Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo continued their duel, with Obito using a wide-area Wood Release attack to create an opening for a spear thrust. Sakumo countered with precise swordsmanship and forced Obito to retreat, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Obito used Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs to bombard Sakumo with wooden spikes, and Sakumo raised three Earth-Style Walls to shield himself.
• Obito’s spikes exploded into thorn fragments that weakened the walls and obscured Sakumo’s vision.
• Obito vaulted over the front wall and thrust a wooden spear at Sakumo.
• Sakumo countered with Hatake Style: Crescent Moon and followed with Falling White, forcing Obito to evade the lethal slash.
• Obito and Sakumo separated, and Obito recognized Sakumo’s advantage in close-range combat and reflected on how rumors had brought him down.

Obito Uchiha discovered he could enter the Kamui Dimension from the Pure Land and devised a plan to bargain with Naruto for Living Corpse Reincarnation, then use a White Zetsu body and Izanagi to resurrect himself. The Sage of Six Paths watched him and revealed that the dimension was only a small area within the Pure Land, leaving Obito unable to escape.

• Sakumo noticed Obito had vanished after using his intangibility and decided not to pursue him blindly.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and realized he could still access it from the Pure Land.
• Obito planned to offer Naruto a way to reunite with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki in exchange for Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Obito intended to possess a White Zetsu body and use Izanagi to return to the Shinobi World.
• The Sage of Six Paths revealed that Obito's supposed Kamui Dimension was a partitioned area of the Pure Land, so Obito could not escape.

Yūji Uzumaki and Hashirama Senju attacked Madara Uchiha together, but Madara repelled their assault with Shinra Tensei and revealed four Limbo shadows. Yūji recognized the Rinnegan ability and wondered how Madara could use it while his eyes were supposedly elsewhere.

• Yūji launched five Adamantine Sealing Chains at Madara, who dodged two and blocked the others with his Gunbai.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to grow a forest around Madara while Yūji's chains attacked him from behind.
• Madara unleashed Shinra Tensei, deflecting the chains and forcing the encroaching trees away from him.
• Madara declared the warm-up over and summoned four shadows with forms matching his own.
• Yūji identified the shadows as Limbo: Border Jail and wondered how Madara could use the ability when his Rinnegan was supposedly in the shinobi world.

Yūji Uzumaki and Hashirama Senju faced Madara Uchiha and his four Limbo shadows in the Pure Land, leaving Yūji to prepare an “Ultimate Move” with Hashirama and Big Yellow supporting him.

• Yūji realized that Madara’s four Limbo shadows made the fight unwinnable and urged Hashirama and Big Yellow to retreat.
• Madara blocked their escape, declared he would show his full strength, and promised to teach Yūji a few more moves.
• Yūji asked to leave, then announced to Hashirama that he would use his Ultimate Move and needed full support.
• Hashirama trusted Yūji and used senjutsu chakra to raise saplings and create a protected space.
• Madara cautiously prepared for Yūji’s hidden technique while Yūji ordered Big Yellow to get ready, and the dog grew back to its towering form.

Yūji Uzumaki fled Madara Uchiha with Hashirama Senju and Big Yellow, but Madara pursued them while questioning how Yūji had awakened the Rinnegan. Adult Naruto arrived and blocked Madara, who asked how far in the future Naruto had come from.

• Yūji grabbed Hashirama and ordered Big Yellow to run instead of attacking Madara.
• Madara summoned a Skeleton Horse with the Animal Path and chased them, taunting Big Yellow along the way.
• Hashirama offered to fight Madara alone so Yūji and Big Yellow could escape.
• Madara explained that he wanted to learn how Yūji had awakened the Rinnegan without Senju or Uchiha blood.
• Adult Naruto appeared beside them, stopped Madara with his Black Staff, and drew Madara's attention.
• Madara asked Naruto how far into the future he had come from.

Adult Naruto sealed Madara Uchiha's and Hashirama Senju's memories of their encounter to protect the timeline, then led Yūji Uzumaki and Big Yellow across Yomi toward the living world. He explained how Yūji's actions were already part of this timeline and said he could not erase the Sage of Six Paths' memories, leaving them to return to the Shinobi World under the protection of Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Adult Naruto used Memory Seal to erase Madara Uchiha's memories of him, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to cooperate, and Adult Naruto sealed his memories too.
• Adult Naruto led Yūji and Big Yellow through the mist to Yomi and explained that Yūji's rescue of Dan Katō was part of the timeline he remembered.
• Yūji asked about Pinzhu's popularity, and Naruto said hard work and academic achievement helped make him stand out.
• Naruto, Yūji, and Big Yellow crossed Yomi and reached Yomotsu Hirasaka, where Naruto protected them with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto said he could not erase the Sage of Six Paths' memories without risking problems with the timeline.

Naruto explained why he and Yūji would remain in the past for two days, then visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to take Urashiki’s corpse for his journey to the moon. Orochimaru gave Naruto experimentally cultivated Three-Tomoe Sharingan intended to awaken a Mangekyō Sharingan unique to him.

• Naruto told Yūji that the Plow needed to recharge and that he wanted to show him the Shinobi World’s history of change before they returned.
• Naruto ordered Tayuya to give him Urashiki’s corpse, and she sealed it in a scroll after he accepted responsibility for the decision.
• Orochimaru returned to the laboratory and gave Naruto a jar containing two Three-Tomoe Sharingan grown from Naruto’s and an Uchiha’s genetic samples.
• Orochimaru explained that Naruto’s experiences could awaken his own Mangekyō Sharingan after implantation, while an Eternal Mangekyō would require further research.

Naruto replaced his blue eyes with Three-Tomoe Sharingan and gained a profound sense of completeness as Indra’s Yin power joined his Asura-derived Yang power. His eyes awakened the Mangekyō dōjutsu Amenotajikara, which could take traits from one target and give them to another, and he tested it by taking the eyes of Shisui, Obito, and Urashiki.

• Naruto replaced his blue eyes with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan while Tayuya preserved his original eyes.
• Naruto felt his Yin and Yang powers form a complete balance and declared that he had everything.
• Naruto awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, manifested Susanoo, and learned that one dōjutsu could take traits while the other could give them.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to name the ability, and Orochimaru suggested Amenotajikara, which Naruto accepted.
• Naruto used the ability on Shisui’s right eyes, Obito’s eyes, and Urashiki’s eyes, turning them gray.

Naruto asked Hiashi to let Hanabi leave the academy for several days so she could help him pursue a way to strengthen herself and Hinata. Hiashi accepted Naruto’s argument that the girls needed experience beyond Konoha, but remained unwilling to risk his daughters’ safety.

• Hiashi told Hanabi to address him by his title while he was working, and Naruto greeted him as Principal Hyuga.
• Naruto requested several days off for Hanabi, but Hiashi refused because she was not ill or facing a family emergency.
• Naruto explained that he needed Hanabi’s help as family and argued that she and Hinata needed to grow stronger beyond the protection of Konoha.
• Hiashi acknowledged that broadening the girls’ horizons and facing hardship were important to their growth.
• Hiashi told Naruto that, despite understanding his reasons, he could not willingly watch his daughters put themselves in danger.

Naruto persuaded Hiashi to approve Hanabi leaving Konoha by revealing that he had found a way to evolve the Byakugan. The chapter then followed Adult Naruto, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow into a mountain cave, where they discovered a still, green pool.

• Hiashi refused to sign Hanabi’s Leave Request and declared that he would rather die than let her leave Konoha.
• Naruto told Hiashi that he had found a way to evolve the Byakugan, stunning him with the possibility of a breakthrough for the Hyuga Clan.
• Hiashi quickly withdrew his objections, called his earlier outburst a joke, and agreed that Hanabi could go out and gain experience.
• Adult Naruto, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow traveled through a narrow mountain cave until they reached a cavern with a clear green pool.

Adult Naruto explained to Yūji that a pool was an ancient passage to the moon, then led him and Big Yellow through it. Yūji awoke on the moon and saw the Shinobi World hanging in space.

• Adult Naruto told Yūji that the Sage of Six Paths created the pool as a passage to the moon after sealing his mother there.
• Naruto took Yūji and Big Yellow by the hand and stepped into the pool.
• A soothing yellow glow made Big Yellow fall asleep and left Yūji drowsy as Naruto guided them onward.
• Yūji regained awareness on gray-white ground and saw the Shinobi World from the moon.

Yūji saw the Shinobi World and the stars from the moon with Adult Naruto, then learned that lunar soil was originally taken from their homeworld. After they left, Toneri sensed that visitors had been there and began searching the moon for them.

• Yūji marveled at the universe and the Shinobi World as Adult Naruto explained they could not stay long without risking interference with space-time.
• Yūji gathered lunar soil as a souvenir, but Adult Naruto explained that it was soil from the Shinobi World, so Yūji scattered it back onto the ground.
• Adult Naruto and Yūji left the area before Toneri arrived and sensed signs that people had been there.
• Toneri feared that visitors from the Shinobi World would disrupt his plans, so he scanned the moon with the Giant Tenseigan but found no one.

Naruto, Hinata, and Hanabi found the hidden passage to the moon and sent wood clones through it to scout the other side. After learning about a sea and ancient ruins, they entered the pool and Naruto woke in a vision of the Ninja Academy.

• Naruto defeated the giant crab guarding the cave and found the emerald pool described in the Hyuga Clan's ancient texts.
• Naruto sent wood clones through the pool to scout the route while Hinata and Hanabi waited with him.
• The clones found a cave beside a vast ocean, spotted land, and discovered ruins that Naruto believed belonged to the moon's Ōtsutsuki descendants.
• Naruto shared the clones' findings and prepared to explore the moon with Hinata and Hanabi.
• The three jumped into the pool, and Naruto woke in a vision of the Konoha Ninja Academy as Iruka asked who he would want beside him if the moon were about to fall.

Naruto recognized the classroom around him as an illusion and broke it with Kurama Link Mode and the Rinnegan. As the dream collapsed, he saw that Hinata and Ino had both written his name on their slips of paper.

• Naruto relived a lively classroom scene as Kiba teased him and Choji and Ino bickered while Hinata blushed beside him.
• Naruto remembered that Hinata and Hanabi needed his protection and resolved not to lose himself in the dream.
• Naruto rose, covered himself in Kurama Link Mode, and awakened the Rinnegan, causing the classroom illusion to crack apart.
• Before the dream vanished, Naruto saw that both Hinata's and Ino's slips of paper bore the name Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto woke Hinata from a dream of her childhood and gently reassured her as she realized she and Hanabi were resting on his lap in a cave. Hinata remained flustered and overwhelmed by his closeness while Hanabi slept beside her.

• In Hinata's dream, young Hanabi coaxed young Hinata to join Naruto at the training ground, where his kicks snapped a thick tree in half.
• The dream shattered, and teenage Naruto reached out to send Hanabi and Hinata back to reality.
• Hinata woke in a cave with her head on Naruto's lap and saw Hanabi sleeping on his other thigh.
• Hinata tried to sit up after realizing their intimate position, but Naruto gently shushed her so she would not wake Hanabi.
• Naruto teased Hinata about still getting shy around him, leaving her blushing and thrilled by his closeness.

Naruto tried to understand why Hinata had become shy and insecure again, then comforted her as they traveled on the moon. From hiding, Yūji watched his younger parents and asked Adult Naruto whether Hinata had always been so easily embarrassed.

• Hinata panicked when Naruto leaned closer, while Hanabi secretly watched and wondered why her sister was so timid.
• Naruto suspected Hinata's insecurity came from her upbringing under Hyuga Hiashi and reflected on Hiashi's past decisions.
• Naruto soothed Hinata, picked up the still-sleeping Hanabi, and took Hinata's hand.
• Yūji watched his young mother remain shy beside Naruto and asked Adult Naruto if Hinata had always been easily embarrassed.

Adult Naruto explained Hinata’s past self-doubt and reflected on how he came to love the people in his life. When Yūji asked which woman Naruto loved most, Naruto answered that they were all equally important to him.

• Adult Naruto told Yūji that Hinata had once doubted whether she could help him as his power and responsibilities grew.
• Adult Naruto described how people could be drawn to one another for many different reasons, and recalled Hinata’s loyalty and courage.
• Yūji asked Adult Naruto which woman he loved more.
• Adult Naruto gave Yūji a crushing death stare before answering that he loved no one more than the others and that they were all equally important.

Young Naruto comforted Hinata by making a pinky promise, while Adult Naruto watched and then left with Yūji and Big Yellow. At the ruined Otsutsuki town, Naruto reunited with Hinata and Hanabi, and Hanabi asked what kind of girl he liked.

• Naruto made a pinky promise with Hinata and reminded her that keeping his word was his ninja way.
• Adult Naruto left with Yūji and Big Yellow after watching the promise.
• Naruto took Hinata and Hanabi to the ruins of the Otsutsuki town, where his clones had built a temporary house.
• Naruto dismissed his arguing clones and handed Hanabi to Hinata while he prepared to cook.
• Hanabi asked Naruto for a pinky promise too, then teased him about whom he wanted to marry and what kind of girl he liked.

Hanabi asked Naruto to promise to protect her and always treat her well, and he agreed. On the moon, Otsutsuki Toneri discovered a wooden house among the ruins and moved to investigate who had built it and why.

• Hanabi told Naruto she knew about his wish to have them all and asked him to protect her like Hinata and always be good to her.
• Naruto promised Hanabi he would always treat her well while using chakra arms to prepare food.
• Otsutsuki Toneri found a two-story wooden house in a clearing among the lunar ruins and wondered how its builders had obtained the wood.
• Toneri drew on the Giant Tenseigan's power to enhance his puppet body, then approached the house in silence.

Naruto destroyed Toneri’s puppet and left a wood clone to protect Hinata and Hanabi before setting out to confront Toneri. He found hundreds of hostile puppets approaching and began his attack with Water Release: Heavenly River Cascade.

• Naruto appeared above Toneri’s puppet and split it apart with a wind-coated wooden sword.
• Naruto told Hinata and Hanabi that the enemy had found them, then made a wood clone to guard them.
• Naruto entrusted Hanabi to Hinata and left to find Toneri by following the hostile puppets.
• Naruto confronted an army of hundreds of puppets and raised his hand to unleash Water Release: Heavenly River Cascade.