Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha failed to summon Kurama because Uchiha Minamoto had placed a Contract Seal on the Nine-Tails, and Minamoto revealed that the Gunbai was also under his control. Madara was left frustrated as Hashirama Senju laughed at his repeated failures.

• Madara Uchiha tried to summon the Nine-Tails, but Uchiha Minamoto explained that Kurama was now his Summoning Beast and had been protected by a Contract Seal.
• Madara Uchiha blamed Obito Uchiha for losing the Nine-Tails and then failed again when he tried to summon his weapon.
• Hashirama Senju laughed at Madara Uchiha's failed attempts while Tsunade watched in surprise.
• Uchiha Minamoto revealed that the Gunbai was his too and summoned the war fan after placing a Contract Seal on it.

Madara Uchiha broke the seal on Gaara to release One-Tail Shukaku, hoping to claim the tailed beast for his Eye of the Moon Plan. Shukaku celebrated his freedom, then noticed Madara beside Gaara’s dying body.

• Madara Uchiha decided to release One-Tail Shukaku from Gaara after losing access to Nine-Tails and his Gunbai.
• Madara Uchiha broke through the ancient sealing jutsu inside Gaara, and Shukaku sensed the seal weakening.
• Shukaku battered the crumbling seal with his chakra as his power spread over Gaara and formed into his enormous body.
• Shukaku laughed and shouted that he was free, while Madara Uchiha called him a noisy beast.
• Shukaku saw Gaara’s dying corpse and another figure standing beside him.

Uchiha Minamoto let Hashirama Senju fight Madara Uchiha and gave him the Uchiha Clan’s Gunbai to pass along. Madara controlled Shukaku the One-Tail and took up the fan, preparing to face Hashirama.

• Uchiha Minamoto explained that he regretted Madara Uchiha had unsealed Shukaku the One-Tail before he could, then yielded the fight to Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Minamoto handed Hashirama Senju the Gunbai, and Hashirama understood that he was meant to give it to Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju charged at Madara Uchiha and Shukaku the One-Tail, calling the Gunbai a hidden weapon as he threw it.
• Madara Uchiha caught the Gunbai, tested its familiar feel, and resolved to defeat Hashirama before facing Uchiha Minamoto.
• Madara Uchiha leapt onto Shukaku the One-Tail’s head and looked down at Hashirama Senju while the tailed beast remained under his genjutsu control.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought in the Land of Wind, matching Wood Release against Madara’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo. As their battle continued, Hashirama summoned the Wood Human Technique, and the two giants collided while Tsunade and Uchiha Minamoto watched.

• Madara Uchiha covered Shukaku the One-Tail with Majestic Attire: Susanoo and cut Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon Technique in half.
• Hashirama Senju transformed the desert into a forest with Deep Forest Emergence, but Madara Uchiha blasted through it with Yasaka Magatama.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto why he had never used Susanoo to wrap a tailed beast, and he said he could do the same with Matatabi or Kurama.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Wood Human Technique and charged Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• The Wood Human Technique and Majestic Attire: Susanoo collided, sending a shockwave and clouds of sand across the desert.
• Tsunade said she could not match Hashirama Senju even with Katsuyu, and Uchiha Minamoto explained that her chakra limited the size of the slug she could summon.

Hashirama Senju activated Sage Mode and strengthened his Wood Release against Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo. The chapter ended as Hashirama’s Wood Human intercepted Shukaku the One-Tail’s Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Uchiha Minamoto agreed with Tsunade that Susanoo could be a liability against powerful opponents because it was a hollow construct, unlike Hashirama Senju’s solid Wood Human.
• Tsunade noticed black markings appear on Hashirama Senju’s face and recognized that he had activated senjutsu.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Mode to empower his Wood Human and Wood Dragon, forcing Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo onto the defensive.
• Shukaku the One-Tail fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Hashirama Senju from inside Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• Hashirama Senju grew an extra arm on the Wood Human and intercepted the Tailed Beast Bomb.

Madara Uchiha used the Rinnegan to repel Hashirama Senju’s Wood Human Technique and declared himself invincible, then pulled Hashirama toward Majestic Attire: Susanoo for a killing strike. Hashirama countered with the Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, and the clash remained unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha activated the Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei to shatter the wooden giant’s hand and stagger the Wood Human Technique.
• Hashirama Senju recognized that Madara’s Rinnegan had once belonged to him and warned that the eyes were not invincible.
• Madara Uchiha laughed, proclaimed that the Rinnegan made him invincible, and used Banshō Ten'in to pull Hashirama from the wooden giant.
• Madara Uchiha directed Majestic Attire: Susanoo and Shukaku the One-Tail to strike Hashirama in midair.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to pin Majestic Attire: Susanoo’s arms, feet, and tail.

Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to strike Hashirama Senju from behind, turning the battle in his favor. He appeared behind Hashirama and pierced him again with a Chakra Black Rod.

• Hashirama Senju restrained Shukaku with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, but Madara Uchiha repelled the torii targeting him with Shinra Tensei.
• Hashirama Senju escaped Banshō Ten'in with Adamantine-Staff Wood, then used the wooden pillars to shield himself from Madara Uchiha's Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch.
• Madara Uchiha cut through the wooden bridge with Storm Release: Light Fang, but Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Dragon and charged after learning Shinra Tensei had a five-second interval.
• Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to strike Hashirama Senju in the abdomen, then switched places with his invisible shadow clone and stabbed Hashirama from behind.
• Madara Uchiha said the attack repaid Hashirama for their Valley of the End battle and pierced him again with a Chakra Black Rod.

Madara Uchiha remembered his old grudges against Hashirama Senju and repeatedly stabbed him with Chakra Black Rods, doubting that ordinary weapons could kill a man with Hashirama cells. Hashirama ended the chapter covered in black rods, resembling a giant hedgehog.

• Madara Uchiha recalled how Hashirama Senju had stabbed him from behind at the Valley of the End and drove a Chakra Black Rod into him in revenge.
• Madara Uchiha remembered Hashirama Senju agreeing to kill himself to secure peace between the Senju and Uchiha clans, and questioned whether Hashirama could have died from a kunai wound.
• Madara Uchiha recalled feeling betrayed when Konoha rejected him as its Second Hokage and he left the village.
• Madara Uchiha decided Hashirama's Hashirama cells made him too resilient for kunai, so he chose Chakra Black Rods instead.
• Madara Uchiha repeatedly created and thrust Chakra Black Rods into Hashirama Senju until a dense mass of rods covered his back.

Madara Uchiha left Hashirama Senju near death after skewering him with chakra-suppressing black rods, but Uchiha Minamoto rescued him with Amenotejikara. Tsunade began treating Hashirama while Minamoto assured her that removing the rods would let him heal.

• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Hashirama Senju with Limbo and pierced him with black rods until he was gravely injured.
• Tsunade panicked over Hashirama's condition and struggled to decide whether to ask Minamoto for help, fight Madara, or flee.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Amenotejikara to move Hashirama Senju away from Madara and beside himself and Tsunade.
• Tsunade prepared to use the Mystical Palm Technique to stabilize Hashirama, but Minamoto told her to remove the black rods first so Hashirama could heal on his own.

Tsunade removed the Chakra Black Rods from Hashirama Senju, whose body healed but whose defeat by Madara Uchiha left him despondent. Madara then attacked Uchiha Minamoto, and the two clashed with their respective Majestic Destroyer Flame techniques.

• Tsunade pulled the Chakra Black Rods from Hashirama Senju, and his wounds healed as his chakra returned.
• Hashirama Senju realized he had lost to Madara Uchiha and concluded that the Fifth Hokage would have to settle the battle.
• Madara Uchiha waited while Tsunade treated Hashirama Senju, then used Banshō Ten'in to pull Uchiha Minamoto toward him.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame as Uchiha Minamoto answered with Blaze Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, and their flames collided.

Uchiha Minamoto captured Shukaku the One-Tail with [Amber Sealing] after Madara Uchiha countered his [Blaze Release] by absorbing the flames and shedding Susanoo’s armor. Madara attacked to reclaim Shukaku, and the chapter ended as Minamoto sent a black fire dragon against Madara’s Wood Dragon Technique.

• Madara Uchiha used [Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal] to absorb Minamoto’s [Blaze Release], but the scorching Chakra damaged his Reanimated Body.
• Madara Uchiha removed [Majestic Attire: Susanoo]’s armor to protect Shukaku the One-Tail from the black flames.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared atop Shukaku and trapped him with [Amber Sealing], severing Madara’s control over the One-Tail.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Minamoto with [Shinra Tensei], but Minamoto countered with [Amenotokotachi], and their repulsive forces clashed evenly.
• Madara Uchiha used Hashirama Senju’s [Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique] to attack the sealed Shukaku, surprising Hashirama and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Minamoto unleashed [Sage Art: Blaze Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique], forming a black fire dragon as large as Madara’s wooden one.

Uchiha Minamoto used Sun Senjutsu-infused Kekkei Tōta Blaze Release to destroy Madara Uchiha’s Wood Dragon Technique and burn his reanimated body despite the Absorption Seal. Madara then attacked with four Limbo Clones, but their weapons passed through Minamoto, whose ability reminded Madara of a Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu.

• Uchiha Minamoto’s black fire dragon instantly incinerated Madara Uchiha’s Wood Dragon Technique and charged at him.
• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Great Dragon Fire Technique with his Absorption Seal, but its heat evaporated his reanimated body until the attack disappeared and he recovered.
• Madara Uchiha recognized the threat of Minamoto’s Blaze Release and decided to end the fight with his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha sent four Limbo Clones to attack Uchiha Minamoto atop the Amber Sealing.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s body seemed to occupy another space, allowing the Limbo Clones’ Chakra Black Rods to pass through him; Madara recognized the ability as resembling a Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu.

Uchiha Minamoto used [Kamui] to remove Madara Uchiha’s Limbo Clones and Shukaku, then revealed his golden [Rinne Three-Tomoe Sharingan] and resurrected Madara Uchiha. The chapter left Madara newly restored to life as Uchiha Minamoto turned the sunlight over the Land of Wind into a destructive force.

• Uchiha Minamoto used [Kamui] to absorb Madara Uchiha’s four Limbo Clones and the [Amber Sealing] containing Shukaku the One-Tail.
• Madara Uchiha realized he would need Uchiha Minamoto’s eyes or a way into the [Kamui] dimension to reclaim Shukaku.
• Uchiha Minamoto activated his golden [Rinne Three-Tomoe Sharingan], which Madara Uchiha recognized as [Rinne Sharingan].
• Uchiha Minamoto used [Resurrection of the Dead] to restore Madara Uchiha’s reanimated body to living flesh and blood.
• Uchiha Minamoto activated [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], turning the sunlight over the Land of Wind into a destructive force as Madara Uchiha sensed the danger.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Madara Uchiha with [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], sending him back to the Pure Land, then explained his [Rinne Sharingan] to Hashirama Senju and Tsunade. He admitted Madara had seemed weak, but realized killing him would not solve the problem while Orochimaru could revive him with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

• Hashirama Senju and Tsunade watched Madara Uchiha vanish under [Sunlight Shines Everywhere].
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared before Hashirama Senju and Tsunade, who asked about his unusual eyes.
• Uchiha Minamoto identified his eyes as the [Rinne Sharingan] and explained how they differed from the [Rinnegan].
• Hashirama Senju asked why Uchiha Minamoto had sent Madara Uchiha back to the Pure Land, and Uchiha Minamoto said Madara had been weak.
• Uchiha Minamoto considered that killing Madara Uchiha would not solve the problem while Orochimaru could revive him with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

Uchiha Minamoto explained why Orochimaru was difficult to eliminate and how Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan had factored into his plan to seal him. After Madara Uchiha died to [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], Uchiha Minamoto decided to take his resurrection materials from Orochimaru and revive Madara Uchiha so he could seal him safely, while Hashirama Senju and Tsunade reacted to the events.

• Uchiha Minamoto reflected that Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal backups made him nearly impossible to kill permanently.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that he had planned to remove Madara Uchiha’s [Rinnegan] before sealing him with [Amber Sealing].
• Uchiha Minamoto’s [Sunlight Shines Everywhere] reduced Madara Uchiha to ashes before he could carry out that plan.
• Uchiha Minamoto decided to go to the Land of Swamps, take Madara Uchiha’s resurrection materials from Orochimaru, and revive Madara Uchiha so he could seal him.
• Hashirama Senju grew despondent over how much the Shinobi World had changed, and Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto whether they should return to the village.

Uchiha Minamoto explained that he would deal with Orochimaru in the Land of Swamps and intended to revive Madara so he could seal him away permanently. He and Tsunade then arrived outside the Land of Swamps' capital, where Orochimaru's Manda was fighting Jiraiya's Gamabunta.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Tsunade and Hashirama Senju that he would go to the Land of Swamps to deal with Orochimaru and would revive Madara with [Resurrection of the Dead] if necessary.
• Hashirama Senju agreed that Madara posed too great a danger to leave unchecked, then asked whether he could leave the Land of Wind now that Madara's threat had been addressed.
• Uchiha Minamoto reminded Hashirama Senju that he was still responsible for Sunagakure's Great Love Group Branch and wanted him to remain there to deter the other villages.
• Tsunade said she would visit some old friends, and she and Uchiha Minamoto traveled to the Land of Swamps.
• Tsunade recognized Orochimaru's Manda and Jiraiya's Gamabunta fighting outside the capital and eagerly looked at Uchiha Minamoto.

Tsunade joined Jiraiya’s fight with Orochimaru, but Orochimaru tried to fake his death and escape underground. Uchiha Minamoto captured him with Magnet Release and appeared before him as the Fifth Hokage.

• Tsunade summoned the Katsuyu Sage and rode her to the battlefield after Uchiha Minamoto told her to have fun.
• Tsunade urged Jiraiya to fight Orochimaru alongside her, while Orochimaru realized Jiraiya had mastered Mount Myōboku’s senjutsu and sought a chance to escape.
• Orochimaru dispelled Manda’s summoning and pretended to surrender, but Tsunade ordered the Katsuyu Sage to attack him with Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid.
• Orochimaru used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique and Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu to fake his death and hide underground.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Magnet Release to harden the earth and trap Orochimaru inside a hovering sphere of mud and stone.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared before the captured Orochimaru, who greeted him with a forced smile.

Orochimaru tried to bargain for his life by offering Uchiha Minamoto information and research, while Jiraiya and Tsunade urged him to cooperate. Minamoto considered Orochimaru’s offers and found most of them uninteresting.

• Uchiha Minamoto threatened to spare Orochimaru only if he liked what Orochimaru had to say.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived, and Orochimaru congratulated Tsunade on the resurrection of Hashirama, Tobirama, and Nawaki.
• Jiraiya urged Orochimaru to confess, and Uchiha Minamoto ordered him to tell everything he ought to.
• Orochimaru offered tissue from Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, Akatsuki intelligence, Sasori’s location, his research on Hashirama and White Zetsu cells, and Moryo’s dried husk.
• Uchiha Minamoto dismissed most of Orochimaru’s offers, noting that he had little need for Akatsuki intelligence, Sasori’s location, or Orochimaru’s research materials.

Uchiha Minamoto prioritized Orochimaru’s resurrection materials and went to the Underground Base to retrieve Madara Uchiha’s corpse. He used a White Zetsu as a sacrifice and began the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu], leaving Madara’s return underway.

• Uchiha Minamoto left Orochimaru trapped in a sphere of earth and stone while he went to the Underground Base.
• Jiraiya teased Orochimaru, and Tsunade explained that Uchiha Minamoto could travel from Konoha to the Land of Swamps using [Divine Lightning].
• Tsunade told Orochimaru and Jiraiya that Uchiha Minamoto had resurrected Madara Uchiha in the Land of Wind and killed him again.
• Uchiha Minamoto found the scroll containing Madara Uchiha’s corpse and unsealed it.
• Uchiha Minamoto took a White Zetsu and tissue from Madara Uchiha’s corpse, then began the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

Uchiha Minamoto resurrected Madara Uchiha as an elderly Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara's attempt to attack him ended in a humiliating collapse. Uchiha Minamoto then restored Madara to a real but still elderly body, leaving him alive without returning him to his prime.

• Uchiha Minamoto greeted the newly revived Madara Uchiha, who activated his Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei against him.
• Madara Uchiha's weak elderly body could barely support the jutsu, and its recoil caused him to fall and break several bones.
• Madara Uchiha's reanimated body repaired itself, but he remained on the ground in a state of deep humiliation and dejection.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Resurrection of the Dead with sun senjutsu chakra to turn Madara Uchiha's reanimated body into elderly flesh and blood.
• Uchiha Minamoto left Madara Uchiha alive in his old body rather than restoring him to his prime.