Chapter Summaries

Shin sealed the weakened Ten-Tails into a body and stored its cocoon at the Biological Science Research Institute. Konan asked to return to her world, but Shin persuaded her to begin again here and arranged for her to live near Samui, Hancock, and Robin.

• Shin extracted most of the Ten-Tails' Chakra, bound it, and sealed it into a prepared body before bringing the cocoon to Konoha.
• Kabuto examined the cocoon, and Shin explained that the Empire could neither restrain its immense power nor use it as an energy source.
• Konan waited at the Imperial Palace, met Samui and Princess Hinata, and asked Shin to send her back to her original world.
• Shin challenged Konan's desire to leave and urged her to abandon her Akatsuki robe and start over in this peaceful world.
• Shin told Samui to arrange a home for Konan with Hancock and Robin, and Samui led her away while promising to return her robe.

Konan moved into a home with Hancock, Robin, and Nami, while Naruto Shizune witnessed Tsunade and Naruto Tsunade in an intimate situation and struggled to understand it. Naruto Tsunade told her she loved the Emperor, and Naruto Shizune accepted that explanation and began adjusting to life in the changed Konoha.

• Samui introduced Konan to Hancock, Robin, and Nami, then left after Konan asked about their relationship with His Majesty.
• Naruto Shizune discovered Tsunade and Naruto Tsunade together in the living room and spent the night distressed by what she had seen.
• Shizune avoided discussing the incident, and Naruto Tsunade told Naruto Shizune that she and Tsunade loved the Emperor and had chosen their relationship willingly.
• Naruto Shizune apologized for misunderstanding her teacher and resolved not to disturb her again.
• Shizune offered to show Naruto Shizune around Konoha and take her to the hospital, while Naruto Tsunade went out to train.

Zhen confronted Kaguya Otsutsuki after she revived through Karma, and the two battled across several dimensions. Kaguya accepted Zhen’s offer to share information and oppose the Otsutsuki Clan, leaving their alliance tentative as she remained weakened.

• Kabuto detected a Chakra surge from the cocoon in Laboratory Seventeen, and Zhen identified its markings as Karma and recognized that Kaguya Otsutsuki was reincarnating.
• Zhen moved the cocoon to the moon, but Kaguya revived the next day and fled to Earth, where she searched the ocean for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kaguya attacked Zhen with All-Killing Ash Bones and Amenominaka, but he deflected her attacks and broke free of her ice dimension.
• In the Starting Ball Space, Zhen told Kaguya that her clan might return to Earth and offered to fight them with her in exchange for information.
• Kaguya attacked Zhen with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but he blocked it and countered with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion before she shifted them into Supergravity Space.
• As her strength waned, Kaguya accepted Zhen’s terms.

Makoto forced Kaguya to become his servant and brought her to Konoha, where she learned that he ruled the world and was building Mecha Gods to face future enemies. As Kaguya changed into clothes Samui had chosen, Samui joined Makoto on the sofa, and Kaguya emerged at the end of the chapter.

• Makoto pinned Kaguya in a supergravity space until she agreed to become his servant, then marked her with a Jutsu Formula and made her address him as Master.
• Makoto brought Kaguya toward Konoha and told her that his Mecha Gods were built to slay the gods who would come as enemies.
• Samui met Kaguya at the Imperial Palace and learned from Makoto that she was his new servant.
• Makoto made Kaguya kneel beside the sofa while she observed Konoha and the unfinished Mecha God under construction.
• Samui returned with clothes for Kaguya, who went to change while Samui rested Makoto's head on her lap and spoke with him.
• Kaguya emerged from the inner room after changing.

Kaguya settled into her new life as Shin's servant and secretly inspected Konoha's powerful machines and guarded sites. That night, she visited Ichiraku Ramen, where Ayame asked about her horns and Kaguya quietly considered the mortal world.

• Shin assigned Kaguya a residence and told her to attend to him during the day.
• After Samui showed her the house, Kaguya teleported to the Mechanical Science Research Institute and examined the Endless Zealot and a Cruiser Destroyer's Tailed Beast Core.
• Kaguya inspected the Tenseigan Weapon atop the Sunlight Tower, identified herself to Hyuga Shimizu as the Emperor's servant, and later visited the Temple of Samsara.
• Samui told Shin that Kaguya was difficult to get along with, and Shin explained that Kaguya had once ruled the world as a goddess.
• Kaguya left her residence at night and went to Ichiraku Ramen, where Ayame asked about her horns and Kaguya called them proof of bloodline and power.

Samui invited Robin, Hancock, and Nami to visit her, while Konan worried about Shinichi’s intentions. Shinichi sealed Kaguya’s Chakra and made her experience mortal hunger, leaving her struggling to resist food at the end of the day.

• Samui invited Robin, Hancock, and Nami to her home for Shinichi’s visit, then hinted that Konan should wear the jewelry Shinichi liked; Konan refused and worried about what he might do in the house.
• Kaguya arrived at the Imperial Palace to serve Shinichi, who later absorbed most of her Chakra and sealed the rest so she would experience mortal hunger.
• Shinichi refused to let Kaguya eat during the day, and she resisted the food despite growing hungry and exhausted.
• Samui brought Kaguya a boxed dinner, but Kaguya refused it and went to bed, where she wrestled with the temptation to eat and remembered the ramen shop she wanted to repay.

Kaguya endured hunger and exhaustion while trying to resist Shinichi’s test, but eventually gave in and ate Mabui’s meal. Shinichi restored her power, and Kaguya introduced herself to Mabui and accepted her invitation to come for food again.

• Kaguya woke weak and hungry, went to the Imperial Palace, and tried to endure the day without eating.
• Shinichi ignored Kaguya until she offered him water, then left her alone in the lounge.
• Kaguya drank the water she had spilled and later devoured the food Mabui brought, abandoning her resolve to fast.
• Kaguya knelt before Shinichi, apologized for eating his food, and offered him her Chakra as compensation.
• Shinichi restored Kaguya’s power and told her she could ask Mabui for food again.
• Kaguya introduced herself to Mabui as Otsutsuki Kaguya and accepted Mabui’s invitation to visit for meals.

Naruto Konan told Konan that Samui had hinted the Emperor wanted her, and Konan resolved to find a way to protect her other-world counterpart. After keeping the matter from Yahiko and Nagato, Konan considered whether Mei Terumi or Pakura could serve as a substitute.

• Naruto Konan visited Konan and explained that the three women sharing her residence were the Emperor's women, while Samui had hinted that he wanted her.
• Konan struggled over whether to involve Yahiko, Nagato, Mei Terumi, or Pakura, then promised Naruto Konan she would find a solution.
• Naruto Konan walked through the busy district, saw Nagato with new friends, and avoided him because she felt unable to join their lives.
• Yahiko and Nagato noticed Konan was troubled over dinner, but she concealed Naruto Konan's problem and said the other woman wanted distance.
• After Yahiko and Nagato promised to care for Naruto Konan, Konan wondered whether Mei Terumi or Pakura could take her place.

Mei Terumi wrestled with Pakura’s plan to draw Konan closer to His Majesty, while Pakura received a powerful new post and described the otherworldly beauty serving the Emperor. Mei Terumi ultimately refused to manipulate her friend and resolved to warn Konan.

• Konan told Mei Terumi that His Majesty had brought another version of her from a different world, leaving Mei Terumi wondering why he had done so.
• Zhen praised Pakura’s work and appointed her Deputy Governor of Fire Province after she asked to remain close to him.
• Pakura told Mei Terumi she had seen an extraordinarily beautiful woman beside His Majesty, and Mei Terumi explained that Konan had described the arrival of another Konan from another world.
• Pakura urged Mei Terumi to help bring Konan closer to His Majesty, arguing that His Majesty would pursue Konan sooner or later.
• Mei Terumi refused to push Konan into danger and decided she would warn her friend instead.

Naruto Konan feared the emperor might force himself on her, while Mei Terumi warned Konan that His Majesty might have feelings for her. After Konan proposed a fake marriage to Nagato as a way to protect Naruto Konan, Naruto Konan said she had accepted that resisting the emperor could bring trouble and urged Konan to live her own life.

• Hancock dressed in a purple qipao and went to serve His Majesty, while Naruto Konan worried about her place in the residence and the emperor's intentions.
• Mei Terumi asked Konan when she planned to marry Yahiko, then warned her that His Majesty might have feelings for her.
• Konan became troubled by the possibility that the emperor wanted her and asked Yahiko about their marriage; Yahiko offered to marry her, but Konan chose to follow their original plan to settle Nagato's situation first.
• Konan met Naruto Konan alone and suggested that she marry Nagato in a fake marriage so His Majesty would give up on her.
• Naruto Konan said she had thought it through, did not want to endanger the others, and told Konan to live her own life.

Konan struggled to accept Naruto Konan’s decision to begin again, then spoke with Pakura about her new government post and her feelings for His Majesty. Pakura’s teasing suggestion that Konan might also imagine being loved by the Emperor left Konan flustered, and she abruptly fled when Pakura mentioned Mei’s strangely scented photograph of him.

• Konan questioned Naruto Konan about accepting her fate, but Naruto Konan said she could accept her comfortable new life and wanted to begin again.
• Konan left the restaurant and ran into Pakura, who said His Majesty had appointed her Deputy Governor of Fire Province.
• Pakura discussed her admiration for His Majesty and admitted she had confessed her feelings to him, though he had not responded.
• Pakura asked Konan to imagine what she would do if His Majesty liked her, and Konan became increasingly flustered.
• Pakura mentioned finding a strangely scented photo of His Majesty under Mei’s pillow, and Konan knocked over her chair and hurried out.

Konan became distressed after Pakura’s remarks and asked Yahiko to visit Naruto Konan, who was adjusting to life in their world. After their conversation, Naruto Konan returned home and learned that His Majesty would visit that evening, leaving her uneasy about what might happen.

• Konan left the tavern upset by Pakura’s words, and Yahiko and Nagato comforted her at home.
• Konan asked Yahiko to visit Naruto Konan, and he agreed to go alone the next day.
• Yahiko visited Naruto Konan, heard that she was enjoying her new, peaceful routine, and offered help if she needed it.
• Naruto Konan watched Yahiko leave, returned to her residence, and told Nami that he was an old friend.
• Robin told Naruto Konan that His Majesty was coming that evening, and Naruto Konan grew nervous before retreating to her room.

Konan struggled with the Emperor’s decision concerning Naruto Konan, while Pakura urged her to take the other woman’s place. Naruto Konan spent the night anxious as the Emperor visited Robin, Nami, and Hancock, and the chapter ended with the three women speculating about whether Konan would join them next time.

• Yahiko told Konan about his visit to Naruto Konan, and Konan invented a story that the Emperor planned to send Naruto Konan back to her original world.
• Yahiko offered to speak with the Emperor, but Konan stopped him and claimed she would resolve the matter herself.
• Pakura invited Konan over, discussed Naruto Konan’s situation, and suggested Konan take her place.
• Naruto Konan anxiously listened from her bedroom as the Emperor visited Robin, Nami, and Hancock, then relaxed after he left.
• Robin, Nami, and Hancock went out to eat, where Nami wondered whether Konan would join them during the Emperor’s next visit.

Shin arranged a banquet at the Tsunayashiro residence, where he revealed his control over the Soul Society and captured Shunsui Kyoraku. Imprisoned in a dark void, Kyoraku found Yamamoto and other missing figures, who warned him that a being calling itself the Death God had found them.

• Shisui reported that the Soul Society's investigation into the Living World had reached the Empire, and Shin ordered him to send Big Mom to the Soul Society.
• After three Shinigami investigating in the Living World disappeared, Shunsui Kyoraku ordered an investigation and went to the Tsunayashiro Clan banquet with Nanao Ise.
• At the banquet, Shin revealed that Yamamoto was alive, and Tokinada Tsunayashiro and the guests transformed into monsters.
• Shin opened spatial rifts that swallowed Kyoraku, then ordered the monsters to begin the banquet.
• In the dark void, Kyoraku found Yamamoto, Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihoin, Shinji Hirako, Ichibe Hyosube, Tenjirō Kirinji, and Isshin Kurosaki.
• Yamamoto and the others warned Kyoraku that the Death God had found them.

Shinichi summoned Naruto Konan after Yahiko pleaded for her to stay, but both misunderstood his intentions and she offered to serve him more sincerely to protect Yahiko. In another dimension, Ichibe Hyosube told Shunsui Kyoraku that a devouring entity had consumed the Soul King and was now pursuing the survivors.

• Yahiko begged Shinichi to let Konan remain in this world, and Shinichi summoned her to his office.
• Naruto Konan feared Shinichi would punish Yahiko, so she knelt and promised to serve Shinichi wholeheartedly; Shinichi assured her Yahiko was safe and sent her away.
• Naruto Konan told Robin, Nami, and Hancock that Shinichi would visit that night, then spoke with Robin about the man she had loved, who was already dead.
• Shunsui Kyoraku learned from Ichibe Hyosube that Soul Society and Hueco Mundo had vanished and the Pure Land had appeared in their place.
• Ichibe Hyosube explained that the awakened Shinigami had devoured the Sage of Six Paths, the Pure Land's souls, and the Soul King, then pursued the survivors into their refuge.

Shin received Retsu Unohana’s plea for help after Shunsui Kyoraku disappeared and another monster outbreak devastated the Soul Society. He went with her to the Soul Society and pointed out that killing the transformed nobles would leave its leadership nearly wiped out, making him its savior once more.

• Shin spent the evening at Robin and Naruto Konan’s home before returning to the Imperial Palace.
• Retsu Unohana asked Shin to help the Soul Society after Shunsui Kyoraku vanished and monsters attacked a noble banquet.
• Shin questioned Unohana about the investigation, then contacted Hyuga Kiyomi while they waited for information.
• After receiving a response, Shin opened a spatial gate and took Unohana to the Soul Society.
• Shin asked whether the monsters were transformed nobles and warned that killing them would leave the Seireitei without its leaders.

Zhen rescued Soul Society from another monster outbreak, then accepted its leaders’ request to submit to the Living World Empire. He appointed Retsu Unohana Captain-Commander and placed Uchiha Obito and Sarutobi Asuma in charge of the Sixth and Thirteenth Divisions.

• Zhen and Retsu Unohana appeared over Seireitei, where Zhen destroyed the monsters with golden and violet attacks.
• After the battle, Unohana summoned the captains, and Central 46 called them to discuss Soul Society’s future and its dependence on the Living World.
• Sosuke Aizen knew the monster outbreaks were Zhen’s plan to make Soul Society submit, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi proposed accepting the emperor as their master.
• Several days later, Unohana, the captains, and Central 46 members visited Zhen and pleaded for him to take control of Soul Society; he accepted and said the monsters’ source had been found.
• Zhen appointed Unohana Captain-Commander and named Uchiha Obito and Sarutobi Asuma captains of the Sixth and Thirteenth Divisions, then proposed building more Sunlight Towers.

Senju Tobirama returned to Konoha with Byakusei, had Zhen restore his missing soul, and discovered that Byakusei carried two fused souls. In Soul Society, Uchiha Obito began serving as Sixth Division captain, while Ichibe Hyosube and the others detected a spatial fluctuation and decided to investigate.

• Senju Tobirama and Byakusei entered the transformed Konoha, where Tobirama found two Tsunades waiting at his residence.
• Zhen reunited Tobirama with the missing part of his soul, then sensed two fused souls inside Byakusei; Tobirama suspected one belonged to Orochimaru and the other to the monkey.
• Uchiha Obito took up his post as Sixth Division captain, met Vice-Captain Abarai Renji, and struggled with the division's paperwork.
• Obito showed Renji his sword, Kamui, and challenged him to a sparring match that drew the Sixth Division members to watch.
• Ichibe Hyosube sensed a faint spatial fluctuation near the Shinigami, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto led the group toward it.

Obito’s Bankai unexpectedly connected to another dimension, causing Renji Abarai to disappear before a group of former criminals appeared in his place. Meanwhile, Zhen discussed restructuring the Soul Society with Unohana, and a mysterious force began tearing at Byakusei’s fused souls as Tobirama prepared to separate them.

• Obito’s Bankai sent Renji Abarai into an unfamiliar darkness, where Renji encountered a bloodied man with a guardless sword.
• Obito opened a spatial rift with the power in his right arm, and ten injured strangers emerged in the Sixth Division barracks; Kisuke Urahara and Shinji Hirako recognized Aizen nearby.
• Zhen told Unohana he intended to reform the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and restore the Soul Society’s strength.
• Tobirama asked Kabuto to prepare to separate Byakusei’s fused souls, but a huge black shadow began tearing one soul away and Kabuto collapsed unconscious.
• Byakusei pleaded with Tobirama as his souls split, while the chapter returned to Zhen and Unohana’s conversation about the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.

A time anomaly trapped Hyuga Shin and the Great Toad Sage warned that a corrupted god would soon destroy the world, sending Jiraiya to rescue Shin. Jiraiya emerged in a future version of Konoha, met Konohamaru, and realized that Naruto might be the person he had been sent to find.

• Hokage Tsunade saw a vast shadow and a curtain of darkness around the Imperial Palace, while everyone else appeared unable to see them.
• Shin sensed chaos in time as Retsu Unohana's actions repeated and a shattered teacup returned to normal, realizing someone was trapping him in a time cage.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that a corrupted god threatened the world and that he had to find someone who had been toyed with by time, then rescue Shin.
• Jiraiya traveled through the spatial rift and found a future Konoha where Uzumaki Naruto was the Seventh Hokage.
• Jiraiya fought Konohamaru Sarutobi, proved he knew the Rasengan, and explained that he came from another world to find someone.
• Konohamaru brought Jiraiya to Naruto, and Jiraiya recognized him as the disciple he had been searching for.