Chapter Summaries

Obito’s forces attacked with the Uchiha Hellfire Formation and three tailed beasts while Mito fought Itachi with powerful Shikkotsu Forest and Uzumaki techniques. As Obito tried to slip away toward the presence on Blue Moon Island, Sasuke charged to stop him.

• Obito raised the Uchiha Hellfire Formation, which targeted Sasuke, Itachi, Nagato, and Inoichi; its flames destroyed Inoichi’s reanimated body, while the others defended themselves.
• Han, Utakata, and Fū revealed their tailed beasts and prepared Tailed Beast Bombs as Mito released the chakra stored in her Yin Seal.
• Itachi entered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and engaged Mito, but her Adamantine Drop trapped him beneath nine Jizō Statues and triggered a resonant explosion.
• Obito began using Kamui to reach the extraordinary presence he had sensed on Blue Moon Island, but Nagato’s purple arrows forced him to turn intangible and stop.
• Nagato told Sasuke to go after Obito, and Sasuke charged with his Susanoo blade, vowing to send him to hell.

Itachi battled Mito, who survived his sealing attempt and summoned a thousand-armed Adamantine Manifestation. Meanwhile, Sasuke stopped Obito from escaping by revealing that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie, leaving Obito enraged and demanding an explanation.

• Itachi trapped Mito with the Yasaka Magatama Wheel and sealed it inside her with the True Reverse Four Symbols Seal, then struck her with the Totsuka Blade.
• Mito's lifesaving talismans freed her from the Totsuka Blade, and she summoned Sage Art: Adamantine Manifestation to fight Itachi's Perfect Susanoo.
• Obito moved toward the hellfire formation's barrier to escape while intangible, and Sasuke realized his right eye's new dōjutsu might be awakening.
• Sasuke shouted that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie, stopping Obito before he could leave.
• Sasuke explained that the jutsu would harvest humanity's chakra to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha stone tablet to mislead Madara.
• Obito laughed bitterly, then roared at Sasuke to explain what he had been talking about.

Sasuke used Hōsuseri-no-Mikoto to make Amaterasu burn Obito’s body and soul, but collapsed before he could finish him. Nagato rescued Sasuke and subdued the tailed beasts, while Itachi broke free of Mito’s restraint and hurried to return to Sasuke.

• Sasuke’s living black-flame crow burned Obito even through his intangibility, and Obito’s Preta Path could not absorb it.
• Obito scattered the crow with Shinra Tensei, but its flames gathered again and set him ablaze; Sasuke then collapsed as Ayekashi’s effects struck him.
• Kitsuchi, Darui, Asuma, and Baki trapped Nagato, but Nagato broke free with Shinra Tensei and Ao’s underground water blocked his path.
• Nagato unleashed Adamantine Sealing Chains and Black Rods to restrain the three transformed Jinchūriki, then absorbed the hellfire approaching Sasuke.
• Sasuke revealed that he was using Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder to warm his body, and pointed Nagato toward Obito.
• Susanoo drove the Senju Statue into the Gourd and threw Itachi out; Itachi pinned Mito’s chains with a kunai and used Kotoamatsukami.

Itachi freed Mito from Impure World Reincarnation, turning her against Obito and forcing him to escape with Kamui after sacrificing his Kamui Mangekyo. As Orochimaru revived and moved to help Sasuke, Obito stole Kabuto’s eye and vowed to wage a final war.

• Itachi revealed that Kotoamatsukami had freed Mito from Impure World Reincarnation, and she took control of the battlefield as Obito prepared a last attack.
• Itachi and Nagato repelled Obito’s Kamui Shuriken, while Mito restrained the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path; Obito sacrificed his Kamui Mangekyo to escape through Kamui.
• Karin became the Seven-Star Lamp Formation’s sacrifice, and Hashirama completed the ritual that awakened Orochimaru’s original body.
• Kabuto began transferring soul energy to save Karin, while Orochimaru appeared beside Sasuke and used a technique on his forehead after finding him without vital signs.
• Obito returned through Kamui and tore out Kabuto’s right eye, but Kabuto continued saving Karin; Obito escaped after declaring his final war.

After Obito replaced his blind Kamui eye with Kabuto’s right eye, he believed he could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Meanwhile, Sasuke met the Sage of Six Paths in a near-death vision, defended his preparations against Shi Mei, and faced the Sage’s demand that Kaguya never be revived.

• Obito transplanted Kabuto’s right eye and rejoiced at the possibility of gaining eternal sight and new ocular power.
• Orochimaru placed a safeguard on Sasuke’s Ayekashi, freezing its progression while preserving its effects and allowing Sasuke’s right eye to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Sasuke met Hagoromo Otsutsuki in his mind and explained that he was building power to protect the world from Shi Mei.
• Hagoromo warned Sasuke that becoming too powerful could make him another threat like Shi Mei, but Sasuke refused to abandon his path without a better alternative.
• Hagoromo agreed to pass on his power if Sasuke chose to stop Kaguya’s revival, and Sasuke closed his eyes to make his choice.

The Sage of Six Paths attacked Sasuke in his consciousness realm, intending to eliminate him and choose Naruto as the world’s savior. With Hashirama’s help, Sasuke activated Sunlight Sage Mode and broke through the Sage’s defenses, but the Sage transformed his Truth-Seeking Orbs into a sword and launched another attack.

• The Sage of Six Paths rejected Sasuke’s refusal to promise anything about Kaguya and attacked him, declaring that he would choose Naruto instead.
• Sasuke fought back with Susanoo and Kasegai no Mikoto, sending living Flame Crows against the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hashirama’s soul entered Sasuke’s consciousness realm and used his chakra to activate Sunlight Senjutsu in Sasuke.
• Sasuke used Sage Art: Ama no Hoko to break through the Truth-Seeking Orb barrier, and his Flame Crows severely wounded the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Sage of Six Paths formed a long sword from his Truth-Seeking Orbs and used Six Paths: Banshō Ten'in against Sasuke.

Sasuke fought the Sage of Six Paths by exploiting the weakness of his manifested avatar and resisting his Six Paths techniques. As the Sage’s power waned and Sasuke’s will prevailed in the mindscape, Sasuke transformed his Susanoo into the Outer Path Flesh Demon and prepared to settle their conflict head-on.

• The Sage of Six Paths used Six Paths: Banshō Ten'in to pull Sasuke onto the Amenonuhoko, but Sasuke escaped with the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique and slowed the pull with black flames.
• Sasuke’s flame tornadoes damaged the Sage’s avatar and weakened the gravitational pull, so the Sage attacked with the Amenonuhoko and Six Paths yin and yang techniques.
• Sasuke overwhelmed the lightning and fire in his mindscape with White Dragons, while his flame tornadoes destroyed the avatar and left the Sage exposed.
• The Sage charged again, and Sasuke transformed the Husk of the Outer Path into the Outer Path Flesh Demon and formed the Takeamikazuchi hammer for their clash.

Sasuke defeated the Sage of Six Paths in the Consciousness Realm and awakened a Six Paths power in his right eye. After returning to reality, he freed Shikaku from genjutsu, restored Kabuto’s eye, and began deciding what to do with the prisoners and the Impure World Reincarnation survivors.

• Sasuke shattered Amenonuhoko with Takeamikazuchi, defeated the Sage of Six Paths, and promised to use his power to protect the world.
• Indra appeared in the Consciousness Realm, said Sasuke had achieved what he had long sought, and warned that he and Sasuke would meet again.
• Sasuke awoke with a Rinnegan-like right eye bearing six tomoe and marks of yin and yang on his palms.
• Sasuke dispelled the genjutsu controlling Shikaku, and Shikaku thanked him as Inoichi sighed in relief.
• Sasuke used yang power to restore Kabuto’s original eye, while Kabuto expressed hope that Obito would return to their side.
• Sasuke began giving instructions about the prisoners and noticed Suigetsu staring at Hozuki, Mangetsu.

Kakashi met Sasuke beneath the waterfall on Blue Moon Island, apologized for misunderstanding him, and offered to reveal the truth to Konoha. Sasuke declined and hinted at a personal request, leading Kakashi to ask if he wanted him to look after Sakura.

• Kakashi approached Sasuke with coffee and said he wanted to talk before returning to Konoha at dawn.
• The chapter recounted how Kakashi became Hokage after Konoha was destroyed, fought Orochimaru as Inari Ōkami's vessel, and helped awaken Ikukishin and free Sasuke from the Ayekashi.
• Kakashi reflected on Sasuke's burdens and apologized for misunderstanding his actions.
• Sasuke declined Kakashi's offer to tell Konoha the truth, saying it could create uncertainty.
• Kakashi asked whether Sasuke wanted him to look after Sakura.

Sasuke asked Kakashi to tolerate Sakura's rise as Root's second leader and promised Obito one final chance to change. As Kakashi prepared to return to Konoha, Hashirama and Mito empowered him and entrusted him with rebuilding the village, while Orochimaru wondered how powerful Sasuke had become.

• Sasuke told Kakashi that Sakura was seeking to succeed Danzo as Root's second leader and asked him to turn a blind eye to her actions; Kakashi agreed.
• Kakashi asked Sasuke to let Obito atone if he came to his senses, and Sasuke said Obito's fate depended on whether he changed before Sasuke struck.
• Shikaku decided to remain on Blue Moon Island, while Mito gave Kakashi a soul-strengthening orb containing Hashirama's recovered power and some of her own.
• Hashirama knelt before Kakashi and entrusted Konoha to him, and Kakashi vowed to restore the village to prosperity.
• Sasuke opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal to Konoha, and Kakashi led the others through it.
• Orochimaru explained that Sasuke had unlocked Yomotsu Hirasaka and wondered how much power Sasuke had gained.

Naruto trained with Black Zetsu in an alternate dimension, mastering the Rinnegan after recovering the abilities Madara had developed through his body. Meanwhile, Obito endured the lingering effects of Sasuke’s black flames and injected Sasuke’s blood into his eye, determined to awaken a new power and pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Naruto used Chibaku Tensei to create a Heavenly Star, and Black Zetsu praised his Rinnegan mastery.
• The chapter recounted how Black Zetsu abducted Naruto, marked him with a cursed seal, and later became the trusted Black Uncle in Naruto’s memories.
• Naruto continued special training with Black Zetsu, recovering Madara’s abilities through muscle memory and learning to use the Rinnegan.
• Obito, still suffering from Sasuke’s soul-burning Amaterasu, speculated about the power his right eye might awaken.
• Obito injected Sasuke’s collected blood into his right eye and resolved to use the Demonic Statue and Madara’s eyes to revive the Ten-Tails and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.

At dinner on Blue Moon Island, Sasuke agreed to demonstrate the new Dōjutsu awakened in his right Rinnegan. During a spar with Nagato, he used the ability to make his Chidori pierce Nagato’s chest before anyone could react, leaving Nagato stunned and asking what Sasuke had done.

• Suigetsu asked Sasuke to reveal his new Dōjutsu, and Sasuke explained that some abilities could leave no opening to exploit.
• Sasuke told everyone to meet at the Back Mountain after dinner and chose Nagato, whose Impure World Reincarnation body made him a suitable test subject.
• Sasuke and Nagato agreed to spar, with Sasuke restricted to Chidori and his right eye’s Dōjutsu while Nagato could use any means to defend himself.
• Sasuke told Nagato he would activate the ability in three seconds, and Nagato prepared to use Shinra Tensei.
• When Sasuke’s right Rinnegan focused, he appeared in front of Nagato and pierced his chest with Chidori, leaving Nagato shocked.

Sasuke demonstrated his right-eye dōjutsu against Nagato, then Minato and Tobirama, and Itachi concluded that it let Sasuke leap three seconds forward through time. Sasuke named the ability Ashubha, revealing its pairing with his left-eye Amenotejikara.

• Sasuke pierced Nagato's chest with Chidori, and Nagato realized Sasuke could kill him in a single strike.
• Itachi ruled out physical acceleration and spatial transportation, then theorized Sasuke's right-eye power involved time.
• Orochimaru summoned Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju as test opponents, and Minato activated Kurama Chakra Mode and Sage Mode.
• Sasuke attacked after a three-second countdown, destroying Minato's right arm with Rasengan and slicing off Tobirama's head with Chidori.
• Itachi deduced that Sasuke had leaped three seconds ahead through time, and Sasuke named his dōjutsu Ashubha.

Tobirama had Orochimaru release Hiruzen and Danzo’s souls so he could confront his former students about their actions toward the Uchiha. Danzo admitted that Tobirama’s accusations might be right, then Sasuke unexpectedly thanked Danzo for making him who he was.

• Tobirama confronted Sasuke, then asked Orochimaru to release Hiruzen and Danzo from Ikukishin.
• Sasuke gave permission, and Orochimaru released the two souls.
• Tobirama accused Danzo of using fear of another Madara as an excuse to pursue Izanagi and suppress the Uchiha for selfish reasons.
• Danzo admitted that Tobirama might be right and reflected on his failed life.
• Sasuke stunned everyone by telling Danzo that he should thank him for making Sasuke who he was.

Sasuke told Danzo he no longer hated him and credited the hardships of his previous life with shaping his resolve to protect others. He then revealed his plan to use the Ōtsutsuki as nourishment for a new God Tree, and asked Danzo to help secure the Ox-Head Heavenly King.

• Sasuke said the Uchiha massacre and his pursuit of revenge had led him to form important bonds and develop the conviction to protect, so he was grateful to Danzo despite his crimes.
• Danzo admitted his pursuit of the Uchiha’s power and the Hokage title had come from cowardice and selfishness, while Tobirama said recognizing his faults did not erase his sins.
• Danzo explained that the Ox-Head Heavenly King could be used to summon Nue and proposed destroying the legacy to prevent the Ōtsutsuki from arriving early.
• Sasuke said the Ox-Head Heavenly King could instead let them choose when the Ōtsutsuki arrived, then outlined his plan to use Isshiki’s Ten-Tails to grow a God Tree with Momoshiki, Kinshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki as nourishment.
• Sasuke asked Danzo to help with the Ox-Head Heavenly King, and Danzo agreed.

The group assessed Obito as their most immediate threat and debated how he might use Kabuto's right eye to revive the Ten-Tails. After discovering Karin had gone missing, Sasuke found her at the hot spring and invited her for a walk.

• Danzo's spirit left Blue Moon Island to seek the Ox-Head Heavenly King on a journey of atonement.
• Shikaku warned that Obito could use Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Nine-Tails chakra to revive the Ten-Tails, and the group considered the danger of his new Eye Power.
• Jugo pointed out that Karin had been missing from the strategy meeting.
• Sasuke finished training and considered what might awaken his left eye's Eye Power.
• Karin emerged from behind a rock near the hot spring, and Sasuke invited her to take a walk with him.

Sasuke learned from Karin that the Uzumaki Clan’s power grew through love and protection, and the insight stirred something in his left eye. He then met Orochimaru to discuss awakening Itachi’s Rinnegan before Ayekashi activated in three days.

• Sasuke thanked Karin for risking her life during the Seven-Star Lamp Formation, and she told him she would not force him to return her feelings.
• Karin said Mito Uzumaki had taught her that the clan’s power came from love and the resolve to protect, prompting a strange reaction in Sasuke’s left eye.
• Sasuke thanked Karin again after realizing her words might explain how to awaken his left eye’s power.
• Sasuke met Orochimaru the next morning and learned that Itachi’s Ayekashi would activate in three days.
• Orochimaru proposed injecting Sasuke’s blood into Itachi’s left eye while Itachi was near death to provide the Indra component needed to awaken its Rinnegan.

Sakura Haruno returned to the ruins of old Konoha with Root members to recover Danzo’s records, using her Magnet Release-powered Yin Seal to uncover Root’s underground headquarters. Beneath the ruins, Obito Uchiha sensed her arrival and prepared to defend himself with four Wood Release Clones.

• Kakashi became the Sixth Hokage, and Sakura Haruno took command of Root after defeating three loyalists of Shimura Danzō.
• Sakura recalled how she rescued Tsunade, formed her Yin Seal with Sasuke’s help, and resolved to rebuild Root to support Sasuke.
• Sakura and four masked Root members returned to old Konoha to retrieve Root’s records and documents.
• Sakura used her swordsmanship and magnetic power to clear rubble and uncover Root’s underground entrance.
• Obito Uchiha heard the disturbance, created four Wood Release Clones, and vowed not to waver as his eye power continued to grow.

Sakura led a Root team into the abandoned headquarters and fought Obito’s Wood Release Clones, using her Strength of a Hundred and Magnet Release to defeat them. As Sakura challenged Obito’s real body, he revealed that he had awakened a new Straight Tomoe Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sakura blocked Obito’s four-clone Fire Release attack after amplifying Shakyamuni’s water wall, then had Hinata use her Byakugan to track the enemies.
• Sakura intercepted a Wood Release Clone, shattered it with a punch, and told Fū and Torune to save their abilities for the real Obito.
• Sakura impaled another clone with its own Wooden Thousand-Armed Spear, then used Magnetic Motion of All Things to pull in and decapitate a third.
• Sakura opposed the last clone’s Deep Forest Emergence with Iron Sand World Method, while she realized Obito was hiding in the headquarters to obtain new eye power.
• Obito removed the covering from his right eye and revealed a newly awakened Straight Tomoe Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sakura and her allies advanced through Root’s underground base and confronted Obito, who had gained his father Ke’s right eye and new abilities. After escaping, Obito began reviving the Ten-Tails inside his space-time dimension, setting an uncontrollable cataclysm in motion.

• Sakura crushed Obito’s Wood Release Clone with the Iron Sand World Method and led the others deeper into Root’s base.
• Obito washed himself in the Hidden Chamber, celebrated gaining Ke’s right eye and an eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and realized his soul injury still required Six Paths-level healing.
• Sakura, Shakyamuni, Torune, and Wind attacked Obito, but his phasing and new eye let him evade them and impale Wind.
• Obito admitted defeat in individual combat, then escaped into his space-time dimension before Sakura could stop him.
• Obito threw the Amber Purifying Pot and Benihisago, containing Kinkaku and Ginkaku, into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s mouth to revive the Ten-Tails.