Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and the others reconsidered Senju Hashirama’s strength after Kitahara Kaede called his Yang Release the peak, then learned that the Byakugan was the origin of the world’s eye abilities and that the Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan. The revelations left Uchiha Itachi convinced that Sasuke’s Tomoe Rinnegan had evolved from his own Sharingan, while the group wondered how the clans descended from Hagoromo and Hamura were related.

• Tsunade wondered whether the Senju Clan possessed a Kekkei Genkai and questioned how powerful Senju Hashirama had been.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Itachi reconsidered Hashirama’s reputation as the God of Shinobi, and Itachi became more certain that the man claiming to be Uchiha Madara was Uchiha Tobi.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary described Uzumaki Boruto’s Sage Eye, Sage Body, and Jōgan, and claimed the Byakugan was the origin of all eye-related Kekkei Genkai.
• Jiraiya concluded that the Byakugan evolved into the Sharingan and that the Sharingan evolved into the Rinnegan, explaining Nagato’s Rinnegan through ancestral reversion.
• Uchiha Itachi reasoned that Sasuke’s Tomoe Rinnegan had evolved from his own Sharingan rather than been taken from someone else.

Kitahara Kaede’s revelations about ancient bloodlines and future events left Second Pillar, Hatake Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto grappling with their implications. Naruto confronted Kurama about Baryon Mode and learned it could grant enough power to fight Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, though the chapter left him troubled by its consequences.

• Second Pillar learned that the Byakugan was the origin of the Sharingan and wondered whether he could awaken the Rinnegan himself.
• Hatake Kakashi questioned which clan inherited Hamura’s Immortal Body, while Minato Namikaze reflected that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Jinchuriki role had passed through his family.
• Naruto questioned the mentions of Boruto’s Jōgan and Himawari becoming Kurama’s next Jinchuriki, then entered his Sealing Space to ask Kurama about Baryon Mode.
• Kurama explained that Baryon Mode generated energy through nuclear fusion and could give Naruto enough power to fight Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Naruto recalled that he and Sasuke had only sealed Kaguya by exploiting her lack of combat experience, and he grew solemn about Kurama’s revelation.

Seventh Hokage Naruto learned that Baryon Mode would cost Kurama his life and resolved to train for the coming Ōtsutsuki threat instead of relying on Boruto. A new Diary video then began, showing adult Sasuke fighting an unknown opponent on a snowy night.

• Kurama explained that Baryon Mode would kill him and warned Naruto that their future enemy could devastate the Shinobi World.
• Naruto considered his death and Kurama's possible rebirth inside Himawari, then decided he would shoulder the fight against the Aliens himself.
• Naruto and Kurama discussed ways to reach Six Paths Level, including becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki or pursuing Kekkei Mōra, but found no easy path.
• Naruto vowed not to entrust the future to Boruto, even after Kurama pointed out that Boruto might accomplish great things.
• A new Diary video titled “Momoshiki is here, Boruto. Your cheat has arrived!” appeared, opening on adult Sasuke fighting an unknown figure in a snowy castle.

The diary showed future Sasuke fighting Otsutsuki Kinshiki while Otsutsuki Momoshiki watched, revealing a powerful new enemy and Sasuke’s missing arm. The scene then shifted to Uzumaki Boruto and Team Konohamaru on a Genin mission.

• Future Sasuke fought Otsutsuki Kinshiki at extreme speed but could not defeat him, while Otsutsuki Momoshiki watched from a rooftop.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch places with a stone statue, and Otsutsuki Momoshiki noticed the Tomoe Rinnegan in his eye.
• Uchiha Itachi and the others recognized Sasuke and wondered how he had lost an arm before the battle.
• The scene shifted to Uzumaki Boruto describing his busy father, the Seventh Hokage Uzumaki Naruto, and Boruto appeared with Uchiha Sarada and Mitsuki.
• Team Konohamaru worked together to capture a panda, prompting Jiraiya to suspect Mitsuki was connected to Orochimaru and Tsunade to reflect on Konohamaru’s future.

Konohamaru Sarutobi led Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki while demonstrating Scientific Ninja Tools that could perform secret techniques and release stored ninjutsu. The chapter ended with Naruto and the others watching scenes from a future transformed by technology.

• Konohamaru Sarutobi used a Scientific Ninja Tool to perform the Nara Clan's Shadow Possession Jutsu, then explained how the device let people use ninjutsu beyond their training.
• Konohamaru sealed a Rasengan into a compact scroll, prompting Jiraiya to consider how stored chakra and techniques could change combat.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized Sarada as Sasuke's daughter and worried that she wore glasses.
• Naruto recalled approving early research into Scientific Ninja Tools and cautioned that users must control the technology rather than depend on it.
• The group watched Naruto's future life and saw televisions, computers, airships, trains, and other unfamiliar advances.

Uzumaki Naruto and the others watched Boruto deceive Sasuke with a Scientific Ninja Tool, while future events revealed Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki attacking Killer Bee to harvest the Eight-Tails. Momoshiki extracted the Eight-Tails and refined it into Chakra Pills, leaving Naruto to realize that the Otsutsuki were after the Tailed Beasts and would eventually target him.

• Uzumaki Naruto and the others watched Boruto use a Scientific Ninja Tool to fake the Rasengan and gain Sasuke's approval, angering Naruto.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki arrived at Kumogakure and overwhelmed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee.
• Uzumaki Naruto recognized the attackers as Otsutsuki and realized they were seeking the Tailed Beasts to reclaim the Chakra Fruit.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki absorbed the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb with the Rinnegan in his palm and returned it with greater force.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki pulled the Eight-Tails from Killer Bee and refined it into Chakra Pills.

The observers watched Otsutsuki Momoshiki strip the Eight-Tails from Killer Bee and refine it into a Chakra Pill, revealing the threat posed by the Otsutsuki. After seeing Uzumaki Boruto rely on a Scientific Ninja Tool during the Chunin Ninja Exams, Naruto recognized his own neglect of his family and resolved to make more time for them.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki captured the Eight-Tails from Killer Bee and refined it into a Chakra Pill, while Otsutsuki Kinshiki reported a stronger chakra reaction to the east.
• Naruto and the others identified Momoshiki as an Otsutsuki who had traveled through time and space, and Minato Namikaze compared that travel to the Flying Thunder God.
• Katasuke Tono persuaded Uzumaki Boruto to wear a Scientific Ninja Tool, and Boruto later used it to win a Chunin Ninja Exams match after his poor fundamentals were exposed.
• Naruto criticized Boruto’s weak basics, then realized that his Hokage duties had kept him from guiding or spending enough time with his son.
• Kurama urged Naruto to delegate administrative work, train, and spend more time with his family because Momoshiki could threaten them in the future.

The observers watched Uzumaki Boruto get disqualified from the Chunin Exams for using a Scientific Ninja Tool, prompting debate about peace, training, and the risks of relying on powerful individuals. As Katasuke Tono promoted his tools and angered the observers, Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki descended into the arena.

• Uzumaki Naruto and the other observers judged Uzumaki Boruto’s skills and fundamentals as weak, while Minato Namikaze sympathized with the grandson who had grown up in peacetime.
• Uzumaki Naruto disqualified Uzumaki Boruto for using a forbidden Scientific Ninja Tool, making Nara Shikadai the winner.
• Jiraiya rejected the idea of entrusting peace to a single powerful person, warning that someone like Nagato or Anrokuzan could abuse that power.
• Katasuke Tono appeared in the arena and promoted his Scientific Ninja Tools, angering Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, and the other observers for using Uzumaki Boruto as a test subject without approval.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki descended from the sky into the arena.

Otsutsuki Kinshiki and Otsutsuki Momoshiki attacked the Chunin arena, revealing Momoshiki’s Byakugan and his ability to absorb ninjutsu with the Rinnegan. Uzumaki Naruto rescued Uzumaki Boruto while Nara Shikamaru briefly restrained both attackers, and the observers considered the powers and future strength on display.

• Otsutsuki Kinshiki blasted Katasuke Tono away, devastating the Chunin arena as the Five Kage and other shinobi rushed to save people.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki used his Byakugan to see the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside Uzumaki Naruto, prompting the observers to question the Otsutsuki Clan’s eyes.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki kicked Uzumaki Naruto out of the arena, while Second Pillar rescued his child and fought Otsutsuki Kinshiki.
• Uzumaki Boruto attacked Otsutsuki Momoshiki with a Scientific Ninja Tool, but Momoshiki absorbed the ninjutsu before Uzumaki Naruto returned to save Boruto.
• Nara Shikamaru restrained Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki with Shadow Possession Jutsu, but Momoshiki absorbed the technique with his Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Itachi reasoned that the Rinnegan could absorb any ninjutsu and connected the Senju Clan’s Sage Body traits to Wood Style.

Uchiha Itachi theorized that the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura were Otsutsuki who had defeated Kaguya and left descendants in the Shinobi World. In the video, Momoshiki and Kinshiki said they had come to complete Kaguya-hime’s failed mission, leaving Itachi to suspect the mission concerned gathering chakra and that the Otsutsuki objected to mortals learning ninjutsu.

• Uchiha Itachi speculated that the Sage of Six Paths was Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and that the clans of the Shinobi World descended from him and Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
• Uchiha Itachi theorized that the Rabbit Goddess from legend was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, whom Hagoromo and Hamura had defeated after she betrayed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Uchiha Itachi guessed that the Otsutsuki operated in pairs and had different factions and hierarchies, then worried about Hagoromo and Hamura’s attitude toward the Shinobi World.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki flew into the sky, and Uzumaki Naruto offered to draw them away from others.
• Otsutsuki Kinshiki told Uzumaki Naruto that they would gather scattered chakra and complete the task Kaguya-hime had failed to finish.
• Uchiha Itachi concluded that the Otsutsuki were targeting the Shinobi World because its mortals had learned ninjutsu.

The characters learned that the Ōtsutsuki gathered the Tailed Beasts to create Chakra Pills and gain immense power and longevity. As Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki defended this practice, Uzumaki Naruto rejected his claim that consuming the pills granted true power.

• Uchiha Itachi and Minato Namikaze considered the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s origins and its plans to gather the Tailed Beasts, while Minato resolved that his family would protect the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Second Pillar explained that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya created an army of White Zetsu, and the video showed her Byakugan and forehead Rinnegan.
• Uzumaki Naruto asked what the Chakra Fruit was, and Second Pillar explained that it could be made into pills.
• Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki displayed a Chakra Pill and claimed it granted immortality and power without effort.
• Hatake Kakashi inferred that the Ōtsutsuki gathered the Tailed Beasts to refine their chakra into pills, while Uzumaki Naruto called that power false and angered Momoshiki.

Otsutsuki Momoshiki overwhelmed the arena with amplified attacks, forcing Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar to combine Nine-Tails chakra with Susanoo to protect everyone. Momoshiki shattered their defense and prepared a final strike as Naruto entrusted the children to Second Pillar.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki absorbed a Chakra Pill and unleashed a gigantic energy sphere over the arena.
• Uzumaki Naruto entered Sage Fox Mode and shielded the people in the arena with Nine-Tails chakra.
• Second Pillar activated Susanoo, and Uzumaki Naruto formed Majestic Attire: Susanoo around the Nine-Tails chakra head.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki unleashed more powerful attacks and smashed the Susanoo-covered Nine-Tails chakra defense.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki dropped his final chakra sphere as Uzumaki Naruto entrusted the two children to Second Pillar.

The video showed Uzumaki Naruto and Kurama unleashing overwhelming power against Otsutsuki Momoshiki, who devastated the Chunin Exams arena. The survivors learned Naruto had protected them, and the display left the onlookers shaken by the Ōtsutsuki’s strength and newly respectful of Naruto.

• Uzumaki Naruto and Kurama combined their chakra into a massive attack that produced a terrifying explosion.
• Uzumaki Boruto remembered Second Pillar’s words about Naruto and cried out for his father.
• Uzumaki Boruto woke in the hospital and learned Naruto had protected the injured, including Hyuga Hinata, who had rushed back to save him.
• The video revealed the Chunin Exams arena had been reduced to a vast crater by Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s attack.
• Minato Namikaze, Hatake Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade reflected on the Ōtsutsuki’s overwhelming power and the threat it posed.
• Second Pillar reconsidered Uzumaki Naruto, recognizing how he had repeatedly protected others and risen from his weaknesses.

The video showed Boruto accepting his responsibility and joining the mission to rescue Naruto, while the Five Kage fought Momoshiki and Kinshiki. Momoshiki devoured Kinshiki to gain his chakra, leaving the viewers to realize the Otsutsuki Clan enforced a brutal hierarchy that could explain Kaguya’s rebellion.

• Sasuke confronted Boruto about his failures, then encouraged him to keep going and revealed that Naruto was still alive.
• The Five Kage gathered to rescue Naruto, and Boruto put on Naruto’s childhood clothes and tied on his headband before joining the mission.
• Momoshiki extracted Kurama’s chakra from Naruto until the rescue squad arrived and freed him.
• Sasuke warned the Five Kage not to use ninjutsu, but Momoshiki’s powerful attack drove them back as Kinshiki ran out of strength.
• Kinshiki offered his chakra to Momoshiki, who transformed him into a Chakra Fruit and devoured him.
• Kakashi reasoned that the Otsutsuki Clan’s strict hierarchy could explain why Kaguya had rebelled.

The video showed Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar battling Otsutsuki Momoshiki, whose advantage grew after Katasuke Tono’s interference. With Second Pillar’s guidance and Uzumaki Naruto’s help, Uzumaki Boruto landed the decisive Rasengan and defeated Momoshiki, leaving Naruto to reflect on being able to raise his son himself.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki devoured Otsutsuki Kinshiki and transformed, but Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar fought him with coordinated taijutsu and giant chakra avatars.
• Katasuke Tono attacked Momoshiki with a Scientific Ninja Tool, allowing Momoshiki to absorb its ninjutsu and overpower the fighters.
• Second Pillar used Susanoo to bring Uzumaki Boruto into the fight and urged him to use his disappearing Rasengan at the right moment.
• Uzumaki Boruto’s Rasengan interrupted Momoshiki and saved the others, while Second Pillar explained how its chakra nature made it vanish.
• Uzumaki Naruto helped Boruto enlarge the Rasengan, and Second Pillar blinded Momoshiki’s palm Rinnegan so Boruto could land the finishing blow.
• Uzumaki Boruto defeated Otsutsuki Momoshiki, and Uzumaki Naruto reflected that he could remain beside his son as he grew up.

After the screen showed a grown Uzumaki Boruto confronting Kawaki amid Konoha’s ruins, the shinobi wondered what had caused the future to turn so dangerous. They were left with no answers and worried about how they could face the threats ahead.

• Uzumaki Boruto appeared in a ruined future Konoha and declared that the age of shinobi had ended.
• Uzumaki Boruto confronted Kawaki, who said he would send Boruto to the same place as the Seventh Hokage.
• Uzumaki Boruto put on his headband, opened the Jōgan in his right eye, and charged Kawaki with the Kusanagi before the screen went dark.
• Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, and Hatake Kakashi reacted to the destroyed village and worried about the future enemies.
• Tsunade resolved to pursue Wood Style strength, while Hatake Kakashi considered how to counter Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s Rinnegan.

Uchiha Itachi and Naruto assessed the Otsutsuki threat and the strength needed to face future enemies. Kitahara Kaede worried about Otsutsuki Fishing Old Man’s possible arrival, then considered using Impure World Reincarnation to gather powerful dead ninja as yin soldiers.

• Uchiha Itachi judged Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki inexperienced in combat and questioned whether all Rinnegan could absorb and amplify ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized Second Pillar’s future taijutsu potential, while Second Pillar reflected on how different and settled his future self seemed.
• The Seventh Hokage Naruto worried that Kawaki could defeat even a future Boruto at Six Paths Level and wondered about his own Uzumaki Clan’s Immortal Body.
• Kitahara Kaede feared that the main-story Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Fishing Old Man might soon threaten Konoha, noting that few present-day ninja could stop the latter.
• Kitahara Kaede considered using the Second’s Impure World Reincarnation to summon powerful dead ninja and build an army against a future Ōtsutsuki invasion.

Kitahara Kaede speculated that the Sage of Six Paths had spent centuries preparing an army of powerful dead shinobi to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan. He then drew and learned the Earth Style: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, successfully taking flight despite its drawbacks.

• Kitahara Kaede considered whether the Sage of Six Paths had used the Shinobi World's wars and reincarnating chakra to prepare an army against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kitahara Kaede set aside his theories and began another draw.
• Kitahara Kaede drew the Earth Style: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique and learned that it could let him fly but reduced his physical strength and destructive power.
• Kitahara Kaede used the technique to rise into the night sky and practiced controlling his movement in the air.

Kitahara Kaede and his companions entered Konoha ahead of the joint Chunin Exams, where he found Team 7 in a tense standoff with Gaara and his siblings. Second Pillar recognized Gaara as the future Kazekage and prepared to fight him.

• Kitahara Kaede explained that Konoha had increased security because elite Genin from other villages were arriving for the joint Chunin Exams.
• Kitahara Kaede sensed a chakra disturbance and found Kakashi's Team 7 facing Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari in an alley.
• Sakura protected Konohamaru and the other children while Naruto and Second Pillar prepared to fight the Sunagakure siblings.
• Gaara threatened to kill Second Pillar, and Kankuro worried that his younger brother was beginning to lose control.
• Second Pillar recognized Gaara as the future Kazekage and readied his Kusanagi, considering the confrontation a chance to weaken Konoha's future enemy.

Second Pillar and Gaara fought until Kitahara Kaede intervened, stopping their attacks and suppressing the Sand siblings with his killing intent. When Gaara began losing control, Kitahara Kaede entered his Mental World and found Shukaku trapped inside a flawed seal.

• Second Pillar told Uzumaki Naruto to cover him and attacked Gaara with Thunder Breathing, cutting through the sand and closing in at high speed.
• Kitahara Kaede grabbed Second Pillar's wrist and restrained Gaara, interrupting both attacks.
• Temari tried to use Wind Release, but Kitahara Kaede's killing intent frightened her and Kankuro into stopping.
• Gaara roared and began showing signs of losing control as the One-Tail's chakra stirred inside him.
• Kitahara Kaede entered Gaara's Mental World, recognized Shukaku, and saw that Sunagakure's seal was riddled with flaws.