Recaps

Shihōin Naraku provoked Madara Uchiha by rejecting his reputation and claiming to be the strongest in the Shinobi World. As Madara prepared to attack, Naraku moved too fast to follow and struck him in an instant.

• Shihōin Naraku mocked Madara Uchiha as a relic of the past, and Madara flew into a rage.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Madara that Naraku was honored as the new God of the Shinobi World, further enraging him.
• Naraku declared himself the strongest and ordered Gaara to handle Mu while he faced Madara.
• Naraku vanished from sight and struck Madara across the face before Madara could react.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with a devastating throw that created a vast crater, but Madara survived by cushioning the impact with Susanoo. Madara then retaliated with a massive four-armed Susanoo, while Tsunade hurried toward the battle.

• Shihōin Naraku carried Madara Uchiha through the air and hurled him into the ground, flattening the surrounding battlefield with the impact.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces watched the explosion from a distance and realized why Naraku had ordered them to stay away.
• Tsunade saw the mushroom cloud, instructed the allied ninja to remain alert, and rushed toward the battle.
• Naraku found Madara cracked but intact in the crater, unaware that Susanoo had cushioned his fall.
• Madara erupted in anger, stabbed Naraku from below with a Susanoo sword, and attacked with four longswords.

Madara Uchiha unleashed Susanoo in a furious attack after Shihōin Naraku humiliated him, but Naraku evaded and shattered Susanoo’s weapons. The battle ended with Naraku punching through Susanoo’s chest.

• Madara lost his composure over Naraku’s earlier humiliation and ravaged the battlefield with Susanoo.
• Naraku mocked Madara from the air, and Madara expanded Susanoo into its third stage.
• Madara attacked Naraku with Yasaka Magatama and Susanoo’s swords, but Naraku dodged the projectiles and smashed the blades.
• Madara unleashed waves of sword energy and challenged Naraku to stop hiding, while Naraku kept breaking Susanoo’s weapons.
• Naraku charged Susanoo, overwhelmed its defenses, and punched through its chest.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Madara Uchiha's Susanoo and countered his Wood Release with a devastating attack of his own. The Great Spiraling Ring detonated beneath Madara's forest, leaving the battlefield engulfed in an explosion.

• Shihōin Naraku punched a hole in Susanoo's chest, then shattered its head with a kick as Madara Uchiha escaped.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, sending a vast, rapidly growing forest to attack Naraku.
• Naraku used Water Release: Water Severing Wave to slice through the trees, but Madara's Wood Release quickly regenerated.
• Naraku rose above the forest and dropped Great Spiraling Ring toward the ground.
• Great Spiraling Ring released its immense energy and exploded across the battlefield.

Shihōin Naraku’s Great Spiraling Ring unleashed a devastating explosion that made Madara Uchiha recognize Naraku as a serious rival. Gaara shielded the Allied Shinobi Forces and began organizing their retreat while searching for Mu, and Tsunade arrived beside him as the battle continued.

• Shihōin Naraku’s Great Spiraling Ring created a massive explosion that shocked Madara Uchiha and made him take Naraku’s power seriously.
• Gaara blocked most of the shock wave with a sand wall and ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to retreat.
• Gaara used a Sand Eye to search for Mu’s clone so he could seal him.
• Tsunade appeared beside Gaara and asked what had caused the enormous explosion.

Tsunade learned that Madara Uchiha had been revived with Impure World Reincarnation and joined Gaara to seal Mu’s clone, confident Naraku would defeat Madara. After Naraku’s Great Spiraling Ring blast subsided, he realized his enormous chakra reserves had made it even more destructive than before.

• Gaara told Tsunade that Naraku was fighting Madara Uchiha, while he had been battling Mu’s clone.
• Tsunade learned that Madara had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation and concluded that Naraku would defeat him.
• Gaara and Tsunade went to find and seal Mu’s clone together.
• Naraku’s Great Spiraling Ring blast subsided, leaving immense destruction across the battlefield.
• Naraku attributed the blast’s extraordinary power to the vast chakra reserves he had accumulated.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in close combat despite Madara’s reanimated body, leaving Madara battered and humiliated. Madara retaliated by summoning Tengai Shinsei, and the enormous falling meteor left the Allied Shinobi Forces terrified.

• Madara Uchiha used Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique against Shihōin Naraku, but Naraku emerged from the flames unharmed and seized him.
• Naraku threw Madara into the ground, cracking his body despite Susanoo’s protection, then kicked him through stone pillars.
• Madara rose and declared that he would kill Naraku and his companions, then formed hand seals with Susanoo.
• Madara summoned Tengai Shinsei, bringing a colossal meteor through the clouds toward the battlefield.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces stared in terror at the meteor and wondered how anyone could stop it.

Shihōin Naraku faced Madara Uchiha’s Tengai Shinsei as two enormous meteorites threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces. With the soldiers on the verge of despair, Naraku rallied them and unleashed a Kamehameha toward the falling celestial bodies.

• Tsunade, Gaara, and the Allied Shinobi Forces panicked as Madara Uchiha’s first meteorite descended.
• Madara taunted Shihōin Naraku, challenging him to choose between escaping alone and trying to save the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Shihōin Naraku appeared behind Madara and blasted him away before turning to confront the meteorite.
• A second, larger meteorite emerged behind the first, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces unable to flee.
• Shihōin Naraku shouted “Ka-me-ha-me-ha,” rallied the battlefield, gathered chakra, and fired a torrent of energy at the two meteorites.

Shihōin Naraku unleashed a Kamehameha that destroyed both falling meteorites, while Gaara and Tsunade prepared a sand barrier to shield the Allied Shinobi Forces from debris. Madara Uchiha watched the display and clung to his belief that the Eye of the Moon Plan would still bring him ultimate victory.

• Madara Uchiha saw Naraku's immense chakra and resolved to continue pursuing his plan despite the threat.
• Gaara asked Tsunade to lend him chakra so he could protect the Allied Shinobi Forces from meteorite fragments, and she agreed.
• Gaara raised a massive sand barrier as the allied ninja organized themselves to reinforce it and prepare for impact.
• Naraku fired a Kamehameha into the sky, shattering the first meteorite into countless fragments.
• Naraku's beam destroyed the second meteorite, scattering the clouds and leaving the sky clear for thousands of miles.

Shihōin Naraku’s attack reduced the meteorites to fragments, and the Allied Shinobi Forces survived the remaining bombardment with layered defenses. Black Zetsu arrived and told Madara Uchiha crucial information about Nagato, Kabuto Yakushi, the Rinnegan, Obito Uchiha, and Naraku, leaving Madara furious at Nagato’s death.

• Shihōin Naraku’s attack shattered most of the meteorites, while Gaara, Tsunade, and the Allied Shinobi Forces used sand, ninjutsu, and Earth Release defenses to withstand the remaining fragments.
• Shihōin Naraku sensed Black Zetsu approaching the battlefield and wondered why he had come without Obito Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu emerged beside Madara Uchiha, who demanded answers about Nagato, Kabuto Yakushi, the Rinnegan, Obito, and Shihōin Naraku.
• Black Zetsu gave Madara the crucial intelligence, and Madara condemned Nagato as foolish for dying carelessly.

Madara Uchiha questioned Black Zetsu about Shihōin Naraku’s inexplicable strength and learned that Naraku had been an unremarkable medical ninja during the Third Shinobi World War. The chapter ended with Madara rejecting the idea that Naraku’s sudden growth in his twenties made sense.

• Madara Uchiha’s anger over the Eye of the Moon Plan’s setbacks eased when he reminded himself that the Nine Tailed Beasts were already in hand.
• Madara asked Black Zetsu to explain Shihōin Naraku’s background and the source of his overwhelming strength.
• Black Zetsu said he had investigated Naraku but found no suspicious origins, and confirmed Naraku was of the same generation as Obito Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu explained that Naraku had served as a medical ninja in the rear during the Third Shinobi World War and had shown only ordinary talent outside medical ninjutsu.
• Black Zetsu said Naraku’s strength had begun advancing at an absurd rate only a few years earlier, leaving Madara incredulous that it could happen in Naraku’s twenties.

Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed Shihōin Naraku’s unexplained strength and agreed Madara had to keep him occupied until Obito released the Ten-Tails. After Black Zetsu left to supervise Obito, Madara unleashed his full chakra and summoned his Perfect Susanoo to continue the fight.

• Madara Uchiha questioned whether Shihōin Naraku’s sudden growth in strength came from a kekkei genkai, and Black Zetsu said he had none.
• Madara asked about Obito’s condition and ordered him to continue the plan without mistakes.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara that he could not leave the battlefield until Obito released the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path—the Ten-Tails.
• Madara accepted that he had to keep Shihōin Naraku occupied, then ordered Black Zetsu to watch Obito and hurry the plan along.
• Black Zetsu sank underground to find Obito, while Madara decided to reveal his Perfect Susanoo and unleashed his full strength.

Shihōin Naraku sent Gaara and Tsunade with the Fourth Division to reinforce the Main Battlefield, then continued fighting Madara Uchiha alone. After destroying Madara’s clone, Naraku discovered that Madara had completed his preparations and summoned Perfect Susanoo.

• Shihōin Naraku ordered Gaara and Tsunade to take the Fourth Division to reinforce the Main Battlefield while he faced Madara Uchiha alone.
• Gaara and Tsunade removed the barrier over the battlefield and departed with their troops.
• Madara Uchiha mocked Naraku for letting his subordinates leave, and Naraku attacked Susanoo, dodging its sword strikes and smashing Madara’s reanimated body apart.
• Naraku sensed that the Madara Uchiha he had struck was a clone, and the real Madara revealed that his preparations were complete.
• Madara Uchiha expanded Susanoo into its fourth stage and summoned a gigantic Perfect Susanoo.

Madara Uchiha unleashed his Perfect Susanoo and challenged Shihōin Naraku to withstand its power. Naraku blocked the giant’s devastating sword strike with Kurikara, leaving Madara stunned.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a towering Perfect Susanoo and challenged Shihōin Naraku to face it.
• Shihōin Naraku noted that Gaara, Tsunade, and the Allied Shinobi Forces had withdrawn from the battlefield, then drew Kurikara and welcomed the fight.
• Madara Uchiha brought the Perfect Susanoo’s enormous tachi down on Shihōin Naraku, carving a massive crater into the earth.
• Shihōin Naraku stopped the Susanoo’s strike with Kurikara, astonishing Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha struggled to believe a human could match the Perfect Susanoo’s strength, while Shihōin Naraku admitted that blocking the blow had strained him.

Shihōin Naraku held off Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo until he summoned the Immovable Wisdom King, which overwhelmed Susanoo and left Madara stunned. Madara’s Susanoo rose from the crater to face Naraku’s towering giant.

• Shihōin Naraku met the Perfect Susanoo’s first slash with his sword and strained to hold it back with his own strength.
• Madara Uchiha raised Susanoo’s other blade to deliver another attack as Naraku prepared a stronger ability.
• Shihōin Naraku summoned the Immovable Wisdom King, which flung away Susanoo’s blade and sent the giant crashing into a crater.
• Madara Uchiha struggled to understand how Naraku had created a giant capable of overpowering the Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha stood Susanoo up in the crater and saw Naraku’s towering giant before him.

Madara Uchiha faced Shihōin Naraku’s Immovable Wisdom King, unable to determine how Naraku had formed it. Their battle resumed as the Allied Shinobi Forces withdrew, but Madara’s Perfect Susanoo sent a massive chasm toward Tsunade and the retreating army.

• Madara Uchiha studied the Immovable Wisdom King and realized it gave Shihōin Naraku a power comparable to his Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara and Naraku stood facing each other in silence as Madara tried to understand the giant’s nature.
• Tsunade and Gaara led the Allied Shinobi Forces away from the battlefield, but an explosion made the soldiers stop and look back at Madara’s enormous Susanoo.
• Gaara ordered the army to keep moving while Tsunade watched the battle from behind.
• Madara swung Susanoo’s blade, splitting the ground with a chasm that reached to within about a hundred meters of Tsunade.

Tsunade watched Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha unleash enormous constructs and realized their battle was beyond her reach. As the two giants collided, the Immovable Heavenly King gained a slight advantage over Perfect Susanoo.

• Tsunade saw the Immovable Heavenly King emerge from the dust, larger than she remembered, and recognized it as Naraku’s ability.
• Tsunade watched Madara’s Perfect Susanoo fly out of a crater and realized it could fly.
• Tsunade turned away from the battlefield and rushed after the Allied Shinobi Forces, accepting that her place was elsewhere.
• Madara urged Naraku to give him a full battle, and Naraku answered with a battle cry as the two giants charged.
• The Immovable Heavenly King and Perfect Susanoo collided, unleashing a massive shock wave, and the Immovable Heavenly King gained a slight advantage.

The Third Division was overwhelmed by the White Zetsu Army as Kakashi Hatake directed reinforcements and Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki headed onto the battlefield. The chapter left the division locked in a bloody fight, with Kakashi still wondering why Obito Uchiha had not appeared.

• The White Zetsu Army scattered the Allied Shinobi Forces and drove the Third Division into retreat with its overwhelming numbers.
• Kakashi Hatake ordered Wenhe and Leng to reinforce the western position and Chuxiang to defend the southeastern line.
• Kakashi warned Naruto Uzumaki to avoid capture, but Naruto headed to the battlefield with Minato Namikaze watching over him.
• Kakashi learned that only the White Zetsu Army had attacked so far and wondered what Obito Uchiha was planning.
• The Third Division clashed with the White Zetsu Army, and ninja on both sides suffered brutal deaths.

On the main battlefield in the Land of Frost, Kakashi Hatate committed the Third Division’s reserves as the Allied Shinobi Forces fought the vastly larger White Zetsu Army. The division began losing ground as White Zetsu disguises spread panic and broke trust among the ninja.

• Kakashi Hatate asked headquarters about reinforcements, then ordered all remaining reserves onto the battlefield.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces used coordinated ninjutsu and squad tactics to inflict heavy casualties on the White Zetsu Army.
• The White Zetsu kept replenishing their ranks, and their relentless attacks turned the battlefield into a meat grinder.
• A White Zetsu disguised as a fallen teammate killed a ninja before the Allied forces could stop it.
• The disguises fueled panic and eroded trust, causing the Third Division’s position to begin falling.

Naruto Uzumaki used his ability to sense malice to expose White Zetsu disguised among the Allied Shinobi Forces, helping Minato Namikaze rally the troops into a counterattack. As their positions continued to fall despite the renewed assault, someone opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger.

• Kakashi Hatake led the Third Division in a slow retreat, using prepared positions to hold off the White Zetsu Army as Obito Uchiha pressed the attack.
• Naruto Uzumaki arrived in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and killed a White Zetsu disguised as an Allied ninja, then exposed seven more hidden among the troops.
• Naruto explained that he could distinguish good and evil by sensing malice, and Minato Namikaze ordered him to hunt down the disguised White Zetsu.
• Naruto sent out ten Shadow Clones to find and kill White Zetsu throughout the Allied formations, allowing Minato Namikaze to lead a fierce counterattack.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces still slowly lost ground against the White Zetsu Army, until an unidentified fighter opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger.

Kakashi and the Third Division neared defeat as the White Zetsu Army overwhelmed them and Naruto could not yet wield Kurama’s full power. Might Guy arrived at the last moment, opened the Seventh Gate, and devastated the White Zetsu surrounding Kakashi.

• Kakashi saw the Third Division’s formation crumble under the White Zetsu assault while Naruto Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze fought without making a lasting difference.
• Kakashi received reports of wiped-out squads and lost positions as the Third Division’s remaining forces dwindled below five thousand.
• White Zetsu surrounded Kakashi, and Naruto and Minato called out as he disappeared beneath the enemy swarm.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate, tore through the White Zetsu Army, and unleashed Daytime Tiger, annihilating thousands.
• Might Guy landed in front of Kakashi and said he had come to save him, and Kakashi welcomed his timely arrival.

Might Guy, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto Uzumaki helped Kakashi and the Third Division hold back the White Zetsu Army while they waited for the main reinforcements. Their powerful attacks briefly slowed the enemy, but the Third Division was in danger again as the White Zetsu surged forward.

• Might Guy arrived with a few dozen ninja and helped Kakashi escape the White Zetsu Army’s encirclement.
• Minato Namikaze learned that the main reinforcements were still resting and would take more time to arrive.
• Might Guy, Minato, Naruto, and Kakashi charged into the battle and urged the Third Division to hold its position.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique, Naruto attacked with shadow clones and Rasengan, and Might Guy carved a path through the White Zetsu with his taijutsu and Daytime Tiger.
• Might Guy’s attack briefly stalled the White Zetsu, but the army surged forward again and endangered the Third Division.

Obito and Black Zetsu watched the Allied Shinobi Forces struggle against the White Zetsu Army while Madara fought Shihōin Naraku elsewhere. As the Third Division neared collapse, Mifune’s Fifth Division arrived as reinforcements.

• Obito expected the White Zetsu Army to overwhelm the Third Division and asked Black Zetsu whether Madara had been resurrected.
• Black Zetsu confirmed Madara was fighting Shihōin Naraku and said they needed Madara to keep him occupied until the Ten-Tails appeared.
• Obito told Black Zetsu to stay with Madara, but Black Zetsu chose to remain near Obito and the Rinnegan.
• Flames erupted along the White Zetsu Army’s flank as reinforcements reached the battlefield.
• Kakashi’s Third Division recognized that Mifune’s Fifth Division had arrived first, after defeating Sasori of the Red Sands’ Impure World Reincarnation Ninja on the way.

Mifune’s Fifth Division reached the main battlefield and smashed into the White Zetsu Army’s flank, breaking its formation and relieving pressure on Kakashi’s Third Division. Obito and Black Zetsu recognized the reinforcements but believed the White Zetsu Army still had the advantage because the Allied forces remained outnumbered.

• Mifune led the Fifth Division’s eighteen thousand fighters in a charge against the White Zetsu Army’s flank.
• The Aburame Clan, samurai, and Allied Shinobi Forces’ elemental units tore through the White Zetsu ranks with coordinated attacks.
• The Fifth Division breached the White Zetsu Army’s left flank, easing the pressure on Kakashi’s Third Division.
• Kakashi led his remaining Third Division ninjas in a counterattack as Mifune’s forces disrupted the enemy formation.
• Obito asked Black Zetsu to estimate the reinforcements, and Black Zetsu judged the Fifth Division to number around seventeen thousand.
• Obito concluded that the Allied forces still had only a little over twenty thousand fighters against the White Zetsu Army’s overwhelming numbers.

Obito Uchiha ordered Kabuto Yakushi to send the Impure World Reincarnation Ninja against the Third and Fifth Divisions as the White Zetsu Army pressed its attack. Naruto, Kakashi, and Mifune fought to keep the Allied Shinobi Forces alive until Ōnoki arrived with the Second Division.

• Obito Uchiha told Kabuto Yakushi to deploy the Impure World Reincarnation Ninja, and Kabuto sent more than a dozen revived ninja toward the Third and Fifth Divisions.
• Naruto rescued a young Allied Shinobi Forces ninja from nearby White Zetsu, but the exhausted young man died before Naruto could carry him to safety.
• Mifune and Kakashi fought back-to-back as the Fifth Division joined Kakashi's Third Division and the two units tried to hold their position.
• Kakashi urged the Allied Shinobi Forces to hold their ground while Mifune charged into the White Zetsu Army.
• Ōnoki arrived with the Second Division and used Earth Release: Moving Earth Core to launch countless White Zetsu into the air.