Chapter Summaries

Izumi battled Obito in Tsukuyomi's chakra-draining space until Itachi arrived and rescued him inside his Susanoo. As Izumi questioned the Reshape Organization's plans, she guessed that its Leader might also be Naruto-kun, and Itachi's Susanoo was struck away.

• Izumi told Obito that the Reshape Organization's members had the potential to become gods, while Susanoo relentlessly attacked him.
• Obito realized the space was draining his chakra and that Izumi could use her Mangekyō abilities without strain, so he decided he had to escape.
• Itachi arrived in an orange-red Susanoo, blocked Izumi's attack, and let Obito enter to protect him from the space's restrictions.
• Izumi and Itachi discussed Sasuke, the tailed beasts, and the Leader's plans as their Susanoo continued fighting.
• Izumi guessed that the Leader might also be Naruto-kun, and Itachi's Susanoo was sent flying by Izumi's blow.

Itachi and Izumi’s fight was interrupted when Hashirama Senju was announced as the first match’s victor, returning alone from his battle with Madara Uchiha. Hashirama entered the black mist to sign a spirit pact with the tailed beasts, while the Shinobi War moved on to its fifth match.

• Itachi used Susanoo to defend against Izumi while avoiding her gaze and trying to control her with Tsukuyomi, as Obito noticed Itachi was already exhausted.
• A bell announced that Hashirama Senju of Konoha had won the first match, and Hashirama returned alone, leaving the crowd to wonder what had happened to Madara Uchiha.
• Gamabunta directed Hashirama to enter the black mist and sign a spirit pact, while the crowd debated whether to join the Shinobi War or wait for more information.
• Hashirama entered the black mist and found the ten tailed beasts waiting for him.
• Zero-Tails approached Hashirama, but Nine-Tails struck it, and Hashirama greeted Kurama familiarly.

Hashirama completed a Spirit Pact with the Zero-Tails and learned that Naruto had become a god who could exist across time and space. He returned to Konoha believing Naruto had gone to fight the God of Ōtsutsuki, while Menma reacted to a sudden crack in Reshape's camp.

• The Nine-Tails urged Hashirama to make his request, and Hashirama asked the Zero-Tails where Naruto had gone.
• The Zero-Tails formed a Spirit Pact with Hashirama and revealed that Naruto had become a god who could exist at any point in time and space.
• The Zero-Tails explained that the Nine-Tails had told the beasts about Naruto but kept the truth from Hashirama to spare him worry.
• Hashirama guessed that Naruto had traveled into the past to fight the God of Ōtsutsuki, and the Nine-Tails sent him back to Konoha.
• Hashirama told Tobirama and the others that he knew where Naruto was, while Menma reacted in alarm to a sudden crack at Reshape's camp.

Menma ordered Orochimaru to help the Reshape Organization win the fifth Shinobi War match, but Orochimaru remained focused on investigating the black mist. He tried to resist its transport with Kabuto, then vanished when the mist passed through his barriers, leaving Kabuto behind.

• Menma pressured Orochimaru to join the organization’s fighters and secure victory in the next match, while Orochimaru realized Menma’s power had become extraordinary.
• Orochimaru showed excitement rather than fear as he tried to understand Menma’s strength, until Minato Namikaze intervened and sent him to the match.
• Orochimaru suspected Menma wanted to see a tailed beast and continued toward the forest, more interested in testing the black mist than competing.
• Orochimaru asked Kabuto to activate five layers of Reverse Space-Time barriers, but the black mist passed through them untouched.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto to hold onto him, but the mist transported Orochimaru away and left Kabuto alone inside the barrier.

Jiraiya and Tsunade confronted Orochimaru in the sewers and questioned why he had joined Reshape. Orochimaru explained his pursuit of immortality and the rules governing life, death, and reincarnation before his bound body exploded into a black eight-trigrams formation.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade ambushed Orochimaru in the sewers, restrained him, and demanded to know why he had joined Reshape.
• Orochimaru said Reshape had fulfilled his dream of eternal life in exchange for his cooperation.
• Orochimaru described becoming a “new human” through evolution and explained his discoveries about the Pure Land, souls, chakra, and reincarnation.
• Orochimaru recalled being expelled from Konoha and said he had seen the village as suffocating and shabby.
• Jiraiya sensed danger and pulled Tsunade back as Orochimaru's bound body erupted, releasing an enormous black eight-trigrams formation.

Jiraiya and Tsunade confronted Orochimaru, whose evolved body was unaffected by the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and whose strength overwhelmed them. After Orochimaru appeared to kill Jiraiya and restrain Tsunade, he realized he had fallen into an illusion reminiscent of his defeat by Uchiha Itachi.

• Tsunade recognized that Orochimaru was using the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Jiraiya explained that Orochimaru's evolved body could not be restrained by ordinary chakra-based techniques.
• Orochimaru listened as Jiraiya described Tobirama Senju's assessment of their transformation, then taunted Jiraiya and Tsunade while remaining hidden as they fled through the sewer.
• Tsunade smashed the sewer floor and walls, revealing Orochimaru, but he knocked Jiraiya away with a slap and trapped Tsunade in a mass of snakes.
• Orochimaru thrust his hand into Jiraiya's heart, then discovered that Jiraiya and Tsunade had vanished and recognized that he was caught in an illusion.
• A voice beside Orochimaru urged him to recognize his mistake and suffer again.

Nagato confronted Orochimaru in a sewer, breaking through Orochimaru’s genjutsu and attacking him with the Rinnegan’s abilities. Orochimaru was left crushed and barely moving after Nagato used him to absorb the impact of his summoned beasts.

• Nagato trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu that made him fall through an abyss, but Orochimaru broke free and found himself alone in the sewer.
• Orochimaru summoned Nagato and taunted him about his past with Jiraiya, Danzo, and the Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru revealed that Reshape had a spy in Konoha, then attacked Nagato before answering who it was.
• Nagato summoned several beasts and used their pull, his repulsive force, and soul absorption to overwhelm Orochimaru.
• Nagato canceled Banshō Ten'in as the beasts struck, leaving Shinra Tensei to flatten Orochimaru while Nagato remained unharmed.

Orochimaru survived Nagato’s attack after it destroyed a control seal hidden in his body, then admitted he had decided to spy on Reshape for Konoha. As Nagato stalled rather than killing him, Orochimaru realized Konoha might be delaying the Shinobi Wars until someone could enter the fight.

• Nagato believed his attack had nearly killed Orochimaru, but Orochimaru regenerated and explained that the blow had destroyed Reshape’s control seal along with his heart and other organs.
• Orochimaru asked Nagato whether Tsunade and Jiraiya had joined the Shinobi War, then said he had recently decided to spy on Reshape without Konoha’s knowledge.
• Orochimaru told Nagato that Menma needed the members to become gods and described the attack at the camp, while noticing Nagato already seemed to know about the plan.
• Nagato considered killing Orochimaru again, but Orochimaru questioned whether Nagato was fighting for Konoha and suggested he was stalling.
• Orochimaru pieced together that Konoha might be delaying the Shinobi Wars until a certain person entered the fray.

Itachi and Obito escaped Izumi’s overwhelming Perfect Susanoo, while Sasuke confronted her about her revenge and Itachi’s plan to atone. Sasuke revealed that Itachi had a reason for saving Obito, hinting at another night before the Uchiha massacre.

• Izumi revealed that she had been holding back and expanded her Susanoo into its Perfect form, preventing Obito from escaping with Kamui.
• Izumi’s spear struck Itachi’s Susanoo, but Itachi and Obito appeared outside the Tsukuyomi Barrier, having escaped the battle.
• Sasuke told Izumi he had dealt with the other participants and explained that Itachi had chosen to face her alone.
• Izumi admitted she accepted Itachi’s plan to sacrifice himself to revive their clansmen but could not understand why he protected Obito.
• Sasuke told Izumi that Itachi had not saved Obito for the Uchiha and revealed, “Before that night with the Family, there was another night.”

Izumi revealed to Sasuke that Itachi and Obito planned to resurrect those killed in the Uchiha massacre and explained why the Leader of Reshape might oppose their plan. As the Shinobi War neared its conclusion, Itachi chose to forfeit so Obito could win and meet the Nine-Tails.

• Sasuke told Izumi that Obito’s crimes included the Nine-Tails’ Attack and said they were the only remaining participants in the Shinobi War.
• Itachi told Obito that Sasuke knew the truth and would help them, and the two headed toward the center of the Land of Whirlpools to atone for their sins.
• Izumi explained to Sasuke that Reshape members carried seals linking them to the Leader, and that the Leader might oppose resurrecting the Fourth Hokage’s true soul, who was now with Reshape.
• Izumi told Sasuke that the Minato in Konoha was only a chakra-based revival, while Orochimaru had released the real Minato’s soul from the Reaper Death Seal.
• Itachi and Obito realized that leaving the battlefield would forfeit the Shinobi War, and Itachi agreed to withdraw so Obito could win and meet the Nine-Tails.

Itachi left the war barrier after Sasuke helped him, while Obito asked the tailed beasts for memories of the Nine-Tails' Attack so he could use Rinne Rebirth. Itachi and Izumi said their final words as Obito viewed memories of the attack from an unexpected perspective.

• Itachi left the barrier, and Obito waited anxiously for the Shinobi War's end to be announced.
• Obito asked the tailed beasts for memories of the Nine-Tails' Attack to identify those he wanted to revive with Rinne Rebirth.
• The Nine-Tails shared memories of Konoha's destruction, but Obito noticed that the scenes were not from the Nine-Tails' perspective.
• Sasuke explained Itachi's knowledge and motives to Izumi, then left her alone with Itachi.
• Itachi and Izumi discussed his plans to use Rinne Rebirth and parted without resolving their sadness.

Konohamaru and Iruka shared a quiet day at the Academy until people who had died in Konoha returned to life, throwing the village into confusion. Iruka reunited with his resurrected parents, while Shikaku tried to assess the crisis with Torifu Akimichi.

• Konohamaru evaded the armored chunin guards, and Iruka caught up with him after they punished him for causing trouble.
• Konohamaru explained that he wanted to follow Naruto's example and keep studying until he could catch up with him, and Iruka reflected on how they had grown close.
• Iruka and Konohamaru heard a commotion in the village and found people reuniting with loved ones who had been dead for years.
• Iruka's resurrected parents approached him at the Academy, and his mother embraced him as he cried out, "Dad! Mom!"
• Shikaku questioned the sudden return of the dead and worried that the chaos might leave Konoha vulnerable, while Torifu asked what had happened.

People who died in the Nine-Tails' Attack returned to life in Konoha, while Shikaku learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki were listed for the seventh round of the Shinobi War. Konohamaru met Biwako Sarutobi, who recognized him as Shinnosuke's son, just as a young man arrived and called her name.

• Shikaku learned that communications with the Land of Whirlpools had resumed and saw that the sixth-round roster included no participants from Konoha or Reshape.
• Shikaku found Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki at the top of the seventh-round roster.
• Konohamaru searched the Sarutobi Clan residence for his family but learned that his parents and grandfather had not died in the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Konohamaru spoke with Biwako Sarutobi, who recognized him as Shinnosuke's child and affectionately stroked his head.
• Konohamaru realized Biwako was his grandmother, and a young man arrived and called out to her.

Izumi returned to the Reshape Organization’s camp, where Menma exposed his overwhelming power, disbanded the group, and left her trapped in another space-time. In Konoha, Hiruzen reunited with Biwako before joining Tobirama and Jiraiya, who sent him to face Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in the Seventh Shinobi War.

• Izumi returned to the camp to accept punishment, but Menma stopped her attempt to use genjutsu and warned her not to use Itachi’s gift against him.
• Menma disbanded the Reshape Organization and vanished, leaving Izumi trapped after the tent was transferred to another space-time; Itachi’s seal activated when she saw Menma’s Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen reunited with Biwako and Konohamaru, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to the Konoha meeting room.
• Tobirama and Jiraiya told Hiruzen that Reshape had deployed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Hiruzen volunteered to confront her.

Hiruzen proposed sacrificing his life to resurrect Hashirama in a living body so he could train for a year and prepare to face Madara, while Hiruzen would confront the Reshape Organization's leader. In the Plaza, Kaguya waited for Konoha's representatives but vanished when black mist appeared, leaving Gamabunta relieved.

• Hiruzen asked Tobirama to study Sunagakure's Reanimation from One's Own Life technique so he could use it to resurrect Hashirama.
• Tobirama agreed to investigate the technique before using it, and Hiruzen said Hashirama would face Madara after a year of training while he handled the Reshape Organization's leader.
• Tobirama recalled Hashirama's immense strength, the burden of leading Konoha, and how he had preserved Hashirama's remains and studied his cells.
• Kaguya waited in the Plaza while Gamabunta guarded the area for Jiraiya and Minato, fearing her presence and murderous intent.
• Black mist appeared, and Kaguya recognized a sealing jutsu before vanishing; Gamabunta sighed with relief and vowed not to return to the shinobi world.

Kaguya recognized the black mist’s space-manipulating power as divine and reflected on the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s history and its pursuit of godhood. The clan’s quest to cultivate new gods through planetary sacrifice left it facing the cost of concentrating power in individuals rather than propagating its people.

• Kaguya realized the black mist had created another space and compared its power to her Amenominaka.
• Kaguya concluded that the Shinobi War’s organizer had attained godhood and recalled sensing unfamiliar divine power after her revival.
• Kaguya recounted how the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s leaders claimed their God had transcended the dimension and urged the clan to follow him by creating new gods.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan developed a method of using Ten-Tails to turn planetary energy into God Tree Fruits for its members to consume.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan discovered that consuming fruits did not grant every member divine power, while its pursuit of godhood concentrated power and conflicted with the clan’s propagation.

Kaguya recalled how she betrayed Isshiki, gained power from the God Tree Fruit, and made Earth the base for a new Ōtsutsuki Clan before her sons sealed her. After awakening in the present, she tried to control Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he blinded her with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and attacked with five elemental dragons.

• Kaguya remembered the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s brutal pursuit of godhood and how she ambushed Isshiki, feeding him to the Ten-Tails.
• After eating the God Tree Fruit, Kaguya decided the other Ōtsutsuki were her enemies and built a new clan on Earth, creating Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya’s memories ended with Hagoromo and Hamura sealing her, and she realized humans had since dealt with Black Zetsu.
• Kaguya examined Hiruzen Sarutobi and tried to enslave him with her eye power.
• Hiruzen used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to darken Kaguya’s vision and launched the Five Elements Release Technique: Five Dragons Annihilation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi’s ninjutsu failed against Kaguya’s ability to absorb chakra, so he summoned the hundred thousand White Zetsu she had created. As Kaguya attacked him, Hiruzen began the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Kaguya absorbed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s five-element ninjutsu and dismissed his mastery of chakra as crude.
• Hiruzen abandoned his pride as the Professor of Ninjutsu and used the Summoning Technique on a vast scale.
• Kaguya realized Hiruzen had summoned her army of a hundred thousand White Zetsu and angrily searched for him.
• Kaguya launched Divine Empty Strike at Hiruzen, who responded by initiating the forbidden Impure World Reincarnation.

Tobirama determined that White Zetsu were Tree People whose evolution threatened humanity and devised a tactic to destroy them. As Hiruzen opened a path to the Pure Land, Kaguya recognized Hagoromo’s presence, and the White Zetsu transformed into black-haired, red-eyed figures wearing Uchiha armor.

• Tobirama traced the White Zetsu’s strange abilities to the God Tree and named them Tree People, concluding that they would inevitably evolve to prey on humans.
• Tobirama’s discovery led to the use of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kaguya halted her attack when Hagoromo’s presence emerged from a plane opened by his power, but she could not reach him across the boundary between life and death.
• Kaguya realized Hagoromo had died and grieved that his chakra could never be recovered.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s technique sent light from the Pure Land over the White Zetsu, transforming them into armored, red-eyed Uchiha figures.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used Impure World Reincarnation to summon ninja from across history, who immediately fought Kaguya. Kaguya realized Hagoromo may have prepared the summoned dead as a countermeasure, and she struggled to defeat them as their souls returned to new bodies.

• The resurrected ninja regained their memories and learned through Hiruzen's Mind Transmission Technique that Kaguya was their enemy.
• Kaguya attacked with the Divine Empty Strike, killing many Uchiha and other ninja before the survivors unleashed ninjutsu against her.
• A ninja warned that Kaguya could absorb chakra, but she discovered that chakra drawn from the dead rapidly drained from her body.
• Kaguya flew away from the battlefield and saw that the pulverized ninja's souls escaped and entered White Zetsu bodies for another resurrection.
• Kaguya suspected Hagoromo had arranged the summoned souls as a precaution and recognized the battlefield as a plane preserving heroic souls from different eras.