Recaps

Orochimaru explained that studying and modifying White Zetsu could let the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu summon its targets in their prime, easing Black Zetsu’s concern about reviving Madara Uchiha. After learning that Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Obito Uchiha, Orochimaru eagerly considered using the jutsu to get his hands on the dead Obito.

• Black Zetsu urged Orochimaru to focus on mastering the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu instead of researching White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru explained that modifying White Zetsu sacrifices could let him summon dead ninjas in their prime rather than in the condition they had been in before death.
• Black Zetsu worried that the jutsu might bring back an elderly Madara Uchiha, but relaxed when Orochimaru described his plan for improving the sacrifices.
• Black Zetsu reported that Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Obito Uchiha, news he had received from Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru mourned the loss of Obito’s unusual combination of Senju and Uchiha powers, then became eager to summon him with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Orochimaru pressed Black Zetsu for Obito Uchiha’s remains and Madara Uchiha’s corpse, hoping to use them for Impure World Reincarnation. After Black Zetsu admitted he had found Madara’s corpse, Orochimaru began demonstrating the jutsu and asked whom Black Zetsu wanted revived.

• Orochimaru asked Black Zetsu whether he could obtain Obito Uchiha’s body, but Black Zetsu said it was in Uchiha Minamoto’s hands and claimed he could not approach Konoha.
• Orochimaru suggested that Black Zetsu search the Mountain Graveyard for Obito Uchiha’s remaining tissue, and Black Zetsu agreed to look.
• Orochimaru asked Black Zetsu about Madara Uchiha’s corpse, and Black Zetsu confirmed that he had located it but wanted proof of Impure World Reincarnation’s effects.
• Orochimaru summoned a large snake to seize a nearby White Zetsu and asked Black Zetsu whom he most wanted to bring back to life.
• Black Zetsu nearly blurted out that he wanted to revive his mother.

Black Zetsu chose Hashirama Senju as a test of Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation, hoping to estimate how powerful a resurrected Madara Uchiha could become. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama with a White Zetsu sacrifice, but the unusually powerful Hokage broke the expected balance, leaving Orochimaru facing his attack alone.

• Black Zetsu asked Orochimaru to summon Hashirama Senju so he could assess the strength of an Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru used Hashirama cells and a living White Zetsu as the medium and sacrifice to summon Hashirama.
• Hashirama recognized Orochimaru and found that he could wield about sixty percent of his former strength, far more than in Orochimaru’s previous summons.
• Hashirama’s chakra pressure overwhelmed Orochimaru, while Black Zetsu fled the laboratory.
• Hashirama rejected Orochimaru and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

Hashirama Senju overwhelmed Orochimaru with [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence], forcing him to escape with Manda’s help. Hashirama then questioned the captured White Zetsu about their origins, but they dodged his questions and provoked his anger.

• Hashirama Senju attacked Orochimaru’s laboratory with [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence] and subdued the White Zetsu there.
• Orochimaru escaped the forest’s restraints by shedding his body, then summoned Manda to create an opening.
• Hashirama Senju’s trees drained and badly injured Manda, which returned to Ryūchi Cave as Orochimaru fled through an escape passage.
• Hashirama Senju reflected on Orochimaru’s weakness and decided to investigate the village after dealing with the laboratory.
• Hashirama Senju released the captured White Zetsu and asked about their appearance and chakra, but they evaded his questions with jokes.

Orochimaru released Hashirama Senju from Impure World Reincarnation, but Hashirama struck him with Wood Dragon Technique before his soul began to depart. Hashirama regretted that he could not return to see the village and looked beneath the earth as his reanimated body disintegrated.

• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Hashirama Senju had broken free of his control and criticized Orochimaru’s ability to summon a weakened Hashirama.
• Orochimaru explained that Hashirama was uncontrollable because he lacked a talisman kunai and considered improving Impure World Reincarnation to control bodies through its sealing formation.
• Hashirama Senju emerged from the ruins with captured White Zetsu and asked Orochimaru about the strange chakra he had sensed nearby.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation: Release, but Hashirama struck him with Wood Dragon Technique before the jutsu took effect.
• Hashirama Senju’s reanimated body began disintegrating, and he expressed regret that he could not return to see the village before looking beneath the earth.

Orochimaru survived Hashirama Senju’s attack, then sought more White Zetsu to improve the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Black Zetsu refused his demand for three thousand, leaving them to negotiate how many he would provide.

• Hashirama Senju escaped the Reanimated Body and returned toward the Pure Land, leaving White Zetsu’s body lifeless.
• Orochimaru used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique to survive Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon, while Black Zetsu emerged from hiding.
• Orochimaru resolved to strengthen the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and add measures to control Hashirama Senju when he summoned him again.
• Orochimaru demanded more White Zetsu, including higher-quality ones with Wood Release, and Black Zetsu asked how many he needed.
• Black Zetsu claimed the reanimated Hashirama had less than half his prime strength and said Hashirama and Uchiha Minamoto had been roughly equal at their peaks.
• Orochimaru demanded three thousand White Zetsu, but Black Zetsu refused, prompting Orochimaru to ask how many he could provide.

Uchiha Minamoto abolished Konoha’s Anbu and arranged for the Military Police Force to absorb its members as he prepared to attend the Five Kage Summit. Tsunade proposed treating Momo-hime with White Zetsu cells, and the chapter ended with her asking Minamoto to capture more White Zetsu.

• Black Zetsu agreed to deliver thirty White Zetsu to Orochimaru and was told to collect Obito’s remains and provide Kage-level corpses.
• Uchiha Minamoto disbanded Konoha’s Anbu and redistributed its members among the Military Police Force squads.
• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed Mifune’s arrangements for the Five Kage Summit and planned to attend with Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake while Minato Namikaze stayed in Konoha.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Minamoto that Momo-hime’s condition was worse than expected and proposed treating her with White Zetsu cells.
• Uchiha Minamoto agreed to fund Momo-hime’s recovery if she consented to the treatment, and Tsunade asked him to capture more White Zetsu.

Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto to find living White Zetsu for treating Momo-hime and reviving Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, and he revealed that he knew where the main White Zetsu force was. In the Land of Fields, Black Zetsu delivered thirty living White Zetsu to Orochimaru, who began examining them for his research.

• Tsunade explained that living White Zetsu made stronger sacrifices for [Impure World Reincarnation] and would provide better cells for treating Momo-hime.
• Uchiha Minamoto agreed and told Tsunade he knew roughly where living White Zetsu could be found; after she left, he considered searching for the 100,000 White Zetsu in the north.
• Orochimaru abandoned his destroyed secret base in the Land of Fields and resumed his research in a smaller laboratory, where he dissected the last living White Zetsu he had.
• Black Zetsu arrived at Orochimaru's new base with living White Zetsu and refused to give Orochimaru his own white half.
• Black Zetsu transferred thirty living White Zetsu into the laboratory, and Orochimaru disposed of the old White Zetsu corpses before inspecting the new specimens.

Orochimaru received White Zetsu and scant fragments of Obito Uchiha from Black Zetsu, then pressed him about obtaining Kage-level corpses. Black Zetsu urged Orochimaru to join a grave-robbing operation during the Five Kage Summit and warned that Uchiha Minamoto might sense them underground, leaving Orochimaru uneasy about his base's safety.

• Orochimaru inspected Black Zetsu's latest batch of White Zetsu and asked him to provide more when they were used up.
• Black Zetsu gave Orochimaru a few fragments of Obito Uchiha, including his right arm, and explained that Uchiha Minamoto had burned the rest of Obito's body.
• Orochimaru asked about corpses of other Kage-level ninja, and Black Zetsu proposed using the Five Kage Summit as an opportunity to obtain them.
• Black Zetsu listed the Kage-level corpses he had located and asked Orochimaru to help retrieve them, claiming he was only an intelligence agent.
• Orochimaru resisted, but Black Zetsu warned that Uchiha Minamoto could sense across national borders and asked how he had discovered Black Zetsu before.
• Orochimaru realized Uchiha Minamoto might be able to sense activity deep underground and grew concerned about his base.

Orochimaru agreed to take Madara Uchiha’s corpse from Black Zetsu, intending to use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu after improving it. He inspected the corpse and challenged Black Zetsu’s claim that it was Madara, leaving Black Zetsu unable to explain why it had no eyes.

• Orochimaru decided to leave the Land of Fields and secretly planned to build an army with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Black Zetsu handed Orochimaru a scroll containing Madara Uchiha’s corpse and warned him not to summon Madara before perfecting the jutsu.
• Orochimaru unsealed the corpse and was shocked by its extremely aged, withered appearance.
• Orochimaru pointed out that the corpse had no Sharingan and questioned whether it really belonged to Madara Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu could not explain that Madara’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into Nagato.

Black Zetsu blamed Obito Uchiha for the eyes on Madara Uchiha’s corpse, then warned Orochimaru that the Five Kage Summit made the Land of Fields unsafe. Orochimaru fled to find a place beyond Uchiha Minamoto’s reach, while Pain and Konan faced Akatsuki’s collapse as Zetsu returned to Amegakure.

• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Obito Uchiha had gouged out Madara Uchiha’s eyes and advised him to question Obito or revive Madara to verify the corpse.
• Black Zetsu left for Amegakure to inform Pain about the approaching Five Kage Summit and warned Orochimaru to leave the Land of Fields.
• Orochimaru reconsidered researching the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, packed his belongings, and fled while searching for a safe country.
• Pain and Konan reflected on Akatsuki’s losses, with only the two of them remaining active after most members disappeared, defected, or were captured.
• Pain sensed a familiar chakra approaching through the rain, and Zetsu emerged before him and Konan in Amegakure.

Black Zetsu told Pain and Konan that Orochimaru was refining the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and that a Five Kage Summit would soon discuss Akatsuki. Pain decided to attack the summit in the Land of Iron and make the world feel pain.

• Black Zetsu arrived and told Konan he had been handling matters in the Land of Fields, then revealed that Obito Uchiha was dead.
• Black Zetsu reported that Orochimaru was refining the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Pain considered continuing to cooperate with him.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Uchiha Minamoto would convene a Five Kage Summit in one week at Three Wolves Mountain to discuss dealing with Akatsuki.
• Pain asked where the summit would take place and announced that he would make the Five Great Shinobi Villages feel pain.
• Black Zetsu and Konan reacted with shock as Pain declared that the Five Kage Summit would be the start of making the world feel pain.

Hashirama Senju awoke through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and discovered that he was far weaker than before, facing Kurama and Matatabi alongside a grown-up Tsunade. He learned that Tobirama had revived him before, then realized Tobirama had been revived too.

• Hashirama Senju awakened through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and panicked when he saw Kurama.
• Hashirama Senju used a feeble Wood Release technique, and Kurama and Matatabi laughed at him.
• Hashirama Senju tried to dispel what he thought might be a genjutsu, but Tsunade told him the scene was real.
• Tsunade revealed her identity, and Hashirama Senju struggled to recognize his grown-up granddaughter.
• Hashirama Senju told Tsunade that Tobirama had revived him before and criticized Tobirama for creating the forbidden jutsu.
• Tobirama Senju spoke up, and Hashirama Senju realized his younger brother had also been revived.

Tobirama Senju was revived by Uchiha Minamoto and learned how Konoha had changed, including Hiruzen Sarutobi’s division of power with Shimura Danzō. After hearing Tsunade and Minato explain the village’s situation, Tobirama’s attitude softened, though he remained wary of the Fifth Hokage.

• Tobirama Senju recognized Uchiha Minamoto as an Uchiha and questioned him about reviving the former Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto introduced himself as the Fifth Hokage, while Minato Namikaze identified himself as the Fourth.
• Tobirama Senju asked why Uchiha Minamoto had not summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minamoto sent Kurama and Matatabi away before asking Tsunade and Minato to explain.
• Tsunade and Minato described Konoha’s current state, including Shimura Danzō’s Root and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s role in allowing it to operate.
• Tobirama Senju condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi for surrendering Hokage authority but was less surprised by Shimura Danzō’s actions, and his attitude softened after hearing the explanation.

Tobirama Senju reconsidered Uchiha Minamoto after learning about his record, while Tsunade revealed that Madara Uchiha had lived much later than the Senju brothers believed and that Obito Uchiha was tied to Minato Namikaze’s death. Uchiha Minamoto identified Orochimaru as the one who revived Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, leaving Tobirama troubled that his former teammate Tsunade had once worked with Orochimaru.

• Tobirama Senju reflected on Uchiha Minamoto’s achievements and admitted that he had misjudged the Fifth Hokage.
• Hashirama Senju praised Uchiha Minamoto, but Tobirama Senju objected to Madara Uchiha being celebrated and to Minamoto’s title as God of Shinobi.
• Tsunade told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Madara Uchiha had lived until around the Third Shinobi World War and had guided Obito Uchiha.
• Minato Namikaze revealed that Obito Uchiha had released the Nine-Tails, leading to Minato’s death while sealing it.
• Tobirama Senju apologized to Uchiha Minamoto, who identified Orochimaru as the likely user of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Tsunade about Orochimaru, and she silently confirmed that he had been her teammate.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju learned that Orochimaru’s use of White Zetsu as a sacrifice let him summon Hashirama with far more strength than their versions of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. After Uchiha Minamoto demonstrated a space-time technique and explained White Zetsu’s likely connection to Hashirama, he began describing when he first encountered the creatures.

• Hashirama Senju told Tobirama Senju that Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation had let him wield nearly half his strength, more than either Senju brother’s versions had allowed.
• Uchiha Minamoto suggested that the sacrifice used for the jutsu, rather than Orochimaru’s skill, explained Hashirama’s increased strength.
• Uchiha Minamoto vanished and reappeared without using a marked location, astonishing Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with a space-time technique beyond the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tobirama Senju examined a White Zetsu arm and concluded that Orochimaru had likely used White Zetsu as Hashirama’s sacrifice because its chakra and cellular vitality resembled Hashirama’s.
• Hashirama Senju asked how White Zetsu had come into existence, and Uchiha Minamoto said he had first encountered them while fighting Obito Uchiha.

Uchiha Minamoto and the Hokage discussed the White Zetsu and the mystery of their vast numbers, while Tsunade shared intelligence that they seemed to grow on trees. Minamoto identified Black Zetsu from Akatsuki memories, and Tobirama Senju concluded that Madara Uchiha was behind the White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Obito Uchiha.

• Uchiha Minamoto explained that he had used a Living White Zetsu as a sacrifice to summon Minato Namikaze with [Impure World Reincarnation], whose chakra exceeded even Hashirama Senju's.
• Tobirama Senju suspected that Uchiha Minamoto had improved [Impure World Reincarnation] using White Zetsu, while Tsunade revealed that the Analysis Division had found evidence of tens of thousands of White Zetsu.
• Tsunade said the dead White Zetsu's memories showed them gathering in large numbers and seemingly growing on trees, prompting Hashirama Senju to guess that they lived underground.
• Hashirama Senju recalled sensing a strange chakra near the Valley of the End after his battle with Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Minamoto suggested it belonged to the being he had sensed underground in the Land of Frost.
• Uchiha Minamoto used his [Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan] to show the Akatsuki members and identified Black Zetsu, after which Tobirama Senju theorized that Madara Uchiha had survived the Valley of the End and was responsible for the White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Obito Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju deduced that Orochimaru planned to resurrect Madara Uchiha, while Uchiha Minamoto revealed evidence that Madara had remained active during the Third Shinobi World War. The group narrowed Madara’s likely hiding places to small nations north of the Land of Fire, and Minamoto planned to search the Land of Iron during the upcoming Five Kage Summit.

• Tobirama Senju concluded that Orochimaru was likely planning to resurrect Madara Uchiha with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].
• Uchiha Minamoto cited Kakuzu’s age and intelligence from Kirigakure and Isobu to show that Madara Uchiha had likely survived until the Third Shinobi World War and manipulated events involving Rin Nohara.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Obito Uchiha’s operations to identify several possible hiding places for Madara Uchiha among the small nations north of the Land of Fire.
• Tobirama Senju guessed that Madara Uchiha had hidden in the Land of Iron, and Uchiha Minamoto agreed to search there during the upcoming Five Kage Summit.

Uchiha Minamoto explained why Madara Uchiha might seek the Rinnegan and planned to confront Pain in Amegakure after the Five Kage Summit. Tsunade offered to join the mission.

• Tobirama Senju proposed bringing several tailed beasts to the Five Kage Summit, but Hashirama Senju urged peace before Tobirama redirected the discussion to Black Zetsu, Orochimaru, and Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed the Senju brothers Pain's Rinnegan and argued that Madara Uchiha had awakened it by combining Uchiha and Senju power.
• Uchiha Minamoto used genjutsu to show the group the Naka Shrine tablet, and Hashirama Senju recalled that Madara Uchiha had shown it to him before.
• Tobirama Senju concluded that Madara Uchiha was connected to the Rinnegan and urged an immediate trip to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Minamoto said he would meet Pain after the Five Kage Summit with the others, and Tsunade volunteered to come along.

Uchiha Minamoto assembled Konoha’s six Hokage for a team fight and introduced the resurrected First and Second Hokage to the tailed beasts now allied with the village. Tobirama praised Minamoto’s bond with the beasts but urged him to destroy Kumogakure and Kirigakure, and Minamoto questioned whether that would be too brutal.

• Uchiha Minamoto agreed to Tsunade’s request, completing Konoha’s six-Hokage team lineup before ending the genjutsu.
• Hashirama Senju nearly confronted Kurama, but Tobirama Senju stopped him and explained that Kurama was now Uchiha Minamoto’s ally.
• Hashirama admitted that Minamoto surpassed him, and Matatabi and Kurama set aside their grudges as they chatted with him.
• Tobirama sensed the tailed beasts across the region, and Minamoto explained where Kokuō, Son Goku, Isobu, and Gyuki were living.
• Tobirama recognized Minamoto’s bond with the tailed beasts and debated with him over whether the Uchiha were a clan of love or trouble.
• Tobirama urged Minamoto to wipe out Kumogakure and Kirigakure, but Minamoto asked whether destroying them would be too brutal.

Uchiha Minamoto prepared for the Five Kage Summit while Tobirama Senju shared advice and delayed releasing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. The summit venue was built in the Land of Iron, and the chapter ended as the summit drew near.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Tobirama Senju that Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake would accompany him to the Five Kage Summit.
• Tobirama Senju advised Uchiha Minamoto about the summit and urged him to bring the tailed beasts back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Tobirama Senju not to release the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu yet, since Orochimaru might summon him again.
• Tobirama Senju decided to teach Hashirama Senju how to release the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Mifune ordered samurai to build the Five Kage Summit venue on Three Wolves Mountain in the Land of Iron.
• Several days passed, leaving only a few days before the Five Kage Summit began.

Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Samui prepared to travel to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, with their villages assigning attendants and discussing how to deal with Konoha. The delegations set out while Kumogakure’s former jinchūriki remained behind, unable to recover their strength.

• Ōnoki warned Kitsuchi that Uchiha Minamoto might threaten him at the summit and named Kitsuchi his successor if anything happened, then rode on Han’s back while Roshi went ahead.
• Genji told Mei Terumi to follow the Hokage’s course without forgetting her position, and Mei left Ao and Jūzō Biwa in charge of communication and protection.
• Samui’s attendants Dodai and Mabui prepared to accompany her, while Yugito Nii and Killer B wished her well from the village.
• The chapter explained that Kumogakure’s doctors had deemed Yugito Nii’s and Killer B’s injuries untreatable, leaving them unable to attend the summit.
• A Kumogakure elder told Samui to follow the Fifth Hokage’s wishes at the summit.

Rasa worried that Uchiha Minamoto might use the Five Kage Summit to claim Sunagakure’s One-Tail, while Pain learned that the other villages’ delegations were heading to the Land of Iron. The chapter left the Akatsuki preparing for the summit as Orochimaru entered the Land of Wind and reunited with Sasori.

• Rasa set out for the Five Kage Summit, fearing that Minamoto might demand Sunagakure’s One-Tail despite its history outside Konoha’s control.
• Black Zetsu told Pain that the Kage of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure had departed for the summit.
• Pain learned that Juzo Biwa had become a Kirigakure Anbu and resolved to confront him if an opportunity arose in the Land of Iron.
• Pain planned to travel to the summit in person, despite his disabled legs and weakened body, and ordered Black Zetsu to monitor Konoha.
• Black Zetsu reported that Orochimaru had entered the Land of Wind and contacted Sasori, while Kakuzu continued bounty hunting.

Orochimaru used an improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Obito Uchiha, whose Mangekyō Sharingan could see again. After learning that Pain planned to attack the Five Kage Summit, Obito focused on the fact that Uchiha Minamoto would be there.

• Pain considered whether to bring Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sands back into the Akatsuki, while Black Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had already achieved a major result.
• Orochimaru reconstructed enough of Obito Uchiha's cellular tissue and used a living White Zetsu to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Obito Uchiha awoke in a reanimated body, discovered that his Mangekyō Sharingan could see again, and thanked Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Obito that the Tailed Beast capture plan had fallen apart, Konoha had gathered several Tailed Beasts, and Pain planned to attack the Five Kage Summit.
• Obito asked whether Uchiha Minamoto would attend the summit that Pain intended to assault.

Obito Uchiha went to Amegakure to stop Pain from attacking the Five Kage Summit alone and to protect the Rinnegan. He claimed he could use Kamui freely again, and Nagato suspected he had come to ask for Rinne Rebirth.

• Obito Uchiha decided to go to Amegakure and join Pain’s planned attack on the Five Kage Summit.
• Pain and the other members of the Six Paths regarded Obito Uchiha’s return with suspicion, while Black Zetsu tried to ease the tension.
• Pain asked whether Obito Uchiha could use Kamui again, and Obito angrily claimed he could use it however he wanted.
• Obito Uchiha explained to himself that his reanimated body let him use Kamui’s Intangibility again without fearing Uchiha Minamoto’s attacks.
• Nagato asked whether Obito Uchiha had come for Rinne Rebirth, which could restore his reanimated body to life.