Chapter Summaries

After learning that Senyo had crushed Sunagakure with a colossal Susanoo, the Raikage ordered Kumogakure to retreat. Uchiha Fugaku’s force learned that Kumogakure was fleeing and camped to ensure it withdrew from the Land of Fire.

• A Kumogakure scout brought the Raikage and Dodai a report describing Senyo’s victory over Sunagakure and his two-hundred-meter Susanoo.
• Dodai urged the Raikage to retreat, and the Raikage reluctantly ordered Kumogakure’s forces to withdraw.
• A messenger bird delivered the Land of Wind battle report to Uchiha Fugaku as his army marched toward Kumogakure.
• Fugaku showed the report to Akimichi Choza, explained Senyo’s power, and ordered the Konoha force to rest.
• A Hyuga scout reported that Kumogakure was retreating at full speed, and Fugaku decided to camp for several days until it left the Land of Fire.

Senyo flew toward the retreating Sunagakure troops in a colossal Susanoo and attacked them while searching for Rasa. A strange Dragon Vein eruption transformed into a purple energy dragon and tore open the desert, leaving Senyo caught by a powerful suction force.

• Senyo summoned a towering black Perfect Susanoo and flew with his companions toward the retreating Sunagakure troops.
• Senyo struck the fleeing sand shinobi with black blades, killing dozens and opening deep ravines in the desert.
• Senyo set his companions down, left a clone to prepare a formation, and flew ahead to scout for traps.
• Senyo killed another hundred sand shinobi before a vast pillar of light erupted from a hole in the ground.
• The pillar transformed into a pale purple energy dragon as the desert cracked apart, and Senyo searched for Rasa with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• A powerful suction force suddenly pulled at Senyo.

Senyo used the Sky-Crossing Nether Formation to trap Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and contain the Dragon Vein’s power, then fought him with soul-based attacks and Rinnegan abilities. The chapter ended as Hagoromo targeted the Dragon Vein instead of Senyo.

• Senyo escaped the Fuinjutsu, struck Hagoromo in his soul form, and was blasted toward the Dragon Vein.
• Senyo and his ground-based clone activated the Sky-Crossing Nether Formation, trapping Hagoromo and confining the Dragon Vein’s power.
• Senyo used Banshō Ten'in to drag Hagoromo toward him while Kurama Yakumo explained the invisible battle to the spectators; Rasa stayed nearby as the other Sunagakure Shinobi fled.
• Senyo suppressed Hagoromo’s Dragon Vein energy attack and fired a soul-powered Great Fireball Jutsu, which Hagoromo absorbed.
• Hagoromo pulled with a tremendous force, aiming at the Dragon Vein rather than Senyo.

Senyo used Fuinjutsu to suppress the Dragon Vein, but Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki forced Sasuke and Naruto’s Chakra into it, triggering Space-Time Power that made Senyo and the Dragon Vein vanish. Senyo’s clone told Karin to wait for his return before collapsing, as Hagoromo flew toward Naruto and Sasuke.

• Senyo formed a powerful rune seal that suppressed the Dragon Vein and began drawing it back underground.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki drew on Sasuke and Naruto, causing them intense pain as Chakra erupted from their bodies.
• Senyo sent a message to Orochimaru for Minato to take Sasuke and Naruto to safety, while Hagoromo drove their battling Chakra streams into the Dragon Vein.
• The Dragon Vein erupted with Space-Time Power, and Senyo vanished along with it as the disturbance disappeared.
• Senyo’s clone told Karin not to worry and to wait for his return before collapsing.
• Kurama Yakumo warned the others that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki was approaching Naruto and Sasuke.

Hagoromo extracted Indra and Asura's Chakra from Naruto and Sasuke, but Itachi used the Totsuka Blade to catch him while he resisted being sealed. Rasa attacked Konoha, and Gaara blocked his Gold Dust with sand before turning on his father.

• Hinata stepped in front of Naruto as Hagoromo took Indra and Asura's Chakra from Naruto and Sasuke.
• Ido merged with Hagoromo while Kurama Yakumo used the Soul Invasion Technique to reveal his location to Itachi.
• Itachi struck Hagoromo with the Totsuka Blade, and Hagoromo resisted its sealing pull with the sun and moon powers in his hands.
• Rasa attacked the Konoha group with a wave of Gold Dust while Itachi remained locked in his struggle with Hagoromo.
• Shisui and Mayumi summoned their Susanoo, but Gaara blocked Rasa's attack with sand and declared that he wanted Rasa dead.

Gaara, Mayumi, Shisui, and Karin attacked Rasa while Itachi’s Totsuka Blade exploded in a burst of power that engulfed Hagoromo and Ido. Hagoromo vanished with Naruto’s Chakra, Sasuke’s Chakra surged after it, Rasa escaped, and Minato arrived to take the injured back to Konoha.

• Gaara attacked Rasa with sand as Mayumi, Shisui, and Karin joined in, battering Rasa’s Gold Dust defense until it began to crack.
• Hagoromo used his staff to draw out Naruto’s Chakra, strengthening himself until Itachi’s Totsuka Blade exploded and engulfed Hagoromo and Ido in flames.
• The blast knocked Gaara unconscious, while Karin, Mayumi, and Shisui protected the others; Hagoromo faded away with Naruto’s Chakra, and Sasuke’s Chakra surged after it.
• Rasa fled into the sky, while Itachi collapsed in agony from his eyes.
• Namikaze Minato located Naruto through their shared Nine-Tails Chakra and transported everyone back to Konoha for treatment.

Jigen sensed the Dragon Vein’s spacetime fluctuations, tracked the place where it had erupted, and returned to his hidden base. There, he turned Ryunosuke Sarutobi into crimson spatial energy and sent it into the sky, where it formed a concealed ring of ripples.

• Jigen sensed intense spacetime fluctuations and used spatial gates to reach the Dragon Vein’s deserted location.
• Jigen detected traces of dimensional teleportation and decided to prevent Spatial Curvature from attracting unwanted attention.
• Jigen returned to his subspace base and summoned Ryunosuke Sarutobi from the space where Mahākāla had stored him.
• Jigen used the Gozu Tennō formation to dissolve Ryunosuke into crimson energy containing Space Power.
• Jigen sent the crimson energy into the sky, where it formed a concealed ring of spacetime ripples.

Black Zetsu began assimilating Hiruko while investigating the mystery of the spacetime lockdown. Senyo’s disappearance forced Konoha to end the war, and Rasa faced accusations over Sunagakure’s devastating losses.

• Black Zetsu received word that Hamura’s descendants had found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and summoned it to their territory.
• Black Zetsu suspected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had sealed spacetime but focused on taking over Hiruko’s body.
• Minato recalled Konoha’s leaders and troops from the Land of Wind after Senyo disappeared, bringing the war to an abrupt end.
• Sunagakure returned from the war with more than seven thousand dead, while Iwagakure and Kumogakure suffered smaller losses and Konoha claimed victory.
• Ebizo blamed Rasa for the defeat and Elder Chiyo’s presumed death, but Rasa argued that the elders had approved the war and that Senyo’s power had made the losses unavoidable.

Rasa defended his decision to gather the Sand Shinobi as bait by claiming that Uchiha Senyo had been killed. He then told the Elders a fabricated account of defeating Senyo with the Dragon Vein, concealing Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki’s role.

• Pakura accused Rasa of ordering the Sand Shinobi to gather and die needlessly, while explaining that she had survived by retreating with her group.
• Rasa said he had gathered the troops as bait to lure Uchiha Senyo, provoking furious objections from Pakura and the Elders.
• Rasa announced that Uchiha Senyo was dead, and the shocked Elders demanded to know how he had defeated him.
• Rasa recited the story he and Baki had agreed on, claiming he had lured Senyo into the Dragon Vein’s core and that its power had torn Senyo apart.
• Rasa concealed Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki’s involvement and presented the Dragon Vein plan as his own, embellishing the account to win the Elders’ confidence.

Rasa resigned as Fourth Kazekage after claiming he had killed Uchiha Senyo, but Ebizo arranged for him to remain in office until Sunagakure's war reparations were paid. After Ebizo warned him to ensure Senyo was dead, Rasa abandoned his planned rest and went to find Baki to spread the news.

• Rasa claimed his plan had killed Uchiha Senyo and announced that he would resign as Fourth Kazekage.
• Ebizo questioned whether Senyo was truly dead, and Rasa insisted that he was.
• Ebizo said Rasa could not step down until he had settled compensation for the war's casualties, and the elders agreed.
• After the meeting, Ebizo warned Rasa that Senyo had better be dead and said he would investigate Senyo's and Chiyo's fates.
• Rasa told Ebizo he had watched Senyo be torn apart by the Dragon Vein, then went to find Baki to publicize Senyo's death.

Naruto and Yamato were swept away by the Dragon Vein’s energy, and Naruto awoke in an unfamiliar place where a girl fled from him. After strange barriers destroyed attacking puppets, another person emerged from a vortex, wearing clothes marked with the Uchiha crest.

• Naruto and Yamato were pulled into the Dragon Vein’s energy as Sakura tried to reach them.
• Naruto awoke in an unfamiliar place and saw a girl singing on a rock.
• The girl ran into a dark alley after Naruto called out, and two puppets attacked him at its entrance.
• The puppets shattered when they tried to cross the doorway, and a stone door shut, trapping Naruto.
• A vortex appeared behind Naruto and dropped another person onto the ground.
• Naruto noticed the newcomer’s Uchiha crest and wondered whether he belonged to the Uchiha Clan.

Senyo arrived in Rōran twenty years in the past and told Naruto that his father had once carried out a mission there. After Senyo vanished among the towers, Naruto explored alone and was surrounded by three combat puppets.

• Senyo recovered from his journey through the space-time tunnel and realized he had arrived in Rōran, where Naruto did not recognize him.
• Senyo told Naruto he was from another space-time and said he might use the Dragon Vein to return to his original world.
• Senyo told Naruto that Rōran was as it had been twenty years earlier and that Naruto's father had carried out a mission there.
• Senyo and Naruto climbed to the dome and exited through a glass window, but Senyo vanished as Naruto followed.
• Naruto searched among Rōran's towering buildings and was surrounded by three armed combat puppets.

Naruto was overwhelmed by Senyo’s puppets until a masked figure rescued him, and Senyo revealed that the man was Minato, Naruto’s father. The chapter ended with Naruto realizing Minato was standing right beside him.

• Naruto fled Senyo’s puppets across the streets and was badly injured when their attacks knocked him into a lower-floor room.
• A Bird Masked man used the Body Flicker Technique to rescue Naruto from the puppets.
• A large man used Partial Expansion Jutsu while an insect user unleashed an Insect Sphere, destroying the puppets.
• Naruto thanked his rescuer, while the masked man fixed his attention on Senyo and identified him as an Uchiha.
• Senyo recognized the masked man as Minato and told Naruto that he had found his father.
• Senyo pointed out Minato standing beside Naruto, leaving Naruto stunned.

Senyo proved to Minato that Naruto was his son, but Minato refused to learn about or alter the future, devastating Naruto. Senyo then revealed Minato’s coming appointment as Fourth Hokage before delivering another shocking revelation that left everyone stunned.

• Naruto anxiously asked Minato if he was his father, and Minato demanded proof before acknowledging him.
• Senyo used his Sharingan to make Naruto lose consciousness, causing the Nine-Tails’ chakra to erupt, then pointed out Naruto’s name, sealed beast, and resemblance to Minato.
• Minato accepted that Naruto was his biological son but refused to hear about the future or risk changing history.
• Naruto was crushed by Minato’s cold response, and Senyo mocked Minato by revealing he would become Konoha’s Fourth Hokage.
• Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi arrived after overhearing the conversation, and Senyo’s next words left everyone dumbfounded.

Senyo told Minato and Naruto that Minato’s student had killed him and Kushina, helped massacre the Uchiha Clan, and started the Fourth Great Ninja War, while the Third Hokage had stolen Naruto’s inheritance and manipulated him. Naruto and Minato reeled from the revelations, and Senyo left Minato’s demand for proof unanswered as he recognized and mocked Choza and Shibi.

• Senyo told Minato that one of his students had killed him and Kushina, conspired in the Uchiha Clan massacre, and later triggered a devastating war.
• Senyo accused the Third Hokage of stealing Naruto’s inheritance and arranging to comfort him after abuse so Naruto would depend on him.
• Naruto angrily defended the Third Hokage, but Senyo revealed that Kushina was his biological mother and urged him to question his father about his inheritance.
• Minato asked Senyo who he was, which student had committed the crimes, and what evidence supported his claims.
• Senyo ignored Minato’s questions and mocked Choza and Shibi for their obvious disguises.

Uchiha Senyo revealed that he was Konoha’s Fifth Hokage from another time-space, and explained how the Dragon Vein brought him to Minato and Naruto’s era. Minato revealed himself as Naruto’s father, and Naruto struck him while confronting him about the suffering caused by the Nine-Tails seal.

• Choza removed his mask, and Senyo introduced himself as Uchiha Senyo, Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Senyo explained that the Dragon Vein let him travel through time and space and that he came from a different time-space where he had rewritten history.
• Minato removed his mask after Senyo teased him, then apologized to Naruto for the Third Hokage’s treatment of him.
• Minato confirmed that he was Naruto’s father and explained that he had named him after Jiraiya’s novel.
• Naruto called Minato “Dad,” punched him in the abdomen, and sobbed as he described the pain and loneliness he had endured.
• Minato watched Naruto with guilt, while the others looked to Senyo for answers about Kushina and Naruto’s past.

Senyo told Naruto that the Third Hokage had arranged Iruka to monitor him and explained why Jiraiya and Kakashi had failed to visit. He warned Minato that Anrokuzan was Mukade and was plotting to kill Queen Sarah, then rushed to save her, leaving Naruto wanting to wait for him.

• Senyo told Naruto that Iruka had been placed near him by the Third Hokage, and Naruto collapsed in despair.
• Senyo explained to Minato that Jiraiya had pursued the prophecy and Kakashi had been overwhelmed by years of trauma.
• Minato wondered whether Kakashi was the student destined to destroy the Shinobi World, while Senyo decided to focus on the mission in Rōran.
• Senyo revealed that Anrokuzan was Mukade and was plotting to kill Queen Sarah, then flew off to rescue her.
• Minato told Naruto to wait while the others protected Queen Sarah, but Naruto asked to stay and wait for Senyo instead.

After Senyo vanished into another spacetime, Konoha kept his disappearance secret while his allies managed the uncertainty and Orochimaru investigated the surviving clones. The chapter left Senyo’s return date unknown as Konoha waited to see how the other villages would react.

• Uchiha Mayumi told Karatachi Yagura that Senyo’s destination was unknown, and Yagura offered help before returning to Kirigakure.
• Yagura left with Senyo’s hollow Mirror Clone, which retained Isobu’s Chakra but could follow only simple commands.
• Mayumi reported Yagura’s departure to Orochimaru, who continued examining Senyo’s remaining clone.
• Orochimaru concluded that Senyo had disappeared from this spacetime, though his clones’ survival indicated that he was still safe.
• Konoha dismissed Rasa’s claim that he had killed Senyo and maintained a show of heightened security to test the other villages.

Uchiha Senyo rescued Sarah after someone shoved her from a collapsing balcony during a celebration in Rōran. Sarah struggled to believe anyone would harm her, while Senyo questioned her about the attack; Minato and the others then appeared beside them.

• Senyo caught Sarah as she fell from the collapsing balcony and carried her behind a building.
• Sarah panicked and struck at Senyo, who seized her wrist and threw her to the ground.
• Sarah realized Senyo had saved her, apologized, and thanked him.
• Senyo introduced himself as Uchiha Senyo, the Uchiha Clan Head, and asked Sarah who might have tried to harm her.
• Sarah denied that anyone would want to hurt her and clung to her belief in Anrokuzan's loyalty.
• Minato and the others appeared beside Senyo and Sarah.

Senyo and Minato tried to convince Sarah that Anrokuzan had replaced Rōran’s people with puppets, but Sarah refused to trust them and ran to investigate for herself. Senyo pursued her while Minato set out to find Mukade.

• Minato told Sarah that Anrokuzan was a future ninja who had exploited the Dragon Vein, but Sarah defended him as a kind and righteous minister.
• Senyo called Sarah an idiot and had Minato bring back a civilian, revealing that the person was a lifelike puppet.
• Senyo and Minato pointed out that no one had come to rescue Sarah and warned her that Anrokuzan had deceived her.
• Sarah accused Senyo and Minato of being suspicious and ran off to confirm the truth herself.
• Senyo placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on himself through Minato and chased after Sarah, while Minato went to find Mukade.
• Sarah boarded a Dragon Vein-powered elevator heading toward Rōran’s highest structure.