Chapter Summaries

Shiro defeated Biwa Juzo, then joined Fugaku against Suikazan Fuguki, who tried to escape using a massive wave of water. Shiro confronted Fuguki and unleashed Oborozukiyo Eleven Style, causing the surrounding water to vanish into motes of light.

• Shiro broke Biwa Juzo’s Kubikiribōchō and struck him down with a projected blade.
• Shiro noticed Fugaku struggling against Fuguki, whose Samehada fusion complicated Fugaku’s genjutsu.
• Fuguki released a huge wave of water to escape, but Shukaku cut it off with a surge of sand.
• Shiro asked Fugaku to leave Fuguki to him, then approached Fuguki across the water.
• Shiro released Oborozukiyo Eleven Style, and the pool of water dispersed into motes of light.

Shiro defeated Suikazan Fuguki, claimed Samehada, and wiped out the remaining Kirigakure ninja with a rain of arrows. After the battlefield was cleared, he continued toward the Kirigakure front with Fugaku and asked Ryoka and Suzune if they still chose to stay, leaving with heavy guilt when they reaffirmed their decision.

• Shiro used the Cross Spear to kill Suikazan Fuguki and then sealed Samehada's summoning contract, taking the sword.
• Shiro projected a bow and fired a rain of arrows that killed the remaining Kirigakure ninja, while Gray Snake watched from the Bird Puppet before returning to Ryūchi Cave.
• Fugaku asked about Shiro's arrow attack, and Shiro dismissed it as a petty trick before they went to help clean the battlefield.
• The troops resumed their journey on foot because the Bird Puppets were undergoing maintenance, and Kirigakure ambushes repeatedly appeared along their route.
• Shiro asked Ryoka and Suzune if they still wanted to remain on the battlefield, and they chose to stay and help him.
• Shiro accepted their choice and left, privately regretting that he had broken his promise to them.

Shiro arrived at the front line with Fugaku and confronted Tokai Moku over the Uchiha’s delayed reinforcement and the Bird Puppets’ failure. After Shikaki arrived to help manage the war effort, Shiro took the younger ninja on patrol missions and watched Shisui engage a Kirigakure squad.

• Shiro and Fugaku reached the front line after a month of Kirigakure harassment, and Tokai Moku accused the Uchiha of arriving late.
• Shiro silenced Tokai Moku and questioned him about the Bird Puppets’ paralysis, then urged the command tent to focus on preparing for battle.
• Shiro spent the next half month listening to battle plans until Shikaki arrived with reinforcements, allowing Shiro to hand him the war-zone duties.
• Shiro took Shisui, Soji, Ayue, Suzune, and Ryoka on a mission to hunt Kirigakure patrol squads, then assigned most of them to fight alone after judging their strength.
• Suzune ambushed and killed a patrol squad with magecraft threads, and Shiro led the group to the next location.
• Shisui killed a scarred Mist ninja with his Sharingan and blade, then faced the other two Kirigakure ninja as he used the Body Flicker Technique and created clones.

Shisui trapped two Kirigakure ninja in genjutsu to test and refine his Body Flicker Technique, then killed them with shadow clones. Shiro went to investigate a lightning attack and confronted Ringo Ameyuri, whose clash with Samehada ended with Shiro unleashing Blade Storm.

• Shisui trapped the two Kirigakure ninja in genjutsu, using their reactions to test his Body Flicker Technique before having shadow clones kill them.
• Shiro praised Shisui’s approach, then took the group toward a distant lightning strike while Shukaku guarded the others.
• Shiro found Ringo Ameyuri attacking a Konoha jonin and blocked her lightning with Samehada.
• Ringo Ameyuri challenged Shiro for Samehada, but Samehada absorbed her Thunderbolt and Shiro’s strike sent her crashing through trees.
• Ringo Ameyuri raised an Earth Style Wall, and Shiro answered with Samehada’s Blade Storm.

Shiro defeated Ringo after testing her abilities, captured her, and took the Lightning Blades back to his team. With Shukaku's help, he located two groups of Mist ninja who had met up, and Soji and Ayue chose to face them before they separated.

• Ringo attacked Shiro with the Lightning Blades, but his Clairvoyance let him block her strikes until she was exhausted.
• Shiro used an Incantation to slow his perception of time, knocked Ringo unconscious, and sent her with a Konoha ninja while keeping the Lightning Blades.
• Shiro rejoined Shisui and the others, shared the Lightning Blade, and put it away when nobody wanted it.
• Shiro persuaded Shukaku to sense nearby ninjas by promising to let him visit the Nine-Tails, and Shukaku found two teams who had met up.
• Shiro asked Soji and Ayue whether to attack immediately or wait for the teams to separate, and both chose to act now.
• Soji declared that he would not retreat from a strong enemy, while Ayue said she wanted to test her theory about her Mystic Eyes.

Ayue and Soji ambushed a group of Kirigakure ninja, and Ayue unveiled a powerful decay curse and tested her Mystic Eyes. The fight ended with Ayue immobilizing the remaining Mist ninja and Soji striking them with his Second Crescent Moon technique.

• Shiro encouraged Ayue to trust her own judgment and develop a path of magecraft that belonged to her.
• Soji and Ayue attacked the Kirigakure ninja after their handoff, but the ninja detected Soji and nearly trapped him before Ayue shielded him with Volumen Hydrargyrum.
• Ayue fired her modified Gandr at four Kirigakure ninja, inflicting horrifying forms of decay, while Soji fought the survivors.
• The Kirigakure ninja launched a signal flare, and Ayue began refining magical energy despite the harm to her body so she could test her Mystic Eyes.
• Ayue froze the remaining Mist ninja with her Mystic Eyes and fired a miniature light cannon, while Soji attacked the other two with Shukuchi: Second Crescent Moon.

Shiro returned from the battle and pursued research into Age of Gods Magecraft and Tailed Beasts while Black Zetsu manipulated Nagato and received orders from Madara. On the Lightning Country battlefield, Kakashi and Obito countered a Cloud Ninja ambush, and Kakashi’s clash with Kaido ended with Obito’s Sharingan opening.

• Shiro pulled Ayue and Soji away from the approaching Mist shinobi, returned to camp, and checked on Ringo Ameyuri and his Workshop.
• Shiro concluded that Age of Gods Magecraft was divine authority and began considering how to study Tailed Beasts like Shukaku and Enkidu.
• Black Zetsu nudged Nagato toward researching creatures that could use the Spore Technique, then received Madara’s orders to seek out old pieces and watch Uchiha Yao.
• Black Zetsu went to find Uchiha Yao, while Madara remarked that Emiya Shiro would make a move when the time came.
• Kakashi and Obito counterattacked a Cloud Ninja ambush, but Kaido activated Lightning Release Armor and charged Kakashi.
• Kakashi’s Chidori barely broke through Kaido’s armor, and Obito’s Sharingan opened as Kaido prepared to continue fighting.

Kakashi and Obito defeated Kaido and the Cloud Ninja guarding a convoy, then discovered it carried Military Ration Pill raw materials and reported the suspicious shipment. The Third Raikage committed the Land of Lightning to a full assault, while Ōnoki shifted forces and Kirigakure deployed a secret weapon, leaving Konoha in imminent danger.

• Kakashi and Obito defeated Kaido by weakening his Lightning Armor, using genjutsu, and striking together, though Kakashi suspected something was wrong.
• Pakkun sensed six Cloud Ninja in the convoy, and Kakashi and Obito attacked, killing the guards and clearing the convoy.
• Kakashi and Obito found Military Ration Pill raw materials packed in bags, sealed them into three scrolls, and hurried to report the discovery.
• Minato and the others learned that similar probes had occurred along Cloud Village's logistics lines and assessed Kumogakure's logistical strength.
• The Third Raikage ordered the entire Land of Lightning to advance, Ōnoki redirected half his forces toward the Earth-Fire battlefield, and Kirigakure unleashed a secret weapon.

Konoha struggled to hold three battlefronts as Kirigakure unleashed Test Subject No. 1 and Iwagakure advanced against an emptied defensive line. Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mū against Ōnoki, then began another summoning as Kitsuchi charged him.

• Minato and the Land of Lightning forces sent five requests for reinforcements, while the Third Hokage had no troops left to spare.
• The Mizukage and a researcher sent Test Subject No. 1 into battle, and he increased his speed to slaughter the remaining Konoha ninja.
• Homura and Koharu authorized Orochimaru to use his altered jutsu and supplied him with prisoners, then withdrew Konoha's troops from the Land of Earth front.
• Ōnoki attacked Konoha's apparently empty defensive line, but Orochimaru survived Dust Release and summoned the reanimated Second Tsuchikage, Mū, to fight him.
• As Mū and Ōnoki clashed with Dust Release, Orochimaru began another Reanimation Legion summoning, prompting Kitsuchi to charge at him.

Shiro joined the hunt for the mysterious Kirigakure attacker, Number One, and defeated him with his time-accelerating Noble Phantasm. When Number One regenerated and adapted to Shiro’s speed, Shiro devised a new tactic and began pinning him down with Noble Phantasms before striking with a Rasengan.

• Shikaki told Shiro that a fast Kirigakure ninja had killed and injured Konoha forces, and Fugaku revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Shiro learned that the attacker had taken the Uchiha’s bait and headed to the battlefield with Fugaku and the others.
• Shiro used his Noble Phantasm to accelerate his senses and punched Number One into a stone wall, splattering him into meat paste.
• Number One regenerated with a flash of magical energy and adapted enough to keep pace with Shiro, forcing them into a prolonged close-quarters fight.
• Fugaku saw through the Mizukage’s presence, but the Mizukage and the researcher escaped as water clones.
• Shiro pinned Number One with a series of E-rank Noble Phantasms and leaped into the air to attack him with a Rasengan.

Minato and Uzumaki Tiezhu rushed to rescue Kakashi, Obito, and Rin after learning that the AB Combo had found them. Kakashi and Obito survived A’s attack through Automatic Scribe’s emergency space-time technique, but the Cloud Ninja found their hiding place just as they decided to wait for Minato.

• Minato learned Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were in danger and went with Uzumaki Tiezhu to search for them.
• Jiraiya located the area where Kakashi’s group had been sent, and Uzumaki Tiezhu used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to narrow down their position.
• Kakashi and Obito’s ambush killed more than a dozen Cloud Ninja, but their attack on A and B failed, leaving both boys badly injured.
• Automatic Scribe activated Space-Time Echo Shift and transported Kakashi and Obito away from A’s Lariat, after which they returned to Rin for treatment.
• Kakashi and Obito agreed to wait for Minato, but the Cloud Ninja found their hiding place.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to unleash a legion of dead fighters against the Stone shinobi, while Ōnoki battled his former teacher Mū. After Mū briefly broke free of Orochimaru’s control, Orochimaru released him, and Ōnoki withdrew the defeated Stone forces as Orochimaru returned to camp with his legion.

• Orochimaru summoned the Reanimation Legion, and Kitsuchi rallied the frightened Iwa troops as the revived fighters charged into their formation.
• Chiyo explained that Orochimaru could control the dead, but several battle-loving reincarnated warriors embraced their undying bodies and attacked the Iwa ninja.
• Ōnoki used Earth Release techniques to trap Mū, then revealed a clone as his original body and struck Mū with Dust Release.
• Mū broke free of Antlion Hell, praised Ōnoki, and prepared to fight Orochimaru, but Orochimaru released the reincarnation jutsu and Mū vanished.
• Orochimaru gathered cellular tissue while observing the battlefield, and Ōnoki led the demoralized Stone shinobi away after their defeat.
• Orochimaru brought the Reanimation Legion back to camp and began sorting through the day’s harvest.

Shiro and Fugaku defeated Number One and the Kirigakure forces, then planned to free the Six-Tails rather than kill it. A week later, they attacked the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and Shiro prepared to sacrifice a Dragon Tooth Soldier with Kikaku Ichijin to break through his bubble defense.

• Shiro crushed Number One with a Super Big Ball Rasengan until he turned to ash, while Fugaku used his Sharingan to incapacitate the Kirigakure ninja attempting to flee.
• Shiro and Fugaku returned to camp, where Shikaki explained that they could free the Six-Tails instead of killing it to keep it from aiding Kirigakure.
• Shiro and Fugaku agreed to prepare for the Six-Tails operation, while Fugaku dismissed the idea of capturing another Tailed Beast for the Uchiha's influence.
• A week later, Shiro and Fugaku attacked the Six-Tails Jinchuriki as he searched a battlefield, and Fugaku advanced through his bubbles using the Sharingan and fire techniques.
• The Six-Tails Jinchuriki protected himself inside a giant bubble, so Fugaku retreated while Shiro prepared to use Kikaku Ichijin by turning a Dragon Tooth Soldier into a glowing arrow.

Minato and Uzumaki Tiezhu arrived in time to rescue Kakashi and his team, then fought A and Killer B. Tiezhu revealed the Uzumaki clan’s formidable sealing and ninjutsu, while Minato kept A occupied with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan attacks.

• A found Kakashi and his team and attacked their hiding place, but Minato and Uzumaki Tiezhu appeared before the Cloud Ninja could capture them.
• Minato dodged A’s attacks with Flying Thunder God and struck him with Rasengan, while Tiezhu blocked Killer B’s tentacle and trapped it with a sealing technique.
• Tiezhu pressured Killer B with sealing stone pillars, forcing him to discover the formation they were creating and cut through the pillars.
• Tiezhu summoned ten Water Dragon Bullets, shocking Killer B and Kakashi with the Uzumaki clan’s strength.
• Minato outmaneuvered A twice with Rasengan, then launched him into the air with a space-time attack.

Nagato introduced Zetsu as Akatsuki’s intelligence officer and proposed capturing the Tailed Beasts to challenge the Five Great Nations. After Gyokunyo was killed, Zetsu recruited Sasori, whose interest in eternal art persuaded him to join Akatsuki.

• Nagato gathered Akatsuki and appointed Zetsu to handle the organization’s intelligence.
• Nagato proposed seizing the Tailed Beasts, prompting objections from Gyokunyo and Kakuzu before Yao asked to hear a workable plan.
• Zetsu reported that Akatsuki could act on intelligence about Takigakure’s Tailed Beast, but Gyokunyo’s Magic Lantern Body vanished when he was killed.
• A White Zetsu clone approached Sasori at Gyokunyo’s corpse, and Sasori repeatedly attacked it before hearing its offer.
• White Zetsu offered Sasori information and more human puppets marked with the character “Three,” and Sasori agreed to join Akatsuki.

Akatsuki gathered near Takigakure and launched an assault to force the Seven-Tails to appear. Nagato led the attack with Pain, and the village was left in ruins as the fighting began.

• Akatsuki members traveled toward Takigakure while Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu arrived early to scout and prepare.
• Nagato practiced controlling the Six Pains and kept the name Pain, then gathered Akatsuki after the others arrived and bickered.
• Nagato ordered a frontal assault and demanded that Akatsuki break through Takigakure within half a day to draw out the Seven-Tails.
• Deva Path Pain hurled a huge boulder into Takigakure, devastating much of the village while avoiding its residential district.
• Meichuan attacked the Taki-nin with his boomerang, and Kakuzu and other Akatsuki members began striking the village with powerful jutsu.

Shiro and Fugaku tested their abilities against the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, who used clever feints and powerful attacks but was ultimately overwhelmed by their Noble Phantasms. Enkidu captured him again, and the Six-Tails placed several layers of seals on its host.

• Shiro's repeated Dragon Tooth attacks broke through the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's bubble defense, while Fugaku countered the Jinchuriki's ambush with a Retention Seal and Dust Concealment.
• Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to block the Jinchuriki's tentacle strike, then struck him with Susanoo's first form.
• The Six-Tails Jinchuriki exploited Fugaku's exhaustion to knock him down and fired a Tailed Beast Cannon at him.
• Shiro blocked the cannon with Lord Camelot, deflected the Jinchuriki's rapid Tailed Beast Bombs, and advanced toward him.
• The Jinchuriki fled, but Enkidu caught and bound him; he briefly escaped by shedding his Tailed Beast Cloak before Enkidu captured him again.
• The autonomous Six-Tails grew angry and placed several layers of seals on the Jinchuriki.

Minato severed A’s right arm with his new space-time technique, while Uzumaki Tiezhu trapped the Third Raikage with Earth Release and sealing techniques. Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails to help A and the Raikage escape, but Tiezhu’s Adamantine Sealing Chains captured him.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God marks to attack A and kill nearly all the Cloud Ninja nearby.
• Minato activated Flying Thunder God: Boundary Severing Method, and the Third Raikage rescued A at the cost of A’s right arm being severed.
• Tiezhu blocked the Third Raikage with Earth Release, then sealed the Raikage’s right hand and attacked him with stone pillars.
• Killer B and Gyuki agreed that B would distract Tiezhu so A and the Raikage could escape, and B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Tiezhu’s Adamantine Sealing Chains restrained Killer B and pinned his tentacles, preventing his escape.

Orochimaru’s experiments turned the Land of Earth battlefield into a monstrous forest where powerful reincarnated Warring States ninja repelled Iwagakure’s forces. After the Iwa-nin retreated, Orochimaru questioned Mori about his research and the threat of fused Tailed Beast Chakra, while Mori worried about Hagoromo’s plans and learned that Chiyo had recognized him as an ancient ninja.

• Orochimaru’s expanding forest and its monsters disrupted Iwagakure’s plan to fight Konoha on the open gobi.
• A-Guai and two Iwa-nin trapped Doma Umaru, but the reincarnated elder survived an explosion and killed them with invisible spider threads.
• The surviving Warring States-era reincarnated defeated Iwa-nin capture squads, prompting Ōnoki to recall his forces.
• Orochimaru recalled the reincarnated and collected their cellular samples after Iwagakure withdrew.
• Orochimaru warned Mori that fused Tailed Beast Chakra could destroy the world, but Mori said Orochimaru would not stop even if told more.
• Chiyo asked Mori whether he came from the distant past, and Mori realized that his unusual summoning had made him conspicuous.

Akatsuki attacked Takigakure, where Yao learned about Hero Water and agreed to help Black Zetsu capture a Konoha girl in exchange for a chance to obtain Sharingan eyes. Pain defeated the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and extracted the Seven-Tails, while Black Zetsu continued gathering Chakra.

• Yao and Kakuzu led Akatsuki’s assault on Takigakure, and Yao killed shinobi while Black Zetsu told him about Hero Water.
• Black Zetsu asked Yao to help capture a Konoha girl guarded by Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito, promising him a chance to obtain Sharingan eyes; Yao agreed.
• Black Zetsu stopped Takigakure shinobi from taking Hero Water and used spores to drain Chakra from defenders, creating several unusually strong White Zetsu.
• Takigakure deployed the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, but Pain’s Paths attacked the beast and restrained it.
• The Six Paths of Pain absorbed the Seven-Tails’ Chakra until its beast form disappeared and the Jinchuriki fell from the sky.