Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru and Fuma Ichiro tracked Owl, hoping to seize his Divine Art, Conversion. Orochimaru ambushed the Research Institute convoy, killed Delta, and appeared before Owl.

• Orochimaru and Fuma Ichiro sensed Owl near the Divine Tree and planned to steal Conversion once he moved away from Shinji.
• Orochimaru used a Claw Mark to reach a valley and watched Owl escorting the Research Institute's convoy.
• After confirming the convoy's oversized machinery could not be transported through a Space Gate, Orochimaru launched his attack.
• Orochimaru's Claw Mark struck an escorting ninja, and Orochimaru emerged from it to crush Delta's neck.
• Orochimaru appeared in front of Owl and said, "We meet again!"

Orochimaru attacked a convoy, but Sasuke and Naruto exposed Owl as a fake White Zetsu Clone and tried to seize the sealed divine technique within his heart. Toneri struck Orochimaru with his Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Orochimaru remained confident because Shinji had not appeared.

• Owl used Transformation to punch Orochimaru, but Orochimaru overpowered him and seized him through a Claw Mark.
• Orochimaru used Absorption on Owl while Fuma Ichiro urged him to take Transformation and raid the Research Institute.
• Owl's head burst, and Sasuke pierced his body with a Black Rod before Naruto joined the ambush; Sasuke removed Owl's heart and exposed the sealed Transformation technique.
• Orochimaru realized Owl was a fake White Zetsu Clone and that Transformation was sealed inside the heart Sasuke held.
• Otsutsuki Toneri slashed Orochimaru with his golden sword, but Orochimaru laughed and declared he would show the three Six Paths-level fighters the power of divine techniques.

Orochimaru recovered from his grave injuries, reattached his severed arms with the Claw Marks, and revealed overwhelming power as he defeated Sasuke and Naruto. He then advanced toward Sasuke, still intent on obtaining divine art.

• Toneri warned Sasuke and Naruto about Orochimaru, but Orochimaru kicked him away despite his severe injuries.
• Sasuke and Naruto attacked Orochimaru together, but he dodged their blows and fought them on equal terms.
• Orochimaru used Claw Marks to reattach his severed arms, surprising Naruto and Sasuke.
• Sasuke summoned Perfect Susanoo and Naruto manifested the Nine-Tails, but Orochimaru caught Susanoo's sword and destroyed both manifestations with punches.
• Zabuza watched in shock as Orochimaru defeated the three Six Paths-level fighters, while Orochimaru walked toward Sasuke in pursuit of divine art.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Shion attacked Orochimaru, but he survived Naruto’s strongest Sage Technique and stole the White Zetsu heart containing Transfiguration. Orochimaru revealed he could absorb divine arts and began transforming as his power increased.

• Orochimaru shattered Sasuke’s Complete Body Susanoo and injured him while trying to take the White Zetsu heart from his pouch.
• Shion ambushed Orochimaru with a sealing net, and Sasuke pulled him toward Naruto, who struck him with Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasenshuriken.
• Orochimaru survived the attack and rapidly healed his wounds with Transfiguration.
• Sasuke realized Orochimaru had used a Claw Mark to steal the White Zetsu heart and deduced that his hidden divine art let him absorb other divine arts.
• Orochimaru confirmed he possessed Absorption, Claw Mark, Great Strength, Premonition, and Transfiguration, and felt his body metamorphosing as his strength grew.

Naruto, Sasuke, Shion, and Toneri attacked Orochimaru, but his newly increased power overwhelmed them. Orochimaru suddenly split open, and a blood-soaked figure emerged, thanking him and revealing a familiar face.

• Shion, Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri confronted Orochimaru, who crushed Sasuke’s Truth-Seeking Orb and boasted that he would become a god.
• Naruto, Shion, and Sasuke attacked together, but Orochimaru blasted them away and struck Shion through her Magic Rings.
• Sasuke switched places with Toneri, whose Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion cut Orochimaru’s arm only as far as his elbow.
• Orochimaru suddenly shouted at Fuma Ichiro and began attacking wildly, leaving the others confused.
• Orochimaru split down the middle, and a blood-soaked figure crawled out, thanked him, and asked Sasuke if he recognized his face.

Otsutsuki Shibai emerged from Orochimaru’s body and revealed that he had been manipulating Orochimaru while posing as Fuma Ichiro. As Sasuke and the others confronted him, Shinji and the Kekkei Mōra watched from the Divine Tree, where Shinji questioned whether Shibai had truly returned to life.

• Shion recognized the figure crawling out of Orochimaru as resembling Otsutsuki Shibai’s corpse, and Shibai identified himself.
• Otsutsuki Shibai claimed he had never died and had used the Fuma Ichiro identity to make Orochimaru gather shinjutsu.
• Sasuke argued that Shibai was only a monster Orochimaru had created, since Shibai had emerged from Orochimaru’s body.
• Shinji, Hikari, Karin, and Kaguya Otsutsuki watched the confrontation from the Divine Tree, and Kaguya identified the figure as the legendary Otsutsuki Shibai.
• Hikari and Karin offered to join the fight, but Shinji considered whether Shibai had really returned to life.

Shion, Naruto, Toneri, and Sasuke worked together to suppress Otsutsuki Shibai after Menma’s attack and Sasuke’s switch enabled Shion’s sealing jutsu. After the battle, Ada questioned whether the defeated enemy was truly the source of their divine arts, concluding that the real Otsutsuki Shibai could not be overcome by Six Paths-level fighters.

• Naruto’s Shadow Clones and Shion’s Demon Sealing Seal restrained Otsutsuki Shibai while Toneri drained his Chakra.
• Sasuke struck Otsutsuki Shibai with Black Rods, weakening his resistance and helping the group secure him.
• The fighters explained how Menma’s Great Spiraling Ring, Sasuke’s Amenotejikara, and Shion’s sealing jutsu had created their opening.
• Amado watched the battle from an airship and identified Otsutsuki Shibai as the one who had manipulated Orochimaru.
• Ada doubted that the defeated enemy was the real Otsutsuki Shibai and said the true being could not be suppressed by Six Paths-level fighters.

Amado, Ada, and Daemon discovered that the battle was not over when a powerful shock wave crashed their airship. Otsutsuki Shibai attacked Ada and Daemon, and the chapter ended as Sasuke, Naruto, Shion, and Toneri arrived and called him a fake.

• Ada offered to use her Telescopic Eye to investigate whether the mysterious man was truly Otsutsuki Shibai, but Amado forbade her and Daemon from approaching the battlefield.
• A massive explosion disrupted the battlefield signals and sent a shock wave that crashed Amado's airship, while Ada and Daemon escaped into the sky.
• Ada could not use her Telescopic Eye, and Otsutsuki Shibai emerged from the smoke and attacked her and Amado.
• Daemon intercepted Shibai's punch, and Ada joined Daemon in fighting him while Amado left to find reinforcements.
• Sasuke, Naruto, Shion, and Toneri arrived battered from the battlefield and told Ada and Daemon that Shibai was a fake.

Sasuke and the others cornered the consciousness calling itself Otsutsuki Shibai, and Ada revealed it was born from divine arts rather than being the real Shibai. As it succumbed to fear, the Overlord of Fear took control of it and activated its hidden pawns across the Shinobi World, starting a war.

• Ada used her Telescopic Eye to reveal that Otsutsuki Shibai was a consciousness born from divine arts, though she could not tell who or what had created it.
• Sasuke judged that the weakened consciousness could not defeat the combined strength of Shion, Sasuke, Naruto, Toneri, Ada, and Daemon.
• The consciousness panicked as it realized it had nowhere to hide, and Shion sensed the Overlord's presence within it.
• Dark purple smoke engulfed the consciousness, and Toneri and Sasuke evacuated Shion, Naruto, Ada, and Daemon.
• The Overlord of Fear possessed powerful shinobi including Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage, then activated its other hidden pawns across the Shinobi World.

The Overlord of Fear corrupted powerful shinobi across the Shinobi World, including several Kage, and threw the villages into chaos. Shinji ordered Hikari, Karin, and Kaguya Otsutsuki to begin their plan as Otsutsuki Shibai gained the Overlord’s power, but the Infinite Tsukuyomi was activated and the Divine Tree began capturing its victims.

• Dark-purple smoke and energy channels appeared as the Overlord of Fear invaded the Shinobi World and empowered shinobi who had succumbed to fear.
• Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki killed an Iwagakure Jonin, while the Third Tsuchikage, Fourth Raikage, Fifth Kazekage, and Fifth Mizukage fell under the Overlord’s control.
• Uchiha Hikari, Karin, and Kaguya Otsutsuki questioned how so many shinobi had been corrupted, and Shinji told them to begin the plan.
• Otsutsuki Shibai gained the Overlord’s power, overcoming the weakness of his reborn body and unleashing his full strength.
• A scarlet Nine Tomoe Rinnegan appeared on the moon, and the Divine Tree’s branches wrapped up beings caught by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Tsunade and Amado coordinated the evacuation from the Research Institute shelter after Infinite Tsukuyomi was activated, while discovering that most major shinobi villages had stopped responding. As the Institute prepared to support the nine critical nodes, the Bulwark Plan’s final defensive barrier activated and cut off the Overlord of Fear’s power from the Shinobi World.

• Tsunade directed the emergency evacuation, and Shizune reported that nearly everyone at the Research Institute had reached shelter.
• Amado returned and learned that only Konoha had responded among the major villages, suggesting the Overlord of Fear had infiltrated them.
• Amado’s assistant announced that Infinite Tsukuyomi had been activated, and Shizune confirmed communications remained open with the nine critical nodes and 47 shelters.
• Shizune reported that Jiraiya had sealed an upper-rank Konoha shinobi engulfed in dark purple smoke, which Amado identified as one of the Overlord’s methods.
• Amado ordered the Institute to stay in contact with the nine critical nodes and prepare spare parts to repair their reinforcement spikes.
• The Bulwark Plan’s final defensive barrier spread across the Shinobi World and cut off the channels carrying the Overlord of Fear’s power into it.

After the defensive barrier isolated the Shinobi World from the cosmos, the Overlord of Fear’s controlled shinobi launched an assault on the nine key nodes. Sasuke remained under treatment as reports confirmed attacks across the network, leaving him worried about Naruto, Shion, Toneri, and the others.

• Otsutsuki Shibai and the Overlord of Fear’s controlled shinobi attacked the Divine Tree and the other key nodes to bring down the barrier.
• Haku faced the controlled Mifune at his node, while Yakumo and Ido fought enemies near the Blood Pool as Mei Terumi approached.
• Chiyo and Ryūsetsuna fought the controlled Fourth Raikage, whose wounds healed rapidly beneath the dark purple smoke.
• Sasuke returned to his post injured and continued receiving treatment as broadcasts reported attacks on Nodes Three, Five, and Two and approaching enemies at Node Nine.
• Sasuke worried about Naruto, Shion, Toneri, and the others, who had also been badly wounded fighting Otsutsuki Shibai.

Sasuke left the underground base to defend Node 4 as the nodes came under attack, while Shinji confronted Otsutsuki Shibai at the core Node 1. At the Research Institute, Tsunade, Amado, and the others learned that all nine nodes were under assault and that the Kage had been corrupted by the Overlord.

• Sasuke learned he was assigned to Node 4, then left the underground base to meet an approaching threat after Node 1 reported an attack by Otsutsuki Shibai.
• Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki landed in front of Sasuke as he watched the darkened sky.
• Otsutsuki Shibai told Shinji that he had willingly allied with the Overlord and gained enough power to reach the peak of Kekkei Mōra.
• Shinji charged Otsutsuki Shibai, and the two clashed above the Divine Tree.
• Tsunade, Shizune, Amado, and Scorpion discussed how the Overlord had corrupted the Kage and learned that all nine nodes were under attack.
• Shizune reported that Otsutsuki Shibai was attacking the core node, and Amado feared the threat posed by his new power.

Amado revealed that the Bulwark Plan was also a ruse to lure the Overlord of Fear into the Shinobi World, and he explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi might be stopped by destroying the moon. At Key Node No. 3, the corrupted Zabuza attacked Toneri with power that had risen to Six Paths level.

• Amado told Tsunade and Scorpion that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a decoy and that the Bulwark Plan was designed to provoke the Overlord of Fear into invading.
• Amado said Shinji expected the Overlord to target the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the nine key nodes, and the defensive barrier, so the team had to prepare to repair damaged reinforcement spikes.
• Amado explained that destroying the moon could stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and he identified Toneri as the last surviving member of the Otsutsuki Branch Family on the moon.
• Scorpion said he would have the engineering team prepare to act.
• At Key Node No. 3, Zabuza, secretly corrupted by the Overlord of Fear, fought Toneri after gaining Six Paths-level power.

Zabuza battled Toneri at Key Node 3 while Shion sealed the attackers at Key Node 2. Shion believed the other nodes remained under control, but the base staff hid the ongoing calls for help and the barrier’s limit of two lost nodes.

• Zabuza and Toneri clashed at Key Node 3, with Zabuza holding the advantage despite Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra Mode and access to vast Chakra reserves.
• Shion sealed seven or eight puppet ninja controlled by the Overlord of Fear and stored them in an underground bunker.
• A Sensory Unit ninja told Shion that the other nodes, including the core node, were under attack, and she offered to help if needed.
• The base staff withheld the other nodes’ calls for help and reassured Shion that she should defend Key Node 2.
• A communications ninja explained that the barrier could withstand the loss of at most two of the nine key nodes.

Neji and Kimimaro defended Node 9 against the Overlord of Fear’s puppets, then fused and released Momoshiki and Kinshiki’s power to gain the strength to fight back. At Node 5, Naruto and Menma defeated the controlled Fifth Kazekage, Pakura.

• Neji struggled against the powerful puppets surrounding Node 9 and joined Kimimaro to protect the node.
• Neji and Kimimaro fused with H’s help and reached the peak of the Six Paths level.
• Neji agreed to let H undo the seals on Momoshiki and Kinshiki, releasing their power through the fused bodies for fifteen minutes.
• Neji and Kimimaro charged at the puppets and seized the advantage.
• At Node 5, Naruto and Menma confronted Pakura, the controlled Fifth Kazekage, and Naruto defeated her, pinning her down with Black Rods.

Naruto and Menma guarded their node after defeating the Fifth Kazekage, but Kabuto Yakushi appeared and warned that the Shinobi World was doomed. The moon shattered, ending the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and as its fragments rained down, Naruto and Menma prepared to fight Kabuto.

• Naruto and Menma learned that all nine key nodes were under their allies’ control, but Naruto sensed danger as the sky darkened.
• Kabuto Yakushi emerged from the ruins as a puppet of the Overlord of Fear and warned Naruto and Menma that the spatial barrier would soon fail.
• The moon shattered, and its fragments rained toward the Shinobi World, causing the Infinite Tsukuyomi to fade for those not yet trapped by the Divine Tree.
• Kabuto explained that the awakened population’s fear would empower the Overlord, while Menma wondered whether Shinji’s plan had failed.
• Menma urged Naruto to attack Kabuto, and Kabuto entered Sage Mode and lunged at Naruto.

As the moon’s destruction and meteor impacts devastated the Shinobi World, Shinji fought ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’ near the Core Node after the Infinite Tsukuyomi stopped. Shinji wounded his opponent with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but their battle became a war of attrition, leaving the Research Institute worried that Shinji might lose.

• ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’ taunted Shinji about the destruction of the moon and the fear spreading through the Shinobi World, while Shinji insisted the nine nodes and defensive barrier could keep the Overlord of Fear out.
• Shinji formed a golden sword from his Truth-Seeking Orbs and severed ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’s’ right arm, but ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’ used the Overlord of Fear’s power and Transmutation to restore it.
• Shinji and ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’ continued fighting, with Shinji’s Chakra dwindling as ‘Otsutsuki Shibai’s’ abilities made him difficult to defeat.
• At the Research Institute, Tsunade, Amado, and Scorpion received urgent reports of disasters across the Shinobi World, and Amado ordered them to prioritize the nine critical nodes over rescue operations.
• Shizune reported that the communications team beneath the Core Node had said Shinji was locked in a fierce battle, alarming Tsunade and Scorpion.

With Shinji's battle against Otsutsuki Shibai halting the Chakra supply from the core node, the other nodes began failing, and Amado organized a relief effort for Node 8. There, Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo faced the controlled Fourth Raikage and tried to protect the damaged reinforcement pegs.

• Shizune reported that Shinji still had the upper hand against Otsutsuki Shibai, but his rapidly draining Chakra threatened the core node, and Scorpion and Tsunade agreed that Ada and Daemon could not help.
• Communications shinobi reported that Nodes 6, 7, and 8 had lost their Chakra supply, while Node 8's reinforcement pegs were badly damaged.
• Tsunade proposed using her Flying Thunder God squad, but Scorpion judged it inadequate, so Amado decided to have Ada transport the relief team and equipment.
• At Node 8, the controlled Fourth Raikage shattered the barrier with one punch, and the other nodes increased their output to restore it.
• After the engineering team warned that fighting could destroy the damaged reinforcement pegs, Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo drew the Fourth Raikage away from the underground cavern.

Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo failed to protect the Barrier Ninjutsu formula at Key Node No. 8, while Haku struggled to hold Node No. 7 and learned that Nodes No. 8 and No. 6 had fallen. Ido and Yakumo fled Node No. 6 after losing its formula, then resolved to keep their pursuers away from its reinforcing spikes.

• Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo drew the controlled Fourth Raikage away from Key Node No. 8, but the formula had already been destroyed, so they vowed to protect the node’s reinforcing spikes.
• Haku fought Mifune and seven other controlled shinobi at Node No. 7, weakened after the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s Chakra supply stopped and the battle damaged the terrain.
• A communications team member told Haku that Node No. 8 had fallen but its general had preserved the reinforcing spikes, and Haku prepared to draw his enemies away if needed.
• Ido fled Hell Valley in Yakumo’s body after Mei Terumi and other controlled shinobi overwhelmed them, destroyed the Blood Pools, and caused Node No. 6’s formula to fall.
• Yakumo woke and questioned their retreat, and Ido explained that they had to keep their pursuers occupied so Node No. 6’s reinforcing spikes could continue working.