Chapter Summaries

Shirozumi killed [Nohara Rin] and revealed to [Mei Terumi] and [Konan] that their world was a Limited Tsukuyomi created by Uchiha Hikari. As Hikari dismantled the illusion, [Nohara Rin] met her real-world counterpart and passed on her knowledge of controlling Baryon Mode.

• Shirozumi killed [Nohara Rin], freeing [Mei Terumi] and [Konan] from her chains.
• Shirozumi told [Mei Terumi] and [Konan] that their world was a Limited Tsukuyomi created by Uchiha Hikari to obtain Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Uchiha Hikari converted the Chakra of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, then began dispersing the Limited Tsukuyomi World.
• [Konan] and [Mei Terumi] saw the real-world spectators as the illusion's veils lifted.
• [Nohara Rin] met the Reanimated Rin in a shared mental space and learned about her real-world counterpart's experiences.
• [Nohara Rin] passed her knowledge of controlling Baryon Mode to the Reanimated Rin.

After returning from the Limited Tsukuyomi World, Yugito and Samui continued toward Amegakure to form an alliance before reporting what they had experienced. Meanwhile, Orochimaru explained the prerequisites for Baryon Mode, and the group realized Hashirama Senju might meet some of them.

• Yugito and Samui decided to proceed with the alliance and postpone telling the Raikage about the Limited Tsukuyomi World.
• Tsunade organized her notes while Nohara Rin worked through knowledge from her counterpart with Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju.
• Orochimaru explained that Baryon Mode required a Jinchuriki to reconcile with a Tailed Beast and for the Tailed Beast to study the technique.
• Orochimaru said a Tailed Beast's chakra and regeneration made it essential for sustaining Baryon Mode.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju considered Hashirama Senju's chakra and regeneration, but Tobirama dismissed the idea of using him to learn the technique.

The group debated whether Hashirama Senju could learn Baryon Mode, then questioned how the Nine-Tails had learned it and what Tailed Beasts knew. Shirozumi explained that Tailed Beasts could absorb memories from their Jinchuriki, leaving Kushina and Hanabi shocked that the Nine-Tails might remember Minato and Kushina’s knowledge—and its own future actions.

• Shirozumi argued that Hashirama Senju could not learn Baryon Mode and that they would need a Jinchuriki to use it.
• Kushina asked how the Nine-Tails had learned Baryon Mode, and the Nine-Tails claimed its thousand years of life had made it wise.
• Tobirama Senju challenged the Nine-Tails to give an example of its wisdom, but it offered no proof beyond knowing it would develop Baryon Mode in the future.
• Nohara Rin volunteered to let Orochimaru experiment on her and Isobu, but Orochimaru refused because they did not know whether Baryon Mode’s cost could be reversed.
• Fū compared the Nine-Tails’ rebirth inside Naruto’s daughter to Tailed Beast inheritance in the Limited Tsukuyomi World.
• Shirozumi explained that Tailed Beasts could receive memories from their Jinchuriki, prompting Kushina and Hanabi to realize the Nine-Tails might remember Minato, Kushina, and its own future actions.

Tsunade asked Shirozumi for permission to publish her notes about the Limited Tsukuyomi World, while Hanabi decided she was glad her counterpart had not appeared there. Kushina went to check on Naruto and found him pestering Sakura, who was using the bathroom.

• Tsunade tapped Hanabi for complaining that she had not appeared in the Limited Tsukuyomi World, and Shirozumi suggested Hinata might have settled their succession dispute brutally in that world.
• Hanabi imagined the fate her counterpart might have suffered and decided she was better off not appearing.
• Tsunade asked Shirozumi if she could publish her notes, and he told her to do as she liked.
• Tobirama Senju teleported Tsunade back to Konoha, then sent Kushina there to check on Naruto for five minutes.
• Kushina watched Naruto knock on Sakura's door, and Naruto shyly asked Sakura if he could poop on her hand after she said she was using the bathroom.

Tobirama explained to Kushina that Indra and Asura’s reincarnations were drawn to each other, though fate did not control their choices, and reassured her that Naruto and Sasuke could still marry. Kushina speculated about Mito’s feelings and questioned Tobirama about his own love life, before he turned his attention to Naruto and prepared to act.

• Kushina was relieved that Naruto liked girls, but Tobirama explained that Indra and Asura’s reincarnations were drawn together through their Chakra.
• Tobirama told Kushina that the pull between Naruto and Sasuke would guide them but would not prevent them from making their own choices or marrying.
• Kushina wondered whether Mito had been happier after Madara and Hashirama died, and Tobirama scolded her for speaking disrespectfully about Mito.
• Kushina worried that Naruto and Sasuke’s future wives would feel neglected, and Tobirama pointed out that he had never married.
• Kushina asked whether Tobirama had lost someone he loved, then joked that the village was his beloved; Tobirama threatened to charge royalties for his jutsu and turned to Naruto, saying he was about to do something.

Tobirama Senju argued that Naruto needed to train and master the Nine-Tails sooner in a peaceful world, and Kushina urged him to help. Tobirama attacked Jiraiya with Flying Thunder God Slash, then claimed Orochimaru was controlling him.

• Tobirama Senju told Kushina that Naruto needed pressure and motivation to make progress, and argued that peace could make the Shinobi World complacent.
• Kushina realized Naruto's old reasons to grow stronger no longer applied and agreed that he needed to start training hard.
• Tobirama Senju asked about Jiraiya and decided to make him contribute to Naruto's transformation.
• Tobirama Senju ambushed Jiraiya with Flying Thunder God Slash and cut off the hair atop his head.
• Jiraiya asked why Tobirama had attacked him, and Tobirama claimed Orochimaru was controlling him.

Jiraiya fled Orochimaru’s reanimated Second Hokage and discovered that Hiruzen Sarutobi had joined him in staging a fight. Naruto arrived and charged at the two despite Jiraiya’s warning to run.

• Jiraiya fled the Second Hokage toward the outskirts of Konoha, while Naruto followed after telling Sakura to warn the others.
• Jiraiya found Hiruzen Sarutobi waiting ahead, complained about Orochimaru’s sealing technique, and realized Hiruzen had also been brought back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hiruzen left Tsunade with the remaining paperwork and joined the Second in waiting for Naruto so they could stage a fight for him.
• Hiruzen attacked Jiraiya with a Shuriken Clone Technique, while Jiraiya blamed Orochimaru and struggled because the Second had shaved off his hair.
• Jiraiya warned Naruto to return to the village and tell Tsunade that Sasuke was in danger, but Hiruzen silenced him with Enma in staff form.
• Naruto ignored Jiraiya’s warning and charged at Hiruzen and the Second.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju frighten Naruto into training by revealing Orochimaru’s plans for Jiraiya, Sasuke, and Kushina. Naruto escapes by reverse-summoning himself, while Tobirama brings Hiruzen to Amegakure to help with research.

• Tobirama Senju tells Naruto to use Shadow Clones to stall Hiruzen, then takes Jiraiya and Enma away with Flying Thunder God.
• Hiruzen tells Naruto that Orochimaru intends to clone Jiraiya, take Sasuke’s body, and revive Kushina to create a new Uzumaki Clan.
• Naruto erupts with Nine-Tails Chakra, and Tobirama urges him to master Senjutsu and the Nine-Tails so he can save them.
• Tobirama scatters Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, and Naruto escapes by reverse-summoning himself inside a toad.
• Tobirama takes Hiruzen to Amegakure, where Shirozumi approves Tobirama’s plan to motivate Naruto by staging a crisis.

Tsunade learned that Naruto had been taken to Mount Myōboku and assigned Kakashi to publish a book, then declared him a candidate for Sixth Hokage. Naruto arrived unconscious at Mount Myōboku, where Sage Fukasaku treated his poisoning with worms.

• Sakura found the battlefield empty and lamented that Naruto was gone, while Tsunade arrived and promised to send Anbu to investigate.
• Tsunade told Kakashi she already had a lead on Naruto and asked him to publish her fantastical story under his name.
• Tsunade credited Kakashi with merit and announced that he should prepare to become Sixth Hokage after publishing the book.
• Tsunade contacted Amegakure and learned that Naruto's disappearance was part of a plan to make him work harder.
• Sage Shima stepped on Naruto's head after he was spat out at Mount Myōboku, and Sage Fukasaku shoved two worms down his throat as an antidote.
• The Nine-Tails gagged inside Naruto's seal and cursed the toads.

The Nine-Tails sensed that its other half had been released and heard the Great Toad Sage prophesy that Naruto would reconcile with it and become its husband. After deciding to help Naruto protect Sasuke to prevent that future, the Nine-Tails learned that Naruto was preparing to rescue Jiraiya.

• The Nine-Tails sensed that its other half, sealed with the Fourth Hokage, had been released nearby.
• Fukasaku and Shima brought Naruto to the Great Toad Sage, who prophesied that Naruto and the Nine-Tails would accept each other and become husband and wife.
• The Nine-Tails feared the prophecy and decided to help Naruto protect Sasuke so Naruto would not turn to it after Sasuke died.
• Naruto woke up and learned from Fukasaku that he was at Mount Myōboku, while Shima and Fukasaku learned Orochimaru had taken Jiraiya away.
• Shima told Naruto that she and Fukasaku would begin teaching him Senjutsu the next day so he could rescue Jiraiya.

Naruto continued training in Senjutsu while the Nine-Tails agreed to help him master its chakra, then tried to stop Naruto’s strange takeoff-to-sleep routine. Meanwhile, Sage Shima grew suspicious of Tsunade’s secrecy and discovered a confidential book by Kakashi that she believed Tsunade had written.

• Naruto ate bugs to attune his body to nature, and Shima and Fukasaku praised him.
• The Nine-Tails offered Naruto its power, but Naruto insisted on learning Senjutsu too; the Nine-Tails agreed to work with him.
• Naruto began his takeoff-to-sleep routine, and the Nine-Tails tried to convince him to stop by claiming it would harm his chances with girls.
• Tsunade told Sage Shima that Jiraiya was not in danger but withheld details about him.
• Sage Shima saw Kakashi give Tsunade a confidential book, bought a copy, and concluded that Tsunade was its true author.

Sage Shima misread a story about the Sage of Six Paths as a guide to rapidly teaching Naruto Senjutsu, then fed him an enormous pot of chicken soup made with the sages’ bathwater. After Fukasaku began Naruto’s meditation training, the Nine-Tails revealed that there was a shortcut after all.

• Sage Shima concluded that the White Snake learned Senjutsu by eating the Sage of Six Paths’ wisdom window and suspected Tsunade had shared the story to help Naruto.
• Sage Shima decided to compensate for weak ingredients with quantity, soaked in a pot with Sage Fukasaku, and cooked a chicken in the bathwater.
• Sage Shima gave Naruto the resulting enormous pot of chicken soup, and Naruto drank half before collapsing with a swollen belly.
• Sage Fukasaku ordered Naruto to meditate on a high stone slab to learn Senjutsu, then left him alone after insisting there were no shortcuts.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that there actually was a shortcut.

Naruto discovered that a mental shortcut helped him enter Sage Mode and used Shadow Clones to reduce the time further. He planned to use his new ability to rescue Sasuke, Jiraiya, and his mother, but the Nine-Tails reminded him that Sasuke still needed Naruto's power to evolve his Sharingan.

• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that clearing his mind through a private activity could help him enter Sage Mode, and Naruto succeeded on his first attempt.
• Naruto tried refining Senjutsu Chakra again, but Fukasaku slapped him awake when he began absorbing Natural Energy without meditating.
• Naruto went into the woods and re-entered Sage Mode, while Shima and Fukasaku praised his form but warned that the process took too long.
• Naruto used the Harem Technique and then a thousand Shadow Clones to cut his Sage Mode preparation time to fifty seconds.
• Naruto celebrated that he could soon rescue Sasuke, Jiraiya, and his mother, and the Nine-Tails reminded him that Sasuke still needed his power to evolve his Sharingan.

Shirozumi prepared Amegakure for the possibility that reviving Kaguya would draw Isshiki’s attention, while deciding how to respond to the collapse of several small countries. A film depicting Kisame’s final stand impressed its viewers, and Tsunade left the cinema hoping to commission a movie of her own.

• Shirozumi decided to strengthen Amegakure before attempting to revive Kaguya, since the resulting commotion might attract Isshiki.
• Shirozumi ordered Kisame to handle the collapsed small countries after their citizens invited the Akatsuki Organization to take over.
• Hanabi, Fū, and Ringo Ameyuri watched a film in which Kisame broke free of Wood Release restraints and sent intelligence out before dying.
• Tsunade watched the film with Shizune and decided to ask Shirozumi to make one for her.

Itachi and Kisame traveled through small countries, helping the Akatsuki Organization take control as Itachi eliminated the Daimyos and their allies. In the Land of Rice Fields, Sasuke read Orochimaru’s latest training Scroll, awakened his third Tomoe, and learned that Orochimaru had plans for him beyond taking his Sharingan.

• Kisame established new systems and brought capable local leaders into the Akatsuki alliance as Itachi killed the Daimyos, their families, and their loyal ministers.
• Itachi continued serving the Akatsuki Organization as the [Crimson Night Blade], waiting for Sasuke to grow up and for a chance to atone.
• Sasuke summoned Aoda and read Orochimaru’s Scroll, which promised that Orochimaru would have a daughter with him, triggering Sasuke’s third Tomoe Sharingan.
• Sasuke considered fleeing but decided to stay and endure Orochimaru’s plans rather than return to Konoha.
• Sasuke read that Orochimaru and Jiraiya had arranged for a spy toad to monitor Naruto’s Sage Mode training on Mount Myōboku.
• Orochimaru warned Sasuke not to take off too often and asked him to send a photo so Orochimaru could check his development.

Orochimaru’s team prepared to implant Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s power into a White Zetsu as part of their effort to give Hanabi Hyuga Otsutsuki Chakra and awaken the Tenseigan. The Karma patterns appeared, and Orochimaru began the experiment.

• Orochimaru rejected Jiraiya’s request to undo his seal so he could pursue perfect Sage Mode, and Jiraiya left to write.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju that the research was nearly ready for Shirozumi to arrive.
• White Ink joined the researchers and suggested delaying Kaguya’s revival until they had prepared for Isshiki and strengthened the Shinobi World.
• Orochimaru asked Black Zetsu to suppress the Chakra and any will that emerged during the experiment.
• Black Zetsu covered a White Zetsu with black material, and White Ink implanted Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s Karma into it.
• Karma patterns spread across the White Zetsu’s body, and Orochimaru took out a scalpel.

Orochimaru completed a White Kāma prototype and discussed who could be trusted with Tenseigan power. Hiruzen watched a recording of the children’s New Year play, which ended with Hanabi portraying a brutal betrayal of her family.

• Black Zetsu confirmed that the Karma was Momoshiki’s, and Orochimaru explained how he planned to modify extracted Ōtsutsuki genes.
• Orochimaru completed a White Kāma prototype designed to release Ōtsutsuki Chakra when activated.
• Hiruzen asked whether Hanabi, Hiashi, Hinata, and Neji could awaken the Tenseigan, but Orochimaru cautioned against giving power to people whose ideals were uncertain.
• Hiruzen questioned whether Hanabi shared their ideals, so Orochimaru showed him a recording of the children rehearsing a New Year play.
• In the play, Hanabi portrayed a massacre of the Hyuga Clan, killed Hiashi before Hinata, and told her sister to flee and return when she had eyes like hers.

Orochimaru challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to take Hanabi Hyuga’s thoughts as seriously as he had once taken Uchiha Itachi’s, while Tobirama Senju watched. After Shirozumi and “Black Zetsu” read Jiraiya’s outrageous notebook and a Limited Tsukuyomi novel, Hanabi arrived to receive a procedure for gaining Otsutsuki power.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Hanabi Hyuga’s ideas as childish, but Orochimaru argued that she was as capable of serious thought as Uchiha Itachi had been at her age.
• “Black Zetsu” found Jiraiya’s notebook, and Shirozumi and Tobirama Senju read its explicit fantasy about Kaguya Otsutsuki in the gravity dimension.
• Shirozumi gave “Black Zetsu” the Limited Tsukuyomi novel series, whose contents left her stunned.
• Hanabi arrived, and Orochimaru explained that she would activate and combine Otsutsuki cells with her own using two cultivation vials.

Orochimaru explained that Hanabi could merge the Otsutsuki power in a culture canister with her own Chakra, while warning that other canister powers would be difficult for ordinary people to withstand. Hanabi activated her new form, which lasted only one minute, and decided not to increase the dose after learning it could stunt her growth.

• Shirozumi asked whether other people could use the culture canisters, and Orochimaru said it was theoretically possible but that the First Hokage's power could overwhelm an ordinary person.
• Tobirama Senju worried that the canisters resembled future Scientific Ninja Tools, and Orochimaru explained the limits of using the stored powers.
• Orochimaru told Hanabi to activate the canisters with Chakra, and Hanabi struck a dramatic transformation pose before realizing the device had no button.
• Hanabi used Chakra to activate the canisters and formed a blue-green cloak of power.
• Hanabi asked if her form lasted three minutes, and Orochimaru said her current Chakra let it last one minute.
• Hanabi declined a larger dose after Shirozumi explained that it could stunt her development.

Hanabi awakened Tenseigan power and fired a precise, undiminished beam toward the moon, where it struck the young Otsutsuki Toneri. Shirozumi’s new ability altered fate, leaving Toneri injured as the moon’s toilet seal broke and unleashed a thousand years of accumulated waste.

• Hanabi floated after awakening her power, then fired a golden beam with a green tail into the sky using her Eight Trigrams Vacuum Finger.
• Tobirama Senju sensed that Hanabi’s attack did not weaken as it traveled, while Shirozumi identified her green orb as a Truth-Seeking Orb in Tenseigan Mode.
• Hanabi revealed that she had aimed at the moon and worried that her attack might harm Kaguya, whom she called her mother.
• Shirozumi reassured Hanabi and used his newly gained power to shift fate toward the moon.
• The beam struck the young Otsutsuki Toneri, cutting away the front half of his body and part of his nose while piercing the toilet’s seal.
• The Otsutsuki Clan’s thousand-year accumulation of waste erupted from the broken seal, leaving Toneri standing dazed in the falling mess.