Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha rejected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s offer to join forces, but Isshiki warned him about powerful beings beyond their universe and told him about Otsutsuki Yabai. After Isshiki disappeared, Madara decided to retrieve his eyes before pursuing his plans for the world’s chakra.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tried to recruit Madara Uchiha to gather chakra and make Chakra Fruit, but Madara refused and claimed he wanted it all.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki warned Madara that the universe held dangers beyond their power and described Otsutsuki Yabai, who had transcended his physical body and entered a higher-level dimension.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki insisted his account was true, explained that Otsutsuki Yabai had once controlled the clan’s Chakra Fruit, and then vanished using Space Ninjutsu.
• Madara Uchiha sensed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had grown stronger and suspected his offer of cooperation was a pretense.
• Madara Uchiha decided to retrieve his eyes first and kept the Karma Seal mark Isshiki had left as a way to contact him.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki began forcing chakra into infant Ōtsutsuki Toneri to accelerate the Karma Seal’s dissolution, hoping to reincarnate before Madara Uchiha claimed the Chakra Fruit. Meanwhile, Uchiha Daiki remained trapped by Isshiki’s sealing technique, and Hashirama Senju’s attempt to persuade Nagato Uzumaki to return the Rinnegan ended with Hashirama bowing and then noticing something on the horizon.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decided to accelerate the Karma Seal’s dissolution in Ōtsutsuki Toneri so he could reincarnate before Madara Uchiha obtained the Chakra Fruit.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki forced Ōtsutsuki Toneri to bite his arm and flooded him with chakra, while Jigen’s body rapidly aged.
• Uchiha Daiki tried punching through Isshiki’s barrier and escaping with space-time ninjutsu, but every attempt failed.
• Hashirama Senju asked Nagato Uzumaki to return the Rinnegan to Madara Uchiha, and Yahiko warned that Madara could not be trusted.
• Hashirama Senju admitted Yahiko was right, bowed to Yahiko and Nagato Uzumaki, then looked toward the horizon in confusion.

Konan returned to Konoha badly injured with Naruto, and Hashirama Senju healed her before explaining that Madara was gathering the tailed beasts to fight the Otsutsuki Clan. Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were left stunned by Hashirama’s revelation.

• Konan arrived near Konoha carrying Naruto, and Hashirama Senju sensed that she was severely injured.
• Hashirama caught Konan and Naruto as they fell, then healed Konan with Creation Rebirth Jutsu.
• Konan reunited with Yahiko and Nagato, and told them that Madara had taken the tailed beasts and Jinchuriki.
• Nagato took Naruto into his care, and Konan reminded everyone that his name was Naruto Uzumaki.
• Nagato questioned why Hashirama seemed to be helping Madara, so Hashirama revealed that Madara intended to use the Ten-Tails against the Otsutsuki Clan.

Madara Uchiha returned to Konoha as the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and revealed that he had no intention of keeping his promises, declaring that he would destroy the world. Hashirama Senju and Nagato attacked him, but Madara effortlessly resisted their techniques before Hashirama restrained him with Wood Style.

• Nagato sensed Madara Uchiha approaching with an immense, hostile Chakra presence, and Hashirama Senju realized Madara had gained the Ten-Tails’ power.
• Madara arrived in his Six Paths state and told Hashirama Senju that he would not revive the other Jinchuriki and would use everyone as nourishment for his evolution.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode, while Nagato urged Konan and Yahiko to take little Naruto back to the village.
• Madara demanded that Nagato return his eyes and immobilized him with his oppressive power, but Nagato broke free and attacked with Shinra Tensei and the Asura Cannon.
• Madara’s black spheres blocked Nagato’s attacks, and Hashirama bound Madara with Wood Style vines, which Madara dismissed as ineffective.

Hashirama Senju fought Madara Uchiha and discovered that Sage Art could damage Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb defense. As Hashirama began to see a chance to defeat him, Madara counterattacked with Yin-Style Lightning Dispatch.

• Madara Uchiha shattered Hashirama Senju’s forest with a Chakra shockwave, while Hashirama’s Myojinmon failed to fully suppress him.
• Hashirama Senju attacked with True Several Thousand Hands, damaging Madara Uchiha’s Truth-Seeking Orb defense before his fists vanished.
• Madara Uchiha broke free of the torii gates and confirmed that Hashirama’s Sage Art Chakra was troublesome.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha exchanged attacks, and Hashirama noticed the Truth-Seeking Orbs destroyed his regenerating Wood Release clones.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Yin-Style Lightning Dispatch toward Hashirama Senju.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used nearly all of his Chakra to accelerate the Karma Seal’s dissolution in Otsutsuki Toneri and reincarnated into his body as Jigen’s vessel began to collapse. He regained his original form and power, though the markings on his body had tiny flaws.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki watched Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju fight through the Tenseigan and recognized that Hashirama’s Sage Mode could counter Madara’s power.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Chakra caused Otsutsuki Toneri to rapidly grow into an adolescent as the Karma Seal dissolved through his body.
• As Jigen’s body neared collapse, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki activated the reincarnation ritual and transferred himself into Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki transformed Otsutsuki Toneri’s body into his original form and reclaimed his power, but noticed flaws in the Karma Seal markings.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki arrived as Madara Uchiha fought Hashirama Senju and revealed power that unsettled even Madara. Madara attacked Isshiki and the two clashed in the air, while Hashirama warned Nagato to flee the battlefield.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki assessed his restored power and saw Madara Uchiha suppressing Hashirama Senju.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared before Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Nagato, and his Chakra aura shocked them.
• Madara Uchiha abandoned his fight with Hashirama and attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who pierced him with Chakra Black Rods.
• Madara Uchiha broke the rods and resumed his attack, exchanging blows with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the air.
• The clash sent shockwaves through the terrain, and Hashirama Senju warned Nagato to leave before he was killed.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Hiruzen Sarutobi began evacuating Konoha after Inoichi Yamanaka briefly sensed Uchiha Daiki's chakra. The battle turned against the defenders when Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ambushed Hashirama Senju, immobilized him, and stole his Sage Mode chakra.

• Hashirama Senju wounded Nagato with invisible wind blades, then joined Madara Uchiha against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as Nagato retreated.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others encountered Nagato's group, judged the battle too dangerous to join, and began evacuating Konoha as its shockwaves approached.
• Inoichi Yamanaka told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had briefly sensed Uchiha Daiki's chakra but could not determine where he was.
• Nagato offered his chakra to help, and Hiruzen Sarutobi prioritized getting everyone to safety as the battle's shockwaves spread.
• Madara Uchiha warned Hashirama Senju that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could shrink himself and his attacks, but Isshiki used Sukunahikona to shatter Hashirama's Sage Mode Buddha and impale him with Chakra Black Rods.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki immobilized Hashirama Senju and forcibly stole his Sage Mode chakra.

Madara Uchiha fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Hashirama Senju decided that Madara needed his Rinnegan to have any chance of stopping him. As Konoha was destroyed and the survivors fled, Nagato hesitated to give up his eyes, and Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that Uchiha Daiki might offer another way to save the world.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Susanoo and fire, but Isshiki countered with black cubes and the two continued fighting.
• Madara Uchiha drew closer to Hashirama Senju and burned him to ashes with a Fire Release attack; Hashirama quickly regenerated through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama Senju told Madara Uchiha that he would help reclaim the Rinnegan from Nagato, then caught up with the retreating Konoha forces to explain the plan.
• Nagato questioned whether Madara Uchiha could be trusted with the Rinnegan, and Hashirama Senju could not promise that Madara would not threaten the world afterward.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hashirama Senju about Uchiha Daiki, prompting Hashirama to question whether the young ninja was truly as powerful as reported.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s battle destroyed Konoha and the surrounding forest, leaving a barren plain behind.

Hashirama Senju lent his Chakra to Inoichi Yamanaka so he could search for Uchiha Daiki, but Inoichi could not find him in the Shinobi World or the three great sacred grounds. Obito Uchiha suggested that the Fourth Hokage might not be in the Shinobi World, leaving the others with a new possibility to consider.

• Hashirama Senju shared his Chakra with Inoichi Yamanaka and asked him to search for Uchiha Daiki.
• Inoichi Yamanaka expanded his sensory range with Hashirama Senju's help but could not locate Uchiha Daiki.
• Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered whether Uchiha Daiki was hidden in a sacred ground.
• Inoichi Yamanaka used Hashirama Senju's remaining Chakra to contact the sages of Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryūchi Cave, but none had seen the Fourth Hokage.
• Hashirama Senju guessed that Uchiha Daiki might be in the ocean, and Obito Uchiha suggested he might not be in the Shinobi World.

The ninjas found a way to contact Uchiha Daiki, who confirmed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had sealed him inside another dimension. They could not find a way to free him before their brief connection ended.

• Obito Uchiha suggested that the missing Fourth Hokage might be trapped in another dimension, but confirmed he was not in Obito's own dimension.
• Inoichi Yamanaka sensed Uchiha Daiki's Chakra signature and, with Chakra from Hashirama Senju and the others, reached him across space and time.
• Uchiha Daiki told Inoichi Yamanaka that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had sealed the entire dimension around him and that he was trying to escape.
• Obito Uchiha asked whether Daiki had tried Space-Time Ninjutsu, but Daiki said it had failed against Isshiki's seal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed using the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Daiki back, but Hashirama Senju doubted it would work against Isshiki's sealing technique.

Uchiha Daiki used a thousand-plus Shadow Clones to push his abilities through intense combat, then tested a newly comprehended Heavenly Might Rinnegan technique against the alternate space. After discovering that created objects could serve as a medium to damage the space’s seal, he received a major boost to his chakra capacity and refinement speed.

• Uchiha Daiki fought more than a thousand Shadow Clones and rapidly comprehended new applications of his abilities under pressure.
• Uchiha Daiki unleashed the Chakra Light Kill Cannon, destroying all the Shadow Clones and the buildings in the alternate space, which loosened its seal.
• Uchiha Daiki found that attacks against the empty void had no effect, but destroying land and buildings he created caused the seal to loosen again.
• Uchiha Daiki created vast expanses of land, rivers, and mountains, spending nearly half his chakra in the process.
• A notification informed Uchiha Daiki that his chakra limit and refinement speed had greatly increased, and his depleted chakra was soon restored.

Uchiha Daiki repeatedly trained with shadow clones until he comprehended the Multiple Shadow Replication Technique, which created replicas as strong as himself but drained all his Chakra. After waking with three replicas, he prepared to attack the dimensional barrier and learned from them that the technique’s side effect could be overcome.

• Uchiha Daiki failed to break the dimensional barrier with his attacks and summoned shadow clones to train with him.
• Uchiha Daiki’s repeated use of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique led him to comprehend the Multiple Shadow Replication Technique.
• Uchiha Daiki created three replicas equal to himself, depleted his Chakra, and collapsed unconscious.
• Uchiha Daiki woke less than a minute later, found the three replicas guarding him, and told them to attack the barrier with him.
• Uchiha Daiki learned from his replicas that they could overcome the technique’s Chakra-draining side effect.

Uchiha Daiki refined his replication technique and repeatedly damaged Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s sealed alternate space, while Isshiki and Madara Uchiha agreed to cooperate against him. As Daiki’s escape grew imminent, Isshiki and Madara prepared to face the disturbance together.

• Uchiha Daiki attacked the alternate space with his replicated clones, gradually increasing their number and reducing the technique’s debilitating effects.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki gained the upper hand against Madara Uchiha, then noticed Daiki’s attacks distorting the space around them.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki urged Madara Uchiha to join forces, warning that Daiki was close to breaking the seal.
• Madara Uchiha agreed to cooperate against Daiki and demanded a larger share of the Chakra Fruit to preserve their future balance of power.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Madara Uchiha turned toward another growing spatial disturbance as Daiki continued trying to escape.

Uchiha Daiki escaped Isshiki’s alternate space and reunited with Madara Uchiha and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who had joined forces against him. He revealed that his thirty-five clones were not ordinary Shadow Clones, and the chapter ended with all thirty-six Daikis unleashing their Chakra.

• Uchiha Daiki and his thirty-five clones shattered Isshiki’s alternate space, opening a breach to the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Daiki escaped before the breach closed as his clones vanished and their experience and memories returned to him.
• Uchiha Daiki found Madara Uchiha and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki waiting together after their battle had ravaged the surrounding land.
• Uchiha Daiki summoned dozens of clones, and Isshiki mistook them for Shadow Clones and offered to recruit him into Kara.
• Isshiki used the Byakugan to discover that the clones had Chakra signatures nearly identical to Daiki’s while Daiki’s own power remained undiminished.
• Uchiha Daiki and all thirty-five clones released their Chakra, confronting Madara Uchiha and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with the force of thirty-six Daikis.

Uchiha Daiki’s thirty-six immense Chakra signatures appeared, leaving the shinobi convinced he could defeat Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Madara Uchiha. Inoichi revealed that Madara had allied with Isshiki against Daiki, and the pair fled through a spatial gate rather than face him.

• Uchiha Daiki’s clones released their Chakra, astonishing the shinobi with thirty-six identical signatures that Hashirama Senju and Inoichi Yamanaka sensed.
• Hashirama Senju and Kakashi reasoned that each of Daiki’s clones possessed enough Chakra to contend with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Inoichi Yamanaka revealed that Madara Uchiha had agreed to join forces with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki against Daiki.
• Hashirama Senju accepted that Daiki was a Hokage worthy of trust, while the shinobi comforted him about Madara’s betrayal.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki opened a spatial gate and escaped, and Madara Uchiha followed him.

Uchiha Daiki pursued Madara Uchiha and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, defeated Madara, and took the Ten-Tails into his own body. After becoming its Jinchuriki, Daiki sensed something strange but did not find Isshiki.

• Uchiha Daiki caught up with Madara Uchiha and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki after they fled through Izanami’s spatial passage, and rejected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s offer to join forces.
• Madara Uchiha refused to hand over the Ten-Tails, so Uchiha Daiki summoned thirty-five replicas to attack them.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki escaped with Sukunahikona, while the replicas shattered Madara Uchiha’s defenses and subdued him.
• Uchiha Daiki’s replicas extracted the Ten-Tails from Madara Uchiha, whose body crumbled and whose soul returned to the Yellow Springs World.
• Uchiha Daiki absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki, then sensed something strange while searching for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Uchiha Daiki discovered an invisible barrier far out at sea that neither he nor his clones could break. After the barrier reflected their combined attack and another shield repelled Daiki from the planet’s outer layer, they suspected a powerful Otsutsuki had sealed off an unknown region of the world.

• Uchiha Daiki used the Advanced Flying Thunder God Technique to investigate an anomaly, while a Black Zetsu clone watched and planned to find a partner to help revive Madara.
• Uchiha Daiki and more than thirty clones found an invisible barrier over the distant sea and realized it blocked passage beyond the Ninja Continent.
• The clones attacked the barrier together, but it reflected their force and injured them.
• Uchiha Daiki flew into space and saw that the Shinobi World occupied only a small part of the planet’s surface.
• Uchiha Daiki tried to enter the unfamiliar region from space, but another barrier repelled him, leading him and his clones to suspect an Otsutsuki had created both barriers.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki escaped to a hidden base and decided to seek Chakra Fruits on other planets after abandoning his plan for the Shinobi World. He realized he needed a new Otsutsuki partner to sacrifice to the Ten-Tails, but could not find one and set out to investigate his next target planet.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki reached his abandoned planetary base and wondered how Uchiha Daiki had gained such overwhelming strength and seemingly perfect clones.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decided to pursue Chakra Fruits on other planets because Uchiha Daiki made harvesting the Shinobi World's fruit impossible.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki recalled that an Otsutsuki sacrifice would make the Ten-Tails mature into a Divine Tree quickly.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki admitted that he had intended to sacrifice Madara Uchiha, but Madara Uchiha's defeat had ruined that plan.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki considered finding another Otsutsuki partner, ruled out Kaguya Otsutsuki, and chose to investigate his next target planet.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fled to other planets while Uchiha Daiki returned from studying an impenetrable barrier and secured the Tailed Beasts. In Konoha, the survivors asked Daiki to help revive the former Jinchuriki, including Minato’s wife.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki vowed to kill Uchiha Daiki and traveled elsewhere to harvest Chakra and grow stronger.
• Uchiha Daiki and his clones concluded that Otsutsuki Yabai might have created the barrier, but they could not penetrate it.
• Daiki left some clones to investigate the barrier and used Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha.
• Daiki told the survivors that he had defeated Madara, Isshiki had escaped, and the Tailed Beasts were safe.
• Obito Uchiha and Nagato told Daiki that the former Jinchuriki had died, including Minato’s wife, and asked whether he could revive them without Nagato sacrificing his life.