Chapter Summaries

Kimimaro, Madara, and Hashirama fought to hold off Seishiki and Meishiki as a Divine Court Clan force approached the Ninja World aboard a Star Sea Battleship. Minato split his forces between supporting the ongoing battle and delaying the battleship, which was expected to arrive in about half an hour.

• Kimimaro dodged Seishiki’s powerful attacks and countered with Early Fern Dance, while Madara and Hashirama worked to contain Meishiki and stabilize the space around him.
• Homurashiki, Unshiki, Ranshiki, Ginshiki, and Kyokushiki advanced toward the Ninja World with more than a thousand Otsutsuki Soldiers aboard a Star Sea Battleship, unable to locate Meishiki through the enemy’s Space Sealing methods.
• The moon’s detectors found the Star Sea Battleship, and Minato estimated it would reach the Ninja World in roughly half an hour.
• Minato ordered Shion, Haku, and Yōya to accompany him to support Madara and the others and eliminate the enemy within ten minutes.
• Minato assigned Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke to use the moon’s Space Cannon to disrupt space around the Ninja World and delay the approaching battleship.
• Minato left with Shion, Haku, and Yōya, while Sasuke opened a Space-Time Door and Neji used his Tenseigan to carry Naruto and Sasuke through it.

Yōya, Haku, and Itachi joined the battle against Meishiki and Seishiki, turning the stalemate in their favor. Itachi sealed Seishiki inside the gourd with the Totsuka Blade, while Meishiki remained at large.

• Shion and Minato broke through their Space Sealing and entered the barrier with Yōya and Haku.
• Yōya used Lightning Flash and Godspeed to break through Meishiki’s defenses and wound him.
• Haku used Sage Art: Ice Release: Ice Vortex and the Great Glacier Technique to attack Seishiki and block his escape.
• Seishiki struck the Time Sealing Circle overhead, then was forced to stop before Haku’s iceberg as Kimimaro charged him with a Bone Blade.
• Itachi used the Totsuka Blade to pierce Seishiki’s light forms, and the gourd sucked Seishiki inside after Madara’s Limbo Clones helped prevent his escape.

Meishiki combined Enshiki’s black threads with the released Soul Energy and fought Madara and the others, but their coordinated attacks wore him down until Yōya and Madara killed him. As Minato released the Time Sealing Circle and prepared to move everyone, spacetime fluctuations appeared around Haku, and someone placed a hand on her head.

• Meishiki absorbed the Soul Energy and Enshiki’s black threads, transforming and gaining six patterned attacks that killed Madara’s Limbo Clone.
• Meishiki broke Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb and fought through attacks from Madara, Kimimaro, Haku, and Hashirama while Minato shielded everyone with a Shadow Nine-Tails cloak.
• Yōya used Super Swiftness, Lightning Roar Six Flashes, Godspeed, and Divine Condensation to slash Meishiki’s heart and head, while Madara and Haku delivered the final blows.
• Meishiki died, and his soul was carried toward the Pure Land as Minato released Shion’s chains and undid the Time Sealing Circle.
• Spacetime fluctuations appeared around Haku, and an unknown person placed a hand on her head.

Natsuki returned and learned about the Otsutsuki attack and the Planetary Consciousness, then captured the revived Kihane for questioning. In the Pure Land, Yashiro destroyed Meishiki’s soul and concealed himself from Natsuki’s precognition.

• Natsuki returned to the clan grounds, comforted Haku, and received Itachi’s intelligence about the Otsutsuki and the Planetary Consciousness.
• Natsuki sensed Kihane reviving from his bone powder and spared him after Kihane offered to provide information.
• Minato sealed Kihane and teleported him and the others away, while Madara and Yōya went to support the front lines.
• Meishiki drifted toward the Pure Land, where Yashiro drained his soul’s energy and shattered his Soul Body.
• Yashiro hid himself in a gap so Natsuki’s precognitive ability would not detect him.

Natsuki reassured Haku that he loved and needed her without requiring marriage, helping her feel secure enough to sleep peacefully. As Haku rested, he reflected on how her childhood trauma had shaped her need to be needed and hoped his words had begun to fill that void.

• Natsuki found Haku crying over the Ice Crystal Dolls and comforted her as she feared he would no longer need her.
• Haku explained that seeing Natsuki with Hinata had made her think he did not love her and that she could not stay by his side forever.
• Natsuki told Haku that love did not require marriage and promised he would always need and love her.
• Haku asked to remain with Natsuki and hug him, then fell asleep in his arms, feeling at peace.
• Natsuki laid Haku on the bed and reflected on how her childhood trauma and fear of abandonment had shaped her feelings.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji used a lunar railgun to disrupt space and delay the approaching Otsutsuki, whose enormous battleship carried over a thousand warriors. Minato and his group arrived to intercept them, and Minato revealed that the Otsutsuki had come at a very bad time.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji fired thirty-five spacetime shells from the moon, creating spatial turbulence that hampered the enemy's attempts to Space Jump.
• Neji spotted a massive Star Sea Battleship carrying over a thousand warriors and five powerful Otsutsuki circling the turbulent area.
• Minato arrived with Hashirama, Madara, Yōya, and Itachi, and Naruto briefed him on the interception.
• Naruto reported that he could fight, Sasuke said his ocular power was mostly depleted, and Neji reported that he could no longer fight after using the Tenseigan.
• Minato gave Neji a Chakra-restoring pill, then told him the Otsutsuki had come at a very bad time.

Minato and Madara split up to face the approaching Otsutsuki, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji stayed behind to defend the Moon’s warships. Natsuki returned as the promised reinforcement and told Neji about the fate of his counterpart in another spacetime, ending by showing Neji Tenten’s memories.

• Madara assigned himself and three others to fight the five enemies, then sent Minato and the others through a Space Door while Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji guarded the Moon’s defenses.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji waited in the control room, and Naruto talked about missing Natsuki and wanting to renew his wedding vows when Neji married Tenten.
• Natsuki arrived and greeted Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji, revealing that he had just returned from another spacetime.
• Natsuki told Neji that his counterpart had died saving Naruto during the Fourth Shinobi World War and had been gone for sixteen years.
• Natsuki explained that Tenten had waited for Neji and visited his grave every week, then projected her memories for Neji to see.

Neji experienced memories of a spacetime where Tenten mourned him for sixteen years, then returned to Konoha to reunite with her. He asked Tenten to marry him and began explaining what he had learned from another spacetime.

• Neji watched memories of Tenten grieving his death and remaining alone for sixteen years in another spacetime.
• Natsuki told Neji to return to Tenten, while Naruto and Sasuke asked Natsuki to officiate their weddings.
• Natsuki sent Neji through a portal to Konoha and left with Naruto and Sasuke to watch the battle.
• Neji found Tenten training at the grounds and embraced her when she turned to greet him.
• Neji asked Tenten to marry him, and she asked what had happened in the spacetime Natsuki visited.

Madara led Minato, Hashirama, Itachi, and Yōya into battle against Homurashiki and the Divine Court Clan. The first exchanges revealed the invaders’ unusual abilities and overwhelming strength, leaving Hashirama struggling against Kyokushiki.

• Madara and Minato brought their group through Space-Time Doors to confront Homurashiki’s forces above the sea and demanded their names.
• Homurashiki introduced himself alongside Unshiki, Ranshiki, Ginshiki, and Kyokushiki, then sent four of them to fight.
• Madara’s Limbo Clones attacked Unshiki, but a force field redirected their strikes, while Minato smashed Ranshiki’s water dragon with Nine-Tails power.
• Yōya attacked Ginshiki with Lightning Release and then his blade, but Ginshiki absorbed the lightning and redirected the blade’s path with his ability.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem to fight Kyokushiki, who shattered its wooden fists and pierced its chest with a black halberd.
• Hashirama switched places with the Daibutsu to survive the strike and realized Kyokushiki’s strength had put him in danger.

Hashirama was rescued after Kyokushiki shattered his defense, and Natsuki arrived to confront the Divine Court Clan. After rejecting Homurashiki’s offer to join, Natsuki caught and discarded Kyokushiki’s halberd, then invited him to attack.

• Kyokushiki shattered Hashirama’s Ranked Shield Technique, but Minato rescued Hashirama before Kyokushiki could strike again.
• Homurashiki offered the group a chance to submit to the Divine Court Clan, and Madara mocked him.
• Natsuki arrived with Naruto and Sasuke and challenged Homurashiki’s promise that Lord Yōshiki could make him a Star God.
• Natsuki threatened the Otsutsuki, caught Kyokushiki’s thrown halberd, and tossed it into the sea.
• Kyokushiki charged at Natsuki while Homurashiki held back to gauge his strength, and Natsuki signaled Madara and Minato about his plan.

Natsuki captured Kyokushiki with his War God Armor and wounded him with a Bone Blade infused with Withered Power. As Minato evacuated the others with Kyokushiki, Natsuki and Madara stayed behind to face Homurashiki and the remaining Otsutsuki.

• Natsuki endured Kyokushiki's lightning attack with his War God Armor and seized him by the neck.
• Natsuki stabbed Kyokushiki with a Bone Blade, and Withered Power began eroding his body.
• Kyokushiki called for Homurashiki to save him, prompting Madara, Minato, and Itachi to attack the Otsutsuki.
• Minato transported Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Hashirama, and Kyokushiki away, leaving Natsuki and Madara behind.
• Homurashiki, Unshiki, Ranshiki, and Ginshiki countered Madara's Limbo Clones while dealing with Itachi's Amaterasu.

Minato brought Kyokushiki and the others back to Konoha, where Kimimaro and Kihane stopped Kyokushiki from using his Body-Burning Karma Seal to escape capture. Kihane then described the vast power of Takamagahara, leaving Minato and the others to reckon with a cosmic force far beyond the Divine Court Clan.

• Minato returned to Konoha with several people and ordered Kimimaro to keep the wounded Kyokushiki restrained.
• Kihane warned Minato and Kimimaro that Kyokushiki could activate Yōshiki's Body-Burning Karma Seal, and Kimimaro pierced Kyokushiki's shoulder to stop him.
• Kyokushiki recognized Kihane as a traitor who had survived the seal, while Kihane revealed that Kyokushiki had prepared a vessel for reincarnation.
• Minato sent a Shadow Clone to take Kyokushiki and Kimimaro to Orochimaru's laboratory, then explained to Naruto and Sasuke why they had been brought back.
• Kihane told Minato and the others that the Divine Court Clan controlled only a small territory compared with Takamagahara, which had twenty-three experts at the Star God Position.
• Kihane said Dimensional Ascension lay beyond the Star God Position, but admitted he did not understand what it was.

Kihane explained her clan’s life-and-death abilities and revealed that Meishiki had once belonged to Yashiro’s faction. As Natsuki and Madara faced four Otsutsuki, Homurashiki recognized Natsuki’s mastery of Space Rules as a threat and sent the others to attack him.

• Kihane said she and her sister had been captured by the Divine Court Clan after their guardians were killed, and that Isshiki had forced her sister to search for suitable planets.
• Kihane demonstrated how her clan catalyzed life and used traits from every stage of existence, then identified Meishiki’s former faction as Mind Star God, Yashiro.
• Cloud Village aircraft recorded Natsuki and Madara’s confrontation with the Otsutsuki while the Heavenly Beings Organization watched the broadcast.
• Natsuki cut through Homurashiki’s chest, but Homurashiki restored himself with flames and struck Natsuki’s War God Armor without seriously harming him.
• Homurashiki recognized Natsuki’s deep Space Rules and ordered Unshiki, Ranshiki, and Ginshiki to attack him.
• Madara engaged Ginshiki himself and sent six Limbo Clones to hold off Unshiki, while Ranshiki passed through their attacks using his water-transformation ability.

Natsuki and Madara fought the Otsutsuki at full strength, with Natsuki struggling to overcome Homurashiki’s regeneration while Madara found a way past Ginshiki’s defenses. The chapter ended with Madara killing Ginshiki in a devastating lightning attack.

• Madara unleashed his Sage Art War God Armor and Truth-Seeking Orbs while Natsuki used genjutsu to coordinate their tactics.
• Natsuki froze Homurashiki in space, but Ranshiki disrupted the technique, allowing Homurashiki to escape and grow larger.
• Natsuki kept Homurashiki occupied as Madara and the Limbo Clones battled Unshiki and Ginshiki, whose attacks threatened to exhaust Madara.
• Madara used a Planetary Devastation core to draw Ginshiki off balance, then switched places with a Limbo Clone and blasted Unshiki away with Shinra Tensei.
• Madara combined his body with the six Limbo Clones, shattered Ginshiki’s palm, and pierced his chest.
• Madara unleashed Sage Art: Seven Layered Lightning Prison inside Ginshiki, blasting him into fragments.

Kihane explained Mind Star God Yashiro’s powers, his role in the Otsutsuki traitors, and his past battle with Sun Star God Yōshiki. After an Anbu reported that Natsuki and Madara had killed an Otsutsuki, Minato decided to wait for Natsuki’s return before asking more questions.

• Kihane explained that Yashiro’s Mind Rule abilities let him control weaker targets and reflect attacks fueled by killing intent.
• Kihane described how Yashiro became a Star God, secretly controlled Otsutsuki, and inspired others to steal Chakra Fruits and kill Ten-Tails planters.
• Kihane told Minato and the others that Yashiro and Yōshiki had fought over resources, devastating Yōshiki’s planet before Yōshiki withdrew into slumber and Yashiro vanished.
• An Anbu reported that Cloud Village surveillance had recorded Natsuki and Madara killing an Otsutsuki.
• Minato dismissed the Anbu and said they would wait for Natsuki to return before asking more questions.

Madara and Natsuki fought Homurashiki, Unshiki, and Ranshiki after Ginshiki fell, but the opposing Otsutsuki’s unusual abilities and durability turned the battle into a prolonged deadlock. As the fight continued into the night, Natsuki devised a new tactic.

• Madara killed Ginshiki, though Ginshiki could revive through the Karma on Divine Court Origin Star.
• Ranshiki merged with Unshiki, helping her deflect Madara’s attacks and withstand his lightning and fire techniques.
• Madara and Natsuki repeatedly changed their attacks, but Unshiki and Homurashiki countered them with their strange abilities and resilience.
• The four fighters battled from day into night without gaining a decisive advantage, and Homurashiki relied on his flame body to outlast his opponents.
• Natsuki thought of a new tactic while the battle remained deadlocked.

Natsuki and Madara trapped Homurashiki inside a shrinking War God Armor, but Homurashiki detonated a catastrophic burst of flames that shattered the armor and engulfed Natsuki. The explosion devastated the surrounding sea, leaving Natsuki’s allies alarmed while Minato assured them he was safe.

• Madara and Natsuki coordinated a plan after their attacks struggled to overcome Unshiki and Ranshiki’s defenses.
• Madara lured Homurashiki into Planetary Devastation and enclosed him in a cage of Truth-Seeking Orbs while Natsuki reinforced it with his War God Armor.
• Natsuki compressed the armor around Homurashiki as Madara escaped, while Unshiki and Ranshiki failed to break through and rescue him.
• Homurashiki condensed his flames and unleashed an enormous explosion that shattered Natsuki’s armor and consumed him; Madara survived briefly by using his Limbo Clones as shields.
• The explosion vaporized the nearby sea, destroyed the Cloud Village’s detection devices, and sent towering waves across the ocean.
• Sasuke, Naruto-kun, Maro, and Haku panicked over Natsuki, but Minato reassured them that he was fine.

Natsuki searched for Homurashiki after surviving his devastating attack, while Homurashiki fused with Unshiki and Ranshiki’s chakra to reach Quasi Star God power. As Homurashiki’s transformation began shaking the planet, Madara returned to join the fight despite Natsuki’s warning that he was outmatched.

• Natsuki survived the explosion by freezing the space around himself and searched the sea for Homurashiki and Madara.
• Homurashiki, Unshiki, and Ranshiki gathered underwater, where Homurashiki decided to raise himself to Quasi Star God level and kill Natsuki and Madara.
• Unshiki and Ranshiki transformed into chakra and fused into a pill, which Homurashiki swallowed to restore and greatly increase his energy.
• Homurashiki’s transformation awakened the planet’s response, causing tremors, storms, and rising waves as he attacked Natsuki with a blazing human-sized form.
• Natsuki used Space Freeze against Homurashiki, but Homurashiki escaped its effects and overpowered Natsuki’s defense with a Flame Fist.
• Madara emerged through a Space Door to challenge Homurashiki, while Natsuki warned that Madara was no match for him.

Madara fought Homurashiki while Natsuki watched, but Homurashiki's power forced Natsuki to take Madara and flee into space with him. The Ninja World's disasters subsided after they left, while Minato and the others prepared to observe their battle from the moon.

• Madara attacked Homurashiki with his Limbo Clones and Sage Art, but Homurashiki's flames destroyed the clones and badly burned Madara.
• Madara used Shinra Tensei to repel Homurashiki's fireball, and a lightning strike from the storm overhead interrupted Homurashiki's next attack.
• Homurashiki launched six flames at Madara, but Natsuki froze the space around Madara, grabbed him, and escaped through a Space Door.
• Homurashiki pursued Natsuki and Madara into space, and the Ninja World's storms and tremors gradually subsided after all three left the planet.
• Minato told Naruto and the others that Natsuki and Madara were in space, and Neji proposed using the moon's Spacetime Railgun equipment to observe them.
• Minato agreed to go to the moon with the Raikage and prepare to watch the battle.

Minato and the Heavenly Beings Organization gathered to monitor Natsuki’s battle after learning intelligence from Kihane. Facing Homurashiki in space, Natsuki revealed to Madara that he was a Star God.

• Minato brought the Heavenly Beings Organization to the Moon’s Space Orbital Cannon chamber, where Neji and Cloud Village technicians prepared the Spacetime Railgun.
• Natsuki comforted Haku, who thanked him and showed that she had overcome her fear and confusion.
• Minato told Natsuki’s Shadow Clone what they had learned from Kihane, and Natsuki considered how Yashiro, Yōshiki, and the Planetary Consciousness might explain the events.
• Neji used his Tenseigan to locate Natsuki, Madara, and Homurashiki between the Moon and the Otsutsuki Clan’s Star Sea Battleship.
• Natsuki told Madara he would stop concealing his strength and declared, “I am a Star God.”