Chapter Summaries

Naruto entered Tailed Beast Mode and, with Sasuke, faced Nagato, who killed Jiraiya before withdrawing. Tsunade resolved to protect Konoha as the coming war loomed, while the Black Tailed Beasts rejected their fate as substitutes for the real Tailed Beasts.

• Kurama opened the gate to Naruto’s freedom, and Naruto transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox to withstand Nagato’s Super Almighty Push.
• Nagato detonated the black rods inside Jiraiya, killing him, then used Wood Release to bind Naruto.
• Sasuke arrived and shattered the Wood Dragon with Yasaka Magatama, but Nagato and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path vanished.
• Tsunade grieved Jiraiya’s death, refused to discuss becoming Hokage, and vowed to protect Konoha as the war approached.
• The Black Nine-Tails wondered whether the nine Tailed Beasts could form the Ten-Tails, while the Black Tailed Beasts protested against becoming shadows of the real ones.

Huayue and the Kage learned that Akatsuki planned to revive the Ten-Tails by gathering the Tailed Beasts, and the Five Great Shinobi Nations agreed to search for Akatsuki. After the meeting, Huayue promised Naruto a recording about the village’s past and turned to Tsunade with a request.

• Huayue welcomed Tsunade, Naruto, and Sasuke to the Land of Iron summit, where Kurama explained that the Tailed Beasts were fragments of the Ten-Tails and warned that Akatsuki’s actions would revive it.
• Ōnoki considered killing Kurama to thwart Akatsuki, but Kurama warned that he would revive and could return beside Akatsuki; Mei confirmed that Tailed Beasts revived after death.
• Tsunade urged the major shinobi villages to search for Akatsuki, and the Five Great Shinobi Nations agreed to assemble the Allied Shinobi Forces and divide the search areas.
• Naruto asked Huayue about what his father had said, and Huayue told him he had recorded details about the village’s distrust of the Uchiha Clan and himself.
• Huayue told Naruto they would discuss the rest after returning, then turned to Tsunade and said he had a request for her.

Huayue settled Tsunade’s gambling debts by getting her to sign an agreement to sell herself, then visited Shikkotsu Forest and gained a new nature-control ability. The chapter ended with Akatsuki discussing Konoha’s strength and claiming they had someone capable of dealing with Huayue.

• Huayue collected Tsunade’s gambling losses and persuaded the drunken Tsunade to press her fingerprint on an agreement to sell herself to him.
• Huayue took Katsuyu to Shikkotsu Forest to meet Katsuyu Sage, having already visited the other two sages.
• Huayue’s check-in granted him Katsuyu’s Sage trait, which fused with his snake and frog traits to create Sage (Nature Control).
• Huayue transformed into Natural Energy and vanished before Katsuyu Sage.
• At Akatsuki’s eastern base, Black Zetsu watched a scene featuring Susanoo and the Nine-Tails and reassessed Konoha’s strength.
• Akatsuki members said someone would deal with Huayue and credited Orochimaru’s laboratory with helping their organization.

Naruto reunited with Minato in his Inner world and told him about Uchiha Huayue, Obito, and the truth behind the Nine-Tails attack. After Kurama showed Minato the loneliness Naruto endured as a child and the moment Huayue first reached out to him, Minato apologized and expressed his pride in Naruto before his chakra faded.

• Naruto told Minato that Huayue helped him meet his father and taught him how to get along with Kurama.
• Naruto explained that Obito had attacked Konoha after being manipulated by Akatsuki, and Minato realized Akatsuki had long planned to seize the Tailed Beasts.
• Kurama showed Minato scenes of Naruto being shunned by villagers as a child and Huayue offering him kindness.
• Naruto called Kurama his companion, and his Inner world transformed into a vibrant landscape.
• Minato apologized for failing Naruto as a father, told him he was proud of him, and faded away as Naruto vowed to bring true peace.

Nagato raided Orochimaru’s laboratory and declared that the Fourth Great Ninja War would begin in the Land of Snow in three days. Naruto then brought the Five Kage a secret technique from Huayue that could reduce casualties, leaving them to consider Blut Vene: Sage Mode.

• Nagato and Zetsu seized Orochimaru’s scrolls and other stored treasures, while White Zetsu carried away the laboratory’s valuable materials.
• Nagato summoned Yatagarasu, but Hyuga Neji struck its vital points with Gentle Fist and confronted him.
• Nagato announced the Land of Snow as the battlefield for the war and threatened to unleash the Tailed Beasts if the Five Great Nations did not bring the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• The Fourth Raikage informed the Five Kage of Nagato’s threat, and Tsunade revealed that Uchiha Huayue was missing but expected to return before the battle.
• Naruto arrived by Flying Thunder God and presented Huayue’s newly stabilized Secret Jutsu, Blut Vene: Sage Mode, as a way to reduce war casualties.

Naruto presented the Five Kage with Blut Vene capsules, a Sage Mode-based defensive secret technique prepared by Uchiha Huayue for the war. He and Sasuke evacuated the Land of Snow, and the Allied Forces began the Fourth Great Ninja War there.

• Naruto explained that Uchiha Huayue had developed Blut Vene from the three Sage Modes and demonstrated how it could protect a shinobi from a kunai.
• Naruto said about one hundred thousand capsules were available, and the Kage arranged to test the technique before the war began in two and a half days.
• Naruto and Sasuke brought Kazahana Koyuki to the Land of Snow and ordered King Kazahana Dōtō to evacuate the people ahead of the war.
• Kazahana Dōtō attacked Naruto and Sasuke with Black Dragon Blizzard, but Naruto defeated him with Blaze Release: Rasengan.
• Kazahana Koyuki gathered the people, and Naruto used the Flying Raijin Formation to evacuate them from the Land of Snow.
• The Allied shinobi deployed across the emptied Land of Snow, and White Mist announced the beginning of the Fourth Great Ninja War.

The Allied Shinobi Forces discovered that Akatsuki had revived past Kage and other dead shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation and sent the Five Kage to confront them. The battle began in the Land of Snow as the alliance searched for the hidden caster and waited for Uchiha Huayue to return.

• Ao detected strange chakra on the sensing water sphere as Shikaku ordered the First and Second Squads to support the battle in the Land of Snow.
• Black Zetsu revealed the resurrected Kage and Akatsuki members as controlled pawns, and a reconnaissance squad recognized the dead leaders among them.
• After Hyuga Neji confirmed the enemy’s identities, Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage urged the Five Kage to join the fight while Shikaku ordered shinobi to locate the Impure World Reincarnation caster.
• The Five Kage arrived through the Flying Raijin Formation, and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu as Allied Shinobi Forces squads advanced against the resurrected shinobi.
• The Third Kazekage and Rasa blocked the alliance’s flames with Magnet Release, while Mū used Dust Release against a figure who identified himself as Mū’s former teacher.

Ōnoki defeated and sealed Mū, while the Allied Shinobi Forces coordinated attacks that exposed and countered the White Zetsu and the revived Kage. As the Alliance gained ground, Black Zetsu and the figure on the stone throne prepared to act against the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.

• Ōnoki used Sage Art: Dust Release to destroy Mū’s body, and Sai sealed him before he could revive.
• Shin warned Sai that White Zetsu could evade Sage Mode detection, while Nara Shikaku ordered Ōnoki to support other fronts and Kitsuchi’s Earth Release Squad to flush out the hidden enemies.
• Kitsuchi and Hizashi Hyuga directed a large-scale Earth Release attack that blasted White Zetsu from underground, and the Fire Release Squad burned them with tung oil.
• Mei Terumi exposed Hozuki Gengetsu’s real body with Blut Vene’s sage perception, and Gaara sealed him while eliminating disguised White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu confirmed that the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki’s coordinates had been found, and the figure on the stone throne began Summoning Jutsu: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Impure World Reincarnation.

Uchiha Madara was revived through Impure World Reincarnation and fought the Allied Forces, testing their Sage Art and summoning a meteor against them. Naruto and Sasuke destroyed the meteor together, and Madara turned his attention to the two young shinobi.

• Uchiha Madara learned from Black Zetsu that Uchiha Obito had died and that Uchiha Huayue had killed him, which made Madara curious about Huayue.
• Nagato challenged the legacy of Senju Hashirama, while Ōnoki and Tsunade recognized Madara and questioned how his corpse had been found.
• Madara attacked the Allied Forces, exchanged blows with the Fourth Raikage, and used Fire Release against the Water Release squad and their lightning technique.
• Madara summoned a meteor, but Naruto and Sasuke appeared in Tailed Beast Susanoo and cut it into fragments.
• Naruto identified Madara as the first Uchiha clan head, while Sasuke rejected Madara's claim to the title of God of Shinobi; Madara smiled at the new era.

Uchiha Madara awakened the Rinnegan and unleashed Chibaku Tensei against the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Naruto and Sasuke tried to stop the meteors. The shinobi survived Nagato’s Tailed Beast Bombs with Naruto’s help, as Nagato prepared to use the Nine-Tails’ chakra and Anko readied a plan in Konoha.

• Uchiha Madara revealed his Rinnegan and used Chibaku Tensei to send icy meteors crashing toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Yamanaka Ino relayed Naruto’s instructions through the Mind Transfer Jutsu, and Sasuke attacked the meteors with Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi Susanoo.
• Nagato launched Tailed Beast Bombs at the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Naruto connected them to Nine-Tails Chakra and Natural Energy through their Blut Vene, allowing them to survive.
• The shinobi discovered that their golden Blut Vene and Tailed Beast Cloaks protected them from the blast and surrounding magma.
• Nagato prepared to throw the Nine-Tails’ chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Madara formed hand seals, while Anko and her companion prepared to carry out their plan in Konoha.

Anko and Yuhi Kurenai forced Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon the four Hokage, while Madara revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan and life had been part of his resurrection plan. Madara revived himself using Nagato’s body, but someone pulled Nagato’s corpse away through a space-time rift.

• Anko and Yuhi Kurenai freed Orochimaru and ordered him to summon the four Hokage, warning that Uchiha Huayue could destroy his resurrection plans if he refused.
• Orochimaru released the Reaper Death Seal and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First through Fourth Hokage.
• Madara told Nagato that he had orchestrated Nagato’s eyes, life, and hatred, then used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive himself.
• Madara removed Nagato’s Rinnegan and attached White Zetsu flesh to his revived body.
• An unknown person pulled Nagato’s corpse through a space-time rift and told Madara that they had cared for him while he was trapped in darkness.

Obito confronted Madara and held him off while Naruto and Sasuke attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Obito helped free the Tailed Beasts, then reunited with Kakashi and said he had left hope for the world.

• Madara attacked Obito with Limbo, but Obito used his Mangekyō ability to become intangible and stall him.
• Obito destroyed Madara's chains as Sasuke and Naruto fought to protect each other and reach the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Naruto and Sasuke struck Madara with a Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken and Susanoo Kagutsuchi, while Obito used the opening to wrest partial control of the statue from Madara.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path expelled the Tailed Beasts, and Obito declared his task complete before Madara kicked him away.
• Kakashi encountered Obito after the Uchiha Flame Formation fell, and Obito said he could not return to Konoha but had left hope for the world.

Naruto won the Tailed Beasts’ trust, while Uchiha Madara overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces and attacked Sasuke and the Nine-Tails. Senju Hashirama and the other Hokage arrived to restrain Madara, who greeted Hashirama with a smile.

• Kurama asked the Tailed Beasts to lend Naruto their chakra, and Naruto promised to free them and stop Madara from using them.
• Gyuki, Chōmei, Shukaku, and the other Tailed Beasts agreed to trust Naruto and lend him their power.
• Madara created twenty-five Wood Clones with Susanoo and attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces with Limbo: Susanoo: Second Sword.
• Madara struck Sasuke, shattered the Susanoo protecting the Nine-Tails, and wrapped chakra chains around Kurama’s neck.
• Hashirama, the other Hokage, and several figures arrived and suppressed Madara with the Gate of the Great God.
• Madara looked up at Hashirama and called his name.

Orochimaru revived the four Hokage to aid the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Uchiha Madara overcame them and began absorbing the Tailed Beasts. Madara became the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki and prepared to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Second Pillar remained at the edge of the Land of Snow.

• Orochimaru revealed that his disciple had ordered him to revive the four Hokage and help the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Namikaze Minato and Naruto briefly reunited and planned to transfer Minato’s half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto if Kurama was extracted.
• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama clashed with Wood Release while Senju Tobirama attacked Madara with the Mutual Exploding Tag Art.
• Madara defeated Senju Tobirama, absorbed Natural Energy from an Allied Shinobi Forces ninja, and used Limbo to disable the nine Tailed Beasts.
• Madara’s chains pulled the Tailed Beasts into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Kurama urged Naruto to save him.
• Madara transformed into the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki and announced that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was about to begin.

Naruto and Sasuke received power from the Sage of Six Paths, each declaring their intentions for the future. As Uchiha Madara prepared to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Allied Shinobi Forces learned that their Sage Mode Blut Vene could harm him and launched a combined attack, while Naruto arrived with a Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken.

• Sasuke accepted the Sage of Six Paths' power and declared that he intended to bring about a revolution.
• Namikaze Minato transferred his half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto, along with Natural Energy and God Tree Cells, and the Sage of Six Paths gave Naruto his power.
• Naruto promised to end the twisted logic of the world, reunited with Kurama and the other Tailed Beasts, and awoke with golden jutsu patterns as Namikaze Minato wished him a happy birthday.
• Uchiha Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, and Ōnoki's Dust Release attack revealed that Madara relied on Truth-Seeking Orbs to defend himself.
• Nara Shikaku told the Allied Shinobi Forces that their Sage Mode Blut Vene could harm Madara, and Tsunade led them in a combined Dust Release attack.
• Uchiha Madara began casting Infinite Tsukuyomi as Naruto attacked him with Sage Art: Blaze Release: Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken.

Uchiha Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Naruto’s Sage Art spread God Tree roots across the world and the Allied Shinobi Forces resisted the dream with shared Sage Chakra. As Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies fought Madara, Uchiha Huayue arrived at the battlefield.

• Uchiha Madara awakened the Rinnegan in his forehead and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Naruto used Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence to spread God Tree roots across the planet.
• The God Tree’s vines restrained living things, but the Allied Shinobi Forces used Natural Energy and Sage Chakra through Blut Vene to avoid the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Madara, and Sasuke used Sage Art: Yin Chidori to strike through his Truth-Seeking Orb defenses.
• Madara summoned four Limbo clones, but the Allied Shinobi Forces trapped them inside an azure barrier with golden jutsu formulas.
• Madara used Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang to cut through Sasuke’s black-flame arrow and Susanoo as the forces watched.
• Uchiha Huayue appeared before the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Konoha team recognized their teacher.

Uchiha Huayue helped Naruto and Sasuke defeat Uchiha Madara, sealed Black Zetsu with him, and secured the Tailed Beasts. As the Allied Shinobi Forces celebrated, Huayue warned that the peace would not last and appeared in the sky beneath a blood-red moon.

• Huayue returned to the Allied Shinobi Forces as the Five Kage asked where he had been and how they could help against Madara.
• Huayue pierced Black Zetsu and revealed that he knew of Princess Kaguya and Black Zetsu's plan to awaken her through Madara.
• Huayue disrupted Madara's connection to the Ten-Tails, then told Naruto and Sasuke to use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
• Naruto and Sasuke sealed Madara and Black Zetsu in an ice-and-snow sphere and pulled the Tailed Beasts free.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces celebrated their victory, but Huayue warned that the peace would be brief and rebuked Senju Tobirama.
• Nine Anti-Membranes descended beneath a blood-red moon as Huayue appeared above the Ninja World and began speaking of those who had stood in the heavens.

Uchiha Huayue declared his intention to revolutionize the Ninja World, arguing that shinobi villages perpetuated war and suffering. He subdued Senju Tobirama and the Fourth Raikage, demanded the Five Great Shinobi Nations disband, and ended by revealing that he would not carry out the revolution alone.

• Uchiha Huayue shattered his Three-Eyed Demon Fox Mask and announced that he would stand above the heavens, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to urge him to stop.
• Senju Tobirama attacked Huayue with Flying Raijin Slash, but Huayue caught his kunai and sent him flying a hundred li away with Natural Energy.
• Huayue contained the Tailed Beasts within the Anti-Membrane and explained that shinobi villages claimed to seek peace while preparing for wars that devastated smaller nations.
• Huayue challenged Senju Hashirama's belief that the village came first and declared that the Five Great Shinobi Nations must disband and form a new alliance.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Huayue but was immobilized by his pressure, and Huayue's wind and snow extinguished a Great Fireball aimed at him.
• Huayue called his plan a revolution against the Ninja World and told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he was not alone.

Uchiha Huayue confronted the Allied Shinobi Forces, exposing how Blut Vene could reproduce ninjutsu and Secret Jutsu while demonstrating his command over nature itself. He accepted every shinobi’s challenge and summoned nine enormous beasts, declaring that the age of shinobi had ended.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and others turned to face the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Uchiha Huayue confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Uchiha Itachi’s role in the clan’s destruction.
• Ōnoki attacked Huayue’s forces with Dust Release, but Haku countered by using a Blut Vene option that Huayue said contained compiled ninjutsu and Secret Jutsu.
• Orochimaru realized Blut Vene could enable Scientific Ninjutsu, while Senju Hashirama entered Sage Mode and summoned a giant wooden Buddha to fight Huayue.
• Huayue summoned the world’s Natural Energy, which tore the wooden Buddha apart and caused nature to sing before he returned the energy to calm.
• Huayue accepted the challenge of every shinobi and summoned the nine-faced Suparika, declaring that the age of shinobi had ended.

Uchiha Huayue proposed uniting all shinobi and ending the system of nations and villages, then revived thousands of fallen fighters to prove his power. As he prepared to reveal the source of his motives, he invoked the God Tree, prompting the Sage of Six Paths to recognize his mother’s chakra.

• Uchiha Huayue outlined plans to reform the shinobi system, abolish national borders, and unite the shinobi villages.
• Huayue used the Rinnegan’s Outer Path to revive the fallen shinobi, including Killer B, Utakata, Han, and Roshi.
• Huayue explained that the shinobi system itself perpetuated conflict, and Kakashi challenged him before Obito pulled Kakashi into another dimension.
• Huayue named Otsutsuki Kaguya as the source of chakra and invoked the God Tree, gathering chakra from across the world.
• The Sage of Six Paths sensed the chakra from the Pure Land and cried, “Mother?!”