Chapter Summaries

Natsuki, Obito, and Black Zetsu’s schemes turned Madara’s resurrection into Kaguya’s revival, while Hagoromo prepared a final move of his own. Kaguya emerged and approached Kimimaro, who struck her with an All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Natsuki pinned himself and Madara together with Truth-Seeking Orbs, letting Obito use a hidden Kamui coordinate to strike Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Madara to revive Kaguya, but Natsuki’s weapon consumed Black Zetsu and Obito’s hand as Madara transformed.
• Kaguya emerged, blocked Natsuki’s attacks with her hair, and forced him to retreat to Minato and the others.
• Hagoromo, realizing Yin Power had not returned to Toneri, prepared a final move before Minato left to follow the plan.
• Kaguya approached Kimimaro and examined his bloodline, but Kimimaro stabbed her chest with an All-Killing Ash Bones.

Natsuki and his allies thwarted Kaguya’s attempts to trap them in alternate dimensions by using Tenten’s summons and Minato’s Flying Thunder God. Kaguya then attacked Natsuki, whose taunts stirred memories of her past, as Itachi and Yōya began probing her defenses.

• Kaguya healed the wound Kimimaro inflicted and revealed she had learned about Natsuki and the others by reading Black Zetsu’s memories.
• Kaguya sent Natsuki, Kimimaro, Itachi, Yōya, and Minato into a lava dimension, but Minato and Natsuki kept the group safe until they escaped.
• Kaguya pursued the group into other dimensions, but Tenten’s summons and Minato’s Flying Thunder God repeatedly thwarted her attempts to isolate them.
• Kaguya recognized Minato’s power and Natsuki’s Six Paths Yang Mode, then declared that all Chakra belonged to her.
• Natsuki taunted Kaguya about having been Isshiki’s foot washer, provoking memories of her past and her desire to harvest the planet’s Chakra.
• As Kaguya considered turning the group into nourishment, Itachi and Yōya began probing attacks.

Natsuki and the others attacked Otsutsuki Kaguya, using Six Paths Yang Tailed Beast Chakra to disrupt her and provoke the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb. The chapter ended with their Armored Sage Super Shadow Nine-Tails Sword driving Kaguya onto the orb.

• Itachi struck Otsutsuki Kaguya with Amaterasu as Yōya attacked, but Kaguya countered with All-Killing Ash Bones and nearly destroyed Yōya's armor.
• Natsuki signaled Minato, who created over a hundred Shadow Clones and attacked Kaguya with Sage Nine-Tails Rasengan.
• Itachi distracted Kaguya with Amaterasu while Minato placed a Flying Thunder God Mark; Natsuki and Minato switched places, allowing Natsuki to pierce Kaguya with a weapon infused with Six Paths Yang Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Kimimaro shot Kaguya with All-Killing Ash Bones: Finger Bullet, and the swelling Kaguya formed a Tailed Beast aggregate that tried to seize the group, but Minato's Flying Thunder God kept them safe.
• Kaguya drew more Chakra from the humans bound beneath the Infinite Tsukuyomi and formed the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Natsuki, Itachi, and Yōya armored Minato's Sage Nine-Tails with their ocular power, and its sword struck Kaguya onto the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb.

Natsuki and his allies battled Otsutsuki Kaguya while a Shadow Clone filled her Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb with Sage Chakra explosions. Kaguya transported them to the Desert Dimension, where she chose to face them rather than send them away, as the orb continued to tremble.

• Natsuki and his allies drove Otsutsuki Kaguya into the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb with Ame-no-Murakumo-Shiki, while Uchiha Yōya used Life Pardon to shield Natsuki from an All-Killing Ash Bones attack.
• Natsuki's Shadow Clone entered the hole in the orb and converted its Sage Chakra into Explosive Tags, setting off explosions inside as Natsuki and the others attacked Kaguya again.
• Uchiha Yōya blocked Kaguya's bone-whip attacks with Life Pardon while Natsuki took over supplying Sage Chakra to the Armored Susanoo.
• Kaguya discovered the explosions inside the orb were slowing her Chakra absorption, and Natsuki warned her that the orb might explode if she did not release them.
• Kaguya transported Natsuki and the others to the Desert Dimension, where she refused to send them out and prepared to deal with them there.

Natsuki and Minato joined their Nine-Tails and Susanoo powers to battle the gigantic Otsutsuki Kaguya, eventually striking her with a blow that swallowed her into a rift in space. The Armored Susanoo faded, and the exhausted Minato asked Natsuki whether they had won.

• Minato helped Tenten and Ajisai trigger the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb’s explosion, and the group escaped the desert dimension as Kaguya fled through another portal.
• Kaguya absorbed the orb’s energy and grew to a thousand meters tall before returning to the battlefield.
• Minato unleashed the Super Shadow Nine-Tails while Natsuki formed a colossal golden Susanoo, and the two fused into the Armored Susanoo Ultimate Form.
• Natsuki and Minato endured Kaguya’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, though the assault destroyed the Nine-Tails’ tails and shattered the Susanoo’s armor.
• Natsuki seized the moment Kaguya withdrew her attack and struck her with the blade, swallowing her in a tear in space.
• The Armored Susanoo vanished, and Minato asked Natsuki if they had won while Natsuki recovered from draining his ocular power.

Natsuki and Minato carried out their plan to strike Otsutsuki Kaguya with Ame-no-Murakumo-Shiki, but she used the attack to infect Natsuki and target his body as a vessel. Natsuki returned to the battlefield as Kaguya’s markings spread across him, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Natsuki replenished Itachi and Yōya’s ocular power, then told Itachi that the plan remained unchanged as Minato prepared to stall Otsutsuki Kaguya with Shadow Clones.
• Minato’s Shadow Clones overwhelmed Kaguya with repeated attacks, and Yōya used Life Pardon to protect Minato as he forced Kaguya into position beside Natsuki.
• Natsuki slashed Kaguya with Ame-no-Murakumo-Shiki, devouring her body, but Kaguya dragged him into the Heavenly Hand of God and infected him before Tenten and Ajisai summoned the group away.
• Natsuki ordered Minato to return the others to the battlefield, then used Flying Thunder God to go back himself as black markings spread across his face.

Kaguya tried to take over Natsuki’s body, but he used the time before his transformation to gather the dead and have Orochimaru summon them. Natsuki began reviving Rin, leaving Kakashi reunited with her as the battle for his body continued.

• Kaguya poured Chakra into Natsuki and declared that his body would become hers, while Natsuki reassured his allies and signaled to Orochimaru that he had a plan.
• Natsuki asked Sasori and Tsunade to bring their loved ones, expelled Uchiha Madara and the Tailed Beasts, and Minato retrieved White Fang’s corpse and the wounded Kakashi.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hatake Sakumo, Nawaki, Sasori’s parents, and Rin Nohara.
• Kakashi asked Rin whether she wanted to return to life, and Natsuki used the Outer Path, Reanimation Jutsu to revive her.
• Rin felt her heartbeat return and embraced Kakashi.

Natsuki revived Rin and Nawaki, then revealed that Otsutsuki Kaguya had taken over his body. He began a final plan to gather Kaguya’s fragments into himself and destroy her with Kimimaro’s All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Kakashi welcomed the revived Rin, and Tsunade embraced the revived Nawaki.
• Minato brought the Kage and Uchiha elites to Natsuki, who warned them that Kaguya would soon take over his body.
• Natsuki began reviving Rasa, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mangetsu, Sasori’s parents, and Killer B as Kimimaro stabbed him with an All-Killing Ash Bones blade.
• Natsuki entered Sage Mode and opened Yomotsu Hirasaka portals to draw Kaguya’s fragments into his body.
• Kaguya realized Natsuki intended to destroy them both, but Sage Chakra prevented her from escaping his body.

Natsuki revealed that he had a plan to eradicate Otsutsuki Kaguya and prepared the Shinobi Alliance for his apparent death. After freeing everyone from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he gave his final orders and left Minato to lead the Heavenly Beings Organization.

• Natsuki told the gathered shinobi that he had prepared to perish with Kaguya and that she would be completely eradicated.
• Natsuki undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi, releasing the Shinobi Alliance and causing the God Tree’s branches to wither.
• Natsuki ordered Itachi to remove his eyes, then named Itachi his successor as Uchiha clan head.
• Natsuki secured the Kage’s agreement to his plans and appointed Minato as temporary leader of the Heavenly Beings Organization.
• Natsuki instructed the villages to prepare for future Otsutsuki attacks and gave Mei Terumi and Gaara his final messages.

Natsuki gave his final instructions before turning to ash alongside Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, leaving the survivors to reckon with his sacrifice. Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo remained convinced he had not been wrong, while Madara died after recognizing Natsuki’s legacy.

• Natsuki told Naruto to ask Minato for help with Hinata, gave Sasuke the second-stage training method, and entrusted Haku’s matters to Kimimaro.
• Minato supplied Sage Chakra to Kimimaro, who transferred the All-Killing Ash Bones into Natsuki as Natsuki and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya turned to ash.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo rejected the idea that Natsuki had proven him wrong, abandoned his plan to destroy the Ninja World, and used the Giant Tenseigan to draw meteors toward the moon.
• Minato collected Natsuki’s Sage Core and gave it to Orochimaru.
• Hashirama and Tobirama explained the Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu to Madara, who acknowledged Natsuki’s achievements before dying.

After Natsuki sacrificed himself to kill Otsutsuki Kaguya, the shinobi world mourned him and began reorganizing to face future Otsutsuki invasions. Haku and Kimimaro prepared for Natsuki’s eventual revival while the Five Great Shinobi Villages established lasting cooperation and the Heavenly Beings Organization.

• Uchiha Rikuto used his Mangekyō Sharingan after Madara’s death and secretly suspected that Madara might have survived.
• Kimimaro told Haku that Natsuki would revive through the Karma mark in his body, possibly after several years, and passed along Natsuki’s message about accepting himself and following his feelings.
• Haku decided to ask Orochimaru to become a girl, and Kimimaro agreed to go with him.
• The Fourth Shinobi World War ended with Black Zetsu, Madara, and Otsutsuki Kaguya dead, while Obito disappeared and the Allied Forces suffered roughly thirty thousand deaths.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages held memorials for Natsuki, shared information about the Otsutsuki Clan, and announced an indefinite halt to large-scale wars and joint economic development.
• The villages formed the Heavenly Beings Organization to share techniques and strengthen the world against the Otsutsuki, while Orochimaru began developing genetic engineering.

Naruto and Sasuke recovered from their grief over Natsuki’s apparent death and learned that his death and revival were part of his plan. Minato and Itachi explained that reviving Natsuki would take a long time and that the boys needed to train for the coming Otsutsuki threat.

• Kurama reminded Naruto of Natsuki’s advice, and Naruto urged Sasuke to find a way to revive their master.
• Naruto and Sasuke resolved to create a world with Natsuki in it, prompting Minato and Itachi to reveal that Natsuki had planned his apparent death.
• Itachi examined Sasuke’s eyes and confirmed that his ocular power had grown enough for the next step of Natsuki’s plan.
• Minato explained that Natsuki’s changed life form made his revival difficult and clarified that tailed beasts were not needed.
• Minato told Naruto and Sasuke to train because Natsuki’s revival would take time and the next Otsutsuki could arrive at any moment.

Orochimaru explained that Natsuki’s resurrection would take thirty years, even after Kimimaro received Natsuki’s Sage Core. As Naruto and Sasuke were sent away to focus on their duties, Haku asked Orochimaru how he could live as long as Natsuki.

• Orochimaru explained that Kimimaro could bear Natsuki’s soul because he carried Natsuki’s cells and blood, but resurrection would initially take fifty years.
• Orochimaru implanted Natsuki’s Sage Core into Kimimaro, and its energy reduced the estimated wait to thirty years.
• Minato brought Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto to the laboratory, where Orochimaru explained the resurrection and warned Sasuke and Naruto to focus on their other responsibilities.
• Orochimaru sent Minato, Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto away, then told Kimimaro and Haku to train while he sought a solution.
• Haku asked Orochimaru how he could live as long as Natsuki, and Orochimaru eagerly asked why he wanted immortality.

Orochimaru explained ways to extend Haku’s life and offered to create a body suited to Haku’s needs, though reincarnation carried great risks. Hinata recovered after receiving a Byakugan transplant, while Minato told Kushina that Natsuki could be revived after at least thirty years and that they would have to prepare for another Otsutsuki invasion without him.

• Orochimaru told Haku about soul cultivation, body replacement, and a possible Kekkei Mōra body that could greatly extend Haku’s life, while warning that reincarnation was risky.
• Minato brought Naruto to Konoha Hospital, where Hinata recovered from an operation to receive Keimei’s Byakugan.
• Naruto hugged Hinata and told her that Natsuki’s apparent death had been planned and that he could be revived.
• Kushina led Minato out of Hinata’s room and asked what had happened to Natsuki.
• Minato explained that Natsuki’s revival would take at least thirty years and that they had to prepare for the next Otsutsuki invasion.
• Minato reassured Kushina that Shikaku was handling Konoha’s affairs, and the two embraced in the hospital corridor.

Shadow Nine-Tails began transferring Chakra to Sun Nine-Tails so they could exist separately despite their enormous difference in size, while Itachi started helping Sasuke advance toward the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Meanwhile, Amado investigated the weakened Ten-Tails and saw a vision of the injured Urashiki arriving through a vortex, then began preparing something beneath it.

• Minato brought Naruto into the Spiritual World, where Shadow Nine-Tails proposed giving Sun Nine-Tails enough Chakra to come out separately and began the transfer.
• Sasuke woke in the medical room and asked Itachi to begin the second step toward the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Itachi transferred his Dojutsu power into Sasuke for half an hour, strengthening Sasuke’s eyes.
• Amado checked the Ten-Tails, found that it had lost more than half its body to the white humanoid mass, and worried that it still lacked energy.
• Amado used a Space Door to return to the barren place where Isshiki had imprisoned the Ten-Tails, where he saw a vision of Urashiki appearing from a vortex badly injured.
• Amado began setting something up beneath the vortex.

Orochimaru attempted to transfer Haku’s soul into an embryo, and the procedure kept the embryo alive but shattered Haku’s soul, leaving him unable to recover. Over the next two and a half years, the Ninja World developed in preparation for the Otsutsuki threat, while Natsuki’s absence left the leadership of Radiant Country unresolved.

• Orochimaru transferred Haku’s soul into an embryo, but the embryo could not survive with Haku’s soul intact, so he ordered Dan Katō to shatter it and Karin and Tsunade helped sustain it.
• Tsunade confirmed that the embryo survived but that Haku’s shattered soul would leave him a vegetable, and she demanded to know how Orochimaru would explain it to Natsuki.
• Radiant Country expanded into the former Land of Whirlpools, while the Six Great Nations built communication towers and highways and restrained large-scale wars to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Itachi refused to become Uchiha clan head or ruler of Radiant Country, leaving both positions vacant after Natsuki’s departure.
• Orochimaru led efforts to apply Isshiki’s advanced technology, while Naruto failed to find a route to the moon and Obito remained isolated in the Kamui Dimension.
• Rin continued working as a medical ninja, Kakashi trained in swordsmanship, and two and a half years passed.

Boruto slept while Hikari stayed by his side, but Sarada and Mitsuki came looking for him and clashed with Hikari. When Hikari lunged at Sarada, Boruto appeared between them and demanded to know why Hikari was fighting.

• Hikari watched over Boruto as he slept, then told Mitsuki and Sarada that he was still resting.
• Sarada confronted Hikari about Boruto's absence from their missions, and Hikari threatened her with her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sarada called Boruto an idiot as she turned to leave with Mitsuki, angering Hikari.
• Hikari lunged at Sarada, but Boruto flashed between them and asked Hikari why she was fighting.

Boruto rejected Sarada’s teasing and affirmed his relationship with Uchiha Hikari, who drove Sarada away by implying she and Boruto had slept together. Naruto and Sasuke watched from nearby, and Sasuke decided it was better for Sarada to move on early.

• Hikari told Boruto that only she could call him an idiot, and Boruto asked Sarada to stop using the name for him.
• Hikari claimed she and Boruto slept together, then kissed his cheek; Sarada ran off in tears, and Mitsuki followed her.
• Boruto reassured Hikari that no one could threaten their relationship, and they went to get food.
• Naruto and Sasuke revealed they had come to take Boruto to Orochimaru’s place but stayed hidden when they saw Sarada arrive.
• Sasuke explained that he had noticed Sarada’s feelings for Boruto and believed it was better for her to let them go early.

Naruto and Sasuke brought Boruto and Hikari to Orochimaru's laboratory, where Orochimaru and Tobirama examined Boruto's extracted soul and Karma. Madara tested Hikari's Susanoo and began planning her next training, while the chapter explained how Sasuke and Orochimaru had resurrected Madara and prepared him to revive others.

• Naruto and Sasuke took Boruto and Hikari to Orochimaru's laboratory, where they found Madara and the reanimated Tobirama examining Boruto's body and discussing his Karma.
• Madara attacked Hikari to test her, and Hikari protected herself with her Susanoo Bone Armor before striking back.
• Madara praised Hikari's progress and chose taijutsu as the next stage of her training.
• Hashirama persuaded Madara to accept resurrection so he could help protect the Ninja World from the Otsutsuki.
• Orochimaru and Sasuke resurrected Madara using his corpse, Hashirama's cells, and Yin and Yang Release energy, and Madara was set to revive others once his Rinnegan power recovered.

Orochimaru and Tobirama used Boruto’s original body to destroy Momoshiki’s soul and revive Minato Namikaze, reuniting Minato with Naruto after sixteen years. Meanwhile, Amado and Ada watched a stealth spaceship carrying a coffin depart as Amado anticipated that events were about to begin.

• Sasuke revived Boruto in a cloned body, and Orochimaru prepared Boruto’s original body as a sacrifice for Minato’s Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama’s ritual encountered resistance from Momoshiki’s Karma, but Orochimaru used soul-confining formations to destroy Momoshiki’s soul.
• Minato was successfully revived, recognized Naruto, and embraced him as Naruto broke down over their sixteen-year separation.
• Madara began performing the Reanimation Jutsu while Minato and Naruto were catching up.
• Amado and Ada watched a stealth spaceship carrying a black coffin depart, and Ada warned Amado about Victor’s elaborate preparations.