Chapter Summaries

Mana Ouma regained the full power of the Origin Stone and returned to the battlefield, while Lin Guang received reports about Naruto, Nagato, and Uchiha Itachi before joining Gaara and Ōnoki to face the Former Four Kage. The Fourth Division could retreat no farther, and the battle began with Gaara’s sandstorm, Rasa’s gold dust, and Lin Guang’s Ice Release.

• Mana Ouma realized her power had become whole and returned to the battlefield, intending to kill some White Zetsu.
• Lin Guang read Uchiha Itachi’s concealed letter, learned Naruto had left the Island Turtle and Itachi had found Nagato, then sent a Shadow Clone to warn Konan and seek Orochimaru Kabuto.
• Lin Guang, Gaara, and Ōnoki led the Fourth Division’s final retreat and prepared to fight the approaching Former Four Kage.
• The Former Four Kage discussed fighting their own villages as they advanced toward the Allied Forces.
• Gaara sent a vast sandstorm at the Former Four Kage, and Rasa slowed it with gold dust.
• Lin Guang unleashed Ice Release: Blizzard as wind and snow swept toward the Former Four Kage.

Lin Guang, Gaara, and Ōnoki confronted the resurrected Former Four Kage, while Gaara reunited with his father, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, and told him he no longer hated him. The former Kage learned that Gaara had become Kazekage and a commander of the Shinobi Allied Forces, and Rasa prepared to test his son in battle.

• Lin Guang froze the Four Kage with Ice Release, but the Third Raikage broke free while the other three escaped with Clone Technique.
• Ōnoki and Second Tsuchikage Mu clashed with Dust Release, carving a crater through Gaara and Rasa's sand and gold dust.
• Gaara told Fourth Kazekage Rasa that Shukaku had been extracted from him and that Granny Chiyo and his friends had saved him.
• Gaara said he no longer hated Rasa despite having nearly died at his hands six times, and revealed that he had become Kazekage.
• Lin Guang and Ōnoki told the Former Four Kage that Gaara commanded the Shinobi Allied Forces' main battle regiment.
• Rasa said he would personally test Gaara, while Second Tsuchikage Mu urged Ōnoki to stop him.

Lin Guang faced the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage while Gaara and the other Kage battled elsewhere. After revealing their abilities and weaknesses, the two Kage attacked Lin Guang, who resisted their strikes and declared that their genjutsu would not work on him.

• The Second Tsuchikage tested Ōnoki's resolve, and Ōnoki assured him that Iwagakure would not betray its allies after the war.
• Gaara used his sand to restrain the Second Mizukage, Third Raikage, and Fourth Kazekage, but the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage broke free under their controller's influence.
• Lin Guang blocked the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage, then attacked them with a barrage of ice spikes.
• The Second Mizukage summoned his Giant Clam and explained its wide-area genjutsu, while the Third Raikage described his Lightning Release and its counters.
• The Third Raikage struck Lin Guang's hardened neck, and Lin Guang used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to drive him back through his Lightning Release Armor.
• The Second Mizukage used mist to hide himself and said Lin Guang would have to find his real body, but Lin Guang insisted he was not vulnerable to genjutsu.

Lin Guang destroyed the Second Mizukage’s giant clam and fought the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage alone, using his speed and Hyōrinmaru to freeze and seal the Second Mizukage. He then turned his attention to the Third Raikage and vowed to break his defenses and seal him.

• Lin Guang froze the mist into thousands of ice swords, destroying the giant clam and revealing the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage.
• Lin Guang sent Gaara to help Ōnoki of Both Scales while he continued fighting the two Kage alone.
• Lin Guang narrowly missed the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage with a sword strike, and they commented on his swordsmanship and unusual techniques.
• The Second Mizukage attacked with the Water Balloon Technique, and Lin Guang summoned nine ice dragon pillars to counter him.
• Lin Guang used Shave Blade to cut and freeze the Second Mizukage, then sealed him with a Seal Talisman.
• Lin Guang faced the Third Raikage and declared that he would break his Strongest Spear and Strongest Shield and seal him.

Lin Guang defeated and sealed the Third Raikage after sealing the Second Mizukage, then joined Gaara and Ōnoki as the Fourth Division treated its wounded. He recognized Naruto beside him as a clone and asked if he was right.

• Lin Guang used the Ox Talisman, Wind Release, and his combat techniques against the Third Raikage, then knocked the Raikage’s soul from his body with the Sheep Talisman.
• Lin Guang returned the Third Raikage’s soul to his frozen body and sealed him with a sealing tag.
• Gaara and Ōnoki arrived, and Lin Guang told them he had already sealed the Third Raikage and Second Mizukage.
• Gaara ordered the Fourth Division to report the battle, while Ōnoki praised the troops and Lin Guang directed them to tend to the wounded and await orders.
• Lin Guang sent the injured Ōnoki to the Medical Team and asked Naruto whether he was a clone.

Lin Guang opened two Battlefield Gold Treasure Chests and gained Six Paths-level chakra, grandmaster-level close-quarters combat, and water affinity as the war turned in the shinobi alliance’s favor. Meanwhile, Orochimaru Kabuto summoned Madara Uchiha, who learned that he had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.

• Lin Guang told Naruto Uzumaki to rest while he checked his treasure chest count and personal information.
• Lin Guang opened two Battlefield Gold Treasure Chests and gained grandmaster-level close-quarters combat, water affinity, and Six Paths-level chakra.
• Lin Guang anticipated fighting Madara Uchiha and hoped Orochimaru Kabuto would like the gift he planned to bring.
• Naruto Uzumaki’s arrival helped the shinobi alliance gain the upper hand as Obito Uchiha moved to intercept Naruto and Killer B with revived jinchūriki.
• Second Tsuchikage Mu summoned Madara Uchiha, who emerged from his coffin and learned that Orochimaru Kabuto had used Impure World Reincarnation.

Lin Guang and the Allied Shinobi Forces encountered the real Madara Uchiha alongside the split Second Tsuchikage Mu. Madara learned that Kabuto had revived him through Impure World Reincarnation and advanced toward the army, confident in his power.

• Lin Guang sensed another enemy as Mu returned after splitting himself, and he warned that Mu had brought a terrifying helper.
• Madara Uchiha appeared before the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Ōnoki recognized him while Gaara realized he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Lin Guang explained that he and Tsunade had suspected the Masked Man was not Madara but lacked proof, and Ōnoki agreed they had to stop the enemy regardless.
• Kabuto took control of Mu and revealed himself as the collaborator who had prepared Madara's Impure World Reincarnation.
• Gaara attacked Madara and Mu with sand, but they dodged as Madara advanced toward the Allied Shinobi Forces and declared, "Very well!"

Lin Guang confronted Madara Uchiha and fought him head-on while the Allied Shinobi Forces withdrew. After Madara revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, Lin Guang announced that he could use Susanoo too.

• Lin Guang ordered Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara to watch for an opening, then charged ahead and stopped Madara Uchiha while ordering the Fourth Division to retreat.
• Lin Guang and Madara Uchiha exchanged close-range blows until Lin Guang struck Madara in the chest with the Ox Talisman's power.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Lin Guang countered it with Great Waterfall Technique and blocked Madara's follow-up fireballs with Water Formation Wall.
• Gaara and Naruto Uzumaki attacked Madara with sand and Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan while Ōnoki raised the ground, but Madara's Susanoo knocked Naruto away.
• Madara Uchiha formed Susanoo and drew two Chakra Blades, prompting Lin Guang to say that he could use Susanoo as well.

Lin Guang clashed with Madara Uchiha while Gaara and Naruto tried to capture and attack him, but Madara awakened the Rinnegan and absorbed Naruto’s Rasenshuriken. Madara then summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces in despair as Ōnoki moved to confront it and Lin Guang prepared to rely on the Space Stone.

• Lin Guang revealed his Susanoo and fought Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo, while Madara condemned him for wielding Uchiha power as an outsider.
• Ōnoki lightened Gaara’s sand, allowing Gaara to trap Madara and pull him from his Susanoo so Naruto could attack with a Rasenshuriken.
• Madara awakened the Rinnegan and absorbed Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, prompting Lin Guang to explain that it was the Sharingan’s ultimate form.
• Madara questioned Orochimaru Kabuto about his enhanced body, then dismissed Kabuto’s claim to have created his power.
• Madara summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, causing the Allied Shinobi Forces to despair as Ōnoki headed toward it and Lin Guang noted that the Space Stone could help him respond.

Lin Guang used the Space Stone to transfer Madara Uchiha’s two meteors away, saving the Allied Shinobi Forces. Madara then turned his attention to Naruto Uzumaki and began a Wood Release attack, which Lin Guang moved to counter.

• Lin Guang appeared beside Ōnoki and used spatial transfer to send Madara Uchiha’s first meteor to an uninhabited area.
• Lin Guang transferred the second meteor back into space, then helped Ōnoki reorganize the scattered Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara Uchiha discussed Lin Guang’s abilities and background with Orochimaru Kabuto, who revealed that Lin Guang had been known as a genius with Ice Release and the Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha used the Summoning Technique to check for the Nine-Tails, then learned from Orochimaru Kabuto that Naruto Uzumaki was its Jinchūriki.
• Madara Uchiha began using Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Lin Guang responded with Ice Release: Ice Age.

Lin Guang confronted Madara Uchiha, matching his Wood Release and Susanoo clones with Ice Release and his own clones. As the allied forces prepared to support him and Naruto went after the Masked Man, Lin Guang and Madara resumed their clash.

• Lin Guang stopped Madara Uchiha's Wood Release with Ice Release and told Gaara and Ōnoki to retreat with the allied forces.
• Madara Uchiha created Wood Release clones protected by Susanoo, and Lin Guang answered with an equal number of Susanoo-protected shadow clones.
• Lin Guang's clone reassured Gaara and Ōnoki, then asked Naruto Uzumaki to fight the Masked Man; Naruto agreed and left.
• Ōnoki and Gaara joined Lin Guang's clone, and Third Raikage A, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and four Konoha ninja arrived to help confront the enemy.
• Lin Guang's real body and Madara Uchiha resumed their battle with Ice Dragon Technique and Wood Dragon Technique.

Lin Guang and Madara Uchiha escalated their battle from clashing ninjutsu to unveiling their Perfect Susanoo. The Five Kage withdrew the Shinobi Allied Forces, leaving Lin Guang and Madara Uchiha to fight without endangering ordinary ninja.

• Lin Guang used his Super: Ten Directions Sword Formation to destroy Madara Uchiha's flowering trees and several Wood Release Clones, prompting Madara Uchiha to reveal his Susanoo's pinnacle form.
• Madara Uchiha's Susanoo knocked the Third Raikage away, then transformed into a towering armored samurai with wings and swords.
• Lin Guang demonstrated Susanoo's stages before forming his own Perfect Susanoo, which deflected Madara Uchiha's sword strike with Hyōrinmaru.
• The Five Kage recognized they could not join the fight and began withdrawing the Shinobi Allied Forces after Lin Guang asked them to protect the ordinary ninja.
• Madara Uchiha welcomed the chance to fight Lin Guang seriously.

Lin Guang fought Madara Uchiha with his Susanoo, revealing its Bankai-powered transformation and overwhelming Madara’s attacks. As Madara charged through Lin Guang’s freezing techniques and fire, Lin Guang struck back with a vast Sun Breathing technique, leaving Madara’s fate uncertain in the darkness.

• Madara Uchiha eagerly attacked Lin Guang with his Susanoo, and Lin Guang’s Susanoo parried his four swords before countering with ice swords.
• Lin Guang used Daiguren Hyōrinmaru: Bankai, transforming his Susanoo into a powerful ice dragon and startling the Fourth Division and Five Kage.
• Orochimaru Kabuto noticed two intruders at his hideout, relinquished control of Second Tsuchikage Mu, and went to confront them.
• Madara Uchiha attacked through Lin Guang’s Ice Flower Funeral and extinguished the flames of his Fire Release: Hōka Messhitsu.
• Lin Guang used Sun Breathing: Second Form: Darkness in the Cold Night, plunging the sky into darkness as he told Madara that his era had passed.

Lin Guang battled Madara Uchiha, countering his attacks and rejecting his belief in Infinite Tsukuyomi while trying to seal him. After hours of fighting, Madara Uchiha’s Impure World Reincarnation body began to crumble, and Lin Guang suspected Uchiha Itachi had defeated Orochimaru Kabuto.

• Lin Guang survived Madara Uchiha’s surprise attack by opening a Space Gate around his body, then explained that he had investigated the Uchiha Clan and read its stone tablet.
• Madara Uchiha defended Infinite Tsukuyomi as the only path to absolute peace, while Lin Guang dismissed the tablet’s message as a deception.
• Black Zetsu fought Jiraiya while Obito Uchiha ordered him to abandon the attempt to capture the five nations’ daimyo after encountering Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B.
• Lin Guang unleashed his full strength and fought Madara Uchiha for hours, repeatedly suppressing him and nearly sealing him.
• Madara Uchiha’s soul separated from his Impure World Reincarnation body, which began to crumble, but he forced himself back into it and retreated from Lin Guang.

Madara Uchiha escaped Lin Guang’s sealing attempt and joined Obito Uchiha, who began the Ten-Tails’ revival before the allies could capture the tailed beasts. The Ten-Tails emerged in an incomplete form, and Mitsuri Kanroji revealed that devouring White Tree People had given her Wood Release.

• Madara Uchiha freed himself from Impure World Reincarnation’s control, left Lin Guang and Mei Terumi, and headed to Obito Uchiha’s battlefield.
• Lin Guang took Mei Terumi through a portal to Naruto Uzumaki’s battlefield, where the Five Kage and others were fighting Obito Uchiha and the tailed beasts.
• Obito Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and put the Benihisago and the Amber Purifying Pot into its mouth; Madara Uchiha then arrived.
• Obito Uchiha used the statue to draw in the tailed beasts, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path transformed into an incomplete Ten-Tails.
• Mitsuri Kanroji told Lin Guang that devouring the White Tree People had given her Wood Release, and Lin Guang said she would be one of their main fighters.

Lin Guang opened portals across the battlefields and assembled the Allied Shinobi Forces to confront Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and the Ten-Tails. As the battle began, the Ten-Tails countered the allied attack, and Lin Guang prepared a Sun Breathing technique against its blast.

• Lin Guang created portals that brought shinobi from the battlefields to his position, and Headquarters confirmed the portals were his technique.
• Shinobu Kocho and Inori Yuzuriha entered the portal, and Darui led the First Division through after receiving Headquarters' instructions.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces gathered around Lin Guang as Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha connected themselves to the Ten-Tails and discussed starting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Lin Guang used his complete Susanoo in ice dragon mode to attack the Ten-Tails, but it deflected him with its tails.
• The Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails fired continuous Tailed Beast Bombs, and the Ten-Tails answered with a powerful blast.
• Lin Guang braced Hyōrinmaru with both hands and began Sun Breathing's First Form, Heavenly Light, Ten Thousand Flames.

Lin Guang and the Allied Shinobi Forces faced the Ten-Tails, Madara Uchiha, and Obito Uchiha as Lin Guang’s allies rallied for battle. The chapter ended with the villages combining their techniques to obscure and attack the Ten-Tails.

• Lin Guang cut the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Laser Cannon in half, but the Ten-Tails deflected the Eight-Tails’ and Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs back at them, and Lin Guang dispelled his Susanoo.
• Shinobu Kocho, Mitsuri Kanroji, Lin Mei, Rose, Mana Ouma, Kanae Kocho, and Tamayo prepared to fight, with Tamayo promising to support the others with buffs.
• Lin Guang empowered Arisa Shūkyōin, who transformed into a technological purple lotus and joined Shinobu Kocho, promising to protect the group.
• Obito Uchiha ordered the Ten-Tails to fire a massive Tailed Beast Bomb, but the Allied Shinobi Forces redirected the battle with coordinated techniques.
• The Aburame Clan released insects and the Kirigakure shinobi created mist, but the Ten-Tails swept both away before Sunagakure and Iwagakure shinobi launched Wind and Earth Release techniques.

The Allied Shinobi Forces and Lin Guang’s companions attacked Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and the Ten-Tails while the beast was restrained in a pit. The Ten-Tails broke free after suffering multiple wounds, and Kanae Kocho appeared behind Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha to launch a surprise attack.

• Shikaku Nara coordinated an assault on Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha while the Allied Shinobi Forces trapped the Ten-Tails in concrete.
• Shinobu Kocho, Mitsuri Kanroji, Lin Mei, Rose, Mana Ouma, Kanae Kocho, and Tamayo attacked the Ten-Tails and its allies with their abilities.
• The Ten-Tails broke out of the pit with its transformed tails and knocked the attackers away, while Lin Guang teleported the Allied Shinobi Forces to safety.
• The Ten-Tails emerged badly wounded, with injuries from Bashum, Mitsuri Kanroji’s Food Chain, Lin Mei’s blood, Rose’s threads, and Mana Ouma’s crystals.
• Kanae Kocho emerged from inside the Ten-Tails behind Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha and used Flower Breathing’s Eleventh Form.

Kanae Kocho injured Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha by severing their connections to the Ten-Tails and damaging their souls, but Lin Guang ordered her to return as the conflict continued. The Ten-Tails attacked headquarters, and Lin Guang blocked its Tailed Beast Bomb with a giant, empowered Susanoo.

• Kanae Kocho cut Madara Uchiha's and Obito Uchiha's connections to the Ten-Tails and inflicted painful soul damage, but they restored control using Hashirama Senju cells.
• Lin Guang told Kanae Kocho to stop trying to persuade Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha and return to his side; Shinobu Kocho checked Kanae for injuries.
• Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha brought the Ten-Tails out of the pit, but their weakened souls made it harder for them to control its new form.
• Obito Uchiha urged Madara Uchiha to test the Ten-Tails' power, and the creature fired a Tailed Beast Bomb toward headquarters.
• Lin Guang summoned a giant Susanoo empowered by the Rabbit Talisman and Ox Talisman and destroyed the Tailed Beast Bomb with one sword slash.

Lin Guang used Super Susanoo to hold off the Ten-Tails while Konan joined him and the Five Kage formed a barrier around the battlefield. After hearing Shikaku Nara's plan, Lin Guang asked Mitsuri Kanroji to restrain the Ten-Tails with Wood Release.

• Lin Guang used Super Susanoo to cut through the Ten-Tails' attacks, while Madara Uchiha wondered what Lin Guang had been waiting for.
• Konan appeared on Super Susanoo and confronted Lin Guang over a past misunderstanding; Shinobu Kocho teased her about the promise she had made.
• Obito Uchiha aimed a Tailed Beast Bomb at Konan, but Lin Guang shoved it into the Ten-Tails' mouth, causing it to explode and shrink back.
• Konan attacked Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha with explosive paper needles, while Obito Uchiha countered with Fire Release.
• The Five Kage formed a Four Red Yang Formation around Lin Guang and the Ten-Tails, and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal the injured ninja.
• After hearing Shikaku Nara's plan, Lin Guang asked Mitsuri Kanroji to use Wood Release to restrain the Ten-Tails.