Chapter Summaries

Sasori fought Chiyo and Yura in the Land of Wind desert, where Yura died after killing Fujiyuu with Sasori’s puppet technique. Chiyo revealed Konoha’s resurrection ability and showed Sasori her original Living Corpse Reincarnation research, leaving him shaken as she asked to spend more time with him.

• Fujiyuu drove Yura back in their fight while Chiyo’s Father and Mother overwhelmed Sasori’s Crow puppet.
• Sasori used Yura’s corpse to control Fujiyuu, killing him before transferring his core into Yura’s body.
• Chiyo told Sasori that Konoha’s Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had been resurrected and gave him an Intelligence Scroll confirming it.
• Chiyo urged Sasori to return with her and promised to find a way to resurrect his parents, but Sasori doubted Sunagakure could do it.
• Chiyo gave Sasori her original Living Corpse Reincarnation scroll, revealing she had developed the technique while trying to bring his parents back.
• Chiyo said she wanted to spend more time with Sasori before passing her work to him, knowing that he had lost the will to live.

Chiyo persuaded Sasori to keep living by offering hope that his parents could be revived, and helped him leave Sunagakure with his original puppet body and supplies. Sasori headed toward the Land of Fire to investigate how the Fourth Hokage had been revived, while Chiyo watched him go.

• Chiyo told Sasori that Konoha’s method of revival might offer a way to bring his parents back, and Sasori said he would not return to Sunagakure.
• Sasori explained that he planned to investigate the Fourth Hokage’s revival rather than remain imprisoned in Sand Village.
• Chiyo gave Sasori the scroll containing his original body puppet, which he unsealed and entered.
• Chiyo handed Sasori a scroll of puppet-making tools and Ebizo’s contact information, and assured him she could safely return to Sunagakure.
• Sasori said goodbye to Chiyo and left for the Land of Fire, while Chiyo watched until he disappeared.

Natsuki recovered from his injuries and reassured Kimimaro after Orochimaru’s cruel joke, then had Kabuto replace his damaged eye. The next day, Orochimaru returned to Konoha and delegated broad authority to Minato while the village considered its response to Kusagakure’s crisis.

• Natsuki reappeared unharmed, comforted Kimimaro, and criticized Orochimaru for making him think Natsuki was dead.
• Kabuto Yakushi replaced Natsuki’s ruined Sharingan eye, and Natsuki used the Hundred Healings Jutsu to restore it despite losing his healing ability.
• Natsuki reflected that mastering the Hundred Healings Jutsu had deepened his understanding of Yang Release and suggested a way to modify the Yin Seal.
• Orochimaru convened Konoha’s High Council and gave Minato authority over administrative affairs and Anbu forces while he was away.
• Orochimaru and the council discussed the collapse of the Fruit of Grass and considered Konoha’s diplomatic response to the struggle for power in Kusagakure.

Orochimaru set Konoha’s demands for Kusagakure and rewarded the Sarutobi Clan, while Minato handled the aftermath of the abruptly ended Chunin Exams. As Gaara prepared to leave, Natsuki took Naruto and Sasuke to see him and warned them about the dangers of the shinobi world.

• Orochimaru demanded that Kusagakure pay compensation and surrender thirty percent of its annual herbal medicine profits within ten days, threatening war if it refused.
• Orochimaru increased severance pay for Sarutobi Clan members by twenty percent, and Sarutobi Kō thanked him.
• Minato handled the captured Grass shinobi and the poisoned exam participants while Orochimaru negotiated trade benefits with Rasa.
• After the examinees recovered, Gaara and the others prepared to leave Konoha, and Naruto brought Natsuki, Sasuke, and himself to see Gaara off.
• Natsuki reminded Naruto that being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki carried responsibility and urged both boys to stay alert after they had been poisoned during the exams.
• Sasuke wondered whether Minato was Naruto’s father but dismissed the idea because Naruto had grown up so poorly.

Natsuki met Gaara as the Sand Village forces prepared to return home, checked on Shukaku, and asked Gaara to keep his hairstyle. He warned Rasa against provoking Konoha and learned that Sasori of the Red Sands had escaped, then parted ways with the Sand leader.

• Temari urged Gaara to leave for Sand Village, where Rasa needed to address Sasori of the Red Sands' escape and the damage to their forces.
• Naruto brought Natsuki to Gaara, who thanked him for the Four Symbols Seal and reunited with him after years apart.
• Natsuki inspected Gaara's seal and Shukaku, encouraged Gaara's friendship with Naruto, and asked him not to change his hairstyle.
• Natsuki criticized Rasa for testing Konoha and advised Sand Village to spend two years recovering and rebuilding.
• Rasa told Natsuki that a traitor had freed Sasori of the Red Sands, and Natsuki agreed to be cautious before they parted.

Natsuki received a mission to make the Land of Wind habitable, then heard Itachi's account of Obito's attack and ordered the Uchiha Clan to prepare for evacuation within three months. He remained in Konoha to watch for Urashiki and planned further training and research.

• Natsuki received the Sand Village mission to drastically alter the Land of Wind's environment and set it aside for later.
• Natsuki returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and asked Itachi to recount his fight with Obito.
• Natsuki told Itachi to protect the remaining Uchiha clansmen and evacuate them within three months, warning him to summon Natsuki if Sasuke and Boruto appeared.
• Natsuki planned to use the next three months to watch for Urashiki while arranging the Uchiha Clan's preparations and transfers.
• Natsuki reflected on his studies of the Hundred Healings Jutsu, Yang Release, and other ways to improve his abilities.

Sasuke and Naruto sparred until Itachi returned and announced that Sasuke would leave for Radiant Country in three months. Elsewhere, a secret organization in Amegakure discussed Minato Namikaze’s resurrection and decided to strengthen its forces.

• Sasuke and Naruto fought with ninjutsu and weapons, and Itachi watched as Sasuke gradually tired while Naruto still had stamina.
• Itachi intervened, reunited with Sasuke, and told him and Naruto that he would stay with the clan until its members withdrew.
• Itachi told Naruto that Sasuke would return to Radiant Country with the clan in about three months, disappointing both boys.
• In an underground chamber in Amegakure, a man with the Roman numeral IV learned that Minato Namikaze had been resurrected and that Orochimaru was suspected of being responsible.
• The Roman numeral IV man ordered his organization to build up its strength because Orochimaru, now the Fifth Hokage, could not be recruited.

Natsuki told Tsunade how Minato had been resurrected and explained why Minato was the best choice to face the Otsutsuki. He then demonstrated that he had mastered the Hundred Healings Jutsu and asked Tsunade to take him to see the Slug Sage.

• Tsunade returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and pressed Natsuki for details about Minato's resurrection.
• Natsuki said he could resurrect the dead but claimed he could not yet bring back Nawaki or Dan Katō, and warned Tsunade that the process had a low success rate.
• Natsuki explained that he chose Minato because Naruto could grow to rival Hashirama and needed a suitable teacher, while Minato had the other half of the Nine-Tails sealed in his soul.
• Natsuki told Tsunade he had learned the Hundred Healings Jutsu and asked her to take him to see the Slug Sage.
• Natsuki demonstrated the technique, and Tsunade discovered he could use it without a Yin Seal thanks to his enormous chakra reserves.

Tsunade brought Uchiha Natsuki to meet the Slug Sage so he could learn Shikkotsu Forest's Sage Mode. The Slug Sage explained that she hoped Natsuki would help avert a future disaster and led him onward to begin training.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, who inscribed a contract on Natsuki and transported him to Shikkotsu Forest.
• The Slug Sage welcomed Natsuki and said she had been expecting him because Tsunade had told her he wanted to learn Sage Mode.
• The Slug Sage explained that she was an aggregate of Katsuyu and sensed that many living beings would be destroyed in a future disaster.
• The Slug Sage said her Sage Mode required great Chakra, vitality, Nature Affinity, and a stable mind, and she believed Natsuki could help save the world.
• The Slug Sage warned Natsuki that learning Shikkotsu Forest's Sage Mode carried danger and led him deeper into the forest.

Natsuki visited Shikkotsu Forest to learn its Sage Mode, studied the instructions, and tested absorbing Natural Energy with the Hundred Healings Jutsu to withstand the pain. He returned to the clan and decided to develop a Sage Mode suited to humans, with no intention of visiting the forest again.

• Natsuki followed the Slug Sage to a pool of Life Essence and learned that it could restore injuries and replenish lost Life Source.
• The Slug Sage assigned Katsuyu to teach Natsuki, and Katsuyu gave him a scroll after admitting she could not remember the lessons clearly.
• Natsuki read the scroll and absorbed Natural Energy, using the Hundred Healings Jutsu to endure the resulting pain.
• Natsuki ended the contract and returned to the clan, leaving the Slug Sage to lament that he had not accepted its essence.
• Natsuki washed his hands and decided to create a Sage Mode suited to the human body.

Natsuki continued developing Radiant Country while planning to find Utakata and help Mist Village recover. As the other shinobi villages reacted warily to Konoha’s growing power, he remained focused on keeping the Five Great Nations in balance.

• Natsuki trained in the Mystical Palm Technique at Radiant Country’s hospital while Kimimaro recuperated back home with Haku caring for him.
• Kisame, Kyoko, Nagato, and Yahiko set sail on Radiant Country’s first long voyage, while Shisui managed the harbor and Itachi watched over Sasuke in Konoha.
• After learning Mist Village still had not found Utakata, Natsuki decided to seek the Tsuchigumo Clan, whose heir Hotaru was sheltering him on Mount Katsuragi.
• The Flower of Grass faction seized Hozuki Castle, removed the Sheep Head Elder, and had Hyakku Kasen take power before Kusagakure apologized to Konoha and paid reparations.
• The other shinobi villages grew wary after the Fourth Hokage’s resurrection, while Natsuki judged that the Uchiha Clan’s move to Radiant Country could help preserve a fragile balance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Obito and Black Zetsu traveled to a cave at the Land of Iron’s border, where they waited for a moonlit passage to open so they could investigate the moon. Meanwhile, Kakuzu worked under Obito’s new organization, Moon, until Sasori approached him to discuss cooperation.

• Obito and Black Zetsu reached a cave containing a strange lake that Black Zetsu said would open a passage during the full moon.
• Obito considered how to build his strength after learning that Konoha and the Uchiha Clan had gained advantages, and he formed the organization Moon.
• Obito recruited Kakuzu into Moon, where Kakuzu took bounty missions and searched for recruits and materials for Dionysus's Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kakuzu stopped in a forest after sensing that someone was following him.
• Sasori revealed himself to Kakuzu and explained that he had escaped from Sand Village after the Uchiha Clan captured him.
• Sasori approached Kakuzu to learn about the Land of Water and explore the possibility of working together.

Sasori sought information about Minato's resurrection and accepted Kakuzu's offer to join Akatsuki Organization in exchange for funds, materials, and Intelligence. Obito learned he had agreed to pay Sasori thirty million, leaving the newly rebuilt organization in debt before it had earned anything.

• Sasori pursued information about Minato's resurrection and decided he needed an organization to provide Intelligence, protection, and funding.
• Kakuzu offered Sasori a place in Akatsuki Organization, and Sasori agreed while demanding thirty million immediately.
• A White Zetsu reported Sasori's recruitment and demands to Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Obito erupted in anger over Kakuzu promising the organization’s money, then accepted that recruiting Sasori required providing benefits.

Obito and Black Zetsu entered the moon through an ancient passage and discovered the Otsutsuki settlement, where the elders learned of the intrusion. They searched the island for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and found a forest full of preserved puppets.

• Obito broke free of the passage’s memory genjutsu by using Dual Kamui, then killed a giant crab that attacked him and Black Zetsu.
• The First Elder entrusted Toneri to the Second Elder and asked him to fulfill their ancestor’s final command.
• A puppet warned the elders that someone had invaded the passage to Earth, so the Second Elder sent Toneri underground and went to investigate.
• Obito and Black Zetsu emerged inside the moon and found an artificial sun, but Obito’s Summoning Technique could only sense the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s direction.
• Obito and Black Zetsu crossed the sea to a silent, overgrown island, where Obito discovered and stored dozens of preserved puppets in the Kamui Dimension.

Obito and Black Zetsu searched the moon for clues about the Tenseigan and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. After defeating the Second Elder and reading his memories, Obito learned where the statue was sealed and set out to retrieve it.

• The Second Elder discovered that the dormant puppets had vanished while Obito and Black Zetsu explored the moon’s ruins and read an ancient inscription about the Tenseigan.
• Obito grew suspicious of Black Zetsu after hearing him read the inscription, and the two found an underground graveyard before moving on.
• Obito collected hundreds of sleeping puppets in the Kamui Dimension as the Second Elder pursued them toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The Second Elder attacked Obito and Black Zetsu with twenty combat puppets, but Obito evaded the energy blasts, subdued him with genjutsu, and captured the puppets.
• Obito used Memory Reading on the Second Elder and learned about the Giant Tenseigan, the statue’s double seal, and the First Elder’s knowledge of how to awaken the Tenseigan.
• Obito told Black Zetsu they had a lead on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and headed to retrieve it without revealing what he had learned about the Tenseigan.

Natsuki went to Mount Katsuragi and staged an attack to make Tonbei send for help and urge Hotaru and Utakata to flee together. After they left, Natsuki put Tonbei to sleep and planned to have the Mist Village retrieve Utakata.

• Natsuki flew to Mount Katsuragi and found Utakata and Hotaru together on the summit.
• Natsuki sent a Shadow Clone through the fortress’s traps, prompting Tonbei to send an urgent Request for Aid to Konoha.
• Natsuki’s Shadow Clone broke the fortress’s barrier, and Tonbei gave Hotaru the clan’s forbidden technique and urged her to escape with Utakata.
• Hotaru agreed to leave with Utakata after Tonbei insisted, and Utakata promised to repay the debt he owed.
• Natsuki descended after Hotaru and Utakata left, put Tonbei to sleep with genjutsu, and planned to have the Mist Village retrieve Utakata.

Future Sasuke and Boruto arrived in a version of Konoha that differed sharply from the past they knew, where Orochimaru was Hokage and the Uchiha Clan still existed. As they headed for the Uchiha Clan Compound, Karasuki warned that their destination was an unrecorded time-space.

• Future Sasuke and Boruto fell into the forests above Konoha, found no sign of Urashiki, and discovered Karasuki was initially unresponsive.
• They reached Konoha and saw that Orochimaru's face was among the Hokage Faces, while Tsunade's, Kakashi's, and Naruto's were absent.
• An auntie told them Orochimaru had become Hokage, Uchiha Natsuki led the Uchiha Clan and had founded his own country, and the Fourth Hokage had been resurrected.
• Future Sasuke asked for directions to the Uchiha Clan Compound and led Boruto through Konoha, realizing this was not the past he remembered.
• Karasuki warned Boruto that time displacement had shifted their target location and that their current time-space was not in its records.

Karasuki explained that Boruto and Future Sasuke had arrived in a changed past timeline, where Urashiki would appear in a few days to target young Naruto. Future Sasuke entered the Uchiha compound hoping to find his family, just as Itachi was summoned to meet the newcomers.

• Karasuki told Boruto and Future Sasuke that human interference had created a new time-space in the era when Tsunade governed Konoha.
• Karasuki warned them that Urashiki would arrive in a few days and that staying in the past for more than seven days could make people in their own time-space forget them.
• Karasuki explained that a Spacetime Anomaly could fix this time-space's future, then ran out of chakra and retreated into its shell.
• Future Sasuke decided to visit the Uchiha Clan, and he and Boruto crossed Snack Street and entered the clan compound.
• Itachi heard that the pair had appeared and told Iori to use Reverse Summoning to summon Natsuki.
• Future Sasuke found the compound quiet and saw an unknown figure suddenly appear before him.

Natsuki reunited with Future Sasuke, who had traveled back in time with Boruto, and explained that this timeline’s Uchiha Clan had survived. Future Sasuke and Itachi confronted the differences between their histories as Natsuki brought them into the clan grounds to meet the Fourth Hokage.

• Natsuki summoned Tonbei away, repaired the sealing jutsu, and was reverse-summoned to the clan grounds after Iori said Itachi’s expected visitors had arrived.
• Future Sasuke recognized Itachi and became emotional, while Natsuki identified Future Sasuke and Boruto as visitors from the future.
• Natsuki used genjutsu to knock Boruto unconscious, and Future Sasuke extinguished Itachi’s Amaterasu before they compared their Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan patterns.
• Natsuki sent Iori to summon the Fourth Hokage, and Future Sasuke learned that Iori was his sister in this timeline.
• Future Sasuke asked whether the Uchiha Clan massacre had happened, and Itachi said it had not while realizing that he had committed it in Future Sasuke’s past.

The First Elder learned that Saito and the combat puppets had vanished, then took Spirit Binding Medicine to confront the invaders at the temple. Obito and Black Zetsu found the sealed Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but the First Elder attacked them, and Obito pulled him toward himself.

• The First Elder learned that Saito had sent no message for hours and that the twenty combat puppets had not returned, then confirmed Toneri was safe in isolation.
• After a puppet reported that the temple had been invaded, the First Elder took Spirit Binding Medicine despite its warning that he had only two days left to live.
• Obito and Black Zetsu followed the Second Elder's memories to the temple and found the petrified Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which Obito could not connect to because it was sealed.
• The First Elder attacked Obito and Black Zetsu with a massive ball of light, then animated the nearby stone statues and tried to keep his distance.
• Obito resisted the statues' attacks by phasing through a thrown stone, then used Banshō Ten'in to pull the First Elder toward him.