Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara and Obito fought Konoha’s forces until Obito gained control of the Ten-Tails and unleashed a devastating attack. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama and Tobirama to stop it, but Madara rejected Hashirama’s plea and resumed the battle with his Complete Body Susanoo.

• Uchiha Clan Sage practitioners attacked Uchiha Madara with combined Fire Release, but he absorbed their flames and countered before Kisame Hoshigaki extinguished his fire with a massive Water Release.
• Might Duy, Might Guy, and Kakashi attacked Obito, but his Kamui phasing let him avoid their strikes while Kakashi dodged Obito’s Wood Release spikes.
• Obito asked Madara for control of the Ten-Tails, and Madara agreed, allowing Obito to unleash a battlefield-wide storm that caused casualties among Konoha’s forces.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama and Tobirama, and Hashirama’s Sage Art: Heavenly Gates suppressed the Ten-Tails until it eventually broke free.
• Hashirama urged Madara to stop pursuing the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Madara insisted that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was necessary and activated Complete Body Susanoo.
• Hashirama sighed and used Wood Release: Wood Human Technique.

Konoha’s fighters battled Uchiha Madara and Obito’s Ten-Tails as Minato diverted a devastating Tailed Beast Bomb and ten Uchiha sages sealed the beast inside a powerful barrier. Madara rejected Hashirama’s attempt to persuade him, insisting that only he could bring permanent peace to the Shinobi World.

• Might Duy and Guy opened the Seventh and Sixth Gates and struck the Ten-Tails’ claw with the Day Tiger and Morning Peacock, driving it back.
• Hashirama and Madara clashed with Wood Release techniques while Tobirama cut down flower buds to protect Konoha’s forces from poisonous pollen.
• Obito launched a massive Tailed Beast Bomb, and Minato transferred it away with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, exhausting his Sage Chakra.
• Ten Uchiha sages formed Katsuo’s Sage Art: Four Red Yang Formation around the Ten-Tails and contained its next Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Hashirama praised the Uchiha’s place in Konoha and tried to persuade Madara, but Madara declared that he alone could bring peace and had yet to reveal his full power.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Konoha’s forces with his invisible Limbo Shadows, freeing the Ten-Tails and humiliating Tobirama Senju. Back in Konoha, a crack appeared in the colorful Great Cocoon, and Little Yao warned that a giant dog was about to emerge.

• Tobirama Senju taunted Uchiha Madara, who struck him down with a Six Paths Black Rod and pinned his head.
• Uchiha Madara’s Limbo Shadows battered Konoha’s fighters, defeated Senju Hashirama, and freed the Ten-Tails.
• Uchiha Madara pressed Tobirama Senju’s head into the earth while Orochimaru failed to release the Impure World Reincarnation.
• After three days without news from the battlefield, Uzumaki Keiga and the other women worried over the Great Cocoon in Konoha.
• Little Yao warned that a big dog was coming out of the Great Cocoon, so Mikoto summoned eight Sage Mode experts to move it outside.
• Dense Chakra mist burst from the crack in the Great Cocoon after the group moved it to an open area.

Katsuo expelled and controlled the Ten-Tails, which emerged as Number Ten and rushed west toward the battlefield. There, Might Duy considered opening the Eight Gates to face Uchiha Madara and the other Ten-Tails, but Number Ten arrived before he could act.

• Katsuo's power repelled the Ten-Tails from his body, and his Rinnegan kept the beast under his control.
• Number Ten noticed little Yao, then sensed another Ten-Tails to the west and left Konoha, shaking buildings as it charged toward the battlefield.
• Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Konoha's fighters, while Tsunade and Katsuyu kept them alive.
• Might Duy prepared to open all Eight Gates, but Might Guy tried to persuade him that they could wait for Katsuo.
• Uchiha Madara and the battlefield Ten-Tails spotted Number Ten charging toward them from the east.

Number Ten attacked Uchiha Madara’s Ten-Tails, forcing Minato to evacuate the wounded Konoha fighters. Uchiha Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and faced Number Ten as Sage of Six Paths Madara, blocking its powerful claw.

• Number Ten charged at Uchiha Madara’s Ten-Tails, bit into it, and fought off its attacks.
• Minato ordered Orochimaru, Tsunade, Brother Dai, and Might Guy to retreat with the wounded as Number Ten hurled the Ten-Tails into Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo.
• Number Ten fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Uchiha Madara and the Ten-Tails, then bit off and swallowed one of the Ten-Tails’ arms despite Uchiha Madara’s Limbo attacks.
• Uchiha Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails and transformed into Sage of Six Paths Madara.
• Number Ten fired another Tailed Beast Bomb, which Sage of Six Paths Madara blocked with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield, then he stopped Number Ten’s claw with his Sage Staff.

Sage of Six Paths Madara fought Number Ten while the Konoha fighters escaped its close-range Tailed Beast Bomb. After the Senju brothers and Minato returned to battle, Number Ten entered Minato and gave him Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode.

• Number Ten detonated a massive Tailed Beast Bomb at close range, and Might Duy, Son, and Minato rescued the wounded from the blast.
• Number Ten survived the explosion and regained its freedom as its Truth-Seeking Orb rods were destroyed, while Hashirama and Tobirama began recovering.
• Sage of Six Paths Madara battered Number Ten until Hashirama, Tobirama, and Minato returned to the battlefield and joined the fight.
• Hashirama asked Minato about Katsuo and learned that he was considered the Shinobi World's strongest but could not come because of an urgent matter.
• Sage of Six Paths Madara struck Hashirama in half, and Number Ten slipped into Minato's body, granting him Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode.

After hiding from the Uchiha massacre, Uchiha Gousheng learned that Itachi had killed the clan and defected, then headed to Ichiraku Ramen for food. He left the chapter exhausted and hungry after Ayame defended him from her knife-wielding father.

• Uchiha Gousheng emerged from his hiding place after seven days without food or water and met an Anbu patrol member.
• The Anbu told Gousheng that Uchiha Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, sparing only Sasuke, and then defected from Konoha.
• Gousheng ran away from the Uchiha district and went to Ichiraku Ramen, where he discovered he had no money.
• Gousheng flirted with Ayame and grabbed her hands while taking his seafood ramen, making her cry out.
• Otsutsuki Ichiraku rushed out with a knife, but Ayame stepped between him and Gousheng and claimed she had accidentally burned herself.

After surviving the Uchiha massacre, Gousheng visited the Ichiraku ramen shop and then found Sasuke at the Uchiha compound. He vowed to restore the clan by taking concubines and promised to stay by Sasuke, while leaving the task of killing Itachi to him.

• Ayame apologized after Otsutsuki Ichiraku frightened Gousheng, and Gousheng ate six bowls of seafood ramen before leaving without paying.
• Gousheng entered the Uchiha compound despite its warning cordon and lay outside Fugaku's residence, wailing loudly.
• Sasuke ran out, found Gousheng alive, and mourned with him over the clan's dead.
• Gousheng and Sasuke blamed Itachi for the massacre and vowed to avenge the Uchiha clan.
• Gousheng declared he would revive the clan by taking concubines, and Sasuke accepted him as a brother and left the revenge against Itachi to himself.

After the Uchiha Clan massacre, Gousheng moved in with Sasuke and stayed close to him, while Sasuke focused on training and revenge. At school, Gousheng picked a fight with Naruto, then tried to recruit him as a little brother by offering protection and unlimited Ichiraku Ramen.

• Sasuke asked Gousheng to live with him, and Gousheng claimed his uncle's three-story villa and asked Sasuke for money.
• Gousheng refused to leave Sasuke's side during an Anbu interrogation, and the next day Sasuke resumed studying and training.
• Gousheng visited Sasuke's class to look for girls he wanted to befriend, but Naruto confronted him for sitting on his chair.
• Sasuke beat Naruto after Naruto insulted Gousheng, and Gousheng repeatedly stopped Sasuke and helped Naruto up.
• Gousheng tried to make Naruto his little brother, and Naruto refused until Gousheng offered him unlimited Ichiraku Ramen.

Five years later, Uchiha Gousheng had manipulated Hinata, Ino, and Tenten into falling for him as part of his plan to revive the Uchiha Clan. On graduation and class assignment day, he joined Naruto and Sasuke's class, while Kurenai Yuhi considered him as a potential student.

• Gousheng described how he used staged rescues, aloofness, and displays of skill to win Hinata, Ino, and Tenten's affection.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Gousheng's transfer into the class with Sasuke and Naruto, where the girls and Naruto greeted him warmly.
• Gousheng teased Hinata at his desk until he sensed the jonin were observing the class and sat up straight.
• Kurenai Yuhi noticed Gousheng's projected image, and Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced him as a top-ranked genius skilled in Wind Release.
• Asuma Sarutobi declined to take another student because he already had disciples and hoped to gain the Ino-Shika-Cho clans' support.

Minato fought Uchiha Madara for days to buy time for Katsuo, but Madara cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi and ensnared nearly the entire Shinobi World. Minato escaped with Tobirama Senju’s help as Katsuo’s cocoon began cracking, though Katsuo had not yet emerged.

• Minato used his Ten-Tails power and Flying Thunder God Technique to stall Uchiha Madara while waiting for Katsuo.
• Uchiha Madara trapped Minato with Limbo Shadows and Planetary Devastations, then flew to the moon and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Tobirama Senju helped Minato break free from the illusion, and Minato realized the blood-red moon could ensnare people who looked at it.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed God: Deep Forest Emergence, causing Divine Tree roots to burst from the ground across the Shinobi World.
• At the villa, Mikoto, Kushina, Konan, and Uzumaki Keiga watched Katsuo’s cracking cocoon and worried about his delayed return.
• A brilliant white light suddenly illuminated the night sky as the women spoke.

Katsuo resisted the Infinite Tsukuyomi and used his Rinnegan technique to gravely wound Uchiha Madara. Minato followed up with a powerful attack, but Madara survived behind his Limbo Shadows and began healing as Black Zetsu approached him.

• The Infinite Tsukuyomi put Konoha’s inhabitants, including Katsuo’s family, under genjutsu, but Katsuo’s power broke the effect around him and destroyed the roots targeting him.
• Katsuo struck Uchiha Madara from behind with the Three Calamity Instant Slash Technique, cutting deeply into his body and sending him falling from the sky.
• Minato teleported to Madara and hit him with Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Bomb Ultimate Rasengan, blasting his body into three sections.
• Madara’s four Limbo Shadows guarded him while he healed by drawing chakra from shinobi wrapped in the Divine Tree, but a strange power slowed the recovery of his wounds.
• Madara blamed Katsuo for the surprise attack, and Black Zetsu hurried to his side to pursue its plan to free its mother.

Katsuo appeared during Black Zetsu’s betrayal of Uchiha Madara, destroyed Black Zetsu, and stripped Madara of his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and Ten-Tails power. He also removed the Ten-Tails from Minato and restored him, while Tobirama watched the Uchiha’s overwhelming power with wariness.

• Black Zetsu pierced Uchiha Madara from behind and revealed that it served Kaguya rather than being Madara’s consciousness.
• Katsuo emerged from a spatial vortex, seized Black Zetsu, and destroyed it with High-Energy Sage Fire and a soul-burning black flame.
• Katsuo took Madara’s Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and extracted the Ten-Tails’ Chakra, leaving Madara too weak to fight.
• Katsuo removed the Ten-Tails from Minato and restored the damage to Minato’s body with life force.
• Tobirama Senju approached Katsuo and expressed admiration while remaining wary of the Uchiha’s power.

Katsuo confronted the Sage of Six Paths after the crisis, challenged his reasons for remaining in the Shinobi World, and told him to leave. The Sage agreed to return to the Pure Land with Hashirama and Tobirama, while Katsuo watched the portal and questioned whether the Sage had truly given up.

• Tobirama urged Katsuo to kill the weakened Madara, but Katsuo said he would handle Madara himself.
• Katsuo exposed the Sage of Six Paths, who emerged from Madara's body and explained that he had stayed to guard against Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• The Sage praised Katsuo for saving the Shinobi World, but refused to give him power and said he needed to remain to prevent Kaguya's escape.
• Katsuo promised to protect the Shinobi World and ordered the Sage to leave, and the Sage agreed to return to the Pure Land.
• The Sage opened a passage to the Pure Land and offered to take Hashirama and Tobirama with him; Katsuo watched the passage and wondered about the Sage's connection to it.

After the Sage of Six Paths and the Senju brothers departed for the Pure Land, Katsuo spared Uchiha Madara and urged him to join forces against the Otsutsuki Clan. Madara, whose ambitions had collapsed, was left intrigued by Katsuo’s offer to explore and conquer worlds beyond the Shinobi World.

• Tobirama Senju praised Minato, who credited Konoha’s success to Katsuo.
• Senju Hashirama said goodbye to Uchiha Madara before entering the Pure Land with his younger brother, and Katsuo assured Hashirama that Madara would live.
• Katsuo told the Sage of Six Paths that he had stolen the Ten-Tails and rejected the Sage’s warning about the Blood Karma and Otsutsuki Clan.
• The Sage of Six Paths entered the Pure Land after sensing that Asura and Indra were safe.
• Katsuo explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi created White Zetsu and told Uchiha Madara that he would spare him.
• Katsuo invited Uchiha Madara to help fight the Otsutsuki Clan and travel beyond the Shinobi World, leaving Madara astonished and curious.

Katsuo restored the Tailed Beasts and transformed Number Ten into a Divine Tree, then used it to drain Chakra across the Shinobi World and grow a massive Chakra Fruit. He stored the ripe fruit in his Kamui Dimension and began withdrawing the Divine Tree’s roots, shaking the land with earthquakes.

• Katsuo told Minato that Madara would eventually look beyond the Shinobi World and assured him he would handle the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Katsuo separated Matatabi, the Three-Tails, the Four-Tails, and the Six-Tails from the Divine Tree, and Number Ten devoured them.
• Katsuo extracted the Nine-Tails’ Chakra from the Divine Tree, turned Number Ten into a new Divine Tree, and ordered it to absorb Chakra from living beings.
• The Divine Tree drained most of the Chakra from ninja across the nations and used it to grow a huge, sky-blue Chakra Fruit.
• Katsuo harvested the ripe Chakra Fruit into his Kamui Dimension and ordered the Divine Tree to withdraw its roots, triggering violent earthquakes.

Katsuo dispelled the Infinite Tsukuyomi, cleared the Divine Tree roots, and returned home before learning that Uchiha Itachi had died. He then went to the moon to release Kaguya Otsutsuki, who escaped the Star Core using his power.

• Katsuo used his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan to dispel the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Minato returned to Konoha.
• Katsuo cleared the Divine Tree roots, gave some of their power to the Star Spirit, sealed Number Ten, and returned home to his family.
• Katsuo visited the Uchiha Compound, where Uchiha Sheng told him that Uchiha Itachi had died of illness during Katsuo's absence.
• Katsuo went to the moon and told Kaguya Otsutsuki that Hagoromo had interrupted her release, then demanded that she obey him once freed.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki urged Katsuo to absorb the Star Core's power with the Preta Path, then used his power to escape the seal.

Uchiha Katsuo freed Kaguya Otsutsuki and bound her to serve him, then discussed his plans to fight the Otsutsuki Clan. After leaving Kaguya on the moon, he prepared for his own departure from the Shinobi World and told his three women he would be leaving.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from Katsuo's body, and he made her wear Colored Rings that could restrain and summon her.
• Kaguya recognized that Katsuo had received her clan's Blood Karma and warned him that the Otsutsuki Clan could seal space, but Katsuo insisted he intended to eliminate them.
• Katsuo allowed Kaguya to travel only between the moon and the Shinobi World, then left after refusing her request to follow him.
• Kaguya repeated Katsuo's name, opened a spatial rift, and went to see Earth after her thousand-year imprisonment ended.
• Katsuo continued preparing to oppose the Otsutsuki Clan and told his three women he planned to leave the Shinobi World, frightening them.

Katsuo persuaded his wives to let him leave the Shinobi World to confront the Otsutsuki Clan, then four years passed as Konoha established dominance and his sons competed in the Chunin Exams. The chapter ended with Uzumaki Chōsei preparing to face Naruto while Katsuo wondered how Chōsei had become close to Hinata.

• Katsuo explained the Otsutsuki threat to Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan, and persuaded them to let him go alone while they stayed with the children.
• Four years later, Konoha ruled the Shinobi World, and Senju Nawaki had become the Fifth Hokage after Minato resigned.
• Katsuo's sons Tenmei and Chōsei entered the Chunin Exams and claimed the top places, defeating the other Genin, including the rising stars from the original story.
• Tenmei Uchiha defeated Sasuke Uchiha in the finals, and Ino Yamanaka fussed over him afterward.
• The examiner announced Uzumaki Chōsei's match against Namikaze Naruto, and Chōsei confidently prepared to fight him after Hinata encouraged him.
• Katsuo watched Chōsei whisper to Hinata and learned from Yao that Chōsei had quickly won her over.

Uzumaki Chōsei defeated Namikaze Naruto in the Chūnin Exam arena, despite Naruto showing off powerful techniques taught by Minato. The chapter ended with Hinata Hyuga tending to Chōsei and Hyuga Hiashi delighted by their closeness.

• Chōsei suppressed Naruto in taijutsu and defeated his Shadow Clones with a larger group of his own.
• Naruto used Wind Release, Body Flicker, and Rasengan, but Chōsei dodged his attack and bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto revealed himself to be a Shadow Clone and attacked Chōsei with a Great Ball Rasengan.
• Chōsei countered with Sage Art: Great Waterfall Technique, swept Naruto away, and won the match.
• Minato rescued Naruto, who vowed to train harder and defeat Chōsei and his brother someday.
• Hinata wiped Chōsei's face with a towel, and Hiashi celebrated seeing his daughter close to the Second Divine Son.