Chapter Summaries

Naruto fought off the White Zetsu while Madara and Obito combined the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with their Susanoo to create a devastating weapon. After Naruto redirected its Tailed Beast Bomb away from Kumogakure, he unveiled Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

• Tobi, Black Zetsu, and a horde of White Zetsu confronted Naruto to keep him from interrupting Madara and Obito.
• Naruto killed the charging White Zetsu with Thunderclap: Kongō Fan while Madara, Obito, Tobi, and Black Zetsu formed the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Madara and Obito released the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, armored it with their combined Susanoo, and added Obito's Kamui spacetime seals.
• Madara and Obito shattered the barrier and advanced on Naruto with the Majestic Attire: Demonic Statue, which fired a Tailed Beast Bomb toward Kumogakure.
• Naruto used Space-Time Barrier Ninjutsu to transport the Tailed Beast Bomb away, then summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Naruto and Obito and Madara unleashed their strongest attacks in a devastating clash on the Ten-Thousand Ravines Plain. Naruto defeated Madara and destroyed the Demonic Statue’s Susanoo armor, but Obito revealed one final move: Omodaru: Time Stop.

• Naruto formed Ultra-Big Ball Rasengans on the hands of True Several Thousand Hands and launched Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers against Obito and Madara’s Demonic Statue.
• The attacks tore through the battlefield, and Naruto’s wooden palms survived the first exchange and launched a second wave of Rasengans.
• Naruto’s wooden statue seized the Demonic Statue’s wrists, resisted its lightning with wind, and used Adamantine Sealing Chains and a Super Added-Weight Rock punch to shatter its Susanoo breastplate and knock it down.
• Naruto overpowered Madara’s Super Shinra Tensei, collapsed the remaining Susanoo armor, and pinned Madara beneath a Gate of the Great God as Obito tried to pull the Demonic Statue into Kamui.
• After Naruto’s sage markings faded, Obito announced his true finishing move and activated Omodaru: Time Stop.

Naruto defeated Obito by using Konan and Hidan to wound him during his time-stop attack, while Madara escaped and discovered a way to revive himself in a living body. Obito withdrew, promising to challenge Naruto again, and Madara set out to seek sage power at Shikkotsu Forest.

• Obito stopped time and attacked Naruto, but Konan stabbed Hidan, causing Obito to be wounded and the time stop to end.
• Naruto explained that he had used Hidan as a hidden countermeasure and would have sacrificed an eye with Izanagi otherwise; Obito escaped with Tobi after promising to win next time.
• Madara revealed that delayed Izanagi had freed him from the Gate of the Great God at the cost of his right eye.
• Black Zetsu retrieved Madara's remains, and Madara used the Enma Statue and Spirit Transformation Technique to return to life in a young body.
• Madara decided to seek Senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest before visiting the other Sage Lands.

Obito created a powerful double named Tsuchima, then arranged his own death and resurrection through Impure World Reincarnation to fool the world into believing he was dead. Naruto failed to revive Obito and suspected a conspiracy before leaving with Sasori to retrieve something from the Land of Wind.

• Obito used Yin-Yang Release to give a Hashirama Clone his consciousness, absorbed the Demonic Statue into it, and transferred both his eyes to create a powerful double.
• Obito asked Tobi to kill him, and Tobi used Impure World Reincarnation to revive him in a cracked, immortal body with eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito named the Hashirama Clone double Tsuchima and planned to use the supposed death of Obito Uchiha to deceive the world.
• Kakashi found Obito's genuine corpse outside Konoha while the resurrected Obito and Tsuchima escaped through a spacetime vortex.
• Naruto's attempt to use Obito's blood for Impure World Reincarnation failed, and he suspected a conspiracy.
• Sasori summoned Naruto to leave, and Naruto headed for the Land of Wind while considering the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Naruto and Sasori traveled to the Land of Wind to use Rōran’s dragon vein as a chakra source for their Mecha Puppets, and Gaara welcomed them at the border. During a rest on the journey, Gaara asked Naruto about Sasuke, who had reportedly been spotted at sea.

• Sasori proposed using Rōran’s dragon vein as an external chakra source to power the Mecha Puppets, and Naruto agreed to seek Gaara’s permission.
• Naruto and Sasori met Gaara, Baki, Kankuro, and other Sunagakure shinobi at the Land of Wind’s entrance.
• Sasori teased Kankuro about surviving his poison, while Naruto returned the scroll containing the Life Reincarnation technique to Gaara.
• Naruto told Gaara that his father, Rasa, missed him, and Gaara said he would visit Rasa in Amegakure later.
• Naruto and Gaara stopped to rest, and Gaara asked whether Naruto had heard that Sasuke was spotted at sea.

Naruto and Gaara moved the Dragon Vein from the Rōran Ruins and Naruto used Sage Art Wood Release to plant a vast forest across the Land of Wind’s desert. Gaara thanked Naruto for a gift that could eventually transform the desert into an oasis.

• Gaara told Naruto that Sunagakure’s shinobi had spotted Sasuke and a man believed to be Kabuto at sea, and offered to have Sunagakure’s Anbu track Sasuke.
• Naruto and Gaara reached the Rōran Ruins after Gaara confirmed the Land of Wind’s Daimyo had approved moving the Dragon Vein.
• Gaara lifted the earth around the temple, and Naruto used Planetary Devastation to seal the Dragon Vein inside an enormous sphere.
• Naruto used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to make the sphere light enough to transport with Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto used Sage Art: Wood Release: World of Trees: Eternal Life to cover hundreds of miles of desert in trees, and Gaara thanked him on behalf of the Land of Wind.

Naruto installed an artificial Proxy Brain to control the Dragon Vein and safeguard Amegakure, then discussed finding someone to manage the village’s administration. Konan led him to meet her candidate, while Madara sought senjutsu training from Katsuyu and was met with a torrent of acid.

• Naruto and Orochimaru activated the Proxy Brain, giving it three directives to restrain the Dragon Vein, power Naruto’s Asura Path, and protect Amegakure above all else.
• Naruto released the Dragon Vein’s seal, and its chakra flowed through the Proxy Brain to synchronize with the Asura Path’s mechanized puppets.
• Naruto gave Konan, Orochimaru, and Sasori keys to the sealed temple and entrusted Konan with a remote control for the Dragon Vein.
• Kakuzu warned Naruto that maintaining the Proxy Brain would cost three hundred million ryo a year, far more than Amegakure had in its treasury.
• Naruto told Konan he wanted to find someone else to handle the village’s administration, and Konan said she would take him to meet a candidate.
• Madara asked Katsuyu to teach him senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest, and Katsuyu answered by pouring acid down on him.

Naruto met Amamiya Ruri, a former princess of the Land of Rain, and appointed her Amegakure’s acting village chief so he could focus on training. Ruri secretly planned to make the Land of Rain Naruto’s possession, while Madara Uchiha appeared on a desert plain, badly wounded after escaping a reptile.

• Konan told Naruto that Amamiya Ruri was a former princess whom she had sheltered in Amegakure for three years.
• Ruri thanked Naruto for stopping the meteor and bowed to him, then discussed his vision for Amegakure’s prosperity, strength, and unity.
• Naruto entrusted Amegakure’s affairs to Ruri and named her acting village chief starting the next day.
• After Naruto left, Ruri resolved to make the Land of Rain Naruto’s possession.
• Madara Uchiha appeared beside a Flying Thunder God kunai on a desert plain, wounded and cursing the reptile he had escaped.

Madara recovered from his encounter with Katsuyu and decided to use Sakura Haruno to force the slug to teach him Senjutsu. In Amegakure, Naruto released several reincarnated shinobi, recruited some through Kotoamatsukami, and wondered how to obtain enough ocular power for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Madara questioned Black Zetsu about his knowledge of the Three Great Sage Lands, then learned Sakura Haruno was Mito's granddaughter and set out for Konoha to capture her.
• Naruto opened the Gates of the Great God holding the reincarnated shinobi, and Utakata gave him a scroll of the Bubble Technique before choosing to depart.
• Orochimaru reunited with Sakon, Jirobo, Tayuya, and Kidomaru, who pledged to follow him again.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami on Yamanaka Fū and Aburame Tōrune, then sent them to find Danzo's aide, Aburame Ryoma.
• Naruto considered how to build up the ocular power needed for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and concluded that capturing White Zetsu in large numbers might be his only option.

Madara entered the woods outside Konoha, stole a Byakugan from a Hyuga scout, and planned to draw out Tsunade. In Konoha, Tsunade and Shikaku suspected Obito had engineered his death to pursue the Ten-Tails, and Tsunade chased a mysterious man bearing Hashirama’s face on Hokage Rock.

• Madara sensed that a Konoha scout was nearby, attacked him, and took the Hyuga ninja’s right Byakugan after the ninja destroyed his left eye.
• Madara killed the Hyuga ninja, used the Byakugan to survey the area, and decided to exploit Tsunade’s hot temper to lure her out.
• Tsunade reviewed Obito’s autopsy with Shikaku, and they concluded that Obito may have arranged his own death and reincarnation to advance his plan involving the Ten-Tails.
• Tsunade sent a message for Naruto to take Shikaku in and keep him close, while Shikaku left Shikamaru to gain experience under Tsunade.
• Tsunade spotted a long-haired man with Hashirama Senju’s face on Hokage Rock and rushed after him as he fled.

Madara defeated Tsunade and used her as leverage to force Katsuyu to let him learn Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu. After mastering it, he left with Black Zetsu and chose Ryūchi Cave as their next destination.

• Tsunade chased Madara out of Konoha, confronted him about Hashirama’s cells and the Byakugan, and learned he wanted Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu.
• Tsunade fought Madara but was defeated when his Wood Release clone severed her arm and he used Flying Thunder God to immobilize her.
• Madara and Black Zetsu threatened Katsuyu with Tsunade’s life until she opened the Sage Pool for Madara.
• Madara mastered Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu after a day and a night, then Black Zetsu released Tsunade and fled with him.
• In the Gobi Desert, Madara told Black Zetsu they would go to Ryūchi Cave instead of Mount Myōboku.

After Madara defeated Tsunade, Katsuyu kept her in Shikkotsu Forest to train in Senjutsu while Naruto stepped in to cover her Hokage duties. Naruto’s transformed clone was mistaken for Tsunade and swept into a gathering at Konoha’s grand hot spring.

• Katsuyu told Tsunade that Madara had left and insisted she remain in Shikkotsu Forest until she learned Senjutsu.
• Tsunade entered the Sage Pool and began trying to calm her mind, inspired by her grandmother Mito’s mastery of Nirvana Stillness.
• Naruto met Shikaku, learned that Madara was stirring up trouble, and agreed to have a Wood Release clone impersonate Tsunade until she returned.
• Naruto transformed the clone into Tsunade and sent it to the Hokage office while his original body left with Shikaku.
• Shizune mistook Naruto’s clone for Tsunade and took him to a hot spring gathering with other female ninja, where he tried to shield his eyes.

Naruto, disguised as Tsunade through a Wood Release clone, joined the female ninja at the hot spring and fainted when Shizune organized a group massage. After waking, he learned Shizune had invited Dan Katō to meet Tsunade for a date.

• Hana Inuzuka and the other women discussed Naruto, Kakashi, and the village while bathing in the hot spring.
• Shizune noticed Tsunade's silence and wondered if she was troubled by Dan Katō, who had been reincarnated and detained in Konoha.
• Shizune gave Tsunade a massage and invited the other women to join in, causing Naruto to faint.
• Naruto woke still disguised as Tsunade and drank tea with Shizune.
• Shizune told Naruto she had invited Dan over and suggested Tsunade go on a date with him, making Naruto spray out his tea.

Naruto, disguised as Tsunade, spent a snowy evening with Dan Katō, who discovered the deception and learned that Naruto had taken Tsunade's place while she studied senjutsu. After giving Naruto a genuine Yin Seal and urging him to become someone greater than Hokage, Dan released himself from Impure World Reincarnation and disappeared.

• Naruto, disguised as Tsunade, walked with Dan Katō and heard him reminisce about their past and say he trusted Naruto despite the boy's betrayal of Konoha.
• Dan led Naruto to a frozen lake and danced with him, then revealed he knew Naruto was not Tsunade because the Yin Seal on his forehead had faded.
• Naruto explained that Madara had ambushed Tsunade and that she was studying senjutsu with the Slug Sage in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Dan kissed Naruto's false Yin Seal and replaced it with a genuine one by passing on his chakra.
• Dan released himself from Impure World Reincarnation after asking Naruto's name and urging him to become someone greater than Hokage; Naruto promised to do so.
• Dan's soul vanished into the snowy sky as Naruto mourned him, while Shizune watched from the trees.

Naruto, Konan, Orochimaru, and Shikaku brainstormed how Obito could use the Ten-Tails despite being reincarnated. They developed a theory that Obito used a forbidden technique to transfer his consciousness into a Hashirama Clone, creating a new vessel to inherit his eyes and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Naruto called a meeting with Konan, Orochimaru, and Shikaku to discuss intelligence from Obito's autopsy.
• Shikaku reasoned that Obito must have a way to use the Ten-Tails in his reincarnated body, and proposed brainstorming possible methods.
• The group narrowed their ideas to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Tobi, Black Zetsu, Hashirama cells, and a forbidden technique.
• Shikaku theorized that Obito combined those elements to create an unknown entity that could inherit his eyes and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Naruto suggested that Obito could attach his consciousness to the Hashirama Clone using Yin-Yang Release, and Konan proposed that it could absorb the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Naruto and Shikaku investigated how Obito might threaten Amegakure and ordered the village sealed, then discovered its supplies would last only three months. Kakuzu agreed to fund provisions and resident subsidies with his savings, while Naruto still needed to prepare to face Obito and obtain Kagami Uchiha’s eye.

• Shikaku warned that Obito could bypass his oath by attacking outside the villages or using others, so Naruto ordered Konan to lock down Amegakure and recall its Anbu.
• Naruto, Shikaku, and Kakuzu calculated that Amegakure’s supplies would last two months, or three if they cut back without risking deaths.
• Naruto explained that he needed to wear down his eyes and obtain Kagami Uchiha’s left eye from Kabuto Yakushi before he could gain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto asked Kakuzu to help finance the village, and Kakuzu revealed he had saved seven hundred million ryō.
• Kakuzu offered half his savings to buy supplies and the other half to give residents as subsidies.

Naruto told Shikaku how he planned to keep Obito in check and explained that Amamiya Ruri was secretly governing Amegakure in his place. He argued that powerful allies should grow alongside him to prevent him from ruling unchecked, while Madara arrived at Ryūchi Cave seeking its sage power.

• Naruto told Shikaku he had captured hundreds of White Zetsu to use Kotoamatsukami on and warned that the next battle would be his last chance to turn Obito back.
• Naruto showed Shikaku that Amamiya Ruri was using Transformation Technique to impersonate him as Amegakure's village chief.
• Naruto explained Ruri's plan to teach Amegakure's ninja survival skills by assigning each of them a plot of farmland to tend.
• Shikaku warned Naruto that people might fear him if he gained unchecked power, and Naruto said Sasuke, Obito, Madara, and others would keep pace with him through checks and balances.
• Naruto told Shikaku that Madara likely went to Ryūchi Cave to seek senjutsu.
• Madara asked the White Snake Sage to teach him Ryūchi Cave's sage power.

Madara Uchiha won the White Snake Sage’s approval without kneeling and received her sage power before heading to train at Ryūchi Cave’s Back Mountain. Meanwhile, Naruto sealed Amegakure behind a Four Red Yang Formation, and Obito entered the barrier to investigate.

• Madara Uchiha argued that smashing a brick against his forehead counted as kowtowing, then threatened to leave and return to destroy the temple if the White Snake Sage refused to teach him.
• The White Snake Sage tested Madara’s resolve, granted him sage power, and sent him to train at the Back Mountain for a day and a night.
• The White Snake Sage asked how Madara had obtained Katsuyu’s sage power, and Madara admitted he had threatened her with Mito’s granddaughter.
• The White Snake Sage hinted that she knew the truth of Madara’s origins and said Naruto’s Rinnegan had originally belonged to him.
• Naruto ordered Amegakure sealed until he awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and he raised a Four Red Yang Formation around the village.
• Obito told Tsuchima to wait outside, phased through Amegakure’s barrier, and reflected that Impure World Reincarnation had removed his phasing time limit.

Obito infiltrated Amegakure to investigate Naruto’s defenses but was unable to attack because the Curse Mark of Tongue Eradication tied his actions to Tsuchima’s survival and the Eye of the Moon Plan. Shikaku trapped him with a threat that could disable his intangibility, and Obito agreed to listen as Naruto declared Infinite Tsukuyomi a lie.

• Obito and Tobi discussed waiting for Amegakure to run out of supplies, while Obito insisted their plan remained invincible despite Tobi’s doubts.
• Obito saw Suikazan Fuguki working as a butcher and passed by an elderly woman without helping her.
• Violet recognized Tobi and led Amegakure’s fighters in attacking him, while Obito confirmed Naruto controlled Kabuto’s reincarnated pawns.
• Naruto and Shikaku confronted Obito at the village’s boundary, and Shikaku used Shadow Imitation Technique to stop him.
• Shikaku explained how Obito could be forced to gouge out his eyes and lose his intangibility, so Obito agreed to hear them out.
• Naruto told Obito that Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie.

Naruto revealed to Obito that Black Zetsu had deceived Madara and that Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn its victims into White Zetsu, but Obito rejected the truth and fled. Obito resolved to obtain a jutsu to counter Shikaku’s shadow technique and learn Flying Thunder God before their final battle.

• Naruto explained that Black Zetsu was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s will, had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and planned to revive her through Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naruto cited Black Zetsu’s use of powerful Yin-Yang Release and failure to remove Madara’s curse mark as evidence that Black Zetsu was not Madara’s will.
• Naruto offered to reveal how he knew the truth if Obito would bump fists with him, but Obito pulled away after remembering Rin’s death.
• Obito refused Naruto’s plea to abandon Infinite Tsukuyomi, declared they would settle matters on the battlefield, and left the Four Red Yang Formation.
• After returning to Tsuchima, Obito decided to seek an Uzumaki sealing jutsu that could restrain shadows and obtain Konoha’s Scroll of Seals to learn Flying Thunder God.