Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu trapped Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Toneri in a powerful sealing barrier, hoping to make them pawns in Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection. Momoshiki began to break free, so Black Zetsu detonated the ruins, but a familiar voice confronted him afterward.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki found no trace of the Otsutsuki clan or Kaguya Otsutsuki in the ruins, and Black Zetsu mocked him for searching there.
• Black Zetsu used a sealing power bestowed by Kaguya Otsutsuki to pin Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Toneri down and demand their submission.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki released red chakra that began loosening the seal, alarming Black Zetsu, who wanted to use the three as backup pawns in Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection plan.
• Black Zetsu activated the barrier’s core mechanism, and a red light spread across the Land of Rainbow before an explosion flattened the ruins.
• Black Zetsu celebrated the apparent destruction of his opponents, but a familiar cold voice asked what would happen to him for opposing its speaker.

Ueno Kei arrived as Momoshiki Otsutsuki interrogated Black Zetsu and recognized that Black Zetsu was only a part of a larger body. Seeing the injured Otsutsuki, Ueno Kei welcomed the chance to confront them, but Kinshiki Otsutsuki attacked him before he could act.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki restrained Black Zetsu and used his Rinnegan to discover that Black Zetsu was only part of a larger body.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki dropped the unconscious Otsutsuki Toneri and moved to guard Momoshiki Otsutsuki when someone approached.
• Ueno Kei emerged, startling Black Zetsu and drawing wary attention from Momoshiki Otsutsuki.
• Ueno Kei said Black Zetsu had made it easier to deal with the injured Otsutsuki and revealed his knowledge of Kaguya's revival plans.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki vanished and swung a heavy fist at the back of Ueno Kei's head.

Ueno Kei fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki after Kinshiki attacked him, revealing that he knew about the Otsutsuki Clan and their purpose. The battle escalated as Ueno Kei entered Sage Mode and unleashed lightning beasts at Momoshiki, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ueno Kei blocked Kinshiki Otsutsuki's punch, seized his arm, and slammed him aside.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki introduced himself and questioned Ueno Kei, who said he knew about the Otsutsuki Clan and why they had come.
• Ueno Kei sensed Kinshiki approaching underground, shattered the ground, and struck him with Lightning Flash.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki rushed Ueno Kei, who evaded him and entered Sage Mode with power flowing from the Lingyu Blade.
• Ueno Kei summoned three lightning beasts with Sage Art—Lightning Release—Tiger Roar, and they charged at Momoshiki Otsutsuki as thunder shook the Land of Rainbow.

Ueno Kei fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki while using Hamura’s power alongside natural energy, and Black Zetsu realized the source of Kei’s unusual aura. The battle remained unresolved, with Black Zetsu hoping Momoshiki would win to protect Kaguya’s resurrection plans.

• Ueno Kei struck Momoshiki Otsutsuki, leaving a bleeding wound on his face, before Kinshiki blocked Kei’s next attack with chakra-like red power.
• Ueno Kei recognized the red substance as a threat because it could burn him and devour his chakra and natural energy.
• Black Zetsu watched the fight and hoped Momoshiki would defeat Ueno Kei before the Shinobi Allied Forces learned about Kaguya.
• Ueno Kei combined natural energy with the power Hamura had given him, and the two forces worked together without harming his body.
• Black Zetsu sensed Hamura’s power in Ueno Kei and realized Kei was a descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Ueno Kei battled Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, using lightning and earth techniques to counter their attacks. The fight continued as Momoshiki and Kinshiki withdrew to a high rock above him.

• Black Zetsu mistook Ueno Kei's strength for a gift from Hamura Otsutsuki and expected Hagoromo Otsutsuki's backup to appear.
• Ueno Kei used Gale Break against Momoshiki Otsutsuki, then resisted the corrosive mist and immobilized a group of white-robed figures with a lightning technique.
• Ueno Kei tracked Momoshiki Otsutsuki, but Kinshiki Otsutsuki intercepted him and blocked the Lingyu Blade with his bare fist.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki struck a Shadow Clone, while the real Ueno Kei triggered a ground collapse beneath them.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki stopped the ground from shaking and carried Momoshiki Otsutsuki away before the earth collapsed.
• Ueno Kei blew away the white and black mist with a wind technique and faced Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki on a high rock.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki tried to persuade Ueno Kei to let him reclaim his clan’s secret treasure and offered to hand over the black fellow, but Ueno rejected any truce. Momoshiki then secretly triggered an attack, and Ueno dodged as a shocking sight appeared before him.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki recognized Ueno Kei’s unusual Byakugan and guessed that he had inherited Hamura Otsutsuki’s power.
• Momoshiki claimed he only wanted to reclaim a secret treasure, promised not to interfere with Kaguya, and offered to hand over the black fellow.
• Ueno Kei dismissed Momoshiki’s claims and refused to negotiate, declaring that knowing they were enemies was enough.
• Momoshiki hid his hands behind his back and secretly activated a red flash.
• A violent roar alerted Ueno Kei to danger, and he dodged away before seeing something that shocked him.

Ueno Kei summoned the Great Elder to stabilize the spatial rifts created by Black Zetsu, while Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki prepared to escape. The Great Elder closed the rifts but could not stop them, and Momoshiki vanished, leaving Ueno Kei clenching his fists.

• Ueno Kei realized Black Zetsu had escaped and suspected him of causing the spatial rifts.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki recognized Black Zetsu's trick and ordered Kinshiki Otsutsuki to prepare their escape.
• Ueno Kei summoned the Great Elder, who used his spatial abilities to halt and close the rifts.
• Ueno Kei noticed Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki gathering energy and asked the Great Elder to stop them, but the Great Elder said he could not attack them.
• The Great Elder stabilized the space, but Momoshiki Otsutsuki vanished in a flash of red light, and Ueno Kei clenched his fists.

Ueno Kei and the Great Elder worried about the approaching threat of Kaguya Otsutsuki and debated how to handle her possible revival. Black Zetsu returned and offered Kei a tempting deal involving Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, leaving Kei conflicted about whether to accept.

• Ueno Kei identified Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki as members of Kaguya Otsutsuki's clan and recognized how dangerous they were.
• The Great Elder urged Ueno Kei to prepare quickly for Kaguya Otsutsuki, while Kei weighed Hamura Otsutsuki's hope for reconciliation against the possibility of sealing her again.
• Ueno Kei detected Black Zetsu nearby and attacked, forcing him to reveal himself.
• Black Zetsu proposed a deal in which he would deal with Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki in exchange for a condition that could give Ueno Kei something he could not obtain otherwise.
• Ueno Kei recognized the offer as an open scheme but struggled to refuse it because of how tempting it was.

Ueno Kei accepted Black Zetsu’s dangerous bargain and left the Great Elder to handle other matters, while Momoshiki and Kinshiki were ambushed by Black Zetsu and Toneri. Their ensuing battle devastated the Land of Rainbow, and Kei continued on without checking who won, focused on what Black Zetsu had promised him.

• Ueno Kei admitted to the Great Elder that he was uneasy about accepting Black Zetsu’s deal but could not refuse its temptation.
• Ueno Kei and the Great Elder departed, leaving arriving scouts to find the aftermath of the earlier destruction.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki emerged on the Land of Rainbow’s coast, where Momoshiki vowed revenge against Ueno Kei and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu and Toneri confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and the Otsutsuki prepared to fight them.
• The battle caused tremors, a tsunami, and widespread deaths, leaving roughly a third of the Land of Rainbow destroyed.
• Ueno Kei sensed the battle but did not turn back, continuing onward to pursue what Black Zetsu had promised him.

Ueno Kei left to deal with Obito after learning from Black Zetsu that Obito was the key to reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, Naruto and Killer B reached the battlefield, where Sasuke had Yakushi Kabuto trapped in a genjutsu as the war’s other fronts deteriorated.

• Ueno Kei agreed to Black Zetsu’s deal and set out to confront Obito before Kaguya Otsutsuki could be revived.
• Two days earlier, Naruto and Killer B had secretly left the Cloud Ninja island after the Fourth Raikage refused to let them join the war.
• Obito appeared on the western battlefield with six tailed beast jinchuriki, while Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Gaara, the Third Tsuchikage, and their forces.
• The Five Kage sent Jiraiya and Kakashi to face Obito, called Ueno Kei back, and joined forces against Uchiha Madara.
• Naruto questioned Sasuke, while Yakushi Kabuto stood motionless under a genjutsu on the battlefield.

Naruto accepted Sasuke’s decision to seek his own answers and left for the battlefield with Killer B, while promising to keep believing in their bond. Sasuke stayed with Itachi, who revealed that Orochimaru could help answer Sasuke’s questions.

• Sasuke refused to join Naruto until he found answers that satisfied him, and Naruto accepted that they had to follow their own paths.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would wait for him on the battlefield and left with Killer B.
• Itachi watched Naruto depart with relief, while Sasuke privately affirmed that he still regarded Naruto as his real brother.
• Sasuke demanded the promised answers from Itachi, who said several people could provide them with help.
• Orochimaru appeared behind Itachi, and Sasuke recognized the man he had believed dead.

Sasuke, Orochimaru, and Itachi set out for Konoha so Sasuke could question the previous Hokage, while Kisame carried Itachi’s message and a scroll to the Shinobi Allied Forces headquarters. Ueno Kei received urgent reports as the war worsened, with Madara still present and Kakashi and Jiraiya facing seven tailed beasts.

• Orochimaru told Sasuke that he understood his search for answers and offered to take him to the previous Hokage in Konoha.
• Itachi summoned Kisame, gave him a scroll and ninja pack for Ueno Kei, and sent him to the Shinobi Allied Forces headquarters before ordering him to go to their agreed meeting place.
• Itachi, Sasuke, and Orochimaru left Yakushi Kabuto behind, but a black shadow appeared and made Kabuto vanish in black mist.
• Ueno Kei received urgent messages reporting that Uchiha Madara had overwhelmed the Five Kage and remained in the world after the other Impure World Reincarnation ninja disappeared.
• Reports also described Kakashi and Jiraiya struggling against seven tailed beasts while Ueno Kei faced a predicament of his own.

Kazahana Yuki and Shion worried about Ueno Kei and Naruto while Shion sensed Moryo’s return and Kei’s chakra. In the northwest, Kei confronted Moryo and attacked him, but the chapter ended as Moryo sacrificed his arm to trigger a violent explosion.

• Kazahana Yuki worried about Kei, while Shion reassured her that Kei and Naruto would return safely.
• Shion sensed Moryo’s immense power and recognized Kei’s chakra within it, but concealed her discovery from Yuki.
• Shion left Yuki and wished for Kei and Naruto to return safely.
• Kei faced Moryo, who vowed to kill him, Naruto, and Shion and rebuild his millennium kingdom.
• Kei drew the Lingyu Blade and cut through Moryo’s purple-black tentacles with a swift strike.
• Moryo severed his right arm, triggering a violent explosion as Kei’s attack closed in.

Ueno Kei fought Moryo and his regenerating creatures, using lightning attacks to repel the swarm while Moryo restored his severed arm. The chapter ended with Moryo emerging triumphantly after a creature marked Ueno Kei’s Lingyu Blade and his vision went black.

• Moryo escaped Ueno Kei’s strike by sacrificing his right arm and using a secret technique, then unleashed purple corrosive earth and creatures.
• Ueno Kei used Lightning Armor and the Lingyu Blade to fend off the creatures, but discovered they could regenerate after being struck down.
• Moryo restored his arm with the help of his creatures and merged into the purple ground to attack Ueno Kei.
• Ueno Kei called down lightning to destroy Moryo’s tentacles and strike a crocodile-headed monster that attacked from behind.
• A purple-black creature bit Ueno Kei’s Lingyu Blade, leaving a black mark, and Ueno Kei’s vision went dark as Moryo emerged with a triumphant laugh.

Ueno Kei trapped Moryo, used the Lingyu Blade to destroy the purplish-black monsters and clear the dark fog, then cornered Moryo and demanded answers. Moryo detonated himself and escaped in weakened form, but Ueno Kei appeared behind him again.

• Moryo swallowed what he believed was Ueno Kei, realized the attack was a trap, and tried to retreat underground.
• Ueno Kei revealed he had used the Clone Technique, then burned the purplish-black monsters with the Lingyu Blade and cleansed the darkened ground with a burst of power.
• Ueno Kei held Moryo at swordpoint and offered to spare his soul if he answered questions, but Moryo refused and claimed the world was more complicated than Ueno Kei knew.
• Moryo swelled up and exploded, destroying the battlefield and escaping as a weakened mass of black mist.
• Moryo transformed into his former human appearance, but Ueno Kei appeared behind him and told him to behave himself.

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.