Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke defeated Moryo but relied on the Zero-Tails to devour it, while Ingetsu urged Shion to train and uncover her mother’s message in her bell. The group prepared to return to the Leaf Village, and the chapter ended with Ingetsu discussing the Ninja World’s hidden nature as the Lightning Shadow’s army hunted threats across the world.

• Naruto pulled Moryo’s true body from its shell, and Ingetsu directed him to summon the Zero-Tails.
• The Zero-Tails devoured Moryo’s shell and true body, then returned to the Capital Fortress through Naruto’s Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Ingetsu told Shion that her mother’s hopes and words were hidden in her bell and that she could hear them after developing her Witch’s power.
• Kakashi invited Taruhoshi and Shion to return to the Leaf Village, while Naruto joked that the Capital Fortress could become Shion’s new home.
• In the Prison Space, Ingetsu told Hashirama that the Ninja World’s hidden threats were part of its underlying nature.
• The Lightning Shadow’s army patrolled the Ninja World and attacked threats it found hiding in the darkness.

After Moryo was defeated, Ingetsu gave Sasuke Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, awakening Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He then created a battlefield for Sasuke to test his strength, where Sasuke immediately began fighting a recreated Itachi.

• Lightning Shadow’s convoy encountered Kakashi’s team, and Kakashi confirmed that they had dealt with Moryo.
• Ingetsu arrived and took Sasuke into the forest, where he gave him Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and transformed Sasuke’s eyes into Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ingetsu brought Sasuke to a new training space and let him shape it into a copy of Konoha.
• Ingetsu created an Itachi-like opponent and warned Sasuke that an Otsutsuki would be too strong for him.
• Sasuke attacked the recreated Itachi, who answered by activating an Orange-Red Susanoo.

Ingetsu brought Konoha’s young ninja into a controllable training space and then recruited Deidara to join the training. They arrived near a village in the Land of Tea, where Kiba, Hinata, and Shino were confronting a giant Chakra-infused bear.

• Ingetsu brought Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and the others to a training space where they could create opponents and control time, then left them to train.
• Deidara hunted down and killed the remaining rogue ninja, and Ingetsu recruited him for training after confirming the plan with Bunya.
• Ingetsu took Deidara to the Land of Tea, where a giant bear charged toward a village and threatened two children.
• Kiba and Akamaru attacked the bear with Fang Wolf Fang while Hinata and Shino rescued the children.
• After the bear broke Kiba’s attack and fled toward the forest, Kiba urged Hinata and Shino to pursue it.

Kiba, Shino, and Hinata defeated one Mutant Giant Bear, found human bones in its cave, and were rescued from two more bears by Deidara. Ingetsu gathered Gaara and his siblings, then arrived at the Capital Fortress to bring the shinobi into a Cultivation Secret Realm for training.

• Hinata tracked the Mutant Giant Bear while Shino’s Kikaichū drained its Chakra, letting Kiba and Akamaru kill it with Super Fang Wolf Fang.
• Shino and Hinata investigated the bear’s cave and discovered human bones, but two hidden bears ambushed them.
• Deidara used Explosive Clay Spiders to destroy the two bears, then told Kiba, Shino, and Hinata that Ingetsu was preparing to take them to a sealed space for training.
• Ingetsu visited Chiyo and Ebizo in the Sand Ninja District and took Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro through a Space Gate to the Capital Fortress.
• Ingetsu reunited with Ino-Shika-Cho at the fortress, where Gaara explained that they would enter the Cultivation Secret Realm to train.

Ingetsu gathered young elites for special training, brought them to the Cultivation Secret Realm, and explained how to train safely. He then visited Tsunade in Leaf Village and stayed with her through the night, where she awoke surprised that he had not left.

• Ingetsu linked Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji with their parents so they could explain their training trip, then hosted afternoon tea with the young elites.
• Ingetsu took Ino through a Space Gate to collect Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Deidara, and brought them back to the grassland gathering.
• Ingetsu told the group about Dark Star and promised their training space would have food, then transported them to the Cultivation Secret Realm.
• Ingetsu introduced the newcomers to Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, explained the training rules, and said Tsunade would send others after their missions.
• Ingetsu returned to Leaf Village and explained to Tsunade how he could switch places with his clones; Tsunade fell asleep beside him after they spent the night together.
• Tsunade woke refreshed at three in the morning and was surprised to find Ingetsu still in the Hokage's office.

Ingetsu brought Tsunade and Shizune home, where Tsunade urged him to accept Shizune and Shizune agreed. The next day, he arranged training in the Cultivation Secret Realm for Mei Terumi and a new group of ninjas, then met Konan, Hikari, and Nagato at the Capital Fortress.

• Tsunade suggested that Ingetsu take Shizune as well, and Shizune agreed after entering the bedroom and meeting Ingetsu's gaze.
• Ingetsu left Tsunade and Shizune resting and arranged for Mei Terumi to take over the Hokage Office shift, promising to spend the evening with her.
• Ingetsu summoned Kurenai, Hotaru, Guy, Nonō, Izumi, Tamao, Nanfeng, and others, explained the Cultivation Secret Realm, and led them there to train.
• Ingetsu showed the group the Battle Secret Realm, including Naruto fighting his created Sasuke, then left them to begin their training.
• Ingetsu told Hanzo, Kisame, and Zabuza to prepare for a future trip, then visited Konan and Hikari in the Capital Fortress garden.
• Six Paths Nagato joined Ingetsu, Konan, and Hikari, and asked Ingetsu what had happened.

Ingetsu created the Cultivation Secret Realm and connected it to the Ninja World, giving shinobi a place to train and simulate battles against the Otsutsuki. As the armies gathered for their first exercises, Ingetsu helped Mei Terumi coordinate her forces and took her home to Kirigakure after a long night of work.

• Ingetsu established a gate from the Capital Fortress to the Cultivation Secret Realm, and Nagato, Hikari, and Konan entered to test it.
• Ingetsu created gates across Konoha and the Five Great Shinobi Villages, while the Five Kage agreed to use simulated Otsutsuki battles to assess their forces.
• Ingetsu opened a gate for Kaguya at the Snow Country Palace, and she agreed to help oversee the simulated battles.
• The Five Kage ordered shinobi armies across the Ninja World to gather in the secret realm, and Yamato led his team back from the desert to join them.
• Ingetsu helped Mei Terumi organize the Mist Ninja District forces, then took her to her home in Kirigakure after she finished work past three in the morning.

Ingetsu, the Five Kage, and the assembled shinobi prepared for an illusion-based trial against Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki. The 120,000-strong army entered the battlefield through enormous doors and emerged on a golden beach beside an endless sea.

• Ingetsu stayed beside Mei Terumi overnight while the Konoha army gathered in the Cultivation Secret Realm and rested before training.
• The Four Kage agreed that Otsutsuki trials would use illusions, and Kaguya chose Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki as their first opponent.
• Ingetsu presented information on the Otsutsuki while the Five Kage and commanders devised a seaside battle plan against Kinshiki.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and other shinobi discussed the coming war as their units waited for orders.
• Tsunade ordered the 120,000-strong army onto the battlefield, and the shinobi passed through five enormous doors to a golden beach.

The Allied Shinobi Forces entered Ingetsu’s illusionary world for a realistic combat exercise against a resurrected Otsutsuki Kinshiki. Shikamaru’s unease led his Chakra Cannon battalion to withdraw from the main formation, and Kinshiki targeted them as the battle began.

• The ninja army took up positions in the illusionary world, unaware that the exercise was simulated, while Shikamaru grew uneasy about their formation.
• Shikamaru had his Chakra Cannon battalion retreat one kilometer from the main force, and Darui followed his order.
• Ingetsu created Otsutsuki Kinshiki with his prime strength and a killing intent toward the ninjas, then started the exercise.
• The Mist Ninja District’s carrier detected Kinshiki behind the Allied Shinobi Forces, and he chose to attack Shikamaru and Darui’s separated battalions.
• Shikamaru ordered the Chakra Cannons to fire, but their beams passed through Kinshiki as he descended toward them.

Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki devastated the Allied Shinobi Forces, killing Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Darui, and thousands more despite their attacks. Naruto and Sasuke struck back together, but Kinshiki emerged unharmed and declared that his warm-up was over.

• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki destroyed Shikamaru and Darui’s Chakra Cannon squadron, killing them and their teammates.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and the other Konoha ninja reacted to their comrades’ deaths as Tsunade ordered the forces to retreat and reposition.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki phased into the Fire Release formation and slaughtered tens of thousands of ninja, then cut down more with his Naginata.
• Tsunade sent Naruto and Sasuke to fight Kinshiki; Kinshiki badly wounded Naruto, and Sasuke saved him with his Complete Body Purple Susanoo.
• Sasuke set Kinshiki alight with Amaterasu, and Naruto hit him with a Massive Rasenshuriken, but Kinshiki absorbed the flames and remained unharmed.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki announced that his warm-up was over, leaving the Five Kage facing an enemy they could not overcome.

Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki defeated Naruto and Sasuke, then absorbed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ combined attacks and used their energy to destroy the battlefield. In the resulting void, he confronted Kaguya Otsutsuki and learned that Ingetsu had strengthened him.

• Naruto and Sasuke combined their attacks against Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki, but he remained unharmed, shattered Sasuke’s Complete Body Susanoo, and sent both of them flying.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces and destroyed nearly half of the Chakra Cannon formation, prompting Tsunade to order the shinobi to use Ninjutsu.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki absorbed the shinobi’s combined Ninjutsu, the Chakra Cannons’ beams, and the fleet’s attacks, then unleashed their gathered energy in a blast that annihilated the battlefield and its 120,000-strong shinobi army.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki found himself in a void and called out Kaguya Otsutsuki, who emerged from Yomotsu Hirasaka and denied controlling the events.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki told Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki that Ingetsu had strengthened him, and Ingetsu appeared beside her and agreed.

Ingetsu ended the first Ōtsutsuki combat exercise after Kinshiki’s defeat and watched the shinobi recover from the illusion, then the Five Kage reviewed their failed tactics. The army prepared to train again with a less punishing exercise, while Nagato continued strengthening himself in the Cultivation Secret Realm.

• Ingetsu explained to Kaguya that he had created Kinshiki as a living training opponent, then sealed Kinshiki in a deeper layer of space.
• The 120,000-strong ninja army emerged from the illusion, and Shikamaru explained to the Konoha 12 that the battle had been a live-combat exercise and urged them to keep training.
• Tsunade and the other Kage acknowledged their mistakes and began a full battle review with the commanders.
• Ingetsu told Kaguya that he would let the army narrowly win a future exercise before pitting them against ordinary Ōtsutsuki.
• Nagato emerged from training, praised the Cultivation Secret Realm, and asked to join the next live-combat exercise.

After the ninja army’s crushing defeat in the practical exercise, Kakashi and Shikamaru helped restore morale while the Five Kage and commanders devised tactics against Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki. As Ingetsu and Kaguya rested, the army suppressed unrest across the Ninja World, and Ingetsu later put an exhausted Mei Terumi to sleep and stayed beside her.

• Kaguya asked Ingetsu how he would compensate her, and they returned to her Snow Country Palace with Kazahana Koyuki attending them.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Guy, and other ninjas struggled with the defeat, but Kakashi urged Guy to focus on learning how to counter the Otsutsuki.
• Shikamaru addressed the ninja army, shared the intelligence he had gained by dying in battle, and helped restore its morale before ordering it back to its stations.
• Tsunade and the other commanders planned new tactics against Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki, including using trapped Chakra Cannons, puppet troops, small units, and defensive positions.
• Ingetsu observed the ninja army swiftly suppressing unrest across the Ninja World as the villages prepared for another practical exercise.
• Ingetsu visited Mei Terumi, helped her fall asleep, and stayed by her window to read.

Ingetsu took Mei Terumi beyond the Ninja World to explore the universe, where Evil God Rin taught her about cosmology and they visited an alien planet. After continuing their journey through space, Ingetsu sensed something interesting and brought Mei Terumi to a planet dominated by an enormous tree.

• Mei Terumi woke refreshed, ate breakfast with Ingetsu, and asked him to take her beyond the Ninja World.
• Ingetsu brought Mei Terumi into space, where she marveled at the stars and asked Evil God Rin questions about the universe.
• Ingetsu expanded his Divine Kingdom while Mei Terumi learned about cosmology, then took her to a fog-shrouded planet of towering trees.
• Ingetsu caught two beetle-like creatures, cooked them over a fire, and shared the meal with Mei Terumi.
• Ingetsu continued exploring space with Mei Terumi and brought her to a planet where a gigantic tree rose far above the landscape.

Ingetsu encountered Ōtsutsuki Kōshiki, a cautious collector of extinct civilizations who was tending a God Tree, and questioned him about the planet. When Ōtsutsuki Riki arrived, Kōshiki fled with Ingetsu, Mei Terumi, and the Evil God, leaving the God Tree behind.

• Mei Terumi recognized the God Tree, and Ingetsu left her and the Evil God outside the planet’s atmosphere while he confronted its guardian.
• Ōtsutsuki Kōshiki offered Ingetsu the planet’s energy and explained that he collected artifacts from civilizations destroyed before his arrival.
• Ingetsu learned that Kōshiki’s companion’s Karma was housed in a slug-like creature and challenged Kōshiki, who admitted he would flee rather than fight.
• A blazing Star Meteor struck the Evil God near Mei Terumi, and it transformed into the bald Ōtsutsuki Riki.
• Kōshiki identified Riki as one of his clansmen and used his light-speed ability to carry Ingetsu, Mei Terumi, and the Evil God away from the planet.

Ingetsu rescued Otsutsuki Koushi, then stopped and devoured Koushi’s pursuers, Riki and Hi, with his Ten-Tails. After sending Koushi to retrieve his own Ten-Tails and its fruit, Ingetsu traveled with him and Mei Terumi to seek a way to resolve the Otsutsuki threat.

• Otsutsuki Koushi offered to protect Ingetsu, the Evil God, and Mei Terumi from Riki and Hi despite Ingetsu wanting his Chakra Fruit.
• Ingetsu froze Riki and Hi in his Divine Kingdom, and his Ten-Tails swallowed them and began breaking down their energy.
• Ingetsu returned with Koushi to the ravaged planet, commanded Koushi’s God Tree to bear fruit, and let Koushi reclaim his malnourished Ten-Tails.
• Ingetsu invited Koushi to travel with him, then asked how long Koushi’s Ten-Tails had gone without absorbing energy; Koushi admitted it had been over a hundred years.
• Mei Terumi explained the Otsutsuki invasion of the Ninja World to Koushi as Ingetsu began an extreme leap through space to seek someone who could help resolve the threat.
• Koushi told Ingetsu that only a few Otsutsuki were stronger than him.

Ingetsu, Mei Terumi, and Otsutsuki Koushi visited a war-torn Interstellar Alliance, where Kōshiki’s Ten-Tails drained a doomed planet of its energy. The Toad People welcomed the visitors as gods, then their leader used a device to torment Kōshiki while the others remained unaffected.

• Kōshiki told Ingetsu about the Interstellar Alliance’s resource shortages and internal war, and Ingetsu chose to visit it.
• Ingetsu brought Mei Terumi and the others to a planet being devastated by conflict, where Kōshiki released his Ten-Tails to absorb its energy.
• The Ten-Tails drained the planet until its atmosphere, magnetic field, and geological activity disappeared, then returned to Kōshiki.
• Toad-like inhabitants invited the visitors to meet their king, and Ingetsu shared his translation ability with Mei Terumi and Kōshiki.
• The Toad People’s leader appeared with a device designed to suppress Ōtsutsuki and activated it on Kōshiki, causing him to howl in pain while the others showed no reaction.

Ingetsu destroyed the Toad People’s fleet and freed Otsutsuki Koushi, then visited the Interstellar Alliance’s central planet with Mei Terumi and the Evil God. After learning how the alliance’s Red Crystal worked, Insect King Hillod recognized Ingetsu as a god and asked why he had come.

• Ingetsu melted the Toad People’s weapons, destroyed their battleships, and freed Otsutsuki Koushi from the device interfering with his consciousness.
• Ingetsu, Mei Terumi, Kōshiki, and the Evil God traveled to the alliance’s central planet to observe its civilization.
• Ingetsu and his companions entered the Interstellar Alliance’s administrative center, where Insect King Hillod and his allied forces had driven out the Toad People.
• Hillod led Ingetsu to the Red Crystal, and Ingetsu inspected its records without overwhelming the crystal with his mental power.
• Hillod drew energy from the Red Crystal, saw Ingetsu’s arrival and the destruction of the Toad fleet, then addressed him as a god and asked his purpose.

Ingetsu returned to Konoha with Ōtsutsuki Kōshiki and prepared to begin the shinobi army’s next illusion-training session. After reading Kōshiki’s stored mental messages, Ingetsu learned that the Otsutsuki had been summoned to the Ninja World a thousand years earlier, while Kōshiki wondered whether he would be used as the ninjas’ training opponent.

• Ingetsu advised Insect King Hillod to use the Red Crystal’s remaining energy to explore beyond the universe, then took Mei Terumi and Ōtsutsuki Kōshiki back to the Ninja World.
• Ingetsu brought Kōshiki to Konoha as the unified shinobi army gathered for another illusion-training session against Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki.
• Kōshiki told Ingetsu that he would help protect the Ninja World, and Kaguya Otsutsuki cautiously met him before joining the training preparations.
• Ingetsu entered Kōshiki’s mind and found messages summoning Otsutsuki to the Ninja World, including a thousand-year-old message from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and later calls from Momoshiki and Urashiki.
• Ingetsu discovered that Kōshiki had replied to clan messages with irrelevant chatter, then withdrew from his mind and asked him to watch the ninjas’ training.
• Kōshiki asked whether Ingetsu intended to make him the shinobi army’s practical training partner.

Ingetsu brought Otsutsuki Koushi into the Illusory Combat Secret Realm, where the ninja forces defeated Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki before Koushi wiped out nearly everyone with his light-based power. After the simulation, Ingetsu told the Five Kage that Otsutsuki arrivals might be scattered rather than massed, and assigned Koushi as the ninjas’ next challenge.

• Ingetsu entered the Illusory Combat Secret Realm with Otsutsuki Koushi and watched Kaguya, Six Paths Nagato, Naruto, Sasuke, and the Allied Shinobi Forces attack Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki.
• Naruto broke Kinshiki’s crimson weapon, Sasuke’s Susanoo severed Kinshiki’s arm, and the Chakra Cannons destroyed him.
• Koushi unleashed a blazing radiance that reduced the ordinary ninjas, weapons, Naruto, and Sasuke to dust, leaving only Koushi, Kaguya, and Six Paths Nagato alive.
• Nagato charged Koushi, but Koushi escaped at tremendous speed before Ingetsu ended the simulation and named him as the ninjas’ next opponent.
• Naruto and Sasuke resolved to keep training while the ninja forces discussed the unfamiliar enemy and their lack of intelligence about him.
• At a meeting with the Five Kage, Ingetsu explained that the Otsutsuki might not arrive all at once, and the leaders agreed to continue training as Koushi was assigned a place to stay.