Recaps

Xuanye received a system quest to permanently kill the approaching Otsutsuki Urashiki and planned the battle with Sasuke. Urashiki spotted the tailed beasts and pursued Yugito and Hong Dou as they lured him away from Konoha, until Matatabi sensed him closing in.

• Sasuke asked Xuanye to reveal his Mangekyō abilities, but Xuanye refused to disclose his secrets.
• The system warned Xuanye of an impending crisis and assigned him to kill Otsutsuki Urashiki for good, with a Divine Tree Seed as the reward.
• Xuanye considered the difficulty of permanently killing an Otsutsuki and began planning the fight with Sasuke.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki detected the Nine-Tails, Two-Tails, and Three-Tails near the village and rushed toward them.
• Yugito carried a young child while Hong Dou ran beside her, with Matatabi and Isobu helping lure Urashiki away from Konoha.
• Matatabi warned Yugito that an enemy was approaching from behind, sensing a presence even purer and colder than the Sage of Six Paths.

Sasuke’s allies lured Urashiki Otsutsuki into a battlefield outside Konoha, where Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Fugaku attacked him with their Mangekyō abilities. Fugaku’s Kagutsuchi made Amaterasu dangerous even to Urashiki, but Urashiki repelled the flames, leaving Fugaku aware of the gap in their strength.

• Yugito and Hong Dou carried Naruto away from Konoha and activated their Flying Thunder God Marks to draw Urashiki into a trap.
• Uchiha Genya, Uchiha Hikari, Uchiha Fugaku, and Orochimaru appeared to face Urashiki, while Sasuke stayed hidden with Amenotejikara.
• Hikari attacked Urashiki with Amaterasu, but his blue Rinnegan absorbed the flames.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyō ability, Kagutsuchi, to reshape the remaining Amaterasu into a fire tornado that burned Urashiki and resisted absorption.
• Urashiki used Shinra Tensei to scatter the flames, setting the surrounding forest alight, while Fugaku dodged and realized Urashiki was stronger than he had expected.

Xuanye and Orochimaru faced Otsutsuki Urashiki, whose Rinnegan broke Xuanye’s illusion and whose power made the fight difficult. Orochimaru summoned Senju Hashirama with Impure World Reincarnation and tricked him into believing Urashiki was a dangerous alien, leaving Hashirama ready to fight.

• Urashiki recognized Xuanye’s unusual eyes after breaking his illusion and sent him flying with Shinra Tensei.
• Urashiki declared that Xuanye’s power belonged to the Otsutsuki and showed his intent to take it.
• Orochimaru summoned Senju Hashirama using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told Hashirama that Urashiki was an evil alien threatening Konoha and the world.
• Hashirama looked at Urashiki and accepted Orochimaru’s description, preparing to confront him.

Orochimaru explained that Senjutsu was effective against Urashiki, and Hashirama transformed the battlefield with Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence. As the powerful fighters battled Urashiki, Orochimaru felt outmatched and unleashed his Eight Branches Technique to prove himself.

• Orochimaru warned Hashirama that Urashiki could absorb ordinary ninjutsu and advised him to use Senjutsu.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode and used Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence to cover the battlefield in enormous vines.
• Urashiki recognized the Divine Tree-like power in Hashirama's Wood Release, while Xuanye urged Hashirama to attack instead of talking.
• Fugaku revealed that Hashirama's attack had caught him in its aftermath, and Hashirama apologized for overlooking him.
• Orochimaru transformed into a massive eight-headed white serpent using the Eight Branches Technique and prepared to join the fight.

Xuanye overwhelmed Urashiki Otsutsuki with a forbidden lightning technique, but Urashiki escaped and attacked him from behind. Orochimaru returned with a Mangekyō Sharingan and used Kamui to interfere with Urashiki’s space-time technique.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki cut off Yamata no Orochi’s heads, forcing Orochimaru to flee as a swarm of white snakes.
• Xuanye created over a hundred Shadow Clones and sent them at Urashiki Otsutsuki with Extreme Lightning Chidori.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki was wounded by the lightning clones, while Hashirama praised the technique and agreed it belonged in the Scroll of Sealing.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki used Yomotsu Hirasaka to appear behind Xuanye and tried to drain his Chakra.
• Orochimaru emerged from the forest in a white snake and used his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Kamui to interfere with Urashiki Otsutsuki’s spatial attack.

Orochimaru disrupted Otsutsuki Urashiki’s spatial passage with Kamui, giving Hikari, Hashirama, and Xuanye a chance to press their attack. The chapter ended with Hikari’s Yachihoko briefly weakening Urashiki, allowing Hashirama’s Wood Golem to smash him into the ground.

• Orochimaru’s Kamui disrupted Urashiki’s spatial passage, and Obito felt a resonance in his right eye before dismissing his memories of Kakashi and Rin.
• Hikari summoned her Complete Body Susanoo and struck Urashiki, while Orochimaru concealed himself and escaped.
• Hashirama attacked Urashiki with a Wood Dragon, then summoned his Wood Golem as Xuanye asked him to create an opening.
• Urashiki repelled Hashirama’s wooden stakes with Shinra Tensei, but Hikari marked him with Yachihoko and briefly weakened his will and Chakra.
• Hashirama’s Wood Golem struck Urashiki with a massive fist and drove him into the earth.

Urashiki survived Hashirama’s attack by rewinding time, but Xuanye and the others layered their abilities to prevent his escape. The chapter left Urashiki trapped beneath Xuanye’s descending blade as he used Space-Time Freeze in a last attempt to survive.

• Urashiki used his blue Rinnegan to rewind time and recover from Hashirama’s blow.
• Uchiha Hikari tried to use Yachihoko on Urashiki again, but he resisted the technique and turned his attention toward her.
• Xuanye attacked Urashiki with Musō Isshin, channeling immense lightning into a strike that threatened to cut him down.
• Urashiki opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal to flee, but a white snake disrupted his escape, and older Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch places with him.
• Xuanye’s Thoughtless Blade descended toward Urashiki, who activated Space-Time Freeze in desperation.

Urashiki used Space-Time Freeze to approach the frozen Xuanye and try to kill him, but Xuanye’s Shadow Clone ambushed him with Musō Isshin. Xuanye revealed that Rule Breaker had protected him from the freeze, leaving Urashiki gravely wounded and stunned.

• Urashiki froze space and time across the battlefield, then approached Xuanye to take Musō Isshin and kill him.
• Urashiki’s fishing rod was about to pierce Xuanye when a Shadow Clone stabbed Urashiki through the chest with Musō Isshin.
• Urashiki used Shinra Tensei to throw Xuanye away before the blade could cut him in two.
• Xuanye landed on Hashirama’s Wood Release vines and saw that Urashiki was badly wounded by the lightning-wreathed blade.
• Urashiki questioned how Xuanye had escaped Space-Time Freeze, and Xuanye’s Rule Breaker revealed the reason.

Urashiki Otsutsuki sacrificed his eyes, fishing rod, basket, and part of his Karma to awaken a golden Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and unleash his full power. He warped the space around Xuanye and the others with Yomotsu Hirasaka, leaving them trapped in a deadly battlefield.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki realized Xuanye's ability to resist Space-Time Freeze came from a second divine artifact, Musō Isshin.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki broke his fishing rod, ate it with his basket and eyes, and began healing the wound in his chest.
• Xuanye used a dagger to end the freeze and called for Uchiha Hikari, Hashirama, and the others to attack Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki revealed a golden Tomoe Rinne Sharingan in his forehead, awakened by sacrificing his strength and part of his Karma.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki used Yomotsu Hirasaka to destabilize the surrounding space and threatened Xuanye and the others.

Xuanye drew on Musō Isshin to create the Plane of Euthymia, then released his stored Senjutsu Chakra to suppress Urashiki Otsutsuki inside it. Urashiki tore open a spatial fissure and prepared to escape, leaving Xuanye’s attempt to stop him unresolved.

• Xuanye struggled to counter Urashiki Otsutsuki’s spatial distortion, while Hashirama and Uchiha Hikari joined him and Fugaku and Orochimaru withdrew.
• Xuanye used Saha World: Plane of Euthymia to pull himself and Urashiki Otsutsuki into a separate realm.
• Xuanye released the Senjutsu Chakra stored in his Yin Seal, strengthening the realm and reducing Urashiki Otsutsuki’s power to less than a tenth.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki battered the Plane of Euthymia with Yomotsu Hirasaka and tore open a spatial fissure.
• Xuanye taunted Urashiki Otsutsuki as he prepared to flee, but Urashiki ignored him.

Xuanye called on Raiden Ei as Otsutsuki Urashiki tried to escape, and Ei appeared in the true Plane of Euthymia, suppressing Urashiki’s power. Xuanye realized he could not fight Ei directly, while Urashiki’s question drew her attention and she attacked him with lightning.

• Xuanye taunted Otsutsuki Urashiki and called out to Raiden Ei for help.
• Raiden Ei replaced Xuanye’s imitation with the true Plane of Euthymia, sealing Urashiki’s escape and suppressing his chakra and abilities.
• Xuanye recognized that he and Uchiha Hikari had entered Raiden Ei’s Plane of Euthymia during their earlier battle.
• Raiden Ei appeared beneath the blood moon with a lightning naginata, and Xuanye felt unable to face her in a direct fight.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki demanded to know who Raiden Ei was, and she struck him with a vast arc of purple lightning.

Xuanye killed Otsutsuki Urashiki with Raiden Ei’s Thoughtless Blade and tried to persuade her that Raiden Makoto could be revived. Raiden Ei remained skeptical and angry, but Xuanye noticed that the possibility had made her hesitate.

• Raiden Ei unleashed the Thoughtless Blade, killing Otsutsuki Urashiki and tearing open the Plane of Euthymia.
• The system announced that Xuanye had completed the quest to kill Urashiki and received a Divine Tree Seed.
• Raiden Ei recognized that Xuanye had inherited Raiden Makoto’s legacy by obtaining Musō Isshin, but stayed displeased with him.
• Xuanye argued that the laws of this world might allow Raiden Makoto to be revived, and Raiden Ei briefly wavered before reaffirming her pursuit of eternity.
• Xuanye teased Raiden Ei by withholding the method, provoking her anger, then insisted that a perfect resurrection was possible.

Xuanye explained that Raiden Ei could use Otsutsuki Urashiki’s Rinnegan to help retrieve Raiden Makoto’s soul and revive her in this world. Raiden Ei tried to contact the Shogun, while Xuanye left with the eye and found that Musō Isshin still would not respond.

• Xuanye asked Raiden Ei whether she could communicate with the Raiden Shogun and explained that reviving Raiden Makoto required her soul or a fragment of her true spirit.
• Xuanye removed Otsutsuki Urashiki’s Rinnegan and sealed away his remains.
• Xuanye told Raiden Ei that the Rinnegan could connect to the Pure Land and that he could anchor Raiden Makoto’s soul in a new body.
• Raiden Ei sensed the Rinnegan’s power, then tried to contact the Shogun and retrieve Raiden Makoto’s soul as Xuanye left the Plane of Euthymia.
• Xuanye returned to the real world and tried to communicate with Musō Isshin, but the sword showed no response.

Xuanye hid Urashiki Otsutsuki’s fate by pretending the alien had escaped, while Hashirama believed his story and the others recognized the deception. The group remained wary of Urashiki’s possible return, and Xuanye reflected on Fugaku’s useless performance in battle.

• After returning from the special space, Xuanye saw Hashirama and the others gathered around him, unable to find Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Hashirama sensed that Urashiki was gone and concluded that the alien had escaped with a space-time dōjutsu.
• Xuanye claimed Urashiki had escaped from his Illusion Technique space because his Senjutsu was not strong enough, and Hashirama mourned the threat to the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Hikari, Sasuke, and Orochimaru saw through Xuanye’s performance, while Fugaku worried that Urashiki might return for Naruto.
• Xuanye recalled that Fugaku’s Mangekyō techniques had failed to help in battle despite Fugaku’s promise to redeem himself.

Xuanye manipulated Hashirama into blaming Tsunade for withholding the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll, and Hashirama promised to intervene. Before they returned to Konoha, Hashirama scolded Xuanye for bringing Hikari into battle, but Hikari rejected his attempt to treat her like a child.

• Xuanye told Hashirama that he had wounded Urashiki Otsutsuki and would master Senjutsu to stop him next time.
• Hashirama criticized Xuanye's crude Senjutsu and asked why Tsunade had not given him the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll.
• Xuanye implied that Tsunade refused because the scroll belonged to the Senju Clan, and Hashirama vowed to talk to her.
• Hashirama noticed Hikari and questioned Xuanye for allowing a child onto the battlefield.
• Hikari slapped Hashirama's hand away and declared that she was old enough to be his ancestor.

Hashirama learned that Uchiha Hikari was his ancestor, sealed away for roughly two hundred years, and apologized by prostrating himself before her. Xuanye explained that Konoha kept her identity secret, and Hashirama accepted that she should be treated like an ordinary gifted Uchiha.

• Hashirama dismissed Hikari's claim that she was his ancestor and patted her head.
• Xuanye told Hashirama that the Uchiha Family had raised Hikari as a weapon and the Senju Clan had later sealed her away.
• Hashirama remembered the clan scroll about Hikari and prostrated himself to apologize for touching his ancestor's head.
• Hikari pulled Hashirama up and forgave him, asking him not to call her an honored ancestor in public.
• Xuanye told Hashirama to keep Hikari's identity secret and treat her casually.

Hashirama entered Konoha with Xuanye to see how the village had changed, while Sasuke and Uchiha Hikari went their separate ways. After Hashirama saw a Security Division patrol beating a villager, Xuanye explained the arrest, but Hashirama remained concerned about the injured man.

• Uchiha Hikari headed to the Uchiha compound, and Sasuke left to visit the clan compound after learning Xuanye had obtained the Flying Shuttle.
• At Xuanye's request, Hashirama used the Transformation Technique to conceal his identity and entered Konoha with him.
• Hashirama marveled at Konoha's growth before seeing a Security Division member beat a villager in the street.
• Xuanye asked the Hyuga Genin why he was beating the villager, and the Genin said the man was suspected of armed robbery and disturbing public order.
• Xuanye praised the Genin's explanation, while Hashirama looked at the bloodied villager and asked whether he had really been so bad.

Xuanye convinced Hashirama that a villager who had skipped a restaurant bill might be a foreign subversive, then praised Hyuga Mengye for arresting him. After touring Konoha, Hashirama admired Xuanye’s leadership but remained anxious about the Otsutsuki threat and Tsunade’s response.

• Xuanye told Hashirama that other villages were using dirty tricks to sabotage Konoha, and Hashirama accepted his assessment.
• Xuanye ordered Hyuga Mengye to take the beaten man to prison, investigate him with the Sharingan, and release him after labor reform if he was not a foreign operative.
• Xuanye praised Hyuga Mengye and reminded him that he had once commanded the Eighth Company, moving the young Genin to tears of devotion.
• Hashirama praised Xuanye as a beloved and capable Hokage, and Xuanye claimed that the beating had pained him too.
• After touring Konoha, Hashirama was pleased with its prosperity but worried that the Otsutsuki alien would destroy it and resolved to confront Tsunade.

Xuanye brought Hashirama to Konoha Hospital to persuade Tsunade to hand over the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll so Xuanye could learn Senjutsu. Hashirama revealed himself as Tsunade’s resurrected grandfather and pressed her to help protect the Ninja World, but she grew more convinced that Xuanye was manipulating him and refused to yield.

• Xuanye and Hashirama arrived at Konoha Hospital while Tsunade was teaching medical ninja, and Tsunade dismissed her students.
• Hashirama revealed his identity to Tsunade, who was shocked to see her grandfather brought back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama explained that the Ninja World faced a great danger and blamed Tsunade for the enemy’s escape because Xuanye had not mastered Senjutsu.
• Tsunade accused Xuanye of turning Hashirama against her, but Hashirama insisted Xuanye was the Fifth Hokage and urged her to surrender the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll.
• Tsunade suspected Xuanye was using guilt to get the scroll and became even less willing to give it to him.

Tsunade refused to hand over Katsuyu’s Summoning Scroll, but Xuanye persuaded Hashirama to summon Katsuyu and request Shikkotsu Forest’s scroll. Katsuyu agreed to let Xuanye sign it, making him an inheritor of Shikkotsu Forest.

• Tsunade refused to give Xuanye Katsuyu’s Summoning Scroll and told him to seek Senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave or Mount Myoboku.
• Xuanye pretended to worry that an alien might attack Konoha while he was away, and Hashirama blamed Tsunade for refusing to help him.
• Hashirama summoned Katsuyu and asked her for Shikkotsu Forest’s Summoning Scroll.
• Katsuyu considered the Senju clan’s objections to an Uchiha signing the scroll, then decided Hashirama’s approval was enough.
• Katsuyu unfurled the scroll and invited Xuanye to sign it as an inheritor of Shikkotsu Forest.

Xuanye obtained the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll from Hashirama, leaving Tsunade furious as he celebrated with her grandfather. Meanwhile, Sasuke and Boruto explored Konoha and confronted the public memory of Danzo's crimes.

• Xuanye signed the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll and befriended Katsuyu, while Tsunade stormed off to drink with Shizune.
• Xuanye took Hashirama to a bar to test whether his Reanimated Body could enjoy food.
• Sasuke and Boruto explored Konoha and saw how prosperous and powerful it had become under Uchiha Genya.
• Sasuke and Boruto read the crimes listed beside Danzo's Bronze Statue, and Boruto spat on it.
• Sasuke also spat on Danzo's Bronze Statue and resolved to recreate the scene in his own world.

Sasuke visited the Uchiha Clan Compound with Boruto and struggled to face his parents in a time that felt like an illusion. Mikoto’s welcome and home-cooked meal brought him a rare sense of warmth, though the visit left him overwhelmed by memories of the past.

• Sasuke arrived at the unfamiliar Uchiha Clan Compound and Fugaku invited him inside for a meal with Mikoto.
• Sasuke hesitated to accept Fugaku’s touch and invitation, afraid that growing attached to this family would make leaving harder.
• Boruto took Sasuke by the arm and led him into the compound, where Mikoto recognized something of herself in him and comforted him.
• Mikoto noticed Sasuke’s empty left sleeve, stroked his hair, and told him he was home.
• Sasuke ate Mikoto’s ordinary home-cooked food, struggled to hold back tears, and said it reminded him of the past.

After spending the night with Tsunade, Xuanye woke to her anger and embarrassment, which worsened when Hashirama walked in on them. Xuanye proposed that they pretend nothing had happened, leaving Tsunade to decide how to respond.

• Sasuke slept peacefully in Itachi's home, reflecting that he might not want to wake from a world like the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Tsunade woke beside Xuanye, realized they had slept together, and accused him of taking advantage of her.
• Hashirama entered despite Tsunade's warning, saw the evidence of what had happened, and hurried away after an awkward laugh.
• Xuanye asked Tsunade what she planned to do, then suggested they pretend nothing had happened.

Tsunade confronted Xuanye about the night they had spent together, and his marriage proposal left her conflicted. After Xuanye left to give her time to think, Tsunade realized she did not regret what happened and discovered her hemophobia had disappeared.

• Tsunade grabbed Xuanye and insisted he could not pretend nothing had happened after accepting her dowry.
• Xuanye suggested they get married, but Tsunade balked at the age gap and the haste of the proposal.
• Tsunade recalled that she had made the first move and resented how casually Xuanye dressed and left.
• Xuanye told Tsunade they should take a few days to calm down before discussing their relationship again.
• Tsunade admitted to herself that she did not regret their night together, then noticed she could look at the blood on the sheets without her hemophobia taking hold.
• Tsunade dressed and prepared to stop the old man waiting outside from spreading the news.

Hashirama welcomed Xuanye as his grandson-in-law and urged him and Tsunade to marry, but Tsunade shut down the discussion. After breakfast, Hashirama went with her to teach medical students while Xuanye headed to the Hokage Building to study his new powers and meet visitors.

• Hashirama called Xuanye his grandson-in-law and asked when he and Tsunade would marry.
• Tsunade ordered Hashirama to stop discussing her marriage and return to the Pure Land if he had nothing else to do.
• Tsunade took Hashirama to the Medical Department to guide the students, while Xuanye went to the Hokage Building.
• Orochimaru eagerly asked Xuanye about Urashiki, and Xuanye handed him a sealing scroll containing Urashiki's eyeless corpse.