Chapter Summaries

Kyoka Suigetsu coerced the Hogyoku into helping her reach Aizen when he went to the moon. Meanwhile, Kidomaru killed an injured ninja infiltrator outside Las Noches, and the Raikage and Killer B worried about the infiltration mission and Aizen’s plans.

• Kyoka Suigetsu asked the Hogyoku whether it could take her to Aizen and pressured it into agreeing to lend her its power.
• Kyoka Suigetsu planned to accompany Aizen once he reached the moon, while the Hogyoku sensed her hidden intentions and reluctantly cooperated.
• Kidomaru confronted a gravely wounded ninja outside Las Noches and killed him with a bone arrow.
• Killer B asked the Raikage whether Kumogakure’s infiltration operation could succeed and said he wished to join it.
• The Raikage told Killer B to trust the mission’s warriors and said he was more concerned about what Aizen was doing.

The Raikage and Killer B accepted that the ninja had to fight the Hollow Spirit Empire despite the danger, while Cloud Ninja infiltrators were discovered around Las Noches. Inside the stronghold, Aizen’s subordinates gathered as Black Zetsu prepared to ask when they would act.

• Killer B questioned whether the ninja could win the war, and the Raikage struck him before insisting they had to fight to preserve the ninja’s existence.
• The Raikage told Killer B to maintain contact with Konoha, which he considered the most trustworthy ally against Aizen.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke captured infiltrators as disturbances broke out across Las Noches, and Sasuke guessed the Cloud Ninja were probing its strength.
• The infiltrating Cloud Ninja realized their operation had been discovered but continued seeking intelligence and the DX Serum.
• Zetsu entered Las Noches’ great hall, where Hyuga Minato was waiting, and Black Zetsu began asking Aizen when they would act before three more figures arrived.

Aizen gathered his followers in Las Noches and announced that they would go to the moon and destroy it. Barragan arrived and explained that he had been personally training his subordinates, while the reason for Aizen’s lunar mission remained unknown.

• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan entered the hall, where Aizen dismissed the Ninja World’s attempts to oppose him and promised that the Hollow Spirit Empire would remake the world.
• Ulquiorra, Starrk, and Lilynette arrived, and Aizen confirmed that preparations for the trip to the moon were complete.
• Yahiko asked whether they would face enemies on the moon, and Aizen reassured his followers before declaring that they would not return until the moon was destroyed.
• Barragan entered and paid his respects to Aizen, who revealed that Barragan had been overseeing his subordinates’ training.
• Barragan defended his efforts and disparaged Starrk’s fighting force, angering Lilynette while Starrk remained unmoved.

Aizen watched his assembled followers arrive and wait for the gathering to begin. Yammy revealed that he had been following Kaname Tosen because Tosen promised to ask Aizen to summon Kukkapuro.

• Uchiha Tokino and Uchiha Sakuya joined Hyuga Minato, and Tokino questioned Minato about his actions while obtaining power for Aizen.
• Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tosen, and Yammy arrived late, apologized to Aizen, and waited for the gathering to begin.
• Lilynette asked Yammy why he was following Kaname Tosen, and Yammy explained that Tosen had promised to ask Aizen to summon Kukkapuro.
• Lilynette reacted with disbelief that Yammy wanted Aizen to summon his tiny subordinate officer, Kukkapuro.

Yammy remembered and missed Kukkapuro, while Lilynette and Starrk reaffirmed their bond. Aizen gathered his forces and prepared to lead them to the moon, as Shimura Kazumi stayed behind to guard Las Noches and worried that the Ninja World might exploit their absence.

• Yammy told Lilynette that he had realized Kukkapuro was missing and excitedly accepted her promise to ask Aizen about seeing it again.
• Lilynette asked whether Starrk would miss her if he came to this world alone, and Starrk reassured her that they were one.
• Jia Jin arrived at Las Noches, and Aizen welcomed him before ordering Minato to begin their departure for the moon.
• Shimura Kazumi emerged from her underground laboratory and told Kimimaro she would stay behind to protect the area.
• Kimimaro reported that ninjas had infiltrated the surroundings, and Shimura Kazumi worried that they might attack Las Noches while its forces were away.

Hyuga Minato used his transformed eyes to tear open space and draw a massive blue eye into the world, destroying part of Las Noches as it emerged. With Aizen and the others gathered outside, Minato began using the eye to open a passage to the moon.

• Aizen, Orochimaru, and the Las Noches residents watched as Minato released an immense power that astonished Uchiha Tokino and the others.
• Minato opened a spatial rift in the hall, but Starrk sensed it was not yet a passage to the moon.
• After Aizen gave him permission, Minato expanded the rift and brought a gigantic blue eye through it, shattering the dome of Las Noches.
• Orochimaru identified the eye as power condensed from countless Byakugan, while Aizen considered the possibilities of the Otsutsuki clan.
• Aizen led everyone outside, and Minato connected with the eye and began opening a passage toward the moon.

Minato opened a passage to the moon with the Tenseigan, and Aizen prepared to lead his forces through once it stabilized. As Cloud Ninja Captain Uyi sent Saika and the others back to warn the Raikage, he went alone toward Las Noches.

• Minato used the Tenseigan to form a giant eye and tear open a rift in the sky, revealing a passage to the moon.
• Aizen waited for Minato to stabilize the passage while Starrk, Lilynette, Gin, and the others prepared to depart.
• Kazumi and Kimimaro saw the rift and concluded that Aizen's group would likely head to the moon that day.
• Kyoka Suigetsu paced beside the Hogyoku and threatened it as she waited for Aizen and the others to leave.
• Cloud Ninja Captain Uyi ordered Saika and the other young ninjas to return to the village and report the anomaly to the Raikage.
• Uyi refused Saika's offer to stay, asked him to deliver a message to his wife, and headed alone toward Las Noches.

Hyuga Minato completed the passage to the moon, and Aizen led the Las Noches members through it despite the fears of the Kumogakure shinobi watching below. They arrived on the moon, where Aizen and the others surveyed its barren, dark landscape.

• Hyuga Minato told Aizen that the passage to the moon was complete, and Aizen led the Las Noches members toward the rift in the sky.
• Kidomaru, Sakon, Ukon, Sasuke, Fu Ryosuke, and the infiltrating Kumogakure squads watched the group rise, while the Kumogakure captain ordered some shinobi to report what they had seen.
• Aizen entered the spatial rift, followed by the Las Noches members, and the Tenseigan withdrew as the rift vanished.
• The Kumogakure shinobi on the ground feared that Aizen's departure signaled a coming war and hurried to relay the news to their village.
• Aizen and the Las Noches members crossed the passage and arrived on the moon, where Lilynette remarked on its lifeless, desolate appearance.

Aizen led his forces onto the moon and ordered them to slaughter every living thing there, assigning Barragan to eliminate the approaching humans. Meanwhile, Kumogakure learned that Aizen had left, and the girl in Las Noches urged the Hogyoku to hurry so she could reach him.

• Aizen arrived on the moon with his group, and Black Zetsu recognized it as the place where his Mother was sealed.
• Aizen ordered his forces to kill every living thing on the planet, and Yammy eagerly welcomed the chance to fight.
• Ulquiorra spotted a group of people approaching, and Barragan volunteered to wipe them out; Aizen ordered him to leave no survivors.
• Aizen advanced with the rest of his group, while Barragan turned into black mist and headed toward the approaching humans.
• Kumogakure received reports that Aizen and his forces had left, and the girl in Las Noches urged the Hogyoku to help her reach him.

Aizen’s party continued across the moon while Black Zetsu asked when Aizen would rescue his Mother, and Aizen told him to wait. Ahead of the group, Barragan encountered Otsutsuki Sakaya’s procession, and the two sides prepared for a confrontation.

• Otsutsuki Sakaya led his Byakugan-bearing group toward the mountains, resolved to stop the outsiders and uphold their role as guardians.
• Aizen led his party across the moon as Barragan went ahead in black mist to eliminate any enemies they encountered.
• Black Zetsu asked Aizen to rescue his Mother, but Aizen said the time had not yet come and warned Zetsu not to press him.
• Barragan appeared before Otsutsuki Sakaya’s group, asked if they were inhabitants of the moon, and raised his killing intent after Sakaya confirmed it.

Emperor Barragan attacked Otsutsuki Sakaya’s Main Branch group with his aging mist, killing two clansmen and forcing Sakaya to send others to report and activate the Tenseigan. Barragan released Arrogante and emerged as a skeletal king, while Aizen’s group watched from nearby.

• Barragan announced that he intended to kill the Main Branch group, and his black mist reduced one young clansman to ash.
• A Main Branch clansman attacked Barragan with Solar Eclipse, but the mist blocked him and aged him into dust.
• Otsutsuki Sakaya ordered some of his people to retreat, report the attack to the clan and Branch Family, and ask the temple elders to activate the Tenseigan, while he stayed behind.
• Barragan released Arrogante, unleashing a powerful aura that made the battlefield tremble.
• Barragan emerged from the black mist as a crowned skeleton, and Gin and Lilynette commented on his transformation from the nearby group led by Aizen.

Barragan unleashed Respira against the Otsutsuki descendants, but Lilynette warned that his display had exposed them and distracted him. Aizen arrived and trapped the survivors in Kurohitsugi; afterward, he questioned how their arrival had been discovered.

• Barragan transformed and attacked the Otsutsuki descendants with Respira, reducing many to dry bones.
• Lilynette arrived, chastised Barragan for exposing their presence, and teased him by claiming Lord Aizen was coming.
• Otsutsuki Sakaya ordered the survivors to flee, but Aizen's Kurohitsugi sealed them inside and killed them.
• Barragan knelt before Aizen and reported that approximately ten people had escaped.
• Aizen wondered how the Otsutsuki had discovered their arrival, but no one could answer.

Aizen’s group continued its invasion of the moon, where he intended to eliminate the clan to draw out those hiding in its depths and uncover a method of immortality. After Konan questioned the slaughter, Aizen explained his reasoning and told her their actions represented justice.

• Aizen warned Barragan to be more careful after Barragan’s attack allowed some enemies to escape.
• Gin Ichimaru mocked Barragan and warned him that he would show no mercy if Barragan had deliberately let enemies flee.
• Aizen’s group continued across the moon, unaware that Otsutsuki Crow had escaped and foreseen disaster for the clan.
• Konan asked Aizen why he intended to slaughter everyone on the planet, and Aizen asked her what inheritance meant.
• Aizen explained that severing the clan’s inheritance would force those hidden on the moon to reveal themselves, and reassured Konan that she should not feel guilty.