Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hikari awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned a Perfect Susanoo after Gaara’s quicksand trapped her and the others. She rescued Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki, while Gaara turned back at the eruption of crimson Chakra.

• Gaara intensified the quicksand, and Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, and Nameless sank beneath its surface.
• Boruto found Nameless’s hand in the darkness and used his remaining strength to push her upward.
• Moved by Boruto’s attempt to protect her, Nameless remembered her parents and reclaimed her name as Uchiha Hikari.
• Uchiha Hikari awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned a towering Perfect Susanoo that broke free of the quicksand.
• Uchiha Hikari’s Susanoo lifted Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki safely in its palm as Gaara turned back toward the crimson light.

Uchiha Hikari awakened her memories and used Perfect Susanoo to defeat Gaara, then collapsed and fled south with Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki as the Senju Clan approached. After the Canopy Screen showed the battle, Tsunade and Shizune concluded that the future Madara Uchiha was an Impure World Reincarnation and suspected Nine Nether, then focused on learning how the other Kage had reacted.

• Gaara recognized Uchiha Hikari's Perfect Susanoo as the power of Madara Uchiha and froze in terror.
• Uchiha Hikari's Susanoo struck Gaara and carved a huge canyon, then dissolved as Hikari ran out of strength.
• Boruto caught the unconscious Hikari, and Shikadai confirmed she was alive but exhausted.
• Boruto carried Hikari as Shikadai and Shinki fled south toward Hyuga territory, while torchlight approached from the forest.
• Tsunade asked whether Madara Uchiha had survived, and Shizune identified the figure in the image as an Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tsunade and Shizune suspected Nine Nether had revived Madara and decided to find out how the other Kage, especially Ōnoki, had reacted.

Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and Fourth Raikage A reacted to Madara Uchiha’s overwhelming power by ordering preparations or training against threats like him. The Canopy Screen then showed Boruto’s group seeking shelter, where a Hyuga guard questioned Boruto’s claimed identity and family lineage.

• Mei Terumi ordered Chojuro to search Kirigakure’s records for ancient sealing and soul-related techniques.
• Ōnoki recalled his encounter with Madara Uchiha and ordered Iwagakure to intensify research and training in space-time, sealing, and destructive techniques.
• Fourth Raikage A declared that he would surpass Madara’s level and smashed through his office window to begin training.
• The next day, the Canopy Screen showed Boruto and his exhausted companions reaching a settlement after fleeing all night.
• A Hyuga guard challenged Boruto’s claim to be Hyuga and questioned him about his branch, parents, Byakugan, and place in the family genealogy.

Boruto failed to activate the Byakugan, but a fleeting bloodline reaction convinced Hyuga Ken that he was a Main House member. Hyuga Ken welcomed Boruto and his companions into the Branch Family compound, where they were offered food and rest.

• Hyuga Ken ordered his Branch Family ninja to seize Boruto and his companions unless Boruto could prove he was a Hyuga.
• Boruto tried to awaken the Byakugan but failed, then briefly felt a strange power stir as he thought of his promise to Uchiha Hikari.
• Hyuga Ken's Caged Bird Seal reacted to Boruto, and Hyuga Ken knelt and apologized, recognizing him as Young Master Boruto of the Main House.
• Boruto asked Hyuga Ken for food and a place to rest, and Hyuga Ken invited him and his friends to the Seventh Branch Family compound.
• Boruto carried the unconscious Uchiha Hikari into the clean, orderly compound with Shikadai and Shinki following.

Boruto and his companions recovered at a Hyuga clan residence, where Boruto rejected the clan’s deferential treatment of two girls and asked them to care for the injured Uchiha Hikari instead. Shikadai warned that the Senju Clan’s strongest member might be the final enemy awaiting them as they approached the Land of Wind.

• Hyuga Ken offered two girls to serve Boruto, but Boruto angrily refused to treat them as servants and sent them to care for Uchiha Hikari.
• The girls gently took the injured, unconscious Uchiha Hikari to wash and change her.
• Shinki checked that no one nearby was listening, and Boruto and the others relaxed after their journey.
• Shikadai noted that the group was close to the Land of Wind but warned that the final stretch could be especially dangerous.
• Shikadai recalled the tablet saying the Senju Clan had sealed Uchiha Hikari and concluded that the Senju’s strongest member might be their final boss.
• Boruto panicked and asked Shikadai to come up with a plan.

Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki received a restorative herb for the unconscious Hikari and finally rested safely in the Warring States era. Boruto dreamed of playing with Himawari, Naruto, and Kurama in peaceful Konoha.

• Hyuga Ken sent Boruto the Spirit-Nourishing Herb to help Hikari recover from her overtaxed ocular powers.
• Boruto thanked Hyuga Ken through the Hyuga women, then admitted how much he missed home as Shikadai and Shinki shared the quiet moment.
• Shinki extracted the herb’s juice with Iron Sand, and Boruto and Shinki gave it to Hikari.
• Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki fell asleep, while the herb gently nourished Hikari’s body and spirit.
• Boruto dreamed that Naruto summoned Kurama in a clearing behind Konoha and set Boruto and Himawari on Kurama’s head for a slide.

Boruto woke from a nightmare to find Hikari recovered enough to travel, and the group set out toward the Land of Wind with a map from the Hyuga settlement. After the Canopy Screen showed their departure, Jiraiya told Naruto that future Boruto reminded him of Naruto.

• Boruto dreamed of sliding down the Nine-Tails with Himawari before waking in a panic.
• Boruto found Hikari awake and embraced her, while Shikadai and Shinki were relieved to see her recover.
• Shikadai insisted the group continue toward the Land of Wind, and Boruto obtained a detailed map from Hyuga Ken.
• Hyuga Ken and the Branch Family saw Boruto and his companions off, and the four traveled toward the Land of Wind with Hikari on Boruto's back.
• The Canopy Screen's images ended, and Jiraiya told Naruto that Boruto took after him.

Jiraiya helped Naruto recognize that Boruto shared his stubborn devotion to protecting his companions, and Naruto shouted encouragement to his son through the Canopy Screen. The next day, Boruto and Uchiha Hikari continued their journey and shared food as she began to recover.

• Naruto criticized Boruto, but Jiraiya pointed out that Boruto’s refusal to abandon his companions reflected Naruto’s own heart.
• Naruto remembered his bonds with Sasuke and shouted encouragement and reminders of his Ninja Way toward Boruto on the Canopy Screen.
• Jiraiya thought of Minato and felt proud that Naruto was growing into a good father and Hokage.
• Naruto and Jiraiya resumed their training and walked into the forest.
• The next day, Boruto and Uchiha Hikari traveled without encountering pursuers, and Boruto offered her a rice ball from the Hyuga House.

Boruto, Uchiha Hikari, Shinki, and Shikadai reached the Land of Wind, where Urashiki appeared and revealed that his mission was to seal Hikari. The group attacked him together, but he countered their techniques with Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique.

• Boruto helped Uchiha Hikari as the group traveled toward the Land of Wind, while Shikadai remained wary of their surroundings.
• Boruto and the others crossed a hill and stepped into the desert, where a spatial portal opened and Urashiki emerged.
• Urashiki identified himself as Senju Urashiki in the distorted game field and announced that his mission was to seal Uchiha Hikari.
• Boruto shielded Hikari, and Boruto, Shinki, Shikadai, and Hikari launched a coordinated attack against Urashiki.
• Urashiki summoned a wood dragon that blocked the Rasengan, Iron Sand, and shadow technique, while regenerating against Hikari's Amaterasu flames.

Urashiki overwhelmed Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, and Uchiha Hikari, then trapped them with Flower Tree World Descends and poisonous pollen. As Boruto faced despair, memories of Naruto and Child Emperor’s words stirred a new hope, leaving him on the verge of believing he could gain the power to fight back.

• Urashiki used the Wood Dragon’s tail to defeat Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, and Uchiha Hikari, leaving them gravely injured.
• Uchiha Hikari awakened a small Susanoo and blocked the Wood Dragon’s next strike, protecting the others.
• Urashiki unleashed Flower Tree World Descends, binding the Susanoo in giant trees and filling the area with poisonous pollen.
• The pollen weakened the group, and Hikari’s Susanoo broke apart before she collapsed into Boruto’s arms.
• Boruto recalled Child Emperor’s claim that belief could give him a power and remembered Naruto’s strength and encouragement.

Boruto’s Digivice awakened his father’s power, transforming him into a golden Nine-Tails that protected his allies and attacked Urashiki. After Urashiki escaped through a Space Rift, Boruto sensed the spatial disturbance and struck toward his hidden position.

• Naruto’s remembered encouragement prompted Boruto’s Digivice to blaze with azure light as Urashiki attacked him with Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs.
• A golden Nine-Tails formed around Boruto, shielding him from the wooden spikes and driving back the poisonous growth.
• Boruto used the Nine-Tails to clear the area and safely shelter Shikadai, Shinki, and Uchiha Hikari before declaring he would defeat Urashiki.
• The Nine-Tails’ tails struck at Urashiki, but he escaped through a Space Rift.
• A white flicker appeared in Boruto’s right pupil, and he sensed ripples in space before whipping a tail toward the seemingly empty space behind him.

Boruto’s golden Nine-Tails battled Urashiki’s Wood Human, but Urashiki trapped and suppressed it with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique. Boruto struggled as the Nine-Tails’ chakra faded under the wooden arms’ restraint.

• Boruto used the Nine-Tails’ tail to strike Urashiki as he emerged from a space-time ripple.
• Urashiki summoned a Wood Human, which matched the Nine-Tails in a powerful fist clash and bound it with a wood dragon.
• Boruto fired a Tailed Beast Ball, but the Wood Human caught it in its hand while the wood dragon restrained the Nine-Tails.
• Urashiki used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to grow eight more arms that pinned the Nine-Tails and began absorbing its chakra.
• Shikadai recognized the technique from his clan’s records, while Boruto struggled to form another Tailed Beast Ball as the Nine-Tails weakened.

Boruto and Uchiha Hikari joined their powers to create a Susanoo Nine-Tails and attack Urashiki’s Wood Golem. Boruto blocked Urashiki’s escape through a Space Rift, while Shikadai caught him with shadow ropes.

• Boruto and Uchiha Hikari joined hands and fused Susanoo armor with the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, breaking free of the Wood Golem’s grip.
• Boruto and Hikari struck the Wood Golem with an energy longblade, cutting through its arms and interrupting its attempts to rebuild them.
• Hikari opened Susanoo wings, and Boruto and Hikari launched a powerful Heavenfall Slash at the Wood Golem.
• Boruto used his right eye to find Urashiki’s Space Rift and disrupted it with an armored tail, stopping Urashiki from escaping.
• Shikadai’s Shadow Imitation Technique caught Urashiki by the ankles, wrists, and neck, slowing him down.

Boruto, Uchiha Hikari, Shinki, and Shikadai defeated Urashiki with their combined Susanoo: Spiral Tailed Beast Ball, but the group still needed to find a safe oasis for Hikari before they could hope to return home. Shinki began searching for the oasis as Boruto urged him to lead the way.

• Shinki trapped Urashiki with Iron Sand while Boruto and Uchiha Hikari prepared their combined attack.
• Boruto and Uchiha Hikari struck Urashiki with the Susanoo: Spiral Tailed Beast Ball, erasing him and creating a vast crater.
• Boruto and Hikari released their powers and recovered together as Shikadai and Shinki approached the devastated battlefield.
• Boruto asked whether defeating Urashiki meant they had cleared the game and could return home, and Shikadai said the main threat was likely gone.
• Shikadai reminded the group that they had promised to find Uchiha Hikari a safe oasis, and Shinki began searching for it with Iron Sand.

Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, and Uchiha Hikari reached a hidden Oasis that Boruto thought would give Hikari a peaceful home. Boruto discovered ruins from the place where they had first found Hikari, and Shikadai and Shinki suddenly disappeared.

• Shinki sensed water and plant life about a day's walk away, and the group headed toward it.
• As Boruto excitedly talked about going home, Hikari's hope faded, while Shikadai mistook her mood for sadness about parting.
• Shinki led the group to a small, fertile Oasis, and Boruto eagerly imagined Hikari living there in peace.
• Boruto uncovered ancient stonework and a slab from the desert Ruins where they had found Hikari.
• After an urgent shout, Boruto turned and saw that Shikadai and Shinki had vanished, leaving only Hikari behind.

Uchiha Hikari revealed that the Warring States Illusion reflected her life and vowed to kill every ninja, then challenged Boruto to defeat her and free his companions. Boruto rejected her plan and prepared to fight for the people and village he loved.

• Boruto described the cruelty and suffering he had witnessed, and Hikari said it was the hell she had endured throughout her life.
• Hikari recounted being sealed beneath the ruins by the Senju Clan and deciding that ninja and Chakra-driven conflict caused the world's suffering.
• Hikari summoned a Perfect Susanoo and told Boruto to kill her to collapse the illusion and awaken his companions.
• Boruto recalled Naruto explaining that he had been unable to change Sasuke's mind, and he refused to accept Hikari's plan to end suffering by killing ninja.
• Boruto declared that Hikari would have to defeat him before she could harm the ninja he cared about.

Boruto persuaded Uchiha Hikari to end their fight and learned that her Mangyō Sharingan had trapped them in an illusion born of her loneliness and hatred. Hikari refused his offer to leave with him and asked him to stay forever, promising to free his companions if he agreed.

• Boruto withdrew his power and pleaded with Hikari to resolve their conflict without killing each other.
• Hikari dissolved her Perfect Susanoo and explained that her Mangyō Sharingan had created the prison-like world that trapped her and Boruto's companions.
• Boruto invited Hikari to leave the illusion and visit his world, but she rejected the offer because she believed conflict would always return.
• Hikari asked Boruto to stay with her in the illusion forever and promised to release his companions if he did.

Boruto promised Hikari he would stay so everyone else could leave safely, but Hikari chose to send him back and end the Mindscape Prison. Boruto proposed making a copy of himself to keep Hikari company, then trusted her to decide which Boruto would stay and which would return.

• Boruto promised Hikari he would remain in her world if she let everyone else leave safely.
• Hikari broke down in tears, embraced Boruto, and then decided to send him back to his family and friends.
• Boruto objected to leaving Hikari alone and proposed that she create a copy of him using his memories and personality.
• Hikari agreed she could create the copy, then asked which Boruto should stay with her and which should return to reality.
• Boruto told Hikari he would accept either outcome and trusted her to choose.

Uchiha Hikari sent Boruto and his friends back to their world, then joined Boruto in traveling through the Warring States Period. Boruto woke in the Kazekage Building banquet hall with the others, where Yeto was critically injured and Gaara called for the medical team.

• Boruto entrusted Uchiha Hikari to choose where he belonged, and she used her Mangekyō Sharingan to guide his memories and send his friends back.
• Uchiha Hikari and Boruto agreed to travel together through the Warring States Period and set off across the desert.
• Boruto and his friends woke in the Kazekage Building banquet hall, still shaken by their experience.
• Shinki found Yeto unconscious and bleeding, and Gaara rushed to her side and called for the medical team.

Gaara and the others rushed Yeto to Sunagakure Hospital after the village awoke from the illusion, while Sasori digitized Uchiha Hikari’s consciousness and Urashiki vowed revenge. The next day, Yeto was out of danger but remained under observation as Gaara, Shinki, and the others waited for her recovery.

• Gaara carried Yeto to Sunagakure Hospital on a sand stretcher, and Shikadai, Shinki, Boruto, and the others followed.
• Sunagakure’s residents awoke and resumed their routines without realizing their minds had been trapped in an illusion.
• Jackie Chan woke on a desert road and drove on, while a golden block in his vehicle’s chest glimmered.
• Sasori restarted his base and uploaded Uchiha Hikari’s consciousness into his Digital World so her imagined life could continue indefinitely.
• Urashiki emerged injured from a Space Rift and vowed to crush Boruto, Sasori, Naruto, and Sasuke after recovering.
• The next day, Gaara, Shinki, Temari, and the others waited outside Yeto’s hospital room as she remained under observation.