Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku arranged a banquet where Hyuga Hitoshi marked Uchiha Hikari with the Sun God Seal and promised she could leave freely. As Itachi began his attack on the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Sasuke awakened the Byakugan and stood in his brother’s way, setting off their confrontation early.

• Uchiha Hikari arrived for the banquet, where Fugaku explained that he wanted Hyuga Hitoshi to protect her and the clan from the risks surrounding Yachihoko.
• Hyuga Hitoshi placed a Sun God Seal on Uchiha Hikari, told her she could go wherever she wanted, and refused to fund her games and movies.
• Fugaku left the banquet to await the outcome of Itachi’s plan as Itachi approached the Uchiha Clan Grounds’ main gate after an explosion drew guards away.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi and snapped his kunai, revealing that he had awakened the Byakugan and a Golden Mark that shattered Itachi’s Tsukuyomi.
• Sasuke asked Itachi to leave with him and talk to Fugaku, but Itachi refused, so Sasuke took the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Fists stance and challenged his brother.

Konoha contained Danzo and Obito’s attack with reanimated shinobi while Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to free Kagami. At the Uchiha compound, Sasuke beat Itachi in a duel but could not stop him from crawling toward the compound’s interior, leaving Sasuke crying and running away.

• The Uchiha Military Police Force and allied clans organized Konoha’s defense, while Danzo struggled to control the powerful Reanimated Bodies and Obito berated him.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to free Kagami Uchiha, and the two joined the effort to fight the invaders.
• Hashirama Senju observed Konoha’s defense, sensed a powerful chakra presence, and went to the Uchiha Clan compound.
• Sasuke fought Itachi with the Crushing Fist Art and knocked him down, then asked him again to train with shuriken.
• Itachi summoned Susanoo, but Sasuke shattered it with a Sun God Seal-powered punch and sent him flying.
• Sasuke warned Itachi to stop crawling toward the door, but Itachi continued, so Sasuke cried and ran out through the gate.

Uchiha Itachi and Hashirama Senju tried to reach the Inner Residence, but Fugaku confronted them and challenged Itachi’s assumptions about the Uchiha’s plans. Inside, Uchiha Hikari discussed becoming a game tester with Hyuga Hitoshi, who then confronted Hashirama over the origins of peace.

• Uchiha Itachi, gravely injured after fighting Sasuke, continued toward the Inner Residence with Hashirama Senju’s help to stop Fugaku and the supposed Uchiha plan.
• Fugaku blocked Itachi and Hashirama, berated Hashirama over the Senju Clan’s destruction, and revealed that the sealing-site plans had come from the Sarutobi Clan’s house.
• Fugaku opened the way inside and told Itachi he would be removed from the Uchiha, while Itachi began to doubt his assumptions about Asuma’s death and Fugaku’s intentions.
• Uchiha Hikari told Hyuga Hitoshi she wanted to work as a game tester, and Hitoshi explained that Tsunade tested Orochimaru’s new products before release.
• Hashirama reached the room and recalled that his mother had died while carrying Kawarama; Hitoshi rejected Hashirama’s account of peace and claimed he had created the current peaceful situation.

Hashirama Senju tried to seal Uchiha Hikari, but Hyuga Hitoshi refused and took him away to settle their disagreement. In Konoha, Fugaku expelled Itachi from the Uchiha Clan and declared him a Senju and an S-Rank Missing-nin; the chapter ended as Hashirama and Hitoshi began fighting over their opposing ideals.

• Hashirama Senju suspected Hyuga Hitoshi had used Yachihoko to create false peace and insisted Uchiha Hikari had to be sealed.
• Hyuga Hitoshi declared Hikari one of his people, rejected Hashirama's authority over her, and carried him to the outskirts of Konoha.
• Fugaku rejected Itachi's claim that he still served a purpose, told him Sasuke did not need his eyes, and expelled him from the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku announced that Itachi would take the Senju surname and be declared an S-Rank Missing-nin of Konoha.
• Hashirama argued that Hikari's power had to be sealed for the Shinobi World's safety, while Hitoshi vowed to protect her even if that meant destroying Konoha.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees to begin his battle with Hyuga Hitoshi.

Tobirama Senju explained the misunderstanding that led Hashirama Senju to fight Hyuga Hitoshi, then recruited Uchiha Itachi to investigate a mysterious organization threatening the Shinobi World. Hyuga Hitoshi effortlessly defeated Hashirama and stopped the resulting planetary disasters, leaving Hashirama with a thirty-year construction job.

• Tobirama Senju encountered Uchiha Itachi, explained the history of Uchiha Hikari's sealing scroll, and asked Itachi to infiltrate a mysterious organization.
• Tobirama Senju reached the battlefield as Hashirama Senju unleashed True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha against Hyuga Hitoshi.
• Hyuga Hitoshi destroyed Hashirama's Buddha with a massive attack, causing earthquakes and other disasters that threatened the Shinobi World.
• Hyuga Pakura urged Hyuga Hitoshi to stop when the shaking made Tsunade vomit, and Hitoshi spared Hashirama after demanding thirty years of labor for Sun God Country's Construction Brigade.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used Reincarnation-Resurrection to calm the planet and left Hashirama an employment contract.

Kakashi confronted Obito over his attack on Minato and Kushina, and the two fought to the death in the Kamui Dimension. Obito escaped after being mortally wounded and vanished with a mysterious stranger, while Hyuga Hitoshi sensed the stranger's intervention.

• Tobirama explained to the resurrected First Hokage how the world had changed, while Obito watched the aftermath and realized he lacked the strength to carry out his plan.
• Kakashi found Obito outside Konoha and challenged him over Minato and Kushina; Obito rejected his identity and became enraged when Kakashi said Rin was alive and preparing to marry Hyuga Hitoshi.
• Obito brought Kakashi into the Kamui Dimension, where they fought evenly until both pierced each other, and Obito escaped through Kamui as Kakashi recovered with the Sun God Seal.
• A strange man emerged from a space vortex and offered the dying Obito power; Obito accepted, and the man took him away before Kakashi could find his body.
• Hyuga Hitoshi sensed that the stranger had taken Obito and remarked to Hyuga Pakura that the encounter between the two unrelated figures was interesting.

Hyuga Hitoshi discussed the Otsutsuki threat with Kaguya while Konoha's forces set out to capture Danzo. Danzo's final gambit ended in his death, leaving Mu awakened beside a letter addressed to Uchiha Madara.

• Hyuga Hitoshi explained Kaguya's betrayal of Isshiki and described the taijutsu and sage-art forces he had prepared to confront the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Hyuga Hitoshi teased Kaguya about her failures and offered to help her deal with her enemies, while Uchiha Hikari settled into her new life among friends.
• Fugaku ordered the Danzo Suppression Squad, led by Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju alongside Shisui, Kagami Uchiha, and the Military Police Force, to capture Danzo.
• Danzo used Mu's concealed escape route to prepare a final gambit, then charged into Tobirama's kunai in a fit of madness.
• Mu awoke at Hill Graveyard after Danzo died and found a scroll for Impure World Reincarnation and a letter addressed from First Root Shadow Shimura Danzō to Second Root Shadow Uchiha Madara.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki tried to eliminate Hyuga Hitoshi’s influence on the Ninja World, but Hamura opposed him and was destroyed. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara read Shimura Danzō’s warning about the changed world and decided to reclaim his Rinnegan.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki argued that the Ninja World needed correction and planned to resurrect Asura and Indra to remove Hyuga Hitoshi, while Hamura defended his descendant.
• Hamura questioned why Hagoromo Otsutsuki ignored the threat lurking in the shadows, and Hagoromo destroyed him after Hamura mocked his priorities.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed that Hyuga Hitoshi had taken his chakra-absorbing ninja tools, then vanished in response to a summons from the lower world.
• At Hill Graveyard, Uchiha Madara read Shimura Danzō’s letter, which explained his resurrection, described Hyuga Hitoshi’s power, and urged him to act cautiously.
• Uchiha Madara dismissed Shimura Danzō’s warning, laughed at the prospect of facing a changed Ninja World, and decided to retrieve his Rinnegan.

Hyuga Hitoshi visited Konoha to advise Fugaku on the Ninja School and teach its students to consider the origins and purpose of Chakra. Elsewhere, Isshiki empowered Obito and redirected his ambitions toward creating a real world, leaving Obito declaring that the age of shinobi was over.

• Hyuga Hitoshi reflected on the changes following Danzo’s death and learned that his strengthened powers included improved Time Control and physical abilities.
• Hyuga Hitoshi arrived in Konoha on his motorcycle, and Fugaku took him to the Ninja School to deliver a speech.
• Hyuga Hitoshi asked Konan to have Nagato recruit Hashirama and Tobirama into Akatsuki’s special operations team.
• Hyuga Hitoshi caught Ino after she collided with him, and Ino and Sakura bickered about their imagined futures with him and Sasuke.
• Hyuga Hitoshi opened his speech by writing “Perspective” on the blackboard and asking the students where Chakra came from and who had spread its use.
• Isshiki told Obito that the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan had changed, and Obito gained new power, shattered his mask, and declared that the age of shinobi was over.

Obito joined Kara and told Itachi that he planned to use Isshiki’s power and obtain the Shinobi World’s Ten-Tails and Chakra Fruit. Itachi reported what he learned to Tobirama, while Tobirama and Hashirama’s work at the Sun God construction site was interrupted by Madara, Nagato, and finally Obito, bringing several enemies face-to-face.

• Obito met Itachi after Kara’s meeting, revealed his identity, and said he intended to master Isshiki’s Karma and claim the Chakra Fruit.
• Itachi escaped Kara’s dimension and sent Tobirama intelligence about Obito, Kara’s inner members, and the truth Obito had learned about the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama read Itachi’s report at the Land of Rain construction site and decided to investigate further while Hashirama worked alongside the construction crew.
• Madara arrived at the site and challenged Hashirama, but Hashirama told him to wait until he had finished work.
• Nagato arrived and confronted Madara, revealing his resentment over Madara’s use of the Rinnegan and his complicated feelings about the life it had brought him.
• Obito appeared through a space-time vortex, and Hashirama, Tobirama, Nagato, and Madara turned their attention toward him as the workers fled.

Obito and Nagato confronted Madara and the Senju brothers in the Land of Rain, revealing powerful new abilities as their clashes escalated. As Isshiki watched Obito’s fight, Hyuga Hitoshi appeared behind him and startled him by revealing Kaguya Otsutsuki’s doll.

• A toad watched the gathering at the Sun God Construction Site while Black Zetsu worried that Madara would be drawn into a fight.
• Obito mocked Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan and was ridiculed by Nagato and the others over his past devotion to a revived girl.
• Obito activated Karma’s second state, overwhelmed Hashirama and Tobirama with enhanced power, and used Sukuna Hikona and Daikokuten to shrink and drop their Wood Release constructs.
• Madara fought Nagato with Susanoo while Nagato used the Sun God Seal’s leader authority to enter a stronger combat mode.
• Isshiki explained the Otsutsuki Clan’s use of the Ten-Tails and Chakra Fruit before turning to find Hyuga Hitoshi behind him with a doll of Kaguya Otsutsuki at his waist.

Nagato used the Sun God Seal to awaken his Uzumaki powers and withstand Uchiha Madara's Perfect Susanoo, then requested Super-Tier Authority when Madara summoned Tengai Shinsei. The Sun God answered his prayer, leaving Nagato facing the meteors with divine aid granted.

• Uchiha Madara unveiled his Perfect Susanoo and struck Nagato with its Chakra Blade.
• Nagato blocked Madara's attacks with Adamantine Sealing Chains and restrained all four of Susanoo's blades.
• Nagato explained that the Sun God Seal had awakened his Uzumaki bloodline and prepared to counterattack.
• Uchiha Madara formed hand seals with his Rinnegan and summoned Tengai Shinsei, revealing that a second, larger meteor would follow the first.
• Nagato knelt and requested Super-Tier Authority from the Sun God, and a divine figure appeared and granted his request.

Nagato used the Sun God Seal and his enhanced Eight Gates to defeat Uchiha Madara and destroy the meteorite, while Hyuga Hitoshi watched the battle with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Afterward, Black Zetsu persuaded Madara to seek a Sun God Seal and a chance at resurrection through the coming Shinobi World Great Exam.

• Nagato invoked the Sun God Seal and opened all Eight Gates, then bound Uchiha Madara's Perfect Susanoo with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Nagato shattered Madara's Perfect Susanoo with a punch and battered the Tengai Shinsei until the meteorite began breaking apart.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju discussed the Sun God Seal's power as Hagoromo secretly collected fragments and withdrew.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Hyuga Hitoshi had plans for the Infinite Tsukuyomi and that the Shinobi World Great Exam would offer Sun God Seal slots to worthy participants.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara to earn merits for a Resurrection Slot and escaped with him using the Mayfly Technique.
• Hyuga Hitoshi questioned Ōtsutsuki Isshiki about whether Nagato's use of chakra had shown the elegance Isshiki had described.

Nagato redirected Tengai Shinsei toward the inland sea to create a new island project while Tobirama, Hashirama, and Kakashi defeated and sealed Obito. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki escaped after distracting them with Kaguya, and Hyuga Hitoshi prepared to draw the enemies he expected to summon into the Collapsed Chunin Exams.

• Nagato shifted Tengai Shinsei toward the inland sea and asked his subordinates to help stabilize it and reclaim land.
• Tobirama analyzed Obito's abilities, then coordinated with Hashirama and Kakashi to exploit the limits of his phasing and ocular powers.
• Hashirama and Tobirama struck Obito while he was exposed, and Hashirama sealed him with the Gate of the Great God.
• Kakashi explained that Obito had betrayed the ideals of the friend who gave him his Sharingan, while Obito laughed at the group.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki distracted Kaguya with a remark about having a child, knocked aside Obito's seal, and escaped through a space-time vortex.
• Hyuga Hitoshi revealed that Isshiki planned to seek reinforcements from three acquaintances and announced the start of the Collapsed Chunin Exams.

After the battle in the Land of Rain, Madara, Hagoromo, Gamamaru, and Isshiki each planned ways to gain power and challenge Hyuga Hitoshi’s Sun God Country. The chapter ended as Naruto received his genin forehead protector and the Sun God Country announced major changes to the Chunin Exams, Jonin Assessment, and rewards.

• Tobirama Senju stabilized the sea while Hashirama Senju used the Wood Golem to place the fallen Tengai Shinsei into the ocean, and construction began on a new island villa.
• Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Madara to join the Sun God Country and compete for resurrection, and Madara agreed to consider it.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Gamamaru prepared Asura and Indra for resurrection, planning for them to seek the Sun God Seal in the Shinobi World Great Exam.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki asked Momoshiki for help and told Obito to learn Karma and recover the eye that had wandered outside.
• Naruto received his genin forehead protector from Iruka as the Sun God Country announced changes to the Chunin Exams, Jonin Assessment, and reward system.

Sun God Country announced the expanded Shinobi World Elite Tournament, whose rewards drew powerful fighters to compete for Sun God Seals and other prizes. Hyuga Hitoshi revived Uchiha Madara, who left intending to enter the tournament and claim a Seal.

• Sun God Country announced a rank-based Shinobi World Elite Tournament open to outsiders, offering rewards including Sun God Seals, bloodline abilities, and Hyuga Hitoshi's personal guidance.
• Villages began selecting candidates, while Fugaku prepared the tournament venues in New Konoha and Hyuga Hitoshi remained at ease in the capital.
• Black Zetsu brought Uchiha Madara before Hyuga Hitoshi and explained Madara's service to Sun God Country and his request to be revived.
• Hyuga Hitoshi approved Madara's resurrection and restored his body with the power of the Tenseigan.
• Madara celebrated his beating heart until Black Zetsu slapped him, dragged him from the hall, and told him to register for the tournament in Konoha.

Uchiha Madara met Sasuke at the Sun God Palace and grew concerned when he learned Sasuke would undertake a dangerous mission to the Land of Waves. Meanwhile, Jiraiya escorted two Mount Myōboku brothers to tournament registration and spotted Uchiha Obito secretly transmitting intelligence about a possible trap and Otsutsuki activity.

• Uchiha Madara mistook Sasuke for Izuna, then learned Sasuke was Hyuga Hitoshi’s son and sought his father’s encouragement before a mission.
• Hyuga Hitoshi praised Sasuke and encouraged him to leave boldly for his mission, while noticing that the Land of Waves mission had diverged from its original course.
• Black Zetsu explained that Sasuke’s Team 7 would investigate the Land of Waves, and Uchiha Madara postponed his meeting with Hashirama so he could follow Sasuke’s first dangerous mission.
• Jiraiya registered two Mount Myōboku brothers for the tournament and learned that Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Itachi might also participate despite their hostile records.
• Jiraiya noticed Uchiha Obito covertly transmitting intelligence about an organization, the Land of Waves, a trap, suspicious personnel, and Otsutsuki.

Uchiha Itachi sent Jiraiya intelligence about Kara’s plot in the Land of Waves, unaware that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had anticipated his actions and planned to use them to draw Sun God Seal holders into a trap. Konoha prepared for the threat as Team 7 traveled to the Land of Waves, followed by several powerful figures.

• Uchiha Itachi signaled Jiraiya with intelligence about the Land of Waves, believing Kara planned to capture Sun God Seal holders.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki explained to Momoshiki and Urashiki that he had recruited Itachi as bait to draw the Sun God Guard into a trap.
• Jiraiya brought Itachi’s intelligence to Fugaku, who suspected Kara had exposed Itachi deliberately and warned that Itachi might already be compromised.
• Fugaku learned Sasuke and Team 7 had set out for the Land of Waves, and he planned to contact the Second about Itachi’s undercover mission.
• Kakashi led Team 7 toward the Land of Waves while Tobirama followed them and Hashirama pulled Madara aside for a drink.

Hashirama encouraged Madara to trust Sun God Country’s institutions and consider working alongside Hyuga Hitoshi, while Madara remained unsure about reviving Izuna. Team 7 reached the Land of Waves for a mission involving bridge builder Tazuna, where Sasuke broke a genjutsu and confronted Itachi before turning to fight an unexpected Otsutsuki servant.

• Hashirama and Madara reminisced beside the Naka River, agreed that their efforts had failed, and discussed whether Hyuga Hitoshi could preserve peace.
• Hashirama suggested Madara become a public official and speak with Nagato to atone, while Madara postponed the conversation and declined to pursue Izuna’s resurrection for now.
• Kakashi briefed Team 7 on the Land of Waves and its bridge building master, Tazuna, as they traveled toward the mission site.
• Team 7 crossed into the Land of Waves, where Sasuke used his Byakugan to detect an ambush and broke the genjutsu affecting Naruto and Sakura.
• Kakashi faced Obito while Sasuke confronted Itachi, but Sasuke’s punch passed Itachi and struck an unexpected horned Otsutsuki servant instead.

Sasuke and Kakashi fought Kinshiki Otsutsuki and Obito as the Otsutsuki arrived to confront the gathered shinobi. Madara received a Rinnegan from Black Zetsu and prepared to defend the Shinobi World.

• Kakashi activated the Sun God Seal and fought Obito, whose Karma could no longer shrink Kakashi's weapons.
• Sasuke caught Kinshiki's punch, struck him with a Fire Release Groin Kick, and castrated him with a Chidori Sharp Spear before battling him at high speed.
• Naruto tried to join Sasuke's fight, but Hashirama stopped him and urged him to trust his companions as Tobirama warned that the approaching Otsutsuki were exceptionally powerful.
• Hashirama and Tobirama joined Uchiha Madara as Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Urashiki Otsutsuki, and Isshiki descended and confronted them.
• Black Zetsu gave Madara a Rinnegan lent by Nagato, and Madara transplanted it, resolved to protect the peaceful Shinobi World.