Chapter Summaries

Ning Feng fought Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and Hashirama Senju, who was controlled by Kabuto Yakushi, while Minato Namikaze's forces arrived at the battlefield. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path formed a black sphere toward Minato's group, and Ning Feng rushed to protect them.

• Madara Uchiha and Ning Feng summoned their Perfect Susanoo, joining Hashirama Senju's wooden golem and Obito Uchiha's Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in a four-way battle.
• Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, but remained motionless to threaten Ning Feng while Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha attacked.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with his ninja force and directed the ninjutsu squad to target the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kakashi Hatake spotted a familiar figure atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and it began forming a black sphere toward Minato Namikaze's group.
• Ning Feng abandoned his defense against Madara Uchiha and rushed toward Minato Namikaze and the others.

Ning Feng repeatedly used Flying Thunder God to protect Minato Namikaze’s group from the Tailed Beast Bombs and moved Kakashi Hatake away from the battlefield. Madara Uchiha then called for Tobirama Senju, intending to finish Uchiha Minato before he could keep escaping.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Ning Feng’s Golden Susanoo knocked it into a distant mountain range and destroyed it.
• Madara Uchiha struck Ning Feng’s Susanoo while Obito Uchiha prepared another Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ning Feng urged Minato Namikaze to evacuate the Konoha ninja, but Kakashi Hatake refused to leave until he saw the Masked Man’s face.
• Minato Namikaze transported the group to Konoha, and Ning Feng used Flying Thunder God to carry Kakashi away from Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s attacks.
• Ning Feng left Kakashi with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and returned to the fight, while Madara asked Kabuto Yakushi to bring Tobirama Senju so they could finish Uchiha Minato.

Kabuto Yakushi, empowered by Orochimaru's cells and Sage Mode, watched the battlefield while delaying Hashirama Senju's arrival. Ning Feng rejected Madara Uchiha's demand for the remaining tailed beasts and continued their battle, ending with a precise Iaido strike that cut deeply into Madara Uchiha's Susanoo.

• Kabuto Yakushi said Hashirama Senju would take time to reach the battlefield and hoped the fighting would continue.
• Madara Uchiha's Shadow Clone used Great Fire Annihilation against the fleeing Konoha ninja, while Madara demanded Ning Feng hand over the remaining tailed beasts.
• Ning Feng refused and exposed Madara Uchiha's plan to become the Sage of Six Paths, and they agreed to keep fighting for each other's tailed beasts.
• Madara Uchiha accused Ning Feng of causing the battlefield deaths, but Ning Feng saw through his attempt to guilt-trip him and kept attacking.
• Ning Feng used Iaido to slash through Madara Uchiha's Susanoo, and Madara released it and descended to the ground.

Ning Feng and Madara Uchiha traded powerful Wood Release attacks as Kabuto Yakushi controlled Hashirama Senju to assist Madara. Ning Feng then revealed Seven-Tails wings and entered Sage Mode while building a massive Water Release attack, leaving Madara preparing to absorb it.

• Ning Feng attacked Madara Uchiha, who used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to block the slash and lift Ning Feng's Susanoo.
• Ning Feng countered with Wood Release: Cutting Technique, while Madara and Kabuto Yakushi, controlling Hashirama Senju, struck back with Wood Release techniques.
• Ning Feng dispelled Susanoo to evade the wooden pillars, then attacked Madara and Hashirama with wooden spikes, which Hashirama blocked with a wooden wall.
• Madara Uchiha set the forest ablaze with Great Fire Annihilation, and Ning Feng took to the air with wings that Madara recognized as belonging to Seven-Tails Chōmei.
• Ning Feng used Water Release: Water Dragon Bite Explosion to douse the forest and gather a huge water dragon, while Madara stopped Hashirama from shielding them and prepared to absorb the attack.
• Ning Feng revealed the Sage Mode markings around his eyes as he challenged Madara's confidence in absorbing the technique.

Obito Uchiha weighed whether to retrieve his other Sharingan from Kakashi Hatake and turn against Madara Uchiha, while Ning Feng tried to persuade him to join forces. As Obito hesitated, Ning Feng's water dragon struck at Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, who trusted their wooden defenses to hold.

• Ning Feng sent a shadow clone to urge Obito Uchiha to retrieve his Sharingan from Kakashi Hatake, whom Ning Feng had placed at the battlefield's edge.
• Obito Uchiha considered retrieving his eye and joining Ning Feng, but worried that doing so would provoke Madara Uchiha and that their alliance might still fail.
• Obito Uchiha stopped his Kamui transport and said he would think it over, wary of the restriction Madara Uchiha had placed inside him.
• Ning Feng's water dragon finished forming and charged at Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, who relied on Hashirama's wooden human defenses.

Ning Feng fought Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju while pretending to be weakened, but Madara absorbed Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra to strengthen himself. Obito Uchiha decided to reclaim his Sharingan, while Kakashi Hatake sensed a spatial disturbance near the battlefield.

• Ning Feng reduced the power of his Water Dragon Bite Explosion to conceal his strength, and Madara mocked him before absorbing Hashirama Senju’s senjutsu chakra.
• Madara gained an apparent endless supply of senjutsu chakra, but Ning Feng remained confident that his own reserves exceeded Madara’s.
• Obito Uchiha grew fearful that Madara would outlast Ning Feng, and Ning Feng’s Shadow Clone urged him to return to the right path.
• After seeing the three fighters clash evenly, Obito activated Kamui and vanished to reclaim his Sharingan.
• Kakashi Hatake watched the battle and sensed a spatial fluctuation, then raised his headband and prepared his weapons.

Kakashi Hatake fought the Masked Man, unaware that he was Obito Uchiha, and tested the limits of his Kamui with clones and lightning-infused shuriken. Obito escaped the assault and closed in on Kakashi, but Kakashi’s final lightning clone nearly caught him off guard.

• Obito Uchiha appeared behind Kakashi Hatake and tried to reclaim his Sharingan, while Kakashi recognized the Masked Man’s physical attacks seemed to pass through him.
• Kakashi Hatake used a shadow clone and Lightning Release shuriken to bombard Obito Uchiha, who evaded the attacks with Kamui.
• As Kakashi Hatake’s chakra ran low, Obito Uchiha broke through the barrage and struck the apparent clone with a fireball, revealing it as a Lightning Clone Technique.
• Obito Uchiha approached the exhausted Kakashi Hatake, but Kakashi turned into another lightning clone, which passed through Obito’s body and nearly left him vulnerable to a follow-up attack.

Obito Uchiha fought Kakashi Hatake and stole the Sharingan Obito had given him. Kakashi collapsed from the pain and blood loss as Obito escaped with both Sharingan, believing he could now stand on equal terms with Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Ning Feng.

• Obito Uchiha forced Kakashi Hatake out from underground with Wood Release and pressured him with his chain and Kamui.
• Kakashi Hatake realized his chakra was nearly exhausted and hoped Ning Feng or Minato Namikaze would arrive to help.
• Obito Uchiha reached through Kamui and forcibly removed Kakashi Hatake's Sharingan, then placed it in a bottle.
• Kakashi Hatake charged and threw shuriken at Obito Uchiha, but his attacks passed through the Masked Man as he escaped.
• Kakashi Hatake collapsed from blood loss and exhaustion while Obito Uchiha departed with the Sharingan.

Obito Uchiha transplanted his other eye and gained dual Kamui, Susanoo, and greatly increased power, while Ning Feng overwhelmed Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. Obito returned to the battlefield and chose to wait, still planning to revive Rin by seizing the Nine Tailed Beasts.

• Obito Uchiha transplanted his other eye, awakened Susanoo, and discovered that his Kamui had become stronger and could transport targets from a distance.
• Ning Feng sensed Obito's increased chakra and unleashed more of his power against Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
• Ning Feng's enhanced Susanoo slash nearly shattered Madara Uchiha's Susanoo, forcing Madara to dismiss it and retreat under Hashirama's cover.
• Obito Uchiha appeared atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and pretended he had merely returned after clearing away Konoha's ninja.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to help Madara, but Obito chose to watch the battle and wait for a chance to take the Nine Tailed Beasts and revive Rin.

Obito Uchiha considered turning against Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu, but decided to wait while pursuing the power of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and the Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Ning Feng overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in close combat as Hashirama Senju's support failed, and Madara struggled without Obito's help.

• Obito Uchiha rejected Black Zetsu's orders and weighed which side to support, aiming to become the Sage of Six Paths and resurrect Rin.
• Ning Feng deactivated Susanoo and recognized that Hashirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation was draining his soul strength.
• Madara Uchiha noticed Obito Uchiha standing idle atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and wondered why he had not joined the fight.
• Ning Feng attacked Madara Uchiha with a lightning-charged sword, then struck him with a punch and a kick.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to harass Ning Feng, but Ning Feng dodged every attack while Madara fell further behind.

Ning Feng overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with his swordsmanship until Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Obito Uchiha then attacked Madara with Kamui, but Madara survived by using Limbo, and Ning Feng closed in again in Sage Mode.

• Ning Feng cut Madara Uchiha's hair with his blade, forcing Madara to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Ning Feng blocked the statue's massive arm with his sword and physical strength.
• Obito Uchiha appeared and attacked Madara Uchiha with Kamui, but Madara evaded the strikes using his Limbo shadows.
• Obito Uchiha withdrew into the Kamui Dimension after realizing Madara had countered his attacks.
• Ning Feng rushed at Madara Uchiha and struck with lightning-infused sword slashes, while Madara dodged to avoid absorbing senjutsu chakra.

Ning Feng and Obito Uchiha pressed Madara Uchiha, whose Limbo shadows helped him evade their attacks. Ning Feng kept his true ambitions to himself, and the chapter ended as Obito destroyed Madara’s last Limbo shadow with Kamui.

• Ning Feng used Lightning Release to speed up his blade and overwhelm Madara Uchiha while Obito Uchiha searched for openings.
• Madara asked how Ning Feng had persuaded Obito to change sides, and Ning Feng said he had explained the pros and cons.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to evade Obito’s Kamui, while Obito mistook the unseen shadows for a countermeasure aimed at him.
• Ning Feng urged Obito to strike whenever Madara showed an opening, and Obito resolved to use Kamui against him.
• Ning Feng said he wanted to gain the Sage of Six Paths’ power and become the strongest, while Madara argued that strength could not end hatred.
• Obito used Kamui to destroy Madara Uchiha’s last Limbo: Border Jail shadow.

Ning Feng overwhelmed Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, leaving Madara’s plan to achieve Infinite Tsukuyomi in ruins. Ning Feng rejected Madara’s ideals and launched a final, space-breaking blade strike as Madara wondered whether he would die there.

• Ning Feng took away Obito Uchiha’s last Limbo shadow and challenged Madara Uchiha, who realized his Rinnegan and other abilities were ineffective against him.
• Kabuto Yakushi watched as Ning Feng suppressed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, reflecting on how Kabuto’s Sage Mode and Orochimaru’s modifications had brought him close to super-Kage level.
• Madara Uchiha questioned whether he had reached his limit, but Ning Feng told him his plan was wrong and that he would have time to reflect after death.
• Ning Feng decided to kill Madara Uchiha rather than try to recruit him and vanished before thrusting his blade at him.
• Madara Uchiha recognized that he could not absorb Ning Feng’s taijutsu or match his close-combat skills, and feared he would be buried there.

Ning Feng’s attack on Madara Uchiha was blocked by Kabuto Yakushi-controlled Hashirama Senju, forcing Ning Feng into a close-quarters fight with him. Hashirama Senju’s body began drawing on its ingrained combat experience, leaving Ning Feng under intense pressure.

• Ning Feng dismissed Madara Uchiha’s beliefs and tried to kill him, but Hashirama Senju blocked the strike with a huge sword.
• Ning Feng warned Kabuto Yakushi that he would be next, while Kabuto considered how to keep his plans on track and moved two Impure World Reincarnation pieces toward the battlefield on his game board.
• Ning Feng exchanged taijutsu blows with Hashirama Senju and realized that Hashirama’s Sage Body and close-combat style made him a formidable opponent.
• Kabuto Yakushi observed that Hashirama Senju’s body was beginning to move with methodical skill, drawing on combat experience embedded in it.
• Ning Feng struggled to keep pace as Hashirama Senju’s attacks exerted overwhelming pressure.

Ning Feng witnessed the overwhelming taijutsu strength of Hashirama Senju, while Madara Uchiha confronted Obito Uchiha over his betrayal. Kabuto Yakushi intervened by bringing Tobirama Senju onto the battlefield, leaving Obito facing a new opponent alongside Madara.

• Hashirama Senju's casual punch sent a blast into a mountain and destroyed it, showing Ning Feng that Hashirama's close-combat strength rivaled Might Guy's six-gate power.
• Madara Uchiha urged Obito Uchiha to reconsider, but Obito said Madara was no longer strong enough to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito dismissed Madara's threats, arguing that Madara would have countered Kamui already if he could, and Madara accused him of betrayal.
• Madara launched a black chakra rod at Obito, but it pierced a coffin that rose behind him and revealed Tobirama Senju.
• Kabuto Yakushi spoke through Tobirama and agreed to stall Obito for Madara, while Obito recognized that Kabuto and Madara had formed an alliance.

Kabuto Yakushi used Tobirama Senju to stall Obito Uchiha for five minutes while Madara Uchiha gathered chakra. Tobirama trapped Obito in a massive water prison and tried to catch him with Flying Thunder God, but Obito saw through the plan and remained protected by his strengthened Kamui.

• Tobirama Senju confirmed with Madara Uchiha that Obito Uchiha's Intangibility lasted five minutes, and Madara told him to stall while he gathered chakra.
• Tobirama Senju unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique and formed a vast water prison, forcing Obito Uchiha to retreat into the Kamui Dimension.
• Tobirama Senju threw an Explosive Tag into the prison and used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to attack Obito from behind.
• Obito Uchiha recognized the Flying Thunder God trap and became intangible, while Kabuto Yakushi acknowledged his keen insight.
• Madara Uchiha praised Tobirama Senju's Water Release and forbidden techniques as the battle continued.

Kabuto Yakushi used Tobirama Senju and Flying Thunder God Kunai to trap Obito Uchiha while Ning Feng adapted to Hashirama Senju’s taijutsu and began matching him. Tobirama’s Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags engulfed Obito, but Obito’s Susanoo appeared and endured the blasts.

• Kabuto Yakushi kept Obito Uchiha retreating into the Kamui Dimension with Tobirama Senju’s kunai attacks and explosive tags.
• Obito Uchiha and Kabuto Yakushi noticed Ning Feng learning Hashirama Senju’s fighting style and bringing their taijutsu battle to a draw.
• Madara Uchiha accelerated his chakra recovery as he worried that Ning Feng would become even harder to defeat.
• Tobirama Senju attached a Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag to Obito Uchiha, and the successive blasts engulfed both of them.
• Obito Uchiha’s chakra weakened, but he manifested a third-stage Susanoo that withstood the explosions.

Obito Uchiha used his third-stage Susanoo against Madara Uchiha, but Madara overwhelmed him with Perfect Susanoo. As Obito struggled to survive, Ning Feng used a Flying Thunder God Mark to appear inside Obito's Susanoo.

• Obito Uchiha activated his green, third-stage Susanoo after Tobirama Senju's attacks failed to stop him.
• Madara Uchiha took over the fight and told Tobirama Senju to stand aside.
• Madara Uchiha summoned Perfect Susanoo and struck Obito Uchiha's Susanoo, shattering the Water Prison around them.
• Ning Feng noticed Obito Uchiha was outmatched and left his fight with Hashirama Senju to intervene.
• Ning Feng appeared beside Obito Uchiha inside Susanoo using the Flying Thunder God Mark he had left on him.

Ning Feng drove Madara Uchiha into retreat after rescuing Obito, then asked Obito for the Summoning Contract for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Obito said he could not provide it, leaving Ning Feng without the means to prevent Madara from escaping next time.

• Ning Feng told Obito that two Wood Clones could suppress Madara, while Obito struggled with the strain of Susanoo.
• Madara sensed Ning Feng's chakra, withdrew from the battle, and deactivated his chakra-intensive Susanoo.
• Ning Feng's Golden Samurai Susanoo chased Madara and struck his skeletal Susanoo, but Madara used the clash to escape.
• Obito offered to take Ning Feng to their former Underground Base, but Ning Feng warned that Madara would have moved and possibly left traps.
• Ning Feng asked Obito for the Summoning Contract for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Obito said he could not provide it.

Ning Feng learned that Obito could not give him control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path because Madara held its Summoning Contract. He planned to find Madara, take the contract, and seal the tailed beasts into the statue, while Nagato’s injuries and lost Rinnegan left his future uncertain.

• Obito told Ning Feng that Madara held the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s Summoning Contract, so Obito could not hand over control.
• Obito realized Madara had intended to use him to seal the tailed beasts and discard him afterward.
• Ning Feng concluded he would have to defeat Madara and search him for the contract.
• Ning Feng asked what Madara planned next, but Obito said only Kabuto Yakushi might know.
• Ning Feng considered Nagato’s severe injuries and loss of the Rinnegan, then resolved to locate Madara and obtain the contract.