Chapter Summaries

Kushina unleashed the Nine-Tails against Pain, but Nagato overwhelmed her with Shinra Tensei and Planetary Devastation, capturing her. Sakumo helped Minato escape to fetch reinforcements, then pursued Pain and Shin, where he faced a transformed Shin who claimed physical attacks could not hurt him.

• Kushina fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Deva Path Pain, but Shinra Tensei deflected it and sent her flying.
• Deva Path Pain pinned the Nine-Tails with Black Rods and trapped it inside a sphere of rock with Planetary Devastation.
• Sakumo retreated with Minato, then woke him and sent him to Konoha for reinforcements while he followed Pain's group.
• Shin used Fire Release to block Sakumo's view as Pain used the Shapeshifting Technique, and the Six Paths of Pain and Shin escaped with Kushina.
• Sakumo confronted the transformed Nagato and Shin, killed Nagato with one slash, and prepared to attack Shin despite his claim that physical attacks could not harm him.

Hatake Sakumo rescued Kushina from Nagato and Shin’s underground sealing operation, but the enemy escaped after extracting half of the Nine-Tails’ chakra from her. The Five Great Shinobi Villages then launched an assault on Amegakure, where Nagato and Kabuto Yakushi countered with White Zetsu and reincarnated shinobi, leaving the war stalled at the Land of Rain’s border.

• Sakumo killed a disguised Shin clone and exposed disguised White Zetsu, then found Kushina and discovered she was another clone.
• Shin told Nagato that Sakumo had destroyed the sliver of his soul inside the clone, then resumed helping seal the Nine-Tails.
• Sakumo, Shisui, Itachi, Guy, Kakashi, and Shikamaru broke the Five Elements Seal and found Kushina being sealed, but Nagato and Shin escaped through a prepared passage.
• The allied villages returned Kushina to Konoha, where they learned that the extraction of half the Nine-Tails’ chakra had left her unable to wake.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages assembled at the Land of Rain and demanded Amegakure’s surrender; Nagato joined forces with Kabuto Yakushi and raised reincarnated shinobi to fight alongside the White Zetsu army.
• White Zetsu infiltrators and Impure World Reincarnation casualties stalled the Allied Shinobi Forces at the Land of Rain’s border.

The Allied Shinobi Forces accepted the Yamanaka Clan’s memory checks, exposed the White Zetsu infiltrators, and defeated the Impure World Reincarnation fighters before reaching Amegakure. A coffin surfaced in their path, and Madara Uchiha awoke, confused by his reincarnated body.

• Tsunade and the Five Kage considered Inoichi Tanaka’s proposal to have the Yamanaka Clan inspect allied shinobi’s minds for White Zetsu, despite the risk of exposing village secrets.
• Nagato dismissed Madara Uchiha as unnecessary, while Kabuto departed after the coffin sank from sight and Nagato went underground to check the Ten-Tails.
• Shin secretly asked Black Zetsu to find a chance to kill Nagato, while Black Zetsu prepared to protect his own plan to revive his mother.
• The villages agreed to let the Yamanaka Clan examine their forces, and the clan found and killed the hidden White Zetsu.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces defeated the reincarnated fighters and approached Amegakure, where Madara Uchiha emerged from a coffin and questioned why he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation.

Madara Uchiha killed Kabuto and fought the Allied Shinobi Forces, overwhelming them with his Fire Release and Perfect Susanoo. After defeating Shisui and three other Uchiha descendants, he faced Nawaki, who caught the fallen fighters with a Wood Release giant.

• Madara Uchiha crushed Kabuto's neck after dismissing his orders, then turned toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Tsunade, the Raikage, and the Tsuchikage ordered the allied shinobi to attack Madara, but his Great Fire Annihilation forced them to defend with Water Formation Wall.
• Madara charged into the allied ranks and slaughtered shinobi in close combat before summoning his Perfect Susanoo, whose sword strikes killed thousands.
• Shisui and three other Uchiha activated their Susanoo and refused Madara's offer to join him, but he knocked them back and their Susanoo dissipated.
• Nawaki caught the four fallen Uchiha with a Wood Release giant, and Madara asked who he was as he slashed at it.

Nawaki, Tsunade, and the allied shinobi attacked Madara together, but he survived their assault and wounded Tsunade. As Madara began smoking for an unknown reason, Tsunade sent Minato and Sakumo to the Land of Iron to ask Grandpa Ziyan for help.

• Nawaki fought Madara with Wood Release, and Tsunade, Shikamaru, Guy, Rock Lee, the Raikage, and Ōnoki joined forces to crack and destroy Madara's Susanoo crystal.
• Madara reappeared and stabbed Tsunade through the abdomen, but she healed herself with Creation Rebirth and broke off the sword's tip.
• Nawaki unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, but Madara's Susanoo shredded most of the wooden fists.
• White smoke began pouring from Madara as a beast roared in distant Amegakure, leaving the shinobi unsure what had happened.
• Tsunade ordered Minato and Sakumo to ask Grandpa Ziyan for help, and the leaders of the four Ninja Villages agreed that he was their only hope.
• Minato and Sakumo left the battlefield for the Land of Iron.

Madara was resurrected and learned that Uchiha Shin had taken the Ten-Tails into himself, while the Allied Shinobi Forces held back. Hatake Sakumo reached the Hatake Clan to seek Hatake Ziyan’s help, only to find him in seclusion until Ziyan finally called him inside.

• Madara questioned Black Zetsu, who returned his Rinnegan and explained that Uchiha Shin had taken the Ten-Tails during Nagato’s resurrection.
• Tsunade and the Allied Shinobi Forces chose to rest and wait while Madara inserted the Rinnegan into his eye sockets.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to take Hatake Sakumo to the Land of Iron, then passed out from exhaustion.
• Sakumo asked to see Hatake Ziyan, but Yūichi said Ziyan had been in seclusion for a month and led Sakumo to wait outside his room.
• Hatake Ziyan’s door opened, and he called Sakumo inside.

Hatake Ziyan emerged from seclusion after learning that Madara Uchiha threatened the Shinobi World, but he refused to help unless the Kage came to apologize in person. Minato and Sakumo tried to persuade him by appealing to his past teachings and concern for his students, but Ziyan remained unmoved.

• The system offered Hatake Ziyan a choice between helping defeat Madara Uchiha and staying in the Land of Iron to protect it during Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Hatake Ziyan to intervene against Madara and the people from Amegakure, but Ziyan said he could not leave until his name was cleared.
• Sakumo told Ziyan that the Kage had admitted their judgment was wrong and asked to apologize, but Ziyan demanded that they come speak to him in person.
• Minato entered, apologized for joining the other villages against Ziyan, and accepted responsibility for the decision.
• Minato urged Ziyan to save Tsunade, Kakashi, and the others, but Ziyan said shinobi had to bear the consequences of their choices.

Hatake Ziyan refused to join the battle against Madara, but gave Sakumo a Jade Talisman to protect the group. When the Allied Shinobi Forces complained about his absence, Ziyan killed Kitsuchi from the Land of Iron and declared that the act did not warrant his coming in person.

• Hatake Ziyan rejected Minato and Sakumo's pleas to help, warning that Madara could become even stronger if he revived and reclaimed his Rinnegan.
• Hatake Ziyan gave Sakumo a Jade Talisman that could protect him, Kakashi, and a few others, then sent Sakumo and Minato back to the battlefield.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces welcomed Sakumo and Minato's return, but Sakumo told them Hatake Ziyan had stayed away because he no longer trusted them.
• Madara mocked the Allied Shinobi Forces over their past treatment of Hatake Ziyan, while Kitsuchi complained that Ziyan should accept their apology and help.
• Hatake Ziyan killed Kitsuchi with an ornate longsword and said from the Land of Iron that killing him did not warrant coming in person.

The Allied Shinobi Forces realized Hatake Ziyan could kill from the Land of Iron, while Madara Uchiha believed Ziyan’s refusal to help stemmed from a grudge against them. Tsunade proposed that the Kage sincerely apologize to Ziyan in hopes of persuading him to intervene against Madara.

• Hatake Sakumo told the Allied Shinobi Forces that Hatake Ziyan had sent him and Minato to them from the Land of Iron, deepening their fear of Ziyan’s reach.
• Madara Uchiha laughed at the Alliance’s situation and concluded that Ziyan was refusing to help because they had angered him.
• Tsunade quietly spoke with Hatake Sakumo, then gathered the Raikage and the other Kage to discuss asking Ziyan for help.
• Ōnoki objected to seeking help from the man who had killed his son, but Mei Terumi pressed the Kage to hear Tsunade’s plan.
• Tsunade said the Alliance needed to sincerely apologize to Ziyan for opposing him and allying with Pain before asking him to intervene.

Tsunade convinced the Kage that Hatake Ziyan could hear them through his sword, but Madara interrupted Gaara’s offer to apologize and began attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces. After the Kage stopped Madara’s first meteorite, he summoned three more, leaving them facing an even greater threat.

• Tsunade explained that Hatake Ziyan’s sword showed he was watching and urged the Kage to apologize to it.
• Tsunade spoke to the sword, and it moved in response, convincing the others that Hatake Ziyan could hear them.
• Gaara began offering an apology on Sunagakure’s behalf, but Madara threatened the Kage and told them to stay put.
• Sasuke attacked Madara with Great Fire Annihilation, which Madara absorbed before summoning a huge meteorite with Tengai Shinsei.
• Hatake Sakumo struck the meteorite, while Gaara and Ōnoki worked together to stop it.
• Madara summoned three more enormous meteorites, including one that descended directly toward the first.

Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails from Shin, who died cursing Hatake Ziyan, and emerged as Six Paths Madara. As four meteors threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces, Tsunade, Mei, and Gaara chose to seek Ziyan’s help, while Ōnoki refused to apologize.

• Madara left Black Zetsu to watch the Allied Shinobi Forces and went to Amegakure to check on Shin.
• Shin resisted the Ten-Tails’ power, but Madara extracted the beast and sealed it inside himself.
• Shin died cursing Hatake Ziyan, and Madara transformed into Six Paths Madara.
• A burst of Sword Aura outside Amegakure sliced all four falling meteors into fragments.
• Tsunade urged the Kage to apologize to Ziyan for help; Mei and Gaara agreed, while Ōnoki refused.
• Tsunade led the three willing Kage toward the floating longsword, hoping they could reach Ziyan in time.

As four meteors threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces, Tsunade and the other Kage apologized to Hatake Ziyan and begged him to help, while Ziyan considered a system choice that offered different rewards for intervening or staying away. He agreed to help after their pleas convinced him, but insisted on setting conditions, leaving them desperate as the meteors hovered overhead.

• A, Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Ōnoki followed Tsunade after she went to seek Hatake Ziyan, and Kurotsuchi persuaded Ōnoki to put Iwagakure's survival ahead of his pride.
• Tsunade and the other four Kage apologized to Ziyan's longsword and asked him to save the Shinobi World, but Ziyan rejected their plea.
• Tsunade knelt and offered to let Ziyan name any demand, prompting the other four Kage to kneel with her as the meteors descended.
• Ziyan received an upgraded system choice offering a minor realm advance for saving the Allied Shinobi Forces or a major realm advance for remaining in the Land of Iron.
• Ziyan appeared behind his longsword, filmed the kneeling Kage, and agreed to help, but said he would first set conditions.
• The Kage accepted his terms, and Tsunade urgently asked him to stop the meteors before they struck.

Hatake Ziyan destroyed the meteors threatening the Allied Shinobi Forces, then demanded that the Five Kage hear his conditions. When Six Paths Madara attacked him, Ziyan defeated his assault and forced him to wait while the negotiations resumed.

• Hatake Ziyan sliced the four falling meteors into dust, drawing cheers from the crowd and respectful greetings from the shinobi.
• Hatake Ziyan teased the Five Kage and stalled before revealing his conditions, while Tsunade urged him to stop messing around.
• Six Paths Madara arrived and told Hatake Ziyan to leave, but Ziyan insulted him and turned back to the Five Kage.
• Madara Uchiha launched a Truth-Seeking Orb at Hatake Ziyan, who cut it in half and struck back with a slash that shattered Madara's four shadow clones and severed one of his horns.
• Madara Uchiha retreated and stayed quiet, and Ōnoki nervously invited Hatake Ziyan to continue discussing his conditions.

Hatake Ziyan demanded apologies, an investigation, and compensation from the five Ninja Villages, but their leaders instead offered to join the Land of Iron. After the system presented him with a choice, he accepted their proposal and directed them to Konoha or their original villages, leaving him exasperated by their new title for him.

• Hatake Ziyan demanded that the five Ninja Villages publicly apologize, hunt down whoever slandered him, and pay him ten billion each in compensation.
• The five leaders proposed bringing their villages into the Land of Iron, and Tsunade argued that they could make the decision and learn swordsmanship from Hatake Ziyan.
• Hatake Ziyan questioned whether the villages could join given their blood feuds, and Ōnoki said he had no resentment over his son's death and believed the villages could reconcile.
• The system offered Hatake Ziyan a choice between pursuing compensation and accepting the villages' proposal, with either option advancing him one minor realm.
• Hatake Ziyan accepted the villages' proposal, told them they could settle in Konoha or stay in their villages, and objected when they called him Leader Ziyan.

Black Zetsu persuaded Madara Uchiha to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi despite Hatake Ziyan’s warning and attack. Madara activated the genjutsu before Hatake Ziyan could stop him, and Ziyan prepared to confront him while trying to shield the Shinobi World.

• Black Zetsu urged Madara Uchiha to unleash Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara decided to pursue his dream with Hashirama.
• Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi as Hatake Ziyan attacked him with his sword.
• Hatake Ziyan’s extended sword pierced Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs and severed his left shoulder, but Madara completed the genjutsu.
• The blood-red moon ensnared people across the Shinobi World, while Hatake Ziyan sent his sword skyward to spread a protective halo.
• Hatake Ziyan caught his falling sword and faced Madara, who had recovered from his injuries.

Hatake Ziyan defeated Madara Uchiha and told him that the stone tablet guiding his plans had been altered. Madara was left stunned as Hatake Ziyan began to reveal that someone had manipulated him.

• Hatake Ziyan blocked Madara Uchiha's attacks, grabbed him, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground before punching him into a mountainside.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered Shikamaru and the others to dig Madara Uchiha out, then confronted Madara when they brought him back.
• Madara Uchiha asked why Hatake Ziyan was helping the shinobi, and Hatake Ziyan explained that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had joined the Land of Iron under his command.
• Hatake Ziyan told Madara Uchiha that someone had manipulated him and altered the stone tablet in the Uchiha Clan's Naka Shrine.

Hatake Ziyan killed Black Zetsu, but Madara Uchiha died as the Ten-Tails consumed him and Kaguya began to revive. The Sage of Six Paths pulled Hatake Ziyan into an illusion and said he had summoned him because he was an anomaly in the Shinobi World.

• Hatake Ziyan told Madara Uchiha that Black Zetsu was Kaguya's will, but Black Zetsu stabbed Madara through the chest before he could respond.
• Hatake Ziyan pulled Black Zetsu out of Madara, causing Madara to lose control of the Ten-Tails, which turned on him and devoured his body.
• Hatake Ziyan resisted Black Zetsu's attempt to possess him and erased Black Zetsu with a sword formed from his soul and will.
• Hatake Ziyan found that Madara had died and tried to suppress Kaguya's revival, but his spiritual energy could not stop it and he had no spiritual sealing techniques.
• The Sage of Six Paths drew Hatake Ziyan into an illusion and explained that he had summoned him because he was an anomaly in the Shinobi World.

Hatake Ziyan confronted the Sage of Six Paths about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but learned that killing her could let her revive through a backup vessel and draw the Ōtsutsuki Clan to the Shinobi World. The Sage offered him the sun and moon seals so he could seal Kaguya instead, and a system choice notification appeared.

• Hatake Ziyan demanded that the Sage of Six Paths explain why he wanted to stop Kaguya Ōtsutsuki from being killed.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that Kaguya had a backup vessel in the Ōtsutsuki Clan and could be reborn through Kāma if Hatake Ziyan killed her.
• The Sage of Six Paths recounted Kaguya's arrival, her conflict with Isshiki, and why he and his brother had sealed her away.
• Hatake Ziyan rejected the Sage's warnings about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and said he would defeat them if they came.
• The Sage of Six Paths offered Hatake Ziyan the sun and moon seals and asked him to seal Kaguya instead of killing her.
• Hatake Ziyan heard a system notification announcing that he had triggered a choice reward.

Hatake Ziyan learned that Six Paths power roughly matched early-stage earth immortal cultivation, then returned to confront Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. He offered to seal her or leave her alone if she promised not to attack, but she struck first and was left puzzled by his unfamiliar energy.

• Hatake Ziyan checked his status panel and learned from the system that Six Paths power roughly corresponded to early-stage earth immortal cultivation.
• Hatake Ziyan rejected the Sage of Six Paths' request, took the Sage's yin and yang powers, and returned to reality.
• Hatake Ziyan found Kaguya Ōtsutsuki emerging from the shrinking mass of flesh and offered to seal her or spare her if she promised not to attack.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki attacked Hatake Ziyan with her hair, and he cut it apart with the God-Slaying Sword and Phantom Sword Dance.
• Hatake Ziyan warned Kaguya Ōtsutsuki that he would cut her down if she attacked again, and she asked who he was and why his energy was stronger than chakra.

Hatake Ziyan fought Kaguya, overwhelming her with sword attacks but finding that she could regenerate even after being pierced and cut in half. He summoned his Soul Body and charged at her with a soul sword, determined to destroy her soul.

• Hatake Ziyan offered Kaguya a choice between surrendering, being killed, or being sealed, but she attacked him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Hatake Ziyan countered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, and Kaguya escaped into an alternate dimension before emerging to attack him.
• Kaguya dragged Hatake Ziyan into an ice dimension, but he shattered the ice, pierced her heart, and followed with repeated sword attacks.
• Kaguya transformed into a rabbit-headed monster and released an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb, but Hatake Ziyan split the orb and cut her in half.
• Kaguya regenerated, so Hatake Ziyan summoned his Soul Body and charged at her with Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, modified-Heaven-Soul Sword Slash.