Chapter Summaries

Naruto overwhelmed the six Tailed Beasts while the Allied Shinobi Forces divided their remaining troops among the White Zetsu, the Impure World Reincarnation Ninja, and Obito. Minato confronted Obito, who dodged his Rasengan and declared that he had finally caught his former teacher.

• Kakashi judged that Naruto could handle the six Tailed Beasts and rushed to confront Obito as the Allied Shinobi Forces split into three battlefronts.
• Obito decided he needed to seize the half of the Nine-Tails inside Naruto to ensure the Ten-Tails would have enough power.
• Minato attacked Obito to keep him away from Naruto, and the two exchanged blows while arguing over Obito's path.
• Minato teleported to his thrown kunai and struck at Obito with a Rasengan, but Obito narrowly evaded it.
• Obito appeared beside Minato and claimed he had finally caught him.

Obito Uchiha attacked Minato Namikaze, but Kakashi Hatake intervened, and the former Team Minato members failed to persuade Obito to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan. Obito declared his intent to kill Minato and Kakashi before capturing Naruto Uzumaki, then attacked Kakashi with a fire technique that Kakashi absorbed with Kamui.

• Obito used Kamui to try to pull Minato into the Kamui Dimension, but Kakashi disrupted the attack, allowing Minato to slash Obito's abdomen with a kunai.
• Minato warned Kakashi that Obito's Mangekyō weakness would be difficult to exploit because Obito could regenerate quickly.
• Kakashi and Minato spoke of Rin, but Obito became enraged and insisted that the Eye of the Moon Plan was the only path to peace.
• Obito vowed to kill Minato and Kakashi, capture Naruto Uzumaki, revive the Ten-Tails, and carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito attacked Kakashi with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, and Kakashi used Kamui to swallow the flames.

Minato and Kakashi coordinated their attacks to exploit the connection between their Kamui abilities, striking Obito with a Rasengan and forcing him to recognize that they had found a way around his Dōjutsu. Their fight was interrupted when Naruto’s battle with the Tailed Beasts ended.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue Kakashi from Obito’s surprise attack and countered with a Rasengan.
• Obito targeted Kakashi again, but Kakashi defended himself with Lightning Blade while Minato attacked.
• Kakashi used Kamui to send Minato’s Rasengan into the Kamui Dimension, where it struck Obito and blasted him into a boulder.
• Obito stood and acknowledged that Minato and Kakashi had figured out how to deal with his Dōjutsu.
• A thunderous boom sounded from the distant battlefield, and Minato, Kakashi, and Obito turned as Naruto’s battle with the Tailed Beasts concluded.

Naruto defeated the six tailed beasts and removed the black rods Obito used to control them, while Minato and Kakashi arrived to support him. With the Allied Shinobi Forces overcoming the White Zetsu Army and most of the Impure World Reincarnation Army, Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Naruto defeated the six tailed beasts and pulled the black control rods from them.
• Obito realized the tailed beasts had been freed and vanished to confront Naruto.
• Minato and Kakashi joined Naruto, and Minato recognized that Naruto was freeing the tailed beasts from Obito's control.
• Obito saw that his forces were nearly defeated and decided to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Obito used Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which sealed away the fallen Tailed Beasts and attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces. As Minato, Kakashi, and Naruto charged to face it, Obito learned reinforcements were about two hours away and considered when to revive the Ten-Tails.

• Naruto's Kurama Mode ended, and Minato and Kakashi moved to protect him from Obito.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which used chakra chains to pull the fallen Tailed Beasts into its body.
• Obito chose to let the statue wreak havoc while he tested Naruto, and its roar scattered the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Kakashi asked whether Naruto could transform again, but Naruto said Kurama needed more time, so Minato, Kakashi, and Naruto charged the statue together.
• Obito asked White Zetsu about the Allied Shinobi Forces near the Land of Waves and learned they would arrive in about two hours.

Obito watched as Minato Namikaze, Naruto Uzumaki, and Kakashi Hatake fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, confident that they could not stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The statue struck Naruto down and forced Kakashi to counter its lightning until Minato rescued him, leaving the battlefield engulfed in lightning.

• Obito told White Zetsu to watch for reinforcements, then observed the battle while hoping Madara would keep Shihōin Naraku occupied.
• Naruto attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with a Big Ball Rasengan, but the statue remained standing and swung at him.
• Kakashi used Lightning Transmission to help Naruto evade the statue’s attack, while Minato unleashed a storm of shuriken at its head.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path fired lightning from its back, blasting Naruto into the ground and forcing Kakashi to counter the attack with Twin Lightning Shock.
• Minato rescued the nearly exhausted Kakashi as the statue’s lightning struck the earth and engulfed a vast area of the battlefield.

Naruto, Minato, and Kakashi coordinated their attacks to badly damage the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Obito remained confident it would recover. Minato rescued Naruto from the statue’s chakra chains, and the three regrouped to face it.

• Minato rescued Kakashi from the lightning while Naruto remained beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s attack.
• Naruto struck the statue with Nine-Tails chakra hands and two Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, damaging its shoulder and abdomen.
• Kakashi used Kamui to tear off the statue’s arms after its attempts to deflect Naruto’s attacks weakened them.
• Obito watched the statue’s injuries and sent chakra chains after Naruto as he prepared another Spiral Shuriken.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue Naruto from the chains, and Kakashi warned him about their danger.

Obito repaired the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and prepared to resume the battle against Minato, Kakashi, and Naruto. Might Guy and the freed Kage arrived as reinforcements, while the Fourth Raikage remained the last enemy still fighting elsewhere.

• Obito used his chakra to quickly heal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and regrow its severed arms.
• Minato warned Kakashi and Naruto that Obito might join the fight, and asked Naruto whether he could enter Tailed Beast Transformation again.
• Might Guy arrived and reported that the Impure World Reincarnation Ninja had been sealed except for Fourth Raikage A, whom Tsunade and General Mifune were fighting.
• Ōnoki, Gaara, and Mei Terumi joined the group after finishing their battles and saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Minato and the assembled ninja launched an all-out assault on Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, hoping to end the war before the Ten-Tails revived. The statue endured the attacks and began regenerating as Might Guy intensified his assault.

• Minato warned the gathered ninja not to underestimate the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Ōnoki voiced confidence in their strength.
• Obito taunted the assembled fighters and began the battle by moving the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path toward them.
• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Gaara, Might Guy, Minato, and Naruto attacked the statue and Obito with their strongest abilities.
• Kakashi held back because Kamui's Mangekyō Sharingan backlash had left him in pain.
• Naruto's Nine-Tails transformation and Gaara's sand and Mei's water restrained the statue, allowing Might Guy to bombard it with Morning Peacock.
• The statue's tough body began repairing itself, and Might Guy continued attacking with the intent to finish it off.

Might Guy, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Naruto coordinated an assault on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but its rapid regeneration undid their damage. Ōnoki realized they might have to exhaust the statue’s enormous chakra supply, leaving the allies facing a battle they could not win by attrition.

• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate while the allies attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Mei Terumi corroded the statue’s joints as Ōnoki’s Dust Release damaged its arms, and Guy burned the arms away.
• Gaara restrained the statue’s legs with the Sand Sea, allowing Naruto to knock it off balance and topple it.
• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Guy, and the others bombarded the fallen statue, inflicting extensive damage.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path regenerated its wounds and arms, then blasted Mei Terumi and Guy away with a hurricane.
• Ōnoki wondered whether they had to exhaust the statue’s vast chakra to weaken its regeneration.

Gaara, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Might Guy, and Naruto Uzumaki worked together to badly injure the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. With Minato Namikaze keeping Obito Uchiha occupied, Obito abandoned his attempt to capture the remaining half of the Nine-Tails and moved to begin the Ten-Tails' resurrection.

• Gaara restrained the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with sand while Ōnoki and Mei Terumi helped keep it in place.
• Might Guy struck the statue with Daytime Tiger, cracking its wooden body and driving it backward.
• Naruto Uzumaki fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that blasted a huge hole through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Obito Uchiha realized that Minato Namikaze was preventing him from controlling the statue and that the allied attacks had badly wounded it.
• Obito Uchiha decided to give up capturing the remaining half of the Nine-Tails and appeared beside the statue to begin the Ten-Tails' resurrection.

Naruto and Kurama discussed how to free the sealed Tailed Beasts, but Obito began resurrecting the Ten-Tails before Naruto could share their plan. Minato struck Obito with a Rasengan, yet the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path smashed Minato into the ground as Obito’s plan proceeded.

• Naruto and Kurama agreed that defeating Obito or continually damaging the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path could free the sealed Tailed Beasts.
• Obito formed hand seals and announced that he was about to resurrect the Ten-Tails.
• Minato recognized Obito’s intention and rushed in to attack him with a Rasengan.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path brought its palm down toward Minato, but Minato struck Obito before the blow landed.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path slammed its palm onto Minato’s head and drove him into the ground.

Obito Uchiha began resurrecting the Ten-Tails through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Minato Namikaze warned the Allied Shinobi Forces that they still had a chance to stop it. The statue continued transforming as Obito defended it from their attacks.

• Minato Namikaze teleported away from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's strike, but lost the right half of his body while protecting himself and attacking Obito Uchiha.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path began convulsing and roaring as the Ten-Tails' resurrection started, and Obito declared that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was near.
• Minato told the gathered ninja that the Ten-Tails had not fully revived and urged them to destroy the statue before it was too late.
• Naruto Uzumaki fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the statue, but Obito raised a Uchiha Flame Formation that blocked the blast.
• Ōnoki, Might Guy, Gaara, and the other ninja launched attacks at the statue, while Obito charged out to stop them from disrupting its resurrection.

Obito Uchiha tried to hold off the allied fighters while they attacked the Uchiha Flame Formation protecting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The barrier survived their first assault, but Kakashi could not use Kamui again, leaving the allies to press their attack while Naruto prepared to break through.

• Ōnoki, Gaara, Mei Terumi, Might Guy, and Naruto attacked the Uchiha Flame Formation together, but the barrier held against their combined assault.
• Obito Uchiha interrupted the fighters with Wood Release, and Naruto used the Nine-Tails to destroy the wooden spikes.
• Gaara urged the group to keep attacking Obito without pause, and Might Guy volunteered to lead the assault while Naruto targeted the barrier.
• Ōnoki asked Naruto to use Tailed Beast Bombs against the barrier, while Kakashi tried and failed to activate Kamui because of the pain in his eye.
• Minato Namikaze urged Kakashi to rest and seek medical help, but Kakashi remained on the battlefield.

Obito battled the Four Kage-level fighters while Naruto and Kurama attacked the barrier with a Tailed Beast Bomb. Obito bypassed Naruto’s defenses and pierced Gaara with a black rod.

• Mei Terumi, Gaara, Might Guy, and Ōnoki coordinated attacks that temporarily pressured Obito, though he pierced what he thought was Gaara before discovering it was a sand clone.
• Naruto sensed dangerous chakra gathering in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and urged Kurama to destroy it, prompting the Nine-Tails to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at the barrier.
• Gaara and Mei Terumi trapped Obito with sand and water attacks while Guy and Ōnoki threatened him, preventing him from safely attacking Naruto.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb shook the barrier and threatened to bring it down, so Kurama began forming another one.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension, reappeared behind Gaara, pierced his sand defense with a black rod, and stabbed him.

Gaara was wounded by Obito, but Naruto, Guy, and Ōnoki kept Obito from stopping Naruto’s attack on the Uchiha Flame Formation. Naruto destroyed the barrier and struck the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but the Nine-Tails warned that the Ten-Tails might still revive, and a terrifying roar soon echoed across the battlefield.

• Obito stabbed Gaara with a black rod, disrupting his chakra, while Gaara’s sand surged toward Obito.
• Naruto charged Obito to protect Gaara, and Guy and Ōnoki joined the fight to keep Obito away from Naruto.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails formed a massive Tailed Beast Bomb while Guy and Ōnoki repeatedly blocked Obito’s attempts to interfere.
• Naruto fired the Tailed Beast Bomb, shattering the Uchiha Flame Formation and striking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Naruto sensed the statue’s activity had disappeared, but the Nine-Tails warned that the Ten-Tails might still appear.
• A sky-rending howl sounded, and an overwhelming pressure descended over the battlefield.

The Ten-Tails appeared on the main battlefield, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto that it was beyond the Allied Shinobi Forces’ ability to defeat, urging him to warn everyone and look for Shihōin Naraku. In the Land of Frost, Hashirama finished telling Sasuke about his bond with Madara and waited for Sasuke to choose his own path.

• The Nine-Tails identified the newly revived Ten-Tails and showed fear of its power.
• The Nine-Tails asked Naruto where Shihōin Naraku was, and Naruto said he was still fighting Madara Uchiha elsewhere.
• Naruto insisted the Allied Shinobi Forces could defeat the Ten-Tails together, but the Nine-Tails told him to warn them to be careful.
• The Nine-Tails took control of Naruto’s body and began warning the nearby shinobi about the Ten-Tails.
• Hashirama Senju finished recounting his history with Madara Uchiha to Sasuke Uchiha and asked Sasuke what he would choose.

As Sasuke Uchiha weighed his response to Hashirama Senju’s account, the distant Main Battlefield erupted in a catastrophe that forced him to decide quickly. Sasuke said he would help the Allied Shinobi Forces, though Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, and the Senju Brothers sensed something unspoken in his answer.

• Tobirama Senju watched Sasuke Uchiha closely and prepared to attack if Sasuke chose to oppose the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Sasuke struggled to decide what he wanted after hearing Hashirama Senju explain the founding of Konoha.
• Violent tremors and a huge explosion shook the area as destruction engulfed the distant Main Battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju urged Sasuke to answer quickly because the battlefield was in critical danger.
• Sasuke said he had decided to help the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Jiraiya relaxed while Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, and the Senju Brothers sensed a hidden meaning in his words.

Nagato chose to return to the Pure Land after warning Jiraiya about Obito and Madara’s hidden motives, while Sasuke followed the others toward the Main Battlefield. There, Hashirama identified the distant blast as the Ten-Tails’ revival, and Naraku sensed a disturbance while fighting Madara.

• Sasuke declared his support for the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Tobirama and the others remained wary of Nagato and Itachi joining the Main Battlefield.
• Nagato decided to leave for the Pure Land and warned Jiraiya that Obito and Madara distrusted each other and pursued separate plans.
• Nagato’s soul departed, and Jiraiya, Tobirama, and Hashirama set out for the Main Battlefield, with Sasuke following behind them.
• Hashirama concluded that the immense blast and pressure came from the revived Ten-Tails, so the three men hurried toward the battlefield.
• Naraku sent Madara crashing into a huge crater, then sensed a disturbance from the distant Main Battlefield.

Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha learned that the Ten-Tails had revived, and both considered whether Obito could control it. Black Zetsu urged Madara to keep Naraku away from the Main Battlefield until the Ten-Tails reached its complete body.

• Shihōin Naraku sensed the immense pressure from the Ten-Tails' revival and wondered whether Obito could control it without Madara's help.
• Madara Uchiha asked Black Zetsu what had caused the distant disturbance, and Black Zetsu confirmed that the Ten-Tails had revived.
• Black Zetsu assured Madara that Obito should be able to control the Ten-Tails, though Madara still needed to reach the Main Battlefield to become its Jinchuriki.
• Black Zetsu advised Madara to keep Shihōin Naraku occupied until the Ten-Tails reached its complete body, lest Naraku interfere with it.