Chapter Summaries

Naruto helped defeat and seal the Third Raikage, while Gaara sealed Rasa. Black Zetsu gave Madara Uchiha’s corpse to Orochimaru, and Naruto’s last clone arrived at the chaotic first battlefield to reinforce the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Naruto struck the Third Raikage with a Rasenshuriken, then used chakra claws and smaller Rasenshuriken to pin him down and break his limbs so the Sealing Squad could bind him.
• The Third Raikage apologized for the innocent blood he had shed, and Naruto promised to pursue those responsible before hurrying to help the others.
• Gaara defeated and sealed Rasa, while Black Zetsu learned that Naruto’s arrival had quickly turned the other battlefields against them.
• Orochimaru warned Black Zetsu that the First and Second Hokage might escape control and asked for Madara Uchiha’s corpse; Black Zetsu summoned Madara’s coffin and handed it over.
• Naruto’s last clone reached the chaotic first battlefield and created over a thousand shadow clones to attack the White Zetsu.

Naruto Uzumaki arrived in Sage-enhanced Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju’s battle, rescuing Minato Namikaze from Tobirama’s water-and-lightning trap. As the two Hokage prepared to escalate the fight, Hashirama summoned the Wood Human Technique.

• Naruto’s shadow clones helped the Allied Shinobi Forces identify and defeat White Zetsu, turning the battle in their favor.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode, while Tobirama used clones and water and lightning techniques to limit Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tobirama knocked Minato toward the electrified water, but Naruto rescued his father and revealed his immense chakra and resolve.
• Hashirama and Tobirama recognized Naruto as Minato’s son and the current jinchūriki, and Hashirama thanked Minato for Konoha’s sake.
• Hashirama summoned a towering wooden giant with a Wood Dragon coiled around its neck, alarming the surrounding ninja.

Sasuke’s complete-body Susanoo and Naruto’s golden Nine-Tails joined Hashirama Senju’s wooden giant in a battle that dwarfed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ fighting. As Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands and Tobirama Senju fought Minato Namikaze and Itachi, an unknown voice told Itachi to use Tsukuyomi on Tobirama.

• Sasuke formed a complete-body Susanoo, and Naruto transformed into the golden Nine-Tails after Kurama urged him to fight Hashirama Senju.
• Kurama and Sasuke attacked Hashirama Senju’s wooden giant, with Kurama pinning it down and firing a Tailed Beast Bomb at its head.
• Tobirama Senju rescued Hashirama Senju with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kurama charged them before Hashirama pinned him with a Gate of the Great God.
• Sasuke cut through Hashirama’s falling gates, helping Kurama break free, but Hashirama summoned the enormous True Several Thousand Hands statue.
• Tobirama Senju resumed fighting Minato Namikaze and Itachi, and an unknown voice told Itachi to use Tsukuyomi on Tobirama and make him break free of the Impure World Reincarnation’s control.

Itachi used Tsukuyomi to help Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju break free of the Impure World Reincarnation’s control, and Hashirama halted the battle. After Obito rescued several Akatsuki members, Mū summoned Madara Uchiha, who emerged from his coffin and asked who had revived him.

• Itachi caught Tobirama Senju’s attention with his Mangekyō Sharingan and urged him to break free of the Impure World Reincarnation’s control.
• Tobirama Senju helped Hashirama Senju regain control, and Hashirama stopped the fighting across the battlefield.
• Obito appeared, protected himself with a barrier, and transported Kakuzu and three others away from Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze.
• Hashirama Senju and Itachi identified the masked figure as an impostor claiming to be Madara Uchiha, then noticed Mū on a distant rock.
• Mū summoned a coffin, and Madara Uchiha emerged, realized he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation, and asked Mū who had cast it.

Madara Uchiha was revived before his full resurrection and attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces, forcing them to withdraw. Ye Feng and his group arrived to watch his battle with Hashirama Senju, while Madara questioned the “Sacred God.”

• Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that the Nine Tailed Beasts had been captured and asked him to hold off the Allied Shinobi Forces until the sealing was complete.
• Madara Uchiha greeted Hashirama Senju, declared he would not abandon his plans, and charged into the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the ninja with taijutsu and a Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Hashirama Senju, Naruto, and others protected them from his fireballs.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to withdraw, and the Four Village Kage left their other battlefields to head toward Madara Uchiha.
• Ye Feng and his group arrived through a Space Gate, and the “Sacred God” told Minato Namikaze they had come to watch and would not interfere.
• Madara Uchiha questioned whether the “Sacred God” was truly a god and worried that his presence might affect his plans.

Madara Uchiha attacked the Sacred God, then fought Shisui after the Sacred God challenged him. Shisui overwhelmed Madara’s Susanoo with his superior sword and taijutsu, leaving Madara’s Susanoo close to breaking.

• Madara Uchiha’s fire dragons vanished before reaching the Sacred God, who warned him to follow his plan and not persist in attacking.
• Madara Uchiha summoned his Perfect Susanoo, and the Sacred God asked Shisui to fight him instead of Ye Feng.
• Shisui summoned a green Susanoo and told Madara Uchiha that his master had secured peace by making Konoha powerful enough to deter attackers.
• Madara Uchiha charged Shisui, whose sword broke both of Madara’s blades in a single strike.
• Madara Uchiha switched to hand-to-hand combat, but Shisui dodged his kick, knocked his Susanoo down, and battered it until cracks spread across it.

After Shisui defeated Madara Uchiha, Naruto and Sasuke attacked him, only to discover that he had awakened the Rinnegan and could absorb ninjutsu. Madara summoned a colossal meteorite, leaving Ōnoki and Gaara struggling to slow and hold it while the others fled.

• At the Sacred God's command, Shisui stopped attacking Madara Uchiha and returned to Ye Feng's side.
• After Minato Namikaze explained the battle to the arriving Kage, Naruto and Sasuke charged at Madara Uchiha.
• Sasuke struck Madara Uchiha with Amaterasu, and Naruto followed with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but Madara absorbed the Rasenshuriken with his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha leaped onto a distant rock and summoned an enormous meteorite above Minato Namikaze and the others.
• Ōnoki used the Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to slow the meteorite while Gaara held it up with two giant hands and ordered the others to escape.

Madara Uchiha stopped the Allied Ninja Forces with two meteorites and Wood Release, but the Kage and Naruto defended them and counterattacked. After Killer B joined the battle, Madara used Planetary Devastation to trap him inside a sphere of rock, leaving the Fourth Raikage desperate to reach him.

• Ōnoki and the other Village Kage halted the first meteorite, while Hashirama Senju, Naruto, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and a purple Susanoo helped stop the second and shield the Ninja from falling debris.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Naruto protected the Ninja with shadow clones and Rasengan while Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze rescued two impaled fighters.
• Mei Terumi and the Fourth Raikage attacked Madara Uchiha, but his Susanoo protected him from Mei Terumi's acid.
• Killer B arrived in his Tailed Beast Transformation and knocked Madara Uchiha's Susanoo down with an octopus tail.
• Madara Uchiha used Planetary Devastation, drawing Killer B and countless rocks into a black sphere; he knocked the Fourth Raikage away when he tried to intervene.
• Ōnoki stopped the Fourth Raikage from charging toward the sphere and urged him to defeat Madara Uchiha before attempting to rescue Killer B.

Madara Uchiha matched Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release before the Allied Forces coordinated an attack that briefly left him vulnerable, but his Shinra Tensei repelled their attempt to seal him. As the battle settled into a stalemate and the living fighters withdrew to recover, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the last tailed beast chakra, broke its chains, and roared.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju summoned identical True Several Thousand Hands and clashed with their wooden arms.
• Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage shattered Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo, and Minato Namikaze struck him with a Rasengan while Tobirama Senju and two sealing ninja tried to bind him.
• Madara Uchiha used Shinra Tensei to destroy the sealing scrolls and send Tobirama Senju and the two ninja flying.
• The Allied Forces struggled against Madara Uchiha until Naruto, Sasuke, and the other living fighters retreated to recover, leaving the Senju Brothers to hold him back as night fell.
• At the Akatsuki's base, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the final tailed beast chakra, snapped its chains, and roared.

The allied shinobi coordinated their strongest attacks against Madara Uchiha, exploiting the brief interval after his Super Shinra Tensei to strike him with Naruto’s Giant Rasenshuriken. They blasted Madara to ash, and Tobirama Senju prepared sealing scrolls as the Ten-Tails approached.

• Deva Path and Konan left the base, which collapsed as the Ten-Tails emerged from the rubble.
• Madara Uchiha recognized the Ten-Tails’ roar, and the allied shinobi resolved to attack him before it arrived.
• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, Hashirama Senju, Gaara, Tobirama Senju, Mei Terumi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato Namikaze coordinated attacks that cracked and shattered Madara’s Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha repelled Naruto and Sasuke’s attacks with Super Shinra Tensei, but the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki struck during its recovery interval.
• Minato Namikaze and Naruto used Flying Thunder God marks to reappear above Madara, and Naruto’s Giant Rasenshuriken blasted him to ash.
• Tobirama Senju took out two sealing scrolls to seal Madara Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju briefly sealed Madara Uchiha, but the Deva Path and the Masked Man freed him as the Ten-Tails arrived. Minato Namikaze organized the fighters to rescue the Eight-Tails and hold off their enemies, while Shion joined the battlefield after revealing her power.

• Tobirama Senju used the Sealing Scroll to trap Madara Uchiha, but the Deva Path pulled Tobirama away with Banshō Ten'in.
• The Masked Man appeared with Madara Uchiha, and the Deva Path broke the seal that held him.
• The Ten-Tails arrived, and Madara Uchiha decided to send it against the fighters before summoning the moon.
• Minato Namikaze sent Naruto and Sasuke to rescue the Eight-Tails, while Hashirama Senju tried to slow the Ten-Tails and the others kept Madara Uchiha occupied.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Might Guy, Kakashi Hatake, Uchiha Shinichi, Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Shion arrived to help, and Shion demonstrated her formidable strength.

Shion joined the battlefield to avenge the fallen Konoha ninja and unleashed a devastating attack on Madara Uchiha. Ye Feng promised to revive the dead and told Shion to retrieve their bodies before leaving the battlefield.

• Shion refused Ye Feng’s order to return and said Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, and Kiba Inuzuka had died, prompting him to let her fight.
• Shion vanished and repeatedly struck Madara Uchiha, stunning the battlefield witnesses with her speed and strength.
• Shion’s enormous sphere of light clashed with Madara Uchiha’s Super Shinra Tensei and exploded, devastating the battlefield; Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze evacuated the others, while Madara Uchiha’s body turned to ashes.
• Ye Feng secretly protected Shion and promised to revive the dead, telling her to bring back their bodies and pretend to be exhausted before leaving.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze returned everyone to the flattened battlefield after the dust cleared.

Shion returned from her fight with Madara Uchiha, and Madara demanded to know who she was before calling on Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu used Nagato to resurrect Madara, leaving him alive but temporarily without his Rinnegan as his enemies noticed Hashirama Senju’s face on his body.

• Minato Namikaze found Naruto and Sasuke safe as Shion, Deva Path, and Madara Uchiha descended to the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha demanded to know who Shion was, and Ye Feng threatened him when he learned she was Ye Feng’s daughter.
• Black Zetsu seized control of Nagato and forced him to use Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, killing Deva Path as Madara Uchiha was resurrected.
• Madara Uchiha celebrated his new living body, but his illusory Rinnegan shattered and left him unable to fight while Black Zetsu retrieved Nagato’s eyes.
• Madara Uchiha removed his armor, revealing a second face resembling Hashirama Senju on his chest, and the others stared at Hashirama.

Madara Uchiha revealed that he had obtained Hashirama Senju’s flesh to awaken the Rinnegan, then used the eyes he retrieved from Black Zetsu to absorb the Ten-Tails and transform into a Six Paths state. He left Naruto, Sasuke, Minato Namikaze, and several other fighters badly injured, while Ye Feng and the masked “Sacred God” remained calm.

• Madara Uchiha explained that combining Senju and Uchiha powers had awakened his Rinnegan, and Tobirama Senju realized he was stalling for time.
• Black Zetsu delivered Madara Uchiha a pair of Rinnegan, which he placed into his empty eye sockets.
• Madara Uchiha used the Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal to absorb the Ten-Tails and transform, gaining white hair, a horn, a Sage’s Staff, and nine black spheres.
• Madara Uchiha knocked Sasuke away, pierced Naruto with Chakra Rods, and struck Minato Namikaze when he tried to help Naruto.
• Madara Uchiha defeated the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Tobirama Senju, then shattered Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon with a black sphere.

Madara Uchiha used his Sage's Staff and Black Orbs to threaten the shinobi alliance, while Itachi rallied the others to fight back. Their attacks failed to break through Madara's defenses until Gamabunta shattered one Black Orb, but Madara wounded him and blocked Jiraiya's Sage Art: Goemon.

• Tobirama Senju concluded that Madara's Sage's Staff could damage souls and prevent Impure World Reincarnation bodies from regenerating.
• Itachi urged the shinobi to fight for their families, and he, Uchiha Shinichi, and Kakashi Hatake summoned their Susanoo.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, Fukasaku, and Shima, then entered Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Madara with sand, water, and lava, but his Black Orb disintegrated their ninjutsu.
• Gamabunta struck Madara's Black Orb with his blade and shattered it, but Madara kicked him away and stabbed his thigh with the Sage's Staff.
• Jiraiya attacked Madara with Sage Art: Goemon, but Madara blocked the flames with a Black Orb.

Madara Uchiha survived Naruto and Sasuke’s attacks, leaving both near death, and seized Shion when she rushed to fight him. The masked Sacred God overpowered Madara and took Shion, leaving Madara and the onlookers questioning his intentions.

• Naruto struck Madara Uchiha with a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, damaging part of his horn but leaving him otherwise unhurt.
• Madara Uchiha pierced Naruto’s chest with a Chakra Rod, then knocked Sasuke down and left him impaled by his own sword.
• Shion attacked Madara Uchiha to avenge Naruto and Sasuke, but he caught her and used her as leverage against Ye Feng.
• The Sacred God interrupted Ye Feng and Madara Uchiha’s standoff, then crushed Madara with overwhelming pressure until he released Shion.
• The Sacred God drew Shion to his side, while Madara Uchiha and the onlookers wondered why he pursued a plan despite his immense strength.

Ye Feng revealed his knowledge of the Sage of Six Paths’ plans and persuaded him to intervene, while Madara Uchiha abandoned the fight and the Ten-Tails transformed into a tree. As the Ten-Tails neared its final stage, Might Guy opened the Gate of Wonder and attacked Madara at a speed that startled Hyuga Kong and Toneri.

• Ye Feng told the Sage of Six Paths that he knew the Shinobi World’s future and argued that the war could lead to a more peaceful, united world.
• Ye Feng warned the Sage of Six Paths about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the God of Ōtsutsuki, and the Sage agreed to act before entering Naruto’s and Sasuke’s mental worlds.
• Madara Uchiha lost interest in fighting and separated the Ten-Tails from his body, whereupon it transformed into a giant tree with a flower bud facing the moon.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Wonder and rushed Madara Uchiha with a powerful punch.
• Madara Uchiha blocked Might Guy’s attack, while Hyuga Kong and Toneri were astonished by his speed.

Naruto and Sasuke awakened Six Paths-level powers and joined the battle against Madara Uchiha. Ye Feng began absorbing the Ten-Tails, prompting the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki to confront him as the other fighters evacuated.

• Might Guy fought Madara Uchiha with Daytime Tiger, but the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki rescued him before Madara could finish him off.
• As Might Guy prepared to open the Eighth Gate, Naruto struck Madara Uchiha with a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and emerged with a new power.
• Sasuke returned with a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, while Naruto gained a golden robe and nine black spheres; Madara Uchiha realized they had reached Six Paths-level strength.
• Madara Uchiha sensed the Ten-Tails' power draining and saw Ye Feng absorbing it as the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki appeared.
• Hamura Otsutsuki charged Ye Feng, but Orochimaru, Shisui, Toneri, Hyuga Kong, and Ye Feng's Wood Clone blocked him.
• Ye Feng's Wood Clone told Minato Namikaze to evacuate the others, and Minato led most of the fighters away while the Senju Brothers, Naruto, Sasuke, and Madara Uchiha remained.

Ye Feng explained that he needed to absorb much of Kaguya’s Origin Force and promised to restore it, but the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura refused to let him take the Ten-Tails. Orochimaru, Hyuga Kong, Shisui, and Toneri held off the brothers as the Ten-Tails weakened, until the Sage of Six Paths summoned a massive meteorite against Ye Feng.

• Ye Feng told the Sage of Six Paths he would use the Ten-Tails’ power to advance and would restore Kaguya’s Origin Force after taking a large portion of it.
• Hamura Otsutsuki attacked, and the Sage of Six Paths sent a black spear toward Ye Feng, but Orochimaru cut it apart and challenged him while Hyuga Kong joined the fight.
• Hamura attacked Toneri with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Shisui shielded him and pulled him clear; Toneri then destroyed Hamura’s falling statue with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hamura bombarded Shisui’s light shield with purple lightning, which the shield absorbed, while Hyuga Kong and Orochimaru kept the Sage of Six Paths occupied.
• As the Ten-Tails’ power waned, the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura prepared their ultimate techniques, and the Sage summoned a massive meteorite that fell toward Ye Feng.

Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths attacked Ye Feng while their allies fought to protect him. As Hamura hurled a space-piercing black longsword at Ye Feng, Ye Feng remained confident that he had a way to counter it.

• Shisui used Starfall Slash, while two Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosions and Orochimaru’s Sage Art: Fire Dragon Explosion shattered the enormous meteorite.
• Hamura trapped Ye Feng in Planetary Devastation, but Ye Feng cut the black orb apart with the Kusanagi Sword and ended its suction.
• Hamura and Ye Feng exchanged Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosions, leaving Toneri and Hyuga Kong badly drained as they shielded Ye Feng.
• The Sage of Six Paths sent nine pursuing black spikes after Ye Feng, forcing Orochimaru and Shisui to keep intercepting them.
• Hamura threw a black longsword that pierced through space, and Ye Feng recognized its space-time power while trusting his own countermeasure.