Chapter Summaries

Sasori tried to escape in a detachable Puppet, but Shadow and Kagokage struck it down with a floating island and staged Otsutsuki Toneri’s corpse as Hyuga Yunchuan’s. The Shinobi Alliance believed Yunchuan had died, and their despair empowered Shadow as his bloodline and God Technique transformed.

• Sasori blasted Akamichi Chodo, then detached the giant Puppet’s head and fled by air while the Allied Shinobi Forces attacked.
• Shadow and Kagokage crashed a floating island into the giant Puppet, destroying Sasori’s escape craft and pinning Otsutsuki Toneri’s corpse to it.
• Hyuga Aoi and the Allied Shinobi Forces mistook the corpse for Hyuga Yunchuan, and the sight plunged them into shock and despair.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Shadow, while Hanzo attacked Kagokage; Shadow used the corpse to knock back the Fourth Raikage, and Kagokage crushed Sasori’s core.
• Shadow explained how Yunchuan’s apparent death had shaken the alliance, then absorbed their negative emotions as the Hogyoku catalyzed another transformation.

Shadow awakened the God Technique Kamimusubi-no-Mikoto and used its power to drag the Allied shinobi across the Ninja World into Hueco Mundo. As the Dragon Vein beneath the Underground Palace erupted with light, Shadow vanished into the darkness.

• Tsunade examined Hyuga Yunchuan and declared him dead, so Jiraiya carried his body away with Tsunade to seek help from Myobokuzan and Shikkotsu Forest.
• Shadow warned the Allied shinobi that Hyuga Yunchuan’s corpse might contain a safeguard, then the Underground Palace fissure began to tremble.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and many Allied shinobi entered the fissure while the Fourth Raikage and others remained behind to confront Shadow.
• Shadow spread darkness across the battlefield and used Kamimusubi-no-Mikoto to drag the remaining Allied shinobi into Hueco Mundo, while Kagokage departed to welcome them.
• The Dragon Vein beneath the Underground Palace shot purple light into the sky, and Shadow declared that events had begun before disappearing into the darkness.

Sasuke fought the mind-controlled Uchiha Shisui while Minato Namikaze confronted Naruto and learned that Naruto believed his parents had chosen not to raise him. A strange darkness swallowed the fighters and carried them away, while Black Zetsu escaped and headed for the Underground Palace in the Land of Hot Water.

• Sasuke's Susanoo clashed with Uchiha Shisui's, and Uchiha Itachi explained that Shisui had no consciousness because of Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto used his Bone Whips to counter Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God attacks, and Minato recognized Naruto as a Missing-nin of Konoha.
• Naruto told Minato Namikaze that he had once imagined his parents loved him, but later learned they had a choice and had not chosen him.
• A purple pillar of light appeared as darkness spread across the snowfield, swallowed the fighters, and severed Minato Namikaze's contact with his Flying Thunder God markers.
• Black Zetsu emerged after the darkness receded, realized Uchiha Itachi and the others had vanished, and headed toward the Underground Palace in the Land of Hot Water.

The Allied Shinobi Forces fought the resurrected Tobirama Senju and the Gold and Silver Brothers until Yugito Nii bound Tobirama with the God-Beating Whip. A mysterious darkness then engulfed the battlefield, while Zabuza attacked Munashi Jinpachi amid the chaos.

• Killer B and Kisame resisted Ginkaku and Kinkaku’s attempts to trap them with the Six Paths Tools by using intelligence from Nara Shikaku to avoid speaking their Word Spirits.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Yugito Nii with Water Style, but Allied shinobi tried to interrupt him and Danzo’s genjutsu forced Tobirama to cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Tobirama wounded Yugito with Flying Thunder God Slash, but she used the God-Beating Whip to bind and seal his Chakra, allowing the Allied shinobi to destroy his body and prepare to seal him.
• A purple beam darkened the battlefield, and shadowy arms seized Yugito, the tailed beasts, the Allied shinobi, and the other fighters.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare tortured Evil God Sect followers with Nuibari while Munashi Jinpachi struggled against them.
• Momochi Zabuza burst through ice and flames and struck Munashi Jinpachi, forcing him back with his blade.

Yakushi Kabuto and Hidan watched the Evil God Sect battle the Impure World Reincarnation ninjas until a vast darkness seized everyone on the battlefield. Uchiha Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke emerged in a ruined version of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Fierce Eye attacked Itachi.

• Momochi Zabuza mocked Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare after surviving their attacks, while Hozuki Suigetsu defeated Hozuki Mangetsu with his Blood Gun.
• Jugo crushed Sarutobi Asuma and Suikazan Fuguki, healed from Gari's explosive attack, and killed Gari with flesh that burrowed into his body.
• Raiga Kurosuki and Ranmaru killed Ringo Ameyuri after she tried to take the Lightning Blade, while Yakushi Kabuto and Hidan watched the battle from a cliff.
• Hidan refused to fight, insisting the Lord would arrive, and boundless darkness swept over the battlefield, seizing the combatants and dragging Yakushi Kabuto beneath it while leaving Hidan untouched.
• Uchiha Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke appeared in the ruined Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Fierce Eye struck Itachi and blasted apart half his body.

Sasuke realized Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō could interfere with time after he witnessed a failed attack replay with a different outcome. Fierce Eye unleashed a monstrous Susanoo and overwhelmed the group, leaving Uchiha Itachi urging Second Pillar to cooperate if they wanted to survive in Hueco Mundo.

• Sasuke saw Uchiha Itachi apparently killed by Fierce Eye, then realized the scene had been an altered experience caused by Itachi’s time-interfering Dojutsu.
• Fierce Eye attacked again, but Uchiha Itachi used Susanoo to block the blow and survive.
• Fierce Eye revealed a savage four-armed Susanoo and used Dojutsu: Yomotsu to summon dead Uchiha as Gillians.
• Fierce Eye’s Hollow Flash damaged Zetsu’s Susanoo, while Sasuke protected Uchiha and the others with his own Susanoo and suffered bloody tears.
• Uchiha Itachi told Second Pillar that they had to cooperate and kill Fierce Eye quickly to escape Hueco Mundo alive.

Naruto exposed Uchiha Itachi’s plans to control Sasuke and kill Naruto, while Sasuke rejected his brother’s claim to decide his future. Itachi activated his Doshikami to rewind events and strike Naruto, but Naruto revealed he could interfere with the technique as the Totsuka Blade pierced him.

• Naruto told Sasuke and the Uchiha that Itachi intended to kill him and force Sasuke onto a path chosen for him.
• Itachi admitted he wanted Naruto and the Nine-Tails dead, and Naruto revealed Itachi could use Kotoamatsukami to control Sasuke.
• Sasuke rejected Itachi’s supposed protection and declared he would kill him for the Uchiha clan’s dead.
• Naruto attacked Itachi’s Susanoo, prompting Itachi to activate Doshikami and return to the moment before Fierce Eye struck him.
• Itachi formed a stronger Susanoo and stabbed Naruto with the Totsuka Blade, but Naruto crushed the chains around his hand and said, “Switch.”

Naruto transformed under the Nine-Tails’ control, while Nueve defended his choice to trust Ōtsutsuki Yunshi and reunited with her son. Naruto restored Sasuke’s power with Asura’s Yang Power, and the chapter ended with Sasuke and Itachi unleashing complete Susanoo and charging into battle.

• The Nine-Tails took control of Naruto, shattered Itachi’s Totsuka Blade, and sent Sasuke into Naruto’s Sealing Space.
• Minato tried to persuade Naruto not to trust Ōtsutsuki Yunshi, but Nueve struck him and defended Naruto’s choices.
• Naruto called Nueve “Mom,” embraced her, and accepted her support before giving Sasuke Asura’s Yang Power to restore his eyes and unleash his full strength.
• Back outside, the Nine-Tails confronted Fierce Eye while Sasuke prepared to fight Itachi.
• Itachi absorbed Shisui’s Chakra, Pupil Power, and soul through his White Zetsu arm, then formed a complete Susanoo.
• Sasuke and Itachi charged at each other in their purple and orange Susanoo.

The Nine-Tails brutally pressured Fierce Eye, who absorbed Gillians and transformed into a larger, four-armed Susanoo to counterattack. Meanwhile, Uchiha Itachi used Doshikami to repeatedly reset the battle against Sasuke, but Sasuke caught a fatal delay and was about to finish him when Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi.

• The Nine-Tails shattered Fierce Eye’s Susanoo arms, disrupted his Hollow Flash, and headbutted him off balance.
• Fierce Eye absorbed nearby Gillians, regenerated his arms, and formed a larger Susanoo with complete legs and four arms.
• Uchiha Itachi repeatedly used Doshikami to reset the state of his fight with Sasuke, while Sasuke retained his memories of each rollback.
• Sasuke exploited a delay in Itachi’s movements, smashed his Susanoo, and pinned it down while forming a lightning spear.
• Uchiha Itachi met Sasuke’s gaze and cast Tsukuyomi, trapping him in a black-and-white world filled with countless versions of himself and Itachi.

Sasuke endured Itachi’s Tsukuyomi long enough for Minato to break free of Kotoamatsukami and mortally wound Itachi. Naruto reclaimed the Nine-Tails’ power, defeated Fierce Eye’s Susanoo, and unleashed his new technique, Spiraling Ring, in a devastating blast.

• Itachi tortured Sasuke inside Tsukuyomi and demanded that he admit his mistake, but Sasuke rejected Itachi’s motives and defied him.
• Sasuke’s taunt coincided with Minato breaking Kotoamatsukami’s control, and Minato pierced Itachi’s heart with a Kunai.
• Minato and Naruto exchanged Chakra through Nueve’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, allowing Naruto to awaken a new power and overpower Fierce Eye’s Susanoo.
• Naruto pinned Fierce Eye’s Susanoo with nine Bone Tails and formed a black sphere by forcibly fusing Yin Release Chakra and Yang Release Chakra.
• Naruto named the sphere Spiraling Ring and released it toward the immobilized Susanoo, engulfing it and the surrounding area in a blinding blast.

Naruto and Sasuke defeated the threats in Hueco Mundo, and Sasuke rejected Uchiha Itachi’s plan to make his death and eyes the foundation of Sasuke’s future. As Itachi was devoured by Gillian, Naruto revealed a Garganta opening toward their next destination.

• Naruto destroyed Demon Susanoo and the “Fierce Eye,” then sealed the remaining spiritual energy and freed the absorbed Uchiha Gillian.
• Sasuke explained that his Yomotsu-no-Okami had blocked Itachi’s Doshikami, then removed Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto told Itachi that Sasuke would absorb the “Fierce Eye’s” power instead of taking Itachi’s eyes, and Sasuke crushed the eyes.
• Sasuke rejected Itachi’s sacrifices and ideals, declaring that they had brought only pain before leaving with Naruto.
• Gillian swarmed and devoured Itachi as Sasuke and Naruto joined Uchiha Yakumi and the surviving clansmen.
• Naruto pointed out that a Garganta had opened in the crater, revealing the entrance to their next stop.

Nagato opened the Third Layer’s gate, but a sudden Dragon Vein eruption swept him, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the others into the River of Time. Hyuga Yunchuan traveled roughly two thousand years into the past, disguised himself as Ōtsutsuki Yunshi, and prepared to intervene in history.

• Nagato opened the Giant Gate to the Third Layer while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path repelled Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attack.
• Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru ambushed the Allied Shinobi Forces, then entered the Third Layer as Nagato found its ten-tailed statue empty.
• A purple Dragon Vein beam swallowed Nagato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Terumi Mei, Ōnoki, Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Allied Shinobi Forces as Hyuga Yunchuan entered the River of Time.
• Hyuga Yunchuan redirected the others toward the future and traveled upstream, evading the Otsutsuki Clan’s watchful gaze.
• Hyuga Yunchuan reached a forest roughly two thousand years in the past and transformed himself into Ōtsutsuki Yunshi.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi watched a giant python chase a native toward a settlement and declared that he would make every lie of the past become reality.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi arrived in the ancient tribal era and rescued Lightning from a giant python, then read the boy’s memories to learn about the region and its tribes. When Lightning’s tribesmen attacked, Yunshi repelled their arrows, and Lightning killed the scarred leader to stop him from provoking a hopeless fight.

• Lightning fell and injured his ankle while fleeing a giant python, but the python suddenly burst apart as he lunged at it.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi lifted Lightning from the mud, read his memories, and learned about his tribe’s defeat by the bronze-using Black Stone Tribe and a nearby mineral-rich area.
• Lightning’s tribesmen arrived and shot bone-tipped arrows at Yunshi, who stopped the arrows and repelled them toward the hunters.
• The returning arrows killed and wounded several tribesmen, while the scarred leader used a young companion as a human shield.
• Lightning warned the tribesmen not to attack Yunshi, then slit the scarred leader’s throat when he ordered them to kill the intruder.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi killed the tribesmen who fled and transformed Lightning into his powerful servant, renaming him Grell and ordering him to establish a nation and search for ancient ruins. Grell rallied his tribe to seize the buried treasure, while Yunshi watched the Ninja World from the moon and considered Otsutsuki Shibai's body.

• Lightning condemned the dead chief, knelt before Ōtsutsuki Yunshi, and urged the surviving tribesmen to submit.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi killed the fleeing tribesmen with a sweep of his hand, and Lightning pledged his tribe's service.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi used God Technique: Takamimusubi to transform Lightning and named him Grell, ordering him to build a nation and investigate ruins for treasures.
• Grell shattered a giant tree with his new strength and rallied the tribesmen to seek the treasure and defeat the Black Stone Tribe.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi stood on the moon, watched the Ninja World, and murmured about Otsutsuki Shibai's body.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi set out for the Otsutsuki Home Planet to pursue his plans and learn more about God Techniques. Meanwhile, the shinobi and their enemies were dragged into Hueco Mundo, where Corpse Bone launched a devastating attack, leaving them facing a field of rising bone spikes.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi followed the pull of his bloodline toward the Otsutsuki Home Planet, deciding to risk infiltrating the clan for knowledge and to advance his plans.
• Might Duy fought Might Guy and Rock Lee before they realized they and the surrounding forces had been transported to an unfamiliar wasteland.
• Rasa recognized the place as possibly Hueco Mundo and noted that the mental control binding them had been severed.
• Corpse Bone descended into the wasteland, and Rasa ordered everyone to retreat and attack from range before trapping the Espada in Gold Dust and bombarding him with Ninjutsu.
• Corpse Bone survived the assault and unleashed Grave Fern Annihilation, sending bone spikes erupting across the battlefield within a thousand meters.

Corpse Bone massacred the Allied Shinobi Forces, Evil God Sect followers, and White Zetsu, then fought Might Guy, Might Duy, Rock Lee, and Rasa. As the battle intensified, Corpse Bone declared that only his opponents remained and demanded they fight him to the death.

• Corpse Bone’s Bone Forest pierced and trapped fighters across the battlefield, while Might Duy, Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Rasa survived its initial assault.
• Might Duy and Rock Lee attacked Corpse Bone, but he endured their strikes and killed the wounded survivors by making the bone spikes inside them grow.
• Might Guy struck Corpse Bone with Daytime Tiger, but Corpse Bone regenerated his armor stronger and killed the remaining survivors at the edge of the Bone Forest.
• Might Duy, Might Guy, and Rock Lee attacked Corpse Bone while Rasa used Gold Dust, but Corpse Bone blocked their attacks and formed a bone blade, hammer, and whip.
• Corpse Bone struck Might Duy with his Bone Whip and challenged the surviving fighters to hate and slaughter one another as his spiritual pressure filled the battlefield.

Might Guy fought Corpse Bone despite severe injuries, rejecting his offer to abandon his human life and become a Hollow. Guy opened the Gate of Death to face Corpse Bone in their strongest forms, while Rock Lee and Might Duy watched.

• Rasa and Rock Lee cleared Corpse Bone’s bone spikes while Might Guy and Might Duy battled him.
• Corpse Bone destroyed Might Duy’s upper body and injured Might Guy, but Rasa restrained him long enough for Guy to crack his Bone Face with a powerful elbow strike.
• Corpse Bone wounded Guy’s left eye and urged him to abandon his human body and become a Hollow, promising endless life and strength.
• Guy rejected Corpse Bone’s offer and told Lee that the people he protected and his responsibilities made him stronger.
• Guy refused Lee’s offer to wield Gluttony, reset his broken arm, and opened the Gate of Death as Corpse Bone transformed for their final clash.

Might Guy fought Corpse Bone in his released form and defeated him with a final clash that left both fighters nearly destroyed. Corpse Bone perished, and as Rock Lee caught the collapsing Guy, a Garganta opened before Rasa.

• Corpse Bone transformed into a monstrous battle form and challenged Might Guy to prove that bonds did not weaken him.
• Might Guy struck Corpse Bone with Evening Elephant attacks, breaking his bones and overwhelming his attempts to adapt.
• Corpse Bone unleashed a maximum-output Hollow Flash as Might Guy delivered Fifth Leg, and their attacks collided in a devastating explosion.
• Both fighters survived the blast, but Corpse Bone demanded that Guy continue; Guy refused, saying his remaining power was meant to protect those he cherished.
• Corpse Bone ran out of power, turned to ash, and perished; Rock Lee caught the collapsing Might Guy as a Garganta opened before Rasa.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi arrived at the Otsutsuki Clan’s home planet, the star called the God Seat, and learned he could take a God Tree seeding mission once he found a partner. In his temporary residence, he reflected on how the clan’s dying home star and Otsutsuki Shibai’s discoveries had transformed God Trees from instruments of life into tools for harvesting planets.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi toured the God Seat, observed its Puppet servants and Mother Tree, and received a temporary residence near the tree.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi asked when he could depart on a seeding mission, and the guiding Puppet said he could claim a mission and seed but had to travel with a registered partner.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi considered the Otsutsuki Clan’s origins and recalled how bloodline divisions and resistance among colonized worlds had divided the clan.
• The Otsutsuki Clan discovered that its home star was becoming a red giant after the Mother Tree drained its energy, threatening the clan with extinction.
• Otsutsuki Shibai revealed that sacrificing a clansman with a Ten-Tails Larva could create a God Tree that consumed a planet and returned its energy to the Mother Tree.
• Otsutsuki Shibai demonstrated Kusabi, which allowed clansmen to place their data into Reincarnation Vessels, and the clan accepted the use of God Trees to harvest distant worlds.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi explored the Otsutsuki Home Planet and encountered Ōtsutsuki Urashiki with his servant Kawashiki. After Yunshi focused his attention on Kawashiki and challenged Urashiki’s right to call him a junior, their meeting turned openly hostile.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi reflected on the Otsutsuki Clan’s tests and rules, then asked a Puppet to take him to the mission area so he could find a companion.
• As Ōtsutsuki Yunshi crossed the city, he observed its hierarchy and suspected the Main House had underestimated his Hogyoku-evolved bloodline.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki introduced himself to Ōtsutsuki Yunshi and presented the black-haired youth behind him as Kawashiki, his servant and prospective Kusabi Vessel.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi questioned Kawashiki directly, and Ōtsutsuki Urashiki explained that he had named the youth after bringing him from a colony planet.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki offered to help Ōtsutsuki Yunshi find a servant, but Ōtsutsuki Yunshi rebuked him for calling him junior and challenged his rank.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s smile vanished as onlookers gathered, and he called Ōtsutsuki Yunshi’s arrogance similar to Little Momo’s.