Arc 22Chapters 526–534

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Chapters 526–534 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 526Kaguya's change

Black Zetsu resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki through Isshiki Ōtsutsuki’s body, and she fought Tianyi and Uchiha Madara after mistaking them for threats. The battle ended when Black Zetsu revealed they had captured Isshiki alive, leaving Kaguya back in the Ninja World as Black Zetsu prepared to explain what had happened.

  • Black Zetsu covered Isshiki Ōtsutsuki with his body as chakra from across the Ninja World flowed into him and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was resurrected.
  • Kaguya recognized Hagoromo and Hamura’s powers in Uchiha Madara and Tianyi, then used Amenominaka to transport them to a lava dimension.
  • Kaguya attacked Tianyi with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Tianyi severed her arm, punched her, and marked her face while Uchiha Madara struck her with Super Shinra Tensei.
  • Kaguya shifted the battlefield into a supergravity dimension, but Black Zetsu warned her that Tianyi and Madara had captured Isshiki Ōtsutsuki alive.
  • Kaguya stopped fighting and returned everyone to the Ninja World, where Black Zetsu began telling her what had happened.

Ch. 527Comrade Kaguya

Tianyi persuaded Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to join his group of comrades in a counterattack against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After Kaguya accepted his hand, she and Uchiha Madara ended the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Tianyi offered to take her home.

  • Tianyi explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would investigate the Ninja World and argued that Kaguya's past efforts to resist them had been made with too little strength and no allies.
  • Tianyi called Kaguya a comrade and invited her to join those determined to protect the land and counterattack the Ōtsutsuki Main House.
  • Kaguya remembered her fear and loneliness, then accepted Tianyi's outstretched hand.
  • Uchiha Madara and Kaguya formed the Rat hand seal, causing the God Tree to withdraw its branches and the Infinite Tsukuyomi to dissipate.
  • Tianyi invited Kaguya to come home with him, and she agreed.

Ch. 528What They Saw Upon Returning to the Village

Tianyi brought Kaguya to Konoha on foot, giving her time to experience ordinary life and shop along the way. At the village gates, Konoha welcomed her as a hero, while Teuchi felt he had seen her somewhere before.

  • Tianyi escorted Kaguya toward Konoha over several weeks, stopping at shops and markets as she bought clothes, perfume, and accessories.
  • Black Zetsu carried Kaguya’s many shopping bags, and Uchiha Madara left after traveling with them for one day.
  • Konoha prepared a public welcome for Kaguya, displaying banners and flags after the Konoha Daily presented her as a savior of the Ninja World.
  • Tsunade and Konoha’s leaders waited at the gates as villagers cheered Kaguya’s arrival.
  • Kaguya waved to Ayame, who watched from Teuchi’s shoulders, while Teuchi felt that he had seen Kaguya somewhere before.

Ch. 529Kekkei Mōra

As Naruto and Sasuke played in the snow at the Senju Compound, Kaguya was overcome by memories of the sons she had lost. She gave both boys a Kekkei Mōra mark and left them to discover its power when they came of age.

  • Kaguya, Mikoto Uchiha, and Kushina spent a snowy afternoon together while Naruto and Sasuke sparred and played in the courtyard.
  • Kushina stopped the boys' snowball fight, and Naruto and Sasuke immediately knelt in fear of her.
  • Kaguya touched Naruto and Sasuke's faces and cried as she remembered the two figures from a thousand years earlier.
  • Kaguya thanked Kushina and Mikoto, then placed a black spherical mark in each boy's palm and called it the Kekkei Mōra.
  • Naruto and Sasuke examined their marks and kowtowed to Kaguya at Kushina and Mikoto's prompting.

Ch. 530The Moon's Mission

Tianyi led Uchiha Madara, Kaguya, Minato, and the others through a hidden realm from the Hidden Stone Autonomous Region to the moon. As they attacked the lunar palace, Kaguya embraced Toneri and told him that the moon was a tomb built to seal away his ancestor Hamura’s mother.

  • Tianyi revealed that the pool in the Rocky Tunnel led to the moon, where Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s descendants lived.
  • Uchiha Madara jumped into the pool, and Tianyi, Kaguya, Uchiha Itachi, Minato, and the others followed him.
  • Tianyi’s group invaded the lunar palace, and a blade of light tore through its walls as Toneri’s father went to confront the attackers.
  • The elders tried to lead Toneri through a secret passage, but Itachi trapped them with the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
  • Kaguya embraced Toneri, and Tianyi told him that the moon was a tomb used to seal away Kaguya.

Ch. 531Moon Base

Tianyi defeated the Ōtsutsuki on the moon, established the ruins as a forward base against the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, and took Toneri back to Konoha with his father. Weeks later, a modern base was operating on the moon as Blue Star workers arrived to deliver supplies.

  • Madara defeated Toneri's father, and Tianyi explained that the moon's isolation had left its people without combat experience.
  • Tianyi ordered Minato and Itachi to establish a barrier and teleportation array, while White Zetsu spread clones across the moon to watch for the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
  • Tianyi sent Toneri to Konoha and used Truth-Seeking Orbs to sever his father's chakra pathways, leaving him unable to use chakra.
  • Several weeks later, a modern lunar base was operating, and Squad A1-2 arrived with a convoy of supplies.
  • A-Jin discussed settling in the Ninja World with Zhang Bing, who said he would wait until their people became Hokage before considering it.
  • Zhang Bing received orders to deliver supplies to B4 Warehouse and told Squad A1-2 to set off.

Ch. 532Snow King

Snow King Ice City became a hit as Konoha transformed into a modern, bustling village and promoted tours of its history. Tianyi, now Hokage, left with Orochimaru and ANBU to begin preparations for a resurrection.

  • Snow King Ice City opened in Konoha and quickly drew crowds with its affordable drinks.
  • Konoha developed into a modern village with new buildings, paved streets, automobiles, and an amusement park.
  • A tour guide showed visitors Hokage Rock and identified Tianyi as the Fifth Hokage and a major general of the Rabbit Nation.
  • Tianyi asked Orochimaru about the resurrection preparations, and Orochimaru said everything was ready.
  • Tianyi announced their destination as Laboratory No. 3 in the Forest of Death and teleported there with Orochimaru, followed by ANBU.

Ch. 533The Beginning of Resurrection

Tianyi and Orochimaru used forbidden jutsu to place Aoi’s soul in a cloned body, but she showed no sign of awakening. The chapter ended with Tianyi fearing the resurrection had failed.

  • Tianyi inspected Orochimaru’s White Zetsu clones and discovered that one contained Hashirama Senju’s cells.
  • Orochimaru explained that he had taken the cells from Danzo’s underground Root base and showed Tianyi the One’s Own Life Reincarnation scroll.
  • Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to place Aoi’s soul in a clone made from her cells and White Zetsu cells.
  • Orochimaru used Reaper Death Seal to take a death-row inmate’s soul, then transferred his true body into the inmate to survive the jutsu.
  • Orochimaru sacrificed the inmate’s life force with One’s Own Life Reincarnation and transferred it to Aoi’s clone before moving into another White Zetsu body.
  • Aoi’s clone remained motionless, and Tianyi wondered if the resurrection had failed.

Ch. 534Finale

Years after the Ninja World entered a period of peace and rapid development, Itachi and Shisui celebrated the opening of the Water-Fire Peace Bridge. An alarm revealed Momoshiki and Kinshiki had arrived on the moon, where Minato and his allies confronted them alongside Tianyi.

  • Itachi delivered a speech at the Water-Fire Peace Bridge opening ceremony, where he and Shisui discussed his upcoming wedding and possible future as Hokage.
  • Minato sent Itachi and Shisui an urgent message after their Flying Thunder God Marks activated, warning them to return because of the Ōtsutsuki threat.
  • A lunar monitoring station spotted Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki, and Konoha sounded its alarm as the invaders attacked a lunar base.
  • Momoshiki killed a White Zetsu clone, then he and Kinshiki approached the base as its staff evacuated through a teleportation array.
  • Minato confronted the Ōtsutsuki and blasted Kinshiki with a Sage Art: Rasengan before Madara, Kaguya, Itachi, and Shisui arrived to join him.
  • Tianyi appeared with Dragon Ball World goggles that measured the Ōtsutsuki's power and challenged them to fight.
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