Chapter Summaries

Shamu followed Jigen, Naruto, and Sasuke into an alternate dimension, where Jigen revealed his power by destroying Sasuke’s Susanoo. After transferring the Yin Nine-Tails’ Chakra to Minato, Shamu confronted Jigen and caught his attack with one hand.

• Jigen sent Naruto and Sasuke through a space-time portal, and Shamu opened another portal to bring Minato, Boruto, Hikari, Shikamaru, Tobirama, and Madara after them.
• Shamu led the group to Jigen’s alternate dimension, where Jigen fought Naruto and Sasuke in State II and shattered Sasuke’s Complete Body Susanoo with one kick.
• Shamu gave Minato the Yin Nine-Tails’ Chakra, but Minato struggled to control its immense power, so Shamu suppressed it and prepared to fight Jigen himself.
• Shamu identified Jigen as Isshiki and introduced himself as Uchiha Shamu, the Uchiha Clan’s strongest.
• Jigen attacked Shamu at high speed, but Shamu caught his Susanoo-shattering kick with one hand.

As Konoha prepared to elect its Fifth Hokage, the Raikage and Dodai discussed Uchiha Shamu’s nomination and the Cloud Village’s devastating losses in the war. The Raikage pledged to help Shamu in the future, while the Cloud Village turned to recovery and studied intelligence on Akatsuki.

• News spread that Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Uchiha Shamu were candidates for Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• The Raikage’s surviving forces returned to the Cloud Village after four thousand chūnin and genin died in the Land of Water.
• Dodai briefed the Raikage on how Shamu became an honorary elder, gained support from Konoha’s clans, and entered the Hokage election.
• The Raikage said the Cloud Village owed Shamu a favor for helping Yugito and Killer B return safely, and promised to do everything possible to help him.
• Dodai presented intelligence on Akatsuki and other fighters, and the Raikage concluded that the Cloud Village had to recover and could not attack the Hidden Mist Village again soon.

Obito and Zetsu experimented on Danzo, using his Sharingan and Hashirama cell solution to drive the fusion in his body further. In Konoha, Kakashi learned that growing a replacement eye would take one to two months and became curious about Orochimaru’s masked bodyguard, Number One.

• Zetsu discovered that Danzo’s body was slowly fusing with White Zetsu and Hashirama Cells, but the fusion stalled as it spread across his right side.
• Obito ordered Zetsu to implant one of Danzo’s recovered Sharingan, which caused the erosion to resume and then stop again at the limit of the available cells.
• Obito instructed Zetsu to infuse Danzo with diluted raw Hashirama cell solution and sent Zetsu to attend to Nagato while he watched the experiment.
• Orochimaru told Kakashi that cultivating a replacement eye would take one to two months and advised him to stay in Konoha for monitoring.
• Kakashi grew more comfortable around Orochimaru and became curious about Number One, whose familiar gaze and hoarse voice did not reveal his identity.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji used the Moon-based Spacetime Railgun to disrupt the Otsutsuki’s approach and detected a battleship carrying more than a thousand warriors. Minato arrived with reinforcements, praised their work, and told Neji the Otsutsuki had chosen a very bad time to attack.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji fired thirty-five spacetime shells to disrupt the area ahead, exhausting their reserves as Neji monitored the enemy.
• Neji detected a massive Starsea Battleship carrying over a thousand warriors and five powerful Otsutsuki who were searching for a way around the disturbed space.
• Minato arrived with Hashirama, Madara, Yoya, and Itachi, and Naruto reported how they had intercepted the enemy.
• Naruto reported that he had recovered, Sasuke said his ocular power was seventy percent depleted, and Neji said he could no longer fight.
• Minato gave Neji a restorative medicine and said the Otsutsuki had chosen a very bad time to come.

Shamu unveiled his Hyper-Compressed War God Susanoo Armor and fought Isshiki in the sky while Guy opened the Eighth Gate to face Madara below. Guy and Madara prepared to clash as Shamu and Isshiki’s battle moved away from the God Tree.

• Shamu wrapped himself in golden Hyper-Compressed War God Susanoo Armor and challenged Isshiki with a Chakra longsword.
• Madara, enraged by Shamu’s revealed strength, flew toward Guy, while Shamu signaled Minato to destroy the God Tree if Madara could not be stopped.
• Shamu and Isshiki exchanged rapid attacks in the sky, and Shamu’s armor deflected Isshiki’s Black Rods while leaving him nearly unharmed.
• Isshiki moved his fight with Shamu away from the God Tree, and the spectators below watched Madara’s battle because they could not follow the fighters in the sky.
• Guy opened the Gate of Death and declared his resolve to protect the people he cherished.
• Madara welcomed Guy’s challenge and laughed, pleased that Guy had opened the Eight Gates despite the risk of death.

Shamu used Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and Keimei’s Divine Guardian to train Yoya and Shisui against powerful opponents, while continuing to strengthen the Uchiha clan’s position in Konoha. Meanwhile, Obito searched for Nagato and watched the coming Hokage decision, with White Zetsu spies spread throughout the village.

• Itachi’s Tsukuyomi lasted three months for Yoya, while Keimei’s Divine Guardian protected Yoya’s mind and used little ocular power.
• Shamu arranged further Tsukuyomi training for Yoya and Shisui, first against the Fourth Raikage A and then against Obito, who killed them hundreds of times.
• Shamu continued campaigning for Hokage as Orochimaru’s limb-regeneration technology earned him support, while the Hyuga Clan waited to see who became Fifth Hokage.
• Obito learned that Nagato and Konan had gone into hiding and that Kazuma and Kakuzu were collecting corpses and soil near the Land of Rivers.
• Black Zetsu said the Fifth Hokage would be decided within days and that White Zetsu were monitoring Konoha, while Obito considered how to remove Madara’s Heart Talisman from his own heart.

After returning as a soul, Shamu discussed finding a way to restore his body and reviewed the changes in the Shinobi World with Minato and the others. He left them planning a shinobi competition to improve combat readiness while the villages prepared for the Moon’s possible fall.

• Shamu explained that Kimimaro’s body could not withstand his resurrection, then found the Water of Life in the Prophet’s Realm and planned to retrieve it.
• Shamu reunited with Nawaki and offered to find a way for Tsunade and Dan to have a child.
• Minato told Shamu that the Land of Radiance had become the sixth great nation, the great nations were prospering through trade, and the Land of Rain had been divided between the Land of Grass and the Land of Wind.
• Minato worried that shinobi combat standards would decline as fighting decreased, and Shamu proposed funding competitions through sponsors, advertisements, prizes, and resurrection slots.
• Minato reported that Cloud Village’s Space-Time Chakra Cannon could split into three hundred tracking shots as the villages strengthened their defenses against falling meteors.

Ryoshiki was killed while traveling to the Pure Land, and Boshiki was trapped in a sealed space as Madara’s group fought him. Madara learned that the Divine Garden Clan’s leader was Ōtsutsuki Yōshiki, but Chishiki burned himself to ashes before revealing more, leaving Boshiki as their remaining chance to gather intelligence.

• Ryoshiki was dragged toward the Pure Land, where a figure shattered his soul and absorbed its energy.
• Boshiki was pulled into a sealed subspace and realized he had no way to escape or replenish his energy.
• Madara used the Human Path to read Chishiki’s memories, but Chishiki ignited himself and turned to ashes despite Minato’s sealing techniques.
• Madara learned that Ōtsutsuki Yōshiki was the Divine Garden Clan’s strongest member and that Izumishiki had sent the group to investigate after receiving a distress signal.
• Madara and Minato decided to capture Boshiki alive, and Uchiha Kei and the others took turns fighting him in the Pillar Space.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought Boshiki and discovered that he was far more formidable than he had seemed against Madara’s Limbo Clones.

Shamu and the resurrected Minato teamed up to keep Satori away from Konoha, with Shamu scattering Flying Thunder God Kunai so Minato could overwhelm the monster with speed. Satori fled toward the Box of Paradise to recover, but Minato kept attacking and marking him as the battle continued.

• Minato arrived at the battlefield and asked Shamu to help him finish Satori before the monster could reach Konoha.
• Shamu opened a Storage Scroll and scattered over a hundred Ninja Swords of Love into the sky, giving Minato countless Flying Thunder God destinations.
• Minato used the falling kunai to outmaneuver Satori and struck him with a Rasengan, badly injuring his shoulder.
• Shamu's Shadow Clone vanished after using up its Chakra, while Minato continued attacking and named his technique Flash Release: Ultra-Speed Chaotic Dance Sky-Floating First Style.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched from hiding as Satori's injuries healed near the Box of Paradise, and Obito noted that Satori seemed dependent on it.
• Satori tried to flee toward the Box of Paradise, but Minato repeatedly teleported behind him, attacked with Rasengan, and placed more Flying Thunder God marks on him.

Rasa consulted Baki and Yura after an unidentified organization proposed an alliance against Konoha during the Chunin Exams. He agreed to send Hidden Sand Village forces to watch for an opportunity, with Gaara and a larger contingent accompanying him.

• Rasa told Baki and Yura that an organization, which he suspected was Grass Ninja, had proposed attacking Konoha’s civilian district and the Chunin Exams.
• Baki warned against getting involved, while Yura argued that Hidden Sand Village could wait to see which side gained the upper hand and then seize benefits.
• Rasa considered Hidden Sand Village’s dwindling Gold Dust income and agreed that the plan offered a chance to improve the village’s position.
• Rasa decided to bring Gaara by having him enter the Chunin Exams again.
• Yura and Baki urged Rasa to take more people to protect him and Gaara and provide a stronger force, and Rasa agreed.

Guy unleashed Night Guy against Madara, but Madara survived by switching places with Limbo Clones and drove Guy out of range. After Yoya ended Mercy of Life and Guy began to die, Kazuki used Sanuki Province to restore him, leaving Guy alive and reunited with Rock Lee.

• Guy charged Madara with Night Guy and shattered a Limbo Clone that Madara had used as a substitute.
• Guy attacked Madara again, but Madara used another Limbo Clone and Shinra Tensei to knock Guy down and escape into the sky.
• Yoya ended Mercy of Life, and Guy’s body began to burn out as Rock Lee tried to rush to him.
• Kazuki used Sanuki Province to reverse Guy’s injuries and restore his life.
• Guy woke up, celebrated his survival, and embraced Rock Lee.

Obito captured Kakashi and took him to the Kamui Dimension, where Kakashi fought to stop him from carrying out Infinite Tsukuyomi. Shamu prepared a response with Tenten and Ajisai while Obito insisted that the real world was false.

• Minato told Shamu that Obito was approaching Kakashi, so Shamu kept sensing Kakashi's Flying Thunder God mark.
• Obito disguised as White Zetsu used the Rinnegan to knock Kakashi back, but Kakashi cut a deep gash across Obito's chest before Obito pulled them both into the Kamui Dimension.
• Shamu left Minato to command the battlefield and brought Tenten, Ajisai, and Kakashi's Shadow Clone to Tsunade's medical area, where Tenten and Ajisai laid out a giant scroll.
• Kakashi fought Obito in the Kamui Dimension, but Obito's Susanoo blocked his attacks and Obito recovered from his wound.
• Obito told Kakashi that the shinobi system, villages, shinobi, and the world itself had driven him to despair, calling it a false world.

Shamu and the others struggled against Urashiki, whose blue Rinnegan let him rewind time and evade their attacks. They poisoned the air to exploit his repeated experience of the same period, then Orochimaru removed his eyes and Future Sasuke restrained him to reclaim stolen Chakra.

• Urashiki revealed that his blue Rinnegan let him experience time several times over and choose the best response to attacks.
• Urashiki shattered half of Itachi and Shamu's Susanoo with a strike from his fishing rod and sent Minato flying.
• Orochimaru's poison accumulated in Urashiki's body as he repeatedly rewound time, causing him to vomit blood and collapse.
• Orochimaru plucked out Urashiki's eyes before he could consume them or use his fish basket.
• Future Sasuke restrained Urashiki and drew out the Chakra that Urashiki had stolen from him.

Shamu surpassed the Star God threshold, chose the Space Source Rule, and ascended to become a Space Star God. After defeating Yōshiki with his new spatial powers, he returned from the moon with Madara.

• Shamu used the system’s remaining enhancement attempts, exceeded 1000% total energy, and completed the Peerless Talent mission.
• Shamu chose Space as his Source Rule and underwent Star Godhood, awakening vastly greater attributes and control over space.
• Shamu sealed Yōshiki in a spatial coffin, compressed him, and erased him with Space Devouring.
• Shamu received the Shadow Clone’s memories, and Madara acknowledged his overwhelming strength.
• Shamu opened a spatial gate, and he and Madara returned to the lunar orbital cannon’s control room.

Shamu assigned Scorpion to lead Hidden Radiance Village’s new Puppet Division and discussed reviving Chiyo and Kaede. As the Shinobi World neared war, Shamu weighed how to delay Obito and Kara, until Minato suddenly appeared behind him.

• Shamu appointed Scorpion head of the Puppet Division, asked him to create an underwater puppet, and told him to take Chiyo’s corpse to Shizune for examination before her revival.
• Shamu told Kagen and Yoro that Kaede would be revived but would live in the Land of Radiance, and promised to send her to meet their village chief.
• Kagen and Yoro prepared to return to Takigakure with Shamu’s warning that the Shinobi World was heading toward chaos and war.
• Shamu returned to his office, considered the threat from Obito and Jigen, and planned to use the Six-Tails to turn Kara against Obito and delay the war.
• Minato appeared behind Shamu using the Flying Thunder God.

After reaching the Land of Water, Shamu coordinated with Nagato on Akatsuki’s plans and offered advice on how to use the Six Paths more effectively. He also proposed a way to extend Nagato’s control range and outlined a strategy focused on Cloud Village’s fresh forces rather than its strongest fighters.

• Shamu reached the Land of Water and contacted Nagato, who said he and Konan would arrive in fifteen days.
• Shamu and Nagato agreed to reveal the Three-Tails’ death to Obito only after Akatsuki had lost some manpower, and Nagato told Shamu he could contact other ring bearers with the Projected Illusion Technique.
• Shamu advised Nagato to hide and protect the Animal Path and Naraka Path, use the Asura Path for long-range support, and keep only the Preta Path and Deva Path at the front.
• Shamu warned that Obito could locate Nagato and suggested using a repeater-like method to extend the Six Paths’ control range; Nagato said the idea needed testing.
• Shamu urged Nagato to bring only Deva Path and target Cloud Village’s fresh forces instead of fighting the Raikage and two Jinchuriki, and Nagato agreed that he did not need to face every enemy.

Nagato and Konan agreed to face the coming danger together while Shamu took Yahiko away. At the Mountain Graveyard, Obito learned Nagato had broken contact and ordered a large-scale search for him and the Rinnegan.

• Konan refused to leave Nagato, and Shamu settled the argument by agreeing to take Yahiko away while Nagato and Konan stayed together.
• Nagato decided to fuse with the Hashirama Cell Solution once his ocular power recovered, and Shamu gave him the book Tale of the Gutsy Ninja before departing with Yahiko.
• Obito returned to the Mountain Graveyard and learned from Black Zetsu that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had lost its connection to Nagato.
• Obito told Zetsu that Hyori had deceived him with a Shadow Clone, then ordered a large-scale search for Nagato and the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu claimed Danzo as a new vessel, and White Zetsu merged with Danzo before running off to experience the urge to defecate.

The Raikage and Kumogakure’s leaders assessed the battle, learning that Uchiha Yoya and Uchiha Shisui had become formidable threats and that Yugito had nearly been killed. The Raikage ordered preparations to strengthen Kumogakure and investigate the Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God marks.

• The sensory division confirmed that the Fourth Hokage had displayed a Nine-Tails cloak, while Killer B reported that Uchiha Shisui had used senjutsu to disrupt Chakra with Natural Energy.
• Shi reported that Uchiha Yoya’s Mangekyō Sharingan had greatly increased his abilities, that his strength rivaled Killer B’s, and that Uchiha Shisui’s silent genjutsu had caught Killer B twice.
• Shi said Yugito had lost too much blood and had nearly been struck through the heart, prompting the Raikage to admonish Dodai for sending her to fight Yoya.
• Dodai apologized and proposed completing the Raikage’s Chakra armor; the Raikage ordered the offensive parts prioritized while Dodai explained how Kumogakure could upgrade its Space-Time Chakra Cannon.
• Shi said Kumogakure had no sure defense against the Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Technique, so the Raikage ordered a search for Yoya, five improved swords for him, and an investigation into the technique’s marks.

Cloud Village advanced cautiously across Tsuzuren Island as Scorpion and Deidara launched a coordinated attack using intelligence supplied by Flying Waterfall. Yugito rushed to aid Samui’s ambushed squad but was intercepted by Flying Waterfall, who trapped her in powerful Water Release techniques as Ao watched.

• After three days of cautious scouting, Yugito led a fast-moving strike force while Samui Squad and Shi's squad continued advancing.
• Itachi sent a Ninja Crow from a tree overlooking the stronghold, then vanished.
• Scorpion and Deidara split up: Deidara headed to bomb Cloud Village’s stronghold, while Scorpion ambushed the squad gathering intelligence.
• Scorpion’s Iron Sand Drizzle killed three Cloud shinobi and injured seven, prompting Samui to fire a distress flare.
• Yugito saw the flare and hurried back, but Shamu, disguised as Flying Waterfall, blocked her with Ao and two Hidden Mist Anbu.
• Shamu trapped Yugito in successive Water Release attacks, and her violent surge of Chakra made the water begin churning.

Shamu fought Obito while Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent held back the regenerating Eight-Headed Black Snake. After Shamu damaged the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Obito escaped with it, the Spear of Heaven surged out of control and an unknown streak of light struck Shamu.

• Shamu severed the Eight-Headed Black Snake’s head, but it regenerated, so he asked Orochimaru to hold it off while he attacked Obito.
• Orochimaru transformed into a giant Eight-Headed Serpent and battled the Eight-Headed Black Snake as Shamu charged his Ama-no-Murakumo Style.
• Obito disrupted Shamu’s attack with Shinra Tensei, but Shamu forced his strike through Obito’s Susanoo and destroyed part of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s shoulder.
• Obito stored the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the Kamui Dimension and escaped while Shamu recovered.
• The Spear of Heaven drew in energy, turning the ground to sand and driving the Eight-Headed Shadow Serpent into a frenzy.
• A streak of light passed through Shamu’s Susanoo and struck him, blacking out his vision.