Chapter Summaries

Sasuke defeated Izuna in the Eighth Battle, but Izuna sensed Madara’s chakra and escaped Sasuke’s finishing move with Izanagi. He then released himself from Impure World Reincarnation, intent on warning his brother about Sasuke and the person supporting him.

• Sasuke used Earth Grudge Fear to strip Izuna’s Susanoo armor, then pursued him through a growing woodland realm.
• Izuna trapped a Wood Release Clone with Ajahe and attacked it, but Sasuke used a puppet to hide his real body and strike Izuna from behind.
• Sasuke combined the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm with a Lion Combo to seal Izuna’s chakra points and win the battle.
• Izuna sensed Madara’s chakra and, after Sasuke began preparing a finishing seal, escaped with Izanagi.
• Suspecting Sasuke and his unseen ally might threaten Madara, Izuna used Impure World Reincarnation: Release to break free.

After defeating the four reincarnated Kage, Sasuke received Iwagakure’s secret techniques and prepared for Itachi’s next battle. Madara reunited with his reincarnated brother Izuna before facing Itachi, and the older brothers began their fight with a clash of fire techniques.

• Sasuke retrieved Mu’s scroll and learned it contained Iwagakure’s four secret techniques, with Kamizuru Clan chakra included.
• Itachi asked whether Izuna’s Ayekashi had affected Sasuke, and Sasuke said he felt nothing before telling Itachi his battle was next.
• Madara waited at Saikawara for Itachi, while Black Zetsu suspected Sasuke’s latest battle had taken place near Kabuto’s hideout.
• Madara and Izuna reunited, and Izuna learned that Sasuke’s older brother, Itachi, had killed the Uchiha Clan.
• Kabuto brought Itachi to Madara, who told Izuna to stand back and faced Itachi as the two prepared to settle matters between their brothers.
• Itachi and Madara opened their battle with Fire Style: Vacuum Flame Break and Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.

Itachi and Madara escalated their battle, trading powerful Susanoo attacks and close-quarters blows as each recognized the other's abilities. Madara countered Itachi's Kotoamatsukami by covering his eyes and relying on Sage Mode, and Itachi prepared to reveal his own Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

• Itachi and Madara's Fire Release techniques collided and exploded across the plains as Black Zetsu told Izuna that he was a manifestation of Madara's will.
• Madara and Itachi clashed with Susanoo punches and Yasaka Magatama, then Madara used Fourfold Slash against Itachi's growing Susanoo.
• Itachi's Yata Mirror deflected Madara's blade winds, and his Totsuka Blade sealed Madara's Susanoo before Itachi launched himself from his own Susanoo and attacked with Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson.
• Madara and Itachi fought at close range, and Madara recognized that Itachi's eyes could use Kotoamatsukami after Itachi wounded his arm.
• Madara activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Sage Mode, then bound his eyes with black cursed mist to avoid Itachi's genjutsu.
• Itachi praised Madara's caution and activated Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

Black Zetsu told Izuna a selective account of Madara’s past, then Madara and Itachi fought with their Sage powers. Madara pierced Itachi’s heart with a new technique, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Black Zetsu concealed Madara’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi while telling Izuna about Madara’s hardships and Itachi’s betrayal.
• Izuna condemned the Senju and Itachi, and Madara entered Sage Cursed Fox Mode with his Nine-Tails Golden Body.
• Itachi revealed Perfect Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode, and he and Madara exchanged powerful Sage Art attacks.
• Madara spread Curse Mist that disrupted Itachi’s sight and natural-energy sensing, then struck him with Heart-Piercing Wound.
• Heart-Piercing Wound pierced Itachi’s heart, and he fell to one knee as the observers on Blue Moon Island cried out.

Itachi trapped Madara in Heart Flow genjutsu and used Ame-no-Hohi to make the illusion’s wounds real, leaving Madara badly injured. After Madara healed himself and regained his strength, he and Itachi both summoned Perfect Susanoo.

• Itachi sealed the black mist with the Totsuka Blade’s Gourd, then Madara attacked him with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Itachi’s Heart Flow genjutsu made Madara believe he was being burned by Amaterasu and injured by Katsuyu’s acid.
• Itachi explained that he had shifted his heart to survive Madara’s attack and used Ame-no-Uzume to find an opening in Madara’s mind.
• Itachi used Ame-no-Hohi to make Madara’s wounds from the illusion real, while Izuna tried to intervene and Black Zetsu stopped him.
• Madara spent nearly all his Nine-Tails chakra healing his wounds, then tore off his ribbon as Itachi and Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo.

Madara and Itachi clashed in their Perfect Susanoo, with Madara’s greater power overwhelming Itachi’s defenses and disarming him. Itachi revealed a Mirror Image Clone that summoned a second Perfect Susanoo, and the two Itachis attacked Madara from converging angles.

• Izuna and Black Zetsu watched as Madara and Itachi summoned their Perfect Susanoo, and Izuna marveled at Madara’s superior size and power.
• Madara drew Sahibochi, and he and Itachi traded devastating sword strikes across the battlefield while Izuna and Black Zetsu retreated to safety.
• Itachi used the Yata Mirror to deflect Madara’s sword and thrust with the Totsuka Blade, but Madara caught his wrist, sealed the blade inside its sheath, and threw it away.
• Madara battered Itachi’s Susanoo through a mountainside, but Itachi recovered and declared that the fight was nearing its end.
• Itachi used Sage Art: Mirror Image Clone, and the clone manifested a second Perfect Susanoo with its own Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror.
• Madara realized Itachi meant to kill him as both Itachis launched a joint attack from converging angles.

Itachi survived Madara’s renewed Sage Mode assault by using layered genjutsu, then revealed a forbidden technique fueled by Senju blood as he pursued the plan to awaken Naruto’s dormant consciousness. The chapter ended with Blood-Rama Manifestation rising behind Itachi.

• Madara’s concealed Shadow Clone restored his Sage Mode, and he overwhelmed Itachi with Frog Sniper Fist and Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch.
• Nagato offered to enter the battle, but Sasuke urged everyone to trust Itachi.
• Itachi used the Ephemeral genjutsu to make Madara mistake him for a clone and stop his lightning technique, leaving them on equal footing as Madara’s Sage Mode faded.
• Madara invited Itachi to join his plan to put the world into an endless dream, and Itachi recognized the battle as a way to intensify Naruto’s black cursed seal and awaken him.
• Itachi exposed Orochimaru’s implanted hashirama cells, smeared their blood into his eyes, formed the Ram Seal, and summoned the four-eyed deity with Forbidden technique: Blood-Rama Manifestation.

Orochimaru explained that Blood Rahma was the embodiment of Asura’s hatred and the source of the Uchiha’s Sharingan curse. On the battlefield, Itachi trapped Madara in Tsukuyomi and left him psychologically devastated, causing Madara’s Black Cursed Seal power to surge back into Naruto as Itachi’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan transformed.

• Orochimaru told Sasuke and Suigetsu that Asura’s rejected hatred became Blood Rahma, whose curse passed through Indra’s bloodline to the Uchiha and caused the Mangekyō’s blindness and the price of the Eternal Mangekyō.
• Orochimaru explained that Itachi had perceived Blood Rahma in his previous life and, after awakening the Eternal Mangekyō in this life, had summoned the deity.
• Madara retreated from Itachi, but Itachi used Blood Rahma’s eye to trap him in Tsukuyomi despite Madara’s closed eyes.
• Itachi subjected Madara to three years of Amaterasu’s torment within an instant, leaving Madara collapsed and bleeding from every pore.
• Madara’s pride shattered, and his outburst caused the Black Cursed Seal’s power to surge back into Naruto as Madara’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan changed.

Madara unleashed the third state of the black cursed Seal and attacked with a two-headed Susanoo and two Meteorites, but Nagato intervened after Itachi was overwhelmed. Madara accepted Nagato’s challenge to fight at the Undying River in one month, then collapsed and was carried away by Izuna.

• Madara transformed the Curse Mist into a body resembling his former self and manifested the two-headed Susanoo, Two-Faced Sukuna.
• Madara summoned a Meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, and Itachi used Blood Rahma’s Amaterasu to burn through it before a second Meteorite descended.
• Itachi exhausted himself synchronizing with Blood Rahma, and Nagato arrived and used Super Shinra Tensei to shatter the Meteorites.
• Nagato challenged Madara to fight him at the Undying River in the Land of Rain one month later.
• Madara accepted Nagato’s challenge, dispersed the cursed body, and collapsed into Izuna’s arms.

Izuna learned that using genjutsu on Madara could let Naruto’s will take control, while Madara fought to suppress Naruto inside their shared mind and encountered Naruto’s memories. Elsewhere, the masked man learned the Five Kage had formed an alliance and declared himself the Six Paths.

• Izuna questioned how Madara could have survived while the Uchiha suffered and suspected Black Zetsu had hidden part of the truth.
• Izuna tried to use his Mangekyo to examine Madara, but Black Zetsu warned that the genjutsu could awaken Naruto’s will and break Madara’s hold.
• Izuna fed Madara wild fruit and asked how Naruto’s will could be eliminated, while Black Zetsu concealed his own plans for Naruto.
• Madara stopped Naruto’s golden cocoon from breaking open, then saw Naruto’s memories and reaffirmed his belief in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The masked man learned that the Five Kage had formed an alliance, Naruto had been taken, and the Eight-Tails was still alive before declaring himself the Six Paths.

Killer B tried to return home after two months on the run, but Obito intercepted him and overwhelmed him with the Rinnegan and Kamui. After Obito captured Samehada and wounded the Eight-Tails, he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began sealing the Eight-Tails.

• Killer B decided he was tired of hiding and planned to return to the Raikage, but Obito arrived and blocked his escape.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that Obito had the Rinnegan, while Obito absorbed B’s chakra and sealed his Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Obito used Kamui to seize Samehada, forcing Killer B to let go when its spikes wounded his hand.
• Enraged by Samehada’s loss, Killer B entered Complete Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Obito with slashes and a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Obito countered with Susanoo and a Kamui Shuriken, redirected the Tailed Beast Bomb, and left the Eight-Tails badly wounded.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used its chains to begin sealing the Eight-Tails.

Obito captured the Eight-Tails, but Killer B escaped after Samehada disrupted Kamui and was later rescued by Kisame Hoshigaki. Obito turned his attention toward the remaining Nine-Tails, while Kisame reclaimed Samehada and carried it away with him.

• Obito used the Demonic Statue and its chains to capture the Eight-Tails, who expelled Killer B in a severed tail before being swallowed.
• Killer B fought Obito, but Samehada disrupted Kamui’s absorption long enough for B to strike Obito and flee into the sea; Obito wounded him with the Tree-Binding Stake Technique.
• Obito believed Killer B had died, impaled Samehada with Black Rods as punishment for betrayal, and told White Zetsu to search for Naruto and Sasuke while he planned to pursue Orochimaru for the other half of the Nine-Tails.
• Kisame Hoshigaki emerged from a shark carrying the barely breathing Killer B, then reclaimed Samehada after making it agree to the price of his rescue.

Kisame saved Killer B and began questioning the truth of Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Itachi and Orochimaru prepared to draw Obito into Sasuke’s ninth battle. Madara awoke after more than half a month and wondered whether Black Zetsu had revealed anything to Izuna.

• Kisame told Killer B that he had saved him so Samehada would remain in his service, then left after warning him to stay in Kumogakure.
• Kisame recalled Itachi’s warning that Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie and resolved to see the truth for himself, though he had not decided what to do afterward.
• Itachi told Orochimaru that Kisame had saved Killer B and warned that Obito would likely target him next.
• Orochimaru revealed that Sasuke had gained the Fourfold Scroll technique and planned to lure Obito into fighting him by using the other half of the Nine-Tails as bait.
• Madara woke after more than half a month, and Izuna greeted him with relief as Madara wondered whether Black Zetsu had told him anything.

Tsunade tried to secure the clans’ cooperation in exchanging secret techniques, but their leaders resisted until she pledged her life and accepted responsibility for the consequences. Meanwhile, Madara promised Izuna that he would destroy Konoha after fighting Nagato, setting a catastrophe in motion.

• Aburame Shii, Inuzuka Gaku, and Hyuga Hiashi refused to surrender their clans’ secret techniques despite Tsunade’s appeal.
• Tsunade recalled Shikaku’s advice that the clans’ concerns were reasonable and that only sincerity could overcome their resistance.
• Tsunade knelt before the clan leaders and vowed to take sole responsibility for any future losses, even at the cost of her life.
• Izuna asked Madara when he would avenge the Uchiha by destroying Konoha, while Black Zetsu watched them.
• Madara decided to postpone explaining his true ambitions and promised Izuna he would raze Konoha after his battle with Nagato.
• Izuna eagerly offered to help Madara destroy Konoha.

Tsunade defended the exchange of Konoha’s secret techniques against the advisors’ objections and assigned Kakashi and Might Guy to escort the scrolls. After White Zetsu reported who would carry them, Obito decided to intercept the mission as entertainment before the Nine-Tails hunt.

• The clans agreed to hand over their secret technique scrolls, and Tsunade ordered the scrolls and the Scroll of Seals sent to the exchange point.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu confronted Tsunade and demanded that she cancel the delivery, threatening to have the Daimyo remove her as Hokage.
• Tsunade defended the agreement, threw both advisors out the window, and told them she trusted her comrades and the possibilities Ninja held.
• Tsunade ordered Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy to escort the scrolls, and Kakashi said he was prepared for the mission.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Kakashi and Might Guy were escorting Konoha’s scrolls, and Obito set out to make the mission his entertainment before the Nine-Tails hunt.

Kakashi and Might Guy traveled to Kannabi Bridge to exchange secret technique scrolls with Iwagakure, but Obito ambushed them and demanded the scrolls. Kakashi and Obito began fighting, and Guy intervened as Obito attacked Kakashi.

• Kakashi and Might Guy raced toward Kannabi Bridge while Guy resolved to support Kakashi quietly through his grief over Obito.
• Kakashi and Guy discussed the risks of the scroll exchange, crossed a river, and were ambushed by Obito.
• Obito demanded the scrolls and taunted Kakashi about his mission and the loss of Rin.
• Kakashi attacked Obito with Lightning Blade: Pursuit Fang, but Obito smashed the Lightning Hound apart with his Uchiha Gunbai.
• Obito used Banshō Ten'in to pull Kakashi toward him and prepared to strike with a Black Rod.
• Might Guy kicked at Obito and called out to him, but Obito's body passed through the attack.

Kakashi and Guy fought Obito, using Kakashi’s feint and newly learned Flying Thunder God Technique to make Obito materialize and take Guy’s Morning Peacock. The battle left Obito protected by Susanoo and healing with Hashirama cells, while Kakashi awakened the Hatake technique Acrefire White and Guy launched Daytime Tiger.

• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and attacked Obito with Morning Peacock, but Obito phased through the flames.
• Kakashi charged with Lightning Blade and pretended to turn it on himself, prompting Obito to grab his wrist before the flames struck.
• Obito used Kamui to pull Kakashi in, but Kakashi escaped with Flying Thunder God, leaving Obito holding a torn page from the Scroll of Seals.
• Obito survived Morning Peacock inside Susanoo and healed his scorched back with Hashirama cells, while Guy opened the Seventh Gate.
• Kakashi urged Obito to return, then activated Acrefire White, and Guy attacked with Daytime Tiger.

Kakashi used Acrefire White to wound Obito through his Phasing, then charged to stop him as Obito retaliated with Wood Release. Obito withdrew with pages from the Scroll of Seals, while Might Guy and Kakashi vowed to stop his plans.

• Might Guy and Kakashi coordinated an attack, and Kakashi used Flying Thunder God and Acrefire White to cut Obito through his Phasing.
• Kakashi revealed that Acrefire White was a Hatake Clan secret technique he planned to share with other villages, and he charged Obito with a lightning-coated palm.
• Obito unleashed Wood Release: Hellish Rampage, and Might Guy rescued Kakashi and swept away the trees with another Daytime Tiger.
• Might Guy warned Kakashi that Acrefire White consumed his soul and offered to use the Eight Gates, but Obito decided not to risk fighting them.
• Obito revealed he had obtained the technique he came for from the Scroll of Seals and escaped through Kamui, while Might Guy vowed to stop him.

Kakashi and Might Guy dealt with Obito's theft of Impure World Reincarnation and completed Konoha's exchange with Iwagakure by openly withholding the technique. Obito began hunting Kabuto and the Nine-Tails, while Sasuke prepared for his ninth battle.

• Kakashi discovered that Obito had stolen Impure World Reincarnation from the Scroll of Seals, and Might Guy argued that withholding the dangerous technique was safer than sharing it.
• Kakashi decided to take responsibility and tell Iwagakure that Konoha had withheld Impure World Reincarnation.
• At Kannabi Bridge, Kitsuchi revealed that Iwagakure had also withheld the Fourfold Secret Technique, and the exchange proceeded without a dispute.
• Obito learned that White Zetsu had found Kabuto Yakushi's trail and ordered the Nine-Tails Hunting Operation to begin.
• On Blue Moon Island, Sasuke put on a white kimono and set out to face his Ninth Battle.

Kabuto Yakushi lured Obito Uchiha into a confrontation by bringing Sasuke Uchiha to him, and Sasuke fought Obito with new abilities. The battle ended with Sasuke’s Susanoo shattering Obito’s Susanoo and launching a bone attack across the forest.

• Obito confronted Kabuto and demanded to know where Orochimaru was, then attacked him when Kabuto refused to give a straight answer.
• Kabuto revealed Sasuke and withdrew after teleporting him to the battlefield, and Obito realized Kabuto had served as bait.
• Sasuke resisted Obito’s Banshō Ten’in and attacked with lightning-wreathed shuriken, Fire Release, and a Flower-Tree World.
• Obito absorbed Sasuke’s flames, used Susanoo and a Kamui Shuriken, and countered Sasuke’s Wood Dragon with one of his own.
• Sasuke’s skeletal Susanoo shattered Obito’s Susanoo with a punch and unleashed Susanoo: Dance of the Mandala as Obito began to phase.