Chapter Summaries

Obito and Nagato fought in the quarterfinals, with Nagato controlling the early exchanges and Obito eventually using Kamui and Flying Thunder God to land a surprise attack. Nagato countered Obito's Flame Fist with Breath of Sun Chakra Mode and caught it, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Obito and Nagato began their match, and Nagato used Shinra Tensei to repel Obito's flaming Flying Thunder God kunai and charge.
• Obito summoned Charizard while Nagato summoned Gengar, which called a multiplying Hellhound to overwhelm Charizard.
• Nagato used large-scale Ninjutsu, Shinra Tensei, and Banshō Ten'in to keep Obito at a distance and force him onto the defensive.
• Obito activated Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and used an explosive azure fireball to disperse Nagato's Shadow Clone, then waited out Shinra Tensei.
• Obito opened the Kamui Dimension, launched a barrage of Flying Thunder God Kunai, teleported behind Nagato, and struck with Flame Fist.
• Nagato activated Breath of Sun Chakra Mode, turned to face Obito, and caught his incoming Fire Fist.

Nagato defeated Obito in the final quarterfinal, setting up the semifinals before the competitors spent the evening at Six Paths City's Night Market. There, Kakashi met Sasori, whose offer of a free full-body modification concealed a desire for revenge, though Nagato doubted Sasori intended to act on it.

• Nagato healed his injuries and repelled Obito's attacks, then Gengar's Shadow Ball struck Obito and ended the match; the Third Raikage, Ōnoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Nagato advanced to the semifinals.
• Obito admitted to Kakashi and Nohara Rin that he had lost, while resolving to improve his Breath of Sun training and Chakra reserves.
• Nohara Rin invited the group out, and the competitors later explored Six Paths City's Night Market before splitting into smaller teams.
• Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and Sasori met Obito's group, and Kakashi asked Sasori whether they had met before.
• Sasori offered Kakashi a free full-body modification, but Kakashi refused; after they parted, Sasori told Nagato he had wanted to use the offer to kill Kakashi for revenge.
• Yahiko caught up with Nagato and asked what he wanted to eat, and Nagato chose Sukiyaki.

Ōnoki persuaded Ninshu to cooperate with the four Kage against Konoha, while secretly planning to weaken both Konoha and Ninshu. The semifinals ended with the Third Raikage and Hiruzen Sarutobi advancing to the finals, where their match was set for five days later.

• Ōnoki told Mu Yue and the Ninshu leaders that Konoha planned to eliminate Ninshu, and the four Kage proposed joining forces against it.
• Mu Yue agreed to Ōnoki’s revised plan for the Third Raikage to weaken Hiruzen Sarutobi in the finals, while the four Kage privately resolved to weaken both sides and kill Sōsuke if an opening arose.
• Mu Yue moved the semifinal matches outside Six Paths City and restricted in-person viewing to jōnin and above.
• The Third Raikage defeated Ōnoki after Ōnoki’s Dust Release and Earth Release failed to overcome his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated Nagato after summoning Enma and pressing an attack that Nagato could not withstand.

The Third Raikage defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Martial Arts Tournament finals, setting the stage for the planned attack on Ninshu. Obito and the others learned of Konoha’s plan, while Mu Yue’s promised compensation remained unexplained as the arena’s atmosphere shifted.

• Obito, Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and the others rested from training and wondered what Mu Yue meant by compensating them.
• The Third Raikage and Hiruzen Sarutobi fought an exhibition match, with Hiruzen eventually losing after making a deliberate mistake.
• Asuma told Obito and the others that Konoha had joined the Four Great Ninja Villages in a plan to attack Ninshu after the challenge match.
• Obito recalled Mu Yue’s warning to protect themselves and trusted that Mu Yue would not harm them.
• The Third Raikage won the finals, and Ōnoki, Rasa, and the Third Mizukage exchanged nods as the arena’s atmosphere changed.

The Third Raikage and the other village leaders turned on Konoha, but Mu Yue revealed that he was both the Fourth Hokage and Ninshu’s master, Sōsuke. The revelation left the assembled Kage and ninja stunned as the rival forces gathered for a confrontation.

• The Third Raikage ambushed Hiruzen Sarutobi while Ōnoki, Rasa, and the Third Mizukage attacked Mu Yue, exposing the Four Great Ninja Villages’ plan to strike Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato Namikaze to lead a retreat while he prepared to hold off the attackers, and the Kage urged Sōsuke to join the fight.
• Mu Yue and his clone walked past each other, then Mu Yue’s disguise vanished and he rose into the sky as the golden-haired Fourth Hokage.
• Mu Yue announced that he was both the Fourth Hokage and the master of Ninshu, shocking the Kage, Konoha’s ninja, and the gathered Ninshu members.
• The Kage accused Mu Yue and Konoha of plotting to dominate the ninja world, while Ninshu members and Konoha allies reacted to his revealed identity.
• The Four Great Ninja Villages’ ninja regrouped and faced the Konoha and Ninshu forces as the battlefield braced for what would happen next.

Ōnoki and the other Kage tried to persuade Konoha to join them against Mu Yue, but Hiruzen and the Konoha ninja stood by their Fourth Hokage. Mu Yue faced the allied forces alone, overwhelmed their elites with his abilities and Sage Art Wood Release, and the chapter ended as three Perfect Tailed Beast Mode Jinchuriki appeared.

• Ōnoki and the other Kage asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to ally with them against Mu Yue, but Hiruzen refused and declared that attacking Mu Yue meant declaring war on Konoha.
• Mu Yue sent the Ninshu ninja and Konoha forces away, then fought the Four Great Ninja Villages alone, scattering their attacks and incapacitating more than a hundred jonin.
• The Fourth Raikage A warned the others that Mu Yue could teleport to anyone his marked kunai had touched, while Mu Yue revealed his Byakugan and mysterious golden eye.
• Pakura attacked Mu Yue, but he struck her down, while Sasori drew Chiyo away from the fight.
• Mu Yue entered Sage Mode and used Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence to engulf the battlefield, nearly defeating the allied forces as Ōnoki blasted through part of the forest with Dust Release.
• Three Jinchuriki capable of Perfect Tailed Beast Mode appeared on the battlefield.

Mu Yue overwhelmed the allied Kage and Jinchuriki, then unleashed a lightning slash that destroyed their Tailed Beast Bombs and cleaved a mountain in two. The defeated ninja were left stunned by his power as the battle neared its end.

• Gyuki, Isobu, and Kokuō paused their Jinchuriki’s attacks after Mu Yue addressed them by name, but Mu Yue urged them to keep fighting.
• Mu Yue used Flying Thunder God to surprise Ōnoki, then defeated him and the Third Mizukage before overpowering the Third Raikage with Sage Art Lightning Horizon.
• Mu Yue defeated Kitsuchi and the Fourth Raikage A, then drew the three Jinchuriki toward the mountainside.
• Mu Yue combined Sage Mode, his Yang Seal, and Thunder Breathing Chakra Mode as Killer B, Karatachi Yagura, and Han prepared three Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Mu Yue’s Musou Isshin annihilated the Tailed Beast Bombs, grievously injured the three Jinchuriki, and cut through a mountain, leaving the watching ninja in shock.

Mu Yue defeated the Four Great Ninja Villages’ forces, spared their leaders, and explained that he wanted peace rather than conquest. After returning to Six Paths City, he told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Ninshu would remain independent from Konoha and that he planned to step down as Hokage while keeping the two allies.

• Mu Yue healed the defeated ninja, bound the four Kage, sealed their Chakra, and said they would face punishment for their war crimes.
• Mu Yue told Ōnoki and the other Kage that his goal was peace, while warning that he would not tolerate their refusal to cooperate.
• Obito celebrated Mu Yue as an immortal, and Konoha and Ninshu ninja helped transport the prisoners back to Six Paths City.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked about Konoha and Ninshu, and Mu Yue said Ninshu would not join Konoha and he would eventually step down as Hokage.
• Mu Yue assured Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha and Ninshu would remain allies and said the Four Great Ninja Villages’ leaders would not continue serving as Kage.

Mu Yue proposed a Ninja World Alliance and revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki could escape her seal and threaten the world. After Mu Yue explained his source of knowledge and warned the Kage that he would destroy villages that refused to cooperate, the Kage agreed to join the alliance.

• Mu Yue summoned the four Kage and proposed an alliance of every Ninja Village, but told them they would lose their positions and be imprisoned for their past actions.
• Mu Yue warned the gathered leaders and ninjas of an external crisis, then revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki had planted a Divine Tree and that the Sage of Six Paths had sealed her on the moon.
• Mu Yue explained that Kaguya's seal was weakening and argued that the ninja world had to unite and advance to prepare for her return.
• Mu Yue said he could not reinforce the seal himself, rejected reliance on sealing experts, and threatened to erase villages that refused to cooperate.
• Mu Yue showed the Six Paths Staff and his transformed eyes, explaining that the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra had revealed the ancient history to him.
• Rasa and the other Kage accepted Mu Yue's alliance plan, with Rasa also agreeing to step down and support Mu Yue as its leader.

Mu Yue established the Ninja World Alliance, reformed Konoha's Hokage system, and stepped down so Minato Namikaze could become the Fifth Hokage. At the celebration, Obito and the others wondered whether the other world could defeat Akatsuki and survive the threats ahead.

• Mu Yue announced five-year Hokage terms and reforms to Konoha as the ninja world prepared for political change.
• The Five Kage officially established the Ninja World Alliance, elected Mu Yue as its leader, and named new Kage for Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Hidden Mist Village, and Iwagakure.
• Mu Yue reassured Konoha's residents that he was resigning by choice, and Minato Namikaze won the election to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Kushina and Minato hosted Mu Yue, Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and their other students to celebrate, while Obito and Rin helped Naruto learn to call them by name.
• Obito, Kakashi, and Rin worried about the other world facing Akatsuki and Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Obito suggested using the Dragon Vein to travel there and offer support.

Mu Yue tested the Potara Earrings and discovered that they allowed two people to fuse, with the option to merge their souls or keep separate consciousnesses. Obito and Might Guy tried the earrings, revealing the fused body's immense strength and the drawbacks of combining the Eight Gates with Obito's other abilities; Mu Yue then asked Kakashi and Shisui whether they wanted to try.

• After Shisui's mission progress reached 80 percent, Mu Yue received an S+ Item Extraction Scroll and drew the Potara Earrings.
• Mu Yue tested the earrings on prisoners and found that Chakra could end a fusion early, while the users could choose whether to fuse their souls.
• Mu Yue summoned his disciples and explained the earrings, then gave one to Obito and one to Might Guy for a trial fusion.
• Obito took control of the fused body, opened the Seventh Gate, and destroyed the surrounding forest with Day Tiger, but could not use Kamui while the Eight Gates' Chakra surged.
• Obito experienced the Eight Gates' pain and chose to endure it himself before he and Might Guy separated after an hour.
• Mu Yue asked Kakashi and Shisui whether they wanted to try the Potara Earrings next.

Kakashi and Shisui fused into Kakasu and defeated Obito with a punishing Tsukuyomi. Obito and Shisui later fused into Taisu, whose immense power and Susanoo impressed the disciples before the chapter ended with them separating.

• Kakashi and Shisui fused body and soul into Kakasu to test the Potara Earrings.
• Kakasu challenged Obito, then defeated him with a Tsukuyomi that trapped him in an endless exam under Senju Tobirama’s questioning.
• Obito acknowledged Kakasu’s victory, and Kakashi and Shisui separated when the fusion’s one-hour limit ended.
• Obito and Shisui fused body and soul into Taisu, whose power Mu Yue assessed as greater than Kakasu’s.
• Taisu summoned a giant cyan Susanoo, dismissed it after noticing its heavy Chakra cost, and challenged Kakashi, who refused before Taisu eventually separated.

Mu Yue received the Sage Body as a reward for his disciples’ progress, greatly increasing his Chakra and prompting him to plan a major lecture to advance his skills. As the chapter ended, ninja from across the world gathered in Six Paths City for the lecture, including the Five Kage and seven Jinchuriki.

• Kakashi and Obito fused with the Potara Earrings, tested their combined strength, and kept the earrings to train together.
• Kakashi mastered Limitless after a week of training with Obito, while Shisui fused with Yamato to practice Yang Release and Breath of Sun.
• Mu Yue received the Sage Body reward, which raised his Chakra to 11,200,000 and led him to pursue perfect mastery of all Chakra Nature Transformations.
• Mu Yue announced a large-scale lecture, built a venue for tens of thousands, and invited the Jinchuriki and other powerful ninja.
• Ninja from across the world arrived in Six Paths City before the lecture, including all five current Kage and seven Jinchuriki.

Mu Yue taught Breathing Techniques and Chakra Nature Transformation to ninjas across the world, earning top course ratings and new system rewards. He gained Perfect-Grade Wind Release and, after ending the lectures, turned to overseeing educational reforms and establishing Ninja Universities.

• Mu Yue taught Basic Breathing to more than twenty thousand ninjas and received an S++ rating, three Disciple Slots, and a Perfect-Grade Nature Transformation Extraction Scroll.
• Mu Yue used the scroll to obtain Perfect-Grade Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Mu Yue taught Breathing Techniques for three days and Chakra Nature Transformation for seven more, earning S++ ratings for the first four days and an S+ rating on the fifth.
• Mu Yue ended the lectures after ten days and announced that the next set would focus on Yin and Yang Nature Transformations one month later.
• Mu Yue inspected educational reforms across the Ninja Villages, adjusted Konoha's school system, and began establishing Ninja Universities with Alliance resources.

Mu Yue perfected Breathing Style Sage Art and began teaching his disciples how to sense and control natural energy. After improving his Yang Release, he headed to Konoha to seek help from the Tailed Beasts so he could gain enough Chakra to create Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Mu Yue combined his Breathing Technique research with his perfect-level Sage Mode insights and developed Breathing Style Sage Art.
• Mu Yue gathered his disciples in Six Paths City and taught them to sense natural energy, while excluding Might Guy from Sage Art training.
• Kakashi sensed natural energy first, followed by Nagato, then Obito and Shisui; Nohara Rin and Yamato later sensed it as well.
• Kakashi entered Thunder Breathing Sage Mode, while Nagato, Obito, and Shisui continued training to master their own Sage Modes.
• Mu Yue resumed teaching classes and perfected his Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Mu Yue headed to Konoha to visit the Tailed Beasts and seek the Chakra he needed to create Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Mu Yue gathered Chakra from the Tailed Beasts and perfected his seventh Chakra Nature while teaching in Iwagakure, awakening Six Paths Mode. After continuing his lessons and training, he received urgent intelligence from Konoha that two Jinchuriki had appeared in Rōran.

• Mu Yue negotiated with Kurama and collected Chakra from the Nine-Tails, then visited Gaara and obtained Shukaku's Chakra.
• Mu Yue traveled among the ninja villages, gathering Chakra from the remaining Tailed Beasts before heading to Iwagakure.
• Mu Yue taught Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation to Iwagakure ninja, reaching Perfect level on the fourth day and completing all seven Perfect Chakra Natures.
• Mu Yue released the nine Tailed Beasts' Chakra, entered Sun Breathing Sage Mode, and awakened Six Paths Mode with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs as sages across the world sensed his power.
• Mu Yue repaired the damage to Iwagakure, completed a week of lessons there, taught in other villages, and returned to Six Paths City to train.
• Konoha sent Mu Yue urgent intelligence that two Jinchuriki had appeared in Rōran.

Naruto came from a parallel world to seek Mu Yue’s help against Uchiha Madara’s Fourth Great Ninja War, and Mu Yue agreed to send a small team while training Naruto. The chapter ended with Naruto telling Shisui and Obito that Uchiha Itachi had exterminated the Uchiha Clan under Konoha’s orders to stop a coup.

• Mu Yue brought Obito, Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Shisui to Rōran, where Naruto explained that only a short time had passed in his world despite seven years passing in theirs.
• Naruto told Mu Yue that Uchiha Madara had started the Fourth Great Ninja War, and Mu Yue agreed to provide aid using Celebi’s space-time power.
• Shisui drew out a crow containing his counterpart’s Mangekyō Sharingan from Naruto, and Mu Yue suggested transplanting the eye to give Shisui an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto confirmed that the Obito and Nohara Rin of his world had died during the Third Great Ninja War, while Obito learned that his counterpart had been remembered as a Konoha war hero.
• Mu Yue taught Naruto the Breathing Style Sage Art, which Naruto mastered and combined with Breathing Technique Chakra Mode by that afternoon.
• Naruto summoned Shisui and Obito at night and told them that Itachi had exterminated the Uchiha Clan on Konoha’s orders to prevent a coup and protect Sasuke and the village.

Naruto told Obito and Shisui what Uchiha Madara had revealed about the Uchiha Clan, and Shisui concluded that their world’s Uchiha would avoid the clan’s destruction. In Rōran, Naruto reunited with Jiraiya, met the others joining the trip to the Parallel World, and trained with Mu Yue as the group prepared to help his world.

• Obito doubted Uchiha Madara’s story, while Shisui judged that some of it could be true and explained how the Uchiha Clan in Naruto’s world had been driven toward a coup.
• Shisui told Naruto that Mu Yue’s efforts had nearly integrated their Uchiha Clan into Konoha, and Naruto was relieved that the other Sasuke could have a happy life.
• Mu Yue served Naruto ramen and reunited him with Jiraiya, who learned about the Parallel World and decided to join the trip.
• Kakuzu, Nagato, Sasori, and Orochimaru arrived in Rōran, and Mu Yue prepared to take them to the other world.
• Naruto trained against Mu Yue’s clone, and Mu Yue advised him to combine Sage Art, Yang Release, and Wind Release more effectively.
• Naruto created Shadow Clones to practice Mu Yue’s method, and the Nine-Tails sensed a sudden change as Naruto began to ask Mu Yue about it.

Naruto met Minato Namikaze and Kushina from Mu Yue’s world and explained that he was their child from a parallel world. After Kushina welcomed him as her adoptive son, Mu Yue’s group prepared to travel to Naruto’s world to confront Uchiha Madara, and vanished using the Dragon Vein and Celebi’s space-time powers.

• Kushina mistook Naruto for Minato’s illegitimate child before Minato and Naruto explained that he came from a parallel world and was the child of that world’s Minato and Kushina.
• Naruto told Kushina about his difficult childhood and his crush, and Kushina offered to become his adoptive mother and cooked for him.
• Naruto warned the group that Uchiha Madara had caused the Nine-Tails Attack and had an army of tens of thousands with identical Chakra signatures.
• Mu Yue refused Minato and Kushina’s request to join the aid team, then used Sara, the Dragon Vein, and Celebi to send his group to Naruto’s world.
• Naruto said goodbye to Minato and Kushina as the group disappeared, while an old woman in Rōran noticed that the young man who had helped her had vanished.

A Sasori from another world joined Kankuro’s fight, defeated Reanimated Sasori, and revealed that he had followed a different path through Ninshu. After Reanimated Sasori freed himself from Kabuto’s control and vanished, Sasori declined Kankuro’s invitation to join the surprise attack because he needed to reunite with his teammates.

• Sasori appeared on the battlefield and blocked Deidara’s clay bombs with his advanced Third Kazekage puppet.
• Sasori and the Allied Shinobi Forces restrained Deidara, while Sasori stopped Kankuro from interfering in his duel with Reanimated Sasori.
• Sasori defeated Reanimated Sasori, reclaimed his puppet, and explained that he came from another world where he had joined Ninshu instead of Akatsuki.
• Sasori told Reanimated Sasori about his life, and Reanimated Sasori broke free of Kabuto’s control before vanishing and leaving word about his base in the Land of Rivers.
• Sasori declined Kankuro’s offer to join the surprise attack and said he needed to meet up with Nagato, Kakuzu, Obito Uchiha, and his other teammates.