Chapter Summaries

Chiya confronted Obito and the assembled Akatsuki in the desert, defeated their forces, and seized control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. He let Obito escape to gather Madara and an army for a war one month later, then headed with Sasuke toward Sunagakure to collect Shukaku.

• Chiya and Sasuke arrived in the desert, where Obito, Kisame, Deidara, Hidan, and 100,000 White Zetsu awaited them.
• Sasuke fought the White Zetsu while Chiya rushed the Akatsuki, blocking Kisame's strike and surviving Deidara's explosions without harm.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and fed it the White Zetsu's life force, but Chiya severed its arm with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Chiya used his contract and Rinnegan to override Obito's control of the statue, then defeated the Akatsuki and ordered Obito to bring Madara and his forces to a battlefield in one month.
• Obito escaped with Kisame and Deidara, while Sasuke subdued Hidan; Chiya kept the statue and set out for Sunagakure to retrieve Shukaku.

Chiya defeated Deidara, Hidan, and Kisame in the desert, using genjutsu to make Deidara’s self-destruction take out Hidan before he subdued Kisame and drained his chakra. With the Akatsuki fighters dealt with, Chiya and Sasuke prepared to head for Sunagakure and Gaara.

• Deidara returned on his clay bird and attacked Chiya and Sasuke with a massive C3 bomb, but Chiya caught it with a black Susanoo hand and hurled it back.
• Deidara used his C0 self-destruction technique, but Chiya trapped him in genjutsu, making him mistake Hidan and nearby White Zetsu Clones for his enemies and embrace them before detonating.
• Deidara’s blast killed him and vaporized the White Zetsu Clones, while Hidan survived as a severed head, which Chiya buried hundreds of meters underground.
• Kisame attacked Chiya with a vast wave of water, but Chiya boiled it away with Ryūjin Jakka, knocked Kisame unconscious, and drained his water-nature chakra.
• Chiya declared the Akatsuki’s old era over and told Sasuke to clean up the battlefield before they went to surprise Gaara in Sunagakure.

Chiya defeated Kisame by boiling the artificial sea and draining his chakra, then headed with Sasuke to Sunagakure. Gaara prepared the village to resist, but Chiya arrived above it and challenged his Absolute Defense with the threat of a falling sun.

• Kisame flooded the desert, fused with Samehada, and attacked Chiya with water techniques, but Chiya evaporated his attacks and burned Samehada when it bit him.
• Chiya thrust Ryūjin Jakka into the sea, boiled it, and left Kisame unconscious before plundering his chakra and gaining mastery of Water Release and control over Samehada.
• Chiya ordered Sasuke to take Kisame to Konan as a potential gatekeeper for Flame Emperor City, then set off with him for Sunagakure to extract Shukaku from Gaara.
• In the Kazekage Building, Gaara learned that Chiya was targeting tailed beasts and ordered a Level One Evacuation as the enemy approached the village.
• Chiya arrived above Sunagakure in Susanoo and challenged Gaara to stop his fire and the coming fall of the sun.

Chiya defeated Obito in Sunagakure, exposed his identity and obsession with Rin, then extracted Shukaku from Gaara. Obito fled to Kabuto and ordered him to use Impure World Reincarnation, summoning Madara Uchiha.

• Chiya anticipated Obito’s Kamui ambush, struck off his mask, and revealed that he knew Obito’s identity and motives.
• Chiya taunted Obito about Rin and Madara’s deception, breaking Obito’s composure and forcing him to retreat through Kamui.
• Chiya confronted Gaara, declared that he had come to collect Shukaku, and extracted the One-Tail from him, leaving Gaara unconscious.
• Obito returned to Kabuto and ordered him to perform Impure World Reincarnation to bring out the Uchiha Clan’s true Ancestor.
• Kabuto summoned Madara Uchiha, who awoke and wondered whether Nagato had finally grown up.

After extracting Shukaku, Chiya learned that he needed the complete Nine-Tails chakra or the awakened Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to break Ryūjin Jakka’s final Bankai bottleneck, and he planned to draw Obito into a war to seize it all. Meanwhile, Kabuto revived Madara, and the Five Kage formed an Allied Shinobi Forces after learning that Madara and Chiya posed threats to the shinobi world.

• Chiya extracted Shukaku from Gaara, left him barely alive, and discovered that ordinary tailed beast chakra could not overcome the final 10% of his Bankai progress.
• Chiya decided to provoke Obito into starting a war so he could capture the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and other remaining sources of tailed beast chakra.
• Kabuto revived Madara with Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito told Madara that Chiya had killed Nagato, taken control of the statue, and seized five tailed beasts.
• Madara agreed to lead an army against Chiya and ordered Kabuto to prepare for war.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade reported that Madara had returned and that Obito had gathered a hundred thousand White Zetsu, prompting the Five Kage to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The Five Kage formed an allied force after Obito declared war on Chiya Uchiha, warning them to stay out of his fight. Chiya chose to face Obito’s army, Madara Uchiha, and the Allied Shinobi Forces alone, and arrived at the battlefield ready to fight.

• The Five Kage chose Raikage A to command the Allied Shinobi Forces, with Tsunade and Ōnoki advising on tactics.
• White Zetsu brought Obito’s message to the Kage, and Obito declared war on Chiya Uchiha with 100,000 White Zetsu and Madara Uchiha at his side.
• After Obito departed, Gaara urged the Kage to fight, and the Allied Shinobi Forces assembled at the Land of Fire’s border.
• Konan told Chiya that Obito had summoned Madara and mobilized the White Zetsu Army, but Chiya ordered Flame Emperor City to stay out of the war and prepared to go alone with Ryūjin Jakka.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces and Obito’s army gathered on the border wasteland, and Chiya arrived above the battlefield and challenged Madara to fight.

Tsunade united the Five Great Nations and the samurai into an Allied Shinobi Forces army to oppose both Obito and Chiya, then led them to the Land of Fire’s border. As Obito’s army attacked Chiya, Chiya clashed with the reincarnated Madara Uchiha and prepared to unleash his full power.

• Tsunade persuaded the Five Kage and General Mifune to form an alliance and strike when Obito and Chiya were both vulnerable.
• Three days later, 80,000 allied troops faced Obito’s 100,000 White Zetsu, while Chiya watched from above the battlefield.
• Tsunade ordered the allied army to hold position as Obito sent the White Zetsu and reincarnated past Kage to attack Chiya.
• Chiya destroyed the first White Zetsu with a burst of reiatsu, then struck Madara, who blocked the blow with his Susanoo.
• Madara and Chiya exchanged attacks, and Tsunade ordered the allied forces to retreat ten kilometers from their battle.
• Chiya activated Zanjitsu Gokui: False Form and challenged Madara to show his full strength.

Kabuto summoned an army of legendary dead fighters to aid Madara against Chiya, who treated them as valuable fuel and materials. After Chiya effortlessly defeated the Third Raikage, Madara dropped a massive meteor, but Chiya ignited and split it with Ryūjin Jakka, leaving Madara shaken.

• Kabuto recalled how he had offered Obito an Impure World Reincarnation army, including Madara, in exchange for Sasuke.
• Kabuto summoned hundreds of reincarnated shinobi, including Nagato, Itachi, the former Kage, and legendary fighters from the past.
• Chiya called the dead fighters experience packs and fuel, then defeated the charging Third Raikage with a single blast of reiatsu.
• Madara used Tengai Shinsei to summon a gigantic meteor over the battlefield.
• Chiya unleashed Ryūjin Jakka’s Secret Art, ignited and split the meteor, and made Madara feel a chill of uncertainty.

Chiya revealed how Konan had turned Flame Emperor City’s wealth into six hundred billion explosive tags and sent Sasuke to lead a brainwashed army against the allied forces. At the battlefield, Sasuke confronted the reincarnated Itachi while Konan’s explosives devastated the White Zetsu, and Chiya prepared to face Madara.

• Konan showed Chiya and Sasuke the six hundred billion explosive tags she had amassed, while Chiya explained that the Asura Path had laid a chain-reaction array around Flame Emperor City.
• Chiya put Sasuke in command of the brainwashed Rain Ninja and Akatsuki remnants, then warned him that Kabuto had reincarnated Itachi; Sasuke vowed to send his brother back to the Pure Land if necessary.
• Chiya snapped his fingers at the Land of Fire border, summoning Sasuke’s army and Konan as the allied forces recognized them.
• Sasuke identified Itachi among the reincarnated army and ordered his troops to attack, reserving Itachi and the red-haired enemy for himself.
• Konan blanketed the White Zetsu Army with explosive tags, killing tens of thousands in the opening assault.
• Madara praised Chiya’s forces but dismissed them as no threat, and Chiya declared that he would take Madara on himself.

Chiya Uchiha sealed the battlefield inside a blazing prison and challenged the gathered forces to attack him together. When the armies launched their combined assault, he unleashed Flame Inferno, devastating the attack and leaving the entire battlefield silent.

• Obito Uchiha sent the White Zetsu Army and reincarnated fighters against the Allied Forces, while Madara Uchiha attacked with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Chiya extinguished Madara’s fire with Ryūjin Jakka and ordered Sasuke and the Rain Ninja legion to clear the battlefield.
• Chiya released his reiatsu and raised a ten-kilometer Flame Barrier called Muken, trapping the armies and preventing Obito from escaping with Kamui.
• Chiya challenged everyone to attack him together, and Madara manifested Perfect Susanoo and ordered Kabuto to commit the reincarnated shinobi.
• Tsunade rallied the Allied Forces to join Madara’s and Obito’s forces in a massive assault on Chiya.
• Chiya drove Ryūjin Jakka into the ground and unleashed Flame Inferno, scattering the attacks, vaporizing enemies, and melting parts of Madara’s Perfect Susanoo.

Chiya overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces and most of the White Zetsu Army by releasing his reiatsu, then faced Madara as Sasuke began fighting Itachi. The chapter ended with Chiya and Madara clashing while the Five Kage prepared to attack Kabuto and undo the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Obito convinced the White Zetsu Army that Chiya had exhausted his chakra and ordered them to attack, but Chiya released his reiatsu and incapacitated nearly all the White Zetsu and Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara stood up, praised Chiya's power, and accepted his challenge to fight alongside the other reincarnated shinobi.
• Chiya warned Kabuto, summoned a lightning spear, and told Sasuke to face Itachi as a trial; Sasuke charged at his brother with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Madara used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Chiya countered with Flame Barrier: Explosive Blaze, starting their battle.
• Tsunade urged the Five Kage to attack Kabuto while Madara and Chiya fought, hoping to end the Impure World Reincarnation.

Sasuke defeated reanimated Itachi in a clash of their Susanoo, proving how far he had surpassed his brother. As Kabuto called on Madara to stop holding back, Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for a new attack against Chiya.

• The Five Kage left the central clash to pursue Kabuto, while Chiya and Madara resumed their battle.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi, rejected his attempt to lecture him, and broke Itachi's Tsukuyomi with his ocular power.
• Sasuke unveiled Takemikazuchi Susanoo and shattered Itachi's Yata Mirror, then defeated Itachi without finishing him off.
• Sasuke told Itachi that their era was over and that he and Chiya would redefine the Shinobi World; Itachi answered that he would always love Sasuke.
• Kabuto appeared with Mu and urged Madara to get serious, prompting Madara to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Chiya released the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, allowing Madara to confront him on the battlefield. As Madara escalated their fight and Chiya revealed his own Limbo clones, the two prepared attacks powerful enough to devastate the battlefield, leaving the allied forces fleeing for safety.

• Chiya released the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Madara examined his reanimated body before noticing Chiya’s unusual Rinnegan.
• Madara used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, but Chiya burned away the forest and its paralyzing pollen.
• Madara attacked Chiya with taijutsu, but Chiya matched his strikes and sent him crashing into the rocks with Flash Step.
• Madara unleashed Limbo: Border Jail, and Chiya revealed that he could use the same technique to intercept Madara’s clones.
• Chiya unleashed a fiery tornado with Ryūjin Jakka, and Madara answered by ordering the Demonic Statue to form a Tailed Beast Bomb as Chiya gathered power for another attack.

Chiya burned through Madara Uchiha’s two meteors with Ryūjin Jakka, then faced Madara’s Susanoo-armored Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with his own enhanced Perfect Susanoo. The two giants clashed, leaving their battle poised to escalate.

• Madara Uchiha summoned two meteors with Tengai Shinsei, terrifying the allied forces and prompting Ōnoki to order a retreat.
• Chiya unleashed Ryūjin Jakka’s Flame Barrier: Ascending Dragon Transformation and melted the first meteor with a golden fire dragon.
• Chiya used Zanka no Tachi: North: Tenchi Kaijin to split the second meteor and the molten remains of the first, destroying both in midair.
• Madara praised Chiya’s power, then transformed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into a giant wearing Susanoo armor.
• Chiya summoned a violet Perfect Susanoo enhanced with Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Sage Mode, and Zanka no Tachi’s heat mantle.
• Chiya and Madara’s colossal Susanoo forms struck their swords together, sending a shock wave that scattered the clouds.

Chiya used Ryūjin Jakka’s Bankai to destroy Madara’s Susanoo and severely damage his Impure World Reincarnation body. As Madara began regenerating and boasted that he could return endlessly, Chiya prepared to attack his soul with Zanka no Tachi: North.

• Madara enlarged his Susanoo by extracting life force from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and attacked Chiya with four chakra blades.
• Chiya dismissed his Susanoo and used Zanka no Tachi, West, to make Madara’s blades and armor vanish on contact.
• Chiya broke through Madara’s Susanoo and struck him with Zanka: Ikkotsu, burning a hole through his chest and preventing the wound from regenerating.
• Madara tore away his ruined flesh so his Impure World Reincarnation body could heal, then claimed Chiya’s power would fade before he could be killed.
• Chiya raised Ryūjin Jakka and announced that he would burn Madara’s soul with Zanka no Tachi: North, Tenchi Kaijin.

Chiya erased Madara with Tenchi Kaijin, but Madara's soul survived and he conceded the duel. Chiya turned on the allied forces, then faced the reunited Sannin and their summoning beasts as they arrived to stop him.

• Chiya's Tenchi Kaijin erased Madara and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Madara slowly reassembled after burning soul power to survive.
• Madara praised Chiya's strength, admitted he could not win another head-on fight, and sat out the battle while warning that the war involved more than their duel.
• Chiya attacked the Five Great Nations Allied Forces with Sōkatsui, struck down the Raikage, and ordered Sasuke and the Rain Ninja Death Squad to finish off the fleeing shinobi.
• Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu arrived with Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, who united to challenge Chiya.
• Chiya mocked the Sannin and raised Ryūjin Jakka to face them.

The reunited Sannin and their summons faced Chiya, but his overwhelming power defeated their attacks until Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade tried a coordinated assault. Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation appeared to catch Chiya, who revealed that entering his mental world could be a fatal mistake.

• Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu arrived with Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade to confront Chiya.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru attacked Chiya, but he repelled Katsuyu’s acid, turned Jiraiya’s flames against them, and overwhelmed Manda and Tsunade.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and struck Chiya with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Chiya shattered it with Ikkotsu and sent Jiraiya flying.
• Orochimaru transformed into a giant snake, restrained Chiya, and used Living Corpse Reincarnation to invade his mind.
• Chiya smiled as Orochimaru entered his mental world and warned him that escaping would not be easy.

Chiya defeated Orochimaru’s attempt to possess his body and faced the Sannin’s combined attack. He revealed Six Paths Sage Mode and appeared before Jiraiya, poised to end his story.

• Orochimaru entered Chiya’s mental world, where Chiya and Ryūjin Jakka tore away a large part of his soul before he was expelled.
• Tsunade released the Strength of a Hundred Technique, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode as the Sannin prepared a coordinated attack against Chiya.
• Tsunade’s strike was stopped and her ankle crushed, while Chiya blew Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Goemon flames back toward him.
• Chiya demonstrated Six Paths Sage Mode, overwhelming Jiraiya and the two toad sages with his natural energy and power.
• Chiya used Flash Step to appear before Jiraiya and touched his forehead, declaring that the tale of a gallant hero should end.

Chiya overpowered Tsunade and Jiraiya, then killed Jiraiya with Ryūjin Jakka as Madara watched and mocked the defeated shinobi. Tsunade charged at Chiya in grief and fury, and he prepared to make an example of her before the allied forces.

• Tsunade launched a Strength of a Hundred punch at Chiya, but he caught it with one hand and sent her flying several kilometers with Hakuda: Ikkotsu.
• Jiraiya attacked Chiya with Sage Art: Spiral Barrage and Frog Kata, but Chiya evaded his strikes, broke his wrist, and kicked him away.
• Madara mocked Jiraiya and Tsunade, while Chiya told Jiraiya that Konoha had fallen and pressed Ryūjin Jakka against his chest.
• Orochimaru offered Chiya forbidden techniques, but Chiya revealed he had already taken them and Orochimaru's memories during their mental battle.
• Jiraiya shouted that hope would keep Chiya from ruling people's hearts, but Chiya stabbed him and burned him to ash with golden flames.
• Tsunade climbed from the crater, saw Jiraiya die, and charged Chiya in a rage as he prepared to demonstrate the fate of those who defied him.

Jiraiya and the sages unleashed Sage Art: Goemon against Chiya, but Chiya dispersed the flames with a burst of reiatsu and killed Manda with one kick. Orochimaru then bound Chiya and began Living Corpse Reincarnation to take his body, only for Chiya to greet the attempt with a knowing smile.

• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, Shima, and Gamabunta combined oil, wind, and fire in Sage Art: Goemon to engulf Chiya.
• Chiya released a shock wave of reiatsu that extinguished the flames and forced them back across the battlefield.
• Orochimaru sent Manda out of an underground ambush, but Chiya killed the giant snake with one kick.
• Orochimaru emerged from Manda's corpse, restrained Chiya with snakes, and revealed he wanted to take Chiya's body.
• Orochimaru began Living Corpse Reincarnation, while Chiya calmly warned him that he had opened a door to hell.