Chapter Summaries

After Jigen defeated Chiyu, he persuaded him to cooperate without revealing his plans or abilities. Chiyu realized Jigen was tied to something immense, then encountered Black Zetsu, who also asked to cooperate with him.

• Jigen planned to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and have the Ten-Tails devour her, but he needed a powerful ally to hold her off.
• Chiyu questioned why Jigen sought help, and Jigen offered him a partnership based on his confidence in his own strength.
• Chiyu accepted Jigen's offer, but Jigen refused to explain his powers or share information about himself.
• After Jigen left, Chiyu received 80,000 Witness Points and considered how he might overcome Jigen's shrinking ability, physical strength, and space-time travel.
• On his way back to Hidden Sound Village, Chiyu met Black Zetsu at the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rice Fields, and Black Zetsu asked to cooperate with him.

Black Zetsu tried to recruit Chiyu to oppose Jigen, warning that Jigen planned to plant a Divine Tree and destroy the world. Chiyu revealed that he already knew Black Zetsu’s true identity and the history of his scheme to revive Kaguya.

• Black Zetsu approached Chiyu to seek an alliance against Jigen, but learned that Chiyu had already agreed to cooperate with Jigen after losing a fight to him.
• Black Zetsu warned Chiyu that Jigen was likely an Otsutsuki who intended to plant a Divine Tree and kill every living thing on the planet.
• Black Zetsu explained the Otsutsuki Clan’s history, Kaguya’s sealing, and the origins of the Ten-Tails and the nine tailed beasts.
• Chiyu said he already knew most of the story and revealed that Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s will, not Madara’s, and had manipulated events to revive her.
• Chiyu recounted Black Zetsu’s deception of Madara and his role in guiding Madara and Obito toward the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then asked Black Zetsu if he was wrong.

Black Zetsu revealed Kaguya’s betrayal of the Otsutsuki Clan and explained how Karma vessels allowed Otsutsuki to reincarnate. Chiyu recognized Jigen’s marks as evidence that he was likely a vessel, leading Black Zetsu to realize that Kaguya’s partner might still be alive.

• Chiyu confronted Black Zetsu for hiding the truth about Kaguya and the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Black Zetsu admitted Kaguya had betrayed her Otsutsuki partner to create the Divine Tree.
• Black Zetsu explained that Karma stored an Otsutsuki’s data in a vessel, eventually replacing the vessel and reviving the Otsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu said future Otsutsuki could come to destroy the planet, and proposed that he and Chiyu work together against Jigen.
• Chiyu recalled the black diamond-shaped marks on Jigen’s palms and suggested that Jigen was a vessel.
• Black Zetsu realized Jigen might be the vessel of Kaguya’s supposedly dead partner, and feared that Isshiki Otsutsuki was still alive.

Chiyu and Black Zetsu identified Jigen as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s vessel and discussed how to stop him, but Chiyu refused to ally with Black Zetsu without a way to kill Isshiki. Chiyu left to seek more power, while Black Zetsu decided he needed to awaken his mother first.

• Black Zetsu recognized Jigen’s shrinking ability as Sukuna Hikona and concluded that Jigen was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s vessel.
• Chiyu inferred that Isshiki wanted the Chakra Fruit and intended to use him to delay Kaguya Otsutsuki, then rejected Black Zetsu’s proposed alliance unless he could provide a way to kill Isshiki.
• Black Zetsu revealed Isshiki’s Daikokuten ability, and Chiyu told him that Nagato had already cooperated with Jigen.
• Chiyu worried that Miyuki Uzumaki or Naruto Uzumaki would become Jigen’s target and resolved to gain Witness Points and advance his abilities.
• Black Zetsu remained behind, concluded events were out of control, and decided to find a way to awaken his mother.

Obito Uchiha learned that Black Zetsu’s plan had been a lie, and Chiyu revealed how Madara Uchiha had manipulated him into becoming a pawn. Obito collapsed as Chiyu explained that Madara had engineered Rin Nohara’s death to drive him into darkness.

• After overhearing Chiyu and Black Zetsu, Obito Uchiha emerged from Space-Time and broke down over learning that Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie.
• Chiyu appeared and offered to reveal the truth in exchange for answers; Obito identified Uchiha Yoshihiko and Uchiha Hikari as the masked attackers.
• Chiyu explained that he had killed Madara Uchiha after making a deal with him, and that Madara had arranged Obito’s life after Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chiyu told Obito that Madara had controlled Hidden Mist Anbu ninja to abduct Rin Nohara, seal Isobu inside her, and steer her toward Konoha so Obito would witness her death.
• Chiyu explained that Rin chose to die at the hands of her teammates, and that Madara used Obito’s grief to make him accept his beliefs; Obito fell to his knees in shock.

Chiyu told Obito Uchiha how Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu had manipulated him and explained that he could still choose to atone for his actions. After learning about Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō Sharingan and her plan to mark ninjas, Chiyu returned to Hidden Sound Village to exchange Witness Points for new abilities.

• Obito Uchiha blamed himself for Rin Nohara’s death, and Chiyu explained the binding curse talisman in his heart and how Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu had used him.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that Uchiha Hikari’s Yachihoko could control the minds and Chakra of marked people from any distance, and that she had been sealed away since the Warring States Period before he freed and recruited her.
• Chiyu offered Obito Uchiha a chance to atone and urged him to decide whether he would help face the danger from Jigen, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Obito Uchiha realized that the strange Chakra he had sensed when Rin Nohara died belonged to her tailed beast, then grew furious at Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha.
• Chiyu visited Yahiko and Kushina Uzumaki in Hidden Sound Village, then went to Orochimaru’s base to exchange Witness Points for Kamui and third-stage Observation Haki.

Chiyu exchanged for Kamui and third-stage Observation Haki, then told Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi about the Ōtsutsuki threats and his near-death encounter with Jigen. The group resolved to prepare for the enemies ahead, while Chiyu insisted that the Ten-Tails and Kaguya Otsutsuki would revive.

• Chiyu added Kamui to his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, tested its intangibility and transfer abilities, and exchanged for final-stage Observation Haki.
• Chiyu discovered that his enhanced Observation Haki let him sense experiments several rooms away and foresee events five seconds into the future.
• Orochimaru asked whether Chiyu had seen Sasori, and Chiyu explained that Jigen had nearly killed him at the Heaven and Earth Bridge.
• Chiyu told Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi about Kaguya Otsutsuki, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Jigen, and the clan from beyond the heavens.
• Orochimaru proposed studying Karma and asked Chiyu to collect tissue from Jigen, while Chiyu explained why sealing a tailed beast would not stop Isshiki.
• Chiyu declared that the Ten-Tails would revive and Kaguya Otsutsuki would break free from her seal.

Chiyu planned to use the coming conflicts with Kaguya Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to prepare the ninja world for future Otsutsuki threats. Meanwhile, Kakashi prepared to help Sasuke leave Konoha, and Sasuke said goodbye to Izumi and Naruto before setting out on his own path.

• Chiyu told Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi that the Ten-Tails and Kaguya Otsutsuki would be resurrected, and they discussed preparing the ninja world to face Otsutsuki threats.
• Orochimaru proposed strengthening the Owl Organization with Heaven and Earth Curse Marks, and Chiyu agreed to ask its members what they wanted.
• Chiyu learned that Kakashi would help Sasuke Uchiha leave Konoha that night and told Kakashi to send Sasuke to Hidden Sound Village.
• Kakashi made two Shadow Clones and quietly left Konoha to prepare for Sasuke's departure without revealing how to bypass the barrier.
• Sasuke Uchiha urged Izumi Uchiha to move on from Itachi Uchiha, then said goodbye and left her.
• Sasuke Uchiha told Naruto Uzumaki he would pursue his own path and grow strong enough to fight beside him, and the two bumped fists in farewell.

Sasuke Uchiha left Konoha under cover of a disturbance staged by Kakashi, after rejecting Sakura Haruno's plea for him to stay. The next day, Sakura woke up and told Kakashi that Sasuke had left the village.

• Kakashi warned Sasuke Uchiha to leave Konoha during an upcoming disturbance and cautioned him about pursuing ninja.
• Sasuke Uchiha left home with his prepared backpack, but Sakura Haruno confronted him on the road out of the village and begged him to stay.
• Sasuke Uchiha explained that he lived to avenge his clan, cast a genjutsu on Sakura Haruno, and left her unconscious.
• Kakashi's Shadow Clones breached Konoha's wall and drew the ninja into a chase, allowing Sasuke Uchiha to escape during the chaos.
• Kakashi dismissed his Shadow Clones after leading Konoha's ninja on a chase, and Sakura Haruno was taken to the Ninja Hospital.
• After waking the next day, Sakura Haruno searched for Sasuke and told Kakashi that he had left Konoha.

Kakashi reported Sasuke Uchiha’s disappearance to Minato Namikaze, then went to Ryūchi Cave to begin surgery on his eyes. Six days after returning to Hidden Sound Village, Chiyu met Sasuke, who asked to learn anything that would make him stronger.

• Kakashi told Minato Namikaze that Sasuke Uchiha had left Konoha, and Minato sent tracking ninja to search for him while considering declaring him a rogue ninja.
• Minato arranged for Naruto to travel with Jiraiya to Tanzaku Town to find Tsunade, and Kakashi used the opening to go to Ryūchi Cave for his eye surgery.
• Sasuke avoided leaving a trail and successfully reached Hidden Sound Village, while Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Kakashi began preparing for an operation expected to take at least half a month.
• On the sixth day after returning to Hidden Sound Village, Chiyu met Sasuke in the Leader's Building meeting room.
• Sasuke asked Chiyu to honor his promise to help him grow stronger, and Chiyu told him the Heaven and Earth Curse Mark would have to wait until Orochimaru returned.

Chiyu began training Sasuke Uchiha to stay calm and fight an opponent modeled after Itachi Uchiha, while arranging a concealed place for him in Hidden Sound Village. He also told Yahiko that Nagato was in danger and promised to reunite him with Nagato and Konan.

• Chiyu warned Sasuke Uchiha that his emotions and lack of combat experience had made him reckless, and said he first needed to learn to stay calm.
• Chiyu created a Shadow Clone disguised as Itachi Uchiha and told Sasuke Uchiha that he would train against it until he could defeat it.
• Chiyu gave Sasuke Uchiha a mask and asked Yahiko to arrange secluded lodging and work for him in Hidden Sound Village.
• After Sasuke Uchiha left, Chiyu told Yahiko that keeping him in the village would bring future benefits and that an unexpected change had complicated his plans.
• Chiyu explained that Nagato had been targeted by someone seeking his cooperation, reassured Yahiko that Nagato would be safe if he gathered the tailed beasts, and promised to reunite Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.

Sasuke Uchiha lost control during training against Chiyu’s Shadow Clone of Itachi Uchiha and ended up hospitalized, while Tsunade refused Jiraiya’s request to return to Konoha. The chapter ended with two figures falling from a white halo into Konoha’s forest.

• Sasuke Uchiha fought Chiyu’s Shadow Clone disguised as Itachi Uchiha, lost his temper, and was badly injured.
• Yakushi Nonō treated Sasuke Uchiha, and Chiyu told him to focus on enduring Itachi Uchiha’s attacks and finding openings.
• Sasuke Uchiha recognized that Itachi Uchiha’s words made his emotions spiral out of control and resolved to stay composed next time.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade about Minato Namikaze’s recent actions and asked what she planned to do, but Tsunade refused to return to Konoha.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade drank together and agreed to part ways, while two figures fell from a white halo into Konoha’s forest.

Sasuke Uchiha and Boruto Uzumaki arrived in the past of a branch timeline, where Urashiki was expected to arrive in a few days and target Naruto Uzumaki. After learning about this timeline's Konoha, Sasuke was stunned to discover that Minato Namikaze was alive and ruled as a dictator.

• Sasuke and Boruto landed in a branch timeline and used genjutsu to stop Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, Might Guy, and Yamato from attacking them.
• Karasuki explained that Urashiki had meant to travel to Naruto's childhood but would arrive in this timeline in a few days.
• Sasuke and Boruto decided to investigate Konoha cautiously and avoid revealing that they came from the future.
• Sasuke used genjutsu on Asuma to learn that Minato was alive, Konoha was under his dictatorship, the shinobi world had four great villages, and Sunagakure was subordinate to Konoha.

Future Sasuke and Boruto escaped Minato Namikaze in Konoha, while Chiyu identified them as possible visitors from the future and set out to find them. They later encountered a cold, unfamiliar Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya on the road, leaving Future Sasuke questioning their relationship.

• Future Sasuke and Boruto learned from Asuma Sarutobi that this timeline differed greatly from theirs, but Minato Namikaze attacked them before they could leave Konoha.
• Future Sasuke used Amenotejikara and a smoke bomb to escape Minato Namikaze with Boruto, then warned that this world's Naruto might be very different from the one they knew.
• Chiyu spotted Future Sasuke's Rinnegan through a snake's senses, suspected that he was Sasuke Uchiha from the future and that Boruto was Naruto's future child, then left the Hidden Sound Village for the Land of Fire.
• After recovering his Chakra, Future Sasuke traveled with Boruto to find Naruto and encountered Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya returning toward Konoha.
• Future Sasuke asked Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya to protect him and Boruto on the way to Tanzaku Town, but Jiraiya refused; Naruto then took a call in the woods, prompting Future Sasuke to wonder why Naruto showed Jiraiya no respect.

Naruto Uzumaki accepted Future Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki’s commission to escort them to Tanzaku Town, following Chiyu’s instructions despite Jiraiya’s objections. After arriving, Naruto grew suspicious of the pair, while Boruto realized this Naruto was unlike the father he remembered.

• Chiyu warned Naruto Uzumaki that an adult with black hair and one arm and a whiskered child might seek him out, and told him to keep them nearby.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Chiyu he had already met Future Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki, who claimed to be wandering performers seeking protection, and Chiyu instructed him to accept their commission.
• Naruto Uzumaki accepted the job despite Jiraiya’s objection that commissions had to be reported to Konoha, and the group set off for Tanzaku Town.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya watched Future Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki closely, recognizing signs that they were ninja and that their identities were concealed.
• At an inn in Tanzaku Town, Boruto asked Naruto why he seemed to keep people at a distance, and Naruto coldly told him to sleep.
• Boruto concluded that this Naruto Uzumaki was not the father he remembered and wondered what had happened to the timeline.

Future Sasuke told Jiraiya that Urashiki was targeting Naruto Uzumaki for his Nine-Tails Chakra, and Jiraiya agreed to wait for the enemy while remaining wary of the newcomers. Urashiki appeared as Naruto trained outside Tanzaku Town and attacked, beginning a fight that left Jiraiya wary of his abilities.

• Future Sasuke told Jiraiya that Urashiki planned to obtain Naruto Uzumaki's Nine-Tails Chakra, and Jiraiya tentatively agreed to believe him.
• The group spent the day in Tanzaku Town, then Naruto Uzumaki trained in the woods while Jiraiya watched Future Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki closely.
• Future Sasuke sensed Urashiki's arrival, and Jiraiya moved to Naruto's side as Urashiki appeared in the sky.
• Urashiki attacked Naruto with his Red Light fishing rod, and Naruto blocked the hook with Wind Breathing: Sixth Form: Black Wind Mist.
• Jiraiya used Wild Lion's Mane Technique, but Urashiki revealed his blue Rinnegan and escaped by transforming into Red Light Paper Cranes.

Otsutsuki Urashiki overwhelmed Naruto Uzumaki, Jiraiya, Future Sasuke, and Boruto Uzumaki with his future-seeing eyes and the powers of his fishing rod and basket. With his allies incapacitated or trapped, Naruto charged Urashiki as the chapter ended.

• Otsutsuki Urashiki dodged Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki's attacks, wounded Jiraiya, and kicked Boruto Uzumaki away while Future Sasuke's Chidori Senbon missed.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki hooked Naruto Uzumaki but could not extract his Chakra, and Future Sasuke suspected Naruto's Sealing Jutsu had prevented it.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki overpowered Future Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki, then used the Red Light Fishing Basket to extinguish Jiraiya's flames and unleash lightning.
• Future Sasuke shielded Boruto Uzumaki from a lightning bolt, and Jiraiya urged Naruto Uzumaki to run while Urashiki trapped him in an Earth Prison.
• Naruto Uzumaki charged Otsutsuki Urashiki, who mocked him for attacking despite being outmatched.

Naruto Uzumaki fought Otsutsuki Urashiki with the Nine-Tails' Chakra and injured him with a barrage of Explosive Tags, but Urashiki caught Naruto by surprise and began trying to take the Nine-Tails. Chiyu arrived in time to rescue Naruto, and Future Sasuke realized Chiyu’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan belonged to someone absent from his timeline.

• Naruto Uzumaki used a Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and Mutual Exploding Tag to injure Otsutsuki Urashiki, who escaped the blasts through a portal.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki caught Naruto Uzumaki from behind, disrupted his Tailed Beast Chakra with Chakra Rods, and entered the Nine-Tails Space to try to remove the seal.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki burned his hand on the Sealing Tag, swallowed a Tailed Beast Chakra pill to heal himself, and prepared to attack Future Sasuke.
• Chiyu arrived in a flash of blue lightning, rescued Naruto Uzumaki, and pulled the Chakra Rods from his body.
• Future Sasuke recognized Chiyu’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and realized Chiyu and this timeline differed from the future he knew.

Chiyu confronted Otsutsuki Urashiki and discovered that their abilities to see the future interfered with each other. Chiyu’s techniques countered Urashiki’s ninjutsu, but Urashiki escaped through a portal and vowed to return for the Nine-Tails.

• Chiyu sent Naruto Uzumaki aside and activated Sage Mode, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Observation Haki to face Otsutsuki Urashiki.
• Chiyu and Otsutsuki Urashiki found that their future-seeing abilities disrupted each other and failed to give either a clear advantage.
• Chiyu attacked with Thunder Breathing while using Dojutsu: Myriad Rejection to nullify Urashiki’s ninjutsu.
• Chiyu phased through Urashiki’s fishing hooks with Kamui, but Urashiki repeatedly evaded his attacks by transforming into Red Light Senju.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki opened a black portal, withdrew, and said he would return for the Nine-Tails.

Chiyu questioned Future Sasuke about his arrival and explained why this world’s Konoha and Minato Namikaze differed from Sasuke’s timeline. He proposed pooling information to stop Ōtsutsuki Urashiki and prevent further travel between worlds.

• Chiyu gave Naruto Uzumaki medicine for his wounds after Ōtsutsuki Urashiki left, while Jiraiya emerged from the shattered stone prison.
• Chiyu and Future Sasuke went to a mountain peak to speak privately while Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya stayed in a cave with Boruto Uzumaki.
• Future Sasuke explained that he and Boruto had chased Ōtsutsuki Urashiki through time using Karasuki and had accidentally reached a different world.
• Future Sasuke asked about Jigen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Konoha, and Chiyu’s connection to Obito; Chiyu said he had no connection to Obito and that Minato Namikaze resented Konoha after learning the truth about Naruto Uzumaki.
• Chiyu explained that he had only offered people choices, including Sasuke in this world, and told Future Sasuke that he could not change an established timeline.
• Chiyu proposed combining their information to kill Ōtsutsuki Urashiki or send him back, then destroy Karasuki so they would stop disturbing this world.