Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yu judged Hashirama Senju for his crimes and refused Tsunade’s plea to let him return to the Pure Land. He opened a rift to the Death God Space and prepared to exile Hashirama there, leaving him to answer whether he agreed.

• Xuan Yu confronted Hashirama Senju with his past choices and accused him of refusing to investigate the truth even after entering Sage Mode.
• Onlookers and Konoha’s higher-ups reacted uneasily as Xuan Yu pulled Hashirama back onto the shattered Thousand-Armed Giant Buddha.
• Tsunade pleaded for Hashirama to return to the Pure Land, but Xuan Yu argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen could summon him again to attack the Uchiha.
• Xuan Yu declared that he would exile Hashirama to the Death God Space and opened a spatial rift that frightened the beings within.
• Xuan Yu grabbed Hashirama by the throat and asked whether he agreed to be exiled to a Pocket Dimension.

Uchiha Xuan Yu exiled Hashirama Senju's soul into a frightening pocket dimension, leaving him a chance to escape if he could tear through space. As the rift began closing, an ethereal voice pleaded with Xuanyu to spare Hashirama's life.

• Xuanyu told Hashirama he would spare his soul but exile him until he could escape the pocket dimension and challenge Xuanyu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tobirama Senju watched from afar, and Tobirama decided they would seek another way to rescue Hashirama.
• Xuanyu sent Hashirama into the rift, where Hashirama struggled to escape and Xuanyu repeatedly blasted him back.
• As the rift closed, Hashirama glared at Xuanyu, and an ethereal voice asked Xuanyu to spare his life.

An ethereal voice stirred the Tailed Beasts and prompted Fukasaku and Shima to hint at a revered figure from the past. As everyone searched for the speaker, Xuanyu identified him as Otsutsuki Hagoromo and invited him to appear.

• Jiraiya asked Fukasaku and Shima who the ethereal voice belonged to, and they said it was someone who had died but was always present.
• Fukasaku and Shima told Jiraiya that Xuanyu would not release Hashirama Senju unless the mysterious person appeared.
• The Nine-Tails sensed the voice, became agitated, and searched for the figure through Naruto's eyes.
• Shukaku also reacted excitedly to the voice, while Gaara assured Temari and Kankuro that he was fine.
• Xuanyu looked into the void and called out to Otsutsuki Hagoromo, asking him to come out and talk.

The crowd debated whether the voice defending Hashirama Senju belonged to Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, while Xuanyu watched with a teasing smile. Jiraiya and the Old Toads confirmed the identity and recognized Xuanyu as an unpredictable variable whose future the Great Toad Sage could not reliably foresee.

• Xuanyu reacted with amusement when Otsutsuki Hagoromo pleaded on Hashirama Senju’s behalf.
• A shinobi identified Otsutsuki Hagoromo as the Sage of Six Paths, and the crowd questioned whether he could have appeared after so long.
• Temari, Kankuro, and others suspected Xuanyu had mistaken the speaker, but Gaara argued that the Tailed Beasts’ agitation supported Xuanyu’s claim.
• Jiraiya asked the Old Toads whether the speaker was the Sage of Six Paths, and Sage Fukasaku confirmed it.
• The Old Toads explained that Xuanyu had disrupted the Great Toad Sage’s prophecies and that his future remained unstable and difficult to foresee.

Xuanyu kept Hashirama Senju trapped in the Pocket Dimension despite the Sage of Six Paths’ plea, prompting Hagoromo to manifest using gathered Chakra. The chapter ended as Xuanyu and Hagoromo confronted each other and their pressures clashed.

• Xuanyu began closing the rift with Hashirama Senju still inside, ignoring Hashirama’s pleas for help.
• Hagoromo slowed the rift’s closure and asked Xuanyu to let Hashirama return to the Pure Land.
• Hagoromo absorbed Chakra from the Tailed Beasts, Sasuke, and Hashirama’s Thousand-Armed Buddha to manifest.
• Hinata, Hua Yu, Deidara, Kimimaro, and the others prepared to defend against Hagoromo, but Xuanyu told them to stay back.
• Xuanyu told Hagoromo to stop meddling in the Shinobi World, and their pressure erupted as they faced off.

Uchiha Xuan Yu confronted the Sage of Six Paths, refusing to spare Hashirama Senju and accusing the Sage of having a hidden motive for intervening. The Sage’s reaction strengthened Xuanyu’s suspicions as the rift began closing again, leaving Hashirama’s return uncertain.

• Uchiha Xuan Yu and the Sage of Six Paths displayed their power, leaving the onlookers in awe and making Jiraiya and the toads fear a fight was imminent.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Xuanyu to spare Hashirama Senju, but Xuanyu insisted that Hashirama must be punished for his actions.
• Xuanyu argued that Hashirama could still return if he became stronger, then questioned whether the Sage feared losing access to Asura’s Chakra.
• Xuanyu accused the Sage of pursuing a hidden plan involving Asura and Indra’s Chakra, and the Sage’s expression changed at the accusation.
• Xuanyu refused to spare Hashirama and warned the Sage that their next encounter would end in a fight to the death as he resumed closing the rift.

Xuanyu confronted Otsutsuki Hagoromo over his interference and hidden plans, while both struggled to keep a spatial rift open. The chapter left Xuanyu declaring that he would stand at the front when the Otsutsuki Clan descended, as onlookers learned of the coming threat.

• Otsutsuki Hagoromo furiously demanded respect as an Uchiha ancestor and used his power to keep the rift open.
• Xuanyu accused Otsutsuki Hagoromo of neglecting the Uchiha Clan and pursuing a hidden agenda, then added his own power to the rift.
• Hashirama Senju halted his attempted escape as the clashing powers cracked the surrounding space and risked destroying his soul.
• Xuanyu challenged Otsutsuki Hagoromo to face the Otsutsuki Clan beyond the Shinobi World instead of opposing him over a criminal.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo warned that Xuanyu would become the Shinobi World's greatest sinner if he ruined his plan, but Xuanyu vowed to stand at the forefront when the enemy descended.
• The onlookers realized that a powerful threat from beyond the world was coming and that Xuanyu and Otsutsuki Hagoromo disagreed over how to prepare.

Jiraiya and the toads discussed the Visitors from Beyond the Heavens, learning that Otsutsuki Kaguya had come from elsewhere and that future enemies might be even stronger than her. The Great Toad Sage had prophesied that someone would stand at humanity’s forefront, and the chapter left Xuanyu and the Sage of Six Paths facing off over Hashirama Senju.

• Jiraiya asked about the Visitors from Beyond the Heavens, and Immortal Fukasaku speculated that they were connected to the Sage of Six Paths’ mother.
• Immortal Fukasaku recounted how Otsutsuki Kaguya planted the Divine Tree and was sealed by her sons, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura, with the Great Toad Sage’s help.
• Jiraiya feared that future enemies might be as powerful as or stronger than Kaguya, and Sage Shima reassured him that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied someone would defend humanity.
• Jiraiya suspected Xuanyu and his organization would face the future threat, while Tsunade listened and wondered whether the Shinobi World could withstand it.
• Sage Fukasaku turned everyone’s attention back to Xuanyu and Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who stood poised for battle over whether Xuanyu would spare Hashirama Senju.

Xuanyu fought Otsutsuki Hagoromo after refusing to stop sealing the rift, and surprised him by using Shinra Tensei and Truth-Seeking Orbs. The Sage of Six Paths was sent flying, while Naruto made Kurama question whether Hagoromo’s intentions were as benevolent as it had believed.

• Xuanyu rejected Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s demand and continued trying to seal the rift, prompting Hagoromo to attack to protect Hashirama Senju.
• Xuanyu used Shinra Tensei to scatter Hagoromo’s Thunder Dragon, leaving Hagoromo stunned that he could wield the Rinnegan power.
• Hagoromo attacked Xuanyu with a Truth-Seeking Orb, but Xuanyu blocked it with one of his own and transformed it into a spear that sent Hagoromo flying.
• Onlookers debated which fighter would win, while Kurama worried about Xuanyu fighting the Sage of Six Paths.
• Naruto pointed out that Hagoromo had absorbed Kurama’s Chakra and suggested the old man might have ulterior motives, though Kurama continued to trust him.

Naruto and Gaara tried to make Kurama and Shukaku question the Sage of Six Paths’ intentions while Xuanyu fought him. Kurama began to heed Naruto’s warning, but Shukaku remained loyal and grew angry at Gaara.

• Naruto reminded Kurama that the Sage of Six Paths had appeared only when Xuanyu threatened to exile Hashirama Senju, and urged him not to trust the old man.
• Kurama agreed that he should stay vigilant, and Naruto explained his suspicion that the Sage might reclaim the Tailed Beasts for his own plans.
• Naruto asked about Xuanyu’s Black Rods, and Kurama identified them as Truth-Seeking Orbs and said Xuanyu had reached the Six Paths level.
• Gaara warned Shukaku that the Sage of Six Paths might absorb and refine the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra after reviving.
• Shukaku rejected Gaara’s warning, defended the Sage, and said he was beginning to dislike Xuanyu for attacking him.

Gaara and Shukaku reflected on their uneasy bond while the shinobi watched Xuanyu battle the Sage of Six Paths. Xuanyu struck Hagoromo down and asked whether he still intended to stop him.

• Gaara told Shukaku he hoped the Sage of Six Paths would not harm him, while Shukaku insisted Hagoromo would never do so.
• Darui explained that the black weapons were Truth-Seeking Orbs and recalled that they had once sealed Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• Kurotsuchi and Chōjūrō watched Xuanyu and Hagoromo's battle with grave concern as the fighters clashed at tremendous speed.
• Hua Yu urged Hinata to help Xuanyu, but Neji stopped them and said Xuanyu would win on his own.
• Xuanyu pierced Hagoromo with a Truth-Seeking Orb spear, swept him away, and asked whether he still wanted to stop him.

Onlookers watched Uchiha Xuan Yu gain the upper hand against the Sage of Six Paths, whose illusory body began to fade. From a distant Water Screen, Tobirama Senju and Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the Sage and hoped he could help Hashirama Senju, but the Sage was sent flying and grew indistinct.

• Jiraiya, Elder Toad Fukasaku, and Sage Shima watched Uchiha Xuan Yu overwhelm the Sage of Six Paths and questioned how powerful Xuanyu truly was.
• Tobirama Senju and Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the battle through a Water Screen and identified the old man as Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths.
• Tobirama Senju and Sarutobi Hiruzen hoped the Sage of Six Paths would defeat Uchiha Xuan Yu and prevent Hashirama Senju from being exiled.
• Uchiha Xuan Yu struck the Sage of Six Paths with a Black Spear, sending him flying as his figure grew indistinct.

Uchiha Xuan Yu rejected Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s claim to authority over the Uchiha Clan and refused to let him interfere with his decision. As Shisui and other Uchiha voiced their support for Xuan Yu, Tobirama Senju saw a possible way to use the Sage of Six Paths against him later.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen despaired after the Sage of Six Paths failed to defeat Xuan Yu, but Tobirama Senju explained that Hagoromo was only an illusory form.
• Tobirama Senju reasoned that Hagoromo had appeared to protect Hashirama Senju because Hashirama’s reincarnated Asura chakra mattered to his plans, and he encouraged Hiruzen to keep watching.
• Xuan Yu told Otsutsuki Hagoromo that he was not worthy to be the Uchiha Clan’s ancestor because he had demanded that the clan sacrifice its interests.
• Hagoromo mocked Xuan Yu and claimed the Uchiha would not accept his words, but Uchiha Shisui and several others declared they would obey the Young Clan Leader.

Xuan Yu rejected Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s claim to be the Uchiha’s ancestor and argued that the Sage of Six Paths had led the Shinobi World toward a weaker cultivation path by founding Ninshu. His argument made Jiraiya and the Toads question their history, while Hagoromo prepared to attack him.

• Otsutsuki Hagoromo demanded that Xuan Yu release Hashirama Senju, but Xuan Yu refused and challenged him to rescue Hashirama himself.
• Hashirama Senju defended Hagoromo as the founder of Ninshu and an ancestor, while Xuan Yu said Hagoromo had never considered the Uchiha’s interests.
• Xuan Yu argued that people could have cultivated Sage Mode and Natural Energy instead of relying on chakra and ninjutsu.
• Elder Toad Fukasaku agreed that Sage Mode predated Ninshu, and Jiraiya began questioning whether the Shinobi World had followed the wrong cultivation path.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo grew angry at Xuan Yu’s words and warned that he would stop showing mercy as a strange ripple spread from his illusory body.

Xuan Yu stopped Otsutsuki Hagoromo from absorbing Natural Energy, leaving the Sage of Six Paths shocked and unable to restore his body. Hagoromo refused to concede and called on Shukaku, Kurama, and Asura to lend him their chakra.

• Otsutsuki Hagoromo gathered Chakra and Natural Energy to restore his body, but Xuan Yu seized the surrounding Natural Energy and prevented him from absorbing it.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Elder Toad Fukasaku, Sage Shima, and Jiraiya reacted with shock as Fukasaku explained Xuan Yu’s control over Natural Energy.
• Hashirama Senju realized Xuan Yu could have cut off his Sage Mode during their earlier fight, while Hagoromo questioned how Xuan Yu controlled Natural Energy.
• Xuan Yu said the Shinobi World’s people were better suited to cultivating Natural Energy and challenged Hagoromo to continue fighting.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo declared he had not lost, turned to Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke, and asked Shukaku, Kurama, and Asura to lend him their Chakra as he formed hand seals.

Otsutsuki Hagoromo linked himself to Kurama, Shukaku, and Indra, then began drawing Chakra from Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke. The three weakened as their allies watched, while the onlookers wondered whether Hagoromo could use the stolen power to defeat Uchiha Xuan Yu.

• A strange connection locked Kurama, Shukaku, and Indra to Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and Kurama realized Hagoromo could draw on its Chakra.
• Naruto urged Kurama to sever the connection, but Kurama said it could not and accepted that Hagoromo might take its Chakra.
• Gaara checked on Shukaku, who denied that anything was wrong, while Xuanyu glanced toward Sasuke.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo formed hand seals and began siphoning Chakra from Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke along with the Tailed Beasts' power.
• Sakura supported the faltering Sasuke, Kakashi steadied Naruto, and Temari watched Gaara weaken as the onlookers questioned Hagoromo's motives and chances against Uchiha Xuan Yu.

As Otsutsuki Hagoromo drained Chakra from Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke, the watching shinobi feared they might be next, while Xuanyu realized Hagoromo was trying to make himself powerful enough to oppose the Otsutsuki Clan. Hagoromo dismissed Naruto’s warning that Kurama was nearly depleted and revealed Naruto would die if the Tailed Beast dispersed.

• The watching shinobi retreated in fear as Sasuke weakened from having his Chakra drained, and Hagoromo dismissed them as too weak to matter.
• Neji Hyuga explained that Hagoromo was drawing Chakra through a connection to the Tailed Beasts, while Hua Yu trusted Xuanyu to have a reason for letting it continue.
• Xuanyu realized Hagoromo had planned to absorb the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra to become more powerful than the Ten-Tails and travel to other planets to drain Chakra.
• Hagoromo blamed Xuanyu for disrupting his plan to prepare for the Otsutsuki invasion, and Xuanyu mocked him for being unable to defeat him.
• Naruto urged Hagoromo to stop draining Kurama, but Hagoromo said Kurama could be reborn and warned that Naruto would die if the Tailed Beast dispersed.

The Sage of Six Paths drained the Chakra of Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and the Tailed Beasts while Xuanyu searched for a way to stop him. Naruto and the others faced death, but Xuanyu found the pattern behind the extraction, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Sakura begged Xuanyu to save Sasuke, while she and Sasuke cursed the Sage of Six Paths for draining Sasuke's Chakra.
• Naruto and Kurama acknowledged their bond as Naruto's consciousness faded, and Kurama swore he no longer owed Hagoromo anything.
• Kakashi caught Naruto as he weakened, then slapped him twice to keep him awake while Naruto joked about Sasuke and urged Xuanyu to win.
• Gaara told Shukaku that his mother's Chakra was being drained in his place, and Shukaku urged him to survive and remember that he had always been loved.
• Xuanyu scanned the space around them for the method behind the Chakra extraction and announced that he had found it.

Xuanyu redirected the Sage of Six Paths’ power through their connection, allowing Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke to absorb Six Paths Power and recover. The Sage rose from the mud pit and attacked Xuanyu with Shinra Tensei.

• Xuanyu kicked the Sage of Six Paths away and reversed the flow of Six Paths Power into Gaara and the others.
• Gaara and Shukaku realized the Six Paths Power was strengthening Gaara’s body without harming him.
• Naruto entered his Spiritual World and learned from the Nine-Tails that Xuanyu was giving him Six Paths Power to help him grow stronger.
• Sasuke recovered some strength, thanked Sakura, and fell back into her arms when he tried to stand.
• The Sage of Six Paths climbed out of the mud pit and used Shinra Tensei against Xuanyu.

The Sage of Six Paths used Chibaku Tensei, drawing the earth into a massive sphere while Xuanyu remained calmly in its pull. As everyone watched from a distance, the Sage of Six Paths waited for Xuanyu to flee so he could rescue Hashirama Senju and return his soul to the Pure Land.

• The Sage of Six Paths unleashed Chibaku Tensei, pulling Xuanyu and the surrounding land toward a black sphere.
• Elder Toad Fukasaku identified the jutsu, while Jiraiya and the Nine-Tails warned their allies that it could seal them.
• Kakashi evacuated Naruto and Sasuke, and Gaara, Hua Yu, Shisui, and the other shinobi retreated beyond the jutsu's range.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that Xuanyu could escape with Space Jump and was likely not in danger.
• Xuanyu remained calm beneath the forming sphere, while the Sage of Six Paths watched for him to flee so he could rescue Hashirama Senju's soul.