Chapter Summaries

The White Snake Sage faced an assault by six Kage-level fighters while a separate attack threatened Ascension Island. Unable to reach Lin Ze because a sealing barrier blocked reverse summoning, Chinchilla set out to contact another summoner.

• The White Tiger Clone suspected Obito had allied with Kumogakure, then coordinated with Kisame as Orochimaru, Deidara, Hidan, and Zabuza attacked the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage transformed into a colossal, dragon-like sage beast, and battle began simultaneously on both fronts near Ascension Island.
• At a tavern near the Land of Iron, Ink Maru told Chinchilla that over two thousand Kumogakure ninja and reanimated enemies were attacking Ascension Island, where Itachi and the Snake Princesses were struggling to hold them off.
• Chinchilla failed to reverse-summon to Lin Ze because a powerful sealing barrier blocked the technique.
• Chinchilla remembered a wandering ninja in a northern Land of Iron town who had signed a temporary contract with it and reverse-summoned itself to that ninja.

Chinchilla raced toward the Land of Iron's Conference Hall to deliver a message while Lin Ze fought the Fourth Raikage, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the Six Paths of Pain. After discovering a barrier that blocked communication and spatial techniques, Lin Ze realized the battle was meant to delay him and unleashed Bolo Breath to break through.

• Chinchilla appeared in an inn room, borrowed his contractor's location, and sped through the snow toward the Conference Hall.
• Lin Ze fought off the attackers, using the Dragon Might Domain to slow them before Deva Path Pain broke through it with Super Shinra Tensei.
• Lin Ze detected a concealed barrier beyond twenty li that blocked observation and disrupted spatial fluctuations, explaining why no message from Chinchilla had arrived.
• Lin Ze deduced that Kumogakure's real plan was to stall him while their allies targeted the Two-Tails and the Nine-Tails.
• Lin Ze poured his power into Bolo Breath and fired a massive blue-gold beam across the snowfield.

Lin Ze escaped the battle at the Five Kage Summit and learned that more than two thousand Kumogakure ninja and twelve reanimated fighters were attacking Ascension Island. He decided to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan before returning to defend the island.

• Lin Ze used Five Dragon Release: Attribute Collapse to overpower Deva Path Pain’s absorption attempt, then fled toward the barrier’s edge as the others pursued him.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Rasa, Kitsuchi, and Mifune learned that the barrier surrounded the summit, and the Fourth Raikage admitted Kumogakure had set it up to eliminate Lin Ze.
• Chinchilla broke through the barrier and used Reverse Summoning Technique to reach Lin Ze, reporting that over two thousand Kumogakure ninja and twelve Impure World Reincarnation fighters were attacking Ascension Island.
• Lin Ze sent Chinchilla back to Dragon Release Village to warn Miyamoto Ichirō, then decided he had to take Nagato’s Rinnegan before returning to the island.
• Lin Ze confronted Deva Path Pain and activated the Azure Dragon’s Complete Beastification.

Lin Ze transformed into a colossal Azure Dragon and opened the Seventh Gate, forcing Deva Path Pain to flee after a powerful Shinra Tensei. As Mei Terumi accused the Fourth Raikage of orchestrating a trap, the other villages withdrew or stayed neutral, leaving Kumogakure and Pain isolated.

• Lin Ze became a nearly three-thousand-meter Azure Dragon and opened the Seventh Gate, reaching the Six Paths level of power.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei at maximum output and fled while Lin Ze pursued him.
• The Fourth Raikage urged the other Kage to attack Lin Ze, but Mei Terumi challenged his claims and accused him of staging the crisis.
• Kitsuchi withdrew Iwagakure, Rasa withdrew Sunagakure, and Tsunade kept Konoha neutral while Kirigakure opposed the attack.
• The Fourth Raikage threatened Mei Terumi, then secretly signaled a Kumogakure Elite, who disappeared using the Body Flicker Technique.

Lin Ze tracked Nagato to the Land of Iron and destroyed the Six Paths of Pain, but Nagato escaped after Konan and Kumogakure ambushed him with explosive tags and chakra cannons. Lin Ze defeated the Fourth Raikage, A, after the Raikage refused to reveal the plan or Akatsuki’s bases.

• Lin Ze found the Six Paths of Pain near a snowy peak and destroyed them with his Bolo Breath, while Konan countered with five hundred billion Explosive Tags.
• Kumogakure’s Super-Giant Chakra Compression Cannons struck Lin Ze with five blasts, grievously wounding him, but he regenerated completely within ten seconds.
• Lin Ze destroyed the five cannon emplacements and their Kumogakure ninja, but Nagato escaped during the attack.
• Lin Ze confronted the Fourth Raikage, A, and demanded information about the plan and Akatsuki’s secret bases.
• A refused to cooperate and charged Lin Ze in a suicidal explosion, but Lin Ze killed him with his Bolo Breath.

After killing the Fourth Raikage, Lin Ze revealed Black Zetsu and Obito’s plan to revive Kaguya and ordered the surviving leaders to search the Shinobi World for them. Lin Ze found no trace of the fugitives and returned to Dragon Release Village, leaving the other villages to begin the search.

• Lin Ze transformed back from the Azure Dragon after the Fourth Raikage was killed, and the arriving leaders saw Kumogakure’s defeat.
• Lin Ze realized Obito had likely taken the Two-Tails and Nine-Tails and that the Rinnegan had escaped, putting the Ten-Tails’ revival at risk.
• Lin Ze told Tsunade, Kitsuchi, Mei Terumi, Rasa, and Mifune about Kaguya, Black Zetsu, and Obito’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Lin Ze ordered the villages and the Land of Iron to search for Obito and his accomplices and report any discoveries to Dragon Release Village.
• Lin Ze sensed the surrounding area but found no trace of Obito or the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then returned to Dragon Release Village.

White Tiger and Kisame turned against the Akatsuki fighters attacking the White Snake Sage, while Orochimaru escaped and Hidan was captured. Near Ascension Island, Itachi unleashed an unusually powerful Amaterasu against Madara’s Susanoo, but Madara prepared to strike him down.

• White Tiger stabbed Orochimaru, who escaped by shedding a replacement body.
• Kisame cut Hidan apart, and White Tiger pinned his pieces to the reefs with iron sand.
• The White Snake Sage vaporized Deidara with White Rage Dragon Breath and killed Zabuza, then raced toward Ascension Island with White Tiger and Kisame.
• Itachi ignited Madara’s blue Susanoo with Amaterasu, but Madara tore off and crushed the flames.
• Madara demanded to know why Itachi’s Amaterasu was so powerful, then raised his Susanoo’s swords to kill him when Itachi stayed silent.

Obito escaped with Yugito Nii and captured Killer B after the Akatsuki's reanimated fighters withdrew, leaving Kumogakure's forces stranded on Ascension Island. The White Dragon Sage ordered the remaining defenders to capture the demoralized Kumogakure ninja and kill anyone who resisted.

• The White Snake Sage interrupted Madara Uchiha's attack on Ascension Island and engaged his blue Susanoo in battle.
• Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue the Two-Tails and began drawing Yugito Nii into Kamui, then discovered Lin Ze's cultivation tanks and Tailed Beast vessels in the laboratory.
• White Tiger arrived too late to stop Obito from taking Yugito Nii, but confirmed that the cultivation tanks, Tailed Beast vessels, and Yin Release: Ghost Firefly remained untouched.
• Obito used Hashirama Senju to stab Killer B with Wood Release and drain the Eight-Tails' chakra, then pulled the unconscious Killer B into Kamui.
• Obito released Impure World Reincarnation, making the reanimated fighters disappear and abandoning the Kumogakure forces on the battlefield.
• The White Dragon Sage ordered the defenders to capture the Kumogakure ninja and kill anyone who resisted, and the Ryūchi Cave snakes and other fighters attacked.

Lin Ze arrived at Ascension Island after the battle and learned that Obito had taken the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, escaping the planned trap. Recognizing that he had underestimated the threat, Lin Ze ordered Dragon Release Village and Ryūchi Cave to prepare for war and hunt the Akatsuki.

• Lin Ze reached Ascension Island as the defeated Kumogakure forces were being captured and the remaining resistance was being overwhelmed.
• Lin Ze healed Uchiha Itachi temporarily, then learned that Obito had taken the Two-Tails and used Hashirama Senju's reanimated body to seize Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• Lin Ze realized that his plan had failed because the Akatsuki and Kumogakure had focused their attack on Ascension Island instead of splitting their forces.
• Lin Ze ordered the White Snake Sage to kill the remaining resisting Kumogakure ninja and told Tagitsuhime to return the prisoners to Dragon Release Village for interrogation.
• Lin Ze placed Dragon Release Village on its highest combat readiness, ordered a worldwide search for the Akatsuki, and increased surveillance of Kumogakure.
• The major ninja villages began dispatching their own personnel to search for Akatsuki members.

Lin Ze learned that Hanabi Hyuga had been abducted and suspected Otsutsuki Toneri and Black Zetsu were involved in a plot connected to the moon. He ordered Mountain Lord to alert Konoha and the other nations to prepare an attack on the moon.

• Lin Ze considered hiding for five years to avoid fighting Six Paths-level opponents before completing his Rinnegan fusion.
• Mountain Lord told Lin Ze that Hanabi Hyuga had been abducted when the Nine-Tails went berserk and that someone had stolen ten pairs of Sharingan and classified scrolls from Konoha ANBU's underground base.
• Lin Ze recognized the Sharingan theft as Hiruko's work and connected Hanabi's abduction to Otsutsuki Toneri's original plan to awaken his Tenseigan.
• Lin Ze suspected Black Zetsu was encouraging Toneri and knew the location of the Earth-Moon Passage.
• Lin Ze ordered Mountain Lord to return to Konoha, contact Tsunade with intelligence that Akatsuki's base was on the moon, obtain the passage's location from the Hyuga Clan, and notify the Four Great Nations to prepare an assault.

Hizashi learned the location of the passage to the moon and set out to rescue Hanabi, while Obito told Black Zetsu about the tailed beasts he had gathered and Lin Ze’s mysterious laboratory. Black Zetsu realized the figures in the laboratory might be components of a kekkei mōra.

• Hizashi received a message about the joint assault on the moon, identified the familiar chakra as Tenseigan chakra, and sent the Earth-Moon Passage’s location to the Shinobi World.
• Hizashi headed toward the Land of Frost to rescue Hanabi, despite knowing he could not face the Lunar Lineage and Akatsuki alone.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that he had gathered six tailed beasts and that Nagato was bringing the Four-Tails and Five-Tails; he had captured Kinkaku and Ginkaku as a substitute source of Nine-Tails chakra.
• Obito described sealed tailed-beast-like forms and figures named Genbu, Suzaku, and Kirin in Lin Ze’s Underground Laboratory, and suspected Lin Ze was researching a fusion technique.
• Black Zetsu connected the laboratory figures to Hiruko’s Chimera Technique and realized they might be pieces of a kekkei mōra.

Black Zetsu panicked at the prospect of Lin Ze attaining kekkei mōra and ordered Obito to revive the Ten-Tails as soon as Nagato arrived. Back home, Lin Ze warned Kurenai Yuhi and Tagitsuhime that Otsutsuki Kaguya might escape her seal, but both women chose to face the danger with him.

• Black Zetsu feared Lin Ze would attain kekkei mōra and decided Lin Ze had to die.
• Black Zetsu told Obito to begin reviving the Ten-Tails once Nagato arrived.
• Lin Ze returned to Kurenai Yuhi and urged her to take Older Sister, Kabuto, and the others to Ryūchi Cave for safety.
• Kurenai Yuhi refused to leave and promised to live and die with Lin Ze.
• Tagitsuhime also pledged to stay with Lin Ze, and Lin Ze agreed they would face the danger together.
• Tagitsuhime remarked that the moonlight was beautiful, but Lin Ze casually agreed without recognizing her meaning.

Lin Ze and the Shinobi World’s forces mobilized for the Land of Frost after the Earth-Moon passage was located, while Toneri prepared to face Hizashi Hyuga on the moon. The chapter ended as Toneri’s light-form crashed down a hundred meters ahead of Hizashi.

• Mountain Lord gave Lin Ze the confirmed location of the Earth-Moon passage beneath the Hyuga Clan’s old shrine in the Land of Frost, and Lin Ze ordered an ANBU to inform Dragon Shadow Miyamoto Ichirō.
• Lin Ze left for the Land of Frost as Miyamoto Ichirō led nearly ten thousand Dragon Release Village ninja north; Tsunade and forces from other villages also mobilized, bringing nearly a hundred thousand ninja toward the passage.
• Toneri told Black Zetsu that Hanabi Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal had delayed his Tenseigan awakening, and Black Zetsu learned that Hizashi Hyuga was approaching the palace.
• Toneri fully opened his Tenseigan, drew chakra from the Giant Tenseigan, and set out to test his power against Hizashi before confronting Lin Ze.
• Hizashi raced across the moon toward the palace, but Toneri’s pale green light-form appeared ahead and struck the ground in front of him.

Hizashi confronted Toneri on the moon to rescue Hanabi, and the two clashed in their Tenseigan Chakra Modes. Meanwhile, Nagato and Konan fled Lin Ze and headed to reunite with Obito and Black Zetsu, who prepared to revive the Ten-Tails.

• Toneri told Hizashi that Hanabi was alive but her eyes had been used to awaken his Tenseigan, then struck Hizashi with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Hizashi activated his Pseudo-Tenseigan Chakra Mode and fought on despite knowing he was outmatched, determined to honor his brother’s trust and protect Hanabi.
• Toneri revealed his stronger Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and the two faced off as their chakra auras clashed across the wasteland.
• Nagato and badly injured Konan emerged from the Earth-Moon Passage, sensed Hizashi and Toneri fighting, and decided to meet Obito and Black Zetsu to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Obito waited beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Black Zetsu claimed he could reclaim the Rinnegan from Nagato.

Nagato began extracting chakra from the tailed beasts and Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but Black Zetsu and Obito revealed that they planned to take the Rinnegan for the real Madara Uchiha. Nagato fought back with his full Rinnegan power, while Black Zetsu smiled as if the outcome had already been decided.

• Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract chakra from Roshi, Han, six tailed beasts, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku.
• Black Zetsu tried to steal Nagato's left eye, but Nagato detected him and blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.
• Obito attacked Nagato, but Nagato pulled him in with Banshō Ten'in before Obito turned intangible and escaped.
• Black Zetsu and Obito revealed that the Eye of the Moon Plan aimed to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi for the real Madara Uchiha, not fulfill Nagato's ideals.
• Nagato unleashed a massive Shinra Tensei and rose into the air, while Black Zetsu smiled as though the confrontation were a scripted farce.

Black Zetsu reclaimed the Rinnegan from Nagato, revealing that Madara had used him as a vessel. Nagato died buying Konan time to escape, while Obito and Black Zetsu resumed preparations to fuse the Ten-Tails and revive Madara.

• Black Zetsu used a hidden seal to rip the Rinnegan from Nagato, and Obito told Nagato that Madara had chosen him only as a vessel.
• Nagato blasted Konan toward the cave entrance with Shinra Tensei, then held Obito and Black Zetsu back so she could escape.
• Nagato died after telling Konan she was his last, and Black Zetsu confirmed his death.
• Obito took the Rinnegan from Black Zetsu and prepared to fuse the Ten-Tails and arrange Madara's Impure World Reincarnation.
• Konan realized she had no one left to turn to and wept in the passage as a cyan figure descended near its exit.

Lin Ze reached the moon and interrupted Otsutsuki Toneri as he was about to kill Hizashi Hyuga. Toneri revealed that Black Zetsu had pointed Lin Ze out as a threat, then attacked him after declaring he would cleanse the surface.

• Lin Ze sensed Toneri and Hizashi fighting and flew toward them when he could not locate Obito, Black Zetsu, or the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Toneri overpowered Hizashi, whose Pseudo-Tenseigan Chakra Mode had collapsed, and prepared to finish him off.
• Lin Ze arrived between them, and Toneri identified him as the threat the Mysterious Person had warned him about.
• Toneri said the Mysterious Person had visited him three months earlier and again during the battle, but he did not know where he had gone.
• Toneri declared he would cleanse the surface and attacked Lin Ze, who caught his wrist before evading the Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Lin Ze revealed Kaguya and Black Zetsu’s roles to Toneri, but Toneri refused to believe him. Lin Ze sent Shadow Clones to search for Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then fought Toneri in his Azure Dragon Form; the battle continued as Lin Ze rapidly healed from Toneri’s Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Lin Ze told Toneri that Hamura had guarded Kaguya’s seal and that Black Zetsu was plotting to resurrect her, but Toneri dismissed his claims.
• Lin Ze created nearly a hundred Shadow Clones and sent them across the moon to search for Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Toneri used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to destroy more than a dozen clones, while the others escaped to search.
• Lin Ze transformed into a colossal Azure Dragon and challenged Toneri to fight.
• Toneri drew chakra from the Giant Tenseigan and dodged Lin Ze’s Bolo Breath, which melted the ground and vaporized a hill.
• Toneri struck Lin Ze with four Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Lin Ze’s charred wounds began healing and regrowing scales.

Lin Ze defeated Toneri with his Azure Dragon powers and survived Toneri’s strongest attack. He spared Toneri, told him Black Zetsu planned to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya, and flew toward the far side of the Moon after Toneri revealed where Lin Ze might find his target.

• Lin Ze overwhelmed Toneri with purple lightning and wind blades, then strengthened himself with the Azure Dragon Eight Gates, Sixth Gate.
• Toneri countered with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Lin Ze’s Bolo Breath and regenerative power outlasted him.
• Toneri unleashed a massive Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion that cut Lin Ze’s dragon body in two, but Lin Ze regenerated and declared that Toneri had lost.
• Lin Ze told Toneri that Black Zetsu was his real enemy and directed him to the lunar cemetery to hear the truth from Hamura Otsutsuki’s soul.
• Toneri revealed that chakra-blocking barriers covered the crater fields on the Moon’s far side, and Lin Ze flew there while Toneri headed for the lunar cemetery.

After Lin Ze and Toneri disappeared from the Moon Wasteland, Hizashi headed toward the Palace to reach Hanabi. On the surface, armies from across the nations rushed toward the Earth-Moon Passage, while Naruto and Sasuke worried about Lin Ze and Sasuke continued supporting the gravely ill Itachi.

• Hizashi stood despite his injuries and staggered toward the Palace, calling out for Hanabi.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha's force to race toward the Earth-Moon Passage, and armies from several other villages accelerated toward the same destination.
• Miyamoto Ichirō sent the White Snake Sage and Tagitsuhime ahead to support Lin Ze and ordered the Dragon Release army to hurry to the passage.
• Naruto worried about Lin Ze, and Sasuke insisted Lin Ze would be fine while supporting the weakened Itachi.
• Itachi reassured Sasuke that he could keep going and continued with the column as Sasuke supported him.