Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke encountered the reanimated Mito Uzumaki on Turtle Island, where Killer B fought to protect Naruto. Meanwhile, Zou Hyuga completed preparations for his chakra-draining plan and noticed Turtle Island had changed course toward the Land of Water.

• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Mito with ninjutsu, but her sealing jutsu easily stopped them until Killer B arrived and urged them to retreat.
• Naruto and Sasuke withdrew, and Sasuke warned Naruto that Mito possessed immense chakra while Naruto sensed that she reminded him of his mother.
• Mito pursued Killer B with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and he used his remaining tailed-beast chakra to land a Lariat that damaged her regenerating reanimated body.
• Mito recognized Killer B as a protector of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and warned him that he needed greater power to defeat her.
• Zou Hyuga finished preparing the Box of Ultimate Bliss and Leyline, intending to siphon chakra when the Ten-Tails appeared.
• Zou Hyuga detected Turtle Island moving toward the Land of Water instead of the Land of Wind and wondered why it had changed course.

Zou Hyuga intervened as Mito Uzumaki, controlled by Black Zetsu, defeated Killer B and moved to capture Naruto. After Zou forced Black Zetsu out of Mito, she regained consciousness and asked what year it was and what had happened.

• Zou Hyuga sensed Killer B fighting Mito Uzumaki on Turtle Island, secretly redirected the Giant Sea Turtle, and approached Naruto and Sasuke.
• Black Zetsu concluded Killer B might be a clone and ordered Mito to capture Naruto after binding Killer B with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Mito cornered Naruto and Sasuke at a cliff, where Sasuke spotted Zou Hyuga hiding above them.
• Zou told Black Zetsu he had destroyed the Rinnegan and would take Naruto, then forced Black Zetsu out of Mito's consciousness.
• Mito regained control and asked Zou what year of Konoha it was and what had happened.

Mito Uzumaki learned that the shinobi world had united against Madara Uchiha and accepted Zou Hyuga after Naruto vouched for him. As Konoha’s defense ended, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Fugaku left through the Flying Thunder God Formation to reinforce the main battlefield.

• Mito Uzumaki recognized Naruto as Kushina’s son and asked him to explain what had happened to Konoha.
• Sasuke told Mito that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had joined forces to fight Madara Uchiha in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Zou Hyuga revealed that Hashirama and Madara’s chakra could be sensed in the shinobi world, and Naruto identified Zou’s Flying Thunder God kunai as a gift from his father, the former Fourth Hokage.
• Jiraiya defeated Pain’s jinchūriki, and Konoha’s clans helped defeat the remaining White Zetsu Army and reincarnated troops.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya decided to reinforce the front lines, and Uchiha Fugaku joined them in the Flying Thunder God Formation.
• The formation activated and transported Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Fugaku away from Konoha.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Fugaku arrived to reinforce the shinobi fighting Hashirama, while Oto left them to aid the Five Kage against Madara. Oto saved the Five Kage from Madara’s twenty-five Susanoo, leaving the exhausted leaders facing their new ally.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Fugaku reached the battlefield and saw Hashirama’s Wood Release Giant battling three Susanoo.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade joined the fight against Hashirama, while Tsunade used Katsuyu clones to treat wounded ninja.
• Oto abandoned the plan to use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, left Fugaku to support the fight against Hashirama, and headed for the Five Kage.
• Madara created twenty-five Wood Clones and had each one manifest Susanoo, overwhelming the exhausted Five Kage.
• Oto arrived in time to block the Susanoo blades with her Half-Body Susanoo, allowing the Five Kage to escape the attack.

Oto Uchiha fought Madara while pretending to consider joining him, using the negotiation to secure the right to run for Hokage. After she rejected his offer, Madara prepared to face her with his full Susanoo.

• Oto arrived and attacked Madara with a Susanoo enhanced by senjutsu, matching his Susanoo and surprising him.
• Madara offered Oto a place in his Eye of the Moon Plan, but she bargained for her clan to join Konoha and the right to run for Hokage in exchange for defeating him.
• The Third Hokage agreed that Oto could run for Hokage after the war, while the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage offered her their own villages’ Kage positions.
• Madara abandoned his effort to recruit Oto and absorbed the Five Kage's attacks with his Rinnegan as they tried to fight him.
• Oto revealed that she understood the Rinnegan and activated the next stage of her Susanoo, while Madara enlarged his Susanoo and drew its enormous sword.

Oto Uchiha fought Madara with her Senjutsu Susanoo while the Five Kage helped create an opening, but Obito rescued Madara before Oto could seal him. Oto told the Kage that Madara had held back and assured them he would remain on the battlefield, then left them to withdraw.

• Oto released the Leyline's seal and strengthened her Senjutsu Susanoo, prompting Madara to recognize her power as close to his and Hashirama's.
• The Five Kage withdrew from the clash, then lent their chakra to Ōnoki so he could use Dust Release against Madara's Susanoo.
• Oto shattered Madara's Susanoo and tried to capture him, but discovered she had grabbed a Wood Clone as Madara stood safely on the sea of trees.
• Oto charged Madara with the Kusanagi Sword, but Obito intervened and spirited Madara away through a vortex.
• Oto told the Kage that Madara had not used his full strength, assured them he would not leave the battlefield, and vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.

Madara and Obito returned to the battlefield after learning that Mito Uzumaki had broken free of control and that the Nine-Tails’ chakra was nearby. Madara charged toward Hashirama Senju, while Zou Hyuga’s Shadow Clone tried to delay him.

• Obito told Madara that Nagato had joined another side and that a mysterious Rinnegan wielder was a threat, then Madara failed to summon the Nine-Tails because it remained inside its jinchūriki.
• White Zetsu reported that Mito Uzumaki had escaped control after Lord Zetsu failed to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, and Obito sensed Nine-Tails chakra nearby.
• Madara left the Kamui Dimension and rushed toward Hashirama Senju, while Zou Hyuga warned the Shadow Guards that Madara was approaching and reassured them that the Five Kage were pursuing him.
• Madara fought through the assembled ninja with Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, then attacked Zou Hyuga through the mist.
• Zou Hyuga used Rotation and Gentle Fist against Madara, but Madara revealed that the Zou Hyuga he had struck was a Shadow Clone, which vanished after Madara pierced its chest.

Madara freed Hashirama and prepared to fight the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Oto interrupted them and revealed a Senjutsu Susanoo fused with the Nine-Tails. As Oto faced Madara and Hashirama, Obito and Black Zetsu tried to revive the Ten-Tails, but Kakashi and other elite shinobi intercepted them.

• Madara broke Hashirama out of the sealing barrier and challenged him to a fight, but Oto blocked their reunion with her Senjutsu Susanoo.
• The Five Kage and allied ninja attacked Madara and Hashirama, who answered with two meteorites that the defenders struggled to withstand.
• Oto appeared in a towering Senjutsu Susanoo fused with the Nine-Tails and knocked the second meteorite into Madara and Hashirama.
• Obito and Black Zetsu realized the Nine-Tails had appeared with Oto, and Black Zetsu urged Obito to revive the Ten-Tails using Kinkaku and Ginkaku's chakra.
• Kakashi and other elite shinobi confronted Obito and Black Zetsu; Obito escaped with Kamui while Black Zetsu stayed to hold them off.

Zou Hyuga subdued Killer B and took Naruto, Sasuke, and Mito Uzumaki to Nameless Island to prepare the chakra network’s activation. Meanwhile, Obito revived the incomplete Ten-Tails, which began destroying the mountain around it.

• Zou Hyuga incapacitated Killer B and the Cloud Ninja, then revealed his identity to Naruto and Sasuke.
• Zou explained that he had infiltrated Akatsuki to become its leader, and Naruto and Sasuke accepted that he was not an impostor.
• Zou carried Naruto and led the group across the sea to Nameless Island, where he began waiting at the chakra-network altar.
• Obito placed the Amber Purifying Pot inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, awakened it, and watched as the incomplete Ten-Tails roared and the mountain collapsed.

The Ten-Tails appeared on the battlefield, but a Kirigakure warship arrived with Kisame and a special force to attack it. Kisame presented the Five Kage with a Daimyō's Order to withdraw lower-ranked ninja as the coming battle escalated.

• Oto remained unfazed when Madara revealed that Obito had revived the Ten-Tails, while the Third and the other ninja watched the beast approach.
• A flaming chakra bullet struck the Ten-Tails and knocked it into a mountainside, giving Kakashi, Guy, and the others a chance to attack it.
• A Kirigakure warship arrived, and Mei Terumi said its force reported to Kisame rather than to her.
• Kisame told the Five Kage that the village's White Zetsu attackers had been defeated and presented a Daimyō's Order for the forces to retreat.
• The Five Kage accepted the need to protect their jonin and followed Kisame toward the Ten-Tails, while Jiraiya noticed that Kirigakure's equipment resembled the Hyuga Clan's.

Oto Uchiha and the Five Kage attacked the unstable Ten-Tails while Madara seized Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra and rushed to join the battle. Oto freed Hashirama from her control and teleported him away, revealing that she intended to claim the Ten-Tails’ power for herself.

• Obito struggled to control the Ten-Tails as it fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Ōnoki diverted its Dust Release while the Five Kage assessed the beast’s instability.
• Kisame flooded the battlefield, and he, Yamato, the Five Kage, and the Shadow Guard attacked the Ten-Tails, though most of their strikes had little effect.
• Oto challenged Madara, and Hashirama urged her to defeat his old friend before Madara extracted Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra.
• Madara broke away and charged toward the Ten-Tails while Hashirama restrained Oto with Wood Dragons.
• Oto pinned Hashirama with Black Rods, sealed the genjutsu controlling him, and sent him away using a Flying Thunder God barrier.

Zou Hyuga strengthened his chakra network, secured the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, and used the Flying Thunder God Formation to reach the Land of Rain. There, he encountered the lost First Hokage while the Ten-Tails threatened to drain the world's chakra.

• Obito sensed the First Hokage's defeat, and Madara revealed that he had taken Hashirama's power as they argued over controlling the Ten-Tails.
• Zou Hyuga merged with the Ley Line Consciousness and used stored chakra to expand the network through the earth, driving out remnants of the God Tree.
• Zou swallowed pills formed from the Six Paths Tools, freed the Nine-Tails from Naruto's seal, took some of its chakra, and sealed it more securely.
• Zou left Sasuke and Naruto's chakra untouched and asked Mito Uzumaki to watch them until someone came to retrieve them.
• Zou used the Flying Thunder God Formation to travel to a cave in the Land of Rain, where he met the lost First Hokage.

Zou Hyuga gathered allies for an operation in Amegakure, revealing himself to the Akatsuki and bringing the First Hokage along. After learning that most civilians had evacuated, Zou led the group over the village wall to confront the forces below.

• Zou Hyuga freed the First Hokage from Impure World Reincarnation control and recruited him for an operation to save the shinobi world.
• Zou and the First Hokage traveled to a cave outside Amegakure, where the Akatsuki members recognized Zou as the spy who had once advised Nagato and Konan.
• The Second Hokage told the First Hokage to join the operation, while Orochimaru and Sasori accepted Zou's identity without objection.
• The Fourth Hokage reported that only stationed ninja remained in Amegakure, and Zou ordered the group to begin.
• Zou and the others reached Amegakure's outer wall, and Zou leapt over it to settle old scores with the shinobi world and a man beneath the village.

Zou Hyuga led an assault squad into Amegakure’s underground base, where they fought chakra-absorbing clones and captured the researcher Amado. Amado identified Zou as Code 0 and revealed that the person they sought was in the base’s deepest chamber, where Zou found Xiong, the Hyuga Clan’s former Grand Elder and a hidden Otsutsuki.

• Zou Hyuga led the squad through Amegakure and used the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique to open a passage into the underground base.
• Zou asked Minato Namikaze to relocate the researchers, then led the squad to the laboratory, where they battled clones with powerful taijutsu and multiple kekkei genkai.
• The clones absorbed chakra from the First Hokage’s vines, so Zou pinned them with Black Rods while Tobirama’s shadow clone and Orochimaru identified devices that enabled the absorption.
• Zou sensed the person controlling the clones, and Minato captured Amado, who recognized Zou as Code 0 and said the elder was deep inside the base.
• Zou told the others to retreat and notify Oto Uchiha if he did not return within ten minutes, then entered the deepest chamber and found Xiong.

Zou Hyuga confronted Jigen and tested his abilities in a fierce battle, discovering that Jigen could absorb chakra and alter the size of objects. Jigen opened a spatial vortex and invited Zou to follow him, and Zou stepped through.

• Jigen revealed that he had raised Zou Hyuga to collect chakra and challenged him to attack.
• Zou and Jigen exchanged blows, and Zou saw that Jigen could absorb chakra-based attacks.
• Zou used explosions and other techniques to probe Jigen's abilities, while Jigen's cross-shaped eye appeared and summoned black Stone Pillars.
• Zou inferred that Jigen could shrink and enlarge objects, then attacked him with Wood Release as the earth closed around him.
• Jigen escaped by shrinking, revealed his injuries and fragile body, and opened a spatial vortex; Zou followed him through it.

After Zou Hyuga and Jigen entered an alternate dimension, the others learned about Kara and prepared to warn the Five Kage and Oto Uchiha. Zou and Jigen appeared to reconcile before discovering a second Ten-Tails.

• Zou Hyuga vanished into an alternate dimension, and the First Hokage and Tobirama concluded they could not follow him there.
• Orochimaru shared Amado’s information about Kara, Jigen, and artificial kekkei genkai with the First Hokage and Tobirama.
• Minato Namikaze and Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to take messengers to the Five Kage Allied Forces, while Orochimaru and the others stayed behind.
• Orochimaru questioned Amado about Jigen and Zou Hyuga, then suggested that they might collaborate on creating artificial sages and Otsutsuki.
• Zou Hyuga and Jigen flew through the alternate dimension and spoke as if they had reconciled, but Zou remained wary of Jigen’s Karma and plans.
• Jigen and Zou reached a huge basin, where Zou spotted a small, weakened second Ten-Tails.

Zou Hyuga discovered Jigen’s Miniature Ten-Tails and rejected Jigen’s attempt to make him its Jinchuriki, attacking both the beast and Jigen. Jigen pushed his damaged body to fight back, then escaped through a space-time portal as Zou pursued him.

• Jigen revealed that the Miniature Ten-Tails could become another Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Zou questioned why Jigen would not take that role himself.
• Zou struck the Miniature Ten-Tails with a Chakra Bullet and Sage Art: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, forcing Jigen to intervene.
• Zou attacked Jigen, overwhelmed him in close combat, and realized Jigen’s body could not withstand the reincarnation process.
• Jigen summoned black stone pillars to attack Zou and restrain the Miniature Ten-Tails, but his power became unstable as Zou cautiously pressed him.
• Jigen escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Zou pursued him with the Body Flicker Technique.

Zou Hyuga defeated Jigen and learned that the Ten-Tails needed to devour an Otsutsuki to become a God Tree, then discovered Jigen’s karma was triggering Isshiki’s reincarnation within him. His attempt to return to the Shinobi World went awry, leaving him in another alternate dimension with Isshiki demanding that he become his vessel.

• Zou Hyuga pierced Jigen with living black rods, but Jigen’s body crumbled into ashes before Zou could determine whether he was dead or hiding.
• Zou Hyuga subdued the Miniature Ten-Tails and learned that it needed to devour an Otsutsuki to evolve into a God Tree.
• Zou Hyuga realized Jigen had intended to cultivate him as food for the Ten-Tails, then began seeking a way to take the creature to the Shinobi World.
• The reincarnated Second appeared, and Zou Hyuga used the Super Flying Thunder God Technique to try to return with him.
• Zou Hyuga and the reincarnated Tobirama arrived in another alternate dimension, where Zou recognized that Isshiki was reincarnating within him through karma.
• Isshiki demanded that Zou Hyuga become his vessel, and Zou answered by taking out the Sacred Treasure, Kura.

Zou Hyuga used Kura with Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Technique to return from an alternate dimension to the shinobi world, then flew back to Amegakure while managing the reincarnating Isshiki inside him. He reached the Akatsuki base and used the Byakugan’s pressure to pin the prisoner Amado in place.

• Zou Hyuga ignored Isshiki’s warning about Kura and had Tobirama activate the Flying Thunder God Technique, then used Kura to return to the shinobi world with him.
• Tobirama learned from his shadow clone that the Ten-Tails had been revived and left to confront Madara and Obito.
• Zou Hyuga realized that Isshiki’s reincarnation depended on his survival, giving him leverage, and flew toward Amegakure.
• Orochimaru, Nagato, and the others sensed Zou Hyuga’s immense, unfamiliar chakra as he arrived above Amegakure.
• Zou Hyuga unleashed the Byakugan’s pressure on Amado, pinning the prisoner in place and forcing the Akatsuki members nearby to retreat.

Zou Hyuga concealed his chakra network trump card while taking the captive Amado away to question him about Kara and Jigen. He told Akatsuki that Jigen had survived but was seriously injured, then prepared to send the group to the Shinobi World War battlefield to confront Madara Uchiha.

• Zou Hyuga reflected on becoming a chakra life-form to overwrite Isshiki's information and recalled that his Chakra Network Plan was his deepest secret.
• Zou Hyuga reached the captive Amado before the Akatsuki members could react, then took him into a nearby house and demanded an account of Kara and Jigen.
• Zou Hyuga's shadow clone told the Akatsuki members that he had failed to kill Jigen but had badly wounded him, leaving him unable to threaten the shinobi world for a while.
• Nagato proposed going to the battlefield to deal with Madara Uchiha, and Zou Hyuga offered to activate the Flying Thunder God Formation for the group.
• Orochimaru, Sasori, Shinnō, Nagato, and Konan agreed to join the mission, while Zou Hyuga worried that his original self was in a strange condition and that Oto needed the Ten-Tails' power soon.