Chapter Summaries

Sasuke trapped Uchiha Shin to preserve his body and research, but another Sasuke arrived and nearly killed him, sparking a fight over who would claim him. After Sakura, Sarada, and Naruto stopped them, the two versions reconciled enough to thank each other before Young Second Pillar misunderstood Sasuke’s praise of his wife.

• Sasuke paralyzed Uchiha Shin with Purple Electricity: Sixteen-Pillar Binding Jutsu and planned to take his body and research materials intact.
• A second Sasuke burst into the base and attacked Uchiha Shin with a Black Flame blade, but Sasuke blocked the strike and the two fought.
• Sakura, Sarada, and Naruto persuaded the two Sasukes to stop fighting and sit down while Naruto summoned Konoha’s people.
• Young Second Pillar thanked Sasuke for protecting Sakura and Sarada, and Sasuke praised Sakura as an amazing wife.
• Young Second Pillar took Sasuke’s praise the wrong way, so Sasuke clarified, “Your wife is amazing!”

Sasuke told Naruto about the Otsutsuki threat he had seen in the future and explained that he needed help obtaining Toneri’s genetic cells and Orochimaru’s improved Heaven Cursed Seal. Naruto agreed to prepare for the coming attack, while Young Second Pillar joined them on the roof.

• Sasuke reflected on his plans to obtain Orochimaru’s improved Heaven Cursed Seal and Mitsuki’s Sage Mode secrets, deciding he needed to approach Orochimaru carefully.
• Naruto invited Sasuke to stay at his home, and Sasuke explained that he had no interest in becoming Hokage or destroying Konoha.
• Sasuke asked when Sarada’s class would graduate and when the Chunin Exams would take place, then told Naruto that Otsutsuki Kinshiki and Otsutsuki Momoshiki would attack during the finals in six months.
• Naruto learned that he and Sasuke could defeat Momoshiki by working together and promised to prepare to protect Konoha and the world.
• Sasuke asked Naruto for help meeting Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon and obtaining what he needed from Orochimaru, as Young Second Pillar joined them.

Young Sasuke said goodbye to Sarada and Young Second Pillar, then discussed their past and future as they traveled to find Orochimaru. He explained that the Momoshiki who would attack Konoha in six months could have either of two distinct forms, and urged Young Second Pillar to inject First Hokage Cells.

• Young Sasuke promised Sarada he would try to return in six months, and Young Second Pillar comforted her before leaving with Sasuke.
• Young Second Pillar asked whether Sasuke had killed Uchiha Itachi, and Sasuke said he had known the truth but believed Itachi's death was the best release for him and the best ending for everyone else.
• Sasuke teased Young Second Pillar about leaving Uchiha Sakura and Sarada behind and about having only one child, while Young Second Pillar retorted that he had a wife and child and Sasuke did not.
• On the road to Orochimaru's base, Young Second Pillar asked why Sasuke had described two forms of Otsutsuki Momoshiki, and Sasuke explained that his visions included uncertain fragments from possible futures and parallel worlds.
• Sasuke described the contrasting close-combat and ninjutsu-focused Momoshiki forms, then noticed Young Second Pillar's empty left sleeve and urged him to inject First Hokage Cells.

Young Sasuke urged Young Second Pillar to accept First Hokage Cells, arguing that the Shinobi World needed stronger defenses against the Otsutsuki Clan. He left Young Second Pillar considering the threat as they arrived at Orochimaru's base.

• Sasuke argued that Young Second Pillar had removed the First Hokage Cells from his body and explained how the cells could restore his arm and reduce the strain of his Rinnegan.
• Young Second Pillar said he had kept his severed arm as a reminder of his past and a restraint against returning to his plan to rule the Shinobi World.
• Sasuke speculated that Otsutsuki Kaguya was both a leader among Earth's Otsutsuki and a princess of an outer Otsutsuki Branch Family, while the Main Branch held greater authority.
• Sasuke warned that the Otsutsuki Clan could send a much larger force after Momoshiki and Kin, and urged Young Second Pillar to study their power and prepare.
• Young Second Pillar questioned whether gaining Otsutsuki power could corrupt them, but Sasuke said they needed strength to protect the Shinobi World; the two reached Orochimaru's base.

Young Sasuke visited Orochimaru with Young Second Pillar and asked to learn his Artificial Human Technology and Sage Curse Mark in exchange for favors owed to Naruto and Sasuke of this world. Orochimaru agreed but warned that the curse mark would not let Sasuke learn Sage Mode, then recognized Sasuke’s hidden, atavistic form and the bloodlines behind it.

• Young Second Pillar and Young Sasuke entered Orochimaru’s base, where Karin Uzumaki greeted them and led them to the laboratory.
• Orochimaru questioned Young Sasuke about his origins, and Sasuke explained that he came from another time-space and had killed that world’s Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru agreed to share two techniques because he owed favors to Naruto and Sasuke of this world, and Sasuke requested Artificial Human Technology and the Sage Curse Mark.
• Orochimaru explained that the Sage Curse Mark would not grant Sasuke Sage Mode because he lacked the required talent, and Young Second Pillar confirmed that he could not learn it either.
• Orochimaru asked Sasuke to remove his disguise, revealing his ash-white-haired, muscular atavistic form, and recognized that he had gathered the bloodlines of the Sage of Six Paths’ descendants.

Orochimaru examined Young Sasuke and explained that Sasuke’s severe yin-yang imbalance prevented him from learning Sage Mode. He argued that once Sasuke’s inherited bloodlines fused, Sasuke would have an exceptional advantage in Senjutsu, leaving Sasuke to wonder whether he could resolve his body’s problems in time.

• Orochimaru described the requirements for Sage Mode and said he and Young Sasuke lacked the mysterious affinity for Senjutsu.
• Orochimaru examined Young Sasuke in his laboratory and confirmed that the imbalance between his yin and yang was severe.
• Orochimaru explained that Senju and Uzumaki Sage Bodies inherited traits from the God Tree that helped absorb natural energy.
• Orochimaru told Young Sasuke that fusing all four Sage of Six Paths bloodlines could make him a miniature Sage of Six Paths with an exceptional advantage in learning Senjutsu.
• Young Sasuke left Orochimaru’s base with Young Second Pillar, while Orochimaru wondered how Sasuke would fix his body in time.

Young Sasuke left Orochimaru with artificial human technology and the Sage Curse Mark but no solution for learning Senjutsu immediately. As he worried that the Fourth Shinobi World War could arrive before he was ready, he devised a plan involving the Dojutsu Seed—Takamimusubi.

• Young Sasuke told Young Second Pillar that Orochimaru had given him the promised scroll but had not resolved his Senjutsu training.
• Young Sasuke advised Young Second Pillar to balance his Yin and Yang by injecting First Hokage Cells before attempting Senjutsu.
• Young Sasuke rejected Orochimaru's proposal to accelerate his body's maturation with machines and drugs, choosing instead to let his body grow naturally while training and eating well.
• Young Sasuke realized the Three-Tails could revive in two years and that Akatsuki might trigger the Fourth Shinobi World War early, leaving little time to prepare for Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Young Sasuke studied the black mud of the Dojutsu Seed—Takamimusubi in his Sea of Consciousness and appeared to conceive a dangerous plan.
• Young Second Pillar noticed Young Sasuke's concentrated killing intent and unsettling grin, then moved away in disgust.

Young Second Pillar and Sasuke traveled through a space-time passage to the moon, where Otsutsuki Toneri welcomed them. Sasuke examined Toneri’s chakra and concluded that he had undergone atavism, leaving open the possibility that Hamura had chosen him as a guardian of the Shinobi World.

• Young Second Pillar and Sasuke recognized the cavern’s glowing lake as a large-scale space-time passage and traveled through it to the moon.
• Puppet Maids sent by Toneri escorted the two visitors by aircraft to his castle after Naruto was absent.
• Young Second Pillar and Sasuke met Toneri at the castle gates and observed his calm demeanor and powerful chakra.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to study Toneri’s chakra and found that his Yin and Yang Release were exceptionally pure and balanced.
• Sasuke concluded that Toneri had undergone atavism and could awaken the Tenseigan with enough chakra and pure Byakugan.

Sasuke received Otsutsuki Toneri’s cells and learned how Toneri awakened the Tenseigan by absorbing the Purple Tenseigan’s power. Toneri revealed that Hamura’s golden Third Eye was the core of the Great Tenseigan and was also called the Eye of the Sun.

• Otsutsuki Toneri gave Sasuke a tube of his cells and warned that combining Hamura’s and Hagoromo’s powers was dangerous, mentioning Boruto’s Jōgan as an exception.
• Otsutsuki Toneri explained that the Tenseigan required exceptional Yin-Yang Release and was the Byakugan’s final evolution.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he awakened his Tenseigan by combining Hanabi’s Byakugan with his chakra and absorbing ocular power from Hamura and the clan’s Purple Tenseigan.
• Sasuke learned that Hamura’s right eye had formed the Purple Tenseigan, while his left eye had been left to the Hyuga Clan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri revealed that the Great Tenseigan’s core was Hamura’s golden Third Eye, the Eye of the Sun.

Sasuke learned from Otsutsuki Toneri how Hamura’s Golden Tenseigan became the Sun Eye and helped transform the moon into a habitable world. The chapter ended with Sasuke suspecting the Great Tenseigan’s Six-Petal Pattern could evolve into a Nine-Petal form.

• Sasuke asked Otsutsuki Toneri about the Sun Eye’s origins and distinctive abilities, and Toneri explained that it could absorb the sun’s power.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said Hamura awakened a Golden Tenseigan on his forehead, removed it, and used it as the core of an Artificial Sun to make the moon habitable.
• Toneri explained that Hamura’s descendants fused their Byakugan into the Sun Eye after his death, creating the Great Tenseigan, and that the fused Byakugan retained a limited ability to absorb solar energy.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recalled that after Naruto defeated him, he tried to absorb solar energy through the remaining Byakugan and nearly died; he said the moon’s environment might last only a few more decades without the Artificial Sun.
• Toneri described the Great Tenseigan’s progression from no petal patterns to Three-Petal and then Six-Petal Patterns, and Sasuke suspected it might have a Nine-Petal form.

Sasuke discussed the Rinne Sharingan and Golden Tenseigan with Otsutsuki Toneri, then agreed to guide the Toneri in his own world away from the same disastrous path. Toneri warned him against approaching the moon before gaining greater power and gave him a scroll to help earn his counterpart’s trust.

• Sasuke considered how possessing both the Rinne Sharingan and Golden Tenseigan might raise his ocular powers beyond Otsutsuki Kaguya’s.
• Sasuke thanked Otsutsuki Toneri for answering his questions, and Toneri asked him to guide his world’s version of himself away from wrongdoing.
• Toneri explained that his past attempt to destroy the world had caused widespread devastation, and Sasuke agreed to help his counterpart avoid that fate.
• Toneri warned Sasuke not to approach the moon or attract his counterpart’s attention before fusing the Hamura Bloodline or awakening the Rinnegan.
• Toneri gave Sasuke a scroll containing some of his chakra and a message for his past self, warning that the other Toneri might try to assassinate him.
• Sasuke departed with his companion, while Toneri hoped that his counterpart could live without the guilt that had burdened him.

Sasuke returned from another time and space through Rōran’s Dragon Vein and realized the worlds’ time difference was correcting itself. He concluded that he had two and a half years before Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s attack, giving him time to awaken his Rinnegan and prepare to devour Momoshiki.

• Queen Sara watched Sasuke reappear on the Dragon Vein Altar after the Dragon Vein surged with purple light.
• Sasuke recovered from the disorienting journey and confirmed that the items he had brought from the other world were safe.
• Sasuke sensed that time in the other world had slowed when he left and was gradually returning to normal.
• Sasuke realized the worlds’ time difference was eighteen years, and that Momoshiki’s attack would occur in two and a half years for him.
• Sasuke resolved to awaken his Rinnegan and join forces with others to defeat and devour Momoshiki, while Queen Sara warily watched him laugh.

Sasuke examined the damaged Chi-biki Stone beneath the Tower of Lost and agreed to leave it in place until the Dragon Vein recovered enough energy for another journey through time and space. He rewarded Queen Sara, gave her a token to summon his help, and obtained Rōran’s sealing and ruin techniques before heading back to Otogakure.

• Queen Sara recognized Sasuke, led him into the underground palace, and showed him the damaged Chi-biki Stone, which retained only twenty to thirty percent of its power.
• Queen Sara asked whether Sasuke planned to use the Dragon Vein and Chi-biki Stone for revenge, and Sasuke said he intended to save the world.
• Sasuke learned that removing the Chi-biki Stone would slow the Dragon Vein’s recovery, so he decided to leave it in place and return in two years.
• Sasuke gave Queen Sara fifteen million ryō, medicines, and a Purple Glazed Dagger token that could summon his help.
• Sasuke obtained the Central Tower’s Magic Array techniques and instructions for opening and concealing the Roran Ruins, then sent Queen Sara back to the Loulan Merchant Caravan and set off for Otogakure.

Sasuke developed a plan to create an Otsutsuki Clone and a Sage Clone, then absorb both with Takamimusubi after awakening the Rinnegan. The Otsutsuki embryo consumed immense resources while the Sage Clone rapidly matured and awakened with powerful natural energy.

• Sasuke examined the Otsutsuki embryo he had made from his cells and those of Otsutsuki Toneri, Hyuga Hinata, and Kimimaro, and realized Otogakure lacked the resources to bring it to birth.
• Sasuke concluded that the embryo’s immense potential came from its Otsutsuki main-family bloodline and planned to seek enough resources to cultivate it.
• Sasuke inspected the Sage Clone, which he had created using his cells and Jugo’s sage-transformation cells and nurtured with two Dragon Balls.
• The Sage Clone’s Cursed Seal spread over his body as natural energy surged into him, rapidly growing him from a small child to about seven or eight years old.
• The Sage Clone opened his eyes, revealing golden, vertically slit pupils and an aura of nature.

After returning from the Parallel World, Sasuke summoned the Three Great Snake Princesses to show them his newly created Sage Clone, a body with extraordinary natural-energy absorption. He named the body Yinglong and asked the snake demons to help him cultivate Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu.

• Tagitsuhime was summoned from Ryūchi Cave, and Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime followed when they sensed the summons.
• The Three Great Snake Princesses were shocked to discover that the white-haired youth summoning them was Second Pillar, whose body contained immense Senjutsu chakra and absorbed natural energy automatically.
• Sasuke explained that he had changed bodies and used the Dragon Ball's power to nurture his physical Sage Clone.
• Sasuke described how the clone shared his original body's control and could act independently according to its will, while keeping its role as his potential Vessel secret.
• Sasuke named the clone Yinglong, but the Three Great Snake Princesses mistook the name for Cherry Blossom Dragon, and he let them believe it.
• Sasuke asked the Three Great Snake Princesses to help him cultivate Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu.

Sage Sasuke mastered Ryūchi Cave’s auxiliary Senjutsu and learned that Dragon Transformation required fusing nine Dragon Balls with a Sage Body. When the Three Great Snake Princesses helped him enter Perfect Sage Mode, his Cursed Seal triggered a dramatic dragonlike transformation, leaving him in a powerful new Yinglong Sage Mode.

• Sage Sasuke quickly learned the Divine Ascent, Shifting Shadow, Taihua Yixing, and Feishen Tuoji techniques, showing exceptional talent for invisibility.
• Sage Sasuke revealed a Dragon Ball formed from the excess energy of the two Dragon Balls used to create his body, and Tagorihime explained that nine Dragon Balls could enable Dragon Transformation through fusion.
• Sage Sasuke agreed to let the Three Great Snake Princesses possess him and help him enter Ryūchi Cave’s Perfect Sage Mode.
• The Snake Princesses’ chakra pushed Sage Sasuke into Cursed Seal Level 2, causing him to grow scales, spikes, claws, wings, horns, and a tail.
• Sage Sasuke identified his transformed state as Yinglong Sage Mode, combining Ryūchi Cave and Grass Lizard Swamp Senjutsu with his altered Sage Body.

Yakushi Kabuto traced Hiruko’s hiding place to Mount Sumeru and suspected Sasuke wanted the Chimera Technique to combine powerful bloodlines. Kabuto defied his assignment to investigate the technique himself while Sasuke remained focused on an Uchiha-engraved scarlet stone in his laboratory.

• Yakushi Kabuto compiled three months of clues and concluded that Hiruko was hiding at Mount Sumeru.
• Kabuto reasoned that Sasuke sought the Chimera Technique to overcome bloodline rejection and gather the abilities of several clans.
• Kabuto chose to head for the Jinlun Mountain Range to test Sasuke and inspect Hiruko’s research, despite being assigned only to locate him.
• Sasuke continued his experiments, unaware of Kabuto’s decision, and looked with satisfaction at a scarlet stone engraved with the Uchiha clan crest.

Sasuke completed a Sharingan Jade modeled on the Great Tenseigan and considered how its inherited Mangekyō techniques could help him. His Sage Clone arrived to train with Ichikishimahime, who revealed that Tagitsuhime had gone to Flaming Mountain.

• Sasuke fused Uchiha Shin's Mangekyō Sharingan and the eyes of Shin's clones into a Sharingan Jade, then bound it to himself with the Sage Curse Mark.
• Sasuke determined that the Sharingan Jade's remote manipulation and contact-marking techniques could enhance his use of Flying Raijin.
• Sasuke worried that he lacked enough nutritional energy to nurture an Otsutsuki Clone and decided to retrieve the God Tree Branch from Takigakure soon.
• Sage Sasuke arrived at the uninhabited island to study Senjutsu and found only Ichikishimahime there.
• Ichikishimahime told Sage Sasuke that Tagorihime had gone to Shikkotsu Forest and Tagitsuhime had been sent to Flaming Mountain.

Sage Sasuke learned that the White Snake Sage was gathering the Seven Treasures of Buddhism to forge a Senjutsu Sage Vessel for his Cherry Blossom Dragon Clone. He received Deep Sea Mythril to imbue with Yin Release, completing the set of materials needed for the Seven-Treasure Seven-Branched Sword.

• Ichikishimahime explained that Flaming Mountain was an alternate-dimension summoning ground whose natural Samadhi True Fire could only be sealed.
• Sasuke learned that the White Snake Sage had paused work on his weapon to gather treasures corresponding to all seven chakra attributes.
• Ichikishimahime told Sasuke that Tagitsuhime had gone to Flaming Mountain to make fire-element Glaze, while Tagorihime sought the Great Slug Sage to imbue gold with Yang Release.
• Ichikishimahime gave Sasuke Deep Sea Mythril, the final treasure, and said he must infuse it with Yin Release.
• Sasuke thanked the White Snake Sage through Ichikishimahime and named the planned weapon the Seven-Treasure Seven-Branched Sword.

Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu planned to use the Gelel Remnants and their Chakra Stones to lure Second Pillar into a trap. Yakushi Kabuto killed Hiruko and examined the Chimera Technique, then brought the scroll to Sasuke on Kikai Island.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Obito that overseas Gelel Remnants had arrived in the Shinobi World carrying powerful Chakra Stones and were searching for an ore vein.
• Black Zetsu proposed using the Gelel Remnants as bait to draw Second Pillar out, and Uchiha Obito agreed to approach them as North Dipper.
• Uchiha Obito planned to get the North Dipper Ring from Nagato and join the mission, while Black Zetsu intended for Nagato and Obito to be present for the trap.
• Yakushi Kabuto survived his battle with Hiruko, killed him, and took the Chimera Technique scroll from his corpse.
• Yakushi Kabuto judged the Chimera Technique dangerously flawed but considered that something might solve its problem.
• On Kikai Island, Yakushi Kabuto handed Sasuke the Chimera Technique scroll, and Sasuke asked whether he had really killed Hiruko.