Vol. 8The Ten-Tails War

Shihōin Naraku fought to stop Obito and Madara as the Ten-Tails was revived, the Allied Shinobi Forces were overwhelmed, and Kaguya returned. Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke began battling Kaguya across hostile dimensions, where Naraku’s chakra and stamina were nearly exhausted.

  • Shihōin Naraku wounded Madara Uchiha with Kurikara and held him back while the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared to fight again.
  • Naruto reconciled with the Nine-Tails, defeated the six controlled tailed beasts, and joined Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake against Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
  • Naraku allowed Madara to escape and told Black Zetsu he knew of the plan to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
  • Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and trapped the Allied Shinobi Forces as Naraku learned of the threat and prepared to join the fight.
  • Naraku burned away the God Tree’s vines and fought Obito while Naruto and Sasuke freed the Tailed Beasts.
  • Black Zetsu revived Madara, who defeated the allied fighters, captured all nine Tailed Beasts, and began extracting the Nine-Tails chakra from Naruto.
  • Naraku kept Madara occupied as Naruto and Sasuke awakened new powers, but Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and Black Zetsu resurrected Kaguya.
  • Kaguya separated Sasuke and trapped Naraku in a supergravity dimension, where she wounded him as his chakra and stamina ran low.
Chapters 701–800 Read from Ch. 701

Arc 29The Ten-Tails Offensive

Shihōin Naraku kept Madara occupied while Obito launched the White Zetsu Army and attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces with controlled tailed beasts. Naruto reconciled with the Nine-Tails, freed the six controlled beasts, and joined Minato and Kakashi against Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

  • Shihōin Naraku fought Madara Uchiha through the night, wounded him with Kurikara’s soul-damaging blade, and held him back as the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared for a renewed battle.
  • Obito Uchiha ordered the White Zetsu Army to attack, and the Allied Shinobi Forces fought the army and reanimated ninja under Dodai’s command.
  • Madara used Planetary Devastation to hurl six enormous celestial bodies at Shihōin Naraku, while the Allied Shinobi Forces braced for the assault and the White Zetsu Army advanced.
  • Obito sent controlled tailed beasts’ Tailed Beast Bombs at the Allied Shinobi Forces, and their explosions killed many ninja before Naruto reconciled with the Nine-Tails.
  • Naruto and the Nine-Tails joined forces, and Naruto transformed to knock away six Tailed Beast Bombs before charging the tailed beasts.
  • Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake worked together to counter Obito’s Kamui, while Naruto defeated the six tailed beasts and removed their control rods.
  • Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which dragged the fallen tailed beasts into itself as Naruto, Minato, and Kakashi charged to confront it.
Chapters 701–72525 summaries Read

Arc 30The Ten-Tails Revival

The Allied Shinobi Forces fought to stop Obito from reviving the Ten-Tails, but Obito became its Jinchuriki and overwhelmed the battlefield. Naraku let Madara escape, exposed Black Zetsu’s plan to resurrect Kaguya, and prepared to join the fight as Obito trapped the allied forces.

  • Naruto, Kakashi, Minato, and the arriving Kage and Might Guy attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but its regeneration let Obito begin reviving the Ten-Tails.
  • Minato was gravely injured while trying to stop Obito, and the allied fighters failed to break the Uchiha Flame Formation before Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb destroyed it and struck the statue.
  • The Ten-Tails revived as Sasuke chose to support the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Naraku and Madara continued fighting far from the Main Battlefield.
  • Naraku allowed Madara to escape, then told Black Zetsu that he knew of his plan to use Madara to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and asked him to limit casualties if Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
  • Hashirama restrained the Ten-Tails while Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato tried to stop Obito, but Obito completed the Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal and absorbed the beast.
  • Obito broke free of Hashirama’s restraints and defeated several allied leaders as Madara held Hashirama back, and Obito’s control faltered before he regained it.
  • Naraku contacted Headquarters, learned Obito had trapped the Allied Shinobi Forces and was preparing multiple Tailed Beast Bombs, and told Shikaku to investigate Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
Chapters 726–75025 summaries Read

Arc 31The God Tree and Madara’s Return

Shihōin Naraku helped the Allied Shinobi Forces survive the God Tree and fought Obito while Naruto and Sasuke freed the Tailed Beasts. Black Zetsu revived Madara, who defeated the allied fighters, captured all nine Tailed Beasts, and began extracting the Nine-Tails chakra from Naruto.

  • Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki transported the Allied Shinobi Forces out of the barrier before the Ten-Tails’ God Tree unleashed its vines, and Shihōin Naraku burned the vines away with Flame Emperor.
  • Naraku fought Obito Uchiha, wounded him with Kurikara, and joined Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha in a plan to free the Tailed Beasts.
  • Naraku was buried in a crater after Obito struck him, and Tsunade treated him while Naruto and Sasuke battled Obito.
  • Naruto and Sasuke broke Obito’s Amenonuhoko and pulled the Tailed Beast chakra from him, but Black Zetsu took control of Obito’s Rinne Rebirth and revived Madara Uchiha.
  • Madara received his Rinnegan and defeated the allied fighters with Limbo: Border Jail, killing Ōnoki while Jiraiya and the others struggled to stop him.
  • Madara absorbed Hashirama Senju’s senjutsu chakra, then confronted Naruto, Sasuke, and the nine Tailed Beasts.
  • Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, captured and sealed all nine Tailed Beasts, and began extracting the remaining Nine-Tails chakra from Naruto.
Chapters 751–77525 summaries Read

Arc 32Kaguya’s Return

Shihōin Naraku fought Madara Uchiha as Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha awakened new powers, but Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi led to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection. Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke began battling Kaguya across hostile dimensions, and the stretch ended with Naraku badly depleted and Kaguya preparing to finish him.

  • Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and battled Shihōin Naraku, whose Conqueror’s Haki and Observation Haki helped him counter Madara’s Limbo shadows.
  • Naraku kept Madara occupied while Sakura Haruno treated Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who later awakened new powers and joined the battle.
  • Madara created a storm of meteorites, which Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke stopped before Madara absorbed the God Tree and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
  • Black Zetsu betrayed Madara and revealed that he was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s will, then used the chakra gathered from the trapped ninja to resurrect Kaguya.
  • Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke attacked Kaguya, but she transported them among hostile dimensions and separated Sasuke from the others.
  • Kaguya trapped Naraku in a supergravity dimension, where he evaded and counterattacked her before her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack wounded him.
  • Naraku healed from Kaguya’s attacks, but Black Zetsu and Kaguya recognized that his chakra and stamina were nearly exhausted.
Chapters 776–80025 summaries Read
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