Chapter Summaries

Shamu arranged for Minato to transport the Uchiha Clan to their new grounds in the Land of Radiance, leaving Naruto behind in Konoha. Naruto accepted that he would have to wait a long time to see Sasuke again, while Shamu arranged to keep receiving intelligence about Obito.

• Minato used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to transport more than two hundred Uchiha clan members, including Sasuke, to their new grounds in the Land of Radiance.
• Shamu welcomed the Uchiha and assigned Keimei and Iori to handle the clan's accommodations and administration.
• Itachi took Sasuke to the training grounds, while Tsunade joined Orochimaru's research team and left her medical instruction work to Shizune.
• Minato returned to Naruto and explained that Shamu and Sasuke had left; he refused Naruto's request to visit until Naruto had trained enough.
• The bald man received Shamu's letter confirming the Uchiha relocation and instructions to send Obito intelligence through Tenten.

Shamu and Orochimaru headed to the Uchiha district before Orochimaru planned to meet the Third Hokage, while Shamu realized Hidan was still alive. After Anko woke in Kabuto’s care and discovered her Cursed Seal was gone, Danzo’s prison escape became public, and Hizashi confronted the Third Hokage over the escape and the deaths it caused.

• Shamu noticed that his Rebirth Rinnegan Technique had been used up and realized the system had not rewarded him for Hidan, suggesting Hidan was still alive.
• Shamu agreed to accompany Orochimaru to the Uchiha district before Orochimaru visited the Third Hokage.
• Anko woke in Kabuto’s room, learned Kabuto served Orochimaru, and discovered that her Cursed Seal had been removed.
• Kabuto treated Anko’s injuries and warned her to be careful leaving the Uchiha district, so she returned home with questions about Orochimaru.
• Konoha learned that Danzo had escaped prison, and the Third Hokage sent Jiraiya to pursue him.
• Hizashi confronted the Third Hokage about Danzo’s Wood Release and his accomplice, blaming the Hokage for negligence and the deaths of five Hyuga shinobi.

Naruto’s new instructor, Ikeda Shingo, was revealed by the Nine-Tails to be Minato, who had been living under an alias. Naruto learned that Minato carried the Yin half of the Nine-Tails, while the Yang half was sealed inside him.

• Iruka noticed that Team 7’s assigned instructor, Ikeda Shingo, was unfamiliar, but the Hokage had personally chosen him.
• Minato led Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to the Third Training Ground while both halves of the Nine-Tails sensed each other.
• The Yang Nine-Tails told Naruto that Ikeda Shingo was Minato and explained how Minato had split the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang halves.
• Naruto was moved by the revelation, while Minato reassured himself that they had a long time together ahead of them.
• Minato introduced himself to Team 7 as Ikeda Shingo and asked the members to share their dreams, likes, dislikes, and hobbies.

Yoya escaped the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s attack after Minato, Shisui, and Konan arrived, then warned them that the statue had absorbed the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. Konan attacked it with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, but the explosions left it unharmed.

• Yoya narrowly dodged the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s strikes until Minato, Shisui, and Konan arrived to help him.
• Minato rescued Yoya from the statue’s sweeping palm, while Shisui and Konan evaded the attack.
• Yoya told them the statue had absorbed the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails and warned them about Obito’s meteor before vanishing through Reverse Summoning.
• The Raikage told Minato that the Cloud Village had been leveled and more than ten thousand people were estimated dead, while Minato learned Konoha had repelled its own invasion.
• Konan covered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s neck with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, but more than a thousand explosions failed to damage it.

After defeating Yōshiki, Shamu trapped the Otsutsuki Starsea Battleship and brought it to Konoha as spoils of war. Orochimaru prepared to study the ship and its captured crew, while Konoha’s residents learned the invasion had been defeated.

• Shamu used his Void Coffin to trap the Otsutsuki Starsea Battleship as it tried to escape.
• Shamu brought Orochimaru to Konoha and gave him a scroll containing biological tissue to examine.
• Shamu dragged the six-thousand-meter battleship through a spatial gate and set it down in the forest outside Konoha.
• Shikaku used the broadcast system to calm Konoha’s residents and announce that Shamu had captured the Otsutsuki invaders.
• Orochimaru examined the battleship and said its Otsutsuki crew could serve as sparring partners or experimental materials.

Shamu promised Shikamaru and Madara he could resurrect their loved ones, then sensed Jigen arriving and gathered allies to confront him. Jigen reached Konoha, focused on Boruto’s Karma, and demanded to know who had revealed the airship crash site and where Kawaki’s body was.

• Shamu offered to resurrect Shikaku and Izuna, and Shikamaru and Madara agreed to cooperate with him.
• Shamu sensed Jigen’s arrival, opened a portal, and set out to deal with Kara; Shikamaru received a message from the Yamanaka Clan.
• At Naruto’s home, Boruto and Hikari examined the damage from Shamu’s fight with Madara, and Hinata planned to prepare a meal for Shamu.
• Jigen sensed Boruto using Karma and changed course toward Konoha as the village’s sensory unit detected his approach.
• Shamu arrived at Naruto’s yard before Jigen, followed by Naruto, Sasuke, and the others; Jigen focused on Boruto’s Karma and questioned them about the airship crash and Kawaki’s body.

Shamu and Minato combined their powers into the Armored Susanoo Ultimate Form and struck down the giant Kaguya Otsutsuki. The fusion faded, leaving Shamu recovering quickly while Minato remained injured and uncertain whether they had won.

• Minato timed the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball’s explosion, and he shielded the group until Shamu and the others were summoned out of the desert dimension.
• Kaguya absorbed the scattered energy, grew to a thousand meters tall, and returned to the battlefield.
• Minato unleashed Super Yin Nine-Tails while Shamu reclaimed his ocular power from Yoya and Itachi and summoned a colossal Susanoo.
• Shamu and Minato fused the Nine-Tails and Susanoo into the golden Armored Susanoo Ultimate Form and attacked Kaguya.
• Kaguya countered with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Shamu endured it and struck her as she withdrew, making her vanish into a collapsing space.
• Shamu recovered from exhausting his ocular power while Minato remained injured and asked whether they had won.

Shamu discovered that Sarada’s nearsightedness came from Karin’s cells and chakra, which had entered Sasuke’s body when Karin repeatedly saved him. He reassured Sasuke and Sakura that Sarada was their child, then left them discussing the Uchiha family members who would soon be resurrected.

• Shamu examined Sarada’s eyes and Sasuke’s blood, then asked Sasuke to speak privately after Sarada left.
• Shamu explained that Karin’s cells and chakra had passed through Sasuke to Sarada, so Karin had a small biological connection to her.
• Shamu said Sarada’s nearsightedness could be corrected and went to rest while Sasuke and Sakura talked alone.
• Sasuke apologized to Sakura, and she said she did not resent Karin for saving him and was grateful that Sasuke now spent more time at home.
• Sasuke told Sakura that Shamu planned to resurrect his parents and brother, and Sakura realized the Uchiha clan would no longer consist only of their family.

Shamu warned Minato, Tobirama, and Tsunade that divine-ranking Otsutsuki could destroy the Shinobi World and said he planned to seek a breakthrough in Boruto’s time-space. Before leaving, he decided to entrust most of his power to Madara, and Tsunade asked why he never lived for himself.

• Shamu explained that Amado and Urashiki had a juvenile Ten-Tails and had sent a signal that could summon other Otsutsuki.
• Shamu warned that divine-ranking Otsutsuki were stronger than Kaguya and said the Shinobi World lacked time to prepare.
• Shamu said he would travel to Boruto’s time-space to seek a breakthrough and leave most of his power with someone while he was gone.
• Shamu chose Madara as his guardian, despite Tobirama’s objections, and told Minato to have Orochimaru prepare for Madara’s resurrection.
• Tsunade asked Shamu why he never considered his own needs, saying that he seemed to do everything for others.

Madara and Kabuto returned to Orochimaru's lab, where the group prepared to revive Nagato while Shamu trained away from the lab. Shamu blocked Eida's Senrigan, prompting Eida to plan a trip to Konoha, and Sasuke began the dangerous revival of Nagato.

• Madara and Kabuto returned after four days and learned that Shamu had left to face a troublesome enemy.
• Madara and Orochimaru prepared to revive Nagato and locate the enemies' base, with Sasuke set to use Izanagi and the Water of Life to support the ritual.
• Shamu completed another Sage Core, entered Sage Mode, and disrupted Eida's Senrigan observation.
• Eida told Code that she planned to go to Konoha to meet Shamu and fulfill Amado's request.
• Orochimaru used Deepa as the sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation and revived Nagato, whom Naruto began to brief about Shamu and the coming threats.
• Sasuke formed the Snake hand seal and began the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique to revive Nagato.

Eida introduced Code to Daemon, whose ability killed armed guards who attacked him, while Shamu sensed Eida peering at him and went to the Land of Snow to cultivate Sage Energy. Shamu began absorbing Natural Energy atop the Rainbow Crystal Barrier as he prepared to resist the surveillance.

• Eida led Code and Bagu to Daemon's hibernation pod, and Daemon jumped onto Code and threatened to kill him if he hurt Eida.
• Armed guards stormed in, and Daemon reflected their killing intent, killing every guard who attacked him.
• Eida identified Daemon as her biological younger brother and her other knight, and Code recognized that Daemon was dangerous.
• Shamu gave Naruto and Minato the Human Sage Art, and Minato began practicing it while Naruto accepted that he was not suited to be Hokage.
• Shamu sensed someone watching him, suspected Eida, and made the peering vanish by activating his Mangekyō.
• Shamu traveled to the Land of Snow and began absorbing Natural Energy on the Rainbow Crystal Barrier to strengthen his resistance to being watched.

Shamu regained control of the situation, helped Naruto master the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and ordered him to destroy the Spear of Heaven as Hagoromo Otsutsuki materialized. Hagoromo then sent his sons’ Chakra into Naruto and Sasuke and invaded Naruto’s consciousness, prompting Shamu to follow him inside.

• Shamu entered Naruto’s mindscape, comforted him, and guided him to control the Nine-Tails’ violent Chakra.
• Naruto transformed into Energy Nine-Tails Mode and fired a Tailed Beast Ball that destroyed the Spear of Heaven’s barrel.
• Sasuke attacked Hagoromo Otsutsuki with Amaterasu while Haku and Kimimaro rushed him, but Hagoromo’s body proved insubstantial.
• Hagoromo chose to send Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra into Sasuke and Naruto, then invaded Naruto’s consciousness.
• Shamu placed his hand on Naruto’s head and entered his consciousness, while Disornas watched from underground.

Shamu visited the harbor, recruited Ajisai, and gained Spatial Talent before returning to training with Kimimaro and Haku. He continued studying Lightning Release while planning other techniques and putting Flying Thunder God research aside.

• Konan introduced Shamu to the children at the harbor, and he identified Ajisai as his target and gained Spatial Talent after recruiting her.
• Shamu gave Ajisai the Kubisaki Lizard contract scroll and told Konan and Nagato to guide her in Summoning Technique.
• Ajisai summoned Aokimaru, who welcomed her as a new contractor and took the contract scroll back to Greenwood Forest to make copies.
• Shamu encouraged the children, then left and considered his training plans, including Susanoo, Wind Release, Yang Release, and the Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique.
• After resting for a day, Shamu took Kimimaro and Haku on missions and focused on training them while studying Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation.

Madara, Itachi, and Kimimaro armored themselves and fought Meishiki, Enshiki, and Hoshiki as enemy spatial jumps threatened to arrive. After Hoshiki escaped Madara and Kimimaro’s attack, he darkened the sky and unleashed a barrage of light spheres at Kimimaro.

• Minato warned Madara that numerous enemies were making spatial jumps, and Madara prepared to finish the three Otsutsuki before they arrived.
• Madara, Itachi, and Kimimaro donned their War God Susanoo armor and charged at Meishiki, Enshiki, and Hoshiki.
• Meishiki spread gray mist while Enshiki used black threads to bind Madara and Meishiki’s skull beam destabilized his armor, which Madara reinforced with Sage Art Chakra.
• Itachi covered the area with Amaterasu, but Meishiki’s yellow water created smoke that rapidly drained Madara’s Sage Art Chakra.
• Madara switched places with a Limbo Clone and struck Hoshiki, while Kimimaro wounded him with an All-Killing Ash Bones blade; Hoshiki escaped by scattering into light and reforming.
• Hoshiki plunged the battlefield into darkness and unleashed Blazing Meteor Fate, sending countless spheres of light toward Kimimaro.

Shamu proposed a system of shinobi allowances, competitions, and national support to prevent unemployment and promote balanced development across the Shinobi World. After the leaders approved his plans, he proposed reviving Uchiha Madara and creating controlled enemies to keep the world vigilant against the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Shamu warned that technological progress could leave many shinobi unemployed and cause turmoil.
• Shamu proposed funding monthly shinobi allowances through commerce, with evaluations and competitions to reward shinobi and attract sponsors.
• Shamu suggested stronger nations support weaker ones through loans recorded as national debt, and described the Celestial Organization as a fair referee.
• The village leaders agreed to Shamu's development framework without objections.
• Shamu announced plans to revive Uchiha Madara and cultivate controlled enemies to maintain the Shinobi World's combat readiness against the Otsutsuki Clan.

Shamu learned Huiyu’s true history and why he had served him: Huiyu wanted to resurrect Kaguya. After advising Kimimaro to study the laws of life and death and considering the Star Gods’ power, Shamu went shopping in Konoha with Haku and Kimimaro.

• Shamu learned that Huiyu was Kaguya’s half-brother, had been captured while traveling alone to find her, and had fabricated their shared-capture story because he feared people would doubt his motives.
• Shamu realized Huiyu hoped Bone Ash Rebirth could resurrect Kaguya, though he knew it could not, and considered retrieving Kaguya from the Starting Ball Space in Boruto’s time-space if he chose to use Huiyu.
• Shamu urged Kimimaro, who was nearing the Kekkei Mōra, to explore the laws and learn the Cycle of Life and Death.
• Shamu reflected on the Star Gods, the Super-Energy Stars, and the threat posed by Yōshiki, and decided he would eventually visit the Divine Garden Origin Star rather than wait for an attack.
• Shamu told the Anbu to take Huiyu to the hospital, then invited Kimimaro and Haku to go shopping while Madara chose to take Izuna for a walk.
• Shamu strolled through Konoha’s prosperous commercial district, where crowds of people wore hairstyles and clothes inspired by him.

After Kaito’s Caged Bird Seal killed dozens of branch family members, Hiashi found Hizashi dead and Neji blinded. As anger toward the Main Family grew, Hyuga Yuto led the branch family in demanding an explanation from Hiashi.

• Hiashi entered Training Ground Six and saw the dead and injured branch family members, including Hizashi, while Hanabi grieved over the blinded Neji.
• Hyuga Teru confronted Hiashi and accused the Main Family of making the branch family pay for its traitor.
• Main Family members brought in the dead Third Elder, whose Chakra had been drained by White Zetsu’s Spore Technique.
• Hyuga Kanade used the Caged Bird Seal against Teru, and Hiashi struck Kanade down and ordered him to stop.
• Hyuga Yuto helped the unconscious Teru and led the branch family in demanding an explanation from Hiashi.

After his Soul Strength reached 100%, Shamu’s Mangekyō Sharingan evolved, and he discovered that his soul ability could revive two people at once. He revived Gaara and Kaede, then told Kaede she would now belong to the Hidden Radiance Village.

• Shamu exchanged Puppet Mastery for Uchiha Enhancement, raised his Soul Strength to 100%, and found that his Mangekyō Sharingan had gained three tomoe.
• Shamu visited Gaara and Kaede, told Yashamaru and Maki that Chiyo had been revived, and prepared to revive the two Jinchuriki.
• Shamu used the Reanimation Jutsu and Izanagi to revive Gaara and Kaede at the same time, sacrificing another Sharingan in the process.
• Kaede woke up and learned that Obito had extracted her tailed beast, while Gaara recognized that Shamu had saved him.
• Shamu told Kaede she could make friends without being ostracized, then said she was now from the Hidden Radiance Village rather than Takigakure.

Shamu arrived at a surprise group wedding organized by Orochimaru and was delighted to officiate the marriages of five couples. After Boruto and Hikari served tea to their elders, Shamu gave Hikari some of his ocular power as a wedding gift.

• Shamu woke late and found Sasuke's house empty before traveling to Orochimaru's laboratory.
• Minato took Shamu and Orochimaru to a venue where Boruto and Hikari, Itachi and Izumi, Neji and Tenten, Tsunade and Dan Katō, and Yahiko and Konan were gathered in wedding clothes.
• Orochimaru revealed that the weddings were a farewell gift for Shamu, who was chosen to officiate because the couples had all been saved by him.
• Boruto and Hikari served tea to Naruto and Hinata, who welcomed Hikari into their family and gave her gifts.
• Boruto and Hikari served tea to Shamu, who advised them to care for each other and gave Hikari some of his ocular power to help her protect herself.

As Shamu prepared to leave, Minato sought advice on a parting gift, and Orochimaru suggested arranging weddings and photos for Shamu. Orochimaru then used Impure World Reincarnation on this spacetime’s Uchiha Shamu, confirmed he was not the Shamu he knew, and confronted the returning Shamu about his identity.

• Minato asked the Yin Nine-Tails what Shamu liked, and Kurama said Orochimaru might know.
• Minato visited Orochimaru, who suggested that several couples marry and take photos as a parting gift for Shamu.
• Minato agreed to the idea and used shadow clones to notify everyone.
• Orochimaru reanimated this spacetime’s Uchiha Shamu, questioned him, and concluded he was not the Shamu he knew.
• Shamu returned to Orochimaru, who told him he had confirmed that he was not Uchiha Shamu; Shamu asked why Orochimaru had not simply asked him directly.