Chapter Summaries

Sasuke defeated Tobi after Tobi made him soil his pants, then reunited with Karin and Sarada and promised to build a family with them. The Heaven Shinobi Challenge continued, with Konan choosing Hinata Hyuga as her opponent.

• Sasuke stopped his attack when Tobi surrendered, then left the arena to applause despite the stain on his pants.
• Obito used Kamui to remove Tobi and the arena’s accumulated feces, and Naruto filled the arena hole with a boulder.
• Sasuke embraced Karin and Sarada and promised to give them a happy life, but Sarada told him he stank.
• After Guoshang and Tobi lost their matches, Konan asked A-Juan to let her challenge first.
• Konan challenged Hinata Hyuga.

Konan challenged Hinata to a serious spar, revealing her lingering feelings for Naruto and asking Hinata to fight at full strength. Their battle began with Hinata’s Tenseigan techniques against Konan’s Paper Style, and Konan unveiled a forbidden technique as the fight continued.

• Hinata accepted Konan’s challenge after Konan explained she wanted to confront Hinata’s strength and lingering questions about their past lives.
• Hinata activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and attacked with Truth-Seeking Orb Shuriken, but Konan scattered her body into sheets of paper to evade the assault.
• Hinata tried to catch Konan’s re-forming body with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Konan feinted, escaped, and sent paper boomerangs at her.
• Hinata used Silver Wheel: Rotation to shred the boomerangs while Naruto noticed Konan forming unfamiliar hand seals and creating inscribed paper figures.
• Hinata fired Golden Wheel Life-Extinguishing Light through Konan and the arena barrier, but Konan’s wound vanished as her chakra surged and she invoked Forbidden Technique: Pale White Paper Person.

Konan used Pale White Paper Person, a technique fueled by Naruto’s tailed beast chakra, to survive Hinata’s attacks and build up a vast supply of red paper. She shaped six hundred million sheets into an armored Paper Style Ten-Tails and challenged Hinata to settle the fight.

• Konan activated Pale White Paper Person, transferring damage to paper figures that released sealed tailed beast chakra into her.
• Naruto explained the technique’s mechanics to Obito, including how Konan converted the incoming chakra into red paper.
• Hinata used Reincarnation Technique: Golden Wheel Wave Light to destroy Konan’s paper figures, while Konan turned their released chakra into more red paper.
• Konan gathered the red paper into a Paper Style Ten-Tails and clad it in Majestic Attire armor.
• Konan announced that she had amassed the power over ten years and challenged Hinata with Paper Deity: Majestic Attire: Paper Style Ten-Tails.

Hinata and Konan pushed their enhanced powers to the limit in a dangerous tournament battle, with Hinata ultimately destroying Konan’s Paper Ten-Tails. Both fighters then abandoned their borrowed power and prepared to decide the match with their remaining strength.

• Hinata used a Space-Time Barrier Formula and Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to teleport Konan’s Paper Tailed Beast Bomb to the moon.
• Hinata attacked with Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and Silver Wheel Eight Extremes Explosion, then pierced the Paper Ten-Tails and its throat with a broken light blade.
• Hinata defended against the point-blank blast and used Black Receivers to destroy the Paper Ten-Tails as her Tenseigan Chakra Mode ran out.
• Konan and Hinata, both exhausted, agreed to fight with their own remaining strength and settle the match fairly.
• Hinata charged through Konan’s Paper Spears with Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists.

Hinata defeated Konan and asked her to become Hitomi and Himawari’s godmother. The next Heaven Shinobi challenge began with Hiashi choosing Neji, and the two prepared to fight over the meaning of Neji’s Kāma power.

• Hinata broke through Konan’s paper defenses and struck her pressure point, ending their fight as both women reached their limits.
• Hinata thanked Konan for giving Naruto a place to belong and invited her to become Hitomi and Himawari’s godmother; Konan accepted.
• Naruto healed Hinata and offered Konan an Elixir, while the audience applauded their battle.
• Hiashi stepped forward as the next challenger and chose Neji, prompting Naruto to feel relieved that Hiashi had not challenged him.
• Hiashi and Neji discussed the Hyuga clan’s past divisions and Neji’s Kāma before both activated their powers and prepared to fight.

Hiashi revealed that he had developed Sage Byakugan and a ripple-based taijutsu to overcome his fear of the Ōtsutsuki and challenge Neji. After Hiashi struck Neji with Ripple Energy, Neji prepared to answer with his full power and activated Daikokuten.

• Obito warned Naruto that Hiashi's strength could not match Neji's, but Naruto explained that Hiashi had trained with him to develop new taijutsu.
• Naruto recalled that Hiashi studied the Book of God, then learned to absorb natural energy through his eyes after his body proved unable to withstand Sage Mode.
• Hiashi transformed his Byakugan into the golden-eyed Sage Byakugan and used Ripple Run to accelerate toward Neji.
• Hiashi's ripple-covered fist disrupted the chakra inside Neji and struck him in the chest, sending him flying across the arena.
• Neji announced that he would use his full power and activated Daikokuten in his right eye.

Hiashi defeated Neji’s White Kāma power by using ripples, Sharingan, Hashirama cells, and Izanagi, though he exhausted himself and lost the Heaven Shinobi challenge. As the God Tree Chakra Fruit neared completion in the Samsara Grotto, an unseen being watched Naruto’s original body.

• Neji impaled Hiashi with Black Receivers, but Hiashi used ripples to break them and revealed Sharingan transplanted into his palms.
• Hiashi explained that he had also received Hashirama cells so he could use Izanagi and keep fighting for five minutes.
• Neji shrank himself with Sukunahikona, but Hiashi detected him through the changes in his battlefield-wide ripples and attacked with Nero Pestle.
• Hiashi spent five minutes battering Neji until the White Kāma markings receded, then collapsed from exhaustion and accepted Neji’s offer to fight again as Hyuga.
• Hiashi lost the Heaven Shinobi challenge as the God Tree Chakra Fruit neared completion in the Samsara Grotto, where an unseen eye watched Naruto’s original body.

Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged Minato Namikaze, insisting that his skill could overcome the gap between them despite Minato’s newly acquired Rinnegan. Their battle began with Minato’s attacks revealing Hiruzen’s Perfect Substitution Technique, and Minato prepared to fight at full strength.

• A-Juan yielded the first challenge to Hiruzen Sarutobi after he invoked Naruto’s wishes.
• Hiruzen challenged Minato Namikaze, who left Kushina on the moon and traveled to the tournament arena.
• Minato and Hiruzen exchanged their resolve to fight before Teacher Kogane began the match.
• Minato rushed Hiruzen with a Truth-Seeking Orb blade, but Hiruzen repeatedly escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Minato deduced that Hiruzen’s Perfect Substitution Technique triggered automatically without a cooldown, and Hiruzen revealed it was one of his ten Perfect Ninja Arts.
• Minato scattered Flying Thunder God Kunai around the arena and announced he would fight at full strength, which Hiruzen welcomed.

Minato defeated Hiruzen in the Heaven Shinobi challenge after Hiruzen used Perfect Substitution Technique and Perfect Leaf Shadow Dance to keep pace, then trapped Minato in a cage of Ruyi Jingu Bang clones and summoned the Reaper. Minato escaped with his Rinnegan and won, then returned to the moon exhausted, where his companion eagerly welcomed him.

• Minato used Kuenbiko-no-Mikoto and Sage Mode to pursue Hiruzen, who repeatedly countered him with Perfect Substitution Technique and then Perfect Leaf Shadow Dance.
• Hiruzen filled the arena with Ruyi Jingu Bang clones, restricting Minato’s movement and preparing to use his final technique.
• Hiruzen summoned the Reaper through the Summoning Technique, and Naruto and Obito explained that it was a different method from the Reaper Death Seal.
• Minato used Hakin Takeru Kusakusa no Mikoto to escape the cage and strike Hiruzen with a Rasengan, winning the challenge.
• Minato returned to the moon drained by the Rinnegan, and his companion embraced him and urged him to continue their intimacy.

A-Juan challenged Obito at the Grand Martial Arts Tournament and turned their match into a sumo game. They began the contest using their abilities to anchor themselves to the ground.

• Obito agreed to let A-Juan take her turn, but she challenged him instead, surprising everyone at the venue.
• Obito accepted A-Juan’s offer to play a game, and she explained that she wanted to try sumo.
• A-Juan used Yasaka no Magatama to change their clothes, then described the sumo rules and drew a ring on the field.
• A-Juan and Obito took their stances and used their abilities to anchor themselves before Teacher Kogane started the match.

A-Juan defeated Obito in a sumo match by exploiting his intangibility and stealing his loincloth, earning the second rank on the Heaven Ranking. As the crowd celebrated, Kakuzu challenged Hashirama Senju.

• A-Juan and Obito began a sumo match, and A-Juan used her braids to uproot the wood Obito relied on for support.
• Obito rallied with his chakra and strength, but A-Juan fired a Tailed Beast Bomb to launch herself and him toward the edge of the ring.
• Obito turned intangible to avoid the blast, while A-Juan’s braids failed to catch him through his loincloth.
• Tobi tore off Obito’s loincloth in the spacetime dimension, forcing Obito to become solid and reach for it; A-Juan then dragged him outside the ring.
• The crowd declared A-Juan the winner and second-ranked Heaven Shinobi, and Kakuzu challenged Hashirama Senju.

Kakuzu challenged Hashirama Senju to clear his name and revealed Earth Grudge Fear monsters equipped with cloned hearts from powerful shinobi. Their battle escalated into a clash between two Sage Art colossi, while Obito realized Naruto was supplying Kakuzu with chakra.

• Hashirama Senju asked Kakuzu why he had challenged him, and Kakuzu explained he wanted to disprove rumors about his past defeat.
• Hashirama unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear monster matched it with the same technique.
• Kakuzu revealed cloned hearts from Hashirama, Sasuke Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, and Obito Uchiha, whose monsters wielded their former abilities and eyes.
• Hashirama fought the monsters with Sage Art, while Sasuke's monster struck with lightning, the Uchiha monsters deflected his torii gates with Susanoo, and Obito's monster used Kamui.
• Hashirama and the monster carrying his cloned heart summoned matching True Several Thousand Hands colossi, and Obito deduced that Naruto was supplying Kakuzu with chakra.

Naruto explained that Kakuzu’s Heaven Grudge Fear connected them as cooperating accessories, but Obito severed the threads during Kakuzu’s battle with Hashirama. After Hashirama defeated and sealed Kakuzu, Mito entered the tournament and challenged Madara Uchiha.

• Naruto explained Heaven Grudge Fear to Obito as the two watched Kakuzu and Hashirama’s wooden Buddhas clash.
• Obito used Cessation of Arhat to sever the threads connecting Naruto and Kakuzu, weakening Kakuzu’s manifestation.
• Hashirama defeated Kakuzu with Wood Dragon Flying Embryos and sealed him beneath Gates of the Great God.
• Obito defended his intervention as necessary to uphold the tournament’s purpose, and Hitomi agreed with him.
• Kakuzu accepted the result and left the arena, while Hashirama yielded the stage to the remaining challengers.
• Mito let Might Guy go first, then challenged Madara Uchiha.

Madara and Mito fought in the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, trading barbs before Mito’s sealing techniques countered his Susanoo. Madara summoned a massive meteor, but Mito used a forbidden self-sacrifice technique to become an Impure World Reincarnation, leaving him to stop it or die alone.

• Madara entered the arena to challenge Mito, and they traded insults about Sasuke, Indra, and their pasts.
• Mito bound Madara’s Susanoo with Adamantine Sealing Chains and used Gluttony to devour its chakra.
• Madara attacked with underground pillars of fire and a Wood Release clone that hurled Susanoo tomoe at Mito.
• Mito redirected the tomoe to destroy the clone, but it had already summoned a meteor and Madara increased its weight with Earth Release.
• Mito used Impure World Reincarnation on herself, becoming its immortal vessel and forcing Madara to stop the meteor or face death alone.
• Madara smiled and raised two fingers as the meteor descended.

Madara and Mito fought at the Grand Martial Arts Tournament arena, where Mito summoned a formation of Shinigami and Madara countered with Limbo and Rinnegan abilities. The battle continued as Madara invoked Namu Tōshō Daigongen through the Naraka Path.

• Madara used Liuguang Heavenly Transfer to remove the meteor, and Mito explained why she had chosen a living body over Impure World Reincarnation.
• Mito summoned 108 shrines and Shinigami with Death God Formation, but Madara struck her with Limbo and tried to extract her soul.
• Madara cut off an arm of Mito's soul with the Soul-Shattering Great Sword and escaped the Shinigami's grasp.
• Madara discovered the shrines housed the Shinigami, while Mito used Yin Protection barriers to defend them and slow the spirits.
• Madara summoned the Naraka Path's Enma, fed it Mito's severed soul fragment, and invoked Namu Tōshō Daigongen.

After Madara defeated Mito with the Rinnegan’s power, Obito restored her, and the Heaven Shinobi Challenge moved to its final match. Might Guy challenged Naruto, who was secretly only a Shadow Clone, and opened the Eight Gates for an immediate Night Guy attack.

• Madara used the Enma statue’s Rinnegan to seize control of Mito’s soul and defeat her, ending their battle.
• Obito reversed time at the arena with Omodaru and restored Mito to her earlier, intact state.
• Might Guy entered the Heaven Shinobi Challenge and challenged Naruto, the top-ranked fighter.
• Naruto accepted despite knowing his original body was away in the Samsara Grotto and he was only a Shadow Clone.
• Guy infused his heart with prepared blood, opened the Eight Gates, and charged at Naruto with Night Guy.

Naruto defended against Might Guy’s Night Guy attacks with Yata-no-Kagami and other techniques, then borrowed Obito’s Kamui phasing to evade a follow-up strike. Might Guy prepared an eight-direction Night Guy assault, leaving Naruto facing a converging attack.

• Naruto used Yomotsu Hirasaka and layered Yata-no-Kagami defenses to stop Might Guy’s first Night Guy.
• Might Guy used Blood Shadow Clones to unleash Evening Elephant from eight directions, then struck with Night Guy, but Naruto borrowed Obito’s Kamui phasing through Heaven Grudge Fear to evade him.
• Obito severed Naruto’s karmic connection with Cessation of Arhat and blocked Naruto from borrowing his power again.
• Might Guy sent eight Blood Shadow Clones to launch Night Guy from eight directions in a technique called Night Guy: Eight Trigrams Formation.

Naruto’s Shadow Clone defeated Might Guy’s eight-clone Night Guy formation with an improvised Magnet Release technique, and Guy conceded after recognizing Naruto’s skill. As the tournament ended, Naruto’s real body saw that the God Tree’s Chakra Fruit had fully matured.

• Naruto used Magnet Release: Two-Pole Transformation to turn all eight of Guy’s clones into positive poles, and their repulsion destroyed them.
• Might Guy praised Naruto’s adaptability, then revealed he had realized Naruto was a Shadow Clone because he fought cautiously.
• Might Guy conceded, and the spectators applauded as the ninth Shinobi Grand Tournament came to an end.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clone dispersed, and Naruto’s real body in the Samsara Grotto saw the God Tree’s Chakra Fruit fully mature.

Naruto harvested an exceptionally powerful Chakra Fruit but failed to duplicate it with Ōmononushi before Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki appeared and stole it. After Naruto chose Kaguya over the fruit, Ryūshiki invited him to tea and revealed that he knew Naruto had come back from the future.

• Naruto harvested the God Tree's Chakra Fruit and failed to duplicate it despite repeated attempts with Ōmononushi.
• Ryūshiki ambushed Naruto, stole the genuine fruit, and destroyed the Ten-Tails' attacking arms with Dragon Abyss Palm.
• Ryūshiki introduced himself as Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki, an old friend of Kaguya's, and asked Naruto to choose between the fruit and Kaguya.
• Naruto returned the fruit to Ryūshiki rather than abandon Kaguya, and Ryūshiki responded by setting out tea.
• Ryūshiki told Naruto that he knew Naruto had returned from the future.

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.