Chapter Summaries

Aokiji and Tsunade fought Uchiha Madara, but Madara subdued the Five-Tails and sealed the Five-Tails and Six-Tails in Chibaku Tensei. After Tsunade gave Aokiji all the Chakra in her Yin Seal, Aokiji transformed Soul Fire into a massive figure clad in Susanoo armor, preparing to face Madara.

• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama overwhelmed Aokiji and knocked the Five-Tails unconscious with the Top Transformed Buddha.
• Tsunade arrived to help Aokiji, and Madara used Chibaku Tensei to capture the Five-Tails and Six-Tails.
• Aokiji and Tsunade froze Madara's Chibaku Tensei cores, then Tsunade shattered the ice sphere, though the two Tailed Beasts remained sealed.
• Uchiha Madara revealed that he had manipulated events surrounding Aokiji and Tsunade, and Tsunade said their feelings were still real.
• Aokiji had Tsunade transfer all the Chakra in her Yin Seal to him, causing Soul Fire to grow and become clad in Susanoo armor.

Aokiji and Tsunade defeated Hashirama and drove Uchiha Madara back, but their final attacks exhausted them. Madara absorbed flames from the two Chibaku Tensei to transform Susanoo into a Fire God Form and prepared to attack as Aokiji’s eyes began to bleed.

• Madara’s armored wooden giant fought Aokiji’s Soul Fire, but Aokiji’s flames and Tsunade’s will let the Soul Fire overpower it and freeze it with Flame Urn.
• Tsunade smashed the frozen giant’s Susanoo-covered head and sent Madara flying, while Aokiji sealed Hashirama inside an Ice Coffin.
• Aokiji and Tsunade admitted they had reached their limits as Madara emerged in Complete Body Susanoo.
• Madara drew flames from the two Chibaku Tensei and transformed Susanoo into a Fire God Form wielding a flaming Seven-Branched Sword.
• Madara tested his new form with a downward slash, while Aokiji’s eyes suddenly began bleeding from intense pain.

Aokiji escaped Uchiha Madara’s assault with help from Itachi’s Flying Thunder God, while Madara turned to Nagato and prepared to reclaim his Rinnegan. Exhausted and expecting Madara to revive at full strength, Aokiji ordered his allies to flee and hide in the Kamui Dimension.

• Aokiji transformed into an Ice Dragon to shield Tsunade and Hashirama, then fled from Uchiha Madara’s attacks.
• Itachi used Flying Thunder God to rescue Tsunade and Hashirama, and Madara’s pursuit failed to stop their escape.
• Uchiha Madara confronted Pain, identified Nagato as the person behind him, and learned Aokiji had escaped.
• Madara tried to use Impure World Reincarnation with White Zetsu as a sacrifice, but the technique failed.
• Uchiha Madara went to Nagato, intending to reclaim his Rinnegan and revive himself at full strength.
• Aokiji recovered briefly, then ordered his allies to prepare to flee and hide in the Kamui Dimension.

Aokiji used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Obito and Rin before Kakashi, then revealed that Madara had manipulated the events surrounding Rin’s death. Obito agreed to help Aokiji oppose Madara and freed Minato from the Kamui Dimension.

• Aokiji summoned Obito and Rin with Impure World Reincarnation, allowing them to reunite with Kakashi.
• Rin recounted how Kirigakure captured her and implanted a Tailed Beast in her, prompting Aokiji to question the story’s inconsistencies.
• Aokiji led Obito to realize that Madara had orchestrated Rin’s death to fuel his hatred.
• Obito agreed to tell Aokiji what he knew and help deal with the revived Madara, after learning Black Zetsu had already been killed.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension, pulled the Black Rods from Minato, and told him they would leave before he explained what had happened.

Aokiji reunited Minato with Kakashi, Rin, and Obito, freed Hashirama from Madara’s control, and organized a plan to survive the Infinite Tsukuyomi. He intended to negotiate with Madara using a Shadow Clone and revealed to Tsunade that he would offer him Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

• Obito apologized to Minato and admitted that Madara had deceived him, while Aokiji left them to talk privately with Kakashi and Rin.
• Aokiji freed Hashirama from Impure World Reincarnation, allowing him to reunite with Mito.
• At Naka Shrine, Aokiji explained Madara’s plan and Limbo: Border Jail, then laid out a strategy to shelter people in the Kamui Dimension.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to build shelter in the Kamui Dimension as the others prepared food and arranged to relocate people there.
• Mei Terumi chose to return to Hidden Mist to stand with her village, while Aokiji decided to negotiate with Madara using a Shadow Clone.
• Aokiji told Tsunade that he would offer Madara Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

Aokiji confronted the revived Uchiha Madara and tried to stop him from activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi by revealing the truth about his origins and plans. Madara was shaken by Aokiji’s knowledge but remained determined to proceed.

• Aokiji met Uchiha Madara in a secluded grove and offered him Inari Sushi while asking him not to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Aokiji questioned Madara about the Uchiha and Senju clans, then explained Kaguya of the Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.
• Madara dismissed Aokiji’s account and claimed Black Zetsu was the manifestation of his will.
• Aokiji revealed that he knew the name and abilities of Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail, convincing Madara that he knew the past and future.
• Madara laughed at the possibility that he had been manipulated, but insisted that even knowing the truth would not stop him from pursuing his plan.

Aokiji negotiated with Uchiha Madara to postpone the Infinite Tsukuyomi and help him eliminate the world’s rulers, offering Infinite Kotoamatsukami as an alternative path to peace. Madara agreed to meet in one week, though he set his own conditions and planned to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Aokiji described Infinite Kotoamatsukami to Uchiha Madara and offered it as a replacement for the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Aokiji asked Madara to kill as many rulers as possible and delay the Infinite Tsukuyomi by ten years so Aokiji could unify the world while Madara drew its hatred.
• Madara demanded the Kotoamatsukami eyes and the Nine-Tails, but Aokiji refused to hand over the Nine-Tails and revealed he had moved it and his important allies into Obito’s Kamui Dimension.
• Madara shortened the delay to three years and said he would feed people to the God Tree, while Aokiji asked him to choose people with seriously flawed character.
• Madara told Aokiji to bring the Mangekyō Sharingan eyes in one week, and Aokiji dispelled his Ice Clone before Madara smashed the ice statue and tasted the Inari Sushi.

Aokiji met Uchiha Madara after Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, exchanged the Mangekyō Sharingan for one of Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs, and argued with him about human nature and peace. Aokiji’s teasing ended with Madara destroying his Shadow Clone, then flying off to vent his frustration.

• Aokiji met Uchiha Madara in the woods and gave him a container holding one Mangekyō Sharingan eye in exchange for a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Madara invited Aokiji to join him, but Aokiji explained that he planned to make Tsunade queen and serve as her sword to bring peace.
• Aokiji argued that love and human nature could lead to both great power and terrible harm, citing Liu Mang and Hashirama’s distribution of the Tailed Beasts.
• Aokiji teased Madara about being a woman and having a child with Hashirama, then contrasted their relationship with his love for Tsunade.
• Madara pierced Aokiji’s Shadow Clone with Truth-Seeking spears, then flew away to hang vile people from the God Tree as ornaments.

Aokiji kept Madara from activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi and spent three years preparing to challenge him, while Madara ruled the outside world. In the Kamui Dimension, Aokiji began transplanting Itachi’s Dojutsu into Sasuke, hoping to strengthen Sasuke and stimulate the hidden Chakra within him.

• Aokiji told Hashirama and Tsunade that he had persuaded Madara to delay the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then assigned Hashirama to train Tsunade and discussed plans with Obito.
• Aokiji developed plans to become a minor Ten-Tails Jinchuriki or obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, while Madara ruled the outside world and defeated the allied remnants of several villages.
• After Itachi faked his death, Sasuke awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and gained the Eight Thunder Gods Dojutsu.
• Aokiji prepared to transplant Itachi’s Dojutsu into Sasuke, explaining that the procedure transferred Dojutsu rather than eyes and could preserve multiple abilities.
• Aokiji began the transplant, believing it might also stimulate the unusual Chakra hidden within Sasuke as Indra’s reincarnation.

After Sasuke’s surgery, Aokiji entered his mental space and met Indra, whose remnant will remained within Sasuke. Aokiji discussed the conflict between love and power with Indra and tried to learn how to overcome the Mangekyo Sharingan’s blindness, but Indra revealed that he had created the Mangekyo by accident.

• Aokiji put Sasuke to sleep after the surgery and entered his memories, following a faint light to a campfire where he met Indra.
• Indra recognized Aokiji as a descendant with Mangekyo Sharingan and asked about Asura’s power within him.
• Aokiji learned that Indra’s remnant will had remained in Sasuke and listened as Indra described his conflict with Asura and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Aokiji argued that power and love needed to restrain and support each other, winning Indra’s approval.
• Aokiji asked why Mangekyo Sharingan users often went blind, and Indra revealed that he had created the Mangekyo by accident.

Aokiji learned from Indra how the Mangekyō and Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan were created, and received Chakra and knowledge that could help him perfect his eyes. After Sasuke’s surgery succeeded, Aokiji prepared to face Uchiha Madara and considered obtaining Asura’s Chakra to contact the Sage of Six Paths and awaken a new Dojutsu.

• Indra explained that he had sealed his descendants’ Sharingan, and that intense emotional strain could break the seal and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Indra described his design for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then gave Aokiji Chakra and knowledge to help him improve his eyes.
• Indra advised Aokiji to have his wife obtain Asura’s Chakra so they could draw out the Sage of Six Paths and contact him.
• Aokiji woke from Sasuke’s surgery and reassured Fugaku, Mikoto, and Sarada that the operation had succeeded.
• Aokiji told Itachi to use a Byakugan temporarily and said he was fairly confident about confronting Uchiha Madara.
• Aokiji planned to obtain Asura’s Chakra, contact the Sage of Six Paths, and awaken the Dojutsu he believed would make him invincible.

Tsunade mastered a Sage Art with Aokiji’s guidance, then joined him in a ritual that brought them before the Sage of Six Paths. He learned that they carried Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra and questioned Aokiji about the other powers within him.

• Tsunade used Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence, and Hashirama praised her growing mastery of Sage Mode.
• Aokiji arrived with a successful Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, showed Tsunade his new phasing ability, and proposed that they meet the Sage of Six Paths.
• In the Kamui Dimension, Aokiji and Tsunade joined their Chakra with Indra’s and Asura’s to summon the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Sage recognized Tsunade and learned that Indra had entrusted his Chakra to Aokiji and Asura had transferred his Chakra to Tsunade.
• The Sage noticed Kaguya’s Chakra within Aokiji, and Aokiji explained that he had devoured Black Zetsu with his Dojutsu.

Aokiji persuaded the Sage of Six Paths to rethink his ideas about peace and entrust power to both Indra and Asura's descendants. After receiving that power, Aokiji discovered his Mangekyō Sharingan had turned golden, reminding him of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Aokiji explained Kaguya's origins and argued that her actions came from desperation, prompting the Sage of Six Paths to reconsider his judgment of her.
• Aokiji told the Sage of Six Paths that peace required a unified nation, laws, and strict enforcement alongside love, and Tsunade supported him.
• The Sage of Six Paths decided to entrust power to descendants of both Indra and Asura, then guided Aokiji and Tsunade through a transfer of power.
• Aokiji and Tsunade returned to reality, where Aokiji's eyes were revealed to be golden rather than Rinnegan.
• Aokiji recognized the golden pattern in his Mangekyō Sharingan as resembling Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Aokiji and Tsunade tested their new Six Paths powers, and Aokiji demonstrated that his Mahāpadma World could stop a Truth-Seeking Orb. He organized a counterattack against Madara, then confronted Madara in his palace and formally challenged him.

• Tsunade restored Kakashi's missing eye with her Six Paths power, and Kakashi went to inform the other captains that the alliance would counterattack.
• At the Valley of the End, Tsunade shattered Aokiji's Susanoo with a punch, then fought him with Water Release, Wood Release, and a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Aokiji used Mahāpadma World to freeze the Truth-Seeking Orb in midair, explaining that his Dojutsu could restrain targets through an imperceptible force.
• Aokiji ordered the Land of Flame's leaders to unite the nations' ninja forces and reclaim the real world from Madara.
• Aokiji visited Madara in his palace and formally challenged him; Madara attacked with a Limbo clone, which Aokiji turned into an ice sculpture.

Jiraiya reluctantly agreed to let Aokiji erase Konohamaru’s memories and arrange a safe life for him, but refused Aokiji’s invitation to return to his side. At the Five Kage’s pre-war conference, Aokiji revealed the difficulty of defeating Uchiha Madara and asked to use Impure World Reincarnation on the villages’ fallen warriors.

• Jiraiya tried to dissuade Konohamaru from becoming a ninja, then set him a grueling running task when he insisted on training.
• Aokiji asked Jiraiya to join his side, and Jiraiya agreed only after asking him to spare Konohamaru if the boy became dangerous.
• Aokiji refused to spare Konohamaru but proposed erasing his memories with the Sharingan and giving him a peaceful life; Jiraiya reluctantly accepted.
• Jiraiya declined Aokiji’s invitation to return, and Aokiji said he would wait.
• At the pre-war conference, Tsunade explained Limbo: Border Jail, and Aokiji showed the Kage his Golden Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Aokiji warned the Kage that Uchiha Madara and his powerful followers would be difficult to defeat, then requested permission to use Impure World Reincarnation on their villages’ dead.

Aokiji and Tsunade persuaded the other Kage to unite and summon powerful fighters from every village, while Aokiji revealed Itachi to Sasuke and let the brothers reconcile. On the eve of the war, Aokiji proposed a bold plan involving someone Tsunade distrusted, but she refused to answer.

• Darui opposed Aokiji's proposal, but Aokiji denied wanting to rule the world, and Tsunade persuaded the other Kage to set aside their grudges and unite.
• Aokiji stopped Sasuke and Naruto's training and brought Sasuke to meet the living Itachi, who apologized for his past actions.
• Itachi told Sasuke that he had planned to help Root kill the Uchiha Clan, and Sasuke expressed his anger while asking his brother not to lie or leave him again.
• On the eve of the war, Aokiji tried to comfort the sleepless Tsunade and proposed that they do something if they won.
• Tsunade rejected Aokiji's idea involving someone who had used him, then pretended to be asleep until she bit his hand.

Uchiha Madara revived Tobirama and took control of him, then hid the God Tree while the Allied Forces organized a search. As Aokiji and Tsunade set out to find Madara, a ninja squad struggled against White Zetsu until reinforcements arrived.

• Uchiha Madara revived Tobirama, revealed that Hashirama had escaped Impure World Reincarnation, and took control of Tobirama’s body to make him fight Hashirama.
• Uchiha Madara recalled the God Tree into his body and flew away, prompting scouts to report its disappearance.
• Aokiji appointed Orochimaru to oversee the command center and left with Tsunade to search for Uchiha Madara, planning to use a controlled White Zetsu to track him.
• A ninja squad fought White Zetsu, which used suicidal attacks and explosions to wear down the Allied Forces.
• Reinforcements arrived and blocked White Zetsu’s assault on the struggling squad.

Tobirama overwhelmed the Allied Forces with his Water Release and sealing techniques until Hashirama intervened and restrained him. Madara took control of Tobirama and summoned four coffins, revealing the Five Kage as Hashirama’s opponents.

• Reincarnated ninjas turned the battle against White Zetsu, while Tobirama used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to immobilize an enemy reincarnated ninja.
• Tobirama defeated the Allied Forces’ Earth Release defense and launched a massive Water Release attack that threatened to wipe them out.
• Orochimaru refused to call Aokiji away from his search for Uchiha Madara and chose another candidate to face Tobirama.
• Hashirama blocked Tobirama’s flood with Wood Release and bound him in a tree, but Tobirama escaped using Flying Thunder God after Madara took control of him.
• Madara summoned four coffins and revealed the Five Kage as Hashirama’s opponents.

Uchiha Madara used Tobirama to control the revived First Kage and force Hashirama into a five-on-one battle. Hashirama countered with clones, Sage Mode, and powerful Wood Release, but the Kage's combined attacks destroyed his defenses and freed their sealed allies.

• The First Kage awakened, accused Tobirama of reanimating them, and learned from Hashirama that Uchiha Madara was responsible.
• Madara made the First Raikage attack Hashirama, then used the First Tsuchikage's Mountain Golem to strike them both.
• Hashirama created five Wood Clones to fight the Kage while Tobirama summoned four clones, and the originals battled separately.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode and unleashed Deep Forest Emergence, but the First Kazekage's Dragon Tornado swept away the pollen and cut down the forest.
• Hashirama dropped Narukami Gates to restrain the First Tsuchikage, First Mizukage, and First Kazekage, but the First Raikage's Seven Star Lightning blasted Hashirama and shattered the seals.

Hashirama battled Tobirama and the First Mizukage, then confronted Madara as the Five Kage joined the fight. Elsewhere, Jiraiya arrived to face Konan and the Six Paths of Pain, recognizing both Konan and Yahiko.

• Tobirama and the First Mizukage trapped Hashirama in a moving water prison and used a blue whale to drain his Chakra.
• Hashirama absorbed the water with his Wood Dragon, transformed it into a towering tree, and sent vines after the Five Kage; Tobirama freed the First Mizukage from the vines.
• Hashirama mounted a Wood Human and challenged Madara, while Tobirama and the other Kage empowered the Mountain Giant to meet it in a clash of strength.
• Six Paths of Pain and Konan attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces; Konan used her paper techniques to resist fire and scatter the troops.
• Three giant toads landed among the battle, bringing Jiraiya, who recognized Konan and addressed Deva Path Pain as Yahiko.