Chapter Summaries

Sasuke broke Itachi’s Izanami and exposed records showing that Itachi leaked intelligence to both Konoha and Akatsuki while concealing the truth of the Uchiha massacre. He publicly declared Itachi suspected of war crimes and betrayal and placed him in detention pending review.

• Sasuke noticed inconsistencies in Itachi’s repeating memories and shattered the Izanami loop.
• Sasuke projected Itachi’s Akatsuki mission records, showing that he passed military information between Akatsuki and Konoha to preserve his access and freedom.
• Sasuke revealed that Konoha’s Root had seized Uchiha property and designated Sasuke for long-term observation after the massacre.
• Itachi denied betraying Konoha, but Sasuke pinned him to a wall with a Black Receiver and showed the records to the continent.
• Sasuke publicly named Itachi a suspect in war crimes, the clan massacre, disclosure of military affairs, and betrayal of both sides, then announced his detention pending review.

Sasuke forced Itachi to confront the massacre and admit how he had controlled and harmed Sasuke, while Kabuto struggled to maintain control of the reanimation. Itachi began naming his crimes, but Kabuto’s seal changed unexpectedly, leaving the source and purpose of the new seal unknown.

• Kabuto forced Itachi to kneel and tried to make him release Impure World Reincarnation, while Sasuke confronted Itachi over controlling his life and hatred.
• Sasuke showed Itachi records of the massacre and Konoha’s surveillance plans, and Itachi admitted killing the Uchiha, following orders, and arranging Sasuke’s path.
• Kakashi kept the communication channel open as the revelations spread unrest across the Land of Fire, while Kabuto seized control of Itachi’s body and forced him toward the ground.
• Itachi admitted that he had called his crimes protection and Sasuke’s suffering growth, then began crumbling as Sasuke kept him from disappearing and demanded the remaining names.
• Kabuto covered the chamber with black runes, the water-mirror images went dark, and Itachi noticed that the altered seal was not Kabuto’s.

Sasuke fought Kabuto in Ryūchi Cave after discovering that Kabuto’s body relayed senjutsu chakra to control the reanimated. Sasuke severed Kabuto’s chakra conduits and the control lines, and Itachi began Izanami as Kabuto’s last attempt to stop him.

• Itachi and Sasuke discovered that an unknown seal in the stone coffin was dragging Itachi away, and Sasuke burned the Guiding Seal with Amaterasu.
• Sasuke traced the underground chakra channels and pierced Kabuto’s abdomen, severing the conduit supplying chakra to the reanimated bodies.
• Kabuto opened the coffin and unleashed Black Receivers, but Itachi shielded Sasuke with Susanoo and destroyed the coffin with the Totsuka Blade.
• Kabuto fled through stone walls, but Sasuke burned through his hidden supply line, severing the control lines to Mu and the Second Mizukage.
• Kabuto emerged with a bloodstained Sharingan and tried to use it against Sasuke, but Itachi began Izanami and Kabuto aimed the Sharingan at Sasuke as the chamber darkened.

Sasuke broke Kabuto’s Izanami by exposing the truth of his memories, then severed most of Kabuto’s senjutsu conduits and cut off his control of the reanimated forces. Kabuto was pinned down but began activating a release seal, leaving Sasuke to decide whether to let him finish the final phrase.

• Sasuke identified the repeating memories in Kabuto’s Izanami and showed him the director’s hidden note, forcing Kabuto to confront that she had not abandoned him.
• Sasuke broke the illusion, took the Sharingan, and wounded Kabuto as the two resumed fighting in the stone chamber.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu and the Kusanagi Sword to defeat Kabuto’s White Phosphorus Snake and sever most of his senjutsu conduits.
• Sasuke traced Kabuto’s natural energy circuit into Ryūchi Cave and caused the energy to rampage through Kabuto’s body.
• Sasuke showed Kabuto that the Allied Forces had severed the control lines to the reanimated Kage and pushed back the White Zetsu forces.
• Kabuto activated a release seal with his blood despite Sasuke pinning his wrist, and threatened to finish the phrase that would release Impure World Reincarnation.

Sasuke forced Kabuto to release Impure World Reincarnation, freeing the reanimated shinobi and capturing Kabuto alive as an Allied Forces war criminal. As the Allied Forces celebrated, a massive chakra source stirred near Ryūchi Cave, and Black Zetsu warned that Obito was about to begin.

• Sasuke forced Kabuto to complete the release seals, freeing the reanimated Kage and other dead shinobi across the battlefields.
• Mu and the Second Mizukage regained their freedom and departed, while the Allied Forces prepared to seal their bodies and celebrated the release of the souls.
• Sasuke arrested Kabuto Yakushi, and Konoha's Sealing Squad restrained him in a specially made prisoner cart.
• The Four Kage reacted to Kabuto's capture as the Allied Forces broadcast the victory, but a growing chakra source appeared near Ryūchi Cave.
• Black Zetsu warned Sasuke that Obito was about to begin, and Sasuke ordered Kakashi to seal off every position as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path began to contract.

Sasuke, Itachi, and Kabuto discovered that Madara Uchiha had seized control of Itachi’s reanimated body and confronted him in Ryūchi Cave. Madara broke free of Kabuto’s control and began absorbing the cave’s natural energy, leaving Sasuke and Itachi facing his growing power.

• Sasuke cut the black threads binding Itachi, but Madara’s chakra tightened them and revealed that someone was taking over Itachi’s reanimated body.
• Madara emerged from the stone coffin, identified himself, and dragged Itachi to his side while confronting Sasuke.
• Sasuke and Itachi attacked Madara together, but he blocked their strikes with Susanoo and quickly healed his wounds.
• Sasuke told Kabuto to locate Ryūchi Cave’s natural-energy channels, then stabbed Madara while trying to cut off his chakra supply.
• Madara uprooted Kabuto’s Sealing Nodes, absorbed Ryūchi Cave’s natural energy, crushed the last Array Disc, and prepared to attack Sasuke.

Madara’s meteors devastated the Allied Forces’ coastal positions while Sasuke refused to order the Four Kage to withdraw, treating the attack as a lesson in the enemy’s power. As the Kage fought to protect the evacuating troops, Madara prepared to summon a third meteor.

• Sasuke ordered a large-scale evacuation after a meteor appeared above the coast, and the Allied Forces scrambled to shield the wounded and slow its fall.
• A, Ōnoki, Gaara, and the other Kage struggled to stop the first meteor as a second one descended on Kumogakure’s position.
• Sasuke refused Kakashi’s request to order the Four Kage to withdraw, calling their danger the price of disobeying military orders.
• The first meteor broke through the defenses, the second struck Kumogakure’s position, and falling debris caused further losses among the Allied Forces.
• Madara began forming a seal to summon a third meteor, and Kakashi ordered all positions to evacuate as its outline appeared above the coast.

Madara’s meteors forced the Four Kage to choose between their assigned positions and saving the Allied Forces, while Sasuke refused to send support. The first meteor struck the fourth position and the Kage fell, but Sasuke still waited to see whether they would rise again.

• A third meteor threatened Central Command as Ōnoki and Gaara held back the first, while A and Darui split the second with combined lightning.
• Mei Terumi and Kurotsuchi diverted the third meteor away from Central Command, while Gaara sent sand to help them and left Ōnoki holding the first meteor.
• Sasuke ordered the Allied Forces to keep recording and refused to deploy support, saying the Kage had to understand that their title could not shield them from death.
• Kakashi organized the fourth position’s defense, and Sasuke granted permission for its troops to withdraw but ordered the Four Kage not to retreat.
• Ōnoki and Gaara continued holding the first meteor until it crashed into the fourth position, knocking them down as the allied front line watched.
• Madara revealed his Susanoo and said the Allied Forces now knew Kage could die, but Sasuke said he still wanted to see whether they could get back up.

Madara's twenty-five Wood Release Clones overwhelmed the Allied shinobi and drove the Four Kage to the brink while Sasuke refused Kakashi's requests for support. As a clone's blade descended on the wounded Kage, a rush of wind signaled that reinforcements had finally arrived.

• Ōnoki and Gaara slowed the first meteor and opened an escape route while Madara sent twenty-five Wood Release Clones with Susanoo to attack the coast.
• A and Darui fought the clones, while Mei Terumi and Kurotsuchi tried to defend Central Command and protect the wounded.
• Sasuke ordered Kakashi to continue the evacuation and refused to send support, insisting that the Four Kage would get back up.
• Ōnoki and Gaara pushed the meteor toward the sea, but the clones wounded both Kage and closed in on them.
• Madara enlarged the clones' Susanoo blades, and one clone brought its blade down toward the fallen Four Kage as a rush of wind approached.

Madara trapped the Allied Forces and the Four Kage beneath flowering trees whose pollen drained their strength, while Sasuke refused to send support. As the trapped shinobi reached their limits, Sasuke finally unleashed Black Flames toward the canopy.

• Madara used Advent of a World of Flowering Trees to surround the Fourth Position with roots, Wood Release Clones, and pollen.
• Kakashi organized the shinobi to burn the outer roots and rescue the wounded, while A and Darui fought off the clones.
• Ōnoki, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Kurotsuchi tried to protect and evacuate the wounded as the pollen weakened the Allied Forces.
• Sasuke rejected Kakashi's request to lead a support team, saying the Four Kage had left Central Command without authorization.
• Ōnoki struck the flowering trees with Dust Release but was pierced by Wood Release Clones, and Gaara shielded him and the wounded.
• Madara prepared his final seal as a massive flower released more pollen, and Sasuke sent Black Flames down toward the flowering trees.

Sasuke arrived at the Fourth Position after the black flames destroyed the Flower Tree World and reprimanded the Four Kage for disobeying orders, while ordering Allied Forces units to repair the battlefield. Madara appeared, and Sasuke prepared to face him alone.

• Sasuke arrived at the Fourth Position and told A, Ōnoki, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Kurotsuchi that their unauthorized actions would be recorded and punished.
• Sasuke ordered medical teams to prioritize the severely wounded and assigned the villages to reinforce the front, contain the fire, and evacuate the wounded.
• Sasuke relieved the Four Kage of frontline command, saying their strength had not changed the battle's outcome.
• Madara appeared with his Susanoo and challenged Sasuke after taunting the defeated Kage.
• Sasuke ordered the others to fall back, summoned Susanoo, and declared that he would personally pass judgment on Madara.

Sasuke and Madara escalated their battle with Susanoo, black flames, and Wood Release while Sasuke directed the Allied Forces’ evacuation. The chapter ended as Madara gathered roots from the mountains for another attack and Sasuke ordered everyone to retreat before confronting him again.

• Madara and Sasuke’s Susanoo clashed, while Kakashi ordered the forces and wounded to withdraw and A insisted on staying.
• Sasuke burned Madara’s Wood Dragon with Amaterasu and Chidori, then ordered the eastern coast evacuated as Madara strengthened his Susanoo.
• Madara sent another Wood Dragon toward the evacuating troops, and Sasuke impaled it with his black-flame sword before it could reach them.
• Kakashi told Naruto to keep following Sasuke’s orders even if Sasuke lost, as the battle between the two Susanoo continued.
• Madara summoned Wood Release roots from the distant mountains, and Sasuke ordered the Allied Forces to retreat another three hundred paces.

Sasuke used his left eye to track Madara’s invisible Limbo Clones and warned the Allied Forces where their attacks would land, while battling Madara and exploiting the patterns in his techniques. The fight ended with Madara preparing a powerful attack as Sasuke noticed that Madara’s injured right hand could no longer hold steady.

• Madara attacked Sasuke alongside Limbo Clones, and Sasuke tracked their positions and struck them with lightning.
• Sasuke predicted the Limbo attacks threatening the medical area, and Kakashi’s forces intercepted them.
• Sasuke used black flames to reveal the Limbo Clones, then wounded Madara with a Black Receiver and lightning.
• Madara pressed Sasuke with Wood Release, Susanoo, and Limbo attacks, but Sasuke used black flames and lightning to disrupt his clones.
• Madara gathered his chakra for a powerful attack, and Sasuke pointed out that his right hand could no longer hold steady.

Sasuke exploited Madara’s injured right arm and fought through his Susanoo and Wood Release attacks, eventually severing Madara’s Susanoo arm and disrupting the chakra route needed for his next attack. With Madara unable to reconnect his chakra, Sasuke held a sword to his chest before the watching Allied Forces and declared that he had claimed the right to judge him.

• Sasuke used Flying Thunder God and lightning to expose the weakness in Madara’s injured right arm and damage his Susanoo.
• Madara summoned Wood Dragons and forced Sasuke into the mountainside, but Sasuke pierced Madara with a Black Receiver and burned him with Black Flames.
• Madara gathered the Wood Dragons into a massive creature as Kakashi ordered the Allied Forces to withdraw and kept the water mirror active.
• Sasuke blocked the Wood Dragon’s attack and cut through Madara’s Susanoo, severing its right arm in front of the Allied Forces.
• Sasuke read the Wood Dragon’s chakra route, struck its neck, and used Chidori to disrupt Madara’s chakra before confronting him with his sword at Madara’s chest.
• Sasuke told Madara he had claimed the right to judge him.

Sasuke let Madara absorb natural energy into Sage Mode while Shikaku recorded how the power worked, then used the gathered data to prepare a seal that cut off Madara’s supply. The chapter ended with Madara’s roots losing their energy as Sasuke declared him no longer useful.

• Sasuke damaged Madara’s repaired arm with Chidori and ordered the Allied Forces to withdraw while Madara gathered natural energy.
• Madara entered Sage Mode, and Sasuke kept him absorbing power so Shikaku could record its source and behavior.
• Madara attacked with a Wood Dragon and Wood Human Technique, but Sasuke identified weaknesses in his damaged shoulder and energy flow.
• Sasuke’s Black Flames and Black Receivers reached the roots beneath Madara and disturbed the earth vein feeding him.
• Madara completed Sage Mode and prepared to strike, but Sasuke activated seals across the battlefield that stopped the roots from supplying him with energy.

Sasuke and the Allied Forces used a coordinated sealing network to sever Madara’s access to Ryūchi Cave’s natural energy, weakening him on the battlefield. Madara revealed he had hidden another reserve of senjutsu chakra inside his Hashirama Cells, and Sasuke prepared to remove it directly.

• Sasuke activated sealing lines beneath Madara while Shikaku ordered the Allied Forces and Four Kage to channel chakra into the earth vein lockdown.
• Madara attacked the Array Discs, but Kakashi and the Konoha Ninja defended them as Sasuke fought Madara’s Susanoo.
• Sasuke had the Array Discs switch to segmented transmission, allowing the villages’ chakra to reinforce a formation that divided the earth veins into 127 sections and cut off Madara’s natural energy supply.
• The sealing lines weakened Madara’s Wood Release and locked his arm, but Madara revealed that he had stored senjutsu chakra inside his Hashirama Cells.
• Madara released the hidden chakra and forced the sealing line apart, while Sasuke said he would take the power out of Madara’s body.