Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Asuka, Uchiha Madara, and Hashirama Senju fought Kaguya Otsutsuki across collapsing dimensions and subdued her without sealing her. The Six Paths Sage returned them to the Ninja World, where he recognized the captive Kaguya as his mother.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Madara, Hashirama, and Asuka as their battlefield space began to collapse, and the three wounded her in return.
• Madara and Hashirama joined their Susanoo and Wood Release into the Armored True Several Thousand Hands, forcing Kaguya back while Hashirama used Katsuyu to replenish their Chakra.
• Kaguya unleashed the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and tried to escape through a portal, but Asuka used Okuninushi: Divine Illumination Descent to transport the others to her Progenitor Space.
• Asuka severed Kaguya’s arms with Slaughter, and Hashirama restrained her with Divine Gate; Madara and Hashirama then prepared to settle their own conflict instead of sealing her.
• The Six Paths Sage used the power of gathered souls to return the group to the Ninja World, where he recognized the restrained Kaguya as his mother.

Hashirama persuaded Kaguya to postpone the Infinite Tsukuyomi and tried to reach Madara, while the freed shinobi began helping one another. Madara revived the fallen, and Asuka joined him in the life-restoring technique as Madara died believing the story had found a good ending.

• Hashirama apologized to the summoned leaders and argued that Kaguya and Madara had sought to end real suffering, then promised to pursue peace through stronger alliances.
• Moved by Hashirama’s plea, Kaguya postponed the Infinite Tsukuyomi, withdrew the Divine Tree, and allowed herself to remain sealed.
• Hashirama stabbed himself to prove his trust in Madara, while shinobi from different villages helped one another after escaping the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna arrived; Izuna urged Madara to set down his burden, and Madara chose to trust others with the future instead of casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara used the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive the fallen, and Uchiha Asuka joined him; Madara died reflecting that the story’s ending was not bad.

One month after the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Uchiha settled into a peaceful but eccentric new routine as Asuka delivered wedding invitations and reunited with his family. When his Counterattack System returned with a prompt about Naruto, Asuka announced that he would take his wives on their honeymoon to the Land of Waves to confront the coming plot.

• At the Uchiha clan meeting, the Great Elder replaced the debate about becoming Hokage with a discussion of how the Uchiha could achieve peace by awakening Susanoo.
• Asuka gave wedding invitations to Izuna and Kakashi, then spoke with Kakashi about Obito, who had refused resurrection because he preferred the genjutsu world where he could be with Rin.
• Hashirama and Madara shared sake and reflected on their old dream of protecting their younger brothers before heading out to skip stones together.
• Tobirama asked Izuna how they should handle the political questions surrounding Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Izuna agreed to oppose the daimyo while Tobirama offered to retrieve him afterward.
• Jiraiya entertained women with his account of the war, claiming that his advice had helped Madara and Hashirama reconcile.
• Asuka returned home to Mikoto, Kushina, and Pakura, then announced a honeymoon trip to the Land of Waves after his Counterattack System warned that Naruto would surpass him there.