Chapter Summaries

Kizaru intercepted Kyougetsu Shunsui and kicked him flying toward Luffy, but Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto caught him and prepared to fight Luffy himself. Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka and trapped Luffy in a towering wall of flames, while Luffy laughed and compared the fire to Ace's.

• Kizaru blocked Kyougetsu Shunsui from reaching Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, then kicked him flying when Shunsui turned away.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto caught Kyougetsu Shunsui and dissipated the impact from Kizaru's attack.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka and unleashed a towering wall of flame around Luffy.
• Luffy laughed inside the flames and said Yamamoto's fire reminded him of Ace's.

Luffy broke through Yamamoto’s encirclement of flames and attacked with a lightning-charged technique that turned the ground against him. Yamamoto remained composed as the stone pillars closed in and prepared to counter with his Zanpakuto.

• Luffy wrapped himself in heated rubber and flames, forming a giant flame snake that broke through the Flames of the Phoenix Palace.
• Luffy shook off the flames, bounced into the clouds, and gathered lightning around his body.
• Luffy unleashed the Gum-Gum Thunder Snake Flock Crow Cannon, sending lightning-wrapped pillars of earth toward Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto struggled to read Luffy’s reiatsu-less attack and noticed too late that the ground beneath him had softened.
• Luffy’s stone pillars surged toward Yamamoto, who stayed calm and shouted “Torch!”

Luffy and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto exchanged powerful attacks, with Yamamoto cutting apart Luffy’s flaming pillar. Yamamoto recognized that Luffy had been treating their fight like a game, and the battle escalated as he unleashed a tremendous surge of energy.

• Yamamoto used Ryūjin Jakka to destroy the objects around him and followed with a flaming draw slash.
• Luffy countered Yamamoto’s flames with Gum-Gum Fire Dragon Twister, creating a twisting pillar that became a tornado of fire aimed at Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto used Fujikiri to cleave the flaming pillar in two, and its pieces crashed into the ground behind him.
• Yamamoto told Luffy to stop testing him and realized Luffy had treated their fight as a game.
• Luffy laughed as Yamamoto unleashed a torrent of energy across the battlefield.

Luffy and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto traded increasingly powerful attacks, with Luffy narrowly avoiding Yamamoto’s lethal blade and discovering the danger of its heat. The fight continued as Yamamoto cast Bakudo #81: Danku against Luffy’s assault of thirty-six Haki-coated stone arms.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto attacked Luffy with Zanka no Tachi, East: Kyokujitsujin, and Luffy evaded the lethal slash using Observation Haki and his Nika powers.
• Luffy dodged Yamamoto’s counter with Soru, then raised two Haki-coated stone arms and sent them at him.
• Zanka no Tachi sliced through the stone arms, and Luffy accused Yamamoto of fighting unfairly before vowing to get serious.
• Luffy summoned thirty-six Haki-coated stone arms and launched them at Yamamoto.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto dodged and counterattacked while chanting the incantation for Bakudo #81: Danku.

Luffy activated Gear 6 and used his Domain of Freedom to strip away the flames protecting Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, then attacked him with a barrage of rubberized fists. Yamamoto repelled the fists with sword pressure and prepared to fight using only his own strength.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto used Kidō to block Luffy’s stone arms, then closed in and traded blows with him.
• Yamamoto unleashed Zanka no Tachi-West: Zanjitsu Gokui, surrounding himself and his sword with flames said to reach fifteen million degrees.
• Luffy activated Gear 6—Drums of Liberation, turning the surrounding ground and buildings into rubber within his Domain of Freedom.
• Luffy summoned countless enormous fists from the transformed ground and declared that everything was free, causing Yamamoto’s flames to break loose and vanish.
• Yamamoto used Zanka no Tachi’s sword pressure to shatter the incoming fists, then accepted Luffy’s explanation that external powers were useless in the domain.

Luffy and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto traded powerful attacks, but Luffy’s curving Gum-Gum Hydra overwhelmed Yamamoto with a barrage of punches. The surrounding Soul Reapers could not intervene, and Luffy launched a Gum-Gum King Cobra at Yamamoto.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto struck at Luffy with One Bone, but Luffy countered with a spinning kick and suffered no apparent setback.
• Yamamoto attacked with Two Bones as Luffy met his fists with Gum-Gum King Kong Gun, and their clash destroyed the surrounding buildings.
• Luffy burst from the dust and unleashed Gum-Gum Hydra, whose curving punches battered Yamamoto and left him unable to defend himself.
• The Soul Reapers tried to rescue Yamamoto, but the people from the Uchiha Empire intercepted them.
• Luffy withdrew his fists, charged his right arm, and fired Gum-Gum King Cobra at Yamamoto.

Luffy and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto agreed to end their sparring match with one decisive move after Yamamoto had spent most of his Reiatsu. They prepared their finishing attacks, with Luffy drawing Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki into his arm as the clash approached.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto caught Ryūjin Jakka and unleashed Fujikiri, but Luffy met the sword energy with his fist, creating a massive shock wave.
• Yamamoto realized Luffy's rubber-like body resisted blunt attacks and that his own Reiatsu was nearly eighty percent depleted.
• Luffy proposed that they settle their exchange with one move, and Yamamoto accepted.
• Yamamoto sheathed Ryūjin Jakka and gathered Reiatsu for a quick-draw slash while Luffy took a powerful stance.
• Luffy channeled Armament Haki into his fist and unleashed Conqueror's Haki, whose black-and-red lightning began merging into his arm.

Luffy defeated Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto with a powerful punch after their attacks clashed. He celebrated with Seiichi, while Shunsui Kyōraku and the Soul Reapers rushed to Yamamoto and Kizaru let them pass.

• Luffy fused his Haki and launched Dragon: Extreme Beast Cannon as Yamamoto struck with Gen Style: One Sword Style: Draw-and-Cut.
• Luffy overwhelmed Yamamoto’s sword energy and punched him into the ruins.
• After Yamamoto failed to reappear, Luffy declared victory and returned to Seiichi in his normal form.
• Seiichi praised Luffy for growing stronger and using strategy and technique.
• Shunsui Kyōraku and the Soul Reapers rushed to rescue Yamamoto, and Kizaru allowed them to pass.

After Luffy and Yamamoto’s battle, Naruto challenged Sōsuke Aizen to take their places in a relay-style fight. Aizen accepted, and both men unleashed their overwhelming power as their contest began.

• Kizaru left the battlefield, relieved that he had avoided another fight, while Shunsui and other Soul Reapers rushed to the rubble where Yamamoto lay buried.
• Naruto and Aizen watched Luffy and Yamamoto’s fierce battle end.
• Aizen praised Luffy’s strength, and Naruto agreed before claiming that Luffy was weaker than himself and Sasuke.
• Naruto proposed that he and Aizen continue the fighting as a relay race, and Aizen accepted the challenge.
• Aizen released his immense Reiatsu, and Naruto answered with an aura that appeared to surpass it.

Naruto and Sōsuke Aizen began their battle, trading sword strikes, Rasengan, and powerful Kido. Aizen's spells blocked Naruto's barrage and sent a lightning beam surging toward him.

• Naruto and Sōsuke Aizen faced off as the Soul Reapers and Arrancar fled the area.
• Sōsuke Aizen slashed at Naruto, who dodged and countered with Rasengan: Wind Cutter, but Aizen cut the sphere apart.
• Naruto launched a barrage of multicolored Rasengan called Artillery Baptism at Sōsuke Aizen.
• Sōsuke Aizen cast Danku to block the barrage, then fired Thunder Roar Cannon toward Naruto while also invoking Black Coffin.

Naruto escaped Aizen’s Black Coffin by transforming into Golden Kurama Mode, but Aizen immediately launched Hadō No. 99, Five Dragon Destruction while Naruto was still recovering from the sudden light. The five purple dragons gathered around Aizen as his attack began.

• Aizen trapped Naruto inside the Black Coffin, where Shadow Blades attacked him from every direction.
• Naruto dodged the blades and activated Kurama Mode, transforming into the golden, gigantic nine-tailed fox.
• Aizen sensed Naruto’s growing power and tried to reinforce the Black Coffin with his Reiatsu, but it expanded and exploded.
• Aizen abandoned the broken Black Coffin and chanted Hadō No. 99, Five Dragon Destruction.
• Five purple eastern dragons formed around Aizen as the devastated city crumbled, while Naruto struggled to open his eyes.

Naruto and Kurama faced Sōsuke Aizen’s Five Dragons of Destruction, first evading the attack and then deciding to counter it head-on. As Naruto and Kurama gathered natural energy in their hands, a powerful new force combining multiple elements began to form.

• Kurama warned Naruto to dodge left, and Naruto narrowly avoided Aizen’s Five Dragons of Destruction.
• Aizen redirected the dragons toward Naruto after their initial attack missed.
• Kurama urged Naruto to stop dodging and confront the dragons with their full strength, and Naruto agreed.
• Naruto and the nine-tailed fox spread their arms and drew natural energy into their palms.
• Naruto’s power began combining different elemental forces into a single, unprecedented energy.

Naruto and Kurama formed and fired the Chaos: Spiral Truth-Seeking Ball Cannon, but Naruto aimed it at empty ground as Aizen’s Five Dragon Destruction struck the giant nine-tailed fox. Aizen followed up with a barrage of Thunder Roar Cannons, and he remarked that Naruto’s attack had been aimed in the wrong direction.

• Naruto and Kurama enlarged their energy sphere and shouted as they launched the Chaos: Spiral Truth-Seeking Ball Cannon.
• Kurama questioned Naruto after he fired the cannon at empty ground.
• Aizen’s five energy dragons from Five Dragon Destruction hit the giant nine-tailed fox and exploded against it.
• Aizen cast repeated incanted Thunder Roar Cannons at the smoke-covered fox.
• Aizen told Naruto that his powerful attack had been aimed slightly off.

Naruto recovered from Aizen's Genjutsu and understood that his nine-tailed fox construct could regenerate independently of his injuries. He summoned thousands of giant foxes and prepared to begin the second round against Aizen.

• Aizen dodged Naruto's colorful attack, which blasted a huge crater into the battlefield.
• Naruto's severely damaged nine-tailed fox regenerated completely as it approached Aizen.
• Aizen realized that Naruto's fox was an energy construct with no direct connection to Naruto.
• Naruto recognized that Aizen's Genjutsu had thrown off his aim and worried that Sasuke might have witnessed his mistake.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to summon thousands of nine-tailed foxes and declared the second round against Aizen.

Sōsuke Aizen unleashed his Reiatsu and transformed directly into his Hōgyoku Second Fusion Form, then vanished before Naruto could track him. Kurama sensed Aizen’s position and warned Naruto of an attack from behind.

• Sōsuke Aizen judged that Illusion’s hypnosis was too costly to use against Naruto and decided to reveal the Hōgyoku.
• Sōsuke Aizen drove his Reiatsu into an uncontrolled rampage and encased himself in materialized Reiatsu as he entered his Hōgyoku Second Fusion Form.
• Sōsuke Aizen vanished after spinning away, leaving Naruto unable to find him.
• Kurama used Malice Perception to locate Sōsuke Aizen behind Naruto and warned him to watch his rear right at waist height.

Naruto and Sōsuke Aizen fought to a stalemate, then chose to unleash concentrated attacks instead of wasting time in an even contest. The chapter ended as Naruto’s compressed sphere collided with Aizen’s sword pressure, twisting the space around them and releasing a blinding blast.

• Naruto charged Sōsuke Aizen and knocked him several kilometers back after Aizen blocked his punch with his blade.
• Naruto and his Shadow Clones attacked with punches and Rasengans while Aizen countered with sword energy from Illusion.
• Naruto and Sōsuke Aizen stopped fighting after realizing they were evenly matched and decided to build up their power for a decisive clash.
• Naruto dispelled his Shadow Clones, shrank to Aizen’s size, and compressed a multicolored sphere as nine tails wrapped around his arm.
• Naruto struck with the sphere as Sōsuke Aizen slashed down, and their attacks collided in a burst of light and hurricane-force pressure.

Naruto and Aizen’s clash ended with Naruto’s ruined arm healing instantly while Aizen emerged from his cocoon in the Hōgyoku’s Third Fusion Form. As Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin discussed Aizen’s overwhelming power, Urahara felt relieved that Naruto had taken responsibility for fighting him.

• Naruto and Aizen were hurled away by their clash, and Naruto’s badly damaged right arm rapidly healed.
• Aizen’s cocoon cracked around his head, revealing his long hair and purple eyes as he entered the Hōgyoku’s Third Fusion Form.
• Yoruichi Shihōin told Kisuke Urahara she could no longer sense Aizen’s Reiatsu and felt cut off from the outside world.
• Kisuke Urahara explained that Aizen’s power surpassed most Soul Reapers and Hollows, leaving him on the verge of a further breakthrough.
• Yoruichi doubted Naruto could defeat Aizen, but Kisuke Urahara was relieved that Naruto had stepped forward to face him.

Naruto learned that Sōsuke Aizen could continue evolving in response to the pressure Naruto put on him, then asked Seiichi to move everyone to a larger battlefield. Seiichi transported the group to the moon, where the others reacted to his overwhelming power as Naruto prepared to fight Aizen at full strength.

• Kisuke Urahara greeted Seiichi warmly, and Seiichi returned his greeting.
• Sōsuke Aizen told Naruto that his evolutions depended on the pressure Naruto put on him and that he did not know their limit.
• Naruto decided to fight in his most powerful form and asked Seiichi to find them a suitable battlefield.
• Seiichi transported everyone to the moon and reinforced the battlefield so Naruto and Aizen could fight freely.
• Isshin Kurosaki, Kyougetsu Shunsui, Jūshirō Ukitake, Yoruichi, Sōsuke Aizen, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto recognized Seiichi's immense power, while Kisuke Urahara looked forward to the coming battle.

Naruto prepared to finish his battle with Sōsuke Aizen and transformed into his powerful Kurama: Infinite Explosive Mode. With the battlefield buckling under his aura, Naruto urged Aizen to bring their fight to a conclusion.

• Sōsuke Aizen sensed that Seiichi possessed the ultimate power he had always sought, while Naruto said that their showdown was the main event.
• Naruto warned Aizen to be careful, and Aizen focused all his attention on the transformation to come.
• Naruto gathered natural energy until his body became a towering white, nine-tailed fox with a crown-like exoskeleton.
• Naruto unveiled Kurama: Infinite Explosive Mode, whose overwhelming pressure sank the ground for more than ten kilometers.
• Naruto told Aizen they should waste no more time and finish their battle together.

Naruto attacked Sōsuke Aizen with a Chaos: Spiral Truth-Seeking Ball Cannon and then unleashed an eleven-shot barrage, pushing him through repeated explosions. Sōsuke Aizen emerged from the smoke in a new, inhuman form, his purple reiatsu scattering the clouds.

• Naruto outmaneuvered Sōsuke Aizen and slammed a Chaos: Spiral Truth-Seeking Ball Cannon into his Super Barrier, shattering it.
• Naruto vanished before the cannon exploded, leaving Sōsuke Aizen swallowed by a massive blast and mushroom cloud.
• Naruto charged back into the smoke and fired an eleven-shot barrage of enlarged Chaos: Spiral Truth-Seeking Ball Cannons at Sōsuke Aizen.
• Sōsuke Aizen unleashed powerful purple reiatsu that scattered the smoke and revealed his new, nonhuman form, walking through his own blood.