Recaps

Ueno Kei captured Moryo and tried to question him, but Moryo exploded and trapped him inside a black barrier. Obito revealed that he had used Moryo to remove Ueno Kei from the battlefield, then faced Kakashi, Jiraiya, Guy, and the Allied Forces with six reincarnated jinchuriki.

• Ueno Kei revealed golden-silver threads controlling Moryo and explained that he had tracked him through the soul fragment Moryo devoured.
• Ueno Kei offered to spare Moryo in exchange for information, but Moryo began swelling as if to self-destruct.
• Moryo used a shadow to delay Ueno Kei's escape, then exploded and sealed him inside a black spherical barrier.
• Obito watched Ueno Kei become trapped and declared that he had used Moryo to remove him from the fight.
• Obito stood with six reincarnated jinchuriki as Kakashi, Jiraiya, Might Guy, and Allied Forces jonin approached.

Obito prepared to use Moryo to delay Ueno Kei while he and Black Zetsu discussed the Eye of the Moon Plan and its final stages. Black Zetsu departed before Kakashi’s group arrived, leaving Obito to face his former friends and enemies.

• Obito recalled reviving part of Moryo’s soul as a backup measure against Ueno Kei and trusted his preparations to restrain him.
• Black Zetsu emerged from the ground, and Obito considered his motives while insisting that completing the Eye of the Moon Plan was all that mattered to him.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed collecting the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails and beginning the plan’s final phase after Madara dealt with the Five Kage.
• Black Zetsu asked whether Obito could strike Kakashi, and Obito said Kakashi would be revived in the new world.
• Black Zetsu sank into the ground and vanished before Kakashi’s group arrived, leaving Obito to face his former friends and enemies.

Kakashi confronted Obito after learning his identity, but Obito rejected his pleas and prepared to fight the approaching Naruto and another ally. Trapped inside Obito’s barrier, Ueno Kei tried to summon help to escape, but the attempt seemed to fail.

• Kakashi recognized the masked man as Obito, and Obito removed his mask and revealed his Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kakashi asked Obito whether he sought revenge and offered to bear the blame for Rin’s death, but Obito said he felt no resentment and had lost hope in the world.
• Might Guy urged Kakashi to focus on protecting Naruto, and Kakashi steadied himself as Obito spotted two figures approaching and welcomed the chance to fight them all.
• Ueno Kei considered wearing down the barrier or using a powerful technique, but rejected both options because they would take too long or risk injuring him.
• Ueno Kei tried to use the Summoning Technique to call the old man and escape, but the result left him discouraged.

Ueno Kei was drawn into a mental space by Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who revealed that he knew of Hamura's plan and intended to prevent anyone from destroying the world. The chapter left Ueno Kei facing the danger of Hagoromo's intervention.

• Ueno Kei's attempt to summon the Great Elder failed, and a strange barrier's patterns drew him into a mental space.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared before Ueno Kei, whose eyes had changed into the Rinnegan.
• Ueno Kei recognized Hagoromo through the resonance between their powers and confirmed that Hamura had told him about their past.
• Hagoromo said he understood Hamura's intentions and had come to confirm what Hamura had entrusted to Ueno Kei.
• Hagoromo declared that he would stop anyone who threatened the world, even his mother or his younger brother, and Ueno Kei realized he might have acted against Hamura's plan.

Ueno Kei confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki in a mental space, rejected his assumptions about the world and Kaguya, and declared that his answer was the world itself. After breaking free, Ueno Kei headed toward the strongest chakra fluctuations to rejoin Naruto and the others.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned Ueno Kei about Hamura's plan to lift Kaguya's seal and asked what Ueno Kei truly sought.
• Ueno Kei challenged Hagoromo Otsutsuki's beliefs about fate, peace, and shaping the world, declaring that the world itself was his answer.
• Ueno Kei unleashed a powerful aura that fractured Hagoromo Otsutsuki's mental space, then vanished from it.
• Back in reality, purple light made the red vines recede, and Ueno Kei used the Lingyu Blade to destroy the black barrier.
• Ueno Kei thought of Naruto, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Tsunade, then rushed toward the strongest chakra fluctuations.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki left the decision about the future to Sasuke and Naruto, and Sasuke awakened a nine-tomoe Rinnegan before setting out to kill Ueno Kei. As Ueno Kei rushed toward the battlefield, Sasuke confronted him, claiming Itachi’s power and insisting he would pursue peace.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked whether Sasuke was determined to kill Ueno Kei, and Sasuke said Ueno Kei threatened Kaguya’s revival.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki entrusted the future to Sasuke and Naruto, and Sasuke swore to end the cycle of Indra and Asura before awakening a nine-tomoe Rinnegan.
• Ueno Kei hurried through the forest, sensed the tailed beasts’ cries, and set out to reach the battlefield.
• Sasuke emerged from the shadows and confronted Ueno Kei, who recognized Itachi’s aura in Sasuke’s eyes.
• Sasuke said Itachi had entrusted him with power and that he intended to fulfill Itachi’s wish and achieve peace, while Ueno Kei suspected Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s involvement.

Ueno Kei fought Sasuke’s armored Susanoo and managed to bind it, telling Sasuke the battle was over. Before he could decide whether to kill Sasuke, a sudden attack struck him and drew blood.

• Ueno Kei evaded Sasuke’s Chidori Stream and struck back with Thundercloud Storm.
• Sasuke summoned an armored Susanoo and attacked Ueno Kei with its longsword.
• Ueno Kei used his Lingyu Blade to block Susanoo, but Sasuke made the sword explode and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Ueno Kei countered by binding Susanoo and stopping Sasuke’s chakra flow, then told Sasuke he had lost.
• Ueno Kei explained that he wanted peace and chose not to kill Sasuke, but Sasuke declared that victory belonged to him.
• A black shadow suddenly struck Ueno Kei, and blood sprayed through the air.

Sasuke ambushed Ueno Kei and tried to kill him, arguing that Ueno Kei was a dangerous variable in his plan to eliminate Kaguya and remake the world. Ueno Kei escaped despite severe injuries, but a mysterious figure appeared before him and spoke from within his mind.

• Sasuke stabbed Ueno Kei with the help of a black shadow, whose attack bypassed Ueno Kei’s defenses and left him gravely wounded.
• Sasuke explained that he intended to eliminate Kaguya first and then pursue his own revolution, before drawing his Kusanagi Sword to kill Ueno Kei.
• Ueno Kei used a flash of white light to escape, and the black shadow pursued him while Sasuke followed after them.
• Ueno Kei realized that he had escaped the shadow’s restraint by combining natural energy with Hamura’s power, but his internal injuries left him in desperate condition.
• A sinister voice spoke inside Ueno Kei’s mind, and a black shadow emerged from the darkness ahead, revealing an ordinary face.

Ueno Kei confronted a black-clad version of himself who identified as Moryo, the embodiment of humanity’s malice, and merged with him. Weakened and overwhelmed by visions, Ueno Kei was swallowed by the man as Second Pillar arrived and witnessed the scene.

• Ueno Kei recognized that the attacker’s voice sounded like his own and demanded to know who he was.
• The attacker revealed himself as Moryo and manifested as Dark Ueno Kei, claiming that Moryo was Ueno Kei himself and the gathered malice of humanity.
• Dark Ueno Kei merged into the attacker, who declared that devouring Ueno Kei would allow the Millennium Kingdom to be established.
• Ueno Kei lost his strength, suffered visions, and began emitting black vapor as the attacker prepared to consume him.
• The attacker pierced Ueno Kei’s chest and swallowed him whole while Second Pillar watched from nearby with killing intent.

A man who devoured Ueno Kei convinced Sasuke to keep their alliance against Kaguya Otsutsuki and disguised himself as Ueno Kei before they returned to the battlefield. Hagoromo Otsutsuki and White Night discussed the man’s strange power and Ueno Kei’s destiny, leaving Ueno’s fate uncertain.

• The man told Sasuke that killing Kaguya Otsutsuki was their shared goal and claimed he could help defeat her for good.
• The man picked up the Lingyu Blade, subdued its resistance, and revealed that devouring Ueno Kei had greatly strengthened him.
• Sasuke warned the man to honor their agreement, and the man transformed into Ueno Kei to conceal his identity from others.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki arrived at the bloodstained site and sensed a primal, familiar power in the man who had left with Sasuke.
• White Night confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki and insisted that Ueno Kei was the child of destiny, despite his apparent assimilation.

Ueno Kei confronted death in a realm of nothingness, where Hamura Otsutsuki restored his soul and helped him understand his true identity. After destroying his dark counterpart, Ueno Kei broke through the void and declared himself Hamura Otsutsuki.

• White Night told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that Ueno Kei was destined to be the protagonist of the era, while Hagoromo left the world's future to Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar.
• Ueno Kei drifted in a realm between existence and nonexistence and believed he might be dead.
• Hamura Otsutsuki appeared as a reflection of Ueno Kei's heart and merged into him, restoring his soul and awakening his memories.
• Ueno Kei recognized his dark counterpart as a fragment of Moryo's evil energy and annihilated him.
• Ueno Kei broke through the realm of nothingness and declared, "My name is Hamura Otsutsuki!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged in Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s body, and Naruto and Sasuke fought to seal her while Moryo plotted to devour her. Ueno Kei revealed that he was Hamura Otsutsuki reborn, destroyed Moryo, absorbed Sasuke, and took Kaguya away; five years later, he returned to Yuki.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki resurrected herself through Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s body, while Ueno Kei revealed his hatred of her and his connection to the prince of the Land of Ancestors.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Moryo fought Kaguya Otsutsuki, who transported them into another dimension, and the four Hokage and Hagoromo Otsutsuki went after them.
• Naruto and Sasuke defeated and restrained Kaguya Otsutsuki, but Moryo reappeared and immobilized the others before Ueno Kei emerged from within him.
• Ueno Kei revealed that he was Hamura Otsutsuki reborn, destroyed Moryo, absorbed Sasuke, and announced that he would take Kaguya away.
• Five years later, Ueno Kei returned to the Land of Spring and reunited with Yuki as their children played on the shore.