Chapter Summaries

Obito rejected Black Zetsu’s demand to resurrect Uchiha Madara and went to retrieve the other eye from the Leaf Village. On Blue Star, Tianyi awakened the Giant Tenseigan’s power and gained a chakra level he believed could challenge Six Paths Madara, while Commander Tian ordered tests to measure his new abilities.

• Obito used his space-time technique to draw Nagato into a vortex, separating Black Zetsu from him.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he would retrieve the other eye from the Leaf Village, then vanished; Black Zetsu realized Obito intended to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi himself.
• Tianyi entered Sage Mode and channeled senjutsu chakra into the Giant Tenseigan, awakening its power and transforming his Byakugan.
• The Giant Tenseigan’s chakra flowed into Tianyi, forming a Chakra Cloak and expanding his sensory range.
• Commander Tian ordered the researchers to test Tianyi’s new mode and report its capabilities and upper limit.

After the Akatsuki seized several Tailed Beasts and killed the Third Tsuchikage, Tsunade tried to form an alliance against them. Konoha allied with Kirigakure, while the other villages refused or could not contribute, and Tsunade summoned Hyuga Tianyi.

• The Konoha Daily reported the Akatsuki's attacks, the capture of several Tailed Beasts, and the deaths of Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and others.
• Tsunade proposed a joint force led by Konoha and a Kage-level squad under Hyuga Tianyi, but Raikage A refused to trust Konoha and demanded to lead the squad himself.
• A Kumogakure ANBU told Raikage A that Killer B had escaped, and A withdrew Kumogakure from the alliance.
• Iwagakure supported the alliance but said it lacked high-level fighters, while Rasa said the Hidden Sand Village did not trust the Leaf Village and ended the call.
• Karatachi Yagura agreed to ally the Hidden Mist Village with the Leaf Village and requested support against the Akatsuki.
• After confirming support and intelligence-sharing arrangements with Yagura, Tsunade asked for Tianyi to come to her office.

Kakashi visited Rin Nohara’s grave and later trained to improve his Raikiri after recovering from surgery performed by Senior Tianyi. As Kakashi headed home, Obito appeared behind him, poised to strike.

• Kakashi laid white wildflowers at Rin Nohara’s grave and told her how the Leaf Village had improved under Senior Tianyi’s planning.
• Obito watched Kakashi from a tree, called him worthless, and vanished without being noticed.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Kakashi was returning home and warned that Hatake Sakumo was there; Obito teleported away.
• Kakashi practiced Raikiri at Training Ground Seven and reflected on his recovery and his effort to reduce the technique’s Hand Seals.
• As Kakashi walked home, a hand appeared silently behind him near a narrow alley.

Obito attacked Kakashi with his spatial ability and stole the Sharingan from Kakashi’s right eye, but the transplanted eye rejected Obito’s chakra. Obito realized the eye was not his own.

• Kakashi fought Obito, whose spatial ability let attacks pass through him, and tried to signal nearby ANBU.
• White Zetsu burst out from inside Kakashi and immobilized him, so Kakashi used Raikiri on his own abdomen to force them off.
• Obito appeared behind the injured Kakashi and took the Sharingan from his right eye.
• Obito implanted the eye in his left socket, but it rejected his chakra, and a voice confirmed that it was not his eye.

Hyuga Tianyi revealed that the masked man was Obito and summoned Rin with Impure World Reincarnation. Obito’s rage gave way to recognition, and he embraced her.

• Tianyi appeared behind Kakashi and called the masked man Obito, exposing his identity.
• Obito denied being Obito and activated Kamui as Tianyi prepared a jutsu.
• Tianyi used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Rin, triggering memories of their time together and her death in Obito.
• Obito charged at Tianyi in a rage, but his Mangekyō Sharingan made him intangible and Tianyi’s metal fragments passed through him.
• Rin walked toward Obito, and he stopped, opened his arms, and embraced her.

Tianyi struck Obito while Rin’s image vanished, severing Obito’s legs before Obito escaped into Kamui Space and replaced them with White Zetsu’s limbs. Obito returned to threaten Tianyi, who revealed his plans to expose and punish him, then destroyed Obito’s right eye as he fled.

• Rin’s image shattered and disappeared from Obito’s arms, leaving him distracted as Tianyi attacked with Waterline Slash.
• White Zetsu shielded Obito from a fatal strike, but Tianyi’s slash severed both of Obito’s legs before Kamui pulled him away.
• Obito grafted White Zetsu’s legs onto his stumps while Kakashi asked Tianyi whether he could revive Rin, and Tianyi said he could not.
• Obito returned and vowed to kill Tianyi, who condemned his plans and told him that Rin loved Kakashi, not him.
• Obito spat blood and began escaping through a vortex, but Tianyi destroyed his right eye.

After Obito returned from the Leaf Village broken and consumed by hatred, he demanded that Black Zetsu resurrect Uchiha Madara. Black Zetsu used Nagato’s Rinne Rebirth to pour life force into Madara’s corpse as Nagato’s body rapidly withered.

• Obito’s tampered Sharingan shattered, and he repeatedly struck the stone in the cave as his chakra and hatred spiraled out of control.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to resurrect Uchiha Madara immediately.
• Black Zetsu took control of Nagato while White Zetsu brought out Madara’s coffin and possessed his corpse.
• Black Zetsu made Nagato perform the Outer Path - Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, draining Nagato’s life force into Madara’s body.

Uchiha Madara was resurrected in a restored body and learned from Black Zetsu about the changes in the Ninja World and Hyuga Tianyi’s role in them. He left the cave with Obito and vowed to personally hand Tianyi over to him.

• Madara awakened in the coffin with a youthful body and destroyed it as he rose.
• Obito, injured and missing his left eye, asked Madara to help him kill Hyuga Tianyi.
• Black Zetsu gave Madara Nagato’s Rinnegan and recounted years of events, including Tianyi’s defeat of Obito.
• Madara dismissed Tianyi’s strength and promised Obito he would personally deliver Tianyi to him.
• Madara walked out of the cave with Obito and Zetsu, then declared that he had won this round against Hashirama Senju.

Obito and Zetsu announced that Uchiha Madara would replace Pain as the Akatsuki’s leader, then Madara appeared in person and shocked Kakuzu and Danzo. Hidan challenged Madara and charged at him.

• Obito and Zetsu appeared before the Akatsuki members, who demanded to know where Pain was.
• Black Zetsu declared that Pain was no longer the leader and named Uchiha Madara as his replacement.
• Kakuzu and Danzo doubted the masked man’s claim, while Danzo recognized him as the real Madara when he emerged from the shadows.
• Madara identified Danzo as Tobirama Senju’s student, confirming Danzo’s fears.
• Hidan challenged Madara’s right to lead the Akatsuki and charged at him with his scythe.

Uchiha Madara demonstrated his overwhelming power to the Akatsuki, then used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract and seal several tailed beasts. He led the group out toward Kumogakure to pursue the Eight-Tails.

• Hidan attacked Madara, but Madara's Susanoo pierced him and pinned him to the hall's wall.
• Madara expanded Susanoo through the base's roof and silenced the onlookers by asking who else would challenge him.
• Kakuzu restrained Hidan and warned him that Madara was the real Uchiha Madara.
• White Zetsu brought in the unconscious One-Tail, Two-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and Eight-Tails jinchuriki.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which extracted and sealed the tailed beasts within seconds.
• Madara announced that the group was heading to Kumogakure, and the Akatsuki followed him out.

Killer B held a loud concert in Kumogakure, provoking Raikage A into punching him through the stage and into a distant wall. As the village fell silent, Akatsuki members arrived at the gates, and the guards rushed to warn the Raikage.

• Killer B performed a rap concert in central Kumogakure while Raikage A trained in his office and asked Mabui about the noise.
• Mabui told Raikage A that Killer B was holding a concert, and A hurried out to confront him.
• Killer B rapped insults about A before A struck him with a powerful punch that sent him into a stone wall.
• The concert crowd fled, leaving Raikage A standing alone on the stage as Kumogakure grew quiet.
• Several Akatsuki members approached Kumogakure's gates, and a guard shouted for someone to inform Lord Raikage.

Uchiha Madara attacked Kumogakure and overpowered Raikage A and Killer B when they confronted him. Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fled with Raikage A, while Madara pursued them in his Third-Stage Susanoo.

• Uchiha Madara cut through Kumogakure's gates and fought off the Hidden Cloud Village ninja defending the entrance.
• Raikage A and Killer B attacked Madara together, but his Susanoo blocked their strikes and knocked them both away.
• Killer B heard Gyūki warn him about Madara, then transformed into the Full Eight-Tails.
• Raikage A and Killer B fled toward the outskirts of Kumogakure to avoid fighting inside the village.
• Madara formed his Third-Stage Susanoo and chased the Eight-Tails across the plains.

Raikage A and Killer B’s Eight-Tails attacked Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo, with A breaking through its head armor before Madara transformed it into its fourth stage. Susanoo’s sword clashed with the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball in a massive explosion, and the Hidden Cloud shinobi kept advancing toward the battlefield.

• Killer B’s Eight-Tails grappled with Susanoo and hurled Raikage A at its head.
• Raikage A used the Eight-Tails’ momentum and Lightning Release Chakra Mode to break through Susanoo’s head armor, surprising Uchiha Madara.
• Madara transformed Susanoo into its fourth stage and brought a massive fist down on the Eight-Tails.
• The Eight-Tails pulled A out of danger, retreated, and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Susanoo.
• Susanoo slashed the Tailed Beast Ball with a chakra greatsword, causing a huge explosion and shockwave.
• Hidden Cloud shinobi were knocked down by the blast, but they got up and continued toward the battlefield.

Uchiha Madara used Complete Body Susanoo to overpower the Eight-Tails after it destroyed his Wood Dragon. Killer B was left kneeling and exhausted as Raikage A stared at Madara’s towering Susanoo.

• Uchiha Madara summoned a Wood Dragon and sent it to bind the Eight-Tails.
• Killer B used Tailed Beast Eight Rolls to tear the Wood Dragon apart in a massive storm.
• Gyūki took control of the Eight-Tails and gathered chakra for an attack while Uchiha Madara expanded and armored Susanoo into its complete form.
• The Eight-Tails fired Continuous Tailed Beast Balls, but Complete Body Susanoo cut them apart with a single sword swing.
• Uchiha Madara’s slash severed the Eight-Tails’ right half and tails, leaving Killer B kneeling as Raikage A watched.

Raikage A rallied the Hidden Cloud Village’s shinobi to resist Uchiha Madara’s attack, while Killer B joined him in the charge. The next day, news of Kumogakure’s destruction and A’s death reached the Ninja World, and Tsunade convened Konoha’s senior officials.

• Raikage A refused medical treatment and rallied the Hidden Cloud Village’s shinobi to stand their ground against Uchiha Madara.
• Killer B rose and joined Raikage A as thousands of shinobi charged Madara’s Susanoo.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Raikage A led the Hidden Cloud Village’s forces into the spreading forest.
• The next day, news reported that Raikage A had died, Killer B had been captured, more than four thousand shinobi had been killed, and Uchiha Madara had returned to life.
• Tsunade ended a call with the Mizukage and Kazekage, summoned Konoha’s senior officials, and began addressing them about the Hidden Cloud Village.

Tianyi revealed how Uchiha Madara had been revived and confronted Jiraiya over his past connection to the Akatsuki leaders. He presented Nagato’s Rinnegan and persuaded the Leaf to meet Madara in the Hidden Mist Village, where the chapter ended with Jiraiya leaving suspicious of him.

• Hiruzen confirmed that Madara’s body had vanished from its grave, and Tianyi explained that the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique had revived him at the caster’s cost.
• Tianyi accused Jiraiya of hiding that Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan had been his students and blamed him for failing to report the Rinnegan, but Tsunade stopped their argument and ordered Jiraiya to submit a report.
• Shikaku and the clan representatives supported an alliance with the Hidden Mist and Hidden Sand Villages against the Akatsuki.
• Tianyi revealed the Rinnegan he had taken from Nagato and described its abilities, while Jiraiya accused him of harboring ambitions and Tianyi challenged him over trusting a toad’s prophecy.
• Tianyi proposed escorting Kushina to the Hidden Mist Village to confront Madara there, with Minato returning to the Leaf for reinforcements using the Flying Thunder God Technique; Tsunade approved the plan.
• Jiraiya left the meeting in silence, still watching Tianyi with suspicion.

Uchiha Madara revived Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract Gyūki and the Nine-Tails chakra they carried. After learning that the Leaf Village was taking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to the Hidden Mist Village, Madara accepted the invitation and prepared to go there.

• White Zetsu brought Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s bodies to Madara, who revived them with Impure World Reincarnation and took control of them.
• Kakuzu recognized Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and Madara remarked on his knowledge of the pair.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which extracted Gyūki from Killer B and swallowed the Nine-Tails chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Madara noted that only the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails remained, while Obito said the Seven-Tails was with Hyuga Tianyi and its location was unknown.
• White Zetsu reported that the Leaf Village was openly escorting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to the Hidden Mist Village, and Madara decided to go there.

Blue Star and the Hidden Mist Village prepared for the coming battle against Uchiha Madara and the Akatsuki, with Tianyi assigned to confirm when the enemy entered the designated area. Yagura declared that Mei Terumi would succeed him after his death, leaving the village’s future in her hands.

• Blue Star’s operations personnel selected an uninhabited island near the Hidden Mist Village as the battlefield and planned to trap the enemy there.
• Colonel Li briefed the conference on the Dong F-5C missile and its five-megaton warhead, while Tianyi agreed to signal when Uchiha Madara and the Akatsuki’s main force reached the target area.
• Tianyi returned to the Ninja World after confirming the operation’s tactical details.
• Yagura told Genji, Mei Terumi, and the elders that the final war would be fought at the Hidden Mist Village and named Mei Terumi as his successor after his death.
• Yagura refused Genji’s attempt to dissuade him, saying he had to take responsibility for the village’s suffering and restore the honor of the Mizukage.

Tianyi's team destroyed another wave of White Zetsu and sent Kushina to Shikkotsu Forest for protection before continuing toward Kirigakure with a disguised ANBU member. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara reached Turtle Island and learned it could help Jinchuriki achieve Perfect Tailed Beast Transformation.

• Tianyi used Sage Mode to expose White Zetsu underground, then killed them with Water Release and Metal Spears as Minato noted this was the third wave.
• Tianyi sent Kushina to Shikkotsu Forest with Katsuyu, while an ANBU member transformed into a duplicate of Kushina.
• Tianyi led Minato and the ANBU squad toward Kirigakure with the disguised Kushina among them.
• Uchiha Madara surveyed the giant island in the Land of Lightning and compared its power to Hashirama Senju's True Several Thousand Hands.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Sage of Six Paths had sealed the Ten-Tails on the island and that Jinchuriki could train there for Perfect Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Uchiha Madara expressed interest in discovering the power of the Ten-Tails' Perfect Tailed Beast Transformation.

Kirigakure detected Uchiha Madara near Turtle Island after he arrived with Kisame and Zabuza, and the patrol sent a warning before Kisame destroyed it. Karatachi Yagura and Tianyi prepared a joint response, and thousands of Kirigakure ninja set out for the northeastern border.

• Kirigakure deployed patrol squads across the Land of Water with orders to signal and report if they found Akatsuki members.
• A patrol captain sensed an enormous chakra presence near an uncharted island and ordered his men to send a flare and messenger bird identifying Uchiha Madara.
• Kisame overwhelmed the patrol boat with a massive water technique, while Zabuza criticized him for handling the patrol noisily.
• Kisame reported to Uchiha Madara on Turtle Island that the patrol had sent a signal, and Madara said he had never meant to hide his movements.
• Karatachi Yagura received the patrol's report, and Tianyi, Genji, and Yagura agreed to take the initiative against Uchiha Madara.
• Tianyi sent Minato back to the Leaf Village, then Karatachi Yagura led thousands of Kirigakure ninja toward the northeastern border.