Chapter Summaries

Kakashi trained under Sakumo’s guidance and was stunned when Harei returned to his home as their housekeeper. Natsuki then investigated the risks of traveling to Madara’s childhood, shut down Karasuki, and found Madara on Hokage Rock, where Izuna confronted him about skipping a social gathering.

• Kakashi pushed himself through an intense training session before discovering that Sakumo had hired Harei as their housekeeper.
• Natsuki learned from Karasuki that traveling to Madara’s childhood could create a parallel space-time and cause major changes, so he shut the device down.
• Natsuki sent Haku and Kimimaro back to Hidden Light Village and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Madara on Hokage Rock.
• Madara reflected on how peace had fulfilled his childhood dream, while Izuna scolded him for skipping a social gathering.
• Natsuki teased Madara about his lack of interest in women, prompting Madara to deny that he was interested in men.

Natsuki advised Madara to hold on to his humanity, then prepared to travel to the Warring States era to retrieve Madara’s deceased younger brothers. Madara took Natsuki to the old Uchiha clan grounds and recalled the deaths that had first inspired him to seek peace.

• Madara confronted Natsuki about the rumors he had spread, and Natsuki laughed off stories pairing him with other people.
• Natsuki warned Madara that pursuing strength alone could erode his humanity and urged him to spend time with family and friends.
• Natsuki said he planned to travel through spacetime to the Warring States era and asked Madara where his younger brothers had died and been buried.
• Madara offered to take Natsuki to the old clan grounds, while Natsuki asked Izuna to keep arranging dates for Madara.
• Madara led Natsuki to the forest where the Uchiha and Senju had lost their young brothers, and recalled that he had wanted more of his clan to survive.

Natsuki traveled to the Warring States period to collect remains from Madara’s and Tobirama’s younger brothers so Madara could revive them and prevent the Spacetime Correction Force from erasing Hashirama and Tobirama. He returned to modern-day Konoha with the materials, and Madara agreed to revive Itama and Kawama.

• Natsuki asked Tobirama when Itama and Kawama died and where they were buried, then traveled to the Warring States period with Karasuki.
• Natsuki secretly collected remains from Madara’s three younger brothers’ graves.
• Natsuki witnessed Uchiha Clan members kill Itama, collected blood from his body, and obtained part of Kawama’s corpse from his burial place.
• Natsuki returned to modern-day Konoha with the materials and gave them to Madara.
• Tobirama sincerely asked Madara to revive Kawama and Itama, and Madara agreed.

Natsuki learned that the photos he brought back had helped Sasuke and Karin begin a relationship, while Itachi accepted that their future did not need to copy another timeline. Nagato confessed his feelings to Ajisai, and she shyly said she liked him and everything he had chosen for her.

• Over two months, Madara resurrected his three younger brothers, including Senju Itama and Senju Kawama, while Natsuki spent time with Haku and Kimimaro.
• Itachi told Natsuki that Sasuke believed Sarada was his and Karin's daughter from another space-time, and Natsuki advised him to treat that timeline as a reference rather than a script.
• Itachi explained that he had supported Sasuke getting to know Karin, and Natsuki joked about Itachi's own relationship with Izumi.
• Nagato took Ajisai to buy snacks and watch the harbor, helping her relax as they enjoyed the peaceful view together.
• Ajisai asked Nagato why he had given her flowers, and Nagato confessed that he had deliberately taken them to give to her.
• Nagato asked whether Ajisai liked him, and she blushingly replied that she liked him and everything.

Natsuki developed new space techniques, including the destructive Void Annihilation and the disruptive Chaotic Space, during experiments far from the Ninja World. When he returned, he found natural disasters sweeping across the world, while the sages of Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest sensed a disturbance.

• Natsuki traveled into space and tested Space Freeze, then created Void Annihilation, which erased a region of space and consumed much of his power.
• Natsuki developed Chaotic Space, which disrupted spatial coordinates and prevented Space Jumps within its area.
• Natsuki sensed something was wrong and returned to the Ninja World, where storms, lightning, and other natural disasters had begun across the countries.
• Minato told Natsuki that the disasters had started half an hour earlier and that he and Madara had lost track of Natsuki while he was too far away.
• Gamamaru saw a prophetic vision, while the White Snake Sage and the Slug Sage also sensed unease.

Natsuki calmed the restless Planetary Consciousness, which warned that a great disaster was coming. After the Three Great Sage Regions independently foresaw the planet’s destruction, Natsuki prepared the Heavenly Beings Organization for the worst and went with Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku to meet Gamamaru.

• Natsuki scanned the Ninja World, met the agitated Planetary Consciousness, and promised to protect the planet, easing its unrest.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru told Natsuki that the Slug Sage, Great Sage of the Toads, and White Snake Sage had all foreseen a catastrophic disaster.
• Orochimaru warned that the Otsutsuki Star Sea Battleship could evacuate only twenty thousand people, and Natsuki told him to prepare an emergency evacuation plan and inform the Heavenly Beings Organization.
• Natsuki instructed Tsunade and Minato to convene the Heavenly Beings Organization and prepare for the worst, then traveled with Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku.
• Fukasaku and Shima led Natsuki and Jiraiya to meet Gamamaru.

Natsuki learned from the dying Great Sage of the Toads that a cosmic disaster would threaten the Ninja World, then prepared with Orochimaru as the next cosmic battle approached. He planned to buy time for an evacuation onto the Star Sea Battleship if the planet could not be saved.

• Gamamaru told Natsuki that his repeated prophecies had led him to summon Natsuki and ask him to spare Mount Myōboku, and Natsuki agreed.
• Gamamaru showed Natsuki a vision of the Ninja World burning under a sunlike attack before Otsutsuki appeared, then died.
• Natsuki left Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya after Fukasaku and Shima mourned Gamamaru.
• Natsuki found that the Prophet's Mirror cracked when asked about Yōshiki, but it revealed that the next cosmic battle would begin in twenty-three days before shattering.
• Natsuki told Orochimaru about the vision and said he would evacuate people to the Star Sea Battleship if necessary, abandoning the Ninja Star.

With a catastrophic invasion expected in twenty-three days, Natsuki prepared a planetary Defense Array and warned the Ninja World’s leaders to focus on surviving the coming disaster. Orochimaru proposed drawing energy from ninja to strengthen potential fighters, while the village leaders took responsibility for keeping their communities stable.

• Natsuki told Orochimaru that the invasion should come in twenty-three days and said they needed to establish a Defense Array.
• Natsuki expanded a black hexagonal structure around the Ninja World, briefly plunging the planet into darkness, then returned to Konoha for a meeting with the village leaders.
• Natsuki told the leaders that they could not help fight the invaders and urged them to protect as many people as possible.
• Orochimaru proposed extracting twenty percent of each ninja’s life force and Chakra to create fruits that could strengthen promising fighters, and he ranked the candidates.
• Ōnoki promised that the villages would maintain stability, and Natsuki opened Space Doors between Konoha and the other villages so ninja could come for energy extraction.
• Minato privately told the Heavenly Beings Organization that they might have to evacuate a small number of people if they could not defend the Ninja World.

Otsutsuki Hikari-shiki arrived to investigate Natsuki and invite him to join the Divine Court Clan, but her threats against his friends led to a fight. Natsuki trapped Hikari-shiki inside a vast Space Barrier, though she remained confident that Star Gods were not special.

• Hikari-shiki planted a black core in the Ninja Star’s sun before traveling to the Ninja Star to inspect Natsuki.
• Natsuki, Minato, and Madara confronted Hikari-shiki, who introduced herself as Lord Yōshiki’s disciple and urged Natsuki to join the Divine Court Clan.
• Hikari-shiki threatened Natsuki’s friends and family, then escaped his Empty Coffin using Light Speed Movement and cut Madara’s throat.
• Minato and Madara recognized the timing of Hikari-shiki’s movements, while Natsuki created a ten-kilometer Space Barrier around her.
• Hikari-shiki remained calm inside the barrier and said that Star Gods were nothing special.

Natsuki trapped Hikari-shiki, who escaped after he compressed her Black Coffin, and the group suspected she had survived and that a stronger enemy would follow. Back in Konoha and aboard the Star Sea Battleship, Natsuki learned about Orochimaru’s Otsutsuki energy-extraction cell and saw the ship’s light-triggered shield withstand a massive wind blade.

• Hikari-shiki escaped the Black Coffin after Natsuki turned it into an Empty Coffin, but she stopped when she encountered his second barrier.
• Natsuki compressed the Black Coffin until it was empty, and he, Minato, and Madara sensed Hikari-shiki was still alive and had only been scouting.
• Natsuki, Minato, and Madara returned to Konoha, where Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone directed Natsuki to meet his original body.
• Orochimaru showed Natsuki an Otsutsuki formation that rapidly drained life energy from prisoners and explained that Otsutsuki made especially effective fuel.
• Orochimaru demonstrated the Star Sea Battleship’s light-triggered shield, which made a massive wind blade vanish without harming the ship.

Natsuki and Orochimaru tested a powerful energy pill on Hashirama while preparing for the threat posed by Yōshiki and his Star Sea Battleship. Natsuki then used Minato’s fully released Nine-Tails as a test for his Star God-enhanced Adamantine Sealing Chains skill.

• Orochimaru’s flames struck the Star Sea Battleship’s Energy Shield, and Natsuki and Orochimaru discussed the danger posed by Yōshiki’s attacks.
• Hashirama swallowed Orochimaru’s energy pill, and Mito used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to stabilize his evolving body.
• Natsuki asked Minato about compressing the Nine-Tails, then offered to try using Adamantine Sealing Chains himself.
• Natsuki and Minato rose into the sky, where Minato released the Nine-Tails until it grew to over a thousand meters tall.
• Natsuki tapped his system to use a skill with the power of a Star God.

Kurama and Yin Jiu returned to help Natsuki and Minato compress the Nine-Tails Chakra, giving Minato a powerful new form. Naruto and Sasuke discussed their supporting role in the coming war, and Kurama reunited with Naruto.

• Kurama and Yin Jiu checked on their latest film in Konoha and discussed how the war might damage filming locations.
• Natsuki used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind Minato’s Nine-Tails Chakra but struggled to compress it.
• Yin Jiu transformed into the Nine-Tails and merged with Minato’s Chakra, helping Natsuki compress it and seal the chains onto Minato.
• Minato awakened a new Super Shadow Nine-Tails Mode marked by black, chain-shaped seals.
• Naruto worried that he and Sasuke would not be in the first echelon, and Sasuke urged him to prepare for the coming Divine Court Clan Star Gods.
• Kurama returned to Naruto, who praised his movie and welcomed him back.

Kurama returned to Naruto to help him prepare for the coming war, while Natsuki planned ways to keep his allies safe and strengthen their chances in battle. He placed Mangekyō Sharingan emblems on Naruto and the others, leaving them to wonder how the marks would protect them.

• Kurama returned to Naruto's body and agreed to help him produce Sage Chakra for the coming war.
• Neji continued adapting to the Tenseigan, while Natsuki considered the younger fighters' weaknesses and the need to prepare for battle in space.
• Natsuki decided to use Yachihoko to mark allies and strengthen them by drawing on their energy if needed.
• Natsuki met Naruto, Kurama, Sasuke, Haku, and the others, and warned them to prioritize their safety during the uncertain war.
• Natsuki placed Mangekyō Sharingan emblems on their hands and left to mark others; after he departed, the group wondered how the marks would help protect them.

Hikari-shiki reported that Uchiha Natsuki had destroyed her Body of Light, and Yōshiki prepared to attack Ninja Star with Kūmu’s help. As Natsuki held off their spatial passage, a star unleashed a devastating wave toward Ninja Star, and he shielded the world while the Sage Regions prepared to seal themselves off.

• Hikari-shiki told Yōshiki that Uchiha Natsuki had crushed her Body of Light and possessed little divinity, so Yōshiki ordered his forces to assemble and activated wartime Eternal Night.
• Yōshiki asked Kūmu to transport his forces, and Kūmu warned that the operation would prevent another transfer for a while and plunge Divine Court Origin Star into Eternal Night.
• Natsuki brought Madara, Hashirama, and Minato into space and used his ocular power to resist the hexagonal passage forming outside Ninja Star.
• Natsuki's Shadow Clone reached Shion, whose precognition revealed the coming disaster; the star near Divine Court Origin Star went dark as another star erupted with energy.
• Natsuki abandoned the spatial standoff, returned with Madara, Hashirama, and Minato, and expanded a Space Barrier over the Ninja World to block the star's rays, flames, and heat.
• Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest prepared to close their passages and shelter within their attached worlds.

Natsuki learned that Yōshiki’s true body was a star, then faced Yōshiki and the Divine Court Clan after Kūmu brought them to Ninja Star. Kūmu offered protection in exchange for Natsuki’s Transdimensional Item, but Natsuki refused and challenged them to attack together.

• Natsuki explained that Yōshiki had become or occupied the star beside Ninja Star, revealing the danger his powers posed to the world.
• Natsuki removed the spatial barrier after the Space Door opened, allowing Kūmu and numerous Divine Court Clan experts to enter Ninja Star’s atmosphere.
• Kūmu introduced himself as a Takamagahara Otsutsuki and said he had helped Yōshiki bring his people; Natsuki identified Yōshiki as the Lord of the Divine Court.
• Kūmu offered to protect Natsuki and Super Energy Star if Natsuki submitted to Takamagahara, then demanded the Transdimensional Item Natsuki carried.
• Natsuki ignored Kūmu’s demand and told the Divine Court Clan to attack him together.

Natsuki held Yōshiki in a standoff while the Divine Court Clan descended to attack the Ninja World, and his allies prepared to defend Konoha. Hikari-shiki wounded Naruto before Sasuke and Yōya countered her, and another fighter’s ocular power suddenly erupted.

• Kūmu offered Natsuki a deal but promised Takamagahara would not interfere in the war against the Divine Court Clan.
• Yōshiki sent his Otsutsuki subordinates toward Konoha while remaining in the sky to keep Natsuki from leaving.
• Natsuki’s clones organized the Ninja World’s fighters and sent another clone through Orochimaru’s space portal after warning him to prepare for the worst.
• Hikari-shiki used Light Speed Movement to stab Naruto, but Sasuke switched her into his position and Yōya struck at her.
• Hikari-shiki evaded Yōya’s attacks and identified his abilities before an unnamed fighter’s ocular power erupted.

Hikari-shiki was trapped inside Uchiha Akira's Tenbidōtsubashira while Minato took control of the battlefield against the arriving Divine Court Clan. As the fight spread through Konoha, Minato prepared to send people to the starship before the battle could interfere with Natsuki.

• Hikari-shiki tried to escape Tenbidōtsubashira but found herself sealed inside with Madara, while Naruto recovered and stood beside Sasuke.
• The Divine Court Clan arrived and targeted Minato, who scattered Flying Thunder God Kunai and created a thousand Shadow Clones to control their movements.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to split up the Otsutsuki and decide where the groups fought, leaving the Divine Court Clan struggling to coordinate.
• Earth-shiki struck the ground and sent a shockwave through Konoha, toppling buildings and filling the area with dust.
• Minato began preparing to send some people to the starship so they would not hinder Natsuki's battle.

Kesshiki fought Suigetsu and Mangetsu while Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato battled Tsuchishiki amid Konoha’s ruins. The Divine Court Clan was intercepted across the village, but the Star Gods watched calmly as the fighting began.

• Suigetsu and Mangetsu ambushed Kesshiki as a merged Water Person, but their close combat revealed that Kesshiki’s eye technique could not harm their water-based body.
• Naruto attacked Tsuchishiki with a Sage Chakra Rasenshuriken and Nine-Tails claws, while Sasuke struck with his Chidori Kusanagi Sword; Tsuchishiki endured their attacks and wounded Naruto with his axe.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to exchange places with Tsuchishiki, letting Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken strike Tsuchishiki’s head, but Tsuchishiki regenerated and counterattacked.
• Minato rescued Naruto with Flying Thunder God and Adamantine Sealing Chains, then placed Katsuyu on him so Naruto could quickly recover.
• Minato’s Shadow Clones coordinated support across ruined Konoha as Ninja World fighters intercepted the Divine Court Clan, while the Star Gods remained unconcerned about the battle’s early stage.

Hashirama fought Mokushiki with his newly attained Kekkei Mōra while Konoha’s defenders battled the Divine Court Clan across the ruined village. The fighting remained a stalemate, with several clashes still unresolved.

• Hashirama transformed into a tree to absorb energy, but Mokushiki forced him to abandon the attempt and enter his Karma state.
• Hashirama used Sage Art, Wood Release, Wood Golem and revealed his Kekkei Mōra, overwhelming Mokushiki with senjutsu-powered blows.
• Itachi and Shisui pursued Wind-shiki, whose wind blades they countered with Itachi’s Yata Mirror and Shisui’s speed and afterimages.
• Kimimaro and Haku fought Unshiki and Ranshiki, while Neji used Tenseigan Chakra Mode to keep Enshiki at bay.
• Yōya drew Ginshiki into a prolonged chase, and Gaara, Rasa, Nagato, and Deidara attacked the armored Ryoku-shiki.

Natsuki isolated the Ninja World from the outer universe with Void Severance, then used the new Designated Traits to raise his Soul Strength and prepared to empower the Yachihoko. The battle remained unresolved as Madara trapped Hikari-shiki inside a shrinking Truth-Seeking Orb.

• Minato monitored Kage-shiki while the Ninja World's fighters began to run low on Chakra.
• Natsuki received fifteen Designated Traits from recruiting Kurotsuchi, A, Darui, Killer B, Gaara, and others.
• Natsuki used Void Severance to seal the Ninja World off from the outer universe and withstood Yōshiki's attacks on the barrier.
• Natsuki exchanged twenty Designated Traits to raise his Soul Strength to 1000%, but delayed choosing a second rule to avoid alerting Kūmu.
• Natsuki began channeling energy into the Yachihoko as Madara responded to the signal by trapping Hikari-shiki inside a Truth-Seeking Orb.