Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha hesitated to fight Shihōin Naraku because Naraku’s blade could damage his soul, but Black Zetsu convinced him that Obito had time to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and that Infinite Tsukuyomi could not be cast until the moon appeared. Madara renewed his resolve and resumed fighting Naraku, carefully dodging Kurikara’s slashes.

• Madara Uchiha worried that the resurrected Ten-Tails and Obito might disrupt his plans while he remained occupied fighting Shihōin Naraku.
• Black Zetsu reassured Madara that the Allied Shinobi Forces, including Naruto Uzumaki, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju, could weaken Obito, and reminded him that Infinite Tsukuyomi required the moon.
• Madara realized that Obito could not cast Infinite Tsukuyomi during the day and regained his willingness to fight Naraku.
• Naraku teased Madara, and the two immediately resumed their battle in the sky, exchanging blows and powerful attacks.
• Madara used his Mangekyō Sharingan to track Naraku and dodged Kurikara’s slashes to avoid further damage to his soul.

Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha continued fighting while each sought a way to leave the other, with Madara eager to reach the Main Battlefield. After discovering Madara and Black Zetsu’s plan to have Black Zetsu possess Naraku as a distraction, Naraku chose not to interfere and let Madara go.

• Naraku and Madara continued their drawn-out fight as explosions from the Main Battlefield grew closer.
• A Ten-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb struck near them, and Black Zetsu and Madara concluded that Obito was struggling to control the Ten-Tails alone.
• Madara grew impatient to reach the Main Battlefield, and Black Zetsu proposed possessing Naraku long enough for Madara to escape.
• Naraku noticed Black Zetsu’s position and realized what they were planning.
• Naraku decided not to expose the plan and allowed Madara to head for the Main Battlefield.

Shihōin Naraku let Madara Uchiha escape to the Main Battlefield after Black Zetsu briefly restrained him. He then revealed that he knew Black Zetsu planned to use Madara to free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, leaving Black Zetsu terrified and wondering how Naraku learned his secret.

• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu used a Tailed Beast Bomb and Black Zetsu's restraint to create an opening against Shihōin Naraku.
• Madara struck Naraku with Susanoo and fled toward the Main Battlefield while Naraku remained in the crater.
• Naraku emerged unharmed and allowed Black Zetsu to leave his arm, revealing that he had deliberately let Madara escape.
• Naraku named Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and identified Black Zetsu's plan to turn Madara into a puppet to free her.
• Black Zetsu panicked because he had never revealed his plan and could not understand how Naraku knew it.

Shihōin Naraku explained that he had revealed Black Zetsu’s secret plan only now because the Fourth Shinobi World War had already passed the point of no return. He said his original goal had been achieved, leaving Black Zetsu desperate to understand what Naraku was trying to accomplish.

• Black Zetsu was stunned that Shihōin Naraku knew his plan to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu told Naraku that he had investigated Naraku’s history and every possible source of information but found no connection to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu admitted he had stopped investigating because he could neither uncover Naraku’s secrets nor defeat him, and instead agreed to cooperate.
• Naraku taunted Black Zetsu about manipulating Madara Uchiha, while refusing to explain how he had learned the truth.
• Black Zetsu asked why Naraku had waited until the war was nearly irreversible to reveal the plan, and Naraku said his original goal had already been achieved.

Shihōin Naraku told Black Zetsu that he would not stop Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection, but warned that someone else might interfere. He asked Black Zetsu to have Madara kill fewer Allied Shinobi Forces ninja, then watched him leave, suspecting Black Zetsu had grown less wary of his knowledge.

• Black Zetsu questioned whether Shihōin Naraku would interfere with his plan to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Naraku said he wanted to see her return.
• Naraku declared that the war had to continue and warned Black Zetsu that someone might be waiting to act against the resurrection plan.
• Naraku refused to explain who might interfere, and Black Zetsu decided to hurry to the Main Battlefield.
• Naraku asked Black Zetsu to influence Madara into killing fewer Allied Shinobi Forces ninja if he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Black Zetsu agreed, then quickly sank underground and left, while Naraku suspected he had underestimated Naraku’s intelligence.

Madara Uchiha arrived at the Main Battlefield as the Allied Shinobi Forces fought the restrained Ten-Tails and a badly wounded Obito Uchiha. Hashirama Senju sent clones to intercept Madara while Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato moved to deal with Obito, leaving the battlefield facing both threats at once.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces defeated the Ten-Tails’ fission beings after Hashirama Senju’s Gate of the Great God and the Four Red Yang Formation restrained the beast.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui Dimension gravely wounded after removing Madara Uchiha’s curse mark, and Madara recognized what he had done.
• Madara decided to take control of Obito and have him resurrect him, then rushed toward the battlefield’s center.
• Hashirama Senju sent five Wood Clones to intercept Madara and warned the others to deal with Obito before the two men could join forces.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha charged toward Obito, while Minato Namikaze moved to help eliminate him and Tobirama Senju went to stop Madara.

Madara let Obito complete the Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal after Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato attacked him. Obito emerged as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces facing a newly awakened Six Paths-level enemy.

• Madara destroyed Hashirama's Wood Clones, then let Obito continue forming hand seals while Tobirama and the Allied Shinobi Forces blocked his path.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato ambushed the injured Obito, but Obito completed the Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal as they attacked.
• The Ten-Tails broke free of the Gate of the Great God's suppression and was absorbed into Obito's body.
• Naruto told Sasuke and Minato that Obito had already become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Sasuke learned there was no way to stop the transformation.
• Obito emerged from the shattered fleshy sphere with altered features and Six Paths-level power.

Obito Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara Uchiha watched closely, wondering whether Obito's humanity had been erased and studying his new power. Hashirama Senju's sealing technique failed to restrain Obito, while Madara chose to keep observing as he waited for Shihōin Naraku.

• Madara noticed that Obito's eyes showed no emotion and suspected the Ten-Tails had changed his consciousness.
• Madara decided to use Obito as an example of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki's power, believing he would become one himself soon.
• Hashirama Senju attacked Obito with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, pinning him beneath enormous red torii gates.
• Obito shattered the gates with ease, alarming the Allied Shinobi Forces and confirming his overwhelming strength.
• Madara held back from acting and continued watching Obito while waiting for Shihōin Naraku to appear.

Obito lost control of the Ten-Tails’ power and fought the Allied Shinobi Forces while his consciousness deteriorated. As the battle reached a dangerous stalemate, Shihōin Naraku rose from the ruins and prepared to join the Main Battlefield.

• Obito tore apart the Four Red Yang Formation and attacked Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato.
• Madara stopped Hashirama from going to support the others and challenged him to get past by force.
• Obito defeated Gaara, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Tsunade, Tobirama, and Minato, leaving several gravely injured.
• Obito’s body swelled as the Ten-Tails’ power went out of control, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato attacked him while he struggled to fight back.
• Obito’s consciousness began to fragment under the Ten-Tails’ influence as Shihōin Naraku awakened far from the battlefield and decided to join the fight.

Shihōin Naraku learned that Obito Uchiha had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and was fighting the Allied Shinobi Forces on the Main Battlefield. After assuring Shikaku that he had escaped Madara and Black Zetsu’s seal and would head there soon, Naraku warned that something seemed wrong with Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and the Eye of the Moon Plan; the chapter ended as Obito trapped the Allied Shinobi Forces in a barrier and prepared to attack them with Tailed Beast Bombs.

• Inoichi Yamanaka connected Naraku to Headquarters, where Shikaku reported that Obito had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Madara had appeared on the Main Battlefield.
• Naraku told Shikaku that Madara and Black Zetsu had briefly sealed him, but that he had broken free and was preparing to head to the Main Battlefield.
• Shikaku reported that Obito had regained control of the Ten-Tails and taken on a new form, while Naraku explained that he lacked the chakra to use Flying Thunder God to travel there instantly.
• Naraku told Shikaku to investigate Black Zetsu and White Zetsu and said he suspected something was wrong with Madara and Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Shikaku informed Headquarters that Naraku was safe, then received a report that Obito had trapped the Allied Shinobi Forces in a barrier and was preparing to unleash multiple Tailed Beast Bombs.

Shikaku Nara learned that Obito Uchiha had trapped the Allied Shinobi Forces in the Six Red Yang Formation and fired four Ultra-Large Tailed Beast Bombs, but Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki saved everyone by teleporting them outside. As Naraku debated whether to intervene, Obito released the Ten-Tails and began unleashing the God Tree’s vines on the battlefield.

• Shikaku Nara ordered the front lines to destroy the God Tree, but the Allied Shinobi Forces could not stop the four Tailed Beast Bombs before they detonated inside the barrier.
• Shihōin Naraku saw the explosion from afar and wondered whether he should use the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the Main Battlefield before the God Tree appeared.
• Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki used their chakra connection and the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces out of the barrier.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Kurotsuchi arrived with reinforcements from the Land of Waves Battlefield as the fighting resumed.
• Obito Uchiha released the Ten-Tails, prompting Madara Uchiha to realize that Obito was preparing to plant the God Tree.
• Obito Uchiha dispelled the Six Red Yang Formation as the Ten-Tails’ flower bud bloomed and thick vines surged toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The God Tree’s vines overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Obito prepared to accelerate their destruction and Black Zetsu worried that Madara was letting him control Infinite Tsukuyomi. Shihōin Naraku arrived and unleashed a vast blaze that burned the God Tree’s vines to ash.

• The God Tree’s chakra-devouring vines attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces, especially the ninjas carrying Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra, forcing everyone to flee.
• Obito watched the battlefield become a shrinking cage of vines and considered killing Madara, but decided to focus on the Allied Shinobi Forces instead.
• Black Zetsu reached the battlefield, realized Obito had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and set out to find Madara.
• Shihōin Naraku appeared on the battlefield and unleashed Flame Emperor, forming a blazing core that descended over the sea of trees.
• Naraku’s flames swept across the battlefield and burned the God Tree’s vines to ash.

Shihōin Naraku arrived on the battlefield and unleashed a massive eruption of flames that destroyed the sea of trees and saved the Allied Shinobi Forces. As the alliance recognized him, Madara moved to take Hashirama's senjutsu chakra before Naraku could defeat Obito.

• Shihōin Naraku's Flame Emperor attack blasted apart the sea of trees, leaving a vast crater and forcing Obito to shield the God Tree with the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Obito discovered that the flames could damage and heat the Truth-Seeking Orbs, but he kept them between the fire and the God Tree.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces saw Naraku above the flames, recognized their Supreme Commander, and gained confidence after he stopped the tree-vine threat.
• Madara decided he could no longer delay and rushed toward Hashirama to seize his senjutsu chakra before Naraku defeated Obito.

Shihōin Naraku confronted Obito, who had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and overwhelmed him in their opening exchange. Obito was driven from the sky and slammed into the ground, while Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju continued fighting nearby.

• Obito Uchiha noticed Naraku staring at him and steadied himself, declaring that he would end their conflict.
• Naraku surveyed the battlefield, noting that the Allied Shinobi Forces had survived the God Tree's attack and that Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze could not recover their injured arms.
• Naraku drew Kurikara and told Obito that becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki did not make him a match for Naraku.
• Naraku blocked Obito's Six Paths Staff with Kurikara, then forced Obito backward with his strength.
• Obito attacked with a Truth-Seeking Orb, but Naraku evaded it and struck Obito's neck through his orb shield, sending him crashing to the ground.

Naraku continued to overwhelm Obito despite his Ten-Tails power, provoking him into another attack. After Naraku explained that powerful taijutsu as well as senjutsu could hurt Obito, Minato and Naruto prepared to leave the fight to him.

• Naraku mocked Obito for still being outmatched despite becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and invoked Rin Nohara, enraging him.
• Obito attacked Naraku at high speed with the Six Paths Staff, but Naraku blocked and countered him with Kurikara.
• Naraku exploited Obito's defensive opening and kicked him away, but Minato and Naruto arrived before he could pursue.
• Naruto warned Naraku that only senjutsu could harm Obito, and Naraku clarified that sufficiently powerful taijutsu could hurt him too.

Naraku explained how the Allied Shinobi Forces could use Taijutsu against Obito, then led the next attack himself. Their clash ended with Naraku revealing Kurikara’s Rising Sun Blade, which erased part of Obito’s Six Paths Staff and forced him to retreat.

• Naraku warned Naruto and the others that only exceptional Taijutsu could threaten Obito, and Naruto revealed that he and the Nine-Tails had become friends and named him Kurama.
• Naraku asked whether Naruto and Minato could keep fighting, then took the lead and told them to watch for an opening.
• Naraku and Obito charged at each other and clashed with Kurikara and the Six Paths Staff.
• Naraku used Kurikara: Rising Sun Blade to cut through and erase part of Obito’s Six Paths Staff.
• Obito realized Naraku’s sword was too dangerous to block and tried to retreat.

Shihōin Naraku used Kurikara to destroy Obito Uchiha’s Truth-Seeking Orb defenses, while Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki struck Obito from behind. Naraku wounded Obito but did not erase him, and Obito counterattacked with Truth-Seeking Orb spikes.

• Obito Uchiha tried to block Naraku’s slash with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield, but Kurikara’s heat shattered it.
• Naraku knocked Obito away and left him open for Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki to hit him with a senjutsu-charged Rasengan.
• Naraku followed up with a barrage of blade light as Obito struggled to recover.
• Naraku slashed Obito across the chest, leaving a deep wound that continued to burn with dark red light.
• Obito launched two Truth-Seeking Orb spikes at Naraku, determined to injure him in return.

Naraku fought Obito, shrugging off Truth-Seeking Orb spikes with his elementalization while his blade badly wounded Obito. Obito retreated to protect the God Tree, then trapped Naraku between two exploding Truth-Seeking Orbs, convinced the blast had caught him.

• Naraku let Obito's Truth-Seeking Orb spikes pass through his elementalized body and struck Obito with Kurikara, inflicting a severe wound.
• Obito fled several hundred meters away and resolved to avoid close combat while protecting the God Tree until it absorbed more Chakra.
• Naraku noticed the God Tree and felt an instinctive urge to devour it, but told Obito he had no interest in it.
• Obito deflected Naraku's attention by launching Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Naraku knocked one aside with Kurikara.
• Obito caused the deflected orb to erupt behind Naraku as a second orb exploded in front of him, engulfing him in the blasts.

Naraku survived Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orb explosion without injury and reappeared atop Kurama, reassuring Naruto. He then told Naruto to keep Obito occupied from a distance while he looked for an opening to strike, preserving his strength for the enemies still to come.

• Obito’s exploding Truth-Seeking Orbs erased the battlefield around them, and Naruto rushed into the blast to search for Naraku.
• Naruto used an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan to repel Obito’s attack, then searched unsuccessfully for Naraku and feared he had died.
• Naraku silently appeared atop Kurama, unharmed, and told Naruto he had avoided the explosion by concealing his movements.
• Naraku instructed Naruto to keep Obito occupied from a distance while he sought a chance to finish him, and Naruto prepared to agree when Kurama warned him.

Naraku agreed to Naruto and Kurama’s plan to rescue the Tailed Beasts from Obito, and joined Naruto and Sasuke in creating an opening. Their attack pushed Obito to reveal Amenonuhoko, the Sage of Six Paths’ divine weapon.

• Naruto explained that Obito’s control of the Ten-Tails could falter, giving them a chance to pull the Tailed Beasts from him, and Naraku agreed to the plan.
• Sasuke arrived, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Naraku agreed that Naruto and Sasuke would rescue the Tailed Beasts while Naraku led the attack.
• Naraku charged Obito, deflecting Truth-Seeking Orbs and using Amaterasu to press his assault.
• Obito expanded his Truth-Seeking Orbs in an explosion, but Naraku escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Obito revealed Amenonuhoko, a divine weapon once belonging to the Sage of Six Paths, and warned that their plan would fail.