Recaps

Sasuke used the Yin Release chakra stored in his Yang Seal to awaken the Golem Husk, a new Susanoo form modeled on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The chapter left him and Madara preparing to clash as Sasuke countered Madara’s sword attack with Amaterasu and began gathering natural energy.

• Sasuke released the Yang Seal’s remaining chakra, allowing his Susanoo to grow into a towering form with a skeleton resembling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Nagato identified the new form as the Golem Husk, while Orochimaru explained that he had installed a Core made from an extract of the statue inside Sasuke’s Susanoo.
• Madara recognized Sasuke’s transformed Susanoo as a genuine new form and prepared to strike it with Sword Slash • Sage Wave Wind Festival.
• Sasuke used Magnifying Glass • Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to engulf Madara’s sword in black flames and stop its downward swing.
• Madara withdrew his sword and prepared another attack as Sasuke lit purple flames at the Golem Husk’s ten tailbone pillars and announced that he could use natural energy through Susanoo.

Obito tried to reach Sasuke’s battle in the Land of Fire, but Jiraiya repeatedly stopped him while demanding Tsunade’s release. After Obito returned Tsunade, Konan blocked his escape and revealed a sea of one trillion explosive tags prepared to kill him.

• Obito sensed Sasuke fighting a dark, malicious chakra in the Land of Fire, and Shikaku urged him to wait for the fighters to weaken before seizing the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya interrupted Obito’s attempt to use Kamui, and the Two Great Sage Toads repeatedly reverse-summoned Jiraiya out of danger from Obito’s Kamui Shuriken.
• Jiraiya pursued Obito across the Land of Rain with Iron-Arm Toad while Obito grew anxious about the battle in the Land of Fire.
• Obito agreed to release Tsunade if Jiraiya stopped interfering, then threw the injured Tsunade from Yatagarasu, and Jiraiya caught her.
• Konan stopped Obito’s escape with paper and revealed a boundless ocean of one trillion explosive tags intended to kill him.

Konan unleashed a carefully prepared trillion explosive tags to trap and apparently kill Obito, but he revealed a hidden Rinnegan as the blasts ended. Just as Konan believed he was dead, a mysterious figure seized his wrist before he could stab her.

• Konan used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to shatter Obito's Susanoo and disrupt his space-time transfer.
• Jiraiya evacuated Tsunade, leaving Konan free to unleash her trillion-tag trap against Obito.
• Konan's improved explosions forced Obito to rely on Phasing, and he revealed another Rinnegan hidden in his Hashirama artificial body.
• After twenty minutes of explosions, Konan found no trace of Obito and believed she had killed him.
• Obito appeared behind Konan and thrust his sword at her, but a Kuiba figure grabbed his wrist.

Jiraiya rescued Konan from Obito, who escaped after surviving with a Rinnegan-powered Izanagi. At Konoha, Sasuke unleashed a magnetic-field technique that formed a giant lightning dragon as Madara launched his own attack, bringing their final battle to its climax.

• Jiraiya stopped Obito from killing Konan and realized Obito had used the Rinnegan transplanted into Hashirama's artificial body to survive with Izanagi.
• Obito sent White Zetsu to attack Jiraiya, then escaped through his right eye after Jiraiya and Konan failed to stop him.
• Konan collapsed from exhaustion, and Jiraiya comforted her before wondering what would become of Naruto.
• Madara raised his Complete Body Susanoo high above Konoha, while Sasuke's Husk of the Outer Path generated magnetic fields with nine Magnetic Orbs.
• Sasuke's Husk cut through the magnetic field lines, creating a golden lightning dragon that Madara praised as a worthy opponent.
• Madara's sword unleashed a surge of natural energy as Sasuke's Heavenly Dragon and Madara's Conquering Sea technique met.

Sasuke and Madara’s final attacks collided, devastating the southeastern reaches of the Land of Fire. Sasuke remained standing but was nearly blind, while Madara lay unable to move; Sasuke then set out to reach Naruto.

• Madara’s Conquering Sea clashed with Sasuke’s Heavenly Dragon, and both attacks erupted in a catastrophic blast.
• The explosion’s aftermath leveled the mountains around Konoha and devastated the surrounding land, while the relocated civilians remained safe.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto Yakushi to prepare space-time transportation and head to the battlefield after the explosion subsided.
• Sasuke emerged from the ruins with his left eye blind and his right eye close to blindness, while Madara fell and could no longer move.
• Sasuke struggled to his feet and began walking toward Naruto.

Sasuke prepared to erase Madara’s will from the black cursed seal, but Obito intervened and began extracting the Nine-Tails from Madara. Karin freed Sasuke from a Black Rod, while Kabuto Yakushi and Uchiha Itachi moved to stop Obito.

• Sasuke offered Madara one last chance to turn back, then prepared to use Magnet Release: Bankai to erase his will from the black cursed seal.
• Obito descended through a Black Spiral, impaled Sasuke with a Black Rod, and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Obito used the statue’s chain to begin extracting the Nine-Tails from Madara, who resisted by absorbing chakra with the Preta Path.
• Karin used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to pull the Black Rod from Sasuke’s shoulder, and Sasuke bit her to recover his strength.
• Kabuto Yakushi severed the Demonic Statue’s chain with Blade Reversal, and Uchiha Itachi pinned it down with Yasaka Magatama.

Itachi intervened to stop Obito from taking the Nine-Tails, and Obito attacked the group with the Demonic Statue before targeting Sasuke. Karin revealed a blood-based ability that wounded Obito, and as reinforcements arrived, Sasuke confronted him and declared that he could not take him.

• Itachi revealed his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito tried to persuade him to stand aside by invoking their past.
• Obito fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Itachi, but Itachi blocked it with the Yata Mirror and survived the explosion.
• Obito used Kamui to attack Sasuke, but Karin stabbed herself with her Ketsuryūgan active and inflicted the same chest wound on Obito.
• Karin healed her own wound as Obito recovered with Hashirama cells, while Kabuto Yakushi teleported Orochimaru, Nagato, and the others to the battlefield.
• Obito taunted Sasuke and demanded a fair fight, but Sasuke stopped Karin and told Obito he could not take him hostage.

Sasuke and his allies drove Obito to retreat, then prepared to end Madara’s life and fulfill Sasuke’s plan to awaken the Rinnegan. Black Zetsu suddenly possessed Madara and attacked Sasuke, who activated Izanagi as the chapter ended.

• Obito combined Kamui and Banshō Ten'in to pull Sasuke toward him, but he stopped the technique and blasted Sasuke away with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato, Orochimaru, Suigetsu, and Jugo arrived, and Orochimaru challenged Obito with the Yin Nine-Tails’ chakra before Obito fled with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Sasuke told Madara he planned to transplant Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes, and Orochimaru revealed that Izuna Ayekashi was meant to serve as the switch for Sasuke’s future Rinnegan awakening.
• Madara asked Sasuke to free Izuna and return his soul to the Paradise Pure Land, then closed his eyes as Sasuke prepared to act.
• Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and possessed Madara, revealing his plan to use Naruto as a pawn.
• Sasuke confronted Black Zetsu and activated Izanagi as Black Zetsu unleashed the black flames of Amaterasu.

Sasuke used Izanagi to attack Black Zetsu inside Naruto’s mental world while allies fought to extinguish the black flames trapping him. As Izanagi neared its end, Sasuke prepared to finish Black Zetsu, but a sudden cry interrupted him.

• Karin and Kabuto warned that Sasuke’s chakra had changed as he used his right Mangekyō Sharingan to activate Izanagi, and Orochimaru estimated it could last twenty minutes.
• Itachi, Nagato, Orochimaru, Hiruzen, and Danzo worked together to absorb and seal the black flames surrounding Sasuke and Naruto.
• Sasuke used Magnet Release to form a six-pointed barrier around the wills inside Naruto and began demagnetizing Black Zetsu with power drawn from Izanagi’s Yin-Yang Release.
• Black Zetsu warned that his death would trigger a curse and kill Naruto, but Sasuke refused to yield and vowed to bring Naruto back if necessary.
• Sasuke dropped Izanagi’s protection and was badly burned as the flames were extinguished, then urged Orochimaru to take over Madara after he finished Black Zetsu.
• Just as Sasuke counted down the final seconds, Naruto cried out that he would not let Sasuke hurt Black Uncle.

Naruto awakened with a true Rinnegan after Sasuke’s efforts disrupted Madara and Black Zetsu, but Black Zetsu took control of Naruto and escaped through a spatial portal. Sasuke collapsed after exhausting himself, while Orochimaru stayed beside him and vowed that Sasuke would retain his place as Naruto’s rival.

• Naruto’s awakening drove Sasuke away from Black Zetsu, and the Six-Pointed Star barrier shattered.
• Naruto emerged from the cocoon with Kushina’s red butterfly wings and grasped the purified power Minato had bound to his will.
• Sasuke recognized the six tomoe in Naruto’s Rinnegan as proof that Naruto had awakened, then collapsed after his eye and strength gave out.
• Karin rushed to Sasuke, and Kabuto Yakushi began treating him while Naruto struggled to understand what had happened.
• Black Zetsu persuaded the confused Naruto to relax, took control of him, and escaped through a spatial portal.
• Orochimaru remained with the unconscious Sasuke and vowed that Sasuke would never lose his place as Naruto’s strongest rival.

Orochimaru left Kabuto to handle Shikamaru’s attempt to contact him while he went away to clear his head. Shikamaru waited through the night for a reply about Impure World Reincarnation, and Kabuto appeared at dawn.

• Orochimaru transplanted Fugaku’s eyes into the sleeping Sasuke and told Kabuto he was leaving for a while.
• Asuma told Shikamaru that the Fire Daimyo had ordered Konoha’s people to leave Sunagakure, and Shikamaru decided most of them should depart at dawn while he stayed behind.
• Asuma comforted Shikamaru as he struggled with his father Shikaku’s disappearance and discussed who might become Hokage.
• Shikamaru revealed that he was waiting for Orochimaru’s reply, hoping to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring Inoichi back and learn the truth about his death.
• Kabuto appeared before Shikamaru at dawn, broke his shadow connection, and greeted him.

Shikamaru asked Kabuto Yakushi to help clear Sasuke’s name by using Inoichi Yamanaka’s tooth for Impure World Reincarnation. Kabuto challenged Shikamaru to name a living sacrifice, and their meeting was interrupted by an approaching figure.

• Shikamaru told Kabuto that he believed Sasuke had not helped destroy Konoha and presented Inoichi’s tooth as a way to reveal the truth.
• Shikamaru argued that Sasuke had stopped Madara and saved Konoha’s surviving forces, which could restore the village’s trust in him.
• Kabuto recognized that Shikamaru had pieced together Sasuke’s actions and confirmed that Shikamaru wanted Inoichi revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto demanded to know whose life Shikamaru would sacrifice, and Shikamaru said he had prepared an answer before apologizing for his earlier attitude.
• A figure approached beyond the railing through the windblown sand.

Obito and Shikaku decided to pursue Madara Uzumaki rather than revive the Ten-Tails, and White Zetsu’s report led them to Shikamaru and Kabuto in Sunagakure. Obito interrupted Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation ritual and threatened to reunite Shikamaru with his father.

• Shikaku warned Obito that reviving the Ten-Tails would leave the enemy time to detect and attack, so they chose to investigate Madara Uzumaki’s whereabouts instead.
• White Zetsu reported that Kabuto Yakushi had appeared in Sunagakure, but his spying clone had been captured and was about to be used as a Living Sacrifice.
• Gaara brought the captured White Zetsu to Kabuto and Shikamaru, who prepared to use him for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito appeared during the ritual, hurled black rods at Kabuto, and absorbed Shikamaru’s shadow and the Jutsu Formula.
• Obito threatened to reunite Shikamaru with his father, while Kabuto warned that Obito had suffered enough.

Obito confronted Kabuto in Sunagakure, demanding to know where Naruto—whom he called Madara—had gone, and their fight drew Gaara and the Sand shinobi into the conflict. As Obito attacked Kabuto from behind, Kabuto turned and unleashed Sage Art: White Rage Technique.

• Obito demanded to know whether Kabuto had Naruto in his custody, and Kabuto said Black Zetsu had forced them to let Madara go.
• Obito attacked Kabuto with Banshō Ten'in, but Kabuto used Blade Reversal to sever Obito's Wood Dragon and Susanoo fist.
• Gaara intervened with Sand Waterfall Funeral, and Obito escaped the sand with Shinra Tensei after threatening to destroy Sunagakure.
• Temari and dozens of Sand shinobi attacked Obito with Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel Formation while Gaara's forces protected Kabuto and Shikamaru.
• Obito used Kamui to appear behind Kabuto and tried to kill him, but Kabuto turned around and unleashed Sage Art: White Rage Technique.

Kabuto Yakushi fought Obito and convinced him that Naruto was not in their stronghold, but Obito learned that Tobi was still alive and turned his grief into an attack on Sunagakure. As Obito unleashed Super Shinra Tensei from above, Gaara and Kabuto raced to reinforce the village’s defenses.

• Kabuto Yakushi used White Rage and Stone Spit to shatter Obito’s Susanoo and petrify his arm, forcing Obito to cut it off to survive.
• Kabuto told Obito that Naruto was not with them and revealed that Tobi was alive as a test subject for Lord Orochimaru.
• Obito rose into the sky, declaring that he would offer the enemy’s homes and flesh as a grand funeral for Tobi.
• Kabuto urged Gaara to raise an Empty Sand Barrier while he used Sage Art: Super Inorganic Reincarnation to reshape Sunagakure’s buildings into supports.
• Obito unleashed Super Shinra Tensei toward Sunagakure.

Obito’s Super Shinra Tensei devastated Sunagakure, but Sakura helped Gaara keep the Empty Sand Barrier standing and prevent further destruction. After Obito escaped, Shikaku inferred that Kabuto did not have Naruto and that Orochimaru and Sasuke might be unable to fight, while Obito revealed he had taken a tooth as a trophy.

• Obito’s Super Shinra Tensei battered Sunagakure’s Empty Sand Barrier, threatening the village and its injured residents.
• Sakura used her Yin Seal chakra to strengthen one of Kabuto’s pillars, helping Gaara hold the barrier together as it cracked.
• Obito escaped into his right eye, and Gaara carefully lowered the sand while Kabuto said the changes from Non-Limit Reincarnation could not be undone.
• Shikamaru apologized for Sunagakure’s destruction, and Gaara asked him to help bring Naruto back onto the right path.
• At his hideout, Shikaku reasoned that Kabuto probably did not have Naruto and that Orochimaru and Sasuke might be unable to fight.
• Obito showed Shikaku a tooth he had taken as a trophy and wondered whose return Kabuto had wanted to arrange through Impure World Reincarnation.

Obito revived Inoichi Yamanaka with Impure World Reincarnation and accepted his conditional cooperation after learning he could make control talismans. With Shikaku and Inoichi beside him, Obito planned to hunt Naruto and Sasuke’s group and rebuild the Akatsuki as an army of puppets.

• Obito reconstructed the Impure World Reincarnation formula, sacrificed a White Zetsu, and revived Inoichi Yamanaka.
• Inoichi recognized Obito and wondered why Shikaku was serving Konoha’s enemy.
• Shikaku explained Konoha’s destruction and told Inoichi that Obito controlled his reincarnated body.
• Inoichi agreed to help Obito when doing so would not harm Konoha, and Shikaku revealed that Inoichi could make brain-rewriting talismans.
• Obito decided to search for Naruto and Sasuke’s group, then declared that he would rebuild the Akatsuki as a force of puppets under his control.

Tsunade woke in Shikkotsu Forest and learned that Sakura had helped bring together the Sages to rescue her. Jiraiya, Konan, and Orochimaru gathered with her to reveal that the world was entering a new era, sparked by Sasuke Uchiha.

• Tsunade woke in Katsuyu's pool and learned that Sakura had identified who captured her and helped unite the three great Sages to rescue her.
• Tsunade worried about the village, and Jiraiya assured her it was safe before introducing Konan, his former student and a former member of the Akatsuki.
• Tsunade apologized to Konan for the suffering caused by the great nations' war, and Konan accepted her apology.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that she needed to learn the truth about the world, and Katsuyu led the group to meet Orochimaru at the mountain gate.
• Orochimaru revealed that old grievances were being resolved and a new era of cooperation was beginning, with Sasuke Uchiha as its spark.

Naruto woke in an alternate dimension beside Black Zetsu, who convinced him that Madara’s consciousness had possessed him but was now defeated. After seeing his altered appearance and learning Sasuke had attacked the village, Naruto chose to train before returning to confront him.

• Naruto woke beside Black Zetsu and cried with relief, while Black Zetsu hid that he had blocked the Nine-Tails and Asura from reaching him.
• Black Zetsu told Naruto a fabricated story about the coffin, Madara’s power, and the consciousness that had taken over Naruto’s body.
• Naruto forgave Black Zetsu and believed he had defeated the bad man’s consciousness and gained its power.
• Naruto saw his black-and-red hair and altered Rinnegan eyes in a pond and learned they were in an alternate dimension.
• Naruto learned Sasuke had attacked the village and asked Black Zetsu to take him back, but Black Zetsu urged him to rely on his own strength.
• Naruto chose to train before returning, and Black Zetsu announced that his special training was about to begin.

Black Zetsu helped Naruto awaken abilities his body had retained from Madara by guiding him into meditation and Sage Mode. As Naruto tried to form a Sage Art: Black Rasenshuriken, he glimpsed a vision of the Wilderness Temple and heard someone threaten Black Zetsu, leaving him startled and the technique disrupted.

• Black Zetsu attacked Naruto with trees, and Naruto instinctively formed a one-handed Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan to destroy them.
• Black Zetsu realized Naruto's body remembered combat techniques but his doubts were suppressing them, so he taught Naruto meditation to help him accept the abilities as his own.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode, formed a one-handed Rasengan, and infused it with power from the black cursed seal to create a Black Rasengan.
• Black Zetsu told Naruto to attempt a Black Rasenshuriken, and Naruto saw a vision of the Wilderness Temple with someone seated on a coffin and another person who appeared to be Black Zetsu.
• A voice in the vision threatened to kill Black Zetsu for bringing someone back, and Naruto's Black Rasengan burst apart.

Black Zetsu monitored Naruto’s dreams and encouraged his determination to save Sasuke while secretly planning to manipulate Naruto into advancing the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Meanwhile, Orochimaru finished recounting Sasuke’s past and present lives, and Tsunade learned that Jiraiya already believed the story after the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy confirmed it.

• Naruto briefly doubted Black Zetsu after seeing strange images, then fell asleep while Black Zetsu prepared dinner and watched for clues in his dreams.
• Naruto cried in his sleep over a dream in which Konoha condemned Sasuke, and Black Zetsu questioned him about what he would do if Sasuke were rejected.
• Naruto vowed to make Sasuke repent, beg forgiveness, and work toward redemption, even if Naruto had to kneel before the village himself.
• Black Zetsu served Naruto homemade ramen and secretly resolved to use him as a powerful part of his plan to resurrect his mother through Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Orochimaru finished explaining Sasuke Uchiha’s past and present lives, and Tsunade asked Jiraiya whether he already knew.
• Jiraiya said the Great Toad Sage had verified the account through prophecy, and Tsunade realized Sasuke’s recent behavior now made sense.

Sage Katsuyu revealed that she, Gamamaru, and Medusa descended from the sages of the destroyed Firm Continent Country, which the Ōtsutsuki conquered over a thousand years ago. Her memory of the superior Ōtsutsuki who destroyed it left Orochimaru suspecting that the enemy had been Shi Mei.

• Tsunade learned that Sasuke's past actions and sudden strength had been part of an effort to prevent the Shinobi World from being destroyed by Shi Mei.
• Orochimaru explained that the Ōtsutsuki plundered planets and that Firm Continent Country had once been a powerful chakra civilization.
• Sage Katsuyu revealed that two Ōtsutsuki destroyed Firm Continent Country, while its survivors fled to Izumo Country to build a final line of defense.
• Sage Katsuyu said she, Gamamaru, and Medusa were the last descendants of the ancestral sages, sent to Moonview Country after Izumo Country fell.
• Sage Katsuyu recalled that the superior Ōtsutsuki had hovered above the land dressed in black, and Orochimaru recognized the resemblance to Shi Mei.

Tsunade learned that the shinobi world needed her to become one of the Ten Celestial Ninja, but she insisted on returning to Konoha to finish her duties as Hokage. As Kakashi, Shikamaru, and the others prepared to leave Sunagakure, Katsuyu brought someone whose arrival made Sakura cry out, “Master!!!”

• Orochimaru and Jiraiya told Tsunade that she would face blame over Naruto’s attack on Konoha and urged her to give up the Hokage office to pursue becoming a Celestial Ninja.
• Tsunade insisted she would return to Konoha, handle the crisis, and hand the Hokage position to her successor; Jiraiya told her that Shikaku was alive but under Obito Uchiha’s genjutsu.
• Sunagakure residents complained about Konoha’s role in the disaster, while Baki reflected that the Shinobi World Alliance could deter outside threats.
• Kakashi and Shikamaru prepared to leave Sunagakure because the tooth needed to revive Inoichi was missing, and Gaara asked them to clear Naruto’s name.
• As the group was about to leave, Sakura summoned a Katsuyu clone, from which a figure emerged; she recognized the arrival as her master.

Tsunade returned to Konoha’s rebuilding site at Kikyo Mountain, where grieving civilians blamed her for the village’s destruction and Naruto’s attack. She accepted responsibility, announced she would step down as Hokage, and let the crowd spit on her.

• Neji spotted Tsunade and the returning Konoha group approaching the rebuilding site, and the villagers welcomed her back.
• A group of civilians confronted Tsunade, accusing her of leaving Konoha unprotected and indulging Naruto.
• Might Guy and Asuma defended Tsunade and argued that Naruto had been controlled, but the civilians rejected their explanation.
• Tsunade admitted responsibility for her decisions and said she had decided to step down as Hokage.
• A civilian spat in Tsunade’s face, and she stopped Shizune from intervening as the crowd surged forward and spat on her.

Tsunade endured the crowd’s abuse, then announced that she would step down as Hokage and named Kakashi Hatake as her successor. She vanished through Reverse Summoning, leaving Konoha to face the consequences of her departure.

• Rock Lee wanted to stop the crowd from abusing Tsunade, but Might Guy urged him to respect her resolve and watch.
• Tsunade told Sakura Haruno that her apprenticeship was complete and encouraged her to follow what she believed was right.
• Sakura whispered to Hinata, who quietly left, and Neji noticed and followed her.
• After the crowd finished spitting on Tsunade, she summoned Katsuyu and announced her resignation, naming Kakashi Hatake as the next Hokage.
• Tsunade told the people they would need to rely on their own strength, then vanished through Reverse Summoning as the crowd realized she had left.