Chapter Summaries

The White Zetsu Clone gathered Lightning Style ninja and flew toward the Iwagakure forces with the Five-Tails’ help. On Konoha’s battlefield, Orochimaru survived the Third Raikage’s beheading by transforming with his own White Snake Sage-based Cursed Seal, but Jiraiya’s sages warned that the power could make him lose his humanity.

• The White Zetsu Clone assembled 120 ninja and used the Five-Tails’ Chakra to sustain their flight toward Iwagakure.
• The White Zetsu Clone promised to help the Five-Tails become whole, and the Five-Tails agreed to help it fight Han.
• The Third Raikage’s forces charged Konoha’s battlefield, where Orochimaru and Sage Mode Jiraiya fought back with Manda and Gamabunta.
• The Third Raikage struck down Manda and severed Orochimaru’s head, then attacked Jiraiya with Lightning Release: Black Ant.
• Orochimaru regenerated and revealed his half-snake Curse Mark Transformation, then used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation against the Third Raikage.
• Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku warned Jiraiya that Orochimaru’s White Snake Sage power could make him lose his humanity.

Orochimaru used his new soul technique against the Third Raikage, but the Raikage broke away to attack Konoha's main camp. Konoha's defenses stopped him, though Chizuru Uchiha discovered too late that the Raikage she fought was a Shadow Clone, as supply warehouses were set ablaze.

• Orochimaru attacked the Third Raikage with Sage Art, survived having his head destroyed by shedding his skin, and wounded the Raikage while planting Yin Release Chakra in him.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived and reminded the Third Raikage of his mission, prompting him to leave Orochimaru and Jiraiya and charge toward Konoha's main camp.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had used Poison of Immortality to damage the Third Raikage's soul and asked Jiraiya to help him fight the Fourth Raikage.
• The Third Raikage reached Konoha's command tent but found it protected by the Four Violet Flames Formation and fought off the Konoha ninja's Wind Style attacks.
• Chizuru Uchiha seized the Third Raikage with Susanoo, dispelled his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with Mangekyo: Divine Void, and struck him with Fire Style: Grand Annihilation.
• The Third Raikage vanished as a Shadow Clone, while explosions erupted across Konoha's main camp and set its supply warehouses ablaze.

Tsunade responded to an attack that destroyed Konoha’s supplies while Nagato used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to locate the real Third Raikage. The Third Raikage replenished his Chakra with White Zetsu and sent another Shadow Clone toward the camp, leaving Tsunade puzzled by how quickly his reserves had recovered.

• Karen Hyuga reported that enemy spies had destroyed Konoha’s supplies and that the Third Raikage they had fought was a Shadow Clone, so Tsunade ordered the fires extinguished.
• Tsunade asked Nagato to use the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to find the Third Raikage after Karen failed to locate him.
• Chizuru realized that the Third Raikage had used a Shadow Clone to draw out her Mangekyō Sharingan power, and she suspected Kirito had watched her embarrassment without intervening.
• The real Third Raikage met Black Zetsu in a concealed cave, where more than ten White Zetsu replenished his Chakra before he sent another Shadow Clone toward Konoha’s camp.
• Nagato and Karen detected the Third Raikage’s new advance, but Nagato reported that his Chakra was still immense, leaving Tsunade astonished at his rapid recovery.

The Third Raikage’s Shadow Clone devastated Konoha’s camp until Tsunade’s plan led Kirito to restrain it and locate the Raikage’s real body. Kirito trapped the Third Raikage in a Four Violet Flames Formation, then provoked him to test whether his strongest attack could break through.

• Nagato offered to find the Third Raikage, but Tsunade refused to let him risk his life and had Nagato and Karen use their abilities to locate the Raikage on a map.
• The Third Raikage’s Shadow Clone rampaged through the Konoha camp, destroying buildings and supplies and killing ninja while Chizuru failed to stop him.
• Kirito’s sudden gravity and sand restraints immobilized the Shadow Clone, while Tsunade’s forces located the Third Raikage’s real body in a mountain cave.
• Black Zetsu warned the Third Raikage that the enemy had found him, then fled as the Raikage charged out of the cave and found himself trapped by Kirito’s Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Kirito explained that he had developed the Flying Thunder God Formation and taunted the Third Raikage to use Hell Stab: Consistent Hand against the barrier.
• The Third Raikage’s Hell Stab pierced Kirito’s head, but Kirito had used a sand clone.

Kirito used a Black Rod-enhanced puppet to capture the Third Raikage and seal his Chakra, while his true body stayed behind at the Konoha camp. Madara Uchiha learned that Kirito was in the Land of Rain and that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was in the Forest of Death, but hesitated to attack Konoha because he suspected Kirito had anticipated his moves.

• Kirito wore down the Third Raikage with Sand Clones and urged him to surrender, warning that Madara Uchiha would use the war to strengthen his Undead Army.
• The Third Raikage rejected surrender and tried to break Kirito's underground Sealing Formation, but Kirito's puppet caught him, sealed his Chakra with a Chakra Chain, and placed him under Genjutsu.
• Kirito revealed that the fighter was a flesh-and-blood puppet controlled remotely by his true body, which had remained beneath the Konoha camp to protect Tsunade.
• Black Zetsu reported that White Zetsu had destroyed most Konoha supplies but could not reach Tsunade, and told Madara Uchiha that Kirito had gone to the Land of Rain.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was in the Forest of Death, but Madara held back from attacking Konoha because he suspected Kirito had planned for him.

Madara Uchiha chose to secure Kirito Tonsaka’s Rinnegan by taking control of the people he cared about, while Iwagakure’s invasion of the Land of Rain turned into a fierce battle. After Ōnoki killed the White Zetsu Clone he identified as Hattori Masanari, he discovered that Konoha shinobi had bound Han and begun draining his Chakra.

• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu headed toward Konoha’s Forest of Death to investigate.
• At the border, Roshi challenged Ōnoki’s decision to wait, and their argument pushed Roshi toward losing control until Kitsuchi intervened.
• A White Zetsu Clone attacked Ōnoki from afar, prompting Ōnoki to order Iwagakure’s more than ten thousand shinobi to invade the Land of Rain.
• Konoha and Amegakure forces used traps and ambushes to inflict heavy casualties, while rain and Water Style attacks suppressed Roshi.
• Ōnoki evaded the White Zetsu Clone’s attacks, identified him as Hattori Masanari, and killed him with Dust Release.
• Three Konoha shinobi bound Han with Chakra Chains as a white tail wrapped around him and began absorbing his Chakra.

Kirito Tonsaka battled Ōnoki while his White Zetsu Clone and three Konoha ninja drained the Five-Tails’ Chakra from Han. As Kokuō prepared to die rather than be taken over, Han detonated the Exploding Tags hidden on his body, and a voice sounded in Kirito’s mind back at the Konoha camp.

• Kirito arrived by Flying Thunder God, stopped Ōnoki from interfering with the capture of Han, and revealed that a White Zetsu Clone was stealing the Five-Tails’ Chakra.
• Kirito wounded Ōnoki and used Lightning Release: Thunder Cloud to strike Iwagakure ninja, but Ōnoki’s Dust Release destroyed the thundercloud.
• Kirito told Ōnoki that the Third Raikage was alive in Konoha, shaking Ōnoki’s confidence in his alliance with Madara Uchiha.
• The White Zetsu Clone and three Konoha ninja continued draining Kokuō while Adamantine Sealing Chains restrained Han, and a traitorous Five-Tails clone taunted Kokuō.
• Han awakened and urged Kokuō to trigger the Exploding Tags on his body, and Kokuō set them off as a voice sounded in Kirito’s mind at the Konoha camp.

The White Zetsu Clone secured the Five-Tails’ Chakra and subdued its rebellious split soul, while Kirito fought Ōnoki and learned that Iwagakure might ally with Madara Uchiha. The chapter ended with Kirito demanding that half of Ōnoki’s forces remain behind.

• The White Zetsu Clone saved three Konoha ninja from Han’s self-destruction and withdrew the Five-Tails’ Chakra.
• The White Zetsu Clone bound the traitorous Five-Tails with Sage Art: Adamantine Sealing Chains and threatened to replace it with a new soul if it disobeyed.
• The White Zetsu Clone learned that the traitorous Five-Tails feared Madara Uchiha’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails, and it agreed to cooperate.
• Kirito kept Ōnoki under pressure as the Third Tsuchikage admitted Iwagakure had lost the battle and asked to stop fighting.
• Ōnoki threatened to have Iwagakure’s remaining forces join Madara Uchiha against Konoha, and Kirito demanded that half his men stay behind.

Kirito forced Ōnoki to accept a retreat while the White Zetsu Clone and allied forces slaughtered the invading Iwa Ninja. On the eastern battlefield, Blue B lost control to the Eight-Tails, which descended and prepared to kill the captured Third Raikage.

• Kirito refused to spare the Iwa Ninja unless Ōnoki accepted his terms, and the White Zetsu Clone joined him in demanding their deaths.
• Ōnoki signaled the Iwa Ninja to retreat, but the White Zetsu Clone used a Rock Golem to hunt them while Kirito prevented Ōnoki from intervening.
• Konoha gained the advantage over Kumogakure after its forces displayed the captured Third Raikage, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya blocked the Fourth Raikage from reaching him.
• Blue B broke free of the Konoha Jonin restraining him, killed them, and struggled against the Eight-Tails' attempt to take control.
• The Eight-Tails emerged from Blue B, attacked both armies, and began charging a Tailed Beast Ball at the Third Raikage.

The Fourth Raikage failed to save the Third Raikage when Minato Namikaze teleported him away from the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball, and Karui persuaded the Fourth Raikage to retreat. Orochimaru and Jiraiya defeated the Eight-Tails, ending the battle, but Jiraiya’s warning about Orochimaru’s Sage Art left them at odds.

• The Fourth Raikage charged the Eight-Tails, but Minato Namikaze rescued the Third Raikage just before the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball struck.
• Karui convinced the Fourth Raikage to retreat by arguing that Kumogakure could not afford to lose him and might still negotiate for the Third Raikage and Blue B.
• The Eight-Tails attacked Konoha’s forces with ink and its tentacles, but Jiraiya and Orochimaru combined their powers to burn it down and leave Blue B’s body behind.
• Sage Shima warned Orochimaru that using his special Sage Mode could make him the White Snake Sage’s puppet, then returned to Mount Myōboku with the other toads.
• Jiraiya cautioned Orochimaru about the danger of his Sage Art, and Orochimaru angrily dismissed his concern and criticized Jiraiya’s Sage Mode.

Jiraiya worried that Orochimaru had become increasingly inhuman, while the toad sages debated whether Kirito Tonsaka was the prophesied Golden Sage and what his rise meant for Mount Myōboku. Meanwhile, Gyuki tried to escape to the sea but was intercepted by Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, before a violet flash struck Blue B.

• Jiraiya warned Orochimaru that he had changed and suggested seeking Kirito Tonsaka's help, but Orochimaru dismissed him and vanished.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima discussed the Great Toad Sage's prophecy and concluded that Kirito Tonsaka might be the Golden Sage, whose human Sage Art could weaken Mount Myōboku's influence.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima decided to consult the Great Toad Sage about the uncertain Child of Prophecy and Kirito Tonsaka's growing power.
• Gyuki, controlling Blue B, swam downriver toward the sea after its clone fooled the Konoha ninja.
• Hashirama Senju trapped Gyuki with Wood Style, and Tobirama Senju cut off Blue B's legs as Gyuki tried to flee.
• As Tobirama Senju prepared a sealing jutsu, a violet flash fell from the sky and pierced Blue B's head.

Kirito Tonsaka killed Blue B and thwarted Madara Uchiha’s attempt to capture the Eight-Tails, then returned to Konoha as Madara and Black Zetsu secretly infiltrated the village. Madara captured the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, in his office.

• Kirito Tonsaka killed Blue B and the Eight-Tails, then drove off Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Sage Art: Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu abandoned their failed capture attempt and decided to retrieve the Rinnegan in Konoha, while Kirito returned to the Land of Rain camp to protect Tsunade.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu disguised themselves as Sarutobi Clan ninja and entered Konoha after the gate guards verified their identities.
• Madara Uchiha watched over Konoha from Hokage Rock, then entered the Hokage's Office Building and approached Hiruzen Sarutobi under the guise of Sarutobi Ryosuke.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Madara Uchiha too late, and Madara captured him with Susanoo and revealed his identity.

Madara Uchiha captured the Third Hokage and demanded that Kirito Tonsaka negotiate with him, plunging Konoha into panic. Momoka secured support for Tsunade to become acting Hokage, while the Uchiha Clan’s factions argued over how to respond and Fugaku Uchiha sought a way to contact Kirito.

• Madara Uchiha escaped Konoha’s attacks with the Third Hokage and vanished in his Complete Body Susanoo after demanding that Kirito Tonsaka meet him alone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads asked Momoka Senju to have Kirito rescue the Third Hokage, and she proposed electing Tsunade as acting Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the three clan heads agreed to support Tsunade, while Momoka wondered why Madara had captured the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha jonin gathered at Naka Shrine and argued over whether to resist Konoha, but the meeting ended without a decision.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Mikoto Uchiha that he wanted to contact Kirito through Yakushi Nonō.

Mikoto revealed to Fugaku that she served Kirito and urged him to help reform the Uchiha Clan and integrate it into Konoha. At Konoha’s Rain Country camp, Tsunade told Kirito that Madara Uchiha had captured the Third Hokage and pleaded with him to rescue their former mentor.

• Mikoto told Fugaku she had been Kirito’s informant within the Uchiha Clan and that Kirito hoped to bring the clan fully into Konoha.
• Mikoto explained Kirito’s plans to curb the Uchiha radicals and reduce village hostility, and Fugaku agreed to meet Kirito and support the effort.
• Mikoto warned Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan risked disaster if it missed its chance to change its standing in Konoha.
• A Konoha messenger brought Tsunade news that Madara Uchiha had captured the Third Hokage, and Tsunade summoned Kirito.
• Kirito read the report without concern, while Tsunade pleaded with him to do everything he could to save the Third Hokage.

Kirito agreed to rescue the Third Hokage for Tsunade, then returned to Konoha to prepare for his next confrontation with Madara Uchiha. After transplanting a Byakugan and weighing his Enhancement Point options, he upgraded the Spirit Transformation Technique to counter Edo Tensei Puppets.

• Tsunade asked Kirito to save the Third Hokage, and Kirito agreed despite the danger while promising to make every effort.
• Tsunade asked Kirito for a Sage Cursed Seal to improve her aptitude for learning the Slug's Sage Arts, and Kirito gave her one before leaving camp.
• Kirito sensed a faint Soul Signature belonging to the Third Hokage, followed it back toward Konoha, and returned to his laboratory beneath the orphanage.
• Kirito transplanted Tenjin Hyuga's ordinary Byakugan, used Sage Chakra to overcome its rejection, and chose not to implant the Byakugan evolving toward the Tenseigan.
• Kirito rejected enhancing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and spent one Enhancement Point to advance the Spirit Transformation Technique, preparing to target Madara Uchiha's Edo Tensei Puppets.

After the Spirit Transformation Technique reached Level 4, Kirito created a second Soul Clone and considered using a Madara Uchiha Clone to wield the Rinnegan, but decided to preserve its rare potential. Seeking a way to defeat Madara Uchiha, he raised Earth Style to Level 5 and emerged with a deeper command of its power.

• Kirito's newly evolved Soul Tentacles stabilized his second Soul Clone, who then took over the surviving Madara Uchiha Clone.
• The Soul Clone urged Kirito to install a Rinnegan, but Kirito changed his mind to preserve the clone's Power of All Things and possible future potential.
• Kirito weighed Madara Uchiha's formidable abilities and concluded that Wood Release could provide a path to victory.
• Kirito spent three Enhancement Points to raise Earth Style to Level 5 and experienced a vision of becoming one with the earth.
• Kirito emerged from the stone shell, demonstrated his enhanced Earth Style by sinking into the ground, and appeared in the forest outside the Orphanage.

Kirito developed his own Wood Release by fusing Earth Style, Water Style, and Yang Release Chakra, then awakened its power as it transformed his body and caused nearby plants to grow wildly. Madara Uchiha sensed the unfamiliar Wood Release, and Kirito headed toward the Valley of the End to meet him.

• Kirito tested Ground Shrinking, then left Konoha to experiment with fusing Earth Style and Water Style Chakra.
• After thousands of failed attempts, Kirito suspected Wood Release required Yang Release Chakra and began combining all three chakra types.
• Kirito successfully created stable Wood Release Chakra after 10,350 failures and allowed the Kekkei Tōta to develop within his body.
• Kirito's Wood Release altered his genes, filled him with vitality, and caused plants in a hundred-meter radius to grow into enormous trees.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu sensed Kirito's distinct Wood Release, and Madara recognized that it differed from Hashirama Senju's.
• Kirito rode a growing branch toward the Valley of the End, where Madara Uchiha was waiting.

Kirito confronted Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End to negotiate for the Third Hokage and Hatake Sakumo in exchange for a Rinnegan, but the talks collapsed and they began fighting. Kirito damaged the eye to force Madara to yield, then appeared to be killed by Tobirama Senju’s attack—while secretly disabling Tobirama’s Impure World Reincarnation control from far below.

• Kirito arrived at the Valley of the End and found the unconscious but living Third Hokage in Madara Uchiha’s possession, while Hatake Sakumo was barely being kept alive by a White Zetsu.
• Madara tried to activate a hidden seal in the Rinnegan Kirito offered, but Kirito revealed that his Sealing Jutsu had blocked it and demanded that the hostages be handed over before he returned the eye.
• When Madara refused to exchange the hostages first, Kirito began crushing the Rinnegan, forcing Madara to accept his terms after the eye cracked.
• Madara hurled the Third Hokage toward Kirito and attacked with Tobirama Senju and a Black Fire Dragon, while Kirito diverted Tobirama’s water attack and caught the Hokage with a Chakra Thread.
• Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike Kirito’s head at close range, but a blue tentacle emerging from Kirito’s back tore Tobirama’s soul from his Edo Tensei body and broke Madara’s control.
• Far beneath the Valley of the End, Kirito sat in a chair made of Black Rods and smugly thought that he would deal with one opponent first.

Kirito rescued the Third Hokage and negotiated with Madara Uchiha to trade one Rinnegan for Hatake Sakumo's release and a temporary truce. Madara Uchiha rejected Kirito's three-year demand but, encouraged by Black Zetsu, offered to stay away from Konoha for one year.

• Kirito revealed that he had used a flesh puppet to deceive Madara Uchiha, freed Tobirama Senju from the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and escaped with the Third Hokage.
• Kirito sealed the Ninjutsu Madara Uchiha had hidden inside the Third Hokage, then returned to the battlefield to negotiate for Hatake Sakumo.
• Kirito threatened to destroy the Rinnegan with a Rasenshuriken and offered to exchange one eye for Hatake Sakumo's release and three years without an attack on Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha countered by demanding both Rinnegan or offering at most one year, while Black Zetsu urged him to accept one eye and continue growing stronger.
• Madara Uchiha regained his confidence and reluctantly offered a one-year truce.

Kirito forced Madara Uchiha to sign a two-year nonaggression contract before exchanging the Rinnegan for Hatake Sakumo, then concealed his teacher Mito Uzumaki’s remains to prevent Madara from exploiting them. Back at Konoha’s camp, Kirito reunited with Tsunade and revealed that Hatake Sakumo was inside a strange White Zetsu creature, though his condition was serious.

• Kirito threatened to damage the Rinnegan until Madara Uchiha agreed to wait two years, then made him sign a cursed sealing contract before returning the eye in exchange for Hatake Sakumo.
• Kirito escaped with Hatake Sakumo and secretly placed eighteen layers of seals in the Rinnegan, while Madara Uchiha discovered the seals and raged at his escape.
• Kirito destroyed Lake Heart Island and burned the remains in the Senju Clan Cemetery to prevent Madara Uchiha from using Mito Uzumaki and other Senju for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara Uchiha reached the cemetery too late, cleaved open its valley with Susanoo, and vowed to break Kirito’s seals on the Rinnegan.
• Kirito returned to the Land of Rain camp with Hatake Sakumo and the Third Hokage, and Tsunade embraced him in relief before asking about the White Zetsu creature.
• Kirito told Tsunade that Hatake Sakumo was inside the creature and that it was keeping the severely injured man alive.