Chapter Summaries

Shingetsu and Madara visited Minato’s world and learned that its Madara had died after Black Zetsu manipulated him. After destroying the grave, Madara set out with Shingetsu and Hiruzen Sarutobi to find Black Zetsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reunited with Obito, whose cheerful, helpful nature impressed Shingetsu and unexpectedly endeared him to Madara.
• Minato led Shingetsu and Madara to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where they found a grave bearing the name Madara Uchiha.
• Madara read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s memories and learned that Black Zetsu had deceived the other Madara, leading to his death.
• Madara shattered the headstone and learned that Black Zetsu remained at large despite Konoha’s search.
• Madara called Hiruzen Sarutobi to join him and Shingetsu as they left to hunt Black Zetsu.

Nagato sacrificed his life to resurrect Madara Uchiha, who killed the pursuers seeking the Rinnegan. When Shingetsu's Madara encountered the newly resurrected Madara, the two began a devastating fight, leaving Shingetsu's Madara confronting the fate he had once expected for himself.

• As the Akatsuki survivors fled through the Land of Rain, Nagato told Yahiko, Konan, and Uzumaki Zetsu that he could resurrect Madara Uchiha.
• Nagato used his Rinnegan to immobilize Yahiko and Konan, then performed Rinne Rebirth with Uzumaki Zetsu's help and died as Madara awakened.
• Resurrected Madara Uchiha slaughtered the people pursuing the Rinnegan, including two Kage.
• Shingetsu, Madara, Monkey, and Hiruzen Sarutobi found Madara amid the bodies, and the two Madaras immediately began fighting.
• Shingetsu's Madara gained the advantage and berated his other self for failing to protect Izuna and Shingetsu, while recognizing that the defeated Madara represented the fate he once feared.

Shingetsu struggled to stop two versions of Madara from killing each other, while Uzumaki Zetsu held a funeral for Nagato. She finally halted the fight and ordered everyone to go after Black Zetsu.

• Resurrected Madara taunted Shingetsu Madara, and the two launched into a brutal fight that Shingetsu and Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to stop.
• Uzumaki Zetsu emerged with Nagato's body and invited Shingetsu and Hiruzen Sarutobi to his funeral, where it buried him in a crater and decorated the gravestone with a poop drawing.
• Shingetsu kicked apart Nagato's gravestone as the Madaras' fight became a one-sided beating, and she stopped Shingetsu Madara from delivering the final blow by warning that he would traumatize her.
• Shingetsu commanded the two Madaras, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Uzumaki Zetsu to pursue Black Zetsu and threatened to flatten them if they fought again.
• Shingetsu demonstrated her power by smashing the ground into an abyss, prompting Uzumaki Zetsu to abandon Madara and praise her as queen.

Momoshiki found evidence that Urashiki had located the root god tree and resolved to seize it from Isshiki. In the Shinobi World, Madara regained his composure, Resurrected Madara declined an invitation to visit Konoha, and Shingetsu’s White Zetsu followers hailed her as their queen before she ordered them to find Black Zetsu.

• Momoshiki discovered Urashiki’s information about the root god tree and vowed to claim it from Isshiki.
• Madara reflected on how much Shingetsu meant to him and settled down beside her.
• Monkey told Resurrected Madara how he and Minato had continued the reforms and ended the war early.
• Monkey invited Resurrected Madara to visit Konoha, but Resurrected Madara refused and chose to return to the Pure Land.
• Uzumaki Zetsu brought the White Zetsu to Shingetsu, and they knelt to hail her as their queen.
• Shingetsu ordered the White Zetsu to find Black Zetsu.

Madara and his allies finally destroyed Black Zetsu, but the encounter left Resurrected Madara despairing and Shingetsu’s Madara deeply shaken. After returning to Konoha, the group reunited, while Madara clung to Shingetsu and Izuna more than ever.

• The two Madaras captured Black Zetsu, and Shingetsu killed it after the Madaras tortured it through the day and night.
• Resurrected Madara felt purposeless and alone, but Minato arrived and invited him to look around Konoha together.
• Shingetsu, Madara, Monkey, and a crowd of White Zetsu returned to Konoha, where Monkey reunited with Tobirama and Hashirama.
• Tobirama and Hashirama struggled to comfort Madara after learning what he had witnessed in other worlds, and Hashirama apologized to him.
• Izuna’s concern softened Madara’s expression, but afterward Madara stayed close to Shingetsu and Izuna and became more hostile toward Isshiki.

Madara’s fear for Shingetsu’s safety drove him into a week of unsettling behavior, prompting Shingetsu and Izuna to plan a surprise resurrection for him. Their attempt to reach the Hokage Building was interrupted when Isshiki warned them that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had arrived, while Momoshiki discovered the origin God Tree on Earth and prepared to confront the planet.

• Madara haunted Shingetsu at night and relentlessly sparred with Hashirama and the children, alarming everyone in Konoha.
• Izuna and Shingetsu asked Hashirama to resurrect Madara’s little brother so they could comfort Madara, and Hashirama agreed to help.
• Isshiki blocked their way to the Hokage Building and warned Shingetsu to leave because the Ōtsutsuki Clan had arrived.
• Momoshiki dismissed the inferior God Tree sealed inside the moon and recognized the origin God Tree’s presence on Earth.
• Momoshiki celebrated finding the stolen God Tree, while Kinshiki asked whether they should inform the Main Family.

Momoshiki and Kinshiki arrived in the Shinobi World to confront Isshiki, but Momoshiki recognized Shingetsu as the God Tree and pledged himself to her. As the Ōtsutsuki and Konoha forces clashed and devastated the village, Shingetsu ordered everyone to stop and realized that even the Ōtsutsuki obeyed her.

• Momoshiki and Kinshiki left the moon and attacked Isshiki, who fought them using his strange abilities before they overwhelmed him and demanded to know where he had hidden the God Tree.
• Momoshiki recognized Shingetsu as the God Tree and knelt before her with Kinshiki, while Isshiki urged the Konoha fighters to kill them.
• Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Izuna joined the battle against Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and Momoshiki summoned powerful creatures that shifted the fight.
• Shingetsu saw Konoha being wrecked and ordered everyone to stop fighting; Momoshiki and Kinshiki immediately obeyed, even as the others struck them.
• Shingetsu realized that the Ōtsutsuki would follow her orders and that she stood at the top of the universe's food chain.

Shingetsu told Madara that she had originated as Shibai Ōtsutsuki’s root God Tree and survived the Shinobi World’s rejection through the devotion of her family and friends. After she returned from a solitary walk, she used her power to bring Madara’s and the Senju brothers’ dead younger siblings back to life, leaving her surrounded by loved ones.

• Shingetsu ordered the Konoha and Ōtsutsuki groups to clean up their battle wreckage, while both sides continued to vie for her allegiance.
• Momoshiki urged Shingetsu to return to the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Madara, Hashirama, Izuna, Tobirama, Tōka, and Hōkaku plotted to stop him.
• Itama announced that Shingetsu had disappeared, prompting Konoha to search for her and Madara to follow her bracelet’s tracking signal to the Naka River.
• Shingetsu told Madara that Shibai Ōtsutsuki had raised her from the root God Tree, that the Shinobi World had rejected her after Shibai left, and that her loved ones’ devotion had helped her become Uchiha Shingetsu.
• Madara brought Shingetsu home, where her family and friends welcomed her; she then revived Madara’s younger brothers and the Senju brothers’ younger siblings.

Shingetsu spent an ordinary day wandering between school, village work, and visits with friends while avoiding her duties and rejecting Momoshiki’s invitation to return to the Ōtsutsuki Clan. She ended the day surrounded by family and friends at dinner, content in the warm life she had made in Konoha.

• Hōkaku failed to wake Shingetsu, so Izuna came over and brought her to breakfast with Madara and his unruly younger brothers.
• Izuna took Shingetsu and the boys to the Ninja Academy, where Madara hauled Kawarama inside after he refused to attend.
• Shingetsu slipped away from school and encountered Chinatsu and the exhausted academy graduates, who pulled her into helping with Konoha’s rebuilding and new technology.
• Shingetsu left the work, met Princess Mito and the visiting Uzumaki, then refused Momoshiki’s appeal to return to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Shingetsu returned home for a crowded dinner with her family and friends, where Madara scolded her for drinking too much cola.

Nine-year-old Obito Uchiha argued with his father about learning the family craft, then spent the morning with Kakashi and Rin on the way to school. When Rin asked for dolls of all three of them, Minato revealed that Uchiha Shingetsu and the other Hokage had gone to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Obito tried to study a summoning scroll, but Uchiha Kazuma demanded he learn sewing and painting instead, then spanked him for aspiring to surpass Uchiha Shingetsu as Hokage.
• Obito tried to run away from home the next morning, but his grandmother’s offer of Anko Cake distracted him, and Kakashi caught him when he fell from the window.
• Kakashi accompanied Obito to school, secretly watching over him for money from Uchiha Kazuma, and Obito gave Rin a handmade plush doll.
• Rin asked Obito to make dolls of both him and Kakashi, saying the Rin doll needed friends, which moved Obito and embarrassed Kakashi.
• Minato greeted the three children by Hokage Rock and told them that Uchiha Shingetsu had taken the other Hokage to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.