Chapter Summaries

Yugao attacked Anyo, who let her stab him before cutting Waning Moon in two and leaving her distraught with Konan. After Haku calmed Anyo, he contacted Inoichi and set out to destroy the White Zetsu threatening the Allied Forces, with Minato confident he would succeed.

• Anyo provoked Yugao into using the Blade-Breaking Technique, then let Waning Moon pierce his left chest and cut the sword in two.
• Anyo left Yugao with Konan, who admitted she wanted to leave the world, while Yugao watched snow begin to fall.
• Haku found Anyo and promised to stand by him even if he chose to kill Yugao and Konan, calming his anger.
• Anyo contacted Inoichi, learned the White Zetsu were infiltrating and overwhelming the Allied Forces, and ordered the ninja to camp and defend their positions.
• Anyo learned where the largest group of White Zetsu was and left with Haku to kill them.
• Inoichi reported Anyo's plan to Minato, who told him to follow the order and expressed confidence in Anyo.

Anyo unleashed the Supreme Edge and wiped out the White Zetsu on the battlefield, drawing Obito and Kabuto’s attention. He then faced the reanimated Third Raikage and defeated him with a technique called Forget Worry.

• Anyo released the Six Paths Sharp Edge into 1,296 blades and slaughtered the White Zetsu in the Allied Shinobi Forces’ path.
• Obito questioned the White Zetsu’s sudden losses, while Kabuto explained that Anyo had joined the fight and revealed he had sent an expert to capture the Jinchūriki.
• Anyo summoned a storm with Sage Art: Storm of Torrential Rain and Thunder and annihilated every White Zetsu within his perception.
• Anyo sensed the Third Raikage’s arrival and challenged him after breaking through his Lightning Armor.
• Anyo defeated the Third Raikage with his united genjutsu, swordsmanship, and ninjutsu technique, Forget Worry, and the Raikage crumbled away.

After Anyo killed the Third Raikage, Mū attacked Turtle Island and fought Ōnoki until Naruto arrived and decided to join the war. Minato approved Naruto’s deployment, assigning him to detect and identify White Zetsu.

• Anyo killed the Third Raikage with one slash, and Inoichi reported that the White Zetsu were retreating after his attacks.
• Mū used a giant python to overturn Turtle Island and tried to capture the two Jinchūriki, but Ōnoki intercepted him with Dust Release.
• Mū’s attacks drove Ōnoki to flee until Naruto struck Mū with a Chaotic Rotation Rasengan, forcing him to turn invisible.
• Ōnoki explained Madara’s plan to Naruto, who resolved to enter the war and shoulder its pain and hatred.
• Minato approved Naruto’s decision and assigned him to use his and the Nine-Tails’ sensing abilities to find White Zetsu.

With the Zero Organization’s campaign nearing its final step, Anyo accompanied Mabui to the battlefield so she could host a live broadcast. He learned that Naruto and Killer B had joined the war and arranged for Mabui to interview them live from the field.

• Anyo received reports that the Land of Grass, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Rice Fields had submitted, and said only the final step of his plan remained.
• Anyo told Haku to spend time with Little White and then traveled to Kumogakure to find Mabui, who was upset that Samui had seemed to get ahead of her.
• Anyo took Mabui’s hand and agreed to accompany her to the battlefield, where she planned to conduct on-site interviews and a live broadcast.
• Mabui remembered that she was the presenter for Ninja Network News and had forgotten her broadcasting duties.
• Anyo contacted Inoichi, learned about the battlefronts and Naruto and Killer B joining the war, then instructed the Intelligence Department to prepare a live press conference with Mabui interviewing the two Jinchūriki.

Anyo and Mabui reached Naruto and Killer B to conduct a live interview for the Allied Shinobi Forces. After Anyo incapacitated Killer B and Naruto spoke about fighting Madara, the two jinchūriki left for the battlefield, while Anyo appeared unwell.

• Anyo sped Mabui to a medical base, then headed toward Naruto and Killer B to begin a live broadcast with Mabui as host.
• Anyo and Mabui confronted Naruto and Killer B; Mabui began the interview while Killer B tried to rap into the camera.
• At Mabui's request, Anyo used his Mystical Palm Technique and Mangekyō Sharingan to stop time, sever Killer B's neural connections, and knock him unconscious.
• Naruto told Mabui he knew about the Eye of the Moon Plan and intended to defeat Madara and end the war.
• After the interview, Anyo restored Killer B's neural connections, and Killer B and Naruto left for the battlefield.
• Mabui asked whether Anyo feared the Akatsuki would capture them, but Anyo did not answer and appeared uncomfortable.

Anyo discovered that Sasuke had been gravely injured by a mysterious person in black and returned to the Uchiha clan to save him. After treating Sasuke’s wounds and transplanting Fugaku’s Mangekyō, Anyo questioned the newly awakened Sasuke about his attacker.

• Anyo kissed Mabui, then sensed Mikoto watching him through her Mangekyō Sharingan and learned Sasuke was near death.
• Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Anyo home, where he found Jūgo keeping Sasuke alive and healed Sasuke’s chest wound.
• Mikoto explained that Sasuke had left to join the Fourth Shinobi World War and pursue revolution after becoming Hokage, but a person in black had attacked him; Kikyo was pursuing the attacker.
• Anyo found that Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan was close to blindness and decided to give him an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Anyo transplanted Fugaku’s Mangekyō into Sasuke, who woke during the surgery and asked Anyo whether he knew who had injured him.

Kikyo encountered a masked fighter who claimed to be Anyo’s child, and Anyo realized Orochimaru may have created him from Anyo’s cells. The child escaped after declaring he would prove himself Anyo’s finest child, leaving Anyo and Kikyo to consider what to do about him.

• Kikyo failed to hit the masked fighter and stopped when Sasuke relayed his claim that he was Anyo’s child.
• Anyo recalled Orochimaru’s experiments and suspected the fighter was an Artificial Human made from his blood.
• The fighter revealed a face resembling Anyo’s, called Kikyo his big sister, and escaped after vowing to prove he was Anyo’s finest child.
• Kikyo used Yomotsu Hirasaka to confront Anyo, who admitted he had recently found another partner, Samui.
• Anyo explained that the Artificial Human might contain both his and Orochimaru’s cells and had attacked Sasuke to avenge Orochimaru.

Anyo visited Orochimaru with Kikyo, learned more about Orochimaru’s creation and the child Kabuto served, and discovered Jiraiya’s soul had been hidden by Kikyo. He accelerated the Nine Tailed Beasts’ growth, and after they emerged from the destroyed Experiment Chambers, he immobilized them with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Anyo took Kikyo to Orochimaru’s Northern Hideout and asked about the child Orochimaru had created, who he said was too precious to use as a transmigration vessel.
• Orochimaru explained that the child regarded Anyo as a god and had arranged for Kabuto to ally with Obito and start the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Anyo learned Kikyo had preserved Jiraiya’s soul with the Spirit Control Technique and placed him in a toad puppet that could only croak.
• Anyo used Instant to accelerate the Nine Tailed Beasts’ growth while Orochimaru pushed their Experiment Chambers to maximum settings.
• The Experiment Chambers exploded amid violent chakra and weather, and Anyo used Sage Art: White Rage Technique to silence the beasts’ roars.
• Anyo caught the Nine Tailed Beasts trying to escape and froze them with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Anyo summoned and sealed the Ten-Tails, then helped Orochimaru use the Death God's mask to release several souls and revive them with Impure World Reincarnation. The revived Hashirama and Tobirama met Kikyo, and Tobirama declared that she would henceforth be called Senju Kikyo.

• Anyo summoned the Ten-Tails, sealed it inside himself, and explained to Kikyo why her chakra had been drawn to it.
• Anyo took Orochimaru and Kikyo to the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Hall and gave Orochimaru a sealing-jutsu scroll and White Zetsu sacrifices.
• Orochimaru used the Death God's mask to release Hashirama, Tobirama, and Kushina, then transferred his own soul into a White Zetsu to escape the sacrifice.
• Hashirama recognized Anyo, while Kushina greeted him as Little White-Hair and teased him about his short hair.
• Kikyo excitedly learned that Hashirama and Tobirama were Tsunade's grandfathers, and Tobirama named her Senju Kikyo.

Anyo told Hashirama, Tobirama, and Kushina that the Fourth Shinobi World War was underway and that Naruto was in danger, while Madara Uchiha emerged through Impure World Reincarnation and began attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces. As leaders and allies converged on Madara, Anyo revealed he held Madara’s Rinnegan and planned to revive Madara and the others.

• Anyo told Kushina that Naruto was in danger because Minato had allowed him to fight in the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Tobirama sensed Madara Uchiha’s chakra nearby.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from his coffin, learned Kabuto had revived him with Impure World Reincarnation, and charged into the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Temari struck Madara with a Wind Release attack, but he recovered and answered with Majestic Destroyer Flame against the allied ninjas’ Water Formation Wall.
• Anyo told Tobirama he wanted to wait until Madara was fully alive, showed him Madara’s Rinnegan, and said he intended to revive Hashirama, Kushina, and Tobirama as well.
• Tobirama and Hashirama left for the battlefield, while Minato, Mei Terumi, Samui, and Ōnoki also headed toward Madara’s location.
• The Five Kage gathered on the fourth battlefield to face Madara Uchiha.

Madara unleashed successive meteors against the Allied Shinobi Forces, forcing Sasori and Ōnoki to combine their efforts with attacks from other ninja to stop them. As the Five Kage confronted Madara, Anyo stayed behind to send Little Chili Pepper to find Naruto with Kikyo and asked Orochimaru to take him to see a child.

• Madara summoned a meteor, and Sasori recognized his resurrected parents among the allied ninja and rushed to protect them.
• Ōnoki slowed the first meteor, while Sasori combined his mecha puppets into a giant that helped hold back a second one.
• Madara summoned a third meteor, but the golden figure's Rasengan, Water Release, and Lightning Swordsmanship shattered or pierced the meteors, allowing Sasori and Ōnoki to destroy them.
• Sasori found his parents in the settling dust, struck their nervous centers, and sent them underground to safety with mecha puppets.
• Sasori joined the Five Kage before Madara, and Mei Terumi countered his Majestic Destroyer Flame with Water Release.
• Anyo stopped Little Chili Pepper from heading to the battlefield and asked Kikyo to take her to Naruto, then asked Orochimaru to take him to see a child.

The Five Kage launched a coordinated assault on Madara, but his Complete Body Susanoo and Wood Release turned the battle against them. Meanwhile, Anyo confronted Kabuto in a cave, where a newcomer named Shigemitsu called him Father.

• Mei Terumi extinguished Madara's flames, and the Five Kage combined their attacks to shatter his Susanoo and destroy half his body, but his Impure World Reincarnation body regenerated.
• Madara summoned his Complete Body Susanoo, towering over the Kage and Sasori's mecha.
• Anyo entered the cave alone and overpowered Kabuto by making the cells in his body turn against him.
• A dark figure stabilized Kabuto with a needle, then introduced himself to Anyo as Shigemitsu and called him Father.
• Minato, Sasori, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Samui fought Madara's Susanoo, but Madara unleashed Wood Release: Flower Tree World Advent and poisonous gas.
• Madara struck Minato with a blade of chakra that absorbed his chakra and nearly cut him in half.

Anyo questioned Shigemitsu about his ambitions and agreed to make him a successor under strict conditions, while Naruto reunited with Kushina and the allied forces fought Madara. The chapter ended with Shigemitsu apologizing to Orochimaru and kneeling before him as his father.

• Shigemitsu told Anyo he wanted to become his successor and possess the entire world, and Anyo agreed to let him study under two mentors before inheriting the New World.
• Kikyo and Kushina found Naruto and Killer B being held by Nagato, and Kikyo freed them with an arrow while Naruto recognized and embraced his mother.
• Nagato began Planetary Devastation, regained control when the caster of Impure World Reincarnation was defeated, and asked the others to seal him; Kikyo sealed him with an arrow.
• Madara overwhelmed the Five Kage, injuring Samui and leaving Ōnoki near death, but Minato recovered from his wound and stepped in to protect Ōnoki.
• Anyo told Shigemitsu that Orochimaru had been his true parent, and Orochimaru described how Shigemitsu had once torn off the scales that saved his life.
• Shigemitsu apologized to Orochimaru and knelt before him, while Anyo left them alone.

Anyo withdrew the injured Kage from Madara’s battlefield while Hashirama arrived to fight Madara. He confronted Obito and brought Rin before him, prompting Obito to flee after learning Rin was alive; Rin then asked Anyo to tell her what Obito had done.

• Anyo stopped Sasori from returning to the battle, treated Mei Terumi and Samui, and sent both injured women away from the battlefield.
• Minato and Ōnoki withdrew as Hashirama arrived to face Madara, while Anyo headed to intercept Obito.
• Anyo asked Obito whether he regretted killing Minato and Kushina during the Nine-Tails Rampage, and Obito defended his plan to create a genjutsu world.
• Rin Nohara appeared before Obito, who rejected the possibility that she was alive until she recalled private memories from their childhood.
• Overcome by guilt and unable to face Rin, Obito escaped using Kamui.
• Rin asked Anyo to explain Obito’s actions, and Anyo recounted his crimes, including the Nine-Tails Rampage, the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Rin Nohara learned that Madara Uchiha had engineered her death to turn Obito into his pawn, then reunited with Kakashi on the battlefield and confronted Obito. Black Zetsu trapped Anyo in a massive Chibaku Tensei, while Kikyo sensed a connection to an unknown event and left through a portal.

• Rin Nohara learned from Anyo that Madara Uchiha had arranged her death to manipulate Obito, and she asked Anyo to spare Obito's life.
• Rin Nohara sensed Kakashi in danger and traveled to the battlefield, where she and Minato deflected five Tailed Beast Bombs and reunited with Kakashi.
• Black Zetsu traded a Rinnegan to Anyo for Nagato's two eyes, then used hidden power within the eye to seal Anyo inside a gigantic Chibaku Tensei.
• Obito arrived at the battlefield with Black Zetsu and admitted he was Obito, but he refused to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan despite Rin Nohara's plea.
• Kikyo felt a connection through her Rinnegan, opened a black portal, and left the battlefield to investigate.

Kikyo discovered Anyo’s sword in a forest and sought help finding him, while Madara fought Hashirama and Obito began reviving the Ten-Tails. White Fang used the Unintentional Blade to locate Anyo, who had willingly allowed himself to be sealed so he could study the Yin-Yang Release technique from within.

• Kikyo sensed a strange fluctuation in the forest, found the Unintentional Blade, and asked Mikoto to help locate Anyo.
• Mikoto could not see Anyo through the Heavenly Eye, so she sent Kikyo to find White Fang, who recognized the sword’s signs that Anyo was alive and unharmed.
• White Fang used the Unintentional Blade to strike the seal and reveal a small black opening in the sky, then deduced that Anyo had entered the seal willingly to study its jutsu.
• Hashirama restrained Madara with the Wood Dragon and Gate of the Great God, while Obito fed Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s gourds to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began reviving the Ten-Tails.
• Anyo activated Sage Mode inside the black sphere and analyzed the sealing jutsu, discovering that Yin-Yang Release formed its basis.

Anyo escaped Black Zetsu’s sealing technique and revealed to White Fang that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would bring Kaguya back, while explaining his plan to end the ninja system. He and White Fang prepared to settle their disagreement with a sword duel, and Anyo unveiled a newly upgraded blade infused with Truth-Seeking Orb power.

• Anyo broke free of the black sphere and reunited with Kikyo and White Fang, explaining that Black Zetsu had manipulated history to resurrect Kaguya through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• White Fang sent Kikyo to gather the leaders of the Shinobi World, then confronted Anyo about his role in bringing Kaguya into the world.
• Anyo revealed that his reform aimed to eliminate the ninja system and that the world would have no ninja after the war.
• Anyo proposed that he and White Fang settle their disagreement through a sword fight, and White Fang accepted.
• Anyo absorbed Ten-Tails Chakra, gained Yin-Yang Release, and fused his Truth-Seeking Orbs into the Supreme Edge to create a powerful new blade.

Anyo and White Fang tested their swordsmanship in a fierce duel, with Anyo revealing that he had woven multiple techniques into his Okatana Swordsmanship. After White Fang survived Anyo’s second assault, Anyo began preparing a final technique, and White Fang attacked before it could fully take shape.

• Anyo opened with the Six Paths Sharp Edge, but White Fang countered its many strikes with a spinning parry and a thrust.
• White Fang criticized Anyo’s Okatana Swordsmanship, so Anyo split the Supreme Edge into more than a thousand blades and combined their assault with other techniques, including the Blade-Breaking Technique.
• White Fang closed his eyes and used instinct to identify the real killing blows, then endured Anyo’s attack until the blades returned to his hand.
• White Fang said Anyo’s fighting style had been cheating, but White Fang admitted he had trusted Anyo not to kill him, and Anyo praised his teacher’s swordsmanship.
• As Anyo’s spirit body faded, he began forming a powerful final technique that suppressed White Fang, who launched a spiraling attack before the blades could fully take shape.
• Anyo sent countless blades falling against White Fang’s charge, and the colliding blades obscured both men from view.

Anyo defeated White Fang with his Tiger Crouching, Dragon Coiling blade formation and gained his teacher’s recognition. On the main battlefield, the Ten-Tails overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces, forcing Hashirama and Tobirama to join the fight, where Hashirama called for Konoha’s Hokage and was surprised to see Tsunade.

• Anyo trapped White Fang with Tiger Crouching, Dragon Coiling and accepted his sword after White Fang acknowledged his skill.
• Obito’s Demonic Statue transformed into the Ten-Tails, and the Allied Shinobi Forces attacked it with coordinated techniques from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• The Ten-Tails broke free of the allied forces’ assault and routed them with a single movement.
• Hashirama and Tobirama abandoned their attempt to seal Madara and used Flying Thunder God to reach the main battlefield.
• Minato diverted the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb over the sea, and Hashirama arrived with Tobirama and called for Konoha’s Hokage.
• Tsunade approached with Minato, and Hashirama asked her why she had come when he called for the Hokage.

The four Hokage trapped the Ten-Tails while Madara and Black Zetsu advanced their plans, and Anyo emerged from his training with immense new power. In the Kamui Dimension, Kakashi tried to spare Obito after learning Rin was alive, but Obito impaled himself on Kakashi’s Lightning Blade.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Tsunade formed the Four Red Yang Formation and used the Gate of the Great God to restrain the Ten-Tails, while Sasuke arrived and announced he wanted to become Hokage.
• Madara broke free of the Gate of the Great God’s restraints, and Black Zetsu told him that Rin had survived as a soul and that Obito knew the truth.
• Obito transported Kakashi into the Kamui Dimension, while Anyo completed his transformation and left White Fang to face the coming conflict.
• Kakashi stopped his Lightning Blade when Obito did not resist and explained that Rin had asked him to spare Obito.
• Obito rejected Kakashi’s plea to start over and thrust his heart onto Kakashi’s Lightning Blade.