Chapter Summaries

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi offered Kawashiki a place at his side, then erased Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s soul data from Kawashiki’s Kusabi and defeated Urashiki in front of the Otsutsuki clan. Kawashiki accepted Yunshi as his senior and followed him toward the clan’s collection building, while the humiliated Urashiki vowed to seek revenge later.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi asked Kawashiki to join him on missions to other planets, provoking Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who claimed Kawashiki as his Vessel.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi seized Kawashiki’s wrist and used his God Techniques to turn the Kusabi in his palm into a White Kusabi, removing Urashiki’s soul data while retaining its power.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki attacked with his Fishing Rod, but Ōtsutsuki Yunshi repelled the hooks, seized Urashiki by the throat, and hurled him into the sky.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi pursued Urashiki into space and struck him into the darkness, then returned to Kawashiki as the watching clansmen withdrew.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi ordered Kawashiki to follow him and call him Senior; Kawashiki agreed and followed him toward the building holding the clan’s collections.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, injured and furious in space, vowed to take revenge on Ōtsutsuki Yunshi at a more suitable time.

The Puppeteer’s threads controlled the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjas but failed to control the Evil God Sect followers, whose bodies acted on instinct. As the battle left Zabuza and Haku badly wounded and Raiga empowered Ranmaru with his blood, Zabuza drank Haku’s blood to regenerate and began releasing a strange red mist.

• The Puppeteer controlled the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjas and White Zetsus with her threads, but could not control the Evil God Sect followers.
• Hidan warned the Evil God Sect fighters to get serious, and Gari, Munashi Jinpachi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Ringo Ameyuri attacked Momochi Zabuza and Haku from both sides.
• Zabuza shielded Haku from the combined explosions, leaving himself severely injured while Haku’s ice barrier was nearly destroyed.
• Raiga Kurosuki released his Lightning Blade Kiba and ordered Ranmaru to kill their attackers, then gave Ranmaru his blood, enabling him to blast Jinin Akebino and Suikazan Fuguki with crimson lightning.
• Zabuza bit Haku’s neck and drank his blood to regenerate, leaving Haku unconscious as a blood-red mist and crystalline frost spread around them.

Momochi Zabuza and the Evil God Sect fighters gained the upper hand until the Puppeteer attacked with lethal Slashing Threads, but Hidan stopped her and revealed that the blood flowing through him was a god’s blood. Meanwhile, Hatake Kakashi and the Allied Shinobi Forces arrived in Hueco Mundo, where a devastating blade strike destroyed a distant forest before an unknown figure greeted them.

• Momochi Zabuza froze Munashi Jinpachi and nearby White Zetsu in Blood-Colored Frost, while Ranmaru, Jugo, Hozuki Suigetsu, and the Evil God Sect fighters overwhelmed the enemy forces.
• The Puppeteer opened her Bone Fan and swept Slashing Threads across the battlefield, cutting through fighters, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō.
• Hidan severed the Slashing Threads with his Great Scythe and told the Puppeteer that the blood flowing through him was a god’s blood.
• Hatake Kakashi, Shi, and the Allied Shinobi Forces arrived on a fissured island beneath a black moon, and Kakashi identified the place as Hueco Mundo.
• Kakashi’s group saw a blue Susanoo trapped in a vast Wood Release forest, then watched a bone-white blade of light destroy the forest and split the ground.
• An unknown figure appeared on a reef behind Kakashi’s group and asked why guests were coming ashore so late.

White Fang attacked Kakashi and the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Hashirama Senju appeared and protected them before engaging White Fang with Wood Release. Hashirama’s forest assault failed to catch the swift Espada, and the chapter ended as he sent a Wood Dragon after him.

• Kakashi recognized White Fang’s face and ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to scatter as White Fang unleashed a massive Hollow Flash.
• Hashirama Senju appeared, blocked the attack with Wood Release: Wood Shield, and revealed himself to Kakashi and the others.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Wood Five-Finger Jutsu, but White Fang shredded the wooden hands with Swift Dance of the Day.
• Hashirama explained that he had broken free from Danzo’s Mangekyō Sharingan control and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• White Fang raced through the surging forest, cutting apart trees as Hashirama compared his speed to Madara.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, sending a massive Wood Dragon roaring toward White Fang.

White Fang unleashed his strongest slashes against Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, but Hashirama wounded him and left him exposed. White Fang then used a space-cutting strike to kill Uchiha Obito, only for Uzumaki to arrive and declare that White Fang had to die.

• White Fang split Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon in one slash, forcing Hashirama to abandon his reserve strength and send Kakashi and the others away.
• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Man, caught White Fang’s Hollow Flash, and attacked him with a sealing technique.
• White Fang carved through the Wood Man’s arm, but a newly formed Wood Dragon struck him and hurled him into a tree, leaving his chest badly injured.
• Uchiha Obito emerged behind White Fang and tried to seize his power, but White Fang anticipated the ambush and cut through space to bisect him inside the Kamui Dimension.
• White Fang collapsed from his injuries, and Uzumaki appeared above him, saying that he had refused her goodwill and would have to die.

White Fang awakened his Resurreccion and fought Uzumaki alongside Hashirama Senju while Kakashi tried to evacuate the Allied Shinobi Forces. Uzumaki sealed the area so nobody could leave, revived Uchiha Dairei through Izanagi at the cost of his arm, and ordered everyone killed as the trapped fighters prepared to resist.

• White Fang explained that Hatake Sakumo’s obsession had become his reason to wield a sword, then transformed through Resurreccion and attacked Uzumaki with a spatially cutting Hollow Flash.
• Uzumaki repelled White Fang’s attacks with her Black Chains and destroyed Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon, while Hashirama joined the battle against her.
• White Fang told Kakashi and the Allied Shinobi Forces to escape through his spatial rift, but Uzumaki declared that departure was forbidden and closed the exit.
• Uchiha Dairei emerged from a spatial vortex after using Izanagi, losing his left arm as Uzumaki’s power sealed the area against escape.
• Uzumaki ordered that no one be left alive, and White Fang, Uchiha Obito, Hashirama Senju, and Kakashi prepared to fight her.

Kawashiki trained under Ōtsutsuki Yunshi on an asteroid, refining his taijutsu until he unleashed a powerful Byakugan technique. Yunshi offered to help him gain Branch Family status, then met Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who delivered an invitation from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Kawashiki attacked Ōtsutsuki Yunshi repeatedly, but Yunshi blocked and redirected his strikes while teaching him to focus his strength.
• Kawashiki adapted his attacks, then awakened a crushing Byakugan pressure and rained giant Chakra fists down on Yunshi, tearing the asteroid apart without harming him.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi congratulated Kawashiki and said he would use his accumulated merit to seek an official assessment that could let Kawashiki join the Branch Family and shed his slave status.
• Kawashiki swore loyalty to Yunshi, who explained that he needed a legal identity to accompany him on the mission to plant the God Tree.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared and said she had come on behalf of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who wanted to meet Yunshi; Yunshi refused the invitation but said they would meet in the future.
• Kaguya asked about Kawashiki's technique, and Yunshi named it Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

Grell led his transformed forces to destroy the Black Stone Tribe’s last resistance, killed its strongest warrior, and ordered every prisoner executed. As Grell celebrated his plan to rule the land, a familiar voice from above suddenly called his name.

• The Black Stone Tribe’s warriors formed a shield wall and fired arrows, but Grell’s forces transformed into Werewolves, Ape-men, and Bat-men and overwhelmed them.
• The monsters slaughtered the Black Stone warriors, and an Ape-man struck down their burly leader.
• Grell appeared before the dying warrior and said he would claim the land and everything buried beneath it.
• Grell drained the warrior’s blood, then ordered his subordinates to kill all prisoners and make an example of the tribe.
• Grell began imagining himself as the land’s sole king, but a voice from above called his name.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi punished Grell for neglecting his mission to find the objects he wanted, leaving Grell humiliated and determined to gain more power. Afterward, Yunshi and Kawashiki watched the Black Stone Tribe survivors sail away and decided to explore the planet before planting the God Tree.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi confronted Grell and demanded the items he had been tasked with finding.
• Grell admitted through his actions that he had neglected the search, so Yunshi crushed his bones with overwhelming pressure until he begged for mercy.
• After Yunshi and Kawashiki left, Grell killed his terrified subordinates, absorbed their blood, and vowed to gain enough power to escape being an ant.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi and Kawashiki watched the surviving Black Stone Tribe members sail away from their homeland.
• Kawashiki asked about planting the God Tree, but Ōtsutsuki Yunshi chose to explore the planet first because of its rich ecosystem and possibilities.

Yamashiro Aoba and the Allied Shinobi Forces were trapped in a bizarre moonlit desert, where Espada Seven, Sandstorm, attacked them with deadly sand hands. Yugito Nii and Killer B struck back, but Sandstorm turned his attention to Yugito as she struggled to awaken the God-Beating Whip’s true power.

• Yamashiro Aoba found himself in a sand structure beneath a black moon and spotted Umino Iruka hiding nearby.
• Sandstorm appeared above the desert, crushed Allied Shinobi Forces members with sand hands, and trapped Iruka.
• Yamashiro Aoba and other shinobi attacked Sandstorm, but he blocked their techniques and began crushing Iruka.
• Yugito Nii broke the sand hand with the God-Beating Whip and rescued Iruka, while Yamashiro Aoba carried him to safety.
• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Sandstorm, but a sand figure caught it and sent it back toward Gyuki.
• Sandstorm attacked Yugito with enormous sand hands, and she raised her Two-Tails cloak and poured her remaining Chakra into the God-Beating Whip.

The Allied Shinobi Forces were transported to a volcanic region, where Tobirama Senju and Kisame Hoshigaki stopped a lava flood before Flame Ape attacked and devastated their ranks. On a sky island, Hyuga Neji, Kitsuchi, and the Fourth Raikage fought Kagokage, while Neji questioned whether he was truly Hizashi Hyuga.

• The Allied forces found themselves in a volcanic region, and Tobirama Senju realized he was free of Impure World Reincarnation's control.
• Tobirama Senju and Kisame Hoshigaki combined their Water Release to cool the lava and protect the retreating shinobi.
• Flame Ape crashed into the Allied forces, killed many with an eruption of fire pillars, and demanded that Kinkaku and Ginkaku surrender something its lord wanted.
• On a sky island, Hyuga Neji, Kitsuchi, and the Fourth Raikage attacked Kagokage, but his Bone Armor and precise counters withstood their assault.
• Hyuga Neji clashed blades with Kagokage and asked whether he was really Hizashi Hyuga.

Prison Bird revealed his ability to manipulate force and overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces before unleashing his Resurreccion. Meanwhile, the Puppeteer and Hidan continued their brutal fight, which ended with Hidan trapped in her threads.

• Prison Bird used force to destroy Chojuro and Hiramekarei, then faced the Fourth Raikage, Kitsuchi, and Hyuga Neji as they unleashed their powers.
• Prison Bird transformed by spreading his bone-and-feather wings and unleashed a devastating clash of attraction and repulsion that erased everything around him.
• The Puppeteer, transformed into a spider-like form amid the ruined Spider Cave, attacked Hidan with her threads while he fired blood blades from his scythe.
• The Puppeteer cut apart Hidan's blood blades and pierced him with threads, suspending him helplessly like a puppet.

Hidan defeated Puppeteer after her toxin suppressed his regeneration, while Puppeteer faced death without begging for mercy. Ōtsutsuki Yunshi completed his transformation into a true Sage Body, attracting the animals around his cabin, and decided to move elsewhere with Kawashiki.

• Puppeteer injected Hidan with a toxin that suppressed his healing, but Hidan severed her arm with a bloodline and broke free of her threads.
• Hidan’s blood blade cut Puppeteer from her spider body, and the Blood River dragged her under as she refused to beg for her life.
• Hidan slashed Puppeteer apart, and Espada No. 5 perished in the Blood River.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi emerged from seclusion with a true Sage Body that let him draw Natural Energy directly from the world.
• Animals gathered peacefully around Yunshi, and he told Kawashiki to let them stay before deciding they should move elsewhere.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi gave a thread of his blood to a turtle, transforming it into a Giant Turtle that carried him, Kawashiki, and the animals out to sea. The toad, white snake, and slug revived with new intelligence and abilities, and the toad named itself Gamamaru as Yunshi’s presence faded into the distance.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi’s blood caused the toad, white snake, and slug to explode, while fragments of the blood strengthened the other animals and gave them clearer intelligence.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi placed a weaker thread of blood on the turtle, which absorbed Natural Energy and grew into an island-sized Giant Turtle.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi led Kawashiki and the animals onto the Giant Turtle, which carried them across the sea.
• The toad, white snake, and slug reassembled on the beach, and the white snake attacked the toad before both the toad and slug escaped.
• The toad sensed Natural Energy, recalled fragments of Yunshi’s visions, and realized it had gained the ability to glimpse the future.
• The toad watched Yunshi’s presence recede across the sea, chose the name Gamamaru, and leaped back into the lake.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, Shimura Danzō, Orochimaru, and Nagato found themselves in a ruined landscape where civilians were fleeing a cataclysm. They witnessed the Ten-Tails battling Uchiha Madara and Lord First, and a golden light surged toward the world-ending threat.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Ōnoki, and Terumi Mei attacked Shimura Danzō, Orochimaru, and Nagato, but the three stopped their assault with Wood Release, Iron Sand, and Shinra Tensei.
• Orochimaru urged the others to look around, and they discovered a crimson sky, ruined land, and civilians being evacuated by Samurai and Evil God Sect followers.
• Chosuke recognized Sarutobi Hiruzen and explained that they were at the border of the Land of Earth, leaving the arriving shinobi bewildered by their apparent displacement.
• A distant azure blade split several mountains, and the shinobi saw the Ten-Tails gathering an enormous Tailed Beast Ball while Uchiha Madara and Lord First confronted it.
• As the Ten-Tails' attack reached its peak, a golden light rose and split the red sky.

Hyuga Yunchuan confronted the Ten-Tails with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion while the battlefield around Sarutobi Hiruzen was attacked by Ten-Tails tentacles and monsters. Orochimaru betrayed Shimura Danzō and sent him into a fissure, then locked eyes with the figure facing the Ten-Tails, revealing a shared madness and ambition.

• Terumi Mei recognized Hyuga Yunchuan as he struck the Ten-Tails with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and the resulting blast shook the battlefield.
• Chosuke and the samurai attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, accusing them of being clones and claiming that Lady Fifth Mizukage, Danzo, and Nagato had died long ago.
• Ten-Tails tentacles erupted from the ground, seized fighters, and spawned monsters as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō fought them off.
• Orochimaru attacked Shimura Danzō with Steel Release-strengthened Black Threads and flung him onto the tentacles, which drained him and dragged him into a fissure.
• Chosuke told Sarutobi Hiruzen and Ōnoki that Orochimaru had caused the disaster, while Orochimaru ignored them and met the gaze of the figure suspended above the Ten-Tails.

The past Sarutobi Hiruzen and his Allied Shinobi Forces arrived too late to stop Orochimaru from absorbing the Ten-Tails and were then sent back to their own time. Shadow revealed that he had planned to use Hiruzen and Konoha, unleashed his nine Shadow Legions against them, and headed toward the Underground Palace as the blue figure fell toward it.

• Orochimaru absorbed the Ten-Tails while the future Sarutobi Hiruzen and Allied Shinobi Forces were rejected by time and vanished.
• The past Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Fifth Division arrived, realized the vision had shown the future, and saw Orochimaru's transformation was already underway.
• Shadow appeared before Hiruzen, criticized his choices, and revealed that Hiruzen's hesitation had given him time to make his arrangements.
• Shadow summoned the nine Shadow Legions and ordered them to give Hiruzen a glorious exit, and they attacked Hiruzen and the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Shadow watched the blue figure fall toward the Land of Hot Water and the Underground Palace, then began walking there.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi forged three Chakra-enhancing tools with his Heaven and Earth as a Furnace technique and agreed that it was time to plant the God Tree, though he said he had one more thing to do first. The story then revealed the Land of Gelel’s prosperity rested on slave labor, while its ruling class argued over whether to surrender to Yunshi or resist him.

• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi used modified Sacrificial Alchemy to forge a sword, a trident blade, and armor from ores and Gelel Stones, but judged the results limited by the materials.
• Kawashiki asked when they would plant the God Tree, and Ōtsutsuki Yunshi said that five hundred years had passed and it was time, but that they first had another matter to handle.
• The chapter showed that the Land of Gelel had grown into a prosperous nation whose mines and construction projects were worked by abused slaves.
• Grell’s Blood-Bestowed descendants argued over whether to hand over the Gelel Stones, with some urging submission and others claiming their weapons and accumulated technology could let them resist.

Grell’s council debated what to do about ancient ruins that seemed to attract a powerful being they called a god. Grell decided to enter the ruins himself, but before he could prepare, two figures appeared above the Royal City and summoned him.

• Kru’s supporters urged Grell to investigate the newly discovered ruins, which were believed to be a two-thousand-year-old tomb that his blood had allowed them to approach.
• Grell considered absorbing the corpse that might lie inside the tomb to gain strength, then agreed to lead the expedition himself the next day.
• Grell ordered the ruins’ existence concealed and implied that the slaves and ordinary warriors who knew about them must be killed.
• Storm clouds covered the Royal City, and two figures appeared in the sky above it.
• A voice addressed Grell and ordered him to come out within three breaths.

Ōtsutsuki Yunshi attacked Grell’s Royal Capital, exposing the brutality behind its prosperity and forcing Grell to use his Blood Descendants to survive. Grell offered to lead Yunshi to a ruin, then sprang a trap and fled toward it.

• Clansmen in the Land of Gelel praised Grell’s rule and dismissed the suffering of the slaves who built the capital.
• Ōtsutsuki Yunshi darkened the sky and struck the Royal Capital with lightning, destroying the palace and much of the city.
• Grell raised a blood curtain to resist the attack and sacrificed his Blood Descendants, whose blood returned to him.
• Grell begged Yunshi for mercy and claimed he had discovered a ruin, so Yunshi stopped the lightning and ordered him to hand it over.
• As Yunshi and Kawashiki descended, Grell activated four concealed Gelel Cannons and fled while they fired at Yunshi.