Chapter Summaries

Naruto swept the moon’s puppet army away with a massive flood, forcing Toneri to seek greater power. Toneri reached the Giant Tenseigan and began forcibly absorbing its chakra.

• Naruto lifted himself on a golden cloud and sent a vast torrent crashing into the puppet army, destroying the puppets and clearing a path toward Toneri.
• Toneri sensed Naruto advancing through the ruins and decided he needed more power from the Tenseigan.
• Toneri flew to the Hamura Shrine, where the Giant Tenseigan floated above the sacred site.
• Toneri asked the Giant Tenseigan to lend him power, then began forcibly drawing chakra from it.

Sealed within the moon, Kaguya sensed Urashiki’s chakra and brooded over why her sons had betrayed her. As Toneri tried to reach the seal for power, Hagoromo appeared and stopped him.

• Kaguya sensed a faint trace of Urashiki’s chakra through the seal and wondered whether he had come to hunt her or plant a God Tree.
• Kaguya recalled how she had sacrificed Isshiki, taken the Chakra Fruit, and used Infinite Tsukuyomi to create an army of White Zetsu.
• Kaguya remembered that Hagoromo and Hamura had sealed her, and wondered why they had betrayed her when she had only wanted to survive.
• Toneri arrived at Kaguya’s sealed location in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, intending to draw power from her to face the threat outside.
• A chakra hand caught Toneri’s wrist, and the spirit of Hagoromo appeared and addressed him by name.

Hamura’s chakra consciousness warned Toneri not to disturb Kaguya’s seal and gave him an ancient weapon scroll before disappearing. Toneri returned to face Naruto, who had reached the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s palace and attacked it with a flood, leaving Toneri to block the assault with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Hamura told Toneri that Kaguya was sealed inside the Sealing Core and urged him to leave her undisturbed.
• Hamura gave Toneri a scroll containing his old weapon, then dissipated after entrusting his mission to him.
• Toneri accepted the scroll and flew back toward the palace to prepare to face Naruto.
• Naruto reached the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s palace and sent his water dragon crashing toward it.
• Toneri appeared before the palace and stopped Naruto’s flood with a shield formed from nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Naruto discovered that Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Truth-Seeking Orbs depended on a remote connection to the Giant Tenseigan, then prepared to exploit that weakness. Toneri lost track of Naruto as the water left across the Palace grounds suddenly began to gather and churn.

• Naruto realized Toneri was drawing power from the Giant Tenseigan and that most of his own attacks would be ineffective against the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto changed his eyes to the dual Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan and planned to attack Toneri’s connection to the Giant Tenseigan.
• Toneri sensed Naruto’s change in chakra and drew the ancient longsword gifted by Ancestor Hamura.
• Naruto entered the Kamui Dimension and created Wood Clones, leaving Toneri unable to sense his real body.
• The pools of water left by Naruto’s Heavenly River Cascade suddenly converged and churned, alerting Toneri that something was wrong.

Naruto’s Wood Clone survived Toneri’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and summoned a colossal Eight-Armed Asura, forcing Toneri to unleash the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. Their enormous blades collided, sending a devastating shock wave across the moon.

• Toneri countered Naruto’s Water Dragon Prison with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, injuring both himself and Naruto’s Wood Clone.
• Naruto’s Wood Clone healed with Wood Release and created hundreds of clones, who combined their power to summon the thousand-meter-tall Eight-Armed Asura.
• Facing the colossal wooden giant, Toneri gathered the nine Truth-Seeking Orbs and his Tenseigan chakra into a massive golden blade.
• Naruto’s Wood Clones armored the Eight-Armed Asura with Susanoo and formed a Wind Release-wreathed chakra sword.
• Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion clashed with Naruto’s sword, and the impact shattered ruins and split the ground.

Naruto used Amenotajikara to steal Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion’s power to cut through anything and bestow it on the Eight-Armed Asura’s sword, turning Toneri’s ultimate attack against him. After Toneri was sent flying by the clash, Naruto struck him with a powerful kick and left him crumpled in a crater on the moon.

• The Eight-Armed Asura’s sword collided with Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, unleashing a destructive blast across the moon.
• Naruto’s Wood Clones used Amenotajikara to steal the attack’s severing trait and bestow it on the Eight-Armed Asura’s sword.
• The enhanced sword began cutting through Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, weakening it and sending Toneri flying as the Eight-Armed Asura was badly damaged.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to return to the fight, opened the Gate of View, and kicked Toneri in the waist and abdomen.
• Toneri crashed into the moon’s surface and lay groaning in a crater with shattered bones.

As Toneri lay near death, memories of his family and clan drove him to force a renewed connection with the Giant Tenseigan and attempt a desperate power-up. Naruto sensed the surge, reached him in the crater, and used the Human Path to pull out his soul before he could stand again.

• Toneri recalled his father's mission, the Elder's expectations, and his mother's love, and drew on them to fuel his will to survive.
• Toneri reached toward the Giant Tenseigan and demanded power from the spirits of his ancestors, causing his life force and the connection to the eye to surge.
• Naruto sensed the abnormal fluctuations from outside the crater and questioned whether Toneri was powering up again.
• Toneri struggled to rise from the crater, believing he could fight again if he could endure one final push.
• Naruto pressed a hand to Toneri's head and used the Human Path to pull out his soul, stopping his attempted comeback.

Naruto defeated Toneri, harvested the knowledge from his soul, and planned to bring Hinata and Hanabi to the moon. Meanwhile, Konoha’s battle against Kirigakure intensified as Sasuke remained missing and Kakashi struggled to direct the exhausted troops.

• Naruto denounced Toneri’s reliance on sudden power and conviction, then used the Rinnegan to extract knowledge and memories from his soul.
• Naruto let Toneri’s soul dissolve, sealed his corpse in a scroll for Orochimaru, and planned to recover chakra before seeking Kaguya or Hamura’s remains.
• A wounded Kirigakure ninja and a battered Konoha chunin charged at each other after arguing over whether their comrades were cowards.
• Kakashi tried to lead Konoha’s forces through Kirigakure’s counterattacks while Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee fought at the front.
• Shikamaru looked toward Kirigakure and hoped Shino could help Sasuke, who had gone missing from the battlefield.

Sasuke and Shino moved to infiltrate the Mizukage Building after Shino confirmed that Itachi was inside. Shino reached the Mizukage's Office without encountering any guards and confronted Black Zetsu, who had been plotting to send disguised White Zetsu as suicide attackers against Konoha.

• Shino confirmed that his insects had detected Itachi in the Mizukage Building, and Sasuke prepared to infiltrate with his help.
• Black Zetsu, controlling Itachi's body, planned to disguise White Zetsu as civilians or wounded Konoha soldiers and use them as human bombs.
• Shino entered the Mizukage Building and found that its guards and defenses failed to notice him.
• Shino appeared in the Mizukage's Office and identified the being inside as someone other than Uchiha Itachi.
• When Black Zetsu demanded to know how Shino had entered, Shino replied that he had taken the stairs.

Shino confronted Black Zetsu, who was possessing Itachi’s body and pretending to be the real Itachi, in the Mizukage’s Office. Black Zetsu’s attempts to use the Sharingan failed, and Sasuke arrived to expose and condemn him.

• Black Zetsu realized Shino had entered the guarded Mizukage Building unnoticed and tried to regain control of the encounter.
• Black Zetsu attempted to cast Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu through Itachi’s body, but neither technique worked.
• Shino opened the office door and found the corridor outside deserted.
• Sasuke stepped out of the shadows, called Black Zetsu a fake, and pointed out that controlling Itachi’s body did not let him use the Sharingan.
• Sasuke revealed that he had followed Shino, fighting through Kirigakure’s guards after they detected him.

Sasuke attacked the body Black Zetsu controlled after learning Itachi might still be alive, but Itachi briefly regained control and cast Tsukuyomi. Indra revealed that Sasuke had been under genjutsu and that Black Zetsu possessed a clone, while the real Itachi was nearby and close to death.

• Black Zetsu pleaded with Sasuke to make peace, but Sasuke refused and Shino blocked the window.
• Black Zetsu claimed Itachi was still alive inside the body and warned Sasuke that killing him could kill Itachi too.
• Sasuke stabbed the body in the chest, intending to make Itachi feel the pain of being killed.
• Itachi briefly regained control, praised Sasuke, and cast Tsukuyomi.
• Indra revealed that Sasuke had been under genjutsu and that Black Zetsu had possessed Itachi's clone, while the real Itachi was nearby and had little time left to live.

Sasuke confronted Itachi after breaking free of the genjutsu, while Indra warned him not to let emotion control him. As Itachi reflected on the Uchiha massacre and prepared to face Sasuke’s judgment, Sasuke asked why he had been spared, and Itachi accidentally laughed.

• Indra told Sasuke to stay calm and pointed out that Itachi was exhausted and vulnerable.
• Itachi considered how history and perspective shaped judgments of Naruto’s war and his own role in the Uchiha massacre.
• Itachi remembered choosing to kill the Uchiha Clan to protect Konoha and Sasuke, and decided he should pay for the innocent lives he had taken.
• Sasuke asked Itachi why he had not killed him that night.
• Itachi recalled Sasuke begging for his life and let out a faint laugh, which Sasuke and Shino noticed.

Sasuke overwhelmed Kirigakure with his Susanoo and its newly revealed Takemikazuchi power, forcing the village’s ninja to abandon resistance. He flew away with Shino and Itachi, leaving the shaken village behind.

• Sasuke summoned Susanoo in the Mizukage's Office as Shino captured Black Zetsu in a sealing scroll and withdrew.
• Shino joined Sasuke inside Susanoo, and Sasuke warned the gathered Kirigakure ninja that Naruto had ordered him to spare their lives.
• Sasuke unleashed Takemikazuchi, transforming Susanoo with thunder armor and lightning that terrified Chojuro and the other Kirigakure ninja.
• Sasuke asked whether anyone still intended to oppose him, and the village answered with silence.
• Sasuke's Susanoo spread its wings and flew toward the outskirts with Shino and Itachi, leaving Kirigakure behind.

A Naruto clone completed a human-compatible Sage Mode and demonstrated its stable effects to a scholarly clone. The scholarly clone reported progress with Dust Release and said he had also figured out crude Explosion Release and Boil Release, while Storm Release remained out of reach.

• The Sage Mode clone woke after long isolation and told the scholarly clone that his training had succeeded.
• The Sage Mode clone activated his form, demonstrating greatly enhanced perception, chakra quality, recovery, and control without visible physical changes.
• The Sage Mode clone asked about the scholarly clone’s work on Dust Release and Storm Release.
• The scholarly clone explained that he could barely replicate Dust Release’s Atomic Dismantling but lacked control, and that his Storm Release experiments remained unstable.
• The scholarly clone revealed that he had figured out crude Explosion Release and Boil Release.

Zabuza and Haku joined Konoha's assault on Kirigakure, and Kisame revealed he had been serving Konoha all along. With the former Kirigakure fighters arriving, Kakashi ordered Konoha to attack the village's right flank.

• Kakashi defended himself from a water snake until Haku froze it with Ice Release.
• Zabuza and Haku arrived and said they had come to help on the Sixth Hokage's orders.
• Kisame appeared wearing Konoha's uniform and announced that he had been with Konoha all along.
• Kakashi ordered Konoha's forces to coordinate with Zabuza, Haku, and Kisame and break through Kirigakure's right flank.
• Mei Terumi grimly watched the three former Kirigakure fighters join Konoha.

Sasuke Uchiha attacked Kirigakure’s coastal defenses with his Susanoo and Lightning Release: Takemikuraiko, throwing the defenders into chaos while Shikamaru Nara got Konoha’s troops out of the electrified water. As Kirigakure began retreating and Konoha prepared to finish the fight, Shikamaru called out to the Kirigakure ninja.

• Sasuke Uchiha arrived behind Kirigakure’s defenses in his complete Susanoo and unleashed Lightning Release: Takemikuraiko.
• The thunder drums’ chakra-infused shock waves paralyzed Kirigakure’s defenders, disrupted their chakra, and spread toward Konoha’s troops in the sea.
• Shikamaru Nara recognized the danger and ordered Konoha’s troops to leave the water and get ashore.
• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure to tighten its formation and retreat as Sasuke’s Susanoo advanced through the defenses.
• As Konoha prepared a final assault, Shikamaru stood on a broken wall and called for the Kirigakure ninja to listen.

Shikamaru and Shino tried to make Kirigakure’s remaining forces surrender, but Mei Terumi demanded to know what had happened to Lord Genji. Sasuke and Shino’s confusion gave her hope that Kirigakure might still be resisting, until Shino claimed Genji may have died when they destroyed the Mizukage Building.

• Shikamaru offered Kirigakure’s forces safety and help rebuilding if they surrendered and joined Konoha.
• Shino told the surrounded ninja that Sasuke and he had taken Kirigakure and that they had nowhere left to retreat.
• Mei Terumi asked what Konoha had done to Lord Genji and demanded to see him.
• Sasuke and Shino exchanged confused looks, leading Mei Terumi to suspect that Kirigakure might still be intact and Genji might be organizing resistance.
• Shino said they had destroyed the Mizukage Building and that Genji might have died in the rubble.

Shino and Sasuke convinced Mei Terumi and the remaining Kirigakure forces that Genji had died when the Mizukage Building was destroyed, breaking their will to fight and prompting Mei to surrender. Meanwhile, Naruto, Hinata Hyuga, and Hanabi Hyuga found Kaguya Otsutsuki sealed deep within the moon.

• Shino Aburame told the Kirigakure forces that the Mizukage Building had been destroyed and Genji might have died in the rubble.
• Sasuke reinforced Shino’s claim, and the news of Genji’s presumed death plunged Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure forces into despair.
• Shikamaru demanded that Mei Terumi surrender, and she agreed before collapsing to the ground.
• Naruto, Hinata Hyuga, and Hanabi Hyuga reached the Sealing Space deep within the moon and saw Kaguya Otsutsuki sitting motionless at its center.
• Hanabi compared Kaguya’s appearance to the snow woman from legends, while Hinata moved closer to Naruto.

Naruto brought Hinata and Hanabi into the moon’s innermost sealing grounds because Hinata’s bloodline was needed to open the passage. Hamura warned them about Kaguya and urged Naruto to leave, but Naruto remained intent on dealing with him so he could speak with Kaguya.

• Naruto brought Hinata and Hanabi to the moon after discovering that Hamura’s bloodline was needed to open the passage to the sealing grounds.
• Hamura appeared and insisted the sisters enter with Naruto, then accepted Naruto’s insistence that he was Konoha’s Sixth Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki.
• Hamura warned Hinata and Hanabi not to approach or awaken the sealed figure and revealed that she was his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hamura explained that Naruto had killed the last descendant of his branch and asked him to leave descendants to guard Kaguya, but said Naruto worried him more than his mother did.
• Naruto tried to touch Hamura and considered using Kamui on him, but Hamura said the technique could not affect a dead man and warned Naruto he was no match for him.

Naruto challenged Kaguya's belief that Otsutsuki could not be killed by revealing that he had killed Urashiki. Kaguya and Hamura were left shocked as Naruto declared that she had underestimated the life born on their world.

• Naruto asked Hamura whether he wanted to know the real reason Kaguya had cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naruto told Kaguya that he had met and killed one of her clan, and Kaguya insisted that killing a true Otsutsuki was impossible.
• Naruto released Urashiki Otsutsuki's corpse from a Sealing Scroll, shocking Hamura and Kaguya.
• Hanabi and Hinata recognized Urashiki and realized Naruto had killed a being on Kaguya's level.
• Naruto told Kaguya that she had overestimated her clan and underestimated life born on this land.