Chapter Summaries

Shihōin Naraku fought Obito Uchiha at close range after Naruto’s Ultra-Large Tailed Beast Bomb failed to stop him. Naraku and Obito’s weapons clashed without Amenonuhoko breaking, and the battle continued as Naruto and Sasuke watched for an opening.

• Naraku taunted Obito as he raised Amenonuhoko, then drew Obito’s attention while Naruto launched an Ultra-Large Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Obito emerged from the blast and attacked Naraku with Amenonuhoko, but Naraku parried it with Kurikara instead of cutting it apart.
• Naraku and Obito exchanged rapid blows across the battlefield, while Naruto and Sasuke struggled to find a chance to help.
• Naraku kicked Obito while his foot was wreathed in flames, and Obito blocked with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield that held against the impact.
• Obito wondered why Naraku’s foot was unharmed, unaware that Naraku had elementalized it with the Mera Mera no Mi.

Shihōin Naraku drove Obito Uchiha toward the God Tree and exposed his plan to wait for Infinite Tsukuyomi, but then deliberately let Obito strike him so Madara Uchiha could advance his own plan. As Obito attacked Naraku’s fallen position, Naruto and Sasuke intervened to protect him.

• Naraku pressured Obito with Kurikara, inflicted wounds that healed slowly, and forced him back toward the God Tree.
• Naraku revealed that he had deduced Obito’s plan to wait for the God Tree to bloom and unleash Infinite Tsukuyomi, then dealt him a grievous wound.
• Naruto and Sasuke prepared to attack Obito and rescue the Tailed Beasts, while the Nine-Tails warned Naruto that failure would make the rescue harder.
• Naraku deliberately let his aura falter and was struck by Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orbs, creating an opening for Madara, who had defeated most of the fighters opposing him.
• Obito continued attacking Naraku’s landing place, but Naruto and Sasuke arrived in the Nine-Tails’ armor and blocked his Amenonuhoko with a chakra blade.

With the Allied Shinobi Forces struggling against Madara and Obito, Tsunade set out to rescue the incapacitated Shihōin Naraku. Madara let her go so he could learn whether Naraku was truly down or luring him into a trap.

• Gaara lifted the injured Tsunade onto his sand cloud and asked her to rescue Naraku while he stayed to support Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya against Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade agreed to go despite her injuries, and Gaara warned her to jump off if he could no longer keep the sand cloud together.
• Gaara sent Tsunade toward the place where Naraku had disappeared.
• Madara drove back Minato and Jiraiya, then considered attacking Tsunade but decided to let her reach Naraku so he could judge Naraku's condition.

Madara tested Tsunade while watching the Allied Shinobi Forces for signs of Shihōin Naraku’s condition, and Jiraiya’s group struggled to find a way to free the sealed Senju Brothers. Black Zetsu arrived with no reliable intelligence, then went to hide near Obito and prepare to resurrect Madara.

• Madara attacked Tsunade with Susanoo’s sword, devastating the battlefield as Jiraiya and the sages discussed rescuing the Senju Brothers.
• Jiraiya explained that the Black Rods disrupted chakra and that Madara was watching Minato too closely for him to free the Hokage safely.
• Black Zetsu appeared before Madara, who demanded intelligence about Shihōin Naraku and asked whether Naraku was truly injured.
• Black Zetsu admitted he could not confirm Naraku’s condition and agreed to hide near Obito, waiting for a chance to use Rinne Rebirth on Madara.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that White Zetsu had found his other Rinnegan and was holding it underground near the battlefield.

Jiraiya, Minato, Gaara, and Mei Terumi fought Madara as Black Zetsu escaped, but Madara’s Wood Release forced them to regroup. They suspected Black Zetsu had gone to help Obito while Naraku continued battling elsewhere.

• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Goemon to stop Black Zetsu from escaping, but Madara cleared a path with Susanoo and Black Zetsu burrowed underground.
• Minato struck Susanoo’s joint with a Sage Art: Rasengan, then evaded Madara’s counterattack with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Gaara’s Quicksand Waterfall Flow drove Susanoo back, but Madara answered with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, halting the sand and forcing the fighters to evade the trees.
• Minato, Jiraiya, Gaara, and Mei regrouped, and Minato warned that Madara’s Wood Release might absorb chakra.
• Minato asked about Black Zetsu, and Jiraiya confirmed that Madara had helped him escape and suspected he had gone to assist Obito.

Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Gaara, and Mei Terumi struggled to fight Madara Uchiha after Black Zetsu escaped. Madara's poisonous forest forced them to retreat, and as Susanoo advanced, Ōnoki arrived to join the battle.

• Black Zetsu escaped while Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the group's attempt to stop him.
• Madara attacked Jiraiya and the others with Susanoo and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, spreading poisonous pollen across the battlefield.
• Jiraiya, Gaara, and Mei Terumi used their techniques to hold back the forest, but its vines quickly replaced the parts they destroyed.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport the group beyond the pollen, where Jiraiya warned them that inhaling too much could paralyze them.
• As Susanoo advanced and the group considered how to approach Madara, Ōnoki flew in and remarked on their predicament.

Ōnoki returned to the battlefield despite his lingering back injury as Madara approached, while Tsunade found Shihōin Naraku buried in a crater and began examining his injuries. The chapter ended with Tsunade preparing to treat Naraku, whose chakra was nearly gone and whose chest was bloodied.

• Ōnoki insisted on rejoining the fight after receiving treatment, despite Jiraiya and Gaara urging him to rest.
• Madara confronted Ōnoki, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Gaara, and Mei Terumi as they prepared to fight him.
• Tsunade made her way toward Shihōin Naraku while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha fought Obito Uchiha in their Susanoo-armored Nine-Tails form.
• Tsunade found Naraku buried in a crater, with only his head and one hand exposed.
• Naraku told Tsunade he had exhausted his energy, and she dug him out and began checking his bloodied chest for injuries.

Naraku pretended to be gravely injured so he could conceal his plans, but Tsunade believed his deception and treated him while the battle against Obito raged nearby. Tsunade continued despite Naraku’s protests, determined to restore his ability to move before the fight reached them.

• Tsunade examined Naraku and found what appeared to be severe injuries, then began healing him.
• Naraku told Tsunade that his recovery was strong and explained that his chakra and stamina had been depleted fighting Madara and Obito.
• Tsunade reproached Naraku for fighting Obito alone and continued treating him despite his attempts to stop her.
• An explosion nearby sent heat and debris toward them, and Tsunade shielded Naraku while keeping her hands on his wound.
• Tsunade hurried to restore Naraku’s ability to move, warning that the battle could reach them at any moment.

Tsunade treated Shihōin Naraku while explosions spread across the battlefield, and Naruto and Sasuke kept Obito from reaching them. Obito struggled with severe wounds from Naraku’s Kurikara as the God Tree neared completion, and he resolved to kill Naruto and Sasuke before finishing off Naraku and unleashing the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Tsunade continued treating Naraku, while nearby explosions convinced her that Obito was attacking to prevent Naraku from recovering.
• Naruto and Sasuke blocked Obito from approaching Naraku, leaving the fighters in a stalemate.
• Obito sensed Tsunade’s treatment helping Naraku recover and regretted not killing her earlier.
• Obito’s wounds from Kurikara continued to cause intense pain and threatened to overwhelm him despite his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki healing.
• Obito sensed that the God Tree was nearly ready and decided to kill Naruto and Sasuke before seeking a chance to kill Naraku and unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Naruto and Sasuke exploited Obito’s pain to fight him together, breaking the Amenonuhoko and pulling the Tailed Beasts’ chakra from him. Naraku, recovering under Tsunade’s care, sensed their advantage as Naruto’s chakra connection with Obito linked their hearts and minds.

• Sasuke warned Naruto that Obito was gathering power for a final fight, and they agreed to give their all while trying to save the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito faltered from pain, allowing Naruto to strike him with a senjutsu-infused Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan before Naruto and Sasuke charged together.
• Naruto and Sasuke locked weapons with Obito, and their combined pressure made his resolve waver and the Amenonuhoko crack.
• Naruto and Sasuke destroyed the Amenonuhoko and slashed Obito, pulling the tailed beast chakra from his body.
• Naruto began pulling the chakra out with help from the Tailed Beasts’ chakra inside him, and his connection with Obito linked their hearts and minds.
• Naraku opened his eyes and told Tsunade that his recovering senses let him see Naruto and Sasuke gaining the upper hand.

Naruto and Sasuke defeated Obito and freed the Tailed Beasts, but Black Zetsu took control of Obito and used Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara Uchiha. Obito died after warning Naruto and Sasuke that Madara was truly resurrected and would become their next opponent.

• Naraku told Tsunade that Obito’s defeat would not end the war while Madara and the God Tree remained, while Tsunade exhausted herself helping heal Naraku.
• Naruto and Sasuke won the struggle against Obito, freed the Tailed Beasts, and left Obito unable to fight.
• Obito began using Rinne Rebirth to atone, but Black Zetsu took control of him and redirected the technique to revive Madara.
• Sasuke pierced Obito, but Black Zetsu completed the resurrection and escaped underground with Obito’s Rinnegan as Naruto and Sasuke attacked.
• Obito told Naruto and Sasuke that Madara had been truly resurrected, then died before he could explain Madara’s plan.

Madara Uchiha returned to life through Rinne Rebirth and began attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces, then received one Rinnegan from White Zetsu. He headed toward the sealed Senju Brothers to absorb Hashirama Senju's Senjutsu Chakra, while Jiraiya and the others pursued him.

• Minato Namikaze rescued Jiraiya from Madara's attack as Ōnoki and the Allied Shinobi Forces joined the battle.
• Madara Uchiha was revived by Rinne Rebirth, charged into the allied formation, and was struck by Minato and Jiraiya despite his blindness.
• Gaara ordered the allied ninja to retreat and sent a group toward the other battlefield as Madara's wounds healed.
• White Zetsu delivered Madara's Rinnegan, which Madara implanted and opened, restoring some of his power.
• Madara decided to absorb Hashirama Senju's Senjutsu Chakra and rushed toward the sealed Senju Brothers as Jiraiya and the others gave chase.

Madara used the Rinnegan’s Limbo: Border Jail to ambush and overwhelm the Allied fighters, leaving Minato pinned, Gaara and Mei Terumi unconscious, and Ōnoki dead. Gravely wounded and unable to escape, Jiraiya told the Toad Sages to return to Mount Myōboku, trusting Naraku and Naruto to defeat Madara.

• Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon struck Madara, but Minato’s attack was stopped by an invisible blow, and Madara pinned him down with black rods.
• Madara used invisible attacks to knock Jiraiya, Gaara, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi to the ground; Gaara and Mei Terumi lost consciousness.
• Jiraiya and Ōnoki defended themselves, but Madara pierced Ōnoki’s heart with a black rod and killed him.
• Minato deduced that Madara’s new invisible attacks came from the Rinnegan, while Jiraiya struggled unsuccessfully to stand.
• Jiraiya told Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima to return to Mount Myōboku, saying he trusted Naraku and Naruto to defeat Madara.

Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to overwhelm Jiraiya, but Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima spent their remaining senjutsu chakra to save him. Madara then reached Hashirama and began absorbing his senjutsu chakra, while Minato tried to devise a way to counter Madara’s unseen attacks.

• Jiraiya urged Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima to flee, believing Madara’s attack would kill him.
• Madara struck Jiraiya with Limbo: Border Jail and left to find Hashirama.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima used their remaining senjutsu chakra to save Jiraiya, and Sage Shima returned to Mount Myōboku.
• Minato, still pinned by black rods, worried over the injured Kage and guessed that Sasuke might be able to see Madara’s attacks.
• Madara confronted the immobilized Hashirama and began absorbing his senjutsu chakra.

Madara defeated Naruto and Sasuke, resealed the nine tailed beasts, and began extracting the remaining Nine-Tails chakra from Naruto. With the battlefield seemingly clear and Shihōin Naraku still far away, Madara prepared to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Madara absorbed Hashirama's senjutsu chakra, dismissed Obito as a tool, and left Hashirama restrained.
• Madara found Jiraiya unconscious and moved to kill him, but Sasuke and Naruto arrived with the nine tailed beasts and blocked his path.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from Obito's body and used Limbo: Border Jail to knock down the tailed beasts, Naruto, and Sasuke.
• Madara used the statue's chakra chains to capture all nine tailed beasts, and Naruto and Sasuke failed to free them with their attacks.
• Madara sealed the tailed beasts inside the statue, then kicked Naruto down and began extracting the remaining Nine-Tails chakra from him.

Madara Uchiha pinned Naruto Uzumaki down to extract the Nine-Tails while Sasuke refused Madara’s offer to join him. After Black Zetsu brought Madara his other Rinnegan, Shihōin Naraku interrupted the extraction, and a vast presence surged across the battlefield.

• Sasuke urged Madara to release Naruto, but refused to join Madara and collapsed from his injuries.
• Madara decided not to take Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan because Sasuke reminded him of Uchiha Izuna and he expected to receive his other Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu delivered the Rinnegan to Madara, who implanted it and felt his power return.
• Shihōin Naraku hurled Kurikara into the chains extracting the Nine-Tails, shattering them and blowing Naruto away.
• Madara prepared to resume extracting the Nine-Tails from Naruto as an immense presence surged into the distance.

Shihōin Naraku recovered and rushed to confront Madara Uchiha, who had obtained the Rinnegan and was preparing to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Naraku brought Sakura Haruno to save the critically injured Naruto and Sasuke, then challenged Madara as their battle began.

• Shihōin Naraku suddenly recovered, told Tsunade that Madara had obtained the Rinnegan, and left to face him.
• Naraku appeared among the Allied Shinobi Forces and took Sakura Haruno to Naruto and Sasuke, who were lying critically injured.
• Sakura Haruno began treating Naruto and Sasuke while Naraku confronted Madara atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara explained that he had abandoned extracting the Nine-Tails from Naruto after sensing Naraku approaching, and Black Zetsu urged him to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara claimed his resurrected strength surpassed Naraku's, and Naraku launched a blade strike as Madara used Limbo: Border Jail.

Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to attack Naraku, but Naraku’s Observation Haki let him sense the invisible shadows and evade their blows. Madara realized the technique could not surprise Naraku, while Black Zetsu urged him to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Madara activated Limbo: Border Jail, and one of its shadows shattered Naraku’s blade light.
• Naraku sensed Madara’s shadows with Observation Haki and dodged a shadow’s strike.
• Madara sent all four shadows to surround and attack Naraku, hoping to overwhelm him.
• Naraku deflected a shadow’s attack, and Madara realized he could sense the shadows.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara said he knew.

Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and attacked Shihōin Naraku with his new power, but Naraku continued to counter him. The chapter ended as Naraku gathered his strength for a powerful strike against Madara.

• Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails' power and declared that he had surpassed the Sage of Six Paths.
• Madara's four Limbo: Border Jail shadows attacked Shihōin Naraku while Madara joined the assault.
• Madara fired Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch at Naraku, who used Amenotejikara to appear beside him and clash with his Casket Staff.
• Naraku forced Madara back with Kurikara and deflected attacks from the Limbo shadows.
• Naraku gathered haki, chakra, spirit, and will into a vortex and unleashed Conqueror's Country.

Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha fought fiercely after Naraku wounded Madara, who had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. As their battle devastated the battlefield, Jiraiya struggled toward Naruto and Sasuke to check on Naruto's safety.

• Naraku unleashed a powerful shock wave that Madara partly deflected with his shadows, though its force grazed his cheek.
• Madara's shadows returned to his body, and Naraku struck him with a blow that sent him crashing into a deep pit.
• Naraku mocked Madara's shadow technique and guessed it had a weakness, while Madara declared his new power could rival Naraku's.
• Naraku and Madara resumed their fight, exchanging rapid attacks that battered the battlefield and alarmed the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Jiraiya, still injured but aided by an arm grown from Hashirama cells, headed toward Naruto and Sasuke to check on Naruto.