Chapter Summaries

The Five Kage arrived at the Rōran Ruins as Minato welcomed Sara and awaited Naruto’s return. Naruto was suddenly dragged into another dimension, where he encountered Awen playing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

• Minato and the Five Kage arrived at the Rōran Ruins, and Minato greeted Sara as he prepared to help everyone.
• Minato sensed Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Naruto Uzumaki, and Hanabi Hyuga returning through the Dragon Vein, and the group appeared before everyone.
• A purplish-black chakra chain emerged from a distortion in the sky and pulled Naruto into another dimension before Minato or Tobirama could react.
• Minato and Tobirama sensed that Naruto had been taken through time, while Tobirama warned that something from a parallel world had followed them.
• Naruto used Ice Release to endure the cold in a snowy dimension, then followed piano music and found Awen playing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

Naruto and Kurama learned that Awen was formed from Menma’s resentment after Menma took his own life in the Limited Tsukuyomi World. Awen attacked Naruto, and his overwhelming power left Naruto and Kurama facing a vast strength gap.

• Awen explained that Menma ended his own life after suffering the hatred directed at him as a Jinchuriki, and that Menma’s resentment created Awen.
• Awen revealed that he wanted revenge on Naruto and Kurama, and that Menma’s corpse had allowed him to sever his bonds with Menma’s identity.
• Awen awakened a violet-eyed Sage Mode and mocked Naruto for believing Jiraiya would have accepted Menma as a disciple.
• Naruto and Kurama joined forces, with Naruto declaring that they would bring Awen back.
• Awen froze the Golden Body Nine-Tails with Ice Release: Ice Dragon’s Breath and shattered Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, revealing his immense advantage in strength.

Awen overpowered Naruto while Menma’s hatred continued to influence him, but Naruto fought back and appealed to their friendship. Awen revealed that he intended to use the Chimera Technique to fuse with Naruto and the others, then trapped Naruto inside a barrier that disabled his Flying Thunder God Movement.

• Awen struck Naruto and admitted Menma’s voice urged him to kill Naruto and destroy the world, while Naruto tried to persuade him to resist the hatred.
• Awen said he had achieved the immortality he had pursued and attacked Naruto with a Spiraling Ring, but Naruto countered with a Mini Tailed Beast Ball and confronted him at close range.
• Naruto described his growth and summoned thousands of Sage Fox Mode clones transformed into Golden Body Nine-Tails, which fired Tailed Beast Balls at Awen.
• Awen absorbed Naruto’s attacks with Chakra Dragons and erased the Golden Body Nine-Tails, while Nine-Tails identified the ability as Hiruko’s Chimera Technique and explained that Awen had brought them to a ritual altar to fuse with them.
• Awen enclosed Naruto in a transparent barrier that blocked his Flying Thunder God Movement as a Chakra Dragon gathered to attack him.

Naruto faced death until Shion arrived through time and space to protect him, then confronted Awen about his use of shrine maiden power. Shion’s words triggered Awen’s buried hatred, leaving the battle more dangerous than before.

• Naruto believed Awen’s Chakra Dragon would kill him, but remembered Shion promising to come to his side.
• A bell-shaped chakra shield protected Naruto, and Shion appeared and shattered Awen’s chakra mass with a beam of purple light.
• Shion and Naruto learned that Awen had been taught Senjutsu by Ziyi and the Land of Demons survivors after the Five Great Nations destroyed their homeland.
• Shion called Awen an otherworldly monster, while Naruto insisted Awen was a person and their conflict was among humans.
• Awen’s laughter and killing intent surged as he embraced the idea that everyone saw him as a demon from beyond their world.

Naruto and Shion confronted an out-of-character Awen inside his alternate space while Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze investigated how to open it. Hanabi Hyuga discovered that the space contained Shion’s chakra, and the group began looking for a way to contact the Kurama inside Naruto.

• Naruto and Shion joined their chakra to form the Super Chakra Armored Nine-Tails and faced Awen, who attacked with Sage Art: Ice Release Soaring Dragon.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze prepared to unfold Awen’s alternate space, while Hanabi Hyuga used her Byakugan to search for an opening.
• Hanabi Hyuga found that the space’s violet-black chakra combined two distinct types, with black chakra imprisoning purple chakra that she recognized as Shion’s.
• Hashirama Senju revealed that Shion had slept with Naruto, prompting Hanabi Hyuga and Sara to react with jealousy.
• Hanabi Hyuga suggested that Minato Namikaze contact the Kurama inside Naruto through the connection between Tailed Beasts, and Minato agreed to ask Kurama.

Naruto and Shion discovered that the Awen they were fighting was an impostor containing chakra similar to Shion’s, and Naruto activated Baryon Mode to expose it. His attack spread through the alternate dimension, turning it blood-red as Hanabi recognized Naruto and Kurama’s chakra.

• Naruto and Shion struck Awen with an Ultra Chakra Tailed Beast Cannon and celebrated when it blasted him into a glacier.
• Kurama told Naruto and Shion that Hanabi’s Byakugan had revealed two fused kinds of chakra within Awen, one resembling Shion’s.
• Shion recalled her prophecy of a world-ending massacre, and Naruto realized the Awen before them was not the real one.
• Naruto activated Baryon Mode with Kurama’s help and seized Awen before he could react.
• Naruto hurled Awen into ice and attacked with Sage Art: Particle Rasenshuriken, whose chakra particles spread through and began taking control of the alternate dimension.
• Hanabi recognized Naruto and Kurama’s chakra as the dimension turned blood-red.

Naruto defeated Mōryō after learning that he had possessed Awen and used his body to attack them. Naruto collected Awen’s remains and discovered scrolls detailing Awen’s techniques, including a Gravity Barrier, and planned to summon Awen in the Limited Tsukuyomi World to learn what had happened.

• Minato and Hanabi confirmed that the chakra in the separate dimension belonged to Naruto, while Tobirama realized Naruto had surpassed him and Minato in space-time ninjutsu.
• Naruto transformed and destroyed Mōryō’s consciousness, then learned from Shion that Mōryō had possessed Awen and taken his power.
• Naruto promised to investigate Awen’s fate by taking a White Zetsu to the Limited Tsukuyomi World and using Impure World Reincarnation to summon him, and Shion offered to go along.
• Naruto sealed Awen’s scattered remains and found three scrolls containing ninjutsu, senjutsu, and other techniques Awen had collected.
• Naruto and Kurama discovered that Awen’s third scroll described a Gravity Barrier training method built from rock techniques and a space-time barrier.

Naruto and Shion discovered that the scrolls recovered from Awen could help Naruto grow stronger, then sensed Obito, Zetsu, Kabuto Yakushi, and Madara Uchiha approaching the Rōran Ruins. Shion revealed a prophecy about an unknown Sharingan girl who fought Mōryō, while Naruto and the others confronted the arriving enemies.

• Naruto carefully stored the three scrolls, and Shion told him she had trained hard to help him.
• Naruto and Kurama sensed Obito, Zetsu, Kabuto Yakushi, and Madara Uchiha outside, and Shion showed them a projection of the group approaching.
• Shion identified Madara from her prophecy and described a Sharingan girl who fought Mōryō for seven days and nights using a blood-red skeleton technique.
• Naruto wondered whether the unknown girl was Mikoto Uchiha, while Hashirama Senju and the others prepared to prioritize rescuing Naruto over fighting Madara.
• Madara challenged Hashirama, but Hashirama refused to fight him yet, and Naruto in Baryon Mode descended from the crimson alternate space with Shion.

Naruto returned safely with Shion and erased Madara Uchiha with a Judgment Rasengan, though Madara’s allies escaped using Shadow Clones. At the Rōran Ruins, tens of thousands of White Zetsu emerged, and the assembled fighters began slaughtering them while Tobirama Senju collected specimens.

• Shion explained that she had foreseen Mōryō’s arrival and saved Naruto, then flirted with him in front of Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto struck Madara Uchiha with a Judgment Rasengan, sending him back to the Pure Land, while Kabuto Yakushi, Obito Uchiha, and Zetsu fled using Shadow Clones.
• Naruto explained that Soul Judgment combined seven chakra natures, Senjutsu, and Ice Release to attack the soul, while Minato Namikaze learned that the Nine-Tails was trying to master Baryon Mode.
• Naruto sensed malicious intent near the Rōran Ruins, where Minato Namikaze detected more than ten thousand White Zetsu emerging from underground.
• Naruto and Tobirama Senju sealed White Zetsu specimens into scrolls as the others fought the army, and Shion introduced herself to Sara.

Naruto and Hanabi guarded the Dragon Vein Ruins, but Black Zetsu activated a time-space power that sent them into the past. Shion warned the others that they would remain stranded there unless they were brought back, while Black Zetsu prepared for his next scheme.

• Shion and Sakura fought White Zetsu while Naruto and Hanabi guarded the Dragon Vein from the swarm.
• Naruto caught Black Zetsu near the Dragon Vein seal, but Black Zetsu activated Inscribed Tsukuyomi as a Mangekyō Sharingan pattern appeared on the moon.
• Shion sensed a time-space reaction, but Naruto and Hanabi vanished before she could reach them.
• After the battle, Shion told Minato Namikaze and the others that Naruto and Hanabi had been exiled into the past and might become part of history.
• Black Zetsu reunited with a half-White Zetsu and said the one-use item had served its purpose, then planned to awaken someone while keeping Obito and Madara Uchiha in play.

Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga were drawn into a multiversal space filled with enormous chakra bubbles, which Naruto and Kurama recognized as the souls of Ōtsutsuki Gods. One of the Gods’ influence drove Naruto and Kurama into a trance, leaving Hanabi helpless as they flew toward its immense soul.

• Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga escaped the pull of a vast chakra bubble and discovered they were surrounded by countless bubbles in an unfamiliar space.
• Naruto and Kurama identified the bubbles’ chakra as belonging to multiple Ōtsutsuki Gods and realized Black Zetsu had sent them to a multiversal nexus.
• Naruto and Kurama fell under the influence of one enormous bubble, their eyes turning into Rinnegan as they flew toward it in a trance.
• Hanabi tried to wake Naruto with chakra, a punch, and a bite, but nothing worked, and she clung to him in despair.
• Hanabi used her Byakugan to see that the bubble they approached was an immense chakra aggregate containing the Ōtsutsuki God’s soul.

Hanabi Hyuga avoided the Ōtsutsuki God's control and used her mastery of chakra to awaken Naruto and help him escape its gravitational range in Baryon Mode. The group landed safely, where Hanabi explained that her superior realm and control had let her draw out Baryon Mode's tremendous power.

• Hanabi Hyuga confessed her love to Naruto and prepared to die with him, but the Ōtsutsuki God's soul began absorbing her chakra.
• Hanabi Hyuga realized her Taiji principles had raised her realm beyond Naruto's and Kurama's, keeping her from being controlled by the Ōtsutsuki God.
• Hanabi Hyuga condensed chakra into particles and infused it into Naruto, restoring his consciousness and removing the Rinnegan patterns.
• Hanabi Hyuga urged Naruto and Kurama to enter Baryon Mode, then controlled Naruto's power to propel them beyond the Ōtsutsuki God's gravitational range.
• Naruto and Kurama questioned Hanabi Hyuga about their escape, and she explained that her superior control over power had amplified Baryon Mode.

Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga discovered that Mōryō was still alive in the multidimensional world and was devouring ascended Ōtsutsuki Gods. They returned to warn everyone that Mōryō had grown far more powerful than they had imagined.

• Hanabi Hyuga explained that Naruto and the Nine-Tails had fallen under Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Naruto thanked her for saving them.
• Naruto asked Hanabi Hyuga to use their power to sense the multidimensional world, and she found that the ascended Ōtsutsuki Gods were moving toward something.
• Hanabi Hyuga led Naruto and the Nine-Tails to a mass of black chakra that was devouring the Ōtsutsuki Gods.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails recognized the entity as Mōryō and concluded that it had learned about them through Awen's memories.
• Naruto told Hanabi Hyuga to return with him so they could warn everyone that Mōryō was still alive.

Naruto and Hanabi became stranded in a Space-Time Tunnel after losing their connection to Dragon Vein Power, while Shion and the others searched for them in the present. A lightning strike shattered Naruto and Hanabi’s barrier and sent them to different points in time.

• Shion concluded that Naruto and Hanabi had vanished into a displaced time-space beyond Dragon Vein Power’s reach, and Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju discussed how they might return.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to build two wooden houses while Shion prayed for Naruto and Hanabi to come back.
• Naruto and Hanabi entered a Space-Time Tunnel, where they realized they had lost their connection to Dragon Vein Power and discussed Mōryō’s plan to absorb the Ōtsutsuki Gods.
• The Nine-Tails suggested finding a time node where Dragon Vein Power could return them to the present, but warned they would be trapped if they arrived before it erupted.
• Naruto and Hanabi charged toward the tunnel’s edge, but a massive lightning bolt shattered their barrier and hurled them into separate time nodes.

Naruto arrived in the Warring States Era after a lightning strike in the Space-Time Tunnel and was captured by the Uchiha Clan. In their prison, he met Nameless, a girl forced to fight for the Uchiha, while Kurama remained unconscious.

• Naruto woke in the Warring States Era surrounded by Uchiha Clan members, who mistook him for a Senju spy and locked him in a sealed cell.
• The Uchiha prepared for war against the Senju and planned to use Nameless in the coming battle.
• Naruto woke in prison, found Kurama still unconscious, and recognized the seals on the cell as Uchiha Fire Release Talismans.
• A voice from the cell opposite warned Naruto not to touch the talismans, and he realized it belonged to a girl.
• Naruto used Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God Movement to reach the girl's cell, where Nameless told him she had been born to fight for the Uchiha and had to await orders.

Naruto urged Uchiha Nameless to leave the Uchiha Clan’s prison and confront the dreams she had buried after her parents died. She revealed that her real name was Uchiha Hikari, but Naruto vanished before she could decide to go with him, leaving her alone with a new desire to escape.

• Naruto apologized after his blunt words upset Uchiha Nameless, then invited her to leave the prison with him.
• Uchiha Nameless recalled how her parents’ deaths awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and how the Uchiha Clan’s higher-ups turned her into a weapon.
• Naruto told Uchiha Nameless that her heart, not the prison, was the real cage and asked for her true name.
• Uchiha Nameless told Naruto that her name was Uchiha Hikari, and Naruto promised that true light could never be bound by a cage.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God Movement to disappear, and Uchiha Hikari cried and wished he would return as she began wanting to escape.

Naruto and Kurama found themselves stranded in the Warring States Era and decided to search the moon for a way home. While observing a battle between the Senju and Uchiha clans, they saw Uchiha Hikari use her Mangekyō Sharingan ability, which gave them hope of escaping the past.

• Naruto woke in the Warring States Era, realized he could not return to his own time, and worried about Hanabi Hyuga's fate.
• Naruto and Kurama decided to travel to the moon the next day to look for a way home, then camped in the forest.
• The next morning, Naruto sensed a battle between the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan and went to investigate.
• Naruto spotted Uchiha Hikari being escorted by Uchiha ninjas and explained to Kurama that she remained bound to her clan by her fears and loneliness.
• Uchiha Hikari awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and used her Yachihoko Dōjutsu to drain chakra from the Senju ninjas and transfer it to the Uchiha.
• Kurama concluded that Uchiha Hikari's ability might let them leave the past.

Naruto visited Uchiha Hikari and urged her to reject the Uchiha Clan’s treatment of her as a tool. Hikari declared her identity and unleashed a massive golden Complete Body Susanoo, leaving the clan terrified.

• Naruto realized Hikari could use the Dragon Vein’s chakra to travel through time and space, potentially helping him return home and find Hanabi Hyuga.
• After the Uchiha Clan celebrated its victory, Naruto found Hikari still confined in a cage and used Flying Thunder God Movement to reach her.
• Hikari asked whether Naruto had come to take her away, but he told her she could free herself and described how he had overcome loneliness.
• Naruto urged Hikari to stand tall and proclaim who she was, and she awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and cried, “I am Uchiha Hikari.”
• Hikari’s golden Complete Body Susanoo burst through the prison, stunning Naruto and terrifying the Uchiha clansmen.

Uchiha Hikari escaped the Uchiha Clan and began living for herself alongside Naruto. After learning Naruto was searching for Hanabi, she offered to help, while Naruto wondered about the unfamiliar name Yakumo Kurama that he had muttered in his sleep.

• Uchiha Hikari revealed that her Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Yachihoko, let her replenish its power, then celebrated her freedom and flew away with Naruto.
• Naruto and Uchiha Hikari returned to camp, where they ate roasted boar and discussed finding her new clothes in town.
• Uchiha Hikari asked Naruto about Hanabi after recalling the names he had repeated while unconscious.
• Naruto explained that Hanabi was like his little sister and that he needed to save her, so Uchiha Hikari offered to join him.
• Naruto questioned why he had mentioned Yakumo Kurama in his sleep, but neither he nor the Nine-Tails recognized the name.

Naruto and Uchiha Hikari walked through the Land of Pines, where a group of men mistook Naruto for a beautiful woman and tried to approach him. After Hikari drove them off, Naruto prepared to tell her how he and Hanabi Hyuga had become separated; Hanabi had meanwhile fallen unconscious after arriving in another time and space, where a mysterious girl with the Byakugan found her.

• Naruto admired Uchiha Hikari’s new outfit and hair as they walked through a town in the Land of Pines.
• A dandy and his thugs blocked Naruto and Hikari, but the dandy declared his attraction to Naruto instead of threatening Hikari.
• Hikari used her Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to throw the dandy aside, frightening his lackeys into fleeing.
• Naruto reassured Hikari and prepared to explain how he had become separated from Hanabi Hyuga.
• Hanabi lay exhausted in a grassy field, feared she might never return home, and lost consciousness after seeing a beautiful girl with the Byakugan approach.