Chapter Summaries

Natsu Yuu told Hashirama and Madara about the events of Ninja World 3, including Madara’s defeat by the Otsutsuki. After Madara challenged the claim that he was weaker than his future self, Natsu Yuu offered to let him and Hashirama fight the Otsutsuki and teleported them away.

• Natsu Yuu recounted how the Ninja World 3 Madara unified the world, was manipulated by Black Zetsu, and later lost to the Otsutsuki.
• Hashirama and Madara argued over whether Madara’s brutal rule could have brought lasting peace.
• Natsu Yuu explained that the Otsutsuki had ambushed Madara after taking Izuna hostage, but said that future Madara was still stronger than the current Madara.
• Madara and Hashirama eagerly accepted Natsu Yuu’s offer to fight the Otsutsuki.
• Natsu Yuu activated World Teleportation and took Hashirama and Madara away with him.

Natsu Yuu brought Hashirama and Madara to the moon to fight Jigen, an ancient monk controlled by Otsutsuki Isshiki. After releasing Jigen, Natsu Yuu watched as Jigen recognized Hashirama and Madara and tried to escape through a spatial portal.

• Natsu Yuu brought Hashirama and Madara to the moon, where they marveled at the view of the Ninja World from space.
• Natsu Yuu explained that he had chosen the moon as a place for Hashirama and Madara to fight Jigen without damaging the Ninja World.
• Natsu Yuu told them that Jigen was an ancient human controlled by Otsutsuki Isshiki and gave them three minutes to face him.
• Jigen, trapped in the Qiankun Golden Cymbals for hours, waited for a chance to escape and blamed Kaguya for his misfortune.
• Natsu Yuu opened the cymbals, and Jigen emerged on the moon, recognized Hashirama and Madara, and activated his Kāma to open a spatial portal.

Natsu Yuu used Crystal Sky and the Qiankun Golden Cymbals to stop Jigen from escaping, then forced him to fight Hashirama and Madara. Jigen agreed and immediately overwhelmed Madara, leaving him smashed into a distant cliff.

• Natsu Yuu used Crystal Sky to crystallize the space around Jigen’s portal, trapping him before he could escape.
• As Jigen tried to break through, Natsu Yuu summoned the Qiankun Golden Cymbals and offered to release him if he killed Hashirama or Madara within three minutes.
• Jigen accepted Natsu Yuu’s terms, and Natsu Yuu dispelled the crystal domain and the cymbals.
• Jigen activated Karma State Two, and Madara charged at him despite Hashirama’s warning.
• Jigen kicked Madara’s Uchiha Flame Gunbai to pieces and sent him crashing into a distant cliff.

Jigen overwhelmed Hashirama and Madara on the moon, using his shrinking ability to defeat Hashirama’s Thousand-Armed Buddha. Hashirama was left buried in a massive crater, his life or death unknown.

• Jigen kicked Madara away, then attacked Hashirama, who used Wood Style clones to escape and create distance.
• Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands and unleashed a barrage of giant wooden arms against Jigen.
• Jigen used Sukuna to shrink the Thousand-Armed Buddha, then closed the distance to Hashirama.
• Jigen punched Hashirama in the chest with enough force to crush his organs and send him crashing into the ground.
• Hashirama lay buried in the crater, his life or death unknown.

Natsu Yuu watched as Jigen overwhelmed Hashirama and Madara, who then joined forces to create the Armored Great Buddha. Jigen’s Sukuna failed to shrink their living-ninjutsu combination, and he prepared to test it with his taijutsu.

• Natsu Yuu watched from above as Jigen quickly defeated Hashirama and Madara, while Hashirama survived through his powerful healing.
• Madara emerged in Susanoo and attacked Jigen with Yasakani no Magatama, but Jigen easily dodged and charged him.
• Madara used a clone to draw Jigen away, then burrowed underground to reach Hashirama and join forces with him.
• Hashirama and Madara combined Wood Style and Susanoo to form the Armored Great Buddha, sheltering inside its mouth.
• Jigen tried to shrink the Armored Great Buddha with Sukuna, but the technique failed because the Susanoo-enclosed construct had become half-living.
• Jigen dismissed the construct’s defenses and prepared to attack it with his Six Paths-level taijutsu.

Hashirama and Madara used the Armored Great Buddha and a swarm of clones to stall Jigen, but he began destroying the giant construct faster than it could regenerate. The chapter left Jigen unleashing his full power against the pinned Buddha, with Hashirama and Madara’s fate still uncertain.

• Hashirama and Madara attacked Jigen with the Armored Great Buddha’s barrage of Susanoo-Wood Style arms.
• Jigen summoned Daikokuten cubes that crushed the Buddha’s arms and blocked Hashirama and Madara’s sensory perception.
• Jigen broke through the Buddha’s defenses, but his attacks struck clones while the real Hashirama and Madara hid inside the construct.
• Jigen realized the pair were using clones to mislead him and decided to destroy the entire Armored Great Buddha.
• Jigen pinned the Buddha with Black Rods and Daikokuten cubes, then smashed most of its torso faster than it could regenerate.

Hashirama and Madara struggled to hold off Jigen, whose power destroyed the Armored Great Buddha and left Hashirama badly wounded. They pinned Jigen in place long enough for Madara’s Super Susanoo Tailed Beast Bomb to strike, leaving the result of the attack unknown.

• Hashirama and Madara realized the Armored Great Buddha could not withstand Jigen and agreed to risk a desperate plan.
• Jigen destroyed the Great Buddha, pierced Hashirama with Black Rods, and punched through his chest.
• Hashirama used the Gate of the Great God to pin himself and Jigen down and block Jigen’s Dojutsu.
• Madara’s Shadow Clone summoned the Nine-Tails to the moon, controlled it with Genjutsu, and prepared a massive Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Madara combined the Nine-Tails’ attack with his Susanoo power and fired the Super Susanoo Tailed Beast Bomb at Jigen and Hashirama.

Hashirama and Madara unleashed a massive Sword Tailed Beast Bomb against Jigen, but Natsu Yuu revealed that Jigen had survived inside a defensive Sealing Cauldron. With Hashirama badly injured and Jigen still alive, Natsu Yuu declared that they had already lost.

• Hashirama used himself as bait while Madara and the Nine-Tails launched a Sword Tailed Beast Bomb at Jigen.
• Katsuyu reverse-summoned Hashirama to Shikkotsu Forest as the bomb exploded, saving him from the blast.
• Madara found Hashirama alive, and the two rode the Nine-Tails toward the crater to check whether Jigen had survived.
• Natsu Yuu stopped them from investigating and used Banshō Ten'in to pull Jigen's Sealing Cauldron out of the storm.
• Natsu Yuu explained that Jigen had survived inside the cauldron and told Hashirama and Madara that they had already lost.

After Jigen escaped the Sealing Cauldron, Natsu Yuu set out to capture him while Hashirama and Madara worried about his threat to Konoha. Jigen fled to his personal dimension, where he discovered an identical Jigen already waiting in his castle.

• Hashirama and Madara accepted their defeat, and Natsu Yuu explained that Jigen had escaped through a space-time portal inside the Sealing Cauldron.
• Hashirama worried that Jigen might attack Konoha, but Natsu Yuu reassured him and vanished to pursue Jigen.
• Jigen escaped into his personal dimension and celebrated, then cursed Hashirama, Madara, and Minato Namikaze while vowing revenge.
• Jigen returned to his castle for wine and found another Jigen sitting in his usual spot; the two stared at each other in shock.

Jigen No. 1 and Jigen No. 4 mistook each other for impostors and fought across Jigen No. 1’s alternate dimension. Natsu Yuu arrived, prompting Jigen No. 4 to flee while Jigen No. 1 remained behind, wary and confused.

• Jigen No. 1 and Jigen No. 4 accused each other of being impostors and began fighting, each using Sukuna and entering Karma State Two.
• The two Jig ens exchanged hundreds of blows, destroying much of the alternate dimension and Jigen No. 1’s vintage wine.
• Jigen No. 1 produced his Sealing Cauldron to challenge Jigen No. 4, who could not show his own because it was still on the moon.
• Jigen No. 4 questioned how Jigen No. 1 had a Sealing Cauldron when his own should be on the moon.
• Natsu Yuu opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal and entered the dimension; Jigen No. 4 recognized him and fled through a space-time portal.
• Natsu Yuu watched Jigen No. 4 escape and turned toward the bewildered Jigen No. 1.

Natsu Yuu captured No. 1 Jigen and took his Sealing Cauldron in Jigen’s private dimension. He also found and sealed away Jigen’s Ten-Tails juvenile before he was sent back to Ninja World 4.

• No. 1 Jigen questioned Natsu Yuu about his Rinnegan, his arrival, and his connection to the fleeing No. 4 Jigen impostor.
• Natsu Yuu pulled No. 1 Jigen’s Sealing Cauldron toward himself and captured Jigen inside the Qiankun Golden Cymbals.
• Natsu Yuu took the Sealing Cauldron and searched Jigen’s dimension for valuables instead of pursuing No. 4 Jigen.
• Natsu Yuu found the Ten-Tails juvenile in Jigen’s prison, freed it from its Black Rods, and sealed it inside a Sealing Cauldron.

After their defeat by Jigen on the moon, Hashirama and Madara discussed the danger posed by the Otsutsuki and how to protect the Ninja World. The chapter ended with Hashirama agreeing to unite the Shinobi World if Tobirama and Konoha proved they could govern the Land of Fire well.

• Hashirama and Madara recovered from their injuries while reflecting on how badly Jigen had defeated them.
• Hashirama and Madara realized that a Jigen might also exist in their world, and Madara suggested asking Yudao to capture him.
• Hashirama wondered if they could make peace with Jigen, but Madara argued that the Otsutsuki intended to destroy the Ninja World and could not be reasoned with.
• Madara proposed uniting the Shinobi World, strengthening its ninja, and creating a warning system against future attacks.
• Hashirama agreed to wait for Tobirama and Konoha to prove they could govern the Land of Fire, then unite the other nations by force while minimizing casualties.

Hashirama and Madara met Otsutsuki Sōjin and his Moon Otsutsuki branch family after their battle damaged the moon. Sōjin recognized the two shinobi, but as their conversation grew tense, he began plotting how to use their arrival to his advantage.

• Hashirama and Madara sensed an unfamiliar group approaching and prepared to meet them.
• Otsutsuki Sōjin arrived with more than ten branch-family members to investigate the chakra explosion and recognized Hashirama, Madara, and the Nine-Tails.
• Sōjin explained that the Moon Otsutsuki had observed and recorded the shinobi world's history, and he privately assessed the damage left by the battle.
• Hashirama said they had reached the moon while pursuing an enemy, but hesitated when Sōjin asked who it was.
• Madara insulted Sōjin and the Otsutsuki, while Hashirama tried to calm both sides and promised they would leave.
• Sōjin decided not to let the pair depart without consequence and began forming a plan to exploit their arrival.

Otsutsuki Sōjin provoked Hashirama and Madara, then deceived Otsutsuki Yuhe into believing they meant to steal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Yuhe ordered the Moon Otsutsuki to attack, while Sōjin prepared to use the secretly refined Tenseigan to destroy both sides.

• Otsutsuki Sōjin demanded that Hashirama and Madara surrender, and Madara refused, warning Hashirama not to trust the Moon Otsutsuki.
• Hashirama restrained the Branch Family warriors with Wood Style and tried to end the fight without killing anyone, but Sōjin ordered more warriors to attack.
• Otsutsuki Yuhe arrived and asked Sōjin what had happened, and Sōjin falsely claimed Hashirama and Madara had come to steal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Sōjin persuaded Yuhe that the statue’s seal was in danger, and Yuhe ordered the whole clan to attack Hashirama and Madara.
• Sōjin secretly arranged for his subordinates to bring the Tenseigan, intending to eliminate the Main Family and the ninja in one battle.

Hashirama overwhelmed the Moon Otsutsuki warriors after Yuhe attacked him, and captured Yuhe and Sōjin before Sōjin’s Tenseigan arrived. Natsu Yuu returned to find the battle over and the moon’s forces defeated.

• Yuhe ordered the Moon Otsutsuki clan to surround Hashirama, who subdued the warriors with Wood Release: All Creation Technique.
• Yuhe shattered one wooden hand with Silver Wheel Bombing Technique, but Hashirama’s attacks forced him onto the defensive.
• Sōjin joined Yuhe to fight Hashirama, hoping to stall until his Tenseigan arrived.
• Hashirama captured Yuhe and Sōjin with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God and Sage Art: Gatekeeper's Gate, along with the other Moon Otsutsuki warriors.
• Natsu Yuu returned to the moon and found Hashirama and Madara standing among the captured Otsutsuki.

Natsu Yuu returned after capturing Jigen and promised Hashirama and Madara a year to prepare before releasing him. Hashirama then turned to the captured Moon Otsutsuki clan heads, whose refusal to trust the ninjas left the conflict unresolved.

• Hashirama told Natsu Yuu that he had captured the Moon Otsutsuki clan heads, and Natsu Yuu suspected Otsutsuki Sōjin had provoked the battle.
• Natsu Yuu revealed that he had captured the Jigen from Hashirama's world and explained that another Jigen had escaped into his hideout and noticed something was wrong.
• Natsu Yuu gave Hashirama and Madara a year to grow stronger before he would release Jigen for a battle to the death, and both accepted the challenge confidently.
• Hashirama used Wood Style clones to hold off the Moon Otsutsuki warriors while he brought the Yuhe clan head and Otsutsuki Sōjin together.
• The Yuhe clan head mistook Natsu Yuu and the ninjas for attackers seeking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Hashirama realized the misunderstanding was too great to resolve easily.

Hashirama and Madara confronted the Moon Otsutsuki leaders, while Natsu Yuu exposed Sōjin’s attempt to manipulate the conflict. Natsu Yuu seized the Branch Family’s hidden Tenseigan, leaving Sōjin defeated and asking who Natsu Yuu was.

• Madara suggested killing the Moon Otsutsuki, but Hashirama stopped him, and Sōjin offered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in exchange for his clan’s safety.
• Natsu Yuu accused Sōjin of deliberately starting the fight and using Hashirama to eliminate the Yuhe Clan Head, while Sōjin denied it.
• Natsu Yuu used Banshō Ten'in to pull hidden Branch Family warriors and their five-meter metal orb toward him.
• Natsu Yuu revealed that the orb contained the Branch Family’s Tenseigan, and Sōjin slumped in defeat after losing his clan’s last hope.
• Sōjin asked Natsu Yuu who he was and how he had learned about the hidden Tenseigan.

Natsu Yuu and the others uncovered the Branch Family’s plan to fuse a Giant Tenseigan and crash the moon into Earth, while Hashirama learned the clan’s beliefs had been twisted over generations. The captives remained in Hashirama’s hands, and Natsu Yuu took the impure Tenseigan for later refinement.

• Madara tried to kill Otsutsuki Sōjin after learning of his ambition, but Hashirama stopped him as Otsutsuki Yuhe confronted Sōjin about the hidden Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Sōjin revealed that the Branch Family planned to eliminate the main family, fuse their Byakugan into a Giant Tenseigan, and send the moon crashing into Earth.
• Hashirama asked Natsu Yuu whether Hamura had truly ordered the destruction of Earth, and Natsu Yuu explained that the Branch Family had twisted their ancestor’s wishes over centuries.
• Natsu Yuu told Hashirama that Kaguya was sealed inside the moon and that they should focus on defeating Jigen before worrying about her.
• Hashirama asked how to change Sōjin’s beliefs, but Natsu Yuu refused to intervene and left the fate of the captives to Hashirama and the others.
• Natsu Yuu took the impure Tenseigan, intending to have it refined with help from the Ninja World’s technology and Orochimaru’s research team.

Hashirama and Madara spared the Moon Otsutsuki Clan but imposed punishments and surveillance, and their encounter with Jigen changed Hashirama’s resolve to unify the Ninja World. Natsu Yuu then visited Ninja World 4 to check on Jigen and arrived at Orochimaru’s lab, where Orochimaru was beating Obito.

• Hashirama and Madara spared the Moon Otsutsuki Clan, gouged out Sōjin’s Byakugan, detained the Branch Family’s core members, and left a Slug Sage clone to watch the clan.
• Natsu Yuu returned Hashirama, Madara, and the Nine-Tails to the Land of Fire, where Hashirama urged Tobirama to govern firmly and find a wife.
• Natsu Yuu left Ninja World 1 as its unification progress rose from 75% to 81%, with Hashirama now willing to pursue unification.
• Natsu Yuu went to Ninja World 4, confirmed Jigen 4 had retreated into his private dimension, and returned to Konoha.
• Natsu Yuu entered Orochimaru’s lab and saw Orochimaru beating Obito.

Natsu Yuu visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru was examining the captured Obito, and gave him a Tenseigan to research. Orochimaru accepted the task and returned his attention to Obito.

• Orochimaru examined Obito’s Kāma mark and praised his Hashirama Cells, vitality, and Chakra while Obito struggled helplessly.
• Natsu Yuu told Orochimaru not to kill Obito and said Kakashi would hold him responsible.
• Natsu Yuu showed Orochimaru the Tenseigan and explained that it had evolved from Byakugan fusion but needed to be made small enough for use as a human eye.
• Natsu Yuu gave Orochimaru the Tenseigan and tasked him with researching how to shrink it, suggesting Hyuga Clan genes might help.
• After Natsu Yuu teleported away, Orochimaru put the Tenseigan aside and turned back to Obito, who cried out in terror.