Chapter Summaries

Madara easily overwhelmed the six Divine Tree Spirits, while Natsuki moved to capture them for Orochimaru to study. Natsuki discovered Yashiro hiding inside Divine Tree Boro, but Yashiro broke free of his Space Freeze and fled toward Boro’s severed body.

• Madara used his Limbo Clones to batter the six Divine Tree Spirits, whose attacks could not reach the clones.
• Madara lost interest in the one-sided fight, and Natsuki warned him that the battle was damaging Konoha’s buildings.
• Natsuki ordered the Divine Tree Spirits captured alive for Orochimaru to study.
• Natsuki spotted a presence inside Divine Tree Boro and attacked, while Yashiro used Claw Marks to summon the other Divine Tree Spirits and Claw Grime.
• Natsuki cut through Divine Tree Boro with his Sage-enhanced weapon and froze Yashiro with Space Freeze.
• Yashiro broke free using immense power and headed toward Divine Tree Boro’s severed body.

Yashiro possessed Divine Tree Jigen, consumed the white liquid inside Boro, and unleashed a spreading God Tree that destroyed Konoha buildings. After Boruto warned the others that their attacks would be reflected, Natsuki boosted his traits and used Space Freeze against Yashiro's divine technique.

• Yashiro made the Divine Tree Spirits consume the white liquid inside Boro, and the substance caused Claw Grime to transform into rapidly growing trees.
• Yashiro, controlling Divine Tree Jigen, merged the remaining Divine Tree Spirits into a God Tree and spread its roots through the transformed Claw Grime.
• Madara, Naruto, and Hikari attacked the God Tree, but Boruto warned them to stop after seeing a vision, and Yashiro reflected their attacks back at them.
• Natsuki allocated trait points until his attributes totaled 980%, then stopped after the system warned that exceeding 1000% in all four attributes would awaken the Planetary Consciousness.
• Natsuki unleashed his dojutsu power and used Space Freeze as Divine Tree Jigen, controlled by Yashiro, activated his own divine technique.

Natsuki defeated Divine Tree Jigen, then helped contain the remaining Claw Grime and confirmed that Yashiro’s soul was gone from this timeline. Before leaving, he gave Madara his techniques for compressing dojutsu power and using Human Sage Art.

• Yashiro’s soul escaped through Naruto’s hoodie into Natsuki’s timeline as Natsuki twisted Divine Tree Jigen into a point and struck it with Ame-no-Murakumo-Shiki.
• Natsuki warned Orochimaru and Madara about the God Tree, then sent Minato and Naruto to rescue villagers and capture the Claw Grime with their Shadow Clones.
• Natsuki used the Realm of Foresight and learned that no soul born from Yashiro’s corpse remained in this timeline.
• Madara declined another fight with Natsuki, saying he needed an offensive dojutsu to overcome Natsuki’s defenses.
• Natsuki transferred knowledge of Limit Break Compression and Human Sage Art to Madara, then used Flying Thunder God to take him away.

Yashiro of Boruto Spacetime crossed into Natsuki's dimension and fused his soul with the Yashiro inhabiting Izushiki's body. The fused Yashiro and Amado escaped detection, while Madara and Minato discussed the approaching Divine Court Clan and the need to strengthen their allies.

• Yashiro and Amado waited for the Divine Court Clan's next assault, and Yashiro explained that the clan's Karma limited its strength.
• Yashiro of Boruto Spacetime arrived, and the two Yashiros agreed to use Soul Devouring Revival to restore Yashiro's power.
• The Boruto-spacetime Yashiro fused his soul with the Yashiro in Izushiki's body, replenishing it before the Spacetime Anomaly could locate them.
• Yashiro left part of his soul in Izushiki, sent his corpse into Spacetime Turbulence, and escaped with Amado through a portal.
• Madara and Minato arrived too late to catch Amado, then discussed the Divine Court Clan's likely return and the need for their allies to grow stronger.
• Madara explained that Haku and Kimimaro were training intensely, while Minato worried that Haku's prolonged time in Itachi's Tsukuyomi world might exhaust her.

Natsuki showed Neji the depth of Tenten’s feelings by revealing her memories of their life together. Neji vowed to marry and protect Tenten, then watched the memories that showed how close they had been and how his death had left her waiting.

• Natsuki found Neji beside Tenten in the hospital and learned that Claw Grime had drained some of her Chakra.
• Natsuki asked Neji how he would answer Tenten’s feelings, and Neji vowed to marry her and protect her forever.
• Madara drew a sphere of ocular power and Chakra from Tenten, and Natsuki gave it to Neji as a collection of her longing for him.
• Natsuki brought Neji into Tenten’s memories, showing their childhood, training, missions, and the ways they supported each other.
• Neji watched memories of Tenten worrying about him and recalled when he realized he loved her.
• Natsuki reminded Neji that he had left Tenten waiting when he chose to die for Naruto.

Neji learned how Tenten had mourned him for sixteen years and, after being revived, reunited with her. He confessed his love and proposed, and Tenten accepted.

• Natsuki showed Neji how Tenten had entered the Infinite Tsukuyomi to see him and later visited his grave, grieving for sixteen years.
• Natsuki and Madara left the hospital room as Tenten awoke and reached out to Neji.
• Neji assured Tenten that he was real and held her as she wept and confirmed his warmth and heartbeat.
• Neji kissed Tenten and told her he would not make her wait again.
• Neji asked Tenten to marry him, and she tearfully accepted.

Natsuki helped Neji and Tenten reunite, then gave Tenten a Water of Life that restored her youthful appearance. After helping Konoha recover from the battle, Natsuki agreed to stay one more day before returning home.

• Natsuki revealed that he had let Neji tell Tenten how much she had missed him and urged them to arrange their wedding soon.
• Natsuki gave Tenten a bottle of Water of Life before leaving with Madara, and Tenten drank it and became younger.
• Neji told Tenten that several others, including their fathers and Hokage, had also been resurrected.
• Minato's forces and Naruto's army cleared Konoha of Claw Grime while Hashirama and Yamato repaired damaged houses.
• Natsuki told Minato he planned to return home, but agreed to stay another day and went out for a stroll.

As Minato sought a farewell gift for Natsuki, Orochimaru arranged group weddings and photos, then secretly used Impure World Reincarnation to investigate Natsuki’s identity. He concluded the local Uchiha Natsuki was not the man he knew, and confronted Natsuki, who asked why he had not simply asked him directly.

• Minato asked the Shadow Nine-Tails how to thank Natsuki, and Kurama suggested Orochimaru would know what Natsuki liked.
• Orochimaru told Minato to arrange weddings for several couples and take photos as a farewell gift, so Minato used shadow clones to notify them.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation on a local Uchiha Natsuki, questioned him, and released him after learning his memories did not match the Natsuki he knew.
• Natsuki returned to Orochimaru, who told him the reanimated Uchiha was not him and that he was not truly Uchiha Natsuki.
• Natsuki asked Orochimaru why he had secretly used Impure World Reincarnation instead of asking him directly.

Natsuki revealed to Orochimaru that he came from another universe and explained that he was close to ascending to godhood after deciphering an Origin Rule. Later, Sasuke told his family about his experiences in Natsuki’s time-space, leaving Mikoto puzzled by how different Natsuki was there.

• Natsuki told Orochimaru that he was not from their world, and Orochimaru deduced that a godlike system helped guide his actions.
• Natsuki said he had gained a great deal and was about to ascend to godhood by deciphering an Origin Rule, while Orochimaru eagerly asked to study him.
• Natsuki and Orochimaru agreed that their friendship mattered more than Natsuki’s origin or future power, and Orochimaru arranged to gather data and prepare items for him.
• Sasuke’s family reviewed materials about Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and their associates, and Itachi reflected on how he had been manipulated into becoming a weapon against his clan.
• Sasuke recounted his experiences in Natsuki’s time-space, and Mikoto wondered why Natsuki had been so different there from the one she had known.

On his last night in this time-space, Natsuki returned to Sasuke's home and told everyone he would leave the next day. The others prepared to rest, while Itachi and Izumi adjusted to their sudden marriage and Neji announced he wanted to marry Tenten.

• Natsuki returned to Sasuke's home near midnight and explained that nearly thirty months had passed in his own time-space, so he needed to return to his family.
• Sasuke explained to Sarada that Izumi had died at thirteen and was still thirteen after her resurrection, then told her Itachi and Izumi had married that day.
• Itachi offered to sleep in another room, but Izumi asked him to stay with her, and they promised to remain together and go eat Three-Color Dumplings the next day.
• At the Hyuga Clan Compound, Neji told Hizashi he wanted to marry Tenten, and Hiashi enthusiastically approved.

Neji and Tenten agreed to marry, while Boruto and Hikari also decided to wed the next day before Natsuki left. After telling her parents, Tenten struggled to believe Neji had truly returned, but he came to comfort her in the middle of the night.

• Hiashi and Hizashi supported Neji's marriage to Tenten, and the family planned to visit her parents the next morning before Natsuki departed.
• Boruto agreed to marry Hikari, who insisted they hold the ceremony the next day.
• Tenten told her parents that Neji had returned and proposed, and they happily accepted their marriage plans.
• Tenten's memories of waiting for Neji left her anxious and unable to sleep, so Neji appeared at her balcony to comfort her.
• Tenten let Neji into her room and threw herself into his arms.

Neji and Tenten reunited and agreed to marry, while Natsuki rested and considered which Origin Rule to analyze when advancing to the Star God Position. The next morning, their wedding preparations began in Konoha alongside those of four other couples.

• Neji promised to stay with Tenten, and they agreed to marry the next day after their families approved.
• Minato sent out messages, and others planned farewell gifts for Natsuki; Natsuki considered choosing the Space Element as his Origin Rule and went to sleep.
• Tenten's mother found Neji asleep beside Tenten, then reminded them to get ready for their wedding.
• Shikamaru arranged formalwear shops and a ceremonial hall for five couples, including Neji and Tenten, and Konoha covered the day's expenses.
• Tsunade arrived at the formalwear shop and found that outfits in her size had been prepared.

Natsuki arrived at a ceremony where five couples were getting married, a farewell gift arranged by Orochimaru and the others. He officiated Boruto and Hikari’s wedding and gave Hikari some of his ocular power as a wedding gift.

• Natsuki found that everyone had left Sasuke's house, so he traveled to Orochimaru's laboratory.
• Minato took Natsuki and Orochimaru to a venue where Boruto and Hikari, Itachi and Izumi, Neji and Tenten, Tsunade and Dan Katō, and Yahiko and Konan stood ready to marry.
• Orochimaru revealed that the five weddings were a farewell gift for Natsuki, who agreed to officiate them.
• Boruto and Hikari served tea to Naruto, Hinata, and Natsuki, and Natsuki offered them his wishes for a happy marriage.
• Natsuki gave Hikari some of his ocular power and urged her to protect herself and take control of her destiny.

Itachi and Izumi, Neji and Tenten, and Tsunade and Dan Katō celebrated their weddings by serving tea to their families and Natsuki. Natsuki reassured the newlyweds with visions of happy lives together, while Jiraiya watched Tsunade and Dan from the sidelines with bitterness and relief.

• Itachi and Izumi served tea to Fugaku, Mikoto, and Natsuki, and Mikoto told Izumi that Hazuki could be revived within two months once enough ocular power had accumulated.
• Natsuki encouraged Itachi to let go of the past and showed him and Izumi visions of their happy life together and their twins.
• Neji and Tenten served tea to Hizashi, Tenten's parents, and Natsuki, and Tenten gave Natsuki the Six Paths Tools.
• Natsuki showed Neji and Tenten memories of their close life together in his spacetime, reassuring them that they would be happy.
• Tsunade and Dan Katō served tea to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama, who welcomed their marriage and gave them their blessings.
• Jiraiya watched Tsunade and Dan Katō from a corner, his expression showing both bitterness and relief.

At the wedding banquet, Natsuki reunited Tsunade and Dan and gave Konan the Water of Life to help close the age gap between her and Yahiko. As the guests gathered for photographs, Hatake Sakumo asked Kakashi about marrying, and Natsuki agreed to try to help with an uncertain plan.

• Tsunade and Dan thanked Natsuki, who showed Dan their life together in his dimension and explained that the Water of Life could help Tsunade have children.
• Yahiko and Konan thanked Natsuki, and he gave Konan the Water of Life to replenish her vitality and reduce the age gap between her and Yahiko.
• Natsuki encouraged Yahiko and Konan to help preserve peace and stay in contact with Orochimaru for future arrangements.
• Madara said he was used to being alone, while Izuna promised Natsuki he would find Madara someone suitable.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Kakashi whether he planned to marry, and Kakashi said he was used to being alone.
• Natsuki whispered a proposal to Hatake Sakumo, who agreed to cooperate despite the uncertain chance of success.

More than a year after the Otsutsuki invasion, the Ninja World prospered under Uchiha Madara’s protection as Kihane approached the planet with a plan to escape the Divine Court Clan’s control. Hashirama Senju and Madara tested Hashirama’s new Wood Golem technique until a warning announced an approaching spatial fluctuation.

• The Six Great Nations expanded their roads and communications, while ninjas took part in the Ninja Professional League and quarterly evaluations.
• Kihane reached the Ninja World’s outer reaches, intending to use one of his sister’s descendants awakening Shikotsumyaku to break free from the Divine Court Clan’s control.
• Hashirama Senju demonstrated a compact Wood Golem that absorbed Natural Energy and strengthened its many wooden arms with Sage Chakra.
• Madara and Hashirama fought, and Hashirama’s punches cracked Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb defense before Madara cut several of the wooden arms.
• Madara’s communicator warned that a spatial fluctuation was approaching from space.

Madara and Hashirama intercepted Otsutsuki Kihane after he arrived in the Ninja World, and Madara attacked him upon learning he was Kaguya’s brother. Their fierce battle revealed Kihane’s bone abilities and Karma state, while Madara refined his control over his Limbo Clones and grew wary of Kihane’s deadly Energy Ash Mist.

• Madara and Hashirama detected Kihane’s arrival and traveled through Yomotsu Hirasaka to confront him in the sky.
• Kihane recognized Kaguya’s bloodline in Madara, who attacked him in fury after learning Kaguya was Kihane’s sister.
• Kihane blocked Madara’s strikes with Shikotsumyaku bones, while Madara revealed his Third Moon Eye and used his Limbo Clones.
• Kihane activated his Karma state and unleashed bone attacks, but Madara advanced and fought him alongside six Limbo Clones.
• Madara improved his control of the clones and pressured Kihane, who used Energy Ash Mist to weaken and destroy one clone.

Madara battled Kihane until Kihane summoned Otsutsuki Meishiki and Otsutsuki Enshiki, whose gray strands trapped several fighters and disrupted Minato’s Flying Thunder God. Meishiki invited Madara to join the Divine Court Clan, while Minato returned to the Sky Fortress to prepare the Ninja World for a possible larger invasion.

• Madara fought Kihane fiercely as Hashirama watched and Minato brought Kimimaro and Itachi as reinforcements.
• Kihane’s markings and horns grew as he called on Meishiki, who used a burst of gray light to strike Madara, Hashirama, Kimimaro, and Itachi.
• A Space Door opened from Kihane’s chest, and Otsutsuki Meishiki and Otsutsuki Enshiki emerged with gray strands connecting to Meishiki.
• Minato found that the gray strands prevented Flying Thunder God from taking Itachi away, while Meishiki offered Madara a place in the Divine Court Clan.
• Minato returned to the Sky Fortress, told the Raikage to strengthen the moon’s Detection Barrier, and ordered villages to prepare to evacuate civilians.

Minato and Shion prepared for disasters while Madara questioned Meishiki about the planet and the Divine Court Clan. Hashirama activated the Kagura Bell, and Kihane betrayed the Otsutsuki, reversing the battle and leaving Meishiki, Enshiki, and Seishiki trapped against Madara and his allies.

• Minato delivered a Kagura Bell to Shion and sent his Shadow Clone to help her check for disasters.
• Meishiki explained to Madara that accumulating too much energy could awaken the planet’s consciousness and trigger a catastrophic response.
• Minato returned and gave Hashirama a Kagura Bell, which Hashirama activated to spread a white Time Sealing Circle.
• Kihane shut the Space Door on Yorushiki, then killed him with a Bone Blade before the Divine Court Clan could intervene.
• Meishiki’s attack killed Kihane, but the Kagura Bell’s seal trapped Meishiki, Enshiki, and Seishiki with Madara, Hashirama, Itachi, and Kimimaro.

Madara, Itachi, and Kimimaro armored themselves and attacked Meishiki, Enshiki, and Seishiki as Minato warned that more enemies were approaching through space. Seishiki survived a powerful strike, then plunged the battlefield into darkness and unleashed a barrage of light spheres at Kimimaro.

• Minato warned Madara that massive Space Jump fluctuations signaled a large number of incoming enemies, and Madara prepared to finish off the three Otsutsuki.
• Madara and Itachi donned Limit Break Compression War God Susanoo Armor while Kimimaro compressed his Bone Armor, then all three charged their opponents.
• Meishiki spread corrosive gray mist as the Otsutsuki entered their Karma states; Madara fought Enshiki inside the mist while Itachi covered the battlefield in Amaterasu.
• Madara switched places with a Limbo Clone and struck Seishiki, whose Black Rod was cut as Kimimaro wounded him with a Bone Blade infused with Withered Power.
• Seishiki transformed into a sphere of light to escape, then created an immense darkness and attacked Kimimaro with countless spheres of light.