Chapter Summaries

Tianyi told Fugaku that Itachi had a congenital ventricular septal defect and promised to operate with Tsunade. Meanwhile, Obito brought Danzo to a hidden base near Kirigakure and outlined a plan to exploit Kushina’s childbirth to release the Nine-Tails and attack Leaf Village.

• Tianyi explained Itachi’s heart condition to Fugaku and said he and Tsunade would perform surgery to repair the defect.
• Fugaku thanked Tianyi, and Tianyi advised him not to worry Mikoto while she was pregnant.
• Tianyi reflected on how much the world had changed and wondered whether Obito would still come after the Nine-Tails in Leaf Village.
• Obito transported Danzo to a concealed coastal base in Kirigakure and told him to recover there before joining an organization.
• Obito explained that he planned to release the Nine-Tails during Kushina’s childbirth, when her seal would be weakest, and Danzo agreed with the plan.

Tianyi handed over Sage Mode research materials, and Rabbit Nation’s researchers outlined a theoretical Daoist cultivation system linked to natural energy. The chapter ended with Tianyi agreeing to become honorary principal of a new special energy school for ten thousand students, as Commander Tian predicted Rabbit Nation would be colonizing Mars in ten years.

• Tianyi delivered cultivation notes, Shikkotsu Forest mucus, and Acidic Lake water to Commander Tian for research.
• Commander Tian gave Tianyi a report matching four Daoist cultivation stages with Naruto’s chakra and Sage Mode systems.
• Tianyi imagined the system could eventually help Blue Star produce Six Paths-level experts, while Commander Tian cautioned that the theory still required testing.
• Commander Tian told Tianyi that Rabbit Nation’s first special energy school would open in a few months with ten thousand students, and that Tianyi would be its honorary principal.
• Tianyi worried that foreign powers might infiltrate the program, but Commander Tian said Rabbit Nation would be colonizing Mars in ten years.

Sasuke Uchiha was born, and Tianyi learned that Kushina Uzumaki’s delivery was approaching and could leave the Nine-Tails’ seal vulnerable. Tsunade assigned Tianyi to protect Kushina, and he set out to organize the defense against a possible attack.

• Uchiha Fugaku anxiously waited while Mikoto gave birth, and medical ninja announced that their child was a boy.
• Tianyi introduced the newborn Sasuke to Uchiha Itachi, who gently touched his little brother and promised that he was his older brother.
• Tsunade told Tianyi that Kushina Uzumaki would soon give birth and that a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s seal was weakest during childbirth.
• Tsunade assigned Tianyi to guard Kushina, and Tianyi requested permission to enlist trusted Uchiha Clan members for the defense.
• Tianyi left to make arrangements, anticipating that Uchiha Obito might attack during Kushina’s delivery.

Tianyi presented evidence that the God Tree, the Ten-Tails, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi were real, then revealed that Uchiha Madara controlled White Zetsu. The meeting ended with the assembled leaders learning that Madara was the enemy behind the plan to capture Kushina Uzumaki.

• Tianyi sealed the room with Minato's help and distributed documents describing the God Tree, the Ten-Tails, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned the intelligence, so Tianyi asked Uchiha Fugaku to verify it through the Uchiha stone tablet.
• Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan, convincing the gathered leaders that the information was credible.
• Tianyi explained that the Nine-Tails would be captured as part of the plan to create the Ten-Tails and activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Tianyi summoned White Zetsu's corpse and identified it as a God Tree product controlled by Uchiha Madara.

Tianyi revealed that Uchiha Madara had survived the Valley of the End and would likely attack when Kushina Uzumaki gave birth, prompting Leaf Village’s leaders to plan a concentrated defense. Tsunade rallied the assembled shinobi, and the chapter ended with the village preparing for Madara’s arrival.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted in disbelief when Tianyi explained that Uchiha Madara had survived using Izanagi and had remained alive with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Tianyi predicted that Madara would attack during Kushina Uzumaki’s delivery next month, when the Nine-Tails’ seal would be weakest.
• Tianyi assigned Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, the Uchiha, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and village forces roles in a coordinated defense.
• Nara Shikaku proposed telepathic communications, defenses against underground infiltration, and a second line of defense, and Tianyi and Hiruzen approved his additions.
• Tsunade argued that Madara’s tactics showed his strength had declined and reminded the group that Leaf Village had survived attacks by the great ninja villages.
• Tsunade declared that Leaf Village would never fall, easing the tension in the meeting room.

Konan returned to Amegakure after dealing with a group of drifters, while Pain and Obito discussed their plan to capture the Nine-Tails from the Leaf Village. Pain intended to use Obito as bait and watch how he handled the attack, leaving Konan cautiously reassured.

• A patrol squad saw Konan arrive in Amegakure, and the captain told a young Genin that she would lead them and that Pain was God.
• Konan reported to Pain that she had dealt with a group of drifters before Obito appeared through a spatial distortion.
• Obito told Pain and Konan that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was due around the tenth of next month and that Danzo would coordinate with them from inside the Leaf Village.
• Konan objected to working with Danzo because he had aided Hanzo and was indirectly responsible for Yahiko's death, but Pain said they could kill him after obtaining the Nine-Tails.
• Pain outlined a plan in which Obito would release the Nine-Tails while Kakuzu and Sasori occupied Konoha's forces, then the Six Paths of Pain would attack.
• After Obito left, Pain told Konan he would let him lead the attack and judge his abilities, and Konan's worry began to fade.

Konoha announced a village-wide fire drill that would close businesses for three nights, while the Akatsuki learned about the preparations for Kushina Uzumaki’s delivery and planned to attack. At the delivery site north of Konoha, Minato Namikaze told Tianyi that everything was ready for a transfer.

• Konoha announced that villagers must enter designated shelters after 6 p.m. for three nights, prompting merchants to protest the shutdown.
• White Zetsu reported that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were at a delivery site north of Konoha, guarded by ANBU and Hyuga Clan sensory ninja.
• Obito ordered White Zetsu to infiltrate the delivery site and uncover its defenses, while the Akatsuki prepared to move that night.
• Kushina Uzumaki worried that the delivery site was too close to Konoha to be safe if the Nine-Tails escaped.
• Tianyi entered the wooden house, and Minato Namikaze confirmed that everything was ready for a transfer.

Tianyi and Minato moved Kushina to the hidden Shikkotsu Forest while leaving Shadow Clones to maintain the false delivery-room setup outside Konoha. As the village-wide fire drill emptied the streets, explosions erupted inside Konoha.

• Minato sealed the cabin, and Tianyi used the Reverse Summoning Technique to take Minato and Kushina to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tianyi assured Kushina she would stay safely hidden until Tsunade arrived to deliver her baby, then returned with Minato to the cabin outside Konoha.
• Minato created Shadow Clones disguised as himself and Kushina to keep up the appearance that they were waiting in the cabin.
• Tianyi left as Konoha's villagers followed the fire drill instructions and gathered in designated shelters.
• Tsunade, Biwako Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze waited at the cabin while a Shadow Clone imitated Kushina's labor pains.
• Several explosions sounded inside Konoha, and flames rose into the sky.

Obito discovered that Tsunade and Minato had used a decoy cabin to lure him into a trap, while Tianyi and his allies confronted Pain nearby. The chapter ended with Pain identifying himself as “God” as Tianyi faced him on the battlefield.

• Kakuzu and Sasori caused chaos in the village while White Zetsu restrained the ANBU guarding the cabin.
• Obito entered the cabin and found Tsunade and Minato instead of Kushina, then evaded Minato’s attacks with Kamui.
• Tianyi sensed Obito’s arrival and joined Jiraiya and Orochimaru as they began their plan.
• Tianyi attacked Pain with iron sand spears and a Sage Art waterline slash, but Pain’s Shinra Tensei and the Preta Path’s absorption countered him.
• Pain recognized Tianyi’s Byakugan and Flying Thunder God technique, then declared himself “God.”

Tianyi and Orochimaru fought Pain’s Six Paths, while Orochimaru discovered they were puppets with replaceable Rinnegan. Jiraiya recognized the Deva Path as Yahiko, and Tianyi rose into the air to leave the frontal fight to him.

• Tianyi defended against the Six Paths’ attacks, defeated the summoned rhinoceros with a Sage Art punch, and escaped Shinra Tensei with Flying Thunder God.
• Orochimaru ambushed the Deva Path during its cooldown and stole its Rinnegan, but the eye turned gray as a replacement appeared in the puppet’s socket.
• Orochimaru returned to Tianyi and explained that the Six Paths were puppets sharing vision and that the Deva Path’s techniques had a five-second interval.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and recognized the Deva Path as Yahiko, asking where Nagato and Konan were.
• Tianyi told Jiraiya to handle the frontal battlefield, then rose into the sky.

Tianyi, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru fought Pain’s Six Paths while Tianyi sensed Nagato’s hidden location and rushed toward it. Elsewhere, Minato confronted Obito, and the two began another clash between Kamui and Flying Thunder God.

• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima unleashed Sage Art: Goemon, but the Preta Path absorbed the flames before Tianyi destroyed it with a metal rod.
• Pain’s Six Paths countered Orochimaru’s summoned snake and Tianyi’s Iron Sand attack, while Orochimaru identified the Naraka Path as the one that restored damaged puppets.
• Tianyi sensed Nagato’s chakra concealed inside a distant tree and flew toward him after telling Jiraiya to keep Pain occupied.
• Minato appeared before Obito with Flying Thunder God and evaded Obito’s Kamui as it tried to pull him into another dimension.
• Minato explained Obito’s intangibility to Tsunade, while Obito blamed Minato for Rin’s death and prepared to fight again.

Obito was badly wounded by Tsunade, Minato, Fugaku, and the ANBU, then escaped using Izanagi and Kamui. Nagato and Konan learned the Leaf Village had lured them with a false lead, but Hyuga Tianyi found them before they could retreat.

• Tsunade overpowered Obito and hurled him through the house, but he evaded her follow-up attacks with Kamui.
• Obito's genjutsu rebounded when an ANBU used Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, allowing the ANBU to stab him and Minato to hit him with a Rasengan.
• Fugaku identified Obito's apparent disappearance as Izanagi, and Obito reappeared nearby, injured and nearly out of chakra.
• Obito decided to retreat, reflecting on how the Leaf Village's unity made it stronger than he had expected, and escaped through Kamui.
• Nagato told Konan to retreat after Hyuga Tianyi sensed their location, while White Zetsu warned them that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was not in the village and that Madara had retreated.
• Hyuga Tianyi blasted into Nagato and Konan's hiding place and formed hundreds of metal spears aimed at them.

Hyuga Tianyi attacked Nagato and Konan, but Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to fight him. Tianyi forged a colossal metal dragon, and the statue charged it with a punch.

• Konan intercepted Tianyi’s Metal Spears with explosive-tag paper while Nagato deflected his Electromagnetic Cannon with Shinra Tensei.
• White Zetsu surrounded Nagato and Konan as Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The statue attacked Tianyi with a chakra dragon and a massive hand, forcing him to evade its strikes.
• Tianyi used Sage Art: Earth Release: Earth Dragon Technique and covered the stone dragon with Iron Sand to create a colossal metal dragon.
• Nagato drove the Demonic Statue forward, and it charged the metal dragon and threw a punch.

Tianyi fought Nagato and the Gedo Statue, but Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei and devastated the battlefield. After reuniting with the others, Tianyi confirmed that Uchiha Madara was targeting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Minato took responsibility for Kushina Uzumaki's safety.

• Nagato's Gedo Statue grappled with Tianyi's Earth Dragon while Konan's Explosive Tags damaged the dragon, whose body quickly regenerated.
• Tianyi used Flying Thunder God to reach the Gedo Statue and covered it with a million Explosive Tags, severely damaging its head and disrupting Nagato's control over the Six Paths of Pain.
• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, destroying the Earth Dragon and flattening the forest, while Tianyi escaped to Konoha with Flying Thunder God.
• Tianyi reunited with Minato, Tsunade, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Shisui, and warned them that Uchiha Madara was alive and targeting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato said he had placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on the enemy and volunteered to protect Kushina Uzumaki, and Tsunade agreed.

Danzo escaped from prison amid a staged attack on Konoha, then clashed with Hiruzen Sarutobi when he tried to flee. Hiruzen let Danzo go after their Root forces were defeated, and Danzo was declared an S-rank rogue ninja.

• Danzo broke out of the prison with Root while fires and explosions spread through Konoha, but White Zetsu reported that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was not in the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the ANBU to follow their plan and confronted Danzo after an ANBU signaled his escape.
• Danzo rejected Hiruzen's offer to return and argued that Konoha needed an iron hand, then fought him as their ANBU battled Root.
• Hiruzen and his ANBU defeated Danzo's Root subordinates, and Hiruzen let Danzo disappear into the darkness.
• Konoha classified Shimura Danzō as an S-rank rogue ninja.

Several days after the attack on Konoha, Nagato and Obito discussed the failed assault and planned to recruit more Akatsuki members while targeting other Tailed Beasts. In Konoha, Shikaku reported the attack’s limited casualties, and Tianyi began presenting the intelligence he had gathered in battle.

• Konan confronted Obito over the failed attack, and Obito admitted that Tianyi and Konoha’s preparations had thwarted their plan.
• Pain and Obito agreed to avoid fighting Konoha directly for now, target several other Tailed Beasts, and recruit Deidara and Hidan.
• Obito said he would approach a candidate in the Hidden Mist Village and recruit the rogue Danzo, while Konan warned Nagato that Obito was using him.
• Shikaku reported that Konoha suffered property damage but no civilian casualties and no ninja fatalities in the attack.
• Tsunade asked Tianyi to explain the intelligence confirmed by the battle, and he distributed his report to the conference.

Tianyi briefed Leaf Village’s leaders on the abilities of Obito, Pain, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Konan, and the village agreed to prepare for the enemy’s next moves. The story then shifted to Shikkotsu Forest, where Kushina went into labor as Minato maintained the Nine-Tails’ seal.

• Tianyi presented intelligence on the masked man who called himself Uchiha Madara, Pain’s six puppets, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Konan.
• Jiraiya questioned how Nagato had become involved with Uchiha Madara, while Orochimaru showed interest in studying the Demonic Statue and White Zetsu’s cells.
• Tsunade ordered Leaf Village’s clans and intelligence network to heighten their vigilance and approved Tianyi’s plan to establish sensory barriers and intelligence outposts in the Land of Waterfalls.
• Tsunade oversaw Kushina’s delivery in a tent on Katsuyu’s back in Shikkotsu Forest as Minato held Kushina’s hand and maintained the Nine-Tails’ seal.

Minato delivered Namikaze Naruto and divided the Nine-Tails’ chakra between Naruto, Tianyi’s metal sphere, and Kushina. The sealing succeeded, leaving Kushina alive and Naruto safely in Minato’s arms.

• Tsunade delivered Kushina’s son, and Minato and Kushina welcomed the baby before beginning the planned sealing.
• Minato restrained the Nine-Tails and sealed half its chakra into Naruto, while Tsunade captured roughly another quarter in Tianyi’s metal sphere.
• Minato sealed the remaining Nine-Tails chakra back into Kushina, and Tsunade confirmed that both Kushina and the baby were stable.
• Minato named his son Namikaze Naruto, and Kushina fell asleep with a smile.
• Tianyi sensed that the operation had ended and told Fugaku and Shisui it was over.

Kurama was released at Rabbit Nation's Tailed Beast research base, where Shukaku's absurd performance and their ensuing fight gave way to Gyūki's explanation of their new surroundings. After agreeing to cooperate with the staff, Kurama followed them toward his habitat, reflecting that Blue Star was truly different.

• Rabbit Nation staff released Kurama from a metal sphere inside the base's desert testing area, and he roared threats against Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze.
• Shukaku tried to welcome Kurama with a theatrical sand model, but Kurama smashed it, prompting Shukaku to emerge and start a fight with him.
• Gyūki and Isobu came out of the lake, and Gyūki separated the combatants and told Kurama that he was on Blue Star, not in the Ninja World.
• Staff asked Kurama to undergo Beidou positioning installation and a physical examination before moving to his designated habitat, and Kurama agreed.
• Shukaku demanded extra milk tea as compensation for his trauma, and a staff member granted him one additional cup for that day.
• Kurama followed the staff member toward the forest and remarked that the place was different.

Fang Tianyi traveled to Rabbit Nation Special Energy School to address thousands of students, nervous about speaking until he made a dramatic aerial entrance. The students erupted in applause, and Tianyi began his speech.

• Tianyi rehearsed his speech on the bus while Commander Tian teased him and encouraged him to relax.
• The bus arrived at the school, where the vice principal explained that the students were gathered for a military training presentation before Tianyi's speech.
• After the principal finished his brief address, the host introduced Tianyi as the school's honorary principal.
• Tianyi used Magnet Release and gravitational control to break the sound barrier and dive onto the stage, startling the crowd.
• The students cheered and applauded as Tianyi greeted them: "Hello, students. I'm Fang Tianyi."