Chapter Summaries

Hashirama used his Resurrección to overpower Madara, but Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and transformed into Six Paths Madara. Meanwhile, Naruto, Aizen, and Minato captured Black Zetsu and exposed his identity, leaving Naruto to question him about his plans.

• Hashirama transformed with Resurrección and unleashed a Deep Forest Emergence far stronger than Madara’s, binding the Ten-Tails and sending Madara crashing into a tree.
• Madara used hand seals to absorb the Ten-Tails and became Six Paths Madara, who cut apart Hashirama’s wooden hands with Storm Release: Light Fang.
• Black Zetsu celebrated Madara’s transformation, but Aizen, Naruto, and Minato appeared and trapped him with Six Rods Prison of Light.
• Naruto identified Black Zetsu as Chen, the third son of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and Black Zetsu admitted he knew his plan was in danger.
• Naruto offered to help Black Zetsu rescue his mother if he revealed his other preparations.

Naruto questioned Black Zetsu about his schemes and sought a way to free Ōtsutsuki Kaguya from Planetary Devastation. Wolffy offered a method to break the seal, while Aizen ended Hashirama and Madara's fight by immobilizing them.

• Hashirama and Six Paths Madara continued fighting as Hashirama tried to persuade Madara to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Aizen examined Black Zetsu and told Naruto that Black Zetsu had a complete soul, which Naruto linked to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Naruto promised to help Black Zetsu rescue his mother in exchange for details of his schemes, and Black Zetsu revealed his influence across the Shinobi World.
• Naruto rejected using Infinite Tsukuyomi to free Kaguya, and Aizen said he would need time to study the Planetary Devastation seal.
• Wolffy arrived with a Parallel World Time Machine and explained that he could free Kaguya by disrupting the seal's gravitational core.
• Naruto sent Aizen to stop Hashirama and Madara, and Aizen immobilized both with Six Rods Prison of Light.

Tobirama tried to kill the restrained Madara, but Minato and Hashirama stopped him before Naruto made Black Zetsu reveal the truth behind Madara’s plan. Madara rejected Hashirama’s faith in peace, while Naruto’s apparent promise to free Ōtsutsuki Kaguya alarmed the Hokage and gave Madara a dangerous new plan.

• Tobirama entered Resurrección and attacked the restrained Madara, but Minato used Kurama Mode and Nen to stop him after Hashirama ordered him to stand down.
• Naruto pushed Black Zetsu forward and ordered him to explain how he had deceived Madara and manipulated Obito and Nagato.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had altered the Sage of Six Paths’ tablet to bring about Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s resurrection, leaving Madara stunned.
• Madara rejected Hashirama’s advice to give up his plan and insisted that power, not mutual understanding, determined the world.
• Black Zetsu asked Naruto to help resurrect his mother, and Hiruzen questioned Naruto’s promise as Madara began planning to use Kaguya as an enemy who would unite the Shinobi World.

Naruto arranged for Itachi to teach Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Hiruzen about red thought, while Madara and Hashirama supported releasing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya so they could kill her. After two days of lessons, Madara and Tobirama took the ideology seriously, Hiruzen reconsidered the will of fire, and Hashirama tried to learn its practical principles.

• Naruto asked Itachi to teach Hashirama and Madara about peace and red thought, while Madara and Hashirama urged Naruto to release Ōtsutsuki Kaguya so they could kill her.
• Tobirama told Hiruzen that the present was the best chance to eliminate Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and Hiruzen reconsidered his caution.
• Aizen used Five-pillar iron brace to stop Madara from leaving, and Madara agreed to attend Itachi's lessons with Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen.
• Minato created a classroom with Wood Release, and Itachi began teaching the four men about red thought.
• After two days, Madara took notes and Tobirama saw red thought as a foundation for a new era, while Hiruzen questioned the will of fire and Hashirama began learning its practical principles.

Minato Namikaze learned that the four major shinobi villages had invaded Konoha because they wrongly blamed it for Tailed Beast Bomb attacks, and he tried to prevent the conflict from distracting from Madara Uchiha and the Ten-Tails. As the enemy forces reached Konoha’s heartland and villagers demanded his removal, Jiraiya had still not returned, leaving Minato fearing the worst.

• Minato Namikaze learned that the four major shinobi villages had united against Konoha after their messengers were attacked and they blamed Konoha for their casualties.
• Jiraiya left to find the people from the Otherworld and the First Hokage, while Minato ordered Konoha’s forces to withdraw and avoid direct clashes.
• Minato refused the Daimyo of the Land of Fire’s order to resist the invasion and proposed making Konoha self-sufficient instead of relying on the Daimyo and nobles.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire secretly promised territory to the other daimyo in exchange for eradicating Konoha, and their forces advanced into Konoha’s heartland.
• Konoha villagers protested Minato’s inaction, and Minato worried that Madara Uchiha had killed Jiraiya.

The four-village Allied Shinobi Forces reached Konoha’s gates, where civilians and ninja blamed Minato Namikaze for allowing them to advance. Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Jiraiya, and Tobirama regarded the invaders as enemies.

• Gaara, Mei Terumi, A, and Ōnoki led their villages’ forces to Konoha, though Gaara was reluctant to attack.
• Konoha’s civilians and ninja criticized Minato Namikaze, while Kushina stopped Naruto from confronting them.
• Minato told the four Kage that fighting would be meaningless, and A challenged him to fight.
• Naruto challenged Killer B as the two sides prepared to clash.
• Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya descended at the gates, startling the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Konoha’s crowd praised Hiruzen Sarutobi as its strongest Hokage, while Tobirama focused on the invading forces.

Jiraiya finally told Hashirama Senju and the others that the Four Great Shinobi Villages were attacking Konoha, but Madara Uchiha kept Hashirama in class and sent Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi to defend it. After Tobirama routed the invading force, Madara persuaded Hashirama to join his revolution plan despite its potential casualties.

• Jiraiya spent several days attending Uchiha Itachi's lessons on red thought before remembering to tell the group that Konoha was in danger.
• Madara Uchiha refused to let Hashirama Senju leave class and sent Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi to protect Konoha instead.
• Tobirama Senju's soul pressure knocked out most of the invading shinobi, and he defeated the Four Kage with taijutsu.
• Madara Uchiha proposed releasing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, defeating her as heroes, and using the crisis to spread red thought.
• Hashirama Senju objected to the plan's expected casualties, but agreed after Madara promised to keep them as low as possible.

Wolffy completed a device to break Princess Kaguya’s seal, and he, Aizen, and Black Zetsu set off by rocket for the moon. As they departed, Madara learned Naruto had prepared a Urine Bomb to exploit his childhood weakness.

• Wolffy finished a wooden-door device that could break the Planetary Devastation seal, while his machine to send Naruto and the others home remained unfinished.
• Naruto told Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju that their lessons were over and explained that releasing Princess Kaguya could draw more Otsutsuki to the Shinobi World.
• Wolffy and Aizen took Black Zetsu aboard Wolffy’s rocket to install the device on the moon, expecting possible interference from the Sage of Six Paths or Toneri Ōtsutsuki.
• As the rocket launched, Madara asked Hashirama about his weakness and learned Hashirama had planned to make him need to pee during a fight.
• Naruto showed Madara a Urine Bomb that would force anyone caught in its blast to pee, revealing he had prepared it for their confrontation.

Naruto’s pee bomb caused Madara to hold his urine until his bladder and abdomen burst, though he quickly healed and claimed that was how he had overcome his weakness. As Wolffy, Black Zetsu, and Aizen reached the moon, Aizen captured Toneri Ōtsutsuki, while the Sage of Six Paths confronted Wolffy over his plan to affect the Lunar Core’s gravity.

• Hashirama grabbed Madara and detonated Naruto’s pee bomb, making both men urgently need to urinate.
• Madara tried to hold his urine while Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Nagato, and the others watched, then used Shinra Tensei when he could not relieve himself.
• Naruto and Hashirama blocked Madara’s Shinra Tensei, but Madara’s bladder and abdomen burst before he healed and declared that he had overcome his weakness.
• As Wolffy piloted the rocket toward the moon, Aizen recognized Toneri Ōtsutsuki’s puppets and left the rocket to destroy them.
• Aizen found Toneri Ōtsutsuki hiding nearby and restrained him with a Binding Way spell.
• Wolffy and Black Zetsu reached the moon, where Wolffy began using the wooden door to affect the Lunar Core’s gravity before the Sage of Six Paths appeared and warned him.

Wolffy and Aizen confronted the Sage of Six Paths, and Aizen restrained him while Wolffy disrupted the seal on the moon. The moon broke apart, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya emerged from the crack.

• Wolffy shot the Sage of Six Paths with a spirit-power bullet, wounding his soul.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned and resurrected past Kage Level fighters to attack Wolffy, who held them off with a Gatling gun.
• Aizen arrived, crippled the resurrected fighters with White Lightning, and trapped the Sage of Six Paths with Six Rods Prison of Light.
• Aizen demanded that the Sage of Six Paths take him to the Pure Land, but Wolffy activated the wooden door and disrupted the moon's gravity.
• The moon began breaking apart, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya floated out through a crack.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was freed and learned that her plan to fight her clan relied on the White Zetsu Army, while Aizen questioned her strategy. Meanwhile, the Second Hokage brought the four Kage to join the forced study sessions, leaving them intimidated by Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

• Black Zetsu reunited with Kaguya and told her that the God Tree was inside Madara.
• Kaguya repeatedly struck the Sage of Six Paths until her attacks broke Aizen's Six Rods Prison of Light, but Aizen restrained him again as he tried to escape.
• Kaguya told Aizen she planned to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to create a White Zetsu Army against the Otsutsuki, and Aizen and Black Zetsu urged her to rely on the shinobi instead.
• Hashirama Senju asked Naruto for more Urine Bombs, while Naruto said Wolffy had the supply.
• The Second Hokage and Third Hokage brought Gaara, A, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki back after defeating them, and Uchiha Itachi agreed to take them to study.
• The four Kage recognized Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju and meekly went along to the classroom.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya returned to the Shinobi World and attacked Madara Uchiha, but his Limbo clones overwhelmed her because she lacked the Ten-Tails and had poor combat skills. After learning that Kaguya had alerted the Otsutsuki, the group discussed preparing the Shinobi World for their arrival, and Black Zetsu finally declared their surrender.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya arrived in the Shinobi World and attacked Madara Uchiha, who countered with four Limbo clones.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju realized Kaguya was weaker than expected, while Naruto explained that she lacked the Ten-Tails.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo warned Madara that Kaguya could draw the Ten-Tails from his body, and Aizen asked Hagoromo to show him the Pure Land.
• Minato Namikaze revealed that Kaguya had sent a signal to the Otsutsuki and urged the Kage to unify the Shinobi World and prepare for their arrival.
• Tobirama Senju proposed recruiting Kaguya, and Madara agreed to stop using her as a target for his plan.
• Black Zetsu urged Kaguya to surrender, then called out to Madara to concede; Madara ordered his clones to stop attacking her.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya extracted the Ten-Tails from Madara, and Black Zetsu stabbed him through the heart. Hashirama fought Kaguya while Tobirama went to save Madara, and the chapter ended with Madara reappearing alive in his resurrección.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya used a spatial passage to reach for Madara, and Black Zetsu seized the chance to stab him through the heart.
• The Ten-Tails burst out of Madara and entered Kaguya, while the Four Kage saw Madara fall and decided to attack Uchiha Itachi and escape.
• Hashirama charged Kaguya and told Tobirama to save Madara, then blocked her attacks and struck her with a punch and Cero Oscuras.
• Hashirama saw Madara alive in the distance, but Madara charged past him and entered his resurrección.

Madara Uchiha unleashed his Resurrección and overwhelmed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya in battle while Hashirama and Tobirama watched. Elsewhere, Uchiha Itachi used Genjutsu to make the Four Kage attack one another.

• Madara Uchiha activated his Resurrección, charged Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and blasted through her Heavenly Domain with a Cero Oscuras.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya used Tailed Beast Transformation, but Madara manifested a Susanoo and beat her in close combat.
• Hashirama and Tobirama watched Madara fight as Tobirama worried that he might kill Kaguya.
• Uchiha Itachi fought the Four Kage with his Perfect Susanoo while Naruto and the others watched.
• Itachi dispelled his Susanoo and used Genjutsu to make Mei Terumi and Ōnoki attack their fellow Kage against their will.

Uchiha Itachi used nen aura to infiltrate and subdue the Four Kage, while Naruto made them record embarrassing videos. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Black Zetsu began planning a shinobi-world war to make Ōtsutsuki Kaguya its undisputed boss, and the Sage of Six Paths felt relieved to see his mother smile.

• Uchiha Itachi revealed that he had used the battle to infiltrate the Four Kage with nen aura and then stopped the Raikage from charging by draining his chakra.
• Naruto brought out a camera and made the Four Kage record embarrassing videos after Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya arrived.
• Madara Uchiha beat Ōtsutsuki Kaguya until her control over the tailed beasts weakened, and Black Zetsu begged him to stop.
• The Sage of Six Paths joined Naruto’s filming at Wolffy’s request, while the Raikage and Tsuchikage agreed to perform alongside him.
• Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Black Zetsu discussed a plan to spark a shinobi-world war and make Ōtsutsuki Kaguya the undisputed boss.
• The Sage of Six Paths felt that his humiliation had been worthwhile when Ōtsutsuki Kaguya smiled at seeing him make a fool of himself.

The Four Kage returned to their villages and agreed to ally with Konoha against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, while the Five Great Daimyos learned that the shinobi villages were joining forces. The chapter left the daimyos panicking over their loss of control and considering food-supply threats.

• Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki defeated a thousand ninja who had attacked Konoha, and the returning Four Kage learned what had happened.
• The Raikage told his village leaders that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had been resurrected, and the Eight-Tails confirmed her threat through Killer B.
• The Four Kage brought elite subordinates to Minato Namikaze and agreed to an alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• The Five Great Daimyos grew furious that the villages had united and defied their authority.
• The daimyos considered cutting off food supplies because they could not rely on ordinary armies or samurai to control the ninja.

The Daimyo’s funding cuts split the Five Great Shinobi Villages, while the Five Kage agreed to unite against Princess Kaguya. Minato Namikaze learned who had orchestrated the crisis and accepted the plan as a chance to change the Shinobi World, as Naruto went to visit Obito.

• A third of the Ninja in the Five Great Shinobi Villages defected to the Daimyo’s Residence after the Daimyo cut off village supplies.
• The Five Kage met and concluded that the villages had to unite against Princess Kaguya, despite being unable to stop the Daimyo or the Ninja who joined them.
• Minato Namikaze found that the Sarutobi Clan, the Shimura Clan, remnants of Root, and families connected to Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had left Konoha.
• The otherworld Minato Namikaze explained to his counterpart that his group had released Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and prompted Madara Uchiha and Lord First’s revolution plan; Minato accepted it as an opportunity to change the world.
• Naruto went to Obito’s cell, where Kakashi had been visiting and giving Obito more story therapy.

Naruto recruited Obito to film the Fourth Shinobi World War in exchange for helping revive Rin, then revealed how Black Zetsu had manipulated Obito and the shinobi world. As the allied villages struggled to unite, Minato announced that the Daimyo's Residences of all Five Great Nations had been destroyed.

• Naruto offered to help Obito bring Rin back to life if Obito filmed the war, and Obito accepted after hearing Naruto explain the truth about Madara, Black Zetsu, and Kaguya.
• The Fourth Shinobi World War began with Princess Kaguya and Obito as its instigators, while Black Zetsu directed events and the Sage of Six Paths took Aizen to the Pure Land.
• Obito and Minato filmed the battles for Naruto's group, who watched the live feed from a floating castle built by Wolffy.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages formed an alliance, but their shinobi fought among themselves as the Five Kage struggled to address their longstanding hatred.
• Gaara stopped the Raikage from threatening the assembled shinobi, and Minato announced that the Daimyo's Residences of all Five Great Nations had been razed.

The five daimyo plotted to sabotage the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ alliance, but reincarnated shinobi assassinated them and Tailed Beast Bombs destroyed their residences. Minato Namikaze told the shocked Kage and village leaders that the enemy had also wiped out the daimyo-aligned clans, urging them to stop undermining the alliance.

• The five daimyo discussed how to disrupt the villages’ alliance and revealed that they had bribed village higher-ups to stir up trouble.
• Hatake Sakumo killed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire during the video conference, and the other daimyo ended the call in terror.
• The Third Raikage, Third Mizukage, Second Tsuchikage, and Rasa killed the daimyo of their respective lands; Rasa resisted the order before killing the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
• Coffins drew in the assassins, and Tailed Beast Bombs razed all five daimyo residences to ensure the daimyo could not escape.
• Minato Namikaze informed the other Kage and village leaders that the daimyo and their allied clans had been killed, then urged them to preserve the alliance.

Minato Namikaze revealed that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya planned to unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi, helping calm tensions among the Allied Shinobi Forces before the Fourth Shinobi World War began. As the battle unfolded, Obito, Naruto, Minato, and others took up cameras and headed to the fronts as war photographers.

• Minato Namikaze warned the leaders that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya intended to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the news helped quell unrest among the villages.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces began the Fourth Shinobi World War and discovered they faced a hundred thousand White Zetsu and an army of ninja revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama Senju questioned whether the war was still necessary, but Tobirama Senju argued that the conflict would make Ōtsutsuki Kaguya the villain and give the system's reformers public support.
• Obito filmed the battle as a war photographer, shrugging off attacks with Kamui while Allied Shinobi Forces members kept watch on him.
• Naruto and Minato Namikaze used Wolffy's spatial-shifting and invisibility gear to film battles across the fronts.
• Hashirama Senju, Sasori, Itachi, Nagato, and Jiraiya obtained gear from Wolffy and prepared to go film the fighting.