Chapter Summaries

Kirigakure launched a surprise attack on Sunagakure using Angkor Fortress and Yagura’s massive flood technique. Karura protected the village with a Sand Wall, but the effort consumed most of her chakra as the invasion continued.

• Sunagakure’s leaders learned that Kirigakure’s forces had reached the village and struggled to understand how they had bypassed its defenses.
• Angkor Fortress descended over Sunagakure as Yagura unleashed a towering flood at the village.
• Karura raised a Sand Wall that blocked the flood for nearly five seconds and greatly reduced its force.
• Sunagakure’s ninja recognized Karura and celebrated their survival, while she gasped for breath after using nearly two-thirds of her chakra.

Yagura’s Kirigakure forces launched their attack on Sunagakure while Seiji’s plan trapped the village and cut off its communications. The Hidden Mist army charged into Sunagakure, with Rasa and the Sand forces still unaware of the danger.

• Yagura used a flood to breach Sunagakure’s defenses and prepare an assault from within.
• Sunagakure’s leaders sent a plea for aid to Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo on the front lines.
• Uzumaki Shinji and the Uzumaki team raised the Four Red Yang Formation around Sunagakure.
• Shinji cast the Void Locking Formation to block further messages sent through the Summoning Technique.
• Yagura led the Hidden Mist Ninja down the flood toward Sunagakure.

Yagura attacked Sunagakure while Uzumaki Kana coordinated Hidden Mist forces by relaying precise intelligence. Karura prepared to fight Yagura and ordered an Anbu to take her infant daughter Temari to safety.

• Uzumaki Kana warned Yagura about Hidden Sand Ninja nearby, and he scattered them with Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• Uzumaki Kana identified Karura on a rooftop, and Yagura charged toward her as she weakened from defending against his attack.
• Karura's Anbu squad moved to intercept Yagura while Karura gathered sand and resolved to defend Sunagakure despite her pregnancy.
• Karura ordered an Anbu to take Temari to safety, and he departed using Body Flicker.
• Otsutsuki Mukai joined Suikazan Fuguki's ground forces and recognized how effectively Kana's sensory reports and battlefield communications worked together.

Kirigakure’s forces broke into Sunagakure, using Uzumaki Kana’s guidance to locate and attack Hidden Sand Ninjas. As Rasa rushed back from the front lines, he feared for his village but trusted that he could defeat the invaders once he reached the desert.

• Uzumaki Kana guided Otsutsuki Mukai to an ambush, and he injured three Hidden Sand Puppet Masters with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Kirigakure’s ground forces into Sunagakure and ordered his troops to disperse and eliminate resistance.
• Rasa hurried back with his forces, knowing Sunagakure was undermanned while most of its ninjas fought Konoha.
• Rasa recalled that Minato Namikaze’s attacks had delayed the retreat and that Bunbuku’s disappearance had disrupted Sunagakure’s plans.
• Rasa resolved to defend Sunagakure, confident that his Magnet Release: Sand Gold made him formidable on his home ground.

Seiji returned to Hidden Mist with the captured four-tails jinchuriki Rōshi and learned that Konoha had discovered Sunagakure was under attack. He ordered ANBU to check the front line’s progress, leaving Hidden Mist’s next decision pending.

• Seiji brought Rōshi back to Hidden Mist and ordered Otsutsuki Tenshin to imprison him until Nagato and Xiao Ming could help seal him.
• Seiji spent time with Little Toneri, whom he regarded as a powerful future ally because of his pure Otsutsuki bloodline and Byakugan.
• Ken delivered an urgent telegram reporting that a Konoha spy in Sunagakure had alerted Konoha to Hidden Mist’s raid.
• Seiji considered that Konoha might intensify its pursuit of the retreating Sand forces or abandon the pursuit and aid Sunagakure.
• Seiji used Takamagahara to reach the ANBU communications unit and ordered them to ask Angkor Fortress for an update on the attack.

Yagura used the Three-Tails’ power and Water Mirror Technique to counter Karura’s Sand Shower, then struck her with a miniature Tailed Beast Ball. Karura raised a sand defense as her house collapsed, leaving her fate unclear.

• Yagura charged through Sunagakure’s Anbu, knocking aside the guards protecting Karura.
• Karura attacked Yagura with Sand Release: Sand Shower.
• Yagura used Water Release: Water Mirror Technique to copy Karura’s attack and obscure the battlefield with clashing sand bullets.
• Yagura located Karura through the chaos and fired a miniature Tailed Beast Ball at her.
• Karura formed Sand Release: Desert Wave around herself, but the blast destroyed the house where she stood.

Karura fought Yagura to protect Sunagakure and buy time for Rasa to return, but Yagura overwhelmed her and took her captive. As the battle continued, Uzumaki Kana relayed that the Mizukage wanted an update.

• Karura used Desert: Rebel Slave and Sand Waterfall Burial to trap and crush Yagura despite her injuries.
• Yagura unleashed Three-Tails Chakra, shattered Karura’s sand attacks, and knocked her unconscious.
• Yagura sealed Karura and called Hozuki Chino to treat her, intending to use her as a bargaining chip against Rasa.
• Uzumaki Kana told Yagura that the Mizukage was asking about the battle’s progress.

Yagura received orders from Seiji to seize Sunagakure within an hour before Konoha could intervene. As the Hidden Mist forces pressed their attack, they captured Temari and confronted Yōton Yekura at the hospital, where Nakayoshi countered her Scorching Release with Dark Release.

• Yagura initially estimated the Hidden Mist forces could take Sunagakure within two hours, but Seiji relayed the Mizukage’s order to finish the conquest within one hour because Konoha had learned of the operation.
• Yahiko and Konan brought Yagura the wounded Sand Anbu and the infant Temari after intercepting them on their way to a shelter.
• Yagura ordered the Hidden Mist Ninja to accelerate their assault so they could take the village before dealing with Rasa and the reinforcements returning to Sunagakure.
• Otsutsuki Mukai and several Hidden Mist Jonin approached the Sunagakure hospital after Mukai injured three Sand Puppet Masters.
• Yōton Yekura attacked Mukai’s group with Scorching Release, but Nakayoshi absorbed her fireballs with Dark Release and sent the resulting flames back at her.

Hidden Mist forces launched coordinated attacks on Sunagakure, with Otsutsuki Mukai engaging Yekura while Nakayoshi and other Jonin headed for the hospital. Suikazan Fuguki’s swordsmen destroyed the Kazekage Tower and began hunting the surviving Sand leadership.

• Nakayoshi’s Meidun reflected Yekura’s ninjutsu, and Otsutsuki Mukai told him to leave Yekura to him and attack the Sunagakure hospital with the other Hidden Mist Jonin.
• Otsutsuki Mukai appeared before Yekura and struck her with Eight Trigrams: Mountain Shattering Strike.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered a direct assault on the Kazekage Tower, directing Saito Kage to break its Barrier and Hozuki Chizuru to destroy the tower.
• Saito Kage’s lightning strikes overwhelmed the Barrier, and Hozuki Chizuru’s Heaven Cleaving Slash collapsed the Kazekage Tower alongside the remaining lightning bolts.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered his swordsmen to kill every Sunagakure higher-up, then charged a fleeing survivor as the others attacked the scattered leadership.

Yagura learned that Konoha would send elite forces to help Sunagakure, disrupting Kirigakure’s plan to destroy the village. He requested tactical guidance from Seiji and ordered Konan and Yahiko to escort the children and the Fourth Kazekage’s wife to Angkor Fortress.

• Uzumaki Kana reported that Konoha had agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Sunagakure and would send elite forces to aid it.
• Yagura realized Konoha’s intervention made Kirigakure’s plan to trap and eliminate Sunagakure’s returning troops too risky.
• Yagura sent a telegram to the Mizukage requesting tactical guidance from Seiji.
• Yagura assigned Konan and Yahiko to escort the children in their care and the Fourth Kazekage’s wife to Angkor Fortress.
• Seiji discussed Konoha’s decision with Third Mizukage Hyou and maintained that Sunagakure should be destroyed.

Seiji arranged for Third Mizukage Hyou to support Kirigakure’s invasion of Sunagakure, then visited the Ten-Tails at Mount Myōboku. Kirigakure’s forces killed Yekura and eliminated Sunagakure’s remaining leaders, leaving the village under Kirigakure’s control.

• Seiji ordered Hyou to travel to the Land of Wind and support the campaign once Yagura had taken control of Sunagakure.
• Seiji instructed Ken to accelerate the operation at Angkor Fortress and have the White Zetsu monitor Konoha’s frontline forces.
• Seiji used Takamagahara to reach Mount Myōboku, where the Ten-Tails continued absorbing Natural Energy.
• Ōtsutsuki Mukai exploited Yekura’s outdated knowledge of his abilities and killed her with Divine Air Strike.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist killed Sunagakure’s higher-ups, while Hidden Mist Ninja crushed the remaining resistance under Uzumaki Kana’s sensory guidance.

Seiji learned that Sunagakure had fallen under Kirigakure’s control and sent Hyou there to await Rasa’s forces. He then tried to use the repaired Otsutsuki Tool "Plow" to travel back to the era when he had left Kaguya, and the tool accepted his identity and prompted him to set a destination.

• Yagura reported that Sunagakure had been purged and placed under Kirigakure’s control, with wounded Sand Ninja imprisoned in Angkor Fortress to supply it with Chakra.
• Seiji teleported Hyou to Angkor Fortress in Sunagakure to prepare for Rasa’s arrival.
• Seiji entered his alternate dimension and activated the repaired Otsutsuki Tool "Plow," hoping to return to the past and see Kaguya.
• When the tool stalled while trying to identify him, Seiji gave it the name "Seiji Otsutsuki," and it recorded him.
• The Otsutsuki Tool "Plow" asked Seiji to set his movement destination.

Seiji opened a Space-Time passage with the treasure tool "Plow" as Orochimaru led Konoha’s reinforcements toward the battle between Sunagakure and Kirigakure. After hearing that Kirigakure had deployed hundreds of Jonin-level shinobi and might have surpassed Konoha, Jiraiya accepted the need to support Sunagakure but feared Hiruzen Sarutobi’s limited response would leave Konoha vulnerable.

• Seiji used the treasure tool "Plow" to form a Space-Time passage and stepped toward it.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi followed the Sunagakure forces to prepare to support them.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that Kirigakure’s strength might exceed Konoha’s and that its attacking force could represent only half of its total power.
• Jiraiya realized that helping Sunagakure was necessary, but believed Hiruzen Sarutobi should commit Konoha’s full strength against Kirigakure.
• Jiraiya accepted that he could not change the village’s decision and resolved to follow its orders.

As Orochimaru's group hurried toward Sunagakure, Shikaku Nara realized Kirigakure had likely concealed its strength and planned for Konoha's response. He warned that Kirigakure might even want Konoha to send reinforcements, and Orochimaru led the group onward at increased speed.

• Shikaku Nara noticed Minato Namikaze's connection to the intelligence that had shaped Konoha's view of Kirigakure.
• Shikaku Nara concluded that Kirigakure had deliberately shown weakness during Minato Namikaze's earlier mission to disguise its strength.
• Shikaku Nara warned that Kirigakure had planned for Konoha to support Sunagakure and might have contingencies strong enough to defeat their combined forces.
• Shikaku Nara speculated that Kirigakure might actually want Konoha to send reinforcements.
• Orochimaru accepted Shikaku Nara's judgment and increased his speed as the group continued toward Sunagakure.

Seiji studied the space-time passage as Plow carried him toward the past, hoping to meet Kaguya, but Urashiki’s interference disrupted the coordinates. After Plow absorbed Seiji’s chakra, it generated new coordinates and transported him to an unknown destination.

• Seiji used the Jōgan to study the space-time fluctuations within the passage created by Plow.
• Plow warned Seiji that they were nearing their destination, and the passage briefly became orderly as he anticipated seeing Kaguya.
• Space-time interference disrupted the coordinates, and Seiji blamed Urashiki Otsutsuki for the rejection.
• Seiji tried to make Plow take him back, but it continued repeating its error warning.
• After absorbing Seiji’s chakra, Plow generated new space-time coordinates and carried him away in a yellow-green halo.

After Plow sent Seiji to the moon in a parallel Space-Time, he explored the unfamiliar world and sensed a Giant Tenseigan beneath the lunar surface. He discovered the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s underground space and located the Giant Tenseigan inside its temple.

• Seiji learned that Plow’s overloaded automatic cruise mode had sent him to the moon in a different Space-Time.
• Seiji stored Plow in Takamagahara Space and decided to explore before returning to his original world.
• Seiji flew into space and sensed a familiar chakra aura resonating with his Tenseigan.
• Seiji used his Tenseigan to find the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s underground space and the Giant Tenseigan hidden in its temple.

Seiji discovered that the shrine was in a parallel version of the Ninja World and began absorbing its Giant Tenseigan. Otsutsuki Toneri recognized Seiji as a legendary Celestial Being and feared the intruder as Seiji’s clone pursued the puppet controllers.

• Seiji used Takamagahara to enter Hamura Shrine and confirmed that it matched the shrine from his own world.
• Seiji began absorbing the Giant Tenseigan, hoping to strengthen himself enough to confront Hagoromo Otsutsuki and rescue Kaguya.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sent puppets to attack Seiji, but Seiji blocked them with a Truth-Seeking Orb and destroyed them.
• Seiji sent a Wood Release Clone after the puppets’ remote controller while he continued draining the Giant Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recognized Seiji as one of the Celestial Beings from clan legends and feared him, knowing his own current strength was limited.

Seiji's Wood Release Clone subdued Otsutsuki Toneri and learned that he had arrived in a parallel shinobi world just as the Fourth Great Ninja War began. As Seiji absorbed the Giant Tenseigan's power, he learned more about this world's history and the threat Toneri had posed to it.

• Seiji's Wood Release Clone entered Otsutsuki Castle, knocked out Otsutsuki Toneri, and confirmed that Toneri was the Moon Otsutsuki Clan Branch Family's sole survivor.
• Seiji used the Tenseigan's Spirit Ball to control Toneri and obtain his memories, discovering that the Fourth Great Ninja War had just begun in a parallel version of the shinobi world.
• Seiji learned that Toneri planned to acquire pure Byakugan, awaken the Tenseigan, and destroy the shinobi world, a plan Seiji rejected.
• Seiji reviewed Toneri's intelligence and learned that Yagura had been manipulated by Sharingan genjutsu and had persecuted Kirigakure's bloodline clans.
• Seiji finished absorbing the Giant Tenseigan's power, leaving it gray and depleted.

After absorbing the Giant Tenseigan, Seiji gained enough power to search for Otsutsuki Hamura and made plans to use this parallel world's Otsutsuki as fuel for his growth. He sealed Hamura away, left a clone to reform Toneri, and prepared to hunt Isshiki and the other Otsutsuki.

• Seiji returned to Otsutsuki Toneri after absorbing the Giant Tenseigan and rejoined his Wood Release Clone.
• Seiji used his enhanced Tenseigan to find the sleeping soul of Otsutsuki Hamura, then sealed him away from events in the Ninja World.
• Seiji returned to Otsutsuki Castle, freed Toneri from his control, and left a Wood Release Clone to educate him.
• Seiji planned to make Toneri his ally, eventually help him awaken the Tenseigan, and use the parallel world's Otsutsuki to grow stronger.
• Seiji vowed to hunt down Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and his Small Ten-Tails.

On the first day of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Seiji traveled to Hidden Mist Village to meet Elder Genji and gather information, while seeking Kabuto Yakushi’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive his parents. He reached Genji’s residence and prepared to meet the elder, who calmly awaited him.

• Seiji decided to visit Elder Genji, meet Black Zetsu, and obtain Kabuto Yakushi’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so he could revive his parents.
• Seiji used Takamagahara to travel through the space tunnel to the Land of Fire, then teleported to Elder Genji’s residence in Hidden Mist Village.
• Uncle Midori, Gonbei, and the Anbu surrounded Seiji, but his Tenseigan Pressure knocked them unconscious.
• Seiji entered the reception hall, where Genji sat calmly awaiting his arrival.