Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Naruto convenes Konoha’s senior figures, including Shikamaru, Kakashi, Tsunade, and the village elders. The meeting is not about Boruto, Kawaki, or Kara, but a more alarming event.
• Shikamaru reveals that Naruto and he recently encountered the supposedly dead Madara Uchiha and First Hokage Hashirama Senju, alongside a mysterious young man with golden Rinnegan.
• Naruto recounts how the young man appeared through a portal, severed and restrained Code with ease, and revived Boruto after Kawaki killed him. The group then left, saying they would return after dealing with other matters.
• Naruto sensed no malice from Hashirama or Madara, but found the golden-eyed stranger unsettling: despite his friendly manner, he seemed indifferent to people’s lives.
• Shikamaru argues that Hashirama may still be the same person they knew, citing his concern over Kawaki’s renewed attempt to kill Boruto. He adds that Hashirama offered to help Naruto execute Kawaki.
• The discussion shifts to Kawaki’s actions and place in Konoha. Shikamaru and the elders condemn him for defying the Hokage and attacking the Hokage’s son, while Naruto struggles to defend him.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto is shaken by the return of powerful figures and caught between his affection for Kawaki and his duty as Hokage. He tries to stop Shikamaru from exposing Kawaki’s actions to the council.
• Shikamaru takes a blunt, pragmatic stance, warning Naruto that protecting Kawaki damages both the village and the Hokage’s authority.
• Kakashi asks whether the visitors showed hostility, prompting Naruto to distinguish between Hashirama and Madara’s demeanor and the stranger’s unsettling presence.
• Homura and Koharu initially dismiss Naruto’s meeting as unnecessary, then become alarmed by Madara’s return. Homura later rebukes Naruto over Kawaki.
• The gathering’s members begin to view Boruto not only as Naruto’s child, but as the Hokage’s son—and Kawaki’s attack as an affront to Konoha itself.

Significant themes

• Power and uncertainty: The return of Hashirama and Madara, together with the stranger’s extraordinary abilities, threatens the peace Konoha has struggled to establish.
• Personal attachment versus public duty: Naruto’s desire to protect Kawaki clashes with his responsibilities as Hokage.
• Political consequences of family conflict: Kawaki’s attack on Boruto is treated as a challenge to the village’s authority, not merely a private quarrel.

Key plot points and events

• Madara absorbs the enormous God Tree in the Kara Base, gaining a substantial increase in life energy and power.
• He believes the boost came both from the God Tree and from its being a counterpart of the tree he had absorbed in another spacetime, which made its power easier to assimilate.
• Tetsuya proposes testing how different Ten-Tails Cubs and Outer Path Demonic Statues affect absorption, producing examples from other spacetimes. Madara declines, saying he does not want to grow stronger while everyone else falls behind.
• The group sets off to visit Konoha in this spacetime. On the way, they return to the base and encounter Eida and Daemon tending to injuries while Code remains unconscious.
• Daemon tries to object to their presence, then hides behind Eida when he sees Tetsuya. Tetsuya teases him, and Eida asks Tetsuya to stop frightening her brother.

Character developments

• Madara is exhilarated by his new power but shows restraint: he is content with his strength and wants others to have opportunities to grow as well.
• Hashirama is openly delighted by Madara’s success and eager to explore this version of Konoha.
• Tetsuya remains curious and experimental, casually treating immensely powerful beings and objects as test subjects or curiosities. He also enjoys teasing Daemon.
• Daemon is revealed as easily intimidated by Tetsuya, despite his earlier confidence.
• Eida acts protectively toward Daemon and cautiously tries to keep Tetsuya from upsetting him.

Significant themes

• Power and growth: The God Tree offers a shortcut to strength, but Madara values shared progress over becoming overwhelmingly stronger alone.
• Curiosity and experimentation: Tetsuya’s interest in the effects of cross-spacetime counterparts drives the discussion and suggests further testing.
• Humor through contrast: Cosmic-scale power and dangerous artifacts are discussed casually, while Tetsuya’s teasing of a frightened Daemon supplies the chapter’s comedy.

Character interactions

• Hashirama checks on Madara and celebrates his increased strength; Tetsuya questions Madara about how the absorption worked.
• Madara and Tetsuya joke about who counts as capable of becoming stronger, with Hashirama laughing at their exchange.
• Eida tries to protect Daemon from Tetsuya’s teasing, while Tetsuya treats Daemon’s fear as a joke.

Plot points and events

• Hashirama, Madara, and Tetsuya find Code unconscious. Hashirama claims he may have come back to prevent Code from becoming a threat to Konoha, though Madara insists he simply got confused and retraced their route.
• Tetsuya captures Code in the Box of Ultimate Bliss, intending to make use of the power Code inherited from Isshiki. He may offer Code to Jigen or find someone else to receive the power.
• Tetsuya considers taking Eida and Daemon as well, but decides their abilities won’t help with his plans to leave Earth and hunt Ōtsutsuki. The three depart for Konoha through a portal.
• Left behind, Eida and Daemon realize Kara has effectively collapsed and decide to stay where they are rather than risk going to Konoha.
• Konoha’s leaders end a long, fruitless debate by trusting Naruto’s judgment and hoping the First Hokage will restrain Madara. Naruto has quietly strengthened the village’s defenses.
• Tetsuya, Hashirama, and Madara arrive atop Hokage Rock. Looking down at Konoha, Hashirama and Madara are baffled that the village appears to sit inside a huge, perfectly circular crater.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is instinctively concerned for Konoha, even though this is not the village he founded, but he is also easily confused and embarrassed when Madara points out his muddled reasoning.
• Madara teases Hashirama and supplies the practical explanation for his actions, while staying composed at their strange arrival.
• Tetsuya is pragmatic: he captures Code to salvage Isshiki’s useful power but rejects Eida and Daemon as irrelevant to his future plans.
• Eida and Daemon are left uncertain and wary after losing their allies and power base. Meanwhile, Konoha’s leadership relies on faith rather than reaching a concrete strategy.

Significant themes

• Power and helplessness: Konoha’s leaders know they cannot realistically oppose figures as powerful as Hashirama and Madara.
• Pragmatism and utility: Tetsuya evaluates people by whether their abilities serve his coming plans.
• Comedy amid danger: Hashirama’s confusion, Madara’s dry teasing, and the crater-like view of Konoha undercut the serious political and security concerns.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya explains that in this timeline, Konoha was devastated by Nagato’s Super Shinra Tensei during Akatsuki’s attack and later rebuilt inside a huge crater.
• Madara had originally planned to use Nagato, the tailed beasts, and the Eye of the Moon plan, but Tetsuya and Izuna took Nagato in as a child and redirected events. Madara claims the crater’s history belongs to this world’s Madara, not him.
• Hashirama and Madara find modern Konoha peaceful and intact. They decide to visit Naruto and then return, having lost interest in a timeline whose major threats have already been defeated or have yet to emerge.
• Their arrival is noticed by hidden village sentries, who report them to the Hokage’s office. The trio walks toward the Hokage Building, giving Hashirama a chance to inspect the village.
• Hashirama is disappointed by Konoha’s limited progress and concludes that development stalled because this world never united the entire Shinobi World under one nation.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya recounts how his interventions altered Madara’s plans: he and Izuna raised Nagato, controlled the tailed-beast operation, and later neutralized threats including Momoshiki, Code, and the God Tree.
• Madara rejects responsibility for Konoha’s destruction, insisting Tetsuya had derailed his plans in their own world. He is bored by the lack of worthy opponents in this timeline.
• Hashirama responds pragmatically to Konoha’s crater-like setting, then becomes increasingly critical of its slow development.
• The three tease and challenge one another: Hashirama demands an explanation, Madara deflects blame, and Tetsuya dryly comments on the consequences of their past conflicts.

Significant themes

• How intervention changes history: Tetsuya’s actions transformed Nagato’s life and prevented the catastrophic events seen in other timelines.
• Peace and consequences: Konoha survives and its people seem well, despite the destruction that shaped its landscape.
• Progress through unity: Hashirama contrasts this world’s stagnant development with the greater advances of a unified Shinobi World.
• Power and boredom: With major enemies already defeated and future threats not yet present, even powerful visitors find this timeline uneventful.

Key plot points

• Naruto sits overwhelmed by paperwork and uncertainty about Kawaki’s future: whether he can remain in Konoha, how the village would treat him, and whether he might again try to kill Boruto.
• An ANBU report says the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha have been seen approaching the Hokage Building. Naruto calls for a conference and goes to meet them.
• Tsunade is already waiting. She asks whether the man truly is her grandfather, Hashirama.
• Tetsuya arrives with Hashirama and Madara. Hashirama confirms his identity, while Naruto reasons that he must be a version of Hashirama from another time, possibly brought there through a phenomenon like the ley line.
• Tetsuya recognizes that Naruto’s memories of their past encounter at Rōran have returned, apparently because Minato’s seal on them has worn off. Naruto asks who Tetsuya is, but Tetsuya dodges the question with teasing praise. The scene ends as Naruto challenges his claim to be a nobody.

Character developments

• Naruto is shown struggling with the competing duties of compassion toward Kawaki and loyalty to Boruto and the village. Despite his distress, he responds decisively to the urgent report.
• Tsunade’s disbelief and questions reveal how deeply the possibility of seeing her grandfather again affects her.
• Naruto demonstrates increased maturity and insight by recognizing that Hashirama may be from another point in time and by recalling his own past time-travel experience.
• Tetsuya is playful and provocative, while his companions’ contrasting demeanors—Hashirama’s warmth and Madara’s cold reserve—shape the group’s arrival.

Significant themes

• Duty versus compassion: Naruto is torn between helping Kawaki and protecting Boruto and Konoha.
• Grief and reunion: Tsunade confronts the possibility that her lost grandfather has returned.
• Time, memory, and identity: Hashirama’s appearance and Naruto’s recovered memories suggest that past events and timelines can overlap.
• Maturity and recognition: Tetsuya’s teasing praise highlights Naruto’s growth from an impulsive youth into Hokage.

Character interactions

• Naruto and Tsunade share concern and uncertainty as they await Hashirama; Naruto tries to explain the likely time-travel connection.
• Hashirama greets Naruto and Tsunade familiarly, then confirms his identity to Tsunade.
• Tetsuya praises—and needles—Naruto about his growth and recovered memories. Naruto responds respectfully at first, then questions Tetsuya’s self-deprecating claim, hinting at his formidable reputation.

Key plot points and events

• Madara claims Tetsuya is powerful enough to defeat Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki-level opponents. Tsunade and Naruto doubt the scale of his strength, but Naruto considers it plausible because Tetsuya restored Boruto to life.
• Naruto invites Tetsuya, Hashirama, and Madara into the Hokage Building, where Konoha’s leaders have gathered to meet them.
• The assembled officials are intimidated by the two legendary founders. Koharu and Homura are especially frightened to sit beside Madara.
• Hashirama innocently asks why the elders are trembling. After they introduce themselves, he blurts out that he thought they had died long ago, then awkwardly apologizes.
• Madara criticizes the elders for clinging to power and mocks Konoha for relying on “old fossils.” He tells Hashirama the village’s present state proves his point about what Konoha might have become.
• Tetsuya privately judges modern Konoha as extremely weak, believing its leading fighters have declined and that few people remain capable of carrying the village.
• Tetsuya says the visitors came mainly because Hashirama wanted to see Konoha. They will soon leave, but will briefly answer some questions. Naruto asks whether their visit was only to save Boruto.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto remains respectful and tries to ease tensions between Madara and the elders. He is curious about the visitors’ purpose and takes the initiative to ask Tetsuya.
• Hashirama is warm but tactless, accidentally alarming the elders with his blunt remarks. Madara’s criticism leaves him reflecting on whether Konoha’s decline vindicates Madara’s old objections.
• Madara is openly contemptuous of Konoha’s leadership and uses its current weakness to challenge Hashirama’s legacy.
• Tetsuya stays amused and detached, regarding Konoha as unimpressive and making clear that the group is not there for a prolonged audience.
• Koharu and Homura are shown as anxious, aging officials whose authority looks fragile in the presence of the village’s founders.

Significant themes

• The burden of leadership: The chapter questions whether modern Konoha has anyone strong enough to protect and guide it.
• Legacy and decline: Hashirama and Madara’s return throws the gap between Konoha’s legendary founding era and its present condition into sharp relief.
• Power and authority: Madara suggests the elders’ positions reflect attachment to power more than genuine capability.
• Intimidation and reverence: The officials’ fear shows how the founders’ reputations still dominate the present, even decades after their deaths.

Key plot points and events

• Naruto questions why Tetsuya and his companions came to Konoha. Tetsuya says Naruto’s intense wish to revive Boruto drew them there.
• Tetsuya confirms they took Code to Kara’s base to obtain “upgrade materials”—specifically, Kara’s God Tree.
• The Konoha leaders are alarmed, but Tetsuya argues the tree was too dangerous for them to protect: it could attract Ōtsutsuki or lead to another Six Paths-level threat.
• Tetsuya points out Konoha’s weakened defenses. Naruto has lost Kurama and his Six Paths power, while Sasuke has lost his Rinnegan.
• He warns that Boruto again carries Momoshiki, and Kawaki possesses Isshiki’s power, making the boys the village’s immediate concern.
• Koharu calls for Kawaki’s expulsion; Homura argues he should be killed to prevent future retaliation. Other officials agree Kawaki cannot remain.
• Before Naruto can defend Kawaki, an Anbu reports that Boruto and Kawaki have disappeared. Naruto and the others rush out, suspecting the boys have gone to fight.
• Tetsuya stays behind with his companions and the two elders, saying they will watch the “final show.” The chapter ends with Boruto and Kawaki facing each other on Hokage Rock.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto remains compassionate toward Kawaki and hesitates to condemn him, despite the danger and the elders’ demands.
• Tetsuya is blunt and dismissive of Konoha’s ability to handle major threats, but insists taking the God Tree was for their protection.
• Madara intimidates the room with a cold look; Hashirama steps in to defuse the tension.
• Koharu and Homura take unusually hard-line positions on Kawaki, prompting debate among the leadership.
• Boruto and Kawaki appear poised for a confrontation, though the fight itself has not yet begun.

Significant themes

• Powerlessness and responsibility: Konoha’s leaders must face how vulnerable the village has become.
• Protection versus control: The adults disagree over whether Kawaki should be expelled, eliminated, or treated with compassion.
• The cost of extraordinary power: The God Tree, Momoshiki, and Isshiki’s influence all represent threats beyond ordinary village defenses.
• A looming reckoning: The chapter builds suspense around Boruto and Kawaki’s impending clash.

Key events

• On Hokage Rock, Kawaki confronts Boruto. Because Momoshiki’s killing intent threatens Naruto, Kawaki resolves to kill both Momoshiki and Boruto, even if others condemn him.
• Boruto refuses to surrender his life. The two clash using powerful abilities: Kawaki blocks Boruto’s Rasengan with Daikokuten, while Boruto draws on Momoshiki’s power.
• Naruto and Konoha’s shinobi learn where the boys are and race to intervene. Naruto reaches the base of Hokage Rock but cannot get closer.
• Tetsuya, Hashirama, and Madara watch the fight. Tetsuya explains that Momoshiki’s karma can no longer take over Boruto because Tetsuya used Momoshiki’s power to revive him.
• To prevent the approaching shinobi from interrupting, Tetsuya creates an Izuna Clone, which cuts off the space around Hokage Rock. Those outside cannot reach the fighting boys, and Naruto’s attempts to dispel what he thinks is genjutsu fail.
• The fight grows increasingly lethal. Naruto calls desperately for both boys to stop, but they cannot hear him.

Character developments and interactions

• Kawaki acts on his fierce devotion to Naruto, treating Boruto’s existence as a danger to the Seventh Hokage and accepting the burden of killing him.
• Boruto recognizes Momoshiki’s uncontrolled hostility but still fights to defend his own life.
• Naruto is distressed by the brothers’ battle and urgently tries to intervene, but is physically kept away.
• Tetsuya casually controls the situation so he can keep watching, prioritizing his “show” over the efforts of Konoha’s rescuers.
• Hashirama misreads Kawaki’s motives through the lens of web-novel tropes, imagining jealousy over who will inherit Naruto’s place. Tetsuya teases him for reading such stories; Hashirama says Madara recommended them.
• Madara deflects the exchange by pointing out that help is coming, prompting Tetsuya to block it.

Significant themes

• Protection and sacrifice: Kawaki sees killing Boruto as necessary to protect Naruto, while Boruto resists being sacrificed for a threat he cannot control.
• Agency and identity: Boruto is entangled with Momoshiki’s power, yet Tetsuya’s intervention has prevented Momoshiki from taking over him.
• Family conflict and helplessness: Naruto’s adopted and biological sons fight while he is unable to reach or even communicate with them.
• Power used for amusement: Tetsuya’s spatial manipulation turns a life-threatening family crisis into entertainment for the watching group.

Key plot points and events

• From Hokage Rock, Tetsuya, Hashirama, and Madara watch Boruto and Kawaki’s battle. Tetsuya observes that Boruto is clearly stronger, suggesting the Ōtsutsuki powers they inherited differ in strength.
• The discussion raises a hypothetical: Madara might have confronted Momoshiki if he had been present when Momoshiki came to the shinobi world. Hashirama suggests Momoshiki may have arrived while they were away exploring the Sea of Stars.
• Boruto defeats Kawaki, repeatedly breaking his Black Cubes. Though Momoshiki urges Boruto to embrace his Ōtsutsuki power and kill Kawaki, Boruto disperses his attack and insists he is still Boruto Uzumaki.
• Tetsuya appears. Momoshiki reacts with furious hatred, revealing that Tetsuya had previously blocked his remaining chance to take over Boruto’s body.
• Tetsuya silences Momoshiki and teaches Boruto to confine him in a “Black Room,” where he falls asleep.
• As a “reward” for the fight, Tetsuya removes Kawaki’s powers, leaving him an ordinary person, then disappears. Naruto arrives shortly afterward.

Character developments

• Boruto resists Momoshiki’s influence and chooses not to kill Kawaki, reaffirming his human identity. He also gains a way to control Momoshiki’s voice and presence.
• Kawaki remains convinced Boruto may eventually become a danger to the world. After Tetsuya removes his power, he is left powerless and vulnerable.
• Tetsuya demonstrates extraordinary control over both Momoshiki and Kawaki’s powers, acting decisively while framing his intervention as a favor.
• Hashirama and Madara reflect on how their absence might explain events in the future timeline; Hashirama shows he understands Tetsuya’s planned journey may have affected the past.

Significant themes

• Identity versus inherited power: Boruto rejects the idea that Momoshiki’s presence defines him.
• Power and responsibility: Boruto chooses restraint, while Tetsuya uses overwhelming power to settle the conflict.
• Differences among the Ōtsutsuki: The battle suggests that the strength of inherited Ōtsutsuki abilities is not equal.
• Control and consequence: Tetsuya’s intervention suppresses Momoshiki but also strips Kawaki of the power tied to his identity and conflict with Boruto.

Character interactions

• Tetsuya discusses the Ōtsutsuki power gap with Hashirama and Madara.
• Kawaki challenges Boruto’s claim to remain human, while Boruto refuses to give in to Momoshiki’s demands.
• Tetsuya recognizes Kawaki, silences Momoshiki, and gives Boruto practical help in containing him.
• Tetsuya removes Kawaki’s powers despite Boruto’s apparent inability to act against him, then leaves before Naruto reaches the boys.

Plot points and events

• After returning from the future, Madara and Hashirama ask Tetsuya why he sealed off the area around Hokage Rock and crippled Kawaki.
• Tetsuya says he dislikes Kawaki’s self-righteousness, then admits that his own actions—uniting the shinobi world according to his ideals—are self-righteous too. Hashirama struggles to make sense of this.
• Tetsuya sets the debate aside and invites the two to tea. He then calls in Shinada, the chief steward of the President’s Residence.
• Tetsuya offers Shinada a portion of Isshiki’s power, extracted from Kawaki. He explains that it will greatly increase Shinada’s abilities but carries severe risks and pain, while assuring him that he can prevent Shinada from dying.
• Shinada accepts. As the power merges with him, his skin turns white, black markings appear, and horns begin to grow. The process is intensely painful, and Shinada is a poor vessel—but Tetsuya’s intervention keeps him alive.

Character developments

• Tetsuya openly embraces his own authoritarian, self-righteous outlook, presenting his reshaping of the world as no less self-serving than Kawaki’s actions.
• Hashirama remains idealistic and bewildered by Tetsuya’s reasoning, while Madara listens more thoughtfully.
• Shinada shows trust in Tetsuya and willingness to take a dangerous opportunity, believing his best course is to keep pace with the President.

Significant themes

• Self-righteousness and power: The chapter questions whether pursuing “peace” justifies imposing one’s ideals on others.
• Trust and ambition: Shinada accepts a potentially deadly transformation because he trusts Tetsuya and wants to become stronger.
• The cost of advancement: Gaining extraordinary power brings pain and risk, especially for someone with poor compatibility.

Character interactions

• Madara and Hashirama challenge Tetsuya about his choices; Tetsuya answers bluntly, and Hashirama is left confused.
• Tetsuya treats Shinada informally and respectfully, offering him a choice rather than forcing the power on him.
• Shinada responds with deference but makes his own decision to accept, while Tetsuya oversees the dangerous process.

Plot points and events

• Shinada endures the painful final stage of a transformation before passing out. Tetsuya has him stabilized and returned to his room.
• Hashirama and Madara reflect that Shinada’s resilience—and their own growth—came from the changes in their circumstances and from being around Tetsuya.
• Tetsuya proposes helping Hashirama reach Six Paths level, then traveling beyond the Shinobi World with Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna to confront the Ōtsutsuki.
• Jigen arrives after sensing another version of himself appear. Tetsuya explains that, in the timeline he visited, Jigen’s counterpart was already dead and his power had been split.
• Tetsuya releases Code, who inherited part of that counterpart’s power, and introduces him to Jigen. Code is overjoyed to see the man he believes is Isshiki.
• Jigen comforts Code, then absorbs him. The reunion restores some of Jigen’s power, though little of his essence.
• Jigen explains that the alternate Jigen was technically himself but also a different person, and that Code’s devotion was to that version—not to the present Jigen. He had given Code a comforting illusion in exchange for his power.
• Jigen says he has recovered about seventy percent of his strength and offers a star map marking likely Ōtsutsuki God Tree sites. Tetsuya welcomes the map as valuable help for their coming expedition.

Character development

• Shinada’s endurance reveals a toughness Tetsuya had not recognized, suggesting his experiences have changed him.
• Tetsuya remains energetic and ambitious, quickly turning praise into plans for further training and cosmic exploration.
• Jigen shows pragmatism and emotional detachment: he treats Code’s loyalty as belonging to another version of himself, while presenting Code’s death as a mutually beneficial exchange.
• Code’s devotion remains absolute. He dies believing he has finally returned to his beloved master.

Themes

• Change through experience: A person’s environment and exposure to the world can reshape their character.
• Identity across timelines: Alternate versions may share a name and history yet be distinct people, complicating who deserves another person’s loyalty.
• Power and sacrifice: Code’s devotion is converted into power for Jigen, framed as an exchange that fulfills Code’s wish.
• Fate and transformation: Tetsuya’s interventions have altered destinies, including Jigen’s, and may have changed the Shinobi World as a whole.

Character interactions

• Hashirama and Madara praise Tetsuya’s influence on those around him; Tetsuya responds playfully and urges Hashirama to grow stronger.
• Tetsuya and Jigen discuss altered timelines and the ethics—or practicality—of using an alternate counterpart’s power.
• Code’s emotional reunion with Jigen contrasts sharply with Jigen’s measured, transactional view of their relationship.
• Jigen’s star map gives Tetsuya’s group a practical lead for its planned search for the Ōtsutsuki.

Plot points and events

• The Federation completes its takeover of the New Continent. Young natives are sent to school and assimilated into Shinobi World culture; older natives become overseers of captured Land of Sky workers in labor camps.
• The Federation begins developing the continent, building cities around the relocated Space-Time Portal and creating jobs through construction and shipbuilding.
• The Shinobi World’s Fleet sets out to explore the seas. Researchers shift from a failed plan for a super-carrier to developing spacecraft, while new satellites extend network coverage to the New Continent and the Fleet.
• After hearing Shinada’s report, Tetsuya leaves the Shinobi World in his steward’s care, giving him a scroll containing a powerful Shadow Clone for emergencies.
• Tetsuya joins Izuna and Jigen on a barren planet. Hashirama and Madara arrive after sparring at full power; their fight destroyed a nearby planet, so they moved elsewhere to continue.
• With the sparring over, Jigen displays a star map of marked planets, and Tetsuya announces the next mission: hunting the Ōtsutsuki.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya is satisfied with the Shinobi World’s progress and confident enough to leave it unattended for months. He credits Shinada and the wider leadership rather than taking all the praise himself.
• Shinada remains a loyal steward, accepting responsibility without questioning Tetsuya’s plans.
• Hashirama and Madara enjoy a full-powered rematch. Hashirama has reached the Six Paths level, though Madara notes he is still inexperienced with that power.
• Izuna and Jigen are already with Tetsuya as the group prepares to pursue the Ōtsutsuki.

Significant themes

• Assimilation and control: The Federation presents its treatment of the New Continent as liberation, while deliberately absorbing its people into Federation society.
• Modernization and expansion: Infrastructure, technology, communications, and exploration advance across the Shinobi World.
• Power and responsibility: Tetsuya delegates authority but leaves safeguards in place, while the destructive scale of Hashirama and Madara’s abilities underscores the need to manage immense power.
• Transition to a larger conflict: The chapter shifts from rebuilding and domestic development toward an interplanetary hunt for the Ōtsutsuki.

Chapter summary

• Journey to the target: Tetsuya, Izuna, Hashirama, Madara, and Jigen use an Ōtsutsuki star chart to travel to a nearby marked planet. Because stars and planets have shifted over time, they must make repeated Space-Time jumps. Jigen explains that he and Kaguya once reached the Shinobi World by following vague directions from the clan’s leaders—and, in effect, by luck. The chart marks planets the Ōtsutsuki have already visited or where a God Tree is growing, helping the group choose targets.
• A cautious disguise: Before arriving, Izuna suggests that the others enter their Six Paths Forms so they might pass as Ōtsutsuki if they encounter any. The group agrees, and Izuna opens a gate to the planet.
• A dead world: The planet is covered by ocean and has no remaining life. Tetsuya senses that its natural energy has been almost entirely drained, while Jigen confirms that an Ōtsutsuki likely grew a God Tree there, harvested its fruit, and departed. The group finds a vast crater on the planet’s only remaining island, evidence of the tree’s former presence. Tetsuya photographs the desolate landscape.
• The group moves on: Seeing the ruined world fills Hashirama with sorrow, and he wonders how many inhabited planets the Ōtsutsuki have destroyed. Tetsuya reminds him that the Ōtsutsuki dominate a universe where the strong prey on the weak—and that their own survival was largely luck. Hashirama recognizes that peace is no more guaranteed beyond the Shinobi World. Madara urges the group to continue, hoping they can reach another planet in time to save it. They leave for the next target.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya leads the mission and uses Sage Mode to assess the planet. Though disappointed, he treats the visit as a chance to understand the consequences of a God Tree’s harvest and offers Hashirama a stark perspective on the universe.
• Izuna contributes practical thinking, recommending a disguise and guiding the group between destinations.
• Hashirama begins the journey eager for adventure but is shaken by the planet’s destruction, revealing his compassion and concern for life.
• Madara reflects on the scale of the universe, then turns the group’s grief into resolve by urging them onward.
• Jigen provides context about Ōtsutsuki travel and confirms what happened to the planet, though he cannot say how many worlds the clan has ruined.

Significant themes

The chapter contrasts the excitement of exploration with the devastation caused by the Ōtsutsuki. It emphasizes the vastness and indifference of the universe, the predatory power imbalance between the clan and other worlds, and the tension between accepting harsh realities and choosing to act against them.

Key events

• Tetsuya and his companions have spent so long traveling between star systems that the universe’s wonders—supernovae, diamond seas, and golden rivers—no longer excite them. They stop on a planet to rest and watch its red sun set.
• To ease the group’s weariness, Tetsuya tells a story about a criminal offered a choice between execution and becoming humanity’s first deep-space pioneer. He chooses the voyage, using suspended animation to survive the long journey.
• The pioneer regularly sends discoveries home, but the messages grow increasingly delayed as he travels farther away. His former lover eventually moves on and marries; he accepts this, recognizing that their lives have diverged.
• As contact with his homeworld ends, it honors him as a hero and pioneer. Tetsuya admits he has forgotten what happens after that, leaving the tale unfinished.
• The group resumes its journey, hoping the next planet will help Tetsuya remember the ending.

Character developments and interactions

• The travelers’ exhaustion is emotional rather than physical: endless exploration has dulled their sense of wonder.
• Tetsuya uses humor and storytelling to lift the group’s spirits, deliberately ending on a cliffhanger to give them something to anticipate.
• Izuna jokes that the protagonist might choose execution, then keeps the conversation on track when Madara and Hashirama’s remarks threaten to derail it.
• Madara openly confirms how he prolonged his life after faking his death, drawing a parallel between his past and the story’s hibernating explorer.
• Hashirama presses Tetsuya for the story’s conclusion, while Jigen—accustomed to long-distance travel—finds the tale less emotionally affecting than the others.

Significant themes

• Loneliness and distance: As the pioneer moves farther from home, communication weakens and his life becomes increasingly separate from those he left behind.
• Change and acceptance: The protagonist accepts that his former lover has built a new life, without resentment.
• Exploration and sacrifice: The voyage costs the pioneer his place in ordinary human life, but his discoveries benefit his homeworld.
• Purpose and recognition: A person condemned as a criminal becomes remembered as a hero once the meaning of his sacrifice is understood.
• Hope amid monotony: Even an incomplete story gives the travelers something to look forward to as they continue across the universe.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship has grown close again during their campaign on the New Continent, though Tetsuya and his group are unaware of it.
• Tetsuya’s group reaches Planet 14, a vast world in a stable binary-star system. Tetsuya senses that its natural energy is unusually weak for its size.
• He suspects an Ōtsutsuki has planted a God Tree there and is still on the planet. The group sets out to hunt the clan member.
• Jigen explains that tree-planting Ōtsutsuki usually operate in pairs, with one sacrificed to the God Tree. He also cautions that unknown Rinnegan abilities can make an opponent dangerous even if they are weaker than Kaguya.
• Jigen, still recovering, opts out of combat. Madara assigns Izuna and Hashirama to fight together, while the others remain ready to help.
• Tetsuya opens a gate to the planet’s surface, where they find a colossal God Tree. Its branches hold people drained of their power.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto and Sasuke’s renewed bond signals a reconciliation developing in their absence.
• Madara is eager for a challenge but loses interest when Jigen suggests the enemy may be weaker than Kaguya. He nevertheless supports giving Izuna and Hashirama combat experience.
• Izuna and Hashirama readily accept the assignment, both excited to test their strength as Six Paths-level fighters.
• Jigen takes a cautious, tactical role, advising the group about the danger of unfamiliar abilities and acknowledging his own weakened condition.
• Tetsuya leads the expedition and agrees that sending two fighters is safer.

Significant themes

• Renewed bonds: Naruto and Sasuke reconnect through shared experience.
• Caution amid confidence: The group’s power is substantial, but Jigen stresses that unknown abilities can outweigh raw strength.
• Conquest and sacrifice: The God Tree’s victims reveal the brutal cost of the Ōtsutsuki’s pursuit of power.
• Readiness for conflict: The group balances individual eagerness with teamwork and backup planning.

Key plot points and events

• Izuna and Hashirama find an enormous God Tree on a planet far larger than their own world. Hashirama identifies its energy as that of a God Tree and suggests its size reflects the planet’s greater energy.
• They spot its planter, a horned Ōtsutsuki named Qi, resting high in the tree. To prevent him from reaching the Chakra Fruit and merging with the tree, Izuna and Hashirama launch a surprise attack and transport him to the far side of the planet.
• Qi repels them with a powerful force, but Izuna’s Truth-Seeking Orbs break through it and threaten him.
• Meanwhile, Tetsuya, Madara, and Jigen go to inspect the God Tree and its fruit. They find that the planet’s inhabitants have been drained, killed, and transformed into White Zetsu-like beings. They then fly toward the tree’s crown, where powerful energy and white light suggest the fruit is forming.

Character developments

• Hashirama and Izuna show caution and tactical coordination, prioritizing a quick victory that will keep Qi away from the fruit.
• Izuna remains confident and taunting, while Hashirama is more measured.
• Tetsuya takes charge of the fruit-gathering expedition. Madara is curious, and Jigen explains what he knows about Ōtsutsuki abilities and the God Tree’s feeding process.

Significant themes

• Power and exploitation: The God Tree’s growth depends on consuming the planet’s living beings.
• Strategy and risk: The heroes plan around the danger that Qi could eat the fruit and become much harder to defeat.
• Curiosity and the unknown: Even the Ōtsutsuki Jigen has never seen a God Tree Fruit, making its appearance a mystery.

Character interactions

• Hashirama and Izuna work together to isolate and fight Qi, trading attacks while demanding his identity.
• Qi responds with arrogance, claiming his Ōtsutsuki status should make the others submit.
• Tetsuya, Madara, and Jigen discuss Qi’s repulsive force, with Jigen clarifying that Ōtsutsuki with a Rinnegan can generally use attraction and repulsion.
• The three then explore the God Tree together, sharing their curiosity about the fruit and confronting the devastation it has caused.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya, Madara, and Jigen reach the God Tree Fruit, a vast, egg-shaped mass of energy formed from the life force of an entire planet. Its power could transform whoever consumed it.
• Jigen urges Tetsuya to harvest the fruit and asks for a share. Tetsuya refuses any portion, calling it useless to him, and offers it to the four others to divide.
• Elsewhere, Izuna and Hashirama continue fighting Shiki Ōtsutsuki. They identify his Spirit Transformation ability, which lets him shift between physical and incorporeal states or make only parts of himself intangible.
• Izuna exploits the ability’s limits with a Truth-Seeking Orb blade, while Hashirama discovers that spirit-form body parts can still interact with one another. Working together, they land repeated blows and overwhelm Shiki.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya remains detached from the temptation of immense power, underscoring how far beyond ordinary ambitions he considers himself.
• Jigen is openly tempted by the fruit but quickly accepts Tetsuya’s refusal after recognizing his extraordinary power and status.
• Madara also feels the fruit’s attraction, but neither he nor Jigen acts without Tetsuya’s approval.
• Izuna and Hashirama show adaptability and teamwork: they study Shiki’s power, identify its weaknesses, and coordinate their attacks.
• Shiki shifts from arrogant confidence in his supposed invulnerability to confusion, anger, and frustration as his opponents counter his technique.

Significant themes

• Power and desire: The fruit represents godlike potential, yet Tetsuya’s indifference contrasts with the others’ temptation.
• Limits of seemingly invincible abilities: Careful observation and ingenuity reveal weaknesses in Shiki’s Spirit Transformation.
• Cooperation and justice: Izuna and Hashirama combine their abilities against an enemy they condemn for draining other worlds’ life force.

Key events

• Shiki Ōtsutsuki is defeated after Hashirama restrains him with the Gate of the Great God. The group recognizes his strength and discusses how difficult Ōtsutsuki are to fight.
• Tetsuya returns and captures Shiki inside his upgraded Box of Ultimate Bliss, which also absorbs Hashirama’s technique. The group considers possible ways to use or dispose of Shiki later.
• Tetsuya leads everyone to the God Tree Fruit. Seeing it awakens a powerful urge in Hashirama and Izuna to eat it, though they manage to resist.
• Jigen explains that the urge is not magical manipulation but an instinctive desire for life to evolve. This same promise of transformation helps explain the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s obsession with following Shibai Ōtsutsuki.
• When asked how the fruit can be used most efficiently, Jigen says the Ōtsutsuki refine such fruits into pills—but he does not know how. Before the group can settle on eating it, Tetsuya calls Husky and spends his remaining balance.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya demonstrates confidence in his enhanced sealing tool and takes charge of the next decision, though his plan for the fruit is left unrevealed.
• Hashirama and Izuna acknowledge Shiki’s power, then experience and overcome the fruit’s temptation. Hashirama also urges the group to wait for Tetsuya’s judgment.
• Jigen provides insight into Ōtsutsuki practices and motives, while admitting his limited knowledge of the clan’s higher-level methods.
• Madara impatiently favors dividing and absorbing the fruit; Hashirama restrains him.
• The group’s discussion shifts from defeating Shiki to deciding how to handle the fruit without wasting its immense power.

Significant themes

• Evolution as instinct: The desire to consume the fruit reflects life’s drive to become stronger and reach a higher form.
• Power and ambition: The fruit’s transformative potential helps fuel the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s pursuit of transcendence.
• Knowledge and limits: Even powerful Ōtsutsuki like Jigen may lack access to the clan’s advanced techniques.
• Control versus impulse: Hashirama and Izuna resist immediate temptation, while Madara presses for action.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya spends heavily to obtain alchemy techniques, equipment, and ingredients from Husky. The methods come from several worlds, including one that needs a Heavenly Flame and a powerful technique attributed to the Grand Pure One.
• He proposes refining the planet’s God Tree Fruit into pills, claiming the process could preserve and use all its energy. The others agree, while Jigen remains doubtful.
• Tetsuya says he has everything needed and asks Madara, Hashirama, Izuna, and Jigen to guard him. They seal off the continent as he begins refining.
• Tetsuya enters Sage Mode and starts following the pill formula, but then decides that alchemy should be creative rather than constrained by instructions. He adds numerous unusual ingredients.
• To keep the fruit’s effects intact, he uproots the entire God Tree and puts it in the furnace. He then empties the Box of Ultimate Bliss—including Ōtsutsuki Qi—into it as well.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya is confident enough to attempt an unfamiliar craft, but his improvisational approach quickly becomes alarming. He treats the God Tree and Ōtsutsuki Qi as ingredients without hesitation.
• Madara, Hashirama, and Izuna trust Tetsuya’s judgment and readily agree to support him. Izuna asks practical questions about his confidence, supplies, and what assistance he needs.
• Jigen shifts from skepticism to panic. Seeing the God Tree and Ōtsutsuki Qi tossed into the furnace, he fears Tetsuya may eventually refine him too.
• The group’s differing reactions highlight their relationships: the others trust Tetsuya, while Jigen lacks the context—and confidence—to understand his methods.

Significant themes

• Trust versus uncertainty: The companions accept Tetsuya’s plan, while Jigen interprets the same actions as signs of danger.
• Experimentation and improvisation: Tetsuya rejects rigid adherence to a formula, presenting alchemy as an art shaped by creativity.
• Power and sacrifice: The use of a God Tree and an Ōtsutsuki recalls the sacrifices involved in attaining great power, though the scene treats this grim parallel with comic exaggeration.
• Humor through misunderstanding: Jigen’s escalating fear contrasts with the others’ matter-of-fact acceptance of Tetsuya’s increasingly bizarre choices.

Plot points and events

• Tetsuya completes his first attempt at refining pills from a God Tree Fruit, despite the long process and some energy escaping when the furnace opens.
• The released energy forms nourishing rain, beginning to restore the planet’s land, depleted by the God Tree.
• He produces four golden pills and gives one each to Jigen, Izuna, Madara, and Hashirama. The pills are easier to absorb than the original fruit, though some energy was lost in refining.
• All four absorb their pills. Jigen’s damaged essence is restored; Izuna and Madara feel a major increase in power, while Hashirama feels that something missing has been made whole.
• The group agrees to refine future God Tree Fruits into pills rather than consume them directly.
• They decide to return to the Shinobi World before continuing their hunt. Tetsuya proposes targeting counterparts of Ōtsutsuki Shiki in parallel worlds instead of searching planets at random.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya demonstrates growing skill and confidence as a pill refiner, then explains the pills’ benefits and limitations. He leads the group’s next strategic decision.
• Jigen is overjoyed that the pill restores his damaged essence and enthusiastically praises Tetsuya’s achievement.
• Izuna, Madara, and Hashirama each experience powerful gains, strengthening their confidence in the pills and their trust in Tetsuya.
• The four companions guard Tetsuya throughout the lengthy refinement. Once the pills are ready, they eagerly accept his offer and follow his instruction to absorb them carefully.

Significant themes

• Transformation and restoration: Refining the fruit turns its power into a more usable form, while the rain and Jigen’s recovery both symbolize renewal.
• Cooperation and trust: The group protects Tetsuya, shares the pills equally, and supports his plan.
• Learning through experimentation: Tetsuya’s first attempt succeeds but has flaws, prompting a more efficient approach for future harvests.
• Strategy over chance: The group shifts from random pursuit to deliberately seeking targets across parallel worlds.