Chapter Summaries

Shamu secretly watched Kakashi spend time with Karin, a shinobi from Lockfront Village, and learned that she had become close to him. He gave Kakashi a powerful Chakra Metal sword, then urged him to think about his future as Kakashi wondered why Shamu was lecturing him about staying single.

• Minato told Shamu that Kakashi had been spending time with Karin, prompting Shamu to go investigate.
• Shamu disguised himself and watched Kakashi and Karin talk, but saw Kakashi keep a polite distance despite Karin's clear interest.
• Shamu appeared beside Kakashi and asked whether Karin was pursuing him, and Kakashi denied that she was.
• Shamu gave Kakashi a short sword forged from Chakra Metal, which Kakashi accepted with gratitude.
• Shamu told Kakashi, who was thirty, to consider his future and asked whether he planned to remain single, leaving Kakashi dumbfounded.

Might Guy unleashed the Eight Gates Release Formation and overwhelmed Madara with a barrage of Evening Elephant punches. Obito’s Kamui ambush wounded Madara and left the battlefield on edge as Guy prepared his final attack.

• Rock Lee recognized Guy’s resolve as Guy opened the Gate of Death, while Madara sent four Limbo Clones to attack him.
• Guy evaded the clones and struck Madara repeatedly with Evening Elephant, driving him against a barrier of Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Obito used Kamui to hollow out half of Madara’s waist, allowing Guy’s eighth punch to break through Madara’s defense and send him crashing into the ground.
• Minato seized Madara’s two distant Truth-Seeking Orbs and teleported them far away, while Madara realized Obito had ambushed him and escaped into the Kamui Dimension.
• Guy gathered his Chakra for a final strike as Minato guarded against another ambush and Itachi protected the Uchiha with Susanoo.

Shamu learned that the photos he brought back had helped Sasuke and Karin start dating, while Nagato took Ajisai out and confessed that he had deliberately given her flowers. Ajisai admitted she liked the flowers and Nagato, leaving the two of them closer.

• Over two months, Madara revived his three younger brothers, including Senju Itama and Senju Tobirama.
• Itachi told Shamu that Sasuke believed Sarada was his and Karin's daughter from another timeline, and Shamu urged him not to treat that timeline as a script.
• Nagato took a distracted Ajisai to the harbor, bought her snacks and purple taro ice cream, and showed her a peaceful view of the sea.
• Ajisai asked why Nagato had given her flowers, and Nagato said he had deliberately taken them to give to her.
• Ajisai blushed and told Nagato she liked the flowers and everything about them, and Nagato smiled.

Shamu used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Itachi temporarily, then released his soul to the Pure Land after using his body to send Nagato there. He promised Sasuke a proper living resurrection for Itachi, discussed reviving Naruto’s loved ones, and formed a Celestial Organization to fight the Otsutsuki Clan, with Minato set to lead it when Shamu was away.

• Shamu controlled the reincarnated Itachi, possessed his body, awakened Mangekyō, and used Susanoo to release Nagato’s soul to the Pure Land.
• Shamu ended the reincarnation, and Itachi briefly recognized Sasuke before departing for the Pure Land; Shamu promised Sasuke he would revive Itachi as a living person when the materials were ready.
• Shamu promised to revive Kushina and Neji, confirmed Jiraiya would also be revived, and told Naruto that Dan Katō was among those returning, warning him not to play matchmaker between Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Shamu invited Naruto, Minato, and Sasuke to join a Celestial Organization dedicated to protecting the Shinobi World and fighting the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Shamu appointed Minato to lead the organization when he was absent and explained that it would generally avoid interfering in nations’ internal affairs.

Toneri, guided by Hagoromo and Hamura, used a controlled Hiruko to trap Hyuga Hanabi and the nearby shinobi in a space-time barrier. After Minato called for Shamu, Shamu abandoned his fight with Madara and left the battlefield to respond.

• Satori secretly absorbed energy from the Box of Paradise while carrying the others back to the battlefield, and Hiruko lost faith in Obito’s chances of winning.
• Hagoromo and Hamura planned to use Hiruko against Minato and sent Toneri to help establish a space-time barrier.
• Toneri’s controlled Hiruko attacked Hanabi, drove back Tenten and Neji, and blocked Haku’s ice before Minato and the Hyuga leaders arrived.
• Minato recognized the barrier and had the Yamanaka Clan notify headquarters that Hiruko had Rinnegan abilities and was targeting Hanabi.
• Shamu ordered Plan Seven, used a nearby Flying Thunder God mark to leave with Madara, and headed toward the sealed battlefield.

Nagato confronted Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, using powerful Wood Release and sealing techniques to hold them off. As the statue neared the Allied Shinobi Forces’ barrier, Nagato summoned a giant Wood Human to face it.

• Itachi told Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Gaara that they could wait before returning because Nagato would keep Obito occupied.
• Nagato used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, then attacked Obito with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Obito evaded Nagato’s chains and repelled him with Shinra Tensei while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path broke free of the trees.
• Deidara and Konan attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but their explosions barely damaged it, so Konan retreated toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• As the statue approached the barrier, Nagato summoned a Wood Human over two hundred meters tall, startling Obito.

Orochimaru speculated that a righteous god favored Shamu and fueled his growing strength in exchange for saving people, while trusting Shamu to determine the war’s outcome. Shamu reassured Naruto that Hinata would recover, left Naruto to stay by her side, and returned to the front lines.

• Orochimaru reasoned that Shamu’s interventions had prevented many tragedies and that a god might be rewarding him for saving people.
• Orochimaru concluded that Madara could not win and that Shamu’s plans controlled the battle’s outcome.
• Shamu found Naruto watching over the injured Hinata and promised to avenge him after the war.
• Naruto asked whether he should fight, and Shamu told him to stay with Hinata while his Shadow Clone served on the battlefield.
• Shamu left Naruto and Hinata using the Flying Thunder God, intending to return to the front lines.

Naruto and Sasuke recovered from their grief over Shamu's apparent death after Kurama urged Naruto to remember Shamu's advice. Minato and Itachi revealed that Shamu had planned his death and revival, which would take time, and told the boys to train for the next Otsutsuki attack.

• Kurama reminded Naruto of Shamu's advice, prompting Naruto to ask Sasuke to help revive their master.
• Naruto and Sasuke vowed to create a world with Shamu in it, and Minato and Itachi arrived and knocked them on the head as Shamu had instructed.
• Minato and Itachi revealed that Shamu's death was part of his plan and that reviving him would be difficult because his life form had reached Kaguya Otsutsuki's level.
• Minato explained that Shamu did not need the tailed beasts and that they had returned to familiar places after being released.
• Minato told Naruto and Sasuke to train for the next Otsutsuki attack, and both boys resolved to grow stronger.

Shamu arrived in Orochimaru’s spacetime and shared memories and supplies with him, while Jigen searched for Kawaki and replenished his Chakra from the Ten-Tails. Shamu learned Kawaki had been killed and destroyed, and Orochimaru urged him to hurry as the two spacetimes flowed at different rates.

• Jigen found the battlefield where Kawaki had died, sensed Naruto and Sasuke’s Chakra, and suspected someone in the organization had joined forces with Konoha.
• Jigen drained more Chakra from the Ten-Tails to strengthen himself after losing his vessel, then left through a spatial gate; Orochimaru arrived afterward and said the future had changed.
• Shamu met Orochimaru in his laboratory, gave him a Storage Scroll, and Orochimaru absorbed tissue containing memories from Shamu’s spacetime.
• Orochimaru estimated that time flowed at a ratio of about thirty to one between the spacetimes and inferred that Shamu wanted to reverse tragedies through resurrection.
• Sasuke told Shamu that he and Minato had killed Kawaki and destroyed his body with Amaterasu, prompting Shamu to celebrate.

Shamu’s Shadow Clone learned the intelligence Minato brought back while the group prepared to observe the battle through the Spacetime Railgun. In space, Shamu stopped pretending to flee and declared himself a Star God, leaving Madara and Yōshiki to hear the full extent of his power.

• Minato brought the Celestial Organization and Cloud Village technicians to the Spacetime Railgun chamber to watch the battle.
• Shamu comforted Haku, who told him he had recovered and thanked him.
• Minato told Shamu’s Shadow Clone about Huiyu’s intelligence and the changes in the Shinobi World’s skies.
• Neji used his Tenseigan to locate Shamu, Madara, and Yōshiki between the Moon and the Otsutsuki Starsea Battleship.
• Shamu told Madara he would reveal his true strength, then declared, “I’m a Star God.”

Shamu comforted Haku after she feared she could no longer stay by his side or be loved without marrying him. He reassured her that he would always need her, and Haku fell asleep feeling secure as her childhood pain began to fade.

• Shamu returned to Haku's room and found her crying among the ice crystal dolls she had made of him.
• Haku confessed that seeing Shamu look at Hinata had made her believe he did not love her and that she could not remain close to him without marrying him.
• Shamu explained that love did not require marriage and told Haku he loved and needed her as family, just as he loved Naruto, Sasuke, and Kimimaro.
• Haku asked to stay with Shamu and hug him, and Shamu lifted her into his arms and promised she could remain by his side.
• Haku fell asleep against Shamu's shoulder, and Shamu laid her on the bed, reflecting that his reassurance had begun to fill the emptiness left by her childhood trauma.

Shamu gathered the revived figures to recruit them into the Celestial Organization, while Amado prepared an army of God Tree entities for his plan. The Mirror of Foresight revealed that the soul inside Amado came from Otsutsuki Yabai’s remains and sought resurrection, just as Konoha’s alarm sounded.

• Shamu explained the coming Otsutsuki threat and recruited the revived figures into the Celestial Organization under Minato’s leadership.
• Amado learned that Kashin Koji had died and prepared an army of artificial God Tree entities, pouring the last of his white liquid into God Tree Boro.
• Shamu recruited seventeen people and gained a collection of skills that he believed would let him advance to the Star Godhood.
• The Mirror of Foresight identified the soul inside Amado as one born from the remains left after Otsutsuki Yabai ascended to a higher dimension.
• Shamu learned that the soul’s goal was resurrection, and Konoha’s alarm sounded.

Madara forced Obito to use the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique and resurrected himself with both Rinnegan. Shamu took Hashirama’s place as Madara’s opponent, while Obito learned that Madara had planned to control him all along.

• Obito refused to sacrifice himself for Madara, but Madara took control of his body and forced him to perform the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique.
• Black Zetsu severed Obito’s hand and took the Rinnegan before Obito could destroy them, then gave both eyes to Madara.
• Madara installed the Rinnegan and challenged Hashirama, but Hashirama withdrew and returned to the Allied Shinobi Forces as Shamu volunteered to fight Madara.
• Shamu urged Madara to hear Obito’s last wish, and Obito revealed that he had let Kakashi destroy the Cursed Seal in his heart.
• Madara told Obito that the Cursed Seal had been designed to make its hosts his puppets and prevent them from taking their own lives.

Shamu fought Madara while revealing that Black Zetsu and the Infinite Tsukuyomi were part of a deception, undermining Madara’s faith in his lifelong goal. As Shamu shattered Madara’s Sword of Nunoboko, Shamu was suddenly impaled from behind.

• Shamu clashed with Madara and told him that Black Zetsu was not truly under his control and that powers beyond the Sage of Six Paths existed.
• Shamu claimed that the God Tree transformed bound people into White Zetsu and that Infinite Tsukuyomi gathered chakra for the Otsutsuki Clan rather than saving the Shinobi World.
• Madara rejected Shamu’s claims and attacked with Sage Art: Lightning Release—Lightning Hell, but Shamu blocked the technique and countered him.
• Shamu taunted Madara about being Black Zetsu’s pawn, causing cracks to spread across Madara’s Sword of Nunoboko as his resolve faltered.
• Shamu shattered the Sword of Nunoboko and reached Madara, but he was suddenly impaled from the other side.

Shamu checked Itachi and Yoya’s advanced Mangekyō Sharingan, then learned Orochimaru had planned Haku’s soul division to help his body grow. After placing Haku in a medical pod, Shamu inspected the clone body prepared for Kimimaro.

• Shamu named his third-stage Mangekyō the Control Eye after hearing about Sasuke’s unusual Rinnegan and Sharingan.
• Shamu visited Orochimaru, who confirmed Kimimaro’s body was ready and discussed obtaining the Water of Life.
• Orochimaru explained that Haku’s soul had been deliberately split so it could grow alongside his body, and Shamu objected to the risky plan to reunite it.
• Shamu placed Haku in a medical pod and waited until he fell asleep before leaving with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru showed Shamu Kimimaro’s cultivated clone body, made from Kimimaro’s cells and Shamu’s cells.

Madara and Shamu trapped Yōshiki inside a compressed War God Armor, but Yōshiki unleashed a catastrophic explosion that shattered it and swallowed Shamu. The blast leveled the surrounding sea, leaving Sasuke, Naruto, Kimimaro, and Haku worried as Minato assured them Shamu was fine.

• Madara and Shamu coordinated a plan to trap Yōshiki, using Limbo Clone switching, Chibaku Tensei, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Shamu’s War God Armor.
• Yōshiki struggled against the shrinking armor while Yunshiki and Ranshiki tried unsuccessfully to rescue him.
• Yōshiki condensed his flames into a warped red point and detonated a massive explosion that shattered Shamu’s armor and engulfed Madara.
• Yunshiki and Ranshiki escaped by diving underwater, while Madara used his Limbo Clones to withstand the blast.
• The explosion vaporized the nearby sea and sent enormous waves across the ocean, destroying Cloud Village’s detection devices.
• Sasuke, Naruto, Kimimaro, and Haku feared for Shamu, but Minato reassured them that Shamu was fine.

Madara and Hashirama discussed Mito Uzumaki’s unfinished body while the shinobi completed six towers for the moon. Madara raised the moon into position, and Minato, Yukubi, and Shion activated a barrier designed to detect spatial jumps into the Shinobi World.

• Madara used his ocular power to control the moon’s construction while chatting with Hashirama about Mito Uzumaki’s body and the upcoming Shinobi Professional League.
• Orochimaru continued making Mito Uzumaki a new body, but the work required more life energy than the Water of Life alone could provide.
• After the six towers were completed, Minato informed Madara that the moon was ready to be raised.
• Madara used his Rinnegan to move the moon into its proper position, then returned through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to take Yukubi and Shion to the moon, where they activated a barrier that detected spatial fluctuations.

Meishiki absorbed Enshiki and fought Madara’s group, but Yoya, Madara, and Haku killed him. As Minato prepared to lead everyone into space, someone appeared beside Haku through a spatial-temporal seal.

• Meishiki absorbed the scattered soul energy and Enshiki’s black threads, transforming into a powerful giant with six harmful effects.
• Madara and the others surrounded Meishiki, while Minato strengthened everyone with Yin Nine-Tails Chakra.
• As Meishiki’s energy dwindled, Yoya struck him six times, and Madara and Haku dealt the final blows.
• Meishiki died, and his soul was carried toward the Pure Land as Minato released the Time Sealing Formation.
• Spatial-temporal fluctuations erupted from Haku, and an unseen arrival placed a hand on his head.

Shamu, Obito, and Black Zetsu turned on Madara, but Black Zetsu used the opening to revive Kaguya. As the others prepared to follow their plan, Kaguya approached Kimimaro and was pierced by his All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Shamu impaled himself and Madara with Truth-Seeking Orbs while Obito used a spatial coordinate to attack Madara and Black Zetsu took control of Madara’s body.
• Obito and Shamu tried to kill Black Zetsu, but Black Zetsu revealed Madara’s body had enough Chakra to revive Kaguya and vanished into the transformation.
• Shamu attacked Kaguya as she emerged, then retreated to Minato and told him to follow the plan; Minato created a Shadow Clone and sent it away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki prepared a final move before the Giant Tenseigan, while Itachi, Yoya, and Kimimaro joined Shamu near Kaguya.
• Kaguya recognized Indra in Obito, who withdrew into the Kamui Dimension, then approached Kimimaro and touched his face.
• Kimimaro pierced Kaguya’s chest with his All-Killing Ash Bones.

Shamu explained how Naruto’s trusting, overly compassionate personality could have endangered his family, especially through his treatment of Kawaki. Naruto was left shaken by the imagined fate of Hinata and Himawari, while Hinata’s anger at him grew.

• Shamu asked Sasuke about the changes in Konoha, and Sasuke explained that Shikamaru had forced the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado clans to return stolen money and had granted Sasuke land for the Uchiha.
• Shamu criticized Naruto’s personality, and Minato admitted he had failed to prepare Naruto for political dangers.
• Shamu explained that Naruto would have brought Kawaki to Konoha, trusted him because of his tragic childhood, and let him live with Naruto’s family despite the danger posed by his Karma.
• Shamu said Kawaki would have killed Boruto and Naruto would have accepted it rather than investigate, prompting Hinata to turn angrily toward Naruto.
• Shamu reminded Naruto that his childhood had been shaped to make him easy to manipulate, then used psychological suggestion to make him imagine Hinata and Himawari suffering before their deaths.