Chapter Summaries

In the Dream Realm, Shamu tested Nagato’s combat strength and fought through his powerful Wood Release before capturing and sealing him. Shamu then continued training, remaining the strongest fighter in the Land of Radiance as Nagato’s strength promised to grow.

• Shamu tested Nagato’s Wood Release, which transformed the battlefield into a forest and repeatedly ensnared his Susanoo.
• Nagato’s Wood Dragon wrapped around Susanoo and absorbed its Chakra, but Shamu enlarged Susanoo and cut the dragon apart.
• Shamu used Susanoo-Mikoto's Eye to find Nagato hiding in a tree, then chased him through the air while attacking with Water Release, Lightning Release, and Fire Release.
• Nagato healed his injured leg and fought Shamu in taijutsu, but Shamu subdued him and sealed him after Nagato broke free from the Four Symbols Seal.
• Shamu judged that Nagato could grow stronger with time and continued training in the Dream Realm, where he ranked himself above Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, and Shisui.

Shamu and Dan Katō entered Naruto’s soul layer and found Asura’s awakened soul. Shamu challenged Asura’s belief that opposing Indra had prevented greater harm, leaving Asura stunned and questioning his choices.

• Dan Katō explained Naruto’s consciousness and soul layers to Shamu, then led him into the soul layer to search for Asura.
• Dan found a huge blue sphere partly submerged beneath the sea of Naruto’s soul and awakened Asura by striking it with spheres of light.
• Asura emerged and told Shamu that he had attached himself to Naruto’s body to stop Indra from conquering the world.
• Shamu argued that Asura’s repeated opposition to Indra had prolonged their conflict and caused countless deaths.
• Asura considered Shamu’s argument and was left speechless by the possibility that the Shinobi World might have found peace if he had stopped reincarnating alongside Indra.

Minato killed the Kazuma Four and faced Obito, who recognized his former teacher before retreating into the Kamui Dimension. After Minato left, Kakuzu decided to abandon his business with the Grass Ninja and flee toward the Exchange Office.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God and a Rasengan to kill Fudo and Fuka after Obito attacked with Susanoo’s Yasaka Beads.
• Obito recognized Minato as his teacher, and Minato told Asuma, Guy, and Yamato to check on the power plant while he stayed behind.
• Minato told Obito he was doomed to fail, but Obito dismissed the warning and escaped through the Kamui Dimension.
• Kakuzu watched from the city wall, realized Minato had returned, and decided to abandon his plans with the Grass Ninja.
• Kakuzu burrowed underground and changed course toward the Exchange Office.

After Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s intervention intensified Indra’s influence over Sasuke, Shamu promised to help Naruto and Sasuke resolve the problem. The group assessed the ruined Sacred Land, and Kimimaro discovered a possible connection to the Hyuga Clan before Shamu called Tenten over.

• Sasuke told Shamu that his first thought after seeing Naruto’s transformed form was that Amaterasu could defeat him, and Shamu suspected Hagoromo Otsutsuki had accelerated Indra’s influence.
• Shamu reassured Sasuke that he and Naruto would address the influence after they returned, while Sasuke celebrated awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and pledged to support the clan.
• Orochimaru told Kakashi to remain at the site while he arranged for Anbu and engineers to dismantle the Spear of Heaven base, and the group noted the Sacred Land had become barren and uninhabitable.
• Tenten noticed Kimimaro’s eyes had turned grayish white, and Shamu explained that an ancestral reversion might allow him to awaken the Byakugan because the Kaguya and Hyuga Clans had intermarried.
• Kimimaro said he preferred the Sharingan because he wanted to resemble Shamu, and Shamu reminded him that he and the others were family regardless of bloodline.
• Sasuke’s jealousy flared when Naruto said Shamu was his master too, and Shamu then waved Tenten over.

Obito introduced Hiruko to the Moon Organization and reviewed its growing forces and resources. He assigned missions to investigate Summoning Beasts and exploit connections between Uchiha, Hidden Stone Village, and Cloud Village.

• Obito introduced Hiruko, who revealed that he possessed Dark Release, Swift Release, Storm Release, Steel Release, and the Sharingan.
• Yomi, Muku, and Scorpion reported their forces: twenty thousand Stone Golems, ten thousand living corpse puppets, and two thousand humanoid puppets.
• Obito ordered the organization to keep building resources while waiting for the next earth energy eruption and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's revival.
• Obito assigned Hiruko to research Summoning Beasts at Mount Meru and told the others to bring him suitable specimens.
• Obito told Scorpion to contact Deidara and try to recruit him, then ordered Tobi to spread information about Uchiha's ties to Hidden Mist Village and Deidara's survival to Cloud Village.

Shamu and Orochimaru discussed ways to save Kimimaro, fund their research, and prevent Orochimaru’s soul from deteriorating. Shamu left with a costly Hashirama Cell solution in hand and a plan to help Kimimaro before his illness became fatal.

• Orochimaru confirmed that Kimimaro’s ancestral marrow was turning his blood corrosive, and Shamu learned that medicine could suppress the disease for only two years.
• Shamu proposed getting Tsunade’s Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique to keep Kimimaro alive through a sudden flare-up, then considered using money to persuade her.
• Shamu and Orochimaru concluded that their Hashirama Cell research required more money, while Fugaku reported that Konoha had begun taking notice of the Uchiha’s growing independence.
• Orochimaru gave Shamu a Hashirama Cell solution with a forty percent success rate, and Shamu kept it rather than risk using it.
• Orochimaru described his plan to create a perfect vessel and improve Living Corpse Reincarnation after discovering that soul division had weakened his resistance to genjutsu.
• Shamu told Orochimaru that, in the future, soul division would leave him mentally unstable, prompting Orochimaru to resolve to fix his soul and avoid dividing it.

Shamu and Itachi battled Obito using their Susanoo, with Itachi revealing the Yata Mirror and Sword of Totsuka while Shamu concealed his remaining strength. After Itachi collapsed, Shamu unleashed the Ama-no-Murakumo Style, and its clash with Obito’s Kamui Shuriken shattered both Susanoo and sent the two men flying.

• Itachi and Shamu summoned their Susanoo to face Obito, who attacked them with enormous Shuriken.
• Itachi blocked a Shuriken with the Yata Mirror, then used the Sword of Totsuka against Obito’s Kamui Shuriken while Shamu helped divert the attacks.
• Itachi exhausted his ocular power and collapsed, causing his Susanoo to vanish.
• Obito began forming another Kamui Shuriken, but Shamu charged him with the completed Ama-no-Murakumo Style.
• Shamu’s blade clashed with Obito’s Kamui Shuriken, and the resulting spatial explosion shattered both Susanoo and sent Shamu and Obito flying.
• Morino Ibiki observed that Itachi had fallen unconscious and that both Itachi and Shamu were bleeding from their eyes.

Madara and Hashirama confronted Otsutsuki Hau after he arrived near the Shinobi World, and Madara learned Hau was Kaguya’s brother. Madara fought Hau with his Limbo Clones and grew more cautious after Hau’s chest tattoo destroyed one of them.

• Madara and Hashirama traveled through Yomotsu Hirasaka to intercept Hau as he arrived near the Shinobi World.
• Hau recognized Madara’s bloodline as related to his sister Kaguya, and Madara attacked him in fury.
• Hau used his bones and Karma to counter Madara’s Limbo Clones, while Madara revealed his third eye and pressured him with multiple clones.
• Madara improved his control of the Limbo Clones and coordinated attacks from several directions against Hau.
• Hau used a substitution to take the hit from his chest tattoo’s black-gray energy, which weakened and killed Number Five’s Limbo Clone.

Shamu strengthened himself with ten Uchiha Enhancements after the Space-Time Chakra Cannon failed to destroy the moon. As Hagoromo Otsutsuki attacked him and the others engaged Momoshiki, Sasuke swapped places with Yoya to save him from a counterattack.

• Shamu told Minato and the others to withdraw, then exchanged ten designated traits for Uchiha Enhancements, greatly increasing his power.
• The Cloud Village's Space-Time Chakra Cannon blasted a crater into the moon but failed to shatter it.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki realized Shamu had suddenly grown much stronger and charged at him with a sword made from Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Momoshiki went to help Urashiki, but Yoya intercepted him and landed several strikes while evading his attacks.
• Momoshiki entangled Yoya's blade with his hair and attacked his heart, but Yoya's War God Susanoo Armor protected him.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap places with Momoshiki and save Yoya, who complained that Sasuke had interrupted their fight.

Orochimaru faced Urashiki using the dead Urashiki’s tools, while the Raikage and the others fought Kinshiki and Momoshiki. The chapter ended with Sasuke and Naruto welcoming Shamu back after reviving him.

• Orochimaru used Urashiki’s fish basket to absorb and return his attack, then evaded Urashiki’s fishing hook as their future-seeing abilities clashed.
• The Raikage fought Kinshiki, whose transforming weapons, toughness, and rapid healing made him difficult to injure.
• Suigetsu and Mangetsu struck Momoshiki with superheated steam, while Deidara’s Explosive Dust Technique burned him but failed to cause serious injury.
• Momoshiki hit Deidara, Suigetsu, and Mangetsu with Black Chakra Rods, but Suigetsu and Mangetsu escaped through their Hydrification Technique, and Deidara’s Clay Clone exploded in his place.
• Sasuke and Naruto tied up Shamu’s hair and welcomed him back as their master.

Uchiha Hikari drove Sarada away from Boruto by declaring herself his girlfriend and making Sarada believe they had slept together. Naruto and Sasuke watched from nearby and decided it was better for Sarada to give up her budding feelings early.

• Hikari jealously told Boruto that only she could call him an idiot, and Boruto asked Sarada to stop treating him like one as he distanced himself from her.
• Hikari suggested that she and Boruto had slept together, then kissed him on the cheek and claimed him as her boyfriend.
• Sarada misread Hikari's words, cried out that she never wanted to see Boruto again, and ran off; Mitsuki followed her.
• Boruto comforted Hikari and took her to get food, while she insisted she was clearing away every potential threat.
• Naruto and Sasuke revealed they had watched the encounter and agreed that Sarada should move on before her feelings grew stronger.
• Sasuke explained that Naruto and Hinata had already spoken with Hikari about waiting until Boruto was older before marrying, and then he and Naruto jumped down.

Shamu stopped the Ten-Tails’ attack and helped the Allied Shinobi Forces trap and weaken it while Hashirama kept Madara occupied. Obito tried to reconnect with the beast but was repeatedly driven back by Itachi’s team, leaving him to wait for the Ten-Tails to reach its second stage.

• Shamu sealed the Ten-Tails’ mouth with a Susanoo hand, causing its attack to explode inside it and injure both the beast and Obito.
• Shamu ordered Hashirama to hold off Madara and sent Itachi’s team to find Obito as the shinobi forces began their coordinated assault.
• Kitsuchi’s Hidden Stone shinobi sank the Ten-Tails into a pit, while Hidden Mist, Uchiha, and other shinobi encased it in cement and hardened the layers with water and fire.
• Hashirama agreed to fight Madara later and stayed beside him to keep him from interfering while the allied forces attacked the Ten-Tails.
• Obito tried to emerge from the Kamui Dimension, but Kei tracked him and Gui weakened his spirit and stripped away his senses, forcing him back inside.
• Obito regained his senses in the Kamui Dimension and decided to wait until the Ten-Tails reached its second stage.

Minato, Hashirama, Tobirama, and the Uchiha fought four Otsutsuki who had tried to retreat through a portal. The battle left Chishiki defeated, while Yoya’s clash with Ryoshiki ended with Yoya’s blade shattered by Amenominaka.

• Ryoshiki opened a spatial portal, but Minato destabilized it and trapped the Otsutsuki with spatial chains.
• Hashirama attacked with Sage Art Wood Release as the Otsutsuki countered, and Yoya decapitated Chishiki with a lightning-fast strike.
• Chishiki regenerated, but Sasuke and Itachi burned him with Amaterasu, and the Nine-Tails struck him down under Minato’s Ripple Seal Technique.
• Yoya exchanged eight blows with Ryoshiki, then unleashed Super God Speed: Lightning Flash, but Ryoshiki countered with Amenominaka and shattered Yoya’s blade.

Shamu told Kakashi he could revive Rin after the battle, prompting Kakashi to consider whether he would marry her if she wished to return. Shamu then brought Sasuke and Itachi to meet Yoya and prepare for the coming war.

• Kakashi admitted he had a premonition that Obito would come looking for him, and Shamu discussed Obito's attachment to the past.
• Shamu told Kakashi that Rin could be revived after the battle, but Kakashi said her own wishes would determine whether she returned.
• Shamu asked whether Kakashi would marry Rin if she wanted to spend her life with him, and Kakashi said he would think about it after the crisis.
• Shamu brought Sasuke and Itachi from the Land of Snow to meet Yoya and told them they would practice tactics with him and Shisui.
• Shamu gave Yoya a long sword, and Yoya thanked him for it.

Tenten dreamed that Neji had died, then woke in his arms and confessed her fear of losing him. Shamu and the others uncovered the Gelel Ore Vein, where Orochimaru began collecting its life-giving mist and Water of Life.

• Tenten woke from a dream in Neji's arms and learned that he had heard her sleep talk.
• Neji comforted Tenten, and they set out to find Shamu and the others.
• Shamu broke through the floor of the ancient ruins and found murals depicting an empire and the power of the Gelel Stone.
• Shamu brought Orochimaru and Haku to the ruins, where Orochimaru exposed the Gelel Ore Vein.
• Orochimaru and Tenten collected the Gelel Ore's life-giving mist in a Storage Scroll as the entire glowing vein was revealed.

Sasuke learned that he could atone for Itachi’s crimes by helping resurrect the Uchiha, and Shamu explained how cloning technology could make the process easier. Shamu then ordered the excavation of Itachi’s, Fugaku’s, Mikoto’s, and Izumi’s remains and prepared to begin a resurrection.

• Sasuke asked Shamu whether Itachi and the other Uchiha could be resurrected, and Shamu confirmed that Itachi, Fugaku, Mikoto, and Izumi could return.
• Shamu encouraged Sasuke to atone by restoring the Uchiha Clan and told him that Water of Life could help replenish the ocular power needed for resurrection.
• Shamu explained that Orochimaru’s cloning technology, combined with the Naraka Path and Rinne Rebirth, could reduce the cost of resurrecting the clan.
• Shamu joked that Itachi should be made to father more Uchiha, and Sasuke reacted with disbelief before realizing Shamu was teasing him.
• Anbu arrived with a register identifying the graves, and Shamu ordered them to excavate Itachi, Fugaku, Mikoto, and Izumi and send the other remains to Orochimaru.
• The Anbu presented Itachi’s arm bone and an unconscious failed clone as the sacrifice, and Shamu began forming hand seals to perform the resurrection.

Shamu arrived to help Rasa confront Satori, then used his speed to wound the monster despite its ability to read minds. As Satori asked who Shamu was, Minato Namikaze appeared behind him.

• Shamu told Rasa that Gaara had already been rescued and that only the Fourth Hokage could defeat Satori, so Rasa withdrew with his troops toward Konoha.
• Shamu confronted Satori, who sensed no fear or killing intent in him and asked why he was unafraid.
• Shamu attacked Satori with Lightning Cutter, using his speed to land hits faster than Satori's body could evade.
• Satori endured the wounds and acknowledged Shamu's speed, but Shamu said someone was faster than him.
• Minato Namikaze appeared behind Shamu in his white Hokage cloak.

Orochimaru accepted Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s resignations, then nominated Nara Shikaku and Hizashi Hyuga to replace them as Advisory Elders. The meeting ended with Shikaku and Hizashi set to oversee Konoha’s medical and mission systems.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura announced their resignations, and Uchiha Shamu demanded an investigation into their neglect and corruption.
• The Third Hokage urged the elders to let the two retire normally, and Orochimaru agreed with him.
• Orochimaru nominated Nara Shikaku to oversee the medical system, and the elders approved without opposition.
• Orochimaru nominated Hizashi Hyuga to oversee the Mission System, prompting Hiashi, Shamu, and most other elders to support the appointment.
• Hizashi’s appointment won near-unanimous approval, giving the Hyuga Branch Family authority over the Mission System.

The Ten-Tails transformed into its Stage One form, but its chaotic malice overwhelmed Madara and Obito as it charged the Allied Shinobi Forces. Shamu attacked the rampaging beast, cutting its head and severing a claw just as it began forming an energy sphere.

• Madara gained the upper hand against Itachi, but the Ten-Tails completed its transformation and Obito emerged to control it.
• Shamu restored Itachi’s Chakra and ocular power, then sent him to the Uchiha Clan to continue the plan.
• Yin Nine-Tails warned Minato that the Ten-Tails’ chaotic malice suggested it could not be controlled, and Minato relayed the warning to Shamu.
• The Ten-Tails connected to Madara and Obito with its tentacles, flooding them with chaotic images and memories; Madara tore free while Obito continued controlling it.
• The Ten-Tails charged the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Shamu struck its head with his Susanoo and cut off one of its claws.
• The Ten-Tails roared and formed a dark crimson sphere of energy in its mouth.

Shamu joined the Allied Shinobi Forces' command meeting as enemy troops surrounded the Woye Plains. He warned the Kage that Obito might target Naruto or Minato to revive the Ten-Tails, and the chapter ended with preparations to counter Obito and the Stone Golems.

• Obito fed Sora, cloaked in Nine-Tails Chakra, to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose Chakra grew as Obito celebrated.
• The sensory ninja detected enemies surrounding the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Shamu joined the Kage at the command headquarters.
• Shikaku reported the forces led by Hiruko, the reincarnated Hidden Mist ninja, and other reanimated shinobi, while Obito and his allies remained unlocated.
• Shamu explained that Obito's encirclement could help him gather Chakra and warned that capturing Naruto or Minato could revive the Ten-Tails.
• Shamu said Itachi and Yoya could hold Obito, Nagato could confront the Demonic Statue, and Orochimaru was preparing to reincarnate the First and Second Hokage.