Chapter Summaries

The Shinobi World Allied Forces gathered to face Obito as the Ten-Tails transformed, while Natsuki taunted Obito and Madara arrived. Minato seized Madara’s Gunbai with Flying Thunder God and returned it to Natsuki, who revealed that the Alliance had deliberately spared Obito’s life.

• Minato brought the Uchiha Clan Members to the battlefield, where Natsuki assembled the Alliance’s strongest fighters against the transforming Ten-Tails.
• Obito projected a massive Susanoo and warned Natsuki not to approach the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Natsuki mocked him and reassured the Alliance.
• Madara arrived, approved of the Ten-Tails’ progress, and prepared to receive his Gunbai when Obito threw it to him.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to intercept the Gunbai and deliver it to Natsuki, stunning Obito.
• Natsuki told Obito that he had placed Minato’s Flying Thunder God Mark on him during the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and that the Alliance had deliberately let him live.

Obito tore the Flying Thunder God Mark from his back and fled into the Kamui Dimension, while Natsuki confronted Madara about his leadership of the Uchiha Clan and accused Hashirama of pulling his punches. Madara demanded to know whether Hashirama had treated their battles as a game, and Natsuki continued challenging Madara’s pride.

• Obito tore the marked flesh from his back, then escaped into the Kamui Dimension to avoid dying before the Ten-Tails revived.
• Natsuki mocked Madara for stealing the Gunbai, and Madara defended taking it after he felt the Uchiha Clan had betrayed him.
• Natsuki accused Madara of leading the Uchiha Clan poorly and of obsessing over fighting Hashirama while clan members suffered and defected.
• Natsuki told Madara that Hashirama had pulled his punches in their battles, and Hashirama admitted he had held back.
• Madara demanded that Hashirama say whether their life-and-death battles had been a game, while Natsuki questioned how Madara could have survived dozens of defeats uninjured.

Itachi revealed his full strength and fought Madara with Complete Body Susanoo while Natsuki organized the allied forces’ plan against the Ten-Tails. Natsuki revived Ryūzetsu and brought Orochimaru along, then hinted that the war could help Orochimaru advance toward Bloodline Net.

• Madara called for another fight with Hashirama, but Hashirama refused and Natsuki left to attend to other matters.
• Itachi summoned his Complete Body Susanoo and clashed evenly with Madara, drawing cheers from the Uchiha Clan as the Ninja Alliance retreated from the shockwaves.
• Natsuki assigned Tenten and Ajisai to apply the Contract Seal Technique to Minato Namikaze and the people ahead of him, while Neji and Yōya protected them.
• Natsuki used Living Corpse Reincarnation to revive Ryūzetsu, who had successfully revived Muku with Dragon Life Reincarnation.
• Natsuki returned to Orochimaru and said there might be an opportunity for him as they discussed Natsuki’s rapid progress toward Bloodline Net.

Natsuki asked Orochimaru to study Toneri’s flesh and revealed his plan to use his Fusion ability to strengthen Uchiha Mangekyō users. Orochimaru saw no theoretical problem, but suggested testing the process on Sasuke or Yōya first.

• Natsuki gave Orochimaru a piece of Toneri’s flesh and explained the plan to awaken the Tenseigan with Hinata’s eyes.
• Natsuki transferred some of his ocular power into Orochimaru, and Orochimaru discovered it fused with his Rinnegan.
• Natsuki explained that his enhanced Mangekyō ability, Fusion, let him merge his chakra and ocular power into other people.
• Natsuki proposed completing Mangekyō users’ genes with relatives’ eyes and using his ocular power to help them reach Eternal Mangekyō.
• Natsuki said he would also divide and store his energy as the Uchiha Clan’s foundation, relying on his other reserves and Karma to recover if needed.
• Orochimaru judged the plan theoretically feasible and suggested testing it on Sasuke or Yōya.

Orochimaru theorized that a righteous god was rewarding Natsuki for changing people's fates, while Natsuki returned to Naruto and reassured him about Hinata. Natsuki left Naruto to care for Hinata and headed back to the front lines, confident the war remained under his control.

• Orochimaru speculated that Natsuki's growing power came from a god rewarding him for saving people and changing their fates.
• Natsuki used Flying Thunder God to reach Naruto, who was watching over the sleeping Hinata after her eyes had been gouged out.
• Natsuki promised Naruto that Hinata would recover and that he would avenge her by defeating Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Toneri after the war.
• Natsuki told Naruto to stay with Hinata and leave the battlefield to the adults, since the younger generation was not yet ready to serve as the main force.
• Natsuki used Flying Thunder God to return to the front lines while Naruto remained beside Hinata.

The Ten-Tails transformed and became uncontrollable after Obito revived it, while Madara and Obito linked themselves to the beast. Natsuki restored Itachi’s strength, then confronted the rampaging Ten-Tails and wounded it as it prepared an attack.

• Madara gained the upper hand against Itachi, but the Ten-Tails completed its transformation and Obito emerged to control it.
• Natsuki appeared, praised Itachi for completing his task, and restored his Chakra and ocular power before sending him to the Uchiha Clan.
• Minato relayed Shadow Nine-Tails’ warning that the Ten-Tails’ chaotic malice suggested Obito had made it impossible to control.
• Obito and Madara connected to the Ten-Tails, but Madara tore away its tentacle after being overwhelmed by chaotic memories and emotions.
• Obito directed the Ten-Tails toward the Ninja Alliance, and Natsuki struck its head and severed one of its claws.
• The Ten-Tails opened its mouth and formed a dark-red sphere of energy.

Natsuki crippled the Ten-Tails’ first-stage attack and directed the Allied Forces to restrain it while Hashirama kept Madara occupied. Obito failed to reconnect with the Ten-Tails after Uchiha fighters repeatedly countered his Kamui, leaving him to wait for the Ten-Tails to reach its second stage.

• Natsuki clamped the Ten-Tails’ mouth shut with a Susanoo hand, causing its attack to explode inside it and severely injure it.
• Natsuki ordered Hashirama to deal with Madara, Itachi and the Earth God Squad to find Obito, and the other shinobi to follow the plan.
• The Allied Forces combined Earth, Lava, Water, and Fire techniques to bury the weakened Ten-Tails in layers of cement and harden them.
• Hashirama agreed to fight Madara later and stayed beside him to keep him occupied while the Allied Forces attacked the Ten-Tails.
• Obito tried to emerge from the Kamui Dimension and reconnect with the Ten-Tails, but Akira tracked him and Katsura weakened him and stripped away his senses.
• Obito retreated into the Kamui Dimension and decided he had to wait for the Ten-Tails to reach its second stage.

Natsuki kept the evolving Ten-Tails under control, thwarting its attacks while Itachi and the others tracked and pressured Obito. After escaping into the Kamui Dimension with Amaterasu burns, Obito resolved to use the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• The Shinobi World Allied Forces received Natsuki's warning and withdrew as the Ten-Tails transformed into its Second Stage, but Natsuki punched it back into the pit with Susanoo.
• Natsuki forced the Ten-Tails to swallow its own Tailed Beast Bomb, which exploded in its mouth without seriously damaging it.
• Itachi brought Kazuki and Akira to Natsuki and reported that Obito's mental energy was greatly depleted, while Akira marked Obito's position.
• Obito connected to the Ten-Tails to control it, but Itachi struck him with Amaterasu, and Obito used Shinra Tensei before retreating into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito, weakened and burned, realized Natsuki was stronger than he had expected and decided to activate the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal.

Natsuki and the Ninja Alliance fought the Ten-Tails according to a carefully prepared plan, cutting off all ten of its hands while protecting the army from its attacks. After Natsuki announced the next phase, the Ten-Tails unleashed a massive surge of energy, and Hashirama rushed to shield the retreating shinobi as the Heavenly Change and Earthly Mutation Technique began.

• Kazuki warned Natsuki that the Ten-Tails was gathering Wood Release energy, and the alliance prepared defenses that blocked its rain of piercing attacks.
• Natsuki knocked the Ten-Tails down and threw its hands to the ground, giving the alliance’s fighters openings to attack.
• Minato, the Second Hokage, the Raikage, Deidara, Gaara, Rasa, Hozuki Suigetsu, Mei Terumi, Nagato, Itachi, Yōya, and Shisui severed the Ten-Tails’ ten hands.
• Orochimaru collected the Ten-Tails’ severed limbs while Madara questioned Hashirama about the alliance’s tactics.
• Natsuki ordered the alliance to retreat for the next phase, and Hashirama abandoned Madara to protect the shinobi with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• The Ten-Tails released a massive surge of energy as the Heavenly Change and Earthly Mutation Technique began.

The Ten-Tails unleashed the Heavenly Change and Earthly Mutation Technique, but the Ninja Alliance survived with Natsuki’s preparations. As the Ten-Tails entered its next stage and aimed a gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb at Minato, the Alliance was told the attack could not reach them.

• The Ten-Tails unleashed violent storms and shockwaves, while Natsuki, Minato, Jiraiya, and the Stone Village shinobi helped protect and rescue the Alliance.
• Natsuki observed that the Ten-Tails was combining the Nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra into a unified energy.
• Hagoromo kept Toneri alive, placed Hinata’s eyes in his sockets to nurture the Tenseigan, and considered how to eliminate Natsuki.
• Madara told Black Zetsu that Obito could not withstand the Ten-Tails’ negative energy and asked for detailed information about Natsuki.
• The storm subsided, and the Shinobi Alliance regrouped and prepared for the Ten-Tails’ next stage.
• The Ten-Tails grew larger, produced a gigantic flower, and began gathering an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at Minato, but the Alliance received word that it could not attack them.

Minato repeatedly teleported the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs away while Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and became overwhelmed by the Box of Paradise’s corrupted Chakra fragments. Obito transformed into a grotesque monster, and as the Alliance tended its wounded, Hashirama confronted Madara.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God and the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to teleport away three Tailed Beast Bombs, while Obito prepared to absorb the Ten-Tails.
• Natsuki ordered the Shinobi Alliance to retreat, helped establish a massive Four Red Yang Formation around Obito, and brought Tsunade to the front lines to heal the wounded with Katsuyu.
• Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails, but the Box of Paradise’s Chakra fragments flooded his consciousness and caused his body to swell into a monstrous form.
• Kazuki examined Obito and told Natsuki that Obito’s consciousness had been overwhelmed and would likely struggle to recover.
• Madara prepared to begin his resurrection plan, but Hashirama appeared before him and challenged him to settle their fight.

Madara and Hashirama fought a final clash while Obito released the chaotic Tailed Beasts trapped inside him. Natsuki replenished the Uchiha fighters’ ocular power and sent eleven Susanoo into battle against the beasts.

• Madara enlarged his Susanoo, and Hashirama countered with a Wood Golem wrapped by a Wood Dragon as their battle shook the battlefield.
• Obito expelled the Tailed Beasts, whose chaotic Chakra drove them to attack the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Natsuki found that ocular techniques only briefly suppressed Shukaku, then summoned the Mangekyō Uchiha to fight the beasts directly.
• Keimei distributed Yang Release Chakra injections that restored the Uchiha’s ocular power, and Natsuki opened a gap in the barrier for them to enter.
• Eleven Uchiha Susanoo rose to their full sizes as the Ninja Alliance watched, then charged the Tailed Beasts and collided with them.

Itachi and the Uchiha Susanoo battled the rampaging Tailed Beasts while Hashirama and Madara fought on the other side of the battlefield. Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands, revealing the power with which he had defeated Madara in the past.

• Itachi's Susanoo fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Obito vanished into its body to evade attacks.
• The Uchiha Susanoo took on the Tailed Beasts, with Daichi grappling with Gyuki, Shisui and Sasuke pursuing Takashi, Yōya facing Matatabi, and Katsura binding Kokuō with chains.
• Natsuki maintained the Four Red Yang Formation and considered which clan members should become the first test subjects for his experiments.
• Hashirama and Madara continued their battle, and Madara insisted the outcome would differ from their previous fight.
• Hashirama used Senjutsu and Wood Release to summon True Several Thousand Hands, a towering statue that dwarfed Madara's Perfect Susanoo.
• Ōnoki realized that Hashirama's strength explained how he had defeated Madara during the Warring States era.

Hashirama battered Madara, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the tailed beasts with Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands while Natsuki coordinated the assault. Afterward, Natsuki promised the Uchiha Clan a limited opportunity to overcome the Mangekyō's drawbacks, and Madara revealed that the real battle was beginning as the Demonic Statue spat out Obito.

• Hashirama unleashed Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, and Natsuki dispelled the Four Red Yang Formation so the fists could strike Madara and the tailed beasts.
• Natsuki forced Madara down, then used Flying Thunder God to escape the barrage as Hashirama shattered Madara's Susanoo and battered the Demonic Statue and tailed beasts.
• The Shinobi Alliance watched Hashirama's attack in awe, while village leaders judged Natsuki to be stronger than Hashirama.
• Natsuki returned to the Uchiha camp and told the Mangekyō users that outstanding clan members could earn a limited chance to solve its drawbacks by performing well in the battle.
• Hashirama declared that Madara had lost, but Madara recovered through Impure World Reincarnation, moved beside the Demonic Statue, and said the real battle was beginning.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path spat out a dispirited Obito.

Madara used Obito to perform the Reanimation Jutsu, revived himself in a living body, and reclaimed both Rinnegan. Natsuki prepared to face Madara as Hashirama withdrew, while Obito, near death, learned that Madara’s curse seal had kept him a pawn.

• Obito confronted Madara, but Madara used black rods to control his body and force him to perform the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Black Zetsu stopped Obito from destroying Madara’s Rinnegan and handed both eyes to Madara, who installed them and revived his full power.
• Hashirama withdrew from the fight, and Natsuki declared that he would become Madara’s opponent.
• Natsuki urged Madara to hear Obito’s final wish, and Obito explained that Kakashi had destroyed the curse seal in his heart.
• Madara revealed that the curse seal had been designed to make Obito his puppet and prevent him from killing himself.

Madara revealed that he had orchestrated Rin’s death to drive Obito into darkness, while Natsuki exposed the deception behind Obito’s ideal. Obito escaped death through Izanagi and watched Madara from a distance, but a gaze from the moon soon blacked out his vision.

• Madara confessed that he had arranged Rin’s death and Obito’s trauma to turn him into a pawn.
• Natsuki told Obito that the Rin he loved was an idealized version, and Obito reaffirmed that he wanted a Rin who loved him.
• Obito used the last of his strength and his Sharingan to activate Izanagi and escape into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito returned to the battlefield and watched Natsuki and Madara, determined to see Madara die.
• A gaze from the moon fixed on Obito, and his vision went black.

Natsuki exposed Madara’s vulnerability to Itachi’s Amaterasu and effortlessly stopped Madara’s attack, while the Uchiha Clan spread scandalous rumors about Madara’s feelings for Hashirama. The battle continued with Hashirama returning to the Allied Forces, where Tobirama struggled to refute the gossip.

• Madara knocked down the tailed beasts with Limbo and challenged Natsuki, who brought Hashirama and Itachi to watch.
• Itachi struck Madara with Amaterasu twice, and the second attack burned his body before he extinguished the flames with Yin-Yang Release.
• Madara showed Hashirama the face on his chest and explained his interpretation of the Uchiha stone tablet, then attacked Natsuki, Hashirama, and Itachi at once.
• Natsuki caught Madara’s kick and slammed him into the ground, while Itachi evaded the Limbo attack and escorted Hashirama back to the Allied Forces.
• Uchiha Clan members spread rumors that Madara had romantic feelings for Hashirama, leaving the allied shinobi gossiping and Tobirama unable to defend his brother.

Natsuki overwhelmed Madara’s Limbo Clones and waited as Madara absorbed the Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Their battle resumed at Six Paths power, and Natsuki deliberately endured a Truth-Seeking Orb attack while his Kekkei Mōra transformation neared completion.

• Natsuki used Origin Tracing to locate and punch away Madara’s Limbo Clones, then told Madara to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki before fighting him seriously.
• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to capture the Tailed Beasts, then absorbed the statue and gained Six Paths Sage Mode and Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara sensed that Natsuki had reached Kekkei Mōra level and charged at him, launching a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Natsuki tested the orb with Lightning Release, grabbed it, and let it explode through his body to maximize his Yang Release recovery.
• Natsuki pulled the orb’s spikes from his body as his Kekkei Mōra transformation countdown fell to two percent.

Natsuki completed his Kekkei Mōra transformation as Madara released the Ten-Tails and its God Tree to absorb the Ninja Alliance's Chakra. Natsuki helped the alliance survive the drain, but Minato collapsed after linking their Chakra with Kurama's, so Natsuki transferred Nine-Tails Chakra to him.

• Natsuki completed his Kekkei Mōra transformation, and Madara was shaken by his new power.
• Madara expelled the Ten-Tails, and Natsuki warned the Ninja Alliance that the God Tree would drain their Chakra and told them to link hands.
• Natsuki smashed the God Tree's thick roots while Minato used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to cloak and connect the fifty thousand allied shinobi.
• The God Tree absorbed Chakra from the alliance, and Madara said Minato's use of Kurama's Chakra had restored the amount he needed.
• Minato fell unconscious with his life in danger, and Natsuki used Flying Thunder God to reach him and transfer Nine-Tails Chakra into his body.

Isshiki emerged from his nutrient tank after sensing the God Tree had grown, while Hagoromo offered Obito power and revenge in exchange for help against Madara, Natsuki, and future Otsutsuki invaders. Obito accepted and learned that Natsuki was an Otsutsuki who had let the God Tree grow to drain the planet, but sealing him would require Obito and Toneri to combine their powers.

• Isshiki left his nutrient tank and opened a Space-Time Door after sensing that the God Tree had grown.
• Hagoromo met Obito in his Spiritual World and offered him power so he could take revenge on Madara.
• Hagoromo revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara and planned to revive Kaguya through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hagoromo told Obito that Natsuki was an Otsutsuki who had reclaimed his power and allowed the God Tree to grow to drain the planet.
• Hagoromo asked Obito to fight Madara and Natsuki, explaining that he and Toneri would need Yin-Yang Fusion to seal Natsuki.
• Obito chose to hold out his left hand when Hagoromo told him to extend his dominant hand.