Chapter Summaries

Natsuki discussed ways to revive the Uchiha Clan with Future Sasuke, urging him to expand the clan and explaining how he could use his Rinnegan to bring back fallen clan members. Future Sasuke reconsidered his choices after remembering Itachi’s warning not to bear everything alone.

• Natsuki decided to begin searching the sea for Karasuki once the Radiant Country had developed enough.
• Future Sasuke asked Natsuki whether the Uchiha Clan in his era could still be revived.
• Natsuki criticized Future Sasuke for having only one child and urged him to have more children or use cloning to rebuild the clan.
• Natsuki suggested that Future Sasuke use his Rinnegan and Rinne Rebirth to revive Uchiha members, while warning that its ocular power was limited.
• Future Sasuke remembered Itachi telling him not to bear everything alone.

Future Sasuke and Boruto said farewell to their hosts and returned to their own world, while Natsuki prepared the Uchiha Clan to move to Radiant Country. Naruto and Sasuke parted for the evening, unaware that Natsuki intended to keep them apart for a time so they could train separately.

• Mikoto, Fugaku, Naruto, and Sasuke said goodbye to Future Sasuke and Boruto as Karasuki finished charging.
• Natsuki gave Future Sasuke a Storage Scroll containing Uchiha records and secret techniques, and told him he would become the Uchiha Clan Head after returning.
• Karasuki flashed, and Future Sasuke and Boruto vanished; Naruto asked Natsuki whether his future would differ and learned that Neji had died saving Naruto in the other world.
• Natsuki told Sasuke that the Uchiha Clan would move to Radiant Country, and Naruto and Sasuke grew glum at the thought of parting.
• Natsuki told Naruto that Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique would let him visit Sasuke, then ordered the Uchiha Clan Members to prepare for the move that night.

Natsuki and Minato moved the Uchiha Clan to Radiant Country using the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving Naruto behind in Konoha. The clan settled into its new compound, while Naruto accepted that he would be separated from Sasuke for a long time.

• Minato used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to transport more than two hundred Uchiha Clan Members from Konoha to Radiant Country, then returned to Natsuki.
• Natsuki assigned Iori to continue his clan duties and told Sasuke that Naruto had stayed behind; Itachi took Sasuke to the training grounds.
• Tsunade joined Orochimaru's research team, handed her medical instruction work to Shizune, and arranged more support for Rock Lee's training.
• Minato told Naruto that he had sent Sasuke and Natsuki to Radiant Country without saying goodbye, and refused to take Naruto there until he trained properly.
• The bald man received Natsuki's letter confirming the Uchiha Clan's move and instructing him to send Obito's intelligence through Tenten.

Natsuki helped Sasuke understand why he could not yet defeat Itachi and explained how a future Sasuke had endured setbacks and eventually surpassed him. He also revealed the Uchiha Clan’s tragic fate in another timeline, leaving Sasuke determined to grow strong enough not to become a burden to Itachi when the Ninja World faced great chaos.

• Sasuke told Natsuki that even with his Three Tomoe Sharingan, he could not defeat Itachi, and Natsuki explained that Itachi had far more experience and strength at his age.
• Natsuki told Sasuke that Future Sasuke had repeatedly lost to Itachi but kept moving forward until he became one of the strongest people in his time and space.
• Natsuki explained that Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan had permanently enhanced his body and reminded Sasuke that improving mattered more than winning against his Older Brother.
• Sasuke asked why only two Uchiha remained in Boruto’s world, and Natsuki revealed that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated and described Itachi’s sacrifices and Sasuke’s eventual revenge.
• Natsuki warned that great chaos would come to the Ninja World in two years and urged Sasuke not to become a burden that forced Itachi to sacrifice himself again.
• Sasuke accepted Natsuki’s warning and resolved to become stronger.

After checking Radiant Country’s progress, Natsuki learned that the Mist Village’s Hidden Mist Pursuit Force had failed to bring Utakata back and decided to help locate him. He sent a request for information about the Tsuchigumo Clan and heard about the Land of Water’s ongoing struggles.

• Natsuki visited Haku and Kimimaro, confirmed Kimimaro had recovered, and told them to train with Sasuke for the powerful enemies ahead.
• Natsuki found the mountain fortress deserted and learned from Mist Village Anbu that Utakata had injured their captain and escaped after they captured Hotaru.
• Natsuki sent a message asking Minato for the Tsuchigumo Clan’s location, then read Naruto’s letter about training under Minato.
• Natsuki asked the Mist Village shinobi about the Land of Water, and they described its recovery problems and close ties with the Hidden Light Village.

Natsuki learned that Mist Village wanted Utakata returned to help restore its influence, then tracked him down and captured him with genjutsu. He began probing Utakata’s belief that his master had tried to kill him, leaving Utakata under the effect of Natsuki’s Sharingan.

• Natsuki heard that Mist Village’s weakened state had left its sea routes vulnerable and that it wanted Utakata, its Jinchuriki, brought back.
• Natsuki ordered Mist Village to prepare its remaining Ice Release secret techniques and flew toward Earth Spider Hidden Village alone.
• Natsuki found Utakata floating in a bubble, burst it with Lightning Release: Lightning Spear, and pinned him with the Binding Spike Technique.
• Natsuki identified himself and told Utakata he had come to capture him on Mist Village’s behalf.
• Natsuki questioned whether Utakata’s master had truly wanted to kill him, then struck him with Sharingan ocular power and made his eyes lose focus.

Natsuki reminded Utakata that his master Harusame had cared for him, then warned him that Shirou planned to kill Hotaru. They reached the Earth Spider Hidden Village, where Natsuki confronted Shirou’s men as a ritual was underway.

• Natsuki used genjutsu to restore Utakata’s memory of Harusame saving him, ending Utakata’s mistaken hatred of his master.
• Utakata decided to return to the Mist Village before coming back for Hotaru, but Natsuki warned that Shirou might kill her and urged him to hurry.
• Natsuki revealed that Shirou had murdered his own father for the Tsuchigumo secret technique, and Utakata flew with him toward the Earth Spider Hidden Village.
• Utakata and Natsuki arrived to find controlled villagers and Shirou’s subordinates guarding a ritual, and Natsuki knocked two men out with his Sharingan.
• Natsuki killed one fleeing subordinate with Lightning Release: Lightning Spear and stopped Akaboshi, Shirou’s trusted subordinate, from escaping.

Natsuki and Utakata confronted Shirou as he began activating the Tsuchigumo Clan’s forbidden jutsu through Hotaru. Natsuki let Shirou boast so Hotaru could understand his intentions and the danger of the jutsu.

• Natsuki questioned Akaboshi under genjutsu, learned that Tonbei was imprisoned and Shirou was at the northern peak, then killed Akaboshi.
• Natsuki sent a Shadow Clone to rescue Tonbei while he and Utakata flew to the northern peak.
• Shirou explained that Hotaru was the vessel for the forbidden jutsu and began activating it with the Earth Spider Style Unsealing Technique.
• Natsuki and Utakata arrived, and Shirou declared that the forbidden jutsu would let him challenge the Five Great Nations and build a powerful nation.
• Natsuki laughed at Shirou’s boasts but allowed him to continue so Hotaru could hear the truth about his plans and the jutsu.

Natsuki defeated Shirou and used him to release the Puppet Master Technique controlling Hotaru, then triggered the Forbidden Jutsu Core on her back. When the explosion proved impossible to undo, Utakata used the Tailed Beast’s power to contain it and reached Hotaru within the white light.

• Shirou immobilized Natsuki with the Puppet Master Technique, but Natsuki unleashed his Golden Susanoo, struck Shirou down, and placed him under genjutsu.
• Natsuki treated Shirou enough to keep him alive and ordered him to release the technique controlling Hotaru.
• Natsuki made Shirou trigger the Forbidden Jutsu Core, causing a contained explosion that left the core absorbing Natural Energy even more violently.
• Natsuki revealed that the forbidden technique could not be undone and told Utakata to use the Tailed Beast’s power to contain the coming explosion.
• Natsuki immobilized Hotaru with the Puppet Master Technique as the white light erupted, and Utakata covered it with his Tailed Beast Cloak and reached Hotaru within it.

Utakata saved Hotaru from the forbidden jutsu, accepted her as his disciple, and prepared to return with her to Kirigakure. Back at Mount Katsuragi, Natsuki received intelligence about Black Zetsu’s disappearance and Obito’s moon-made puppets, leaving their significance unresolved.

• Hotaru’s forbidden jutsu began to erupt, and Utakata enveloped the explosion in his Six-Tails form, destroying the Forbidden Jutsu Core and saving her.
• Hotaru woke in Utakata’s arms and agreed to return with him to the Land of Water, while Natsuki said Kirigakure would welcome her.
• Natsuki, Utakata, and Hotaru returned to the Earth Spider Hidden Village, where the villagers were freed from Shirou’s Puppet Master Technique and Tonbei recovered.
• Natsuki handed Utakata and Hotaru over to Ken at Mount Katsuragi and received Ice Release secret techniques from Kirigakure.
• Kakuzu confirmed Black Zetsu had been missing for ten days and sent intelligence about his disappearance and Obito’s puppets to Natsuki.
• Natsuki identified the puppets as creations from the moon and considered Black Zetsu’s disappearance suspicious, but did not conclude that he was dead.

Natsuki built up the Uchiha Clan and its new academy while training in several advanced techniques to prepare for the Fourth Shinobi World War. Two years passed as Radiant Country’s trade flourished and the Uchiha continued growing stronger.

• Natsuki paid Kakuzu for intelligence and used the information to learn that the Mist Village had begun training Utakata after his return.
• Natsuki attended the opening ceremony of the Hidden Light Village ninja academy, where Uchiha Katsura served as principal and Kazuki as director.
• Natsuki established ideological education and yearly essays for Uchiha students, recorded clan members, and arranged special training for those with Mangekyō potential.
• Natsuki studied Yang Release and Wind Release, learned the Rasengan from Minato, and exchanged his Rasenshuriken training method with him.
• Natsuki began studying the Flying Thunder God Technique with Minato, who taught him for three days before returning to Konoha.
• Kisame and the others escorted Radiant Country’s ocean-going ships home, and the ships began profitable voyages every three to four months as two years passed.

After Kanro and Tantui discovered a super-large Seven-Colored Ore Vein, the Raikage considered using it to undermine Mist Village’s trade. Dodai urged him to keep the discovery secret so Cloud Village could monopolize the market.

• Kanro and Tantui fell into a pit while exploring, then found a Seven-Colored Ore Vein underground.
• The Raikage and Dodai discussed Cloud Village’s financial strain and the risks of raising tariffs on merchants from the Land of Water.
• Mabui brought the survey report confirming the exploration team had found a super-large, easy-to-mine Seven-Colored Ore Vein.
• The Raikage proposed announcing the discovery to ruin the Land of Water’s merchant caravans.
• Dodai advised sealing the information and using the vein to monopolize the market and deal a heavy blow to Mist Village.

Natsuki completed his seven-nature training and learned that the Path of Evolution measured his progress toward a Life Leap. Meanwhile, Yōya escorted a merchant ship carrying Rainbow Ore into a Cloud Village blockade, where he faced Yugito again.

• Natsuki used the Path of Evolution to restore skills and talents into Energy Storage, then exchanged Konan's Paper Folding Mastery for Swordsmanship Mastery.
• Natsuki learned that his talents raised five attributes needed for a Life Leap, though most remained below halfway.
• Over two years, Utakata grew more skilled at controlling his power, while Mist Village cleared pirates from waters near the Land of Water.
• Yōya became known for escorting merchant ships and repeatedly fighting Yugito when their routes crossed.
• Yōya escorted Yamato's Rainbow Ore convoy toward the Land of Porcelain, but Cloud Village ships surrounded it and declared the route closed to ships from the Land of Water.
• Yōya asked Yugito whether they would settle the standoff by their usual rules.

Yōya’s merchant ship encountered Yugito’s blockade, and his attempt to turn the confrontation into another sparring match failed. After Yugito demanded half the cargo, Yōya offered ten million to secure passage, while secretly hoping she would fight him.

• Yugito refused to spar with Yōya and told the ship to turn back.
• Yamato decided the ship could detour through the Land of Mud, despite the extra month of travel and reduced profit.
• Yugito demanded half the cargo before allowing the ship to leave the blocked route.
• Yamato said the merchant association could pay up to ten million, and Yōya immediately offered that amount to Yugito.
• Yōya’s thoughts revealed that he had deliberately chosen missions near Yugito to seek out fights with her.

Yōya and Yugito clashed over the Cloud Village’s payment terms for the merchant fleet, then fought at sea. Yugito defeated Yōya after transforming into the Fire Cat Demon, and his Uchiha companions pulled him from the water.

• Yugito refused to let the merchant fleet leave until it paid for half the goods, and Yōya eagerly challenged her to fight.
• Yōya and Yugito jumped into the sea and fought away from the ships, with Yōya using lightning techniques and Yugito drawing on her Partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Yōya struck Yugito with Thunderclap, but she transformed into the Fire Cat Demon and blasted him with flames.
• Yōya hit the demon with Lightning Spear, but Yugito struck him into the merchant ship and sent him beneath the water.
• Two Uchiha Clan Members rescued Yōya and treated his broken ribs, puncture wounds, and burns.

Yōya met Yugito on a blocked trade route after another fierce sparring match, then revealed he sought her out because she was his best opponent. Yugito angrily knocked him unconscious, but checked his injuries and watched the Uchiha take him away for treatment.

• Yugito returned to human form and told the badly injured Yōya not to seek her out again, while Yamato’s caravan prepared to surrender thirty percent of its cargo.
• Yōya told Yugito he took missions in the Land of Water specifically to see her, and Yugito briefly mistook his words for a confession.
• Yōya explained that he wanted Yugito as a sparring partner, calling her his best opponent, and Yugito struck him and smashed a barrel over his head.
• Two Uchiha Clan Members found that Yōya’s broken rib had cut his internal organs and summoned a Crow to send for help.
• Yugito examined Yōya, judged that his injuries were not life-threatening, and watched the Uchiha take him away with Reverse Summoning before returning to her ship.

Yōya was reverse summoned to the Radiant Hidden Village Hospital after another injury, while Takuya and Kikyo Maru discussed his reckless fighting. In the Land of Rivers, Obito continued building the Moon Organization and sought a way to break the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s seals, leaving Gū to target remote villages for sacrifices.

• Yōya arrived at the Radiant Hidden Village Hospital by reverse summoning, and Medical Ninjas carried him away for treatment.
• Takuya told Kikyo Maru that Yōya’s determination might one day awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Kikyo Maru dismissed the summoning.
• Obito returned to his underground base after two years without news of Black Zetsu, while White Zetsu had failed to find the hidden Rinnegan or Uchiha Madara’s corpse.
• Obito’s plan to use blood sacrifice to remove the Spirit Sealing met with refusals from Kakuzu and Sasori, who would not slaughter civilians without purpose.
• Obito rejected Gū’s offer to use the Box of Paradise to remove the seal and ordered White Zetsu to find remote villages for Gū to attack.

Obito delivered low-grade sacrifices to Dionysus and learned that the researcher was close to completing high-precision Impure World Reincarnation. Obito returned to the Graveyard of Mountains to continue his plans, while Dionysus secretly prepared to use the technique to gather strength for the Spear of Heaven.

• Obito brought unconscious civilians to Dionysus, who complained about the lack of powerful ninja sacrifices and asked how soon the improved Impure World Reincarnation would be ready.
• Dionysus recalled how Orochimaru's return to Konoha and Minato's defeat of his reanimated jonin had forced him to delay his ambitions, and admitted to himself that he had been concealing his progress to gather stronger warriors.
• Obito returned to the Graveyard of Mountains, intending to monitor the Puppet Spores' assimilation of Dionysus and break the Spirit Sealing as planned.
• Obito found the Graveyard empty because Gū and the others had gone out to earn money, and reflected that Muku's recovery had expanded Gū's range to fifty kilometers.
• Obito inspected the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and saw that its basin was filled with blood and contaminated White Zetsu, the result of at least ten thousand people being drained.

Obito used a blood sacrifice to break the first seal binding the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but he still needed an enormous energy source to undo the second seal. Meanwhile, intelligence about his abductions spread across the Ninja World, while Hiruko prepared to steal a Sharingan to complete his Chimera Technique.

• Obito used blood and ancient seals to dissolve the chains binding the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then connected to it through the Rinnegan.
• Obito realized that breaking the second Stone Sealing required an enormous amount of energy.
• Intelligence about Obito and Gū’s attacks reached the black market and was bought by several ninja villages, prompting them to investigate and search for Obito.
• Hiruko and his subordinates revealed that their Composite Beasts had leaked the intelligence without being detected by Gū.
• Hiruko captured four ninja with Steel Release, Swift Release, Dark Release, and Storm Release, and sought a Sharingan as the final Kekkei Genkai for his ritual.

Hiruko learned that he needed to capture a powerful Uchiha before the Golden Ring Solar Eclipse to complete his Chimera Technique ritual. After receiving word that Uchiha Kōta would likely escort a shipment in two days, Hiruko set out to ambush him.

• Snake One reported that ninja villages were searching for Obito and had not discovered Hiruko's hideout.
• Hiruko explained that he needed a Three Tomoe Sharingan before the eclipse next month, or he would have to wait two years.
• Snake One reported that Uchiha Kōta regularly escorted the Harvest Merchant Caravan, while Snake Three also identified Uchiha Yōya as a possible target.
• Dog Two received word that a shipment would travel from Sukeyama to Nansong City in two days and would likely include Kōta and two other Uchiha Clan Members.
• Hiruko ordered Bird Three to guard the prisoners and took Snake One and Dog Two to Sukeyama.