Chapter Summaries

Hashirama held off Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation army while Tobirama and Itachi went after the caster. Hashirama unleashed Wood Release to trap several reanimated fighters, leaving Orochimaru shocked by the brothers’ strength.

• Tobirama asked Hashirama to hold off the reanimated fighters while he and Itachi went after Orochimaru, and Hashirama asked whether Tobirama could handle a revived Madara.
• Tobirama claimed he was ninety percent confident he could fight Madara, and Hashirama agreed to finish the battle quickly before his reanimated body failed.
• The reanimated fighters battered the Wood Human until it collapsed, and Hashirama charged into battle as Tobirama and Itachi vanished.
• Hashirama shattered Ōnoki’s body, knocked Kinkaku and Ginkaku away, and faced a combined assault from the remaining fighters.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees to ensnare Yagura, Pakura, and Rasa and send Hozuki Gengetsu’s summoned clam back to the Summoning World.
• Orochimaru watched in shock as Hashirama’s technique deprived him of three controllable fighters.

Mū and the others struggled against Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release while Hanzō and the Third Raikage launched a surprise attack. Tobirama Senju confronted Pain and stopped Shinra Tensei with water that he instantly froze, leaving Deva Path stunned.

• Mū evaded Hashirama Senju’s vines and tried to clear space for Hozuki Gengetsu with Dust Release.
• Hanzō and the Third Raikage attacked Hashirama Senju from behind, but he blocked them, kicked Hanzō into a chasm, and created Wood Clones to fight the trapped dead men.
• Tobirama Senju brought Itachi Uchiha to safety and told him to watch for a chance to use Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru.
• Pain blamed Orochimaru for Ōnoki’s capture, while Orochimaru explained that controlling the reincarnated shinobi was difficult.
• Tobirama Senju confronted Deva Path Pain and addressed Nagato by name before Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei.
• Tobirama Senju used a water barrier and then froze the remaining force of Shinra Tensei, shocking Deva Path.

Tobirama Senju fought the Six Paths of Pain, countering their abilities with Flying Thunder God, Senjutsu Chakra, and overwhelming Water Release. After freezing or destroying several Paths and their summons, he confronted Nagato and asked whether he still intended to oppose him.

• Tobirama Senju used a Water Clone to evade Pain's combined attraction and repulsion, then kicked the Deva Path away and demanded that the other Paths join the fight.
• Nagato summoned the remaining five Paths, and all six advanced on Tobirama Senju with Black Receivers.
• Tobirama Senju turned the Preta Path's chakra absorption against him by flooding him with Senjutsu Chakra, turning him into stone and shattering him.
• Nagato used the Asura Path's missiles and the Animal Path's summons while the Deva Path repelled Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Tobirama Senju unleashed a massive Water Release torrent, killed several summoned beasts by detonating water inside them, and froze the others and four Paths with red ice.
• Tobirama Senju followed the Deva Path to higher ground and asked Nagato whether he still intended to be his enemy.

Nagato drove the Deva Path against Tobirama Senju, escalating the fight from Super Shinra Tensei to Planetary Devastation. Tobirama answered with a massive water giant wielding an ice blade, and the two attacks collided in a blinding explosion.

• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, wiping out Tobirama Senju’s Water Clones and devastating the surrounding land.
• Hashirama Senju sealed Ginkaku and Kinkaku, along with the Third Raikage and the Second Mizukage, leaving Mū, Ōnoki, and Hanzō to fight him.
• Orochimaru considered using the weakened Madara Uchiha if Pain failed to defeat Tobirama Senju in time.
• Tobirama Senju trapped the weakened Deva Path in a water dragon, but Nagato replenished it with his life force and broke it free.
• The Deva Path used Planetary Devastation and Banshō Ten'in to pull Tobirama Senju toward the forming mass, but Tobirama created a giant water construct and gave it an enormous ice blade.
• The water giant’s ice blade struck the thousand-meter Planetary Devastation, triggering a blinding explosion across the battlefield.

Tobirama Senju survived Nagato’s Planetary Devastation and fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Deva Path Pain. As Nagato’s chakra dwindled, Tobirama pierced Deva Path’s chest, leaving Nagato’s fate uncertain.

• Tobirama Senju emerged unharmed from the Water Giant after it endured Nagato’s Planetary Devastation.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and it battled Tobirama’s Water Giant while their chakra dragons fought overhead.
• Orochimaru felt the distant battle’s tremors and watched the Second Tsuchikage continue fighting Hashirama Senju.
• Tobirama battled Deva Path Pain, severed its right arm, and overwhelmed Nagato’s dwindling chakra.
• Deva Path began to use Universal Pull, but Tobirama pierced its chest before it could finish.

Tobirama Senju discovered that Nagato had died after the battle and joined Hashirama Senju and Itachi Uchiha to defeat Orochimaru. As Orochimaru fled, he summoned a coffin to stop Hashirama’s attack, but Hashirama’s punch smashed it before it opened.

• Tobirama Senju found Deva Path Pain defeated, sensed no Chakra from Nagato’s Black Receiver, and concluded Nagato was dead.
• Hashirama Senju sealed Mū, while Itachi Uchiha confronted Orochimaru and deflected his Crystal Release attack with Susanoo.
• Tobirama Senju arrived with Hashirama Senju and killed Orochimaru’s body, but Orochimaru escaped using his modified body and Curse Mark test subjects.
• Tobirama Senju flew after Orochimaru with Hashirama Senju, who jumped down and attacked him.
• Orochimaru summoned a coffin with Impure World Reincarnation to block Hashirama’s punch, but Hashirama smashed it before the lid opened.

Orochimaru revived Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation, hoping to use him against Tobirama Senju. Madara recognized Hashirama Senju and learned that Tobirama, not Hashirama, was meant to be his opponent.

• Orochimaru reflected on Madara's corpse and prepared to revive him as a secret weapon, despite the risk that he could not control him.
• Madara emerged from the coffin, realized he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation, and caught Hashirama's descending fist.
• Madara and Hashirama joyfully reunited while Tobirama watched warily and considered whether Madara might awaken the Rinnegan.
• Tobirama stopped Hashirama from revealing his body's time limit, and Orochimaru explained that Madara was meant to fight Tobirama.
• Orochimaru told Madara that Tobirama had gathered most of the Tailed Beasts, destroyed Iwagakure, and killed Pain; Madara expressed disgust toward Orochimaru.

Madara Uchiha revealed his Eye of the Moon Plan and urged Hashirama Senju to help create a world under Infinite Tsukuyomi. Hashirama rejected the plan and died, leaving Tobirama Senju to confront Madara.

• Madara Uchiha explained that he intended to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to end war, and asked Hashirama Senju to join him.
• Orochimaru realized the genjutsu would leave no one to sustain the population and fled.
• Hashirama Senju pushed Madara's hand away, rejected the false peace of genjutsu, and urged Madara and Tobirama Senju to unite the ninja world.
• Hashirama Senju's soul left his Impure World Reincarnation body and broke apart.
• Madara Uchiha refused to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Tobirama Senju prepared to fight him.

After completing his fight with the Six Paths of Pain, Tobirama received a tenfold chakra increase and faced Madara, who taunted him and attacked. Tobirama countered with water clones before both men unleashed Wood Release, leaving Madara confronting Tobirama’s immense forest.

• Tobirama received the reward for defeating the Six Paths of Pain, increasing his chakra limit tenfold, and accepted a mission to defeat Madara.
• Madara attacked Tobirama over his grudge for Izuna’s death, but Tobirama avoided his blows with water clones and a Shadow Clone.
• Tobirama used rain and water vapor to create thousands of water clones, while Madara destroyed them with fire and Wood Release.
• Madara mocked Tobirama and cast Nativity of a World of Trees, draining the water clones with a sea of trees.
• Tobirama answered with his own Nativity of a World of Trees, sending an even larger forest surging toward Madara.

Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought across a forest created by Wood Release, trading powerful ninjutsu and Susanoo attacks. Tobirama’s hidden strike pierced Madara’s foot, leaving Madara furious and recalling how Tobirama had ambushed Izuna Uchiha.

• Tobirama Senju expanded his Nativity of a World of Trees and confronted Madara Uchiha, who escaped the vines with his Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha attacked with Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Tobirama Senju’s Endless Flow overwhelmed the fire and produced numerous Water Clones wielding Hard Whirlpool Water Blades.
• Madara Uchiha’s second-stage Susanoo cut down Tobirama Senju’s clones and their water blades while Tobirama’s true body hid among them.
• Tobirama Senju sent a compressed water needle through the roots beneath Madara Uchiha and pierced his right foot before Madara evaded the follow-up.
• Madara Uchiha vaporized the water needle and grew enraged, remembering how Tobirama Senju had ambushed Izuna Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju recognized that Madara Uchiha’s reincarnated body lacked his full strength and attacked with Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God. Madara countered Tobirama’s penetrating water technique by unveiling Perfect Susanoo, leaving the battle facing an even greater threat.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed Susanoo’s sword waves, and Tobirama Senju blocked them with a wall of water.
• Tobirama assessed Madara’s weakened reincarnated body, entered Sage Mode, and dodged Madara’s Yasaka Beads with Flying Thunder God.
• Tobirama used a Water Clone to bait Madara, then struck Susanoo from above with Sage Art: Water Release: Spiral Water Blade.
• Madara restored Susanoo, expanded it into its Perfect form, and unleashed a sword slash that razed the forest and cut through a mountain range.
• Madara declared that he would use the Sharingan’s ultimate power to destroy Tobirama.

Tobirama Senju fought Madara Uchiha with a giant water construct, refusing to use Hashirama's power. Tobirama unleashed Sage Art and overwhelmed Susanoo, leaving Madara restrained and stunned by his defeat.

• Tobirama Senju summoned a water giant and a water dragon to battle Madara Uchiha's Complete Body Susanoo in a clash of blades.
• The water dragon distracted Susanoo and drained its chakra, but Madara recovered and attacked with twin swords.
• Tobirama Senju used Sage Art · Water Release · Moryo Technique, enlarging the water giant to a thousand meters and sending hundreds of water dragons after Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha's Susanoo could not fend off the water dragons, which drained its chakra until it dissipated.
• The water dragons restrained Madara Uchiha and drained his chakra, leaving him to wonder whether he had truly lost.

Tobirama Senju defeated Madara Uchiha and explained the true history behind the Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara learned that Black Zetsu had altered the stone tablet and manipulated him to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Tobirama Senju restrained Madara Uchiha, captured the White Zetsu hidden underground, and began telling Madara the history of chakra.
• Tobirama Senju recounted how Kaguya Ōtsutsuki ate the Divine Tree's fruit, ruled humanity, and used Infinite Tsukuyomi to turn people into White Zetsu.
• Tobirama Senju explained that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki defeated Kaguya and sealed her inside the moon.
• Tobirama Senju described how Black Zetsu manipulated Indra and altered the Sage of Six Paths' stone tablet, leading Madara to believe Infinite Tsukuyomi would save the world.
• Tobirama Senju told Madara that Infinite Tsukuyomi would instead create White Zetsu and revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Tobirama proved to Madara that the White Zetsu were not created by combining Hashirama’s cells with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, exposing Black Zetsu’s deception and the falsehood behind the Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara accepted the truth and asked about the ninja world’s future, as he and Tobirama stood together against their enemies from the heavens.

• Tobirama revealed his Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to demonstrate that combining its life force with Hashirama’s cells did not create White Zetsu.
• Madara repeated the experiment himself and realized that Black Zetsu had deceived him about the White Zetsu and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara lamented that his Eye of the Moon Plan had been a scheme to free beings from the heavens.
• Madara asked Tobirama what the true future of the ninja world was, and Tobirama advocated unifying and reforming it to protect it from their enemies beyond the sky.
• Madara said he might have become friends with Tobirama if Tobirama had held these views while alive, and Tobirama replied that it was not too late.

Tobirama Senju persuaded Madara Uchiha to return to Konoha by promising to revive Izuna Uchiha, then subdued Orochimaru and brought him under Tobirama’s control. With Madara and Itachi at his side, Tobirama prepared to confront the remaining Akatsuki members.

• Tobirama Senju offered to revive Izuna Uchiha using Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation technique, and Madara Uchiha agreed to assist him and return to Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha revealed his plans involving Black Zetsu and Obito, and Tobirama Senju agreed to let Madara handle Black Zetsu while Tobirama dealt with Obito.
• Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha cornered Orochimaru, and Itachi used Kotoamatsukami while Madara cast a genjutsu that made Orochimaru eternally loyal to Tobirama.
• Tobirama Senju introduced Madara Uchiha to Itachi, who recognized him as the real Madara and identified the Akatsuki’s masked man as an impostor.
• Tobirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Itachi prepared to deal with the remaining Akatsuki members.

Tobirama Senju told Madara Uchiha how Konoha’s leaders had driven the Uchiha clan to ruin, then arrived at the northern battlefield to capture Sasori and Deidara. He recruited both Akatsuki members into Konoha, offering Deidara a destructive technique and Sasori the revival of his parents.

• Tobirama Senju sent Orochimaru to move his experiments to Konoha and gave Itachi Uchiha leave to spend time with Sasuke Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju explained the Uchiha clan’s persecution and massacre to Madara Uchiha, who vowed to punish Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha found no trace of Nagato, and Tobirama suspected Black Zetsu had taken Madara’s Rinnegan.
• Tsunade defeated Sasori of the Red Sands while Kakashi countered Deidara’s Explosive Clay and captured him at the northern border of the Land of Fire.
• Tobirama Senju offered Deidara a place in Konoha and promised to teach him the technique that destroyed Iwagakure, and Deidara agreed.
• Tobirama Senju offered to revive Sasori’s parents if he joined Konoha, and Sasori accepted.

Tobirama Senju promised to revive Konoha's fallen and stopped Kisame Hoshigaki from killing himself after Jiraiya and Might Guy defeated him and Kakuzu. Madara Uchiha confirmed the Eye of the Moon Plan was false, and Kisame and Kakuzu joined Konoha, leaving only Konan and Obito outside its ranks.

• Tobirama Senju told Tsunade and Kakashi he could revive the dead, though it would take time, and ordered Deidara and Sasori to collect the bodies.
• Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha went to the eastern border, where Jiraiya and Might Guy had overwhelmed Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu.
• Kisame Hoshigaki tried to kill himself with Samehada, but Tobirama Senju stopped him, while Madara Uchiha captured Kakuzu.
• Tobirama Senju revealed Madara Uchiha's identity, and Kisame Hoshigaki learned that the Eye of the Moon Plan could not succeed.
• Kisame Hoshigaki chose to serve Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju appointed Kakuzu minister of Konoha's planned Ministry of Finance.

Tobirama returned to Konoha with Madara and several Akatsuki members, assigned them roles, and brought Madara to the Uchiha Clan Grounds. There, Madara saw Sasuke and mistook him for Izuna.

• Two White Zetsu discussed reporting Tobirama and his companions to Obito after watching them leave.
• Shikaku received Kirigakure's agreement to Konoha's demands and learned that Kumogakure had declared war.
• Tobirama returned to the Hokage's office with Madara, Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, and Kisame, then assigned the newcomers positions and housing.
• Tobirama gave Deidara the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags Technique and warned him not to use it in the village.
• Itachi and Sasuke reconciled over dinner and embraced as they cried.
• Tobirama brought Madara to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Madara saw Sasuke and shouted, "Izuna?!"

Tobirama Senju settled Madara Uchiha with Itachi and Sasuke, then learned Kirigakure had chosen to submit to Konoha. As Obito accepted Nagato’s Rinnegan and recommitted to the Eye of the Moon Plan, Tobirama began recruiting Hidan for a resurrection plan.

• Madara Uchiha agreed to stay with Sasuke and take him as a disciple, while Tobirama Senju returned to his office and read Mei Terumi’s letter confirming Kirigakure’s submission.
• Black Zetsu gave Obito Uchiha Nagato’s Rinnegan and urged him to continue the Eye of the Moon Plan; Obito accepted the eyes and resolved to create a world where Rin could be with him.
• Tobirama Senju visited the imprisoned Hidan and threatened to leave him alive in a latrine unless he cooperated.
• Hidan agreed to help, and Tobirama Senju reattached his head to his body, saying he needed him to save someone.

Tobirama Senju forced Hidan to agree to learn One's Own Life Reincarnation and resurrect a thousand people, while Orochimaru began teaching him. Tobirama then tested his newly acquired Rinnegan and discovered its exclusive technique, Heavenly Shinobi Time, as he considered gathering all nine Tailed Beasts.

• Hidan broke free of control and attacked Tobirama Senju, who knocked off his head and forced him to submit.
• Tobirama brought Hidan to Orochimaru's Root underground laboratory and instructed Orochimaru to teach him One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Hidan refused to use the life-consuming technique until Tobirama tempted him with freedom and the chance to spread Jashin's doctrine by resurrecting a thousand people.
• Tobirama tested his Rinnegan, mastered its basic ocular techniques, and discovered his exclusive ability, Heavenly Shinobi Time.
• Tobirama considered gathering all nine Tailed Beasts to obtain both the Sage Body and the Sage Eye.