Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s ninja drove back the Nine-Tails, but Sarutobi Hiruzen’s stand at the Hokage Building drew the beast’s attacks and put the village in danger. As the Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the building, Aburame Tetsumaru prepared to summon help and Namikaze Minato arrived beside Hiruzen.

• Aburame Tetsumaru and Konoha’s clan ninja attacked the Nine-Tails, while Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the Sharingan in its eyes and realized it was being controlled.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended the Hokage Building with Enma’s Adamantine Staff, knocking the Nine-Tails into a crater before Konoha’s ninja resumed their assault.
• The Nine-Tails unleashed its chakra cloak and swept away nearby ninja, then destroyed Aburame Tetsumaru’s house with a piece of rubble.
• The Nine-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and fired it at Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Hokage Building, while Aburame Tetsumaru prepared to summon the Thunder Beast.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen made a wall of Adamantine Staff clones to deflect the bomb, and Namikaze Minato arrived beside him.

Minato saved Konoha from the Nine-Tails’ first Tailed Beast Bomb, then fought to keep the beast from returning while Tetsumaru’s Thunder Beast restrained it. The chapter ended with Pain unleashing Shinra Tensei against the Konoha forces as Hiruzen ordered everyone to target the Nine-Tails instead.

• Minato teleported the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb beyond Konoha, then transported the Nine-Tails outside the village and told Hiruzen to organize the defense.
• Obito attacked Minato with his space-time ninjutsu, but Minato escaped his grasp while Obito controlled the Nine-Tails and sent it back toward Konoha.
• Tetsumaru summoned his Thunder Beast, which bombarded the Nine-Tails and stopped its advance as Minato, Obito, and Pain confronted him.
• Tetsumaru identified Pain’s eyes as the Rinnegan, prompting Obito to demand that Pain kill him; Minato then took Obito away from the battlefield.
• Hiruzen and the Konoha Jonin moved to attack Pain, but Pain used Shinra Tensei to blast away the attackers and devastate the battlefield.

Aburame Tetsumaru and five summoned Avatars fought the Six Paths of Pain, using an orbital laser and specialized attacks to destroy their summons and damage the Paths. Jupiter’s Spring Breeze devastated the remaining enemies, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Deva Path Pain summoned the other five Paths and the Animal Path called forth six giant Summoning Animals.
• Aburame Tetsumaru summoned Uzumaki, Jupiter, Cannon, Teacher, and Politician as reinforcements.
• Jupiter unleashed an orbital laser that scorched the giant Summoning Animals, while Cannon finished off the Rock Panda with a Railgun.
• The King of Hell restored five damaged Paths, and the Asura Path attacked the Avatars with tracking rockets.
• Cannon destroyed the Asura Path’s body and sent Swarm Funnels after him, while Jupiter drove the Konoha Ninja to seal the Nine-Tails and attacked the Preta Path.
• Jupiter released Spring Breeze, which tore apart the Preta Path and the Summoning Animals and severely damaged the Asura Path.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s avatars crippled the Six Paths of Pain while Thunder Beast revealed its close-combat strength and subdued the Nine-Tails. When Deva Path Pain unleashed a massive Shinra Tensei, Tetsumaru used Sage Art: Insect Swarm: Fixed Stars to withstand it without moving.

• Politician awakened the Naraka Path with his Mangekyō Sharingan, cut off its Rinnegan Chakra, and burned its body to ash, leaving its Black Receivers for the avatars to collect.
• Nagato admitted to Konan that he had exposed the Naraka Path’s healing ability, then ordered the Animal Path to summon a vast horde of creatures as he prepared to retaliate.
• Uzumaki’s avatar used Growth Hormone to fatally disrupt the summoned giants, forcing the Animal Path to abandon his summons, while Jupiter attacked the Human Path.
• The Nine-Tails tricked Thunder Beast into a close-range fight, but Thunder Beast pinned it down, pierced it with Ash Bone Giant Scythes, and battered it until it was barely alive.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed a vast Shinra Tensei, but Aburame Tetsumaru joined the entire Insect Swarm through Sage Art: Insect Swarm: Fixed Stars and split the shockwave around himself without moving.

Aburame Tetsumaru and his Avatars overwhelmed Pain’s forces, but Tetsumaru’s Insect Swarm State reached a dangerous limit and Politician had to defend against Deva Path Pain’s strongest Shinra Tensei with Susanoo. With the other Paths defeated and Deva Path surrounded, Tetsumaru finally asked whether he had earned the right to talk things out.

• Aburame Tetsumaru trapped Deva Path Pain in an Electromagnetic Cage, but the jamming failed to disrupt the Rinnegan’s control.
• Tetsumaru struck Deva Path Pain and Asura Path with Tathagata, while the other Avatars attacked the remaining Pain puppets.
• Tetsumaru’s Insect Swarm State broke through its limit, so he canceled it before the transformation could consume his consciousness.
• Politician used his pink Susanoo to withstand Deva Path Pain’s amplified Shinra Tensei, though the impact drained much of his Chakra and injured his eye.
• Tetsumaru used Mutation Senjutsu to make the Animal Path’s corpse puppet explode, and the Human Path was also knocked down.
• Tetsumaru and his Avatars surrounded the last remaining Deva Path, and Tetsumaru asked whether he now qualified to talk with Pain.

Aburame Tetsumaru negotiated a retreat with Nagato and Konan, then used true information about the Rinnegan to sow doubt in Nagato. As the battle ended, the Nine-Tails quietly recovered while Konoha's elders began discussing how to obtain Tetsumaru's giant summon, and Hiruzen questioned who could demand it from him.

• Nagato and Konan flew to the battlefield, where Tetsumaru offered to negotiate and agreed to release the Human Path so they would withdraw.
• Konan demanded Shimura Danzō's life, and Tetsumaru claimed Danzō had disappeared and was presumed dead.
• Politician told Nagato that the Rinnegan belonged to the Sage of Six Paths and could be cultivated using an Uzumaki's body, prompting Nagato to leave with doubts about his eyes and ideals.
• After Nagato departed, Tetsumaru and Politician celebrated having planted suspicion that would complicate Obito's plans, and Tetsumaru said he intended to leave the Shinobi World after a major change.
• The Konoha Jonin relaxed as the battle ended, unaware that the Nine-Tails had begun quietly recovering its Chakra.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to make Tetsumaru hand over his giant summon and its creation method, but Hiruzen asked who could make that demand.

Aburame Tetsumaru listened as the Hokage advisors discussed how to obtain his Summoning Animal technology, then helped ensure the Nine-Tails’ attack left Sarutobi Hiruzen dead and the Fourth Hokage era unchallenged. As Namikaze Minato prepared to seal the Nine-Tails into Naruto and himself, he promised the dying Uzumaki Kushina that she would see their son grow up.

• Aburame Tetsumaru overheard Utatane Koharu suggest threatening his family, and he and Politician reacted with killing intent.
• Namikaze Minato arrived on the battlefield, but Thunder Beast delayed him as the Nine-Tails attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, killing the first two and crippling the third.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Minato’s masked enemy had escaped with help from a half-black, half-white man who used Wood Release, then died after asking Minato to bring back Jiraiya and Orochimaru and care for Asuma.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and reinforcements from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans helped subdue the Nine-Tails, and Minato brought Uzumaki Kushina and newborn Naruto to the battlefield.
• Minato told Kushina he would split the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, seal half and her remaining Chakra inside Naruto, and seal the other half within himself, despite Kushina’s pleas for him to live.

Aburame Tetsumaru saved Uzumaki Kushina from dying after the Nine-Tails was extracted, then helped her and Namikaze Minato divide and reseal the beast. The chapter ended with Kushina alive and reunited with Naruto, while Tetsumaru considered his debt of gratitude repaid.

• Aburame Tetsumaru used an Elixir Insect to restore Kushina’s vitality and warned that she needed to reseal the Nine-Tails to survive.
• Kushina tried to pull the entire Nine-Tails back into herself, but Minato and Tetsumaru stopped her and explained that her body could no longer hold it all.
• Minato and Kushina split the Nine-Tails, with Minato sealing its Yin Release portion inside himself and Kushina sealing its Yang Release portion inside herself.
• Kushina overcame her disgust at eating another Elixir Insect and completed her seal, then took Naruto in her arms and cried with relief.
• Minato reunited with Kushina and Naruto, while Tetsumaru reflected that he had repaid his debt and gained three sealing techniques.

After the Nine-Tails attack, the Uchiha Clan faced public blame while Uchiha Itachi learned why his father struggled as Clan Head and resolved to grow stronger. Aburame Tetsumaru left an Avatar behind in Konoha and went to Purple Thunder Star, preparing for whoever might react to his changes to history.

• Politician and Aburame Tetsumaru escaped as the Uchiha Clan began investigating the unidentified Mangekyō Sharingan shinobi who had fought the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Fugaku's delayed response and the villagers' accusations worsened the Uchiha Clan's position, while Uchiha Shiho demanded that the clan find the Mangekyō user.
• Politician explained to Uchiha Itachi that Fugaku was a strong executor but an unqualified decision-maker, and advised Itachi to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan before asking his father to retire.
• Aburame Tetsumaru's Avatar left when Fugaku approached, while the real Tetsumaru considered the risks of changing history and the powers that might oppose him.
• Aburame Tetsumaru went to Purple Thunder Star, leaving his Avatar behind as bait and preparing to test the Sage of Six Paths' response to his actions.

Politician confronted Uchiha Fugaku over the damage he had caused Itachi, then escaped with a Solar Flare, leaving Fugaku to accept that Itachi should continue studying with his teacher. At Mount Myoboku, the Great Toad Sage revealed that the Child of Prophecy had changed after a huge shadow interfered with fate, while observers in orbit decided to keep watching the toads.

• Politician challenged Fugaku for taking four-year-old Itachi to a battlefield, but Fugaku defended it as Uchiha tradition and insisted Itachi would choose his clan over Konoha.
• When Fugaku ordered Politician to come with him, Politician blinded him with a Solar Flare and disappeared; Fugaku later told Itachi to keep studying with his teacher.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that the Child of Prophecy had changed and that both candidates shared a golden radiance and wore Konoha forehead protectors.
• The Great Toad Sage described an enormous shadow that had interfered with fate, and Jiraiya vowed to find both Children of Prophecy and the shadow.
• Shima Sage offered Jiraiya a basket of insects, prompting him to flee back toward Konoha, while a hidden gleam flashed in the insects' eyes.
• The Satellite Insect relayed images of Jiraiya to the Transfer Orbit Space Station, whose observers chose to monitor Mount Myoboku rather than eliminate the toads.

Orochimaru met with the White Snake Sage, who sent him to investigate Konoha’s Nine-Tails incident and underground disturbances in three countries. Meanwhile, Dragon Heart introduced powerful new space-combat species and proposed building a Dyson Sphere to supply the energy needed for mass production.

• Aburame Tetsumaru learned that Ryūchi Cave had reacted to Jiraiya’s movements, while the Pure Land remained difficult to monitor.
• Orochimaru met Ichikishimahime and the White Snake Sage, who asked him to investigate the Nine-Tails’ rampage in Konoha and underground changes in the Land of Wind, Land of Fire, and Land of Earth.
• Dragon Heart presented the Gamma Bug and Knight Bug, explaining their combat roles and the enormous work hours required to produce them.
• Dragon Heart argued that the Insect Swarm needed a larger energy source than Dragon Heart or controlled nuclear fusion could provide, then proposed building a Dyson Sphere around the sun.
• Aburame Tetsumaru, the Advents, and his Avatars reacted with excitement to Dragon Heart’s proposal.

Aburame Tetsumaru launched the Dyson Sphere Plan, beginning with plans to mine Hell Star despite a severe shortage of rhenium. As the project diverted his attention, the Shinobi World’s wars shifted, and Kumogakure’s confident advance toward Konoha ended with its forces facing a much larger army.

• Aburame Tetsumaru announced the Dyson Sphere Plan to open a route to the Star Road and accelerate Civilization’s advancement.
• Alchemy found islands of valuable heat-resistant metals on Hell Star and proposed a mining ship, but discovered that its shell required far more rhenium than the Shinobi World could supply.
• Aburame Tetsumaru ordered more mineral exploration in the Land of Tea, Purple Thunder Star, and the Shinobi World, while abandoning exploration of the asteroid belt.
• Aburame Tetsumaru’s focus on the Dyson Sphere Plan led the Land of Water to shelve its campaign against Kirigakure, while Ōnoki made peace with Kumogakure and watched it renew its war with Konoha.
• Fourth Raikage A led fourteen thousand Kumo Ninja to confront twenty-five thousand Konoha Ninja, while Dodai, Toroi, and A discussed the strength of the opposing commanders.

Minato, Kushina, and Uchiha Fugaku led Konoha into battle against Kumogakure in the Land of Hot Water, overwhelming the opposing Jinchuriki and forcing the Raikage’s army to surrender. The Third Shinobi World War ended three years earlier than it had in history, prompting a white-haired sage in the Pure Land to wonder why fate had changed.

• The Fourth Raikage challenged Minato, who advanced with Kushina and Jiraiya while Kumogakure assigned Yugito and Killer B to face Konoha’s forces.
• Kushina revealed her Nine-Tails Chakra, and Minato demonstrated his own Tailed Beast Cloak, shocking Kumogakure and shaking its morale.
• Uchiha Fugaku joined the battle and manifested a black Susanoo, while snow began falling as Minato declared that Konoha would end the war before the new year.
• Minato intercepted the Fourth Raikage, Kushina sealed Gyuki and Killer B with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Fugaku trapped Matatabi and Yugito in a Genjutsu.
• With their strongest fighters defeated, Kumogakure accepted defeat on the last day of Konoha’s forty-eighth year, and a sage in the Pure Land noticed that fate had turned fifteen years early.

The Pure Land loosened the barrier between life and death, making Impure World Reincarnation much easier, and Aburame Tetsumaru’s group investigated its motives. Their discussion led Tetsumaru to realize that recognition from others had subtly strengthened his self-awareness through Senjutsu, raising concerns about the dangers for his Avatars.

• The Pure Land decided to loosen the restrictions between itself and the Shinobi World so its gathered dead could gather intelligence and help restore its chosen course.
• Chiyo succeeded in adjusting Chakra’s frequency, while Orochimaru found that all sixteen of his Impure World Reincarnation experiments worked unusually smoothly.
• Grand Yang Fish and five Avatars told Aburame Tetsumaru that Impure World Reincarnation had become easier, and the Station Master investigated recent events in the Shinobi World.
• The Station Master reported Konoha’s victory and compensation from Kumogakure, and Aburame Tetsumaru concluded that the Pure Land had reacted to the major shift about thirty hours later.
• Katsuyu said she did not know why sages interfered in the world, prompting Aburame Tetsumaru to recall that others’ recognition had slightly clarified his self-awareness since meeting Uchiha Itachi.
• Aburame Tetsumaru warned that differentiated recognition could mislead Avatars with weak self-awareness, and Politician speculated that Senjutsu might have caused Otsutsuki Hagoromo to retreat into the Pure Land.

Namikaze Minato reshaped Konoha’s streets and clan settlements while confronting the Hyuga Branch Family’s despair and agreeing to help abolish its system. Aburame Tetsumaru returned to Konoha to prepare Hatake Sakumo’s Advent, then anticipated Minato’s visit and considered rules for the increasingly independent Advents.

• Politician advised Weary Bird to encourage capital groups in the Land of Water and told Teacher to reveal New Tea when its first orphans came of age.
• Namikaze Minato widened Konoha’s roads and relocated departments, splitting several clan settlements and discovering that Shimura Danzō’s clan had been left disabled and unregistered.
• Uchiha Fugaku supported Minato’s village integration policies after Minato promised that one of Hatake Kakashi’s future disciples would be an Uchiha.
• Hizashi Hyuga told Hiashi that the Branch Family’s declining birthrate threatened the Hyuga Clan’s survival, and Hiashi agreed to cooperate with Minato to abolish the Main Family and Branch Family system.
• Aburame Tetsumaru returned to Konoha to test Hatake Sakumo’s prepared Advent body, and Politician left when Tetsumaru sensed Minato approaching.
• Tetsumaru wrote down “Self-Ethics” as a reminder to develop rules for the Advents as they became more independent.

Aburame Tetsumaru traded Elixir Insects and Kumogakure’s Heavenly Transfer Technique with Namikaze Minato, then reached an understanding with him about the Land of Water and peace. In Konoha’s underground laboratory, Tetsumaru and the Advents successfully summoned Hatake Sakumo, who identified himself as a Konoha ninja.

• Aburame Tetsumaru and Namikaze Minato exchanged Kumogakure’s Heavenly Transfer Technique and its research materials for a King Insect that bred Elixir Insects.
• Namikaze Minato questioned Tetsumaru about the Thunder Beast and the Land of Water, while Tetsumaru tested Minato’s reaction speed and asked to live freely in Konoha.
• Namikaze Minato accepted Tetsumaru’s proposal, and the two parted peacefully after drinking and talking together.
• Aburame Tetsumaru, Politician, Grand Yang Fish, Dragon Heart, and Dice activated the Hero Altar and used the Advent Technique to summon Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo awakened and identified himself as Hatake Sakumo of Konoha, surprising Tetsumaru and the four Advents.

Hatake Sakumo watched Konoha and his son Hatake Kakashi before choosing to leave the village and join Aburame Tetsumaru’s organization. Far from Konoha, he began work at the moon, while Aburame Tetsumaru’s vast solar-energy project completed its first Dyson Ring.

• Hatake Sakumo watched Konoha from Hokage Rock, then visited Training Ground 9 to observe Hatake Kakashi practicing the Hatake Clan’s blade technique.
• Hatake Sakumo declined Aburame Tetsumaru’s offer to remain in Konoha, deciding that Konoha’s White Fang was dead and that he would leave as Blade White Fang.
• Hatake Sakumo watched Kakashi train until dawn, recognized that Kakashi had chosen his own path, and left without speaking to him.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Aburame Tetsumaru for work far from Konoha and was sent to the moon, where he agreed to work for several years despite being assigned studies.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and Grand Yang Fish watched twelve million Umbrella Insects complete the first Dyson Ring after years of development and rapid production.
• Aburame Tetsumaru’s group solved energy transmission by developing large-scale artificial Gelel Stone production, then sealed the Shinobi World’s Gelel Stone vein after taking samples.

The Aburame Tetsumarus created the Fourth Generation Insect Swarm by adapting insects to consume Gelel Stones, while Advent Doctor argued that avatars needed richer lives to improve their chances of surviving Advent. The avatars agreed to try Doctor’s new methods, and the Advents ended by debating how much of Hell Star to sacrifice for Dyson Ring construction.

• The Aburame Tetsumarus found electricity-eating genes in fungi collected from Purple Thunder Star and used them to create the Fourth Generation Insect Swarm, whose smaller digestive systems made production easier and accelerated the swarm’s growth.
• Advent Doctor proposed that avatars take time away from work because their narrow life experiences might be causing failures during Advent; Eighth Master argued that past generations had faced greater pressure and purpose.
• Doctor revealed avatar-specific Clone Bodies and a new Secret Technique: Advent, and the avatars agreed to test the still-incomplete technique.
• The Advents discussed whether to keep stripping Hell Star until its remaining core fell into the Sun or stop when half of the planet remained.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s group approved a plan to build Portals and explore nearby star systems, then struggled to choose a name for their Civilization. In Konoha, Namikaze Naruto began the entrance examination amid a gathering of clan children, while the Hyuga Clan’s reforms continued to reshape its future.

• Aburame Tetsumaru proposed using the Heavenly Transfer Technique to build Portals across the Star System and launch exploration ships toward nearby star systems, and the Advents approved the plan unanimously.
• Uzumaki confronted Aburame Tetsumaru about the Civilization still lacking a name, and the Advents began drawing lots to settle it.
• Namikaze Naruto enrolled in school, where his entrance examination drew prominent clan children and sparked attention around the combat test.
• Uzumaki Kushina brought Menma to cheer for Naruto, while Namikaze Minato watched over them and Hizashi joined Hiashi with Neji and Hanabi.
• Namikaze Minato’s reforms had replaced the Hyuga Clan’s old Caged Bird rules with assessments for members over twelve, and the resulting fairness helped the clan’s population and activity grow.

After Hyuga Hinata lost her match to Akimichi Choji, Aburame Tetsumaru recognized her potential and took her as his disciple. He discovered that prolonged hunger had weakened her, fed her until she was full, and began testing her true abilities.

• Akimichi Choji defeated Hyuga Hinata after her hesitation weakened her Gentle Fist, and Hyuga Hiashi left in anger.
• Aburame Tetsumaru examined Hinata, declared her a rare talent, and asked her to become his disciple; Hizashi Hyuga accepted on her behalf.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Hinata's potential rivaled Namikaze Naruto's and Second Pillar's, while Uchiha Sasuke declared Naruto his rival.
• Tetsumaru took Hinata to a clearing and served her a mountain of food and a huge platter of fruit, which she ate completely.
• After finding that Hinata's physical condition and confidence improved once she was fed, Tetsumaru asked her to demonstrate her Gentle Fist, and she charged at him.