Chapter Summaries

Konan left Amegakure to confront Konoha after Obito showed her Nagato’s corpse, while Obito and Black Zetsu moved to pursue the remaining Tailed Beasts. In Konoha, Sasuke displayed his growth, Naruto gained the Nine-Tails’ cooperation, and Tobirama prepared to speak with Kakashi about his ties to Obito.

• Obito showed Konan Nagato’s corpse and claimed Tobirama Senju had killed him and taken his eyes, prompting Konan to fly toward Konoha.
• Obito and Black Zetsu planned to seize the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails from the Hidden Cloud while Konan distracted Konoha.
• Sasuke defeated Naruto in training, and Gaara noted how much stronger Sasuke had become.
• Madara entered Naruto’s mental world and provoked the Nine-Tails, but Tobirama explained the situation and persuaded the Nine-Tails to give Naruto its chakra.
• Tobirama told Kakashi he had something to discuss, and Madara guessed it concerned Kakashi’s former connection to Obito Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju revealed to Kakashi that Obito was still alive and had been manipulated by Madara Uchiha, then asked Kakashi to help reach Obito's dimension. As Tobirama discussed targeting Hidden Cloud, an ANBU reported that someone from Akatsuki had arrived at the village gate.

• Tobirama Senju asked Kakashi about his Sharingan, and Kakashi revealed that it had awakened into a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha explained that only an Uchiha could awaken the Mangekyō, leading Kakashi to suspect that Obito was alive.
• Tobirama Senju confirmed Obito's survival and told Kakashi how Madara had manipulated him into despair.
• Kakashi asked to help confront Obito, and Tobirama instructed him to master the Mangekyō and open a gap into Obito's dimension.
• Tobirama Senju considered targeting Hidden Cloud's Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, but an ANBU reported that someone from Akatsuki was at the village gate.

Konan brought Nagato’s body to Konoha and learned that Madara had given Nagato the Rinnegan and manipulated Akatsuki’s plans. She agreed to join Konoha with Amegakure in exchange for help taking revenge on Obito, while Tobirama kept Nagato’s body and considered the remaining Tailed Beasts.

• Konan arrived at Konoha with Nagato’s body and told Jiraiya that she wanted to see Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama told Konan that Nagato had survived their battle but someone else had killed him and taken his Rinnegan.
• Tobirama revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan had belonged to Madara, leading Konan to realize that the masked man had manipulated her, Nagato, and Yahiko’s ideals.
• Konan asked Konoha for help against the masked man and agreed that she and Amegakure would join Konoha in return.
• Tobirama sent Jiraiya to escort Konan to Amegakure and kept Nagato’s body, suggesting he might be revived someday.
• Madara admitted to Tobirama that many people had become sacrifices to the Eye of the Moon Plan, which had itself been a lie.

The Land of Lightning's daimyo backed Hidden Cloud's preparations for war against Konoha, while Raikage A secured the village's Jinchuriki and ordered defenses against Tobirama Senju. Before the village could finish preparing, countless White Zetsu emerged from the ground and attacked.

• The Land of Lightning's daimyo promised Raikage A that he would support Hidden Cloud and demand answers from the Land of Fire's daimyo.
• Raikage A confirmed that Killer B and Yugito Nii had been moved to Turtle Island and ordered Hidden Cloud to monitor Konoha and prepare for war.
• A Cloud ninja reported that monsters were crawling out of the ground, and A rushed outside to assess the invasion.
• A and the Hidden Cloud ninja saw White Zetsu swarming the village and began fighting them.

White Zetsu attacked Kumogakure, overwhelming the village’s defenders and infiltrating their ranks by disguising themselves as fallen Cloud ninja. As Raikage A fought the invasion, Obito and Black Zetsu prepared to target the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails.

• A ordered Dodai to summon reinforcements while he led the Cloud ninja against the White Zetsu attacking Kumogakure’s center.
• A White Zetsu disguised as Styr stabbed a fellow Cloud ninja, and A killed it before Mabui noticed its corpse had the same wriggling cross-section as a White Zetsu.
• White Zetsu disguised as fallen Cloud ninja attacked the defenders from within while the others pressed their assault, and A charged into their army using Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that the White Zetsu were expendable distractions, then declared he would capture the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails with the Rinnegan’s power.
• Obito and Black Zetsu vanished in a black vortex.

Obito and Black Zetsu attacked Turtle Island to capture the Eight-Tails, and Obito confronted Killer B after separating him from his ANBU escorts. Killer B’s attacks failed against Obito’s phasing ability, and the chapter left them fighting as Obito unleashed a massive fire tornado.

• Obito and Black Zetsu arrived on Turtle Island after the White Zetsu located the Eight-Tails.
• Cloud ANBU evacuated Killer B from the fighting, but Obito ambushed them in the forest and absorbed one of them with his space-time ability.
• Gyūki recognized Obito’s Rinnegan and warned Killer B that they were the Sage of Six Paths’ eyes.
• Killer B attacked Obito with his Lariat and Eight-Sword Style, but Obito phased through his strikes and gradually matched his speed.
• Obito used Fire Release: Flame Fan Great Fire to send a massive fire tornado surging toward Killer B.

Obito used the Gunbai and the Rinnegan’s powers to defeat Killer B, but the Rinnegan’s strain briefly left him vulnerable. Killer B survived a Tailed Beast Bomb attack, only for Obito to seize his soul and leave him unconscious.

• Obito enhanced a fire tornado with the Gunbai, and Killer B transformed with Gyūki’s chakra to charge through the flames with a Lariat.
• Killer B’s Lariat passed through Obito, who counterattacked with Asura Path, Banshō Ten'in, and Shinra Tensei, leaving Killer B barely alive.
• Obito paused as the Rinnegan’s strain caused him pain, while Gyūki transferred chakra to revive Killer B.
• Killer B gathered and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, engulfing Obito in an explosion.
• Obito recovered and used Human Path to pull Killer B’s soul partly from his body, ending his transformation and knocking him unconscious.

Obito captured Killer B and set out with Black Zetsu to capture Yugito, while Yugito sensed the Tailed Beast Bomb and led Cloud ninja toward B. Their groups headed toward each other across Turtle Island.

• Obito used the Rinnegan to extract most of Gyūki from Killer B, then returned the soul to keep him alive and took him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu encouraged Obito with a false promise that he could become immortal, and Obito decided to capture the Two-Tails next.
• Yugito and Matatabi sensed Gyūki’s Tailed Beast Bomb, and Yugito feared that Killer B had been attacked.
• Cloud ninja argued over whether to aid Killer B or protect Yugito, but Yugito ordered them to go support B.
• Yugito used Fire Rat Bomb to burn back the White Zetsu, then led the Cloud ninja toward Killer B as Obito and Black Zetsu approached from the other side.

Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu ambushed Yugito Nii and the Cloud ninja, captured the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and killed her guards. As Obito prepared to leave, an unseen speaker addressed him by name and asked how his eyes were working.

• Yugito sensed danger and warned the Cloud ninja, but Obito's Fire Release attack burned several of them to ashes.
• Black Zetsu used Wood Release to kill a Cloud ninja while Obito attacked Yugito with Kamui.
• Obito phased through Yugito's claws, subdued her with genjutsu and the Rinnegan, and sent her into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito unleashed Kamui: Shinra Tensei, killing the remaining Cloud ninja as Black Zetsu praised him and suggested Tobirama Senju would be surprised.
• As Obito prepared to leave, an unseen voice called him by name and asked how his eyes were working out for him.

Madara Uchiha confronted Obito Uchiha and tried to make him abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Obito refused and Black Zetsu warned him that Madara was controlled. Madara attacked Black Zetsu and Obito, then unleashed Susanoo and brought its sword down toward Obito on Turtle Island.

• Madara Uchiha arrived before Obito Uchiha and urged him to end the Eye of the Moon Plan, admitting his role in turning Obito against the world.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Madara had fallen under Kotoamatsukami, and Obito refused to trust Madara and raised his Gunbai.
• Madara attacked Black Zetsu with four fire dragons, but Black Zetsu escaped underground and Obito reflected the flames with Uchiha Reflection.
• Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo, searched unsuccessfully for Black Zetsu, and turned his attention to Obito.
• Madara's Susanoo drew its sword and swung it down at Obito with overwhelming force.

Madara used Obito’s implanted curse seal to torment him, but Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension through sheer will. There, Obito discovered the two Jinchuriki were missing and heard a familiar voice behind him.

• Madara’s Susanoo devastated Turtle Island, but Obito remained unharmed by using Kamui.
• Madara activated the curse seal he had implanted over Obito’s heart, causing Obito intense pain.
• Obito resisted Madara’s control and escaped into the Kamui Dimension, while Madara resumed attacking Turtle Island in anger.
• Obito found that the two Jinchuriki he had stored in the Kamui Dimension had vanished.
• A familiar voice called out to Obito from behind, leaving him shaken.

Kakashi confronted Obito in the Kamui Dimension and rejected his offer to join the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Tobirama Senju intervened before Obito could kill Kakashi and battered him with three punches.

• Kakashi asked Obito why he had turned against the world, but Obito defended the Infinite Tsukuyomi and invited him to join.
• Kakashi apologized for Rin's death but condemned Obito's plan and attacked him with Lightning Cutter.
• Obito absorbed Kakashi's Lightning Cutter with the Preta Path and thrust a Black Receiver at Kakashi's heart.
• Tobirama Senju appeared and kicked Obito away, saving Kakashi from the attack.
• Obito tried to escape with Kamui, but Tobirama Senju used Heavenly Shinobi Time to freeze him and strike him three times, driving him into the ground.

Tobirama defeated Obito in the Kamui Dimension, removed his eyes, and took him back to the village. On Turtle Island, Madara exposed Black Zetsu’s identity, leaving him stranded after the White Zetsu turned against him.

• Tobirama gouged out Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan, then agreed to spare his life and let Kakashi take him away.
• Kakashi confronted Obito over his actions and carried him out of the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu begged Madara to stop, but Madara revealed that he knew Black Zetsu was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s will.
• Black Zetsu summoned the White Zetsu to escape through the Four Violet Flames Formation, but they gathered behind Madara instead.
• The Spiral White Zetsu resisted Black Zetsu, forcing him out of its body and leaving him exposed before Madara.

Tobirama used the Rinnegan and Planetary Devastation to seal Black Zetsu inside a massive sphere of rock, ending Madara’s struggle against him. Madara celebrated the defeat and the lifting of one of his greatest grudges.

• Madara failed to kill or seal Black Zetsu with his own techniques and summoned Tobirama for help.
• Tobirama told Black Zetsu that he had already dealt with Uchiha Obito, then revealed his Rinnegan.
• Tobirama used Planetary Devastation to draw up Turtle Island’s soil and rocks and trap Black Zetsu inside a sphere hundreds of meters across.
• Tobirama declared the fight over, and Madara praised him for settling the grudge.

After agreeing to search for Jigen and Kara, Tobirama Senju confronted A in the devastated Kumogakure and repeated his demand that the village submit to Konoha or be destroyed. A considered whether sacrificing himself could save the village, while Darui and others fled with the survivors.

• Tobirama Senju told Madara Uchiha to send the White Zetsu across the ninja world to find Jigen and Kara.
• A and the Cloud ninja defeated the White Zetsu that had attacked Kumogakure, but the battle left the village heavily damaged and many Cloud ninja dead.
• A spotted Tobirama Senju in the sky and secretly signaled Darui to lead others away with Kumogakure's surviving forces.
• Tobirama Senju landed on the Raikage Building and demanded that A kill himself so Kumogakure would merge into Konoha, or refuse and have the village destroyed.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that Killer B and Yugito Nii were in his hands, and A began considering whether his death could protect the village.

A chose to die to spare Kumogakure, but Darui and the village’s people rejected his sacrifice and rallied to fight. A charged Tobirama Senju, who killed him with a flash of blue light.

• A asked Tobirama Senju to spare Kumogakure if he killed himself, and Tobirama agreed to absorb the village into Konoha.
• A raised his lightning-charged hand blade to kill himself, but Darui returned with Kumogakure’s civilians and ninja to stop him.
• Darui and the gathered people declared they would rather die than live under Konoha’s rule, rekindling A’s resolve to fight.
• A abandoned his plan to die and led the charge against Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju acknowledged A’s resolve, then killed him with a flash of blue light.

Tobirama Senju killed the Fourth Raikage and destroyed Kumogakure with a meteorite after the Cloud ninja resisted him. He left the ruined village behind and abandoned his plan to use the Raikage’s corpse for Impure World Reincarnation.

• Tobirama Senju used Heavenly Shinobi Time to stop A and killed the Fourth Raikage in a single exchange.
• Tobirama Senju repelled the Cloud ninja’s attacks with Shinra Tensei as they charged to avenge A.
• Tobirama Senju rose above Kumogakure and overwhelmed its people with his chakra; Darui rallied the ninja to stand against him.
• Tobirama Senju killed Darui with Water Release: Heavenly Weeping and summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei.
• The meteorite leveled Kumogakure and killed countless Cloud ninja, and Tobirama Senju departed without using A’s corpse for Impure World Reincarnation.

After Tobirama Senju destroyed Kumogakure, Genji warned Mei Terumi that Kirigakure would likely be next and urged her to obey the Hokage. In Konoha, Naruto learned that he was Minato Namikaze’s son and headed to the Hokage Building with questions about his past.

• Genji told Mei Terumi that Tobirama Senju would not leave Kirigakure untouched if he intended to unify the ninja world, and warned her not to resist.
• The Land of Lightning's daimyo grew furious after Kumogakure was destroyed and ordered his ministers to contact the daimyos of the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind.
• Naruto saw Konoha villagers apologizing for their past treatment of him after learning he was the son of Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto recalled that his parents had died as heroes and wondered why Konoha had treated him so cruelly.
• Naruto hurried to the Hokage Building to ask Tobirama Senju about his origins.

Tobirama Senju brought Obito Uchiha before Konoha’s officials and let Naruto decide whether to seek revenge for his parents. After Naruto could not bring himself to act, Tobirama ordered Obito imprisoned and announced that the dead would soon be revived.

• Konoha’s officials examined the captured Obito Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju said Obito’s victims’ families would decide his fate.
• Naruto entered the Hokage Office and asked whether he was Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s son and whether his parents had been heroes.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Naruto’s parents had died protecting the village, and Tobirama Senju pointed out that Obito had killed them.
• Naruto could not decide how to deal with Obito, so Tobirama Senju sent him with Jiraiya to hear from Hiruzen Sarutobi why his identity had been concealed.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Obito imprisoned and announced that the dead would return to life, saying Hidan had nearly mastered One’s Own Life Reincarnation.

Tobirama Senju used Hidan to test whether One's Own Life Reincarnation could revive Madara Uchiha. Madara was successfully restored to life, while Hidan collapsed but remained alive.

• Orochimaru prepared Hidan for the revival by training him in One's Own Life Reincarnation and secretly increasing his chakra with Hashirama Cells.
• Tobirama Senju brought Madara Uchiha and the others to the Root laboratory, explaining that Hidan would first test the technique on Madara.
• Hidan performed One's Own Life Reincarnation, and his body rapidly weakened as Madara's body regained life and the marks of Impure World Reincarnation disappeared.
• Hidan collapsed after calling out to Lord Jashin, and Orochimaru confirmed that he was still breathing.
• Madara celebrated his revival as Tsunade and the others examined his living body.