Chapter Summaries

Tetsuya persuaded this spacetime’s Kaguya to become his representative in exchange for future help, then took her to confront Isshiki. Isshiki returned to his hideout and was shocked to find Tetsuya and two Kaguyas waiting for him.

• Tetsuya joked that Kaguya could absorb her counterpart, then invited this spacetime’s Kaguya to discuss cooperation.
• Tetsuya offered this spacetime’s Kaguya a contract: he would help her when needed, and she would represent him in her world.
• This spacetime’s Kaguya agreed to cooperate after considering the danger posed by future Ōtsutsuki, and she signed Tetsuya’s contract.
• Tetsuya declared that he would take Kaguya to deal with a hidden threat, while Isshiki watched from hiding and decided to stay cautious.
• Tetsuya and the others appeared in Isshiki’s hideout, where Isshiki was startled to see two Kaguyas.
• This spacetime’s Kaguya recognized Isshiki and said that he had survived.

Tetsuya and the two Kaguyas defeated Isshiki, and Tetsuya took Isshiki’s Juvenile Ten-Tails and sealed him in the Box of Ultimate Bliss. After the group returned to their own timeline, the strange rejection they had felt across timelines disappeared, and everyone went their separate ways.

• The timeline's Kaguya beat Isshiki unconscious while Tetsuya went to find and absorb Isshiki's Juvenile Ten-Tails.
• Tetsuya returned, sealed the still-living Isshiki in the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and prepared to leave the timeline with his companions.
• Tetsuya and the others said goodbye to Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and the young Hagoromo before returning through a portal.
• Hagoromo and Hamura said the strange feeling of rejection had vanished, and Kaguya left using Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Hagoromo and Hamura returned home to reflect on what they had learned, while Tetsuya decided to have a drink with Izuna and the others.

Tetsuya visited Hashirama and Madara, teased Tobirama and Izuna about their growing closeness, and showed them a recording of the young Sage of Six Paths awakening his Sharingan. Hashirama then showed Tetsuya a video of Killer B leading a group of men in a comedy skit.

• Tetsuya found Hashirama and Madara arguing over a game and declined Madara's challenge, asking where Izuna was.
• Hashirama said Izuna had gone to fight Tobirama, and Tetsuya offered Hashirama a chance to get Rinnegan.
• Tobirama and Izuna returned together, and Tetsuya teased them about getting closer before showing everyone a recording of the young Hagoromo awakening his Sharingan.
• Tetsuya told them about Hagoromo's love for Hatori, and Izuna reacted uneasily to the story.
• Hashirama showed Tetsuya a short video of Killer B leading men from the Land of Lightning in a skit, leaving Tetsuya stunned.

Tetsuya told the others about his trip to Another Shinobi World and proposed using its God Tree and Ten-Tails to help them reach Six Paths level and eventually strike back at the Ōtsutsuki Clan. He then visited Jigen and revealed an unconscious Isshiki, leaving Jigen stunned by the sight of what appeared to be himself.

• Tetsuya explained that he had rescued Hatori and brought back Another Shinobi World's God Tree and Ten-Tails Cub.
• Izuna described how branching worlds could diverge, and Tetsuya praised his outside-the-box thinking.
• Tetsuya offered Hashirama a pair of Rinnegan and assigned the God Tree to Izuna, envisioning the group reaching Six Paths level and attacking the Ōtsutsuki home planet.
• Madara Uchiha took the God Tree to help Izuna absorb it, while Tetsuya left the President's Residence.
• Tetsuya visited Jigen, asked whether he wanted to regain his strength, and opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss to reveal an unconscious Isshiki.
• Jigen recognized Isshiki's familiar aura and wondered how the man could be him when Jigen himself was standing there.

Tetsuya oversaw the unified Shinobi World's development while listening to Shinada's report on research funding and Tsunade's resignation. He approved Orochimaru's artificial-human experiments and agreed that Naruto should succeed Tsunade as Hokage, then wondered whether Naruto planned to marry soon.

• Tetsuya relaxed at the President's Residence as provinces developed under the unified administration, with Shinobi World's resources assigned to different regions.
• Shinada delivered his monthly report, and Tetsuya promised to provide assistants to help him manage his increased workload.
• Shinada reported that Orochimaru's research department had requested funding for artificial-human experiments, and Tetsuya approved it with a warning against causing a disaster.
• Shinada said Tsunade wanted to resign as Hokage and had nominated Minato and Naruto as successors.
• Tetsuya rejected Minato as a candidate because he was still working in the Land of Lightning, and he approved Naruto as Tsunade's successor.
• Tetsuya asked whether Naruto planned to marry and whether he would receive an invitation.

Tsunade received approval to resign as Hokage, and Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Naruto entered the election to succeed her. As the candidates prepared to give their speeches, Hinata, Neji, and Kushina encouraged each other to believe in Naruto.

• Naruto declared to Jiraiya and Kakashi that he would fight for the Hokage position, and Jiraiya enthusiastically accepted the challenge.
• Kakashi recalled how he had recognized Sakumo behind his disguise, and how Sakumo had asked him to run for Hokage.
• Shizune reminded the candidates that their election speeches were about to begin and joked that she would report Jiraiya if he turned bathhouses into mixed baths.
• Shizune led Naruto, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to the packed speech hall, where the election was being broadcast live.
• Hinata nervously wished Naruto luck, and Neji and Kushina encouraged her to believe in him.

Naruto delivered an emotional campaign speech about his dream of becoming Hokage, and Tetsuya believed it had secured his election. Tetsuya then discussed the future beyond the shinobi world with Hashirama, while Madara and Izuna returned from training before a new wish order appeared.

• Naruto eased his nerves after seeing Hinata, Neji, and Kushina in the audience, then gave a speech about his dream of becoming Hokage.
• Tetsuya watched the audience respond to Naruto's speech and concluded that Naruto was likely to win the election.
• Tetsuya found Hashirama watching the livestream and spoke with him about Naruto carrying on the dream of protecting everyone.
• Hashirama said he was content with peace, but asked to join Tetsuya's future plans to travel to the Sea of Stars.
• Madara and Izuna returned, and Tetsuya saw that Izuna had gained a basic grasp of the God Tree's power.
• A new wish order appeared as Tetsuya, Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna gathered around the tea table.

After Izuna was mortally wounded in battle, Madara heard his final advice to take his eyes and wished for a way to save him. A merchant system connected Tetsuya to Madara’s time, and Tetsuya invited Madara, Izuna, Hashirama, and Tobirama to join him in the past.

• Uchiha medical ninja failed to save Izuna, who told Madara to take his eyes after his death and explained the power beyond the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara accepted an unfamiliar voice’s offer to submit a task request and wished for Izuna to be saved.
• Tetsuya received an order from Madara to save Izuna, who had been gravely wounded by Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Slash.
• Tetsuya told Madara, Izuna, Hashirama, and Tobirama that a new parallel shinobi world had opened before Konoha’s founding.

Tetsuya and Tobirama identified Izuna’s fatal battle as the point in time they would visit, and Tetsuya’s group arrived through a portal just as Madara’s wish to save Izuna was being answered. The two Madaras and two Izunas met, and Tetsuya prepared to treat the wounded Izuna.

• Hashirama recalled childhood games with Madara, but Tobirama guessed that the group was going to the battle where Izuna died.
• Tetsuya confirmed Tobirama’s guess and brought his group through a Light Gate to the moment when Madara hoped to save Izuna.
• The younger Madara attacked Tobirama as he emerged from the portal, then heard Izuna’s voice and saw another Izuna, Madara, and Hashirama arrive.
• Tetsuya introduced himself and confirmed that he had come to help Madara save Izuna.
• Six Paths Izuna explained that Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Slash had caused the injuries that killed him, and Tetsuya told everyone to make room so he could save him.

Tetsuya saved Izuna with six paths Yang power while Six Paths Madara went to search for White Zetsu near the Uchiha compound. After Izuna was stabilized, the group gathered at the compound to talk, and Tetsuya warned Young Madara that advancing further would be difficult without Izuna's Mangekyō.

• Tetsuya sent Six Paths Madara to check the Uchiha Clan Compound for White Zetsu, then used six paths Yang power to stabilize Izuna.
• Madara rejoiced as Izuna recovered, while Six Paths Izuna and Tobirama argued about six paths power until Hashirama stopped them.
• Young Madara asked about the Sage of Six Paths and learned that Six Paths Madara, Six Paths Izuna, and Tetsuya had reached that level, while Hashirama had not.
• Tetsuya finished treating Izuna, and Young Madara led the group to the Uchiha Clan's reception area after ordering his clansmen to keep their arrival secret.
• Tetsuya told Young Madara that Izuna was out of mortal danger but that advancing further would be difficult without his younger brother's Mangekyō.

Tetsuya provoked young Madara with the possibility of gaining power, but Madara refused to sacrifice Izuna. After Six Paths Madara revealed Black Zetsu's spies and Hashirama explained the shinobi world's history, Six Paths Madara announced a plan to draw Black Zetsu out and found a way to exploit the limit on his time in this era.

• Tetsuya urged young Madara to pursue the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by sacrificing Izuna, but Madara said he would not trade his brother for power.
• Six Paths Madara returned and warned the others that Black Zetsu had placed White Zetsu spies throughout the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Tetsuya explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan included the Sage of Six Paths and the Rabbit Goddess, and Hashirama told young Madara about Kaguya and the origins of the Uchiha and Senju Clans.
• Young Madara learned that Black Zetsu planned to gather Uchiha and Senju powers to awaken the sage eyes and free the sealed Rabbit Goddess.
• Six Paths Madara said he would kill Black Zetsu and hinted that he planned to use the Hashirama of this timeline to lure him out.
• When Tetsuya pointed out that Six Paths Madara could not stay in this era indefinitely, Madara suggested being sent back and summoned again whenever time ran out.

Six Paths Madara planned to use young Madara’s identity to lure Black Zetsu, while Tetsuya prepared to confront Isshiki. The next morning, Madara met Hashirama and Tobirama alone on the battlefield, revealed Izuna’s death, and attacked Hashirama with Susanoo as Hashirama answered with Wood Release.

• Six Paths Madara asked young Madara to remain in the clan compound while he used his identity to lure Black Zetsu, and young Madara agreed.
• Madara told Hashirama that he would need his strength to help bring peace to the Shinobi World, while Tetsuya set out to collect local specialties and make trouble for Isshiki.
• The next morning, young Hashirama and Tobirama led the Senju to the battlefield, where Madara arrived alone.
• Tobirama sensed that Madara was different and questioned him about Izuna and the Uchiha Clan; Madara said Izuna had died and entrusted his power to him.
• Madara awakened his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Hashirama with a blue Susanoo, while Hashirama countered with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

Madara and Hashirama resumed their battle while Black Zetsu celebrated Madara’s power as a possible key to reviving his mother. Elsewhere, a disguised traveler confronted Isshiki, and the chapter ended with Hashirama summoning the True Several Thousand Hands technique.

• Madara shattered Hashirama’s vines and summoned his Complete Body Susanoo, forcing Hashirama to answer with a Wood Human.
• Black Zetsu watched Madara’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and planned to use him alongside Asura’s reincarnation to awaken the Rinnegan and gather the tailed beasts.
• A young traveler entered an ancient temple and found Isshiki disguised as a monk.
• The traveler revealed himself as a disguised Momoshiki, attacked Isshiki, and fired a Crimson Spiral at him.
• Tobirama watched the battle as Madara rejected Hashirama’s attempts to stop fighting.
• Hashirama summoned the Wood Buddha and unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Madara defeated Hashirama and proposed returning the next day to either continue their fight or discuss founding a Shinobi Village. After reuniting with Tetsuya and the others, Madara agreed that the changed outcome gave him the initiative in negotiations.

• Madara unleashed his Six Paths Power and defeated Hashirama in a clash that devastated the battlefield.
• Tobirama arrived with the Senju clansmen, helped Hashirama up, and led the clan in retreat.
• Madara returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Tetsuya and the others were waiting in his courtyard.
• Madara explained that he would return with Tetsuya the next day and meet the Senju alone, whether to fight or negotiate a Shinobi Village.
• Tetsuya explained that although Konoha could still be founded, Madara now held the initiative because he had defeated Hashirama.

Madara explained that leading Konoha as its victor would force Black Zetsu to reveal himself sooner, and Tetsuya’s group prepared to wait for Hashirama and Tobirama’s decision. After sending the others back through the Golden Portal, Tetsuya told young Madara that lasting peace required a unified nation rather than a village.

• Madara explained to Hashirama that, as Konoha’s victor and leader, he could draw Black Zetsu out sooner than in the original course of events.
• Tetsuya suggested that killing Hashirama could also force Black Zetsu to appear, but said Madara would not do it and the plan carried risks.
• Tetsuya said they would wait to see whether this Shinobi World’s Hashirama and Tobirama chose to continue fighting or negotiate.
• Madara and Hashirama eagerly planned to return through the Golden Portal and spar with their Impure World Reincarnation counterparts.
• Tetsuya stayed behind to preserve the worlds’ synchronized flow of time and gave Madara the Box of Ultimate Bliss to take to Jigen.
• Tetsuya told young Madara that founding a village could not bring peace and that only a unified nation could.

Tetsuya showed young Madara two possible histories of the Shinobi World, revealing how Madara’s plans led to betrayal and war in one timeline and how Tetsuya changed the other. The genjutsu ended with young Madara stunned by Tetsuya’s influence on the world, as Tetsuya asked whether he had found the answers he wanted.

• Tetsuya used genjutsu to show young Madara a future in which Hashirama defeated him, Madara survived in secret, and Black Zetsu ultimately betrayed him during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Young Madara realized that Black Zetsu had manipulated the Uchiha stone tablet and was horrified by the future awaiting him.
• Tetsuya rewound the genjutsu to the Battle of the Valley of the End and showed young Madara how events changed in Tetsuya’s world.
• Young Madara watched Tobi’s arrival and learned that Tetsuya’s shop, political rise, and work to unite smaller nations had transformed the Shinobi World.
• The genjutsu faded, and Tetsuya asked young Madara whether he had found the answers he wanted.

Madara Uchiha led the Uchiha Clan to victory in the war and negotiated the founding of Konoha, becoming its first leader. As Black Zetsu entered Madara’s office to manipulate him, Madara realized the fish had taken the bait.

• Madara Uchiha confronted Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then negotiated peace from a position of victory.
• Madara became Konoha’s leader, and the Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Sarutobi, Zhizun, and other clans joined as subordinate clans of the Uchiha Clan.
• Tobirama noticed Madara’s chakra seemed to fluctuate but refrained from testing him.
• Madara wondered why Black Zetsu had not appeared, while Black Zetsu decided to coax Madara into reading the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet.
• Black Zetsu entered the Hokage Office, and Madara recognized that his plan had drawn Black Zetsu out.

Madara Uchiha captured and erased Black Zetsu after exposing his plan to revive Kaguya. The next morning, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju went to the Uchiha Clan Compound at Madara's invitation, where Hashirama froze after seeing who was waiting in the Pavilion.

• Madara Uchiha trapped Black Zetsu in the Hokage Office and prevented him from escaping or possessing him.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that he knew Black Zetsu's secrets and destroyed him with six paths power.
• Madara Uchiha invited Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to the Uchiha Clan Compound for an important discussion.
• Hashirama Senju brought gifts and cheerfully followed an Uchiha guard into the Garden, while Tobirama Senju grew suspicious.
• Hashirama Senju entered the Pavilion, saw the people seated there, and froze.

Hashirama and Tobirama met their counterparts from another shinobi world, who warned them that their plan to bring peace through founding villages would lead to war. Determined to prevent that future, Hashirama asked Tetsuya for guidance, and Tetsuya gave him a one-sentence plan: use Susanoo-Clad Kurama to unite the shinobi world.

• Hashirama and Tobirama encountered their counterparts, Madara, and Izuna, and Tetsuya explained that they came from another shinobi world.
• The Federation's Hashirama told Hashirama and Tobirama that the villages they founded would become sparks for war, and that Tobirama would die in the first war after their deaths.
• The Federation's Hashirama explained that he, Tobirama, Izuna, and Madara had died and that Tetsuya had resurrected them.
• After hearing how the villages would send children to battle, Hashirama asked Tetsuya what he should do to bring peace.
• Tetsuya told Hashirama that peace required war and proposed Susanoo-Clad Kurama to destroy four nations and unite the shinobi world.

After the team-building event, Tetsuya learned that Orochimaru had restored Toneri’s eyes and that Toneri had clashed with Naruto over Hinata. The chapter ended as Shinada prepared to explain what happened between them.

• Tetsuya reassured Hashirama that his counterpart and Madara could achieve peace, and reminded him that their Madara could ask for help.
• Madara and Hashirama left together to try awakening Hashirama’s Rinnegan with Madara’s sealed Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tetsuya summoned Shinada, who reported that Orochimaru had helped Toneri regain his eyes in exchange for participating in experiments.
• Shinada told Tetsuya that Toneri visited the Hyuga Clan and came into conflict with Naruto because of Hinata.