Chapter Summaries

Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru prepared to test the Space-Time Leap Machine, despite Tobirama’s uncertainty about anchoring their destination and the possibility of waiting indefinitely in the past. Uchiha Izuna gave Orochimaru a bottle of his eye power so he could try to cultivate a Sharingan.

• Orochimaru warned Tobirama Senju that anchoring a point in space-time was different from traveling through space-time and asked whether he was certain he could do it.
• Tobirama Senju admitted he was not confident and said he and Izuna would wait if anything went wrong, since their Impure World Reincarnation Bodies could endure the passage of time.
• Orochimaru questioned whether their souls could withstand waiting thousands of years, while Tobirama Senju said waiting was normal for the dead.
• Uchiha Izuna told Orochimaru he had noticed his interest in the Sharingan and offered him a bottle containing some of his eye power.
• Uchiha Izuna explained that Orochimaru might cultivate an ordinary Sharingan with it, but could not reproduce the power granted by the Uchiha bloodline.

Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna activated the Time Leap Machine to travel through time, while Tobirama entrusted Orochimaru with his true Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and asked him to watch over Rōran's queen. Their journey triggered a spacetime collapse, but a mysterious figure deep within the Ryūmyaku stopped it, and Orochimaru left Rōran with the young queen following him.

• Orochimaru wondered whether the Uchiha Clan and other clans with unique kekkei genkai had special bloodline traits.
• Tobirama Senju completed the Time Leap Machine, and Uchiha Izuna rushed to see it.
• Tobirama gave Orochimaru a scroll containing the true Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and a method to contract with Yomotsu, then asked him to look after Rōran's queen.
• Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna entered the machine and activated it, causing a violent spacetime collapse around Rōran.
• A mysterious figure in the Ryūmyaku used Tenseigan - Pressure to dispel the collapse and prevent Rōran from being destroyed.
• Orochimaru recognized that something was hidden in the Ryūmyaku and left, followed by Rōran's young queen.

Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna traveled through a spacetime tunnel, where a giant wooden hand seized them and pulled them out. They emerged beside a mysterious gambling table and came face-to-face with Hashirama Senju.

• Tobirama Senju studied the unstable spacetime tunnel while monitoring their journey and trying to establish anchor points.
• Uchiha Izuna spotted a giant wooden hand resembling Hashirama Senju's Wood Release, and it grabbed both travelers and pulled them from the tunnel.
• A woman resembling Uchiha Hikari appeared inside the now-empty tunnel, cloaked in Black Flame, and dismissed the hand as an idle move.
• Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna emerged from a lake in a primeval forest, and a black Cursed Seal pattern appeared on Tobirama Senju's neck.
• Hashirama Senju greeted Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna at a gambling table, glad that they were on good terms again.

Hashirama Senju explained to Tobirama Senju that he was a parallel-world counterpart whose timeline had vanished, and revealed that Tobirama’s Shinobi World was a projection rather than the true world. Tobirama was left confronting the possibility that his world and everyone in it were fake.

• Uchiha Izuna hurried to Hashirama Senju and asked where Madara Uchiha was.
• Hashirama Senju told Tobirama Senju that he came from a vanished timeline and was using the Buddha Land created by Tobirama’s real older brother.
• Tobirama Senju asked what Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were doing, why his brother had sealed himself away, and what was changing in the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama Senju described the world’s expansion, the appearance of new countries and power systems, the return of Fallen Gods, and the Three Great Sage Lands’ silence.
• Hashirama Senju explained that Tobirama’s Shinobi World was an effect projected from the true world and that its new elements came from other worlds’ projected fates.
• Tobirama Senju realized that his Shinobi World—and its inhabitants—might be fake.

Hashirama Senju explained to Tobirama Senju that the Shinobi World was a fruitlike world-consciousness that had repeatedly destroyed and replenished itself by devouring other worlds. He revealed that the consciousness had erased 367 timelines, including his own, and left Tobirama with the truth of the threat facing his world.

• Hashirama Senju gave Tobirama Senju the red orb and explained that he had waited to tell him the truth and offer help.
• Hashirama Senju admitted that he had wanted to help Tobirama Senju, while Tobirama Senju's elder brother had left the choice to join their burden up to him.
• Hashirama Senju explained that the Shinobi World was a conscious fruit that repeatedly destroyed its own world and stole other worlds to sustain itself.
• Hashirama Senju revealed that the Shinobi World was the ninth world the consciousness had devoured after destroying eight others.
• Hashirama Senju said that the consciousness had forcibly erased worlds across 367 timelines, including his own, and that the Red Moon Orb had failed to reverse it.

Hashirama Senju explained that the world faced destruction whether they stopped its consciousness or let the fruit ripen. He revealed that Madara Uchiha and Indra planned to sacrifice 487 worlds to force the Shinobi World to ascend, leaving Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna shocked.

• Hashirama Senju explained how the World Consciousness had consumed other worlds and altered the Shinobi World.
• Hashirama Senju said that both stopping the World Consciousness and allowing the world’s fruit to ripen would lead to destruction.
• Uchiha Izuna demanded to know whether Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had found a solution.
• Hashirama Senju revealed that Madara Uchiha and Indra planned to merge 487 worlds into the Shinobi World and use their power to rewrite and merge with its Will of the World.
• Tobirama Senju called them madmen, while Uchiha Izuna’s Sharingan activated in shock.

Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna learned why Madara Uchiha’s plan required sacrificing hundreds of worlds and why Hashirama Senju had sealed himself away. Hashirama Senju revealed that his brother had hidden a world-bearing seed and split off his consciousness to deceive the Will of the World.

• Tobirama Senju asked what would happen if Madara Uchiha and Indra’s gamble failed, and Hashirama Senju said they would face destruction sooner or take Him down with them.
• Uchiha Izuna accepted the plan as the only chance to escape annihilation and guessed Hashirama Senju had sealed himself away to avoid stopping Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju corrected them, explaining that a seed containing an unformed world inside Hashirama Senju’s heart was also essential to the plan.
• Hashirama Senju said the Will of the World had tried to influence Hashirama Senju, but believed his counterpart was pretending to comply while plotting against Him.
• Tobirama Senju doubted Hashirama Senju could pull off the deception until Hashirama Senju revealed that his brother had split off his consciousness after sealing himself away.

Hashirama Senju explained that he was watching the Nine-Tails while waiting for the person prophesied to use its power to perfect a world. He gave Tobirama Senju a greeting gift, while Uchiha Gen offered Kakuzu’s savings to Sunagakure as a parting gift.

• Hashirama Senju said the Nine-Tails contained a complete fragment of the True Shinobi World and a Will of the World Core, and that he was waiting for someone prophesied to seek its power.
• Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna speculated about Hashirama Senju’s plans before he clarified that he was waiting for the prophesied person rather than trying to restore the world himself.
• Hashirama Senju said the prophesied person was supposedly born knowing everything about the Shinobi World, then offered Tobirama Senju a greeting gift.
• In Sunagakure, Uchiha Gen told Pakura that she could keep Kakuzu’s savings as a parting gift, while Kakuzu stared sadly at the bankbook.

Uchiha Gen left Kakuzu under orders and prepared to go to Iwagakure with Uchiha Hikari, hoping to encounter the Four-Tails, the Five-Tails, and the Raikage. At Konoha’s Kirigakure-front camp, Kakashi reunited with his father, Hatake Sakumo, before leaving for his team’s mission as Tsunade questioned why Sakumo had come.

• Uchiha Hikari intimidated Kakuzu, who confirmed he was happy to have his money handed over to Sunagakure, and Uchiha Gen told him to wait for further orders.
• Uchiha Gen instructed Pakura to remember her task, then told Uchiha Hikari that they would go to Iwagakure to join the fighting and seek out its tailed beasts and the Raikage.
• Obito Uchiha complained that Kakashi was late while Rin Nohara and Uchiha Ganghuo urged him to be patient, noting Kakashi was reuniting with Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo explained to Kakashi that someone young had asked him to help, and Tsunade arrived and wondered who had persuaded him to come to the battlefield.
• Hatake Sakumo sent Kakashi off to his A-rank mission and privately resolved to follow him, while Tsunade watched Sakumo and waved Kakashi away.

Kakashi Hatake joined Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara for a dangerous mission that could help end the war, while Uchiha Ganghuo revealed that he planned to marry Nanako. Ganghuo split off to handle another mission site, leaving Kakashi, Obito, and Rin to proceed together, likely to face a Kirigakure Jonin squad.

• Tsunade watched Hatake Sakumo depart using his newly created Space-Time Swordsmanship and returned to her tent.
• Kakashi Hatake arrived at the rendezvous, where Obito Uchiha teased him about being late and showing off his Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Ganghuo explained the dangerous mission, assigned himself a separate route, and entrusted Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara with another site and special Explosive Tags.
• Ganghuo revealed that he and Nanako were engaged, and Kakashi and Rin congratulated him while Obito reacted with excitement.
• Kakashi led Obito and Rin toward their mission site, warning them about the possible Kirigakure Jonin squad and telling Obito to stop acting like an idiot.

Team Kakashi approached Kirigakure's supply base to plant Uchiha Special Explosive Tags while Uchiha Ganghuo's ANBU team staged a diversion. As Rin Nohara guided Kakashi and Obito toward a hidden entrance, they were left wondering how she knew about it.

• Uchiha Ganghuo briefed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on the mission and departed in a Shadow Clone to coordinate a diversion with the ANBU.
• A seaweed strand spotted Obito reaching the island and sent word to Lord Madara, but a Black Figure destroyed it and vanished.
• Kakashi led Rin and Obito toward the island after Six Paths Obito detected the approaching ANBU and Kōka team.
• As the diversion's explosions erupted, Six Paths Obito revealed a hidden passage to the supply warehouse and said he had destroyed its barrier.
• Rin told Kakashi and Obito to take the hidden passage, leaving both of them staring at her in confusion.

Rin Nohara led Kakashi and Obito into Kirigakure’s island through a concealed passage, but Kakashi’s suspicions proved justified when ANBU attacked them among the supplies. As the fight began, Madara Uchiha and the Third Mizukage vanished from the sea nearby after discussing the final anchor point and Obito’s impending pain.

• Rin Nohara assured Kakashi that Moon Oni had checked the concealed passage, and the three entered the island through it.
• Madara Uchiha told the Third Mizukage that the final anchor point was nearly ready and ordered him to make Obito experience pain; then both disappeared.
• Kakashi pulled Obito out of the way of a blade hidden in a supply crate, then used Body Flicker: Lightning Flash to carry Obito and Rin clear of an explosive kunai barrage.
• Kirigakure ANBU emerged from behind the supplies, and Kakashi identified them and assigned Obito to hold off two attackers on the left while Rin stayed behind them.
• Obito, furious at the near-miss, formed hand seals and declared that he would deal with the attackers.

Obito, Kakashi, and Rin fought Kirigakure ANBU, who trapped them inside a massive water prison. Kakashi blasted a small opening in the prison, and Obito threw a kunai through it; nearby, a white-haired swordsman blocked the Third Mizukage from reaching the island.

• Obito used Fire Release to drive back two Kirigakure ANBU, then charged the enemy with Fire Release Chakra Mode while Kakashi countered their Water Release attacks.
• Rin sensed that Six Paths Obito and Moon Oni had vanished, and suspected the ambush was not truly Kirigakure's doing.
• Five Kirigakure ANBU combined their chakra to trap Obito, Kakashi, and Rin inside a crushing water prison.
• Obito's Majestic Destroyer Flame failed to break the prison, but Kakashi's Flame Lightning carved a small opening in its wall.
• Obito threw a kunai through the opening before the water prison closed, while a white-haired figure appeared at sea and told the approaching Third Mizukage that there was no passage ahead.

Hatake Sakumo confronted the Third Mizukage on the coast and used his sword domain to counter the Mizukage’s control over blood and water. The Third Mizukage unleashed a massive tsunami, which Sakumo split with a single slash.

• Hatake Sakumo recognized that something inside the Third Mizukage was controlling his body and challenged him to stop advancing.
• Hatake Sakumo activated his sword domain, halted the sea wind, and severed the Third Mizukage’s attempt to control his blood.
• Hatake Sakumo drew his blade and cut apart the Third Mizukage’s towering wave before the slash continued toward him.
• The Third Mizukage reformed the scattered water into countless blades and tried to control the moisture inside Sakumo, but Sakumo’s sword intent suppressed the attack and shattered the blades.
• The Third Mizukage raised a tsunami hundreds of meters high, and Hatake Sakumo split it down the middle with one slash.

Hatake Sakumo destroyed the Third Mizukage’s water clones, then sensed Madara Uchiha on the island and rushed to find his son. Meanwhile, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin escaped the water prison and defeated the Kirigakure ANBU, only for Madara to appear before them.

• Hatake Sakumo sliced apart ten Water Mirror Technique clones and sensed Madara Uchiha’s presence on the island.
• Hatake Sakumo killed the Third Mizukage with a single slash and vanished toward the island to see his son.
• Obito Uchiha swapped himself, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara out of the water prison using a kunai just before it closed.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin ambushed and killed the Kirigakure ANBU guarding the prison, with Rin using Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods to immobilize them.
• Obito noticed Rin trembling and saw Madara Uchiha emerge from the shadows.

Madara Uchiha confronted Obito Uchiha, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, then recognized the other soul hidden inside Rin. After Madara incapacitated Obito and critically injured Kakashi, Six Paths Obito woke Obito in a dark space and warned him that Rin was in danger.

• Madara Uchiha appeared before Obito Uchiha, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, questioned Obito about what he would do if the world were destroyed, and unsettled the three of them.
• White Fang warned Kakashi to run as Madara shifted his attention to Rin and discovered the other soul inside her.
• Obito challenged Madara, who blasted him into a distant rock, then struck Kakashi with greater force and left him unconscious and bleeding.
• Rin tried to reach Kakashi but found she could not move, and she cried as she realized she could not help her friends.
• Six Paths Obito woke Obito in the darkness, warned him that Rin was in danger, and slapped him when he mistook him for a ghost.

Six Paths Obito told Obito Uchiha that Madara Uchiha planned to exploit his Kamui and endanger Rin and Kakashi, prompting Obito to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. He left Obito with a plan to absorb his power and use it to fight Madara.

• Six Paths Obito restrained Obito Uchiha in his mindscape, calmed him, and explained that Madara Uchiha was targeting his eyes and Kamui.
• Six Paths Obito revealed that Madara’s schemes would endanger Rin and Kakashi, and that Rin had died in his own world because of Madara’s plot.
• Obito Uchiha grieved at the news of Rin’s death, evolved his Sharingan through three tomoe, and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha sensed Obito’s new eye power and its connection to other timelines, then laughed as his plan began.
• Six Paths Obito told Obito to use Kamui to absorb his power and combine it with the Mangekyō Sharingan to try to defeat Madara and protect Rin.

Obito Uchiha accepted Six Paths Obito’s Ten-Tails power to protect Rin and began the Six Paths-Ten-Tails Coffin Seal. As the Ten-Tails tried to overwhelm him, Six Paths Obito’s prepared genjutsu repeatedly pulled Obito back from losing control.

• Six Paths Obito warned Obito Uchiha that Madara Uchiha would keep targeting Rin and offered him the Ten-Tails’ power instead of giving it to Rin.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to endure the painful transformation, and Six Paths Obito transferred the Ten-Tails’ chakra to him.
• Outside, Obito Uchiha began the Six Paths-Ten-Tails Coffin Seal while Madara Uchiha watched without intervening.
• The Ten-Tails’ chakra flooded Obito Uchiha’s body, causing intense pain and turning him into a contracting black sphere.
• The sphere shattered, and the Ten-Tails’ consciousness attacked Obito Uchiha’s mind until Six Paths Obito’s Sharingan Genjutsu repeatedly brought him back.

Obito Uchiha suppressed the Ten-Tails and became its complete Jinchuriki, then attacked Madara Uchiha. Madara countered Obito’s Kamui and split him in two.

• Obito Uchiha resisted the Ten-Tails’ will with help from Six Paths Obito and memories of Team Minato.
• Rin Nohara called out to Obito, helping him stabilize and fully become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Obito Uchiha sent Rin Nohara and Kakashi into his Kamui dimension and struck Madara Uchiha with six Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Madara emerged unharmed.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Obito inside his Naruson Domain, and Obito phased through the first strike with Kamui.
• Madara Uchiha shook the space around Obito, pierced his abdomen, and cleaved him into two halves.

Obito Uchiha fought Madara Uchiha inside the Crimson Domain, using Izanagi to survive repeated fatal blows. Though Madara overwhelmed his attacks and defenses, Obito kept fighting because Kakashi and Rin were hidden in the Kamui World.

• Madara Uchiha split Obito Uchiha in two with the Fang Tian Huaji, but Obito used Izanagi to rewrite his death and restore himself.
• Trapped inside Madara Uchiha's Naruson Domain, Obito formed a Yin-Yang Release attack and named it Six Paths Rasenshuriken.
• Madara Uchiha crushed the attack with a strike from the Fang Tian Huaji and charged at Obito.
• Obito blocked Madara's next thrust with the Six Paths Staff, but Madara broke the staff and cut Obito in half again.
• Obito used Izanagi to recover, transformed the broken staff into Amenonuhoko, and attacked Madara because he could not afford to lose while Kakashi and Rin remained in the Kamui World.