Chapter Summaries

Hibaku used the Water God Technique to pin down and overpower the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while the Allied Forces retreated. Obito failed to damage the regenerating Water Person, and the retreating shinobi realized what Hibaku intended to do.

• Hibaku formed a colossal Water Person, prompting Inoichi to order everyone on the southern battlefield to retreat at least thirty kilometers.
• The Water Person fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, regenerated from its attacks, and pinned it to the ground.
• Obito tried to break the Water Person with its chains and Shinra Tensei, but it quickly restored itself.
• Hibaku mocked Obito as the Allied Forces fled, while Hōzuki Gengetsu used the Giant Clam to broadcast the battle.
• Konan and Nagato recognized that Natsuki was impersonating Hibaku and using the Hōzuki Clan's Water Transformation techniques.

Hibaku overwhelmed Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with his Water Person, then unleashed a Natural Energy explosion to stop Obito’s escape. Obito pulled the statue into the Kamui Dimension, while the blast devastated the surrounding area and struck the retreating forces.

• Nagato and the Allied Forces retreated as Deidara and the Second Mizukage watched Hibaku’s battle from a distance.
• Obito used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s dragon-shaped phantom to attack Hibaku’s Water Person, but it failed to pierce the Natural Energy-filled body.
• Hibaku’s Water Person smashed the statue’s teeth and battered it as Obito decided to escape through the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito used Shinra Tensei to destroy the Water Whips and entered the Kamui Dimension, summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path there.
• Hibaku spent Earth Spider Secret Technique, Wrathful Hair Heaven to detonate his accumulated Natural Energy in a colossal explosion.
• The blast pulverized the landscape and melted the fleeing White Zetsus, while Hozuki Gengetsu was blown apart and Obito took the statue into the Kamui Dimension.

Obito discovered that Hibaku’s explosion had destroyed the southern White Zetsu forces and severely damaged the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The survivors surveyed the enormous crater, while Nagato confirmed that all fifty thousand White Zetsu had been killed.

• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the Kamui Dimension, then was blasted back when he opened the vortex to investigate the explosion.
• Obito learned that Hibaku had used his secret explosive technique, destroying the nearby White Zetsu and stripping away the statue’s outer layer.
• Obito began repairing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with the Rinnegan, knowing that its recovery would consume power needed to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Mei Terumi, Deidara, Hozuki Suigetsu, Nagato, and Konan flew high enough to see the crater, which Deidara estimated was over fifty kilometers across.
• Deidara praised the explosion as true art, while Nagato told Mei Terumi that all fifty thousand White Zetsu had died.

Nagato and the other reanimated fighters saw the southern battlefield transformed by Hibaku’s devastating attack, while Natsuki continued to overpower Madara in a clash between Perfect Susanoo. The southern front was cleared of White Zetsu, and Madara admitted he had underestimated Natsuki.

• Nagato, Killer B, Rasa, Gengetsu Hozuki, and Mangetsu saw that Hibaku’s attack had carved out a vast crater and killed tens of thousands of White Zetsu.
• Mangetsu asked Gengetsu Hozuki about Hibaku’s identity, and Gengetsu confirmed that he knew who Hibaku was.
• Natsuki and Madara continued battling with their Perfect Susanoo as the Uchiha Clan Members watched and several advanced their eyes another step.
• Natsuki’s Susanoo broke Madara’s sword, revealing that Natsuki’s Susanoo mastery surpassed Madara’s.
• Natsuki taunted Madara, who admitted he had underestimated him, while Black Zetsu concluded that Madara needed to be revived.
• A beam of white light rose from the southern battlefield, and Natsuki learned that Hibaku’s Shadow Clone had destroyed all the White Zetsu there.

Toneri and Hagoromo used Hiruko to launch a spacetime-barrier attack on Hanabi, trapping Minato and the Hyuga fighters. Natsuki sensed Minato’s Flying Thunder God marks had been sealed and left his fight with Madara to respond.

• Gū secretly absorbed energy from the Box of Paradise while carrying allies back to the battlefield.
• Hiruko lost confidence in Obito’s war effort as the White Zetsu were steadily defeated.
• Hagoromo and Hamura planned to control Hiruko and use a spacetime barrier to target Hanabi.
• Toneri, acting through Hiruko, attacked Hanabi and drove Tenten and Neji back; Haku intervened, but Hiruko shattered his ice and trapped the area in a barrier.
• Minato’s team identified Hiruko’s Rinnegan abilities and requested Natsuki’s aid through headquarters.
• Natsuki ordered Plan Number Seven and left his battle with Madara after discovering that Minato’s Flying Thunder God marks had been sealed.

Madara tried to stop the Allied Forces from retreating, but reports of Hibaku wiping out the southern White Zetsu army forced him to change course. The Allied Forces withdrew to headquarters to prepare for the final battle, while Madara headed east to find Hashirama Senju.

• Madara used Wood Release: Flowering Forest to block the retreat, but Gaara shielded the Uchiha and Ōnoki cut down the poisonous blooms with Dust Release.
• Madara revealed Hashirama's face on his body, and the Uchiha believed Natsuki's rumors instead of being intimidated.
• Black Zetsu reported that Hibaku had suppressed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and killed fifty thousand White Zetsu with a secret technique.
• Madara stopped pursuing Itachi's group, ordered intelligence from the northwest, and set out for the eastern battlefield to meet Hashirama Senju.
• The Allied Forces received news that most of Obito's White Zetsu army had been eliminated and followed Natsuki's order to withdraw to headquarters.
• Itachi led the Uchiha, Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Gaara back toward headquarters as the Allied Forces prepared for the final battle.

Obito learned that the Allied Forces had retreated to their headquarters and, after hearing Black Zetsu’s account of Natsuki’s draw with Madara, went to attack them. Black Zetsu secretly sent Gū to the headquarters as a contingency while the Allied Forces regrouped and treated their wounded.

• Obito found a White Zetsu and learned that the Allied Forces had withdrawn to their main headquarters, leaving fewer than ten thousand White Zetsu alive.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Madara and Natsuki had fought to a draw with Perfect Susanoo, and that Natsuki and Minato were both unable to return to the headquarters for now.
• Obito decided to attack the gathered Allied Forces and entered the Kamui Dimension, while Black Zetsu resolved to keep watch over him until Madara was revived.
• A White Zetsu told Black Zetsu that they had found the Box of Paradise and Gū, so Black Zetsu sent Gū toward the headquarters and told him Obito planned to revive the Ten-Tails.
• At the headquarters, Tsunade oversaw medical treatment as the returning Allied Forces rested, reorganized, and prepared for the decisive battle.

Shion activated a huge Time Sealing Barrier around the Shinobi World Allied Forces headquarters, preventing Obito from entering through Kamui. Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path outside the barrier, where Nagato, Konan, and Deidara prepared to face it.

• Shion used the Miko lineage’s power to activate a super-scale Time Sealing Barrier around the headquarters.
• Obito failed to open a Kamui passage inside the barrier and emerged several kilometers from the Allied Forces encampment.
• Hyuga Clan members detected Obito, and Nagato, Konan, and Deidara came out to confront him.
• Obito summoned the two-hundred-meter-tall Demonic Statue of the Outer Path outside the barrier.
• Nagato led the group toward the statue while Deidara prepared his Explosive Clay; Yahiko stayed behind.

Nagato confronted Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, revealing Wood Release powerful enough to rival Hashirama's. As the statue advanced toward the Ninja Alliance's barrier, Nagato summoned a towering Wood Human to face it.

• Ōnoki asked Itachi whether they should return to the Ninja Alliance, but Itachi said Nagato could hold Obito off and they should wait for Natsuki.
• Nagato used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, then dodged Obito's pull and countered with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Obito repelled Nagato with Shinra Tensei while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path broke free of the trees.
• Deidara and Konan attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but their explosives barely damaged it, so Konan retreated toward the Ninja Alliance.
• As the statue neared the Alliance's barrier, Nagato used Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique to create a towering Wood Human that stood taller than the statue.

Nagato, Deidara, and the arriving Allied forces attacked Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while the Raikage used a sound device to disorient Obito. The reinforcements pressed toward the statue as Yōya threw Shisui at Gū, who fired an energy sphere at him.

• Nagato used the Wood Human to pummel the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Deidara attacked it with explosions that did little lasting damage.
• Gū attacked Deidara, but Deidara used a Clay Clone to escape and tricked Gū into pursuing him before Obito ordered Gū to target Nagato.
• The Flying Thunder God Squad brought the Raikage, Gaara, Ōnoki, Yōya, and Shisui to Nagato’s position.
• Ōnoki strengthened the Raikage’s punch, which broke through Obito’s Shinra Tensei; the Raikage’s sound device then left Obito dizzy and nauseated.
• Obito summoned puppets as Yōya, Shisui, and Gaara flew toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path; Yōya threw Shisui at Gū, who fired an energy sphere at him.

Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Toneri attacked the group, targeting Hanabi and Hinata, but Natsuki arrived and recognized Toneri as the core keeping the space-time formation active. Natsuki ordered an attack, splitting the group between Hagoromo and Toneri.

• Hagoromo used his Rinnegan power to incapacitate several defenders, but Minato resisted and attacked him with a senjutsu-enhanced Rasengan.
• Toneri tried to seize Hinata, but Naruto protected her and Kimimaro pierced Toneri's shoulder before Toneri lifted himself into the air with Chakra.
• Minato recognized Hiruko as Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who demanded Hinata and Hanabi's eyes and accused Natsuki of endangering the Ninja World.
• Natsuki revealed that Toneri's body contained the formation's core, then ordered Minato, Naruto, and Kimimaro to attack while he lunged at Hagoromo.

Toneri fought Naruto, Minato, and the Ninja Alliance while Natsuki confronted Hagoromo and revealed a powerful new dojutsu. Natsuki overwhelmed Hagoromo, but Hagoromo used Izanagi to survive, and Toneri prepared his last move.

• Toneri healed his shoulder and attacked Naruto and the others with a gale, forcing Minato to order the Ninja Alliance to retreat.
• Natsuki challenged Hagoromo, whose eye power failed to harm him and whose confidence faltered as Natsuki's strength surpassed his.
• Natsuki's mission failed after he left the battle with Uchiha Madara, and he attacked Hagoromo using his new Limit Break Compression dojutsu.
• Natsuki's golden armor let him punch through Hagoromo's Steel Release defense and Hiruko's body, prompting Hagoromo to recognize the power of Kekkei Mōra.
• Natsuki drove his other hand toward Hagoromo's head, but Hagoromo activated Izanagi to survive.
• Toneri panicked after seeing Natsuki overpower Hagoromo and resolved to use his final move.

Natsuki fought to stop Hagoromo and Toneri from taking Hinata’s eyes, but Hagoromo forced Hinata to give them up, and she died. After sealing Naruto’s rampaging Nine-Tails Chakra, Natsuki confronted the revived, amnesiac Hiruko and blinded him.

• Kimimaro attacked Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with All-Killing Ash Bones while Naruto and Minato shielded the others from the blast.
• Hagoromo possessed Hinata and changed her eyes to the Rinnegan, while Natsuki fought to keep Toneri from reaching her.
• Hagoromo made Hinata gouge out her eyes and throw them to Toneri; Natsuki punched through Toneri’s Chakra Prayer Beads and chest, but Toneri escaped with Hamura’s help.
• Natsuki seized Hamura’s soul and erased it with a blade of energy, while Naruto discovered that Hinata had died.
• Natsuki sealed Naruto’s rampaging Nine-Tails Chakra, then Hiruko reappeared with no memories, and Natsuki blinded him.

Natsuki defeated Hiruko and revived Hinata after her eyes were taken, then learned that Obito had appeared with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. He prepared to return to the front lines while reassuring his injured allies and saying Hinata's missing eyes could still be dealt with.

• After losing control of the Kishimaru when Natsuki took his Sharingan, Hiruko mutated, and Natsuki killed him with a single slap.
• Natsuki used a Three Tomoe Sharingan and Izanagi to restore his energy, reviving Hinata as Naruto held her and comforted her in the darkness.
• Inoichi Yamanaka told Natsuki that Obito had appeared with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and that Nagato, Deidara, Konan, and the returning Kage were engaging him.
• Natsuki ordered Shion to stop the Time Sealing Barrier, called Sasori to the front lines, and said he and Minato would return immediately.
• Natsuki treated the unconscious Hiashi, Hizashi, Neji, Tenten, and Hanabi, reassured Haku and Kimimaro, and told Minato that Hinata's missing eyes might become a blessing in disguise.

Natsuki prepared the Allied Forces to confront Obito while planning to let events unfold until he could control the situation. On the eastern battlefield, Hashirama and Tobirama finished clearing the enemy forces and waited for Madara to arrive.

• Natsuki sealed a piece of Toneri's flesh in a Storage Scroll, then had Minato teleport the troops back to headquarters and gather the units.
• Shikaku and Inoichi reported that Obito was fighting Nagato's group while Yōya and Shisui faced Gū, and Natsuki told Shikaku that he had once died in a Ten-Tails Bomb attack.
• Natsuki learned that Madara was heading east to find Hashirama and decided to take Ryūzetsu to the front lines while Yōya returned to treat Tenten.
• Hashirama destroyed Tobi's Wood Human, and Tobirama captured Tobi while he and Hashirama cleared the Stone Golems and Corpse Puppets.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama not to interfere with Natsuki's plan, and Madara arrived and called out to Hashirama.

Hashirama and Tobirama confronted Madara about his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, but Madara dismissed their warnings and remained determined to win the war. Tobirama teleported Hashirama and Madara away before Hashirama could suggest they face their common enemy together, leaving Madara with Tobi and still confident in his power.

• Madara challenged Hashirama to finish their old battle, while Tobirama warned that Madara's plan was doomed and revealed that he knew about Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara claimed Natsuki could not stop him, and Hashirama tried to persuade him to abandon his plan and work with them against their enemy.
• Madara argued that humanity's contradictions made peace impossible without a dream world, while Hashirama said they should face their enemy together.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to take Hashirama and Madara away before Hashirama could say more.
• Madara freed Tobi from a wooden cage, heard that Natsuki had a plan against him, and dismissed the warning as irrelevant before deciding to leave.

Natsuki brought Ryūzetsu to the front, where Shisui and Yōya briefly turned Gū back into Muku before the Box of Paradise transformed him again. Natsuki explained that Muku and Gū had merged and could not be separated, then arranged care for the injured as Obito summoned over a thousand puppets.

• Natsuki found Ryūzetsu at the medicinal ingredient processing area and offered to take her to meet Gū, who had reached the front lines.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Gū while Yōya protected Shisui with Life Pardon, causing Gū to become Muku temporarily.
• The Box of Paradise's black smoke struck Muku and changed him back into Gū, who told Ryūzetsu that Muku had fused with him.
• Ryūzetsu called out to Muku, and Natsuki explained that Muku and Gū were merged and could not be separated while the Box of Paradise existed.
• Natsuki sent Yōya to treat the shinobi suffering mental trauma and ordered Tsunade to examine Tenten, then noticed Obito had summoned more than a thousand puppets.

Natsuki helped Sasori dismantle Obito’s puppet army, then watched as Obito opened the Box of Paradise and unleashed its immense, malicious energy. Natsuki sent the Allied Forces away through a space-time portal while Obito celebrated the power he had uncovered.

• Natsuki brought Sasori to the battlefield, where Sasori used his Chakra threads to dismantle the puppets Obito had summoned.
• Sasori reunited with Deidara, who told him he had grown stronger and promised to show him his new art.
• Gū fled toward the Box of Paradise, but Obito used Kamui to blast a hole into it, releasing violet-black energy.
• Natsuki said Obito had opened a blind box and ordered Gaara and the others to organize the Allied Forces and retrieve his clansmen.
• Natsuki opened a space-time portal and sent the Third Hokage, the Raikage, and Ōnoki through it.
• Obito recognized the Box of Paradise’s immense energy and celebrated what he had found.

Obito absorbed the Box of Paradise’s corrupted energy into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, weakening Gū until he released Muku’s body and vanished. Ryūzetsu used Dragon Life Reincarnation to restore Muku, sacrificing her own life, and Muku awoke grieving over her.

• Obito used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to absorb the Box of Paradise’s purple-black energy, enraging the watching Black Zetsu and weakening Gū.
• As Gū disintegrated, he released Muku’s body, and his scattered soul flew toward Ryūzetsu before departing in a display of their Lantern Ghost Technique.
• Ryūzetsu used Dragon Life Reincarnation on Muku, restoring his fragmented soul and reviving his body at the cost of her life.
• Muku awoke to find Ryūzetsu dead on top of him and wept, saying that he could not go back.

Natsuki reassured Muku that Ryūzetsu could still be saved and offered a way for him to see Mui again, while Obito fed the Box of Paradise's energy into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. As Obito began reviving the Ten-Tails and declared his plan to end reality, Natsuki mocked him, and the Shinobi Alliance arrived.

• Muku grieved over Ryūzetsu and Mui, and Natsuki promised to save Ryūzetsu once the Shinobi Alliance arrived.
• Natsuki told Muku that Orochimaru could use Impure World Reincarnation to let him see Mui again, and Muku brightened at the prospect.
• Obito finished feeding the Box of Paradise's energy into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Natsuki placed a Flying Thunder God mark on Muku.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared and unleashed enormous Chakra, alerting Naruto and Minato that it was about to revive.
• Obito proclaimed that the Ten-Tails' revival would end the world and create an endless dream, while Natsuki mocked his borrowed beliefs.
• Footsteps sounded behind Natsuki as the Shinobi Alliance approached the battlefield.