Chapter Summaries

Natsuki and Minato exposed and killed White Zetsu infiltrators in the Shinobi World Allied Forces camp using Healing Mist and a sealing barrier. Naruto stayed by Hinata’s side as instructed, and the two went out together to help.

• Natsuki told Tsunade the Healing Mist was ready and arranged for wounded White Zetsu and prepared escorts to be brought to open ground.
• Natsuki used the mist to reveal the White Zetsu, while Minato and Natsuki sealed the ground to prevent them from escaping with the Mayfly Technique.
• Naruto sent thirty Shadow Clones to hunt White Zetsu across the camp but remained beside Hinata, guarding her even outside the bathroom.
• Hinata asked Naruto to sing, and he recalled a song they had heard together during their trip to the Land of Snow.
• Naruto told Hinata he would protect her for life, and they joined the effort to help clear the camp.

Toneri replenished Hamura’s weakened soul with energy from the battlefield while Obito prepared his next move. In Jibei City, Muku, Hiruko, Tobi, and Black Zetsu began a civilian massacre to feed the Box of Paradise.

• Toneri followed Hagoromo’s warning not to observe Natsuki and let Hamura absorb lingering Soul Energy from the battlefield.
• Obito’s heart finished healing, and he discovered that Natsuki’s forces had exposed the White Zetsu before their planned sneak attack.
• Muku, Hiruko, Tobi, and Black Zetsu gathered near Jibei City and set out to harvest energy for the Box of Paradise.
• Gū dropped the Box of Paradise into Jibei City, and the group attacked civilians, drawing them into the box.
• Gū killed a retired one-legged ninja who tried to flee and warn others.

Natsuki and the Allied Forces recovered after clearing out the White Zetsu, while Natsuki investigated Obito’s movements. Obito resurrected and sealed the Six-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving his plan one step from completion.

• Natsuki helped Tsunade treat the wounded and patrolled the camp as the Allied Forces mourned their dead and prepared for the next day.
• Minato told Natsuki that Obito’s Flying Thunder God Mark had appeared in the Land of Water, and they went to find Mei Terumi for its location.
• Obito arrived at Jibei City, where Black Zetsu and the others had nearly finished resurrecting the Six-Tails through the Box of Paradise.
• Obito used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to pull the malformed Six-Tails into the Kamui Dimension and seal it inside the statue.
• Obito declared that the next day would be the final day and that his wish was close.

Minato and Natsuki learned that Obito had used the Box of Paradise to sacrifice thousands of civilians in the Land of Water, possibly reviving the Six-Tails, and Mei Terumi was left furious and powerless. As Obito prepared for a full assault the next day, Natsuki reviewed the Allied Forces’ defenses and began planning a possible return for Hibaku.

• Mei Terumi showed Minato and Natsuki a map of the Land of Water, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to investigate Obito’s reported location.
• Minato returned and reported that Obito had sacrificed several thousand people in Jibei City with the Box of Paradise and that he sensed the Six-Tails’ aura there.
• Mei Terumi, Juzo Biwa, Zabuza, and Suigetsu reacted with anger, while Natsuki considered whether the Box of Paradise had created a substitute for the Six-Tails.
• Natsuki and Minato returned to their tent and planned for Obito’s expected full-scale assault, discussing how to protect the Allied Forces and distribute Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Natsuki reviewed Obito’s resources and the hidden Cloud Village weapons, then considered using his skills to give Hibaku a temporary return.
• Natsuki checked the Flying Thunder God marks on his allies and entered the Dream Space to practice Water Style.

Obito absorbed Sora’s Nine-Tails Chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as the Ninja Alliance prepared for an encirclement by enemy forces. Natsuki explained Obito’s likely goals and assigned countermeasures, while the alliance awaited the enemy’s full assault.

• Obito fed Sora to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which absorbed his Nine-Tails Chakra and began to grow stronger.
• Sensory Ninja detected enemies surrounding the Ninja Alliance, and Shikaku reported their forces and positions to Natsuki and the Kage.
• Mei Terumi, the Raikage, and Gaara reacted to the Impure World Reincarnation of Mist Ninja, Killer B, and Gaara’s father.
• Natsuki explained that Obito needed to gather the alliance to obtain Chakra and warned that capturing Naruto or Minato could revive the Ten-Tails.
• Natsuki outlined plans to counter Obito, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Madara, while Orochimaru prepared sacrifices to resurrect the First and Second Hokage.

Natsuki and the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared for the final battle, prioritizing the suppression of Impure World Reincarnation and the capture of unusual White Zetsu. As Minato and Natsuki began their mission and Dan Katō organized the Barrier Team, strange insects secretly collected blood from the battlefield.

• Shikaku and Natsuki assigned Minato and Dan Katō to help suppress Impure World Reincarnation, while the leaders planned deployments across the fronts.
• Natsuki ordered Minato to help capture a special White Zetsu and directed forces to reinforce the southern and western battle lines.
• Dan Katō distributed Akimichi Clan Energy Pills to exhausted medical ninja and continued coordinating battlefield support.
• Minato told Dan Katō to prepare the Barrier Team while he and Natsuki went to capture a special White Zetsu.
• Unusual mosquito-like insects secretly gathered blood from the battlefield and flew away.

Natsuki and Minato discovered a vanguard of apparently mutated, poisonous White Zetsu and brought one to the field hospital for analysis. Meanwhile, Natsuki’s plan on the western battlefield helped Killer B and Rasa break free from Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Dionysus in danger.

• Natsuki and Minato found tens of thousands of dark red White Zetsu, and Minato captured one for testing.
• Chiyo, Sasori, and Shizune began analyzing the White Zetsu’s toxin, while Chiyo warned Minato that an antidote would take time and might not be available for the entire army.
• Natsuki left to arrange a response, and Minato brought Dan Katō and three Sealing Teams to the western battlefield.
• Dionysus lost contact with many of the Reanimated forces inside a silent barrier and controlled Roshi to investigate.
• Killer B used Impure World Reincarnation hand seals to break free of Dionysus’s control, and Rasa stopped attacking him.
• Killer B and Rasa attacked Roshi, prompting Dionysus to realize he was in trouble.

Hozuki Gengetsu led the Misty Hidden Edo Tensei Army against Kitsuchi’s forces while Natsuki raced to the southern battlefield. There, Juzo Biwa and Might Guy fought former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Guy opened the Sixth Gate as his battle with Munashi Jinpachi continued.

• Hozuki Gengetsu led Hozuki Mangetsu and the other revived Mist shinobi toward Kitsuchi’s prepared defenses, where Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu recognized one another across the battlefield.
• Natsuki used the Spirit Transformation Technique to reach the southern battlefield while Dionysus’s attention was elsewhere.
• Hozuki Mangetsu distributed the swords Nuibari, Kabutowari, and Shibuki as Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi engaged Juzo Biwa and Might Guy.
• Juzo Biwa countered Kushimaru Kuriarare’s wire attacks, then slashed open his chest with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Munashi Jinpachi detonated Shibuki’s explosive scroll against Might Guy, but Guy opened the Sixth Gate and blasted away the explosion before charging at him.

Rock Lee, Shin, and Suigetsu fought the reanimated Mist swordsmen while Kitsuchi’s forces held off Hozuki Gengetsu’s army without taking casualties. Natsuki arrived and caught Gengetsu’s attention.

• Rock Lee overwhelmed Jinin Akebino with his speed and taijutsu, while Shin evaded Ringo Ameyuri’s lightning attacks and kept her occupied.
• Suigetsu fought his older brother Hozuki Mangetsu, showing that his swordsmanship had surpassed Mangetsu’s, and the two spoke about the Seven Ninja Swords.
• Hozuki Gengetsu’s mist and mirages confused the reanimated Mist shinobi, while Kitsuchi’s forces retreated and waited for reinforcements instead of attacking him.
• Natsuki arrived in his Spirit Transformation body and recognized Gengetsu’s abilities, but Gengetsu sensed him and turned to look in his direction.

Natsuki and Dan Katō used the Spirit Transformation Technique to free reanimated shinobi from Dionysus’s control, turning them into allies of the Shinobi World Allied Forces. After seven reanimations broke free, Black Zetsu ordered Dionysus to abandon the rest and sent White Zetsu and Zombie Puppets to attack from the southeast.

• Natsuki possessed Hozuki Gengetsu and forced him to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Release, freeing him from Dionysus’s control.
• Hozuki Gengetsu joined the allied forces and used his Giant Clam’s mist to obscure the Mist Village’s reanimated army again.
• Natsuki freed Mangetsu, allowing him and Suigetsu to reunite and embrace.
• Dionysus told Black Zetsu that seven reanimated shinobi, including Rasa, Killer B, Roshi, and Hozuki Gengetsu, had escaped his control.
• Black Zetsu ordered Dionysus to abandon the remaining reanimations and sent the final twenty thousand White Zetsu and Zombie Puppets to attack from the southeast before heading toward the northern battlefield.

Tobi used White Zetsu chakra to raise a Wood Golem, prompting the eastern sentries to evacuate by aircraft as the mountains collapsed. On the northern battlefield, Black Zetsu and Dionysus revived Uchiha Madara, who learned that the Uchiha clan’s leader had repeatedly disrupted their plans and questioned whether he truly possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Tobi used the White Zetsu’s chakra to summon a giant Wood Golem, and Hyuga Hayato sent up a signal flare.
• Konan’s explosive tags triggered landslides as Cloud Village aircraft carried the eastern sentries away, with Ino using the Mind Transfer Technique to alert headquarters.
• The Shinobi Alliance continued its exhausting fight against White Zetsu on the northern battlefield while Shisui searched for Hiruko.
• Black Zetsu and Dionysus opened a coffin and brought Uchiha Madara back through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu explained how the Uchiha clan’s leader had disrupted their plans, and Uchiha Madara asked whether that leader really had the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara about Uchiha Natsuki and explained how the Zero-Tails could help the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path gather chakra. After Madara assessed his enhanced Impure World Reincarnation body, the Allied forces mobilized as new threats emerged across multiple battlefields.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that Uchiha Natsuki had defeated Obito repeatedly and was now the Uchiha Clan Head and Ninja Alliance commander.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Zero-Tails let the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorb Dark Chakra produced by people’s despair, and Madara approved Obito’s plan to revive him.
• Madara questioned Dionysus about his Impure World Reincarnation body, and Black Zetsu said he had infused it with additional Hashirama’s power.
• After sensing Madara’s enormous chakra northeast of the northern battlefield, Ōnoki, Gaara, and the Raikage used the Flying Thunder God Squad to head there.
• Inoichi Yamanaka received reports of White Zetsu, Ten Thousand Living Corpse Puppets, and a Wood Human in the east, where the alliance had retreated without casualties.
• Inoichi relayed the eastern battlefield report to Shikaku, who also received Mei Terumi’s Request for Aid as Tsunade arrived and ordered contact with the Fourth Hokage.

Natsuki released the remaining Mist Village shinobi from the Impure World Reincarnation and redirected forces as several battlefronts came under pressure. As Uchiha Madara confronted the Allied Forces in the north, the Uchiha reacted strangely to his nostalgic words about Hashirama.

• Natsuki released more than ten Mist Village shinobi, then sent Hozuki Gengetsu and Kitsuchi toward the struggling southern battlefield.
• Minato told Natsuki that Uchiha Madara had appeared in the north, the south was retreating, Corpse Puppets had appeared in the southeast, and Tobi was near the Stone Golems.
• Natsuki ordered Minato to send Hashirama and Tobirama to face Tobi, reinforce the northern battlefield with Naruto and others, and leave the south to the person he had sent.
• Minato and Orochimaru prepared the replacement sacrifices for Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju and set out from Konoha.
• Uchiha Madara confronted the Allied Forces and asked which Uchiha was Natsuki, while Yōya offered to fight him and Madara dismissed him.
• After Madara spoke nostalgically about Hashirama, the Uchiha reacted oddly as Uchiha Hiro sketched Madara and Hashirama together in his notebook.

The Ninja Alliance struggled against the poisonous White Zetsu until reanimated reinforcements arrived and Hozuki Gengetsu unleashed his explosive technique. Obito then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and dragged the reanimated Jinchuriki toward it, threatening to capture their tailed-beast chakra.

• Mei Terumi, Darui, Nagato, Deidara, and Konan fought the Poison White Zetsu, forcing the Ninja Alliance to retreat from their toxic bodies and contaminated ground.
• Kitsuchi's force arrived with reanimated Hozuki Gengetsu, Hozuki Mangetsu, Hozuki Suigetsu, Killer B, Roshi, Rasa, and Han, giving the southern battlefield a major boost.
• Hozuki Gengetsu created a mirage to let the Ninja Alliance withdraw, then attacked the Poison White Zetsu with his Boiling Danger technique.
• Obito appeared and learned that Natsuki and the others had freed the reanimated bodies from control and that Black Zetsu had reanimated Madara.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used Banshō Ten'in to pull Killer B, Roshi, and Han toward it as chains shot from its mouth.

Minato, Orochimaru, and Keimei arrived at the undefended eastern battlefield, where Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to stop the advancing forces. Hashirama and Tobirama overwhelmed Tobi and the Stone Golems, while Tobi fled and the brothers prepared to head to the northern battlefield.

• Tobi led a Wood Human through Stone Village’s broken defenses as Stone Golems and Corpse Puppets advanced toward the Ninja Alliance’s medical camp and Command Center.
• Minato brought Orochimaru and Keimei to the eastern battlefield, where Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told Hashirama that Uchiha Madara had been revived and was fighting Natsuki, then left with Minato and Keimei to support the northern battlefield.
• Hashirama sent fifty Wood Clones to attack the Corpse Puppets and used Wood Release to restrain Tobi’s Wood Human, while Tobirama destroyed Stone Golems with Explosive Tags.
• Hashirama summoned a larger Wood Human and smashed Tobi’s Wood Human; Tobi escaped through the dust, and Tobirama said he wanted to see Madara make a fool of himself.

Natsuki arrived as Madara confronted the gathered Uchiha and provoked him into a fight, using their clash to increase his Constitution. After Madara sensed Hashirama on another battlefield, Natsuki challenged him to a sword duel before the Uchiha Clan and deliberately let Madara cut him.

• Madara confronted Ōnoki, but Natsuki arrived before the Kage had to face him.
• Natsuki mocked Madara over his devotion to Hashirama and fought him in taijutsu, while Madara's genjutsu failed to affect him.
• Minato arrived with Keimei and Orochimaru as Natsuki continued to spar with Madara and raise his Constitution.
• Madara lost focus after sensing Hashirama's Chakra on the southeastern battlefield, and Natsuki punched him away.
• Natsuki had Itachi bring two swords, gave one to Madara, and challenged him to prove himself before the Uchiha Clan in exchange for bringing Hashirama to him.
• Madara and Natsuki slashed at each other without their blades colliding, and Natsuki deliberately took a deep wound while Itachi reassured Sasuke.

Natsuki used his rapid healing to fight Madara in a brutal contest of taijutsu and Fire Release, growing stronger as he tested his recovery and jutsu. Madara realized Natsuki had been using him as a test subject, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Natsuki taunted Madara into a reckless close-quarters fight, where his Hundred Healings Jutsu let him overwhelm Madara until Madara summoned Susanoo.
• Natsuki's wounds healed instantly while his body appeared to grow younger, and Orochimaru noticed the physical changes.
• Natsuki and Madara clashed with Great Fire Annihilation, setting the battlefield ablaze before nearby allies shielded themselves with sand and earth walls.
• Natsuki recovered from being burned and mocked the convenience of Madara's Reanimated body.
• Madara accused Natsuki of using him to test his jutsu, and Natsuki admitted he had wanted to try other techniques.

Natsuki mocked Madara’s power and discredited the Uchiha stone tablet before Madara tried to prove the Rinnegan’s might. The Shinobi Alliance escaped his meteor attack, leaving Madara to strike empty ground while the survivors dismissed the threat.

• Natsuki insulted Madara for seeking Hashirama’s power and urged him to use Wood Release, turning the Uchiha Clan Members against him.
• Madara revealed his Rinnegan, but Natsuki’s Mangekyō Sharingan matched its ocular power, and Natsuki mocked the stone tablet as a lie.
• Madara summoned Two-Faced Susanoo and called down a meteor as the Shinobi Alliance scattered according to Natsuki’s warning.
• Minato teleported away the slower ninjas, and Madara’s meteor struck empty ground, shattering his body.
• The Cloud Village ninjas and other survivors mocked Madara’s meteor as far weaker than the one that had destroyed Cloud Village.

Madara summoned the Nine-Tails and unleashed his Perfect Susanoo against Natsuki, but Natsuki formed an even faster, equally immense Susanoo. Their first clash sent shockwaves across the battlefield, forcing the Allied Forces to retreat while the Uchiha shielded their clan members.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that Hamura’s descendants on the moon had brought down the meteor and explained how Obito had lost the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara summoned the Nine-Tails, and Kurama recognized his Chakra while Naruto continued fighting White Zetsu.
• Natsuki sent Minato to support Naruto and gather the squads at the center, then confronted Madara.
• Madara and Natsuki formed towering Perfect Susanoo, and the Uchiha clan cheered when Natsuki’s formed faster.
• The two Susanoo collided, and Itachi and Yōya protected the Uchiha from the shockwave as Natsuki ordered the Allied Forces to retreat.

Hibaku arrived to defend Mist Village from Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, revealing his immense Chakra and preparing a massive Water Style attack. After entrusting Mei Terumi with his Elder Token and telling Suigetsu to train for the village’s future, he identified himself to Hozuki Gengetsu as Hozuki Sakutsuki.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed Roshi and Han, while Mei Terumi pulled Killer B out of danger.
• Mei Terumi told Hozuki Gengetsu that Obito had controlled Mist Village and slaughtered its Kekkei Genkai Clans and civilians.
• Obito mocked Mist Village, and Nagato prepared to confront him before Hibaku appeared.
• Hibaku activated his Curse Mark, gave Mei Terumi his Elder Token, and told Suigetsu that Mist Village’s future depended on his generation.
• Hibaku told Hozuki Gengetsu that he was Hozuki Sakutsuki and unleashed the Water Style: Tidal Wave Technique against the Poison White Zetsu.