Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha used his newly recovered Rinnegan to absorb attacks and overwhelm Hashirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze. He summoned a massive meteor with Tengai Shinsei, and Hashirama tried to stop it with a towering pillar of trees as the meteor continued to descend.

• Madara Uchiha defeated Hashirama Senju in close combat and blasted him with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Minato Namikaze attacked Madara with a Rasengan, but Madara absorbed it with a blue barrier before Hiruzen Sarutobi struck with Five Natures: Five Great Combo.
• Hashirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze joined forces against Madara, who revealed his Rinnegan's power and summoned a giant meteor with Tengai Shinsei.
• Madara's Susanoo shielded him from Minato and Hiruzen's attacks as the meteor fell toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hashirama Senju raised a vast pillar of trees to slow the meteor, then added more trees as it continued descending.

Madara Uchiha summoned a second meteor, and the two impacts devastated the battlefield, apparently killing the Allied Shinobi Forces. As Obito turned the Ten-Tails against Naruto and the tailed beasts, Neji, Tsunade, and Jiraiya charged to attack him.

• Hashirama Senju held up Madara Uchiha’s first meteor with Wood Release while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato, and Ōnoki tried to find a way to destroy or teleport it.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a second meteor, and it crashed into the first, crushing Hashirama’s wooden pillar and ravaging the battlefield.
• Naruto and Neji saw that the battlefield had fallen silent beneath the rubble, while Obito ordered the Ten-Tails to attack the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya rallied Naruto, and Neji led Tsunade and Jiraiya toward Obito while Naruto and the tailed beasts occupied the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto and the Eight-Tails struck at the Ten-Tails, giving Neji an opening to attack Obito with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

After Madara’s Tengai Shinsei devastated the battlefield, Kabuto released the Reanimated Four Kage while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Neji fought Obito atop the Ten-Tails. Kakashi struck Obito through Kamui and the three prepared to finish him, but Madara intervened and blocked their attacks.

• Madara surveyed the ruined battlefield, and Kabuto released the Reanimated Four Kage to watch what happened next.
• Jiraiya and Obito clashed with Fire Release, while Tsunade attacked Obito and Neji pulled her to safety and deflected his wooden projectiles.
• Jiraiya attacked with a giant Rasengan, but Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension, where Kakashi stabbed him through the abdomen with Lightning Blade.
• Neji, Tsunade, and Jiraiya charged their wounded target together, but Madara’s Susanoo blocked all three attacks.

Madara Uchiha revealed that he was alive and forced Obito to choose whether to work with him. After they exchanged eyes, Madara entered the Kamui Dimension to confront Kakashi.

• Madara Uchiha told Obito that he had left another restriction on him and demanded his Sharingan.
• Madara gave Obito his Rinnegan, and Obito exchanged his Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan for it.
• Obito connected to the Ten-Tails to replenish his chakra and agreed to capture the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails with Madara.
• Madara told Obito to handle the people outside and entered the Kamui Dimension to deal with Kakashi.
• Kakashi attacked Madara as he appeared, but Madara blocked the Lightning Blade with Susanoo and struck at him.

Obito used his Dual Rinnegan to overpower Jiraiya while Madara pulled Tsunade, Neji, and finally Jiraiya into the Kamui Dimension. After Madara returned to the battlefield, Obito commanded the Ten-Tails to unleash a world-shaking attack and target the Eight-Tails.

• Jiraiya attacked Obito with a Rasengan, but Obito repelled him while Madara dragged Tsunade and Neji into the Kamui Dimension.
• Neji told Madara that he was angry because members of his clan had died, then agreed to wait in the Kamui Dimension and look forward to fighting Madara later.
• Jiraiya charged Obito with repeated Rasengan attacks, including a Double Rasengan, but Obito repelled each one and left him badly weakened.
• Madara returned from the Kamui Dimension, took Jiraiya away, and told Obito to deal with the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Obito commanded the Ten-Tails to unleash Heaven and Earth Mutation, throwing the Shinobi World into turmoil and forcing the tailed beasts back.
• Obito ordered the Ten-Tails to attack the Eight-Tails first, and its ten tails reached out to seize it.

Obito and the Ten-Tails overwhelmed the tailed beasts, and the Ten-Tails extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto and swallowed him. After evolving into its third form, the Ten-Tails showed the first signs of independent thought, while Obito prepared to become its jinchuriki.

• The Ten-Tails pinned down the Eight-Tails, but the Nine-Tails bit its tail and helped the Eight-Tails escape.
• Obito used Banshō Ten'in to restrain the Nine-Tails, and the Ten-Tails bound him with chains.
• Naruto drew the Nine-Tails into his body, but the chains followed them into his Sealing Space.
• Kushina tried to hold the Nine-Tails back with Adamantine Sealing Chains, but the Ten-Tails pulled him away and Kushina was drawn back into the great tree.
• The Ten-Tails extracted and swallowed the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto weakened and completing its evolution into its third form.
• The Ten-Tails began to develop its own thoughts, and Obito declared that he would become its jinchuriki.

After Naruto lost the Nine-Tails, Minato tried to save him with the other half of the beast while Hashirama guarded them from Black Zetsu. Meanwhile, Tetsuya discovered that the Sage of Six Paths had approached Sasuke and pulled Sasuke out of his mental world, leaving the Sage behind.

• Minato found Naruto dying after the Nine-Tails was extracted, then began transferring the other half of the beast into him.
• Black Zetsu tried to steal the Nine-Tails chakra, but Hashirama stopped him and drove him off.
• Shinada of the Salamander told Tetsuya that Sasuke had suddenly collapsed, and Tetsuya went to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Tetsuya recognized that the Sage of Six Paths had approached Sasuke to use a Rinnegan as a bargaining chip tied to the Indra and Asura reincarnations.
• Tetsuya used a blood contract to pull Sasuke out of his mental world and into the evil god space, leaving the Sage of Six Paths wondering where he had gone.

Tetsuya met Sasuke in the Evil God Space, then confronted the Sage of Six Paths and demanded to know whether he would accept Tetsuya taking charge of the shinobi world. The Sage warned him about the danger posed by Kaguya, but Tetsuya dismissed the warning and pressed him for an answer.

• Tetsuya explained to Sasuke that the Evil God Space belonged to him and asked what he thought of the Sage of Six Paths's revelations.
• Sasuke said he would go to the battlefield to seize the Rinnegan and revive his clansmen, and Tetsuya sent him back.
• Tetsuya introduced himself to the Sage of Six Paths and declared that he intended to unite the shinobi world and become its new leader.
• Tetsuya offered to leave the Sage in the Pure Land if he accepted, but threatened to fight and seal him if he opposed or interfered.
• The Sage warned Tetsuya that someone was trying to free Kaguya, but Tetsuya claimed he could defeat both her and the Sage.
• Tetsuya asked about Naruto and learned that Minato had transferred the other half of the Nine-Tails to him after the first half was extracted.

Tetsuya told the Sage of Six Paths that Kaguya had betrayed her colleague Jigen, then brought the skeptical Sage to meet him as a witness. Jigen recognized the Sage and began discussing Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki Clan with him.

• Tetsuya told the Sage of Six Paths that Kaguya had ambushed Jigen and fed him to the God Tree, and offered to introduce them.
• Tetsuya summoned the Sage of Six Paths into the room, where the Uchiha lowered their weapons after Tetsuya explained who he was.
• Tetsuya led the Sage of Six Paths to meet Jigen while Shisui and Sasuke returned to prepare for the end of the Shinobi War.
• Jigen recognized the Sage of Six Paths as Hagoromo, mocked his lost physical body, and listened as Hagoromo asked about Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Tetsuya explained that he had brought Hagoromo to Jigen because Hagoromo wanted a witness to confirm his account of Kaguya's past.

Jigen told Hagoromo that Kaguya created the White Zetsu to defend against other members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Meanwhile, Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and broke free of Hashirama’s Gates of the Great God.

• Jigen recounted his arrival on the planet with Kaguya, and Hagoromo questioned why she had created so many White Zetsu after eating the God Tree’s fruit.
• Jigen explained that Kaguya feared the other members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto awoke on the Shinobi War front line and recognized Hashirama as the previous Asura Chakra Reincarnate.
• Obito suppressed the Ten-Tails, completed his hand seals, and emerged transformed as its Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama pinned Obito with several Gates of the Great God, but the gates cracked and shattered.

Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and overwhelmed Naruto’s allies with his black spheres, but the Ten-Tails’ instincts began consuming his will. As Minato rushed toward him, Obito recalled his teacher, Kakashi, and Rin, then resolved to destroy everything and create a new world.

• Obito broke free of the Gate of the Great God’s seal and charged at Naruto’s allies, blocking their attacks with black spheres.
• Obito destroyed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s body and pierced Minato’s chest before Minato retreated with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Obito shattered Hashirama’s wood dragon and pulverized half of Hashirama’s body in their clash.
• Obito’s body swelled into a mountain of flesh as the Ten-Tails’ instincts consumed his consciousness.
• Minato rushed toward Obito, who remembered Minato, Kakashi, and Rin before vowing to destroy everything and create a new world.

Obito transformed into a powerful Sage-like form and attacked the reanimated shinobi, killing Hiruzen Sarutobi and countering Minato’s techniques. Naruto arrived just in time to block Obito’s strike against Minato.

• Obito transformed, and his black scepter severed Minato’s arm, sending the arm’s soul back to the Pure Land.
• Obito rejected Minato’s attempt to persuade him and unleashed an explosive Truth-Seeking Orb that scattered the shinobi.
• Obito appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and struck him with the scepter, destroying his reanimated body and returning his soul to the Pure Land.
• Obito used Truth-Seeking Orbs to target Minato’s Flying Thunder God Marks and remained unharmed by Minato’s Rasengan.
• Naruto stepped between Obito and Minato and blocked Obito’s scepter with his foot.

Naruto gained six paths power from the Sage of Six Paths and joined Minato and Hashirama in fighting Obito. The chapter ended with Minato striking Obito with a Sage Art: Rasengan while Naruto distracted him.

• Naruto revealed his Six Paths Mode and clashed Truth-Seeking Orbs with Obito.
• Naruto told Minato that the Sage of Six Paths had given him power to face the threat to the Shinobi World.
• Minato explained that Senjutsu or Taijutsu could hurt Obito, and Hashirama agreed to support Naruto.
• Minato and Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Naruto close enough to hit Obito with a Sage Art: Rasengan.
• Obito recovered, fought Naruto at close range with their weapons, and attacked with a Truth-Seeking Orb spear and shield.
• Naruto distracted Obito while Minato appeared above him and brought down a Sage Art: Rasengan.

Hashirama, Naruto, and Minato fought Obito while Killer B attacked Black Zetsu. In the pavilion, Jigen explained the Ōtsutsuki threat to the Sage of Six Paths, and Tetsuya pointed out that the living would have to face any arriving Ōtsutsuki.

• Hashirama struck Obito with senjutsu attacks, but Obito broke through the Wood Buddha and charged at him.
• Killer B found and attacked Black Zetsu after Minato sent him to investigate.
• Hashirama punched Obito, and Naruto deflected the Truth-Seeking Orbs Obito sent at them.
• Naruto and Hashirama returned the attack while Minato appeared beside Naruto with a massive Rasengan.
• Jigen told the Sage of Six Paths that the Ōtsutsuki planted God Trees across the universe and might investigate if they lost contact with Kaguya.
• Tetsuya reminded the Sage that he was dead and that the living would have to face any Ōtsutsuki who came to their world.

Tetsuya told the Sage of Six Paths that he wanted a world where everyone could share a happy ending, while the Sage explained that Tetsuya had disrupted the future he once foresaw. On the battlefield, Obito stood over the battered Naruto, Hashirama, and Minato, convinced their fates were sealed.

• The Sage of Six Paths said meeting Tetsuya had made him question fate and revealed that he could foresee fragments of the future.
• The Sage of Six Paths recounted how recent events had diverged from his visions and accused Tetsuya of changing people's fates.
• Tetsuya said he wanted a happy ending for everyone, then suggested the Sage ask Jigen whether that included Kaguya.
• Obito, despite his injuries, stood over the exhausted Naruto, one-armed Hashirama, and armless Minato and declared their fates sealed.

Obito extracted the Eight-Tails from Killer B, gained its power, and began casting Infinite Tsukuyomi. Black Zetsu then revealed that Obito had been a pawn and took control of him, leaving Naruto and the others facing an unknown transformation.

• Obito seized Killer B, extracted Gyuki, and absorbed the Eight-Tails, awakening a nine-tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead as Killer B died.
• Naruto attacked Obito with a Six Paths Senjutsu Rasengan, but Obito blocked it with Amenonuhoko and blasted away the ground.
• Obito released the Ten-Tails, transformed it into the God Tree, and began Infinite Tsukuyomi as the moon turned into a giant Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu, disguised within Killer B's body, pierced Obito and revealed that Madara Uchiha and Obito had both been pawns in his plan.
• Black Zetsu merged into Obito and redirected the chakra into him, causing Obito to swell and absorb the God Tree as Naruto and the others watched in alarm.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki emerged from Obito and attacked Naruto, defeating Minato and Hashirama before trapping Naruto in another dimension. As Kaguya began absorbing Naruto’s chakra, Tetsuya and others arrived, splitting the dimension with a vast grassland.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki emerged from the shrinking mass of flesh and struck Naruto, then disintegrated Minato and Hashirama when they attacked her.
• Naruto fought Kaguya in the Lava Dimension but was outmatched and grabbed as she began reclaiming his chakra.
• Naruto broke free of Black Zetsu’s control and rejected his claim that ninja history was merely manipulated from the shadows.
• Tetsuya and several others appeared as the Lava Dimension split open to reveal a vast grassland.

Tetsuya, Izuna, and Madara joined Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths as Kaguya fought her son in the Lava Dimension. While Tetsuya recorded the battle, Naruto learned that his injured friends were safe and went through Izuna’s portal to see them.

• Naruto recognized Tetsuya and Izuna, then joined the Sage of Six Paths as he faced Kaguya.
• Izuna redirected Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones, and the Sage of Six Paths fought her after failing to persuade her to stop.
• Tetsuya, Izuna, and Madara sat and watched while Tetsuya recorded the battle; Izuna clarified that he was not the Sasuke Naruto knew.
• Naruto accused Madara of killing people, but Tetsuya assured him that Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others were safe and recovering.
• Izuna opened a portal to the Daimyo's Mansion, and Naruto went through to meet Neji and check on the injured.

Tetsuya told Naruto how Black Zetsu had manipulated the Shinobi World and revealed that Naruto’s mother, Kushina, could be resurrected. As the Sage of Six Paths struggled against Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Tetsuya and Izuna joked that she was beating her own son.

• Neji reassured Naruto that the others were safe, and Naruto left them in Neji’s care before returning to Tetsuya.
• Tetsuya told Naruto that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and the Shinobi World, while Tetsuya had worked behind the scenes to change its course.
• Tetsuya revealed Kushina’s soul to Naruto and explained that she and other dead people could be brought back to life.
• Naruto deduced that defeating Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and restoring everyone would resolve the crisis, while Madara Uchiha commented that adults cared about where they stood rather than simple ideas of good and evil.
• A shock wave threatened Kushina’s soul, so Tetsuya sent her back to the Sealing Space.
• Izuna observed that the Sage of Six Paths was losing ground against Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Tetsuya and Izuna joked that she was beating her own son.

Madara Uchiha wanted to challenge Kaguya, so Tetsuya offered him nine tailed beasts from the Box of Ultimate Bliss to help him gain the power to do so. While Madara and Tetsuya left through Izuna’s Space-Time Gate, Izuna and Naruto argued about whether people could truly understand one another, leaving Naruto speechless.

• Madara Uchiha said he wanted to fight Kaguya, and Tetsuya explained that Madara still lacked the power of a God Tree Fruit.
• Tetsuya revealed that the Box of Ultimate Bliss held nine tailed beasts and told Madara to bring the Ten-Tails Cub so they could speak elsewhere.
• Izuna opened a Space-Time Gate for Madara and Tetsuya, while Naruto stayed behind to watch the battle between the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya.
• Naruto asked Izuna why Kaguya and her son were fighting, and Izuna said Kaguya wanted revenge for being sealed away.
• Naruto argued that Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths fought because they did not understand each other, and Izuna mocked his belief until Naruto could not respond.