Chapter Summaries

Tōjin and Sarada faced off in the tournament arena, where Sarada’s determination and newly awakened Sharingan earned Tōjin’s respect. As Sasuke learned that Sarada was his daughter, the two fighters charged at each other with Chidori and Rasengan.

• The tournament board matched Tōjin Uzumaki against Sarada Uchiha, and Sasuke questioned Sakura about Sarada’s identity.
• Sarada attacked Tōjin with shuriken and Fire Release, but he hesitated to fight her until she challenged his pity and indulgence.
• Tōjin countered Sarada’s Great Fireball with Wind Release and knocked her down, drawing accusations of favoritism from the stands.
• Sakura told Sasuke that Sarada was his daughter with Karin and urged him to accept the present rather than cling to their past lives.
• Sarada rose despite her fever, awakened her Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and dodged Tōjin’s Wood Release, earning his apology and respect.
• Tōjin revealed the Rasengan, and he and Sarada charged at each other with Rasengan and Chidori.

Sasuke reunited with Sarada after her match against Hitomi, promising to stay by her side, while the next tournament match began between Ōnoki and Konohamaru. Konohamaru narrowly escaped Ōnoki’s Dust Release and activated Sage Mode.

• Hitomi defeated Sarada, and Sasuke caught her as she fell; Sarada recognized him as her father and asked why he had left her and Karin.
• Sasuke promised Sarada he would stay by her side, praised her skills, and carried her away with Karin.
• Tobi announced the next match, and Konohamaru faced Ōnoki while joking with Hanabi about winning.
• Konohamaru and Ōnoki traded feints and techniques until Ōnoki trapped Konohamaru in a depression and launched Dust Release.
• Konohamaru summoned Enma to break through the surrounding rock, dodged the Dust Release, and activated Sage Mode.

Konohamaru defeated Ōnoki in a hard-fought tournament match, though Ōnoki survived his final attack and lost when his Dust Release Chakra Mode ran out. The crowd honored both fighters as the board announced Kimimaro Kaguya versus Rock Lee as the next match.

• Konohamaru entered Sage Mode, prompting Ōnoki to reveal his Dust Release Chakra Mode and its ability to pulverize attacks.
• Konohamaru bombarded Ōnoki with Sage Art techniques, but Ōnoki dodged and countered by using his reduced weight for speed.
• Konohamaru struck Ōnoki with Toad Sniper, but Ōnoki survived by making himself extremely heavy at the last moment.
• Ōnoki's chakra cloak dissipated, and he collapsed from exhaustion, conceding the match to Konohamaru.
• Konohamaru helped Ōnoki leave the arena as the audience applauded, and the board announced Kimimaro Kaguya versus Rock Lee.

Rock Lee and Kimimaro fought fiercely in the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, with both revealing powerful new abilities. The chapter ended as Kimimaro unleashed his Sage Art and Rock Lee answered with Lion's Lament.

• Rock Lee opened the Sixth Gate and clashed with Kimimaro's Bone Asura armor, leaving both injured and the armor shattered.
• Kimimaro formed a colossal bone giant while Rock Lee opened the Seventh Gate and activated Might Guy's Small Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method.
• Rock Lee's enhanced Seventh Gate let him batter the bone giant, repel its attacks with Daytime Tiger, and defend against a bone barrage with Explosive Burst.
• Kimimaro revealed that his Cursed Seal had merged with his body and entered Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode after training at the sacred land.
• Kimimaro used Sage Art: Shikotsumyaku: Inorganic Reincarnation to raise a Bone Colossus, and Rock Lee switched to burst mode and unleashed Lion's Lament.

Rock Lee and Kimimaro fought fiercely in the tournament until they abandoned the match to go drinking together, leaving it without a winner. The next bout was announced as Temari versus Tenten.

• Rock Lee and Kimimaro's attacks sent bone fragments toward the stands, and Gaara, Haku, Kakashi, Kurotsuchi, and Buroi protected the spectators.
• Naruto enclosed the arena in a Sixteen Red Yang Formation to prevent further damage from escaping.
• Rock Lee's Pre-Death Serenade shattered Kimimaro's bone spear and chest armor, but Kimimaro's bone bullets injured Lee as they both retreated.
• Kimimaro withdrew from Sage Mode, and he and Rock Lee ended their fight to go drinking together.
• Tobi announced that the match had no winner or loser, and Tenten worried about losing the prize money.
• The scrolling board announced Temari versus Tenten as the fourth bout.

Tenten and Temari fought to a double knockout after unleashing powerful tools, scrolls, and Wind Release, leaving both declared losers. Suigetsu then won his match against Akatsuchi by default when Akatsuchi was unable to compete, and the tournament advanced to Hanabi Hyuga versus Mitsuki.

• Tenten used a living Mangekyō Sharingan scroll to direct waves of ninja tools at Temari, who destroyed them with powerful Wind Release.
• Temari released the Yin Seal and unleashed a massive fan technique, but Tenten survived behind a Yata Mirror summoned from a Susanoo scroll.
• Tenten used the scroll’s Yasaka Magatama and a tailed beast chakra cloak, then fired a Ten-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb from a scientific ninja tool cannon.
• The explosion knocked out both fighters, and Obito ruled that they both lost; Tenten revealed she had also brought a Kamui Spacetime Secret Key Scroll.
• Akatsuchi failed to appear after collapsing in the restroom, so Hozuki Suigetsu won the fifth match by default.
• The tournament moved on to the sixth match, Hanabi Hyuga versus Mitsuki.

Mitsuki battled Hanabi in the arena and revealed Sage Mode, the Mangekyō Sharingan, and his lethal Mizuhanome dōjutsu. Hanabi survived his attack and awakened the Tenseigan’s power, leaving both fighters prepared to continue at full strength.

• Hitomi encouraged Mitsuki to fight Hanabi honestly, and Mitsuki promised to do his best.
• Mitsuki attacked Hanabi with snake hands, Wind Release, and Lightning Release, but Hanabi countered his techniques and recognized him as Orochimaru’s child.
• Mitsuki activated Sage Mode and the Mangekyō Sharingan, then traded taijutsu blows with Hanabi.
• Mitsuki used Mizuhanome to create lethal black water, but Hanabi escaped with Rotation and the Substitution Technique.
• Hanabi revealed her awakened Tenseigan and entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode.

Mitsuki defeated Hanabi in the tournament match with a carefully prepared Reaper Death Seal, but Hanabi survived through the Tenseigan’s Life-and-Death Seal and withdrew, allowing Mitsuki to advance. As the next round was announced, Shinshiki Ōtsutsuki appeared in the arena, terrifying Naruto.

• Hanabi overwhelmed Mitsuki with her Tenseigan abilities and absorbed his Sage Power, but Mitsuki continued fighting to meet Hitomi’s expectations.
• Mitsuki used the Reaper Death Seal and a hidden black-water trap to seize Hanabi’s soul, then escaped the technique’s cost with the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique.
• Hanabi revived with the Tenseigan’s Life-and-Death Seal, and Mitsuki admitted defeat; Hanabi withdrew from the tournament and asked him to be a good companion to Hitomi.
• Hitomi, Konohamaru, Suigetsu, and Mitsuki advanced to the second round, where Hitomi was set to face Suigetsu.
• Shinshiki Ōtsutsuki emerged from a Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Naruto recognized him in terror.

Naruto and Kaguya staged a frightening appearance by Shinshiki to show the tournament crowd the threat of an Ōtsutsuki, then the martial arts matches resumed. Hitomi faced Hozuki Suigetsu, but Kuiba suddenly crashed into the arena with a strange two-horned man on his shoulder.

• Shinshiki appeared to attack Naruto and the tournament crowd, but Naruto and Kaguya revealed that the encounter was a staged performance.
• The crowd reacted with relief, while Madara, Hinata, and others explained how they had realized the danger was an act.
• Minato carried the exhausted Kaguya back to the moon, and Naruto said the performance was meant to leave everyone with a lasting sense of an Ōtsutsuki’s power.
• Hitomi entered the arena to fight Hozuki Suigetsu, and the two exchanged greetings before taking fighting stances.
• Kuiba dropped into the arena and crushed Suigetsu into a puddle, while Hitomi stared at the two-horned man standing on Kuiba’s shoulder.

Momoshiki and Kinshiki appeared at the arena as Naruto and Obito confirmed Madara had vanished under a power beyond Obito’s time reversal. Naruto entered the Netherworld with Sasuke and Hashirama to find Madara, leaving Hitomi to confront the Ōtsutsuki.

• Hitomi realized Momoshiki and Kinshiki were real and used a flash bomb as Naruto prepared to capture them.
• Ali reported that Madara had disappeared, and Obito’s Omodaru reversed time without bringing him back.
• Naruto concluded that the King of the Netherworld had intervened and summoned the Naraka Path’s Enma statue to open the Netherworld gate.
• Sasuke and Hashirama joined Naruto, and Naruto told Hinata to capture Momoshiki and Kinshiki alive and watch for Urashiki.
• Hitomi blocked Momoshiki and Kinshiki from pursuing Naruto, then used Flying Thunder God: Pursuing Wind Purple Lightning to attack Kinshiki.

Hitomi awakened Ayekashi after Mitsuki sacrificed himself to save him, and the Five Kage pursued Momoshiki and Kinshiki into another dimension. Momoshiki revealed that Ayekashi had doomed him, then gave his power to Kinshiki, who transformed into a stronger opponent.

• Hitomi severed his arm to escape Kinshiki, but Momoshiki absorbed his Purple Electricity and struck him down before Mitsuki shielded him with Susanoo.
• Mitsuki collapsed after taking Momoshiki's amplified attack, and Hitomi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Ayekashi to inflict a three-day death sentence on Momoshiki.
• Kakashi, Haku, Gaara, Buroi, and Kurotsuchi intervened as the Sixteen Red Yang Formation vanished, but Kinshiki transported himself and Momoshiki to the Other Dimension.
• Momoshiki explained Ayekashi's cost and effect, then turned himself into a chakra fruit for Kinshiki to eat before Kakashi tore through the dimensional barrier.
• Hinata and Neji stayed behind to guard against Urashiki, while the Five Kage entered the Other Dimension to confront the transformed Kinshiki.

The Five Kage fought Kinshiki after he absorbed Momoshiki and transformed, then combined their abilities to trap and seal him. Kakashi declared Kinshiki successfully hunted down, while an author’s note followed.

• Kinshiki attacked Kakashi with space-time movement and battle-axes, but Kakashi evaded him with Kamui before Kinshiki repelled him with the Rinnegan’s Deva Path.
• Buroi battled Kinshiki, disarmed him, and struck his head with a lightning-charged club, severing one of his horns.
• Kurotsuchi and Haku trapped Kinshiki between rising earth and a frozen waterfall, and Gaara buried him beneath a chakra-draining sand seal.
• Kakashi added a space-time cursed seal to Gaara’s pyramid, and he announced that Kinshiki had been successfully hunted down.

Hitomi recovered after Kinshiki and Momoshiki escaped, while Shikaku deduced that Urashiki might target the sleeping Kaguya on the moon. In the Other Dimension, the Kage prepared to return with the sealed threat, but the battle resumed when the creature broke free.

• Hitomi woke with his arm reattached, learned Mitsuki had survived by shedding his skin, and heard that the Five Kage had pursued Kinshiki and Momoshiki into the Other Dimension.
• Konohamaru and Suigetsu advanced to the tournament final as spectators speculated about Naruto, Madara, and the Ōtsutsuki invasion.
• Shikaku reasoned that Urashiki had likely captured Toneri and might be targeting Princess Kaguya on the moon, so Hinata and Neji prepared to go there.
• In the Other Dimension, Buroi, Gaara, and Haku discussed the abandoned God Tree and planned to transport the gold dust pyramid.
• The pyramid collapsed as dog heads burst out, and Gaara warned everyone to get away from the returning threat.

Kinshiki consumed the God Tree’s remains, gained an inferior fruit’s power, and battled Kakashi and the Five Kage until Kakashi severed his left arm and Rinnegan. As Kinshiki faced defeat, Urashiki arrived on the moon and found Kaguya asleep with Mitsuki Country’s strongest fighters away.

• Kinshiki turned the God Tree’s remains into an inferior Chakra Fruit, ate it, healed his wounds, and unleashed a wide-ranging attack on the Five Kage.
• Kakashi summoned Perfect Susanoo and used Kamui techniques to shield the Kage and fight Kinshiki in the air.
• Haku created True Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, allowing Kakashi to evade Kinshiki’s attacks and approach him through the mirrors.
• Kakashi lured Kinshiki into absorbing a lightning hound that concealed a Kamui-infused kunai, which severed Kinshiki’s left arm and took his Rinnegan into spacetime.
• The four Kage attacked the injured Kinshiki as he faced defeat, while Urashiki arrived on the moon and found Kaguya asleep.

Urashiki sneaked into Kaguya’s palace searching for her, but discovered a store of Elixir and was caught by Kushina. Minato recognized him and prepared to kill him, believing Urashiki threatened Naruto.

• Urashiki slipped into the palace while Minato tended the herb field and avoided the Tenseigan puppets inside.
• Urashiki overheard Kushina mention that Naruto would collect the Elixir after the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, then went to the third-floor Elixir room.
• Urashiki tried to take a jar of Elixir, but Kushina restrained him with Adamantine Sealing Chains and struck him through a wall with her frying pan.
• Minato arrived in the courtyard, recognized Urashiki, and told Kushina to stand back as he prepared to finish him.

Minato confronted Urashiki, who escaped his lethal attack into space, but Hinata and Neji joined Minato to corner and defeat him. Meanwhile, the Five Kage defeated Kinshiki, leaving both Ōtsutsuki threats incapacitated.

• Minato used Sage Mode, Flying Thunder God, and Jūichirō to attack Urashiki, but Urashiki foresaw his death and escaped with Hakin Takeru Kusakusa no Mikoto.
• Minato pursued Urashiki into space, where Hinata and Neji arrived and helped defend him from Urashiki's attacks.
• Neji blocked Urashiki's escape with Sukunahikona, and Hinata struck him with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Multiple Explosion.
• Minato severed Urashiki's hands, Neji pinned him with Daikokuten, and Hinata pulled out his eyes with Tenseigan: Directional Attraction.
• The Five Kage defeated Kinshiki in the Other Dimension, leaving him helpless and barely alive.

Naruto and his companions searched the Netherworld for a route to Madara, learned about the Sanzu River, and found an Underworld Guide’s boat. After the Guide claimed the boat was overweight, Naruto kicked him into the river, and the boat carried them downstream toward the Sanzu River.

• Naruto tested the black river with a Truth-Seeking Orb, then summoned the Land God by giving the island a soul.
• The Land God explained the Netherworld’s three regions and said an Underworld Guide’s boat could carry them to the Sanzu River, though the last boat had passed ten years earlier.
• Naruto used Sage Mode to sense a boat and flew the Heavenly Firmament Stone to intercept it.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, and Obito boarded the boat, but the Underworld Guide said it was one lifetime overweight.
• Naruto kicked the Underworld Guide into the river, and the boat set off downstream with the four companions.

Naruto and his companions navigated the branching River of the Netherworld, defeating threats along the way. After the alternate routes proved impassable, they faced a giant fly and Naruto prepared to strike it with a Truth-Seeking Orb fly swatter.

• Naruto used Ōmononushi to send miniature Susanoo copies through Yomotsu Hirasaka, wiping out the Fly Reapers and escorting the boat.
• At the Sanzu River fork, Naruto sent Shadow Clone boats down the River of Avīci and the River of Paradise while the original boat took the River of Yomi.
• Naruto learned that giant mosquitoes and moths had capsized the clone boats, leaving the River of Yomi as their only route.
• Obito stopped a huge wave with Omodaru: Time Stop, and the boat crossed it using Cessation of Arhat.
• A giant fly attacked with poisonous green fire, which Sasuke countered with Amaterasu and Hashirama absorbed with wooden Sage Boards and golden lotuses.
• Naruto transformed the Ten Hei Taro Brothers into a Truth-Seeking Orb fly swatter and swung it at the Fly-Head Squad Leader.

Naruto, Sasuke, Obito, and Hashirama crossed into the Land of Yomi while Filth Fly recovered and reported their arrival to other Netherworld squad leaders. They encountered a million White Zetsu, as the Lord of the Land of Yomi ordered Konra and Tōra to fight them with lethal intent.

• The Hei Taro brothers killed Filth Fly, and Sasuke used Amenotejikara to move the boat past its corpse and down the waterfall into the River of Yomi.
• Filth Fly regenerated and told Spotted Mosquito and Kāma Moth that the intruders were living people with six-tomoe Rinnegan, speculating that they had come to rescue Madara.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Obito, and Hashirama reached the Land of Yomi and found at least a million White Zetsu emerging from the ground.
• A black figure informed the Lord of the Land of Yomi that the guests from Mitsuki Country had arrived and that the White Zetsu might not stop them.
• The Lord of the Land of Yomi ordered Konra and Tōra to fight the newcomers with the resolve to kill them.

Naruto and his allies destroyed the million-strong White Zetsu Army with an empowered Amaterasu and prepared for the powerful beings beyond the mountain. At the summit, the twin envoys Ōtsutsuki Konra and Ōtsutsuki Tōra awaited them.

• Naruto took Amaterasu from Sasuke, gave its flame a soul and the name Lord Terror, then fed it copies of the flames until it became a giant black sun.
• Naruto sent Lord Terror into the White Zetsu Army, burning the entire force to ash before storing the growing flame in the Daikokuten dimension.
• Sensing formidable presences beyond the mountain, Naruto told Sasuke, Obito, and Hashirama to activate their Susanoo at full power.
• Naruto shrank the four Susanoo and created hundreds of copies of each, then led the group toward the mountain beneath a formation of miniature Susanoo.
• At the summit, Ōtsutsuki Konra and Ōtsutsuki Tōra watched Naruto's approaching force and prepared to face them.