Chapter Summaries

Wuye defeated Onoki’s forces, then ended the war by securing reparations from the great villages after Temari exposed Orochimaru’s impersonation and persuaded Sand Village to withdraw from Konoha. In the Land of Rain, Wuye asked Konan to marry him and promised that the people there would be protected as the region became part of the Land of Fire.

• Wuye routed Onoki’s retreating forces and demanded one billion ryo in reparations, agreeing to wait three days for Onoki’s answer.
• Minato Namikaze faced the AB duo, and both sides agreed to a truce.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi died, Temari revealed Shukaku’s tails, exposed Orochimaru’s deception, and persuaded Sand Village to withdraw from Konoha.
• Onoki, Raikage A, and Kirigakure Village agreed to pay reparations, ending the war.
• Konan recognized that Wuye’s protection plan gave Konoha influence over the smaller nations, while Wuye said he wanted to protect her from being bullied.
• Wuye asked Konan to marry him and told her the Land of Rain would become Rain Province under the Land of Fire; Konan wondered if she could finally let go.

Wuye intercepted the Sand Village ninja as they returned home and offered to waive their reparations if Temari came back with him. Temari chose to leave Sand Village’s future to Gaara and asked Wuye to take her to a hot spring, and they flew off together.

• Wuye descended before the departing Sand Village force and demanded reparations, offering to waive them if Temari came home with him.
• Temari explained that she needed to return to support Gaara, but Wuye offered to train him to become Kazekage, and she told Gaara and Kankuro to go ahead without her.
• Gaara told Temari to stay in Konoha if she was happier there, but Temari insisted she would catch up with the others in a few days.
• Temari asked Wuye to take her to the hot spring inn, and she angrily corrected him when he mistook her request for a farewell encounter.
• Temari embraced Wuye, and he carried her into the sky toward the hot spring.

Wuye and Temari returned to the hot spring inn, where he tried to persuade her to stay in the Land of Fire by teasing her about the Land of Wind. Temari used a bottle of concentrated mood-enhancing medicine to overcome his refusal, and its effects began to take hold as she approached him.

• Wuye took Temari to the inn’s largest hot spring room and tried to convince her that the Land of Fire’s hot springs would keep her from returning to the Land of Wind.
• Wuye teased Temari about becoming a rough woman in the desert, and Temari threatened to protect her skin by covering herself up.
• When Temari called Wuye closer, he refused and turned away, so she revealed a bottle of medicine she had taken from Mikoto and Kushina’s bedside table.
• Temari said the bottle contained the dose from five bottles combined and drank it, leaving Wuye stunned.
• As the medicine began affecting Temari, she moved close to Wuye and asked what he would do, while he realized he was being taken advantage of.

Temari left Wuye without explaining her feelings, and her departure awakened the sixth tomoe in his Sharingan, allowing him to form a second Mangekyō Sharingan. On his way back to Konoha, Wuye witnessed Itachi Uchiha and Kisame escape after Itachi tortured Sasuke, who vowed to become stronger.

• Temari woke beside Wuye, dressed, and left after crumpling the note she had tried to write.
• Wuye found Temari’s discarded note, drank sake in the hot spring, and awakened the sixth tomoe in his Sharingan.
• Wuye’s new tomoe formed a second Mangekyō Sharingan, which had a pattern mirrored from his first.
• On his way to Konoha, Wuye saw Itachi Uchiha repeatedly cast Tsukuyomi on Sasuke while Jiraiya and Naruto watched.
• Jiraiya trapped Itachi Uchiha and Kisame with the Toad Mouth Bind Technique, but Itachi used Amaterasu to escape with Kisame.
• Sasuke broke down after the encounter and swore to become stronger, while Naruto struggled to understand his pain.

Three months after Sasuke and Karin defected, Wuye prepared to marry Konan, the leader of the Land of Rain, while discussing the growing threat of another shinobi war with Minato. Their wedding procession flew over Konoha, leaving Konan on her way to a new life and the village reacting to Wuye’s latest marriage.

• Wuye and Minato discussed Naruto’s Wood Release, Sasuke and Karin’s defection, and their plans for Naruto and Kakashi.
• Wuye warned Minato that the Fourth Shinobi World War could begin within three years and said his marriage to Konan would unsettle the other nations.
• Konan prepared to leave the Land of Rain, while Nagato planned for Akatsuki to investigate tailed beasts and continue working with Onoki.
• Wuye took Konan from the Land of Rain to Konoha, where Nagato watched them depart and withdrew into the darkness.
• Wuye and Konan flew over Konoha in their wedding clothes as the villagers cheered, while Hanabi and Hinata asked whether they could marry Wuye too.

After Wuye and Konan returned from their wedding dance, Hyuga Suzu confronted them about Hanabi and Hinata’s feelings for Wuye and asked him to limit his contact with the girls. Wuye and Konan then entered their bridal chamber and shared nuptial wine, beginning their married life.

• Wuye arrived at his estate with Konan and found Kushina, Mikoto, Hyuga Suzu, Hinata, and Hanabi discussing the girls’ desire to marry him.
• Hyuga Suzu asked Wuye to forbid Hanabi and Hinata from kissing or hugging him, and he agreed while leaving room for unavoidable circumstances.
• Hanabi whispered that she and Hinata had helped with Temari’s medicine, then ran out with Hinata and vowed they would not give up.
• Kushina and Mikoto teased each other about drinking before leaving, and Wuye led Konan to their decorated bridal chamber.
• Wuye and Konan drank nuptial wine from connected gourds, then joined the empty halves and hung them above the bed.

Wuye and Konan revisited their first meetings, then shared an intimate night that carried them into the sky on wings amid Konan’s paper cranes. Their moonlit flight left Kushina and Mikoto wondering whether Wuye could take them up together next time.

• Konan asked Wuye about their first three meetings, and he recalled finding her as a child and later feeding her when she fainted from hunger.
• Konan admitted she had once hidden from Wuye while secretly watching him, and told him she would belong to him in the future.
• Wuye reassured Konan that their past was only a small part of the long life ahead, and they kissed in the bath.
• Konan asked Wuye to take her up into the sky, and he flew through the window with her as paper cranes swirled around them.
• Kushina and Mikoto watched Wuye and Konan soar beneath the moon and blushed as they discussed going together next time.
• Wuye and Konan rested together on a bridge of paper cranes, sharing a dreamlike moonlit night.

After three years of domestic squabbles and relative peace, Hanabi could no longer sense Hinata, prompting Wuye to identify her mission at the Loulan Ruins and rush to find her.

• After Wuye carried Konan to bed, Hanabi and Hinata were caught spying by Hyuga Suzu, who scolded them for pursuing Wuye.
• Hanabi and Hinata remained devoted to Wuye through three years of restrictions, while the shinobi world enjoyed its final period of peace.
• Three years later, Hanabi told Wuye that she could no longer sense Hinata.
• Wuye checked the mission files, found that Hinata had gone to the Loulan Ruins, and flew off with Hanabi to find her.

Wuye brought Hanabi to the Dragon Vein at Loulan and traveled through time with her, intending to save her. He arrived a thousand years in the past, where a soul conflict forced the ancient sages to send another version of him into the future.

• Wuye reassured Hanabi about her sister and carried her through the sky while she teased him about marrying her.
• Wuye and Hanabi reached the ruins of Loulan, and he explained that the Dragon Vein would separate them temporarily before they entered its pillar of light.
• Wuye emerged in an emerald pool a thousand years in the past and suffered a soul conflict with his counterpart.
• Slug, Gamamaru, and the white snake transported one version of Wuye into the future to prevent the identical souls from destroying each other.
• Wuye learned that the three sages had created his body as Nature's incarnation, while his soul had appeared from nowhere.

Wuye learned that his future self’s power had formed a closed loop and came from the Demonic Tree in the present. Beneath the Divine Tree, he saw Kaguya Otsutsuki and heard her call someone named Kotone before the others began sealing the pool.

• Wuye learned that his future memories had entered his present soul through a closed loop when his future self fused with the body of nature.
• The slug, Gamamaru, and the white snake explained that Wuye’s Sharingan power came from the Demonic Tree through the Dragon Vein.
• Wuye reasoned that he had returned to the past because he already existed in the time-space he was meant to reach, and worried about where Uchiha Mikoto had gone.
• Wuye and the creatures heard footsteps above them, and Gamamaru revealed Kaguya Otsutsuki beneath the Divine Tree.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki touched a tree root, said it would take a few more months, and called someone named Kotone as she left.
• The slug, Gamamaru, and the white snake began sealing the pool while Wuye remained fixated on Kaguya Otsutsuki and the name Kotone.

Wuye left the God Tree’s barrier to find Kaguya’s soul and encountered Kaguya Otsutsuki, who recognized that he could use her unique abilities. He told her he had come from the future, and she wondered whether Kaguya was her future self.

• Wuye promised Gamamaru and the others he would return in three months, then left the barrier beneath the God Tree.
• Wuye used his Byakugan to locate a wooden house and spotted Kaguya Otsutsuki approaching him with a powerful strike.
• Wuye summoned Kaguya’s body, and the two combined their strength to block Kaguya Otsutsuki’s attack before being thrown back by the impact.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki questioned why Wuye could use her Divine Void Strike and Byakugan: Pressure, and Wuye said he had come from the future to find Kaguya’s soul.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki noticed Kaguya’s resemblance to herself and asked whether she was her future self.

Wuye told Kaguya Otsutsuki that her future self was his wife and began recounting their life together. He revealed that she had ultimately sacrificed her soul for his happiness, leaving him grieving as they watched the clouds.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki said she could revive her future self only by giving up her own body, and Wuye refused to erase her past self's existence.
• Wuye called Kaguya Otsutsuki his wife and agreed to tell her about their relationship, then followed her to her wooden house.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki introduced her maid Kotone and asked Wuye how he knew she had come from beyond the heavens.
• Wuye recalled how Kaguya first trained him as her younger brother and later devoted herself entirely to his happiness.
• When Kaguya Otsutsuki asked how her future self lost her soul, Wuye explained that she had sacrificed it for his happiness.

Kaguya Otsutsuki told Wuye that she had come to complete a clan mission but wanted to escape her fate of being devoured by the God Tree. That night, Kotone offered Wuye a place to sleep and a quilt, and he invited her to sit and talk with him.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki revealed that the God Tree would bloom within three months and that a clan member would come to collect its fruit.
• Wuye told Kaguya Otsutsuki she had time to decide whether to trust him and share her worries.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki went inside while Wuye settled in a tree outside, and Kotone watched him from a nearby house.
• Kotone offered Wuye her room, but he declined and encouraged her to rest.
• Kotone brought Wuye a quilt and told him he reminded her of her younger brother, who had died in a war.
• Wuye accepted the quilt and invited Kotone to sit with him and talk, and she sat beside him.

Wuye and Kotone shared a blanket and talked about her life, the wars of her era, and Wuye's hope of reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kotone challenged him to make Kaguya fall for him within a month, while Kaguya watched them from her room and smiled.

• Wuye covered Kotone with the cloud blanket, and they settled into sharing it while he steered their conversation away from awkward intimacy.
• Kotone told Wuye that Kaguya had saved her life and described the hardship ordinary people faced amid war between the Ancestor Country and the Other Country.
• Wuye said the future was also full of war and promised that the world would become better as long as he was there.
• Kotone said Kaguya had died for Wuye's happiness, and Wuye reaffirmed that he would bring her back.
• Kotone suggested their bond might have begun in this earlier time and wagered that she would make Wuye clothes if he made Kaguya fall for him within a month.
• Kaguya watched Wuye and Kotone talking beneath the tree, smiled, and closed her eyes again.

Wuye prepared breakfast and a new dress for Kaguya Otsutsuki, then styled her hair and served food that suited her tastes. Kaguya Otsutsuki enjoyed his attentions and wondered how he knew what she liked, while Wuye hinted that she was like someone he already knew.

• Wuye and Kotone set up breakfast outside, and Wuye offered Kaguya Otsutsuki a new dress.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki tried on the dress and thanked Wuye when it fit and pleased her.
• Wuye persuaded Kaguya Otsutsuki to sit while he combed her hair into a butterfly-shaped knot.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki admired the hairstyle with her Byakugan and accepted a bowl of fruit porridge from Wuye.
• Kotone asked how Wuye knew Kaguya Otsutsuki's preferences, and Wuye said she was the same as someone else.

Wuye and Kaguya Otsutsuki discussed her connection to the woman he loved, and Kaguya realized her current self was distinct from her future counterpart. She wanted to live as herself, but Wuye’s proposed way to save the other Kaguya seemed to fail because a soul leaving its body would carry its memories with it.

• Wuye showed Kaguya Otsutsuki how well he knew her and urged her to marry him sooner, while she struggled with her feelings for him.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki realized her current existence had only a limited time and that she might become a different person in the future.
• Kaguya explained that memories depended on the union of a soul and its body, and declared that she did not want to die or become her future self.
• Wuye said he would not kill Kaguya even if he could, because retrieving her soul would erase the other parts of her soul in his world.
• Wuye proposed using the Spirit Transformation Technique to separate a soul from its body, but Kaguya warned that the soul would take its memories with it, leaving him disheartened.

Wuye tried to persuade Kaguya Otsutsuki to develop a way to transfer souls unconsciously, promising to resurrect her as well. After Kotone suggested marriage as a way to ensure he would save Kaguya, Wuye proposed winning her love within three months, then began trimming her nails as he talked.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki said she could develop an unconscious soul-transfer method but questioned why she should sacrifice her present self to help Wuye.
• Kotone pointed out that Wuye could not resurrect Kaguya unless he first saved his wife, and Wuye promised to bring Kaguya back if soul transfers could be repeated without limit.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki worried that Wuye might favor his wife and leave her forgotten, so Kotone suggested that Kaguya marry Wuye too.
• Wuye proposed that he and Kaguya fall in love within three months, and Kaguya asked him to tell her about himself and his wife instead of showing her his memories with genjutsu.
• Wuye took out nail clippers and carefully trimmed Kaguya's nails, then held her hands again to file them.

Kaguya Otsutsuki told Wuye and Kotone about the Otsutsuki Clan’s plan to harvest Chakra Fruits and her failed attempt to escape her role as Isshiki’s servant. Wuye welcomed her onto his side and tried to build their relationship, but Kaguya asked whether he would abandon her after getting what he wanted.

• Wuye asked Kaguya Otsutsuki what it had felt like when he finished her nails, then changed the subject to the God Tree.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki explained that the Otsutsuki Clan planted Ten-Tails on planets to drain their life force and produce Chakra Fruits for the clan’s higher-ups.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki revealed that she was the lower-ranked member of her pair, that Isshiki had thrown her to the Ten-Tails, and that she had wanted to take a Chakra Fruit for herself.
• Wuye suggested that his wife Kaguya might be the vessel Kaguya Otsutsuki had chosen and asked whether she had implanted Karma in her.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki said she no longer wanted to live as the Otsutsuki Clan’s puppet, and Wuye declared that she was on his side.
• Wuye covered Kaguya Otsutsuki’s hand and said they should build their relationship, prompting her to ask whether he would abandon her after taking what he wanted.

Wuye told Kaguya Otsutsuki that he had married three women and might marry more, prompting her to withdraw and ignore him for three days. When he revealed that Kotone shared his future mother's name, he explained that he had never seen his mother and learned at age seven that he would never see her again.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki questioned Wuye about how many women he had, and he admitted he had married three and might marry more.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki returned to her room and ignored Wuye for three days, while he and Kotone grew closer.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Wuye whether he had traveled to their era to find her or Kotone, and he said Kotone felt like family to him.
• Wuye told Kotone and Kaguya Otsutsuki that his future mother's name was Kotone, and Kotone felt an immediate closeness to him.
• Wuye said he had never seen his mother because she was always away on missions, and he learned at age seven that he would never see her again.

Wuye, Kotone, and Kaguya Otsutsuki discussed their intertwined future and held hands together. Kotone left them alone, and Wuye led Kaguya outside for a walk while continuing to hold her hand.

• Wuye reassured Kotone that she could relate to him as a brother, and she said she was content to stay with him and Kaguya Otsutsuki in the future.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki took Kotone's hand and thanked her for always following her, and Kotone suggested that the three of them hold hands in a triangle.
• Wuye took Kaguya Otsutsuki's hand and compared how it felt to holding Kotone's, describing how their different feelings affected him.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki grew flustered as Wuye explained that holding her hand made his heart race, while Kotone quietly withdrew and left them alone.
• Wuye told Kaguya Otsutsuki they should take an after-meal walk and led her outside without letting go of her hand.