Chapter Summaries

Naruko and her companions escaped a genjutsu world of memories, then encountered Otsutsuki Toneri, who asked Naruko to marry him. Toneri controlled a puppet from the moon and pursued the ultimate Tenseigan as the group found themselves in a strange underground world.

• Sakura woke Naruko from a nightmare in which she relived an attack by the Emperor and Kiba tried to claim her.
• Shikamaru realized they were trapped in a world of memories created by genjutsu, and the group prepared to leave.
• Otsutsuki Toneri appeared, called Naruko the princess of the Six Paths, and asked her to marry him.
• Sasuke Uchiha punched Toneri, but the figure turned out to be a puppet that collapsed.
• Toneri ordered a tall puppet not to attack Sasuke Uchiha while he waited to take Naruko himself, and said his Tenseigan was nearing completion.
• Naruko and the others found themselves in an upside-down underground world with forests and lakes overhead.

Sasuke, Naruko, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Sai discovered they were in an artificial space inside the moon, while meteor fragments began striking Earth. As the Kage learned the moon was approaching Earth and threatening humanity, the Raikage revealed Kumogakure had a Space-Time Chakra Cannon that might stop the disaster.

• Sasuke identified the underground space as an artificial environment with a sun, and the group camped in its forest while unseen Puppet Ninjas watched them.
• Sai reminded the group of their shared vision of meteors falling as fragments began striking Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Mount Myōboku, and other regions.
• Ōnoki, A, Tsunade, and Gaara learned from Mabui that the moon was approaching Earth and would eventually collapse, raining debris down on the planet.
• Mabui showed that the Emperor's Nanites could adapt to and consume meteor fragments, but said Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Mount Myōboku were outside the protected area.
• Tsunade, Gaara, and Ōnoki accused the Emperor of using the crisis to pressure them, and the Raikage revealed Kumogakure's Space-Time Chakra Cannon could destroy the meteors or potentially knock the moon away.

As the moon fell toward the world, Toneri appeared with the awakened Tenseigan and overwhelmed Naruko’s group. He drained Sasuke’s Chakra, threatened the others with Truth-Seeking Orbs, and carried Naruko away to make her his bride.

• A, Ōnoki, Tsunade, and Gaara agreed their villages would prepare to fight the Emperor if Kumogakure had to reveal its secret weapon to destroy the moon.
• In the underground ruins, the dead warned Naruko and the others that the Tenseigan was about to awaken, and Naruko promised Hinata she would save Hanabi.
• Toneri arrived on a platform and revealed that he had awakened the Tenseigan by combining Hanabi’s eyes with the Ōtsutsuki main family’s bloodline.
• Sasuke attacked Toneri with Chidori, but Toneri absorbed Sasuke’s Chakra and left him falling unconscious.
• Toneri surrounded Sakura, Sai, and Shikamaru with Truth-Seeking Orbs, forcing Naruko to surrender, then took her away and declared she would become his bride.

Mingren explained that the Tenseigan was steering the Moon toward Earth, where it would strike as a planet and devastate the surface, while Boruto learned that Toneri had taken Naruko. On the Moon, Naruko found Hanabi without her eyes as Toneri revealed his plan to destroy Earth under Hamura’s Heaven’s Mandate.

• The Moon’s fragments continued falling toward Earth as ninjas in Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Mount Myōboku struggled to destroy the meteors.
• Mingren sensed that Toneri had taken Naruko, defeated Mei Terumi, and left the Mizukage Building.
• Boruto arrived in the Land of Water, and Mingren explained that the Tenseigan would keep the Moon intact until it struck Earth.
• Mingren told Boruto that Toneri had taken Naruko, and Boruto reacted with shock.
• Naruko found Hanabi unconscious with her eyes removed, and Toneri admitted that he had taken them.
• Toneri explained that he intended to destroy Earth with the Moon and claimed that the Tenseigan would protect him and Naruko.

Toneri revealed that he planned to destroy Earth and asked Naruko to knit him a towel, then brought Minato before her. As the moon accelerated toward Earth, Mingren chose to fly up and shatter it, leaving the Ninja World watching his blood-red ascent.

• Toneri told Naruko that the moon would fall and asked her to knit him a towel before bringing Minato to meet her.
• The moon stopped shedding mass and accelerated toward Earth, alarming the astronomers and the world’s leaders.
• Boruto asked Mingren how he could stop the moon, and Mingren explained that the Great Tenseigan controlled its descent.
• Mingren rejected the plan to travel to the moon and stop Otsutsuki Toneri, choosing instead to shatter the moon directly.
• Mingren launched into the sky wrapped in a blood-red Killing Intent Wave as Boruto and people across the Ninja World watched.

Mingren destroyed the moon with Great Crimson Blossom, then entered the surviving inner space to seize control of the Great Tenseigan’s defenses. He began transforming Hamura’s descendants’ homeland into a new city as Toneri watched in alarm.

• Mingren unleashed Great Crimson Blossom and shattered the moon, saving Earth from Toneri’s threat.
• Mingren flew into the moon’s wreckage while Minato Namikaze told Toneri and Naruko that Earth was safe but the Emperor had arrived.
• Mingren broke through the Great Tenseigan’s barrier and entered the moon’s intact inner space.
• Mingren created Nano-dragons to overcome the puppet defenses and begin constructing a Moon Base.
• Toneri watched as steel walls, skyscrapers, and other facilities appeared throughout the inner space.

Mingren took control of the moon’s puppets and began transforming the satellite into a fortress while confronting Toneri. As Mingren freed Naruko from Toneri’s control, Boruto began absorbing the Great Tenseigan’s power, leaving Toneri stunned.

• Mingren’s Nano Dragon Swarm seized Toneri’s puppets and remade them into Dark Dragon Guards that spread across the moon.
• Mingren tore away the building’s dome and faced Toneri as Boruto arrived by Teleportation.
• Mingren pulled Naruko toward him, caught her attack, and crushed the light in her chest to free her from Toneri’s control.
• Mingren told Boruto that his Hyuga blood could let him absorb the Great Tenseigan’s power, and Boruto rushed to the giant eye.
• Boruto’s Karma began absorbing the Great Tenseigan’s Dojutsu Power, and Toneri stared in disbelief as the eye dimmed.

Mingren overwhelmed Toneri after Boruto absorbed the Great Tenseigan and it shattered into Byakugan. Mingren declared that the Moon would fall under his jurisdiction, leaving Toneri defeated and facing a choice between submission and death.

• The Great Tenseigan shattered into countless Byakugan, and Boruto felt immense power surge through him as he began to evolve.
• Toneri entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and attacked Mingren with the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Mingren blocked it and remained unharmed.
• Toneri summoned the Ancestor Statue and fought Mingren's Dark Dragon Guard before striking at Mingren with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Mingren caught Toneri's golden blade, struck him into the ground, and then slapped him down again when he tried to rise.
• Toneri exhausted his Dojutsu Power, lost Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and watched the Ancestor Statue collapse.
• Mingren declared that the Moon was under his jurisdiction and demanded that Toneri submit or die.

Mingren subdued Toneri, accepted Boruto’s wish to learn from him, and returned to Earth with Naruko. On Earth, Sasuke woke and decided to go to the moon to rescue Naruko, with Hinata offering to join him.

• Mingren planted a strand of Chakra in Toneri that would explode in two years unless Toneri grew strong enough to withstand it.
• Boruto chose to stay behind and learn from Mingren how to govern a country.
• Mingren teleported away with Naruko, and observers on Earth concluded that he had conquered the moon after seeing it glow with the word “Emperor.”
• Mingren brought Naruko to the Black Prison inside the remodeled Ankbandian fortress.
• Sasuke woke as the moon was being reconstructed and, after learning the passage had closed, resolved to rescue Naruko.
• Hinata offered to accompany Sasuke to the moon.

Sasuke opened a space-time portal to the moon, and Shikamaru and the others followed to rescue their companion. In the Black Prison, Mingren weakened Naruko with Nano-dragons and kissed her, leaving her trapped and terrified.

• Sasuke used the Rinnegan to open a portal to the moon, spending much of his remaining Chakra.
• Shikamaru and the others entered the portal, determined not to abandon their companion.
• Mingren explained that the Black Prison was made of White Dwarf Matter and left Naruko no way to escape.
• Mingren revealed his interest in Naruko's Heaven's Mandate and approached her while claiming he would treat her to delivery.
• Mingren's Nano-dragons consumed Naruko's Chakra, causing her Golden Cloak to vanish as she retreated into a corner.
• Mingren stepped forward and kissed Naruko.

Sasuke and the others arrived on the moon and learned that the Emperor had taken Naruko, while Hinata recovered Hanabi’s eyes from Toneri. At the Black Prison, Mingren kept Naruko captive and force-fed her takeout, leaving her overwhelmed and choking.

• Sasuke and the others emerged on the moon, where they found Minato pinned by a Sealing Sword and Toneri devastated.
• Sasuke knocked Toneri down, and Hinata gouged out his eyes to restore Hanabi’s sight.
• Boruto told Sasuke and the others that the Emperor had taken Naruko Uzumaki and that he did not know where they had gone.
• Mingren kissed Naruko, then immediately began force-feeding her takeout at the Black Prison.
• Mingren told Naruko he would not kill her before the Two Year Agreement, while she broke down and began choking on the food.
• Mingren made Naruko drink water as she struggled to swallow it.

Mingren sent Naruko away after forcing her to drink water, and she broke down in tears when Sasuke found her. He then fired orbital cannons at Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Ryūchi Cave, destroying the first two as the attack reached the third.

• Mingren forced Naruko to drink until she was bloated, then sent her away.
• Sasuke found Naruko near Mount Myōboku, and she began crying when he asked whether Mingren had harmed her.
• Mingren aimed three orbital cannons at Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Ryūchi Cave.
• The Three Snake Goddesses warned Tsunade, Ōnoki, and A that the targets were about to be destroyed.
• Mingren fired the cannons, erasing Kumogakure and Iwagakure and killing nearly 200,000 people.
• The orbital cannon attack reached Ryūchi Cave.

Mingren used the Orbital Cannon to destroy Ryūchi Cave, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, then turned his attention to building his ideal society. At Mount Myōboku, Naruko withdrew from Sasuke after the broadcast, while Sasuke vowed to protect her and kill the Emperor; Mingren later knocked Yugito unconscious.

• Mingren's Orbital Cannon obliterated Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure as millions watched the broadcast.
• Mingren declared Earth nearly purified, kept Mount Myōboku under surveillance, and beat Yugito in Black Prison after she attacked him over Kumogakure's destruction.
• At Mount Myōboku, Naruko silently watched the broadcast and avoided Sasuke when he reached out to her.
• Naruko left to sort through her thoughts, and Minato followed her while Sasuke wondered what the Emperor had done to her.
• Sasuke vowed to protect Naruko and kill the Emperor.
• Mingren struck Yugito again, rendering her unconscious as her Water Style jutsu collapsed.

Mingren established a new society using the Nano Dragon Swarm, spatial portals, and AI, while the people of Mount Myōboku watched the outside world leave them behind. Shikamaru and the other remnants realized the world no longer needed the Will of Fire, and their attempts to reach it had failed.

• Guren reported that the Dark Dragon Guards had taken control of the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, freeing their people under Pan-Alliance rule.
• Mingren announced plans to replace basic manual labor with the Nano Dragon Swarm and give everyone AI assistance, personal terminals, and access to spatial portals.
• Mingren had malls, hospitals, schools, and other facilities built, and promised further reforms after people adapted to the new society.
• Hanzo, Asuka, and the other officials were moved by the transformation, while the outside world rapidly became a place without war or basic material hardship.
• Shikamaru and the Mount Myōboku remnants watched broadcasts of the changes and concluded that the modern world no longer needed the Will of Fire.
• The remnants felt abandoned and without purpose, though several had tried to reach the outside world in recent months.

Naruko was driven into despair by Mount Myōboku’s survivors, while Boruto urged them to admit Konoha’s mistakes and warned that they could lose her. Meanwhile, Mingren continued reshaping society through an internet and a Points-based economy.

• Mount Myōboku’s survivors blamed Naruko for their plight, and Sasuke protected her from their thrown stones and abuse.
• Naruko ran away in anguish as Sasuke followed, while Hinata watched sorrowfully and Mingren’s plan to break Naruko’s resolve continued.
• Minato Namikaze told the others he could not untie Naruko’s emotional knot, and Boruto arrived and revealed his identity and past.
• Boruto condemned Konoha’s refusal to admit its mistakes and warned the group that they could lose Naruko if they persisted.
• Mingren expanded internet access through Personal Terminals and introduced Points as electronic currency and a way to gain access to Nano-dragons.

Mingren’s new world flourished under a system of Points and personality exchanges, but at Mount Myōboku, the desperate inhabitants turned on Naruko. Mingren arrived to take her away, leaving Naruko looking at him with grief and despair.

• Mingren expanded Points exchanges and personality techniques as his society grew more prosperous and orderly.
• At Mount Myōboku, people blamed Naruko for their plight, and a group nearly assaulted her before Sasuke drove them off.
• Hinata comforted Naruko and confessed that she had always loved her, but Naruko said none of it mattered anymore.
• Mingren appeared and asked Naruko to come with him, and Hinata attacked him to protect her.
• Mingren struck Hinata unconscious, and Naruko looked at him with tearful confusion and despair.

Naruko accepted Mingren’s hand after Sasuke failed to stop her, and Mingren took her away as Mount Myōboku burned. One hour later, Naruko was in Amegakure, while Hinata woke aboard the Aerial Fortress Ankbandian and Guren led her to a half-open room.

• Naruko took Mingren’s hand, and he embraced her as Nano-dragons restored her appearance.
• Sasuke activated the Perfect Susanoo and attacked, but Mingren shattered it with a single strike; Itachi caught Sasuke and urged him to calm down.
• Naruko turned away from the humans below, and Mingren unleashed a black Chakra sphere as Sasuke, Itachi, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Minato reacted.
• Mingren and Naruko vanished in a blinding light, leaving Mount Myōboku burning as Sasuke cried out.
• Naruko ate breakfast with Mingren in Amegakure while Hinata woke aboard the Aerial Fortress Ankbandian.
• Guren helped Hinata up, led her through the fortress, and stopped with her at a half-open room.

The Emperor explained his ideal of a new world to Naruko and tested her abilities, then began a fierce battle with her. Guren restrained Hinata and attacked her as the fight unfolded.

• Hinata used her Byakugan and saw Naruko in the bathroom, leaving her shocked and heartbroken.
• After her bath, Naruko listened as the Emperor described his ideal world and invited her to join it.
• The Emperor examined Naruko's physical constitution and praised her Water Release Defense Jutsu.
• Guren restrained Hinata with Nano-dragons and silenced her as the Emperor prepared to spar with Naruko.
• The Emperor struck Naruko with Dark Taijutsu, injuring her and drawing blood.
• Guren launched a sneak attack on Hinata and continued striking her.

Mingren defeated Naruko and analyzed her Protagonist Halo, raising his power to [100], while Guren overwhelmed Hinata in the hallway. After carrying Naruko into the inner room, Mingren found Kushina waiting there; the author then concluded the story and previewed a new Naruto fanfic.

• Guren attacked Hinata in the hallway while Hinata watched Naruko's fight through the door, and Hinata was quickly overwhelmed.
• Mingren defeated Naruko, analyzed her Protagonist Halo, and raised his power from 99 to [100].
• Mingren carried Naruko into the inner room, where Naruko noticed Kushina hiding in a Fox Spirit outfit.
• The author explained the novel's shortcomings and ending, then announced plans for a longer Naruto fanfic with a central female lead.