Chapter Summaries

Tetsuya used a specialized card draw to obtain the Rinnegan Evolution Qualification and learned that Husky could be promoted further through wealth from other Shinobi Worlds. He began customizing his Rinnegan as Madara waited to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Tetsuya questioned whether Madara could control the Ten-Tails without the Rinnegan, but Madara insisted he could.
• Tetsuya summoned Husky and requested a draw for something that could awaken the Rinnegan.
• Husky opened a specialized draw channel, and Tetsuya spent his funds until he obtained the Rinnegan Evolution Qualification and a customization opportunity.
• Tetsuya asked Husky about its access level and learned that wealth from the Shinobi World alone would not be enough for another promotion.
• Tetsuya activated the qualification and chose a golden Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

Tetsuya awakened a golden Rinnegan and lent it to Madara Uchiha so Madara could summon and control the Ten-Tails. After Tetsuya released the tailed beasts from the Box of Ultimate Bliss and the Ten-Tails absorbed them, Madara celebrated, but the creature began resisting his control.

• Tetsuya awakened a golden Rinnegan whose ability copied other people's Rinnegan powers, then exchanged eyes with Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Ten-Tails Cub and used the Rinnegan to suppress it.
• Tetsuya released nine blue tomoe containing the tailed beasts from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and the Ten-Tails Cub swallowed them.
• The Ten-Tails grew to the size of the beast Obito had absorbed, and Madara Uchiha laughed excitedly while Tetsuya recorded him.
• The Ten-Tails roared and struggled against Madara Uchiha's control, and Madara commanded it to obey.

Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails and gained Six Paths power, then challenged Tetsuya to a one-move test of strength. Tetsuya overwhelmed Madara on a Desolate Star, and Madara wondered whether he could test his new strength against the Sage of Six Paths and his mother.

• Madara Uchiha sealed the Ten-Tails inside himself and transformed into its Six Paths jinchūriki.
• Madara Uchiha asked Tetsuya to test his strength, and Tetsuya moved them to an uninhabited Desolate Star for a single exchange.
• Tetsuya revealed a heightened Sage Mode as both men unleashed their auras.
• Madara Uchiha launched Six Paths: Tengai Shinsei, sending a smaller Desolate Star toward Tetsuya.
• Tetsuya used Shin: Zhurong to destroy the incoming Desolate Star, leaving Madara Uchiha with only a tiny piece of his Scepter.
• Madara Uchiha accepted the gap between them and wondered if the Sage of Six Paths and his mother had finished fighting.

Tetsuya questioned Naruto about whether peace could come at the cost of the powerful people's interests, hinting that he might take drastic action to achieve it. After Kaguya and Hagoromo's battle shattered the dimensions, Madara caught the wounded Hagoromo and confronted Kaguya in his Six Paths form.

• Tetsuya and Madara Uchiha returned to the grassland, where Izuna noticed Madara's golden Rinnegan and Naruto recognized Obito Uchiha's Sharingan in Tetsuya's eye.
• Tetsuya asked Naruto whether he wanted peace and whether he would stop someone whose actions for peace threatened the interests of nobles and other powerful people; Naruto struggled to answer.
• Kaguya and Hagoromo's battle shattered the boundaries between dimensions, and Madara dispelled the resulting shock wave.
• Madara caught the wounded Hagoromo, who admitted that Kaguya had been stronger than him.
• Kaguya arrived through Yomotsu Hirasaka, recognized the God Tree power within Madara, and faced several Madara Uchihas as they charged at her.

Madara and Kaguya fought with devastating attacks while Tetsuya, Naruto, Hagoromo, and Izuna watched and discussed Kaguya’s origins and clan. The battle escalated when Kaguya’s dimension shattered and Madara summoned an enormous celestial body with Six Paths: Tengai Shinsei.

• Madara used Limbo clones and Yin Release Lightning Dispatch against Kaguya, but she countered with Eighty-Eight Gods Vacuum Attack and a giant Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Madara cut Kaguya’s enormous Truth-Seeking Orb in half with Storm Release: Light Fang as she charged at him.
• Naruto watched in amazement while Hagoromo worried that Kaguya was more powerful than he had expected.
• Tetsuya told Hagoromo that Jigen might know more about Kaguya’s clan, then awkwardly denied writing the fictional webnovels Naruto mentioned.
• Kaguya’s Amenominaka Space shattered, and Madara used Six Paths: Tengai Shinsei to drag an enormous celestial body toward them.

Kaguya transformed into a giant rabbit-like beast and resumed fighting Madara while Tetsuya explained that she could only be sealed, not killed. Tetsuya told Naruto the Fourth Shinobi World War had effectively ended because the villages’ forces were gone, delayed reviving the dead to prevent renewed fighting, and went to end the battle himself.

• Kaguya transformed into a gigantic rabbit with a crimson Rinnegan, and Madara fought her again.
• Tetsuya explained that Kaguya’s consciousness had faltered, allowing the God Tree to take control, and said she could only be sealed again.
• Naruto offered to return Hagoromo’s power, but Hagoromo and Tetsuya told him to keep it for the future.
• Kaguya regained her human form and fought Madara with greater control of the God Tree’s power.
• Tetsuya told Naruto the war was already over because the villages had lost the forces needed to keep fighting, and said he would revive the dead later.
• Tetsuya rose into the air and charged toward Madara and Kaguya to end their battle.

Tetsuya joined Madara’s battle against Kaguya and took over, astonishing her by matching her techniques and using abilities associated with the Ōtsutsuki. The fight continued as Tetsuya unleashed a Nine-Headed Dragon attack against Kaguya.

• Tetsuya arrived, and Madara stepped aside after saying he believed he could defeat Kaguya but agreed to let Tetsuya end the fight sooner.
• Kaguya attacked Tetsuya with Eighty-Eight Gods Vacuum Attack, and Tetsuya countered with the identical technique.
• Kaguya used All-Killing Ash Bones and Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Tetsuya matched her techniques and kicked her into a glacier.
• Tetsuya struck the glacier with Kinshiki Otsutsuki’s Kama technique, then attacked Kaguya with Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s Crimson Spiral.
• Kaguya wondered whether Tetsuya had been sent by the Ōtsutsuki Clan to hunt her, as Tetsuya attacked her from behind with Inukai Takeru no Mikoto.

After defeating Kaguya, Tetsuya persuaded her to negotiate and promised to restore her body. Naruto and Neji returned to Konoha with the injured survivors, while Tetsuya gathered Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara, and Izuna to discuss a business opportunity.

• Tetsuya stopped fighting Kaguya and convinced her to talk, offering to retrieve her sealed body and revive her.
• Tetsuya told Naruto to return to Konoha with Neji and help restore the village.
• Tetsuya sent the three injured patients through a portal on their hospital beds to his villa in Konoha.
• Naruto and Neji decided to stay at the villa until Tsunade and the others recovered and could advise them.
• At the Federation's President's Residence, Tetsuya told Kaguya and the others that he wanted partners for a profitable business venture.

Tetsuya persuaded Kaguya to join his plan to pursue Ōtsutsuki clan members and use them to grow God Trees, showing her Neji’s Karma as proof that more Ōtsutsuki had reached the shinobi world. The group agreed to head to the moon to retrieve Kaguya’s body and seek out her other son’s descendants.

• Tetsuya explained that God Tree seedlings and fruits could serve as the profit in a business deal with Kaguya.
• Jigen emerged from a Space-Time Rift, greeted Kaguya, and joined Tetsuya at the table.
• Tetsuya told Kaguya that he wanted to target Ōtsutsuki clan members who came looking for her, and he summoned Neji to show her the Karma left by Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya recognized Urashiki’s soul inside Neji’s Karma, considered Tetsuya’s plan, and agreed to become his business partner.
• Tetsuya welcomed Kaguya to the team and proposed that they first travel to the moon to retrieve her body and visit her other son’s descendants.

Tetsuya revealed that Hamura’s descendants on the moon had once planned to destroy the shinobi world, then led the group to the moon to retrieve Kaguya’s body. They found a temple guarding the weak point in the seal, where a spectral figure appeared as Tetsuya began to break it.

• Tetsuya told Hagoromo that Gamamaru had revealed the God Tree’s secret to Hagoromo and Hamura, and that Hamura’s descendants later tried but failed to destroy the shinobi world.
• Izuna opened a Space-Time Gate, and Tetsuya, Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara Uchiha, and Izuna traveled to the moon.
• Kaguya identified the weak point above the place where her body was sealed, and Tetsuya opened a golden portal to an underground temple.
• Hagoromo recognized the temple as a seal connected to Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei and warned that it protected the seal’s weakest point.
• Tetsuya pressed his hand against the temple, causing it to tremble, but a spectral figure appeared and shouted for him to stop.

Tetsuya broke into the lunar temple to undo its seal and retrieve Kaguya’s real body, while Hagoromo explained the situation to Hamura. The temple collapsed as Tetsuya pulled Kaguya’s body from the sealing array, leaving her revival within reach.

• Hamura appeared as a soul and was shocked to find Kaguya free, while Tetsuya teased him and Hagoromo.
• Tetsuya told Hamura that Hagoromo had helped bring Kaguya there to recover her body and revive her.
• Kaguya grew furious at the temple’s reliefs and destroyed the statue depicting her sealing.
• Hagoromo explained the Shinobi World’s history to Hamura and said Tetsuya would revive them both so they could return to the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya deciphered the temple seal, collapsed the underground temple, and dragged Kaguya’s real body out of the golden sealing array by the neck.

Kaguya reclaimed her original body, and Madara recovered his Rinnegan while Tetsuya preserved the weakened Obito. Tetsuya then revealed that the Box of Ultimate Bliss had created Gō, who had become Chiba Satoru, leaving Hagoromo awkwardly connected to Tetsuya’s grandson as his creator.

• Tetsuya pulled Kaguya’s original body from the formation, and Kaguya transferred her chakra and life force back into it.
• Madara removed his Rinnegan from Obito and returned Tetsuya’s eyes, while Tetsuya restored Obito’s Kamui eye.
• Tetsuya sealed Obito’s chakra and placed him in the Box of Ultimate Bliss after Madara denied feeling guilty for using him.
• Hagoromo explained that the box had created Gō, and Tetsuya said he had helped Gō become a real person.
• Izuna told Madara that Gō was Chiba Satoru, prompting Madara to realize that the Sage of Six Paths had created Tetsuya’s grandson.

Tetsuya resurrected Hamura and met Toneri and Hamura’s descendants on the moon. He returned to the Shinobi World with Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara, and Izuna, while Hamura stayed behind to help his clan prepare to leave.

• Tetsuya used Husky to resurrect Hamura, who reunited emotionally with Hagoromo.
• Toneri and the black-clad members of Hamura’s clan arrived at the underground cavern and recognized the ancestors.
• Tetsuya asked Hamura to find out whether his descendants would return to the Shinobi World, and Hamura confirmed they all wanted to leave.
• Toneri asked for time to gather the clan’s possessions, and Hamura agreed to take everyone back after they packed.
• Tetsuya, Madara, Izuna, Kaguya, and Hagoromo returned through a Space-Time Gate, leaving Hamura to prepare the clan’s departure.

Naruto told Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi how Kaguya had been revived and defeated, and explained that the Chiba Clan's older brother might restore those killed in the war. The survivors turned to Konoha's urgent recovery, with Jiraiya noting that the village had lost nearly an entire generation of ninja.

• Jiraiya woke in a villa after the battlefield disaster, and Naruto told him the war had ended when Madara Uchiha's Tengai Shinsei killed everyone there.
• Naruto reunited with Tsunade and Kakashi, then recounted Black Zetsu's betrayal, Kaguya's revival, and Chiba Tetsuya's battle against her.
• Naruto identified the Chiba Clan's older brother as the person whose Konoha villa sheltered them, while Jiraiya questioned his identity and age.
• Kakashi urged the group to focus on what Konoha should do next rather than matters beyond their reach.
• Naruto said the Chiba Clan's older brother had promised to revive everyone killed on the battlefield, and Jiraiya said they first needed to reassure the village.
• Jiraiya reflected that Konoha had spent its reserves and lost nearly an entire generation of ninja.

Tetsuya ordered Shinada to publicize the Shinobi War’s devastation and the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ weakness, prompting Konoha and the nations to react. The Daimyo of the Land of Wind condemned Sunagakure and announced that he would abolish it.

• Tetsuya learned that the daimyo were largely indifferent to the war and ordered Shinada to publicize Madara Uchiha’s slaughter and the villages’ defenseless state.
• Shinada’s report spread through Konoha, where wounded ninja tried to return to the front to fight or bring back their fallen comrades.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi arrived at Konoha’s gates as villagers crowded them for answers.
• The daimyo investigated and confirmed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had been crippled, then convened advisors to discuss what to do.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind blamed Sunagakure for joining the war without permission and announced that he would abolish the village.

The small nations declared the First Shinobi World Federation, prompting the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to demand answers from Chiba Ryo. After Tetsuya refused his call, the furious daimyo ordered Konoha to assemble a force and bring Chiba Ryo to him.

• Shinada of the Salamander reported that the Land of Wind and the Land of Water had abolished their shinobi villages, while Konoha had secured continued funding from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Nagato argued that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had lost their strength in the war, and Tetsuya ordered the Federation to reveal itself and prepare for a world war.
• The small nations announced the First Shinobi World Federation, with its capital in the Land of Grass and Chiba Ryo as president.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning condemned the Federation, while the Daimyo of the Land of Fire tried to call Tetsuya and was refused.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire ordered Konoha to assemble a force and bring Chiba Ryo to him, threatening to abolish Konoha if it refused.

Tsunade and Jiraiya worried over the Daimyo’s order to retrieve Chiba Ryo, but Jiraiya left for Mount Myōboku after Fukasaku summoned him to hear the Great Toad Sage’s final prophecy. The Great Toad Sage died after declaring that peace would soon come and that the Evil God, the sage, and the king of the world would leave the shinobi world for the stars; Kaguya then appeared at Mount Myōboku.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed delaying the Daimyo’s mission to the Land of Grass because they feared the power behind the Federation and Chiba Ryo’s connections.
• Fukasaku arrived in the Hokage Office and told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage was dying and had one final prophecy for him.
• Jiraiya went with Fukasaku to Mount Myōboku, where the Toads had gathered outside the Temple.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that his prophecy had changed and that peace would soon arrive as the Evil God, the sage, and the king of the world headed for the stars.
• The Great Toad Sage died, and the Toads mourned him inside the Temple.
• Kaguya appeared at Mount Myōboku and remarked that the Great Toad Sage had already died and gotten off easy.

Kaguya appeared on Mount Myōboku seeking Gamamaru, but learned that the Great Toad Sage had died before she arrived. Jiraiya recognized her as the Rabbit Goddess and explained to Fukasaku and Shima how the recent Shinobi World War had been manipulated to free her, leaving the toads stunned by his account.

• Kaguya arrived on Mount Myōboku, and Jiraiya confronted her with Fukasaku and Shima.
• Kaguya identified herself and said she had come looking for Gamamaru, who had died before she could reach him.
• Jiraiya recognized Kaguya as the Rabbit Goddess, and Kaguya departed without attacking the toads.
• Fukasaku and Shima realized Kaguya had likely come to take revenge on Gamamaru for helping seal her away.
• Jiraiya told Fukasaku and Shima that the Shinobi World War had been engineered to break Kaguya's seal, then recounted Naruto's account of Black Zetsu and the merchant who opposed him.
• Fukasaku and Shima struggled to believe Jiraiya's story about the merchant's power and Kaguya joining his side.

Hagoromo and Hamura arrived at Mount Myōboku and learned that Gamamaru had died before Kaguya came, while Hagoromo apologized for his mother's actions. Meanwhile, Tetsuya began an economic war against the Five Great Nations, leaving the Land of Wind in a food crisis where one naan cost five hundred thousand ryo.

• Hagoromo and Hamura descended onto Mount Myōboku, where Fukasaku recognized them as the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother.
• Hagoromo learned from Hamura that Gamamaru was dead and apologized to Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima for Kaguya's actions.
• Fukasaku told Hagoromo that Gamamaru had already died after leaving his final prophecy before Kaguya arrived.
• Tetsuya ordered an economic campaign that drove prices higher across the Five Great Nations.
• The Land of Wind's food merchants fled as prices surged, and an adviser told the daimyo that one naan cost five hundred thousand ryo.

Tetsuya exploited famine and rising costs in the Five Great Nations by inviting their citizens to migrate to the Federation, where refugees received housing and jobs. As people began leaving, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire learned that Konoha could not act because Jiraiya had been taken to Mount Myōboku.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered grain distributed after advisers failed to offer a lasting solution to famine and mass flight.
• Shinada of the Salamander reported worsening conditions across the Five Great Nations, and Tetsuya ordered him to publicize the Federation’s offer to immigrants.
• Shinada and the Akatsuki spread news that the Federation provided low living costs, plentiful jobs, and enough food, while Yahiko arranged housing and work for refugees arriving in the Land of Rain.
• Citizens, especially from the Lands of Wind and Earth, began heading to the Federation as refugees praised their new lives.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire learned that many citizens had fled to the Federation and was told Konoha could not retrieve Tetsuya because Jiraiya had been taken to Mount Myōboku.