Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu used the Rinnegan’s curse to force Madara Uchiha to absorb the Ten-Tails and begin resurrecting Princess Kaguya, while Hagoromo met the Sage of Six Paths in a space between the Shinobi World and the Pure Land. The Sage offered Hagoromo his share of the world’s authority and questioned how he would guide the Shinobi World, but their discussion ended with the threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s arrival.

• Black Zetsu pierced Madara Uchiha’s heart, activated the curse in the Rinnegan, and forced him to absorb the Ten-Tails’ body.
• As Black Zetsu sensed Princess Kaguya’s Chakra, Hagoromo was transported to an unknown space and met the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hagoromo and the Sage discussed Hagoromo’s changes to the Shinobi World, the Sage’s retained authority, and how they would guide the world.
• Hagoromo showed the Sage Kurotsuchi’s expression in a water mirror and argued that the Sage’s past failures had led to the current events.
• Hagoromo asked whether the Sage had foreseen the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s arrival, and the Sage fell silent as he considered the danger of killing the parasite who had come with his mother.

Hagoromo challenged the Sage of Six Paths over leaving the Ōtsutsuki threat to future generations and demanded his Six Paths Power. The Sage agreed to hand it over on the conditions that Hagoromo give it to Naruto and Sasuke and reseal his mother after learning what she knew.

• Hagoromo accused the Sage of Six Paths of repeatedly delaying a chance to defeat the Ōtsutsuki Clan and forcing future generations to bear the consequences.
• The Sage explained that he and Hamura had divided their Six Paths Power to delay leaving the Shinobi World and believed its people needed to unite before facing future threats.
• Hagoromo argued that the Shinobi World had already wasted earlier chances and vowed not to let the current opportunity pass.
• Hagoromo questioned whether Otsutsuki Kaguya had sought Ten-Tails power to resist other beings, and the Sage admitted he did not know the origin of the White Zetsu.
• Hagoromo demanded the Sage's Six Paths Power, and the Sage agreed if Hagoromo gave it to Naruto and Sasuke and resealed his mother after getting answers.

Hagoromo received the Sage of Six Paths' remaining power and gave Naruto and Sasuke Six Paths Yang and Yin Power. As Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from the shrinking sphere, Hagoromo prepared to fight her with his students.

• Hagoromo agreed to accept the Six Paths Power and told the Sage of Six Paths he planned to establish a leader for the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo criticized the Sage of Six Paths for failing to communicate with Indra before leaving the Pure Land with the power.
• Black Zetsu accelerated Kaguya Otsutsuki's emergence, and Hagoromo ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to withdraw from the battlefield.
• Hagoromo gave Naruto Six Paths Yang Power and Sasuke Six Paths Yin Power, urging them to preserve and develop it.
• Hagoromo identified the emerging enemy as Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths' mother, and summoned Amenonuhoko.

Hagoromo prepared to confront Kaguya Otsutsuki after trapping her inside a barrier that prevented her from using Amenominaka. Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji took positions beside him as Kaguya recognized the aura of her sons in them.

• Tobirama asked Hagoromo why he had summoned him instead of Hashirama, and Hagoromo explained that Hashirama would oppose his plan to unite the Five Great Nations.
• Hagoromo created a Yin-Yang Release barrier encompassing the Shinobi World to keep Kaguya from discovering that the God Tree had not borne fruit.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared with a weakened Black Zetsu and identified Naruto and Sasuke as bearing the aura of her sons.
• Naruto entered Six Paths Sage Mode, Sasuke activated Six Paths Yin Sage Mode, and Neji entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode to guard Hagoromo.
• Kaguya tried to use Amenominaka but found herself blocked by Hagoromo's barrier, while Hagoromo entered a new Chakra Mode combining yin and yang.

Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Hagoromo fought Otsutsuki Kaguya, whose overwhelming attacks forced them to rely on teamwork and Sasuke’s Underworld Gate Seal. Neji struck her with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but she survived and continued attacking, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Naruto charged Otsutsuki Kaguya, but she knocked him back with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and Neji’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion was redirected through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Hagoromo struck Otsutsuki Kaguya to the ground, then Sasuke used Underworld Gate Seal to reverse her Rabbit Hair Needle attack.
• Naruto sent Shadow Clones at Otsutsuki Kaguya as Sasuke formed Susanoo, but she shattered it with All-Killing Ash Bones, which Hagoromo blocked from reaching the others.
• Neji hit Otsutsuki Kaguya with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but she crushed the blade and attacked him through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Sasuke reversed Otsutsuki Kaguya’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, while she evaded it and knocked Naruto away with Super Shinra Tensei.

Sawada Hagoromo confronted Otsutsuki Kaguya and demanded to know where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was, offering to let her go if she stopped threatening the Shinobi World. After the Sage of Six Paths arrived and again called for her to be sealed, Sawada Hagoromo disabled Kaguya’s chakra and challenged the Sage’s claim that he had agreed.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki pulled Neji to him and Sawada Hagoromo confronted Otsutsuki Kaguya with a powerful strike.
• Sawada Hagoromo asked Otsutsuki Kaguya where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was and offered to let her leave if she stopped throwing the Shinobi World into chaos.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya rejected Sawada Hagoromo’s offer and insisted that the Shinobi World belonged to her.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared and told Sawada Hagoromo that he had failed to seal Otsutsuki Kaguya as instructed.
• Sawada Hagoromo stopped Otsutsuki Kaguya from using chakra and asked the Sage of Six Paths when he had agreed to seal her.

Hagoromo challenged the Sage of Six Paths’ reliance on Mount Myōboku’s prophecy and asked the leaders of the Shinobi World whether they wanted to leave future Ōtsutsuki threats for the next generation. After they chose to confront the danger, Hagoromo asked Otsutsuki Kaguya to place a Karma on him so he could use her concealment ability, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju to warn him against the risk.

• Hagoromo questioned the Sage of Six Paths’ decision to follow Gamamaru’s prophecy and argued that people should decide their own future.
• Hagoromo told the assembled leaders that stronger Ōtsutsuki enemies would arrive after more than a decade, and the Five Kage and Tobirama Senju voiced support for hunting them now.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya admitted that she had once intended to use human lives to produce Chakra Fruits faster.
• Hagoromo learned that Ōtsutsuki could conceal themselves from ordinary sensing and asked Otsutsuki Kaguya to place a Karma on him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju warned Hagoromo to be cautious, and Hagoromo offered to explain an idea.

Hagoromo made a pact with Otsutsuki Kaguya, allowing her to enter his body in exchange for release within a hundred years or when he developed a way to locate the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After she vanished, Hagoromo and the others found the Tailed Beasts and Madara Uchiha among the things she had left behind.

• Tobirama suggested confining Otsutsuki Kaguya in a vessel, but Hagoromo instead demanded that her entire being enter a pact.
• Hagoromo promised to release Otsutsuki Kaguya after he developed a technique to locate the Ōtsutsuki Clan, or within a hundred years if he failed.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya asked to take Black Zetsu with her, then entered Hagoromo and left a few objects behind.
• Hagoromo sealed the pact on his palm, and Mei Terumi recognized the young-looking figures among Kaguya's belongings as Tailed Beasts.
• Tobirama saw Madara Uchiha lying among the things Kaguya had tossed out, and Madara asked whether Hashirama had been summoned.

Madara Uchiha entrusted his Rinnegan to Hagoromo before Tobirama sent him to his death, and Hagoromo arranged the Tailed Beasts’ futures. Hiruzen made Hagoromo Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, and Hagoromo proposed a Five Great Nations organization under Konoha’s leadership to unite against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Madara Uchiha gave his Rinnegan to Hagoromo for him to pass on, then asked Tobirama to send him on his way; Tobirama burned and sealed his remains.
• Hagoromo asked the Tailed Beasts what they wanted, and they chose to return to their former hosts or leave the Shinobi World; the Seven-Tails also agreed to send Fū’s soul to the Pure Land.
• Hagoromo told Gaara that the One-Tail would be placed inside him and that Sunagakure could not prevent it from leaving after his death; Kitsuchi accepted the arrangement for the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi handed Hagoromo the Hokage mantle and declared him Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Hagoromo proposed an organization led by Konoha to oversee disputes among nations and unite the Five Great Nations against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Hagoromo secured the other villages’ acceptance of Konoha’s leadership, then examined the dying Obito after Orochimaru brought him forward. Obito died before Naruto could kill him, and Kakashi asked Hagoromo to leave the body to him.

• Hagoromo rejected the other Kage’s proposals and demanded that they acknowledge Konoha’s leadership.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki accepted Konoha’s supremacy on behalf of their villages.
• Orochimaru led Hagoromo and the others to Kakashi and the dying Obito, whom Naruto identified as the Masked Man.
• Naruto moved to kill Obito, but Minato stopped him and Obito taunted the group before dying.
• Orochimaru asked about recreating Obito’s eyes, and Kakashi pleaded with Hagoromo to leave Obito’s body to him.

Naruto agreed to let Kakashi decide what happened to Obito’s body, and Hagoromo replaced Kakashi’s Sharingan with an ordinary eye. Hagoromo, Tobirama, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji found Isshiki hiding beneath a temple, where Hagoromo stopped his escape and caught his punch.

• Naruto agreed to Kakashi’s decision about Obito, and Minato thanked him for understanding.
• Kakashi removed his Sharingan, and Hagoromo gave him an ordinary eye that freed up his chakra.
• Hagoromo left Hiruzen to manage the battlefield and invited Tobirama to accompany him; Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji followed through a tear in space.
• Hagoromo found Isshiki possessing Jigen beneath a temple near the Land of Hot Water and confronted him.
• Isshiki tried to escape through a portal, but Hagoromo shattered it and caught Jigen’s punch with ease.

Hagoromo forced Isshiki out of Jigen and erased Isshiki’s attempt to trap him in a folded dimension. Isshiki completed his reincarnation into White Zetsu’s body, which began seeking chakra and life energy, and Hagoromo pierced his shoulder with a Black Receiver.

• Hagoromo overwrote Jigen’s Karma, sealed Jigen’s body, and forced Isshiki’s consciousness into White Zetsu’s body.
• Isshiki used Daikokuten: Infinite Sealing to surround Hagoromo with black cubes, but Hagoromo erased them with Zeroing.
• Isshiki activated Complete Reincarnation, transforming White Zetsu’s body into an Ōtsutsuki form while it repeatedly collapsed and regenerated.
• Newly reborn Isshiki attacked Hagoromo, driven by hunger for chakra and life energy.
• Hagoromo pierced Isshiki’s shoulder with a Black Receiver, while Naruto recognized his armament and Sasuke felt a longing toward Isshiki’s right eye.

Hagoromo trapped Isshiki after he fled and tried to absorb life, but could not fully erase the Ōtsutsuki's lingering data. Sasuke offered to intervene with his right eye and manifested a Susanoo that Hagoromo identified as the legendary Michikaeshi.

• Isshiki fled from Hagoromo and consumed the life energy of nearby animals as his body recovered.
• Hagoromo pursued Isshiki, enclosed him in a barrier, and stopped him after Isshiki scattered his body into black streaks.
• Hagoromo explained that Isshiki's body and will had perished, but his data remained as a dense ball of living flesh.
• Sasuke offered to use his right eye's Ne no Kuni Overturning ability on Isshiki's data.
• Sasuke formed a new Susanoo, and Hagoromo recognized its appearance as Michikaeshi, the guardian god of Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Sasuke sealed Isshiki inside a stone wedge using Yomotsu-no-Ōkami, then absorbed his data. Five years later, Hagoromo coordinated the hidden villages’ preparations to defend against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Sasuke used Underworld Gate Seal and Ne no Kuni Overturning to bind Isshiki’s silver core in a stone wedge that confined him beyond escape.
• Hagoromo confirmed that Sasuke had sealed Isshiki and explained that the stone wedge imposed a confinement at the level of rules.
• Hagoromo, Sasuke, and Tobirama returned to prepare the Shinobi World for the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Five years later, Darui, Mei Terumi, Deidara, and Gaara reported to Hagoromo that their villages had prepared equipment for deployment into outer space.
• Hagoromo asked the village leaders to stay alert, ended the meeting, and looked out over Konoha, now a vast city in a reshaped political order.

Hagoromo prepared to launch detection devices across the Shinobi World while discussing Konoha’s research and future needs. The devices rose into the sky that night, and Darui and Samui watched them deploy as they talked about Hagoromo’s overwhelming strength.

• Hagoromo told Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to prepare to split into separate squads as missions would increase once the village devices were deployed.
• Hagoromo inspected the research department’s cylindrical device, learned it could output up to five times the power of Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, and approved further improvements later.
• Hagoromo told Tobirama and Orochimaru that the villages’ detection devices were ready and that Konoha needed stronger ties between ninja and civilian life more than additional top-tier fighters.
• That night, Hagoromo unleashed his power and activated the devices as Shikamaru watched from a tall tower.
• Darui and Samui watched the devices rise over Kumogakure and discussed Hagoromo’s strength and Mei Terumi’s unsuccessful advances toward him.

At Naruto’s birthday party, his friends teased him about marrying Hinata, while Gaara and Temari discussed visiting Hagoromo in Konoha. The gathering turned into a celebration when Jiraiya and Tsunade revealed that Tsunade was pregnant, bringing the Senju clan a new heir.

• Samui said she was learning the Yin Seal, and Darui joked with her about keeping her looks as she aged.
• Gaara asked Temari about Shikamaru and suggested they visit Hagoromo in Konoha.
• Hagoromo arrived at Naruto’s birthday party, where Ino and Karin teased Naruto about asking Hinata to marry him.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya and Tsunade whether they planned to have a child, and Tsunade struck him for asking.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Tsunade was pregnant, prompting Tobirama to celebrate the news and declare that the Senju would welcome a new bloodline.

Hagoromo learned that Orochimaru was close to completing a one-of-a-kind artificial human, then sensed an unfamiliar space-time aura and went to investigate with Shisui. The Anbu had already been dispatched, but the source of the aura remained unknown.

• Tobirama told Tsunade she could no longer go on missions, and Karin and Kushina persuaded her to drink less and let them keep her company.
• Orochimaru told Hagoromo he had nearly completed an artificial human and had destroyed the research so there would only be one.
• Hagoromo warned Orochimaru not to repeat the experiment and approved Konan's request to help care for the orphanage children.
• Hagoromo spoke with Otsutsuki Kaguya and discovered she knew of Otsutsuki Shibai but refused to discuss him.
• Hagoromo sensed a space-time aura, and Shisui reported that the Anbu had already gone to investigate.
• Hagoromo and Shisui went to examine the space-time aura themselves.

Hagoromo captured Boruto Uzumaki and a one-armed Sasuke from what he suspected was a parallel world, then questioned them about how they arrived. Naruto and Sasuke joined them, and Sasuke confronted the unfamiliar Uchiha while Boruto recognized the danger.

• Kakashi and his men surrounded the one-armed Sasuke after he appeared in Konoha, while Itachi held Boruto.
• Hagoromo ordered Itachi to release Boruto, pulled Sasuke to him with a powerful technique, and took both to the Hokage's Office.
• Hagoromo identified the visitors as Boruto Uzumaki and Madara Uchiha Sasuke, revealed he was the Fifth Hokage, and asked how they had come to this world.
• Naruto and Sasuke entered the office and were startled by the visitors, while Sasuke focused his Chakra on the one-armed Sasuke and Boruto.

Hagoromo brought the one-armed Sasuke and Sasuke to Orochimaru’s research institute to study the Karasuki and investigate the Ōtsutsuki threat. The two Sasukes joined the research, while Orochimaru learned that in the one-armed Sasuke’s world he had trained Sasuke for three years before Sasuke killed him.

• Hagoromo sent Naruto to take Boruto to meet Minato and Kushina, then brought the two Sasukes to the research institute.
• Hagoromo gave Orochimaru the Karasuki and asked the one-armed Sasuke to help study it for the sake of both worlds.
• Sasuke chose to join the research, and Orochimaru began examining the Karasuki with both Sasukes.
• Orochimaru asked whether he had been the one-armed Sasuke’s master, and Sasuke explained that Orochimaru had trained him before trying to take his body and being killed by him.
• The one-armed Sasuke said he later summoned Orochimaru back, and Orochimaru returned to studying the sealed Karasuki.

Naruto told Boruto why he admired the Naruto from Boruto’s world, then brought him to the Uzumaki residence, where Boruto explained his origins and the threat posed by the Ōtsutsuki. As Minato and Kushina welcomed Boruto into their family, he realized how different his own lonely family life had been.

• Naruto said his other self was amazing for overcoming an isolated childhood, though he was foolish to miss Himawari’s birthday.
• Naruto brought Boruto to the Uzumaki residence, where everyone noticed their resemblance and Boruto introduced himself as Naruto and Hinata’s son from another world.
• Boruto recounted the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the events of his world, prompting Tobirama to go to the research institute and tell Naruto to keep watch over him.
• Kushina and Minato welcomed Boruto and offered him food, while he recognized the Fourth, Second, and Third Hokage.
• Boruto sat among the gathered family and compared their warmth with his own world, where he had little family support beyond his mother and Grandpa Iruka.