Chapter Summaries

After Akatsuki seized Killer B and special grade cursed spirits devastated Iwagakure, the Five Great Shinobi Villages overcame their disputes and formed the Shinobi Allied Forces. The leaders returned home to prepare for war, with the alliance identifying Akatsuki and the special grade cursed spirits as its main targets.

• The Raikage learned that Akatsuki had abducted Killer B, while Kitsuchi received news that special grade cursed spirits had devastated Iwagakure and rescued Mahito.
• The Raikage and Kitsuchi tried to leave the meeting, but Jiraiya persuaded them that their enemies had struck to disrupt the alliance and urged them to finish negotiations.
• The Five Kage made concessions and established the Shinobi Allied Forces, naming Jiraiya supreme commander, Granny Chiyo chief of staff, and the Raikage allied forces commander.
• The leaders agreed to return to their villages and provide personnel, supplies, and effort according to their plan.
• The alliance resolved to protect the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and target Akatsuki and the special grade cursed spirits, whose rivalry could be exploited.

Obito asked Shinji for the Three-Tails and finally revealed that he was a former Uchiha and an Akatsuki member gathering the Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails. Shinji had already guessed the plan and left Obito stunned by how much he knew.

• After the Akatsuki captured the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Deidara challenged the concealed Madara Uchiha to take part in the next mission, and Obito said he would capture the Three-Tails alone.
• Shinji relaxed in the Land of Eggs with Hidan, Tamamo Hotaru, and Sasuke, and joked that Tobi might be dating someone.
• Tobi joined the group and felt moved when Shinji defended masked men, then asked to speak with him after their meal.
• Tobi asked Shinji for the Three-Tails and admitted that he had once been an Akatsuki member, though Shinji guessed that already.
• Tobi claimed to be Madara Uchiha, but Shinji rejected the claim and threatened to hide the Three-Tails unless Tobi told the truth.
• Tobi admitted he had belonged to the Uchiha Clan and was gathering the Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails, leaving him shocked that Shinji had worked it out.

Shinji gave Tobi the Three-Tails’ Chakra and revealed a way to pursue the other half of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra sealed inside Minato Namikaze. Tobi agreed to set out with him, then listened to another story that left him brooding over its meaning.

• Tobi asked Shinji to help create a world without pain, and Shinji gave him the Chakra egg extracted from the Three-Tails.
• Shinji received a mission to help Obito gather all nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra and revive the Ten-Tails, then learned that only the Nine-Tails remained uncaptured.
• Shinji told Tobi that Minato Namikaze had sealed half of the Nine-Tails inside himself and explained that the Reaper Death Seal could be undone and Minato summoned with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobi eagerly agreed to pursue Minato’s half of the Nine-Tails Chakra with Shinji instead of targeting Naruto directly.
• Shinji told Tobi another story, and Tobi left contemplating it while vowing that no one could stop him.

Shinji gathered the Death God mask and tissue samples from the Hokage tombs, then tracked down Kabuto to make him undo the Reaper Death Seal. Kabuto confirmed he had mastered the required forbidden techniques and faced Shinji’s demand with no real choice but to comply.

• Shinji found the scroll for undoing the Reaper Death Seal and used his Heavenly Blue Eyes to identify the real Death God mask.
• Shinji asked Tobi to lead the group to the underground Hokage burial chamber, where he collected tissue samples from the buried Hokage, though Hashirama’s body was missing.
• Shinji and his group searched Orochimaru’s abandoned base in the Land of Rice Fields, then learned from the Underground Bounty Station that Kabuto had moved to the Land of Grass.
• Kabuto noticed he was being followed and tried to lose his pursuers, but Shinji and Hidan confronted him after Shinji revealed he had planted a tracking parasite on him.
• At Kabuto’s secret research base, Shinji asked how well he had mastered Impure World Reincarnation and Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Kabuto admitted he had mastered both.
• Shinji gave Kabuto the Reaper Death Seal scroll and ordered him to undo the seal, explaining that Living Corpse Reincarnation could let him survive the procedure.

Kabuto used the Death God Mask and Living Corpse Reincarnation to survive releasing the souls sealed by the Reaper Death Seal, then performed Impure World Reincarnation to bring Minato Namikaze back. Minato realized Shinji and Tobi wanted the Nine-Tails half sealed inside him and asked how Naruto was doing.

• Kabuto put on the Death God Mask, slit open the Death God's belly, and transferred his soul into a prepared vessel with Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Shinji gave Kabuto three days to adjust to his new body before continuing with the resurrection plan.
• Kabuto used a bound man's body and tissue to perform Impure World Reincarnation, bringing Minato Namikaze back.
• Minato recognized Tobi as the Masked Man and deduced that they wanted the Nine-Tails sealed inside him.
• Minato asked how long he had been dead and what had happened to Naruto.

Shinji told Minato about Naruto’s mistreatment in Konoha, leaving Minato desperate to see his son and doubting whether the village was worth protecting. Tobi took the immobilized Minato away to extract the Nine-Tails and show him Naruto’s life, while Shinji kept Kabuto nearby and arranged fish for dinner.

• Shinji told Minato that Naruto was hated by villagers, received little support, and had endured a lonely childhood, while Minato angrily struggled to believe him.
• Shinji promised Minato a chance to see Naruto and judge the truth for himself after the Nine-Tails was extracted.
• Tobi took the immobilized Minato away and agreed with Shinji that revealing Naruto’s suffering would make a particularly cruel form of revenge.
• Shinji told Kabuto to stay nearby so he could not act in secret, then asked him what was for dinner.
• Kabuto offered to cook fish, and Shinji accepted before leaving.

Obito delayed reviving Madara and the Ten-Tails while planning around the seal on his heart, and Black Zetsu began plotting against him. Shinji earned an EX-Rank Cursed Object, Miroku's Hand, before an anonymous note revealed the Akatsuki's base and plan to the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Obito told Black Zetsu he would not revive Madara yet, then left with Nagato after learning that one Rinnegan nearly overwhelmed him.
• Black Zetsu decided Obito's plans threatened the revival of Mother and began his own scheme.
• Shinji received the Third Stage Bonds reward and drew Miroku's Hand, which could seal anything it sucked in for three uses.
• Tobi brought Minato to Shinji after extracting the Nine-Tails and said he would activate Infinite Tsukuyomi once Shinji was finished.
• Jiraiya and the Kage examined an anonymous note that disclosed the Akatsuki's base and Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, then discussed who had delivered it and whether it was trustworthy.

The Allied Shinobi Forces mobilized to attack the Akatsuki’s secret base after Jiraiya decided they could not risk ignoring the mysterious warning. Meanwhile, Shinji brought Minato to Konoha, where Minato learned the truth about Naruto’s difficult life and the village’s regard for him before Shinji offered to send him back to the Netherworld.

• Jiraiya persuaded the Raikage and the other leaders to mobilize the Allied Shinobi Forces against the Akatsuki’s base.
• Shinji took Minato and his group to the rebuilding Konoha, where Minato heard from Teuchi about Naruto’s lonely childhood.
• Minato asked to explore Konoha alone, and Shinji gave him one hour to judge the village for himself.
• Minato questioned villagers about Naruto, learned how poorly they regarded him, and escaped the Konoha Ninja pursuing him with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato returned to Shinji and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were dead.
• Minato asked to see Naruto, but Shinji refused and told him he could return to the Netherworld unless he had something else to offer.

Tobi activated the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, triggering a major battle as the Allied Shinobi Forces attacked the Akatsuki base. As the Ten-Tails emerged and the Five Kage joined the fight, Obito escaped his attackers after waiting for someone to arrive.

• Black Zetsu warned Tobi that the Allied Shinobi Forces were approaching the Akatsuki secret base, and Tobi declared he would use their deaths to usher in a new era.
• Kurotsuchi led the Allied advance troops toward the base, where Deidara's explosives and aerial attacks threw them into disarray.
• Sasori and other Akatsuki members joined the fighting, while Obito activated the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and unleashed White Zetsu troops.
• The Five Kage arrived and fought the Ten-Tails and Obito, but Obito relied on Kamui while the Ten-Tails developed the ability to fire Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Obito suddenly vanished from the Raikage's group after the person he had been waiting for arrived.

Shinji watched as the Cursed Spirit Alliance entered the war, turning the battlefield into a chaotic fight among the Allied Shinobi Forces, Akatsuki, and cursed spirits. The chapter ended with Lady "Death" unleashing a twenty-meter Death Aura that silently killed anyone who entered it.

• Shinji told Sasuke that the Eye of the Moon Plan would fail and that Tobi had been deceived.
• Mr. Enemy and the Cursed Spirit Alliance waited for the human forces to weaken each other before attacking.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces learned that tens of thousands of cursed spirits were approaching and prepared to fight them.
• Deidara blasted the cursed spirits with C3 No. 18, killing at least a thousand, and Mr. Enemy ordered the alliance to attack the Allied Shinobi Forces from behind.
• The battle spread across the field as the Kage targeted Akatsuki members, while the Ten-Tails and its controller continued their attacks.
• Lady "Death" formed a twenty-meter Death Aura, killing anyone who stepped inside it.

Mr. Enemy and the Special Grade Cursed Spirits devastated the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Shinji and his companions approached the battlefield to attack the Cursed Spirits. Shinji assigned Hidan to fight Death Lady and reserved Hudi for Sasuke.

• Death Lady revived after the Ninjutsu units destroyed her and killed shinobi with her Rose Withering technique.
• Mr. Enemy, Hudi, and the other Cursed Spirits slaughtered the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Mahito used his Dolls and soul-altering touch to turn fighters into more cannon fodder.
• The Sealing Squad and Barrier Team nearly trapped Mahito, but Mr. Enemy rescued him and warned him not to expect another rescue.
• Shinji and his companions approached the battlefield from the direction where the Cursed Spirits were rampaging and prepared to kill them.
• Hidan chose Hudi as his target, but Shinji told him to leave Hudi for Sasuke and fight Death Lady instead.

Shinji defeated Mr. Enemy by trapping him in Unlimited Void and permanently sealing him inside Miroku’s Hand. With Mr. Enemy gone, Shinji turned to wiping out the remaining cursed spirits.

• Shinji sent Hidan to fight the strongest monster and assigned Hudi to Sasuke while he took on Mr. Enemy.
• Shinji overpowered Mr. Enemy’s Guixu with Hollow Technique, then charged at him with Kubikiribōchō and cut him in half.
• Mr. Enemy regenerated and boasted that neither could kill the other, so Shinji trapped him in Unlimited Void.
• Shinji used Miroku’s Hand to suck Mr. Enemy into the Cursed Wind Tunnel and sealed the hand again.
• After returning to the battlefield, Shinji planned to eliminate the remaining cursed spirits.

Shinji joined the Allied Shinobi Forces and killed the Cursed Spirit Alliance’s leader, while Madara Uchiha arrived to seize control of Obito and resurrect himself. Shinji stopped Madara’s attempt to use Rinne Rebirth and prepared to help Obito become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Shinji and his allies attacked the cursed spirits, and Shinji killed the Cursed Spirit Alliance’s leader with [Unlimited Void] and [Miroku's Hand].
• Obito returned to the battlefield with Kakashi and moved onto the head of the Ten-Tails, but Madara Uchiha appeared and restrained him with black receivers.
• Shinji realized Black Zetsu had controlled Kabuto Yakushi and forced him to revive Madara through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara tried to make Obito perform Rinne Rebirth, but Shinji swapped Obito away from a cursed spirit and cut off Obito’s arms to stop him forming seals.
• Obito asked Shinji to help him become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Shinji agreed before taunting Madara into a rage.

Shinji stopped Madara’s meteor attack and fought him while Obito took advantage of the battle to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. The chapter ended with Obito completing the transformation and claiming he could finally hold Rin again.

• Kitsuchi tried to bury Madara and the Ten-Tails, but Madara summoned a meteor with Tengai Shinsei.
• Shinji used the Power of Stopping and Blue to halt the meteor and drive it into the Ten-Tails, pulverizing Madara’s Reanimated Body.
• The Ten-Tails emerged from the crater and attacked as Madara re-formed and challenged Shinji to a fight.
• Shinji and Madara fought with weapons and taijutsu, and Shinji struck Madara with a Black Flash.
• Obito reattached his arms, approached the Ten-Tails, and used Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal to absorb it.
• Obito emerged as the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, wearing Six Paths robes and carrying the Six Paths Staff, and said he could finally hold Rin again.

Shinji took back Obito's Rinnegan before Black Zetsu could use him to revive Madara. Black Zetsu leapt at Shinji, who used Miroku's Hand to send him somewhere unknown.

• Shinji activated Obito's Reverse Rin, and Obito attacked Madara, tearing apart his Susanoo and pinning him with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara revealed that he had orchestrated Rin's death, provoking Obito into a frenzy.
• Black Zetsu possessed Obito and forced the Ten-Tails out of him, leaving Obito weakened and Madara unable to move.
• Obito resisted Black Zetsu, and Shinji returned, removed Obito's Rinnegan, and prevented Madara's revival.
• Black Zetsu lunged at Shinji, but Shinji used Miroku's Hand on him.

Shinji ended the Fourth Shinobi World War crisis by defeating the remaining major threats, though he could not save Obito. Years later, celebrated as Demon God Akagi, he confronted two Otsutsuki visitors and prepared to take the fight to their planet.

• Shinji used the Evil God's Hand to suck in Black Zetsu and Madara, then told Obito that his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan had been a lie and affirmed that he had always considered him his closest friend.
• Shinji trapped Mahito, Hudi, Shanhu, and the Death Lady inside Unlimited Void, fused two more domains, and unleashed Samsara Explosion, killing the first three and badly wounding the Death Lady.
• Shinji used the Magic Mirror to put the Death Lady to sleep, then sucked her and the rampaging Ten-Tails into Miroku's Hand, which shattered after its third use.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces defeated the remaining cursed spirits, while Kakuzu and Muramasa died, Sasori and Deidara escaped, and Kisame was captured.
• Years later, people honored Shinji as the man who ended the Fourth Shinobi World War, and he confronted two Otsutsuki who had descended on the planet before activating Unlimited Void.