Chapter Summaries

Torikaze showed his resurrected father, Windcloud Mountain, around Konoha, where they visited the school and explored the Inner City. Windcloud Mountain was impressed by the village’s development and wealth.

• Torikaze introduced Windcloud Mountain to Iruka, who explained that he was inspecting students and described a talented Yamanaka girl in his class.
• Torikaze praised Iruka’s teaching ability and said he could become the school’s principal after more training.
• Torikaze and Windcloud Mountain left the school and decided not to visit the little-changed Ninja Academy.
• Windcloud Mountain asked Torikaze to show him around the Inner City, and Torikaze explained its apartments and buildings.
• Torikaze and Windcloud Mountain walked through the streets and parks, where villagers greeted Torikaze and Windcloud Mountain admired Konoha’s prosperity.

Torikaze showed Windcloud Mountain around Konoha, explaining the village’s prosperity and the Academy of Arts. The visit ended with Windcloud Mountain learning how fierce the competition was for students hoping to become stars.

• Torikaze took Windcloud Mountain through Konoha’s parks and explained that the village prospered through its industries and cooperation with Another World.
• Windcloud Mountain grew sentimental about how much the Shinobi World had changed, and Torikaze reassured him that development had kept Konoha alive.
• Torikaze explained how the Academy of Arts supported the art industry, persuading Windcloud Mountain to visit it.
• Windcloud Mountain recognized the Academy of Arts as a replica of the Windcloud Clan’s grounds.
• Torikaze told Windcloud Mountain that students trained for a year and faced intense competition, with only a few selected to become stars.

Torikaze defended the Academy of Arts and its path to stardom while showing his father around, though Windcloud Mountain questioned whether ordinary people could benefit from it. That night, Black Zetsu concluded that nothing could be done unless Torikaze died, as a ripple came from the moon.

• Torikaze told Windcloud Mountain that stardom offered a chance to rise, though becoming a star depended on talent and audience approval.
• Windcloud Mountain warned Torikaze that the path favored people from powerful clans, and Torikaze acknowledged the limits while defending the academy’s success.
• Torikaze showed Windcloud Mountain around the Academy of Arts, where students studied theory, dance, and music.
• Windcloud Mountain praised the academy’s design and its students before returning with Torikaze to the clan grounds.
• Black Zetsu told White Zetsu that they could do nothing unless Torikaze died, and a ripple came from the moon.

Black Zetsu sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki awakening inside the moon and decided to seek her out, while Torikaze prepared to negotiate or fight her. Torikaze told Chisato that Kaguya might soon awaken, and they agreed they could face her together.

• Torikaze and his father left the academy and returned to the clan grounds.
• Black Zetsu sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki's call from the moon and lamented that Torikaze had ruined his plans and left Konoha with seven Six Paths Level ninja.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu began searching for a passage to the moon so Black Zetsu could warn Kaguya Otsutsuki to flee.
• Torikaze sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki awakening and considered suppressing her or negotiating to learn about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Torikaze told Chisato about the disturbance from the moon, and they prepared to face Kaguya Otsutsuki together if negotiations failed.

Torikaze and Chisato discussed preparing for Kaguya Otsutsuki’s possible escape, including finding a passage to the moon. Later, Torikaze helped Windcloud Mountain resume learning Cloud Release, and his father made substantial progress.

• Torikaze and Chisato agreed they would go to the moon if Kaguya Otsutsuki approached breaking her seal, and Torikaze planned to have the Intelligence Department locate the passage there.
• Minato prepared breakfast and said he intended to return to morning training and take his Hokage duties more seriously.
• The family planned to eat hot pot that evening, while Minato, Amado, and Chisato set off for their own activities.
• Torikaze asked Windcloud Mountain to learn Cloud Release again, and they practiced together at the backyard training ground.
• After repeated attempts, Windcloud Mountain learned to fuse nearly half of his Chakra and felt hopeful about mastering Cloud Release.

Windcloud Mountain made rapid progress learning Cloud Release from Torikaze before meeting Minato's disciples, including two Kakashis. Their conversation turned to passing responsibility and knowledge between generations, leaving Kakashi accepting that he would one day help carry on the village's legacy.

• Windcloud Mountain fused nearly half his Chakra while practicing Cloud Release with Torikaze and celebrated his progress.
• Torikaze paused their training when Minato's disciples arrived, then brought Windcloud Mountain to meet them.
• Windcloud Mountain met both Kakashi Hatake and Hatake, learning that one came from Another World.
• Torikaze told Kakashi that the younger generation would eventually shoulder the village's future, and Kakashi accepted the idea of inheritance.

Torikaze learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki might be hiding in another world and went to the Hokage Office to hear the details. Minato revealed that the message placed Isshiki in Valley Country.

• Torikaze told Kakashi and the others that succession was important for a village’s future.
• Hogen introduced Obito to his grandfather, Windcloud Mountain, who praised Obito’s hard work and strength.
• Obito told Torikaze that Minato had received word about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in another world.
• Torikaze teleported to the Hokage Office and asked Minato what the message said.
• Minato told Torikaze that the message placed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in Valley Country.

Torikaze received word that a hidden temple in Valley Country might be Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s base, but he chose to remain in Konoha with Windcloud Mountain for a few days before investigating. He then resumed teaching his father Cloud Release, and Windcloud Mountain made rapid progress, reflecting that mastering it might have kept him alive when Torikaze was young.

• Minato told Torikaze that another world’s intelligence team had found a suspicious temple in Valley Country that might be Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s base.
• Torikaze told Minato to keep searching, including in small overseas countries, and said he would inspect Valley Country in a few days.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds to stay with Windcloud Mountain, while Obito went to find Kakashi and the others and Hogen stayed to watch the training.
• Torikaze guided Windcloud Mountain as he condensed and merged three types of Chakra, and Windcloud Mountain quickly reached roughly fifty percent progress toward Cloud Release.
• Windcloud Mountain said that learning Cloud Release while alive might have made him stronger and prevented his death, and Torikaze reminded him that he had felt loved by his parents.

Windcloud Mountain made major progress learning Cloud Release, while he and Torikaze reflected on their family’s past. Later, Torikaze challenged Obito to develop a D-Rank Ninjutsu within three days.

• Windcloud Mountain fused about half of the three chakra types and regretted not mastering Cloud Release before his death.
• Torikaze reassured his father that he had grown up loved, and explained to Hogen how Windcloud Mountain’s failure to master Cloud Release had led the clan to join Konoha.
• Torikaze praised Hashirama and asked Hogen about Chisato before returning to his chess game.
• Obito told Torikaze he wanted to develop an S-Rank Fire Release Ninjutsu, but Torikaze advised him to start with a D-Rank technique.
• Torikaze ordered Obito to develop a D-Rank Ninjutsu within three days, promising advice if he succeeded and a beating if he failed.

Torikaze urged Obito to develop a D-Rank Ninjutsu and encouraged Yahiko to confess his feelings to Konan. Windcloud Mountain successfully cultivated Cloud Release, and the family headed to the hot pot restaurant where Konan was waiting.

• Torikaze ordered Obito to develop a D-Rank Ninjutsu within three days, promising advice if he succeeded and a beating if he failed.
• Torikaze urged Yahiko to sincerely tell Konan how he felt and prepare a nice surprise for her.
• Windcloud Mountain told Torikaze that he had cultivated Cloud Release, and Torikaze congratulated him.
• Torikaze and the others prepared to go to the hot pot restaurant, where Yahiko learned that Konan had already arrived.

After Windcloud Mountain mastered Cloud Release, Torikaze and the family took him to a hot pot restaurant, where Konoha’s villagers welcomed him home. The meal brought Windcloud Mountain a sense of belonging, and a vision of his wife pointing toward Iwagakure left him smiling.

• After congratulating Windcloud Mountain on cultivating Cloud Release, Torikaze and the others set out for the hot pot restaurant and invited Konan to join them.
• Villagers lined the road to welcome Windcloud Mountain, who felt that he had finally come home.
• Konan and Yahiko joined the family in a private room, where Windcloud Mountain took the seat of honor and began eating hot pot with everyone.
• Windcloud Mountain saw what seemed to be his wife’s reflection in the sky; she smiled, pointed toward Iwagakure, and faded away.
• Windcloud Mountain praised the hot pot and asked Torikaze whether it was affordable; Torikaze assured him that it was.

After a family hot pot dinner, Torikaze planned a trip to the other world to investigate a suspected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki base in Valley Country. He assigned Yahiko and Konan to join the mission, leaving Yahiko’s feelings for Konan unspoken.

• Windcloud Mountain tried to memorize the hot pot’s flavors in hopes of recalling them after reincarnation, while the family enjoyed dinner together.
• Yahiko worried about Konan’s future marriage, but concealed his feelings when she asked why he seemed troubled.
• Torikaze and Minato planned to investigate the suspected base in Valley Country and bring Yahiko, Konan, Kakashi, and others for combat experience.
• Torikaze arranged to take Windcloud Mountain to the other world, where his father would explore Konoha Village and stay with the Uzumaki Clan.
• Torikaze summoned Yahiko and Konan and told them their mission was to investigate Valley Country, destroy the base if they found it, and kill Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Torikaze briefed Yahiko, Konan, and Hogen on a planned expedition to Valley Country to investigate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s suspected base in another world. He arranged for the children to train during the mission and prepared to leave the next morning with Chisato’s warning to stay cautious.

• Torikaze told Yahiko and Konan that they would travel to Valley Country and destroy Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s base if they found it.
• Torikaze assigned Yahiko and Konan to handle Isshiki’s subordinates and said Kakashi Squad would join them for combat training.
• Torikaze summoned Hogen and asked him to accompany his grandfather and help him navigate Another World Konoha Village.
• Torikaze agreed with Chisato to leave after eating at the Morning Market, and she urged him to take care during the mission.

Torikaze prepared Yahiko, Konan, and Kakashi’s team for a mission to Another World Konoha Village, taking precautions against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and warning the young ninjas to fight carefully. The group set out on foot through Konoha’s Outer City, where Windcloud Mountain admired Torikaze’s development of the village.

• Torikaze told Chisato he would take the children to another world for training and prepared his Chakra to be highly toxic in case they encountered Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• After breakfast, Torikaze’s group met Kakashi’s team, and he gave each of its members a delayed-release Healing Art while warning them that triggering it would bring punishment.
• Torikaze reminded Yahiko and Konan not to rush recklessly into battle, then said farewell to Chisato and Minato and led the group toward Another World Konoha Village.
• The group walked through Konoha’s Outer City, and Windcloud Mountain praised Torikaze’s work after seeing its tall buildings.

Torikaze took Windcloud Mountain through Konoha’s New City portal and showed him the journey through space between worlds. They arrived in Another World’s Konoha, where Windcloud Mountain admired the city’s rapid development.

• Torikaze showed Windcloud Mountain the Outer City and explained that the New City provided lodging for visitors.
• Windcloud Mountain examined the portal and entered it with Torikaze, Hogen, and the others.
• Torikaze told Windcloud Mountain that the portal had come from Cloud Incarnate Dust’s courtyard and that they were traveling through the starry sky.
• Windcloud Mountain watched the Shinobi World recede and saw planets pass, including two planets colliding and collapsing into a black hole.
• Windcloud Mountain and Torikaze arrived in Another World’s New City, and Windcloud Mountain praised its development.

Windcloud Mountain explored the otherworld’s New City and Konoha with Torikaze and Hogen, finding the village nostalgic and reflecting on the harm caused by war. The group headed to the Whirlpool Clan Grounds so Windcloud Mountain could meet Tomohiro and find a place to stay.

• Windcloud Mountain and Torikaze observed New City and then entered Konoha, which reminded Windcloud Mountain of the village from his memories.
• Torikaze told Windcloud Mountain that wars had devastated this world, and Windcloud Mountain approved of Torikaze’s decision to stop the conflicts rather than use the world as a training ground.
• Windcloud Mountain praised Konoha’s gate guards, then looked around the village and said its less advanced, more natural atmosphere suited him.
• Hogen suggested visiting the Uzumaki Clan, and Windcloud Mountain agreed to meet his old friend Tomohiro and arrange a place to stay.
• The group set off for the Whirlpool Clan Grounds as the Senju Clan continued recovering and rebuilding its reputation.

Torikaze brought Windcloud Mountain and their companions to the Uzumaki Clan grounds, where Tomohiro welcomed them and arranged for Windcloud Mountain to stay. Torikaze revealed that the group planned to kill someone at the Six Paths Level, while Windcloud Mountain settled in and inspected his temporary lodging.

• Torikaze led the group to the Uzumaki Clan grounds, whose prosperity and growing population impressed Windcloud Mountain.
• Tomohiro met them at the entrance, recognized that Windcloud Mountain had been revived, and welcomed him as a guest.
• Torikaze explained that his father wanted to see the Shinobi World and that the group had come to stay for a few days.
• Tomohiro offered to provide clan members to help, but Torikaze refused because they were going to kill someone at the Six Paths Level.
• Windcloud Mountain looked around the grounds, said he liked them, and asked the Uzumaki Clan to keep his room clean.

Torikaze searched Valley Country with his companions and found a hidden temple where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and his Artificial Humans were staying. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged to confront Torikaze after Torikaze destroyed the defective Artificial Humans.

• Windcloud Mountain praised the Uzumaki Clan Grounds, and Hogen took him to explore the village.
• Torikaze and his companions arrived in Valley Country and spread cloud birds and paper butterflies to search for their target.
• Torikaze found a temple deep in the forest and brought the group there, warning them to watch out for powerful Artificial Humans.
• Torikaze sensed Six Paths-level power resisting his pressure, then destroyed the defective Artificial Humans as four Kage-level ones gathered outside.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged from the temple and demanded to know why Torikaze had brought people to his camp.

After awakening the much-mocked Mind’s Eye, Lin Tian returned home and learned from Wan Lanyue that a Prime God had restored his sight by fusing other eyes. The method was dangerous, leaving Lin Tian torn between risking death to see and staying alive for his little sister.

• People mocked Lin Tian for awakening Mind’s Eye, though he ignored them and used its outlines to explore the world he had been blind to for eighteen years.
• Lin Tian sensed Dark Matter nearby but told the voice in his mind that he was too weak to confront its source.
• At home, Lin Tian spoke with Wan Lanyue, who reassured him and explained why Mind’s Eye was considered weak.
• Wan Lanyue described an ancient Prime God who restored his sight by fusing powerful eyes, but died after attempting another fusion.
• Lin Tian weighed the danger against his longing to see the world and worried about leaving his little sister without care.

Yahiko and his allies battled the Artificial Humans, while Yahiko unleashed powerful Water Release techniques against Wind. The Whale Fall was crushed, but Yahiko turned the falling water into a storm of spears and kept the attack focused on his enemies.

• Yahiko used the Great Waterfall Technique and Water Dragon Bullets against Wind, while Konan fought a Fire Release user with her paper ninjutsu.
• Wind countered Yahiko's attacks, but Yahiko revealed that Torikaze had already killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in their world and used acid against him.
• Yahiko raised a massive Water Pillar and summoned the Whale with his S-Rank Water Release—Whale Fall technique.
• Kakashi and Obito combined their attacks to drive back one woman, while Hatake and Rin began to overwhelm the other female Artificial Human.
• Wind crushed the Whale with Wind Pressure, and Yahiko condensed the falling water into spears that rained down near the enemies.