Chapter Summaries

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.

Kazan overpowered Kaguya Otsutsuki in the Primordial Space, forcing her into a Ten-Tails transformation as she absorbed chakra to survive. He continued battering her transformed body while the Sage of Six Paths recognized that she was drawing chakra from the people trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Kazan wounded Kaguya with his sword and Haki, then pursued her into the Primordial Space as she escaped through a rift.
• Kaguya absorbed chakra from the God Tree, but Kazan severed her right arm, pinned Black Zetsu with his sword, and tore off her remaining arm.
• The tailed beasts rampaged inside Kaguya, transforming her into the Ten-Tails, which attacked Kazan and sought the Nine-Tails within him.
• Kazan unleashed a storm of Haki-powered punches against the Ten-Tails, destabilizing and shattering the Primordial Space.
• Outside the dimension, Hikari worried about Kazan while the Sage of Six Paths realized Kaguya was absorbing chakra from those caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Kazan defeated and killed Kaguya in the Primordial Space, then crushed Black Zetsu as the collapsing dimension fell apart. He emerged victorious with Madara and returned to Hikari and the others, preparing to undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Kazan overwhelmed Kaguya with a relentless barrage of Haki-infused punches, forcing her out of her Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Kaguya offered to join forces against the Ōtsutsuki Clan, but Kazan refused and declared that Earth did not need her.
• Kazan pierced Kaguya's chest and pulverized her head, killing her, then crushed Black Zetsu as the dimension collapsed.
• Kazan and Madara emerged from the spatial passage, and the waiting group realized Kazan had won.
• Hikari embraced Kazan, and he reassured her before announcing that they would undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After Kazan killed Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Infinite Tsukuyomi was undone, the Fourth Shinobi World War ended and the revived souls prepared to return to the Pure Land. Madara died after asking Kazan to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation someday, while Hashirama, Tobirama, the Sage of Six Paths, and the past Five Kage departed.

• The Sage of Six Paths prepared to undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi and return the past Five Kage to the Pure Land.
• Madara, dying after Kaguya extracted the Ten-Tails from him, spoke with Hashirama and Kazan about the future and learned the Infinite Tsukuyomi had been undone.
• Kazan warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan might return to Earth, and Madara asked him to preserve his body and revive him with Impure World Reincarnation when that happened.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces awoke from the Genjutsu and celebrated the end of the war as Madara died and Hashirama returned to the Pure Land.
• Tobirama asked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze to look after Kazan and Konoha before returning to the Pure Land.
• The Sage of Six Paths said goodbye to the Nine Tailed Beasts and departed with the past Five Kage as souls rose from the battlefield.

After the war ended, Kazan proposed a Five Permanent Members forum for the shinobi villages and returned to Konoha, where he reorganized the village’s leadership and began reducing its forces. The plan gained support, but its future depended on cooperation among the villages and leaders who might not match Kazan’s strength.

• Kazan declared the Fourth Shinobi World War over, and Shikaku Nara informed the Allied Shinobi Forces that Madara Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki had been killed.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces fought through day and night, wiping out most of the White Zetsu forces, while Kazan proposed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages establish Five Permanent Members to discuss major matters.
• After returning to Konoha, Kazan was welcomed by civilians and ninja, and his prestige rose above that of Hashirama Senju.
• Kazan approved Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to reduce Konoha’s forces and assigned former troops to village departments or paid missions.
• Kazan appointed Kakashi ANBU chief, made Minato Namikaze Hokage Advisor, and brought allied clan heads onto the Elders Council while removing Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura from power.
• Kazan told Jiraiya to contact the smaller shinobi villages about joining the Five Permanent Members framework, which would mediate major conflicts while Kazan personally handled disputes among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Kazan established the Five Permanent Members, then received the Limiter Removal achievement and began growing stronger without limit. As Konoha returned to peace, a civil war erupted among the Otsutsuki on the moon, and Hikari warned Kazan that something had happened to them.

• Jiraiya and Konan helped establish the Five Permanent Members, which the great nations eventually accepted after Kazan explained the Otsutsuki threat.
• Kazan received the Limiter Removal achievement and realized his potential had become infinite, causing his power and Conqueror's Haki to surge.
• Kazan's red lightning spread across the Land of Fire, frightening the Daimyo, before Kazan returned home with Hikari and Kurenai.
• Konoha resumed reconstruction and training, while Kazan continued his fist training and Hikari handled the village workload.
• The Otsutsuki Main Family and Branch Family on the moon began a civil war over whether to punish humanity on Earth.
• Hikari found that the Yachihoko seals on the moon's Otsutsuki had disappeared and warned Kazan that something might have happened.

After learning that the Moon Otsutsuki Clan had fallen into civil war over whether to destroy Earth, Kazan set out to intervene. The Branch Family activated the Giant Tenseigan as Kazan crossed space and crashed into the battle on the moon.

• Hikari told Kazan that some marks of the Moon Otsutsuki Clan still remained, and Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and others arrived to discuss the danger.
• The Main Family and Branch Family fought over whether to protect Earth or destroy and rebuild it, and the Branch Family revealed that it had activated the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered to travel to the moon and persuade his clansmen, but Kazan decided to go himself and refused Hiashi's help.
• Kazan entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and flew directly from Earth toward the moon, leaving Konoha shaken by his launch.
• Kazan detected the Giant Tenseigan's chakra, crashed into the center of the lunar battlefield, and sent hundreds of Moon Otsutsuki Clan ninja flying.

Kazan arrived on the moon and blocked the Giant Tenseigan’s beam, then confronted the Branch Family as they tried to use it to destroy Earth. He overwhelmed their attacks with a powerful punch, which continued toward the Giant Tenseigan as Branch Family members sacrificed themselves to stop it.

• Kazan crashed through the moon’s surface and blocked the Giant Tenseigan’s beam with a shield of Truth-Seeking Orbs reinforced by Haki.
• The Branch Family recognized Kazan as the Konoha Ninja, and their chief declared their intention to purge Earth and rebuild the world.
• Kazan rejected the chief’s plan and sent a charging Branch Family member flying with a single punch.
• The Branch Family chief activated the Tenseigan again while his fighters attacked Kazan with rocks and techniques.
• Kazan unleashed Fist Bone: Impact, shattering the Branch Family’s attacks and driving his punch toward the Giant Tenseigan.
• Branch Family members tried to shield the Giant Tenseigan with their bodies, which cracked and exploded under the force of Kazan’s punch.

Kazan overwhelmed the Branch Family despite its leader drawing on the Giant Tenseigan, destroying the attacks and summoned statue sent against him. The Main Family saw Kazan’s overwhelming strength firsthand as the battle continued.

• Kazan shattered space with a punch, sending hundreds of Branch Family members flying and shocking the Otsutsuki on the moon.
• The Branch Family's leader absorbed the Giant Tenseigan's power, entered Tenseigan chakra mode, and summoned meteorites with gravity.
• Kazan shattered the incoming meteorites and scattered the Branch Family leader's Truth-Seeking Orb attack with one hand.
• Kazan tore off the Branch Family leader's arm, while his Armament Haki hindered the leader's regeneration.
• The Main Family's leader brought his people to help, but Kazan's aura forced them back.
• The Branch Family's leader summoned a stone statue resembling Hamura Otsutsuki, and Kazan smashed it to pieces with a punch.

Kazan and his allies overwhelmed the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family on the moon while the Branch Family Chief tried to protect the Giant Tenseigan and carry out his plan to destroy Earth. The Chief unleashed Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Kazan caught the moon-cleaving sword with one hand and shattered it.

• Kazan punched the Hamura Otsutsuki statue to pieces, but it reassembled while its caster remained alive.
• Kazan summoned Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and explained that the Branch Family planned to destroy Earth.
• Madara Uchiha attacked the Branch Family with Perfect Susanoo, while Hashirama Senju smashed the statue with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Kazan struck the Branch Family Chief and battered him with Truth-Seeking Orbs and Haki, suppressing his regeneration.
• The Branch Family Chief drew on the Giant Tenseigan and fired Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Kazan caught the golden sword and shattered it with one hand.

Kazan defeated the Branch Family chief on the moon, while Madara and Hashirama helped end the battle against the Branch Family. The Main Family pledged to protect Earth, but Madara demanded control of the Giant Tenseigan, leaving its fate disputed.

• Kazan crushed the Branch Family chief’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Hamura’s Remnant Soul asked him to spare the chief.
• Kazan refused and killed the chief with a black sword, while his strike shattered part of the moon’s surface.
• Madara continued fighting the Otsutsuki, and Hashirama destroyed the Hamura-like statue after its caster died.
• Kazan reassured the Main Family that he would distinguish them from the Branch Family, and their Clan Head vowed to protect Earth.
• Madara demanded custody of the Giant Tenseigan and punishment for the Branch Family’s hardliners, while Hashirama argued for discussion and a peaceful solution.