Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu tested the Box of Ultimate Bliss with Asura and Fusion White Zetsu, while Indra kept Asura restrained and Muku under control. The first Fusion White Zetsu emerged with its dominant consciousness driven toward destruction, but its other personalities remained coherent enough for Black Zetsu to approve the planned attack.

• Black Zetsu used Asura’s chakra to activate the Box of Ultimate Bliss and sent a Fusion White Zetsu inside as it began filling again.
• Indra stopped Muku’s destructive urges with a quiet warning and retied Asura after he broke free, stuffing the gag back into his mouth.
• A Fusion White Zetsu emerged from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, with its dominant personality overcome by the urge to destroy everything.
• Indra realized the other White Zetsu personalities inside the fusion were affected less severely and could still control themselves.
• Black Zetsu decided they could begin their attack, and Indra agreed.

Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo investigated the ruins of Hozuki Castle and searched Kusagakure’s records for clues about the Box of Ultimate Bliss. They learned that a small black creature called Satori had been inside the castle, confirming Tenzo’s guess.

• Itachi examined the Susanoo footprints at Hozuki Castle while Izumi found a smaller, unusual print nearby.
• Tenzo suggested that a tailed beast and an Uchiha using Susanoo could account for the different-sized tracks.
• Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo entered Kusagakure and met with its leader, who gave them books about the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Tenzo complained about having to search through books, but Izumi continued looking for information.
• Kusagakure’s leader reported that recaptured prisoners had seen a small black creature in Hozuki Castle, and Itachi connected the clue to the records identifying the creature as Satori.

Madara returned to Konoha’s prison while Naruto and Karin contacted the tailed beasts trapped inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Karin sensed an underground invasion, and Indra and Black Zetsu began their attack after realizing they had been detected.

• Madara returned to prison and put on the blindfold Tobirama had made for him.
• Karin reached the tailed beasts through a sealing chain, and Naruto told them they had found a way to free them.
• Karin sensed a large force underground and warned Naruto that enemies were invading.
• Naruto used a wood clone and the Flying Thunder God Formula to alert Tsunade, while Karin shared her sensory vision with him.
• Indra realized Karin and Naruto had detected the group, and Black Zetsu decided to begin the attack.

Black Zetsu launched an attack on Konoha with four Satori and White Zetsu, forcing Naruto and the others to defend the village and buy time for an evacuation. Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo returned from Kusagakure to help fight, while Naruto and Minato moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to a safer underground base.

• Black Zetsu ordered the three Fusion White Zetsu and Muku to attack, and the four Satori fired beams at Konoha's Root Base.
• Naruto blocked the beams with Wood Release and sent Wood Clones throughout Konoha to help protect the village and evacuate its residents.
• Karin reported that the Satori were tearing through the earth, while Minato arrived and helped Naruto move the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Root members used Itachi's Flying Thunder God Mark to summon him, Izumi, and Tenzo back from Kusagakure.
• Tenzo raised a Wood Locking Wall around the base, while Itachi and Izumi fought the Satori and White Zetsu.
• Naruto and Minato transported the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the Underground Base beneath the Forest of Death.

Itachi used Tenzo’s Wood Release and Flying Thunder God to attack Satori with Amaterasu and explosive tags, while Indra entered the battle and struck Itachi with Lightning Release. Itachi escaped to Tenzo, and Indra recognized the Space-Time Ninjutsu as an inventive use of Tobirama’s hand seals.

• Tenzo poured chakra into the Wood Locking Wall to hold back the beam threatening the former Root Base.
• Tenzo raised a wooden path for Itachi, who marked Satori with Flying Thunder God and unleashed Amaterasu and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Mui urged Black Zetsu to end the fight quickly after seeing Satori burn, and Black Zetsu sent Indra into battle.
• Indra attacked Itachi with Lightning Release, knocking him from the wooden path.
• Tenzo caught Itachi with Wood Release, and Itachi reappeared beside him using Flying Thunder God.
• Indra recognized Itachi’s Space-Time Ninjutsu and praised the innovations made by later generations.

Itachi, Tenzo, and Naruto confronted Indra, whom Kurama recognized as the Sage of Six Paths’ eldest son. As Naruto prepared to fight, Kurama and the others struggled to understand how Black Zetsu had resurrected someone from a thousand years ago, and Kushina noticed Indra had called Naruto Asura’s reincarnation.

• Indra introduced himself to Itachi as his forefather and unleashed a vast Fire Release that forced Tenzo to raise a massive Wood Locking Wall.
• Itachi told Tenzo that Naruto had moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Tenzo dismissed the other Wood Locking Walls to protect the base.
• Naruto arrived and attacked Indra with a senjutsu Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Indra emerged behind a purple skeletal Susanoo and identified Naruto as Asura’s reincarnation.
• Kurama recognized Indra’s chakra and revealed to Hashirama, Kushina, and Minato that Indra was the Sage of Six Paths’ eldest son.
• Minato questioned how Black Zetsu had found Indra’s remains, while Hashirama noted that Indra appeared to be working with Zetsu.

Naruto confronted Indra, who denied siding with Madara and said he was attacking because it was fun. Indra unleashed lightning on the base, but Naruto countered with Wood Release, prompting Indra to summon Susanoo as Itachi learned his identity.

• Kurama recognized Indra and began explaining his connection to Naruto and Hashirama inside the Sealing Space.
• Naruto asked Indra why he had joined Madara, and Indra denied it and said he attacked because it was fun.
• Indra commanded lightning from the storm clouds to strike the base, and Naruto blocked much of it with Sage Art: Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.
• The lightning struck some shinobi and many White Zetsu, who reacted with ecstatic cries, while Black Zetsu lamented their behavior.
• Indra avoided using Fire Release, then summoned a purple skeletal Susanoo as Itachi asked Naruto who he was and reacted with shock.

Itachi and Tenzo fought the four Satori while Naruto faced Indra’s gigantic Susanoo. Naruto’s attack cracked the Susanoo’s knee, but Indra’s sword strike also threatened the Back Mountain, Naruto’s cherished place.

• Indra revealed his gigantic purple Susanoo, and Itachi sent Naruto to fight him while he and Tenzo confronted the Satori.
• Naruto gave Tenzo Nine-Tails chakra, and Tenzo used Wood Release to entangle a Satori as Itachi attacked it with Amaterasu and Fire Release.
• The Satori broke free and unleashed a destructive beam, forcing Itachi to retreat; Tobirama deduced that the Satori grew stronger through their corresponding emotions.
• Naruto charged Indra’s Susanoo with Kurama, dodged its sword strike, and cracked its knee with a golden-lit claw.

Black Zetsu summoned powerful shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation and used control talismans to send them against Konoha. The Third Raikage and Third Kazekage attacked Tenzo and Itachi as the defenders faced the new threat.

• Black Zetsu summoned Roshi, Han, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mū, the Third Kazekage, the Third Raikage, and other shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation.
• The reincarnated shinobi questioned Black Zetsu, but he activated their talismans and ordered them to attack Konoha.
• The Third Raikage charged at Tenzo, and Itachi used Flying Thunder God to teleport them out of the impact.
• The Third Kazekage fired iron-sand needles at Tenzo and Itachi, then shattered Tenzo's Wood Locking Wall with an iron-sand pyramid.
• Itachi and Tenzo split up and retreated as the iron-sand pyramid continued toward them.

Itachi struggled to protect Tenzo against resurrected Kage and Satori while Tobirama joined the battlefield. Just as Tobirama called for Hashirama to hurry, a golden streak descended and cut through several fighters and the forest.

• Itachi used Susanoo to shield Tenzo from Gengetsu’s Water Gun Technique, then used Flying Thunder God to evade Gengetsu’s explosive clone and the Third Raikage and Third Kazekage’s attacks.
• Tobirama awakened in Root’s laboratory, prepared himself, and teleported to the battlefield while a countdown began on the lab screen.
• Itachi continued dodging attacks with Tenzo as Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, and another attacker pressured him.
• Tobirama pierced Gengetsu, marked him with Flying Thunder God, and fought Han and Roshi while asking Hashirama to hurry.
• A golden streak descended and cleaved Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, and several other reincarnated fighters in half, along with the forest.

The resurrected Kage fought Tobirama and Itachi while Black Zetsu controlled Mū to free Gengetsu from sealing. As Naruto stalled Indra, Hinata arrived in Tenseigan Chakra Mode and struck down the Susanoo’s wings, giving Naruto an opening to attack.

• Golden chains cut through several Shinobi and bound Gengetsu, but Mū destroyed the Adamantine Sealing Chains with Dust Release under Black Zetsu’s control.
• Gengetsu complained at Mū for freeing him, then Black Zetsu forced him to create another Fat Man Clone while the fighting continued around Tobirama and Itachi.
• Naruto used hit-and-run attacks to stall Indra, waiting for his teacher to arrive and watching for another powerful presence underground.
• Hinata arrived in Tenseigan Chakra Mode and used Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to sever the Susanoo’s wings.
• Naruto and Kurama seized the opening, grew Majestic Attire: Kurama to a hundred meters tall, pinned the falling Susanoo, and began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Itachi and Tenzo battled the Satori and the Third Kazekage’s forces while Izumi awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan to save Itachi. They destroyed the exploding clone, but remained under heavy attack as Tobirama struggled against his own pursuers.

• Itachi’s Susanoo sealed one Satori to save Izumi, but the strain made him collapse.
• Seeing Itachi fall and her teammates down, Izumi awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, restoring Itachi’s strength and stamina.
• Izumi used her Mangekyō’s physical enhancement to batter the remaining Satori, and Tenzo and Itachi prepared to back her up.
• The Third Kazekage attacked with iron sand, forcing Tenzo to raise another Wood Locking Wall.
• Itachi used Amaterasu to burn away the fat clone’s outer oil layer and make it explode.
• Tobirama remained unable to help Itachi because the Raikage, Tsuchikage, Mizukage, and two Jinchūriki were attacking him.

Izumi awakened her Mangekyō and attacked Satori, but Mū’s Dust Release threatened to kill her and Itachi. Sasuke used Momentary Splendor to save Itachi, then arrived with the Konoha Military Police Force and other reinforcements as Fugaku led the counterattack.

• Izumi awakened her Mangekyō and overwhelmed Satori, prompting Black Zetsu to send Mū’s Dust Release toward her.
• Itachi used Flying Thunder God to reach Izumi, then stayed behind as a crimson Susanoo knocked her clear of the Dust Release.
• Sasuke used Momentary Splendor to reach Itachi and pull him from the Dust Release, pushing his Dōjutsu to its limit.
• Sasuke arrived with Fugaku and the Konoha Military Police Force, while ANBU and Root reinforcements surrounded the forest.
• Fugaku charged Satori with Sasuke as the other Shinobi joined the effort to encircle and wipe out the White Zetsu.

Kakashi and Might Guy fought the White Zetsu while the battle against Indra and the reanimated shinobi continued. Black Zetsu sent the unwilling Asura into the fight, and Indra struggled against Hinata and Naruto.

• Kakashi and Might Guy attacked the White Zetsu, and Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and used Daytime Tiger to crush a row of them.
• Kakashi headed for the fissure but Yagura intercepted him, forcing Kakashi to fight the reanimated Fourth Mizukage.
• Black Zetsu used a talisman to send Asura, whose mouth was stuffed with a sandbag, onto the battlefield.
• Tobirama kept attacking Hozuki Gengetsu and the other reanimated Kage with Flying Thunder God, while his remaining time dwindled.
• Hinata and Naruto knocked Indra's Susanoo back, but Indra resumed grappling with Kurama after noticing Asura.

Asura, controlled by talismans planted by his brother, emerged in a towering Wood Human and disrupted the Allied Shinobi Forces’ battle. Sasuke used Izuna’s power to form an armored Susanoo and kill one Satori, while Asura realized that Sasuke and Naruto were his brother’s and his own reincarnations.

• Asura struggled against the talismans controlling him as his Wood Human rose from underground and crushed White Zetsu.
• Tobirama and the other shinobi reacted to the Wood Human’s arrival, while Tenzo compared his Wood Release to its immense power.
• The Satori took flight again and prepared to bombard the battlefield, but Itachi discovered that his Flying Thunder God marks on them had vanished.
• Sasuke accepted Izuna’s power, formed a winged Susanoo, and cut one Satori in half.
• Asura recognized Sasuke as his brother’s reincarnation and Naruto as his own, and wondered why the two were still fighting.

Sasuke drew Asura away from the battlefield while Tobirama and Karin sealed Gengetsu, Mū, and the Third Raikage. With his reanimated body nearing its limit, Tobirama prepared to send the sealed Kage to the Land of Wind and went to check on his older brother.

• Fugaku watched Sasuke's Susanoo and wondered whether his own fighting style was outdated before returning to attack White Zetsu.
• Sasuke fought Asura's Wood Human, then flew toward the great rift to draw the battle away from the others.
• Tobirama teleported Gengetsu to Karin, who sealed him with an Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to bring Mū to Karin and have him sealed as well.
• Tobirama blinded the Third Raikage with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique while Karin reinforced the three Kage's seals.
• Tobirama decided to send the sealed Kage to the desert in the Land of Wind, then left to check on his older brother.

Tobirama returned to the Root Base, gave Hashirama his clothes, and placed his own body in Hashirama’s Cultivation Pod before Hashirama could ask how to reach the battlefield. As Hashirama headed there, Indra unleashed his full power against Naruto and challenged him to a decisive fight.

• Tobirama found Hashirama in his underwear and lent him his lab coat and pants.
• Tobirama stored his body in Hashirama’s Cultivation Pod, leaving Hashirama to find the battlefield on his own.
• Hashirama left the Root Base and used Sage Mode to sense his way toward the fighting.
• Black Zetsu told Indra to stop holding back and took control of Asura’s body.
• Indra powered up Susanoo with lightning and blasted Kurama away, while Hinata attacked and pursued Naruto.
• Naruto rejected being defined as Asura’s reincarnation, then shaped Kurama into a wooden-armored form and counterattacked Indra.

Naruto and Hinata joined forces against Indra, who unleashed a lightning arrow from Susanoo after they distracted him with Wood Release and Hinata's summoning of Hamura's stone statue. Their combined defenses weakened the attack until they stopped and shattered it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Naruto drew on Kurama's chakra to create eight fox-shaped Wood Humans that attacked Indra's Susanoo with Deep Forest Emergence.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan's connection to summon a stone statue of Hamura onto Susanoo, distracting Indra before he knocked it to the ground.
• Naruto's Wood Humans and golden clones struck Susanoo with Rasengan as Indra formed a lightning bow and prepared his ultimate attack.
• Indra fired Heavenly Punishment: Thunder, and Naruto and Hinata combined their chakra while Hamura's statue, Wood Locking Walls, and the Wood Humans absorbed the arrow's force.
• Hinata's repulsive force and Naruto's chakra halted the weakened arrow, which shattered before them.

Hashirama reached the battlefield and rushed to protect Naruto and Hinata from Indra’s arrow, then attacked Susanoo with his Wood Human. As the battle continued, Sasuke struggled against Black Zetsu-controlled Asura, and Fugaku asked Itachi whether Sasuke’s eyes had undergone an ancestral reversion.

• Hashirama reached the battlefield perimeter, where a Root shinobi recognized him and let him pass.
• Indra fired Indra’s Arrow at Naruto and Hinata, but their combined attack shattered it before Hashirama arrived.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Human, punched Susanoo in the chin, and dragged it down by the leg.
• Kakashi defeated Yagura and handed him to Karin for sealing, while Fugaku, Itachi, and Izumi restrained the Third Kazekage for Karin to seal.
• Black Zetsu took control of Asura, whose Wood Human relentlessly pressured Sasuke as Izuna’s attacks failed to stop its regeneration.
• Fugaku asked Itachi whether Sasuke’s eyes had undergone an ancestral reversion, and Itachi confirmed that they had.

Itachi used Shisui’s eye and contacted Orochimaru while Sasuke stalled Black Zetsu-controlled Asura. As Asura summoned a colossal wooden Buddha, Itachi declared that a path to victory had appeared and teleported into Sasuke’s Susanoo.

• Itachi replaced his eye with Shisui’s Mangekyō and explained that it held the Kotoamatsukami Genjutsu.
• Black Zetsu took control of Asura, who summoned the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and emerged as a five-hundred-meter wooden Buddha.
• Itachi summoned a messenger snake and contacted Orochimaru, who agreed to help and placed a seal on Itachi that would grant him ten seconds when activated.
• Itachi told Fugaku that victory was within reach, confessed his feelings to Izumi, and vanished into Sasuke’s Susanoo.