Chapter Summaries

After Seiji and Kaguya Otsutsuki began their relationship, they spent the night together and went on their first date in the rain. Seiji absorbed Natural Energy, mastered Six Paths Sage Mode, and sensed that he was nearing the truth hidden in his memories.

• Seiji and Kaguya Otsutsuki shared a night together after agreeing to sleep beside each other.
• The next morning, Seiji took Kaguya and the guards on a carriage ride for their first date.
• When rain began, Kaguya chose to enjoy the scenery, and she and Seiji walked together among the peach blossoms.
• Seiji stopped in the rain and drew in Natural Energy, combining it with his Otsutsuki Chakra to awaken Six Paths Sage Mode.
• After absorbing the Natural Energy, Seiji sensed hazy fragments in his memories and realized he was nearing the truth.

Seiji mastered Six Paths Sage Mode during a rainy date with Kaguya, easing her fears about the Otsutsuki Clan’s possible arrival. They spent the rest of the day and evening enjoying each other’s company, and Kaguya went to bathe while Seiji waited for her.

• Seiji unexpectedly resonated with nature during a walk in the rain and mastered Six Paths Sage Mode.
• Kaguya embraced Seiji and said his new strength would help them face Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki if they came to the Ninja World.
• Seiji and Kaguya embraced beneath the clearing sky and shared a tender day together until sunset.
• That night, Seiji and Kaguya shared an intimate moment in their room, but Kaguya declined his invitation to bathe together.
• Kaguya bathed alone in Seiji’s luxurious bathhouse, then emerged wearing a white court gown he had commissioned for her.

Seiji and Kaguya married as the God Tree’s chakra fruit neared ripeness, but Urashiki Otsutsuki arrived during their ceremony and attacked Kaguya. Seiji watched in horror as the injured Kaguya was sent flying, and Urashiki’s assault began.

• Seiji and Kaguya spent the night together before their wedding, while the ministers of the Land of Ancestors prepared a grand ceremony.
• Seiji and Kaguya began their wedding as the God Tree’s chakra fruit approached ripeness.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki emerged from a space-time black hole, having escaped the Space-Time Turbulence and arrived thirty years after Seiji.
• Kaguya sensed Urashiki and feared she could not defeat him before consuming the chakra fruit.
• Urashiki burst through Yomotsu Hirasaka and kicked Kaguya from behind, worsening her injuries and sending her flying over a thousand meters.
• Seiji cried out in terror as Kaguya coughed up blood.

Urashiki Otsutsuki injured Kaguya at Seiji and Kaguya’s wedding, triggering Seiji’s memories to return and igniting his fury. Seiji fought Urashiki, who transformed into Crane Form to pursue the God Tree Chakra Fruit, and Seiji exploited a brief opening in Urashiki’s defenses.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki kicked Kaguya Otsutsuki into the ground, leaving her badly injured and causing panic and casualties among the wedding guests.
• Seiji recovered his memories when he recognized Urashiki Otsutsuki, then entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and attacked him while protecting Kaguya with a Shadow Clone.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki evaded Seiji’s attacks with Time Reversal and Paper Crane Flicker, then devoured his Rinnegan and transformed into Crane Form.
• Seiji and Urashiki clashed in midair, each blocking the other’s attacks before separating without either gaining an advantage.
• Seiji unleashed Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation, and Urashiki’s attempt to absorb it let Natural Energy disrupt his movements briefly.

Seiji fought Urashiki Otsutsuki to a standstill while his Shadow Clone healed Kaguya Otsutsuki and revealed the truth about their past and future. As Seiji and Kaguya reaffirmed their bond, their battle with Urashiki continued until the Chakra Fruit ripened.

• Seiji struck Urashiki Otsutsuki with Twin Divine Air Strike and exchanged attacks with him, ending their second clash in a draw.
• Seiji's Shadow Clone healed the unconscious Kaguya Otsutsuki with Six Paths Yang Power.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki awoke and warned Seiji to flee, but Seiji reassured her and told her the truth about Urashiki Otsutsuki and the future.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki accepted Seiji's revelations and told him that he was the person she loved most and that they were family.
• Seiji and Urashiki Otsutsuki continued their fierce battle, then both turned toward the God Tree when the Chakra Fruit ripened.

Urashiki Otsutsuki raced toward the God Tree to claim its matured Chakra Fruit, but Seiji repeatedly intercepted him and inflicted severe injuries. As Urashiki realized he could not reach the fruit without defeating Seiji, he prepared to risk everything in a final fight.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki fired a chakra sphere at Seiji and flew toward the God Tree, but Seiji neutralized the attack and pursued him.
• Seiji's Shadow Clone and Kaguya Otsutsuki flew toward the God Tree, and the Clone told Kaguya to eat the fruit once they created an opening.
• Seiji struck Urashiki with the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Urashiki blocked it with Ame no Nuboko: Dragon Palace and used the clash to flee.
• Seiji used Takamagahara to appear ahead of Urashiki and trap him in a barrage of Daikokuten and Yin-Yang Release Black Rods.
• Seiji's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion severed Urashiki's remaining wing-like horn and grievously injured him.
• Urashiki cursed Seiji and realized he had to defeat him to reach the Chakra Fruit, then began laughing as he resolved to risk everything.

Seiji countered Urashiki Otsutsuki’s attacks and severed his right arm in their escalating battle. Meanwhile, Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed the God Tree Chakra Fruit, awakened her Rinne Sharingan and Kekkei Mōra, and began protecting the world by casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki unleashed Ame no Nuboko: Mitama, but Seiji countered it with Truth-Seeking Orbs and Sage Art: Boil Release: Clever Mist Technique.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki used a space-infused Mitama, and Seiji switched to the Jōgan to neutralize the spatial attack.
• Seiji grabbed Urashiki Otsutsuki’s hand and used it to complete the seals for Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang, severing Urashiki’s right arm and forcing him to retreat.
• Seiji’s Shadow Clone escorted Kaguya Otsutsuki to the God Tree, where she summoned and consumed its Chakra Fruit.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki awakened the Rinne Sharingan and Kekkei Mōra, then rose into the sky as a crimson Blood Moon appeared.

Kaguya Otsutsuki used Infinite Tsukuyomi to protect the Ninja World and revealed that she had eaten the Chakra Fruit, derailing Urashiki Otsutsuki’s plans. Urashiki restored his strength and unleashed Ame no Nuboko: Dragon Palace at Seiji and Kaguya, who prepared to face the attack together.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and God: Tree World Descent, cocooning living creatures across the Ninja World to protect them.
• Seiji and Urashiki Otsutsuki paused their battle when the Blood Moon appeared, and Urashiki realized Kaguya had eaten the Chakra Fruit.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki swallowed one of his eyes to restore his chakra and injuries, then attacked Seiji with Ame no Nuboko: Mitama.
• Seiji countered Urashiki’s attack and tried to restrain him with Sage Art: Myōjin Gate, forcing Urashiki to teleport away before completing his next attack.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged through Yomotsu Hirasaka, linked her chakra with Seiji’s, and helped restore his strength while Urashiki charged his ultimate technique.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki unleashed Ame no Nuboko: Dragon Palace, and Kaguya nodded to Seiji as they prepared to withstand it.

Kaguya and Seiji defeated Urashiki in their clash and used her dimensions and abilities to immobilize him. Seiji sealed Urashiki’s chakra, leaving him captured for use as material for the Small Ten-Tails.

• Kaguya overwhelmed Urashiki’s Ame no Nuboko: Dragon Palace with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and the backlash left him badly injured.
• Urashiki swallowed his final remaining eye to restore himself, while Seiji and Kaguya let him recover.
• Kaguya used Amenominaka to transport Seiji and Urashiki into the Heavy Gravity Dimension, where the crushing gravity hampered Urashiki.
• Kaguya struck Urashiki with Rabbit Hair Needle and transported him with Seiji to the Starting Ball Space.
• Seiji pulled the immobilized Urashiki close with Banshō Ten'in and used the Five Elements Seal to block his chakra.

After defeating Urashiki Otsutsuki, Seiji and Kaguya shared a tender moment before Urashiki’s hidden Transcription Seal forced Seiji back to his original era. Seiji took Urashiki’s body with him, leaving Kaguya behind with the promise that they would meet again in a thousand years.

• Seiji decided to bring the sealed, living Urashiki Otsutsuki back for the Small Ten-Tails to consume, then spoke with Kaguya about the battle and the Otsutsuki Clan’s future arrival.
• Seiji and Kaguya kissed, then noticed that sealed Urashiki could still see and hear them.
• Urashiki’s golden Rinnegan shattered and unleashed a space-time fluctuation that began forcing Seiji back to his original era.
• Seiji realized Urashiki had used a Transcription Seal to make the past reject them both, and Urashiki mocked him as the plan took effect.
• Seiji conveyed his feelings to Kaguya, embraced her, and activated Takamagahara to store Urashiki before vanishing and promising they would meet again in a thousand years.

Kaguya erased the Ninja World's memories of Seiji and sealed away her own, restoring history and eventually being sealed by her sons, Hagoromo and Hamura. Seiji returned to his own era with his memories and powers intact, while a mysterious being noticed that he had broken through its Omnipotence.

• Kaguya released Infinite Tsukuyomi, altered the world's memories, and sealed away her memories of Seiji, leaving them recoverable only through his chakra or Pupil Power.
• Kaguya ruled the Land of Ancestors, unified the Ninja World, gave birth to Hagoromo and Hamura, and later turned humans into White Zetsu to build power against the feared Golden Grapes.
• Gamamaru and the toads and snakes led Hagoromo and Hamura toward rebellion, and Hagoromo awakened the Rinnegan after freeing Hamura from Kaguya's control.
• Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces to seal Kaguya with Six Paths: Planetary Devastation for a thousand years.
• Seiji studied the unresponsive Plow as he traveled through the Space-Time passage, while a mysterious being realized he had broken through its Omnipotence.
• Seiji reappeared in his original era, retaining his memories and Sage Chakra and sensing that Urashiki remained alive but frozen in Takamagahara Space.

After Urashiki Otsutsuki's defeat, Seiji left the battle site and fed him to the Small Ten-Tails, which transformed into a Ten-Tails capable of becoming a God Tree. Seiji decided not to plant it in the Ninja World yet, believing he could handle any interference from Hamura or Hagoromo.

• Seiji asked Third Mizukage Hyou to handle the aftermath and left without explaining his longing for Kaguya.
• Seiji traveled to his Otsutsuki Ruins and awakened the Small Ten-Tails.
• Seiji released Urashiki Otsutsuki, removed his seals, and fed him to the Small Ten-Tails despite Urashiki's threats.
• The Small Ten-Tails absorbed Urashiki and transformed into a Ten-Tails capable of taking the form of a God Tree.
• Seiji chose not to plant the God Tree in the Ninja World yet and judged that he could suppress Hamura if necessary.

Seiji prepared to counter Hagoromo Otsutsuki by making Kaguya his ally, then began tightening his control over the Land of Water ahead of the Third Great Shinobi War. After returning to Kirigakure, he planned to discuss a better approach to Kaguya’s revival with Black Zetsu.

• Seiji concluded Hagoromo Otsutsuki could interfere with his plans and might be powerful enough to stop him from claiming the Chakra Fruit.
• Seiji adjusted his plans to free Kaguya by gathering the Tailed Beast Chakra during the Third Great Shinobi War, then plant a God Tree with her and confront Hagoromo.
• Seiji entered Lord Water’s palace through a Space Tunnel and used his Tenseigan to control Lord Water rather than kill him, ordering reforms that would bring the Land of Water under his influence.
• Seiji returned to Kirigakure and left the remaining government affairs to Yagura.
• Seiji went home to speak with Black Zetsu, judging its plan to revive Kaguya through possession and assimilation too crude.

Seiji used Tenseigan Chakra Mode to locate Black Zetsu, while Konoha’s leaders welcomed Otsutsuki Tenshin’s Kirigakure delegation and confirmed that he had the Byakugan and that Nagato and Uzumaki Kana belonged to the Uzumaki Clan. Hiruzen then confronted Danzō over how he had learned about the intelligence, suspecting Root spies in Anbu.

• Seiji sensed Black Zetsu’s Yin-Yang Release chakra across the shinobi world and appeared before him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Otsutsuki Tenshin and questioned him about his Byakugan and Kirigakure’s Uzumaki candidates.
• Hyuga Ryūun found no signs that Tenshin’s Byakugan had been transplanted, while Utatane Koharu confirmed Nagato and Uzumaki Kana were from the Uzumaki Clan.
• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Hyuga Ryūun discussed how Kirigakure’s new assets could affect the shinobi world.
• Shimura Danzō stormed into Hiruzen’s meeting and demanded to know why he had not been informed, so Hiruzen asked where Danzō had obtained the intelligence.

Danzō defied Hiruzen’s warning and secretly resolved to have Root act against the Byakugan and Uzumaki situation, while Hiruzen’s group postponed a decision and sought intelligence. Elsewhere, Seiji trapped Black Zetsu and revealed that he knew Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s will before beginning a story about Kaguya and the Son of Heaven.

• Danzō claimed Konoha had to reclaim Otsutsuki Tenshin’s Byakugan, but Hiruzen forbade him from acting against Hidden Mist and warned him not to provoke a war.
• Danzō stormed out, and Hiruzen, Wolong, Fengchu, and Hyuga Ryūun agreed to treat Otsutsuki Tenshin and the two Uzumaki clansmen normally while gathering intelligence.
• Danzō returned to Root’s base and decided to act in secret despite Hiruzen’s warning.
• Seiji found Black Zetsu in a hidden base, trapped him in an enhanced Four Violet Flames Formation, and identified him as Kaguya’s will.
• Seiji began telling Black Zetsu about the ancient Son of Heaven, the God Tree, and Kaguya, ending as a terrifying enemy descended on their wedding day.

Seiji recounted Kaguya’s history to Black Zetsu, then revealed he was the Son of Heaven and Kaguya’s husband from a thousand years ago. After confirming Seiji’s memories through their chakra, Black Zetsu accepted him as his father, and Seiji announced that Kirigakure had the powers needed to free Kaguya from her seal.

• Seiji told Black Zetsu how Kaguya became the Rabbit Goddess, had Hagoromo and Hamura, and was sealed after they fought her.
• Black Zetsu admitted he was Kaguya’s will and her third child, but refused to reveal information about her.
• Seiji revealed that he was the Son of Heaven and Kaguya’s husband, and Black Zetsu questioned how he could have survived for a thousand years.
• Seiji connected their chakra, letting Black Zetsu see his memories and confirm his identity as Kaguya’s husband.
• Black Zetsu awkwardly called Seiji Father, and Seiji promised their family would soon reunite.
• Seiji told Black Zetsu that Kirigakure possessed both kinds of Six Paths power and that he intended to free Kaguya from Six Paths: Planetary Devastation.

Seiji learned that Madara Uchiha had gone to Roran to draw power from the Dragon Vein, and sent White Zetsu to find him while returning to prepare for the Joint Chunin Exams. Three days later, the exams began in Konoha, where the Kirigakure team tackled the first written test.

• Seiji told Black Zetsu that he planned to free Kaguya using his Tenseigan and Nagato’s Rinnegan, then learned Madara Uchiha was likely seeking the Dragon Vein in Roran.
• White Zetsu reported that Madara Uchiha had left the Land of Grass with Tobi, and Seiji sent White Zetsu to investigate Roran while taking Black Zetsu back to the village.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in Roran and used it to draw Natural Energy from the Dragon Vein, beginning a prolonged absorption process.
• Three days later, Inoichi Yamanaka opened the Joint Chunin Exams in Konoha with a written test focused on gathering intelligence.
• The Kirigakure examinees handled the test with ease, and Kisame Hoshigaki used refracted water to copy answers from Mei Terumi.

The second round of the Joint Chunin Exams began in the Forest of Death as Shimura Danzō sent Root after Nagato, while Yahiko Squad was caught in his ambush. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Tenshin secretly met Hyuga Mukai, who was ready to act against the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family.

• Choza Akimichi announced that the second round would be a three-day scroll-grabbing contest in the Forest of Death, with at least half the candidates expected to be eliminated.
• Shimura Danzō chose Nagato as his target and led more than a dozen Root ninja into the Forest of Death to capture him.
• Yahiko Squad and Mei Terumi Squad traveled toward the Central Tower, planning to wait for other teams rather than search for scrolls.
• Shimura Danzō's Root forces attacked Yahiko Squad at their riverside camp, and Baku cleared their Hidden Mist as a Four Violet Flames Formation trapped them.
• Otsutsuki Tenshin met secretly with Hyuga Mukai, the Branch Family representative, who had come to oppose the Hyuga Clan's Main Family.

Shimura Danzō attacked Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan inside the Forest of Death, hoping to capture Nagato and seize his Rinnegan. Nagato revealed his eyes and drove toward Danzō, who uncovered his Sharingan and prepared to fight him directly.

• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull a Root jonin into Yahiko's Water Release attack, while Konan's Paper Shuriken kept the other Root Ninja occupied.
• The Root Ninja focused their attacks on Nagato, who unleashed Shinra Tensei and repelled their combined ninjutsu, revealing his Rinnegan as his hair was blown back.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Danzō's attack and rushed to the Forest of Death with his Anbu, while Otsutsuki Tenshin sensed Nagato's Chakra and decided to confront Hiruzen later.
• Danzō recognized Nagato's Rinnegan, uncovered the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye, and attacked with Vacuum Bullet as Nagato charged toward him.
• Danzō tracked Nagato's approach with his Sharingan and began forming the seals for Wind Release: Vacuum Great Bullet.

Nagato fought Shimura Danzō, using the Rinnegan’s powers and Asura Path weapons while Danzō tested Shinra Tensei’s limits and cooldown. Danzō’s attacks failed to finish Nagato, and Nagato’s hidden mechanical trap pierced him as he charged in.

• Nagato absorbed Danzō’s Vacuum Great Bullet and fired Asura Assault cannons, forcing Danzō to evade a devastating blast.
• Nagato struck at Danzō, but Danzō dodged and three Root Jonin attacked; Nagato used Shinra Tensei to kill them while Yahiko and Konan slaughtered other Root Ninja.
• Danzō activated Izanagi and tried to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan, then used shuriken and Baku to probe Shinra Tensei’s cooldown before attacking with Wind Release techniques.
• Nagato repelled Danzō with Shinra Tensei after determining five seconds had passed, then pulled him in with Banshō Ten’in and hit him with Strange Arm Rocket.
• Danzō charged Nagato again, but serrated teeth from Nagato’s concealed mechanical armor pierced his body.