Chapter Summaries

The four Hokage arrived as Madara completed the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal and absorbed the Ten-Tails, becoming its jinchūriki. Madara declared that he would open the seal and fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan himself, leaving Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Hiruzen poised to stop him.

• Hashirama used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to pin down the Ten-Tails, but Tobirama warned that the seal was acting on Madara.
• Minato gave Naruto the Nine-Tails' power, restoring Naruto's chakra and strength.
• The Ten-Tails was fully absorbed, and Madara rose with Six Paths power, a Six Paths Staff, and nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara told Hashirama he would retrieve his other Rinnegan and open the seal to confront the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Hashirama challenged Madara's plan and argued that the seal should be reinforced, but Madara insisted on relying on his own power.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Hiruzen moved to stand between Madara and the others.

Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi trapped Madara inside the Four Red Yang Formation and sent their clones to test his abilities. An invisible attacker destroyed all four clones while Madara remained untouched, leaving the Hokage to realize another enemy was inside the barrier.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi formed the Four Red Yang Formation around Madara, shielding the Allied Shinobi Forces and giving Chiya time to recover.
• Tsunade examined Chiya and found his breathing faint and his chakra nearly exhausted.
• The four Hokage's clones attacked Madara with fire, Flying Thunder God kunai, and a Wood Dragon, but an invisible attacker stopped Minato's Rasengan and destroyed the clones one by one.
• Sarutobi's clone used Great Breakthrough to search for the attacker, but it struck him from the side and destroyed him.
• Tobirama, Minato, and Hashirama concluded that an undetectable enemy was inside the barrier after Madara emerged unharmed.

Madara shattered the Four Red Yang Formation and swiftly defeated the four Hokage, using Truth-Seeking Orbs and Black Receivers to disable their Impure World Reincarnation bodies. Minato was left without his right arm, and the Allied Shinobi Forces watched their renewed hope collapse.

• Madara destroyed the Four Red Yang Formation with a Truth-Seeking Orb, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s combined ninjutsu attacks vanished against Madara’s black shield.
• Madara struck Hiruzen with an invisible force and a Truth-Seeking Orb, causing his body to explode and preventing it from regenerating.
• Tobirama tried to attack Madara with Flying Thunder God, but Madara pinned him to the ground with Black Receivers and blocked his Chakra.
• Hashirama attacked with Wood Release, but Madara destroyed the Wood Dragon and pinned Hashirama down with Black Receivers.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to strike from behind, but Madara severed his right arm and kicked him into the Allied Shinobi Forces’ ruins.

Naruto and Sasuke combined their Sage-powered attacks to damage Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb shield, but Madara remained behind its protection. Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder, as the chapter ended.

• Madara blocked Naruto’s Rasenshuriken with a Truth-Seeking Orb, then fought Naruto and knocked him away.
• Sasuke joined the battle, but Madara neutralized his sword and shrugged off the combined attacks of Sasuke and Naruto’s Shadow Clones.
• Sasuke and Naruto launched a combined attack using Amaterasu and a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, damaging Madara’s shield.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder, and unleashed his power in front of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Might Guy shattered Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb shield with Daytime Tiger and blasted him into the ruins, but Madara recovered unharmed and turned the counterattack around. He impaled Sasuke and began extracting the Nine-Tails from Naruto, leaving Minato watching in horror.

• Might Guy struck Madara’s damaged Truth-Seeking Orb shield with Daytime Tiger, breaking it and blasting Madara across the battlefield.
• Kakashi caught the staggering Might Guy as Naruto and Sasuke charged into the smoke around the ruins.
• Madara evaded Naruto’s Shadow Clones, seized Naruto by the throat, and began absorbing his Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Minato attempted to teleport Naruto away while Sasuke attacked Madara, but Madara knocked Minato back and kicked Sasuke aside.
• Madara pierced Sasuke’s heart with a Black Receiver and pinned him to the ground.
• Madara invaded Naruto’s seal and forcibly extracted the Nine-Tails as Naruto’s Chakra cloak faded.

After Madara reclaimed the Nine-Tails, Naruto lay near death and Sasuke was pinned by a Black Receiver while the Allied Shinobi Forces could not stop Madara. Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate of Death to face Madara and protect the younger generation.

• Minato carried Naruto away from Madara and had the Yin Nine-Tails begin transferring its power to him.
• Kakashi failed to remove the Black Receiver from Sasuke, whose heart had been pierced, while a Truth-Seeking Orb kept medical help away.
• Madara advanced toward Chiya as Tsunade shielded her, and Might Guy stepped forward to confront him.
• Might Guy told Kakashi that the future belonged to the younger generation and resolved to protect them, despite knowing the final gate would kill him.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death, releasing intense Chakra and forming a red aura around himself.

Might Guy opened the Eight Gates and battered Madara with Evening Elephant before unleashing Night Guy, which nearly killed him. Madara survived and began regenerating, while Guy lay charred and dying on the battlefield.

• Guy used Evening Elephant to pin Madara in a crater and strike him with five consecutive air cannons.
• Madara regenerated from his severe injuries as Guy’s body weakened and his bones cracked.
• Guy gathered his remaining Chakra and unleashed Night Guy, shattering Madara’s staff and destroying much of his chest and shoulder.
• Madara emerged alive from the ruins and began regenerating, while Kakashi saw Guy lying charred and near death.

Madara appeared to target Chiya’s Rinnegan, but Black Zetsu ambushed him and revealed his plan to revive Kaguya. Madara then exposed that the attacked body was a clone and trapped Black Zetsu, leaving him unable to escape.

• Madara recovered from Guy’s attack and approached the unconscious Chiya, while Kakashi used Kamui to save Guy from a Truth-Seeking Orb and Tsunade tried to defend Chiya.
• Black Zetsu pierced Madara’s chest, took control of his body, and revealed that he served Kaguya and had manipulated Madara, Obito, and Nagato.
• Black Zetsu explained that he had altered the stone tablet and orchestrated the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, then admitted he had intended to keep Chiya alive until Madara threatened him.
• Madara applauded from behind Black Zetsu and revealed that the body he had taken over was a clone, explaining that he had suspected him since he called Kaguya Mother.
• Madara described how he had used Chiya as bait to draw Black Zetsu out, then pulled him back from the ground as he tried to escape.

Madara killed Black Zetsu, reclaimed the Rinnegan from Chiya, and regained his full power. Just as he attacked Chiya, Naruto returned in Six Paths form and blocked the strike.

• Madara used Limbo and a Truth-Seeking Orb to destroy Black Zetsu, whose remains vanished before they could reach the ground.
• Madara severed Chiya's right arm, tore the Rinnegan from its palm, and transplanted it into his empty eye socket.
• With both Rinnegan restored, Madara regained his full ocular power and revealed four Limbo Clones surrounding the battlefield.
• Madara sent a Truth-Seeking Orb toward Chiya, but Naruto descended and kicked it away.
• Naruto landed before Chiya in golden Chakra, carrying Truth-Seeking Orbs and the Sage of Six Paths' mark in his palm.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Madara and his four Limbo shadows while Naruto used Kurama's chakra to revive Chiya. Chiya awoke with his Tenseigan but missing his right arm, and he joined Naruto and Sasuke as the three prepared to face Madara together.

• Naruto sensed Madara's four Limbo shadows and used Shadow Clones to fight them while healing Chiya with Kurama's chakra.
• Sasuke arrived and used his Susanoo to block Madara's attack, then fought him with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Chiya revived as his Tenseigan awakened, and he saw that Kaguya remained alive while his right arm was gone.
• Naruto supported Chiya as he stood and drew Futsu no Mitama with his left hand.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Chiya stood together against Madara and his four Limbo clones, then all four fighters vanished from the wasteland.

Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke coordinated their attacks to break through Madara’s defenses and wound him with Futsu no Mitama and a Big Ball Rasengan. Madara regenerated, reclaimed his Limbo shadows, and realized how Sasuke had moved him.

• Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke fought Madara while Naruto’s Shadow Clones engaged his four Limbo shadows, and Sasuke warned Chiya when the invisible attacks approached.
• Madara unleashed Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch, but Naruto blocked the lightning with a Black Receiver while Chiya and Sasuke held back.
• Sasuke told Chiya and Naruto to attack him, then used his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan to switch places with Madara as their strikes converged.
• Naruto’s Big Ball Rasengan knocked Madara’s scepter aside, allowing Chiya to slash diagonally through Madara’s chest with Futsu no Mitama.
• Madara regenerated from his severe wounds, his Limbo shadows returned, and he looked at Sasuke and said, “So that’s how it was.”

Madara overwhelmed Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke with his Limbo shadows and Storm Release Light Fang, then began Chibaku Tensei. As the three rushed to destroy the gravity cores, the Allied Shinobi Forces were caught in the rising rubble and the wasteland filled with enormous stone spheres.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Chiya fought Madara and his four Limbo shadows, but Madara used Light Fang to sever Naruto’s Black Receiver and narrowly missed Naruto.
• Madara and the Limbo shadows struck Chiya and Sasuke, forcing the three fighters to regroup with Chiya wounded, Sasuke bloodied, and Naruto’s Shadow Clones dispersed.
• Madara rose into the air and created multiple gravity cores with Chibaku Tensei.
• Chiya and Naruto flew toward the cores while Sasuke summoned his Complete Susanoo and charged into the sky.
• The gravity pulled up the Allied Shinobi Forces’ position, and enormous stone spheres formed overhead across the wasteland.

Chiya used the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to destroy Madara’s gravity cores and the enormous stone spheres filling the sky. The cores shattered, leaving Madara’s attack broken.

• Naruto sent Shadow Clones to rescue shinobi and shield the Allied Shinobi Forces from falling debris.
• Sasuke attacked a black sphere, but Limbo clones blocked him and struck at Chiya.
• Chiya let gravity draw him upward, then used his Tenseigan and chakra to create nine Truth-Seeking Orbs and gather a silver vortex.
• Naruto and Sasuke held off Madara and the Limbo clones while Chiya prepared his attack.
• Chiya unleashed the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, tearing apart the stone spheres and shattering the black gravitational cores.

Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke fought Madara after Chiya’s storm failed to cause lasting damage. They began working to separate the Ten-Tails from Madara, and the chapter ended with him caught between Naruto’s Chakra arms and Sasuke’s Susanoo.

• Chiya’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion hurled Madara through the sky, but his wounds quickly healed.
• Chiya argued that they should extract the Ten-Tails from Madara before sealing him, and Sasuke agreed to deal with the rest afterward.
• Madara attacked Chiya while four Limbo shadows fought Naruto; Naruto’s Shadow Clones pinned the shadows as Chiya used his Truth-Seeking Orbs and Tenseigan to hinder Madara.
• Sasuke called out to Chiya, whose Truth-Seeking Orbs blocked Madara’s escape as Naruto’s Chakra arms wrapped around him.
• Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs formed Black Receivers to pierce the Chakra arms, but Sasuke’s purple Susanoo grabbed him from the other side.

Chiya used Futsu no Mitama to pull the Ten-Tails’ chakra from Madara, but Madara drove him back and severed the connection. Naruto and Kurama sensed Gyūki in the chakra left on the blade, and Naruto prepared to try waking the Tailed Beasts inside Madara.

• Sasuke trapped Madara in Susanoo’s palm and attacked him with Amaterasu, but Madara broke free with Black Receivers.
• Chiya used the Tenseigan’s gravity to pin Madara and stab him with Futsu no Mitama, which began extracting the Ten-Tails’ chakra.
• Madara used Shinra Tensei to blast Chiya away, then severed the chakra connection and forced the Ten-Tails back inside himself.
• Kurama sensed the other Tailed Beasts in the chakra clinging to Futsu no Mitama, and Naruto detected Gyūki but could not reach him.
• As Madara and his Limbo clones moved toward them, Naruto asked Chiya for another chance to wake the Tailed Beasts.

Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke worked together to pin down Madara and use Chiya’s sword to draw the Ten-Tails’ chakra out of him. The chapter left Madara struggling to suppress the beast as more of its chakra burst from his wound.

• Madara attacked Chiya while Naruto and Sasuke used clones, Susanoo, and their abilities to keep him at bay.
• Chiya and Madara’s opposing forces locked together as Naruto and Sasuke helped drive Futsu no Mitama into Madara’s chest.
• Madara grabbed the blade and struck back, but Chiya activated the mark on his palm to drain chakra through the sword.
• Naruto reached Gyūki within the churning chakra and pulled on its tentacle while Chiya used the Tenseigan to yank chakra out of Madara.
• Madara tried to suppress the Ten-Tails, but its head and more chakra surged from his wound.

Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke freed the nine Tailed Beasts from Madara and sealed him together with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The Tailed Beasts escaped, but the statue remained inside Madara, leaving Chiya to acknowledge that their plan had failed as Kaguya still hovered above them.

• Chiya pulled the Ten-Tails' Chakra out of Madara, but discovered that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path remained inside him.
• Madara fought back, drawing the escaping Chakra inward and breaking Susanoo's grip while Chiya, Naruto, and Sasuke struggled to hold him.
• Chiya told Naruto and Sasuke to seal Madara, and they pressed their marked palms against him to perform Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei.
• The nine Tailed Beasts broke free as the sealing force encased Madara and the statue in a massive stone sphere.
• Naruto and Sasuke lost their sun and crescent marks, and Chiya said they had freed the Tailed Beasts but failed to extract the complete Ten-Tails.

After Madara was sealed and the Tailed Beasts were rescued, Chiya tried to keep Kaguya alive by slowing her time, but his power destabilized the sky and nearly caused her to fall. Just as the cracks and Kaguya’s collapse suddenly stopped, Futsu no Mitama broke free and flew toward Chiya, its markings changing.

• Naruto told Chiya that they could decide what to do next together, while Chiya considered how to save Kaguya without the complete Ten-Tails.
• Chiya sensed Kaguya’s injuries worsening and used the Tenseigan to slow her time further, but the power disturbed the golden canopy and caused cracks to spread across the sky.
• Chiya tried to withdraw his excess ocular power as Kaguya fell, while a hand behind the sky’s fissure began reaching forward.
• Chiya caught Kaguya before she hit the ground, and both her condition and the spreading cracks abruptly stabilized.
• Futsu no Mitama tore free from the ground beside Sasuke and flew toward Chiya as its blue-white blade markings changed.

Futsu no Mitama went out of control and absorbed all the Tailed Beasts, including Gyūki, Shukaku, and the Nine-Tails. The sword returned to Chiya and began pouring the Beasts’ immense Chakra into him.

• Futsu no Mitama ignored Chiya’s attempts to control it and began drawing Gyūki’s Chakra into its blade.
• Naruto tried to save Gyūki, but Gyūki’s body dissolved into Chakra and was swallowed by the sword.
• Futsu no Mitama pulled in the remaining Tailed Beasts, while Chiya shielded Kaguya and the Allied Shinobi Forces fled.
• All nine star patterns lit up as the last of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra entered the sword.
• Futsu no Mitama returned to Chiya, and the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra began flowing into him through the mark in his palm.

Chiya absorbed the merged power of the nine Tailed Beasts through Futsu no Mitama, which took the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s place and began forming the Ten-Tails’ power within him. The transformation restored his right arm and left him hovering in a new, controlled form as Sasuke watched.

• Chiya realized the nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra was merging into the Ten-Tails’ power through Futsu no Mitama.
• Chiya flew away from Kaguya and released the sword’s mark over a deserted plain, drawing the full force of the merged Chakra into his body.
• Chiya’s Hashirama Cells adapted to the power, and his severed right arm regenerated without the transplanted Rinnegan.
• Chiya’s Chakra formed a black coat with dark-gold patterns, while the slit on his forehead appeared but remained closed.
• Chiya’s power stabilized, the nine Truth-Seeking Orbs gathered behind him, and he demonstrated control over the energy as Sasuke watched.