Chapter Summaries

Ubiji explained why he chose to support Yu over Ryushiki, asking Yu to offer Ryushiki companionship if he won their battle. Yu prepared for the confrontation by sealing two Ten-Tails into Kushina, Minato, and Uzumaki Mito, then spent two years training with the Ninja Kingdom’s elite as the battle approached.

• Ubiji told Yu that Ryushiki could not use Karma to reincarnate because no one in Reed Plain Country was strong enough to serve as his vessel, and that Yu could now qualify.
• Ubiji explained that he supported Yu because Ryushiki had lost the bonds that once restrained him, and asked Yu to give Ryushiki a place to form new bonds if Yu won.
• Yu sealed one Ten-Tails into Kushina and Minato in an eighty-twenty split, then sealed the other inside Uzumaki Mito.
• Yu and the Ninja Kingdom’s elite trained for two years while the shinobi world remained peaceful.

Chapter Summary: The Millennium Calamity: Reading Is Beneficial

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with a dreamlike scene in which Boruto encourages a goose to fly across a frozen lake. His unwavering belief succeeds, but the goose later falls to its death.
• Boruto meets Zatoichi, a blind, impoverished samurai, and challenges him to rediscover the conviction behind his swordsmanship. When Boruto asks Zatoichi to draw his blade, Zatoichi unexpectedly kills him with a single iaijutsu strike.
• Yu abruptly awakens from this absurd nightmare in Sky Feather Pavilion. Wan Sheng points out that Zatoichi is training samurai in the Land of Iron and could not have killed Boruto.
• The dream is revealed to be connected to a painful reality: Boruto died before birth when Naruto accidentally caused Hinata to miscarry. Yu had been away on a Netherworld mission and returned too late to use his time-reversing ocular technique, Yumotolu, to save him.
• Naruto was devastated and blamed himself, but Hinata helped him recover. She later gave birth to Himawari, while Sasuke and Sakura welcomed their daughter, Sarada.
• Yu mourns Boruto while eating a pineapple, suggesting that the fruit may have influenced his nightmare.
• In preparation for the coming calamity, Yu and his allies have undergone extensive training in the True Tsukuyomi space. However, the Myriad Grotto-Heaven can no longer restore their lifespans, making aging and battle casualties serious concerns.
• With the prophesied disaster only three days away, Xiaoxue reports that all non-combatants from Mitsuki Country have been evacuated to the Borderland, a separate realm created by Yu.
• Fearing for his daughter’s safety, Yu secretly hypnotizes Xiaoxue and catches her as she loses consciousness, intending to keep her away from the coming war.

Character Developments

• Boruto: Presented in the dream as optimistic, fearless, and convinced that determination can overcome natural limitations. His death reflects the tragic fact that hope cannot always defeat fate.
• Zatoichi: Appears as a philosophical samurai who has lost touch with his former convictions. Boruto’s words briefly revive his memories of his master’s teachings, though his lethal response reinforces the chapter’s fatalistic imagery.
• Yu: Revealed to be carrying guilt and grief over Boruto’s death. Despite preparing for an apocalyptic war, his strongest instinct is paternal protection, leading him to sacrifice Xiaoxue’s autonomy for her safety.
• Naruto and Hinata: Their family history shows both tragedy and recovery. Naruto’s guilt nearly destroyed him, while Hinata helped him endure and eventually rebuild their family.
• Xiaoxue: Demonstrates confidence and loyalty, insisting she is unafraid while Yu is present. Her willingness to face the calamity contrasts with Yu’s determination to remove her from danger.
• Wan Sheng: Provides a lighthearted, grounding reaction to Yu’s nightmare and helps distinguish the dream from reality.

Significant Themes

• Conviction versus fate: Boruto believes persistence can make the impossible possible, while Zatoichi repeatedly insists that everything follows its destined course. The goose’s brief flight and subsequent death embody this tension.
• Parental love and protection: Yu’s decision to hypnotize Xiaoxue shows how far he will go to protect his child, even by overriding her wishes.
• Guilt and grief: Naruto’s remorse over Boruto’s accidental death and Yu’s regret at being unable to save him remain important emotional undercurrents.
• Hope amid catastrophe: The evacuation and years of cultivation demonstrate the characters’ efforts to prepare rationally for disaster, even as the prophecy approaches.
• The cost of survival: Aging, limited lifespans, and the inability to revive the Myriad Grotto-Heaven suggest that victory may require painful sacrifices.
• Dream and reality: The absurd dream blends humor, fictional imagery, and suppressed sorrow, allowing Yu’s unresolved feelings about Boruto to surface.

Character Interactions

• Boruto and the old samurai debate whether determination or destiny governs one’s life.
• Boruto challenges Zatoichi to reclaim his lost swordsmanship conviction, but Zatoichi responds by killing him.
• Wan Sheng comforts and teases Yu after his nightmare, creating a brief comedic contrast to the chapter’s darker revelations.
• Yu reflects on Naruto and Hinata’s tragedy, sympathizing with Naruto’s guilt and mourning Boruto’s lost life.
• Xiaoxue reports to Yu as a capable subordinate and affectionate daughter. She declares her readiness to fight beside him, but Yu secretly hypnotizes her to prevent her participation in the coming calamity.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Divine Tree’s Chakra Fruit is nearly mature after 950 years of cultivation, with only half a year remaining before Yu can harvest it. However, the approaching Millennial Calamity threatens to prevent him from ever enjoying it.
• Yu prepares for the possibility of death by leaving his daughter Xue in Tobirama’s care and instructing him to let her inherit all his possessions, including the Chakra Fruit.
• Tobirama challenges Yu’s fatalistic attitude, warning that Xue would likely attempt to resurrect him and possibly oppose the natural order of life and death. He urges Yu to survive, consume the fruit, and fulfill their larger dream of conquering other worlds and establishing a Shinobi World homeland.
• Yu returns to the Shinobi World and completes preparations for the united front:
  • The remaining deceased heroes—Minato, Kushina, and Mifune—are resurrected through Pure Land Summoning and Naraka Path techniques.
  • Minato and Kushina eagerly agree to fight for their homeland, while Mifune returns to wield his sword once more.
• Naruto and Hinata greet Minato and Kushina. Kushina is overjoyed to discover that Naruto is married and already has children, creating a warm and humorous family reunion.
• Kakuzu presents Yu with one hundred Heaven-Grade Blessing Talismans, each containing a portion of Yu’s Chakra. These talismans can elevate even a Genin to Six Paths-level power and are intended to equip the united forces for the coming disaster.
• Although Yu urges Kakuzu to retreat to a neighboring realm, Kakuzu refuses, insisting that he can still fight and that his experience is valuable. His aging body reveals the personal cost of the long struggle.
• The chapter ends when White Zetsu reports that the Pure A-Shit Altar is in turmoil and that Tobi has gone ahead. Yu immediately realizes Black Zetsu may be involved and rushes to investigate.

Character Developments

• Yu moves from calm acceptance of possible death toward renewed determination to survive and lead the coming campaign. His love for Xue and concern over the consequences of his death reveal a softer, paternal side.
• Tobirama remains pragmatic and ambitious. Rather than accepting Yu’s potential sacrifice, he pushes him to live and pursue their grand political and military vision.
• Xue is characterized as deeply devoted to her father and potentially willing to violate the boundary between life and death to bring him back.
• Minato, Kushina, and Mifune return with enthusiasm and a strong sense of duty. Their resurrection restores important leaders to the united front.
• Kushina immediately embraces Hinata as Naruto’s wife, displaying her energetic, affectionate, and humorous personality.
• Kakuzu demonstrates loyalty and courage by choosing to fight despite his advanced age and physical decline. His willingness to continue serving contrasts with the sacrifices of Chiyo and Reto, who chose to remain in the Pure Land.
• Naruto and Hinata’s marriage and parenthood mark the next generation’s maturity and continuity.

Significant Themes

• Passing the torch and preserving hope: Yu views himself as a pioneer whose role is to leave a better future to the next generation, echoing the ideals of the Hokage.
• The tension between duty and personal attachment: Yu’s willingness to die for the cause conflicts with his responsibility to Xue and his allies’ desire for him to remain alive.
• Life, death, and resurrection: The chapter questions whether death is truly an ending in a world where resurrection is possible, while also acknowledging the dangers of defying natural laws.
• Sacrifice and legacy: Chiyo and Reto’s decision to remain dead, Kakuzu’s continued service despite aging, and the revived warriors’ return all emphasize the costs people accept for their homeland.
• Unity against catastrophe: The Shinobi World prepares collectively, pooling resurrected warriors, resources, and Yu’s powerful talismans to face an existential threat.
• Hope amid impending disaster: Despite the ominous calamity, the characters maintain humor, family warmth, ambition, and confidence in victory.

Character Interactions

• Yu and Tobirama share a serious but playful conversation about death, fate, immortality, and their future conquest. Tobirama’s blunt challenge reignites Yu’s fighting spirit.
• Yu reunites Naruto with his resurrected parents, while Kushina enthusiastically welcomes Hinata and humorously questions the couple about their marriage and children.
• Kakuzu and Yu discuss the coming battle and Kakuzu’s age. Yu worries about him, but Kakuzu firmly insists on participating.
• White Zetsu’s warning abruptly shifts the chapter from preparation and emotional reunions to immediate danger, prompting Yu to confront the threat surrounding the Pure A-Shit Altar and Black Zetsu.

Chapter Summary: A Millennium Calamity, Shit’s Darling

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Pure A-Shit Altar, built to replace the Dragon-Suppressing Tower, contains Black Zetsu and nearly 6,000 tons of residue from the Fifth Shinobi World War. Its immense natural-energy output makes it even more nourishing to the land than the Dragon Vein, but its toxic environment is nearly impossible for ordinary people to survive.
• Yu arrives at the altar in a high-tech hazmat suit, accompanied by Tobi. They sense that Black Zetsu has mastered the unprecedented Ksitigarbha Sage Mode, drawing power from the impure natural energy produced by the enormous shit-body.
• Black Zetsu’s chakra has reached a level comparable to the Ten-Tails, making him a potentially formidable combatant despite his imprisonment.
• Black Zetsu confronts Yu about the coming battle against Ryushiki, who will arrive in three days. Yu confirms that Kaguya will fight alongside them.
• Black Zetsu angrily accuses Yu of endangering Kaguya by involving her in a battle against an enemy stronger than she was at her peak. Tobi suppresses him with a wooden technique, reminding him that he is still a prisoner.
• Black Zetsu admits that he feels useless after being imprisoned and reduced to a grotesque existence. He asks Yu to release him so he can fight for Kaguya and atone for his past crimes.
• Yu agrees, but because Black Zetsu’s abilities are too broad and dangerous to use near allies, he places him inside Tobi. Tobi’s body absorbs the entire mass of the altar’s golden slurry.
• The fusion transforms Tobi into Golden Tobi, dramatically increasing his power. He gains Six Paths-level chakra, a brown Dharma robe, brown Truth-Seeking Orbs, and a brown Tenseigan.
• The chapter ends with Tobi enthusiastically experiencing Black Zetsu’s bodily urges, including the “urge to shit,” while wielding a Truth-Seeking Orb shaped like a shit-stirring rod.

Character Developments

• Yu remains cautious and strategic. Although he distrusts Black Zetsu, he recognizes the need to use every possible resource before Ryushiki’s arrival. His decision to merge Black Zetsu with Tobi demonstrates both pragmatism and concern for battlefield safety.
• Black Zetsu shifts from furious prisoner to desperate would-be atonement figure. He continues to be fiercely loyal to Kaguya and is willing to sacrifice himself to protect her, even accepting help from people he previously hated.
• Tobi is revealed to have failed to master the same sage mode Black Zetsu achieved, giving him a mixture of admiration and resentment toward Black Zetsu. By absorbing him, Tobi receives a massive power increase and appears fully satisfied with the transformation.
• Kaguya does not appear directly, but her importance remains central. Black Zetsu’s motivations are entirely tied to protecting and serving her.
• Ryushiki is established as the imminent major threat, powerful enough to make both Yu and Black Zetsu doubt whether their forces can win.

Significant Themes

• Atonement and loyalty: Black Zetsu seeks redemption through sacrifice and continued devotion to Kaguya, though his sincerity remains uncertain.
• Pragmatism in wartime: Yu is willing to cooperate with a dangerous former enemy because the coming threat demands every available advantage.
• Transformation through fusion: Tobi’s merger with Black Zetsu symbolizes the conversion of a prisoner’s destructive power into a weapon for the larger war effort.
• Power and incomprehensible danger: The unprecedented Ksitigarbha Sage Mode and Tobi’s new Six Paths-level form emphasize the escalating scale of the conflict.
• Absurdity amid apocalyptic stakes: The chapter deliberately contrasts cosmic-level warfare and emotional sacrifice with grotesque, comedic imagery involving shit, bodily functions, and Tobi’s new weapon.

Character Interactions

• Yu and Tobi discuss Black Zetsu’s unprecedented sage mode and the danger posed by his chakra.
• Black Zetsu confronts Yu over Kaguya’s involvement in the coming war, accusing Yu of deceiving her and placing her in danger.
• Tobi intervenes physically when Black Zetsu becomes hostile, reinforcing the power hierarchy between them.
• Yu questions Black Zetsu’s true motives, prompting him to confess his desire to sacrifice himself for Kaguya.
• Yu and Tobi cooperate to release and contain Black Zetsu, culminating in Tobi’s transformation into Golden Tobi.

Shikamaru briefed the Allied Command on Ryushiki’s powers and prepared the fighters to face overwhelming odds. Yu destroyed the Ninja Kingdom’s cities to cut off retreat, then rallied its assembled warriors to fight to the bitter end.

• Shikamaru outlined Ryushiki’s abilities and their possible countermeasures at the war council.
• Yu privately learned from Shikamaru that their odds of victory were no higher than 0.3 percent and told him to focus on preparing everyone mentally.
• Yu rejected Konohamaru’s suggestion to leave defenders behind, and Naruto teleported the gathered fighters away from the Ninja Kingdom.
• Yu used Almighty Push to flatten Dark Hidden’s 108 cities and nearly a thousand cities across its four vassal nations.
• Madara, Hashirama, Mito, Kaguya, and the other assembled warriors joined Yu, who rallied them to fight with no retreat.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki reflects at Takamagahara’s Heaven-Piercing River on his long, complicated history with Sana. Eleven hundred years earlier, he killed his teacher and contributed the reincarnation technique to the clan, rising to become Princess Huiyue’s most trusted lieutenant.
• His relationship with Sana deteriorated over the following millennium. Sana eventually awakened the Pure Eye, a power capable of nullifying divine power and considered a threat to the gods.
• Ten years earlier, Sana used her Divine Purification Heavenly Eye to dispel the Infinite Tsukuyomi at the Heavenly Rock Cave. This freed hundreds of billions of White Zetsu, causing a catastrophic rampage that destroyed ten Divine Trees and inflicted Takamagahara’s greatest losses.
• Sana became the clan’s greatest traitor. During their final confrontation, Ryushiki begged her either to kill him or return with him, promising to protect her from the Progenitor Gods. Sana revealed a shocking secret, then used her eye to incapacitate him.
• Before Ryushiki lost consciousness, Sana kissed him farewell, admitting that their ambitions and paths had permanently diverged. She disappeared afterward.
• Sana’s Reincarnation Fate Tablet later shattered, indicating that both her body and soul had been destroyed. While Takamagahara blamed the Netherworld ruler Youtan Poluo, Ryushiki refused to accept that explanation and believed Sana may have faked her death to reincarnate in a lower realm.
• In the present, Ryushiki prepares to travel to Mitsuki Country on the Heavenly Giant Turtle. He is confronted by Ōtsutsuki Masato, who vows to kill him in revenge for the death of his brother, Tiansha Dou.
• Ryushiki avoids fighting Masato, instead continuing downstream while lamenting that he may have to destroy the land he and Sana once dreamed of together.

Character Developments

• Ryushiki: His powerful, loyal exterior gives way to grief and helplessness over Sana’s betrayal and presumed death. Despite his love for her, he recognizes that their ideals are irreconcilable and now accepts that he may have to destroy their shared dream.
• Sana: She is portrayed as fiercely independent, morally ambiguous, and willing to commit enormous destruction to protect the place she chose for herself. Her farewell reveals that she still loves Ryushiki, but believes they can never return to their former relationship.
• Ōtsutsuki Masato: Established as Takamagahara’s greatest practitioner of the Eight Inner Gates and as Ryushiki’s former close friend. His friendship has been replaced by hatred because of Ryushiki’s role in his brother’s death.
• Tiansha Dou: Though absent, his death drives Masato’s vendetta against Ryushiki.
• The Progenitor Gods and Takamagahara: Their authority and harsh response to betrayal provide the oppressive backdrop against which Sana’s rebellion and Ryushiki’s divided loyalties are judged.

Significant Themes

• Love versus loyalty: Ryushiki loves Sana but remains tied to Takamagahara, while Sana chooses her personal ideals over their relationship.
• Freedom and rebellion: Sana’s actions represent an attempt to escape divine and clan authority, even at the cost of being branded a traitor.
• Irreconcilable paths: The chapter emphasizes that shared history and affection cannot overcome fundamentally different ambitions.
• Death and reincarnation: Sana’s uncertain fate raises questions about whether death is genuine, whether identity can be remade, and whether reincarnation offers true freedom.
• Guilt and sacrifice: Ryushiki’s willingness to die by Sana’s hand reflects both his devotion and his belief that his own existence may eventually threaten her goals.
• The cost of ambition: Both characters pursue their ideals, but those pursuits destroy their relationship and endanger entire worlds.

Character Interactions

• Ryushiki and Sana’s flashback confrontation is the emotional center of the chapter. Ryushiki urges her to abandon her rebellion, while Sana insists that she has found a place suited to her.
• Ryushiki provokes Sana to kill him, hoping either to become a meaningful sacrifice or force her to return. Sana cannot do so and instead incapacitates him, kisses him goodbye, and leaves while crying.
• Masato confronts Ryushiki with open hostility, promising revenge for Tiansha Dou. Ryushiki responds calmly and almost playfully, refusing to engage in combat before departing.
• The chapter ends with Ryushiki alone with his memories, traveling toward Mitsuki Country and accepting the possibility of becoming the destroyer of Sana’s dream.

Chapter Summary: “Millennial Calamity, Yoroshiku”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Mitsuki Country prepares for the foretold arrival of Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki, with fewer than twelve hours remaining before his appearance.
• One hundred thousand White Zetsu spread throughout the region to detect Ryushiki’s movements immediately.
• The battlefield is reserved for elite ninja of at least Earth-Class Third Grade, reflecting the Ninja Kingdom’s strength after years of development and multiple wars.
• A young ninja becomes overwhelmed by fear before the battle, vomiting and nearly losing consciousness. Konan appears, gives him water, and teaches him how to activate the special earrings issued by Nadeshiko Saori. The earrings receive a chakra enhancement from the Feather Emperor and are activated with the Rat-Horse hand seal.
• Konan reassures the young soldier that he is not fighting alone and then disperses into paper butterflies, leaving him deeply inspired.
• Madara and Hashirama begin a powerful warm-up sparring session. They discuss whether Madara’s Divine Illumination could affect Hashirama, concluding that Hashirama’s connection to Madara makes the technique ineffective against him.
• Naruto and Sasuke also decide to spar before the battle. Their conversation references Naruto’s previous defeat, the risky nature of his technique, and Sasuke’s limited duration in Izanagi Shikigami Mode.
• Yu allows the legendary pairs to fight, suggesting that these battles may be their final performances before the coming catastrophe. Wan Sheng’s music becomes more sorrowful and ominous.
• Ryushiki finally appears in outer space, observing Earth and praising Mitsuki Country’s beauty while noting its fragility.
• Yu senses Ryushiki’s arrival. Ryushiki immediately attacks by redirecting an enormous comet—dozens of times larger than Earth—toward the planet at tremendous speed.

Character Developments

• The young ninja moves from panic and self-loathing toward confidence after receiving Konan’s support and learning how to use his enhancement earrings.
• Konan is portrayed as calm, compassionate, and experienced. She acts as a reassuring mentor despite remaining mysterious and emotionally detached.
• Madara and Hashirama maintain their familiar rivalry and mutual respect. Their sparring shows that they still view each other as the only true equals on the battlefield.
• Naruto and Sasuke continue their competitive friendship. Naruto acknowledges his past mistake, while Sasuke criticizes his lack of preparation and remains confident in his own abilities.
• Yu remains composed and strategically focused, allowing the others to prepare in their own ways while monitoring Ryushiki’s arrival.
• Ryushiki is introduced as calm, elegant, and overwhelmingly destructive. His first action demonstrates that he regards the planet’s defenders as something to test or intimidate rather than genuine threats.

Significant Themes

• Fear versus courage: The young ninja’s anxiety illustrates the psychological burden of facing an enemy far beyond ordinary battlefield threats.
• Unity and reliance on comrades: Konan reminds him that the coming battle is not an individual struggle, emphasizing collective strength.
• Preparation and self-knowledge: Naruto and Sasuke’s discussion highlights the need to understand one’s weaknesses and account for bad luck or limited resources.
• Rivalry as mutual respect: The sparring between Madara and Hashirama, and between Naruto and Sasuke, shows how competition can strengthen bonds and sharpen abilities.
• Beauty and fragility: Ryushiki’s observation that beauty implies vulnerability foreshadows the destruction threatening Mitsuki Country.
• The final performance before catastrophe: The characters’ warm-ups carry a sense of farewell, suggesting that some may not survive the impending battle.

Character Interactions

• Konan and the young ninja: She comforts him, explains the earrings, and restores his confidence.
• Madara and Hashirama: They discuss Divine Illumination and then engage in an explosive warm-up battle built on their longstanding rivalry.
• Naruto and Sasuke: They exchange criticism and teasing before arranging their own sparring match, revealing both competitiveness and familiarity.
• Yu and Wan Sheng: Wan Sheng questions whether the sparring should be stopped, while Yu calmly accepts it as possibly the warriors’ last moment before battle.
• Ryushiki and the defenders: Though he does not directly speak with them, Ryushiki announces his arrival through his aura and the launch of a planet-threatening comet.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki redirects a gigantic comet toward Earth using the Rinne Tenseigan, plunging the planet into cold and darkness as it blocks out the sun.
• Wan Sheng recognizes the comet from a previous near-death encounter and realizes that Ryushiki is behind the disaster.
• Yu explains that escaping is nearly impossible, so Mito uses Sukunahikona to shrink the comet to roughly Earth’s size.
• Ryushiki counters by manipulating its trajectory, turning the event into a contest between his powers and Earth’s defenders.
• Yu splits the comet in two with the Golden Wheel Magnetic Blast, using repulsive magnetic forces to prevent Ryushiki from recombining it.
• Kaguya blocks one half with her expanding Truth-Seeking Orb, while Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi drastically reduce the weight of the other half through the Six Paths: Light-Weight Heavy Rock Technique.
• Deidara rescues the exhausted Tsuchikage trio with an explosive-clay fighter jet, creating a brief moment of personal interaction between him and Kurotsuchi.
• Yu gathers the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki—including Mito, Minato, Kushina, Hashirama, Madara, and Naruto—and orders seven Ten-Tails to bombard the remaining comet half with Tailed Beast Bombs.
• The bombardment shatters the comet into fragments. Wan Sheng destroys many with a zither shockwave, while Tsunade uses the Tenseigan Satellite and a global firepower system to eliminate the remaining pieces.
• Earth successfully survives the first comet, but Ryushiki reveals that an even larger celestial body is approaching, ending the chapter on a major cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Wan Sheng is traumatized by her recognition of the comet, but overcomes her fear and contributes by clearing fragments from the sky with her zither.
• Yu demonstrates strategic leadership, coordinating multiple defenders and adapting quickly to Ryushiki’s countermeasures.
• Mito pushes her Sukunahikona to its limit, showing both immense power and physical strain.
• Kaguya displays unprecedented determination, declaring that she will protect the land and personally stopping one comet half.
• Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi act as a united family and sacrifice their remaining strength to reduce the comet’s destructive force.
• Deidara becomes unexpectedly protective of Kurotsuchi, catching and securing her during the rescue.
• Tsunade takes on a commander-like role, using advanced technology and her Tenseigan to direct the final planetary defense.
• Ryushiki is established as a calm, confident antagonist who treats the catastrophe as an experiment or contest rather than an act of desperation.

Significant Themes

• Collective strength and cooperation: The crisis can only be survived through the combined abilities of ninjas, Ōtsutsuki, technology, and massive chakra weapons.
• Humanity’s adaptability: Ryushiki acknowledges that human ingenuity—from satellite targeting to global artillery—can counter seemingly divine threats.
• Sacrifice and protection: Characters repeatedly exhaust or endanger themselves to defend Earth and its people.
• Technology versus celestial power: The chapter blends supernatural abilities with fighter jets, satellites, and global firepower.
• Escalating catastrophe: The successful defense of one comet is revealed to be only the beginning, emphasizing the overwhelming scale of the coming tribulation.

Character Interactions

• Wan Sheng and Yu discuss the comet’s origin and the limits of their ocular powers.
• Mito joins Yu’s defense effort, using her hidden Karma power to shrink the comet.
• Yu and Ryushiki engage in a strategic battle of techniques, with each countering the other’s moves.
• Kaguya publicly commits herself to protecting Earth and independently confronts one half of the comet.
• The three generations of the Tsuchikage family fight together, while Deidara rescues them; Kurotsuchi’s embarrassed closeness with him hints at romantic or affectionate tension.
• Hashirama and Madara temporarily set aside their battle when Yu summons them, while Naruto leaves Sasuke to join the defense.
• Tsunade and the Tenseigan Satellite coordinate the final worldwide interception, demonstrating the cooperation between frontline fighters and centralized command.

Chapter Summary: A Millennium Calamity, a Fated Encounter!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Mitsuki Country faces a second enormous comet, even larger and more dangerous than the first. Mito uses Sukunahikona to shrink it, but the reduced comet remains roughly one and a half times Earth’s size.
• While Kaguya continues absorbing the first comet with her Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb, Yu joins the defense. In Rinne Tenseigan Chakra Mode, he deploys multiple giant Tenseigan and uses the Reincarnation Heavenly Net Formation to slice apart the second comet from within.
• The Ten-Tails Jinchūriki bombard the weakened comet with Tailed Beast Bombs. Minato exhausts his chakra, and Tsunade issues the final Annihilation Command, completing the second destruction.
• Tsunade collapses after exhausting herself. She admits her weakness to Jiraiya, who comforts her and reassures her that she has already contributed enough.
• Kaguya finally finishes digesting the first comet and encounters Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki, an ancient and immensely powerful clan member. He reveals that he was ordered by Kaguya’s elder sister, Huiyue, to destroy Mitsuki Country and reclaim the Uzuki Time Zone.
• Kaguya offers to return to the Ōtsutsuki clan if Ryushiki spares Mitsuki Country, but he explains that he can only ignore her personally—not disobey Huiyue’s order. Kaguya refuses to abandon the land, declaring that she will live or die with it.
• Kaguya attacks Ryushiki with Amenominaka and the All-Killing Ash Bones: Yellow Springs Formation, but neither technique can harm him. Ryushiki reveals that he sealed his own Fudouni Fate ability long ago after it caused the death of his best friend.
• Using the Heavenly Jar Lord, Ryushiki seals Kaguya and neutralizes her Amenominaka.
• Yu attempts to assassinate Ryushiki with Kamui, but Ryushiki’s body is too durable to be twisted or severed. He then penetrates Yu’s Kamui defense by reaching through the dimensional space and kills what appears to be Yu with an All-Killing Ash Bone.
• Ryushiki reveals that he recognized the victim as a clone. The real Yu—identified as Uchiha Riu, Mitsuki Country’s strongest fighter—emerges from hiding. The chapter ends with the two powerful figures finally meeting face-to-face.

Character Developments

• Yu/Uchiha Riu demonstrates his willingness to personally defend Mitsuki Country, taking an active role in destroying the comet rather than relying solely on the others. His confidence is shaken when Ryushiki effortlessly defeats his clone and bypasses Kamui.
• Mito continues to shoulder enormous responsibility, using Sukunahikona despite the danger and strain involved.
• Tsunade reaches her physical and emotional limit after helping destroy the comet. Her vulnerability becomes visible, but Jiraiya’s support allows her to accept rest without shame.
• Jiraiya acts as Tsunade’s emotional anchor, reassuring her that her efforts were valuable.
• Kaguya shows her deep attachment to Mitsuki Country and its people. Despite her fear of Ryushiki and the danger of opposing the Ōtsutsuki clan, she chooses to protect her adopted refuge.
• Ryushiki is established as an ancient, calculating, and overwhelmingly powerful enemy. Although he claims not to hold a personal grudge against Kaguya, he remains committed to fulfilling Huiyue’s command.
• Huiyue’s influence expands through Ryushiki’s mission, suggesting a larger Ōtsutsuki conflict and a long-standing chain of obligations.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and collective survival: The destruction of both comets requires contributions from nearly every major fighter, emphasizing that Mitsuki Country survives through cooperation.
• Found family and belonging: Kaguya’s refusal to abandon Mitsuki Country shows that she now considers it her true home, even more important than her original Ōtsutsuki identity.
• Fate versus personal choice: Ryushiki’s mission is governed by an old promise and Huiyue’s command, while Kaguya chooses to defy that fate to protect her new home.
• The limits of power: Yu’s Kamui, normally nearly unstoppable, fails against Ryushiki, establishing a dramatic gap between them and raising the stakes for their confrontation.
• Emotional vulnerability behind strength: Tsunade’s exhaustion and Kaguya’s suppressed grief reveal the personal cost of the chapter’s large-scale battles.
• Ancient bonds and unresolved history: Ryushiki’s sealed technique and reference to his deceased friend hint at a tragic past that may explain his unusual restraint and motivations.

Character Interactions

• Tsunade and Jiraiya: After Tsunade collapses, Jiraiya holds and comforts her, strengthening their intimate bond.
• Kaguya and Ryushiki: Their negotiation shifts from cautious diplomacy to open combat. Kaguya appeals to his mercy, while Ryushiki insists that his duty to Huiyue comes first.
• Yu and Ryushiki: Their confrontation is brief but decisive. Yu attacks through Kamui, only for Ryushiki to overcome both the technique’s offensive and defensive applications.
• Kaguya and her family history: Ryushiki’s mention of Huiyue and Ming Ye Zhu provokes Kaguya’s grief and highlights the emotional weight of her past.
• Ryushiki and Uchiha Riu: The chapter concludes by framing their encounter as a meeting shaped by fate, history, and potentially a much larger conflict.

Chapter Summary: A Millennium-Calamity, Falling Before Victory

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki confronts Yu, declaring that he has come to avenge his sworn brother and sister. Yu realizes that ordinary spatial techniques such as Kamui are ineffective against Ryushiki’s Diamond Body.
• Yu uses Yumotolu: Prison of Time to freeze Ryushiki and the surrounding area, but Ryushiki breaks through the stopped-time prison, proving that even temporal restraints cannot contain him.
• Ryushiki destroys Yu’s legendary Yata Mirror with Dragon’s Claw, shattering its reputation as an absolute defense.
• Yu survives Ryushiki’s attack by using the Flame God Substitution Technique, transforming himself into an explosion of Amaterasu black flames. Ryushiki remains unharmed and concludes that another clan envoy has likely perished.
• Uchiha Madara enters the battle with four Limbo clones and surrounds Ryushiki. The clones unleash Six Paths Susanoo, attempting to overwhelm him.
• Ryushiki effortlessly breaks through Madara’s defenses with Formless Divine Void Palm and recognizes Madara as a vessel connected to Wushi, though he repeatedly misremembers Madara’s name.
• Madara uses Divine Illumination to create an opening, allowing the Limbo clones to restrain Ryushiki. He then unleashes Sage Art: Magma Release — Heavenly Cannon, blasting Ryushiki into the sky.
• Despite Madara’s apparent victory, Ryushiki survives while covered in black flames. He retaliates with a devastating golden beam, destroying Madara’s staff and piercing his forehead. Madara dies instantly.
• Hashirama mourns Madara, while Yu initially expects Wushi’s Karma to reincarnate him. However, Ryushiki reveals that he created Karma and has deliberately prevented Wushi’s reincarnation.
• Ryushiki explains that his sole objective is to destroy Yu’s Ten-Tails. He is willing to abandon his clansmen and accept their deaths if necessary, believing the Ten-Tails will eventually revive after a thousand years.
• With Madara’s reincarnation blocked, Yu considers using Yumotolu to reverse time and resurrect him. Ryushiki then descends beside Madara’s corpse and challenges everyone to defeat him, whether through attrition or a combined assault.

Character Developments

• Ryushiki is established as overwhelmingly powerful, calm, and ruthlessly focused. He can break through stopped time, destroy the Yata Mirror, survive Amaterasu, overpower Madara, and prevent Karma reincarnation. His willingness to sacrifice his own clansmen reveals his extreme pragmatism.
• Yu recognizes the seriousness of the battle and loses his earlier confidence. He uses increasingly powerful defensive and survival techniques but realizes that Ryushiki may be beyond conventional methods.
• Uchiha Madara demonstrates immense offensive power, combining Limbo, Six Paths Susanoo, Divine Illumination, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Magma Release. However, his pride and desire to prove himself lead him into a direct confrontation he cannot survive.
• Hashirama shows deep emotional attachment to Madara, crying out in shock and grief after Madara’s death.
• Wushi becomes more important to the conflict through his connection to Madara and Karma, though his expected reincarnation is prevented by Ryushiki.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength versus strategy: Yu and Madara employ complex techniques and combinations, but Ryushiki’s raw power and superior understanding render them ineffective.
• Time, death, and reincarnation: The chapter emphasizes the limits of time manipulation and the fragility of resurrection. Ryushiki’s control over Karma turns death into a potentially permanent condition.
• Sacrifice and ruthless purpose: Ryushiki places the destruction of the Ten-Tails above the survival of his allies and clansmen, highlighting the danger of absolute devotion to a single goal.
• Pride and defiance: Madara’s declaration of his name reflects his pride and refusal to submit, even though Ryushiki ultimately kills him with ease.
• The collapse of legends: The Yata Mirror is shattered, Madara is defeated, and previously invincible abilities are shown to have limits against Ryushiki.

Character Interactions

• Yu and Ryushiki engage in a tense exchange of recognition and ideological opposition. Yu tries to restrain and outmaneuver Ryushiki, while Ryushiki calmly dismantles each defense.
• Madara and Ryushiki clash directly. Madara attacks with confidence and fury, while Ryushiki treats him as a familiar but incorrectly remembered figure connected to Wushi.
• Hashirama and Madara’s death underscore their enduring bond, with Hashirama reacting emotionally to Madara’s apparent final defeat.
• Yu and Ryushiki later debate the consequences of Karma and the Ten-Tails. Yu questions Ryushiki’s willingness to sacrifice his clansmen, but Ryushiki remains unmoved.
• The chapter ends with Ryushiki standing guard over Madara’s body, inviting the remaining fighters to challenge him in what is clearly becoming a desperate final confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “Millennial Calamity, Impenetrable Fortress”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group’s immediate objective is to keep Ryushiki away from Madara’s corpse for more than ten seconds, allowing Yumotolu to reverse time and restore Madara.
• Yu attempts to use Kamui to remove Ryushiki from the battlefield, but Ryushiki anticipates the attack and evades it.
• Ryushiki deploys the Heavenly Totem Mark II, which creates a red-light domain capable of nullifying all long-range attacks and techniques. Naruto’s powerful Magma Release Rasenshuriken is completely dispersed upon contact.
• Since ranged attacks are useless, Yu decides that Ryushiki must be confronted directly. Sasuke volunteers to lead the assault because his Izanagi Shikigami Mode grants him temporary, reliable immortality. Naruto joins him despite Sasuke’s concerns about the instability of his own ability.
• Sasuke and Naruto enter the totem’s domain and attack Ryushiki from both sides. Sasuke uses Defensive Transfer to teleport around the battlefield, while Naruto follows with Flying Raijin.
• Their blades cannot harm Ryushiki, who is physically strong enough to catch and crush both Murasame and Muramasa. Naruto’s attempt to destroy the Heavenly Totem with a shadow clone also fails when Ryushiki kills the clone with an All-Killing Ash Bone.
• Sasuke and Naruto then execute their planned sealing technique, Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, hoping to imprison Ryushiki as a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. However, Ryushiki’s chakra is vastly greater than that of the Ten-Tails, so the technique cannot move or seal him.
• Ryushiki brutally attacks Naruto, landing 1,561 punches and exhausting Naruto’s Shikigami health bar. Sasuke’s Yata Mirror blocks the finishing blow, but Ryushiki shatters it as well.
• Minato arrives at the critical moment, rescues Naruto and Sasuke, and uses Flying Raijin to remove the Heavenly Totem from the battlefield.
• With the red-light domain gone, Yu successfully connects Kamui to the prepared space-time technique and transports Ryushiki into the Kamui dimension, temporarily removing him from Madara’s vicinity.

Character Developments

• Yu demonstrates strategic judgment by recognizing that direct attacks are ineffective and coordinating a plan centered on removing the Heavenly Totem and separating Ryushiki from Madara.
• Sasuke takes on a responsible leadership role, willingly placing himself in danger because his temporary immortality makes him the best candidate for close combat. His confident partnership with Naruto also reveals growing trust and camaraderie.
• Naruto remains courageous and good-humored despite the danger, joking about his “pale” face while committing himself to the assault. His confidence is tested when Ryushiki overwhelms him almost instantly.
• Ryushiki is established as an overwhelmingly powerful enemy. His speed, durability, chakra reserves, and combat awareness allow him to counter nearly every tactic used against him.
• Minato reinforces his role as a dependable support fighter, arriving at exactly the right moment to save the younger heroes and turn the battle back in their favor.

Significant Themes

• Strategy versus overwhelming power: The heroes cannot defeat Ryushiki through conventional force and must rely on layered tactics, timing, and teamwork.
• Sacrifice and responsibility: Sasuke volunteers for the most dangerous role, accepting that someone must risk death to create an opening.
• The limits of established techniques: Even powerful abilities such as Planetary Devastation, Yata Mirror, and long-range ocular techniques are shown to be inadequate against Ryushiki’s superior chakra and physical strength.
• Teamwork and inherited power: Naruto and Sasuke wield the powers of ancient Shikigami, while Minato and Yu combine their techniques to complete the extraction plan.
• The importance of battlefield control: The Heavenly Totem determines the shape of the fight, making its removal more important than directly damaging Ryushiki.

Character Interactions

• Yu and Mito argue over whether Yu should fight Ryushiki directly, emphasizing the danger of close combat.
• Sasuke and Naruto exchange teasing but supportive remarks before attacking together, reflecting their competitive friendship.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinate a complex two-stage strategy: first attempting to overwhelm Ryushiki physically, then using Planetary Devastation.
• Ryushiki taunts and analyzes their techniques, recognizing their inherited Shikigami abilities and exploiting their weaknesses.
• Minato praises Naruto and Sasuke for holding out, then collaborates with them and Yu to remove the totem and complete Ryushiki’s transportation.
• The chapter ends with Ryushiki acknowledging that the heroes have succeeded through unconventional tactics rather than superior strength.

Chapter Summary: A Millennium Calamity, Descending into Desperation

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yu uses Yumotolu and Causal Severance to reverse time and revive Madara after Ryushiki kills him.
• Madara is initially humiliated and furious at being the first to die, but quickly regains his composure and recognizes that Ryushiki’s overwhelming strength makes survival the highest priority.
• Madara proposes that everyone with a Sharingan or Rinnegan activate Izanagi, using Yu’s Causal Severance to avoid the usual blindness drawback.
• Since many fighters lack suitable eyes, White Zetsu distributes mass-produced Mangekyo Sharingan, created through Kabuto’s research and Tono Tenasuke’s production methods. Nearly every warrior prepares Izanagi.
• Several characters undergo unusual or painful eye-transplant procedures:
  • Hidan has Sharingan implanted across his body by Kakuzu.
  • Hinata receives an additional eye socket in her shoulder through Sakura’s medical technique, preserving her powerful Tenseigan.
  • Mito absorbs numerous Sharingan into her Tenseigan, gaining access to Izanagi without physical implantation.
  • Shisui refuses the offered eyes because the Sharingan he can create lose their power when removed.
• Other characters reflect on the ruined world and the meaning of hope, including Zatoichi and Mifune, who reaffirm the samurai’s duty to protect humanity’s remaining ideals.
• Ryushiki returns after being temporarily transferred away and finds the battlefield transformed by the widespread use of Izanagi. He acknowledges humanity’s resilience but remains confident.
• Sasuke uses Amenotejikara Realm to pull Ryushiki toward him, allowing Kimimaro to pierce Sasuke with an All-Killing Ash Bone. Sasuke attempts to use Amanosakahoko to transfer his injuries to Ryushiki, but the technique fails.
• Ryushiki reveals that his completed tenth-level Diamond Body grants “calamity-breaking” power, rendering Sasuke’s ocular technique, Hidan’s technique, and Shisui’s Shikigami-less Ayakashi ineffective.

Character Developments

• Madara moves from wounded pride to strategic maturity. He accepts that Ryushiki cannot be defeated through conventional means and adopts a defensive, survival-oriented plan.
• Yu demonstrates the importance of his abilities as a support figure, using Causal Severance to make time reversal precise and preserve Madara’s life.
• Sasuke displays enormous courage and self-sacrifice, deliberately allowing himself to be impaled so he can attempt to exploit Ryushiki’s single-life limitation. His failure leaves him shocked and desperate.
• Ryushiki becomes even more threatening. His confidence is not merely arrogance: he possesses a completed Diamond Body capable of neutralizing the battlefield’s most dangerous techniques.
• Shisui remains independent and secure in his own abilities, declining additional Sharingan because of the special limitations of the eyes he creates.
• Hinata, Mito, Hidan, and Kakuzu each adapt creatively to the crisis, emphasizing the combatants’ willingness to endure pain or alter their bodies to survive.
• Zatoichi and Mifune provide a moral contrast to the battlefield desperation, framing hope and duty as reasons to continue fighting.

Significant Themes

• Human resilience versus overwhelming power: Even after Madara’s death, the fighters rapidly create new defenses, showing extraordinary adaptability.
• The cost of survival: The mass eye transplants, Hidan’s mutilation, Sasuke’s self-impalement, and Madara’s reliance on Izanagi all demonstrate that survival requires physical sacrifice.
• Pride and humility: Madara’s humiliation is transformed into practical judgment, while Ryushiki’s superiority remains nearly absolute.
• Hope amid devastation: Zatoichi and Mifune’s discussion suggests that hope is not the absence of suffering, but the reason people continue to defend one another.
• Limits of technique against absolute strength: The chapter emphasizes that even reality-altering ocular powers may fail when confronted by Ryushiki’s perfected Diamond Body.
• Human ingenuity: Scientific experimentation, medical ninjutsu, White Zetsu production, and inherited techniques combine to give the army a chance against an otherwise unbeatable enemy.

Important Character Interactions

• Madara and Hashirama: Hashirama comforts Madara, but Madara rejects pity and instead offers a strategic response to Ryushiki’s power.
• Madara and Yu: Madara confirms that Yu still has enough ocular power to use Causal Severance, leading to the plan to distribute Izanagi.
• White Zetsu and the allied ninjas: White Zetsu provide Sharingan and bluntly explain the painful implantation process, highlighting the soldiers’ fear and determination.
• Kakuzu and Hidan: Kakuzu forcibly modifies Hidan’s body so he can use Sharingan, while Hidan surprisingly finds his grotesque new appearance stylish.
• Sakura and Hinata: Sakura solves Hinata’s transplantation problem by creating a secondary eye socket connected to her nervous system.
• Zatoichi and Mifune: Their quiet conversation presents hope and samurai duty as a spiritual counterpoint to the chaos.
• Sasuke and Kimimaro: They coordinate a reckless ambush, with Kimimaro impaling Sasuke so Sasuke can attempt to transfer the damage to Ryushiki.
• Sasuke, Shisui, and Ryushiki: Ryushiki directly dismisses their abilities, declaring that his Diamond Body nullifies their strongest techniques and deepening the sense of impending defeat.

Ryushiki overwhelmed the shinobi alliance and killed Ino after their coordinated attempt to injure him failed. Yu then confronted Ryushiki in a furious clash that left the battle unresolved.

• Ryushiki immobilized Shisui with a Truth-Seeking Orb, while Sasuke survived after Itachi destroyed the crow and failed to snipe Ryushiki.
• Madara exhausted his ocular power after sixteen failed attempts to defeat Ryushiki with Divine Illumination.
• Shikamaru and the Nara clan bound Ryushiki with a shadow formation, allowing Ino to take control of his body and attack his eye, but the Kunai could not pierce it.
• Ino's control ended, and Ryushiki summoned a beast that seized and devoured her despite Sai's attempt to rescue her.
• Yu attacked Ryushiki with a Shock Release Fist, and their fists collided in a devastating clash.

Chapter Summary: “Millennial Calamity, Raging Storms”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yu clashes directly with Ryushiki using his fully unleashed Shock Release and the Gate of Shock, but Ryushiki’s casual punches overwhelm him. Yu’s right arm ruptures and is eventually destroyed.
• Yu avoids Ryushiki’s third attack with Kamui’s Phasing Mode. Ryushiki attempts to exploit Kamui by forcibly connecting separate spaces, but Yu’s trap is activated: Uzuki Yangyan emerges from the Space-Time Dimension and blasts him with purple lightning.
• Yu had intentionally stationed Yangyan in the dimension as a countermeasure to Ryushiki’s previous destruction of Kamui. Ryushiki recognizes Yu’s strategy but criticizes him for placing Yangyan in danger.
• Ryushiki attacks Yangyan, but she uses Divine-Grade Blessing Talismans to transform into lightning, making herself immune to physical contact—even attacks containing Yin-Yang Release.
• Naruto uses Heavenly Shinobi Exemption to eliminate friendly-fire damage. This allows Yangyan to restrain Ryushiki while Amaterasu burns him and the allied ninjas attack without harming her.
• Yangyan unleashes Kamuyami: Myriad Lightning Prison, creating an enormous lightning prison that immobilizes Ryushiki. Yu then uses Great Netherworld Hands, Human Path Pain, and Nether Lightning Strike in an attempt to seize Ryushiki’s soul, but Ryushiki’s Diamond Body protects it.
• Hashirama, Madara, Mito, Naruto, Sasuke, and the rest of the ninja forces launch a massive combined assault, including Wood Release, Limbo attacks, Tenseigan techniques, Tailed Beast Bombs, and the Six Paths Mysteries of the Yin-Yang Dharma Deity.
• The combined attack devastates the battlefield and destroys the atmosphere across tens of thousands of miles, exposing outer space. However, Ryushiki emerges completely unharmed.
• Ryushiki activates the Heaven-Sealing Chessboard’s Encirclement Formation, trapping nearly every ninja in pillars of black light. The formation immobilizes them until their Izanagi protections expire, causing trapped victims to disintegrate.
• Yu alone escapes imprisonment because of the protective outfit he is wearing. Ryushiki moves to attack him, but Yu opens multiple Yomotsu Hirasaka portals and unleashes Night Guy: Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea.
• Ryushiki casually blocks the twin crimson dragons, but he shows an unusual emotional reaction upon seeing the figure emerging from the portal, suggesting that Yu’s next move—or the person accompanying it—is something Ryushiki did not expect.

Character Developments

• Yu is pushed to the limits physically and strategically. Although his direct attacks fail, he demonstrates foresight by preparing Yangyan’s ambush and coordinating the larger assault. His refusal to surrender remains central to his character.
• Uzuki Yangyan displays fierce devotion to Yu and actively risks herself to protect him. Her lightning-based elementalization proves capable of countering even Ryushiki’s Yin-Yang Release, marking her as a crucial force in the battle.
• Ryushiki remains overwhelmingly powerful, effortlessly defeating Yu, surviving the combined attacks of the strongest ninjas, and deploying an effective countermeasure against Izanagi. However, Yangyan’s immunity and the final portal attack provoke the first clear signs of surprise and emotional disturbance from him.
• Naruto contributes vital battlefield support through Heavenly Shinobi Exemption, enabling the allies to attack Ryushiki without harming Yangyan.
• Hashirama, Madara, Mito, Sasuke, and the other ninjas temporarily unite their strongest techniques, transforming their accumulated grief and anger—especially over Ino’s death—into a coordinated assault.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power versus strategy: Raw strength cannot defeat Ryushiki, so Yu relies on traps, dimensional manipulation, teamwork, and carefully timed counters.
• Sacrifice and devotion: Yangyan’s willingness to place herself in danger for Yu highlights the emotional bonds driving the resistance.
• Collective resistance: The strongest warriors combine their abilities despite their differences, showing the necessity of unity against an enemy beyond any individual’s power.
• The limits of immortality and protection: Izanagi offers temporary survival, but Ryushiki exploits its time limit rather than trying to overpower it directly.
• Hope amid despair: Even after Ryushiki survives the greatest attack assembled against him, Yu continues to produce new surprises, keeping the battle from becoming completely hopeless.

Important Character Interactions

• Yu and Ryushiki engage in a brutal exchange that establishes the enormous gap between their physical strength.
• Yu and Yangyan cooperate through a prearranged dimensional ambush, while Yangyan openly declares her love and determination to protect him.
• Ryushiki mocks Yu for endangering Yangyan, revealing his awareness of Yu’s tactics and personal attachments.
• Naruto supports Yangyan by neutralizing friendly-fire damage, allowing her to embrace and restrain the burning Ryushiki.
• The allied ninjas respond to Hashirama and Madara’s calls to attack together, channeling their anger over Ino’s death.
• Ryushiki’s final reaction to the figure emerging through Yomotsu Hirasaka hints at a major revelation or unexpected confrontation in the next chapter.

Chapter Summary: Millennial Calamity, When We Were Young

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki recognizes Kamiza Tento as the reincarnation of Tiansha Dou, his former best friend and eventual enemy from 1,700 years earlier.
• Through a flashback, Ryushiki recalls Tiansha Dou’s final wishes: to be cremated, avoid reincarnation into his clan, live peacefully in the lower lands, and never meet Ryushiki again as an enemy.
• Might Guy withdraws after using Night Guy: Twin Dragons Emerging from the Sea, a technique combining his own power with that of his Blood Martial Body, an avatar created from the blood energy released by the Eight Gates.
• Tento denies having any connection to Tiansha Dou, insisting that he has always been called Kamiza Tento. Ryushiki realizes that their shared wish for reincarnation and freedom came true, but fate has reunited them on opposing sides.
• Ryushiki suspects that Yu deliberately arranged Tento’s appearance and may have learned about his past through Wan Sheng, a clan traitor. Although Wan Sheng fears Ryushiki has discovered her involvement, Ryushiki chooses to spare her for the moment.
• Tento asks Yu and Guy to retreat, then activates his most destructive power: the Azure Dragon Flame and the Eight Inner Gates Formation, opening the Gate of Death.
• His flames form a gigantic Azure Dragon, his strength surpassing even Night Guy’s. The attack’s heat and killing intent are so intense that it extinguishes the Amaterasu flames surrounding Ryushiki and distorts the passage of time.
• Ryushiki prepares to receive the attack without defending himself, exposing the old wound Tiansha Dou once gave him with the Gate of Death technique Calamity Hound.
• Tento unleashes a direct, unavoidable Azure Dragon charge and drives a devastating elbow strike into Ryushiki’s chest. The chapter ends at the moment of impact.

Character Developments

• Ryushiki: Reveals deep regret and affection for Tiansha Dou, while accepting that fate has forced them into conflict again. He also shows mercy toward Wan Sheng despite suspecting her betrayal and deliberately chooses to endure Tento’s attack rather than evade it.
• Kamiza Tento/Tiansha Dou: Although he has no conscious memory of his former life, his personality still reflects Tiansha Dou’s ideals of protecting others and rejecting needless slaughter. However, he releases his suppressed killing intent and uses the Gate of Death because Ryushiki is too powerful to defeat otherwise.
• Might Guy: Demonstrates a major advancement through the Blood Martial Body, enabling him to fight alongside a duplicate with nearly equal strength. Even so, he recognizes that Tento’s power exceeds his own.
• Yu: His deliberate arrangement of the encounter and apparent knowledge of Ryushiki and Tiansha Dou’s history make him increasingly suspicious and manipulative.
• Wan Sheng: Panics after realizing Ryushiki may know about her treachery, but is unexpectedly spared.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus personal choice: Tiansha Dou once wished never to meet Ryushiki again, yet reincarnation brings them together as enemies.
• The persistence of identity: Though Tento denies remembering Tiansha Dou, his values, fighting spirit, and emotional nature echo his previous life.
• Friendship corrupted by circumstance: Ryushiki and Tiansha Dou were once close companions, but their loyalties and positions repeatedly force them into opposition.
• Sacrifice and repayment: Ryushiki allows himself to be struck because he believes he owes Tiansha Dou, while Tento risks his life by opening the Gate of Death.
• Freedom from the past: Tiansha Dou’s old wish was to forget his former life and live freely, but the chapter shows how deeply the past continues to shape both men.

Character Interactions

• Ryushiki mentally revisits his final conversation with Tiansha Dou, contrasting their former friendship with their present battle.
• Guy warns Tento that Ryushiki is exceptionally powerful, but Tento responds with confidence and excitement.
• Ryushiki addresses Tento by his former identity, while Tento firmly rejects the connection.
• Ryushiki observes and silently judges Wan Sheng, then chooses not to punish her yet.
• Tento orders Yu and Guy to withdraw before releasing his full power.
• Ryushiki and Tento exchange final words before engaging in a catastrophic close-range attack, ending with Tento’s Azure Dragon strike crashing into Ryushiki.

Chapter Summary:

Millennial Calamity, Butterfly Reversal!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki defeats Tian Dou after neutralizing his Reto technique. He acknowledges that Tian Dou has grown stronger but knocks him unconscious before the power of the Eight Gates can kill him.
• Ryushiki throws Tian Dou to Yu, deliberately allowing Yu to use Causal Severance to remove the Eight Gates’ link to certain death.
• Yu negotiates with Ryushiki: in exchange for not releasing Tian Dou again, Ryushiki agrees not to harm the humans Yu has hidden in Mitsuki Country, provided they do not oppose Ryushiki’s clan.
• Tian Dou is placed in Yu’s Space-Time Dimension for protection.
• As the battle continues, the prisoners beneath the Heaven-Sealing Chessboard begin dying when their Izanagi protections expire. With no other option, Yu sends Might Guy to fight Ryushiki.
• Guy unleashes a series of advanced Night Guy techniques, using both his own body and his Blood Martial Body:
  • Divine Dragon Tail Sweep
  • Rising Dragon
  • Twin Rising Dragon
  • Coiling Dragon
  • Lightning Five-Whip Combo
  • Evening Elephant: Four-Legged Stampede
  • Twin Dragon Breaker
• Although Guy’s attacks are fast and creative, Ryushiki effortlessly withstands them. He even gouges out Guy’s eyes, though Guy retaliates by attacking Ryushiki’s groin and trapping him with vacuum-like elephant strikes.
• Guy’s strongest combined attack, Twin Dragon Breaker, strikes Ryushiki’s head from both sides but causes no damage. Ryushiki explains that Guy is powerful by human standards but ordinary among the Eight Gates users of the Takamagahara branch families.
• Yu restores Guy’s damaged eyes. Rather than giving up, Guy reveals that Night Guy was only a prerequisite for an even greater technique.
• Guy recalls his Blood Martial Body and activates Blood Aura Return, followed by Blood Aura Awakening. His chakra forms a blood-red butterfly.
• The butterfly disrupts the entire dimension, scrambling space, time, and physical laws. Guy explains that he adapted the principle of the butterfly effect from Shadow’s Shock Release.
• Using the distortion, Guy teleports directly above Ryushiki without traveling through a visible trajectory. He compresses the altered space-time into his fist, creating a region where space and time no longer exist.
• The chapter ends as Guy launches his ultimate technique, Butterfly Reversal, at Ryushiki’s head.

Character Developments

• Yu becomes increasingly pragmatic and ruthless. He bargains with Ryushiki to protect the hidden humans and accepts the morally questionable role of manipulating Tian Dou’s fate for the greater good. However, his thoughts show that he still retains personal moral boundaries and refuses to sacrifice his own daughter as a political shield.
• Ryushiki remains overwhelmingly confident and nearly invulnerable. He recognizes Tian Dou’s improvement but treats him as inferior, and he dismisses Guy as unremarkable by Takamagahara standards. Nevertheless, Guy’s Blood Aura Awakening finally sparks Ryushiki’s interest and forces him to acknowledge that he may have underestimated Guy slightly.
• Tian Dou demonstrates significant growth, surviving an attack that would have killed him at ninety percent Diamond Body power. However, he is ultimately incapacitated and removed from the fight.
• Might Guy evolves beyond his established Night Guy techniques. Despite being blinded and completely outmatched, he refuses to retreat. His inventive use of space-time disruption marks a major advancement in his abilities and sets up his most powerful attack yet.

Significant Themes

• Pragmatism versus morality: Yu compromises and negotiates to protect his people, but his internal reflection shows that he has not abandoned his principles.
• The limits of human strength: Guy’s greatest techniques are portrayed as astonishing by human standards but still insufficient against the higher-level warriors of Takamagahara.
• Adaptation and innovation: Guy transforms his defeat into an opportunity, combining Eight Gates power with ideas derived from Shadow’s Shock Release and the butterfly effect.
• Sacrifice and protection: Tian Dou’s survival, Yu’s defense of the hidden humans, and Guy’s willingness to risk himself all emphasize the cost of protecting others.
• Perception and underestimation: Ryushiki initially dismisses Guy, but Guy’s final transformation proves that conventional assessments of his power may no longer be reliable.

Character Interactions

• Yu and Ryushiki: Their exchange becomes a tense negotiation built around Tian Dou’s life and the safety of Yu’s people. Both reveal their priorities: Ryushiki protects his clan’s interests, while Yu protects his land and its inhabitants.
• Yu and Tian Dou: Yu saves Tian Dou from the fatal consequences of the Eight Gates, despite using him as leverage in negotiations.
• Ryushiki and Guy: Their battle is marked by Ryushiki’s casual superiority and Guy’s relentless creativity. Ryushiki mocks Guy’s effectiveness but gradually becomes intrigued by his final transformation.
• Yu and Guy: Yu supports Guy during and after the battle, restoring his eyes and encouraging him to reveal any remaining strength. Their interaction highlights Yu’s trust in Guy and Guy’s determination to continue fighting.
• Guy and Ryushiki: Guy’s humor, including his attack on Ryushiki’s supposed weak point, contrasts with Ryushiki’s cold seriousness. Their confrontation culminates in Guy’s attempt to overturn the battle through Butterfly Reversal.

Might Guy and Shisui helped Yu weaken Ryushiki, but Ryushiki rejected Yu’s offer to join forces against his clan. Yu went to find the imprisoned Kaguya, leaving Tobi and Black Zetsu to stall Ryushiki in Tobi’s bizarre Shit-Ball Dimension.

• Might Guy’s Butterfly Reversal broke the Heaven-Sealing Chessboards, but Ryushiki recovered and prepared to kill him before Yu rescued him with Causal Severance.
• Shisui used Kabehichi to reduce Ryushiki’s Soul Rings to nearly his current age, but the technique halved Shisui’s own remaining Soul Rings and left him exhausted.
• Yu offered Ryushiki a way to oppose his clan, but Ryushiki refused to give Yu his Karma and rejected the alliance.
• Tobi emerged from the sea and told Yu that Kaguya had vanished; Yu left through Yomotsu Hirasaka to retrieve her.
• Tobi confronted Ryushiki in the Shit-Ball Dimension, a vast world of feces, and claimed it contained hundreds of millions of tons of waste.

Chapter Summary: Millennial Calamity, Holy Land Pilgrimage!

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ryushiki and Tobi enter a sealed composite dimension filled with roughly six hundred million tons of natural feces. Tobi explains that escape is impossible because all surrounding dimensions are similarly contaminated.
• Tobi establishes the rules of their free-for-all battle: Space-Time Dimension techniques are forbidden, though he immediately exploits his ability to merge with the fecal dimension itself.
• From within the “Shit-Ball Dimension,” Tobi launches a series of increasingly powerful attacks, including massive fecal pillars, a technique that drags Ryushiki into the waste, giant fecal dragons, and a boiling cycle of corrosive vapor and rain.
• Ryushiki survives by using Chakra defenses and Truth-Seeking Orb barriers, though the filth and lack of oxygen severely test him. His disgust and anger steadily increase.
• Tobi reveals that parasite worms, cultivated by the Aburame Clan, have infested the fecal river and planted eggs on Ryushiki while he was submerged. He uses the distraction to transform Ryushiki’s barrier into feces and bombard him with explosive fecal spheres.
• Ryushiki destroys the parasite worms with his “Vacuum Myriad Strikes” and locates Tobi despite his merging with the dimension.
• The two clash directly. Tobi’s giant fecal blade misses Ryushiki, while Ryushiki strikes Tobi and sends him crashing through a fecal mountain.
• Tobi enters Ksitigarbha Sage Mode and uses his ultimate technique, creating a gigantic “Shit Celestial Star” from the entire dimension’s waste.
• Ryushiki shields himself behind seventy-two layers of Truth-Seeking Orb barriers and initially believes he has survived. Tobi then increases the star’s weight a thousandfold, compressing it into an extremely dense mass.
• The barriers begin to crack. In desperation, Ryushiki unleashes “Yamato Takeru,” causing the celestial star, the dimension, and the underlying technique to disintegrate.

2. Character Developments

• Ryushiki begins as an arrogant, composed Ōtsutsuki but becomes increasingly furious and unsettled by the filthy environment. His normally controlled behavior deteriorates to the point that he openly curses Tobi.
• Despite his disgust, Ryushiki demonstrates impressive adaptability and combat skill, repeatedly escaping traps, using layered defenses, destroying the parasite worms, and eventually identifying Tobi’s location.
• Tobi displays extraordinary control over the environment and a playful, taunting personality. He treats the battle like a game, constantly revealing new hazards only after Ryushiki has committed himself.
• Tobi’s confidence grows into a dramatic final escalation as he enters Sage Mode and uses the dimension itself as a weapon. His tactics emphasize deception, environmental control, and psychological torment rather than straightforward combat.

3. Significant Themes

• Humiliation versus pride: Ryushiki’s divine status and arrogance are undermined by his inability to remain dignified in the grotesque dimension.
• Adaptability and strategy: Tobi’s victory-oriented approach relies on exploiting the battlefield, while Ryushiki survives through rapid defensive reactions and overwhelming force.
• Power through the environment: Tobi’s fusion with the dimension transforms an absurd setting into a massive source of natural power, allowing him to control its contents like a chakra reservoir.
• Comedic subversion of epic battles: Grand techniques, divine beings, Sage Mode, and celestial-scale attacks are deliberately reimagined through crude fecal imagery, creating a parody of high-stakes martial spectacle.
• Escalation and excess: Each technique surpasses the previous one in scale and absurdity, culminating in a six-hundred-billion-ton celestial mass and the destruction of the entire dimension.

4. Character Interactions

• Tobi repeatedly taunts and “advises” Ryushiki, including warning him that creating oxygen could ignite the methane-filled atmosphere.
• Ryushiki responds with hostility and contempt, insisting that he already understands the danger and threatening to kill Tobi before escaping.
• Tobi praises Ryushiki’s defenses while immediately introducing stronger attacks, maintaining a mockingly encouraging tone.
• Ryushiki’s anger peaks when Tobi reveals the parasite eggs and later destroys his barrier through trickery.
• After Ryushiki locates and strikes Tobi, Tobi acknowledges the threat and responds by unveiling his ultimate technique.
• Their confrontation ends with Ryushiki forced into desperation, using his most powerful technique to destroy Tobi’s massive attack and the entire battlefield.

Ryushiki defeated Tobi and unleashed Yamato Takeru against the gathered ninjas, while Yu freed Kaguya from the Heavenly Jar Lord. At the shelter, Little Tornado sensed Little Dragon’s chakra and grinned as everyone feared for their safety.

• Ryushiki crushed Tobi beneath Yamato Takeru, giving him what Black Zetsu called a lavish funeral, while Tobi reflected on his past as a human cowherd and accepted his death.
• Yu broke into the Heavenly Jar Lord with Kamui and freed Kaguya, who thanked him with tears.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Madara, and the other gathered ninjas witnessed Yamato Takeru’s scale as Ryushiki challenged them to stop it.
• The ninjas activated Complete Body Susanoo, but their power proved insignificant against Ryushiki’s dark-gold sword of light.
• At the shelter, Keduo comforted the trembling Little Tornado, who sensed Little Dragon’s chakra and secretly grinned.

Chapter Summary: “Millennial Calamity, Like a First Meeting”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Borderland shelter, Little Tornado awakens her Pure Eye, replacing the Double-Moon Cross pattern in her left eye. She opens a spatial portal and decides to leave despite orders to remain hidden.
• Tornado uses her ocular power to hypnotize Keduo, leaving her unconscious, then departs for the battlefield in Mitsuki Country.
• Ananda, unwilling to remain behind, follows Tornado. Xiao Feng pursues Ananda, causing the three unusually significant children to leave the shelter and enter the war zone.
• On the battlefield, Madara, Hashirama, Sasuke, and Naruto use their Complete Body Susanoo to attack Ryushiki’s enormous Yamato Takeru.
• Sasuke expands his Amenotejikara Realm around Yamato Takeru’s knee and combines it with a repaired, chakra-enhanced Murasame. Naruto assists by restoring the blade with Yang Power.
• Their combined slash damages Yamato Takeru’s shin, but the creature immediately generates a smaller independent form from the wound. This form destroys Naruto and Sasuke’s Susanoo, after which the injury heals.
• The smaller Yamato Takeru also shatters Madara and Hashirama’s Susanoo. Madara considers using his dangerous ocular technique, Divine Illumination, despite Hashirama’s warning that repeated use could have severe consequences.
• A mysterious chakra signature appears above the battlefield. Mito identifies its source as Tornado, whose chakra and appearance seem radically different.
• Ryushiki recognizes Tornado’s presence and realizes that she is connected to someone from his past. Seeing her triggers an emotional revelation: he identifies her as “Nana” and begins crying with joy.

Character Developments

• Tornado becomes more independent, secretive, and dangerous. Her use of the Pure Eye and hypnosis demonstrates that she is no longer willing to obey passively or remain sheltered.
• Keduo is shown to trust Tornado but is helpless against her ocular manipulation.
• Ananda reveals a similarly rebellious and courageous streak by following Tornado into danger, while Xiao Feng acts protectively by chasing after him.
• Sasuke remains determined and nearly reckless, developing a bold strategy to exploit spatial manipulation and attack Yamato Takeru’s weakness.
• Naruto recognizes the hopelessness of their situation but chooses to support Sasuke rather than abandon him, showing loyalty and emotional strength.
• Madara becomes increasingly desperate and is prepared to sacrifice his own safety by using Divine Illumination again.
• Hashirama serves as the voice of caution, worried that Madara’s repeated use of forbidden power may cause consequences similar to his own encounter with Yama.
• Ryushiki shifts from confident combatant to emotionally vulnerable figure when he recognizes Tornado’s identity. His tears reveal deep affection, grief, and long-suppressed hope.

Significant Themes

• Rebellion against authority: Tornado, Ananda, and Xiao Feng abandon the shelter, rejecting passive obedience during the crisis.
• The limits of power: Even the strongest Susanoo users are unable to seriously threaten Yamato Takeru, emphasizing the overwhelming scale of the enemy.
• Desperation and sacrifice: Madara’s willingness to overuse Divine Illumination and Naruto’s decision to fight alongside Sasuke reflect the characters’ readiness to risk everything.
• Hidden identity and revelation: Tornado’s mysterious chakra and Ryushiki’s recognition of her introduce a major connection to the past.
• Family, memory, and reunion: Ryushiki’s emotional response suggests that the battlefield conflict is tied to a deeply personal relationship, transforming Tornado’s arrival into a long-awaited reunion.

Character Interactions

• Tornado hypnotizes Keduo when Keduo tries to stop her, showing both their closeness and Tornado’s growing willingness to manipulate those around her.
• Ananda follows Tornado independently, while Xiao Feng follows Ananda, creating a chain of loyalty among the children.
• Sasuke and Naruto cooperate closely, combining Amenotejikara, Yin Power, and Yang Power in an attack that briefly damages Yamato Takeru.
• Naruto privately recognizes Sasuke’s near-mad determination but chooses to share his fate rather than restrain him.
• Madara and Hashirama argue over whether Divine Illumination should be used again, contrasting Madara’s desperation with Hashirama’s concern.
• Hashirama and Mito work together to identify the mysterious chakra, while Madara reacts with alarm upon realizing Tornado has escaped.
• Ryushiki’s final recognition of Tornado as “Nana” creates the chapter’s emotional climax and hints at a profound personal history between them.