Chapter Summaries

Sakura defeated Kisame Hoshigaki with Senjutsu and exchanged him for Kakashi, while Uchiha Obito discovered that Uchiha Madara had been revived. At the Sanctuary Crater, Madara arrived just as Sasuke's ritual ended, but Sasuke's Fire God Susanoo shattered and Sasuke fell with a hole in his abdomen.

• Uchiha Madara left Nagato with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu and raced toward the Sanctuary Crater to confront Sasuke.
• Sakura used Yin Seal: Sage Release and Senjutsu-infused Water Severing Wave to defeat Kisame Hoshigaki, then restrained him for capture.
• Uchiha Obito exchanged Kakashi for Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yakumo helped Sakura tend to Kakashi.
• Uchiha Obito teleported to Nagato and realized Uchiha Madara had been revived; Nagato died longing for Yahiko and Konan.
• Uchiha Madara reached the High Tower as Sasuke's ritual ended, but Sasuke's Fire God Susanoo suddenly shattered and Sasuke fell, coughing blood with a hole through his abdomen.

Sasuke completed the ritual that allowed Otsutsuki Rei to descend, but Isshiki ambushed him at that instant and killed him with Black Receivers. Naruto charged at Uchiha Madara in grief, while the Sage of Six Paths recognized the attacker and sent Chakra toward Yomotsu Hirasaka.

• Sasuke waited in his Fire God Susanoo while Uchiha Madara provoked him, keeping his forces ready to protect the ritual and escape afterward.
• The Heaven, Earth, and Man Sancai Formation completed, and Otsutsuki Rei descended successfully.
• Isshiki struck Sasuke from hiding, pierced him with Black Receivers, and killed him before he could use his techniques.
• The Sage of Six Paths identified the concealed attacker as the one who had escaped his mother and sent a surge of Chakra toward Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Naruto charged at Uchiha Madara with furious killing intent, and Madara realized the Black Receiver in his hand had made him look responsible for Sasuke's death.

After an unknown attacker killed Sasuke, Naruto erupted in rage and challenged Uchiha Madara, who subdued him and began extracting the Nine-Tails. A black shakujo rescued Naruto, while Madara recognized the white-clad pursuer as the culprit and unleashed his fury.

• Sasuke's death sent Otsutsuki Rei and the Yinglong Clone into agony, and the Yinglong Clone used Flying Raijin to retrieve Sasuke's body.
• Naruto saw Sasuke fall and, believing Uchiha Madara had killed him, attacked Madara with a massive surge of Nine-Tails chakra.
• Uchiha Madara evaded Naruto's attack, pinned him with Limbo: Border Jail and the Demonic Statue's chains, then stopped his attempt to open the Gate of Death by absorbing his chakra.
• Uchiha Madara used Phantom Dragons Nine Sealing to pull the Nine-Tails from Naruto, but a black shakujo cut the Chakra Dragons and carried Naruto away.
• A white-clad man pursued the attacker near the tower and restrained him with black rods, and Uchiha Madara recognized the man as the culprit and attacked in a rage.

Otsutsuki Rei used her time-based Byakugan technique and golden giant to fight Ōtsutsuki Isshiki after he attacked the tower. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki pursued her with Black Receivers, but Uchiha Madara launched a massive attack at him as he prepared to absorb it with his Karma Seal.

• Otsutsuki Rei deduced that the attacker who killed her main body was an Otsutsuki and prepared for him to strike the tower.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shattered the tower's barrier, and Otsutsuki Rei released Wakahirume-no-Mikoto, slowing the destruction and revealing him as the attacker.
• Otsutsuki Rei struck Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a golden sword and formed Amaterasu-no-Mikoto, but he broke the golden giant with a kick and injured her.
• Otsutsuki Rei used Wakahirume-no-Mikoto and Intangibility to evade Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's attacks as he pursued her with Black Receivers.
• Uchiha Madara attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a crimson torrent, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki raised his Karma-marked hand to absorb it.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki defeated Uchiha Madara in a taijutsu clash by using True Baguazhang, then pierced Madara with Black Receivers. Otsutsuki Rei intervened to distract Isshiki, leaving her and a regenerating Madara facing him together.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki absorbed Uchiha Madara’s scarlet Chakra torrent, then blocked Madara’s powerful physical attack.
• Isshiki tried to avoid conflict, but Madara rejected his offer and challenged him to a taijutsu fight.
• Isshiki used True Baguazhang to read Madara’s moves, seize the rhythm of the fight, and defeat him in seconds.
• Isshiki pierced Madara’s limbs with Black Receivers and nearly killed him, but Madara dodged the fatal strike and pulled one receiver from his arm.
• Otsutsuki Rei’s golden sword attack distracted Isshiki, while Madara pulled out the remaining Black Receivers and began regenerating.

Otsutsuki Rei analyzed how Uchiha Madara and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fought, then used her shadow Aragami and Karma Combat Mode to attack Isshiki. She ended the chapter empowered and ready to continue the battle.

• Otsutsuki Rei judged that Uchiha Madara had entered the Six Paths level through Naruto’s external Chakra but could not control his power as well as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Uchiha Madara restrained his Chakra and charged Ōtsutsuki Isshiki again, while Otsutsuki Rei used Wakahirume-no-Mikoto to slow Isshiki and watched for a chance to intervene.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki beat Uchiha Madara with a three-kick combo, but Otsutsuki Rei attacked with Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and a physical flying kick.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki struck Otsutsuki Rei and pierced her limbs with Black Receivers, but the apparent victim and her injuries proved to be illusions created by her Aragami.
• Otsutsuki Rei swapped places with her shadow Aragami, fused with it, and activated Karma Combat Mode.

Otsutsuki Rei fused with Aramitama and entered Karma Seal combat mode as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed his own Karma and prepared to capture her. Meanwhile, Yakushi Kabuto cornered Kaede outside Takigakure, and the Yinglong Clone began preparations to revive Sasuke and awaken his Rinnegan.

• Otsutsuki Rei used Aramitama’s temporary power boost to enter Karma Seal combat mode, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed that he had been fighting her shadow before activating Karma Seal: Stage 1.
• Uchiha Madara recovered from his injuries and watched the two Otsutsuki prepare to fight, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decided to restrain his power as he continued pursuing a vessel.
• Outside Takigakure, Kaede tried to use the Purple Crystal Kunai Sasuke had given her, but it failed; Yakushi Kabuto seized and crushed it.
• The Yinglong Clone brought Sasuke’s corpse to Takamagahara Original Sphere Space, repaired his body, fed Samehada to the Mini Ten-Tails, and used Chimera Technique to absorb the Chi-biki Stone.
• The Yinglong Clone retrieved the Sharingan Jade and prepared a resurrection ritual, leaving its delayed Izanagi activation in place as he hoped Sasuke would awaken the Rinnegan.

After Sasuke died, he reached the Sanzu River and met the Sage of Six Paths for a confrontation over their beliefs. Above, Otsutsuki Rei used her new abilities and martial arts to turn the fight against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, ending with a lethal strike toward his throat.

• Sasuke found the souls freed from the Box of Ultimate Bliss at peace on the Sanzu River and walked through the mist.
• Sasuke met the Sage of Six Paths, and they prepared to clash over their beliefs.
• Otsutsuki Rei parried Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's attacks and used the Futsu-no-Mitama Mirror to block his Black Receivers.
• Otsutsuki Rei used a blinding flash and a flying kick to create an opening, then trapped Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in close-range martial arts exchanges.
• Otsutsuki Rei struck Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a Gentle Fist knife-hand and a One-Inch Punch, then aimed a Biu Jee strike at his throat as Uchiha Madara watched.

Otsutsuki Rei pushed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to the brink with her taijutsu and ocular techniques, but Isshiki’s hidden ability and fury left her gravely wounded. Rei then awakened Dainichi-no-Mikoto, while Uchiha Madara entered the battle and Sasuke listened to the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land.

• Otsutsuki Rei used Wakahirume-no-Mikoto and her knowledge of Ōtsutsuki taijutsu to nearly strike Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s throat, but his shrinking Black Receiver blocked her attack.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki broke through Rei’s Futsu-no-Mitama Mirror defense by shrinking its barrier, and Rei tried to protect herself with Shikotsumyaku.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki mistook Rei’s emerging bones for Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones, erupted in rage, tore at her chest, and struck her into a hill.
• Otsutsuki Rei rose in the form of Dainichi-no-Mikoto, whose powers made her effectively immortal against attacks that did not target the soul or use sealing.
• Uchiha Obito warned Uchiha Madara to wait, but Madara invoked Limbo: Border Jail and rejoined the fight as Sasuke listened to the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land.

In the Pure Land, Sasuke heard the Sage of Six Paths explain why power needed checks and balances and ask him to become the Shinobi World’s new guardian. As Sasuke rejected the Sage’s offer, his spirit changed and the destroyed Eye of Izanami-no-Mikoto began to heal in his lifeless body.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Sasuke how Kaguya’s unchecked power made her arrogant and explained that Hamura had served as his own check and balance.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Sasuke to succeed him as guardian of the Shinobi World, promising to give him power and hoping Naruto and Sasuke’s companions would keep him in check.
• Sasuke inferred that the Pure Land was the Sage’s constructed alternate world and that Impure World Reincarnation drew its undying bodies and infinite Chakra from it.
• Sasuke considered accepting the Sage’s offer so he could return to the living world with enough power to face its threats, but he remained silent.
• Sasuke declared that he rejected the idea of losing his heart, and his spirit solidified as the source aura of Indra disappeared.
• Sasuke’s destroyed Eye of Izanami-no-Mikoto began to repair itself, and his lifeless body produced a faint, steady heartbeat.

Sasuke rejected the Sage of Six Paths’ offer of power, freeing himself and Indra’s chakra will from their obsession with the Ninjutsu Sect’s inheritance. He returned from the Pure Land and fully merged with the Mini Ten-Tails, becoming an existence like Kaguya.

• Sasuke told the Sage of Six Paths that Indra’s presence had vanished because Indra had let go of his obsession and merged with him.
• Sasuke refused the Sage’s offer to become the New Shinobi World Guardian and said he could not remain in this land forever.
• When the Sage asked who he was, Sasuke replied that he was both Second Pillar and Indra, yet neither, then disappeared from the Pure Land.
• Sasuke awakened in Takamagahara Original Sphere Space as the Yinglong Clone watched, and his eyes transformed into the Rinnegan and Rinne Sharingan.
• Sasuke absorbed the Mini Ten-Tails, healed his wounds, gained nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, and declared himself the God Tree and the Ten-Tails.

Sasuke reached the Six Paths Level after fusing with the Mini Ten-Tails, awakening the Rinnegan and Rinne Sharingan, then went to Takigakure to answer Kaede’s summons but found her missing. At Sanctuary Crater, Otsutsuki Rei gained Tenseigan Chakra Mode and attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

• Sasuke completed Yin-Yang Unification, awakened the Rinnegan in both eyes and evolved his brow eye into a Rinne Sharingan, reaching the Six Paths Level.
• Sasuke used Yomotsu Hirasaka to travel to Takigakure, where his new power drained the surrounding land before he restrained it.
• Sasuke searched the Land of Waterfalls for Kaede but could not find her, and he resolved to revive her if she had died.
• Sasuke sensed a beam of ocular power heading toward Sanctuary Crater and used Yomotsu Hirasaka to follow it.
• Otsutsuki Rei received power from the moon, entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and launched Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Otsutsuki Toneri watched Otsutsuki Rei receive the Great Tenseigan’s chakra and awaken the Tenseigan, while Hamura explained to the Sage of Six Paths why he had chosen to help her. At Sanctuary Crater, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shattered Sasuke and Rei’s attack before withdrawing, and Sasuke remained on guard until a voice suddenly called his name.

• Otsutsuki Toneri saw Otsutsuki Rei receive chakra from the Great Tenseigan and awaken the Tenseigan and its Chakra Mode.
• Otsutsuki Hamura told the Sage of Six Paths that Sasuke would stay in the Shinobi World until he settled his ties there, and that its people had to protect themselves.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki entered Karma Seal Stage 2 and smashed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with a single punch.
• Uchiha Obito persuaded Uchiha Madara to retreat, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki left Sanctuary Crater through a black-and-red portal.
• Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei waited for Isshiki to return while Uchiha Obito escaped with Uchiha Madara; after Sasuke decided to leave, someone suddenly called his name.

Sasuke reunited with Naruto and the others, healed Kakashi, and left Naruto a vial to help him grow stronger before departing through a portal. Meanwhile, Madara began personally pursuing the Tailed Beasts, and Otsutsuki Rei reached a hidden palace marked with the Hyuga crest.

• Naruto arrived with Sakura, Yakumo, Jiraiya, and Kakashi, and revealed his new Eight Gates Sage Fox Mode after reconciling with Kurama.
• Jiraiya explained Sasuke's Rinnegan, and Sasuke healed Kakashi's damaged eye with Yin and Yang Release.
• Sakura urged Sasuke to return to Konoha, but he refused and gave Naruto a vial of God Tree Ten-Tails Cells, warning him to prepare for a coming upheaval.
• Sasuke left through Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Sakura told Naruto that they all needed to become stronger.
• Madara learned that no Tailed Beasts had yet been captured and set out with Obito to seize the Four-Tails and Five-Tails in Iwagakure.
• Otsutsuki Rei arrived at an underground palace bearing the Hyuga clan crest after losing the Great Tenseigan's temporary Chakra enhancement.

Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei uncovered the Hyuga Clan’s enormous Tenseigan and learned that absorbing its Yin-heavy power would not quickly awaken Rei’s Tenseigan, so they headed for the moon to seek the Great Tenseigan. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara’s campaign to capture the Tailed Beasts shook the Shinobi World, which turned its attention to the reconvened Five Kage Summit.

• Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei examined the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan, which had been formed from Branch Family members’ Byakugan and had sustained the Caged Bird Cursed Seal for generations.
• Otsutsuki Rei absorbed information from the Tenseigan and learned that the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan had mostly Yin Release power, while the moon’s Great Tenseigan could help her convert that power quickly.
• Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei decided to travel to the moon, while Sasuke anticipated their trip to a parallel world in one month and their plan to gain power from Otsutsuki Momoshiki.
• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito learned that another group had captured Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki; Madara postponed targeting the Nine-Tails and left the village.
• Uchiha Madara captured several Tailed Beasts and attacked multiple villages, while the One-Tail was taken by two mysterious red-cloud-robed people; the resulting upheaval left the Five Great Shinobi Villages preparing for a renewed Five Kage Summit.

Tsunade received reports that Uchiha Madara had returned and attacked the great ninja villages, while Jiraiya explained the ritual at Sanctuary Crater and Sasuke’s apparent awakening of the Rinnegan. As Konoha prepared for a Hyuga clan crisis and a Five Kage Summit, Neji discovered that his Caged Bird seal had vanished, while Sasuke tried to awaken Otsutsuki Rei’s Tenseigan to find Kaede.

• Tsunade questioned Naruto’s group about Sanctuary Crater, and Jiraiya reported that Second Pillar or Orochimaru may have performed a ritual that gave Second Pillar the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Uchiha Madara had returned with the Rinnegan and had nearly extracted Kurama from Naruto, prompting Tsunade to reprimand Naruto for recklessly fighting him.
• A staff member told Tsunade that the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird Cursed Seal had mysteriously disappeared, and Tsunade ordered Anbu protection for Naruto and summoned the others to meet Hyuga Hiashi.
• Tsunade told Shizune to invite the four great ninja villages to a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
• While traveling toward Sunagakure, Hyuga Neji realized that his Caged Bird seal and Byakugan blind spot had disappeared, and Tenten saw the mark was gone.
• On the moon, Otsutsuki Toneri told Sasuke that Otsutsuki Rei was nearing her first Tenseigan Fetal Movement, and Sasuke asked whether she would soon gain the Clairvoyance Technique to locate Kaede.

Otsutsuki Toneri discussed the Tenseigan’s Clairvoyance Technique with Sasuke, who offered him a role as guardian of the shinobi world. Meanwhile, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki studied the ritual behind Sasuke’s clone and worried about his options, while Yakushi Kabuto awakened after accepting Karma and met a mysterious man.

• Otsutsuki Toneri explained the Clairvoyance Technique’s limits, and Sasuke said he wanted a way to observe the past and find out what had happened to Kaede.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Sasuke he did not know what he would do after receiving his other self’s memories, and Sasuke offered him a job as guardian of the shinobi world.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki secretly watched the Heavenly Spear High Tower, worked out how Sasuke had created an Otsutsuki Clone, and concluded that he lacked the resources to repeat the ritual.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki noticed a Mysterious Person in a black hooded cloak among the investigators at Sanctuary Crater and recognized him.
• Yakushi Kabuto regained consciousness after accepting Karma, and a white-robed man told him he had the best aptitude of all those who had accepted it.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, posing as Jigen, saved Yakushi Kabuto from his failed bloodline-fusion ritual by placing a Karma Seal on him. He explained that Kabuto lacked the bloodline stabilizers needed for a successful fusion and revealed that Second Pillar’s newly created clone was the body he wanted; Kabuto remained opposed to anyone taking Second Pillar’s body.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed that Yakushi Kabuto’s fusion ritual had nearly killed him, then explained that he had saved Kabuto by placing a Karma Seal on his left palm.
• Yakushi Kabuto learned that the Karma Seal could eventually replace him with Isshiki, though Isshiki said Kabuto was only a backup Vessel and an inferior body.
• Yakushi Kabuto refused to help Isshiki take Second Pillar’s body, but Isshiki clarified that he wanted Second Pillar’s newly created clone instead.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki explained that Yakushi Kabuto’s ritual failed because he lacked two bloodline stabilizers that would have harmonized the conflicting lineages.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki described how God Tree Fruits carried genetic information, how Otsutsuki evolved by consuming them, and how Senjutsu had helped Kabuto survive the incompatible bloodlines.

Yakushi Kabuto accepted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s offer to train him in exchange for targeting Second Pillar, and proposed recruiting Akatsuki. On the moon, Otsutsuki Rei completed her Tenseigan evolution but could not locate Kaede, while Sasuke prepared to leave; meanwhile, Uchiha Obito visited Nagato and Konan in Amegakure.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki told Yakushi Kabuto that his new power rivaled the Five Kage and explained that Second Pillar and his clone had reached the threshold of godhood.
• Yakushi Kabuto agreed to cooperate with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and suggested that they recruit Akatsuki as an ally.
• Otsutsuki Rei absorbed the Purple Tenseigan’s remaining power and awakened her Tenseigan, Golden Tenseigan, and golden Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Otsutsuki Rei used the Clairvoyance Technique to search for Kaede but could not find her, and Sasuke concluded that a mysterious Otsutsuki had likely captured her.
• Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei decided to leave the moon after saying goodbye to Toneri, while Sasuke planned to have the Yinglong Clone condense a fourth Dragon Ball.
• Uchiha Obito spoke with Black Zetsu about Uchiha Madara’s training, then entered Nagato’s medical room despite Konan’s hostility.

Sasuke defeated and absorbed Otsutsuki Momoshiki, then warned young Naruto and Sasuke that future crises would threaten Boruto and Sarada. After Yinglong absorbed the Rōran Dragon Vein, Sasuke and his two clones headed through a spacetime portal to confront the Fourth Shinobi World War’s final battle.

• Otsutsuki Rei and Otsutsuki Momoshiki froze time, but Sasuke resisted with Amenotokotachi and refined Momoshiki using Takamimusubi.
• Sasuke gave Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s refined bloodline pill to Otsutsuki Rei, who gained greater power after absorbing it.
• Young Naruto and young Sasuke arrived, and Sasuke gave them a scroll while warning them about Boruto’s and Sarada’s uncertain future.
• Sasuke and Otsutsuki Rei returned to Rōran, where Yinglong absorbed the Dragon Vein’s power and advanced to the Six Paths high-level tier.
• When the Eye of the Moon appeared and Infinite Tsukuyomi began, Sasuke and his two clones entered a spacetime portal to join the final battle.