Recaps

Kazan confronted the leaders over forming the Allied Shinobi Forces and explained that they would face the White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation armies while he fought Madara Uchiha. When the Fourth Raikage challenged him, Kazan attacked and overwhelmed him, leaving the summit on hold as Hikari restrained the Cloud Shinobi guards.

• Kazan reminded Ōnoki that the Rock Shinobi had lost their Four-Tails and Five-Tails and had asked Konoha for help, then called for the villages to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• The Fourth Raikage objected and said he could not trust Konoha, so Kazan told the leaders that only he could fight Madara Uchiha and assigned them to face the White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation armies.
• The Fourth Raikage's guards moved to intervene, but Kazan told Hikari and Itachi to stand down before challenging the Raikage's claims.
• Kazan flashed across the room, kicked the Fourth Raikage through a wall, and pursued him outside.
• Hikari used Yachihoko to drain Darui and Cee's chakra, warning the other leaders not to act as Kazan struck down the Fourth Raikage.
• Kazan broke through the Fourth Raikage's Lightning Armor and stomped him into the ground, telling him he lacked the composure of the Third Raikage.

Kazan forced the Five Kage to set aside their disputes and unanimously establish the Allied Shinobi Forces. Madara contacted the summit through the reincarnated First Tsuchikage, Ishikawa, and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War after Kazan refused to join him.

• Kazan returned the Fourth Raikage to his seat and resumed the talks as Rasa and Ōnoki argued over black-market missions and village military spending.
• Rasa and Ōnoki prepared to fight, but Kazan suppressed them and explained that the alliance was for the entire Shinobi World.
• All five Kage raised their hands in unanimous approval to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• White Zetsu appeared in the conference room, and Hikari pinned him with an arrow formed from her Dōjutsu Power.
• Madara used the reincarnated Ishikawa to speak to Kazan and demanded that he hand over the Nine-Tails and join his plan.
• Kazan refused Madara's proposal and said he intended to kill him, prompting Madara to declare the Fourth Shinobi World War.

The Fourth Shinobi World War began as Kazan and the allied forces prepared to face Madara, while Kazan revealed the truth behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi and the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The chapter ended with Tobirama concluding that Madara would not listen to anyone, even if they tried to warn him that his plan was doomed.

• Tobirama Senju trapped the First Tsuchikage in a water prison, and Kazan sealed him with the Heavenly Ten Fists.
• Madara ordered Black and White Zetsu and Kabuto Yakushi to prepare for the final war after reaching the Sage of Six Paths' level of power.
• Kazan took command of the allied forces and told the other Kage to return to their villages and prepare for war.
• Kazan explained that White Zetsu were ancient humans transformed by the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revealed the Ten-Tails' connection to Earth and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kazan revealed that the Sage of Six Paths was an Ōtsutsuki and that the Eye of the Moon Plan would release Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Hiashi confirmed the moon clan's role in guarding Kaguya's seal, and Tobirama concluded that Madara would refuse to believe the truth.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages mobilized for the Fourth Shinobi World War while Kazan kept Sasuke, Naruto, and the other young ninja in Konoha. Kazan led Konoha’s forces toward the battlefield as Madara learned of the allied army’s departure and declared the war had begun.

• Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Kazan agreed to hide White Zetsu’s origins and arranged for the daimyō to relocate under ninja escort.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages assembled an Allied Shinobi Forces army of one hundred thousand, while Kazan refused Sasuke and Naruto’s requests to join the fighting.
• Guy said goodbye to Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten, urging his students to remain strong as he prepared to leave for war.
• Kazan ordered Konoha’s gathered forces to move out, and Sasuke stayed behind with his mother as Itachi had asked him to protect her.
• The allied forces departed together, and Madara Uchiha received word of their movement before declaring, “Let it begin!”

The Allied Shinobi Forces appointed combat-unit commanders and prepared to attack Madara Uchiha’s lair, while Kazan remained focused on fighting Madara. Hashirama Senju’s heartfelt appeal to protect children ended the troops’ infighting and sent the hundred thousand ninja marching together.

• Shikaku Nara outlined the enemy’s numbers and tactics, and the alliance appointed Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Fourth Raikage, Mifune, and Mei Terumi to lead its five combat units.
• Kurenai told Kazan that disputes had broken out over the alliance’s new forehead protectors, and Hikari worried that ordinary ninja could not set aside old village hatred.
• The assembled troops fell into disorder when Sand Shinobi and Rock Shinobi stirred conflict over their leaders’ assignments.
• Hashirama Senju asked the ninja to unite for children’s sake, explaining that he had founded Konoha hoping children could have happy childhoods.
• Hashirama Senju charged toward Madara Uchiha’s lair, and the other commanders and one hundred thousand ninja followed.

The Allied Shinobi Forces began fighting Madara Uchiha’s army, while several former village Kage revived through Impure World Reincarnation appeared on the battlefield. The chapter left the Fourth Raikage battling his resurrected father as Ōnoki and Rasa headed to the Third Unit.

• Inoichi Yamanaka told Kazan that the Allied Shinobi Forces had encountered the enemy, but no unit had found Madara Uchiha.
• The Third Unit identified the Third Raikage, Gengetsu Hozuki, Mu, and the Second Kazekage among the approaching enemy forces.
• Darui notified command, and Ōnoki and Rasa flew toward the Third Unit after learning that their former Kage had appeared.
• Kabuto Yakushi forced the Fourth Raikage and the Third Raikage to fight, and the two exchanged powerful blows as they argued about the war.
• Mu used Dust Release to kill dozens of Allied Shinobi Forces members, while Gengetsu Hozuki used a giant clam and mist to launch attacks.

The reanimated Kage battled the Allied Shinobi Forces as the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Rasa confronted their predecessors. The battles continued, with Hozuki Gengetsu wondering who led the Mist Ninja.

• The Third Raikage overpowered the Fourth Raikage, while the Allied Shinobi Forces recalled Kazan’s past battle against the Third and how Armament Haki had damaged him internally.
• The Third Raikage pierced the Fourth Raikage’s armor, but the Fourth refused to back down and kept fighting.
• The Second Tsuchikage and Second Mizukage slaughtered Allied Shinobi Forces before Ōnoki arrived and faced his former teacher, Mu.
• Kabuto Yakushi forced Mu and Ōnoki to fight, and the two Tsuchikage exchanged Dust Release attacks in midair.
• Rasa arrived and countered the Second Kazekage’s sandstorm with Gold Dust Wave, then told him the Sand Shinobi fought as part of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hozuki Gengetsu wondered who the current Mizukage was and assumed the Mist Ninja’s leader must be stronger than the other villages’ Kage.

Jiraiya fought and defeated the reincarnated Dan Katō while Mei Terumi's forces battled the White Zetsu army. Elsewhere, Hashirama Senju overwhelmed the gathered Jinchūriki, forcing Kabuto Yakushi to recognize that his forces could not stop him.

• Hozuki Gengetsu demanded to face the Fifth Mizukage, but learned Mei Terumi was leading another force and remained locked in battle against the shinobi army.
• Mei Terumi's force encountered an army of White Zetsu, including the reincarnated Kakuzu and Dan Katō.
• Jiraiya fought Dan Katō, defeated him with combined Fire Release and toad oil, and let the shinobi seal him.
• The White Zetsu army and Mei Terumi's forces suffered heavy losses as both sides struggled to break the stalemate.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to send several of the eight gathered Jinchūriki flying, and Kabuto Yakushi concluded that they could not defeat him.

Hashirama Senju overwhelmed the Jinchūriki forces while Hanzo of the Salamander slaughtered Allied Shinobi Forces with poison. Mifune confronted Hanzo and, after cutting off his arm, vowed to stop him without Kazan’s help.

• Hashirama Senju blocked the Jinchūriki’s Tailed Beast Bomb with three Rashomon gates, then used a Wooden Golem and Wood Dragon to beat back several of them.
• Hanzo of the Salamander spread Poison Mist across the battlefield and killed many ninjas as the Allied forces retreated.
• Mifune confronted Hanzo, who questioned why the samurai had allied with ninjas, and Mifune declared that he fought for peace.
• Mifune cut off Hanzo’s arm with an Iai Slash, but Hanzo regenerated because he was an Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hanzo resumed attacking with Ninjutsu, while Mifune insisted he could stop him without Kazan or the Hokage’s intervention.

Mifune defeated Hanzō and confronted him with the conviction he had abandoned, prompting Hanzō to accept his failure and help bring about his own sealing. News of Hanzō’s defeat reached the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Kazan considered ending the chaotic era after the war.

• Mifune overwhelmed Hanzō with his swordsmanship and recalled how Hanzō had spared him decades earlier because of his conviction.
• Mifune landed his One-Sword Style: Iai strike, severing Hanzō’s scythe and shattering his mask as he declared that Hanzō had already died by abandoning his wish for peace.
• Hanzō recognized that he had strayed from his purpose, opened his poison sac, and asked Mifune to carry his conviction forward.
• Kabuto Yakushi tried to take direct control of Hanzō, but the poison mist had already paralyzed him, and Mifune ordered Hanzō sealed.
• Shikaku Nara received news of Hanzō’s defeat and ordered it sent to the frontline troops, while Kazan considered ending the era of chaos after the war.

Tobirama Senju defeated and sealed Nagato after learning Konan was safe, while Madara Uchiha transformed the Ten-Tails into the God Tree and unleashed it on the Allied Shinobi Forces. Hashirama tried to expose the truth behind the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Madara rejected his warning and prepared to carry out his plan.

• Tobirama Senju analyzed Nagato's Rinnegan abilities, learned Konan was safe, then beheaded and sealed him.
• Konan sensed Nagato's fate from beside Jiraiya and looked toward the Second Unit.
• Madara Uchiha decided to act before the Allied Shinobi Forces could surround him and transformed the Ten-Tails into the God Tree.
• The God Tree's roots drained chakra from the Allied Shinobi Forces, causing heavy casualties as Hashirama struggled to protect them.
• Hashirama told Madara Uchiha that Black Zetsu had deceived him and urged him to visit the moon, but Madara refused to believe him and declared his intention to end the curse.

Madara Uchiha unleashed the God Tree to drain chakra from the Allied Shinobi Forces and prepared to complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The four Hokage confronted him, and after Hashirama Senju’s attack failed, Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze struck together, ending with Minato’s senjutsu-powered Rasengan hitting Madara.

• Madara Uchiha sent the God Tree’s roots and vines across the battlefield to drain chakra from every living creature.
• Tobirama Senju left the front lines and traveled to the Mountain Graveyard, while Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the other Hokage there.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju realized Madara had obtained Nine-Tails chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Thousand-Armed Kannon and attacked Madara, but Madara destroyed its arms with Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Mutual Instantaneous Whirling Technique to place Madara in front of Minato’s senjutsu-powered Big Ball Rasengan, which struck him.

Kazan used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to reach the battlefield, where Madara Uchiha was overpowering the Hokage and Allied Shinobi Forces. Kazan struck Madara with Galaxy Impact, leaving their clash amid the devastation of the Mountain Graveyard.

• Kazan dismissed Mabui's warning and used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to rush toward Madara Uchiha.
• Madara's invisible attacks gravely wounded Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, the Fourth Hokage, and the Third Hokage, while Tobirama realized his Impure World Reincarnation body could no longer heal.
• Kazan arrived, blasted White Zetsu apart with a lightning strike, and taunted Madara.
• Kazan unleashed Galaxy Impact, and Madara formed a shield from the Truth-Seeking Orbs to meet the devastating punch.
• The collision tore through the Mountain Graveyard and sent people across the battlefield flying.

Kazan and Madara Uchiha began their decisive Six Paths battle as the God Tree’s flower bud started a fifteen-minute countdown to the Eye of the Moon. Kazan injured Madara, but Madara countered with Limbo clones as the fight continued.

• Madara Uchiha revealed that the God Tree’s flower would bloom in about fifteen minutes, setting a countdown to the world’s end.
• Kazan and Madara Uchiha clashed with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs each while Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze tried to assist.
• Madara Uchiha used Light Fang against Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze, but both escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Kazan struck Madara Uchiha with a haki-wreathed kick, making him cough up blood.
• Madara Uchiha summoned four Limbo clones, and Kazan sent four haki-shaped beasts, including a nine-tailed fox, to attack them.

Kazan and Madara Uchiha fought at the Six Paths level, with Madara’s regenerative power and newly enhanced strength allowing him to withstand Kazan’s blows and knock him into a mountain. Kazan then unleashed the Eight Gates Released Formation, revealing an overwhelming Ghost God form as the battle continued.

• Kazan smashed Madara Uchiha’s Six Paths Staff and struck his face, but Madara quickly regenerated and resumed the fight.
• Madara Uchiha boasted that the final victor would win, while Kazan taunted him about having hunted him for five days and five nights.
• Madara Uchiha countered Kazan’s Haki beasts with Yin Release Lightning Dispatch, then used his shadow clones to send Kazan crashing into a mountain range.
• Kazan emerged from the shattered mountain and opened all Eight Gates, releasing his full potential and an oppressive Ghost God aura.

Kazan opened all Eight Gates and relentlessly battered Madara Uchiha with his overwhelming power and techniques. Madara identified Kazan’s temporary power boost and warned that it could not last, leaving the battlefield fearing Kazan would weaken before he could finish the fight.

• Kazan tore off his Justice Cloak, charged through the lightning, and shattered Madara’s shadow clones and body with a powerful punch.
• Kazan continued striking Madara with sweeping attacks as lightning battered him and destroyed his Six Paths Staff.
• Madara recovered and counterattacked, but Kazan dodged his purple beam and endured attacks from Madara’s invisible clones.
• Kazan used the Spirit Transformation Technique and the Akimichi Clan’s Multi-Size Technique to send Madara crashing into the ground.
• Madara recognized that Kazan had opened all Eight Gates and warned that the boost would not last, alarming the watching ninjas.

Kazan and Madara Uchiha fought fiercely while the Senju brothers and Minato Namikaze discussed how long Kazan could sustain the Eight Gates Released Formation. After learning Kazan could maintain it for half a year, they went to cut down the God Tree, while Madara Uchiha prepared White Zetsu to deal with them.

• Kazan shattered Madara Uchiha’s lightning and struck aside his Limbo clones, pinning one with a Truth-Seeking Orb sword.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Kazan with his Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Kazan broke through his defenses and repeatedly drove him back.
• Tobirama Senju asked Minato Namikaze how long Kazan could keep fighting, and Minato explained Kazan had once sustained the Eight Gates for half a year.
• Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze went to cut down the God Tree, while Madara Uchiha mistook their move for a desperate last attempt.
• Kazan continued bombarding Madara Uchiha, who summoned White Zetsu to fetch sacrifices so he could keep his attention on the fight.

Madara Uchiha reincarnated Jing Uchiha to fight Konoha's four Hokage, but Kazan's Haki stopped Jing from completing his strongest attack. Hikari joined the battle and challenged Jing, who wondered whether he might have chosen a different path if the past had unfolded differently.

• Madara Uchiha used Jing Uchiha's Sharingan and a sacrifice to reincarnate Jing with Impure World Reincarnation, then ordered him to help the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Jing Uchiha fought Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju, absorbing Hiruzen's ninjutsu and enduring Tobirama's attack.
• Jing Uchiha began using Storm Release: Gale Ghost Dragon, but Kazan's Haki tore through the clouds and dispersed the gathering lightning.
• Hashirama Senju summoned another Wooden Golem as Hikari arrived in her Susanoo and attacked Jing Uchiha with her blade and Enhanced Tsukuyomi.
• Jing Uchiha asked Hikari why she had betrayed them, and she said she would face the future alongside Kazan rather than escape into a dream.
• Jing Uchiha reflected that he might have followed Kazan if the past had been different, but his reincarnated body left him with no choice but to fight.

Kazan continued to overwhelm Madara Uchiha in battle while keeping all Eight Gates open without losing control of his chakra. He declared that Madara’s belief in his own invincibility was his limit, leaving the Konoha forces emboldened and Madara shaken.

• Kazan pinned Madara’s Six Paths clones and repeatedly battered him with Haki-enhanced fists and Truth-Seeking Orb weapons.
• Black Zetsu and Madara wondered how Kazan could sustain the Eight Gates state, while the Allied Forces discussed how long it should last.
• Kazan told Madara that waiting for him to weaken revealed Madara’s limit, and the Konoha ninja celebrated the possibility that Kazan could maintain his power.
• Madara rose into the air and attacked with Light Fang, but Kazan dodged and pinned his remaining Six Paths clones, sealing Limbo: Border Jail.
• Kazan condemned Madara’s belief that reaching the Sage of Six Paths’ level made him invincible and claimed he could surpass Hagoromo Otsutsuki, shaking Madara and inspiring the Konoha ninja.

Kazan overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in their battle, shattering Amenonuhoko with a punch and defeating Madara's conviction. He seized Madara and carried him above the clouds, leaving Madara stunned and lost.

• Kazan shattered Madara Uchiha's attack with his Haki and drove him backward with a relentless assault.
• Madara Uchiha abandoned his plan to outlast Kazan and counterattacked with Amenonuhoko, the Sword of Creation.
• Kazan met Amenonuhoko with his fist and shattered it, while Hikari and Jing Uchiha recognized that Kazan had won their clash of convictions.
• Kazan seized Madara Uchiha by the head, carried him above the clouds, and told him that despair had made him give up.
• Kazan shouted "Undersea Drop!" beside Madara Uchiha.

Kazan defeated Madara Uchiha, but Black Zetsu betrayed Madara and used him to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi. As chakra gathered into Madara, Kaguya Otsutsuki was revived, and Kazan prepared to face her.

• Kazan hurled Madara Uchiha into the ground, shattering the battlefield and breaking Madara's Amenonuhoko.
• Madara realized his will had faltered, and Black Zetsu seized the moment to stab him and reveal that his consciousness belonged to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu forced Madara to awaken the Rinnegan on his forehead and activate Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping people across the battlefields beneath the blood-red moon.
• Hikari used her Susanoo to shield Konoha's Hokage while chakra from the victims of Infinite Tsukuyomi flowed into Madara.
• Kazan blocked the moonlight with Conqueror's Haki and let Black Zetsu's plan proceed so he could fight Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Madara was consumed and replaced by Kaguya Otsutsuki, who returned to life after a thousand years.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected and confronted Kazan, who mocked her and recognized her secret past as a sacrifice. She pulled him into her Amenominaka, where he faced her in a lava-filled dimension as the others sought a way to help.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki observed the world after her resurrection while the God Tree absorbed chakra from people caught in Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kazan challenged Kaguya and called her a sacrifice, unsettling her by revealing that he knew about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Kaguya stopped Infinite Tsukuyomi’s light and transported herself and Kazan into another dimension through Amenominaka.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared as a soul and told Hikari that only Kaguya could freely travel through Amenominaka, though he could help summon people back.
• In the lava-filled dimension, Kaguya attacked Kazan with Rabbit Hair Needle, but his Haki melted the needles before they could reach him.

Kazan fought Kaguya Otsutsuki in the Six Paths Domain, enduring her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and injuring her with a powerful Haki-enhanced assault. After Kaguya healed by merging with the environment and launched another barrage, Kazan blocked it and countered with a sword slash aimed at her.

• Kaguya unleashed the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and its barrage knocked Kazan into a magma wall without seriously injuring him.
• Kazan clashed with Kaguya again, broke through her attack with over a thousand punches, and struck her abdomen hard enough to grievously injure her.
• Kaguya healed by merging with the environment and attacked Kazan with fire dragons, but he smashed them apart with his golden tails.
• Kazan kicked Kaguya into the magma, mocked her, and blocked her next Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield.
• Kazan transformed the Truth-Seeking Orb into a greatsword and unleashed Getsuga Tenshō at Kaguya.

Kazan overwhelmed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya in her lava dimension, intent on killing her rather than sealing her, but she escaped through a spatial portal. After returning to the real world, Kazan tore open space and went back to pursue her, leaving the Sage of Six Paths and the others stunned.

• Kazan struck Ōtsutsuki Kaguya with Haki-enhanced attacks that overwhelmed her despite her healing and immortality.
• Kazan rejected the idea of sealing Kaguya and said he would kill her, then continued attacking as she used All-Killing Ash Bones and he cut through them.
• Black Zetsu urged Kaguya to escape, and she opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal and fled to another space.
• Kazan returned to the real world, where the Sage of Six Paths and the past Five Kage had summoned him, and told Hikari to wait.
• Kazan cleaved open space and returned to Kaguya’s lava world, while the Sage of Six Paths told the others they did not need to summon him again.

Kazan pursued Kaguya across dimensions and overwhelmed her with his growing Haki and strength. In a desert dimension, he prepared a serious sword attack combining Senjutsu Chakra with the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.

• Hagoromo wondered whether Kazan could truly kill Kaguya after witnessing him pursue her without hesitation.
• Kazan tracked Kaguya from the lava realm to a frozen dimension, where he shattered her attacks and crushed one of her All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Kazan wounded Kaguya severely with his Black Blade and Haki, while Black Zetsu realized his Haki was slowing her regeneration.
• Kaguya escaped to an endless desert dimension, but Kazan followed by forcibly splitting space, revealing how he traveled between dimensions.
• Kazan gathered his will into his sword and announced One Sword Style: Great Earthquake, combining sword pressure with Senjutsu Chakra and the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.