Chapter Summaries

Natsume countered Kaguya’s soul-eroding Waters of the Underworld with phoenix spirits created through Yin-Yang Release, then wore her down with repeated attacks. As Kaguya’s other techniques failed and her chakra dwindled, she unleashed the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb as her final trump card.

• Kaguya used Kuramitsuha to flood Natsume with soul-corroding Waters of the Underworld, but Natsume created phoenix spirits with Yin and Yang Release to shield himself.
• Natsume gave the phoenix spirits the ability to revive through the Nirvana Rising Glow Technique, reducing his chakra costs and letting them withstand the endless water.
• Natsume fired Daylight at Kaguya, forcing her to spend more chakra defending herself until she abandoned Kuramitsuha.
• Natsume gathered the phoenix spirits into one growing true phoenix as Kaguya unleashed abilities from her Lava, Ice, and Sand Spaces, but he broke through them and wounded her repeatedly.
• Kaguya grew increasingly weak and, determined not to lose, unleashed the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb in an attempt to destroy them both.

Kaguya unleashed an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb to destroy Natsume and the Sand Space, but Natsume countered by creating one of his own. As the two orbs expanded toward a collision that could destroy Kaguya’s other dimensions, she hesitated over whether to continue.

• Kaguya used Yomotsu Hirasaka to interrupt Natsume’s attempt to escape the Sand Space with Dual Kamui.
• Natsume created an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and warned Kaguya that their collision could collapse her other dimensions.
• Natsume told Kaguya that his immortal soul and True Izanagi might let him survive the destruction.
• Kaguya grew increasingly tense and struggled to decide what to do as the two giant orbs neared each other.

After escaping the collapsing Sand Space, Kaguya tried to flee from an exhausted battle with Natsume, but her Infinite Tsukuyomi failed to trap him. Seeing the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan on his forehead, she wondered whether he was also from the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Kaguya used Amenominaka to move herself and Natsume into the Origin Sphere Space, then severed its connection to the exploding Sand Space.
• Natsume taunted Kaguya as she ran low on chakra, while he recovered with Chakra Pills.
• Kaguya decided to escape and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi to distract Natsume long enough to open a passage with Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Natsume countered the genjutsu with his Nine-Tomoe Sharingan and Weak Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kaguya saw Natsume's forehead eye and wondered whether he had absorbed a Chakra Fruit and belonged to the Otsutsuki Clan.

Madara struggled to seal Hashirama’s Gate of Death while Tobirama anxiously watched, but a spatial tremor interrupted the treatment. The seal completed by itself, and Hashirama woke with new powers granted by the Sage of Six Paths, leaving Madara to suspect Natsume might already have defeated Kaguya.

• Madara used Yang Release curse marks to try to seal Hashirama’s Gate of Death while Tobirama criticized and urged him to hurry.
• A violent tremor shook the Supergravity Dimension, interrupting Madara and breaking the curse pattern he had been inscribing.
• The broken curse pattern moved on its own, completed the seal, and stopped Hashirama’s life force from draining away.
• Hashirama woke and recalled meeting the Sage of Six Paths, who granted him Yin and Yang powers to help seal Kaguya.
• Madara inferred that Natsume’s battle with Kaguya had caused the tremor and said Hashirama might not get another chance to take the stage.

Natsume captured Kaguya after tricking her with Isshiki’s eye and explained that he had killed Isshiki. He questioned Kaguya about the Otsutsuki main family, and she agreed to answer after he threatened to let Hagoromo see her bound.

• Kaguya suspected Natsume had been sent by the Otsutsuki main family, but he denied belonging to the clan.
• Natsume showed Kaguya Isshiki’s Golden Wheel Eye, stunned her, and used hidden Black Receivers to pierce her limbs and seal her chakra.
• Natsume bound Kaguya with Truth-Seeking Orb chains after she fell to the desert sand.
• Natsume told Kaguya that Isshiki had survived her earlier ambush but that Natsume had later killed him and taken his eye.
• Kaguya accepted that Natsume was not from the main family, but initially refused to answer his questions.
• Natsume threatened to let Hagoromo see her bound, and Kaguya reluctantly agreed to answer.

Natsume questioned the captured Kaguya about the Otsutsuki main family’s punishments and her past choices. After explaining why she and Isshiki could not simply flee or report their failures, Kaguya began to reveal why she had ambushed Isshiki.

• Natsume asked Kaguya how the Otsutsuki main family punished failed Divine Tree missions and stolen Chakra Fruits.
• Kaguya explained that mission failures brought severe penalties, but anyone who embezzled a Chakra Fruit was hunted and executed.
• Natsume understood that Kaguya had stayed on Earth to resist the main family, while Isshiki had hidden because returning after his failure would mean execution.
• Kaguya told Natsume that the main family tracked Branch Family members through Soul Beacons, making escape impossible.
• Natsume asked why Kaguya had ambushed Isshiki despite the Otsutsuki’s ability to revive through Karma, and Kaguya decided to reveal the truth.

Natsume questioned Kaguya about her betrayal of the Otsutsuki Clan and kept her restrained as a prisoner rather than exiling her. Kaguya explained why she had sacrificed humans to prepare for the Main Family, while Natsume questioned whether her White Zetsu army could ever have stopped them.

• Kaguya admitted that she had been stripped of Karma after a failed mission and assigned as a sacrifice, leaving her to ambush Isshiki if she wanted to survive.
• Natsume confirmed that Kaguya was at war with the Otsutsuki Clan, but kept her bound and restrained until he could trust her.
• Natsume warned that Hagoromo had likely given Hashirama the Six Paths sealing power and that Hashirama and Madara together could seal Kaguya.
• Kaguya said she had not told her sons the truth about the Otsutsuki Main Family because they would not have understood the threat and would have stopped her sacrifices.
• Natsume questioned how Kaguya expected her weak White Zetsu army to defend against the Otsutsuki Main Family.

Kaguya revealed her plan to resist the Otsutsuki Main Family and asked Natsume to join forces with her. Natsume warned that Isshiki had already sent word of her rebellion, leaving Kaguya stunned and her plan in jeopardy.

• Kaguya explained that the Main Family would likely send a small scouting team first, giving her a chance to use the Ten-Tails and absorb the pursuers.
• Kaguya revealed that she planned to feed White Zetsu to the Ten-Tails so their combined malice would make it resistant to genjutsu control.
• Natsume recognized that Kaguya's plan could let her fight two Otsutsuki pursuers, and Kaguya proposed that they ally and split the next Chakra Fruit.
• Natsume questioned whether the scouting team might contain more than two members, but Kaguya insisted the Main Family would send scouts before a larger force.
• Natsume told Kaguya that Isshiki had sent information about her rebellion to the Main Family with Tobirama Senju's help, and Kaguya fell silent in shock.

Natsume returned to the Ninja World with Kaguya bound and subdued, while Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama escaped the supergravity space. After reuniting in Konoha, Kaguya asked Natsume to strike Tobirama, and he blasted him into the ruins.

• Natsume dressed and restrained Kaguya, then used Dual Kamui to take her back to the Ninja World.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama escaped the Supergravity Space through Natsume's spatial rift, with Tobirama using Flying Thunder God.
• Hashirama and Madara saw Natsume standing beside Kaguya and grew wary, while Natsume confirmed that Hashirama had received power from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Natsume identified Tobirama to Kaguya, who asked him to hit Tobirama for her.
• Natsume struck Tobirama with a shockwave, blasting part of his head apart and sending him crashing into ruins.

Natsume brought Kaguya, Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki together in a consciousness space to discuss the Divine Tree, the Otsutsuki Clan, and the Ninja World’s future. The Five Gods Summit began with Kaguya and Hagoromo still estranged, while everyone prepared to address the threats facing their world.

• Natsume slapped Tobirama, then reassured Madara and Hashirama that he would explain his actions.
• Natsume called on the Sage of Six Paths to pull everyone’s consciousness into another space for a discussion.
• The Sage of Six Paths brought Natsume, Kaguya, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama into the consciousness space, though the effort left him fatigued.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki greeted Kaguya, but she turned away from him, still hurt by her sons’ betrayal and sealing.
• Natsume interrupted their reunion and proposed discussing the Divine Tree, the Ten-Tails, the Otsutsuki Clan, and the Ninja World’s future.

Natsume explained the Otsutsuki threat and Kaguya’s motives, revealing how Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara. Madara struggled to contain his anger until Tobirama mocked him, prompting Madara to attack.

• Natsume told the Five Gods Summit how the Otsutsuki main house threatened Kaguya and explained her actions.
• The Sage of Six Paths regretted misunderstanding his mother, while Kaguya said telling him back then would have changed nothing.
• Kaguya admitted creating Black Zetsu, and Natsume and the Sage explained how Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha stone tablet to deceive Madara.
• Madara accepted that Black Zetsu had manipulated him but suppressed his rage until Tobirama mocked him.
• Hashirama tried to calm Madara, but Tobirama insulted him again, and Madara lunged at Tobirama.

Natsume’s group debated how to survive the approaching Ōtsutsuki Main Family, rejecting plans to retreat, flee, or concentrate all the Ninja World’s chakra in one fighter. He proposed deceiving the Ōtsutsuki by impersonating Isshiki and completing a Chakra Fruit mission, leaving Kaguya energized by the risky scheme.

• Madara beat Tobirama’s soul until Hashirama pulled him away, and the Sage of Six Paths restored Tobirama before the group began its conference.
• The Sage of Six Paths proposed making the Pure Land an independent refuge, but the others rejected relying on it as their sole escape plan.
• Hashirama proposed that the Ninja World unite, and Tobirama proposed relocating its people, but both plans were dismissed as impractical.
• Madara suggested combining all chakra to create one ultimate fighter; Natsume and Kaguya opposed the plan, Hashirama and Madara supported it, and the Sage of Six Paths abstained.
• Natsume proposed impersonating Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and having Kaguya deliver a Chakra Fruit to make Isshiki’s report seem false and lure the Ōtsutsuki into sending only small squads.
• Tobirama challenged Natsume to prove the scheme, and Kaguya became hopeful after hearing it.

Natsume persuaded Kaguya and the others to impersonate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and deceive the Otsutsuki Main Family by using a Karma vessel and a new Chakra Fruit. The group unanimously approved the plan and began considering its practical details.

• Tobirama questioned how Natsume would impersonate the dead Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Natsume explained that he could use Isshiki's Karma data and the Golden Wheel Eye as proof.
• Natsume said he had confiscated a Ten-Tails juvenile and proposed planting it to grow a Chakra Fruit; he and Hashirama agreed the Divine Tree should be planted on an uninhabited planet instead of draining the Ninja World.
• Tobirama questioned whether the Divine Tree could bear fruit before the Otsutsuki Main Family arrived, and Natsume promised he had a way to speed up the process.
• Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths, Hashirama, and Madara agreed to Natsume's plan, while Tobirama had no vote.
• The group turned to arranging who would impersonate Isshiki, where to plant the Divine Tree, when to leave, and what safeguards to prepare.

Natsume and Kaguya finalized a plan to infiltrate the Otsutsuki Main Family, with Natsume set to impersonate Isshiki using a White Zetsu vessel. The summit assigned preparations across the Ninja World, and the Sage of Six Paths handed over his soul-related knowledge before sending everyone back to their bodies.

• Natsume decided to impersonate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki using a White Zetsu body with a thawed [Karma], while hiding his real body inside it.
• Natsume assigned the Sage of Six Paths to upgrade the [Pure Land World] and create a prototype pocket dimension, while Hashirama and Tobirama prepared to unite the Five Great Hidden Villages and raise five billion ryo within a month.
• Hashirama agreed to raise the funds, and Natsume planned to send Madara to explore an alien planet once Kaguya opened Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• The Sage of Six Paths gave Natsume his knowledge and ninjutsu concerning souls as the remaining balance he owed.
• The Sage of Six Paths ended the meeting and returned everyone's consciousness to their bodies.

After returning to the Ninja World with Kaguya, Natsume prepared for a future confrontation with the Otsutsuki Main Family. He began arranging a vessel, a Ten-Tails planting site, greater strength, and a means to survive if his plan failed.

• Natsume returned to [Flame Hidden Village] with Kaguya, while Tobirama set out to raise five billion ryo and Hashirama failed to persuade Madara to work with him.
• Madara, shaken by the truth about the Infinite Tsukuyomi, flew off to find Obito and vent his frustration.
• Kaguya cooperated with Natsume at the village, where rumors spread about the beautiful woman he had brought home.
• Natsume sent a clone to Orochimaru to arrange a high-performance White Zetsu body that could serve as an Isshiki-like vessel.
• Natsume reviewed the Sage of Six Paths' Soul Secret Technique Gift Pack and considered which techniques to master as safeguards against the Otsutsuki Main Family.

Natsume spent Gold Coins to learn four soul secret techniques, valuing their uses for summoning the dead, escaping other dimensions, and attacking souls. He planned to use Soul Weaving Technique to create a sealed fragment of his own soul as a safeguard before venturing to the Otsutsuki Main Family, though he recognized the plan was dangerous.

• Natsume learned Pure Land Summoning, which could summon deceased souls without sacrifices and potentially help revive them.
• Natsume learned Super Interdimensional Summoning Technique to locate and summon souls across dimensions, including as a means of escaping spatial traps with Dual Kamui.
• Natsume learned Ten Directions Karma Fire, an offensive technique that used hellfire to attack souls and could enhance his other abilities.
• Natsume learned Soul Weaving Technique, which could alter or create souls but had a high failure rate when used on living beings.
• Natsume planned to use his indestructible soul trait and Soul Weaving Technique to create a sealed Soul Cocoon so he could be reborn if his main soul was destroyed, but he knew the attempt carried great risks.

Natsume created and sealed a backup Soul Cocoon before his planned journey to the Otsutsuki Main Family. Meanwhile, Tobirama tried to raise five billion in gold and silver from the Five Great Nations, but after their leaders rejected the request, he began visiting each nation with Hashirama.

• Natsume succeeded in weaving a Soul Cocoon after repeated painful experiments and sealed it inside the Totsuka Blade behind nine layers of seals.
• Natsume accepted the Soul Cocoon as a final resurrection backup, though he wondered whether a resurrected self would truly be him.
• Tobirama found that the Hidden Villages had little money left and turned to the Five Great Nations to raise military funds.
• Tobirama brought Hashirama to the Land of Fire's Daimyo and ordered him to summon the other nations to a donation meeting.
• The Five Great Nations rejected the demand for five billion in hard gold and silver, so Tobirama and Hashirama began visiting them in person.

Madara and Obito sat together at the site where Rin Nohara had died, both confronting the collapse of their plans and ideals. Obito still hated Madara and the shinobi world, while Madara kept him alive rather than face his own loneliness.

• Madara beat Obito, but Obito taunted him for being deceived by Black Zetsu and dared him to kill him.
• Madara argued that Obito's return to the place where Rin died showed he still had an attachment to life.
• Obito accused Madara of orchestrating Rin's death, and Madara admitted he had manipulated events through Kirigakure.
• Obito said he hated the world that killed Rin and had once hoped the Infinite Tsukuyomi would end its suffering, but now believed the plan was another lie.
• Madara reflected that he had viewed love as an illusion and pain and desire as the world's original sins, while Obito silently judged him a hypocrite.

Madara and Obito discussed their failures and Obito’s lost purpose before Natsume arrived and offered Madara his missing right Rinnegan for five hundred million. Madara accepted, but the money was still with Kakuzu, so Natsume and Madara turned to Obito for help finding him.

• Madara asked Obito whether he had considered reviving Rin, and Obito argued that neither of them had a path forward.
• Madara admitted that Black Zetsu had manipulated his decades of planning and asked what Obito intended to do next.
• Natsume appeared, told Madara his preparations were nearly complete, and asked to borrow money.
• Natsume revealed Madara’s missing right Rinnegan and demanded five hundred million for it.
• Madara agreed to pay, then said Kakuzu was holding the money, prompting him and Natsume to look to Obito for help locating Kakuzu.

Natsume summoned Rin’s soul to restore Obito’s will, then offered to resurrect her. Obito refused because he feared she would suffer and die again, so Natsume urged him to make Rin immortal or turn her into a god.

• Obito begged to be killed, but Natsume realized his despair came from his shattered ideals and lost hope of being with Rin.
• Natsume used [Pure Land Summoning] to bring Rin’s unconscious soul before Obito.
• Obito became emotional at seeing Rin, then panicked when he learned she remained unconscious and did not want her to wake and see his failures.
• Natsume offered to resurrect Rin for payment, but Obito refused because he feared she would return to a world of suffering and die again.
• Natsume told Obito to make himself or Rin powerful enough to survive, suggesting immortal ninjutsu or a God Tree Fruit so Rin could become a god.