Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya confirmed Orochimaru had helped Danzo kidnap infants and offered him a path to reconnect with the Third Hokage. In the Land of Hot Springs, Shamu’s group encountered an Evil God Cult killing, and Shamu arrived just as Hidan survived Yoya’s attacks.

• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru about the infant kidnappings, and Orochimaru admitted that Danzo had been behind them.
• Orochimaru listed medicinal herbs he needed, and Jiraiya left him a Communication Toad so he could arrange them.
• Shamu’s group entered the Land of Hot Springs and learned that the Evil God Cult had terrorized the region, prompting Hidden Hot Springs Village to seek help from Hidden Sound Village.
• Shamu ordered Kimimaro to retrieve a murdered man’s body, then went toward nearby fighting while telling the others to stay behind.
• Yoya failed to kill the immortal Hidan, who began preparing his ritual, and Shamu arrived and severed Hidan’s head.
• Shamu scolded Yoya for letting Hidan begin his casting windup.

Shamu defeated Obito with Susanoo-Mikoto's Eye, then returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds with the badly injured Itachi. The chapter left Sasuke rushing to the hospital after learning that Itachi had been seriously hurt.

• Obito fled into the Kamui Dimension, but Shamu tracked him with Susanoo-Mikoto's Eye and struck him down through the dimension.
• Shamu faked an eye injury for the watching spies, then carried the unconscious Itachi away and used his healing ability to stabilize him.
• Shamu sent a message with Crow, and he and Itachi returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds by reverse summoning.
• Shamu told Iori to notify Fugaku and Mikoto, wake Sasuke, and send a copy of the information to Number One Message Room.
• Izumi woke Sasuke and told him Itachi had been seriously injured, prompting him to rush to the hospital.
• Izumi placed the information scroll in Number One Message Room, where a snake took it and vanished.

Kakashi and his team investigated the massacre in Tonika Village and suspected the town mayor was using Impure World Reincarnation, possibly in connection with Obito. The chapter ended with the hidden White Zetsu puppet Disornas learning that Naruto had arrived.

• Doc recognized Kakashi's forehead protector and feared the newcomers were connected to the village massacre, but Heather explained that they had been sent by Konoha.
• Kakashi explained that the attackers Doc had seen were dead Konoha ninja controlled by Impure World Reincarnation, then noticed signs that the town mayor was suspicious.
• Naruto and Tenten joined Kakashi, and Tenten reported finding an underground base that had likely been used for human experiments.
• After comparing their clues, Kakashi concluded that the town mayor was likely behind the massacre and might be connected to Obito through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kakashi and the others agreed to speak with Heather privately about their suspicions, while Disornas received White Zetsu intelligence confirming Naruto's arrival.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji formed a temporary team and took escort missions around Konoha. Meanwhile, Kusagakure spies Kota and Yusuke investigated the village and concluded that Naruto was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

• Naruto invited Neji to join him and Sasuke on missions, and Neji agreed.
• The three chose merchant caravan escort missions and quickly became familiar faces in the Mission System.
• Hizashi gave Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji missions they could handle and was pleased that Neji was growing closer to them.
• Kota and Yusuke, spies posing as members of the Blue Fruit Trading Company, met in an inn to compile intelligence on Konoha.
• Yusuke told Kota that Naruto was likely the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, based on what he had learned from Konoha's residents.

Hinata gave Neji her eyes, then married Naruto in a lavish Konoha ceremony while Shamu remained away. As the Celestial Organization prepared for the second Shinobi Professional League, four Otsutsuki investigated missing clansmen and reached the battlefield where Shimei and Lord Yōshiki had fought.

• Hinata agreed to give Neji her eyes, and Orochimaru transplanted them after sealing away some of their power.
• Naruto and Hinata held a grand wedding, with an empty seat reserved for Shamu; Haku watched the ceremony and reflected that he had grown up.
• After the wedding, the Celestial Organization began preparing for the second Shinobi Professional League.
• Otsutsuki Ryo-shiki, Otsutsuki Ketsu-shiki, Otsutsuki Sui-shiki, and Otsutsuki Moku-shiki traveled toward the Shinobi World while discussing missing clansmen and their fate marks.
• Ryo-shiki identified the scorched region of space as the battlefield where Shimei and Lord Yōshiki had fought.

Yōshiki ordered a full-scale campaign against the high-energy planet after reviewing Chishiki’s memories and learning it had a super-upper-rank expert. In Boruto’s timeline, Shamu strengthened himself, prepared to resurrect several people, and went to meet Tsunade and Kakashi.

• Yōshiki used Chishiki’s Blood Retrospection to inspect the planet and became determined to seize its Super-Energy Star.
• Yōshiki activated the War Order, summoned the Otsutsuki forces, and ordered Huiyu to lead the vanguard without killing him.
• Shamu replenished his Sage Core, checked his system rewards, and decided to begin resurrecting people who required less ocular power.
• Shamu met Orochimaru in his laboratory and discussed the powerful sacrifices needed to resurrect Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Shamu used trait rewards to strengthen himself and told Orochimaru he would solve the sacrifice problem.
• Orochimaru told Shamu that Tsunade, Shizune, and Kakashi had returned, and that Tsunade and Kakashi were waiting to see him.

Huiyu explained Shimei’s mind-based powers, why Otsutsuki who stole Chakra Fruits were branded traitors, and the history of Shimei’s clash with Yōshiki. Minato and the others paused their questions when an Anbu reported that Shamu and Madara had killed an Otsutsuki.

• Huiyu explained that Shimei could control weaker beings and reflect attacks fueled by killing intent.
• Huiyu described how Shimei and other Otsutsuki stole Chakra Fruits, leading them to be collectively labeled traitors.
• Huiyu told Minato that Star God conflicts were rare and that Otsutsuki who failed to attain Star Godhood eventually died of old age.
• Huiyu recounted Shimei and Yōshiki’s battle, which ended with Yōshiki retreating into slumber and Shimei disappearing with his planet.
• An Anbu reported that Cloud Village’s surveillance equipment had recorded Shamu and Madara killing an Otsutsuki, and Minato dismissed the report and said they would ask more after Shamu returned.

Shamu used a technique he called Underworld Reincarnation to bring Izuna back without a body or sacrifice. Madara pledged to serve Shamu, and Izuna began catching up on the decades since his death.

• Madara insisted Izuna's body had been destroyed, but Shamu claimed he could revive him without it.
• Shamu asked Madara to project his memories of Izuna through genjutsu, then activated the Impure World Reincarnation without a sacrifice.
• Izuna appeared and recognized Madara, who embraced him in overwhelming joy.
• Shamu explained that more than seventy years had passed and that the Senju and Uchiha had ended their feud.
• Madara bowed to Shamu and pledged to serve him for saving Izuna.

Minato brought the captured Kyūshiki and the others back to Konoha, where Hau exposed Kyūshiki’s suicide seal and helped keep him restrained. Hau then described the universe’s power structure, leaving Minato and the others to learn that Takama-ga-hara vastly eclipsed the Divine Garden Clan and had twenty-three Star Godhood experts.

• Minato returned to Konoha with the others and told Kimimaro to keep the wounded Kyūshiki restrained.
• Hau warned Minato and Kimimaro that Kyūshiki could use Yōshiki’s Body-Burning Karma Seal to kill himself, and Kimimaro pierced Kyūshiki’s shoulder to stop him.
• Minato sent Kyūshiki and Kimimaro to Orochimaru’s laboratory, then explained to Naruto and Sasuke why they could not help against the stronger enemy.
• Minato began questioning Hau again about the universe’s forces, and Hau showed that the Divine Garden Clan controlled only a small territory beside Takama-ga-hara’s much larger domain.
• Hau told Minato, Itachi, Yoya, Naruto, and Sasuke that Takama-ga-hara had twenty-three Star Godhood experts and that advancing beyond Star Godhood involved ascending dimensions.

Shamu visited Huiyu in Konoha Prison, where Huiyu recognized him as a Star God and begged to serve him. After Madara read Huiyu’s memories, Shamu learned that Huiyu and Kaguya were direct descendants of the Withered Star God and uncovered the harsh treatment of the Withered Star God’s many children.

• Huiyu recognized Shamu as a Star God and bowed to him, then asked to pledge himself to Shamu’s service.
• Huiyu offered to teach Kimimaro the laws of life and death, including the Cycle of Life and Death, and Shamu required him to permit a memory reading.
• Madara read Huiyu’s memories and confirmed that Huiyu had cooperated before handing the memories to Shamu.
• Shamu learned that Huiyu and Kaguya were direct blood relatives of the Withered Star God, whose imperial faction had countless descendants.
• Shamu learned that Kaguya had been given to the Divine Garden Clan as a bargaining chip and had been insignificant before she ate the fruit.

Madara led Minato, Hashirama, Itachi, and Yoya into battle against Yōshiki and the Divine Garden Clan’s fighters. Their first exchanges revealed the Otsutsuki’s unusual abilities and overwhelming strength, leaving Hashirama at a severe disadvantage.

• Madara and Minato pursued Yōshiki’s group through space-time gates, then Madara demanded the Otsutsuki identify themselves above the Shinobi World’s ocean.
• Yōshiki named himself and introduced Yunshiki, Ranshiki, Ginshiki, and Kyūshiki before sending the four to fight.
• Madara attacked Yunshiki with Limbo Clones, but Yunshiki’s force field deflected their strikes.
• Minato broke apart Ranshiki’s water dragon with the Nine-Tails’ power, while Yoya’s lightning was absorbed by Ginshiki’s Karma and their first clash ended in a retreat.
• Hashirama summoned a giant Buddha to fight Kyūshiki, but Kyūshiki pierced the Buddha’s chest and left Hashirama recognizing that he was badly outmatched.

Naruto, Hinata, and Shisui left the Land of Snow after training with Shamu, while Shamu continued his Sage Mode training. Meanwhile, Obito used White Zetsu to track the Jinchuriki as they gradually relaxed their precautions.

• Shamu told Minato to leave a Flying Thunder God mark and asked Shisui to arrange special training for the selected people back in the village.
• Kushina, Minato, Naruto, Hinata, and Shisui said goodbye to Shamu and returned to the village using Flying Thunder God.
• Sakon and Ukon, Jirobo, Kidomaru, and Tayuya guarded Shamu's training site and practiced Sage Arts inside the Rainbow Crystal Barrier.
• Kazahana Koyuki supported the Land of Snow's growing prosperity as the barrier's geothermal energy transformed the country's climate.
• Obito followed Disornas's advice, kept a low profile, and sent White Zetsu to locate the Jinchuriki.
• The Jinchuriki began lowering their guard after repeated probes, while White Zetsu continued watching their locations.

Shamu tested new spatial techniques in the universe, developing the lethal Void Erasure and the disruptive Space Disruption. He returned to the Shinobi World during widespread natural disasters, while the three sages sensed an ominous change.

• Shamu traveled into space and tested Space Fixation on a meteorite, expanding its range to encompass Shinobi Star.
• Shamu developed Void Erasure, which reduced a meteorite and a thousand-meter area to darkness, and found that the costly technique consumed his hand and energy when he tested the space with his War God Armor.
• Shamu created Space Disruption, which scrambled spatial coordinates and prevented even him from jumping through space inside its range.
• Shamu returned to the Shinobi World and found natural disasters striking across it; Minato explained that they had begun half an hour earlier and that Madara and he had lost track of Shamu.
• Gamamaru saw a prophetic vision, while the White Snake Sage and the Slug Sage were suddenly overcome by unease.

Chishiki fought Suigetsu and Mangetsu while Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato battled Tsuchishiki across the ruined battlefield. Naruto recovered from a wound and Minato repositioned the fighters as the Divine Garden Clan’s forces were intercepted, but the Star Gods watched as the long battle began.

• Suigetsu and Mangetsu ambushed Chishiki, but his dojutsu could not harm their water body, and the three became locked in close combat.
• Naruto attacked Tsuchishiki with a Sage Art Rasenshuriken and Nine-Tails-powered strikes while Sasuke used Amenotejikara and his Chidori blade against him.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined their attacks to slice off Tsuchishiki’s head, but Tsuchishiki regenerated and wounded Naruto with his axe.
• Minato rescued Naruto from Tsuchishiki’s follow-up attack, healed him with Katsuyu, and warned Naruto and Sasuke about upper-rank Otsutsuki regeneration.
• The Shinobi World’s forces intercepted the Divine Garden Clan, while Minato’s Shadow Clones protected allies across Konoha’s ruins and the Star Gods watched the battle begin.

Shamu battered Yōshiki with Baryon Mode and Intent Reflection, draining the star’s lifespan until Yōshiki triggered a supernova. The blast killed Shamu’s clones and the Star Gods on the battlefield, but the Withered Star God revived at his headquarters and chose to stay out of the continuing conflict.

• Shamu used Baryon Mode to strike Yōshiki with a million fists, rapidly draining the star’s lifespan, while Madara led the starship through spatial jumps after receiving Shamu’s message.
• Shamu’s clone blocked the Withered Star God, Kūmu fought defensively, and Shimei neared the point of taking control of the clone.
• Yōshiki attacked with the corona, but Shamu used Intent Reflection to turn the star’s thermal energy and radiation back against it.
• Yōshiki chose to die with his enemies and collapsed before erupting in a supernova that engulfed the Star Gods and Shamu’s clones.
• The Withered Star God revived at his headquarters, cursed Shamu, and decided not to return to the fight as the balance of power in the Otsutsuki Universe faced a change.

Shamu flooded the Cloud Village’s Seven-Colored Mine and detonated a transformed Shadow Clone deep underground, nearly destroying the Seven-Colored Vein. He returned to the Radiance Hidden Village after confirming the mission was complete.

• Dodai warned the Raikage that the Hidden Mist Village and Radiance Hidden Village’s large orders from the Land of Rainbows suggested someone was targeting the Seven-Colored Vein.
• Shamu used a Shadow Clone disguised as Flying Waterfall to destroy the mine’s pumps and drainage outlets, then flooded the mine to force everyone to evacuate.
• The Raikage arrived with Killer Bee and learned that no one had been hurt, while Killer Bee transformed into Gyūki and entered the flooded mine.
• Flying Waterfall weakened the mine’s supports and compressed his Chakra; Killer Bee sensed the danger, escaped, and warned everyone to retreat.
• Flying Waterfall detonated himself underground, creating a huge explosion that nearly destroyed the Seven-Colored Vein, and Shamu returned to the Radiance Hidden Village.

Shamu stopped Hagoromo and Toneri from taking Hinata, but Hinata died after Hagoromo made her tear out her eyes. Shamu killed Hamura, sealed Naruto’s rampaging Nine-Tails chakra, and then attacked Hiruko as he reappeared.

• Kimimaro shattered Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion while Hagoromo entered Hinata’s mind and changed her eyes into the Rinnegan.
• Shamu clashed with Hagoromo and Toneri as Hamura connected to the Giant Tenseigan and Toneri seized Hinata’s Byakugan.
• Hinata gouged out her own eyes and gave them to Toneri; Shamu punched through Toneri’s chest and tore away flesh before Toneri escaped.
• Shamu seized Hamura’s soul and erased it with a blade, while Naruto discovered that Hinata had died in his arms.
• Shamu sealed Naruto’s surging Nine-Tails chakra, then blinded Hiruko when Hiruko reappeared with no memory.

Neji declared that he would marry Tenten and protect her forever, and Shamu showed him the memories of her longing for him. As they watched Tenten’s memories, Neji confronted the love they had shared and the pain his death had caused her.

• At Konoha Hospital, Shamu asked Neji how he would respond to Tenten’s years of waiting, and Neji vowed to marry and protect her.
• Shamu asked Madara to draw a sphere of Tenten’s ocular power and Chakra from her, then placed it into Neji’s head.
• Shamu showed Neji Tenten’s memories of their childhood, training, missions, and the ways they had supported and cared for each other.
• Neji recognized that he had discovered his feelings for Tenten during the Chunin Exams as he watched her leave with Rock Lee.
• Shamu reminded Neji that while he had chosen to die for Naruto, Tenten had been left waiting for him.

The Raikage drove the Hidden Mist Village forces into retreat after a fierce battle, but Zabuza was badly injured while protecting Mei Terumi. Both villages regrouped to treat their wounded, and the Cloud Village began clearing its casualties.

• The Raikage attacked Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and their allies, while Zabuza destroyed the Cloud Village's giant fan and the fighters traded blows.
• Mei Terumi and Zabuza filled the battlefield with corrosive acid and thick mist, allowing the Hidden Mist Village shinobi to retreat.
• The Raikage hurled a massive rock into the fog, and Zabuza shielded Mei Terumi from the impact, breaking his ribs.
• Mei Terumi and Biwa Juzo carried Zabuza away, while the Raikage called for the Cloud Village shinobi to rest and treat the wounded.
• The Raikage found the injured Killer B and reassured him, while Ao and two Medical Ninjas treated Zabuza and the Cloud Village searched the battlefield.

Shamu revived Madara and Izuna, earning powerful rewards as Nagato gave up his Rinnegan. He told Izuna that the Uchiha had become the strongest force while the Senju had nearly been wiped out, leaving Madara laughing at Tobirama until Shamu reminded him that he had nearly destroyed the Uchiha too.

• Nagato used the Water of Life and the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique to revive Madara and Izuna, while Shamu sustained Nagato with vitality and sacrificed three Three-Tomoe Sharingan to help.
• Shamu received Six Paths Mode for changing Madara’s life trajectory and the Abyssal Prison ocular technique for changing Izuna’s.
• Nagato gave up his Rinnegan, and Orochimaru replaced them with Byakugan before Hashirama implanted the Rinnegan into Madara.
• Izuna asked about the Uchiha, and Shamu explained that they had left Konoha, founded their own nation, and grown into the Shinobi World’s strongest force.
• Shamu told Izuna that only five Senju remained because Tobirama’s disciple Sarutobi Hiruzen had plotted to kill the clan, prompting Madara to mock Tobirama.
• Shamu reminded Madara that he had nearly wiped out the Uchiha himself, and Madara’s laughter stopped.