Chapter Summaries

Naruto learned how Ryūshiki discovered his return from the future and how the Pear had transmitted his future memories into his younger self. Ryūshiki revealed his immense Ōmononushi power and began explaining the curse of the God Tree Chakra Fruit.

• Ryūshiki told Naruto he had kept Naruto’s return from the future secret from the other Ōtsutsuki.
• Ryūshiki explained that he had repaired the Pear, added save and load functions, and saved his memories before dying of old age.
• Ryūshiki revealed that the Pear had sent Naruto’s future existence as data, which merged with his younger self and caused a split personality.
• Ryūshiki said his current lifespan would end in seven days and identified Naruto’s fruit as potentially divine grade, warning that adding another Ōtsutsuki might have made the Ten-Tails explode.
• Ryūshiki formed hundreds of millions of Truth-Seeking Orbs with Ōmononushi and began explaining the curse of the God Tree Chakra Fruit.

Ryūshiki explained that Chakra Fruits could curse their eaters and urged Naruto not to consume one, revealing his plan to free the Ōtsutsuki Clan from its unnatural path of evolution. He left with the fruit after warning Naruto that Shinshiki would arrive in three days.

• Ryūshiki convinced Naruto that Chakra Fruits could erode the eater’s self, and explained that he opposed eating one because its power could also change him.
• Naruto asked Ryūshiki to help defend Earth, but Ryūshiki said he would not fight his clan and described his aspiration to free the Ōtsutsuki from a cursed, unnatural evolution.
• Naruto accepted that he could not rely on the fruit and resolved to find another way to gain the strength to protect his home.
• Ryūshiki explained that his eyes were the Infinite Rinnegan, which belonged to someone who had transcended the seal of reincarnation.
• Ryūshiki opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal, took the fruit, and warned Naruto that Shinshiki would arrive in three days.

Naruto reeled after Ryūshiki warned that Shinshiki would arrive in three days, while Ryūshiki reflected that Naruto needed to confront his fear. The chapter revealed Shinshiki's planet-draining power and ended with Ryūshiki showing him a Divine-Grade Chakra Fruit.

• Naruto stood stunned in the Samsara Grotto after Ryūshiki warned that Shinshiki was coming in three days.
• Ryūshiki considered Naruto's growth and deep fear of Shinshiki as he traveled through a space-time tunnel.
• Shinshiki drained a planet of its life and chakra with a God Tree, but complained that his Superior-Grade fruit's power was insufficient.
• Shinshiki wished he could obtain Ton-shiki's Pig gift and a Peerless-Grade fruit to become an Upper God.
• Ryūshiki appeared before Shinshiki and showed him a Chakra Fruit that Shinshiki recognized as Divine Grade.

Ryūshiki told Shinshiki how Urashiki stole the Divine-Grade Fruit from Mitsuki Country and revealed that he had found a vessel for reincarnation. After asking Shinshiki to keep the fruit and Mitsuki Country secret, Ryūshiki arranged for Shinshiki to escort Toneri to Dragon Palace, while Shinshiki secretly looked forward to investigating Mitsuki Country.

• Ryūshiki explained that Toneri had revealed Mitsuki Country's location to Urashiki, who sent Momoshiki and Kinshiki to fight its natives and stole the Divine-Grade Fruit amid the battle.
• Ryūshiki said he had intercepted Urashiki, would deliver the fruit to the Hanging Root King, and had already found a vessel for his reincarnation in three days.
• Shinshiki feigned loyalty while secretly hoping Ryūshiki would die and planning to investigate Mitsuki Country for himself.
• Ryūshiki asked Shinshiki to keep Mitsuki Country and the fruit secret, then requested that he escort Toneri to Dragon Palace.
• Ryūshiki left through Yomotsu Hirasaka and promised Shinshiki a grand gift when they met again.

Naruto returned without the Chakra Fruit and revealed that Ōtsutsuki Shinshiki would arrive in two and a half days. Back on Takamagahara, Ryūshiki reunited with Jūshiki, who asked whether he had found a reincarnation vessel.

• Naruto returned to Amegakure without the Chakra Fruit and explained that Ryūshiki had taken it after warning him about its curse.
• Shikaku suggested that Ryūshiki's intervention might have been inevitable, regardless of Toneri's actions.
• Naruto announced that High God Ōtsutsuki Shinshiki would descend upon the land in two and a half days.
• Ryūshiki returned to Takamagahara and met Jūshiki, who had been waiting for him.
• Jūshiki asked Ryūshiki whether he had found a vessel for reincarnation in the lower realm.

Jūshiki worried that Ryūshiki would die without finding a vessel, but he accepted his fate and rejected her offer to have a child with him. At Watatsumi Shrine, he found Chito waiting with a sage-grade Chakra Fruit, then revealed that he already had a divine-grade fruit.

• Jūshiki followed Ryūshiki to Watatsumi Shrine and pleaded with him to find a way to survive, while he told her he had found no suitable vessel.
• Jūshiki suggested using Gōshiki as Ryūshiki’s vessel, then offered to have a child with him; Ryūshiki rejected both suggestions and said he had accepted death.
• Ryūshiki arrived at Watatsumi Shrine and found Chito grinding a boot against his mecha servant Babam amid the wreckage of the palace.
• Chito scolded Ryūshiki for neglecting his duties and presented him with a sage-grade Chakra Fruit, ordering him to eat it.
• Ryūshiki said he might not need Chito’s fruit and revealed a divine-grade fruit in his hand.

Ryūshiki revealed a Divine-Grade Fruit and explained that he suspected Taitō had hidden a will inside the fruits. He said Chito’s Jōgan could help drive it out, and the chapter ended with them ready to begin a purification ritual.

• Ryūshiki revealed the Divine-Grade Fruit, and Chito returned the Immortal-Grade Fruit she had borrowed.
• Ryūshiki explained his suspicion that Taitō’s will dwelled inside the fruits and said he needed Chito’s Jōgan to drive it out.
• Chito threatened Ryūshiki with Seven Sins after he joked awkwardly about having a baby with her.
• Ryūshiki spent over a thousand years researching and inscribed a ritual formula in his laboratory while Chito waited.
• Ryūshiki told Chito the setup was ready, and they prepared to begin purifying the fruit.

Ryūshiki and Chito used the Nine Pillars God Array to channel Chito’s Jōgan purification into the gods guarding the Divine Grade Chakra Fruit. After most of the gods were destroyed, Taitō’s will manifested and attacked Chito, but Ryūshiki intercepted it and confronted him.

• Ryūshiki explained that he reconstructed the Ise Clan’s Nine Pillars God Array through a thousand years of archaeological research so the gods could bear the fruit’s purification instead.
• Chito activated her Jōgan and continuously purified the fruit while the Nine Pillars Gods absorbed the damage.
• Six gods were annihilated, and Ryūshiki urged Chito to stop as the remaining gods began to fall.
• Taitō’s black spiritual incarnation emerged from the fruit and struck at Chito when her ocular power gave out.
• Ryūshiki caught Chito and countered Taitō’s attack with Dragon Abyss Palm, then identified him as the venerable Taitō and said someone else would change everything.

Ryūshiki duplicated and stored ten Divine-Grade Fruits, then entrusted Naruto Uzumaki with the coming crisis. As Shinshiki approached, Naruto arranged shelter for the remaining refugees and announced that he would fight Shinshiki alone.

• Ryūshiki duplicated the Divine-Grade Fruit nine times, sealed all ten fruits in the Divine Storehouse Scroll, and reflected on his plan to coexist with humans through Kāma.
• Ryūshiki watched Naruto Uzumaki's distant realm and hoped he would turn the coming disaster into good fortune.
• Naruto learned that roughly one billion civilians still lacked shelter and decided to ask Asura to house them in New Luo Country.
• Naruto told Amamiya Ruri to keep Asura and the refugees safe, and to lead any survivors elsewhere if the battle was lost.
• Naruto confronted his fear of Shinshiki and announced to every ninja that he would fight Shinshiki alone.

Naruto explained why he intended to face Shinshiki alone: the fight would push his limits and break the fear that had held back his growth. Two days later, Shinshiki descended over the plain, beginning the confrontation.

• Naruto argued that killing Shinshiki could alert the Ōtsutsuki Clan, but said the battle could help them prepare for future threats by pushing his limits.
• Naruto admitted to Itachi that Shinshiki’s past attack had become a mental barrier, and that he needed to face him alone to overcome it.
• Itachi reminded Naruto that his comrades would stand behind him, and Naruto accepted their support.
• Two days later, Shinshiki Ōtsutsuki descended above the plain.

Naruto confronted Shinshiki in Mitsuki Country and used his abilities to surprise him and sever part of his God Tree. Shinshiki unleashed a Tenseigan attack, leaving Naruto to block a blade powerful enough to threaten the Earth.

• Shinshiki arrived in Mitsuki Country and attacked Naruto with a chakra orb, which Naruto absorbed and hurled back with amplified force.
• Naruto revealed his Rinnegan and Ōtsutsuki features, while Shinshiki recognized the Ten-Tails chakra within him and demanded the God Tree's location.
• Shinshiki sent God Tree branches after Naruto, but Naruto used a Flying Thunder God Mark to appear beside him and sever the branches.
• Naruto transformed the severed God Tree into a large chakra fruit, while Shinshiki erased Naruto's mark and activated his Tenseigan.
• Shinshiki unleashed Dark Wheel Rebirth Explosion, and Naruto entered Six Paths Ten-Tails Chakra Mode to block the dark blade as it drove him and the ground thousands of meters down.

Naruto used the Ten-Tails, his Rinnegan, and Six Paths Tools to counter Shinshiki’s attacks and break through his defenses. He extracted Shinshiki’s Word Spirit and tortured him with the Mantra Diadem, but Shinshiki purified the technique and rose again.

• Naruto used his Byakugan to identify Shinshiki’s Golden Bell Shield while resisting the Dark Wheel Heavenly Sword.
• Naruto hurled the sword into space, then accelerated into a lightning drill that pierced the Golden Bell Shield before Shinshiki shattered it.
• Naruto used the Kōkinjō to extract Shinshiki’s Word Spirit, and the Seven Star Sword severed it before breaking in Shinshiki’s grasp.
• Naruto sealed Shinshiki’s Word Spirit in the Purple-Gold Gourd and used the Mantra Diadem to inflict intense soul pain on him.
• Shinshiki used Tenseigan: Purification to dissolve the Mantra Diadem, then stood up as Naruto mocked his battered appearance.

Naruto countered Shinshiki’s attacks but struggled to damage his nearly invulnerable body. Shinshiki escalated by hurling a planet-sized celestial body at the world, and Naruto destroyed it, prompting Shinshiki to reveal his Rinne Sharingan.

• Naruto resisted Shinshiki’s psychic pressure through the strength of his convictions and dodged a relentless barrage of All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Naruto used Sukunahikona and Daikokuten to redirect the ash bones at Shinshiki, then empowered them with Truth-Seeking Orb power to break his golden bell barrier, but they could not pierce his Diamond Body.
• Shinshiki used Tenseigan: Celestial Body Manipulation to send a planet-sized celestial body toward the world, while Hashirama, Madara, and Obito watched from the Kamui spacetime.
• Naruto shrank the celestial body with Super Sukunahikona, reduced its weight with Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, and shattered it with an enlarged Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Shinshiki opened the slit on his forehead to reveal his Rinne Sharingan as Naruto recognized that he was finally getting serious.

Shinshiki’s Amaterasu destroyed Naruto’s Shadow Clone, but Naruto escaped to the moon and discovered a way to replenish his chakra against the technique. When Shinshiki projected his Rinne Sharingan onto the moon, Naruto struck the lunar surface to stop him from attacking the Earth.

• Shinshiki used Amaterasu to burn Naruto’s Shadow Clone to ashes, but the real Naruto escaped to the moon with Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto reviewed the clone’s memories and realized Amaterasu burned chakra before the body and soul.
• Naruto created thousands of chakra-rich Fruits and stored them in Kaihōshu, replenishing his Six Paths Ten-Tails Mode chakra.
• Shinshiki projected his Rinne Sharingan onto the moon, threatening to use Amaterasu across the Earth.
• Naruto drove his arm into the moon and unleashed Chidori: Star-Shattering.

Naruto destroyed the moon and tried to defeat Shinshiki, but Shinshiki’s Amaterasu absorbed chakra from Naruto’s reserves. After Obito relayed Itachi’s advice, Naruto gave the flames a soul with Futsunomitama, and they pledged to obey him.

• Naruto shattered the moon, and Shinshiki used Divine Void Claw to destroy Naruto’s duplicated Truth-Seeking Orb Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto blasted the moon into dust with Consecutive Tailed Beast Bombs, then endured Shinshiki’s Amaterasu while drawing on chakra stored in Kaihōshu.
• Shinshiki realized that Amaterasu returned some of the burned chakra to him, and Naruto used the flames to burn through Shinshiki’s Golden Bell Shield.
• Shinshiki retreated through Yomotsu Hirasaka, leaving Naruto furious, and Obito appeared to offer help and relay Itachi’s advice.
• Naruto used Futsunomitama to give his Amaterasu flames a soul, and the flames declared their loyalty to him.

Naruto used Amaterasu to turn his chakra into a stream Shinshiki could absorb, then secretly sent a flame-being into Shinshiki’s God Tree to burn it from within. Shinshiki returned to face Naruto and sealed the battlefield, leaving Naruto trapped as he activated Baryon Mode.

• Naruto rejected Amaterasu’s offer to cut off the chakra channel and instead devised a plan to infiltrate Shinshiki’s God Tree.
• After six hours, Shinshiki absorbed the God Tree, but a flame-being emerged on his head and revealed itself as one of Naruto’s descendants.
• Shinshiki dispelled the source flame, while the surviving wildfire continued burning his God Tree; Naruto named the being A Ming, who called its future child Little Ming.
• Shinshiki returned to Mitsuki Country and confronted Naruto, declaring that he would erase him and that losing the God Tree would not strip him of his power.
• Shinshiki used Four Extremities of Heaven to seal the battlefield and block Naruto’s spacetime techniques, then destroyed Naruto’s shadow clones with his taijutsu.
• Naruto activated Six Paths Ten-Tails: Baryon Mode as his strongest remaining trump card.

Naruto used Baryon Mode to battle Shinshiki, burning away the god’s vitality with each strike despite Shinshiki’s powerful body and healing. With the Kaihōshu’s reserve chakra exhausted, Naruto gathered his remaining radiance for a final attack, which Shinshiki recognized as the Hanging Root King’s Eternal Still Light.

• Naruto transformed into Baryon Mode and met Shinshiki’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack with a rapid close-range assault.
• Naruto blinded Shinshiki’s right eye, struck his abdomen and head, and fought off his Divine Void Claw.
• Shinshiki severed Naruto’s right arm, but Naruto reattached it with Banshō Ten'in and shattered Shinshiki’s Golden Wheel God-Slaying Light.
• Shinshiki healed his injuries, then coughed blood as Naruto’s attacks reduced his vitality below the threshold of an immortal.
• The Kaihōshu warned Naruto that its reserve chakra had run out, and Naruto gathered the light from his ten tails into a sunlike blaze.
• Shinshiki recognized Naruto’s gathered radiance as the Eternal Still Light once used by the Hanging Root King.

Naruto used Baryon Mode and Eternal Still Light to annihilate Shinshiki, then met Ryūshiki in his mental world and learned that the battle had been a test. Ryūshiki gave Naruto a golden dragon-shaped mark and promised to guide him as Naruto looked forward to resting and eating ramen.

• Naruto infused his Rasengan with Eternal Still Light and drove it into Shinshiki after Amaterasu weakened Shinshiki’s Dog Transformation.
• Shinshiki realized Ryūshiki had set the battle up as a trap and that Naruto had served as his proving ground before Naruto destroyed him.
• Obito caught the exhausted Naruto, and Cessation of Arhat severed the Ten-Tails’ karmic link to Baryon Mode’s fatal cost.
• Ryūshiki told Naruto that he had passed the test, revealed he had replicated the Divine-Grade Fruit, and branded Naruto with a golden dragon-shaped mark.
• Ryūshiki said he would accompany Naruto as his overseer and guide, while Naruto said he wanted to sleep and eat Ichiraku Ramen.

A year after Naruto’s battle with Shinshiki, the Heaven Shinobi gathered in Amegakure to welcome Sasuke back from the Netherworld on the one day he could return. Sasuke reported that a voice from a destroyed God Tree had called out the name “God Valley,” leaving the group with a new mystery.

• The Heaven Shinobi met in Amegakure a year after Naruto fell asleep, while ten Divine Grade Chakra Fruits remained enshrined for him to distribute.
• Madara reflected on Sasuke’s sacrifice in becoming the Netherworld’s Tree Hunter and on how he had trained Sarada during the past year.
• Madara sensed Sasuke’s return, and Sasuke emerged through Yomotsu Hirasaka, exhausted from his work in the Netherworld.
• Sasuke told the group that he had destroyed a God Tree in Sangha Country, then heard a voice calling from its withered remains.
• Sasuke revealed that the voice had spoken the name “God Valley.”

Sasuke warned the Shinobi leaders that God Valley, the source of chakra’s origins, might open three hundred years early and could threaten the world. As the meeting considered who should enter, Naruto awoke after a year, and Hinata hurried to care for him.

• Sasuke explained that God Valley opened every three thousand years, forcing immortal gods to fight and divide the power of the fallen.
• Sasuke revealed that only 2,700 years had passed since the last opening and warned that a disastrous will might gather all dispersed chakra and end the world.
• Shikaku suggested that the ten Divine Grade Chakra Fruits Ryūshiki created might have caused the early opening, and Sasuke confirmed the Lord of the Land of Yomi shared that suspicion.
• Sasuke said the group needed to become immortal gods and might have to decide who received the ten fruits if Naruto remained asleep.
• The rain stopped over Amegakure as Naruto’s chakra appeared, and Konan rushed toward the building where Naruto had awakened.
• Naruto told Hinata he was hungry, and she offered to make him food.