Chapter Summaries

Yahiko told Minato to bring A to the Laboratory, where they hoped to revive the Third Raikage using DNA from his belongings. A and Rūmoi traveled with Minato, carrying the Third Raikage’s training barbell as a possible source of genetic material.

• Yahiko found Minato buried in paperwork and relayed Danzo’s order to take A to the Laboratory.
• Minato activated his Flying Thunder God mark on A while A drank with Rūmoi and former Kumogakure shinobi.
• Rūmoi confronted A over suspicions that he wanted to restore Kumogakure, and A denied it.
• Yahiko told A and Rūmoi that the Laboratory might be able to revive the Third Raikage if they provided material containing his DNA.
• Rūmoi gave A a scroll holding the Third Raikage’s training barbell, and Minato took A and Yahiko to the Laboratory.

Orochimaru and Danzo revived the Third Raikage, then used Rinne Rebirth to restore his living body. Orochimaru realized the technique could enable repeatable resurrection by combining cloned bodies with methods of controlling souls, and warned Danzo that the Shinobi World would descend into chaos.

• Researchers extracted the Third Raikage’s DNA from dried sweat on a barbell, and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon him in the Laboratory.
• The Third Raikage mistook A’s closeness to Danzo for surrender and attacked his son after A told him Kumogakure was gone.
• After learning what had happened to Kumogakure, the Third Raikage agreed to serve Danzo’s empire and stood by as Orochimaru prepared a White Zetsu body fitted with Hashirama cells and the Rinnegan.
• The White Zetsu used Rinne Rebirth to restore the Third Raikage’s body, and Orochimaru interrupted the jutsu when he saw the Raikage’s life force being overfilled.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that Rinne Rebirth could retrieve souls, repair bodies, and restore life, and he proposed combining it with Konoha’s cloning and soul-control techniques.

Danzo allowed Orochimaru to continue his research under strict reporting rules, then the resurrected Third Raikage reunited with his former Kumogakure comrades in Konoha. After drinking with them, he reflected on how good it felt to be alive and at peace.

• Danzo let Orochimaru pursue his experiments as long as he worked alone and filed a report at every stage, then ordered him to resurrect the people on the list.
• The Third Raikage and A walked through Konoha, where the Third Raikage admired Danzo’s ability to unite people from different lands.
• The Third Raikage scolded A for not challenging Takahashi Yū, but A revealed that the foe he had faced was Madara Uchiha.
• The Third Raikage reunited tearfully with his former followers, including Rūmoi, and led them to an izakaya to drink.
• After drinking, the Third Raikage celebrated being alive and said the moon looked larger to him after his resurrection.

Madara waited in a civilian settlement for Root to find the passage to the moon, reflecting on his ideals and the civilians' lives. After setting out to confront the people on the moon, he left a Root Ninja behind, who was soon recruited by locals to hunt a returning beast called Shouqi.

• Madara watched the rain and thought about the civilians' hardships, his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, and Hashirama's work in the settlement.
• A Root Ninja reported that Root had found the passage to the moon, and Madara confirmed the people there might want to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Madara took the map and Gunbai, ordered the Root Ninja to guard the settlement, and left to investigate the passage.
• The Root Ninja sent the intelligence to Konoha and received Minato's order to remain at the settlement until relieved.
• Civilians told the Root Ninja that Shouqi, a large lizard Madara had chased away before, had returned, and he agreed to hunt it.

Madara Uchiha followed the map to a cavern on the moon, where a memory-based Genjutsu showed him Izuna’s death and enraged him. He destroyed the creatures and barrier in his path, then summoned Perfect Susanoo and flew toward the sun, intending to confront the Otsutsuki descendants.

• Madara entered the cavern and found a lake that concealed a bubble-like space filled with Genjutsu orbs.
• Madara let the orbs’ Genjutsu affect him, saw Izuna die in a memory, and shattered the orbs in fury.
• Madara used repulsive force to descend through the water and killed a gigantic crab with Susanoo.
• Madara emerged into a Shinobi World-like environment, sensed that he was on the moon, and located his enemies near the sun.
• Madara manifested Perfect Susanoo and flew toward the sun to test the strength of the Otsutsuki descendants.

Madara Uchiha destroyed the moon clan’s Tenseigan with a single Susanoo slash, shattering the barrier and leaving the Ōtsutsuki descendants in shock. As the clan head resisted calls to flee and an elder attempted to restore the Tenseigan, Madara appeared and ordered them to continue, then sat down to wait.

• Madara Uchiha drove Susanoo into the sky and cut through the Tenseigan’s barrier with a charged slash.
• The Tenseigan shattered, and one Ōtsutsuki elder fainted as the surrounding crescent-shaped rock broke apart.
• The Ōtsutsuki descendants carried the elder to a floating island and realized Madara’s attack had nearly wiped them out.
• The clan head refused to abandon the clan’s thousand-year aspiration, and an elder used a bird puppet to try to gather the scattered Byakugan and restore the Tenseigan.
• Madara appeared on the floating island and ordered the descendants to continue their attempt.
• The clan head restrained a young descendant who wanted to attack Madara, while Madara sat down and said he would wait.

Madara used genjutsu and copied seals to make the Lunar Descendants gather the scattered Byakugan into a new tenseigan, but the Ōtsutsuki Clan Head pushed the moon toward the shinobi world. The Third Raikage raised the alarm, and Minato, Tobirama, and Danzo responded as the crisis began.

• Madara revealed his Rinnegan and made the Lunar Descendants turn into crystalline eyes that drew the scattered Byakugan together.
• The Byakugan formed a net of light and began converging into a new tenseigan, while the Ōtsutsuki Clan Head realized his clan was doomed.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan Head used his ancestral seals to push the moon toward the shinobi world.
• The Third Raikage noticed the moon’s approach, struck A to alert him, and escaped with him through a window.
• A activated the emergency Flying Thunder God Marks, bringing Minato, Tobirama, and Danzo to the rooftop, where Danzo ordered someone to fetch his brother Takahashi.

An alarm brought Minato to Takahashi Farm to wake Takahashi Yū, who learned that Madara had used the Tenseigan’s energy to send the moon crashing toward the former Land of Earth. At the Laboratory, the group considered ways to stop the disaster, while Madara weighed blowing up the moon and Danzo insisted they preserve an Ōtsutsuki corpse.

• Minato rushed to Takahashi Farm and woke Takahashi Yū by thrusting a Flying Thunder God Kunai toward his face, but Takahashi Yū caught it and Minato escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Minato told Takahashi Yū that Madara had sent the moon falling, and Takahashi Yū went with him to the Konoha Laboratory.
• Danzo learned from Madara that the Tenseigan’s energy had propelled the moon rather than controlling it, while Madara considered destroying the moon himself.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko estimated that the moon would hit the former Land of Earth in six hours and warned that lunar fragments could also fall.
• Orochimaru suggested using Rinne Rebirth to confront Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but Danzo refused because the group would lose an Ōtsutsuki corpse if she disappeared with the moon.

Danzo and the Laboratory searched for a way to stop the moon from breaking apart and striking the Shinobi World. Orochimaru proposed combining the Tsuchikage's techniques, Madara's powers, and Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, but his plan appeared to require Takahashi Yū to withstand an enormous force.

• Danzo ordered Kō to suspend Root's mapping mission and prepare to support the Laboratory through the Flying Thunder God Formation.
• Hiruko said the moon would begin shedding meteors in three hours, and the group discussed using Ōnoki's Light-Weight Rock Technique to reduce its weight.
• Orochimaru let slip that the Dragon Vein passage had opened, prompting Takahashi Yū to confront Danzo about hiding it.
• Orochimaru explained that Madara could use the moon's Ōtsutsuki descendants and damaged Tenseigan to control it, while Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder could turn it into a fortress.
• Orochimaru ordered Yū and Minato to bring Ōnoki from the Otherworld, then proposed lightening the moon and having Madara use Shinra Tensei to push it away.
• Hiruko questioned where Madara's force would find support, and Orochimaru indicated Takahashi Yū, leaving Yū stunned at the prospect of taking the force head-on.

As fragments began falling from the breaking moon, Danzo dispatched powerful allies to protect the settlements and prepared the Laboratory’s Chakra Cannon to destroy smaller debris. Meanwhile, Takahashi Yū and little Minato raced through another world toward the Land of Earth, where Takahashi Yū asked about the Impure World Reincarnation scroll.

• Hiruko reported that the moon was shedding fragments, and Danzo assigned allies to protect the settlements threatened by the largest meteorites.
• Danzo ordered Hiruko to use the Chakra Cannon against smaller fragments once the larger meteorites were dealt with.
• Danzo sent Ōnoki to the moon and ordered a researcher to revive Second Tsuchikage Mu with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Takahashi Yū and little Minato raced through the wind and sand toward the Land of Earth, but Minato had exhausted his chakra after using Flying Thunder God.
• Takahashi Yū asked little Minato which pocket held the Impure World Reincarnation scroll.

Takahashi Yū and Young Minato traveled to Iwagakure and brought Ōnoki back to their world for the crisis facing the Shinobi World. Ōnoki arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory, where he asked whether Orochimaru would accept a recruitment offer from him.

• Young Minato questioned Takahashi Yū's confidence that outsiders could use Impure World Reincarnation, then flew with him toward Iwagakure.
• Takahashi Yū used his murderous intent to draw Ōnoki out and insisted that he travel to another world; Ōnoki agreed after asking for time to leave instructions.
• Young Minato brought Takahashi Yū and Ōnoki through the Dragon Vein Passage and used Flying Thunder God to reach Rōran's teleportation array.
• Ōnoki met Head of State Danzo, then went with him to Orochimaru's laboratory to undergo the procedure that would return him from the dead.
• As Orochimaru injected him with a sedative, Ōnoki asked whether Orochimaru would join him if he were a rogue shinobi from Konoha, and Orochimaru said it depended on the price.

Ōnoki, Tobirama, and Madara prepared to move Madara into position for a plan to repel the moon away from the Shinobi World. Orochimaru coordinated with Takahashi Yū, who waited high above the Land of Earth for the signal to leap and counter Madara’s force.

• Old Ōnoki and Ōnoki used their weight-reduction techniques together to speed the moon toward the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama transported both Ōnokis to Madara, and they used Earth Release: Moving Earth Core to raise him beyond the moon’s bounds.
• Madara wrapped himself in chakra as he rose on the stone pillar, while Orochimaru monitored his position from the Konoha Laboratory.
• Takahashi Yū steadied himself on a platform of killing intent high above the Land of Earth as the Undying Squad prepared to bear the force of his leap.
• Orochimaru gave Takahashi Yū the signal to go.

Takahashi Yū launched himself skyward and met Madara’s Super Shinra Tensei with his own strength, stopping its downward force as Orochimaru watched. Madara was reincarnated again, and he warned Orochimaru not to covet Yū while Orochimaru insisted they were close friends.

• Takahashi Yū leaped from the Killing Intent Platform, shattering it and cracking the ground below.
• Takahashi Yū rocketed into the sky as Madara gathered his chakra and unleashed Super Shinra Tensei.
• Madara’s reanimated body broke down from the strain, and Orochimaru ordered him reincarnated again after losing contact with him.
• Takahashi Yū used the killing intent behind him as thrust and braced against Shinra Tensei, halting its descent.
• Madara arrived after being reincarnated and warned Orochimaru not to covet Yū, while Orochimaru called Yū his close friend and brother.

Old Danzo weighed how to oppose the good man in the other world while struggling to find new targets for upheaval in the Land of Water. A diplomatic request from Konoha revealed that Obito Uchiha might be infiltrating his territory, prompting Danzo to order a full alert.

• Old Danzo asked Kisame and Zabuza whether he was a good or bad man, then declared he had to be bad because someone else was already being good.
• Old Danzo ordered Zabuza to check whether Ōnoki had returned and told Kisame to become the Three-Tails’ Jinchūriki when it revived.
• Old Danzo sent Kisame to bring Zabuza and Yakushi Nonō to discuss the investigation into missing Uchiha.
• A Root ninja delivered Konoha’s request to spare Obito Uchiha in exchange for supplies, but admitted the Land of Water had not found him.
• Old Danzo ordered a Level One Alert to find Obito and sent Kakashi Hatake to Zabuza’s house under watch.

Obito infiltrated the Land of Water’s capital while disguised by his Mangekyō Dōjutsu, but a man he had pickpocketed recognized him and triggered the pursuit. Obito fled toward the former Mizukage Building, now facing an alert across the capital.

• Land of Water ninja received a level-one alert and searched for Obito using a photograph and orders from Old Danzo.
• Obito slipped through the capital, stole Terumi Taki’s identification document, and changed his appearance with his Dōjutsu.
• Obito headed toward the former Mizukage Building, hoping to find news about Kakashi.
• Terumi Taki recognized Obito after the disguise change, and patrol officers fired signal flares and began evacuating nearby residents.
• Obito fled as Terumi Taki charged him, fearing that the Land of Water’s forces would capture him.

Obito fled through the Land of Water while Yugiri pursued him, as Terumi Taki learned that visitors from another world had arrived. During a meal with Takahashi Yū and Hatake Sakumo, Old Danzo explained why he would not unify the Shinobi World and encouraged Minato to become its next guiding leader.

• Obito escaped across rooftops as Terumi Taki and the civilians alerted the pursuing ninja, and Yugiri attacked him with her Lightning Blade Technique.
• Terumi Taki went to report to Danzo, but Mei Terumi told him that guests had arrived, prompting him to rush back to investigate his clan.
• Takahashi Yū, Hatake Sakumo, and Minato met with Old Danzo in his office, then shared a meal as Sakumo struggled to speak comfortably with him.
• Minato asked why Old Danzo would not unify the Shinobi World, and Danzo compared himself to the sun and said the world needed many lighthouses instead.
• Old Danzo told Minato that he alone could become a second sun, while Takahashi Yū and Sakumo worried that Danzo was trying to keep Minato in his world.

Obito Uchiha fought to escape the Land of Water Ninja, but after being caught, he tried to summon Minato with a Flying Thunder God kunai. In the Land of Water administrative building, Old Danzo planned to use Kakashi's concern for Obito to bring him back into the fold.

• Sakumo berated Old Danzo after learning Kakashi had defected to the Land of Water, and Old Danzo said Kakashi could still be saved.
• Old Danzo ordered Mei Terumi to tell Zabuza to leave Kakashi an opening and instructed his people to keep Kakashi and Obito alive.
• Obito exploited the Land of Water Ninja's concern for civilians to evade their attacks, then dodged Hozuki Mangetsu's Great Water Arm Technique and kicked him from behind.
• Mangetsu struck Obito from behind, sending him crashing face-first into a street, while Yugiri? and Kisame closed in.
• Obito drew a Three-Pronged Flying Thunder God Kunai and shouted for Minato to save him, but Mangetsu, Yugiri?, and Kisame realized he would need enormous chakra to reach the Land of Water from Konoha.

Kakashi headed to the Land of Water prison to rescue Obito, while Sakumo and Kisame watched his approach and analyzed the unusual powers of both Uchiha eyes. The chapter revealed that Obito’s eye could repair and control his body, while Kakashi’s restored chakra and let him cast ninjutsu without hand seals.

• Outside the prison, Sakumo and Takahashi Yū discussed Obito’s condition as Kisame described his intact limbs, shifting face, and single Sharingan.
• Kisame and Sakumo inferred that Obito’s dōjutsu manipulated and repaired his body, and Sakumo wondered whether Kakashi had awakened the other eye’s power.
• Kakashi entered the Land of Water’s Capital, used his Sharingan to replenish his chakra, and decided to search the prison for Obito before attempting to infiltrate the central building.
• Kakashi watched the lightly guarded prison, then used Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage to slip underground while Sakumo, Kisame, and Yugiri observed him.
• Sakumo and Kisame recognized that Kakashi could restore chakra and cast ninjutsu without hand seals, and the chapter revealed Obito’s dōjutsu as Omodaru and Kakashi’s as Ayakashi.

Sakumo secretly watched Kakashi approach the prison, then intervened when Yugiri attacked Kakashi and Obito. A crisis in Sakumo’s original world forced him to abandon the reunion and rush back, where he sought Minato’s help.

• Kakashi cautiously sneaked underground toward the prison, while Sakumo grew impatient and had Kisame remove the entrance guards.
• Kakashi entered the prison and emerged with Obito and Kenji, but Yugiri charged at them with her Thunder Sword Technique.
• Sakumo stopped Kakashi’s Chidori and caught Yugiri’s blades, revealing himself as Kakashi’s father.
• Sakumo learned through the Communication Ninja that the Uchiha and the Kage had been defeated and the Chakra Cannon was failing as Madara and Hashirama struggled to hold off the threat.
• Sakumo rushed to Danzo’s office, found Minato there, and called him over to use the Portable Impure World Reincarnation Scroll.

Danzo watched Orochimaru battle the Susanoo Giant Buddha amid Konoha’s destruction, then read Orochimaru’s research journal and discovered how he had summoned and contacted the Shinigami. The fight continued as Danzo realized Orochimaru’s experiments had created a threat beyond the Ōtsutsuki.

• Uchiha Setsuna died in Danzo’s arms after insisting the Uchiha would never admit their clan was extreme.
• Orochimaru’s monstrous form battered Madara and Hashirama’s Susanoo-clad giant Buddha, while Danzo watched the battle and reflected on the destruction.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke brought Danzo Orochimaru’s research journal and said he had hidden strands of Hiruzen’s beard for resurrection.
• Danzo read Orochimaru’s notes about the Jashin Cult’s deity, the Shinigami summoned by Reaper Death Seal, and Orochimaru’s experiments with natural energy.
• The journal revealed that Orochimaru had obtained the Shinigami’s token, learned that Yū’s Wave Seed could harm it, and planned to communicate with it using Uchiha Shunji’s eye.