Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu reported that Sasuke and Iwagakure had become powerful threats, while Obito’s Akatsuki had lost its allies and most of its options. Obito abandoned his plan to capture the Eight- and Nine-Tails first and decided to launch an all-out attack on Kumogakure to seize the Two-Tails.

• Black Zetsu returned to Obito badly burned by Sasuke’s Amaterasu and revealed that Sasuke knew his true identity and the secret of the Naka Shrine tablet.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Orochimaru and Uchiha Yoru were mass-producing Sharingan, while former Akatsuki members and Amegakure had joined Iwagakure.
• Obito listed the captured Tailed Beasts and considered pursuing the Eight- and Nine-Tails, but Black Zetsu warned that Naruto and Killer B were protected perfect jinchūriki.
• Obito decided to change targets and capture Yugito and the Two-Tails while Kumogakure was distracted.
• Obito ordered every White Zetsu unleashed and declared that they would start a small-scale war against Kumogakure.

Obito launched a devastating attack on Kumogakure with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and an army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu, overwhelming the village’s defenses. With Killer B defeated and the Raikage facing the village’s destruction, A ordered Darui to contact Uchiha Yoru and promised to accept any condition if he saved Kumogakure.

• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path above Kumogakure and unleashed one hundred thousand White Zetsu, beginning the war ahead of schedule.
• Dodai led Kumogakure’s defenders, but the White Zetsu and the statue tore through the village’s defenses and drained the chakra of the ninjas they reached.
• Obito ordered the statue to capture Killer B, and its sweeping arm struck B into a watchtower despite his Tailed Beast transformation.
• A fought off White Zetsu while Darui reported that space-time interference had disrupted the barrier and blocked contact with Iwagakure.
• Obito demanded the Eight-Tails and threatened to destroy Kumogakure, while A refused to surrender.
• A ordered Darui to contact Uchiha Yoru and vowed to accept any condition if Yoru could save Kumogakure.

A watched Akatsuki’s assault devastate Hidden Cloud Village and, with the Raikage and Killer B trapped, sent Iwagakure a distress signal. Cornered by Ōnoki’s demands, A offered Iwagakure control of every mine and port in the Land of Lightning in exchange for saving his village.

• A and Killer B were restrained by the Demonic Statue’s chains and White Zetsu as Hidden Cloud Village’s defenses collapsed.
• Darui warned A that the village could not hold out, so A fired the signal flare Ōnoki had given him.
• Obito and Black Zetsu realized Iwagakure would locate the attack soon and ordered the Eight-Tails drained before Uchiha Yoru arrived.
• A used an encrypted communicator to tell Ōnoki that Akatsuki had overwhelmed Hidden Cloud Village and begged for help.
• Ōnoki demanded payment for sending Iwagakure’s troops, and A offered him control of every mine and port in the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Yoru and Ōnoki mobilized Iwagakure’s mechanized forces to rescue the Land of Lightning in exchange for its mines and ports. Their steel-armored army departed by hover transport ships, equipped to counter Obito’s Kamui, as Yoru declared that Iwagakure would become the ninja world’s sole overlord.

• After the Raikage begged for help against the White Zetsu army and the Demonic Statue, Yoru reminded Ōnoki that the Raikage had agreed to pay any price for their aid.
• Ōnoki activated Iwagakure’s highest wartime mobilization, sending its factories, troops, and weapons into action.
• Kakuzu agreed to fund the campaign by issuing war bonds after Yoru promised to recoup the costs from the Land of Lightning’s mines and ports.
• Yoru, Minato, Fugaku, Ōnoki, Orochimaru, and Iwagakure’s forces prepared Chakra hover transport ships, with Minato’s deployment network and Orochimaru’s interference bombs set to counter Obito’s Kamui.
• The mechanized army departed for the Land of Lightning, and Yoru declared that Iwagakure would rule the ninja world.

Kitsuchi and Yoru sent Stone Village’s advance force into battle with Chakra Gatling crossbows, wiping out the White Zetsu army and rescuing the Hidden Cloud Village forces. The chapter ended with the stunned survivors questioning whether Stone Village’s soldiers were really ninjas.

• Kitsuchi ordered Stone Village’s genin to unleash suppressive fire on the White Zetsu army.
• Stone Village’s Chakra Gatlings devastated the White Zetsu and cleared the battlefield.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched the assault and recognized the scientific ninja tools as Orochimaru’s work.
• The attack freed the besieged Hidden Cloud Village forces, including the bound Fourth Raikage A.
• Yoru ordered the Stone Village troops to keep advancing as the rescued Hidden Cloud Village ninjas stared at their overwhelming firepower.

Obito’s forces were overwhelmed by Yoru’s fleet and its sealing weapons, which disabled the Demonic Statue and blocked Obito’s escape. As the bombardment continued, Obito lost hope and wondered how they could fight such a war.

• Obito ordered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to attack the iron ships, but missiles sealed the statue and disrupted its Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Obito and Black Zetsu realized Yoru’s spatial interference had made Kamui ineffective, and Black Zetsu proposed they flee.
• Obito refused to run and tried to counterattack with Wood Release, but the ships’ explosive crossbows and sealing rounds battered his forces.
• Kitsuchi praised Yoru’s weapons, while Yoru ordered Minato to maximize the Space-Time Interference Device and lock Obito’s coordinates.
• Obito looked over the defeated White Zetsu and the circling warships, dropped his wooden spike, and asked Black Zetsu how they could fight the war.

Yoru and Minato used spatial-interference bombs and heavy firepower to trap and devastate Obito, preventing him from using Kamui to reach Iwagakure’s flagship. Obito’s plan collapsed under the bombardment, and he was left battered and unable to understand how Iwagakure had countered his abilities.

• Obito tried to use Kamui to teleport onto the Stone Village command ship, but Iwagakure’s sensory goggles detected the spatial disturbance.
• Minato ordered a twelve-bomb salvo, and the Space-Interference Bombs disrupted the space around Obito and jammed his Kamui.
• Iwagakure’s ninjas fired thousands of Explosive Tags at Obito while Black Zetsu urged him to escape.
• Yoru told Kurotsuchi that Obito was bait, then ordered Minato to fire more Space-Rending Bombs.
• Obito watched his White Zetsu clones and plan get destroyed, then complained that Iwagakure was cheating by countering Kamui.

Uchiha Yoru arrived on the battlefield and ordered the allied forces to retreat so he could face the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path alone. Obito unleashed the statue’s chakra chains, and Yoru began gathering the Nine-Tails’ chakra and natural energy as he prepared to counterattack.

• Uchiha Yoru arrived and focused on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, ignoring the wounded Obito.
• Yoru ordered all units to retreat ten kilometers, and the transport ships carried Minato Namikaze, Ōnoki, and the Stone Village forces away.
• Obito tried to summon White Zetsu, but Black Zetsu told him the clones had been destroyed and warned that losing the Eight-Tails would doom the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito poured his Mangekyō chakra into the statue, which awakened its tailed-beast eyes and launched hundreds of chakra chains at Yoru.
• Yoru stood against the chains and began gathering the Nine-Tails’ golden chakra and natural energy as Obito commanded the statue to tear him apart.

Yoru summoned the True Several Thousand Hands Buddha and encased it in Susanoo, overwhelming Obito's Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. After its chakra chains failed against Yoru's defenses, Yoru prepared a Sage Art thousand-fist barrage, leaving the battlefield on the brink of his attack.

• Yoru raised a Wood Release Great Buddha, stunning Obito and Black Zetsu with its size and power.
• Yoru cloaked the Buddha in Susanoo armor, while Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Kakuzu, A, and Darui watched in disbelief.
• Obito sent the Demonic Statue's chains at Yoru, but Yoru's chakra burned them away before they could pierce the armor.
• Yoru gathered natural energy and covered the Susanoo with golden sealing runes as Naruto cheered from the Iwagakure flagship.
• Yoru unleashed the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Susanoo Protection: Top Transformed Buddha: Thousand Fist Barrage.

Yoru shattered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and broke Obito’s mask, revealing him to Kakashi and Minato. Obito rejected their pleas and defended his plan to create a world with Rin, while Black Zetsu urged him to escape.

• Yoru destroyed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and struck Obito into a crater, breaking his mask and exposing his face.
• Kakashi recognized Obito and broke down in disbelief, while Minato confronted him about attacking the Leaf Village and releasing the Nine-Tails.
• Obito blamed Kakashi for Rin’s death and said he would destroy the world to create a dream world with her.
• Yoru mocked Obito and crushed his attempt to use Wood Release with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu grabbed Obito and urged him to retreat as Minato prepared to stop him.
• The rescued Hidden Cloud elites witnessed the battlefield’s destruction, and A accused Kakashi and the Leaf Village of deceiving him.

Yoru exposed how Madara manipulated Obito and revealed the truth behind Rin’s death, shattering Obito’s belief that he had acted for her sake. Obito rejected the revelations as the battlefield’s survivors witnessed the devastation around them.

• Kakashi accused the wounded Obito of causing the Nine-Tails’ attack and Minato’s death, while Yoru prepared a genjutsu projection.
• Yoru showed Madara and Black Zetsu arranging Rin’s capture and death to make Obito awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yoru revealed that Obito had chosen not to save Yahiko so Nagato would suffer and awaken his Rinnegan.
• The projection showed Rin deliberately impaling herself on Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter to protect the Leaf Village, leaving Obito devastated.
• Yoru told Obito that Madara had used him and that Obito would have become fuel for Kaguya’s revival; Obito denied the truth and cried that the world was wrong.
• Minato prepared to stop Obito as the rescued Hidden Cloud elites watched the ruined battlefield, and A closed his eyes in despair.

Black Zetsu ambushed and took control of Obito, forcing him to use the Rinnegan to revive Madara Uchiha. Yoru allowed the resurrection to proceed, while Black Zetsu began seizing Obito’s body and eyes as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path collapsed.

• Black Zetsu emerged from Obito’s shadow and pierced his chest while Obito was broken by grief.
• Kakashi and Minato tried to intervene, while Yoru watched and recognized Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu controlled Obito and forced him to perform the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Madara.
• Yoru stopped Minato from interrupting the technique, saying Madara’s return suited their plans.
• Black Zetsu began taking Obito’s body and Yahiko’s Rinnegan, repelling Kakashi as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path collapsed.

Obito escaped Black Zetsu’s control by transporting himself to the Kamui Dimension, but Black Zetsu took his Rinnegan and the resurrection technique failed. Yoru’s side celebrated its victory while Black Zetsu vowed to continue its plan, and Obito lay helpless in the dimension.

• Obito used Kamui in a desperate attempt to escape Black Zetsu, who tore the Rinnegan from his left eye as he vanished.
• Black Zetsu declared Obito a cripple and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path returned to lifeless matter when the resurrection was interrupted.
• Yoru refused Minato’s suggestion to pursue Obito and focused on the Rinnegan and the next stage of his plans.
• Ōnoki celebrated Hidden Cloud’s concessions, while Yoru ordered his factories to produce more scientific ninja tools.
• Orochimaru placed the unconscious Konan in a crate and said he expected results from White Zetsu technology the following week.
• Black Zetsu kept the Rinnegan and vowed that its plan would continue, while Obito lay unable to move in the Kamui Dimension.

Iwagakure defeated the Akatsuki’s forces, and the Fourth Raikage agreed to place Kumogakure under Iwagakure’s lead. Yoru warned that Madara remained a threat and ordered Ōnoki to prepare a Four Kage Summit.

• Iwagakure’s armored genin finished destroying the White Zetsu army, while Yoru noted that Black Zetsu had escaped with the Rinnegan.
• Minato recounted how the Akatsuki had been dismantled, and Yoru warned that Madara was still waiting in his coffin.
• The Fourth Raikage knelt before Yoru and Ōnoki, pledged Kumogakure’s mines and ports to Iwagakure, and accepted Iwagakure’s leadership.
• Ōnoki celebrated Iwagakure’s growing dominance, while Yoru said Madara was the real threat still to come.
• Yoru ordered Ōnoki to prepare a Four Kage Summit.

Ōnoki, urged on by Yoru, sent the other great villages a coercive invitation to a Five Kage Summit in Iwagakure, demanding they accept territorial and resource redistribution. The wounded and financially dependent Kage all chose to attend rather than risk Iwagakure’s retaliation.

• Ōnoki drafted and stamped an invitation threatening the other villages with Iwagakure’s Sky Fleet and demanding they attend a Ninja World New Order Conference.
• Yoru told Ōnoki to add that the meeting would redraw territories and redistribute resources, and Ōnoki ordered Kakuzu to send the invitations.
• A raged at the invitation, but Darui and Shi warned him that Kumogakure was too battered to resist Iwagakure’s military power.
• Mei Terumi complained about Yoru’s coercion but ordered Chōjūrō to prepare for the summit because Kirigakure depended on Iwagakure’s loans.
• After hearing the invitation, the injured Rasa told Baki to prepare a stretcher to carry him to the summit.

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.