Recaps

Tsunade learned that Iwagakure had invited the other major villages to a summit to divide territory and resources but had deliberately excluded Konoha. Furious at the insult and powerless to challenge it, she faced the poverty and decay of the village she had become Hokage to lead.

• Shizune told Tsunade that Ōnoki and Uchiha Yoru had invited the other Kage and several smaller nations to a summit in Iwagakure, but Konoha received no invitation.
• Tsunade realized the omission was a deliberate declaration that Konoha no longer deserved a seat at the table and punched a hole through the Hokage Building's wall.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that Konoha was too weak to fight the other villages, but Tsunade insisted she would resist their plans to divide resources and impose new rules.
• Tsunade looked out at Konoha's impoverished streets and a hungry child, then recognized that the village lacked the strength to challenge the summit.
• Tsunade remained helpless in her office as the other four Kage prepared to attend the meeting that would decide the Shinobi World's future.

As the other great villages gathered in Iwagakure to divide resources and territory, Tsunade faced Konoha’s collapse and its exclusion from the summit. Jiraiya told her that Konoha’s last trade route had been cut off, and the chapter ended with Tsunade asking whether they had been wrong while Jiraiya could only sigh.

• Ōnoki welcomed A, Mei Terumi, and the incapacitated Rasa to Iwagakure for the Four Kage Summit.
• Tsunade surveyed Konoha’s hunger and decay from Kage Rock and learned the other major powers were meeting without Konoha.
• Tsunade struck the rock in anger, injuring her hand, and Jiraiya joined her with a flask of liquor.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Kakuzu had cut off Konoha’s last trade route and raised the passage fee thirtyfold.
• Tsunade remembered Hashirama’s promise that everyone in Konoha would have enough to eat, then asked Jiraiya whether they had been wrong.
• Jiraiya could not answer Tsunade and eventually let out a heavy sigh as the wind and rain intensified.

Uchiha Yoru presented the Raikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage with terms that would place their resources, military forces, and village operations under Iwagakure’s control. The chapter ended with the Raikage rejecting the agreement and denouncing it as annexation.

• Uchiha Yoru ordered Kakuzu to distribute the resource redistribution agreements to the three Kage.
• Kakuzu read terms giving Iwagakure control over major mines, ports, and most of the three nations’ economic lifelines.
• Kakuzu outlined troop limits and required the villages to submit new genin and hold promotions at Iwagakure.
• Kakuzu explained that Iwagakure’s supervision teams could inspect accounts and archives, attend meetings, and execute those who resisted.
• The Raikage slammed the table, stood up, and shouted that he would never accept the terms.

Yoru intimidated the assembled Kage by revealing a colossal armored Buddha and his powerful allies waiting outside the conference room. He demanded to know who agreed to his terms, and the chapter ended with A too terrified to answer.

• Yoru dismissed A's outburst, then dispelled the barrier concealing the conference room's window.
• The Kage saw a gigantic Buddha covered in blue Chakra Armor, with Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Uchiha Itachi, and Orochimaru waiting on its foot.
• Rasa convulsed on his stretcher, Mei Terumi trembled, and A's leg shook as they faced the display of force.
• Yoru sipped his tea, rose, and asked the Kage, "Who agrees? Who objects?"
• A stared at the agreement and could not bring himself to answer Yoru.

Uchiha Yoru forced Raikage A, Mei Terumi, and Rasa to sign agreements placing their villages under Stone Village’s control, then warned them that resistance would be treated as a one-sided suppression of rebellion. After the defeated Kage left, Orochimaru revealed that Kabuto Yakushi had stolen remains and gathered a team, intending to present Yoru with a gift.

• Raikage A, Mei Terumi, and Rasa signed agreements under Yoru’s threat, while Kakuzu took charge of the documents and promised to enforce taxes and resource allocations.
• Yoru declared that the shinobi world now consisted of Stone Village and its vassals, and warned the Kage that any alliance against him would be suppressed.
• Raikage A, Mei Terumi, and Baki carried the defeated Rasa out of the conference room, leaving Yoru, Ōnoki, and Kakuzu behind.
• Orochimaru told Yoru that someone had stolen famous people’s remains and ashes from his secret bases, and identified the culprit as Kabuto Yakushi.
• Orochimaru reported that Kabuto had gathered a team and sent word that he planned to give Yoru a gift.

Kabuto Yakushi mastered Impure World Reincarnation and challenged Uchiha Yoru by raising powerful dead Kage. He left three reanimated former Kage in Iwagakure’s Tsuchikage office and taunted Yoru about whether his Scientific Ninja Tools army could defeat them.

• Orochimaru told Yoru and Ōnoki that Kabuto had stolen the ashes of former Kage and perfected Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto summoned an undead army in a cave, including the Third Raikage, Second Mizukage, Fourth Kazekage, and former clan heads.
• Kabuto entered the Tsuchikage office inside a giant white snake and confronted Yoru, Orochimaru, and Ōnoki.
• Kabuto summoned the Second Tsuchikage, Third Raikage, and Second Mizukage from three coffins.
• Ōnoki erupted in anger at Kabuto for desecrating the former Kage, while Kabuto taunted Yoru and challenged the strength of Iwagakure’s Scientific Ninja Tools army.

Kabuto threatened Uchiha Yoru with an army of reanimated shinobi and demanded land, Orochimaru’s laboratory, and Sasuke. Yoru revealed that Orochimaru worked for him, and Orochimaru disabled Kabuto’s army, leaving Kabuto helpless as Yoru told his former teacher to discipline him.

• Kabuto showed Yoru three reanimated Kage and claimed he had hidden an undying army beneath Iwagakure.
• Kabuto demanded the Land of Wind, Orochimaru’s laboratory, and Sasuke, threatening to unleash his army if Yoru refused.
• Yoru laughed at Kabuto and revealed that Orochimaru was working for him.
• Orochimaru emerged from a hidden laboratory and used a chakra jammer to disable Kabuto’s control over the reanimated bodies.
• Yoru crushed Kabuto’s glasses and told Orochimaru to teach Kabuto to follow the rules.

Yoru and Orochimaru defeated Kabuto’s attempt to seize the Land of Wind by taking control of his Impure World Reincarnation summons. After sparing Kabuto, Yoru turned his attention to the White Zetsu corpses Orochimaru planned to use to advance the God Tree’s growth.

• Kabuto begged Orochimaru to explain why he served Yoru, but Orochimaru mocked him and defended the knowledge Yoru had given him.
• Yoru confronted Kabuto, and Ōnoki attacked him for disturbing Mū’s grave.
• Kabuto threatened to unleash the resurrected Kage, but Orochimaru used a remote to sever his control over Mū, the Third Raikage, and the Second Mizukage.
• Mū regained awareness and prepared to attack Kabuto, who panicked and begged for his life.
• Yoru ordered Orochimaru not to kill Kabuto and asked about the cleanup of the White Zetsu corpses.
• Orochimaru said the White Zetsu bodies were in cultivation tanks as nourishment for the God Tree, and Yoru went to inspect the new farm.

Yoru learned that Orochimaru had turned one hundred thousand White Zetsu into a large supply of improved Sage Body Gene Serum and ordered it distributed to every Iwagakure combatant. He took two highly concentrated doses intended for Naruto and Sasuke, hoping they would unlock the power hidden in their bloodlines.

• Orochimaru showed Yoru the God Tree sapling grown from the White Zetsu and revealed cases of improved serum made from their life force.
• Kakuzu angrily confronted Orochimaru over the laboratory's electricity and material costs, but Yoru ordered the serum moved to the Third Armory and given to every combatant.
• Orochimaru gave Yoru two special doses made with God Tree core-root extract and concentrated Yang Release chakra.
• Orochimaru reported that Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra and natural energy had formed a cycle, while Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan was stimulating an unknown mutation.
• Yoru took the two doses and said he intended them as keys to unlock the power in Naruto and Sasuke's bloodlines.

Yoru injected Naruto and Sasuke with Orochimaru’s experimental medicines, forcing them to awaken immense Six Paths-related powers. After learning Kabuto had stolen Hidan and Nagato’s corpses to meet Obito, Yoru ordered Kakuzu to prepare Naruto and Sasuke for a Four Kage Summit in the Leaf Village.

• Yoru injected Sasuke with a purple medicine and Naruto with a golden-red one, subjecting both to excruciating transformations.
• Naruto developed a golden chakra cloak and forming Truth-Seeking Orb prototypes, while Sasuke awakened a half-finished Rinnegan in his left eye.
• Yoru explained that Orochimaru’s medicine combined First Hokage cell essence with Sasuke’s Indra chakra and brought Naruto closer to the young Six Paths Sage’s state.
• Kakuzu reported that Kabuto Yakushi had stolen Hidan and Nagato’s corpses during a power outage and was heading to the Land of Lightning to meet Obito.
• Yoru ordered Kakuzu to inform Ōnoki that Naruto and Sasuke would attend the Four Kage Summit at the ruined Hokage Building in the Leaf Village, threatening to send them to the villages if the Kage refused.

Ōnoki resigned as Third Tsuchikage and nominated Uchiha Yoru as his successor, but Yoru rejected the title and declared his ambition to rule above the Shinobi World. Yoru then set out with Naruto and Sasuke for the Four Kage Summit at the ruins of the Hokage Building.

• Yoru told Ōnoki that Kabuto had fled to the Land of Lightning with bones from several corpses and announced that they were going to the Four Kage Summit.
• Ōnoki said he could no longer keep Iwagakure’s leaders in line and ordered Kitsuchi to summon the village’s jōnin so he could abdicate.
• Ōnoki nominated Yoru as Fourth Tsuchikage, and Kitsuchi, Deidara, Kakuzu, Fugaku, and the gathered villagers voiced their support.
• Yoru slapped the Tsuchikage hat onto Ōnoki’s head, rejected the position, and declared that he would become the sky above the Shinobi World.
• Yoru joined Naruto and Sasuke and led them toward the ruins of the Hokage Building to confront the Kage at the summit.

Yoru rejected the Tsuchikage position and told the gathered village leaders he would take control of the Five Great Nations’ money, mines, and armies as the uncrowned king of the ninja world. He left the defeated Kage behind and ordered Orochimaru to keep watch on Obito and Black Zetsu.

• Yoru arrived at the Hokage Building ruins with Ōnoki, Minato, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakuzu to meet A, Mei Terumi, Rasa, and Baki.
• Mei Terumi and Baki accused Yoru of imposing crushing taxes and taking Kirigakure’s port revenues and Sunagakure’s gold-mining rights.
• Yoru declared that he wanted to control the Five Great Nations’ wealth, resources, and armies, and Kakuzu described how he had financially crippled the Land of Fire’s daimyo.
• Yoru announced that he would not become Tsuchikage because he wanted to be the uncrowned king of the ninja world, and the assembled leaders raised no objections.
• Yoru left with Naruto and Sasuke, told A to get a mechanical arm from Orochimaru, and ordered Orochimaru to monitor Obito and track down Black Zetsu.

Yoru injected Naruto and Sasuke with experimental liquids, then forced the Land of Fire Daimyo to sign a proclamation abolishing the daimyo system and placing the territory under Iwagakure. As Yoru declared the feudal era over, Itachi reported that Black Zetsu had opened Madara Uchiha's coffin.

• Yoru injected Sasuke and Naruto with experimental liquids that caused them intense pain, and said surviving would make them the new rules of the Shinobi World.
• The Land of Fire Daimyo planned to hire rogue ninja and cut off Iwagakure's supplies and mission commissions to stop Uchiha Yoru.
• Yoru burst into the Daimyo's Court, crushed the attacking samurai with gravity, and forced the Land of Fire Daimyo to sign a proclamation abolishing the daimyo system.
• Yoru ordered Stone Village Anbu to take the Daimyo to a coal mine and declared that the Shinobi World would have only one voice.
• Itachi appeared and told Yoru that Black Zetsu had forced open the coffin holding Madara Uchiha.

After Black Zetsu stole a clone body and used the Rinnegan to revive Madara Uchiha, Madara learned that Uchiha Yoru had destroyed his plans and demanded to meet him. Yoru waited outside the ruined Daimyo's Court with Sasuke and Naruto, preparing to fight Madara.

• Yoru learned from Itachi that Black Zetsu had escaped through the laboratory's sewage pipes and stolen a clone body.
• Yoru told Ōnoki that Madara Uchiha had been revived, then prepared to meet him.
• Black Zetsu transplanted the Rinnegan into Madara's corpse and used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive him.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Nagato was dead, Obito was crippled, the Akatsuki Organization was wiped out, and Uchiha Yoru had destroyed his plans.
• Madara dismissed Black Zetsu's account at first, then became intrigued by Yoru's abilities and ordered Black Zetsu to take him to Yoru.
• Yoru waited with Ōnoki, Sasuke, and Naruto, telling them to prepare for Madara's arrival.

Yoru, Naruto, Sasuke, and Ōnoki waited in the wasteland as Black Zetsu led the revived Madara Uchiha to them. Madara was shocked by Sasuke’s eyes and Naruto’s tame Nine-Tails chakra, then challenged the group to fight.

• Yoru and the others waited for Madara while Ōnoki complained that the delay had left him sore.
• Black Zetsu arrived with the filthy, revived Madara, who asked whether he had awakened in the world after Hashirama’s death.
• Yoru mocked Madara’s appearance, and Madara recognized Ōnoki and insulted his age.
• Madara saw Sasuke’s Rinnegan and Sharingan and Naruto’s golden Nine-Tails chakra, then demanded that Black Zetsu explain what had happened.
• Yoru ridiculed Madara’s Hashirama graft and called him a patchwork abomination, provoking Madara to unleash his chakra and challenge the group.

Naruto overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with a massive Rasengan, but Madara retaliated by summoning a meteor with Tengai Shinsei. Sasuke cleaved the meteor in two, leaving Madara stunned as Yoru mocked him for underestimating the new generation.

• Naruto mocked Madara Uchiha before Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull him close.
• Naruto activated Kurama’s chakra and struck Madara with a Wind Release: Super Big Ball Rasengan that mangled his arm.
• Madara recovered and summoned a gigantic meteor with Tengai Shinsei.
• Sasuke charged into the sky and split the meteor with a purple-black lightning sword slash.
• Madara stared in disbelief at Naruto and Sasuke, while Yoru told him that the times had changed.

Madara Uchiha unveiled his Perfect Susanoo and threatened Yoru, Ōnoki, Naruto, and Sasuke, but Naruto blasted him away with a Sage Art-infused Tailed Beast Bomb. Madara lay wrecked in the mud as Yoru confronted him on his turf.

• Madara formed his Perfect Susanoo and boasted about the gap between gods and mortals.
• Naruto drew on the Nine-Tails' chakra and natural energy to form a Sage Art-infused Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto hurled the bomb into Susanoo's face, shattering its armor and sending Madara crashing into ruins hundreds of meters away.
• Ōnoki stared in shock while Sasuke criticized Naruto for missing Madara's head, and Naruto complained that the bomb was too heavy.
• Madara struggled helplessly in the mud as Black Zetsu warned him about the Iwagakure lunatics.
• Yoru approached Madara, nudged a fallen piece of flesh with his shoe, and challenged him for acting tough on Yoru's turf.

Yoru, Naruto, and Sasuke overwhelmed Madara with attacks that exposed how far their powers had advanced beyond his expectations. Madara refused to accept defeat and ordered Black Zetsu to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for one final gamble.

• Madara struggled to his feet after Yoru, Naruto, and Sasuke badly injured him, then demanded to know how old the two boys were.
• Naruto explained that Yoru had taught him to combine natural energy with Kurama's chakra for a High-Frequency Chakra Particle Cutting Rasengan.
• Madara unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Sasuke used Shinra Tensei to turn the flames back and burn Madara.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Naruto trained in a tenfold gravity chamber and drank nutrient solution refined from the First's cells.
• Madara rejected Yoru's claim that his era was over, then learned the Demonic Statue's core remained buried after Yoru destroyed its body.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to summon the Demonic Statue so he could absorb its remaining chakra, even if he had to abandon his current body.

Madara summoned a massive meteor with Tengai Shinsei, but Sasuke split it in half with one sword slash and left Madara stunned. Yoru then taunted Madara to dance, while Madara struggled to accept how outmatched he was.

• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to drain the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Black Zetsu said Uchiha Yoru had smashed it.
• Madara used Tengai Shinsei to summon a huge meteor toward the wasteland.
• Naruto challenged Sasuke to stop the meteor, and Sasuke charged upward with his lightning-covered Kusanagi Steel Sword.
• Sasuke split the meteor in two with one slash, sending its halves crashing into distant hills.
• Madara stared at Sasuke in disbelief, and Yoru walked up to taunt him and demand that he dance.

Yoru and Naruto overwhelmed Madara with powerful attacks, then Yoru forced him to drink a suppressant and ordered Stone Village forces to enter the Leaf Village. The chapter left Madara incapacitated as Yoru prepared to show the Leaf what Iwagakure’s training had made of its former genius.

• Madara attacked Yoru with Shinra Tensei, but Yoru countered with Sage Art: Shinra Tensei and sent him crashing into a boulder.
• Yoru and Naruto joined forces, and Naruto struck Madara with three Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, blasting him apart.
• Madara crawled from the explosion badly damaged and accused Yoru and Naruto of cheating, while Black Zetsu hid underground with the real eyeball.
• Yoru forced Madara to drink Orochimaru’s Premium Suppressant and told him the Shinobi World’s new show had only begun.
• Yoru ordered all Stone Village units to enter the Leaf Village and warned that anyone who resisted would face ‘nuclear peace.’

Uchiha Yoru defeated and killed Madara with a miniature nuclear weapon, after revealing that Madara’s plans and powers had already been overtaken by the modern Shinobi World. He ended the live broadcast by challenging the Five Great Nations’ Kage to oppose him.

• Madara struggled in the crater as Yoru, Naruto, and Sasuke mocked his outdated fighting methods and overwhelming defeat.
• Yoru told Madara that his Eye of the Moon Plan had been ruined and that Kaguya was being used as a research subject.
• Yoru crushed Madara beneath his foot and threatened to give his Rinnegan to dogs and his body to Orochimaru for dissection.
• Yoru detonated a miniature nuclear capsule on Madara’s head, vaporizing him completely.
• Yoru announced Madara’s death on the livestream and challenged any unconvinced Kage to step forward.

Uchiha Yoru overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in a clash between their Perfect Susanoo, shattering Madara’s armor and leaving him terrified. Madara remained stunned by Yoru’s strength as fragments of his Susanoo fell across the wasteland.

• Madara crawled from the scorched rubble and demanded to know how Yoru had blasted him.
• Yoru activated Perfect Susanoo, and Madara answered by summoning his own Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara’s Susanoo swung a giant blade at Yoru, but Yoru blocked the strike and cracked Madara’s armor.
• Yoru mocked Madara’s Susanoo and struck it again, smashing its armor apart.
• Madara stared in terror at the scattered fragments and struggled to understand Yoru’s power.

Yoru and his students overwhelmed Madara, shattering his second meteor and leaving him drained and humiliated. Yoru ordered Naruto and Sasuke to take Madara and the soul fragments to Orochimaru’s dissection room, then declared his ambition to rule the Shinobi World as its uncrowned king.

• Madara summoned a second, larger meteor after Yoru mocked his chakra and challenged his Susanoo.
• Yoru sent Naruto and Sasuke to stop the meteor while he stood aside.
• Naruto split open the meteor with a Rasengan, and Sasuke cut it in half with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Madara’s attack exhausted his chakra, and he struggled to accept that Naruto and Sasuke had defeated him.
• Yoru mocked Madara as an obsolete relic and ordered Naruto and Sasuke to take him and the soul fragments to Orochimaru’s dissection room.
• Yoru declared that he would take the Shinobi World and become its uncrowned king.

Yoru countered Madara Uchiha’s Limbo with his Sage Art sensory field and shattered the shadow with a wind blade, leaving Madara gravely injured. As Yoru ordered Kakuzu to prepare explosive shells and Orochimaru to take Madara for experiments, Madara was reduced to pleading for a quick death.

• Madara used Limbo to attack Yoru from another dimension, but Yoru sensed the shadow with his Sage Art sensory field.
• Yoru struck Madara’s Limbo shadow with Sage Art: Wind Blade, Spiral Shattering, damaging Madara’s chest and leaving him badly wounded.
• Madara tried to draw more chakra from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path through Obito and vowed to fight on.
• Yoru ordered Kakuzu to fire the remaining heavy explosive shells at Madara and told Orochimaru to prepare to experiment on him.
• Madara, suppressed by the Edo Tensei seal and facing Orochimaru, asked Yoru to give him a quick death.

Madara forcibly fused his Impure World Reincarnation body with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. As Madara prepared to attack Yoru, Yoru revealed a forbidden syringe of God's Destruction Essence and approached him with it.

• Madara tore Hashirama's flesh from his chest and used it to revive the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The statue fused with Madara, transforming him into the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and giving him a Rinne Sharingan with ten tomoe.
• Yoru contacted Orochimaru and promised him one hundred billion for research on Madara's Hashirama Cells and Ten-Tails body.
• Madara challenged Yoru, confident that his new power would overwhelm him, but Yoru said he had only been entertaining Madara before.
• Yoru opened a sealed box and revealed a syringe containing God's Destruction Essence, which frightened Madara as Yoru approached him.