Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze fought Madara Uchiha away from the central battlefield, seeking answers about his brother Qingyun while trying to prevent Madara from joining Nagato Uzumaki. As Nagato overwhelmed the exhausted allied shinobi, Hashirama Senju arrived and destroyed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, rescuing the five fighters caught in it.

• Minato left Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to pursue Madara, while they continued trying to hold Nagato back.
• At the sea, Madara teased Minato and attacked him; Minato used Sage Mode and powerful techniques to break Madara’s Susanoo and withstand his counterattacks.
• Madara revealed that he had promised Qingyun to keep Minato alive, confirming a connection to Minato’s brother.
• Nagato used Super Planetary Devastation to pull Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, A, Hatake Sakumo, and Mei Terumi into the air.
• Hashirama Senju appeared with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and smashed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, saving the five shinobi.

Hashirama Senju and the others fought Nagato Uzumaki while Shisui Uchiha’s team killed Danzo and freed the reanimated ninja. After the White Zetsu army was defeated, the Third Raikage A, the Third Mizukage, and the Second Tsuchikage suddenly attacked Naruto and Sasuke, leaving both apparently dead and the Allied Shinobi Forces fighting again.

• Hashirama Senju rescued Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others from Planetary Devastation, but their attacks could not harm Nagato Uzumaki.
• Nagato Uzumaki summoned Tengai Shinsei, and Tobirama Senju lost his right hand to a Truth-Seeking Orb while trying to teleport the falling sphere away.
• Shisui Uchiha, Kakashi, and Might Guy defeated Danzo and his Root ninja, then Shisui sensed an unknown presence escaping underground and destroyed the control pieces left behind.
• With Danzo defeated, the freed reanimated ninja departed for the Netherworld, and the Allied Shinobi Forces wiped out the hundred thousand White Zetsu with Naruto and Sasuke's help.
• The Third Raikage A, the Third Mizukage, and the Second Tsuchikage suddenly attacked Naruto and Sasuke; Sasuke was pierced through the heart, and Naruto was restrained while the Nine-Tails was extracted from him.
• The Konoha ninja mourned Naruto and Sasuke and joined the Allied Shinobi Forces in attacking the three reanimated ninja.

Black Zetsu killed Naruto and Sasuke through the reanimated Kage, but Qingyun met their souls in Hamura Otsutsuki’s Alternate Dimension and arranged for their return. After the Sage of Six Paths restored their power, Qingyun began teaching them Infinite Mahā.

• Black Zetsu discovered Shisui had killed Danzo and destroyed the control board, then sent the Third Raikage, Third Mizukage, and Second Tsuchikage to attack Naruto and Sasuke.
• The three reanimated Kage killed Naruto and Sasuke, whose souls were brought before Qingyun and the Sage of Six Paths in an Alternate Dimension.
• Qingyun explained that he had made a deal with Hamura Otsutsuki to gain the Shinobi World’s fortune in exchange for teaching Naruto and Sasuke a martial art beyond ninjutsu.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Naruto and Sasuke about Asura and Indra, then poured his energy into them and raised them to the Six Paths Level.
• Qingyun helped Naruto and Sasuke refine their unstable energy with the Fengshen Leg and Cloud-Displacing Palm methods, then began teaching them Infinite Mahā as twin tornadoes formed around them.

Qingyun taught Naruto and Sasuke powerful martial arts before returning to the shinobi world, where Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal against Nagato Uzumaki. The Shinigami seized Hiruzen's soul and vanished, leaving Nagato's fate unresolved.

• Qingyun used a constructed mental space and the shinobi world's fortune to teach Naruto and Sasuke the Six Cold Pride Techniques and the Sword of the Sacred Spirit, then lent them his blade and sword.
• Qingyun reminded Hamura Otsutsuki of their agreement, received a gift that deepened his understanding, and returned to the moon.
• Qingyun resurrected Sanzu Amado's daughter, left instructions for Tsunade and the others, and entered secluded cultivation.
• On the central battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to use the Reaper Death Seal against Nagato Uzumaki while Tobirama Senju, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and the others covered him.
• Tobirama Senju used the Body Flicker Technique to bring Hiruzen Sarutobi beside Nagato, where Hiruzen tried to seize Nagato's soul.
• Nagato Uzumaki sent a Truth-Seeking Orb at the spectral Shinigami, which pulled out Hiruzen Sarutobi's soul and disappeared.

Minato sealed three resurrected Kage while Naruto returned to life with greatly increased strength. Naruto and Sasuke then attacked Nagato with Infinite Mahā, but Naruto stopped Sasuke from killing him and asked why he had changed.

• After Naruto died, Minato used Flying Thunder God and a Sealing Jutsu to restrain the Third Raikage, the Second Tsuchikage, and the Third Mizukage.
• Naruto awoke in Zihan’s arms and said Qingyun had saved him and made him stronger.
• Sasuke pointed out that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were fighting Nagato, so Naruto and Sasuke flew toward the battlefield.
• Naruto caught Hiruzen as he fell, but Hiruzen’s soul had already been taken by the Reaper.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined their Blade Intent, sword intent, and true energy to unleash Infinite Mahā, leaving Nagato badly injured.
• Naruto stopped Sasuke from killing Nagato and asked why he had changed, while Sasuke stayed silent.

Naruto persuaded Nagato Uzumaki to abandon his war, and Nagato used Rinne Rebirth to restore the fallen ninja. Black Zetsu realized his plan to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was at risk and moved to take control of Madara Uchiha.

• Naruto confronted Nagato Uzumaki about his war and urged him to join a future built on peace between the shinobi villages.
• Konan reminded Nagato Uzumaki of their ideals with Yahiko, and Nagato’s guilt overcame the malice caused by Black Zetsu’s tampering.
• Nagato Uzumaki cast Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth despite Konan’s attempt to stop him.
• Rinne Rebirth restored the dead ninja to life and returned Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and the other Impure World Reincarnation fighters to flesh-and-blood bodies.
• Black Zetsu realized Qingyun had exposed his plan and moved to seize control of Madara Uchiha while Nagato Uzumaki was occupied.

Black Zetsu took control of Madara Uchiha, completed the Ten-Tails, and used the Infinite Tsukuyomi to free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Qingyun killed Kaguya and Black Zetsu, then left to resurrect Nagato and Madara despite Tobirama Senju’s objections.

• Black Zetsu possessed Madara Uchiha, removed the Ten-Tails from Nagato Uzumaki, and had it absorb the Nine-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails grew into a world-spanning tree and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, leaving only a few shinobi conscious.
• Black Zetsu used Madara to release Kaguya Ōtsutsuki from the moon, but Qingyun’s Shadow Clone trapped them in gray light.
• Qingyun extracted Kaguya’s and Black Zetsu’s bloodlines, causing both of them to crumble into powder.
• Qingyun said he would resurrect Nagato and Madara, ignored Tobirama Senju’s demand to leave Madara dead, and vanished to the moon with Nagato’s corpse, Konan, and hundreds of White Zetsu.

Qingyun revived Nagato Uzumaki and restored his Rinnegan, allowing him to reunite with Yahiko and Konan. He then revived Madara Uchiha, who asked about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and traveling into space, while Qingyun warned that the clan could arrive soon and suggested Madara visit Hashirama Senju.

• Hashirama Senju teased Tobirama Senju for being unable to challenge Qingyun, and Tobirama left in a huff.
• Qingyun used White Zetsu to revive Nagato Uzumaki, adding more when the first attempt ran out of energy as Nagato's Rinnegan began to form.
• Nagato Uzumaki awoke, thanked Qingyun, and reunited with Yahiko and Konan after learning how Yahiko had suffered in their absence.
• Qingyun used Madara Uchiha's lingering mental trace to retrieve his soul from the Netherworld, and the Underworld God chose not to interfere.
• Qingyun revived Madara Uchiha with White Zetsu, and Madara asked when the Ōtsutsuki Clan would arrive and when they could travel into space.
• Qingyun said the Ōtsutsuki Clan could soon locate the shinobi world and suggested Madara return to see Hashirama Senju.

Madara Uchiha chose to return to the shinobi world to challenge Hashirama Senju, while Minato Namikaze warned the Five Great Shinobi Villages about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and proposed they rebuild and train together. The village leaders agreed, but Madara arrived at Konoha and asked to see Hashirama Senju.

• Madara Uchiha said he would go down to the shinobi world to find Hashirama Senju and fight him.
• Minato Namikaze told the village leaders that Shidou Ōtsutsuki had warned of powerful Ōtsutsuki enemies beyond the shinobi world.
• Minato Namikaze proposed that the villages rebuild their forces and train together to prepare for an invasion.
• Mei Terumi, Iwagakure's representatives, Sunagakure's representatives, and Fourth Raikage A agreed to Minato Namikaze's plan.
• An ANBU reported that Madara Uchiha was at Konoha's entrance and wanted to see Hashirama Senju.

After Qingyun revived Madara Uchiha, Madara reunited with Hashirama Senju and agreed they needed to strengthen themselves against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Five years later, the shinobi world had rebuilt and united, but an eerie celestial anomaly alarmed its leaders as they gathered in Konoha to discuss the approaching invasion.

• Minato Namikaze led Hashirama Senju and the others to Konoha's entrance to meet the revived Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju embraced Madara Uchiha, and Madara said he had come to find Hashirama and prepare against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Qingyun watched their reunion through a Water Mirror Technique, then studied the Bloodlines of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Black Zetsu to advance his Yin Release Nature Transformation.
• During Qingyun's seclusion, the Five Great Shinobi Villages worked together to rebuild, while the nations' daimyo funded their military restoration.
• Five years later, the sun and moon appeared together in the daytime, and leaders including Mifune gathered in Konoha to discuss the Ōtsutsuki invasion.

Konoha’s leaders investigated dangerous celestial anomalies as Minato decided to travel to the moon and find Qingyun. There, Qingyun had mastered Yin Release Nature Transformation, awakened a powerful Rinnegan, and survived heaven-sent lightning by refining it with Tai Chi Fist.

• A feared the celestial anomalies meant the Ōtsutsuki Clan had invaded, but Neji said they could not break through the barrier for decades.
• Mei warned that the scorching solar flames and freezing moonlight threatened ordinary people, while Minato suspected the anomalies were connected to Qingyun.
• Orochimaru confirmed the Flying Fortress could reach the moon, so Minato, Orochimaru, and Tsunade set out to investigate.
• Qingyun’s aura had grown so formidable that Kushina, Tsunade, and Miroku had returned to the shinobi world in the Flying Fortress.
• Qingyun mastered Yin Release Nature Transformation and the Longevity Art, awakened a Rinnegan with new powers, and formed a gray golden core.
• A cloud of heaven and earth’s will struck Qingyun with lightning beyond the Six Paths Level, but his Tai Chi Fist refined the lightning into creation energy that he absorbed.

Qingyun absorbed the power of the lightning storm on the moon and drew its essence into his Vertical Third Eye, ending the celestial anomaly. Back in the Shinobi World, he showed Tsunade his transformed Tai Chi Fist and explained how powerful it had become.

• Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, and Orochimaru reached the moon and saw lightning striking where Qingyun was cultivating.
• Tsunade rushed toward the storm, but Qingyun appeared and absorbed its lightning and creation energy.
• Qingyun drew the dark clouds into his Vertical Third Eye, and the anomaly gradually faded.
• Qingyun asked whether the Ōtsutsuki Clan had arrived, then took Tsunade to the Shinobi World after Minato Namikaze explained the anomaly.
• Tsunade suspected Qingyun had caused the phenomenon, so Qingyun demonstrated his modified Tai Chi Fist, which made the sun and moon shine together.

After Qingyun departed with Tsunade, the story shifted to the Ōtsutsuki Main Family and recounted Kaguya’s history and the sealing of her by Hagoromo and Hamura. The Ōtsutsuki First Elder sent Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki through a portal to the Shinobi World to retrieve Kaguya’s God Tree Fruit.

• Qingyun took Tsunade to Konoha’s Central Estate, while Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru piloted the Flying Fortress toward the Shinobi World.
• The chapter recounted how Kaguya secretly ate the God Tree Fruit, wounded Isshiki, and later turned her worshippers into White Zetsu while seeking greater power for her sons.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki joined forces to seal Kaguya, after which Hamura went to the moon and Hagoromo restored the Shinobi World.
• The Ōtsutsuki patriarch sensed Kaguya’s chakra after she escaped her seal and instructed the First Elder to send warriors to retrieve the God Tree Fruit.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki volunteered, and the First Elder opened a passage through which they entered the Shinobi World.

Qingyun learned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s scouts were approaching and organized the Shinobi World’s strongest fighters to meet them. He left Naruto and Sasuke to guard Konoha, then gathered his allies at the Flying Fortress and began preparing to resurrect Mito Uzumaki.

• Qingyun sensed the approaching Ōtsutsuki scouts and ordered Tsunade, Kushina, and Miroku to assemble forces at the Flying Fortress.
• Qingyun recruited Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, then summoned Mito Uzumaki’s Coffin from an Alternate Dimension.
• Qingyun told Naruto and Sasuke to guard the Shinobi World and warned that a hidden enemy might attack Konoha.
• Qingyun taught Naruto how to activate Baryon Mode by sacrificing the Ten-Tails if a crisis arose.
• Qingyun brought Minato Namikaze and Mito Uzumaki’s Coffin to the Flying Fortress, where he began preparing to resurrect her.

Qingyun revived Mito Uzumaki and prepared Tsunade, Kushina, and Miroku for the coming Ōtsutsuki invasion. As Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki approached through a spatial passage, Qingyun asked Hinata and Neji to handle two of them.

• Orochimaru, Sanzu Amado, and Kabuto activated the Flying Fortress, while Tsunade, Kushina, and Miroku showed its passengers the recreational and combat facilities.
• Qingyun drew Mito Uzumaki's soul from the Netherworld and revived her using thirty White Zetsu, then told her about the years since her death.
• Qingyun gave Mito Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Yang Release Bloodline Origin and asked her to use her strength against the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Ten-Tails.
• Qingyun gave Tsunade the Turtle Pearl, Kushina the phoenix marrow, and Miroku the phoenix blood, then left Shadow Clones to guard them as they absorbed the items.
• The Flying Fortress reached the unstable spatial passage above the moon, and Qingyun sensed three chakra signatures approaching through it.
• Qingyun identified the newcomers as likely Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki, then asked Hinata and Neji to fight two of them.

Qingyun isolated the three Ōtsutsuki invaders and killed Urashiki, absorbing his memories while preserving a fragment of his mental power. He suspected that the fragment might be hidden inside Naruto, then turned his attention to Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga's ongoing battles.

• Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga activated their Tenseigan and Jōgan, impressing Madara Uchiha and the others with their strength.
• Qingyun used Yomotsu Hirasaka to send Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki into separate dimensions, then assigned Hinata to Momoshiki and Neji to Kinshiki.
• Qingyun evaded Urashiki's fishing hook, extracted his bloodline, and entered his soul to absorb his memories.
• Qingyun preserved a strand of Urashiki's mental power and wondered whether it had entered Naruto, possibly explaining why Shidou Ōtsutsuki had demanded him.
• Qingyun stopped pondering the mystery and looked toward the Glacier World and Magma World, where Hinata and Neji were fighting Momoshiki and Kinshiki.

Hinata Hyuga fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki in the Glacier World and defeated him with her Jōgan and Cloud-Displacing Palm. Momoshiki entered her body through Kāma, but Hinata suppressed and erased his soul and mental power.

• Qingyun transported Momoshiki Otsutsuki to the Glacier World and sent Hinata Hyuga there to face him.
• Momoshiki attacked Hinata, but she caught his punch and battered him with Gentle Fist strikes and her Space-Time Dojutsu.
• Hinata used Cloud-Displacing Palm, Penglai Immortal Realm, to trap Momoshiki in mist and attack him with concealed clones.
• Momoshiki swallowed Pills to break Hinata’s meridian seals and used his red Rinnegan to absorb the clones’ attacks.
• Hinata used her Space-Time Dojutsu to strike Momoshiki from behind and shatter his body before he could reflect the attacks.
• Momoshiki turned himself into Kāma and entered Hinata, but she used Jōgan Suppression to imprison and destroy his soul and mental power.

Neji Hyuga battled Kinshiki Otsutsuki in the Magma World, matching his close-combat prowess before unleashing a devastating sword technique. Neji broke through Kinshiki’s defenses and stabbed him with his golden sword.

• Neji Hyuga confronted Kinshiki Otsutsuki and attacked him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Kinshiki countered Neji’s fists with Divine Pursuit and Katsuchi as their clash sent magma erupting around the Magma World.
• Kinshiki drew a naginata and attacked with Odachi Sweep and Ame no Haba Yari, but Neji countered with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and the Sword of the Sacred Spirit.
• After three hundred exchanges, Neji unleashed Heaven-Extinguishing Earth-Destroying Sword Twenty-Three, leaving Kinshiki unable to move.
• Kinshiki used Wave Kamui and his red ring of ninja tools to defend himself, but Neji’s golden sword destroyed the weapons and pierced Kinshiki’s body.

Qingyun absorbed Kinshiki Otsutsuki’s bloodline essence and soul origin into Neji before leading the Flying Fortress through a collapsing spatial passage. The God of Ōtsutsuki learned of Naruto and ordered Shidou Ōtsutsuki to retrieve him, while Qingyun’s group survived the passage’s collapse in interstellar space.

• Qingyun stopped Neji Hyuga from killing Kinshiki Otsutsuki, extracted his bloodline essence and soul origin, and had Neji absorb them.
• Qingyun sent the Flying Fortress through a spatial passage by following Kinshiki Otsutsuki’s fragmented mental power.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki examined Kinshiki Otsutsuki’s and Urashiki Otsutsuki’s memories, foresaw Naruto defeating his possessed body, and ordered the First Elder to send Shidou Ōtsutsuki to retrieve Naruto Uzumaki from the past.
• The spatial passage collapsed before Qingyun and the others could reach its end, and Qingyun pulled the damaged Flying Fortress clear of the spatial turbulence.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju reacted with awe to the danger, while Qingyun resolved to grow strong enough to overcome nature.

Qingyun gathered the Five Elements divine beasts in Interstellar Space and led everyone into a formation to cultivate. Back in Konoha, Sasuke exposed Teuchi as a threat when he tried to seize Hanabi.

• A Black Tortoise and two Phoenixes appeared in space, and Qingyun transformed into a Golden Dragon as the beasts circled him and healed the Flying Fortress's inhabitants.
• Qingyun gave Konan the White Tiger Wings and Wuqiu Art and gave Shion Kirin True Blood; Konan and Shion transformed into a White Tiger and Five-Colored Kirin.
• Qingyun formed a Pentagram Formation with the divine beasts, and Madara Uchiha and the others entered it to cultivate, restoring even the exhausted potential of Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Itachi.
• In Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hanabi Hyuga grilled meat while Naruto and Hanabi missed their companions and Sasuke longed for Sakura.
• Teuchi from Ichiraku arrived, but Sasuke recognized the danger and attacked when Teuchi vanished and reached for Hanabi; Teuchi deflected Sasuke's sword with a palm strike.