Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru prepared Konoha for a giant meteor that struck near the village, and the defenses spared most of its residents from serious harm. Afterward, he wondered what had happened at the battlefield and where Wu was.

• Orochimaru recognized that the meteor was not Wu’s technique and ordered Konoha to prepare for impact.
• Hyuga Unryu directed the ninja to activate Konoha’s defenses as Kakuzu, Hidan, Hiruko, and Shinno scrambled for shelter.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda outside Konoha and promised him five hundred living sacrifices and payment for an old debt.
• The meteor struck, destroying the impact area and sending a shockwave across the forest and into Konoha.
• Manda was badly injured, while Hidan’s head was hurled into Konoha’s wall and most villagers remained safe in shelters.
• Orochimaru dismissed Manda and wondered what had happened at the impact site and where Wu was.

Toneri's father survived Deva Path Pain's attack and prepared to counter with the Giant Tenseigan's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. As Hyuga Satoru watched the Giant Tenseigan from afar, its Chakra flowed into him and triggered an abnormal change in his Electromagnetic Force.

• Hyuga Satoru surveyed the ruined forest and worried about his progress toward leveling up his Electromagnetic Force.
• Toneri's father found Deva Path Pain alive beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after the meteor strike.
• Nagato strengthened Deva Path Pain by absorbing the other Pains' Chakra, and Pain used Chibaku Tensei against Toneri's father.
• Toneri's father drew Chakra from the Giant Tenseigan and formed a golden sword to use the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hyuga Satoru's Byakugan met the Giant Tenseigan's gaze, diverting Tenseigan Chakra into his body and changing his Electromagnetic Force.

Konan launched a vast Exploding Tags attack on Konoha while Hyuga Satoru reached LV5 in Electromagnetic Force by drawing on the Giant Tenseigan's Chakra. After Nagato sealed Toneri's father and young Toneri, Hyuga Satoru confronted Pain and used a new power to plunge the world into darkness before restoring a single light.

• Konan flew toward Konoha with an Array of Three Million Exploding Tags, and Orochimaru ordered the village's forces to shoot them down.
• Hidan saw Konan's attack and tried to escape Konoha, searching for his detached thigh as bullets struck the Exploding Tags.
• Hyuga Satoru's Electromagnetic Force reached LV5 as it resonated with the Giant Tenseigan and drew in its Chakra.
• Nagato sealed Toneri's father and young Toneri inside Planetary Devastation after the Tenseigan Chakra sustaining Toneri's father weakened.
• Hyuga Satoru appeared above the floating sphere and challenged Pain's claim to godhood.
• Hyuga Satoru snapped his fingers, plunged the world into darkness, and brought forth a light while Pain stared in shock.

Hyuga Satoru used his new Electromagnetic Force LV5 ability to plunge the world into darkness and fill the sky with a dazzling aurora, leaving Pain and Konan stunned. He revealed that he could control light and manipulate atomic fission, then began transforming into a giant made of light.

• A sudden darkness spread across the world, confusing Konan and Hidan while Konoha’s residents sensed no threat from it.
• Hyuga Satoru appeared as the only light before Deva Path Pain, who realized the spectacle was real and asked how he had done it.
• Hyuga Satoru snapped his fingers and filled the sky with a brilliant aurora, stunning Pain, Konan, and the people watching from Konoha.
• Orochimaru recognized Hyuga Satoru’s presence and wondered whether he had gained control over light.
• Hyuga Satoru explained that Electromagnetic Force LV5 let him manipulate light and atomic fission, and named the ability Hand of God.
• Hyuga Satoru said he would develop a new Mecha, then expanded into a giant whose body radiated light.

Hyuga Satoru used Ultraman Tiga to defeat Pain and Toneri's father in a fierce battle, while allowing young Toneri to escape to the moon. He then destroyed Konan's explosive-tag attack before it could reach Konoha.

• Hyuga Satoru transformed into Ultraman Tiga, destroyed the core of Pain's Planetary Devastation, and battled the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Toneri's father broke free of his seal, joined Pain against Ultraman Tiga, and summoned the regenerating ancestral stone statue.
• Toneri's father and Pain pinned Ultraman Tiga between their statues, but Hyuga Satoru unleashed blinding light, melted the stone statue, and killed Toneri's father.
• Hyuga Satoru let young Toneri fly back toward the moon, then killed Pain when Shinra Tensei failed to stop Ultraman Tiga.
• Konan sent a vast cloud of Exploding Tags toward Konoha, but Hyuga Satoru blasted it apart with a beam before it reached the village.

Hyuga Satoru examined Uchiha Rin’s worsening eyesight and planned to test Hashirama Cell compatibility before attempting a transplant. Meanwhile, Uchiha Setsuna followed a badly injured Akatsuki member, hoping it would lead him to Madara.

• Hyuga Satoru told Uchiha Rin that her right eye was deteriorating quickly from using her Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hyuga Satoru explained that Hashirama Cells could prevent her from going blind and warned her that transplantation carried serious risks.
• Uchiha Rin agreed to let Hyuga Satoru gather DNA samples and calculate a safer transplantation plan.
• Hyuga Satoru gave Uchiha Rin eye drops to ease her double vision and eye strain.
• Uchiha Setsuna spotted a damaged Akatsuki member in the Land of Fire and decided to follow it in hopes of finding Uchiha Madara.

Hidan reached the Akatsuki base and fought Kakuzu after blaming him for abandoning him, while Uchiha Setsuna sought out Obito, believing him to be Madara. Obito killed Setsuna when he demanded Mangekyo Sharingan eyes, leaving Hyuga Satoru to wonder whether Setsuna had still met the future he had foreseen.

• Hidan arrived at the Akatsuki base in pieces and attacked Kakuzu for leaving him behind, prompting the other members to watch their fight.
• Obito learned that someone outside was calling for Madara and went to meet Uchiha Setsuna.
• Setsuna offered to cooperate with Obito and demanded Mangekyo Sharingan eyes, promising to help kill Uchiha Rin.
• Obito killed Setsuna by swallowing his head in a twisting vortex, then dismissed White Zetsu's suggestion that he could have used Setsuna as an informant.
• Zero watched Setsuna's corpse and remarked on his death, while Hyuga Satoru wondered whether Setsuna had still reached the future he had grasped.

Hyuga Satoru visited Minato and Kushina, arriving amid their chaotic domestic quarrel and discovering that the Nine-Tails feared him. After Minato cleaned the house, Satoru revealed he had come to ask about the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Hyuga Satoru approached Minato and Kushina's house as Kushina chased Minato with a frying pan while he tried to clean up Naruto's mess.
• The Nine-Tails sensed Satoru's arrival, and both halves fell silent when he offered to undo their seals.
• Minato let Satoru inside, then hurriedly cleaned the house while Kushina served tea and defended her household routine.
• Minato finished cleaning and asked why Satoru had visited.
• Satoru said he wanted to ask Minato about a cultivation problem involving the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Zero recruited Kakuzu into the Ultra Squad by claiming it fought the Otsutsuki and offering him gold, leaving Kakuzu as a new spy inside the Akatsuki Organization. Zero gave him the codename Shafolin.

• Kakuzu complained about Hidan, the Akatsuki leader, and Konan, while Zero came to find him in the forest.
• Zero sympathized with Kakuzu and gave him a gold brick, then claimed the Otsutsuki were a threat to the universe and the Ninja World.
• Zero told Kakuzu that he belonged to the Ultra Squad, which was secretly recruiting talented ninjas to oppose the Otsutsuki.
• Zero used Nanometal on Kakuzu's hearts to restrain him, then released him after Kakuzu agreed to join in exchange for gold.
• Zero named Kakuzu Shafolin and noted that he had become the third spy within the Akatsuki Organization.

Hyuga Satoru trained the Flying Thunder God Technique with Minato while secretly monitoring Shinno. Zero followed Shinno to the hidden Sky Ninja Village aerial fortress and infiltrated it to map its interior.

• Hyuga Satoru practiced teleporting between marked locations as Minato guided him and praised his rapid progress.
• Hyuga Satoru explained that prior study and improved mental processing had helped him learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, which he hoped to use for long-distance travel.
• Hyuga Satoru sensed that Shinno had finally moved, then continued training with Minato while concealing his discovery.
• Zero followed Shinno from the Akatsuki Organization's base to a hidden site where Shinno entered an underground fortress through a stone sculpture.
• Zero infiltrated the fortress as Silver Fluid and used electromagnetic signals to map its interior, anticipating the technology he could take from it.

Shinno tried to awaken Zero-Tails and secretly power his fortress, but Zero confronted him and overwhelmed him in a fight. Shinno fled toward Zero-Tails, where Zero accused him of being an Akatsuki spy.

• Shinno learned that Zero-Tails still lacked enough energy and ordered ninja to capture nearby civilians without alerting the Great Ninja Villages.
• Zero appeared in the fortress and accused Shinno of being a spy, prompting Shinno to attack him to protect his secret.
• Shinno used his healing ability and opened six of the Eight Inner Gates, but Zero's nanometal body resisted his attacks and Zero blasted a hole through his abdomen.
• Shinno escaped through a hidden floor passage after Zero revealed he had already dealt with the fortress's ninja.
• Zero followed Shinno to Zero-Tails and confronted him as he approached the cocooned creature.

Zero fought Shinno and Zero-Tails aboard Bendian Fortress as the fortress awakened and began rising. Just as Zero faced Zero-Tails’ escalating attacks, a figure broke through the engine room ceiling and confronted Shinno.

• Zero rejected Shinno’s accusation, then pierced his heart with a laser and revealed that Chakra was only a small part of his energy source.
• Zero-Tails could no longer absorb Zero’s energy, so it attacked him with tentacles that Zero cut apart.
• Shinno ordered Zero-Tails to devour him, causing its attacks to intensify and awakening Bendian Fortress.
• Bendian Fortress rose from the forest as Zero-Tails attacked Zero and the engine room shook.
• A figure blasted open the engine room ceiling, descended, and asked Shinno if he was Shinno.

Hyuga Satoru confronted Shinno in Bendian Fortress and forced him to open the Gate of Death so he could test its power. Shinno’s enhanced form proved far weaker than expected, and Satoru easily stopped his attacks.

• Hyuga Satoru arrived at Bendian Fortress, and Shinno recognized him as the Akatsuki’s powerful enemy.
• Satoru ordered Zero to handle the fortress’s other enemies, revealing that Zero obeyed him rather than Shinno.
• Satoru crushed Shinno and Zero-Tails with force, pulled Shinno out, and demanded to know whether he could use the Eight Inner Gates.
• Satoru forced Shinno to open the Gate of Death by impaling Zero-Tails with metal nails.
• Shinno attacked Satoru with powerful kicks, but Satoru blocked and caught them, judging Shinno’s Gate of Death much weaker than expected.

Hyuga Satoru defeated Shinno, transformed the Sky Fortress into a nuclear-powered Floating City, and created Yi to manage it. He named the city Damocles and left Yi in charge when he was away.

• Hyuga Satoru severed Shinno’s Chakra supply, searched his memories, and obtained his secret techniques before Shinno disintegrated.
• Hyuga Satoru analyzed Zero-Tails and devised a way to remodel it using its negative energy and electromagnetic properties.
• Hyuga Satoru transformed the Sky Fortress into a metal Floating City powered by nuclear fission and equipped with electromagnetic cannons and tungsten rods.
• Hyuga Satoru created Yi from Zero-Tails as an intelligent life-form to manage the Floating City and obey his commands.
• Hyuga Satoru named the Floating City Damocles.

Orochimaru left his Hokage duties to visit Wu at Root and found the base transformed under Wu’s leadership. After Kimimaro and Kabuto identified him and led him onward, Orochimaru decided not to recruit them because they were Wu’s subordinates.

• Orochimaru created a physical clone to handle Hokage duties while he went to find Wu.
• Orochimaru crossed Konoha and saw its modernized buildings and children playing ninja.
• Orochimaru entered Root and was surprised by its bright, warm interior and an unfamiliar sickle-and-hammer mural.
• Kimimaro confronted Orochimaru with bone spikes, and Kabuto identified him as Konoha’s Hokage.
• Kimimaro and Kabuto led Orochimaru to Wu, while Orochimaru held back his desire to recruit them out of loyalty to Wu.

Orochimaru visited Hyuga Satoru’s Root, where its unusual subordinates impressed him before Satoru revealed the truth about the Otsutsuki. The chapter ended with Orochimaru learning that the Ninja World faced enemies from beyond the stars.

• Orochimaru followed Kabuto and Kimimaro through Root and saw Jugo lose control from absorbing natural energy and Guren training with her crystal technique.
• Orochimaru asked Hyuga Satoru how he had found so many promising subordinates, and Satoru gave him a vague answer.
• Hyuga Satoru sent Kabuto and Kimimaro to train with Kakashi, then spoke with Orochimaru about his recent project.
• Hyuga Satoru showed Orochimaru the body of the ninja who had fought the Akatsuki leader and explained that he was a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths’ younger brother and a member of the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Hyuga Satoru explained that the Otsutsuki plundered planets and would eventually return to the Ninja World, leaving Orochimaru stunned by the scale of their threat.

Orochimaru examined Toneri's father's corpse and learned from Hyuga Satoru about the Otsutsuki clan's immense vitality and Karma-based resurrection. Fascinated by their near-immortality, Orochimaru decided he wanted to become an Otsutsuki and began imagining the body he would take.

• Orochimaru examined Toneri's father's unusually well-preserved corpse and compared its vitality to Hashirama Senju's cells.
• Hyuga Satoru told Orochimaru that pure-blooded Otsutsuki were far stronger than Toneri's father, though they could be challenged through Taijutsu and senjutsu.
• Hyuga Satoru explained that Otsutsuki could use Karma to imprint their data on another life-form and resurrect by taking over its body.
• Orochimaru compared Karma to his Living Corpse Reincarnation technique and became determined to become an Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Satoru said Orochimaru might create Otsutsuki blood by combining every bloodline limit, but taking over an Otsutsuki body would be simpler.
• Orochimaru imagined combining Otsutsuki power with a female body as his ideal form.

Orochimaru left with samples of Toneri’s father, while Hyuga Satoru told Hizashi about the moon branch and met a gifted young Neji. Satoru then traveled to Hell Valley to seek a solution to Damocles’s energy shortage, following Yi’s route toward Hoshigakure.

• Orochimaru took tissue samples from Toneri’s father, intent on uncovering the secrets of the Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Satoru told Hizashi that a branch of the Hyuga had lived on the moon and confirmed that the visitor they had driven away was one of them.
• Satoru met three-year-old Neji, who was already an expert with the pistol Satoru had given him and wanted to repel invaders like his uncle.
• Satoru left Konoha to address Damocles’s energy crisis and traveled to Hell Valley in the Land of Bears.
• Satoru asked Yi to map a route through Hell Valley to Hoshigakure, then flew toward an area where nuclear radiation was growing stronger.

Hyuga Satoru approached Hoshigakure, believing its radioactive Star might solve Floating City's energy problem. Inside the village, Natsuhi Hoshi and Hotaru discussed finding a replacement Star to protect their people from the original.

• Hyuga Satoru flew toward Hoshigakure and considered how modifying its radioactive Star might solve Floating City's energy problem.
• The Star Shadow dismissed Natsuhi Hoshi's concerns about the Star's deadly side effects and insisted that villagers endure their trials.
• Natsuhi Hoshi left the shrine, where Hotaru joined her and acknowledged the danger the Star posed to their family and village.
• Hotaru told Natsuhi Hoshi that they could either steal the Star or seek a new one at Starfall Lake in the Land of Grass.
• Hotaru planned to search Starfall Lake for a replacement Star, hoping to eliminate Hoshigakure's crisis.

Hyuga Satoru interrupted Natsuhi Hoshi and Hotaru as they planned to seek a new star, then overwhelmed Hoshigakure’s forces and took the meteorite. He used it to create a controlled nuclear fusion reactor for Floating City Damocles, which he called an Artificial Sun.

• Hyuga Satoru revealed himself at the shrine and told Natsuhi Hoshi and Hotaru that searching for a new star was useless.
• Hotaru attacked Hyuga Satoru, but Hyuga Satoru sent him crashing into the shrine wall with a flick of his hand.
• The Third Hoshikage attacked with a purple Chakra dragon, but Hyuga Satoru destroyed it and forced the Hoshigakure ninjas to the ground with Byakugan pressure.
• Hyuga Satoru took the purple star and told Natsuhi Hoshi that it was the sun before vanishing.
• At Floating City Damocles, Hyuga Satoru used the star as fuel for a controlled nuclear fusion reactor and introduced it to Yi as an Artificial Sun.