Chapter Summaries

Mingren defeated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki with his ultimate Dark Taijutsu technique, reaching a new state of enlightenment. He pinned her down with the White Dwarf Star Blade and began extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra from her, intending to weaken her rather than kill her.

• Mingren unleashed Instant Hell Murder, shattering Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s Water Release defense and overwhelming her with a thousand strikes in an instant.
• Mingren experienced a second enlightenment and sensed the power and principles behind Dark Taijutsu as his final blow defeated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki recovered using Chakra from Progenitor Space, but Mingren pinned her to the ground with the White Dwarf Star Blade.
• Mingren explained that the blade’s Sealing Jutsu and Chimera Technique were breaking down Kaguya’s body and absorbing her power.
• Mingren began extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, planning to reduce her from the Six Paths level.

Mingren extracted the Nine Tailed Beasts from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and replaced their power with Dark Chakra, turning her into his Dark Weapon. He returned to Ankbandian Fortress with Kaguya in his possession, while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha arrived in the Progenitor Space.

• Mingren absorbed the Nine Tailed Beasts into the White Dwarf Star Blade, weakening Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as Dark Chakra began replacing them in her body.
• Black Zetsu realized Kaguya was losing and withdrew underground, intending to find a way out of the Progenitor Space and help his mother later.
• Mingren overpowered Kaguya, fused Dark Chakra with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to create the Dark Ten-Tails, and completed her transformation into his Dark Weapon.
• Sage Katsuyu's split body summoned Mingren from the Progenitor Space to Ankbandian Fortress in Amegakure, where he planned to keep Kaguya in the Black Prison.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha arrived through the Uzumaki space, and Black Zetsu recognized Sasuke's Rinnegan power and decided to speak with them.

Black Zetsu joined Naruto and Sasuke after revealing that Amakawa Mingren had taken Kaguya, while Mingren imprisoned Kaguya and returned to face the two reincarnations. The chapter ended with Mingren preparing to defeat Naruto and Sasuke and realize his dream.

• Black Zetsu told Naruto and Sasuke that Amakawa Mingren had taken Kaguya, then claimed he wanted to become Hokage to gain their trust.
• Mingren beat Kaguya in the Black Prison and placed her in a life support pod, where she fell unconscious under his control.
• Sasuke brought Naruto and Black Zetsu to the Sage of Six Paths, who explained that Naruto and Sasuke could undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi together.
• Naruto declared that they would defeat Mingren, and Sage Katsuyu summoned Mingren back to the battlefield.
• Mingren faced Naruto and Sasuke, determined to defeat them and fulfill his dream.

Mingren confronted Naruto Uzumaki and the assembled shinobi after releasing the Tailed Beasts, while Obito Uchiha gave Kakashi Hatake Six Paths Power. The Tailed Beasts chose different futures, and Mingren reflected on how Naruto Uzumaki forgave former enemies and treated them as good citizens.

• Obito Uchiha appeared to Kakashi Hatake in his mental space, gave him Six Paths Power, and fell into eternal slumber.
• Mingren used the White Dwarf Star Blade to release the nine Tailed Beasts and challenged them, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Itachi, the Kage, and the Ninja World Allied Forces.
• Mingren offered to reshape the Tailed Beasts into humans or send them to Kaguya's alternate dimensions, and the Sage of Six Paths accepted his plan.
• Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, Two-Tails, One-Tail, and Three-Tails chose different dimensions or habitats, while Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails chose to fight alongside Naruto Uzumaki.
• Mingren considered Black Zetsu's alliance with Naruto Uzumaki predictable and criticized Naruto Uzumaki for forgiving Itachi Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and Nagato.

Mingren rejected the future he saw in which Naruto and Sasuke repeated the old cycle, but Sasuke seized control of the Tailed Beasts to gain power against the Emperor. Naruto tacitly accepted Sasuke taking the blame, leaving Hashirama and Hiruzen to recognize their old pattern in the two men.

• Mingren resolved to end the Will of Fire and prevent the future in which Naruto and Sasuke repeated the roles of past leaders.
• Black Zetsu urged Naruto to oppose the Emperor, but five Tailed Beasts defended the Emperor and said they wanted to choose their own path.
• Naruto rejected the Emperor's actions, and Sasuke declared that he would control and eventually dispose of all the Tailed Beasts.
• Sasuke used Rinne Sharingan to subdue the Nine Tailed Beasts, then cast Planetary Devastation and turned them into nine floating planets.
• The Sage of Six Paths said he would soon disappear, while Naruto tacitly accepted Sasuke's actions and Hashirama and Hiruzen saw their old cycle repeating.

Sasuke explained his plan to defeat Amakawa Mingren, seize power, and unify the Ninja World, while Naruto rejected his interpretation of Itachi. The Sage of Six Paths revealed that Mingren had no bloodline, leaving Orosuke Hime and the others stunned as Sasuke prepared to fight Mingren alongside Naruto.

• Sasuke declared that he would defeat Amakawa Mingren, extract the Tailed Beasts, and become Hokage by bearing all the Ninja World's hatred.
• Naruto accused Sasuke of misunderstanding Itachi, while Mingren privately judged both their views flawed.
• The Sage of Six Paths said Amakawa Mingren had no bloodline and might create a new era through a different path.
• Orosuke Hime was devastated by the revelation but resolved to verify it herself, and the Sage of Six Paths vanished.
• Sasuke said he would defeat Amakawa Mingren for the Ninja World and his mother, then prepared to join forces with Naruto.

Mingren explained why he killed Sasuke’s parents, leaving Sasuke unable to justify seeking revenge. Naruto then persuaded Sasuke to reconcile and compete with him to become Hokage, while Mingren watched their renewed alliance coldly.

• Mingren recounted Fugaku Uchiha’s plot to kill him and explained that Sasuke’s mother had supported it, while Hiruzen Sarutobi tacitly confirmed the banquet had been set.
• Mingren argued that Sasuke had no grounds to condemn him for killing his parents, and Sasuke fell silent as he learned the truth.
• Mingren condemned Konoha’s crimes and called Naruto and Sasuke mercifulness’s consequence, angering Naruto.
• Naruto told Sasuke that he was his friend and that he would keep fighting him rather than kill him, until Sasuke woke up.
• Sasuke reconciled with Naruto and proposed that they compete to decide who was more suited to become Hokage, while Mingren watched with an icy gaze.

Mingren fought Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, countering their Six Paths attacks and overpowering their combined Armored Susanoo with an Atomic Burst Fist. As Naruto and Sasuke were sent flying, Mingren challenged them to stop fantasizing.

• Sasuke Uchiha attacked Mingren with Amaterasu while Naruto Uzumaki fired three Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Mingren dismantled the flames and sliced the orbs apart.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha attacked together in Six Paths Kurama Mode and Perfect Susanoo, and Mingren met their combined strikes with the White Dwarf Star Blade.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha unleashed a Six Paths Rasengan and Susanoo Lightning Cutter, but their clash with Mingren caused a massive explosion that swept across the battlefield.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha combined their powers into an Armored Susanoo and swung its Katana at Mingren.
• Mingren answered with Atomic Burst Fist, creating a sunlike explosion that sent Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha flying backward.
• Mingren stared at the defeated pair and asked what they were still fantasizing about.

Mingren rejected any chance of reconciliation and fought Naruto and Sasuke, whose combined Six Paths attack threatened the Allied Forces below. After draining their strength to launch their strongest strike, Naruto and Sasuke watched as Mingren began charging a counterattack.

• Mingren shattered Naruto's Kurama Mode and Sasuke's Perfect Susanoo with Atomic Burst, sending them flying and badly injuring them.
• Sasuke absorbed the Tailed Beasts' Chakra from the eight planets and recovered, while Nine-Tails explained that Mingren's Nuclear Fusion created new energy from Chakra.
• Naruto gathered the Natural Energy drained from the Land of Iron, and he and Sasuke fused their transformed powers into Three-Headed, Six-Armed Take-Mikazuchi Sage Kurama Mode.
• Naruto and Sasuke unleashed Indra's Arrow, Six Paths: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, and Six Paths: Shinra Tensei together, then realized their attack could kill the Allied Forces below.
• Naruto and Sasuke exhausted nearly all their strength as Mingren gathered power in his hands to meet their attack with Devastating Wave.

Mingren’s Devastating Wave shattered Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths: Shinra Tensei by warping space-time, leaving them stunned by his power. As Black Zetsu fled to continue plotting, Kakashi attacked Mingren with Kamui-infused Susanoo Shuriken and tore into his body.

• Mingren fired a White Dwarf-density Devastating Wave that distorted space-time and pierced through Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths: Shinra Tensei.
• The Devastating Wave dragged the shattered jutsu into the sky, where the explosion cleared a vast stretch of clouds above the Five Great Nations.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Devastating Wave’s Chakra density had warped space-time, then escaped into the earth to continue plotting.
• Naruto and Sasuke stared at Mingren, who replenished his Chakra with Dark Chakra and appeared ready to keep fighting.
• Kakashi attacked Mingren with four Kamui-infused Susanoo Shuriken, distorting his body and splitting the skin on his arm.

Mingren defeated Kakashi by using a Flying Thunder God Sword to disrupt and seal Kamui, then began slaughtering the Ninja World Allied Forces. Naruto and Sasuke rushed to combine their Six Paths powers and attempt to seal him as Mingren prepared another attack.

• Kakashi's Kamui initially damaged Mingren, but Mingren recovered and shattered Kakashi's Susanoo with a punch.
• Kakashi attacked with Kamui: Lightning Cutter, but Mingren pierced his shoulder with the Flying Thunder God Sword, sealing his Six Paths Chakra and Kamui.
• Mingren took the Kamui Sword, defeated Kakashi, and ordered Asuka and the others to begin the final judgment.
• Black Zetsu watched from underground and raged as Mingren's attacks killed Allied Forces members, reducing their numbers from 2,600 to 1,500.
• Naruto charged at Mingren while Sasuke joined him, and the two prepared to use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal him.

Mingren overwhelmed Naruto and Sasuke, severing their arms and crushing the Allied Forces’ resistance as Might Guy and others attacked to protect their companions. Naruto rose again and challenged Mingren, insisting that age and experience—not superior strength—had decided the battle.

• Mingren drew the White Dwarf Star Blade and severed Naruto and Sasuke’s arms, leaving Naruto despairing that he could no longer seal the Emperor.
• Mingren’s attack killed five hundred members of the Ninja World Allied Forces, while Itachi stopped Hashirama Senju from intervening and said one last possibility remained.
• Might Guy activated the Eight Inner Gates Formation and charged Mingren, who struck him into a crater.
• Sakura attacked Mingren, who caught her and grabbed her by the cheeks; Naruto rushed to save her but Mingren knocked him down with a flick of his finger.
• Hinata, Tsunade, Iruka, and others charged Mingren, but Naruto and Sasuke knew their courage could not defeat him.
• Naruto rose and shouted at Mingren that he had lost only because Mingren was older and more experienced.

Mingren dismissed Naruto Uzumaki’s desperate promise to surpass him and demonstrated his mastery by releasing the Infinite Tsukuyomi. He declared that he would rule the planet and reshape society, leaving the defeated survivors to face his judgment.

• Naruto Uzumaki challenged Mingren to a bet, claiming he would surpass him in two years after mastering Baryon Mode.
• Mingren analyzed Naruto and Sasuke’s severed arms with the Chimera Technique, then turned them to ash and dismissed Naruto’s threat.
• Mingren used Dark Chakra and knowledge to release the Infinite Tsukuyomi, freeing people and creatures across the planet.
• Hashirama Senju and the others recognized the vast gap between themselves and Mingren, while Orosuke Hime acknowledged his power.
• Mingren told the remaining Ninja World Allied Forces that humanity would live under his rule and labeled the surviving rebels backward villains.

After the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Mingren demanded a reason to spare Naruto Uzumaki, who challenged him to wait two years and face his completed Baryon Mode. Mingren accepted the challenge, and Kushina approached Naruto to carry out their bargain.

• The Ninja World awakened as communications resumed and recordings of the previous night spread, while Mingren recognized that a new era of ninja had begun.
• Mingren asked Naruto why he should make a bet with him, and Naruto argued that only defeating him completely could settle their conflict.
• Naruto proposed that Mingren face him in two years after he completed Baryon Mode, promising to become his subordinate if defeated.
• Mingren accepted Naruto's words and reflected on his plans to conquer the Five Great Nations and prove an ordinary person could defeat Bloodline Theory.
• Kushina approached Naruto under the terms of her deal with Mingren, took his hand, and began forming hand seals.

Kushina used the Land of Demons’ Shadow Mirror Transformation Technique on Naruto, permanently transforming him into a girl named Naruko Uzumaki. Mingren mocked Naruko for begging him, while the chapter framed her as trapped in the protagonist’s fate and ended mid-description of that fate.

• Kushina used her chakra to guide Naruto through the hand seals for the Shadow Mirror Transformation Technique.
• The technique transformed Naruto into a girl, though his missing right arm remained missing.
• Mingren named her Naruko Uzumaki and reminded her that she had begged him.
• Naruko realized she had been physically transformed and could never return to her former body.
• The narration described Naruko’s inherited protagonist fate, listing Naruto’s escalating enemies and repeated victories before ending mid-sentence.

Mingren believed turning Naruto Uzumaki into Naruko Uzumaki had changed her fate and put her on a new path. He looked ahead to the dangerous battles expected over the next two years, while planning to make Naruko his own.

• Mingren decided that turning Naruto Uzumaki into Naruko Uzumaki would disrupt her male-protagonist fate and send her down a Mary Sue romance route.
• Mingren declared that fate had been broken and imagined conquering Naruko, while Kushina realized his intentions.
• Mingren expected Shin Uchiha, Otsutsuki Toneri, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki, Tayuya, Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, and other enemies to threaten the world over the next two years.
• Mingren anticipated that Naruko would learn Baryon Mode and receive a Hashirama Cells Prosthetic Limb as she faced future Bloodline Theory enemies.
• Mingren's dark chakra flames flared, and Tsunade and the others feared that he was about to act.

Mingren gave Naruko two years to grow stronger before he planned to defeat her, then announced that his forces would begin conquering the Ninja World in one week. The defeated leaders fled toward refuge or went their separate ways as the Allied Forces retreated in despair.

• Mingren vowed to conquer Naruko and gave her two years to grow stronger before their final fight.
• Naruko collapsed from blood loss, and Sakura treated her severed arm while Sasuke stood guard.
• Mingren gave the survivors one week to prepare to flee before his forces began conquering the Ninja World and placed them on a kill list.
• Sakura carried Naruko away toward Mount Myōboku as Ōnoki and the other leaders considered how they might resist Mingren.
• Planetary Devastation collapsed, the Tailed Beasts landed, and the thousand members of the Ninja World Allied Forces fled.

After the Land of Rain Allied Forces won the Fourth Great Ninja War, Mingren announced that they would begin conquering the Ninja World in seven days. Naruko woke on Mount Myōboku to learn how the Emperor’s victory had transformed the world, while Sasuke sought out Orosuke Hime.

• Mingren sent the seven Tailed Beasts away and declared that the Allied Forces would prepare to conquer the Ninja World in seven days.
• Mingren singled out Sage Katsuyu for a reward after her major contribution to the war.
• Naruko woke at Mount Myōboku, where Sakura cared for her, and realized that Konoha’s survivors had settled there.
• Naruko watched broadcasts celebrating the Emperor’s victory and reporting that Konoha Chronicles had exposed Konoha’s crimes and cleared the Uchiha Clan’s name.
• Sasuke left Naruko’s bedside and went to Orosuke Hime’s laboratory, where he asked to speak with her.

Tsunade received a videotape of her past interrogation by Amakawa Mingren and vowed to kill him, while Mingren prepared his campaign against the remaining villages and turned his attention to Sage Katsuyu. Their battle began in the Black Prison, where Mingren seized the advantage and injured her.

• Orosuke Hime said her biotechnology and Tsunade's medical expertise could restore and enhance Naruto and Sasuke's prosthetic limbs, and Tsunade left to organize her thoughts.
• Kurenai Yuhi delivered Tsunade a videotape from the Emperor, and Tsunade watched footage of Amakawa Mingren interrogating her before swearing revenge.
• Mingren arranged for a similar videotape to reach Mei Terumi and outlined plans to conquer Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure.
• Mingren asked Sage Katsuyu if she was ready, then began a contest of ninja skills with her in the Black Prison.
• Mingren gained the upper hand, struck Sage Katsuyu with Dark Taijutsu, and left her bleeding.

Naruko learned from the news that the Ninja World had only seven days before the Emperor destroyed everything, and resolved to gain power quickly. When Konohamaru called her Sister Naruko, she saw her changed body in a mirror and fainted; after waking, she demanded to know what had happened.

• Naruko watched the news report that Konoha had been destroyed, the Allied Forces had only 1,000 fighters left, and the Emperor would destroy everything in seven days.
• Naruko decided she needed to gain power quickly and tried to get out of bed.
• Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi visited Naruko, and Konohamaru called her Sister Naruko.
• Naruko looked in a mirror, saw her changed appearance, and fainted.
• Naruko woke up, went berserk, and demanded to know what was going on.