Recaps

Inside Tsukuyomi, Sasuke told Itachi about his other timeline and they discussed the Ōtsutsuki threat, Shisui, and the altered Uchiha Stone Tablet. Itachi concluded that Shisui’s warning was likely meant to expose Black Zetsu, leaving them with a clearer lead on the threat.

• Sasuke explained his origins and the Ōtsutsuki threat to Itachi, who regretted the suffering his past choices had caused Sasuke.
• Itachi told Sasuke that the Land of Fire's Daimyo was under his control and that the Akatsuki had stalled because Pain and Obito Uchiha could not be reached.
• Sasuke relayed Naruto's account of Shisui's capture and gave Itachi the scroll containing Shisui's sealed body.
• Itachi and Sasuke discussed Shisui's year in Naka Shrine and the new writing on the Uchiha Stone Tablet.
• Itachi reasoned that Shisui's warning was probably intended for Obito and identified the mysterious 'it' as Black Zetsu.

Sasuke and Itachi reasoned that Shisui must have left his message on the Stone Tablet out of desperation, and Sasuke began to suspect it connected to Naruto’s Metamorphosis Mode. After exchanging intelligence about Konoha and the Akatsuki, Sasuke urged Itachi to return to Konoha and seek treatment before carrying out his plans.

• Itachi deduced that Shisui had no other choice when he left a message on the Stone Tablet, and Sasuke wondered whether Black Zetsu in this timeline was different.
• Itachi told Sasuke that Shisui’s message must have been meant for someone who understood him, prompting Sasuke to recall Naruto’s Metamorphosis Mode.
• A flash of purple-gold light passed through the Tsukuyomi Space, and Sasuke concealed his realization by saying he had remembered his family.
• Sasuke and Itachi exchanged intelligence about Konoha, the Akatsuki, and ways to contact other Konoha personnel.
• Sasuke told Itachi that Izumi had given his parents’ ice coffins to Sasuke, and Itachi admitted he might not have much time left.
• After the Tsukuyomi World vanished, Sasuke handed Itachi a scroll and urged him to return to Konoha and let Lady Tsunade treat his condition.

Itachi sees Sarada in Adult Sasuke’s genjutsu and learns that she dreams of becoming Hokage. Back in Konoha, Boruto confides that he misses his family, while Sasuke prepares for Naruto’s diplomatic mission to Kirigakure.

• Adult Sasuke shows Itachi a vision of Sarada practicing shuriken and tells him her dream is to become Hokage.
• Itachi praises Sarada’s dream, and Kisame continues fighting inside the genjutsu while Itachi keeps him distracted.
• Adult Sasuke returns to Konoha and passes the information he gathered from Itachi to Jiraiya.
• Boruto waits outside Sasuke’s home and tells Adult Sasuke that he misses his family and feels out of place in this era.
• Sasuke opens the door and invites Adult Sasuke inside after sending Naruto, Hinata, and Kushina home.
• Sasuke tells Adult Sasuke that Naruto will represent Konoha on a diplomatic mission to reestablish relations with Kirigakure.

Naruto led a conspicuous diplomatic delegation out of Konoha to lure Urashiki Otsutsuki into attacking, relying on a new barrier technique to hinder space-time abilities. The chapter ended with Jiraiya revealing that everyone in the delegation except the oxen was one of Naruto’s transformed shadow clones.

• Adult Sasuke learned that the diplomatic mission was a pretext to lure Urashiki out before he could leave the Land of Fire and target other tailed beasts.
• Sasuke and Adult Sasuke discussed Itachi’s plans, and Adult Sasuke asked Sasuke to help Itachi when the time came.
• Naruto departed Konoha with a lavish delegation as villagers and outside observers watched and spread word of the mission.
• Hinata gave Naruto a backpack of food and urged him to return if the mission became dangerous.
• Adult Sasuke questioned Jiraiya about the delegation’s vulnerable members, and Jiraiya revealed that everyone except the oxen was Naruto’s transformed shadow clone.

Naruto left Konoha as bait to draw out Urashiki, while Adult Sasuke trained Sasuke to fight the Ōtsutsuki. Urashiki discovered Naruto’s departure but appeared in Konoha’s forest and targeted Sasuke, calling him a sinner.

• Naruto traveled away from Konoha while secretly sensing his surroundings, with Kurama and Minato keeping watch from his Inner Space.
• Jiraiya arranged for rumors about Naruto’s diplomatic mission to spread, and Urashiki confirmed that Naruto had left Konoha.
• Adult Sasuke demonstrated the Ōtsutsuki’s strengths and weaknesses while training Sasuke in combat.
• Sasuke drew in natural energy and prepared to attack Adult Sasuke with Sage Mode.
• Urashiki stepped through a space-time rift and confronted Sasuke, calling him a sinner.

Adult Sasuke and young Sasuke confronted Urashiki Otsutsuki, who claimed Sasuke would commit the future crime of trying to slay a god. Urashiki fractured the surrounding space with Heavenly Prison, leaving both Sasukes trapped amid dangerous rifts as Adult Sasuke questioned why Urashiki feared him.

• Adult Sasuke protected young Sasuke from Urashiki and warned him to defend himself against Urashiki’s attacks.
• Adult Sasuke and young Sasuke covered themselves in Amaterasu, forcing Urashiki back and making him wary of their flames.
• Adult Sasuke claimed he was Sasuke Uchiha from the future, and Urashiki mocked him before revealing that Sasuke would attempt to slay a god.
• Urashiki unleashed his chakra and used Heavenly Prison, fracturing the space around the Sasukes.
• Adult Sasuke warned young Sasuke not to touch the rifts, while Urashiki laughed at the two Sasukes and Adult Sasuke asked whether he was afraid of them.

Adult Sasuke and Sasuke worked together to trap Urashiki Otsutsuki in Amaterasu, but his yellow Rinnegan absorbed the flames before they could defeat him. As Urashiki threatened them, Gaara struck him with a sand fist and sent him into a rift in his own Heavenly Cage.

• Adult Sasuke provoked Urashiki Otsutsuki into attacking, then warned Sasuke to strike while Urashiki was distracted.
• Sasuke unleashed Amaterasu Suzaku from a pocket space, and Adult Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap places with Urashiki and trap him in the black flames.
• The two Sasukes fed more Amaterasu into the fireball, but Urashiki revealed a yellow Rinnegan and absorbed the flames, though they burned him.
• Urashiki threatened the Sasukes and their tailed beast, but Gaara hit him with a sand fist and knocked him into a rift in the Heavenly Cage.

Urashiki Otsutsuki wondered who had ambushed him and revealed that the Treasure Plow had stranded him in the wrong era. He returned to confront Adult Sasuke, who seized the Red Light Fishing Rod during their first exchange.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki suspected Naruto Uzumaki had attacked him but concluded the strike was too weak to match Naruto’s power.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki revealed that he had meant to travel back to Naruto Uzumaki’s birth, but the Treasure Plow had stopped responding.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki decided to kill Sasuke Uchiha and returned through Yomotsu Hirasaka after switching to the Blue Rinnegan.
• Adult Sasuke confronted Urashiki Otsutsuki alone and suggested that he feared both Sasuke and Naruto Uzumaki.
• Adult Sasuke attacked with the Kusanagi Sword coated in Amaterasu, causing Urashiki Otsutsuki to drop the sword and lose the Red Light Fishing Rod to Sasuke.

Adult Sasuke battled Urashiki Otsutsuki, using Susanoo, Amaterasu, and Amenotejikara to counter his opponent’s powers. Urashiki unleashed his physical strength against Susanoo as Sasuke built up a lightning attack, while Gaara explained that Shukaku had urged him to help.

• Adult Sasuke used Perfect Susanoo and Amaterasu to attack Urashiki Otsutsuki, who repeatedly reversed time to evade his strikes.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to disarm Urashiki, but Urashiki knocked him back and attacked through Susanoo’s defenses.
• Urashiki damaged Susanoo with a powerful kick and pressed his assault, while Sasuke unleashed Chidori Current across the giant figure.
• Inside the Tsukuyomi Barrier, Sasuke checked on Gaara, who said Shukaku had told him that the enemy outside was a monster that had to be killed.

Sasuke learned that Shukaku had lent his chakra to Adult Sasuke, who fought Urashiki Otsutsuki alone as the enemy grew stronger. Just as Urashiki seemed to have defeated Adult Sasuke, Naruto arrived and attacked him with a powerful combination of Sage Art and Flying Thunder God.

• Shukaku reacted to Gaara and lent his chakra to Adult Sasuke, then Gaara fell asleep.
• Sasuke stopped using his Mangekyō Sharingan so Adult Sasuke could fight with his full strength.
• Adult Sasuke battled Urashiki Otsutsuki with Susanoo and large-scale ninjutsu, but Urashiki adapted to his power and destroyed Susanoo.
• Urashiki struck Adult Sasuke and prepared to finish him, but Naruto hit him with a Sage Art Rasengan and followed with Sunlit Heaven Ascension.
• Adult Sasuke wiped blood from his mouth and told the arriving Naruto that he had taken his time.

Naruto and Adult Sasuke cornered Urashiki Otsutsuki with Sunlit Heaven Ascension, but Urashiki adapted by combining his Rinnegan abilities and disrupted the attack. Naruto and Sasuke worked out how his powers functioned, while Minato, Tobirama, and the other Hokage sealed the battlefield to prevent his escape, leaving Naruto ready to fight him again.

• Naruto's shadow clones trapped Urashiki Otsutsuki in Sunlit Heaven Ascension, battering him with Rasengan attacks while he defended himself with spheres of light.
• Naruto reached Adult Sasuke, and Sasuke explained that Urashiki was still resisting the technique as the Nine-Tails sensed a change in him.
• Urashiki used his Blue Rinnegan to rewind a small area around himself, disrupting the shadow clones and breaking Sunlit Heaven Ascension, though his accumulated injuries remained.
• Sasuke deduced that Urashiki's abilities weakened when he split power between his golden and Blue Rinnegan, and Naruto recognized how the time-rewinding trick had disrupted his attack.
• Urashiki tried to open Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Minato and Tobirama's concealed Shadow-Sealing Formation blocked his space-time escape.
• Naruto and Sasuke prepared to continue fighting Urashiki inside the barrier, while the other Hokage maintained the formation.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Urashiki Otsutsuki inside the barrier maintained by the five Hokage. Sasuke used Planetary Devastation to trap Urashiki, while Naruto charged into the forming sphere to keep attacking him.

• Naruto learned that Kurama could safely sustain Metamorphosis Mode for about ten minutes, but unleashing its full power would make it last less than a minute.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Urashiki while five Hokage coordinated to keep their battle contained within the barrier.
• Urashiki used Naruto's past self to counterattack, sending Sasuke crashing into the ground and injuring himself while defending against Naruto.
• Naruto exploited Urashiki's weakened arm, feinted with a Rasengan, and kicked him into a boulder.
• Sasuke used Planetary Devastation to pull Urashiki and surrounding rocks into the sky, and Naruto charged into the forming mass to attack him.

Naruto and Sasuke combined their strongest attacks against Urashiki Otsutsuki, while Naruto grew more adept at Metamorphosis Mode. After the blast damaged the Tsukuyomi Barrier, Sasuke emerged and headed toward the battlefield despite fearing he might be a burden.

• Naruto used his taijutsu skills to dislocate Urashiki Otsutsuki's arm and slam him into a boulder drawn in by Planetary Devastation.
• The Nine-Tails noticed that Naruto's chakra burned more slowly as Naruto became accustomed to Metamorphosis Mode.
• Sasuke completed Planetary Devastation, then joined Naruto in striking the stone sphere with Flame Thunder God Slash and Tailed Beast Rasengan.
• The combined attacks caused a massive explosion that shook the Tsukuyomi Barrier and damaged its dimension.
• Sasuke sensed the battlefield's chakra, slapped himself after worrying he would be a burden, and headed toward the fight.

Adult Sasuke and Naruto discovered that Urashiki Otsutsuki had evolved into a monster after devouring his own eyes and Fish Basket, but his power continued to grow. The transformed Urashiki absorbed chakra attacks and attacked Sasuke, until Sasuke arrived and drove him back with flame-wreathed shuriken.

• Adult Sasuke and Naruto saw Urashiki crawl from the rubble in a grotesque new form, still alive and growing stronger.
• The Nine-Tails reminded Naruto that Urashiki had evolved by devouring his own eyes and Fish Basket, and Naruto and Sasuke realized he was searching for the missing Fish Basket.
• Urashiki blitzed Naruto and absorbed his Tailed Beast Rasengan, then drained Sasuke's Chidori and seized him with a tail.
• Sasuke arrived and threw flame-wreathed shuriken, making Urashiki recoil and release Adult Sasuke.
• Adult Sasuke warned Sasuke not to use chakra because Urashiki seemed to sense and consume it.

Urashiki’s new Divine Art trapped him and the two Sasukes in frozen time, but a mysterious purple-gold eye distracted him long enough for Naruto to strike. As Naruto fought Urashiki underground, Sasuke awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan, while a cloaked figure attacked Tobirama.

• Urashiki regained awareness in frozen time and decided to take chakra from the two Sasukes to slow his body’s collapse.
• A purple-gold light formed a Hexagram eye over Adult Sasuke, lured Urashiki into a daze, and then vanished.
• Naruto smashed Urashiki into the ground, breaking the frozen space-time and beginning a fight underground.
• Adult Sasuke tried to move Sasuke out of danger, then saw a scarlet Hexagram Mangekyō Sharingan in Sasuke’s eyes.
• A cloaked figure rushed out of the Forest and attacked Tobirama, while a translucent skeletal arm knocked aside the Flying Thunder God kunai.

Uchiha Izumi used her Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Daybreak, to destroy Tobirama Senju’s Shadow-Sealing Formation barrier. Tobirama attacked her in the resulting darkness, while the other Hokage and the fox-Mask man rushed toward the central battlefield.

• Tobirama Senju recognized Uchiha Izumi’s Susanoo and demanded that she leave, but Izumi insisted that he undo the barrier.
• Izumi activated Daybreak and cut off Tobirama’s chakra flow, causing the Shadow-Sealing Formation to dissolve.
• Tobirama cast the Bringer-of-Darkness genjutsu and charged Izumi with a kunai and an explosive tag.
• Minato Namikaze dismissed his body to return to his chakra within Naruto, and the other Hokage headed toward the central battlefield.
• The fox-Mask man sent a companion to back up Izumi, then vanished himself; Deidara hurried toward Tobirama after learning who he was.

Naruto’s uncontrolled Metamorphosis Mode trapped Kurama and Minato inside his burning Inner World while Naruto fought Urashiki. Naruto’s transformed self defeated Urashiki with Rasengan Galaxy, and Naruto collapsed as the transformation ended.

• Naruto’s chakra burned out of control, forcing Kurama to suppress the flames while Minato’s chakra reawakened inside the Inner World.
• Minato noticed Naruto’s burning chakra seemed to be trapping Kurama inside the Inner World.
• Naruto’s transformed self evaded Urashiki’s attacks and punched holes through his body, even as Urashiki used Time Stop and Space-Time Reversal.
• Naruto’s transformed self formed Rasengan Galaxy and flicked it into Urashiki, whose body stood motionless when time resumed.
• Naruto answered Kurama and Minato, then collapsed as his aura faded, gasping and showing white patches in his hair.

Adult Sasuke and younger Sasuke encountered a masked stranger who appeared to be another Naruto, while the Nine-Tails revealed that the stranger had devoured its Shadow Clone and stolen its memories. The fake Naruto began to expose the truth behind the Nine-Tails’ memories, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Younger Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and joined Adult Sasuke in pursuing the masked stranger into the pit.
• The two Sasukes saw two Narutos emerge and realized that one was an impostor, but their chakras were identical.
• The Naruto in front revealed that the Nine-Tails had taken over Naruto’s body because Naruto was in poor condition.
• The Nine-Tails accused the fake Naruto of devouring its Shadow Clone and keeping a physical body despite being struck several times.
• The fake Naruto revealed that he had obtained the Shadow Clone’s memories and began explaining the truth behind the Nine-Tails’ memories.

Fake Naruto demonstrated an ability to give chakra consciousness and control it, then vanished after young Sasuke collapsed from exhausting his eye power. The Nine-Tails took Sasuke and Naruto for treatment, while Adult Sasuke discovered that Fake Naruto had taken Urashiki Otsutsuki’s golden Rinnegan.

• The Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Rasengan stopped in midair when Fake Naruto used an invisible ripple, then destroyed the Sasukes’ Fūma Shuriken before returning to Fake Naruto like a pet.
• The Nine-Tails recognized Fake Naruto’s power as the Sage of Six Paths’ ability to give chakra consciousness and life, and Adult Sasuke recalled how Hagoromo had created the nine tailed beasts.
• Fake Naruto said he was not their enemy and urged the Nine-Tails to get Naruto treated, but young Sasuke suddenly collapsed after exhausting his eye power.
• Fake Naruto vanished with the Tailed Beast Rasengan, and the Nine-Tails took young Sasuke and Naruto away for treatment while ordering Adult Sasuke to retrieve Urashiki Otsutsuki’s corpse.
• Adult Sasuke found Urashiki’s corpse and realized Fake Naruto had taken the golden Rinnegan from its forehead.

Adult Sasuke found a Pink Turtle that identified itself as the key to reactivating the Treasure Plow, while Naruto and the others returned to Konoha injured. In the forest, Tobirama trapped Uchiha Izumi, Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kabuto in a barrage of explosive tags as Deidara continued to flee and call it a discussion of art.

• Adult Sasuke stored Urashiki Otsutsuki's corpse and picked up the Pink Turtle, which asked whether he wanted to reactivate the Treasure Plow.
• Jiraiya, the Third, and Hashirama Senju arrived, and Adult Sasuke told them Naruto and the others had returned to Konoha because they were badly injured.
• Hashirama noticed that Tobirama and the Fourth Hokage were absent before an explosion sounded in the distance.
• Deidara fled Tobirama's repeated explosive-tag blasts while throwing his own explosives into the blast zone.
• Uchiha Izumi told Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kabuto that Tobirama had trapped them, and Tobirama explained that he had marked her Susanoo and nearby tools with Flying Thunder God seals.
• Orochimaru said Tobirama knew how to counter most of the forbidden techniques he had learned from him.

Fake Naruto rescued Uchiha Izumi, Orochimaru, and Sasori, revealed their organization’s name as Reshape, and escaped Tobirama using Flying Thunder God. At Konoha Hospital, Tsunade found Naruto healthy despite Minato’s account of his near-fatal condition, leaving the cause of his recovery unexplained.

• Fake Naruto appeared inside Uchiha Izumi’s Susanoo and called off the group’s escape, while Tobirama continued attacking with explosive tags.
• Fake Naruto used chakra hands to take Uchiha Izumi, Orochimaru, and Sasori with him, leaving Deidara behind as he announced their organization would be called Reshape.
• The four vanished using Flying Thunder God, and Tobirama recognized the technique but could no longer sense his mark on Susanoo.
• Deidara returned on his Explosive Clay: Giant Bird, and Tobirama decided to take him prisoner.
• At Konoha Hospital, Tsunade examined Naruto and Sasuke and found no serious injuries, despite Minato explaining that Naruto’s chakra and lifespan had been dangerously depleted.

Tsunade found no medical explanation for Naruto’s coma despite Minato’s report that Naruto’s consciousness had nearly vanished, while she ordered more tests to reassure Kushina. Adult Sasuke remained hospitalized for severe injuries, and Boruto arrived as Sakura cared for him.

• Tsunade reviewed Naruto’s tests and insisted that he was healthy aside from mild chakra depletion, though Minato said Naruto’s consciousness had briefly disappeared.
• Kushina remained anxious, so Tsunade told Shizune to repeat the tests and assigned a disciple to care for the badly injured Adult Sasuke.
• Sakura blocked Adult Sasuke from leaving his ward and explained how she had become Tsunade’s disciple and trained as a medical ninja.
• Boruto rushed into Sasuke’s ward, stumbled over what to call Hinata and Naruto, and asked Sasuke how he was doing.
• Kakashi watched Karin cry in Naruto’s ward and wondered why he could not find words to comfort her.

Sasuke reflected on awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan while Karin cried beside his hospital bed, and Hinata confessed her fears to the unconscious Naruto. Naruto woke and secretly asked Hinata to remember a warning about what to do if he and Kurama ever turned against each other, but Tsunade and Shizune interrupted him.

• Karin cried beside Sasuke while Kakashi opened the window and let a crow fly away with a message for Sasuke’s visitor.
• Sasuke recalled awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan after seeing Naruto’s relief and resolve to die, and wondered what had happened between them.
• Hinata held Naruto’s hand and told him she regretted not standing beside him, promising she wanted to face future enemies with him.
• Naruto woke, asked Hinata whether he had said anything in his sleep, and complained that he could remember only fragments of his future self’s message.
• Naruto asked Hinata to stop him if he and Kurama ever turned against each other and to keep his warning secret, but Tsunade and Shizune entered before he could explain further.

Naruto woke up healthy after defeating Urashiki Otsutsuki, though his hair had turned white from exhausting his chakra. Minato learned that Kurama had gone with Jiraiya to question the Great Toad Sage, only for them to discover that the sage had died.

• Kushina rushed to Naruto's bedside, and Tsunade confirmed he was healthy and could leave the hospital after another day of observation.
• After Kushina and Hinata left, Minato questioned Naruto about his fight with Urashiki Otsutsuki and how he had passed out.
• Naruto recalled defeating Urashiki with taijutsu but realized Kurama was no longer in his inner world.
• Minato explained that Kurama had gone with Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku to demand answers about Naruto's Metamorphosis Mode.
• Kurama and Jiraiya arrived at Mount Myōboku and learned from Sage Shima that the Great Toad Sage had died.

Jiraiya and the Nine-Tails visited Mount Myōboku and were told that the Great Toad Sage had died, but the Nine-Tails later discovered Jiraiya was keeping the truth hidden. The chapter ended with Gamamaru opening his eyes in his coffin and asking Jiraiya to help him up.

• The Nine-Tails and Jiraiya arrived at Mount Myōboku and found the toads mourning Gamamaru.
• Fukasaku and Shima shared Gamamaru’s cryptic prophecy about uniting different forms of senjutsu and eyes that would see through everything.
• The Nine-Tails returned to Naruto after hearing the prophecy, while Jiraiya stayed behind to attend the farewell ceremony.
• Minato, Kushina, Naruto, Hinata, and others came to pay their respects, and the ceremony continued through the day and night.
• After the other toads left, Jiraiya urged Gamamaru to wake up, and Gamamaru opened his eyes and asked Jiraiya for help.