Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya fought Gaara, who summoned Shukaku after losing his temper, but Jiraiya and Gamahiro forced the One-Tail back into Gaara and captured him. Jiraiya declared the fight over while Gaara glared at him from inside Gamahiro's tongue.

• Gaara used the Feigning Sleep Technique and transformed into Shukaku the One-Tail.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamahiro, who stomped on Shukaku and pierced his chakra body with his twin swords.
• The pain broke Gaara's technique, forcing Shukaku to retreat and leaving Gaara exposed.
• Gaara gathered sand to attack again, but Gamahiro wrapped him in his tongue and restrained him.
• Jiraiya approached the tongue prison and told Gaara that the outcome was settled.

Jiraiya questioned Gaara about Orochimaru and protected him from Kimimaro’s attack, then learned Kimimaro had come to rescue his comrade. The two children were revealed to be Orochimaru’s subordinates, while Jiraiya mistakenly suspected Orochimaru of involvement in the Kaguya Clan’s destruction.

• Jiraiya demanded that Gaara reveal Orochimaru’s whereabouts, but Gaara refused and defended his bond with Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya used [Ninja Art: Needle Jizo] to block Kimimaro’s [Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets].
• Jiraiya mistook Kimimaro for a Kaguya Clan child abducted by Orochimaru, while Kimimaro introduced himself without the Kaguya surname.
• Kimimaro told Jiraiya that he had attacked to rescue Gaara and that they were comrades serving Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya learned that the Ice-Skating Ninja he had encountered earlier was one of Yomi’s subordinates.

Orochimaru arrived to confront Jiraiya after Kimimaro and Gaara’s pursuit of Yomi’s subordinates brought them into conflict. Jiraiya faced his former friend and resolved not to let him escape again.

• Kimimaro and Gaara pursued Yomi’s four subordinates, but their Composite Ninjutsu let an orange-haired ninja escape.
• Jiraiya confronted Kimimaro and Gaara, holding Gaara with Gamahiro’s tongue while Kimimaro stalled for Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru arrived, and Kimimaro hurried to his side while Gaara remained trapped.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru recognized each other and recalled their last meeting, when Orochimaru defected from Konoha.
• Jiraiya fixed his attention on Orochimaru, determined not to let him get away again.

Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru and declared that he would take him back to Konoha, but Orochimaru questioned whether returning would mean certain death under Uchiha Minamoto. As Jiraiya prepared to fight, Orochimaru used a Shadow Clone to stall him while his real body retreated underground to advance an Impure World Reincarnation plan.

• Jiraiya told Orochimaru he intended to take him back to Konoha, and Orochimaru asked what future he could expect there under Uchiha Minamoto.
• Jiraiya considered promising to plead for Orochimaru but decided instead to fight him, while Orochimaru realized Jiraiya was becoming serious.
• Orochimaru recalled that he had stabilized Gaara's seal by placing a Four Symbols Seal over it, preventing Shukaku's chakra from interfering with Gaara.
• When Gaara released Shukaku using the Feigning Sleep Technique, Orochimaru sensed the outbreak and rushed from the Underground Base to protect Gaara and his vessel plan.
• Orochimaru anticipated that Konoha might send its Hokage, so his original body returned underground to begin an Impure World Reincarnation plan while his Shadow Clone faced Jiraiya.

Orochimaru feared that Jiraiya would report his location to Konoha, so he decided to resurrect Madara Uchiha as a counter to the approaching threat. The [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] succeeded, leaving Madara restored before Orochimaru.

• Orochimaru returned to his Underground Base after Jiraiya appeared in the Land of Swamps and feared that Jiraiya would send word to Konoha.
• Orochimaru decided he needed a God of Shinobi to face Hashirama Senju and an Uchiha to counter Uchiha Minamoto.
• Orochimaru used a Living White Zetsu as a sacrifice and performed the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] to resurrect Madara Uchiha.
• Madara appeared in long black hair and red armor, and Orochimaru remarked that his appearance resembled Hashirama Senju’s more than the Second Hokage’s.

Orochimaru reanimated Madara Uchiha, who recognized the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and demanded to know where Obito Uchiha was. After Orochimaru revealed that Obito was dead but had also been reanimated, Madara accepted the news and dismissed Tobirama Senju with a cold snort.

• Orochimaru completed the reanimation of Madara Uchiha and guarded against his intimidating presence.
• Madara recognized the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and questioned Orochimaru about how he had been revived.
• Orochimaru explained that he had modified Madara's reanimated body so it could wield power from his peak.
• Madara asked where Obito Uchiha was, and Orochimaru first said Obito was dead before clarifying that he had also reanimated him.
• Madara accepted that Obito was dead and remarked that Tobirama Senju's jutsu worked well.

Madara Uchiha learned that Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu had vanished, then discovered that the bearer of his Rinnegan, known to Orochimaru as Pain, was probably dead. He planned to find Nagato and reclaim his eyes, but Orochimaru’s account left Madara without a clear lead.

• Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that Obito Uchiha had lost contact with them and was probably captured, enraging Madara.
• Madara assessed his reanimated body and decided to continue the Eye of the Moon plan by finding Nagato and reclaiming his Rinnegan.
• Madara asked where Black Zetsu was, and Orochimaru said that Black Zetsu had also disappeared.
• Orochimaru guessed that Madara’s Nagato was Pain, and Madara realized Pain possessed his Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru said Pain was probably dead and recalled how Pain had soundly defeated him.

Madara Uchiha broke free of Orochimaru’s [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and seized him by the neck. Madara recognized Orochimaru as a heavily modified human whose consciousness had become that of a great white-scaled snake, while the chapter began explaining Ryūchi Cave’s senjutsu training.

• Orochimaru tried to make Madara Uchiha help him deal with Jiraiya and threatened to control him with [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].
• Madara Uchiha used [Impure World Reincarnation: Release] to free himself from Orochimaru’s control.
• Madara Uchiha caught Orochimaru in his eye power, grabbed him by the neck, and called him neither human nor ghost.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Orochimaru’s altered body and snake-like consciousness as products of human modification experiments.
• The chapter described how Mount Myōboku’s senjutsu training used toad oil and how failed practitioners could turn into stone toad statues before beginning to compare Ryūchi Cave’s training.

Madara Uchiha threw Orochimaru aside, then agreed to hear his information about the Shinobi World. After learning that the Fifth Hokage had killed both Pain and Obito Uchiha, Madara dismissed them as useless.

• Madara Uchiha flung Orochimaru into a laboratory wall after exposing his bodily mutations.
• Orochimaru offered Madara Uchiha information about Konoha and the years since Madara's death in exchange for his cooperation.
• Madara Uchiha asked how Nagato, also known as Pain, had died, and Orochimaru said the Fifth Hokage killed him.
• Orochimaru revealed that the Fifth Hokage had also killed Obito Uchiha multiple times, including after Obito was revived with [Impure World Reincarnation].
• Madara Uchiha condemned Nagato and Obito as useless after hearing they had lost to the Fifth Hokage together.

Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that Uchiha Minamoto, Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, was hailed as the second Sage of Six Paths and had defeated Hashirama Senju in his prime. Madara rejected the account as fabricated, and Orochimaru prepared to send him to verify it with Jiraiya outside the Underground Base.

• Madara Uchiha learned that the Fifth Hokage was Uchiha Minamoto and scoffed at Konoha calling him the second Sage of Six Paths.
• Orochimaru claimed that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Hashirama Senju in a head-on fight after resurrecting him at his prime.
• Madara Uchiha refused to believe anyone but himself could defeat Hashirama and accused Orochimaru of making up the story.
• Orochimaru said Madara could verify the information with Jiraiya, a Konoha ninja waiting outside the Underground Base.

Madara Uchiha emerged from Orochimaru’s Underground Base in his enormous Susanoo while Jiraiya mistook him for the Fifth Hokage. Gaara escaped Gamahiro’s tongue prison, and Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone distracted Jiraiya as Madara arrived; the chapter ended with Jiraiya recognizing Madara as an Impure World Reincarnation ninja.

• Madara Uchiha activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to cut through Orochimaru’s Underground Base.
• Jiraiya mistook Madara’s Susanoo for the Fifth Hokage’s, while Gaara heard Shukaku roar about Indra through his seals.
• Gaara used Sand Hand and Sand Body Flicker to escape Gamahiro’s tongue prison and rejoined Orochimaru and Kimimaro.
• Jiraiya released Gamahiro and Gamachu, then told Orochimaru to surrender because he thought the Fifth Hokage had arrived.
• Madara flew toward Jiraiya in Susanoo, and Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone attacked with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to delay him.
• Jiraiya recognized Madara’s cracked body as that of an Impure World Reincarnation ninja.

Madara Uchiha confronted Jiraiya in the Land of Swamps, dismissed Orochimaru’s attempt to order him around, and subdued Kimimaro and Gaara. He kept Jiraiya trapped and prepared to deal with him, while Jiraiya could not escape.

• Jiraiya recognized Madara Uchiha and considered retreating to warn the Fifth Hokage.
• Madara dispelled Susanoo, landed near Jiraiya, and used Sharingan genjutsu to slow him down.
• Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone ordered Madara to kill Jiraiya, but Madara destroyed the clone with Susanoo.
• Madara identified Gaara as the One-Tail Jinchuriki and knocked out Gaara and Kimimaro with genjutsu.
• Madara used a Susanoo arm to hold Jiraiya in place and addressed him by name.

Madara Uchiha learned from Jiraiya that Hashirama Senju had been resurrected and went to find him in the Land of Wind. On his way, Madara seized Gaara, leaving Jiraiya and Kimimaro behind.

• Madara Uchiha questioned Jiraiya and learned that Hashirama Senju had been resurrected at his peak by the Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya told Madara Uchiha that Hashirama was in the Land of Wind, so Madara left the Land of Swamps to find him.
• Madara Uchiha returned briefly to ask Jiraiya where they were, then disappeared again toward the Land of Wind.
• Madara Uchiha used his [Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan] to control Gaara and Shukaku the One-Tail, then took Gaara away before Kimimaro could react.

Orochimaru arrived too late to stop Madara Uchiha from abducting Gaara, leaving him devastated, and he turned his fury on Jiraiya. Jiraiya’s fire-and-hair attack failed to harm Orochimaru, who summoned Manda as their fight continued.

• Orochimaru crawled from the demolished Underground Base and watched Madara Uchiha escape with Gaara.
• Jiraiya laughed at Orochimaru’s despair, prompting Orochimaru to attack him with the [Kusanagi Sword].
• Jiraiya countered with [Wild Lion's Mane Technique] and [Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet], setting the severed hair alight.
• Orochimaru used [Wind Release: Great Breakthrough] to hold back the flames and retreat without injury.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who confronted him about being called again.

Jiraiya used a shadow clone to keep Orochimaru occupied while his real body escaped to Mount Myōboku with the Reverse Summoning Technique. There, he summoned Kosuke the Toad to relay urgent intelligence about Madara Uchiha’s resurrection.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda and promised him ten times the usual live prey if he defeated Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya refused to summon Gamabunta and used Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld against Manda.
• Jiraiya’s shadow clone fought Orochimaru while his real body used the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape to Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya summoned Kosuke the Toad, who had been stationed in Konoha, to receive his message.

Jiraiya sent intelligence about Madara Uchiha’s resurrection to Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade, then was summoned by the Great Toad Sage. Uchiha Minamoto delivered Jiraiya’s scroll to Tsunade at a gambling house, where they were about to discuss the warning.

• Jiraiya sent one scroll about Madara Uchiha to the Fifth Hokage and another to Tsunade, then answered the Great Toad Sage’s summons.
• Uchiha Minamoto read Jiraiya’s intelligence and used [Divine Lightning] to take Kosuke the Toad to Tsunade.
• Tsunade overturned the gambling table when Uchiha Minamoto appeared, and the gamblers quietly left after hearing Jiraiya had sent intelligence.

Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade traveled to Sunagakure after learning Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, and Minamoto proposed that Shizune enter the Six-Tails jinchūriki selection. He explained that the Aburame Clan’s affinity for Seven-Tails Chōmei had helped Shino become its jinchūriki, then revealed a miniature image of Six-Tails Saiken to make his point.

• Tsunade joined Uchiha Minamoto on his trip to Sunagakure, and he told Shizune to stay in Konoha and prepare for the Six-Tails jinchūriki selection.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade arrived in the forest grown in the desert outside Sunagakure by the Great Love Group Branch.
• Minamoto explained that he wanted Shizune to try the selection because she was Tsunade’s student and Six-Tails Saiken’s chakra might strengthen her.
• Minamoto told Tsunade that several Aburame Clan ninja had reached the final stage of the Seven-Tails selection and that Shino Aburame had become its jinchūriki.
• Minamoto transformed Light Release chakra into a miniature image of Six-Tails Saiken, leaving Tsunade astonished.

Uchiha Minamoto suggested Tsunade or Shizune as possible Six-Tails Jinchuriki before Hashirama Senju arrived with news of Madara Uchiha’s resurrection. Hashirama defended Madara as a peace-seeking ninja, while Minamoto explained that Madara’s good intentions had led to the flawed Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

• Uchiha Minamoto proposed that Shizune’s connection to Katsuyu might make her a candidate for Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and said Tsunade had a better chance.
• Hashirama Senju arrived, heard that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, and celebrated the news.
• Tsunade objected to Hashirama’s happiness and began to criticize Madara, but Hashirama insisted that Madara dreamed of peace.
• Hashirama asked Uchiha Minamoto to confirm that Madara was a good man, and Minamoto said Madara’s intentions were good but his actions were not.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan sought peace by trapping the world in an illusion sustained by the life force of its ninja.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju reunited after both had been resurrected, while Madara assessed how Konoha might threaten his plans. Madara knew he would have to fight Konoha to recover his Rinnegan and continue the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Uchiha Minamoto sensed a powerful chakra signature approaching and warned Hashirama Senju that Madara Uchiha was coming.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju met again and recognized that each had returned to life.
• Madara realized Hashirama had been perfectly resurrected and praised the Fifth Hokage's skill in developing the technique.
• Hashirama asked whether Orochimaru had resurrected Madara with Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Madara suspected Konoha had anticipated his return and resolved to fight it, especially to reclaim his Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha recognized Uchiha Minamoto as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and considered taking his Mangekyō Sharingan if he could not reclaim his Rinnegan. He challenged Hashirama Senju to test his reanimated strength, but his attempt to summon the Nine-Tails failed, making Hashirama laugh.

• Madara Uchiha noticed Tsunade and Uchiha Minamoto among Hashirama Senju’s companions and identified Minamoto as the Fifth Hokage when he activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha studied the unusual patterns in Minamoto’s eyes and considered taking them for himself if he could not retrieve his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha focused on Hashirama Senju, roared his name, and challenged him to fight.
• Madara Uchiha used the Summoning Technique to call forth the Nine-Tails, but nothing appeared.
• Hashirama Senju laughed at Madara Uchiha’s failed summoning attempt.