Recaps

Shin Uchiha learned that Uchiha Itachi had developed Kekkei Genkai Disease and had only months to live, while Itachi insisted on facing Sasuke as promised. The chapter ended with Asuma discovering Chiriku’s body at the Fire Temple.

• Yahiko disguised himself as Deva Path Pain so Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu would not realize he had been revived.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived to report to Shin Uchiha and learned that Sasuke had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and reached roughly peak Kage level.
• After Itachi coughed blood, he revealed that Kekkei Genkai Disease had afflicted him for about a year and refused to pursue treatment that would only prolong his life briefly.
• Shin Uchiha examined Itachi, estimated that he had at most half a year left, and gave him medicine that could extend his life by three months.
• Itachi asked to keep his promised fight with Sasuke, entrusted Sasuke to Shin Uchiha, and left as a crow; Konan comforted Shin Uchiha.
• At the Fire Temple, Asuma found Chiriku dead among the bodies and grieved over the loss of his close friend.

After the Fire Temple massacre, Asuma pursued the killers alone while Sakura and her teammates learned that he had neglected them because they came from civilian families. Tsunade told Shin Uchiha that the Akatsuki’s Immortal Duo had killed Asuma, and Shin ordered Naruto to lead a mission against them with Kakashi supporting him.

• Asuma left Sakura and her teammates behind and pursued the Fire Temple’s killers alone after learning that Master Chiriku had been murdered.
• Sakura and her teammates discussed Asuma’s disdain for them, and one teammate said Asuma refused to teach them because they came from civilian families.
• In Takamagahara Space, Shin Uchiha left Mabui and Samui to begin training and sensed that a divine throne would appear after he obtained one more thing.
• Tsunade told Shin Uchiha that the Akatsuki’s Immortal Duo had killed Asuma and that the Sarutobi Clan might use his death to reunite.
• Shin Uchiha agreed to target the Immortal Duo and assigned Naruto to lead the mission with Kakashi supporting him.

Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, but Madara resisted his control and demanded an account of the Shinobi World. Madara exposed Kabuto Yakushi’s attempt to send a message to Shin Uchiha, and Orochimaru killed Kabuto after learning the message had been sent.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that he had perfected the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and summoned Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha awakened, realized he had been summoned instead of revived, and threw Orochimaru across the laboratory when Orochimaru tried to control him.
• Madara Uchiha resisted Orochimaru’s control and demanded information about the current Shinobi World.
• Madara Uchiha sensed Kabuto Yakushi activating a space mark, restrained him, and identified it as a way to send a message using Uchiha ocular power.
• Kabuto Yakushi admitted that he served Shin Uchiha and had already sent him news of Madara’s summoning.
• Orochimaru sent a python to bite Kabuto Yakushi, who collapsed to the floor.

Madara Uchiha learned that Shin Uchiha controlled Konoha and the Land of Fire, and became eager to face him. After Kabuto Yakushi was rescued and brought to the Hokage Office, Shin learned that Madara had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation and dismissed the threat as manageable.

• Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that Shin Uchiha led the Uchiha Clan and controlled Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• Madara Uchiha realized Shin might have disrupted Obito Uchiha's plans, then grew excited when Kabuto Yakushi vanished through Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Madara Uchiha seized Orochimaru and left for the place where he had died, expecting to find Obito Uchiha and Black Duke there.
• Kabuto Yakushi appeared unconscious in the Hokage Office, and Tsunade examined him and said Orochimaru's venom was treatable.
• Shin Uchiha read Kabuto Yakushi's message that Madara Uchiha had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation and said it was not a serious concern.

Shin Uchiha learned that Orochimaru had revived Madara and left to prepare the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Six-Tails. Meanwhile, Naruto’s team traveled toward the Fire Temple with Karin and Sai, and Kakashi asked Sai to create giant birds so they could catch up with the Immortal Duo.

• Shin Uchiha suggested calling Nonō to help Kabuto, but Tsunade said Nonō would only worry and took Kabuto to a treatment room to treat Orochimaru’s venom herself.
• Shin Uchiha read a note indicating that Orochimaru had revived Madara with Impure World Reincarnation and suspected Black Zetsu and Obito had helped.
• Shin Uchiha left, saying he needed to prepare the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Six-Tails as soon as possible.
• Naruto traveled toward the Fire Temple with Kakashi, Karin, Sai, and the others, and asked Kakashi about Asuma and Sakura.
• Kakashi told Ino that Sakura’s team had escaped the Immortal Duo, and Ino startled Naruto by pointing out that he was the only genin on the mission.
• Kakashi asked Sai to draw giant flying birds so the group could catch up with the Immortal Duo before they crossed the Land of Fire’s border.

Obito Uchiha and the Zetsus discussed the stalled tailed beast hunt before Madara Uchiha arrived, revived through Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. After learning about Shin Uchiha and the plan's setbacks, Madara resolved to focus on gathering the tailed beasts and postpone retrieving his Rinnegan until he was alive again.

• White Zetsu reported that the Akatsuki's tailed beast hunts had made uneven progress, while Nagato no longer trusted Obito Uchiha and Shin Uchiha remained a major obstacle.
• White Zetsu sensed a powerful chakra approaching, so Obito Uchiha vanished into his Kamui Dimension and White Zetsu hid underground.
• Madara Uchiha arrived carrying Orochimaru and summoned Obito Uchiha, who recognized Madara after seeing his Rinnegan and learned he had been revived through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Madara Uchiha learned from Black Zetsu that Shin Uchiha had disrupted the plan, and Obito Uchiha warned that Shin might have awakened the Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha decided that gathering all the tailed beasts was the priority and refused to retrieve his Rinnegan from Nagato until he returned to life.

Madara Uchiha decided to collect the remaining tailed beasts himself, believing his control over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path made Nagato unnecessary. Meanwhile, Shin Uchiha secretly placed chakra from five tailed-beast clones into the statue, and Yahiko questioned why Shin was helping Madara.

• Madara Uchiha sensed that five tailed beasts had been sealed in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and resolved to capture the remaining jinchūriki himself.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that the Akatsuki was already fighting the Four-Tails jinchūriki, so they set out to find the Five-Tails jinchūriki in Iwagakure.
• Black Zetsu wondered why the statue contained Three-Tails' chakra when White Zetsu had found a Three-Tails jinchūriki in Kirigakure, then dismissed his concern.
• Shin Uchiha revealed that he had placed chakra from five tailed-beast clones into the statue, while Konan criticized Orochimaru for summoning Madara Uchiha without controlling him.
• Yahiko asked Shin Uchiha why he was secretly helping Madara Uchiha instead of stopping his resurrection.

Shin Uchiha agreed to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and replace them with Sharingan to protect him from Madara, while keeping his larger plan in mind. Meanwhile, Naruto’s team struggled against Kakuzu as Shikamaru dealt with Hidan.

• Shin Uchiha explained that Madara needed to recover his Rinnegan, putting Nagato at risk, but promised to revive Nagato if he died.
• Nagato offered to give Shin Uchiha his Rinnegan, and Shin proposed holding them in safekeeping and replacing them with Sharingan.
• Nagato accepted the replacement, and Shin said he would perform it after Uchiha Itachi and the others captured the Four-Tails' jinchūriki.
• Shin Uchiha sensed something, kissed Konan, and vanished.
• Naruto charged Kakuzu with his shadow clones while Shikamaru’s team kept Hidan occupied.
• Naruto’s team remained unable to get close to Kakuzu, whose skilled, wide-ranging combined ninjutsu and combat experience kept them at a stalemate.

Naruto and the others defeated Kakuzu and Hidan, then prepared to return to Konoha. Elsewhere, Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi captured the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, and White Zetsu set out to report the capture to Lord Madara Uchiha.

• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique and a barrage of Big Ball Rasengan to kill Kakuzu.
• Karin reported that Hidan's chakra had disappeared, and Kakashi concluded that Shikamaru and the others had defeated him.
• Shikamaru and the others returned unharmed, and Kakashi instructed the group to clean up the battlefield and return to Konoha.
• Kisame Hoshigaki drained the Four-Tails Jinchūriki's chakra with Samehada and captured him while Uchiha Itachi watched.
• White Zetsu witnessed the capture and returned to the tree to report it to Lord Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha learned the Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails and that Naruto Uzumaki had killed Kakuzu and Hidan, then sent Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu to arrange an interception. Madara reached Iwagakure and openly challenged Ōnoki, drawing the Tsuchikage and other figures out to meet him.

• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that the Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails and located Naruto Uzumaki near the Land of Fire's border.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Obito Uchiha to return with Black Zetsu so the Six Paths of Pain could capture Naruto Uzumaki.
• White Zetsu revealed that Naruto Uzumaki and several Konoha shinobi had killed Kakuzu and Hidan, so Black Zetsu told White Zetsu to track them and report their movements to Nagato.
• Madara Uchiha arrived outside Iwagakure and rejected White Zetsu's offer to sneak him into the village.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed his chakra, triggering Iwagakure's alarm, and Ōnoki and other figures flew out from the Tsuchikage Building to confront him.

Madara Uchiha confronted Ōnoki and Iwagakure, demanding the Five-Tails Jinchuriki before attacking with Susanoo. Ōnoki and the village’s shinobi fought back, and the battle remained underway as an Earth Release technique closed in on Susanoo.

• Ōnoki sensed a powerful intruder outside Iwagakure and led the village’s shinobi to confront him.
• Madara Uchiha revealed himself, and Ōnoki recognized the man he had believed dead.
• Madara Uchiha demanded that Ōnoki surrender the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, but Ōnoki refused.
• Madara Uchiha formed a third-stage Susanoo and charged at Ōnoki and the other shinobi.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s fighters launched techniques against Susanoo, while a shinobi used the Mountain Earth Technique to crush it between two rising masses of earth.

Shin Uchiha watched Madara Uchiha attack Iwagakure and reveal that he could use Hashirama Senju's Wood Release. Madara trapped Ōnoki, Han, and the other Shinobi in poisonous flowering trees, leaving them struggling as the chapter ended.

• Shin Uchiha observed Madara Uchiha's assault on Iwagakure and recognized that Madara had begun collecting the Tailed Beasts.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed his Susanoo and used Wood Release to send vines and branches sweeping through the Iwagakure Shinobi.
• Ōnoki realized Madara Uchiha had Hashirama Senju's Wood Release as the trees trapped the Shinobi.
• Madara Uchiha intensified the Wood Release, causing trees to bloom and release poisonous pollen that muddled Ōnoki's head.
• Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, began gathering tailed beast chakra, but Ōnoki warned that Wood Release could suppress him and Madara was waiting outside.

Ōnoki unleashed his strongest Dust Release to break through Madara Uchiha’s Wood Release, but Madara answered with a massive meteor aimed at Iwagakure. As Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Han flew to stop it, Shin Uchiha recognized that a second, larger meteor would follow and deactivated his Rinnegan.

• Ōnoki used Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu to destroy the Wood Release trees around Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki declared that Iwagakure would never submit, and Madara Uchiha enveloped himself in Susanoo and summoned a huge meteor with Dōjutsu-Tengai Shinsei.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi and Han to help stop the meteor, and the three flew toward it using their full strength.
• Shin Uchiha realized that another, larger meteor would follow and deactivated his Rinnegan.

Shin Uchiha copied Tengai Shinsei and waited to obtain Limbo: Border Jail before evolving his Rinnegan. After Madara Uchiha destroyed Iwagakure and took the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Shin saved the injured Kurotsuchi and sent her back to help her village.

• Shin Uchiha copied Tengai Shinsei and told his Rinnegan to wait until he had copied Limbo: Border Jail before evolving.
• Ōnoki and the other defenders failed to stop the second meteorite, which crashed into Iwagakure and reduced it to ruins.
• Shin Uchiha rescued the unconscious Kurotsuchi, treated her injuries, and watched Madara Uchiha blast aside debris and take the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kurotsuchi woke and recognized Shin Uchiha as the person who had returned Iwagakure's Scroll of Seals.
• Shin Uchiha urged Kurotsuchi to help her people and warned that Ōnoki might die without treatment, so she rushed toward the ruins.

Shin Uchiha left Iwagakure after copying Madara Uchiha’s Tengai Shinsei, while Nagato sensed Jiraiya outside Amegakure but never met him. At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that the crisis had arrived early and that he would face the wielder of the Rinnegan, so Jiraiya decided to bring Naruto for Sage Mode training.

• Shin Uchiha left Iwagakure after copying Madara Uchiha’s Tengai Shinsei.
• Nagato sensed Jiraiya outside Amegakure, but Jiraiya vanished before entering the village.
• Sage Fukasaku summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku after the Great Toad Sage had a new prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage said the shinobi world’s crisis had arrived early and that a powerful, benevolent figure would support the Child of Prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that he and the toads would encounter the wielder of the Rinnegan in an underground passage.
• Jiraiya decided to bring Naruto to Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode.

The Great Toad Sage sensed that the person Jiraiya had spoken of might one day outrank Mount Myōboku, while Jiraiya hurried to bring Naruto there to learn Sage Mode. Madara Uchiha returned with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and decided he would capture the remaining tailed beasts himself after the Akatsuki sealed the Four-Tails.

• Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku to bring Naruto back and begin his Sage Mode training.
• The Great Toad Sage told Sage Fukasaku that Jiraiya’s companion might one day rise above Mount Myōboku and warned him not to provoke that person.
• Madara Uchiha returned to his underground base with the unconscious Five-Tails Jinchuriki and learned from Black Zetsu that the Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to lock up the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and keep him alive until the tailed beast revived.
• Madara Uchiha decided to wait for Nagato to seal the Four-Tails, then summon him and capture the remaining two tailed beasts himself.

After Madara Uchiha seized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and extracted the Five-Tails, Nagato and Konan feared he would come for the Rinnegan. Nagato brought Konan and Yahiko to Shin Uchiha and offered him the eyes, but Shin said he had never promised not to return them to Madara.

• After sealing the Four-Tails, Nagato lost his connection to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and realized Madara Uchiha had taken control of it.
• Madara Uchiha extracted the Five-Tails from its unconscious jinchuriki and planned to gather the remaining tailed beasts.
• Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha left to retrieve the Rinnegan and kill Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko.
• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko met Shin Uchiha, and Nagato offered him the Rinnegan to protect his companions.
• Shin Uchiha told Nagato he had never said he would refuse to return the Rinnegan to Madara.

Shin Uchiha replaced Nagato’s Rinnegan with Mangekyō Sharingan and kept the Rinnegan as bait for the enemy lurking in the shadows. Uchiha Itachi revealed that learning about the future of the Uchiha Clan had left him convinced he had committed a terrible sin, and the chapter left Shin concerned for him.

• Nagato warned Shin Uchiha that returning the Rinnegan to Madara Uchiha could endanger the world, but Shin said he planned to use the eyes to draw out the hidden enemy.
• Shin replaced Nagato’s Rinnegan with Mangekyō Sharingan and explained its abilities and risks.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived after capturing the Four-Tails’ jinchūriki, and Shin sensed that his illness had worsened.
• Shin learned that Uchiha Itachi had been neglecting rest and wanted his final battle with Sasuke arranged soon.
• Uchiha Itachi confessed that Shisui had told him the future held Shisui’s death and the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, leaving Itachi convinced his own role in it was unforgivable.

Shin Uchiha agreed to let Sasuke meet Itachi at the Uchiha ancestral grounds, then told Tsunade that Madara had attacked Iwagakure after being revived with Impure World Reincarnation. Tsunade feared Madara was collecting tailed beasts and asked Shin whether they were connected to the catastrophe he had warned her about.

• Itachi asked Shin to let Sasuke kill him and inherit the help of his eyes, and Shin agreed to send Sasuke to the Uchiha ancestral grounds.
• Tsunade told Shin that an attacker resembling Madara had devastated Iwagakure, gravely injured Ōnoki, and taken the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shin said he had witnessed Madara's attack and believed Orochimaru had revived him with Impure World Reincarnation but lost control of him.
• Tsunade realized Madara might be gathering tailed beasts and asked Shin whether they were connected to the coming catastrophe.

Shin Uchiha told Tsunade that Madara Uchiha intended to collect the tailed beasts and become a second Sage of Six Paths, while revealing that he had allowed Madara to emerge so he could use Madara’s Rinnegan to grow stronger. Tsunade then asked whether Konoha should answer Iwagakure’s plea for her medical help, as Ōnoki remained unconscious from his injuries.

• Shin Uchiha told Tsunade that Madara Uchiha planned to gather the tailed beasts and become a second Sage of Six Paths.
• Tsunade urged Shin to hide Naruto, but Shin said he had allowed Madara to appear because he needed Madara’s Rinnegan as nourishment.
• Shin assured Tsunade that he could defeat Madara even if Madara reached the Six Paths level, and Tsunade agreed to trust him.
• Tsunade told Shin that Iwagakure had asked her to treat Ōnoki, who remained unconscious with severe injuries.
• Shin recalled that Ōnoki had likely risked his life to limit Iwagakure’s casualties from Madara’s Tengai Shinsei.

Tsunade received Jiraiya’s message that a new prophecy had warned of an approaching final battle, and that he would take Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode. Shin left to retrieve Naruto, while Tsunade decided to give Ino a chance to join Shin’s household after she passed several tests.

• Shin agreed to take Tsunade to help Iwagakure, but a messenger toad arrived with urgent news from Jiraiya.
• Tsunade told Shin that the Great Toad Sage had made a new prophecy and Jiraiya would take Naruto to Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode.
• Tsunade explained that Naruto had gone with Kakashi and others to eliminate the Immortal Duo and was returning with the Ino-Shika-Cho team.
• Tsunade revealed that Ino had given up her Yamanaka Clan heir position because she wanted to become Shin’s mistress, and Shin hurried off to find Naruto.
• Shizune asked whether Tsunade would allow Ino to become one of Shin’s women, and Tsunade said Ino could have a chance after passing necessary tests.

Shin Uchiha caught up with Kakashi’s team and told Naruto that Jiraiya would soon take him to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode. Naruto eagerly agreed to train and promised to return stronger so he could help Shin, while the others chose to travel back to Konoha with Shin.

• Naruto excitedly told Kakashi about his Big Ball Rasengan, and Kakashi recognized his potential.
• Shin Uchiha appeared before the team and explained that Jiraiya would soon take Naruto away to train.
• Shin told Naruto he would learn Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku, and Naruto asked whether mastering it would let him help Shin.
• Naruto promised to learn Sage Mode quickly and return to help Shin with difficult missions.
• Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Karin Uzumaki, Kakashi, and Sai agreed to return with Shin, who used Space-Time Ninjutsu to take them away.

Madara Uchiha learned that Nagato had severed his connection to the ring and set off for Kumogakure to capture Killer B. After Shin Uchiha received Konan’s warning that Madara’s group had triggered safeguards in Amegakure, he decided to reveal that he had the Rinnegan and draw their attention away from Nagato and the others.

• White Zetsu urged Madara Uchiha to go to Kumogakure and capture Killer B, while Black Zetsu warned that the village would be difficult to attack.
• Obito Uchiha told Madara Uchiha that he had searched Amegakure but found no trace of Nagato and the others.
• Madara Uchiha sensed that Nagato had severed his connection to the ring, crushed it, and flew toward Kumogakure with White Zetsu following.
• Shin Uchiha returned Naruto and the others, then received a Paper Crane from Konan explaining that someone had triggered the safeguards in Amegakure.
• Shin Uchiha suspected Madara Uchiha’s group wanted the Rinnegan and decided to tell them he had it to divert their attention from Nagato and the others.

Shin Uchiha revealed that Madara Uchiha had attacked Iwagakure to collect the Tailed Beasts, while Jiraiya came to take Naruto to Mount Myōboku. Jiraiya spotted Nagato’s Rinnegan in Shin’s possession and demanded to know why they were there.

• Shin Uchiha jolted Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan so Madara could pinpoint their location, and Tsunade chided him for the risk.
• Jiraiya arrived to take Naruto to Mount Myōboku, and Shin offered to summon Naruto for him.
• Jiraiya reported that a powerful fighter resembling Madara Uchiha had used Susanoo and Wood Release in Iwagakure.
• Shin confirmed that the fighter was Madara, revived through Impure World Reincarnation and collecting the Tailed Beasts.
• Jiraiya saw Nagato’s Rinnegan in a jar on Shin’s desk and demanded to know why Shin had them.

Jiraiya learned from Shin Uchiha how Madara Uchiha had targeted Nagato and why Shin had taken the Rinnegan. Shin then brought Tsunade and Shizune to Iwagakure, where they found the village reduced to ruins and went to treat Ōnoki.

• Shin Uchiha explained to Jiraiya that Madara Uchiha had targeted Nagato and that retrieving Nagato's Rinnegan had protected him, Konan, and Yahiko.
• Jiraiya admitted he had not questioned how Nagato awakened the Rinnegan, then left Shin Uchiha and Tsunade.
• Tsunade worried that Madara Uchiha's Impure World Reincarnation body would be difficult to defeat, but Shin said Madara was likely busy attacking Kumogakure.
• Shin Uchiha took Tsunade and Shizune to Iwagakure after Tsunade agreed to help the village.
• Tsunade and Shin saw Iwagakure's devastation and headed toward the largest concentration of people to treat Ōnoki.