Chapter Summaries

Minato investigated the strange energy residue near the border and was ambushed by Sky Ninjas seeking to exploit it. After capturing one and learning they were active again, he returned to Konoha, where Chiyo ordered a mission to find and destroy their stronghold.

• Minato searched the forest for signs of how the Nature Energy had disappeared, then came under attack from a Sky Ninja aerial squad.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to defeat the attackers, disabling their gliders and capturing their squad captain.
• The captain told Minato that the Sky Ninjas had been sent to investigate the energy anomaly and wanted energy useful for improving aircraft and weapons.
• Minato recovered Sky Ninja equipment and maps, then reported the attack to Chiyo in the Hokage's Office.
• Chiyo learned from Root that the Sky Ninjas had rebuilt an overseas base under Shennong and ordered Minato, Anbu, Root, and supporting shinobi to locate and destroy their stronghold.

Minato led Konoha’s assault on the Sky Ninja stronghold while Kakashi’s support team infiltrated its core. Shennong awakened Zero-Tails, and the chapter ended with Konoha fighting to contain the resulting threat.

• Minato assigned Kakashi’s team to infiltrate the stronghold and sabotage its aircraft workshop and energy core while his own team attacked from the front.
• Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Genma slipped inside by following Shennong’s disciple Aru through the stronghold’s entrance.
• Minato’s frontal assault and Guy’s perimeter attack drew the Sky Ninja into battle and disrupted the stronghold’s defenses.
• Shennong activated Zero-Tails despite Aru’s warning, unleashing dark energy that began empowering aircraft and forming monsters from wreckage.
• Kakashi’s team split up to confront Shennong, stop the control console, persuade Aru to help, and find the energy core.
• Minato entered Sage Mode and used Flying Thunder God Consecutive Flashes to battle the strengthened Sky Ninja forces.

Minato Namikaze used Sage Mode and an advanced Flying Thunder God technique to overcome the Zero-Tails and protect the Konoha reinforcements. After sealing the weakened creature and ending the battle, he asked Kakashi whether he had found the intel.

• The Zero-Tails shrugged off conventional attacks, forcing Minato to discover that senjutsu could damage its defenses.
• Minato entered Sage Mode and used Sage Art: Rasengan attacks to crack the Zero-Tails' core force field and weaken it.
• The Zero-Tails concentrated its power into a deadly ray aimed at the Konoha reinforcements, and Minato redirected it with Flying Thunder God: Ultimate Guiding.
• Minato used Adamantine Sealing Chains prepared by Coral Uzumaki to seal the exhausted Zero-Tails, causing the surviving Sky Ninja to surrender and flee.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin helped the exhausted Minato, who reassured Obito that protecting his students was a teacher's responsibility.
• Minato asked Kakashi whether he had found the intel.

Minato returned from the mission to destroy the Sky Ninja stronghold with valuable research materials, and reported signs that abnormal Nature Energy had been drawn from underground Ley Line nodes. Chiyo planned to expand Konoha’s alliances and, at home, discovered that Chiemi had developed remarkable control over her power.

• Kakashi handed Minato the recovered Sky Ninja research materials, and Minato brought them back to Konoha after the team completed its mission.
• Chiyo praised Minato and the young ninja, ordered their recovery and rewards, and heard Minato’s report that Zero-Tails’ Nature Energy seemed to come from underground Ley Line nodes.
• Chiyo proposed Federation Demonstration Zones in the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Grass, and assigned Minato to help with initial negotiations.
• Chiyo sent the Sky Ninja materials to Orochimaru at the Academy of Sciences for further study.
• At home, Chiyo reunited with Tsunade, Mikoto, Mirai, and Chiemi, then saw Chiemi silently peel an apple with extraordinary precision.
• Chiyo reassured Tsunade and Mikoto that the girls’ unusual gifts should be protected and guided with love.

Orochimaru and Shikaku discovered a possible link between two corrupted forms of Nature Energy and the legendary Time Tree, prompting plans to investigate it. As Konoha advanced its Federation Demonstration Zone amid rival villages’ concerns, the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon sent Aoba Otsutsuki to assess Chiyo Uchiha.

• Orochimaru compared the Regeneration Core’s energy with Zero-Tails’ dark Nature Energy and concluded that they were extreme powers associated with heaven and earth.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku identified an ancient energy convergence point possibly connected to the Time Tree, and Orochimaru ordered Shikaku to send a top-secret report to the Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha oversaw construction of Konoha’s Federation Demonstration Zone, while Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure reacted with concern or debate.
• The Otsutsuki Clan’s Main Family judged Chiyo Uchiha a potential threat to their plans and assigned Aoba Otsutsuki to observe and assess him on Earth.

Chiyo led Minato, Shisui, and Kakashi to the Era Tree, where he discovered it was sealing energy from another world. Aoba Otsutsuki confronted them and demanded that Chiyo come to the moon, but Chiyo attacked and withstood Aoba’s Tenseigan pressure.

• Chiyo ordered an expedition to the Era Tree, sending Minato, Shisui Uchiha, and Kakashi with him while Orochimaru provided technical support and Shikaku managed Konoha.
• Chiyo and his team found the Era Tree and saw alien energy leaking through folds in space around its roots.
• Aoba Otsutsuki emerged from distorted space and ordered Chiyo to come to the moon and stop interfering in the Shinobi World.
• Chiyo revealed his Rinnegan and struck Aoba’s Chakra shield, cracking it with one punch.
• Aoba used Tenseigan power to press down on Chiyo, who resisted and began using Banshō Ten'in.

Chiyo defeated Aoba Otsutsuki with the Rinnegan, but Aoba escaped when a mark on his forehead teleported him away. Chiyo investigated the Era Tree and ordered Konoha to secure it, while the Otsutsuki Main Family prepared to accelerate its Purification Plan.

• Chiyo used the Rinnegan’s gravity and repulsion powers to crush Aoba Otsutsuki and leave him badly injured beneath the Era Tree.
• Chiyo tried to extract Aoba’s memories, but a black mark blocked the technique and teleported Aoba away despite Chiyo’s attempt to hold him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Chiyo sensed a spacetime coordinate within the Era Tree and ordered Minato Namikaze to secure the area and classify the encounter as top-secret.
• Chiyo urged Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake to grow stronger, then resolved to accelerate the Federation Plan before releasing Kaguya and pursuing the world’s secrets.
• The Main Family Patriarch examined the unconscious Aoba on the moon and ordered preparations for the Purification Plan to begin sooner.

A and Ōnoki secretly allied to sabotage Konoha’s Federation Demonstration Zone, but Chiyo anticipated their moves and launched a swift counteroperation. Konoha crushed the attacks, damaged key Iwagakure facilities, captured enemy operatives, and prepared to promote itself as the protector of its allies.

• A agreed to Ōnoki’s plan for Kumogakure and Iwagakure to undermine the Federation Demonstration Zone through deception, sabotage, and frontal feints.
• Shikaku informed Chiyo that the two villages had formed an alliance, and Chiyo ordered Operation Cleanup.
• Minato Namikaze’s forces captured Kumogakure infiltrators at the demonstration zone, while Uchiha ninja stopped Iwagakure saboteurs and Fugaku Uchiha dealt with enemy elites.
• Konoha struck back by capturing Samui and Iwagakure’s Hokage, dismantling Grass contacts, and causing severe damage to Iwagakure facilities.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to halt its operations, while Chiyo ordered captured enemies interrogated and the demonstration zone’s construction accelerated.

Chiyo led a powerful Konoha team through the passage to the moon to confront the Otsutsuki Clan. After the team struggled against three Tenseigan-empowered warriors, Chiyo defeated them and challenged the Otsutsuki Clan Leader.

• Chiyo dismissed concerns about Cloud and Iwagakure and ordered Minato, Fugaku, Shisui, Kushina, Shikaku, Choza, Inoichi, Shikuroo, Kakashi, Guy, and others to assemble for a mission to the moon.
• The Otsutsuki Clan Leader saw Konoha cross through space and sent Aoba Otsutsuki, Gen Otsutsuki, and Kō Otsutsuki to activate the Purification Sequence and eliminate them.
• On the moon, the Konoha team attacked the three Otsutsuki warriors, but their Tenseigan-powered defenses countered many of the team's techniques.
• Chiyo absorbed Aoba Otsutsuki's Chakra with the Absorption Seal, then struck Aoba, Xuan, and Kō with Shinra Tensei, hurling them into the palace walls.
• Chiyo called out the Otsutsuki Clan Leader and used Banshō Ten'in as the Clan Leader's powerful aura emerged from the palace.

Chiyo defeated Ōtsutsuki Haoxuan and claimed the Moon for Konoha, then found Ōtsutsuki Kaguya sealed without any sign of consciousness and vowed to awaken her. Back in Konoha, he ordered a worldwide search for unknown sources of power and danger.

• Ōtsutsuki Haoxuan attacked Chiyo and the Konoha forces with Tenseigan-powered techniques, but Chiyo countered them with his Rinnegan and Susanoo.
• Chiyo used Amaterasu to stop Haoxuan's statue from regenerating, then cut through Haoxuan and his Tenseigan connection with his Complete Susanoo's Tachi.
• Chiyo declared the Moon part of Konoha, ordered its surviving Otsutsuki residents to leave, and had the Konoha forces oversee their departure.
• Chiyo entered Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's seal, found her body without any detectable consciousness, and moved her into Kamui Space for protection while vowing to awaken her.
• Chiyo ordered Anbu and Root to activate the highest level of the Sky Net plan and search the Shinobi World and anomalous spaces for unknown powers and threats.

After receiving secret intelligence about a deadly black mist in the Land of Demons and Miko Miroku’s failing attempts to purify it, Chiyo recognized the threat of Mōryō and decided to intervene personally. He spent an evening with his family, then left Konoha to confront the danger.

• Shikaku reported that Konoha and the wider Shinobi World were enjoying a period of peace when a Root shinobi delivered top-secret intelligence from the Land of Demons.
• Chiyo learned that a black mist was killing life near the border, that it was made of negative spiritual energy, and that Miroku had collapsed after trying to purify it.
• Chiyo recognized the events as connected to Mōryō and accepted a mission to intercept Miroku, deciding to handle the matter himself.
• At home, Chiyo reunited with Mirai, Chiemi, Tsunade, and Mikoto; Mikoto described Chiemi’s growing ability to manipulate matter, and Chiyo later saw her move a block from a distance.
• Chiyo told Tsunade and Mikoto that he would travel to the Land of Demons, then arranged for Shikaku, Minato, and Fugaku to manage Konoha in his absence.
• Chiyo left Konoha secretly and raced northwest toward the Land of Demons to reach Miroku and confront Mōryō.

Chiyo Uchiha traveled to the Land of Demons and urged Miroku to join Konoha’s Ninja Federation so they could confront Mōryō together. When Mōryō revived and attacked the capital, Chiyo erased its Ghost Legion and manifested body with Sage Art: Dust Release, then asked Miroku to lead him to the true sealing site to destroy its hidden core.

• Chiyo reached Miroku’s palace, where she explained that Mōryō’s weakening seal had left her exhausted and unable to contain the demon alone.
• Chiyo proposed an alliance with Konoha, and Miroku began to consider trusting him and seeking help beyond the Land of Demons.
• A priest reported that Mōryō had revived, breached the sealing grounds, and sent a Ghost Legion toward the palace, so Chiyo carried Miroku to a watchtower.
• Chiyo used Sage Art: Dust Release: True Original Body Stripping Technique to erase the Ghost Legion and Mōryō’s manifested body.
• Chiyo told Miroku that Mōryō’s core of resentment remained beneath the seal, and she agreed to guide him to the true sealing site.

Chiyo used his Rinnegan and sealing techniques to suppress and capture Mōryō’s soul source, ending the threat to the Land of Demons. Miroku embraced and kissed Chiyo, declaring that she wanted her future bound to his.

• Chiyo shielded Miroku from Mōryō’s attack and used the Soul-Absorbing Seal to pull at its soul source.
• Chiyo branded Mōryō’s core with a black rod and Kama, Sealing Jutsu, suppressing its consciousness.
• Chiyo sealed the dormant Mōryō into a Scroll, and the Ancestral Hall’s oppressive spiritual force disappeared.
• Miroku thanked Chiyo for saving her and the Land of Demons, then embraced him.
• Miroku declared that she wanted her future bound to Chiyo’s and kissed him, and Chiyo accepted her affection.

After defeating Mōryō, Chiyo secured the Land of Demons’ decision to join Konoha’s Ninja Federation and received Crystal Release as his mission reward. Meanwhile, Konoha resettled the defeated Moon Otsutsuki Clan beneath Hokage Rock, where its members faced an uncertain new life.

• Miroku announced that the Land of Demons would abandon neutrality and apply to join Konoha’s Ninja Federation.
• Chiyo promised Konoha’s protection and assistance with repairs, then stayed with Miroku before leaving with the Scroll sealing Mōryō.
• The system rewarded Chiyo with Crystal Release, and he checked his abilities and asked when he could synthesize Kekkei Mōra.
• Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha, and Shikaku helped settle the Moon Otsutsuki immigrants in Konoha and explained their rights and duties.
• The Otsutsuki Clan members wondered whether Konoha would be their home from then on.

Chiyo halted Orochimaru’s research into Mōryō and took him to the moon to study Hamura Otsutsuki’s sealed Tenseigan. Their first analysis revealed that its energy opposed the Era Tree’s alien energy while seeming to share the same origin, prompting Chiyo to investigate whether the Tenseigan could help locate or affect the passage to the other world.

• Orochimaru analyzed Mōryō’s sealed essence until Chiyo ordered him to suspend that research and focus on Hamura Otsutsuki’s Tenseigan.
• Chiyo told Orochimaru that the true Tenseigan remained sealed on the moon and took him through a spatial passage to its location.
• Chiyo showed Orochimaru the sealed Tenseigan and forbade him from extracting or stimulating its energy without permission.
• Orochimaru set up instruments around the seal and began studying the Tenseigan while Chiyo tried to sense and communicate with it.
• Orochimaru discovered that the Tenseigan’s energy faintly opposed the Era Tree’s alien energy but appeared to share its source, so Chiyo ordered him to map their relationship and investigate the other-world passage.

Chiyo visited Rōran Town to inspect its new barrier, where Sara, Yugito Nii, and Pakura arranged for Kurenai Yuhi to confess her feelings to him. Chiyo accepted Kurenai’s plea to stay with him, and the chapter ended with the others quietly leaving them alone.

• Chiyo finished work in Konoha and decided to visit Rōran Town to check its composite barrier.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Sara, Yugito Nii, and Pakura for help winning Chiyo’s attention, and they devised a plan to bring her to him that night.
• Sara welcomed Chiyo and led him to the mayor’s residence, where Yugito Nii and Pakura joined them; he agreed to stay for dinner and the night.
• After the women left him in the bedroom, Kurenai slipped beneath the blankets beside Chiyo, and he used the Body Flicker Technique to turn on the light.
• Kurenai confessed her long-standing love and asked to stay with Chiyo, who accepted her plea.
• Sara, Yugito Nii, and Pakura listened from outside, then quietly withdrew and left Chiyo and Kurenai alone.

Chiyo woke beside Kurenai Yuhi after their night together and accepted her feelings, easing her embarrassment with quiet affection. After breakfast, he returned to Konoha for official business while Kurenai stayed in Rōran, happy that he had acknowledged her new place in his life.

• Chiyo received the Divine Technique—Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and considered combining its principles with Nature Energy.
• Kurenai Yuhi woke, remembered the previous night, and relaxed when Chiyo held her and told her to sleep longer.
• Chiyo joined Sara, Yugito Nii, and Pakura for breakfast, where they teased him and welcomed Kurenai Yuhi.
• Chiyo pushed Kurenai Yuhi a plate of sweets and let her settle into breakfast with the others.
• Chiyo told Kurenai Yuhi to rest in Rōran while he handled official business in Konoha, promising to pick her up later.
• After Chiyo left, Sara, Yugito Nii, and Pakura teased Kurenai Yuhi about the night before.

Uchiha Mirai and Uchiha Chiemi traveled from the future and visited the sleeping Hinata before seeking their father, Chiyo. After Mirai tested Chiyo in a brief fight, the sisters revealed who they were, leaving him stunned by their claim.

• Hyuga family members discussed the Moon's Otsutsuki Clan while Mirai secretly entered Hinata's nursery with Chiemi.
• Mirai and Chiemi admired the sleeping Hinata, and Mirai left a rune-engraved wind chime beside her pillow.
• Chiemi explained that they wanted to help Chiyo find Kaguya's consciousness and persuaded Mirai to meet him directly.
• Chiyo sensed the sisters' unusual chakra and found them waiting atop Hokage Rock.
• Mirai attacked Chiyo using Taijutsu reminiscent of Tsunade's and the Uchiha Clan's styles, prompting him to question their connection to him.
• Mirai and Chiemi called Chiyo their father and revealed that they were his daughters from the future, and he recognized their names.

Chiyo accepted Mirai and Chiemi as his daughters from the future after they proved their identities, and Tsunade and Mikoto embraced them as well. The family learned that Chiyo had vanished into an alternate world in their future, while Chiemi warned that Black Zetsu’s will could both enable and constrain Kaguya’s awakening.

• Mirai demonstrated her modified Superhuman Strength technique, and Chiemi formed an intricate Ice Crystal Rose, convincing Chiyo they were his daughters from the future.
• Chiyo brought Mirai and Chiemi home, where they proved their identities to Tsunade and Mikoto with private memories and were embraced by their mothers.
• Mirai and Chiemi told their parents that Chiyo had entered an alternate-space passage in the Era Tree and had been missing for nearly a year.
• Chiemi warned Chiyo that the will within darkness, identified as Black Zetsu, was both a key and a possible shackle to awakening Kaguya’s consciousness.
• As Mirai shared stories from the future, Chiyo resolved to protect his daughters, uncover the truth, and prevent the future in which he never returned.

Chiyo lured Black Zetsu out by simulating a signal connected to Kaguya, then revealed that he had found her body and proposed using the Tenseigan to provide the power to revive her. Black Zetsu agreed to cooperate and signed a contract with Chiyo, bringing their effort to awaken Kaguya into a new phase.

• Chiemi and Mirai proposed luring Black Zetsu with a signal suggesting a practical way to revive Kaguya, and Chiyo agreed to help.
• At the Valley of the End, Chiyo created a ripple carrying Kaguya’s aura, drawing Black Zetsu out of hiding.
• Chiyo told Black Zetsu he had found Kaguya’s body and asked what was needed to summon her scattered consciousness.
• Chiyo brought Black Zetsu to his Kamui Space, where Black Zetsu saw Kaguya’s sealed body and learned Chiyo planned to use the Tenseigan’s energy instead of the Tailed Beasts.
• Black Zetsu agreed to share his knowledge of Kaguya’s consciousness in exchange for Chiyo providing the energy and ensuring her resurrection, and they signed a contract.