Chapter Summaries

The Sage of Six Paths arrived to support the ninja world as the alliance rallied against Kitagawa Gen, while Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails to gain new power. The chapter ended with Madara challenging Gen and another roar signaling a new Otsutsuki's arrival.

• The Sage of Six Paths spread his Chakra across the battlefield, and Hamura worried that his brother's Otsutsuki-like appearance would worsen the misunderstanding about him.
• Kakashi, Jiraiya, Mei Terumi, Gaara, and other leaders rallied the Ninja Alliance and urged them to hold out until Kitagawa Gen finished dealing with the Otsutsuki.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed the Sage of Six Paths's arrival and discussed Kaguya's possible release as the Ten-Tails neared completion.
• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails, transformed into its jinchuriki, and formed nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara Uchiha challenged Kitagawa Gen and vowed to avenge Hashirama as another Otsutsuki's roar sounded across the battlefield.

Naruto and the Ninja Alliance discovered that the mysterious old man was Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths and an Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, Kitagawa Gen attacked the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Madara Uchiha and showed that Madara's new power had not made him a match for Gen.

• Naruto and Sasuke awoke among the dead and saw that many fallen ninja, including Minato Namikaze and Hashirama Senju, had returned.
• Tobirama Senju warned that the old man floating above them was an Otsutsuki, prompting Lord Jiraiya to summon toads for battle.
• The old man introduced himself as Hagoromo, and Gamamaru revealed that he was the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Madara Uchiha claimed that his Ten-Tails power made him different, but Kitagawa Gen questioned him and rushed in with a golden lightsaber.
• Kitagawa Gen severed Madara Uchiha's arm and told him that distance meant nothing between opponents whose strength was so unequal.

Kitagawa Gen defeated Madara Uchiha and revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated him to revive Kaguya and that the Divine Tree drained a planet’s energy. Madara was left shattered by the truth as Kitagawa Gen prepared to have him summon Kaguya, while Black Zetsu fled to seek help from his elder brother.

• Madara Uchiha charged Kitagawa Gen again, but Kitagawa Gen snapped his Truth-Seeking Orb staff and blasted him back with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Kitagawa Gen pinned Madara Uchiha’s Limbo with Black Rods and told him that the Sage of Six Paths was an Otsutsuki and the Divine Tree drained a planet’s energy.
• Kitagawa Gen dragged Black Zetsu from underground and forced him to reveal that Kaguya had created the White Zetsu army and that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara Uchiha to undo her seal.
• Black Zetsu revealed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would release Kaguya and that he had incited the conflict between Indra and Asura for a thousand years.
• Madara Uchiha realized he had been a pawn and wondered whether to summon Kaguya, while Kitagawa Gen told him it was time to complete that mission.
• Black Zetsu fled underground toward the Ninja Alliance, hoping to persuade his elder brother to save their mother.

The Sage of Six Paths explained the Otsutsuki threat and his inability to fight, but Black Zetsu accused him of secretly allowing a thousand years of conflict to prepare for Kaguya’s release. As the Infinite Tsukuyomi activated and three powerful chakra auras emerged, the Sage entrusted his mother’s protection to the others.

• Naruto and Sasuke summarized the Sage of Six Paths’ account of Kaguya’s betrayal, sealing, and the Otsutsuki threat, while the gathered fighters watched Kitagawa Gen and Madara Uchiha battle their enemies.
• The Sage of Six Paths said he could no longer fight but had made preparations, and Black Zetsu emerged to accuse him of waiting for Kaguya to be released.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Indra and Asura and their reincarnations into fighting across generations, then claimed the Sage had permitted and used his schemes.
• Black Zetsu accused the Sage of using the Eye of the Moon Plan and Infinite Tsukuyomi to release Kaguya, pleading with him to protect their mother from Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• The Infinite Tsukuyomi activated, turning the moon into a scarlet Rinnegan, while three strange chakra auras began to emerge.
• The Sage of Six Paths told the others that he would leave protecting his mother to them.

Kitagawa Gen revealed his full power, overwhelmed Isshiki and Urashiki, and forced their Karma revivals to begin while Kaguya remained furious over Black Zetsu and Hagoromo. As three powerful auras emerged, Kitagawa Gen greeted Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki and asked if they were ready.

• Kitagawa Gen heard Black Zetsu's battlefield announcement and learned that he believed Hagoromo had plotted against Kaguya.
• Isshiki admitted that Kaguya had ambushed him and taken the fruit, and he and Urashiki agreed to protect her from Genshiki.
• Kitagawa Gen unleashed his full power, used planetary energy to devastate Urashiki, and pierced Isshiki's heart through the Kamui Dimension.
• Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki reached the limits of their Karma and began reviving.
• Kaguya accused Hagoromo and Black Zetsu of betraying her, while Kitagawa Gen said he would open the passage for her directly.
• Three powerful auras erupted, and Kitagawa Gen greeted Senior Isshiki, Senior Urashiki, and Senior Momoshiki.

Kitagawa Gen reunited with the Ninja Allied Forces as the Sage of Six Paths joined them and the forces prepared to fight. Facing Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki, Gen spun a tale about an ancient Otsutsuki civil war and the God Ascension Stairway, prompting Momoshiki and Urashiki to transform before Gen launched his attack.

• Kitagawa Gen arrived among the Ninja Allied Forces, where Naruto, Ino, Tobirama Senju, and others welcomed him and learned that the Sage of Six Paths had appeared.
• The Sage of Six Paths greeted Kitagawa Gen politely, and Naruto rallied the allied ninja to prepare for battle and protect the ninja world and the Sage's mother.
• Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki confronted Kitagawa Gen, and Isshiki asked whether Gen had already known the truth about him and the God Ascension Stairway.
• Kitagawa Gen claimed an ancient text revealed a concealed Otsutsuki civil war and an alternative path to evolution, and the three Otsutsuki accepted his account with growing excitement.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki transformed and awakened golden Rinnegan, while Isshiki admitted he could not change forms.
• Kitagawa Gen vanished into the air beside the three Otsutsuki and swung his golden sword at them.

Kitagawa Gen fought Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki while explaining his ambition to surpass the Otsutsuki hierarchy and create a new path to godhood. As he drove the three back, Madara Uchiha’s ritual opened the way for Kaguya to descend, and Kitagawa Gen called on the Otsutsuki to submit to him.

• Momoshiki and Urashiki transformed and joined Isshiki in attacking Kitagawa Gen, while the Ninja Allied Forces struggled to follow the battle.
• Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree Clone said his main body had the upper hand and warned that Madara Uchiha was piercing the moon to summon Mother.
• Kitagawa Gen used a spatial attack to wound Momoshiki after Isshiki’s Sukuna-Hikona shrank his golden sword.
• Kitagawa Gen battled all three Otsutsuki and accused them of relying on the pills of their superiors instead of seeking a higher realm themselves.
• Kitagawa Gen argued that the Otsutsuki might be cultivated as pills and that he could follow Otsutsuki Shibai’s path to transcendence.
• Madara Uchiha’s Infinite Tsukuyomi pierced open a passage, Kaguya descended, and Kitagawa Gen urged the Otsutsuki to submit and build a new world with him.

Kitagawa Gen revealed that he had condensed Kekkei Mōra and defeated Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki while Kaguya descended and the Ten-Tails was released from Madara Uchiha. With the Otsutsuki battered and Kaguya now present, Kitagawa Gen declared that he would stand at the top.

• Kitagawa Gen confirmed that he had condensed Kekkei Mōra by absorbing energy from Momoshiki and Urashiki, then attacked Urashiki as the three Otsutsuki questioned his power.
• Kitagawa Gen summoned a massive Ten-Tails and fought Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki, while his Divine Tree Clone raised an earth wall to shield the Ninja Allied Forces from a tsunami.
• Kitagawa Gen extracted the Ten-Tails from Madara Uchiha, but the Infinite Tsukuyomi continued and Otsutsuki Kaguya descended from the moon.
• Kaguya opened her eyes as the Ten-Tails formed from Madara Uchiha's chakra fought Kitagawa Gen's Ten-Tails, while the battered Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki crashed to the ground.
• Kitagawa Gen told Isshiki that the three Otsutsuki lacked the capacity to defeat him and declared that he would stand at the top.

Otsutsuki Genshiki attacked the battered Otsutsuki, while Isshiki sacrificed Momoshiki to strengthen himself and tried to recruit Kaguya and the ninja world against their common enemy. Naruto rallied allies and the Ninja Alliance, then turned to Kitagawa Gen and asked him to end everything.

• Naruto and Ino recognized Otsutsuki Genshiki’s words and mannerisms, while the Otsutsuki realized his God Ascension Stairway could raise him to a higher level of life.
• Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths prepared to lend their power to Kitagawa Gen’s clone so they could stop Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• Otsutsuki Genshiki struck the three Otsutsuki as they fled through space; Isshiki sacrificed and devoured Momoshiki, then urged Kaguya and the ninja world to join forces against him.
• Otsutsuki Genshiki dismissed Isshiki as insignificant, prompting Naruto to question whether Kitagawa Gen considered everything in the past meaningless.
• Naruto gathered Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, Guy, and the advancing ninja forces, then told Kitagawa Gen, “Let’s end all of this!”

Kaguya turned against Isshiki and Urashiki, while Kitagawa Gen fought Isshiki and learned Urashiki planned to use Karasuki to travel through time. Kitagawa Gen opened a space-time passage, then defeated Isshiki and shattered the moon, leaving the ninja forces to realize he had won.

• Kitagawa Gen asked Kaguya whether she had finished absorbing chakra, and she revealed she already knew what he knew before choosing to attack Isshiki, Urashiki, Black Zetsu, and the others.
• Kaguya unleashed her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, while Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, and Madara defended themselves and Isshiki and Urashiki fled.
• Kitagawa Gen intercepted Isshiki and fought him as Urashiki searched the ocean for Karasuki, hoping to travel to the past and kill Kitagawa Gen.
• Isshiki revealed Urashiki's plan, and Urashiki activated Karasuki's Plow to escape through a space-time tunnel.
• Kitagawa Gen used two Divine Techniques to open the passage, then unleashed golden radiance that swallowed Isshiki and shattered the moon.
• The Ninja Allied Forces watched Kitagawa Gen emerge and realized that Otsutsuki Genshiki had won.

Kitagawa Gen revealed a world-spanning Divine Tree and its fruit, leaving the Shinobi World facing an apparent planetary catastrophe. As Naruto begged him to deny that it was real, everyone discovered that Kitagawa Gen himself was resonating with the tree, and his words suggested a sinister turn.

• Kitagawa Gen defeated the attackers who emerged from twisted space, including Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro, while allies and the Ninja Allied Forces gathered to face him and Kaguya.
• Kitagawa Gen and the Sage of Six Paths discussed making the world confront the Otsutsuki threat, and Kitagawa Gen prepared to show everyone absolute despair and fear.
• Kitagawa Gen awakened the Divine Tree, whose light and vines spread across the Shinobi World and produced a fruit filled with immense power.
• Naruto feared Kitagawa Gen intended to destroy the planet and asked whether they could overcome the crisis together.
• Everyone noticed Kitagawa Gen's Chakra matching the Divine Tree's, and he patted Naruto's face before warning that everyone would be sad if the sun had a shadow.

Kitagawa Gen revealed that he was Otsutsuki Genshiki and that the trusted savior the others remembered had never existed as they imagined. As he moved toward the ripened God Tree fruit, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others attacked him but could not stop him.

• Kitagawa Gen removed his mask and revealed his identity as Otsutsuki Genshiki, leaving the shinobi and Ninja Alliance in shock.
• Naruto recognized Gen from a remark he had made at Ichiraku Ramen eight years earlier, then vowed to fight him rather than accept the revelation.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Kitagawa Gen, but he effortlessly repelled them and struck down Kakashi, Guy, Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze.
• Obito blocked Kitagawa Gen's slash aimed at Kakashi and joined the others in fighting him, while Guy opened the Eight Gates Release Formation.
• Kitagawa Gen explained that he sought to become a god as the God Tree's fruit ripened, then moved toward it as golden light and vines surrounded everyone.
• Kitagawa Gen told the others not to admire people blindly, saying admiration was the emotion farthest from understanding.

Kitagawa Gen absorbed the Divine Tree’s fruit after defeating the Ninja Alliance’s coordinated attacks and breaking their sealing attempt. As golden light overwhelmed the battlefield, Gen called on the Sage of Six Paths to end the ordeal, leaving everyone confused about what had happened.

• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura concluded that Gen was enjoying himself and urged the Ninja Alliance to keep fighting rather than give in to despair.
• The Ninja Alliance launched a massive assault, but Gen neutralized their Chakra-based techniques and countered attacks from Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the others.
• Guy opened the Eight Gates and used Night Guy, but Gen defeated him and sent him crashing from the sky.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and the giant toads attempted to seal Gen with a new moon, but he shattered it and revealed that the Divine Tree had intercepted their plans.
• Gen absorbed the fruit’s energy, captured the remaining fighters with vines, and stopped Ino when she tried to attack him; he then engulfed the world in golden light.
• The fighters awoke beneath the still-standing Golden Tree and found Gen beside the deathly pale Sage of Six Paths, as Gen asked him to end the ordeal before everyone died.

After the Shinobi World’s fighters awoke unharmed, Kitagawa Gen explained that the Sage of Six Paths had staged their apparent deaths to test and preserve their resolve against the Otsutsuki. The chapter ended with Gen restoring the shattered moon and urging everyone to welcome a new world.

• Guy, Deidara, Madara Uchiha, and the other fighters awoke with their injuries healed and realized they were alive.
• Tobirama Senju confronted Kitagawa Gen and the Sage of Six Paths, and Gen revealed that the Sage had arranged the ordeal to test the Shinobi World’s courage and prepare its people for future Otsutsuki threats.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the ordeal would teach the fighters and their descendants to remember the danger and protect their homeland, while Kitagawa Gen urged them not to rely on him forever.
• Kaguya identified Kitagawa Gen’s bloodline as likely inherited from Otsutsuki Shibai, and Gen told the assembled people that they would ultimately have to rely on themselves.
• Kitagawa Gen reassured the gathered shinobi that former enemies could work together and stopped the shattered moon from falling, restoring it as he welcomed everyone to a new world.

After the war, Kitagawa Gen avoided Hokage duties while the Shinobi World struggled to rebuild under the Sage of Six Paths’ supposed guidance. Gen visited Kaguya on the moon, where he encountered the Sage in a state of frantic denial.

• The Shinobi World celebrated Kitagawa Gen’s mercy, while Sasuke and Naruto tried to make him take responsibility; Gen told them to train for the Hokage role and left them to clean and water his flowers.
• Madara Uchiha argued with Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju about searching Otsutsuki ruins, then agreed to help reform the Shinobi World’s education system first.
• Ino and Hinata discussed what Kitagawa Gen liked, and Gen arrived at Yamanaka Flower Shop to buy flowers before visiting people; he reassured Ino that he would catch her if she took a risk.
• Akatsuki members accepted their role in tempering the peaceful Shinobi World, while thunder interrupted Yahiko as he criticized the Sage of Six Paths.
• Kitagawa Gen brought flowers to Kaguya on the moon and invited her to return to the Shinobi World; inside, he found the Sage of Six Paths insisting that he had not done it.