Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha defeated Konan, learned where Nagato's body was, and took it into the Kamui Dimension. Lin Guang arrived too late to stop him, and Obito escaped while warning that they would meet again on the battlefield.

• Obito Uchiha claimed to be Madara Uchiha and dismissed Konan's belief in Naruto and peace.
• As sunlight broke through Amegakure's clouds, Konan declared her faith in Naruto and attacked Obito Uchiha with paper rings and shuriken.
• Obito Uchiha subdued Konan, used genjutsu to learn where Nagato's body was, and threw her into the sea.
• Obito Uchiha found Nagato's body among the paper flowers and transported it into the Kamui Dimension.
• Lin Guang arrived with a powerful attack, but Obito Uchiha had already taken Nagato's body and escaped through Kamui.

Lin Guang saved Konan after she was gravely wounded by Obito Uchiha, but he failed to stop Obito from taking Nagato’s body and escaping. After Konan woke, Lin Guang told her that Madara Uchiha had declared war on the Five Kage to seize the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.

• Lin Guang finally understood the connection between Sun Breathing’s first two forms and mastered the Third Form, Golden Light, Cloud Shadow.
• Lin Guang sensed Konan’s battle with Obito Uchiha and used the Horse Talisman to heal her after finding her barely alive.
• Lin Guang reached the memorial hall too late to stop Obito from taking Nagato’s body, and he let Obito escape to avoid harming Yahiko’s body.
• Konan woke up and asked whether Obito had taken Nagato’s body.
• Lin Guang told Konan that Obito had escaped with Nagato’s body and that Madara Uchiha had declared war on the Five Kage to seize the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.

Lin Guang rescued Konan and explained that Obito Uchiha had escaped with Nagato's body, then brought her to the Valley of the End to suggest the masked man was not truly Madara Uchiha. Konan doubted Lin Guang's motives but agreed to help him if he helped recover Nagato's body and kill Madara Uchiha.

• Lin Guang told Konan that Madara Uchiha had taken Nagato's body and escaped, and Konan accepted his explanation.
• Konan wrapped Yahiko's body in paper and vowed to retrieve Nagato's body and kill Madara Uchiha.
• Lin Guang took Konan to the Valley of the End and said the masked man he had seen did not seem to be Madara Uchiha.
• Lin Guang asked Konan to help him fight the masked man in the coming war, but Konan questioned his true motives.
• Lin Guang blurted out that he had saved Konan because she was beautiful and he liked her, and Konan agreed to help if he recovered Nagato's body and killed Madara Uchiha.

After rescuing Konan, Lin Guang rested with Kanae Kocho before returning to Konoha, where the village was preparing for war. He reunited with Tsunade and Shizune, then asked for an update on the situation.

• Konan accepted Lin Guang's offer to help recover Nagato's body and kill Madara Uchiha, then left with Yahiko's body before Lin Guang could explain his joke.
• Lin Guang confided in Kanae Kocho, fell asleep, and later woke beside her in the Alternate Space.
• Lin Guang and Kanae Kocho returned to Konoha and found the village on high alert for war.
• Lin Guang teleported to Tsunade's office, startled Shizune, and asked Tsunade what was happening.

Lin Guang traveled with Tsunade and Kanae Kocho to Kumogakure as the Five Great Shinobi Villages prepared for war. After learning that Yamato had been captured and that Kabuto planned to use him to strengthen the Zetsus, Lin Guang was appointed captain of the Fourth Division.

• Tsunade welcomed Kanae Kocho into Konoha's forces and told Lin Guang to assign her duties.
• Tsunade led Lin Guang, Shizune, and Konoha's ninja to Kumogakure, where the Five Kage assembled.
• Lin Guang sensed that Yamato was not aboard the Island Turtle and concluded that he had been captured.
• Obito Uchiha and Kabuto Yakushi discussed interrogating Yamato and using him to strengthen the Zetsus.
• Shikaku Nara explained the Shinobi Allied Forces' divisions, and Lin Guang learned that he would captain the Fourth Division.
• The captains of the five divisions gathered before the platform as a ninja announced their arrival.

The Allied Shinobi Forces began deploying for war as Orochimaru Kabuto summoned an army of reincarnated fighters. At the surprise attack unit’s temporary base, Rose detected and rescued two controlled Konoha ninja, taking Deidara’s explosive-clay gourd from the attacker.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces named their division captains and began operations while Orochimaru Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to summon former Akatsuki members, Jinchūriki, Kage, and other famed ninja.
• The surprise attack unit established a temporary base in enemy territory, and Kankuro assigned Rose to use her spiders to scout for nearby enemies.
• Rose detected an approaching enemy controlling an injured Aburame Clan member with chakra threads, but a Konoha ninja rushed forward to help him.
• Rose used ice threads to seize control of the Aburame Clan member, then brought him and the Konoha ninja back and took Deidara’s explosive-clay gourd.

Kankuro's Surprise Attack Unit confronted Deidara and Sasori's unit, which used controlled shinobi to ambush them. Sai recognized one of the enemy's reanimated fighters as his older brother Shin, and the allied team prepared to fight despite the emotional shock.

• Deidara detonated explosive clay as Iwagakure's ninja used Moving Earth Core, but Kankuro's team survived the blast.
• Deidara's controlled shinobi attacked, and Sai intercepted one of them as Kankuro challenged Sasori.
• Kankuro and Deidara declared their units would decide the outcome of the first clash, while Deidara claimed his side was immortal.
• The fallen fighter rose again, and Sai recognized him as his older brother, Shin.
• Shin warned Sai to flee, but Sai recovered and charged after Omoi as Kankuro led Hohzuki and Dango into battle.

Rose joined Kankuro’s unit as they rescued the controlled Konoha ninjas and brought Deidara and Sasori down. She then took on the two reanimated enemies alone, overwhelming Sasori with thousands of chakra-controlled ice spiders and ending the chapter as she trapped him with Ice Cocoon.

• Omoi severed Sasori’s chakra threads and helped the unit rescue the controlled Konoha ninjas, leaving Anko Mitarashi as the only unrecovered member of the advance reconnaissance unit.
• Kankuro connected his chakra threads to Sasori’s and pulled him down while Ida raised the earth, crashing Sasori and Deidara into the ground.
• Rose used Ice Release to restrain Deidara and Sasori, then revealed her dangerous aura and asked Kankuro to let her handle them alone.
• Rose created more than a thousand ice spiders with one hand and sent them against Sasori and Shin, whose movements slowed as the spiders disrupted their chakra threads.
• Rose forcibly snapped Sasori’s chakra threads and cast Ice Cocoon.

Rose and the allied shinobi defeated Deidara and Sasori, while Sai confronted his resurrected brother Shin. Shin’s soul was freed after he saw Sai’s drawing, leaving Sai to treasure his companions.

• Rose trapped Shin in an Ice Cocoon, and Deidara detonated the explosive clay inside him, but a hidden salamander puppet shielded the blast.
• Deidara recognized Rose from their earlier fight in Kirigakure and taunted Sai, prompting Sai to attack him and Sasori with ink-drawn fighters.
• Rose bound Deidara and Sasori with ice threads, and Kankuro trapped them in puppets while Omoi disabled Deidara’s explosive clay with a lightning-coated blade.
• Rose explained that sealing was the way to stop those revived through Impure World Reincarnation, and Sai told Shin he would seal him after they spoke.
• Sai challenged Shin to finish their unfinished fight, but Shin saw the picture he had long awaited and said Sai’s drawing had freed his soul.

Sai’s older brother Shin and Sasori broke free of Impure World Reincarnation through their emotions and disappeared, leaving Kankuro to realize the jutsu had a weakness. Kankuro ordered Sai, Rose, and Omoi to launch a surprise attack as Orochimaru Kabuto noticed something had changed.

• Shin thanked Sai for his drawing and turned into paper, ending his reanimation.
• Kankuro told Sasori that his puppets carried the souls of their creators and that future puppeteers would inherit his work.
• Sasori entrusted the Father and Mother puppets to Kankuro, then turned into paper despite Deidara’s attempt to stop him.
• Kankuro tightened Deidara’s restraints and concluded that human emotions could overcome Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kankuro ordered Sai, Rose, and Omoi to prepare a surprise attack, while Orochimaru Kabuto concealed the escape from Obito Uchiha.

Obito Uchiha forced Orochimaru Kabuto to demonstrate Impure World Reincarnation and explain its secrets. After Kabuto revived a dead Root ninja using another captive as a sacrifice, Obito saw the jutsu’s power firsthand.

• Obito Uchiha demanded that Orochimaru Kabuto kill Anko Mitarashi, while Kabuto insisted on keeping her alive to absorb Orochimaru's chakra and strengthen the jutsu.
• Obito Uchiha challenged Kabuto to demonstrate Impure World Reincarnation and reveal how it could be stopped, threatening his life if he refused.
• Obito Uchiha released two captured Konoha Root ninja and killed the man wearing a black mask as the jutsu's sacrifice.
• Orochimaru Kabuto explained that the jutsu required the target's bodily tissue and a living human vessel, and that it could not summon souls sealed outside the Pure Land.
• Orochimaru Kabuto used the orange-haired captive as a sacrifice and successfully revived the man in the black mask.

The Shinobi Allied Forces began fighting the White Zetsu and reincarnated shinobi, while Lin Guang watched the desert battlefield where four former Kage were expected to appear. He stayed beside Gaara, determined to claim the Four Big Treasure Chests.

• The Allied Forces detected about twenty thousand White Zetsu traveling underground, and Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi used Earth Release to force them to the surface.
• Rose’s Surprise Attack Unit used sealing techniques and explosive tags, drawing Zabuza Momochi and Haku into battle against Rose, Sai, and Omoi.
• Haku attacked with Ice Release, but Rose countered with her own Ice Release and shattered his ice mirror.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Mitsuri Kanroji arrived, and Mitsuri knocked the Spiky-haired Ninja flying with one strike.
• The Second and Third Divisions entered the battle as the Fifth Division prepared to respond and the First and Fourth Divisions stayed on standby.
• Lin Guang watched the familiar desert battlefield beside Gaara, anticipating the arrival of four former Kage and the Four Big Treasure Chests.

Lin Guang and Gaara detected four reanimated former Kage, including Gaara’s father, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, while Orochimaru Kabuto prepared to let them fight freely. The Allied Shinobi Forces learned of the threat, but Headquarters then received word that Darui’s First Division was facing a large group of reanimated renowned ninja.

• Lin Guang sensed approaching enemies and prepared his forces as Gaara sensed them too.
• Orochimaru Kabuto revealed that he had summoned the Second Tsuchikage Mu, Third Raikage A, Second Mizukage, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa, intending to let them act freely.
• Mu summoned the other three Kage, and they discussed their deaths, Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru.
• Lin Guang identified the four Kage with Gaara, sent warnings to the division captains and Headquarters, and told Gaara to prepare as Commander-in-Chief.
• Fourth Raikage A reacted to news that his father was among the enemies, while Ōnoki explained that Mu had concealed his presence from sensory ninja.
• The sensory unit reported that Darui’s First Division had encountered numerous renowned ninja revived through Impure World Reincarnation.

Shikaku Nara coordinated the Allied Forces’ response to the powerful Impure World Reincarnation enemies while Gaara, Lin Guang, and Ōnoki prepared to face the Former Four Kage. The chapter left Darui’s First Division fighting the enemy as Inori Yuzuriha’s guns overheated and White Zetsu charged her.

• Ao reported powerful Impure World Reincarnation enemies facing Darui’s First Division, including the Gold and Silver Brothers, and Fourth Raikage A recognized them.
• Shikaku Nara persuaded Fourth Raikage A to remain at headquarters, then presented a tactical plan that the Four Kage approved and Inoichi Yamanaka transmitted to the divisions.
• Lin Guang agreed to face the Third Raikage A and Second Mizukage, while Gaara and Ōnoki took responsibility for the Second Tsuchikage Mu and Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
• Ōnoki arrived at the Fourth Division, exchanged remarks with Gaara, and watched as Shikaku Nara led half the division to reinforce the First Division.
• Darui’s First Division battled the Impure World Reincarnation group and White Zetsu while Inori Yuzuriha shot down White Zetsu until her Golden Desert Eagles overheated.

Inori Yuzuriha and Shinobu Kocho devastated the White Zetsu with their unusual powers while Darui faced the resurrected Gold and Silver Brothers. Atsui charged Kinkaku and Ginkaku before Samui could finish explaining their legendary Ninja Tools, leaving Darui expecting trouble.

• Inori Yuzuriha cut through the White Zetsu with her Crystal Release and rescued nearby allies.
• Shinobu Kocho used her poisonous blade and powder to create a deadly zone, while her allies kept their distance.
• Darui confronted Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and Samui and Atsui joined him after recognizing the brothers’ four legendary Ninja Tools.
• Atsui burned the surrounding White Zetsu with Flame Slash and declared that his fiery Ninjutsu surpassed the tools.
• Atsui charged Kinkaku and Ginkaku as Samui hurried after him, and Ginkaku welcomed the chance to attack the talkative ninja.

Ginkaku and Kinkaku used their ninja tools to seize Samui and Atsui’s word spirits and began sealing them when they spoke their forbidden words. As Ginkaku held Samui, Inori Yuzuriha and Shinobu Kocho noticed Darui’s group was in trouble and considered going to help.

• Ginkaku and Kinkaku switched opponents, then used the Kohaku no Johei, Seven Stars Sword, and Benihisago to capture Samui and Atsui’s word spirits.
• Samui warned Darui and Atsui that repeating their most-used words would seal them inside the Benihisago.
• Kinkaku’s flames grazed Atsui, who said his forbidden words and was sucked into the Benihisago.
• Ginkaku grabbed Samui by the neck as Kinkaku and Ginkaku mocked Atsui for speaking carelessly.
• Inori Yuzuriha and Shinobu Kocho noticed Darui’s battle and discussed going to help.

Inori and Shinobu set out to help Darui, but he defeated Ginkaku using the Kokinjo, Shichiseiken, and Benihisago. With Ginkaku sealed, Kinkaku transformed into a six-tailed, Nine-Tails-like form and faced Darui.

• Inori agreed to go with Shinobu to help Darui after Shinobu reassured her about the past.
• Darui rescued Samui but was caught by the Kokinjo, and Samui and Darui were pulled toward the Benihisago.
• Darui escaped the Benihisago, seized the ninja tools, and used them to seal Ginkaku after learning his forbidden word was “Kinkaku.”
• Darui thanked Samui and Atsui and turned to face Kinkaku, who erupted with dark red chakra and six tails.
• Darui recognized Kinkaku’s transformed appearance as resembling a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Darui encountered Kinkaku after he transformed into a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Shinobu Kocho and Inori Yuzuriha stayed behind to hold him off while Darui searched for a way to seal him. As Kinkaku’s attacks began melting Inori’s crystal blades, Mana Ouma took control of her body and prepared to fight alongside Shinobu.

• Darui saw Kinkaku’s Tailed Beast Transformation, then Shinobu Kocho and Inori Yuzuriha arrived and offered to hold him off.
• Shinobu attacked Kinkaku with Poison Cloud and Poison Butterflies, but his Impure World Reincarnation body quickly recovered from the corrosive damage.
• Darui left to seek a sealing method, while Inori used her crystal blades to stop Kinkaku from striking him and then joined Shinobu against his six tails.
• As Kinkaku’s chakra began melting Inori’s crystal blades, Inori agreed to let Mana Ouma take control of her body.
• Mana Ouma blocked Kinkaku’s tail with a massive crystal, changed into a crystal gown, and agreed to fight alongside Shinobu.

Mana Ouma and Shinobu Kocho held off transformed Kinkaku until Darui sealed him with the Amber Purifying Pot. Lin Mei arrived to join Shinobu, and the group turned to the remaining enemies.

• Mana Ouma trapped Kinkaku with Apocalypse Virus crystals while Shinobu Kocho attacked him with poisonous bees and needles.
• The Shinobi Allied Forces Headquarters ordered Mabui to transport the Amber Purifying Pot to Darui, and Shikaku Nara decided to seal Kinkaku without waiting for the Ino-Shika-Cho team.
• Kinkaku weakened as one of his tails disappeared, and Darui appeared behind him with the Amber Purifying Pot.
• The pot sucked Kinkaku inside, and Darui closed its lid to seal him completely.
• Lin Mei arrived and embraced Shinobu Kocho, while Mana Ouma returned; Shinobu and Lin Mei then prepared to fight the remaining enemies.

As the first day of the war ended, Lin Guang learned about the battles on the other fronts and warned his companions about White Zetsu. He left the alternate space after Mana Ouma, controlling Inori Yuzuriha, unexpectedly spent the night with him, while Mana remained confused about how it happened.

• Lin Guang received Konan's message that she and Uchiha Itachi were investigating Obito Uchiha, but the former four Kage withdrew before he could fight them.
• Lin Guang returned to the alternate space and heard Lin Mei, Rose, and Mitsuri recount their battles, including encounters with the giant monster and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Lin Guang explained White Zetsu's ability to absorb chakra and transform into people, and Tamayo returned after tending to the war's casualties.
• Inori Yuzuriha's crystalline eyes revealed that Mana Ouma was controlling her, and Mana unexpectedly spent the night with Lin Guang.
• Lin Guang left the alternate space near dawn, while Mana sat up and wondered how her attempt to question him had turned into an intimate encounter.