Chapter Summaries

The Four Great Ninja Villages launched a massive assault on Kirigakure, but Akatsuki fighters devastated their forces across several battlefields. Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki then faced another battlefield, where Toneri prepared a vast attack as Kirigakure’s troops withdrew.

• Otsutsuki Toneri finalized the teams and ordered several Akatsuki fighters to work with Mei Terumi and the Mist Ninja army in a head-on assault.
• The Four Great Ninja Villages advanced on Kirigakure with seventy thousand ninja and one hundred thousand White Zetsu, splitting their forces across multiple fronts.
• Otsutsuki Quxian struck the Four Great Ninja Villages’ troops with a golden beam and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion while Konan watched from above.
• Gaara, A, Obito Uchiha, and Jiraiya reviewed the battlefield; Obito took Jiraiya to persuade the previous Hokage to fight willingly, while the other Kage headed to the front.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to a remote coastal battle and formed a Final Truth-Seeking Orb above the battlefield.
• Ao ordered Kirigakure’s troops to retreat, prompting the Four Great Ninja Villages’ forces to fall back as well.

Otsutsuki Toneri faced the reincarnated Deidara and Nagato after annihilating most of the Allied Shinobi Forces with his Final Truth-Seeking Orb. Kabuto Yakushi revealed himself through Deidara and declared that challenging Toneri was his goal, while Toneri considered what forces Kabuto might have sent to the other battlefields.

• Otsutsuki Toneri destroyed most of the Allied Shinobi Forces with the Final Truth-Seeking Orb, leaving a vast crater and only a few survivors.
• Black Zetsu emerged and joined Otsutsuki Toneri as Deidara and Nagato arrived on a clay bird, brought back by Kabuto Yakushi through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Nagato asked about Konan, and Otsutsuki Toneri assured him that she was well and pursuing her own dream.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recognized Kabuto Yakushi speaking through Deidara and praised his achievements, while Kabuto declared that becoming Toneri's opponent was his deepest wish.
• Kabuto Yakushi appeared in his hidden cave with a huge white python, and Otsutsuki Toneri wondered what forces Kabuto had deployed across the other battlefields.

Kabuto Yakushi used Impure World Reincarnation to assemble forces against Otsutsuki Toneri, bringing back the four former Hokage. After they reunited with Jiraiya, Obito Uchiha revealed that Tsunade had joined the enemy organization and was fighting on the battlefield.

• Kabuto Yakushi relinquished control of Deidara after warning Otsutsuki Toneri that his stronger pieces had yet to appear.
• Deidara and Nagato confronted Otsutsuki Toneri, who welcomed the chance to fight them.
• Obito Uchiha brought Jiraiya to Kabuto Yakushi, who used White Zetsu bodies and Impure World Reincarnation to revive Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze.
• Jiraiya greeted his former teacher and student, and the Hokage learned that he had become the Fifth Hokage.
• Obito Uchiha explained that the reanimated Hokage were needed to fight an organization waging war across the continent, then revealed that Tsunade was one of its core members.

Minato Namikaze recognized Obito Uchiha as his former student and Obito withdrew after ordering Kabuto Yakushi to prepare Madara Uchiha for reincarnation. As Kabuto's army of resurrected shinobi appeared across the battlefields, Mei Terumi's forces faced the past Kage alongside the Nine-Tails, Matatabi, and Ichikishimahime.

• Tobirama Senju questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Tsunade's departure from Konoha, but Hiruzen stayed silent.
• Minato Namikaze identified Obito Uchiha by his Flying Thunder God mark, and Obito admitted who he was while mocking his former teacher.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Kabuto Yakushi to prepare to reincarnate Madara Uchiha if the battle turned against them, then left through a Space-Time Vortex.
• Jiraiya and the four Hokage set out for the battlefield, while Kabuto Yakushi reflected on his inability to control Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Itachi and the Third Raikage confronted Sasuke Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, while Mei Terumi faced the resurrected Second Mizukage and Second Tsuchikage.
• Kabuto Yakushi's resurrected armies appeared across the battlefields, and Mei Terumi declared that Kirigakure would unite the continent with the Nine-Tails, Matatabi, and Ichikishimahime at her side.

Mei Terumi and Pakura fought the reanimated Kage while Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki faced Nagato and Deidara on another battlefield. Kaguya destroyed Deidara, and Toneri waited for Obito Uchiha and the Six Paths Jinchūriki Clones to arrive.

• Ichikishimahime crossed the threshold of Super Kage Level, and Mei Terumi and Pakura charged Hozuki Gengetsu and Rasa's forces.
• Otsutsuki Toneri dismissed Nagato's repulsion, then Kaguya Ōtsutsuki shattered Deidara's clay dragon and destroyed his reanimated body with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Nagato recognized Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as a terrifying opponent, while Black Zetsu watched and considered him an expendable pawn.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spotted Obito Uchiha approaching with six Six Paths Jinchūriki Clones and descended with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to meet them.
• Obito Uchiha confronted Otsutsuki Toneri, explaining that he had joined the Four Great Ninja Villages to stop Toneri from taking control of the continent and the Tailed Beasts.

Obito Uchiha’s forces attacked Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but Toneri blocked their assault and struck Utakata underground with a Susanoo blade. The six Jinchūriki transformed into tailed beasts to surround Toneri, who and Kaguya dismissed them as insignificant.

• Obito Uchiha told Nagato to support him while they waited for reinforcements, and Nagato warned that Toneri and his companion might be too strong to defeat.
• Obito’s six Jinchūriki attacked Toneri and Kaguya with combined tailed-beast and elemental techniques, but Toneri defended them with a Truth-Seeking Orb barrier.
• Toneri’s black Susanoo swung a Light Blade through the dust and smashed Utakata deep underground.
• The five other Jinchūriki and Utakata transformed into their complete tailed-beast forms and surrounded Toneri’s Susanoo.
• Toneri and Kaguya dismissed the six tailed beasts, prompting them to roar at the pair.

Otsutsuki Toneri used Perfect Susanoo to defeat the six tailed beasts despite their coordinated attacks. As Hashirama Senju and four others arrived beside Obito Uchiha and Nagato, Hashirama judged Toneri’s Susanoo stronger than Madara Uchiha’s.

• The tailed beasts combined their attacks, but Otsutsuki Toneri countered them by transforming his Half-Body Susanoo into Perfect Susanoo.
• Otsutsuki Toneri’s Susanoo withstood the Four-Tails’ lava and Chōmei’s explosive scales, then struck Seven-Tails Chōmei into the ground.
• Shukaku trapped Susanoo in shifting sand, but Otsutsuki Toneri formed another head and two arms and shattered the terrain with three sword strikes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sent the remaining tailed beasts flying, including Five-Tails Kokuō, while Nagato and Obito Uchiha watched helplessly.
• Hashirama Senju and four others arrived beside Obito Uchiha and Nagato, and Hashirama remarked that Otsutsuki Toneri’s Susanoo seemed stronger than Madara Uchiha’s.

Otsutsuki Toneri defended his plan to unify the continent through force, while the resurrected Hokage challenged his claims and prepared to fight. As their battle began, Sasuke defeated Itachi’s Susanoo on another battlefield.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others that the Akatsuki would end war and suffering by ruling the world, while Obito Uchiha and Jiraiya condemned his methods.
• Otsutsuki Toneri argued that overwhelming force could bring peace, and Hashirama Senju considered the merits of his reasoning even as he opposed his methods.
• Tobirama Senju warned that peace built on oppression would collapse, and Otsutsuki Toneri declared that the world belonged to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Hashirama Senju challenged Otsutsuki Toneri to defeat the resurrected Hokage, and Otsutsuki Toneri’s Susanoo launched the battle with a sword strike.
• Sasuke overwhelmed Itachi’s red Susanoo with his Perfect Susanoo, shattering it and defeating Itachi, who praised his younger brother’s growth.

Otsutsuki Quxian and Konan joined Mei Terumi’s battlefield, where they and the allied forces had nearly finished sealing the reincarnated fighters. Kabuto Yakushi’s new summon emerged as Madara Uchiha, and Mei Terumi’s side prepared to face him.

• Sasuke defeated Itachi and, after promising to pursue peace, hurried to help Kisame Hoshigaki fight the Third Raikage.
• Mei Terumi’s forces sealed most of Hozuki Gengetsu’s reincarnated fighters, leaving Gengetsu, Mu, and Rasa as the remaining opponents.
• Otsutsuki Quxian and Konan arrived, and Quxian told Mei Terumi she had easily defeated the enemies on their assigned battlefield.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and the others summoned another reincarnated fighter, who stepped from the coffin as Madara Uchiha.
• Ōnoki recognized Madara Uchiha, while Mei Terumi took reassurance from Otsutsuki Quxian’s calm presence.

Kabuto Yakushi reanimated Madara Uchiha and told him that Otsutsuki Toneri led the Akatsuki in the Fourth Shinobi World War. Madara challenged Otsutsuki Quxian, then summoned a massive meteor that threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces alongside her.

• Madara Uchiha recognized that Kabuto Yakushi controlled Hozuki Gengetsu’s reanimated body, and Kabuto explained that the Akatsuki and Kirigakure were at war with the Shinobi World.
• Kabuto told Madara that Otsutsuki Toneri led the Akatsuki and that Obito Uchiha had allied with the Four Great Ninja Villages.
• Madara assessed his reanimated body, awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and challenged Mei Terumi and the others to fight.
• Otsutsuki Quxian stayed to face Madara while Mei Terumi, Pakura, Ichikishimahime, and the Dark Nine-Tails withdrew.
• Madara’s Majestic Destroyer Flame failed to pass through Otsutsuki Quxian’s repulsion, so he used Susanoo and summoned a meteor with Tengai Shinsei.
• Ōnoki shouted at Madara because the meteor threatened the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Madara ignored him and watched Otsutsuki Quxian.

Otsutsuki Toneri overwhelmed Hashirama Senju in battle while Obito Uchiha began sealing the Tailed Beasts into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to revive the Ten-Tails. Hashirama tried to block Toneri’s Final Truth-Seeking Orb with Fivefold Rashomon as the attack continued.

• Otsutsuki Quxian split Madara Uchiha’s meteor with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Otsutsuki Toneri recognized the chakra and anticipated their confrontation.
• Hashirama Senju’s Gate of the Great God was pierced by Toneri’s Truth-Seeking Orb, so Hashirama summoned his Wood Dragon and True Several Thousand Hands.
• Toneri launched an enormous Final Truth-Seeking Orb at Hashirama’s Buddha statue, steadily destroying its many wooden arms.
• Obito Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and sent chakra chains toward the six Tailed Beasts to seal them inside.
• Hashirama Senju used Fivefold Rashomon in an attempt to stop Toneri’s advancing Final Truth-Seeking Orb.

Otsutsuki Toneri prepared to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path awakened into Ten-Tails, while Naruto arrived to challenge him. The chapter ended with Otsutsuki Toneri warning Naruto that Ten-Tails’ revival required the chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts.

• Obito Uchiha sent Eight-Tails Gyuki and part of Nine-Tails’ chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, causing it to awaken.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed Momoshiki Otsutsuki and two others approaching, and Otsutsuki Toneri promised they would not return.
• Naruto arrived in his Chakra Nine-Tails form and attacked Otsutsuki Toneri, but Susanoo’s blade-pressure wave forced him to evade.
• Naruto told Otsutsuki Toneri he opposed his methods and resolved to defeat him so he could persuade him.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path fully awakened as Ten-Tails, and Otsutsuki Toneri explained that its revival required the Nine Tailed Beasts’ chakra.

Obito Uchiha and the Hokage temporarily cooperated to protect the Ten-Tails as it evolved, while Madara Uchiha arrived on the battlefield and the Momoshiki Otsutsuki Trio approached the planet. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed the trio’s arrival, and Madara Uchiha joined Obito Uchiha as the danger around Otsutsuki Toneri’s battlefield continued to grow.

• Obito Uchiha persuaded Hashirama Senju and the others to cooperate while the Ten-Tails evolved, and Tobirama Senju questioned how long the revival would take.
• Madara Uchiha arrived atop the Ten-Tails in a burst of blue chakra, and Otsutsuki Toneri noticed several figures approaching from the sky.
• Mei Terumi declared victory over Ōnoki, Gaara, and A, who were confined in a sealing barrier after the Akatsuki subdued the Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki identified Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s planet and flew toward its immense chakra source to kill her and retrieve the God Tree Fruit.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki told Otsutsuki Toneri that the trio had arrived outside the planet, and he judged that there was enough time for the Ten-Tails to evolve.
• Madara Uchiha questioned Obito Uchiha about the Ten-Tails and Otsutsuki Toneri, then accepted the Uchiha Gunbai as Hashirama Senju watched him warily.

The Akatsuki gathered at Otsutsuki Toneri’s battlefield as he moved to collect the Ten-Tails’ chakra, while Tsunade explained that she had joined the Akatsuki to build a new Konoha. The Hokage prepared to fight, and Madara Uchiha went to confront Toneri as Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Killer B approached.

• The Akatsuki members arrived together, and Otsutsuki Toneri dismissed his Susanoo and headed toward the Ten-Tails.
• Tsunade told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Konoha had rotted and that she intended to build a new Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju accepted Tsunade’s resolve, while Tobirama Senju acknowledged that they would have to oppose her.
• Kisame Hoshigaki stepped forward to support Tsunade, and Tobirama Senju left Otsutsuki Toneri for Madara Uchiha to handle.
• Madara Uchiha jumped down to confront Otsutsuki Toneri while Obito Uchiha stayed near the evolving Ten-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha saw Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Killer B racing toward them.

Otsutsuki Toneri absorbed the Ten-Tails’ chakra to evolve his Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan while Madara Uchiha tried to challenge him. As a new godlike eye awakened and the fighting stopped, Black Zetsu revealed his betrayal and declared that Toneri would free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Obito Uchiha joined Hashirama Senju and the others, while Otsutsuki Quxian and Hanabi Hyuga attacked them with Golden Wheel and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosions.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Madara Uchiha met beside the Ten-Tails, and Madara challenged Toneri to a fight.
• Madara Uchiha used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, but Otsutsuki Toneri escaped through a Space Rift.
• Otsutsuki Toneri emerged above the Ten-Tails and absorbed its chakra until the Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan in his palm began evolving.
• The battlefield fell silent as Otsutsuki Toneri’s new eye power emerged, and Madara Uchiha realized Toneri possessed a scarlet Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu appeared and told Madara Uchiha that he had betrayed him, explaining that Toneri was awakening the Ancestor’s Eye and would free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Madara Uchiha through a fabricated Eye of the Moon Plan to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. As Otsutsuki Toneri awakened the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and went to free Kaguya, Madara attacked Black Zetsu.

• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that he served Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, not Madara, and that he had altered the stone tablet to make Madara pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Black Zetsu explained that Madara had been a tool for Kaguya’s resurrection, while Hashirama Senju, Obito Uchiha, and the others listened to the revelations.
• Otsutsuki Toneri awakened the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, triggering violent upheavals across the world.
• Otsutsuki Toneri took Kaguya Ōtsutsuki through a Space Rift to free her, while Sasuke considered how he might awaken the Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha formed his Perfect Susanoo and slashed at Black Zetsu for deceiving and using him.

Otsutsuki Toneri broke the seal on the moon and freed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who returned with him to the Shinobi World. Meanwhile, the battle against Madara Uchiha and the Allied Shinobi Forces continued, with the outcome still uncertain.

• Madara Uchiha attacked, but Kurama Yakumo manifested her Susanoo and blocked his strike.
• Hashirama Senju and the others joined the fight to oppose Madara Uchiha and protect the continent from Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri used Truth-Seeking Orb: Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to split the moon and break the seal at its core.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki emerged from the Space-Time Rift, thanked Otsutsuki Toneri, and followed him through another rift toward the battlefield.
• The final battle continued as Kurama Yakumo and Otsutsuki Quxian held off Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, while the Allied Shinobi Forces struggled to gain the advantage.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju joined forces in a Majestic Attire: Susanoo Wooden Human to fight Kurama Yakumo and Yugito, while the Allied shinobi struggled against Akatsuki. Otsutsuki Toneri returned with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, whose suddenly heightened aura left the battlefield facing an even greater threat.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha combined their powers to create the Majestic Attire: Susanoo Wooden Human and charged Kurama Yakumo and Yugito.
• Kurama Yakumo and Yugito countered the Wooden Human's attacks, and the two giant Susanoo clashed across the battlefield.
• Hanabi Hyuga bisected Hiruzen Sarutobi with a golden beam, while Minato Namikaze warned that the Allied shinobi would be overwhelmed when Otsutsuki Toneri returned.
• Guy refused Hanabi Hyuga's demand to surrender and began opening the Eight Gates to break the stalemate.
• Otsutsuki Toneri returned through a Space Rift with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, whose aura had grown almost as powerful as his own.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared before Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and the others, revealing himself as the Sage of Six Paths and addressing Kaguya as his mother. After Kaguya said she no longer needed White Zetsu soldiers, Hagoromo turned his attention to Toneri and acknowledged his ideas while warning that changing the continent’s order would be difficult.

• Toneri called on Hagoromo to reveal himself as Kaguya, Naruto, and the others gathered for the coming conflict.
• Hagoromo’s chakra emerged from Naruto and formed the Sage of Six Paths before the assembled shinobi.
• Hagoromo addressed Kaguya as his mother, and the others realized she was the progenitor of chakra.
• Kaguya told Hagoromo she no longer needed soldiers, easing his concern that she would revive the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Hagoromo recognized Toneri’s influence on Kaguya and said he understood Toneri’s ideas, but warned that changing the continent’s order would not be easy.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki revived Madara Uchiha and empowered Naruto, while Otsutsuki Toneri strengthened Sasuke as both sides prepared for battle. The chapter ended as Momoshiki Otsutsuki and two others flew toward Toneri’s side.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki restored Madara Uchiha to life, and Madara asked Obito Uchiha for his Rinnegan.
• Obito Uchiha handed over his left Rinnegan, and Madara recovered his right eye from a White Zetsu Clone before becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki granted Naruto Six Paths power and awakened his Asura chakra, while Otsutsuki Toneri awakened Sasuke’s Indra chakra and strengthened his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha became Six Paths Madara and urged Hagoromo Otsutsuki to revive Hashirama Senju, but Hagoromo worried that his chakra was running low.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and two others flew toward Otsutsuki Toneri’s side, and Toneri sensed their arrival.