Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke defeated the Sunagakure group, accepted Temari’s invitation to a date, and learned that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had killed Number Two Hashirama and defeated Number One Madara in World Number Three. He began weighing how to prepare for the threat, knowing the Boat Crossing Technique had been exposed.

• Lin Ke swiftly defeated Temari, Gaara, Kankuro, and Sasori during their test, then accepted Temari’s offer to date later.
• Lin Ke gave Gaara Sasori’s chakra core and told him that Sasori’s Human Puppet techniques were in the scroll he had given Kankuro.
• Lin Ke summoned Number One Madara and asked about World Number Three.
• Number One Madara explained that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had imitated Minato’s Boat Crossing Technique, recovered her chakra, and killed Number Two Hashirama and himself after a prolonged fight.
• Lin Ke concluded that Kaguya’s power and space-control abilities made her an overwhelming threat, especially now that the Boat Crossing Technique had been exposed.

Lin Ke revealed what he knew about Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and the threat facing both worlds, then prepared to leave while the others stayed behind to defend them. He activated the Boat Crossing Technique carrying their supplies, privately deciding he would not return.

• Number Two Madara revealed that he had hidden Lin Ke’s chakra scroll in an underground base in the Land of Wind, and Number One Hashirama bound and punched him before agreeing they needed to act quickly.
• Lin Ke told everyone about the Ōtsutsuki family, Black Zetsu’s plan, the Eye of the Moon, the Ten-Tails, and the God Tree, and explained that they might need the Sage of Six Paths’ power to defeat Kaguya.
• Senju Tobirama told Lin Ke to hide in another world while the others prepared for Kaguya’s possible invasion, and gave him a scroll of ninjutsu and new techniques.
• Tsunade gave Lin Ke a medical research scroll, while the others offered their support and said they would protect what he cherished.
• Lin Ke returned to the Main World laboratory with Utakata and his charger, then used the Black Mud to reincarnate available fighters as the others packed supplies.
• Lin Ke activated the Boat Crossing Technique and privately resolved to make a life in other worlds instead of returning.

Lin Ke arrived in a Naruto world during the battle where Asuma would die and quickly defeated Hidan and Kakuzu with his shadows. After giving the incapacitated Akatsuki members to Asuma and his team, Lin Ke used the Boat Crossing Technique to travel onward toward a world after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

• Lin Ke landed near Hidan and sent a shadow to knock him down after Hidan insulted him.
• Asuma, Kotetsu Hagane, Izumo Kamizuki, and Nara Shikamaru arrived and surrounded Lin Ke and Hidan.
• Lin Ke tried to leave peacefully, but Kakuzu emerged from underground and attacked him.
• Lin Ke's Eight Gates Shadows defeated Kakuzu and destroyed his masked monsters while continuing to beat Hidan.
• Lin Ke left Hidan and Kakuzu for Asuma's team and disappeared through the Boat Crossing Technique.

Lin Ke realized the Boat Crossing Technique kept sending him to moments of regret from Naruto’s story, so he left to prepare before searching for a useful world again. In the Main World, Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru began redirecting their research toward senjutsu to prepare for the Ōtsutsuki.

• Lin Ke recognized that his three failed trips had taken him to different Naruto tragedies because the Boat Crossing Technique was drawn to moments of regret.
• Lin Ke left the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure restrained, then returned to the Main World using the Boat Crossing Technique.
• Lin Ke planned to spend a month cultivating, learning new ninjutsu, finding a suitable world and Jinchuriki power source, and producing more Boat Crossing Technique scrolls.
• In the Land of Fire, Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru examined the summoned Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and decided to focus their research on Natural Energy and senjutsu.
• Senju Tobirama sent Number One Madara away to cultivate and vowed that the Ōtsutsuki would pay for killing Number Two Hashirama.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya failed to reproduce the Boat Crossing Technique and sent White Zetsu to search for clues to other worlds. Lin Ke arrived in Konoha during the Hyuga kidnapping incident, escaped underground, and decided to seek Orochimaru.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya realized that the chakra used to activate the Boat Crossing Technique differed from hers, then searched for a matching chakra signature without finding one.
• Black Zetsu urged Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to send White Zetsu to search for survivors and traces of Uchiha Madara, and she dispatched tens of thousands of White Zetsu across the world.
• Lin Ke arrived in the Hyuga Clan Grounds, fought off a Kumogakure kidnapper, and recognized the incident as the attempted kidnapping of Hyuga Hinata.
• Lin Ke escaped underground before the Hyuga clan could surround him, then emerged at the Seventh Training Ground.
• Lin Ke decided that finding Orochimaru in Konoha was his best next move, and his shadow slipped into the village at night.

Lin Ke lured Orochimaru to the Seventh Training Ground by promising answers about his identity, then offered to recruit him to help save the world. Orochimaru demanded proof of Lin Ke’s power and was overwhelmed by the Eight Gates Shadows.

• A shadow delivered Orochimaru a note inviting him to the Seventh Training Ground, and he went despite suspecting a trap.
• Lin Ke introduced himself and said he had come to recruit Orochimaru, who asked whether Lin Ke could tell him who he was.
• Lin Ke admitted he had no answer and casually said they would probably save the world.
• Orochimaru asked Lin Ke to demonstrate the power needed for that task and attacked with several snakes.
• Lin Ke’s shadow destroyed the snakes and struck Orochimaru, then the Eight Gates Shadows began pummeling him.

Lin Ke used Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation to contact Senju Tobirama and complete a transaction for replicated Boat Crossing Technique scrolls. After half a month, Lin Ke ended their agreement and vanished through a vortex, leaving Tobirama to return to the Pure Land.

• Lin Ke ordered Orochimaru to summon Senju Tobirama and gave Tobirama a scroll written by his counterpart from another world.
• Lin Ke demonstrated a mutated version of Impure World Reincarnation, impressing Orochimaru and convincing Tobirama to proceed with the transaction.
• Over the next half month, Tobirama replicated fifty Boat Crossing Technique scrolls in exchange for Lin Ke reincarnating fifty Konoha shinobi who had died in the war.
• Lin Ke ended the transaction outside Konoha, and the shadows threw the pursuing Anbu and Root ninjas into a clearing.
• Lin Ke released the Summoning Jutsu and vanished into a vortex while Tobirama returned to the Pure Land.

Lin Ke understood that the Boat Crossing Technique searched for people through his memories, then used it to reach adult Uzumaki Naruto and asked him for help against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. Naruto remained wary of Lin Ke’s claims, but Lin Ke offered to prove his abilities.

• Lin Ke sealed the dismembered Nine-Tails and stabilized Uzumaki Kushina, while Uchiha Obito attacked him and escaped into the Kamui Dimension after Lin Ke disrupted his control.
• Lin Ke used the Boat Crossing Technique to arrive in the peaceful Konoha of the manga’s ending, where he met Uzumaki Boruto and adult Uzumaki Naruto.
• Lin Ke told Naruto that he came from another world threatened by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and had come to ask Naruto and Sasuke for help.
• Naruto questioned Lin Ke’s story and asked him not to make trouble with unbelievable claims, so Lin Ke offered to prove his abilities.

Lin Ke explained to Uzumaki Naruto that he had come from a parallel world where Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had been resurrected and asked for help. After Naruto requested proof, Lin Ke offered to take him to another world, and Naruto chose one from just after the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident.

• Uzumaki Boruto entered the Hokage Office, and Lin Ke patted his head and praised him, prompting Boruto to slap his hand away and accuse him of lying.
• Uzumaki Naruto returned and asked Lin Ke about the threat of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and Lin Ke explained that he needed help from Naruto and Sasuke.
• Lin Ke explained parallel worlds and listed the historical periods he had visited, including worlds from the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident.
• Uzumaki Naruto asked Lin Ke whether he had visited a world shortly after the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident, and Lin Ke offered to take him there using a Boat Crossing Technique scroll.

Lin Ke and End Naruto returned to Namikaze Minato’s time and used Naruto’s chakra to save Uzumaki Kushina after the Nine-Tails extraction. After thanking Lin Ke, End Naruto asked whether he was friends with Naruto from other worlds, and Lin Ke said they were.

• Namikaze Minato arrived after sensing Naruto and Lin Ke, and Naruto’s Shadow Clone agreed to return so his original body could decide what to do.
• Lin Ke told Minato that Uzumaki Kushina was near death and needed more chakra to be saved, then used the Boat Crossing Technique to bring Naruto’s original body back.
• Minato took Naruto and Lin Ke to Konoha Hospital, where Lin Ke asked Naruto for chakra and Naruto soothed the crying baby.
• Lin Ke used the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique with Naruto’s chakra and instantly healed Uzumaki Kushina.
• End Naruto thanked Lin Ke and asked if he was friends with Naruto from other worlds; Lin Ke said they were friends.

Lin Ke brought reinforcements from another world to help face Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura sent Shadow Clones with him to the Main World. There, they met Senju Tobirama and the gathered shinobi, including several young versions of familiar figures.

• A Message Hawk delivered Naruto's letter to Second Pillar, who burned it and hurried back to Konoha.
• Naruto told Second Pillar that Lin Ke could travel between parallel worlds and asked for help against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura created Shadow Clones to accompany Lin Ke through the Boat Crossing Technique.
• Lin Ke returned to the laboratory with the three Shadow Clones, where Senju Tobirama reported that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had not entered World Number Two.
• The visitors met Orochimaru, Tsunade, and a gathering that included young versions of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Uzumaki Kushina, Namikaze Minato, and Senju Hashirama.

Haruno Sakura welcomed Lin Ke and the future Team 7 as reinforcements against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, while Konoha’s leaders debated how to enlist their help. In World Number Three, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya failed to use the chakra in Lin Ke’s scrolls and kept the last one for later.

• Haruno Sakura admired adult Sasuke, messaged Naruto a picture of the future Seventh Hokage, and was assigned to show the visiting team around Konoha.
• Lin Ke told Senju Tobirama and the others that future Team 7 had sealed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and Tobirama proposed taking them to their world if they refused to help.
• Number One Hashirama rejected bringing trouble to another world, while Tsunade favored organizing an offensive and Tobirama planned to meet the visitors in World Number Two.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya failed to absorb or simulate Lin Ke’s chakra and could not use the Boat Crossing Technique to find its owner.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya silenced Black Zetsu and kept the final scroll, deciding to deal with her world’s hidden dangers before experimenting further.

After training in Konoha, Lin Ke confessed to Second Pillar that he had used his friends, but Second Pillar accepted him and said they had been willing. End Sasuke arrived and clashed with Second Pillar, leaving Lin Ke to explain how End Sasuke's isolated past had driven him into darkness.

• Lin Ke returned to Konoha and trained until exhaustion, reflecting on how he had come to care about the people he once considered tools.
• Second Pillar brought Lin Ke desserts and invited him to dinner with Utakata, and Lin Ke confessed that he had been using them.
• Second Pillar laughed and reassured Lin Ke that they had willingly let him use them.
• End Sasuke arrived, and he and Second Pillar locked eyes before End Sasuke broke Second Pillar's Genjutsu with a glance.
• Lin Ke explained that End Sasuke had never known him and had been driven toward darkness by his losses and by Itachi and Obito.
• Second Pillar accepted Lin Ke's explanation of End Sasuke's past but resolved to keep Lin Ke from being alone with him.

End Naruto and his companions formed an alliance with the Main World in exchange for the Boat Crossing Technique and received access to the Web. Back in Konoha, Lin Ke learned he was being kept away from the End Trio and was unexpectedly offered the position of Sixth Hokage so he could attend the Five Kage Summit.

• End Naruto agreed to help the Main World, while End Sasuke and Final Chapter Sakura negotiated an alliance and obtained the Boat Crossing Technique.
• Tsunade of the Main World shook hands with End Naruto to confirm the alliance, then explained the Web that would allow travel between worlds.
• End Sasuke suspected the Main World’s reincarnation technique could turn the dead into children and resolved to obtain it.
• Lin Ke learned that he should avoid contact with the End Trio while the adults handled Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and that the Five Kage Summit was being called after Obito’s Tailed Beast captures.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Lin Ke to become the Sixth Hokage and attend the summit because Tsunade was occupied with the Ninja Alliance.

Lin Ke was appointed Sixth Hokage without warning and spent his first day overwhelmed by the village’s paperwork and intelligence. He asked whether he could resign, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura welcomed the prospect of retirement.

• Tsunade handed Lin Ke the Hokage Cloak and left after declaring him the Sixth Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura reminded Lin Ke that he had to attend the Chunin Exams in two days, and Utatane Koharu explained that he had passed the jonin confidence vote unanimously.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the advisers left Lin Ke with stacks of documents to review and explained the duties of the Hokage.
• Lin Ke struggled through the paperwork and realized that he was not suited to the administrative work of the Hokage.
• Lin Ke asked Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura whether a Hokage could resign, and they said he only needed to find a qualified successor willing to take over.

At the Chunin Exams, Lin Ke met the Fourth Kazekage as Konoha’s newly appointed Sixth Hokage, unsettling the Kazekage with his childish behavior and mysterious abilities. The exams began while Lin Ke browsed Web videos, and the Fourth Kazekage remained wary of a possible attack.

• Lin Ke greeted the Fourth Kazekage at the Chunin Exams venue in a hastily made Hokage robe and hat.
• The Fourth Kazekage expressed surprise that a twelve-year-old had become Hokage, while Lin Ke noticed Gaara and Sasori among his guards.
• Lin Ke used his shadow to raise his chair, and Gaara smiled while Sasori stared at him, irritated by their earlier bet and Lin Ke’s sudden promotion.
• The Fourth Kazekage redirected Lin Ke’s attention to the exams, and Lin Ke signaled Sasori to meet him later at the Seventh Training Ground.
• As the preliminary matches proceeded, Lin Ke browsed Web videos and considered creating games and other entertainment.
• The Fourth Kazekage sensed Lin Ke’s chakra fluctuate and grew more concerned about the possibility of an attack.

Lin Ke dismissed the Fourth Kazekage’s concerns about the Five Kage Summit and continued adjusting to his new role as Sixth Hokage. After his advisers announced plans to retire, Naruto barged into the Hokage’s office and was shocked to learn that Lin Ke had become Hokage.

• The Fourth Kazekage asked Lin Ke about the upcoming Five Kage Summit, but Lin Ke said Konoha would simply attend and watch.
• Lin Ke demanded payment to release the Kazekage’s captured Anbu subordinate, then left the exams with his chair carried away.
• At the Hokage Office, Utatane Koharu told Lin Ke that she and Mitokado Homura planned to retire to World Number Two next month, leaving him short of staff.
• Mitarashi Anko congratulated Lin Ke and asked him to treat her, while he insisted she call him Lord Hokage.
• Naruto burst into the office looking for the Fifth Hokage, then stared in disbelief when Anko told him Lin Ke was the Sixth Hokage.

At Kannabi Bridge, the gathered fighters struggled to plan a united attack on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. In the Main World, Hashirama and Lin Ke tried to restrain the Ten-Tails, but Lin Ke’s Five Elements Sealing triggered a massive explosion that left their fate uncertain.

• End Naruto urged the assembled Madaras, Sasukes, Tobirama, and Izuna to cooperate against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, but the group remained tense and divided.
• End Sasuke doubted that most of the gathered fighters could handle the threats posed by Six Paths Madara and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Hashirama used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God and a prepared sealing array to suppress the Ten-Tails, while Lin Ke applied Five Elements Sealing through his shadow.
• The Ten-Tails broke free of the Gates of the Great God, shed layers of its body, and swelled as Natural Energy accumulated inside it.
• Orochimaru fled underground, and Hashirama grabbed Lin Ke and ran as the Ten-Tails exploded in a flash that turned day into night.

Lin Ke, Orochimaru, and Number One Hashirama examined the aftermath of the Ten-Tails’ explosion and recovered the surviving tailed beasts. Number One Hashirama warned Senju Tobirama that the blast had been mysteriously weakened and that using the technique again could destroy World Number Three.

• Number One Hashirama explained that the Five Elements Sealing had reacted with the Ten-Tails’ Natural Energy, causing it to explode, and warned Lin Ke not to use the technique casually.
• Lin Ke, Orochimaru, and Number One Hashirama returned to the blast site, where seawater flooded the rift and turned the devastated area into an ocean.
• Number One Hashirama used Wood Dragons to recover the Eight Tails and the other seven tailed beasts, all of which had survived in shrunken forms.
• The three searched for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path but could not find it, then returned to Konoha with the tailed beasts.
• Senju Tobirama asked what had happened, and Number One Hashirama said the explosion had been mysteriously weakened and his technique enhanced before warning Tobirama not to risk destroying World Number Three.

Number One Hashirama met the Sage of Six Paths in a spiritual space, where the Sage warned him about the Ten-Tails and asked him to treat the tailed beasts well. The Sage lent Number One Hashirama the power to seal Kaguya, while Lin Ke challenged the Sage’s refusal to return to the living world, leaving him speechless.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Number One Hashirama not to repeat the Ten-Tails experiment and explained that he had helped contain its explosion.
• Number One Hashirama recounted Lin Ke’s knowledge of the Ōtsutsuki family, and the Sage thanked him for the information.
• The Sage asked Number One Hashirama to treat the eight tailed beasts from a Different World as living beings, and Number One Hashirama agreed.
• The Sage lent Number One Hashirama his power and explained that touching Kaguya with both hands would complete the sealing.
• Lin Ke told the Sage to reincarnate and argued that his actions already showed he was willing to interfere, leaving the Sage silent.