Chapter Summaries

Hagoromo and Hamura trapped Hara in a valley ambush while the Knights and Celestial Dragons attacked, then left to confront their mother at the God Tree. Enraged by their departure, Hara began slaughtering the allied forces with a bone that reduced anyone it touched to ash.

• Hara entered a valley and was caught in a formation that sealed off every escape route.
• The Knights, the Celestial Dragons, and the Five Elders revealed themselves, and Hagoromo and Hamura emerged as the leaders of the ambush.
• Hamura urged Hara to stop supporting their mother’s sacrifices, but Hara rejected his appeal and declared the siblings no longer family.
• Hagoromo ordered the allied forces to keep Hara trapped while he and Hamura left for the God Tree to confront their mother.
• Hara killed an elite Celestial Dragon with a gray bone that turned him to ash, then began slaughtering the allied forces as they failed to hurt her.

The Five Elders fought desperately to keep Hara trapped, knowing the Otsutsuki’s power could destroy even immortal bodies. A flashback revealed that Hagoromo had forced the Celestial Dragons to commit fully to the resistance by threatening to punish them if he and Hamura lost.

• The Five Elders recognized that Hara’s power could kill them despite their immortal bodies and resolved to stop her from reaching Kaguya.
• The Five Elders reorganized the Allied Forces and sacrificed their troops to hold Hara inside the formation.
• The Sky Screen shifted back several days to show Hagoromo confronting the wavering Five Elders during the night.
• Hagoromo exposed the elders’ plan to wait and support whichever side won, then promised they could keep their status if the resistance prevailed.
• Hagoromo warned that he would make the Celestial Dragons pay if he and Hamura lost, leaving the Five Elders no choice but to fight to the end.

The Shinobi World reacted to the Sky Screen’s revelations about the Celestial Dragons and Hara, while Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths reflected on what they had seen. The screen then showed Kaguya confronting Hagoromo and Hamura, with Hagoromo offering her one final chance to stop the sacrifices and destroy the God Tree.

• Ninja across the Shinobi World condemned the Celestial Dragons’ schemes and recognized that the Otsutsuki had treated them as pawns.
• The crowd feared Hara’s All-Killing Ash Bones after learning how easily the technique could destroy its victims.
• Kaguya watched Hara protect her mother in the Sky Screen’s portrayal and wished she had possessed a daughter like her.
• The Sage of Six Paths silently resented the Sky Screen’s portrayal of him as a cold, unfilial son.
• Hagoromo and Hamura arrived at Kaguya’s home, where she asked whether they truly meant to betray her for the sake of humans.
• Hagoromo urged Kaguya to stop the sacrifices and destroy the God Tree, promising that they could still repair their relationship.

Kaguya revealed that she had known about Hagoromo and Hamura’s secret training, but had trusted them and let Hara stop investigating. When Kaguya took control of Hamura and forced him to attack, Hagoromo struck his brother to break the control, leaving Hamura fatally wounded in his arms.

• Kaguya told Hagoromo and Hamura that Hara had discovered their training under Gamamaru, but she had asked Hara to stop watching them because she could not believe they would betray her.
• Hagoromo revealed that Hara had continued monitoring them, but they had learned to detect and evade White Zetsu.
• Kaguya declared that she would reclaim the power and chakra she had given her sons, then took control of Hamura and made him attack Hagoromo.
• Hagoromo dodged Hamura’s attacks without striking back, but finally landed a blow to his heart to break Kaguya’s control.
• Hamura regained his senses as he fell fatally wounded, and Hagoromo rushed to hold him.

Hagoromo awakened the Rinnegan after grievously wounding Hamura, then used Gamamaru’s Sage’s Talisman to heal him. As the brothers prepared to confront Kaguya, observers across the Shinobi World reacted to the transformation, while Itachi rejected the suffering behind such power and Jiraiya praised Gamamaru’s prophecy.

• Hagoromo awakened the Rinnegan in the shock and grief of seeing Hamura near death, stunning Kaguya.
• Hagoromo pressed Gamamaru’s Sage’s Talisman to Hamura’s wound and restored his life and vitality.
• Hamura forgave Hagoromo and blamed their forced battle on their mother, leaving the brothers resolved to fight Kaguya together.
• The Shinobi World erupted in discussion over Hagoromo’s Rinnegan and Gamamaru’s talisman, while Itachi condemned power gained through a loved one’s suffering.
• Jiraiya celebrated Gamamaru’s foresight in the Hokage Office and declared his prophecies accurate.

Hagoromo awakened the Rinnegan and refused Kaguya’s offer to join her, beginning a battle alongside Hamura. The brothers grew stronger and began to overwhelm Kaguya, so the God Tree transformed into the Complete Form Ten-Tails.

• Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Orochimaru reacted with disbelief to Hagoromo’s Rinnegan awakening, while Orochimaru theorized that pure blood had allowed him to bypass the usual stages.
• Kaguya tried to persuade Hagoromo to help her complete the God Tree’s transformation, but Hagoromo refused and vowed to stop her.
• Kaguya unleashed a full-power attack, and Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces to fight her.
• The brothers were initially overwhelmed, but the battle awakened their power and improved Hagoromo’s control of the Rinnegan until they began suppressing Kaguya.
• As Kaguya realized she might lose, the God Tree twisted into the enormous Complete Form Ten-Tails.

Hagoromo and Hamura defeated Kaguya with the Ten-Tails fighting beside her, then sealed her in the moon. After the world celebrated their victory, Hamura looked up at the moon and struggled with sorrow over his imprisoned mother.

• Hara sensed that Kaguya was in danger and slaughtered the Allied Forces more fiercely, while the Five Elders urged their fighters to keep her trapped.
• Hagoromo and Hamura overpowered Kaguya and the Ten-Tails, and their sealing jutsu imprisoned Kaguya in the moon.
• The Shinobi World watched the Sky Screen and reacted with astonishment as people learned that Kaguya had become the moon and the God Tree was the Ten-Tails.
• Hagoromo celebrated the end of the battle and the suffering it had caused.
• Hamura gazed at the moon where Kaguya was sealed and felt sorrow and helplessness over his mother's fate.

Hara arrived after Kaguya had been sealed and fled when she saw that Hagoromo and Hamura were too strong to fight. Hamura stopped Hagoromo from pursuing her, and Hagoromo then sealed the Ten-Tails inside himself.

• Hara reached the battlefield, saw that Kaguya had been sealed in the moon, and turned her hatred toward Hagoromo and Hamura.
• Hara fled, but Hagoromo tried to pursue her and eliminate the threat she posed.
• Hamura held Hagoromo back, arguing that Hara was still their sister, and Hagoromo ultimately agreed to let her escape.
• Hagoromo used the Rinnegan to seal the Ten-Tails inside his own body.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen wondered what would happen to Hagoromo and how the later tailed beasts would emerge.

After the battle against Kaguya ended, Hagoromo and Hamura confronted the devastating cost of victory and the ruined world it left behind. Hagoromo promised to restore the earth, while Hamura chose to leave and stay with their mother on the moon, still unsure whether their choice had been right.

• The Five Elders and a few dozen surviving allies reached Hagoromo, who thanked them for holding Hara back while he and Hamura fought Kaguya.
• Hamura realized that the allied army of tens of thousands had been nearly wiped out by Hara's All-Killing Ash Bones and questioned whether their victory had been worth the loss.
• Hagoromo told Hamura that saving the common people and ending the turmoil made the sacrifices worthwhile.
• Hamura pointed out that the battle had devastated the earth, and Hagoromo vowed to spend the rest of his life restoring it.
• Hamura said he would leave the world in Hagoromo's hands and use his time with their mother on the moon to watch what future the world reached.

Hamura vanished to the moon to watch over Kaguya, while Hara escaped and vowed to find a way to free her mother. Years passed as Hagoromo restored the world and established Ninshu, and Hara learned he planned to make Asura his successor instead of Indra.

• Hamura disappeared in a flash of light, and Hagoromo vowed to protect the world.
• Hara ordered White Zetsu to search for a way to rescue Kaguya from her seal on the moon.
• Hagoromo traveled the world, repairing the damage and spreading Ninshu as Hara repeatedly evaded his searches.
• Decades later, White Zetsu told Hara that Hagoromo intended to pass leadership to Asura rather than Indra.
• Hara mocked Hagoromo for rejecting Indra’s stubbornness, which she saw as resembling both Hagoromo and Kaguya.

Hara explained why Hagoromo rejected Indra and learned that Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were both hunting her. She merged with White Zetsu, became Black Zetsu, and hid Hara’s body and their trail while continuing to plan for her mother’s release.

• Hara told White Zetsu that Hagoromo's fear of his mother's legacy kept him from choosing Indra as Ninshu's heir.
• White Zetsu warned Hara that Hagoromo had stopped spreading chakra and was searching for her, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was also closing in.
• Hara decided they had to disappear and remain hidden until they could save her mother.
• Hara merged with White Zetsu, transforming into Black Zetsu as her original body fell into a sleep.
• Black Zetsu sealed Hara's body and sank it into the deepest ocean, then vowed to free his mother from the moon.
• Viewers across the Shinobi World reacted to the revelations about Indra's mother, Hagoromo's choice of heir, and his mortality.

The Sky Screen revealed that Hara had been Black Zetsu all along and that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had once hunted Kaguya. Black Zetsu doubted his own identity, Kaguya feared Isshiki was still alive, and Hagoromo considered the revelation in the Pure Land.

• People across the Shinobi World discussed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and reconsidered Black Zetsu’s role in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Black Zetsu watched Hara take his form and struggled to accept that he was the embodiment of her will rather than Kaguya’s.
• Kaguya trembled at the mention of Isshiki and concluded that he might still be alive.
• Kaguya wondered whether Isshiki had been recovering in hiding for a thousand years and feared how powerful he might have become.
• Hagoromo furrowed his brows and fell into grave thought in the Pure Land.

Hara, disguised as Black Zetsu, watched the shinobi world descend into generations of war after Hagoromo’s death, as Indra and Asura’s reincarnations led the Uchiha and Senju into an endless cycle of slaughter. Black Zetsu and White Zetsu questioned Hagoromo’s purpose and worried that the recent Indra reincarnations lacked the strength needed to revive Kaguya.

• Hagoromo realized Isshiki had been hiding in the shinobi world and felt helpless before the unknown threat.
• Hara used White Zetsu’s clone network and her concealment ability to remain undetected as the years passed.
• After Hagoromo died, Ninshu fractured, its disciples formed clans, and disputes escalated into widespread warfare.
• The Uchiha and Senju rose above the other clans and fought for generations as Indra and Asura’s reincarnations repeatedly battled to the death.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched a battlefield and wondered why Hagoromo had arranged the recurring conflict.
• White Zetsu warned that the recent Indra reincarnations were too weak to support their plan to revive Kaguya.

Black Zetsu revealed that awakening the Rinnegan was the key to freeing Kaguya, while the Sky Screen showed young Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha forming an unusually sincere friendship. Black Zetsu recognized them as the latest reincarnations of Asura and Indra and decided they were central to his plan to resurrect Kaguya.

• Black Zetsu said the Rinnegan was the only key to saving Kaguya, prompting people across the Shinobi World to debate the Sage of Six Paths' role in the Uchiha-Senju feud.
• The Sky Screen showed two young boys peacefully skipping stones together at a riverbank during wartime.
• The boys parted without learning each other's names or clans, each promising to meet again.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched from a mountaintop as Black Zetsu marveled at the boys' sincere friendship.
• White Zetsu identified the boys as Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and Black Zetsu ordered close watch over them, believing they could make his plan succeed.

The Shinobi World learned that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had been close friends as children, prompting Konoha’s leaders to suspect someone had manipulated the cycle of reincarnations. The Sky Screen showed the boys’ friendship deepening as they secretly met at the riverbank despite belonging to enemy clans.

• Black Zetsu vowed to bring his mother back from the moon, while White Zetsu agreed to monitor the reincarnations.
• People across the Shinobi World realized Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had been childhood friends and suspected someone had turned them against each other.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed how the reincarnations of Indra and Asura were drawn together before inevitably becoming enemies.
• Tsunade named the Sage of Six Paths as the one who had arranged the cycle, and Hiruzen and Jiraiya questioned Madara Uchiha’s unexplained defection and renewed conflict.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha repeatedly met in secret, learned each other’s names, and grew closer despite discovering they belonged to enemy clans.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha promised to build a village without war, but Black Zetsu watched, hoping their bond would eventually break. Their fathers discovered the boys’ friendship and threatened to kill the other clan’s son, leaving Hashirama and Madara torn between their clans and their shared dream.

• Hashirama told Madara he dreamed of ending the age of war and building a village where children could live in peace.
• Madara agreed to pursue the dream with Hashirama, while Black Zetsu watched and planned to exploit their bond for Mother's resurrection.
• Hashirama and Madara secretly met often, growing closer as they shared their hopes for peace.
• Butsuma Senju and Uchiha Tajima confronted their sons and ordered them to report their next secret meeting so they could kill the other clan’s boy.
• Hashirama and Madara returned to the riverbank in distress, unable to betray each other or defy their clans.

Hashirama and Madara watched their fathers and brothers clash, and the destruction of their childhood dream awakened Madara's Sharingan. Years of stalemated warfare followed as they rose to lead their clans, until Madara awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in a secret chamber.

• Butsuma Senju and Uchiha Tajima emerged and fought, while Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna also attacked each other.
• Hashirama pleaded with Madara to hold on to their dream, but Madara concluded that peace did not exist, and his Sharingan awakened.
• The Senju and Uchiha clans continued fighting for years as Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha became their leaders, with neither side gaining victory.
• Madara Uchiha opened his eyes before a bronze mirror and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, gaining a surge of power.

Hashirama awakened Wood Release as Madara awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and both believed their new powers would let them end the war. Their next battle remained a draw, while Black Zetsu concluded that Indra and Asura’s reincarnations were destined to stay evenly matched and warned White Zetsu not to interfere.

• Madara awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and resolved to defeat Hashirama to fulfill their childhood promise of ending the war.
• Hashirama awakened Wood Release, astonishing Tobirama, but said he could neither explain nor teach how to use it.
• Hashirama and Madara brought their new powers to battle, but the abilities clashed evenly and the fighting ended in another draw with heavy casualties.
• Black Zetsu told White Zetsu that Indra and Asura’s powers would always rise to match each other and warned him against approaching or interfering with them.
• Shinobi watching beyond the Sky Screen concluded that the Sage of Six Paths had arranged the cycle that kept Hashirama and Madara evenly matched.

The Sky Screen showed how Izuna’s death drove Madara to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but Hashirama matched his new strength and defeated him. Hashirama persuaded Madara to ally with the Senju, setting the stage for the clans to found a village as the other shinobi clans accepted their dominance.

• Tsunade, enraged by the Sage of Six Paths’ control over Hashirama’s life, demanded to know his purpose while Hiruzen and Jiraiya watched the Sky Screen.
• Tobirama gravely wounded Izuna in battle, and Izuna died in Madara’s arms.
• Madara fused Izuna’s Mangekyō Sharingan with his own, awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and fought Hashirama with his Perfect Susanoo.
• Hashirama awakened stronger Wood Release techniques, defeated Madara, and refused Madara’s request to kill him.
• Hashirama persuaded Madara to end the feud and form an alliance between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
• The other shinobi clans, fearing the allied Senju and Uchiha, accepted that they had to submit and seek their protection.

Hashirama and Madara named their new village Konoha and agreed that Madara would become its First Hokage. Tobirama objected, warning Hashirama that the allied clans trusted him and the Senju, not Madara.

• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched the Senju-Uchiha alliance and predicted that Hashirama and Madara would eventually turn against each other.
• Hashirama and Madara chose Konoha as the village’s name and Hokage as the title for its leader.
• Hashirama proposed Madara as the First Hokage, and Madara accepted the role and vowed to protect Konoha and its peace.
• Hashirama returned to the Senju compound and told Tobirama about the village name and his choice of Madara as Hokage.
• Tobirama rejected Madara’s appointment, and Hashirama warned him not to let clan prejudice divide the village.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that the allied clans trusted the Senju and Hashirama, not Madara.