Chapter Summaries

Killer B used the Eight-Tails’ Super Tailed Beast Bomb to devastate the insect swarm attacking Kumogakure, and the village survived after six hours of fighting. As Kumogakure’s leaders considered how to strengthen the village against Zenith Civilization, Weary Bird questioned whether destroying a promising nation was wise, but Warhammer said it was simply in their way.

• Gyuki fired a Super Tailed Beast Bomb into the insect swarm, and the resulting blast flattened the battlefield and swept away insects and Kumogakure ninja.
• The Fourth Raikage praised Killer B and sent him to attack insects approaching from other directions while Kumogakure’s forces dealt with the survivors.
• After six hours, Kumogakure reached the cleanup stage, and the exhausted Fourth Raikage and Dodai discussed improving endurance training, Chakra cannons, military forces, and communication.
• The Fourth Raikage and his subordinates reflected on Zenith Civilization’s overwhelming military advantage and resolved to strengthen Kumogakure.
• Weary Bird worried that destroying a progressive nation like Kumogakure could harm the Shinobi World’s future, but Warhammer answered that they were more advanced and Kumogakure was in their way.

As the exhausted Cloud Shinobi faced a second Insect Swarm assault led by enormous Thunder Beasts, Killer B and Gyuki chose to fight despite their injuries. Their attacks failed to stop the horde, and the chapter ended as Gyuki’s Super Tailed Beast Bomb struck among the Thunder Beasts.

• Weary Bird confirmed that the Chakra cannon research, its operators, and six hours of footage had been secured before leaving to retrieve the physical cannon as Warhammer warned that the second wave was near.
• Killer B received Gyuki’s warning, and the Cloud Shinobi saw hundreds of Thunder Beasts advance alongside Jump Bugs and Hydralisks.
• Dodai left to bring the Chakra cannon to the battlefield but never returned.
• Killer B and Gyuki decided to fight together despite their exhaustion, and Gyuki transformed and launched ten Tailed Beast Bombs at the approaching swarm.
• The Missile Bugs detonated around Gyuki and wounded it, while the Thunder Beasts withstood the Tailed Beast Bombs with limited losses.
• Killer B urged Gyuki to use a Super Tailed Beast Bomb, and Gyuki launched one into the Thunder Beast horde.

The Fourth Raikage and Killer B led Kumogakure’s last stand against the Insect Swarm, but the bugs’ defenses and overwhelming numbers broke the village’s forces. After the Eight-Tails was badly wounded and retreated into Killer B, the Raikage realized their final fight was nearing its end and that Killer B might still escape.

• The Thunder Beasts formed bone barriers that redirected the force of Killer B and the Eight-Tails’ oversized Tailed Beast Bomb, allowing the Insect Swarm to keep advancing.
• The Fourth Raikage refused to retreat, ordered civilians and surrendering shinobi to return home, and charged the swarm; elite Jump Bugs using the Eight Inner Gates fought him until he killed them.
• Kumogakure’s shinobi fled as the swarm overwhelmed them, while the Thunder Beasts’ Ash Bone Giant Scythes badly wounded the Eight-Tails and forced it back into Killer B.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B used Double Lariat and attacks on a Thunder Beast’s leg joints to bring down four Thunder Beasts, but the herd withdrew and elite Jump Bugs and Scorpions closed in.
• Knowing the drug’s effects were close to killing or paralyzing him, the Fourth Raikage accepted that he could not survive the coming attack and recognized that Killer B might still escape.

Warhammer and Weary Bird captured Killer B after the Fourth Raikage died defending him, while Zenith Civilization planned to resurrect the Raikage and recruit him. After learning that Ōnoki had surrendered and the Land of Iron was the last remaining target, Teacher claimed lordship over the farmers and announced his rules.

• The Fourth Raikage sacrificed himself to hold off the Jump Bugs, and Killer B fled before Warhammer knocked him unconscious and captured him.
• Weary Bird reported that the Fourth Raikage and other Cloud Shinobi had died, while Warhammer explained that Killer B had been gravely injured by his combined Spatial Folding and Absolute Force Field.
• Weary Bird and Warhammer discussed the Raikage's likely resurrection and recruitment, then learned that Ōnoki had surrendered after Politician and Butler showed him Zenith Civilization's power.
• Politician said the Land of Iron was surrounded and Teacher could handle it, while Butler explained that Ōnoki had accepted every condition to protect his people.
• Teacher killed the Land of Iron's lord, declared himself the farmers' new lord, and ordered them to serve as soldiers, send their children to learn skills, and pay an eleven-percent tax.

Teacher conquered the Land of Iron and began slowly replacing its feudal system, while Aburame Tetsumaru and Eighth Master trapped Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo inside a sealed Spirit Sea. Hagoromo discovered that several powerful beings had risen in the Shinobi World, including Hyuga Hinata, and struggled to understand how the world had changed so drastically during his absence.

• Teacher used generous revenue sharing to win the farmers' support, then defeated Mifune and began replacing the Land of Iron's samurai lords region by region.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and Eighth Master intercepted Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and used prepared Sealing Techniques to isolate him from the Pure Land.
• Hagoromo merged his two bodies after realizing he was trapped in Aburame Tetsumaru's Spirit Sea, where other powerful ninja gathered.
• Hyuga Hinata entered the sealed space, and Hagoromo recognized that she carried both Hamura's lineage and a powerful aura resembling his mother's.
• Hagoromo learned that Hyuga Hinata had advanced to the Six Paths level with energy supplied through her connection to the God Tree on Purple Thunder Star.
• Hagoromo reflected on how the Shinobi World had changed in the sixty years since he last surveyed it, unable to explain the appearance of multiple beings at his level.

Aburame Tetsumaru confronted Otsutsuki Hagoromo over Zenith Civilization’s plans to take control of the Shinobi World, while Hagoromo dismissed the group as too weak to negotiate as equals. Tetsumaru revealed their opposition to the Otsutsuki Clan and plan to release Kaguya, then confirmed he had been interfering with Hagoromo’s lunar seal for twenty years, leaving the Sage shocked.

• Aburame Tetsumaru introduced Zenith Civilization and demanded that Otsutsuki Hagoromo state his intentions before they decided how to deal with him.
• Hagoromo accused the group of stealing souls from the Pure Land, while Tetsumaru rejected his claim of ownership over Senju Hashirama and other Wisdoms.
• Hagoromo called Tetsumaru a child and refused to treat the group as a serious threat, leaving their negotiations at an impasse.
• Tetsumaru disclosed that Zenith Civilization intended to control the Shinobi World to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan, and described its expansion and disruption of destiny.
• Tetsumaru said he planned to release Otsutsuki Kaguya, but Hagoromo objected and warned that she had turned humans into White Zetsu.
• Hagoromo realized Tetsumaru had interfered with his seal on the moon, and Tetsumaru confirmed he had been doing so for twenty years.

Aburame Tetsumaru learned that the Sage of Six Paths had intended to fight the Otsutsuki Clan by growing stronger and later assembling Heroic Spirits, but could offer little help in the coming conflict. He set plans for the Advents to defend the Shinobi World and expand across space and Timelines, while Zenith Civilization and Konoha agreed to a federation that united the Land of Fire and Land of Rain while preserving their autonomy.

• Eighth Master reported that Otsutsuki Hagoromo had accepted his eventual death, sought to grow powerful enough to defeat the Otsutsuki alone, and only later devised an army of Heroic Spirits after Senju Tobirama created Impure World Reincarnation.
• Aburame Tetsumaru assigned plans for Shinobi World infrastructure, a mobile planetary fortress on Six-String Star, and Timeline defenses, while Torch Dragon, Eighth Master, and Butler took responsibility for Dragon Vein charging and team soul-jump research.
• Alchemy, Dragon Heart, Paratrooper, Cannon, and Man of Culture volunteered for the Death Star project, then learned they would also oversee Shinobi World infrastructure until its design was complete.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and Namikaze Minato negotiated a federation agreement in which the Land of Fire and Land of Rain joined Zenith Civilization while retaining autonomy over their governments and militaries.
• Zenith Civilization left several distant minor nations outside the agreement for now, with their future membership or annexation dependent on their value and the arrival of transportation lines.

Zenith Civilization transformed the Shinobi World while struggling to counter Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s attacks from the Pure Land. After Man of Culture proposed asking Otsutsuki Kaguya to deal with Hagoromo, everyone looked to Aburame Tetsumaru.

• Zenith Civilization expanded infrastructure and surveillance across the Shinobi World, eliminating bandits and rogue ninja while Konoha’s mission economy dwindled.
• Aburame Tetsumaru focused on the Pure Land conflict as resurrected people repeatedly infiltrated and attacked Zenith Civilization.
• Zenith Civilization promoted cremation to prevent corpses from being used by the Pure Land, and the First Kazekage, Reto, later visited Forest Country before returning to the Pure Land.
• Second Tsuchikage Mu, Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, and First Raikage A attacked Zenith Civilization, prompting the Advents to improve their rapid-response system.
• Man of Culture proposed inviting Otsutsuki Kaguya to help deal with Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and everyone turned toward Aburame Tetsumaru.

Aburame Tetsumaru launched the Sacred Lotus Lantern plan after confirming its preparations were complete, while Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu remained cut off from the Rinnegan and under growing pressure. The chapter ended with Zenith Civilization’s forces trapping Obito and Black Zetsu as an unidentified attacker called Obito out by name.

• Aburame Tetsumaru confirmed that the Rinnegan, the charged Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Tailed Beast Chakra, and a sacrifice were ready, leaving Black Zetsu as the final target.
• Station Master reported that Zenith Civilization had completed its worldwide surveillance network and could track Black Zetsu through changes in density.
• Aburame Tetsumaru agreed to capture Uchiha Obito alive so Uchiha Itachi could strip him of his Sharingan and Chakra abilities before handing him to the Hokage for execution.
• Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu lamented losing access to the Rinnegan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Uchiha Madara, while fearing Zenith Civilization’s surveillance.
• Uchiha Obito’s attempt to escape through Kamui failed amid spatial rifts, and a sealing barrier then blocked his Earth Release escape.
• An unknown attacker addressed the masked Uchiha Obito by name while Black Zetsu remained hidden.

Uchiha Itachi confronted Uchiha Obito over his crimes and used his Mangekyō abilities to overpower him. Aburame Tetsumaru captured Black Zetsu and reshaped him into a tiny, fluffy black cat while Itachi continued fighting Obito.

• Uchiha Itachi revealed that Rin was alive in Konoha and condemned Uchiha Obito for denying her identity and pursuing his idealized version of her.
• Uchiha Itachi explained that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had destabilized his thoughts, then attacked Uchiha Obito with Futotama: Tightening Curse.
• Uchiha Itachi blocked Uchiha Obito's intangibility and Kamui escape, then used Susanoo to drive him into a losing fight.
• Aburame Tetsumaru stopped Black Zetsu from escaping and exhausted the Yin-Yang Release Chakra he used to resist capture.
• Aburame Tetsumaru painfully reshaped Black Zetsu into a fluffy, big-headed black cat, and Black Zetsu woke to find himself able to utter only a meow.

Aburame Tetsumaru subdued Black Zetsu by transforming it into a controllable, adorable cat and gave it the name Zetsu Kuro. After Uchiha Itachi defeated Uchiha Obito, Tetsumaru helped Nagato prepare to relinquish the Rinnegan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Tailed Beast Chakra, then transported the statue and Zetsu Kuro toward the moon aboard the Kunlun Mountain.

• Aburame Tetsumaru controlled Black Zetsu’s new catlike body while Uchiha Itachi defeated Uchiha Obito and vented his anger on him.
• Aburame Tetsumaru met Nagato and Konan in Amegakure, where Nagato agreed to hand over the Rinnegan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Aburame Tetsumaru left Amegakure with the statue and named Black Zetsu Zetsu Kuro as they traveled toward the moon.
• Aburame Tetsumaru brought the statue aboard the Kunlun Mountain, an enormous living warship, and set course for the moon.

Aburame Tetsumaru and Zetsu Kuro awakened the Ten-Tails on the moon and prepared to seal it into a specially made Clone Body. The Ten-Tails damaged Grand Yang Fish’s Lunar Base before Tetsumaru subdued it and completed the preparations for Otsutsuki Kaguya’s resurrection.

• Aburame Tetsumaru showed Zetsu Kuro the three warships and the prepared Clone Body, then asked it to activate the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Zetsu Kuro awakened the Ten-Tails by releasing the nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra, and the creature’s transformation triggered moonquakes that destroyed the Lunar Base’s underground facilities.
• The Ten-Tails formed eleven Tailed Beast Bombs, but Aburame Tetsumaru used a Psychokinetic Hand to drain them and crush the creature before it could fire.
• Aburame Tetsumaru put Nagato’s Rinnegan into the Clone Body made from Uchiha Madara’s cells, then trapped and sealed the Ten-Tails inside it.
• Aburame Tetsumaru completed the key material preparations for rescuing Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Aburame Tetsumaru used Zenith Civilization’s Chakra Torrent to complete Zetsu Kuro’s plan and resurrect Otsutsuki Kaguya-hime in a new Six Paths body. Kaguya awoke calm and well-nourished, while Zetsu Kuro tried to warn her about Tetsumaru as he approached.

• Aburame Tetsumaru sent a vast Chakra Torrent from the Chakra Factory into the soulless Clone Body, completing its Six Paths evolution.
• Aburame Tetsumaru used Psychokinesis to place Zetsu Kuro in the Clone Body, and Zetsu Kuro suppressed the Ten-Tails’ consciousness and condensed its Chakra.
• The Clone Body transformed inside a black membrane, which formed a heavenly garment as Otsutsuki Kaguya-hime was resurrected and Zetsu Kuro was expelled.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya-hime absorbed the Chakra Torrent for an hour and awakened serene, then recognized Zetsu Kuro and admired its feline appearance.
• Zetsu Kuro tried to warn Otsutsuki Kaguya-hime that Aburame Tetsumaru was dangerous, but its meows only made her find it more adorable as Tetsumaru approached.

After completing the Sacred Lotus Lantern Project, Aburame Tetsumaru reunited with Otsutsuki Kaguya and asked her to help deal with Hagoromo's attacks from the Pure Land. Kaguya began recounting her arrival in the Shinobi World and her past with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Tetsumaru prepared a lavish meal for her.

• Aburame Tetsumaru promised Grand Yang Fish, Dragon Heart, and Hyuga Hinata that he would rebuild what the project had damaged, then reunited with Otsutsuki Kaguya and held her hand.
• Aburame Tetsumaru explained that Hagoromo's attacks from the Pure Land were disrupting Zenith Civilization's work, and Kaguya offered to help by influencing the realm of death.
• Aburame Tetsumaru brought Kaguya and Zetsu Kuro to his warship, where they shared tea and incense before Kaguya began telling him about the past.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya recounted how she and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fought another Otsutsuki, destroyed her God Tree, and were badly wounded before Kaguya broke free of her servant's mental shackles.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya explained that the Otsutsuki called Guardians were slaves, then devoured the meal Aburame Tetsumaru cooked for her.

Aburame Tetsumaru fed Otsutsuki Kaguya and listened as she recounted the ancient war between the Otsutsuki and the world’s Sages and gods, her defeat of Isshiki, and her battle with the Shinigami. She also revealed how her sons betrayed and sealed her in the name of peace, while the war and chaos continued afterward.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya devoured Tetsumaru’s food stores and much of his vegetable garden before the Food Insect finally satisfied her hunger.
• Kaguya recounted how the Sages and gods united against the Otsutsuki, but she and Isshiki eventually won after years of fighting and the spread of Chakra weakened their opponents.
• Kaguya explained that Isshiki planned to sacrifice her, so she killed him, ate the Chakra Fruit, and used God Tree: Yomotsu Hirasaka to shatter the Shinigami into fragments.
• Kaguya said humanity’s faith in her as a savior formed a divine core that helped produce her sons, Hagoromo and his younger brother.
• Gamamaru guided Hagoromo against Kaguya, and the brothers eventually used God: Chibaku Tensei to seal her, but peace failed to follow.

Aburame Tetsumaru and Otsutsuki Kaguya grew close after her release, while Konoha struggled to keep pace with Zenith Civilization and Otsutsuki Hagoromo feared Kaguya might find the Pure Land. Across the universe, Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki set out under a new divine order, and Otsutsuki Urashiki received the same command.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya petted the exhausted Zetsu Kuro before she and Aburame Tetsumaru became intimate, leaving him to wonder whether Zenith Civilization should establish maternity and partner leave.
• Namikaze Minato oversaw the cremation of a body that became a tree, and Uchiha Itachi burned it with Genjutsu; Konoha's leaders then discussed the village's decline and growing integration into Zenith Civilization.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo realized Otsutsuki Kaguya had regained her strength and added another barrier around the Pure Land to keep her from finding it.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki received a higher-priority order, abandoned their search for Otsutsuki Kaguya, and departed for a new target.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki received the Supreme Command through a spatial gate and remarked that he might arrive too late.

Urashiki searched for a life-rich planet to prepare for confronting the Supreme Command, but a dangerous satellite delayed him and left time reversal as his only option. Meanwhile, Aburame Tetsumaru and Otsutsuki Kaguya prepared to meet the Zenith Civilization, where her arrival turned into an impromptu wedding celebration.

• Urashiki chose a small star system, emerged near a giant planet, and fled a crustal tide before flying out of its gravitational field.
• Aburame Tetsumaru told Kaguya how Jupiter had spent a year and a half finding Katsuyu, who had fallen asleep after eating across a Tree Shepherd star system.
• Tetsumaru explained that Zetsu Kuro would serve a century-long punishment, and Kaguya accepted his decision while taking out her frustration on food.
• Tetsumaru brought Kaguya to the Star Sea Hall, where the Zenith Civilization welcomed her as a powerful ally and celebrated her arrival with wedding decorations.
• Man of Culture suggested disrupting the wedding chamber, Tetsumaru threatened him, and the Advent began wondering which of them had secretly found a wife first.

Aburame Tetsumaru finalized plans for Zenith Civilization, learned that Katsuyu was evolving, and accompanied Otsutsuki Kaguya on another unsuccessful search for the Pure Land. The chapter ended with a Voyage Ship encountering a strange space phenomenon that made an Avatar disappear and left a Crystal Pillar behind.

• Uchiha Itachi revealed that he had married at seventeen and already had a one-year-old son, prompting Aburame Tetsumaru to suggest maternity and paternity leave before the others pointed out that Tetsumaru was their only ruler bound to constant work.
• Katsuyu explained that she had found an evolutionary path based on spreading herself into different environments and adapting to a new energy source.
• Weary Bird proposed building Zenith Civilization’s capital in the Land of Iron, and Aburame Tetsumaru approved the location after hearing how successfully its people had adopted the civilization’s projects.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya formally joined Zenith Civilization and took on the task of guarding the Shinobi World.
• Tetsumaru and Kaguya searched the Death World for the Pure Land but found nothing, while Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura watched them from within it.
• A Voyage Ship briefly vanished at maximum speed in the Space Interlayer, then reappeared aged with its Avatar missing and a Crystal Pillar in the cockpit, so Tetsumaru ordered the ship recalled and sent another vessel to investigate.

Aburame Tetsumaru and the researchers failed to analyze an indestructible crystal until he found that its protective energy could slowly be worn away. The crystal resembled a Protoss Shield Crystal, raising fears that the Zenith Civilization might have encountered the StarCraft universe, while two mysterious guests approached the space station.

• Aburame Tetsumaru tested the crystal with Psychokinesis, while Otsutsuki Kaguya tried Yin-Yang Release and a neutron cluster; none could damage it.
• Aburame Tetsumaru observed that the crystal's protective energy emitted a faint glow when his Psychokinesis was withdrawn, proving that the energy was being consumed.
• Aburame Tetsumaru, Grand Yang Fish, and Dragon Heart suspected the crystal was a Protoss Shield Crystal and worried that it might signal a connection to StarCraft.
• Aburame Tetsumaru told Grand Yang Fish and Dragon Heart that he had summoned two more guests, one skilled in crystal research and the other known for imagination.
• A ferry carrying a young girl and a woman in a blue-and-white robe carefully approached the Kunlun Mountain, and both passengers trembled at the warship's immense size.

Aburame Tetsumaru and the others used Guren’s Crystal Release to retrieve information and fragments from the sealed crystal, uncovering a recording of the missing Avatar Yuanxing’s encounter with another universe. The recording revealed that the crystal held a message from Yuanxing, and the group realized the protective energy came from conflicting universal laws rather than advanced technology.

• Orochihime proposed that Guren grow a crystal fragment through the energy barrier so it could be sensed outside, and Grand Yang Fish and the others approved the risky plan.
• Guren grew a crystal cluster through the barrier, while Aburame Tetsumaru used Psychokinesis to retrieve pure fragments and read the crystal’s stored information.
• Aburame Tetsumaru decoded a recording showing Yuanxing’s ship encounter Jim and Sarah’s vessel in another universe, where the two ships fought before their crews made contact.
• Jim warned Yuanxing that returning to his universe too soon would kill him because he had not adapted to its laws, and said the spatial connection would soon vanish.
• Jim advised Yuanxing to record a message for his family on a crystal from their universe, leading Aburame Tetsumaru to realize the energy barrier came from a clash between universal laws.