Chapter Summaries

Urashiki killed Danzo’s past self, forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to lead him to Uchiha Ingetsu, and then arrived at Kikyo Mountain to search for him. In the real world, the reanimated Danzo vanished, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen to fear the Otsutsuki’s progress.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Danzo’s corpse in the Hokage Building, and Urashiki emerged from warped space with Danzo’s mission scroll.
• Urashiki made Sarutobi Hiruzen identify Uchiha Ingetsu and lead him to Ingetsu’s mission site near Kikyo Mountain.
• Ingetsu and Kaguya continued comparing data in the Dragon Vein Space-Time to determine when reality had diverged from the past.
• Reanimated Danzo urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to escape, but Danzo began fading away and disappeared before the Root reanimations arrived.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Root reanimations to inform Tsunade that Danzo had vanished.
• Urashiki brought Sarutobi Hiruzen to Kikyo Mountain, where Hiruzen said he did not know when Ingetsu would return.

Urashiki forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to help search for Uchiha Ingetsu, then chose Kumogakure's Eight-Tails and Two-Tails as his next targets. Meanwhile, the Leaf's leaders blamed the Uchiha for the Hokage's disappearance and Danzo's death, while Yugito Nii encountered a strange distortion near Kumogakure.

• Urashiki took Sarutobi Hiruzen to Kikyo Castle, where Hiruzen ordered a search for Uchiha Ingetsu under threat to the town.
• Hiruzen named Kumogakure as the destination because it held the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, and Urashiki opened a space gate with him.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura convened the Leaf's clan leaders to address the missing Hokage and Danzo's death.
• Mitokado Homura demanded that Uchiha Fugaku prove the Uchiha were uninvolved, then ordered them to supply half the investigators.
• The Leaf's leaders planned to recall Tsunade and Jiraiya, appoint Orochimaru as temporary Hokage, and strengthen the village's defenses.
• The Lightning Shadow warned Killer B to stay in Kumorai Gorge after learning Amegakure had been destroyed, while Yugito Nii saw black distortions form in the air.

Urashiki defeated Yugito Nii and the A and Bee brothers, then took Yugito and Killer B through a space gate with Sarutobi Hiruzen to continue hunting Tailed Beasts. The Lightning Shadow died after warning Darui to alert Rasa that Sarutobi Hiruzen was coming for Sunagakure’s Jinchuriki.

• Matatabi warned Yugito Nii of danger, but Urashiki tracked her down and defeated her by making her Tailed Beast Ball explode in front of her.
• The Lightning Shadow and Killer B arrived, confronted Urashiki, and fought him together, but he defeated them and took Killer B and Yugito Nii into his personal dimension.
• Urashiki asked Sarutobi Hiruzen where to go next, and Hiruzen directed him to Sunagakure before Takigakure.
• Darui and the Cloud Ninja found the critically injured Lightning Shadow, who told Darui not to search for Killer B yet and to warn Rasa that Sarutobi Hiruzen would target Sunagakure’s Jinchuriki.
• The Lightning Shadow died, and Darui grieved beside him.

Nanfeng told Tamao that Danzo had died and Sarutobi Hiruzen had been kidnapped, prompting Tamao to suspect Urashiki was behind the upheaval and searching for his big brother. At the Uchiha gathering, the clan debated seizing power, Izumi reported Tekka for imprisoning Tamao, and Tekka failed to find the key to release him.

• Nanfeng visited Tamao in the psychiatric ward and told him about Danzo's death and Sarutobi Hiruzen's kidnapping.
• Tamao insisted the culprit was the disguised man who had come looking for his big brother, and asked Nanfeng to learn what else was happening in the Ninja World.
• Nanfeng met Izumi, and they went together to the Uchiha gathering at Naka Shrine.
• Itachi and Shisui discussed their conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Leaf Village as the clan assembled.
• An old hard-line Uchiha urged Fugaku to seize power, but Fugaku asked the clan to wait a week for more information.
• Izumi accused Tekka of locking Tamao in the mental hospital, and Fugaku ordered Tekka to bring him back; Tekka then searched for the key but could not find it.

Nanfeng and Izumi failed to get Tamao’s key, while the present-day Kage mourned Lightning Shadow after he vanished. In the past, Rasa tested young Gaara with staged attacks, but Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen appeared before Gaara, leaving Rasa rushing to protect him.

• Tekka admitted he had lost the key to Tamao’s restraints, so Nanfeng and Izumi brought Tamao midnight snacks instead.
• The present-day Kage worked together against Urashiki Otsutsuki, but Lightning Shadow suddenly began disappearing and urged Killer B to protect the world before vanishing completely.
• Rasa arranged for Yashamaru to test Gaara’s control over Shukaku, while young Gaara watched other children play and was mocked by them.
• Kankuro and Temari chased off the children who bullied Gaara, but Rasa took them away and left Gaara alone.
• Gaara blocked Yashamaru’s staged attacks with Shukaku’s sand, and Rasa watched with satisfaction as Gaara demonstrated his power.
• Urashiki emerged from a spatial passage with Sarutobi Hiruzen before Gaara, prompting Rasa to summon Sunagakure’s ANBU as Urashiki invited Gaara to follow him.

Urashiki captured Gaara and killed Rasa in the past, prompting Chiyo to declare war on the Leaf Village and warn Takigakure. In the real world, the reanimated Rasa faded away in front of his family, and Gaara went to tell Tsunade that Urashiki had reached the Hidden Sand Village; meanwhile, Ingetsu and Kaguya neared the point in the past where Urashiki had arrived.

• Rasa tried to protect Gaara from Urashiki, but Yashamaru was killed while rushing to save his nephew, and Gaara transformed into Shukaku.
• Urashiki sent Shukaku through a space gate, scattered the Hidden Sand ANBU with Shinra Tensei, and then wounded Rasa before leaving with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Chiyo arrived after receiving Kumogakure's warning, heard Rasa identify Sarutobi Hiruzen and Urashiki, and ordered Sunagakure to declare war on the Leaf Village and warn Takigakure.
• In the real world, Rasa faded away while cooking for his family, and he asked Ebizo and Chiyo to care for his children before disappearing.
• Gaara told Ebizo, Temari, and Kankuro that Urashiki had reached the Hidden Sand Village and went to inform Tsunade.
• In Ryūmyaku Space, Ingetsu told Kaguya they were close to finding the point in the past where Urashiki had returned.

Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen attacked Takigakure and captured its Seven-Tails Jinchuriki before traveling to Konoha, where they escaped the village’s response through a Space Gate. The chapter ends with Shizune telling Tsunade that the Third Hokage has been abducted.

• Ingetsu contacted Tamao and told him to wait in the shinobi village for further news.
• Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen destroyed Takigakure’s forces, captured the transformed Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and sent the beast to another dimension.
• Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen appeared at Ichiraku Ramen, prompting Konoha’s villagers and leaders to raise the alarm.
• Konoha’s search teams reached Ichiraku Ramen after Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen had escaped through a Space Gate.
• Shizune urgently informed Tsunade that the Third Hokage had been abducted.

Tsunade learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen had been captured and set out for Konoha, while Urashiki and Hiruzen attacked Iwagakure in search of its Jinchuriki. After Rōshi fought Urashiki to protect Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi, he was defeated, leaving Iwagakure devastated and Urashiki closer to capturing the Tailed Beasts.

• Shizune told Tsunade that Sarutobi Hiruzen had been captured inside Konoha a week earlier, and Tsunade decided to return to the village and contact Jiraiya.
• Kitsuchi rushed into Ōnoki's office wounded and urged him to flee with Kurotsuchi, as Urashiki and Hiruzen attacked Iwagakure and left Han unconscious in the ruins.
• Ōnoki attacked Urashiki with Dust Release, but Urashiki escaped through a space gate and then struck at Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi with his scarlet fishing line.
• Rōshi arrived and intercepted Urashiki's attack, then transformed into the Four-Tails and fought while Ōnoki took Kurotsuchi toward the approaching Stone Shinobi.
• After half an hour, Urashiki had destroyed much of Iwagakure and defeated Rōshi, standing over the unconscious Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

Urashiki continued hunting the Tailed Beasts with Sarutobi Hiruzen’s guidance while the other villages prepared to retaliate against the Leaf. As the armies confronted acting Hokage Orochimaru, he shifted the blame onto his captured teacher; meanwhile, Urashiki reached Kirigakure and prepared to attack.

• Urashiki sent two captured Tailed Beasts to an alternate dimension, learned that Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Nine-Tails remained, and chose to target Kirigakure next.
• Cloud, Sand, and Mu Jin armies advanced on the Leaf Village, and Orochimaru organized talks after their forces reached the Land of Fire’s borders.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku met representatives from the three villages, who accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of leading the mysterious attacker to their villages.
• Orochimaru urged the representatives to direct their anger at Sarutobi Hiruzen and the mysterious person rather than the Leaf Village, and Shikaku warned him that he was selling out his teacher.
• Urashiki arrived above Kirigakure, noticed that its streets were deserted, and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to explain the village’s situation before he acted.

Urashiki attacked Kirigakure, defeated and captured the Six-Tails, and set out with Sarutobi Hiruzen to find the Three-Tails. Obito witnessed Urashiki's overwhelming strength and went to the Leaf Village to seek the Impure World Reincarnation technique so he could revive Madara.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained Kirigakure's isolation and the Bloody Mist era to Urashiki, who then traveled with him to the village.
• Obito learned that Nagato and most of Amegakure had vanished, leaving the Rinnegan missing and his plans without a key weapon.
• Urashiki struck Kirigakure with a shock wave, knocked out the transformed Six-Tails, and stored it inside Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Mei Terumi and Genji rallied Kirigakure's shinobi to resist the invading enemy while Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen left to capture the Three-Tails.
• Obito watched Urashiki defeat the Six-Tails and realized he could not face him, then learned from Tobi that Impure World Reincarnation could revive Madara.
• Obito abandoned his hold on Kirigakure and used Kamui to travel toward the Leaf Village to obtain the forbidden jutsu.

Urashiki captured the Three-Tails and prepared to return to the Leaf Village to seize the Nine-Tails, while Karatachi Yagura broke free of Obito’s control and discovered White Zetsu infiltrators. Urashiki told Sarutobi Hiruzen he sought the Tailed Beasts to pursue the Ten-Tails, and Hiruzen was shocked to learn it existed.

• Obito fled as Urashiki found the Three-Tails, hooked it with his scarlet energy fishing line, dragged it from the lake, knocked it unconscious with Shinra Tensei, and stored it in an alternate dimension.
• Mei Terumi arrived too late to find the Three-Tails and decided to return to the village and meet Karatachi Yagura instead of Genji.
• Karatachi Yagura regained his senses after Obito’s Mangekyō control faded, killed a disguised White Zetsu, and summoned Mei Terumi, Genji, and the clan leaders to explain his strange policies.
• Urashiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen ate at an inn, and Urashiki revealed that he was wary of Uchiha Ingetsu and planned to capture the Nine-Tails the next morning.
• Urashiki asked Sarutobi Hiruzen about the Ten-Tails and explained that it was also called the God Tree, leaving Hiruzen shocked by the revelation.

Urashiki explained the Ten-Tails to Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Kirigakure learned that Yagura had been controlled and prepared to confront Konoha. Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha with Urashiki, where Orochimaru briefed Tsunade and Jiraiya on his concessions and the threat they faced.

• Urashiki told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Tailed Beasts had split from the Ten-Tails and that he planned to collect them and recreate it.
• Karatachi Yagura admitted that the Sharingan had controlled him, resigned as Mizukage, and accepted imprisonment while Kirigakure prepared to send Mei Terumi against Konoha.
• Urashiki freed Sarutobi Hiruzen and took him through a Space Gate to Konoha.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and joined Tsunade on the way to meet Orochimaru at the Hokage Building.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade and Jiraiya that he had handed Sarutobi Hiruzen over to the other villages and offered them access to the Nine-Tails’ power to prevent an attack on Konoha.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya concluded that Urashiki’s strength might rival the First Hokage and the Uchiha Clan leader.

Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya led the Great Shinobi Villages toward an alliance against Urashiki, while Hidden Mist forces marched on Konoha. Urashiki returned Sarutobi Hiruzen to the village after promising to take only the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto guarded and confused.

• Orochimaru ordered Tsunade and Jiraiya to attend a meeting with the Four Great Shinobi Villages as their acting Hokage.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, Chiyo, Darui, and Bunya agreed to create a joint Intelligence Division and cooperate against Urashiki before deciding how to divide the Nine-Tails.
• The assembled leaders reviewed intelligence suggesting Urashiki could capture Jinchuriki rapidly and might be waiting for the villages to gather; Jiraiya left to seek a prophecy from the Great Toad Sage.
• Mei Terumi received the Konoha intelligence from her envoys, ordered the scroll sent back to the Hidden Mist Village, and led her army onward toward Konoha.
• Urashiki returned Sarutobi Hiruzen to Konoha and agreed to take only the Nine-Tails without harming innocent people, then went to the space holding the One-Tail through Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Naruto watched the ANBU guarding him and learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen was too busy to see him.

Naruto used the Nine-Tails' chakra to escape the safe shelter as Urashiki targeted him. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha, learned Orochimaru had taken power, and died by his own hand; Urashiki then captured Naruto and took him into an alternate space.

• The Nine-Tails warned Naruto that an Otsutsuki was coming for him, lent him its chakra, and urged him to flee the shelter.
• Naruto broke through the shelter wall, then dug underground while ANBU pursued him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha, learned from Utatane Koharu that Orochimaru had taken power, and collapsed after confronting him.
• Orochimaru told Sarutobi Hiruzen that his death would serve Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen later ended his own life at the execution grounds under pressure from the allied villages.
• Urashiki found the Nine-Tails' location, entered Naruto's tunnel through a Space Gate, and pulled Naruto into an alternate space.
• The ANBU attacked Urashiki, who decided to break his promise not to harm anyone else.

Urashiki brought the Ten-Tails to Konoha and ordered it to destroy the village, while shinobi and villagers fled in terror. Izumi and Nanfeng helped Tamao escape the hospital as the Ten-Tails began trampling Leaf Village.

• Urashiki killed the three ANBU guarding Naruto and escaped the collapsing underground tunnel through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Orochimaru gathered the leaders of the Four Great Shinobi Villages, Jiraiya, and Tsunade after learning that Urashiki had captured the Nine-Tails.
• Fugaku rejected his clan members’ proposal to abandon Konoha and take in its remnants, while Itachi and Shisui mourned Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• At Konoha Hospital, Tamao warned Izumi and Nanfeng that Urashiki had arrived with the Tailed Beasts, and the three tried to flee to the basement.
• Urashiki stood atop the Ten-Tails and ordered it to attack, and the creature began crushing shinobi and villagers as it trampled Leaf Village.

Urashiki transformed the Ten-Tails into the God Tree and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the Ninja World in dreams while draining its people of life and Chakra. At Madara’s burial site, he captured Obito and Black Zetsu, then left to seek Kaguya.

• The Ten-Tails destroyed Hokage Rock, and Orochimaru stopped fleeing while Tsunade and Jiraiya tried to reach him.
• Urashiki aligned the Ten-Tails’ Rinne Sharingan with the moon and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, ensnaring the people of the Ninja World, including Orochimaru, the Uchiha, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
• Obito arrived at Madara’s burial site with Impure World Reincarnation, where Black Zetsu warned him that Urashiki had already gathered the Tailed Beasts and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• God Tree roots invaded the underground hideout, and Urashiki appeared as Obito and Black Zetsu tried to escape.
• Urashiki learned that Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s offspring, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi trapped both Obito and Black Zetsu in dreams.
• Urashiki left the cave and said he was going to find Kaguya.

Urashiki froze Kaguya in time while Ingetsu located the altered timeline and traveled into it to protect his past self. After sealing off the Uchiha team, Ingetsu appeared in Konoha Hospital just as Tamao, Izumi, and Nanfeng were about to be overwhelmed by the God Tree’s roots.

• Urashiki broke the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei and froze Kaguya in time, then ignored the Turtle Plow’s warning that their space-time had been detected.
• Ingetsu identified the timeline Urashiki had altered and entered it, while Tamao, Izumi, and Nanfeng found Konoha deserted.
• Ingetsu rescued his past self and two Uchiha teammates from the God Tree’s roots, erased their memories, and concealed them behind a barrier.
• God Tree roots broke into the hospital morgue and attacked Tamao, Izumi, and Nanfeng as they fought back.
• Ingetsu appeared in the morgue, freed Tamao from his restraints, and was recognized by him and the startled Izumi and Nanfeng.

Ingetsu traveled from the future into the past to stop Urashiki from changing the Ninja World’s history, while revealing the future to Nanfeng, Izumi, and Tamao. He and Tamao tracked Urashiki to the Land of Rain, where Pain was entering Hanzō’s residence to take revenge.

• Ingetsu shared the future timeline with Nanfeng, Izumi, and Tamao, then returned to the past to rewrite its outcome.
• Urashiki learned from the Treasure Tool Plow that Ingetsu might pursue him through time, but chose to remain in the past and hunt Ingetsu himself.
• Ingetsu arrived as Tekka and the other Uchiha prepared to ambush Tamao, froze them, and took Tamao through a Space Gate.
• Ingetsu and Tamao watched Urashiki abduct Danzo, then followed Urashiki and Danzo toward the Land of Rain.
• Pain entered Hanzō’s residence with Konan waiting behind, while Ingetsu and Tamao observed unseen.

Ingetsu intervened when Urashiki arrived in the past to confront Nagato and Hanzō of the Salamander, driving Urashiki into a desperate transformed battle. Urashiki escaped through time and space, and Ingetsu returned to the Leaf Village with Danzo after altering the memories of the witnesses.

• Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain to punish Hanzō of the Salamander, while Ingetsu waited for Urashiki and Danzo to arrive.
• Urashiki attacked Deva Path Pain, but Tamao stopped the confrontation as Ingetsu emerged and shattered the space around Urashiki.
• Urashiki transformed into a powerful Crane State and fought Ingetsu, who split Amegakure’s inland sea and trapped him with sword attacks.
• The Treasure Tool Plow dragged the wounded Urashiki through time and space, allowing him to escape as Ingetsu declared he could find him again.
• Ingetsu altered the memories of Nagato, Konan, Hanzō of the Salamander, and Deva Path Pain, then took Danzo through a Space Gate.
• Nagato and Konan completed their revenge against Hanzō of the Salamander, while Ingetsu returned to the Leaf Village and kicked Danzo out of the Space Gate into the Hokage Office.

Ingetsu returned from correcting the past, while Urashiki’s doomed timeline vanished and the Ninja World’s missing people reappeared. The survivors celebrated their return, but the figure that emerged from the Space Gate was not Ingetsu.

• Ingetsu erased and altered Danzo and Tamao’s memories before returning through the Dragon Vein Space-Time, while Tamao left the bloodied Hokage Building and Danzo was questioned by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Urashiki destroyed Kikyo Castle with Super Shinra Tensei and pursued Ingetsu, but the Treasure Tool Plow explained that Urashiki’s timeline was disappearing because Ingetsu had stopped him at its beginning.
• Ingetsu returned to the real world, reunited with Kaguya, and told her their journey through the cycle of time and space was over.
• At the Capital Fortress, Tsunade and the others returned to existence, and reports confirmed that people across the Ninja World were recovering.
• Tsunade and the others gathered around a Space Gate expecting Ingetsu, but a bloodied, bizarre bird-like figure fell out instead.