Chapter Summaries

Minato and the sages fought Orochimaru, whose Sage Mode made him extraordinarily difficult to kill. Minato ultimately restrained him with a Sage Art Sealing Talisman made by Kirito Tonsaka, leaving Orochimaru sealed and facing imprisonment.

• Orochimaru survived being cut in half by entering Sage Mode, and Sage Fukasaku warned Minato that ordinary attacks could not overcome his regeneration.
• Sage Fukasaku summoned Sage Shima, and the two sages attacked Orochimaru while he trapped Fukasaku with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Sage Shima pierced Orochimaru with her poisoned tongue, and Minato used the opening to strike him with a Large Ball Rasengan.
• Orochimaru used the White Surge Technique to immobilize Minato and the sages, then tried to bite Minato as a white snake and suppress his Chakra with venom.
• Minato’s Shadow Clones restrained Orochimaru with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Minato sealed him with a golden Sage Art Sealing Talisman made by Kirito Tonsaka.

Minato captured Orochimaru and returned him to Konoha, while Hiruko escaped Orochimaru’s ruined laboratory and tried to plan for the threat from Madara Uchiha. Kirito, controlling the Thunder God Puppet, ambushed Hiruko and sealed him after overpowering him.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the captured Orochimaru back to Konoha, while Black Zetsu decided not to rescue him.
• Hiruko escaped the laboratory using White Zetsu decoys and a Ninja Tool that fooled the Byakugan, then headed for his headquarters in the Land of Rice.
• Hiruko considered learning Izanagi and expanding his Kekkei Genkai abilities to survive Madara Uchiha’s coming war against the Shinobi World.
• The Thunder God Puppet ambushed Hiruko, broke through his Steel Release defenses, and pursued him with Susanoo.
• Kirito used the Thunder God Puppet and the Sevenfold Lamp Array to restrain Hiruko, then knocked him unconscious.

Madara Uchiha continued gathering Tailed Beasts and learned that the Five Kage Summit was still struggling to unite against him. After confirming that the Tailed Beast Clones were safe, he decided to begin his preparations as the Third Shinobi World War approached.

• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Six-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, opening its fifth eye, while his Rinnegan and Homura Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan continued to grow stronger.
• Black Zetsu reported that Kumogakure was leading a Five Kage Summit, where several villages planned to unite against Madara Uchiha but had not reached an agreement.
• Madara Uchiha welcomed the summit's delay and hoped to capture the gathered village leaders in one strike.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Orochimaru and Hiruko had been captured, but assured him that the One-Tail, Five-Tails, and Eight-Tails clones were mature and the Nine-Tails clone was nearly ready.
• Madara Uchiha ordered preparations to begin as the Third Shinobi World War approached.

The Five Kage argued over Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon technology and negotiated its disclosure in exchange for Tailed Beasts and payment. As the summit ended, Akasuna suddenly screamed and erupted with a terrifying surge of Chakra.

• Ōnoki demanded Kumogakure share its Chakra Cannon technology, but the Fourth Raikage refused and accused him of coveting it.
• The Fourth Raikage cast suspicion on Sunagakure, prompting Akasuna to defend his village, while Tsunade urged the leaders to unite against Madara Uchiha and promised Konoha would claim no Tailed Beasts.
• The Fourth Raikage offered Kumogakure’s technology in exchange for the Two-Tails and Six-Tails, and Ōnoki agreed to the Six-Tails on condition that Kumogakure disclose the technology and pay the other villages.
• As the leaders prepared to leave the summit, Akasuna screamed, released a terrifying surge of Chakra, and shone with dazzling light.

Madara Uchiha attacked the Five Kage Summit by forcing the Fourth Kazekage, Akasuna, to unleash a devastating self-destruction that killed the Land of Iron samurai and destroyed the venue. The surviving Kage confronted Madara’s Six Paths of Pain, and the Fourth Raikage ordered Kasan and Isaac to escape and report what had happened.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to save Tsunade and Karen as the Fourth Kazekage’s explosion consumed the summit venue and killed the remaining samurai.
• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Hanzō, Nagato, and Yahiko emerged from the crater alive, while Tsunade and Karen searched for survivors and the leaders failed to detect their enemy.
• Three Six Paths of Pain appeared, and Ōnoki recognized them as the Third Kazekage, the Third Mizukage, and the Fourth Mizukage, though their eyes revealed they were impostors.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Deva Path Pain but was repelled by Shinra Tensei and injured; he then ordered Kasan and Isaac to leave and report to Kumogakure.

Tsunade joined Ōnoki, Hanzō, and Nagato in fighting Madara’s Paths of Pain, revealing Sage Mode and Wood Release. After Madara’s attacks overwhelmed the Kage and the Fourth Mizukage targeted Nagato, a spatial black hole appeared before him.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kasan and Isaac to leave the battlefield, and Isaac departed after being punched and scolded.
• Tsunade released her Yin Seal, entered Sage Mode through Kirito’s Reinforcement Curse Mark, and used Wood Release against Madara’s Paths of Pain.
• Hanzō and Nagato supported Tsunade’s attack, but the Third Mizukage absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release, Hanzō’s Water Dragons, and Nagato’s Chakra Chains.
• Tsunade used Sage Art Water Severing Wave, but the Deva Path shattered it with a powerful Shinra Tensei that sent the Kage flying.
• The Third Mizukage broke through Nagato’s Susanoo, and the Fourth Mizukage reached for Nagato’s head just as a spatial black hole appeared before him.

Nagato’s Mangekyō technique sent Madara Uchiha’s Fourth Mizukage Pain through an unknown spatial gate, while the Allied fighters struggled to protect the Fourth Raikage from Madara’s attacks. Karen Hyuga’s long-range shot disrupted the Third Kazekage Pain, leaving Madara wary of an unseen sniper.

• Nagato used Mangekyō: Sky Guardian to trap the Fourth Mizukage Pain in a spatial gate, which then shattered, and Madara Uchiha confirmed he could not summon that Pain back.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Madara’s Deva Path Pain, but the Third Mizukage Pain seized him and began absorbing his Chakra.
• Tsunade and Hanzō defended the Fourth Raikage, while Ōnoki and Nagato attacked the Third Kazekage Pain to draw him away.
• The Third Kazekage Pain evaded their attacks and prepared to kill the Fourth Raikage with an Iron Sand War Fan.
• Karen Hyuga fired the Shinigami sniper rifle from a kilometer away and severed the Third Kazekage Pain’s hand, stopping his attack.
• Madara Uchiha realized an enemy had struck from beyond his detection range and grew concerned about the unseen long-range threat.

Madara Uchiha sent four Shadow Clones with Susanoo against the Kage, but Karen sniped all four with Kirito’s weapon. Deva Path Pain blocked her next shot and unleashed Planetary Devastation, leaving Nagato, Tsunade, and the others being pulled into the forming rock sphere.

• Madara Uchiha created four Shadow Clones, each of which manifested a fully armored Susanoo and attacked the Kage and Nagato.
• Karen shot down all four Susanoo-wielding Shadow Clones with her sniper rifle, raising the allied forces’ morale.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Karen’s bullets as a serious threat while continuing to fight Tsunade, Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Nagato.
• Deva Path Pain blocked Karen’s bullet with a Repulsion Force field, then used Planetary Devastation to draw the fighters and surrounding terrain toward a growing rock sphere.
• Nagato anchored his Susanoo Giant and used Adamantine Sealing Chains to hold the others, but the ground broke apart and they were dragged toward the sphere.

Pain overwhelmed Minato and Tsunade while Konoha fought a massive invasion by Edo Tensei Ninja and giant snakes. Pain revealed that Kirito could not come to their aid, leaving the village's defenders to depend on the battle outside Konoha.

• Karen fired at Deva Path Pain during Planetary Devastation, but the black sphere's pull deflected her bullets.
• Minato tried to rescue Tsunade, but Pain struck them with Shinra Tensei, captured Minato, and knocked Tsunade unconscious.
• Karen shot Pain's hand, allowing Minato to tear off his nearly severed arm, but Minato lacked the Chakra to escape.
• Pain told Minato that Kirito could not support them because Konoha was under attack.
• Madara's Edo Tensei Jonin and giant snake Summoned Beasts ravaged Konoha, while Chizuru and the Uchiha defended their clan grounds with Sealing Talismans.

Kirito and his puppets captured Madara Uchiha’s White Snake Sage, but the snake broke free with a new Sage Art and damaged the Thunder God Puppet and Grass God Puppet. As Kirito grew uneasy at Madara’s warning, a Five-Eyed Crimson Wood Golem emerged in the Land of Snow.

• The Thunder God Puppet and Grass God Puppet restrained the White Snake Sage with gravity, roots, and Chakra Chains as Kirito declared Konoha could handle the disaster.
• Madara Uchiha taunted Kirito and revealed his confidence in an Undead Army, while Kirito’s puppets tried to remove the black control rods from the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage used Sage Art: Shedding to break the seal’s hold, destroyed the Susanoo Giant’s head, and burned the Grass God Puppet’s Wood Golem and Wood Dragon.
• The Grass God Puppet and Thunder God Puppet counterattacked, and the Thunder God Puppet’s Chakra Slash nearly split the White Snake Sage’s head in half.
• Kirito heard Madara’s taunt through the puppets and felt uneasy as a Five-Eyed Crimson Wood Golem erupted from the snowy ground in the Land of Snow.

Madara Uchiha fed the remaining Tailed Beast Clones and the Gold and Silver Brothers to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, pushing it toward becoming the Ten-Tails. Kirito detected the transformation and left to respond, while Orochimaru and Hiruko remained imprisoned.

• Madara Uchiha summoned the One-Tail, Five-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails Clones, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path swallowed them, opening three more eyes but failing to fully open its ninth.
• Madara Uchiha summoned Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed their Nine-Tails Chakra, causing its ninth eye to open more than halfway as its body began transforming.
• Madara Uchiha focused on controlling the Pains and tried to delay his enemies while the Statue's growing Chakra fluctuations made the transformation increasingly difficult to conceal.
• The Thunder God Puppet and the Grass God Puppet shuddered during their fight with the White Snake Sage, while Kirito detected the distant Chakra fluctuations and used the Flying Thunder God Formation to leave.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko, bound and sealed in the underground laboratory, discussed the turning course of events and their captivity after Kirito departed.

Kirito arrived too late to save Karen Hyuga and Tsunade from Madara Uchiha’s attack, but destroyed the White Snake Sage and prepared to revive them. Meanwhile, Deva Path Pain brought Minato to the transformed Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which extracted the Yin Nine-Tails before a mysterious red light struck.

• Kirito used Sage Art and the Grass God Puppet to restrain the White Snake Sage, then pierced her with a Truth-Seeking Orb and destroyed her.
• Kirito alerted Konoha’s shinobi, then reached the Five Kage Summit and found Karen Hyuga and Tsunade dead.
• Kirito removed the Black Rods, placed Karen beside Tsunade, and sealed their bodies before flying toward the Land of Snow.
• Deva Path Pain brought the barely alive Minato to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which pulled the Yin Nine-Tails from him.
• The Yin Nine-Tails began to self-destruct, but a red light flashed through the Demonic Statue’s Rinnegan and the fox lost consciousness.

Kirito Tonsaka fought Madara Uchiha to stop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from becoming the Ten-Tails, but Black Zetsu hijacked the battle and briefly used Kirito's body to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kirito broke free, sealed Kaguya within his mind, and left Black Zetsu's resurrection plan thwarted.

• Kirito Tonsaka arrived as Minato lost the Yin Nine-Tails, reassured his dying friend, and fought Madara Uchiha while Madara tried to evolve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kirito, his White Zetsu Clone, and his Rinnegan Puppet repeatedly attacked the statue, but Madara used Izanagi to reverse the damage and kept Hashirama Senju and Deva Path Pain fighting Kirito.
• The White Zetsu Clone struck Madara with a Truth-Seeking Orb, but Madara survived by using Living Corpse Reincarnation; Kirito then revealed his Tenseigan-powered clone and Rinnegan Puppet.
• Kirito defeated Hashirama Senju and Deva Path Pain, destroyed the statue's progress toward evolution, and Madara Uchiha died after his Reaper Death Seal failed to capture Kirito's soul.
• Black Zetsu seized Kirito's body, installed both Rinnegan, and used Izanagi to restore the statue, allowing it to become the Ten-Tails and begin reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki through Kirito.
• Kirito raised his Yin Release with Enhancement Points, broke Black Zetsu's control, and sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki inside his mind with the Six Paths Yin-Yang Seal.