Chapter Summaries

Shihōin Naraku fought Madara Uchiha, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, while Tsunade worried that Naraku’s injuries had not healed. Naraku escaped Madara’s Limbo encirclement and recognized the shadows’ abilities, leaving Madara struggling to understand Naraku’s space-time technique.

• Tsunade watched Naraku and Madara battle and chose to trust Naraku because she could not safely intervene.
• Naraku repeatedly clashed with Madara and severed another Black Rod formed from a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to make Naraku dodge, then pressed him down with his ringed staff and boasted of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki’s power.
• Naraku broke free with an explosive burst of power and thrust Kurikara toward Madara’s throat, but Madara surrounded him with four shadows and his real body.
• Madara swapped places with a shadow to evade Naraku’s strike, but Naraku vanished and reappeared a hundred meters away.
• Naraku identified the shadows’ damage immunity, position swapping, and concealment, while Madara failed to determine how Naraku had escaped.

Shihōin Naraku used his future sight and swordsmanship to keep pace with Six Paths Madara, whose shadows and rapid healing prevented Naraku from gaining a lasting advantage. As their battle intensified, Naraku appeared to strike Madara even after Madara swapped places with a shadow, leaving Madara shocked.

• Madara coordinated attacks with his four shadows, but Naraku narrowly evaded them and Madara's Light Fang using his advanced Observation Haki.
• Naraku struck at Madara's ribs, forcing Madara to swap places with a Limbo: Border Jail shadow, though the blade still grazed him before his body healed.
• Naraku and Madara unleashed their full power and resumed fighting as Madara's shadows pursued Naraku's afterimages.
• Naraku cut through Madara's Truth-Seeking Orb shield, evaded his Yin Release Lightning Dispatch, and attacked from above.
• Madara swapped places with a nearby shadow to evade Naraku's downward slash, but Naraku appeared before him again, leaving Madara stunned.

Naraku continued attacking Madara, using Observation Haki and space-time techniques to overcome his shadows while Madara sought a chance to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi. Naraku infused Kurikara with Conqueror’s Haki and launched a powerful black slash at Madara, whose fate remained unresolved.

• Naraku used Observation Haki and Amenotejikara to pursue Madara’s real body and wound him despite his shadow swaps and regeneration.
• Naraku endured Madara and his four shadows’ attacks without being harmed, while Madara worried that the fight was keeping him from casting Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naraku checked on Naruto and Sasuke and noted that Sakura was treating them, with Naruto stabilized and Sasuke still in critical condition.
• Naraku coated Kurikara with Conqueror’s Haki and attacked Madara with a black slash that appeared to tear through space.

Shihōin Naraku’s sudden slash pierced Madara Uchiha’s defenses and cut away the right half of his body, though Madara regenerated and survived. As Madara questioned his power and plan, Naraku destroyed the remaining Limbo shadows, completely countering Limbo: Border Jail.

• Madara used Shinra Tensei and four Limbo shadows to stop Naraku’s slash, but Kurikara cut through the repulsive force and severed the shadows that touched it.
• Madara dodged by sharply tilting his head, but Naraku’s slash cut through the right side of his head, face, and shoulder.
• Madara ordered his remaining shadows to attack and barely forced Naraku back, then rapidly regenerated his ruined right side.
• Madara wondered what power Naraku had used and doubted whether his long-planned scheme could succeed against him.
• Naraku cut apart Madara’s last two Limbo shadows, completely countering Limbo: Border Jail.

Shihōin Naraku discovered that his Conqueror's Haki coating could injure and cut apart Madara Uchiha's Limbo shadows, leaving Madara unable to threaten him. Naraku hesitated over whether to kill Madara immediately or deal with the threat of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as well, while the Allied Shinobi Forces tried to learn what was happening.

• Shihōin Naraku defeated Madara Uchiha's final attacking shadow and realized his Conqueror's Haki coating could harm Limbo shadows.
• Naraku considered using his strength, Senjutsu, and Space-Time Ninjutsu to defeat Madara, then hesitated over whether to kill him or address Kaguya Ōtsutsuki too.
• Naraku and Madara stopped fighting and faced off at a distance from the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Tsunade rejoined the Allied Shinobi Forces after they sealed Obito's corpse, and the gathered Ninja wondered why the battlefield had gone quiet.
• Tsunade asked Hinata to use her Byakugan, and Hinata reported that Naraku was facing Madara after a fierce exchange.
• Tsunade asked where Naruto and Sasuke were, believing they were the only ones who could help Naraku defeat Madara.

Hinata found the injured Naruto and Sasuke, while Sakura treated them and Tsunade sent medical squads to assist. Naraku continued fighting Madara, exploiting his space-time techniques despite Madara’s rapid healing, until he sensed Naruto had awakened.

• Hinata located Naruto and Sasuke at the earlier battlefield and reported that Naruto’s injuries were not serious while Sakura tried to save Sasuke.
• Tsunade sent two squads to escort medical ninja to Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naraku attacked Madara with rapid space-time movements, cutting his back, but Madara healed each wound almost instantly.
• Naraku recognized that Madara’s self-healing let him keep fighting, though he had no shadows left to aid him.
• Naraku sensed that Naruto had awakened while recovering under Sakura’s care.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha awakened with powers passed on by the Sage of Six Paths and joined Shihōin Naraku to confront Madara. The three stood ready to fight Madara together as Six Paths-level fighters.

• Naruto Uzumaki woke and reassured Sakura Haruno that Sasuke Uchiha would recover, then revealed his golden chakra and Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Sasuke Uchiha woke with a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, and he and Naruto prepared to stop Madara.
• Naruto and Sasuke told Sakura to remain behind and headed toward the battle.
• Naraku and Madara noticed Naruto and Sasuke approaching, and Madara was stunned by their new powers.
• Naraku told Madara that sparing Naruto and Sasuke had led to this, as the three prepared to attack him.

Shihōin Naraku, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha battled Madara Uchiha, but Madara used falling meteors to force them to protect the Allied Shinobi Forces. As they faced that choice, Madara began absorbing the God Tree to fulfill Black Zetsu’s plan to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Madara attacked Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke, but Naraku wounded him and Naruto and Sasuke escaped his lightning assault.
• Madara summoned four Limbo shadows, and Naraku explained their abilities so Naruto and Sasuke could defeat them.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, while a mysterious voice tempted Madara to absorb the God Tree and attain immortality.
• Madara unleashed thirty-two Planetary Devastation cores, creating meteors aimed at the Allied Shinobi Forces to occupy Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke.
• Madara flew to the God Tree and began absorbing it as Black Zetsu anticipated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection.

Shihōin Naraku, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha confronted the meteorites from Madara Uchiha’s Planetary Devastation as they threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces and the Land of Frost. Naruto and Sasuke destroyed some of the falling stars, then Naraku vaporized the rest with a Kamehameha, leaving Sasuke wary of facing him after the war.

• Shihōin Naraku told Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha to intercept the meteorites while he prepared to destroy them all.
• Sasuke used Perfect Susanoo to slice meteorites apart as Naruto and Kurama blasted others with Tailed Beast Bomb Spiral Shuriken.
• Naruto urged Naraku to hurry as the remaining meteorites and shattered boulders threatened the battlefield.
• Naraku unleashed a Kamehameha that vaporized the meteorites and debris filling the sky.
• Sasuke watched Naraku’s attack and wondered whether he could defeat Naraku and Naruto after the war.

Madara absorbed the God Tree and unleashed the Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping nearly the entire shinobi world while Naruto, Sasuke, and Naraku remained protected. As Madara prepared to face them, Black Zetsu decided to betray him, and Naraku revealed that he knew Naruto and Sasuke had received the Sage of Six Paths’ power.

• Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke rushed toward Madara as he absorbed the God Tree, but Madara rose into the sky and reflected his Rinne Sharingan on the moon.
• Madara unleashed the Infinite Tsukuyomi and used Divine: God Tree Realm Emergence to trap ninja around the world in cocoons.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze remained conscious because they were Impure World Reincarnation Ninja, but Madara’s Black Rods kept them immobilized.
• Sasuke protected Naruto and Naraku from the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s light with his Perfect Susanoo, while Madara prepared to confront them.
• Black Zetsu concluded that Madara could not defeat Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke together and decided to discard him.
• Naruto began explaining the Sage of Six Paths’ power to Naraku, but Naraku revealed that he already knew about it.

Shihōin Naraku, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha emerged from Sasuke’s Susanoo to find Madara Uchiha’s Infinite Tsukuyomi had trapped the Shinobi World in cocoons. Madara defended his plan as ultimate peace, but the three rejected it as they prepared to fight him.

• Shihōin Naraku told Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha that they should focus on facing Madara Uchiha instead of asking how he knew about their powers.
• Shihōin Naraku asked Sasuke Uchiha why he had protected him and Naruto, and Sasuke said they needed Naraku’s power against Madara.
• Sasuke Uchiha opened his Susanoo, revealing countless people trapped in white cocoons on the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha appeared and declared that Infinite Tsukuyomi had brought everyone eternal peace through their dreams.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Shihōin Naraku rejected Madara’s version of peace, and Madara prepared to defeat them.

Black Zetsu betrayed Madara and revealed that he had manipulated Madara into using Infinite Tsukuyomi to prepare for Kaguya’s resurrection. As chakra from the ensnared ninja flooded into Madara, Naruto, Sasuke, and Naraku failed to stop the transformation, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared.

• Black Zetsu stabbed Madara and revealed that he was Kaguya’s will, not Madara’s creation, and that Madara had been his tool.
• Black Zetsu explained that he had altered the stone tablet and that the ninja trapped in Infinite Tsukuyomi would become White Zetsu.
• Naraku ordered Naruto and Sasuke to attack Madara and Black Zetsu before Kaguya could be resurrected.
• The God Tree’s vines began draining chakra from the trapped ninja, and the chakra surged through the battlefield into Madara.
• Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke tried to reach Madara but were driven back by the immense chakra.
• Madara lost consciousness as his body transformed, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki emerged on the battlefield and attacked Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha to reclaim Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s chakra. Shihōin Naraku challenged her and landed an opening strike, but Kaguya’s overwhelming power drove him back as the battle continued.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared after Black Zetsu released her, and her immense presence pressured Naruto, Sasuke, and Shihōin Naraku.
• Kaguya attacked Naruto and Sasuke with her growing silver hair, but their techniques only slowed it, and she used her Byakugan to identify Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s chakra in them.
• Shihōin Naraku rushed Kaguya and struck her with Kurikara, but her chakra barrier blocked his follow-up attack, and a powerful repulsive force blasted him through rocks.
• Kaguya resumed attacking Naruto and Sasuke with enormous hair pythons, forcing Naruto to use Shadow Clones and Rasengan while Sasuke escaped with Amenotejikara and raised Perfect Susanoo.
• Black Zetsu warned Kaguya that Shihōin Naraku was stronger than Naruto and Sasuke, and Kaguya shifted some of her attention to him as he approached using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Shihōin Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke fought Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, with Naraku creating an opening for Naruto and Sasuke to attempt their sealing technique. Kaguya escaped the attempt by transporting them to an icy alternate dimension with Amenominaka, leaving the group trapped in her hostile space.

• Naraku used Flying Thunder God and Amenotejikara to evade Kaguya and cut through the silver hair threatening Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naraku struck Kaguya from behind as she prepared her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, giving Naruto and Sasuke a chance to approach and seal her.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap Kaguya into the space between himself and Naruto, bringing her within reach of their sealing palms.
• Kaguya activated Amenominaka and transported the group to an icy dimension, freezing Kaguya, Naruto, and Sasuke in the ice.
• Naraku shattered the ice and freed them, but Kaguya escaped through a black portal.
• Naraku explained that Amenominaka could transport them among five hostile spaces and a connected Core Dimension.

Kaguya merged with the Ice World Space and used its ice and snow to attack Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke. As the three fought back, Kaguya split their battlefields, and Naraku raced through her barriers to reach the others.

• Kaguya appeared above the group, then merged into the icy world so she could control it and attack them from every direction.
• Naraku warned Naruto and Sasuke that the world itself had become their enemy as Kaguya sent ice pillars and blizzards against them.
• Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke countered with flames, wind blades, and Susanoo arrows, forcing back the cold but battling endless regenerating ice.
• Kaguya deliberately divided the battlefield, separating Naruto and Sasuke from Naraku and from each other.
• Naraku noticed the separation and rushed toward the others, smashing through ice pillars Kaguya raised to block him.

Kaguya transported Sasuke to another dimension after trapping him with attacks in the ice-and-snow world, then nearly did the same to Naruto. Naraku detected a faint trace of Sasuke’s presence and told Naruto he would try to bring him back.

• Kaguya overwhelmed Sasuke’s Susanoo with ice attacks, forcing him to abandon it and escape.
• Kaguya opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal behind Sasuke and transported him before Naraku could reach him.
• Naruto rushed toward Naraku after Sasuke disappeared, but Naraku used the Flying Thunder God Technique to pull him away from Kaguya’s portal.
• Naraku sensed a faint trace of presence through the vanishing portal and warned Naruto that Kaguya could transport them without warning.
• Naraku reassured Naruto that he could barely sense Sasuke and should be able to retrieve him.

Naruto revealed that he could sense Sasuke in another space, but Kaguya used the opening to transport Shihōin Naraku into a supergravity space. Naraku escaped the crushing force with Amenotejikara and struck Kaguya, forcing her and Black Zetsu to reconsider his strength.

• Naruto said he could sense Sasuke Uchiha in another Alternate Space but could not bring him back.
• Kaguya used Amenominaka to transport Naruto away and trap Shihōin Naraku in a supergravity space.
• Naraku realized Kaguya had targeted him, while Black Zetsu taunted him and Kaguya struggled under the gravity.
• Kaguya fired an All-Killing Ash Bone at Naraku, but gravity threw off her aim.
• Naraku used Amenotejikara to appear before Kaguya and punch her dozens of meters backward.
• Black Zetsu wondered what space-time ability Naraku had used as Kaguya acknowledged that she had underestimated him.

In the supergravity dimension, Shihōin Naraku used Amenotejikara to attack Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but she countered with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and badly wounded him. Naraku’s injuries healed as he rose from the crater, leaving him ready to face Kaguya again.

• Black Zetsu realized Shihōin Naraku possessed Amenotejikara, but he had not warned Kaguya because he thought Naraku could not use it effectively in the supergravity dimension.
• Shihōin Naraku vanished behind Kaguya and struck at her with Kurikara.
• Kaguya blocked Naraku’s attack with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, whose barrage overwhelmed him and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Black Zetsu asked Kaguya whether her attack had worked, while she silently watched Naraku’s presence in the dust.
• Shihōin Naraku laughed at the danger, acknowledged Kaguya had truly wounded him, and then fully healed as he stood up.

Shihōin Naraku recovered from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s attack and used Observation Haki to dodge her next strike, recognizing that his arrogance had left him unprepared. Kaguya’s Rabbit Hair Needle then pierced him, but red flames restored his body, leaving Kaguya and Black Zetsu puzzled about his immunity to physical attacks.

• Shihōin Naraku climbed out of the pit and dodged Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s bone spike with Observation Haki.
• Shihōin Naraku reflected that his arrogance had made him fail to anticipate Kaguya’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Shihōin Naraku pulled Kurikara from the ground and checked that it had survived the attack.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki struck Shihōin Naraku with Rabbit Hair Needle, but red flames restored his body without damaging his clothes.
• Black Zetsu told Kaguya Ōtsutsuki that Shihōin Naraku could usually ignore physical attacks, and guessed that she had struck too quickly for him to use that ability against Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

Shihōin Naraku realized that four major battles had nearly exhausted his chakra and stamina, weakening Supergravity Space’s hold on him. Black Zetsu and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki recognized his depleted state and prepared to exploit it, while Naraku remained calm.

• Shihōin Naraku reflected that he had failed to use elementalization against Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack because it had struck too quickly at close range.
• Naraku assessed how his battles against Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Madara again, and Kaguya had drained most of his chakra and stamina.
• Black Zetsu noticed Naraku’s weakened condition, and Kaguya confirmed it with her Byakugan.
• Black Zetsu urged Kaguya to finish Naraku while he was vulnerable, and she agreed.
• Naraku calmly admitted that he had little chakra or stamina left.