gestured toward High Heaven Palace and invited the leaders to join the people of Konoha in the conference room.

Kuro explained Uchiha Madara’s survival and the Eye of the Moon Plan to the gathered leaders, urging them to cooperate and protect the Jinchuriki. The meeting ended with the Raikage and Ōnoki accepting the danger, while Chiyo revealed she had come to see the person who killed her grandson Sasori, not to seek revenge.

• A accused Kuro of inventing the threat to weaken the Five Great Nations and refused to hand over Kumogakure’s Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
• Killer B confirmed that the Ten-Tails and Eye of the Moon Plan were real, based on what Little Eight had told him.
• Ōnoki urged A to cooperate against Madara, and Chiyo noted that Kuro’s strength and the existing agreement between Konoha and Mist Village left the others little choice.
• Chiyo challenged Jiraiya over Konoha’s control of the One-Tail Jinchuriki, and Jiraiya defended Konoha’s actions after Sand Village’s invasion.
• Chiyo admitted she had come because of Sasori and said she wanted to see the person who killed him, not avenge him.

Kuro and the gathered leaders agreed to unite against Uchiha Madara, but Madara suddenly appeared and overwhelmed them with his presence. Kuro activated a Flying Thunder God Formation that transported everyone, including Madara, away from the ruined conference room.

• Yagura, Jiraiya, and Ōnoki agreed to join forces against Madara, and A began to agree on behalf of Kumogakure.
• Kuro sensed danger, moved A and the others out of the way, and Madara crashed through the conference room’s dome.
• Madara recognized Ōnoki and identified Kuro’s Rinnegan, then declared he would take Kuro’s eyes instead of recovering his own.
• Madara released a crushing pressure across High Heaven Palace and Inari City, forcing the gathered leaders to struggle to stand.
• Kuro activated the Flying Thunder God Formation, and everyone in the conference room, including Madara, vanished.

Kuro confronted Madara in the barren Land of Whirlpools, where Madara revealed he had secretly watched and guided him for years. The chapter ended with Madara telling Kuro that every jonin squad leader from his past had been one of Madara’s disguises and saying, “You have grown up, Kuro.”

• Madara reminisced about the Land of Whirlpools and praised Kuro for separating him from the others with a Flying Thunder God formation.
• Kuro questioned Madara’s motives and refused to join the Eye of the Moon Plan, revealing that he knew its truth.
• Madara said he had understood Kuro for a long time and transformed into Teacher Morishita.
• Madara revealed that every jonin squad leader Kuro had known, along with other people from Kuro’s memories, had been Madara in disguise.
• Madara returned to his own appearance and told Kuro that they had never truly been strangers and that Kuro had grown up.

Kuro confronted Madara about his hidden role in Kuro’s life, then listened as Madara explained his plan to alter Infinite Tsukuyomi. Madara intended to merge with the God Tree as the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and make his will govern the tree and the entire Ninja World.

• Kuro demanded to know why Madara had taken such an interest in him, and Madara said Kuro underestimated himself and had grown in strength and temperament.
• Kuro declared that he and Madara were enemies who would fight to the death, but Madara asked him to hear about the Eye of the Moon Plan first.
• Madara revealed that he had uncovered the plan’s truth and eliminated Black Zetsu, crediting Kuro with helping him avoid becoming Black Zetsu’s pawn.
• Madara explained that Infinite Tsukuyomi’s flaws came from the God Tree’s instinctive transformation of victims into White Zetsu and its draining of the Ninja World’s life force.
• Madara said he would release Infinite Tsukuyomi, become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki, merge with the God Tree, and make his will the will of the tree and the Ninja World.

Madara explained his New Moon Eye Plan to merge with the God Tree, sustain the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and bring lasting peace, even though he would lose his body and remain eternally alone. He urged Kuro to join him, but Kuro refused.

• Madara revealed that he planned to become the God Tree’s will and spread its branches throughout the Ninja World to sustain the illusionary world.
• Kuro warned Madara that merging with the God Tree would cost him his body and leave his consciousness imprisoned in an empty world.
• Madara recalled first meeting Kuro on the battlefield and admitted that he had deliberately led Kuro to witness the Ninja World’s suffering.
• Kuro confronted Madara over his deception, and Madara apologized while insisting that the suffering he showed Kuro was real.
• Madara offered to resurrect the dead and bring them into the dream world, asking Kuro to join him in changing the Ninja World.
• Kuro understood why Obito had pursued the plan and firmly refused Madara’s offer.

Kuro refused Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi, explaining that he wanted to protect his real-world bonds and feared placing the world’s fate in Madara’s hands. As Madara prepared to fight, Kuro summoned Hashirama, who pinned Madara beneath the Gate of the Great God.

• Kuro told Madara that the Infinite Tsukuyomi depended entirely on Madara’s will and could become a disaster if that will ever changed.
• Kuro said he had found a place to belong and wanted to change the Ninja World himself rather than entrust its fate to a false dream.
• Madara called Kuro selfish and declared that he would crush him for standing in the way of peace.
• Kuro revealed a curse-mark formation surrounding Madara and told everyone to begin.
• Hashirama descended from the sky and pinned Madara with the Gate of the Great God.
• Hashirama and Madara shouted each other’s names as they reunited.

Hashirama tried to persuade Madara to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Madara insisted that only battle could settle their disagreement. Kuro ended their reunion and urged Hashirama to face Madara, who began releasing a surge of chakra that cracked his restraints.

• Hashirama asked Madara to reconsider the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Madara called Hashirama’s efforts to bring peace a failure and demanded a fight.
• Hashirama said Kuro had the power to change the Ninja World and pleaded with Madara to trust his successor.
• Madara acknowledged Kuro’s abilities but argued that war would return as long as human nature and desire remained unchanged, insisting that genjutsu was the only way to end it.
• Kuro stopped Hashirama from continuing to plead and said that defeating Madara was the only way to stop him.
• Madara unleashed a surge of black chakra, causing his seals to tremble and the Gate of the Great God to crack.

Madara broke free of Hashirama and Kuro’s seals with the Eight Inner Gates open and overwhelmed them with his speed and power. Kuro and Hashirama followed their plan, but Madara healed from Kuro’s Space Collapse and unleashed even greater strength, beginning a second round of battle.

• Kuro recognized that Madara had opened the Eight Inner Gates, and Madara shattered the Gate of the Great God sealing him.
• Madara formed a black Long Halberd and sent a massive earthen wave toward Hashirama and Kuro, which Kuro repelled with Almighty Push.
• Madara charged through Kuro’s repulsion, but Kuro caught him with Magatsuhi God, allowing Hashirama to bind him with Wood Release: Laughing Buddha Jutsu.
• Hashirama realized Madara was healing through the Body Activation Technique developed by his younger brother, and Kuro said they would proceed according to their plan.
• Madara deduced that Kuro needed to track him with his gaze, then increased his speed, burned away Hashirama’s wooden restraints, and declared the second round had begun.

Madara overwhelmed Hashirama and rushed toward Kuro, confident he could win before Kuro could use his abilities. Kuro trapped Madara in a powerful Space Collapse that shattered his Limbo clone and badly injured him, leaving Madara demanding an explanation.

• Hashirama's Wood Dragon and Wood Golem attacks failed to slow Madara, who destroyed the golem and left Hashirama behind.
• Madara declared Hashirama was no longer his opponent and vanished, prompting Hashirama to hope Kuro could stop him in time.
• Madara raced toward Kuro but realized the distance between them was being extended, then accelerated to cross it.
• Kuro activated Magatsuhi God, and Madara used Limbo to shield himself from the resulting Space Collapse.
• Kuro's Space Collapse intensified until it shattered Madara's Limbo clone and tore away much of his body, leaving him injured and demanding to know what had happened.

Kuro and Hashirama failed to kill Madara but destroyed his Limbo clone, then resolved to wear him down while preserving Kuro’s Kuenebiko-no-Mikoto. Madara deduced how the spatial-layering technique worked and challenged them to fight him with raw strength.

• Kuro told Hashirama that their attack had destroyed Madara’s Limbo clone but that they could not repeat the tactic without risking Kuenebiko-no-Mikoto.
• Kuro explained that maintaining Kuenebiko-no-Mikoto drained his ocular power and said they would wear Madara down while preparing for the backup plan involving Sasuke, Brother Minato, and the others.
• Madara figured out that Kuro’s technique layered space around him, slowing his attacks from Kuro and Hashirama’s perspective and amplifying Space Collapse.
• Madara concluded that Kuro’s ocular power would eventually run out and dismissed their plan to win through attrition.
• Madara raised his black halberd and faced Hashirama’s Sage Art: Thousand Hands and Kuro’s Complete Body Susanoo, declaring that he would defeat them with absolute power.

Kuro used Inari God to take Madara’s Susanoo and Totsuka Blade, then survived Madara’s counterattack with Magatsuhi God. The chapter left Kuro’s right eye merging Asura’s chakra with the newly acquired Indra’s chakra.

• Hashirama attacked Madara with Sage Art: Thousand Hands, but Madara rode through the barrage and charged the Giant Buddha with his Long Halberd.
• Kuro sent an adaptive azure blade wheel at Madara, who shattered it and summoned his Susanoo to draw the Totsuka Blade.
• Kuro used Inari God to extract Madara’s Susanoo and Totsuka Blade into his right eye, and the blade wheel faded after serving its purpose.
• Kuro used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to widen the distance between Madara and the Giant Buddha, but Madara hurled his Long Halberd at Kuro.
• Kuro stopped the halberd with Magatsuhi God, teleported beside Hashirama, and sensed Indra’s chakra merging with Asura’s chakra in his right eye.