Recaps

Otsutsuki Toneri appeared in Konoha and stopped the God Tree roots from overrunning the village. He offered Naruto and Sasuke a deal to help defeat Kaguya in exchange for help rebuilding the moon, and claimed he could stabilize Sasuke’s Rinnegan.

• Choji, Rock Lee, Might Guy, and Tenten fought the God Tree roots as the Leaf’s defenses began to collapse.
• Shikamaru ordered Naruto to conserve his Chakra for Kaguya, telling him to trust his comrades.
• A green beam descended on Konoha, erased the roots within its field, and revealed Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Toneri said Kaguya had destroyed his home and proposed a deal: he would help fight her if they helped him rebuild the moon.
• Shikamaru questioned whether they could trust Toneri, who said he could stabilize Sasuke’s ocular power and help it recover faster.

Shikamaru negotiated Toneri’s help in exchange for a share of Kurama’s Chakra after Kaguya was sealed, and Toneri stabilized Sasuke’s Rinnegan before transporting the group to the Valley of the End. There, they found Kaguya absorbing the planet’s Natural Energy, and she confronted them over Chakra she claimed belonged to her.

• Shikamaru accepted Toneri’s offer on the condition that Toneri receive at most a third of Kurama’s Chakra after Kaguya was sealed and bind himself with a Curse Mark.
• Toneri sent puppets to destroy the God Tree’s roots in the village and stabilized Sasuke’s Rinnegan, reducing its recovery time.
• Shikamaru led Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura, Ino, and Toneri into Toneri’s formation, while Tsunade and Shizune remained behind to protect the village.
• Toneri transported the group to the Valley of the End, where they found a colossal God Tree draining the planet’s life force and Kaguya feeding beneath it.
• Kaguya opened her eyes, claimed Chakra belonged to her, and accused Hagoromo and Hamura’s children of stealing it.

Kaguya transported the team into the Lava Realm and attacked them while they searched for a way to escape. As lava dragons surrounded the scattered fighters, Shikamaru called for Naruto and Sasuke to use their strongest combination technique.

• Kaguya ambushed Sakura and Ino, but Naruto blocked her strike with a shield of Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Sasuke counterattacked with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Kaguya transported everyone into the Lava Realm, scattering the team across the lava sea.
• Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Toneri protected themselves and their allies from the heat as Kaguya attacked Naruto with a lava dragon.
• Sasuke and Shikamaru reasoned that they had to force Kaguya to use Yomotsu Hirasaka to create a chance to escape.
• Kaguya attacked Kakashi with an All-Killing Ash Bones spike, but Toneri deflected it and declared his allegiance to Hamura's will.
• Kaguya summoned dozens of giant lava dragons, and Shikamaru ordered Naruto and Sasuke to use their strongest combination technique.

Naruto and Sasuke disrupted Kaguya’s control of the Lava Realm to create an opening, but their coordinated assault failed to harm her. The group faced dwindling Chakra and a worsening chance of survival as Shikamaru ordered them to abandon conventional attacks.

• Sasuke used Susanoo wings to carry Sakura and Ino above the lava while Naruto dodged Kaguya’s lava dragons.
• Naruto fired nine different Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken across the realm, disrupting its energy flow and drawing Kaguya’s attention.
• Sasuke set the Chakra in a lava wave ablaze with Amaterasu, and Kaguya erased the flames and lava from the realm.
• Shikamaru identified a brief weakness in Kaguya’s control, letting Naruto strike her with a Super Great Ball Rasengan while Toneri deflected her All-Killing Ash Bone.
• Kaguya blocked Naruto’s attack without being harmed, and Kakashi warned that Sakura and the others were running out of Chakra.
• Shikamaru told everyone to abandon conventional attacks.

Shikamaru’s team ignited the flammable atmosphere of Kaguya’s Lava Realm, forcing her to flee as they escaped into an icy dimension. Kaguya pursued them with ice clones, while Sasuke noticed a black shadow emerging from her sleeve.

• Shikamaru proposed using Sasuke’s Amaterasu to set the Lava Realm ablaze, and Naruto and Sasuke agreed to the dangerous plan.
• Sasuke spread Amaterasu across the sky, triggering a chain of explosions as Kakashi, Toneri, and Sakura tried to shield the group.
• Kaguya escaped through a portal, and Sasuke used Heavenly Hand Power to swap the group into it before the Lava Realm was destroyed.
• The group arrived in a freezing dimension, where Kaguya summoned powerful ice clones and Ino’s Mental Link began to fail.
• Sasuke spotted a black, liquid-like shadow cautiously emerging from Kaguya’s sleeve.

Sasuke and Shikamaru identified the will hidden in Kaguya's sleeve as the core controlling her abilities, and Naruto's relentless chatter made her emotions—and Chakra flow—unstable. As Naruto launched a rainbow-colored Rasenshuriken, Sasuke used the resulting Chakra disturbance to cast Genjutsu on Kaguya, setting up an attempt to expose the hidden core.

• Sasuke spotted another Black Zetsu-like will concealed in Kaguya's sleeve, and Shikamaru deduced that it controlled her jutsu and dimensional shifts.
• Shikamaru told Naruto to agitate Kaguya with his strongest will, while Sasuke searched for the connection between the hidden will and Kaguya.
• Naruto filled the frozen landscape with Shadow Clones that taunted Kaguya, provoking her until Sasuke detected erratic Chakra flow and found the connecting node.
• Naruto entered Six Paths Mode and launched a rainbow-colored Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken at Kaguya.
• As Kaguya formed an ice wall to defend herself, Sasuke used the Chakra disturbance to cast Genjutsu on her.

Naruto flooded Kaguya’s mind with memories of companionship, disrupting her and weakening her control. As Black Zetsu II emerged to silence Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Toneri attacked it, and Naruto moved in to strike.

• Sasuke’s genjutsu created an opening for Naruto to send Kaguya memories of his bonds and insist that Chakra was a bridge connecting people.
• Kaguya lost control under Naruto’s mental assault, and thousands of Naruto’s Shadow Clones burst apart.
• Black Zetsu II emerged from Kaguya and tried to block Naruto’s influence, but Sasuke attacked it with Kagutsuchi.
• Kakashi used Kamui to pull Black Zetsu II toward another dimension, but its Truth-Seeking Orbs resisted the technique.
• Toneri attacked Black Zetsu II with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion while Naruto returned to human form and charged in with a Chakra-wrapped fist.

Naruto and the others fought Black Zetsu II while trying to keep Kaguya disoriented in the frozen dimension. After Black Zetsu II severed Ino’s Mental Link, the team split up, and Kakashi and Toneri prepared a combined attack.

• Naruto blasted Black Zetsu II into an iceberg, but it re-formed because its body was a living mass of Chakra.
• Black Zetsu II targeted Ino and Sakura, corrupted Sakura’s Creation Rebirth barrier, and severed the team’s Mental Link.
• Sasuke ordered Kakashi and Toneri to hold off Black Zetsu II while Naruto used Shadow Clones to overwhelm Kaguya with bizarre performances.
• Sasuke protected Sakura and Ino and used Amaterasu to clear Ice Clones as Naruto’s assault left Kaguya increasingly confused.
• Kakashi slowed Black Zetsu II with Earth Flow Wall and Violet Lightning, giving Toneri an opening to unleash Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Sasuke realized that Kaguya and Black Zetsu II depended on a Chakra connection, and the allies worked together to expose it. The chapter left Sasuke and Naruto preparing a combined blade to sever that connection.

• Toneri and Kakashi held Black Zetsu II back while Ino restored the mental link and relayed Shikamaru's warning that it needed an anchor.
• Sasuke deduced that Kaguya and Black Zetsu II anchored each other and proposed cutting the Chakra flow between them.
• Naruto's Shadow Clones overwhelmed Kaguya with tragic stories, disrupting her control and revealing the connection to Sasuke.
• Sasuke flew away with Sakura and Ino, found the exposed Chakra line, and formed a Chidori Blade.
• Naruto infused Sasuke's blade with Six Paths Yang Power, combining it with wind and lightning as they prepared to cut the connection.

Sasuke severed Black Zetsu II’s connection to Kaguya, but the loss of its control drove Kaguya into a murderous frenzy. As her All-Killing Ash Bones rained down on everyone, Naruto thanked Kurama and awakened a profound new power.

• Sasuke used his sword to sever the connection between Black Zetsu II and Kaguya, causing Black Zetsu II to crumble away.
• Kaguya awakened in a mad state and unleashed a devastating Chakra storm that destroyed the Shadow Clones and ice clones.
• Kaguya attacked the survivors with a rain of All-Killing Ash Bones, leaving them with no apparent way to escape.
• Naruto shielded his companions, thanked Kurama, and transformed his Truth-Seeking Orbs into a black robe.
• Naruto invoked Banshō Ten'in and pushed toward the falling bone spikes.

Naruto and Sasuke joined their Six Paths powers and drew on the will of the world to seal Kaguya in a massive sphere of rock. As the exhausted survivors celebrated, Uchiha Obito appeared and threatened to take their eyes.

• Naruto stopped Kaguya’s bone spikes and used his awakened Six Paths power to turn them back against her.
• Naruto and Sasuke prepared Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, but Kaguya attacked them before they could seal her.
• Kakashi shielded Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto caught Kaguya’s wrist as she tried to strike him.
• Naruto drew on the Natural Energy and collective will of the world, strengthening the sealing technique until Kaguya was trapped inside a new moon.
• Uchiha Obito appeared in an Akatsuki cloak, revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and announced he would take their eyes.

Obito absorbed the surviving remnant of Black Zetsu II to become an incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi. As the exhausted shinobi failed to stop him, Mu, the supposedly dead Second Tsuchikage, appeared and declared that Obito's ambition would end.

• Obito revealed himself to Kakashi and explained that Uchiha Madara had saved him after the Kannabi Bridge incident.
• Obito absorbed the remains of Black Zetsu II, forcing its power into himself to create an incomplete Ten-Tails.
• Toneri attacked Obito but was overpowered, while Naruto, Sasuke, and the others were too exhausted to fight.
• Obito rejected Kakashi's appeal about Rin and prepared to kill Kakashi and Naruto, who shielded his friend.
• A black rift swallowed Obito's attack, and Mu emerged, identified himself as the living Second Tsuchikage, and challenged Obito.

Mu stripped Kaguya’s power from Obito, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared, killed Obito, and demanded that Kaguya be freed. Isshiki gave the exhausted shinobi three days to recover and stop him before he tried to break the seal.

• Mu revealed that he had survived by placing his soul in Iwagakure’s forbidden scroll, then used a modified Dust Release technique to strip Kaguya’s chakra from Obito.
• Kaguya’s will escaped Obito and struck the seal, but the Six Paths seal held; the will vanished, leaving Obito powerless.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged behind Obito, killed him, and revealed that he was Kaguya’s companion and enemy.
• Isshiki explained that he wanted Kaguya’s Ten-Tails to plant a God Tree and harvest the planet’s Chakra Fruit.
• Isshiki gave Naruto, Sasuke, and the other shinobi three days to recover and stop him, promising to leave if they succeeded.

After Isshiki escaped, Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies returned to Konoha and learned from Mu that Isshiki had been hiding for generations. With only three days to prepare, Toneri offered to help restore Sasuke while Mu took Naruto to a powerful Natural Energy Node near Konoha.

• Toneri used his Heavenly Dao Floating Ship to bring the group back to Konoha, and Mu joined them because he knew Isshiki’s history.
• Mu explained that he and Ishikawa had once trapped Isshiki, who had possessed the monk Jigen, but Kaguya’s revival had broken the seal.
• Tsunade set a three-day preparation plan, and Toneri offered Sasuke his Tenseigan Chakra while Mu proposed a Natural Energy Node to help Naruto recover.
• Mu led Naruto to a forest clearing where a towering, immortal tree stood at the heart of the Natural Energy Node created by Senju Hashirama.

Naruto trained beneath a tree to absorb its wild Natural Energy and asked Kurama to merge their consciousnesses completely so they could face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Meanwhile, Toneri restored some of Sasuke’s Rinnegan power, and Sasuke headed to a secret training ground to prepare for battle.

• Naruto followed Mu’s guidance and learned to guide the tree’s concentrated Natural Energy through his body, resonating with the forest as his Chakra recovered.
• Naruto asked Kurama for a complete fusion, and Kurama agreed on the condition that he could curse Naruto in his mind if Naruto became boring.
• Toneri used Tenseigan Chakra in an operation to repair Sasuke’s Rinnegan while Sakura and Shikamaru watched.
• Sasuke’s operation restored about sixty percent of his ocular power, and he chose to train instead of rest.
• Shikamaru directed Sasuke to the secret training ground beneath Naka Shrine, where he could practice controlling his Dojutsu.

Sasuke used Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra to create his first independent space with Heavenly Realm, while Naruto and Nine-Tails merged their consciousnesses and reached a new form as a Perfect Jinchuriki. The chapter left Naruto testing their fused power and Sasuke considering creating more spaces.

• Sasuke entered the chamber beneath Naka Shrine and told Shikamaru he planned to try Kaguya’s Heavenly Realm technique to prepare for Isshiki.
• Sasuke attempted to reconstruct the chamber into a new space, but his Chakra was depleted until Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra helped stabilize the process.
• Sasuke created a small, unstable space and realized that Heavenly Realm created worlds rather than simply transporting him.
• Naruto told Nine-Tails he was ready to merge with it, and the two shared their memories and feelings.
• Naruto and Nine-Tails merged completely, transforming Naruto into a golden-and-red Perfect Jinchuriki form with nine Chakra tails.
• Mu watched Naruto’s transformation as Naruto and Nine-Tails spoke directly through their fused minds.

Naruto and Sasuke finished intense training and prepared to face Isshiki by practicing teamwork at Konoha's largest training ground. Their spar began with a clash that sent a powerful shockwave through the surrounding forest.

• Naruto emerged from the forest with greatly increased Chakra and learned that becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki let him create over ten thousand Shadow Clones.
• Naruto and Mu visited Naka Shrine, where Sasuke emerged after two days of training and demonstrated his unstable Heavenly Realm by transporting everyone to an isolated space.
• Shikamaru organized joint training so Naruto and Sasuke could learn to fight together before the deadline to confront Isshiki.
• Naruto and Sasuke began sparring at Training Ground 7 while Kakashi, Sakura, and Ino watched.

Naruto and Sasuke trained to coordinate their abilities and adapt to fighting in other dimensions in preparation for Isshiki. The chapter left them confronting Isshiki at the Valley of the End as he tried to break the seal holding Kaguya.

• Naruto and Sasuke practiced combining Shadow Clones, the Rinnegan, and Heavenly Realm while fighting across different spaces.
• Kakashi and Toneri watched the training, and Kakashi said they might need a backup plan if Naruto and Sasuke could not defeat Isshiki.
• Naruto and Sasuke shared more than a dozen strategies, and Kakashi told them they had to fight as one by combining Yin and Yang.
• Mu arrived and revealed that Isshiki had moved early and was destroying the stone sphere sealing Kaguya at the Valley of the End.
• Naruto attacked Isshiki with Super Great Ball Rasengan, but Isshiki blocked and deflected it with a black cube.

Isshiki used Karma to absorb Naruto and Sasuke’s Chakra attacks, then overwhelmed Kakashi with his abilities. Sasuke rescued Kakashi from a crushing cube and said they had found Isshiki’s weakness.

• Isshiki revealed that his Karma could absorb Chakra and drained Susanoo when Sasuke attacked him.
• Naruto tried to strike Isshiki with Kurama’s tails, but Karma absorbed their Chakra as well.
• Kakashi intervened to give Naruto and Sasuke time to observe Isshiki, but his ninjutsu failed and Isshiki injured him with tracking cubes.
• Isshiki dropped a huge cube toward Kakashi, but Sasuke used Heavenly Power to switch places and save him.
• Sasuke told Kakashi that his sacrifice had bought them time to discover Isshiki’s weakness.

Naruto returned to Konoha as a Perfect Jinchuriki and tested his new strength against Sasuke, who had also advanced his abilities. With Isshiki due to undo Kaguya’s seal at the Valley of the End in one day, Mu explained Isshiki’s powers and revealed that Karma could let him reincarnate after death.

• Naruto returned to Konoha with his Chakra completely fused with Kurama’s and learned that his power had greatly increased.
• Naruto met Sasuke beneath Naka Shrine, and the two fought until Shikamaru warned that their battle could damage the shrine.
• Naruto and Sasuke learned that only one day remained before Isshiki planned to undo Kaguya’s seal at the Valley of the End.
• Shikamaru began reviewing the battle plan, and Mu described Isshiki’s Daikokuten and Sukunahikona abilities.
• Mu revealed that Isshiki could use Karma to reincarnate, prompting Sasuke to question whether killing him would be enough.

Shikamaru planned to lure Isshiki into Konoha, where traps would give the ninja a better chance to kill him before he planted a Kāma. As the village prepared for the decisive battle at dawn, Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies faced the night with fear and resolve.

• Mu explained that Isshiki had to be killed in one hit before he could plant a Kāma, and Shikamaru proposed luring him from the Valley of the End into a trapped, evacuated Konoha.
• Naruto spoke with Kurama atop Hokage Rock and said he was ready to protect the village.
• Sasuke visited the Uchiha graves, promised he would survive, and reassured Sakura that he would return to her.
• Shikamaru reviewed the traps with Tsunade, who urged him to trust his teammates and prepare to lead the battle.
• Ino and Tenten worried about the coming fight while villagers in the underground shelter trusted Naruto and Konoha's ninja to protect them.

Isshiki arrived in Konoha after the three-day deadline, and Naruto and Sasuke led a coordinated attack with the village’s allies. Their trap and attempt to contain him failed, and Isshiki prepared to fight seriously.

• Isshiki descended through a portal above the Valley of the End, and Naruto negotiated an agreement that Isshiki would leave the planet if Konoha won.
• Naruto attacked with a giant Rasengan, but Isshiki shrank it with Daikokuten and sent it back at him.
• Sasuke and Kakashi attacked Isshiki, but his abilities let him evade or absorb their strikes; Toneri then joined the fight with his Tenseigan.
• Shikamaru activated a Fuinjutsu trap that briefly restrained Isshiki, allowing Naruto and Sasuke to attempt to trap and seal him.
• Isshiki shattered Sasuke’s dimension and scattered Naruto’s attacks, then grew his horns and declared that he was getting serious.

Isshiki used the God Tree to drain Naruto and Sasuke, but Sasuke sent it into another space while Naruto kept Isshiki busy. Isshiki absorbed the tree’s stored energy, transformed into his complete Ōtsutsuki form, and trapped the exhausted heroes beneath a new forest of roots, leaving Mu to suggest surrender as their only chance to survive.

• Isshiki grew the God Tree, whose roots absorbed Naruto’s and Sasuke’s Chakra and fed on their attacks.
• Sasuke realized the tree grew faster when supplied with energy, then proposed sending it to another space while Naruto occupied Isshiki.
• Sasuke combined his Rinnegan power with Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra and used Heavenly Realm to make the God Tree vanish.
• Isshiki absorbed the energy the God Tree had stored and transformed into his complete Ōtsutsuki form, using gravity to pin Naruto and Sasuke down.
• Isshiki summoned a second God Tree with hundreds of roots, while Sasuke’s exhausted ocular power left him unable to move it.
• Mu told the desperate onlookers that Naruto and Sasuke could beg Isshiki for mercy and become his slaves.

Naruto sacrificed himself in a massive Chakra explosion to destroy Isshiki’s roots, leaving Sasuke badly injured and vulnerable. Just as Momoshiki moved to take Sasuke, Obito revealed he had survived and summoned a fake Ten-Tails to face the Otsutsuki.

• Naruto disrupted his Chakra and blew himself up, destroying much of the roots and damaging Isshiki while leaving Sasuke near death.
• Isshiki approached the helpless Sasuke and agreed to let Momoshiki take his body, Rinnegan, and soul.
• Obito appeared, knocked Momoshiki away, and revealed that Izanagi had saved him from death at the cost of one eye.
• Obito summoned a fake Ten-Tails made from his cells and stolen Chakra, then challenged Isshiki and Momoshiki.

Obito used the pseudo-Ten-Tails and his Kamui to battle Isshiki, then sacrificed his life to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. After Isshiki shattered Obito’s Kamui Dimension, Obito activated Izanami to trap him in an endless loop, leaving both facing mutual destruction.

• Obito attacked Isshiki with the pseudo-Ten-Tails’ roots, used Kamui to remove Isshiki’s arm, and learned that Isshiki could regenerate.
• Isshiki restrained the pseudo-Ten-Tails with Space Chains, forcing Obito to fight without its support.
• Obito used the Eye of Sacrifice to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, then pulled Isshiki into the Kamui Dimension.
• Isshiki released the stored power of the Divine Tree, shattered the Kamui Dimension, and severely injured Obito.
• Obito activated Izanami, intending to trap Isshiki in a repeating loop until he accepted defeat.