Chapter Summaries

Natsume teleported his miniature true body into Kaguya’s clothing to check on her while Otsutsuki Xingye pressured her to submit. Kaguya concealed Natsume from Xingye, but Xingye noticed her looking at something as she prepared to leave.

• Natsume confirmed Kaguya was still in her bedchamber and teleported his miniature true body there using a mark on her chest.
• Kaguya stayed silent because Otsutsuki Xingye was visiting and she feared her sister would notice Natsume’s message.
• Otsutsuki Xingye urged Kaguya to submit to her, warning that the Main Family’s High Council threatened the Branch Family royal line.
• Kaguya stalled Xingye by saying she needed time to think, resolved not to become her sister’s plaything, and noticed miniature Natsume on her chest.
• Otsutsuki Xingye noticed Kaguya looking down and asked what she was hiding.

Kaguya explained to Natsume how Otsutsuki Xingye had helped her faction win the royal succession struggle and devoured many of their siblings. After Xingye left Kaguya’s bedchamber, she secretly returned and asked to borrow Natsume as a pet.

• Otsutsuki Xingye left Kaguya’s bedchamber after warning Kaguya to give her a satisfying answer next time.
• Kaguya released miniature Natsume from her dress and explained that she had once been a Main Family princess before her faction lost the succession war.
• Kaguya told Natsume that Xingye’s offer to shield her from the upper ranks was a humiliating deal, and that Xingye had devoured at least half of their dead royal siblings.
• Natsume silently decided to avoid Xingye, but she suddenly reappeared behind Kaguya and asked to borrow him to play with.

Otsutsuki Xingye tried to take Natsume from Kaguya, who broke free of Xingye’s restraint and claimed Natsume as her male favorite. Xingye left without taking him, and Kaguya and Natsume secured the bedchamber against spatial teleportation.

• Otsutsuki Xingye immobilized Kaguya and reached for Natsume, but Kaguya broke through the restraint and took him to safety.
• Xingye accused Kaguya of secretly absorbing a chakra fruit, and Kaguya dared her to report it.
• Kaguya declared that Natsume was her male favorite, causing Xingye to reconsider taking him by force.
• Xingye stroked Natsume’s head, reminded Kaguya of her earlier proposal, and left the bedchamber.
• Kaguya activated the room’s spatial restrictions, and she and Natsume checked that Xingye had left.

After Otsutsuki Xingye left, Natsume and Kaguya planned to endure her harassment until they could escape with Otsutsuki Hishiki’s scouting party. Natsume returned to Isshiki’s Floating Castle, where he privately realized Xingye had secretly implanted a malicious force in him.

• Natsume and Kaguya recovered from their encounter with Otsutsuki Xingye, and Kaguya squeezed Natsume when he brought up her male consort remark.
• Natsume urged Kaguya to hold off Xingye until Otsutsuki Hishiki sent a scouting party they could defeat and absorb; Kaguya agreed to endure for a few more days.
• Kaguya warned Natsume that Xingye might have placed a technique on him, but he falsely assured her that he had sensed nothing.
• Natsume returned to Isshiki’s Floating Castle using Flying Thunder God Technique after Kaguya shut down the space stabilization device.
• Natsume recalled sensing Xingye inject a concealed malicious force into him and began examining his body for the curse.

Natsume discovered that Otsutsuki Xingye had planted a soul-eroding Shrine curse in him and used a Soul Stone to delay it. He learned that a mission would take him and Kaguya back to the Ninja World, but Otsutsuki Hishiki secretly sent Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Urashiki, and Kinshiki there ahead of them to attack.

• Natsume checked his status panel and found that a Shrine curse was eroding his soul, then learned it could erase his consciousness and turn his body into a vessel for Otsutsuki Xingye.
• Natsume found that he could not afford a cure, so he bought a Soul Stone that extended the curse’s expected progress from seven days to about a month.
• Natsume stayed in Isshiki’s Floating Castle for two days, waiting for the main family’s decision and failing to contact Madara and Obito.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki informed Natsume that Otsutsuki Isshiki and Otsutsuki Kaguya would join a reconnaissance squad and return to the Ninja World in two days with Momoshiki, Urashiki, Otsutsuki Steel Style, and Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki.
• Natsume accepted the mission, expecting to return home and defeat the four Otsutsuki, unaware that Otsutsuki Hishiki had already sent Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Kinshiki to the Ninja World to destroy Isshiki’s traps and subdue its inhabitants.

Natsume and Kaguya set out for the Ninja World with Otsutsuki Steel Style, but learned that Momoshiki and the others had departed two days earlier on Otsutsuki Hishiki’s orders. After a half-month journey, they reached the Otsutsuki Nebula, with the Ninja World less than two days away and the invasion likely underway.

• Natsume met Kaguya outside the Royal City tower and learned that Otsutsuki Xingye had given her a bracelet that might protect her from danger.
• Otsutsuki Steel Style arrived with the mission scroll and told Natsume and Kaguya that Momoshiki and the others had left two days earlier on Otsutsuki Hishiki’s orders.
• Natsume suspected Hishiki had sent the vanguard ahead to suppress the Ninja World and gather intelligence, but resolved to deal with them when he returned.
• Natsume, Kaguya, and Steel Style used the mission scroll to find a Nebula Passage and began their journey toward the Ninja World.
• After traveling for half a month, the three reached the Otsutsuki Nebula and expected to arrive in the Ninja World within two days.

Obito learned that the Ninja World faced imminent destruction and resolved to build a resistance among the Otsutsuki slaves. He approached the rebel group called Owl, intending to rebuild Akatsuki and challenge the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Obito, Madara, and Kabuto passed the slave assessment and were assigned to the Inspectorate, Inaba Wheel, and Production Module, respectively.
• While mining, Obito discovered a secret group of rebel slaves called Owl, whose members sought to escape the Otsutsuki Nebula rather than overthrow the Otsutsuki.
• Natsume contacted Obito through the Mind Link Technique and warned him that the Ninja World faced an imminent cataclysm.
• Obito decided to help protect the Ninja World and jumped into Owl's hidden mine to establish Akatsuki as a resistance force.

The five great hidden villages formed an alliance against an extraterrestrial threat, and Konoha built transportation barriers in three villages while Kumogakure refused. Back in Konoha, Hashirama worried about Madara and Natsume’s absence and invited Tobirama to watch a movie about the Otsutsuki.

• The five Kage agreed to a temporary alliance, and Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure accepted Konoha’s transportation barriers while Kumogakure refused.
• Tobirama returned from completing the barrier in Kirigakure and told Hashirama that all three agreed-upon villages now had working barriers.
• Hashirama struggled to study the Sage of Six Paths’ guide to Yin-Yang Power while waiting for news from Madara and Natsume.
• Tobirama asked Hashirama why Kirigakure villagers had been discussing the Otsutsuki, and Hashirama explained that a popular movie about the Warring States period featured them.
• Hashirama invited Tobirama to watch the movie, and Tobirama agreed without learning its title.

Konoha villagers gathered for a free screening of a film about Hashirama and Madara, while Hashirama secretly watched with Tobirama. The film enthralled the audience and left Tobirama furious at his villainous portrayal as Hashirama remained absorbed in it.

• Hundreds of Konoha villagers gathered at the village entrance for a free screening of Black Silk Madara Battles King Kong Hashirama.
• Hashirama held Tobirama down and covered his mouth to keep him from interrupting the screening after the film title appeared.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade watched the film with the crowd, while Hashirama and Tobirama watched from a nearby rooftop.
• The film portrayed the Warring States conflict and Tobirama as an enemy of the Senju-Uchiha alliance, captivating the audience with its realistic scenes.
• After the screening, villagers praised the film and discussed the Uchiha, Hashirama, Madara, and the promised sequel.
• Tobirama accused the Uchiha of conspiring to smear him, but Hashirama stayed distracted by the film.

After Uchiha Natsume’s films became wildly popular, Tobirama failed to stop the screenings and worried that the Ninja World was being swept up in cultural influence. He ended up entertaining increasingly warped thoughts about Madara, stockings, and reanimation as he headed to the Hokage Building.

• The films boosted the Uchiha Clan’s reputation and the [Flame Hidden Village]’s stocking exports while introducing audiences to the Otsutsuki threat.
• Tobirama drove the screening troupe out of Konoha and vented his anger by giving Danzo another harsh lesson.
• Tobirama found flyers advertising a screening of Leon: The Professional outside Konoha’s gates, but gave up when he saw the villagers’ excitement.
• Tobirama considered making a film to counter Natsume’s influence, then hoped Natsume and Madara could deceive the Otsutsuki.
• Tobirama admired a promotional photo of Madara in black stockings and imagined making Izuna wear them, frightening passing Konoha ninja with his grin.

Tobirama secretly revived Uchiha Izuna with an upgraded Impure World Reincarnation and brought him to see Konoha, boasting of the village’s peace and prosperity. They emerged to find Konoha burning under a monstrous attack, leaving Izuna to mock Tobirama’s claims.

• As Hashirama hurried to the village entrance for the movie, Tobirama secretly prepared and performed Impure World Reincarnation in the former Root base.
• Tobirama revived Uchiha Izuna and restrained him with the improved technique when Izuna tried to attack.
• Izuna learned that decades had passed and Tobirama claimed the Senju and Uchiha had helped establish a prosperous, peaceful Konoha.
• Tobirama led Izuna aboveground to see the village, but they found Konoha engulfed in flames as a colossal monster rampaged and villagers fled.
• Izuna asked Tobirama if this was the peace and prosperity he had promised.

Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Kinshiki arrived in the Ninja World to exterminate its chakra-bearing inhabitants, carrying three Ten-Tails War Beasts to aid their mission. Momoshiki attacked Konoha with a Ten-Tails and a barrage of fireballs, leaving the village devastated as the invasion began.

• Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Kinshiki identified five major chakra gathering places and divided the hidden villages among themselves.
• Momoshiki warned Urashiki and Kinshiki not to underestimate the natives and gave each of them a sealed Ten-Tails War Beast.
• Momoshiki headed for Konoha, Urashiki for Kumogakure, and Kinshiki for Kirigakure.
• Momoshiki released a Ten-Tails above Konoha, which crushed the southern wall and flattened nearly half the village.
• Momoshiki bombarded Konoha with fireballs, setting much of the village ablaze and causing widespread destruction and casualties.

Tobirama and Hashirama fought to protect Konoha from the Ten-Tails’ assault while evacuating its civilians. With the village still in danger, Tobirama tried to persuade Izuna to use his Mangekyo to control the beast, leaving Izuna facing a humiliating threat.

• Tobirama saw Konoha ablaze, and Hashirama raised a Wood Release dome that blocked the falling fireballs while Tobirama sent clones to evacuate civilians.
• The Ten-Tails War Beast tore through the dome and fired a Giant Tailed Beast Bomb toward Konoha, but Tobirama teleported it away with the Flying Thunder God.
• Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands and pulled the Ten-Tails War Beast away from the village.
• Izuna watched the battle from a distance and refused to help Tobirama, saying Konoha was not his home.
• Tobirama asked Izuna to use his Mangekyo to control the Ten-Tails and threatened to reveal Izuna’s current situation and send Uchiha juniors photos of him in women’s clothes if he refused.

Tobirama brought Izuna to the battlefield, where Hashirama was fighting the Ten-Tails War Beast threatening Konoha. After Izuna’s genjutsu failed, Hashirama sensed Momoshiki Otsutsuki hidden high in the sky, and Tobirama sent Izuna’s Susanoo arrow toward him.

• Tobirama teleported Izuna to Hashirama, who learned that Konoha had suffered heavy casualties and a third of its buildings were destroyed.
• Tobirama identified the monster as a Ten-Tails War Beast and asked Hashirama to suppress it while Izuna tried to control it with genjutsu.
• Izuna’s genjutsu was overwhelmed by the consciousness controlling the Ten-Tails War Beast, and its backlash destroyed his Mangekyō eyes.
• Hashirama said the War Beast’s shell was too durable to destroy easily, so Tobirama proposed finding and attacking its controller.
• Hashirama sensed Momoshiki Otsutsuki high above the battlefield, and Tobirama had Izuna fire a Susanoo chakra arrow toward him.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki attacked Konoha with the Ten-Tails War Beast while Hashirama held it back. Tobirama and Hashirama caught Momoshiki off guard and severely wounded him, then split up to protect the village and check whether he had survived.

• Momoshiki watched Hashirama fight the Ten-Tails War Beast and decided to kill him rather than risk letting him grow stronger.
• Izuna's chakra arrow and hidden kunai drew Momoshiki's attention, allowing Tobirama to teleport beside him and attack with Water Severing Wave.
• Momoshiki absorbed Tobirama's ninjutsu, struck him through the abdomen, and let his guard down when Tobirama appeared unharmed.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God Mutual Instant Reverse Rotation Technique to swap places with Hashirama, who opened the Seventh Gate and punched Momoshiki, blowing apart most of his chest.
• Tobirama sent Hashirama back to hold off the Ten-Tails War Beast and led Jiraiya, Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others to investigate Momoshiki's fall.

Momoshiki recovered from Hashirama’s attack, summoned Urashiki and Kinshiki with two more Ten-Tails War Beasts, and overwhelmed the Konoha forces. Tobirama fled with the others, but Momoshiki’s three Giant Tailed Beast Bombs struck Konoha and annihilated everything within dozens of kilometers.

• Momoshiki regenerated most of his body after Hashirama’s attack, though he had lost the Rinnegan in his left hand.
• Tobirama, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi trapped Momoshiki inside the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Momoshiki contacted Urashiki, who brought Kinshiki and two more Ten-Tails War Beasts through a portal.
• Tobirama dispelled the barrier and fled with the others after seeing the three Ten-Tails and three Ōtsutsuki gather.
• Momoshiki fired three Giant Tailed Beast Bombs at Konoha, and the explosions annihilated everything within dozens of kilometers.

After three Ten-Tails War Beasts destroyed Konoha, Tobirama rescued Hashirama and Izuna and brought them to the refugees at Shikkotsu Forest. Learning that the Otsutsuki planned to attack elsewhere, Hashirama and Tobirama left to save the other great hidden villages.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the other survivors watched Konoha disappear in the explosion, while Tobirama sent them to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tobirama found Hashirama badly burned but alive, then used Flying Thunder God to take him and the recovering Izuna away as Momoshiki and Urashiki began planning their hunt.
• Hashirama and Tobirama reunited with the refugees and learned that more than a third of them had died, including many elite ninja and village leaders.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama that the Otsutsuki might be attacking other villages and urged him to preserve the remaining ninja and Tailed Beasts.
• Hashirama and Tobirama left clones to maintain order and hurried off to support the other great hidden villages.

Tobirama and Hashirama found Kirigakure devastated by the Ten-Tails, then helped evacuate its survivors while Tobirama warned Sunagakure and Iwagakure to flee. Kinshiki struck Sunagakure before its evacuation was complete, destroying the village and everyone still there.

• Tobirama and Hashirama arrived in Kirigakure and saw that the Ten-Tails had destroyed half the village, killing Genji and Suikazan Fuguki.
• Hashirama sent more than a hundred clones to rescue Kirigakure's survivors while Tobirama left a clone and went to warn Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Rasa and Ōnoki doubted Tobirama's warning until he showed them Konoha's ruins, after which they ordered their villages evacuated through the Flying Thunder God Transmission Barrier.
• Kirigakure and Iwagakure completed their evacuations, but Sunagakure's evacuation slowed when hardline ninja clans refused Rasa's orders.
• Kinshiki descended with a Ten-Tails War Beast and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that engulfed and destroyed Sunagakure before its evacuation was complete.

After reaching the worm bridge terminal, Natsume tricked Gangshiki into surrendering the mission scroll, then attacked him to prevent him from warning the Otsutsuki Main Family. Natsume used [Heavenly Decree] to reverse Gangshiki’s retreat and impale him through the head, clearing the way to return to the Ninja World and surprise Momoshiki’s group.

• Natsume, Kaguya, and Steel Style crossed the Large Transmission Worm Bridge and arrived at its terminal, still two days from the Ninja World.
• Natsume asked Steel Style whether he could contact Momoshiki, then took the mission scroll and sealed it away to cut off its ability to transmit information.
• Natsume struck Steel Style at close range, shattering his arms and severing his body with the Bone Devourer, while the recoil shattered part of Natsume’s right arm.
• Steel Style retreated to buy time for his limbs to regenerate, but Natsume activated [Heavenly Decree] and forced him to rush back toward him.
• Natsume held out the [Heavenly Marsh Spear], and Steel Style impaled his own head on it.

Natsume completely killed Otsutsuki Steel Style and collected his corpse and weapon. With Kaguya ready to betray the Otsutsuki Clan and their monitoring bracelet put away, they teleported back to the Ninja World to hunt Momoshiki and the others.

• Natsume burned Gangshi's escaping soul with Ten Directions Karma Fire and erased it with [Heavenly Kaku].
• Natsume confirmed Otsutsuki Steel Style was dead, retrieved his corpse and [Bone Devourer], and erased the battlefield traces.
• Natsume returned through Kaguya's portal, and Kaguya told him she had removed Otsutsuki Xingye's monitoring bracelet.
• Natsume and Kaguya teleported back to the Ninja World to pursue Momoshiki and the others.