Recaps

Li Ming observed Obito being sent to another timeline and left the matter to the Holy Church, while Urashiki entered Konoha seeking the Nine-Tails' chakra. A Judgment Hall patrol transferred Urashiki out of the city, where he fought a hundred Holy Light Clerics; after Urashiki unleashed a devastating attack, Sasuke, Minato, Fugaku, and Itachi rushed toward the battle.

• Li Ming sensed disturbances in the river of time, realized Obito had been sent to another timeline, and trusted the Holy Church to handle him.
• Urashiki entered Konoha to seek the Nine-Tails' chakra and encountered a Holy Light Cleric patrol demanding his residence permit.
• The patrol used Space Transfer Devices to move Urashiki away from the city and alerted Judgment Hall headquarters.
• Sasuke sensed Urashiki's aura, and Minato explained to Sasuke and the others that a patrol had transported him out of Konoha.
• A hundred Holy Light Clerics attacked Urashiki with shields, a laser cannon, and Chains of Light, but he transformed and launched a powerful red attack against their Holy Light Protection.
• Adult Sasuke saw the mushroom cloud, and Minato, Sasuke, Fugaku, and Itachi hurried to the battlefield.

Urashiki overwhelmed the Holy Light Clerics and defeated Sasuke, Minato, Fugaku, and Itachi before Wei'er arrived with reinforcements. Wei'er transformed into her Radiant Form and burned Urashiki with Holy Flame, while Sasuke realized how powerful the Holy Church was.

• Urashiki battered the Holy Light Clerics until their captain called Judgment Chief Wei'er for reinforcements.
• Sasuke and his companions attacked Urashiki, but he struck Fugaku and Itachi with his threads and defeated Sasuke and Minato.
• Wei'er arrived with hundreds of Holy Light Clerics and used their Unison Formation to enter her Radiant Form.
• Wei'er blocked Urashiki's threads and overwhelmed him with golden feathers that ignited into Holy Flame.
• Urashiki screamed as the flames burned his evil power, and Sasuke recognized the Holy Church's overwhelming strength.

Obito traveled back twenty years and destroyed Huayu Town while searching for Artoria, then learned that the past could not be changed and headed for the major ninja villages. After Wei'er restored the wounded in Konoha, adult Sasuke prepared to return to his own world, but Boruto discovered that the turtle was missing.

• Obito and Black Zetsu traveled to Huayu Town to kill Artoria and destroy the Holy Church, but Obito found no one named Artoria and leveled the town with Shinra Tensei.
• The turtle told Obito that a higher-dimensional being had made the spacetime unique and prevented its past or future from being changed, so Obito and Black Zetsu set out for the major ninja villages.
• Wei'er revived Minato while the priests treated Fugaku and Itachi, then brought everyone back to Konoha.
• Fugaku explained the Holy Church's ranks and power to adult Sasuke, who vowed to keep moving forward as a ninja in his own spacetime.
• Boruto discovered that the turtle had vanished, and adult Sasuke took Boruto and Naruto to find Minato before preparing to return to his world.
• Sasuke reassured Itachi that he held no grudge against him in this spacetime, and Fugaku and Itachi went home together.

Minato, adult Sasuke, and Boruto sought the Holy Church’s help after the time-traveling turtle was stolen, and learned that Obito Uchiha had taken it. Sasuke revealed the forces behind the conflict in his time, while Wei’er vowed the Holy Church would protect the Shinobi World’s peace.

• Adult Sasuke told Minato that the turtle used for time travel had disappeared after someone undid the seal on Boruto’s bag.
• Minato brought Sasuke and Boruto to the Judgment Hall, where Wei’er contacted Pope Ria for help locating the turtle.
• Ria reported that Obito Uchiha had stolen the turtle and said Sasuke and Boruto could return through the Holy Church Headquarters portal.
• Minato questioned Sasuke about Obito, and Sasuke explained that Obito pursued the Eye of the Moon Plan for Rin after Madara manipulated him.
• Sasuke revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara to save Kaguya Otsutsuki, whom the Sage of Six Paths had sealed.
• Wei’er declared that the Holy Church would not allow anyone to destroy the Shinobi World’s hard-won peace, moving Sasuke with her conviction.

Minato brought Sasuke and Boruto to the Holy Church Headquarters in New Rain Capital, where Pope Ria welcomed them and gave Boruto three powerful Life-Saving Marks. After they met Holy Light, Ria opened a passage to their own space-time, and Sasuke and Boruto returned home.

• Minato guided Sasuke and Boruto through New Rain Capital and into the Holy Church Headquarters to meet Pope Ria.
• Ria greeted the visitors and gave Boruto three Life-Saving Marks containing the skills Invincibility, Resurrection, and God Descends.
• Ria led the group to Holy Light, where Li Ming approved her choice to help Boruto despite the principle against interfering with other space-times.
• Ria opened a Space-Time Wormhole, and Sasuke led Boruto through it after he said goodbye to Minato and Ria.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Boruto reunited after returning from another world and told Naruto’s family about the Holy Church and the changes it had brought. The chapter ended with Minato thanking Pope Ria and reaffirming his commitment to improving the village.

• Naruto and Hinata welcomed Sasuke and Boruto home after they had been missing for days, then the family gathered for dinner.
• Boruto showed Naruto a photograph of his family in the other world, and Sasuke explained how the Holy Church shaped that world.
• Naruto questioned the Church’s methods, but Sasuke, Boruto, and Hinata described its protections and the happier lives people led there.
• Boruto told Naruto and Hinata that Neji was alive without the Caged Bird Seal, while Sasuke explained that the Church had punished Danzo, the Third Hokage, and Hyuga elders.
• Sasuke revealed that the Judgment Chief had killed Urashiki with ease and described Pope Ria and Holy Light’s immense power.
• Minato thanked Ria for her help, and he promised to govern the village well.

Obito and Black Zetsu returned to Original Space-Time after capturing the Tailed Beasts, but the space-time turtle escaped, leaving them with no retreat if they lose. As the Holy Church prepared to unify the Shinobi World by invading the Land of Water, Ria ordered four army groups to ready for war after showing evidence of the enemies’ brutal treatment of civilians.

• Obito and Black Zetsu returned to Original Space-Time, where Turtle Li broke free from Obito’s control and escaped.
• Obito and Black Zetsu realized they could no longer use the turtle to flee defeat, then headed to the Akatsuki base to summon the Ten-Tails.
• At the first People’s Assembly, Ria announced plans to integrate the Land of Water and bring peace to the Shinobi World.
• Ria revealed that three Holy Light Cleric squads had been lost and showed a recording of civilians being abused and forced to work in a mine.
• The Holy Light Clerics called for war, and Ria ordered the First through Fourth army groups to prepare while Shinobi Villages sent Jonin to gather intelligence.

Obito and Orochimaru resurrected Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and other Kage to fight the Holy Church, but Hashirama and Tobirama escaped and reached Konoha. The Holy Light Clerics surrounded them in Minato’s office, mistaking the resurrected Hokage for hostile undead.

• Obito and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and rows of other ninja.
• Obito told the resurrected Kage that the Holy Church had taken Nagato and nearly unified the Shinobi World, then claimed they had to fight it for peace.
• Tobirama broke free of Orochimaru’s control and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hashirama to Konoha.
• Hashirama and Tobirama met the Fourth Hokage, Minato, in his office and asked about Sarutobi and Konoha.
• The Holy Light Cleric Commander led troops into the Hokage Building and surrounded Hashirama and Tobirama, while Minato tried to explain that he was safe.

Minato calmed the Holy Light Clerics’ confrontation with Hashirama and Tobirama, then explained how the Holy Church had transformed Konoha and the wider world. After hearing about the Third Generation and Danzo, Tobirama grieved over his former students and waited to meet Tsunade.

• Minato explained that Hashirama and Tobirama were Konoha’s First and Second Hokage, and Tobirama persuaded Wusheng’s Holy Light Clerics that they meant no harm.
• Tobirama and Hashirama looked out over the transformed Konoha and reacted with shock at its towering buildings and bustling streets.
• Minato explained that Konoha had placed itself under the Holy Church, describing its efforts to end hunger, cold, and homelessness.
• Minato sent Kakashi to summon Tsunade so Hashirama and Tobirama could learn more about the new society.
• Tobirama asked about the Third Generation, and Minato explained his imprisonment and Danzo’s execution, leaving Tobirama heartbroken.

Minato prepared Konoha to host the Holy Church’s First through Fourth Army Groups as they deployed through the village to the Land of Water. Watching the army march through Konoha, Hashirama and Tobirama reflected on the Holy Church’s influence and the sincerity it showed ordinary people.

• Tsunade reunited with Hashirama and Tobirama, then explained that she supported the Holy Church’s ban on gambling after seeing the harm hidden in casinos.
• An ANBU delivered the Holy Church Headquarters’ order for its First through Fourth Army Groups to deploy to the Land of Water through Konoha on May 28, and Minato assigned Tsunade to protect the village while he accompanied the army.
• Konoha’s people gathered to welcome the army as Axel and the Holy Light Clerics marched through the streets, exchanging cheers and salutes with the crowd.
• Hashirama concluded that equality and sincerity explained the Holy Church’s popularity, and Tobirama reconsidered how little he had attended to ordinary residents during his time as Hokage.

The Holy Church’s forces confronted Madara and Obito’s undead army at the Land of Water, where Axel challenged their ideals and defended the Church’s belief in confronting suffering. Madara began the battle by summoning a meteor, but Axel destroyed it and called down an enormous golden sword toward the enemy.

• Minato led Hashirama, Tobirama, and Konoha’s Jonin to join the Holy Church’s war of unification.
• Obito told Madara that the Holy Church’s main force was approaching, and Madara prepared his reincarnated Ninja to face it.
• The Holy Church’s fleet reached the Land of Water’s border, detected the undead army, and deployed reconnaissance drones before the ground forces arrived.
• Axel and Madara argued over whether peace could be achieved through Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Obito defended his wish to live with Rin in an illusion.
• Madara summoned Tengai Shinsei, but Axel sliced the meteor into fragments with the Giant Sword of Light.
• Axel invoked Oath, Holy Sword Judgment, sending an enormous golden Knight Sword plunging toward Madara and Obito.

Axel and the Holy Church overwhelmed Madara and Obito’s forces with combined holy powers, aerial bombardment, and four Giants of Light battling the Ten-Tails. As Madara’s side neared defeat, he immobilized Obito and ordered Black Zetsu to use Rinne Rebirth to resurrect him.

• Axel used the Holy Light Clerics’ combined power to strike Madara’s Susanoo with the Holy Sword, then detonated it with golden flames that destroyed reincarnated ninja and injured Madara.
• Axel ordered the Holy Church’s Motherships to bombard the battlefield, annihilating the reincarnated ninja army and leaving Madara and Obito badly pressured.
• Madara told Obito to summon the Ten-Tails, and Axel enlarged himself with God Descends to charge the beast.
• Axel fought the Ten-Tails, reflecting its chakra beam with Holy Shield: Light Refraction, but began running low on holy power as the beast regenerated.
• Rich, Kumata, and Shishu arrived as Giants of Light and joined Axel in the Holy Light Unity Formation, allowing the four to overpower the Ten-Tails.
• Madara immobilized Obito, called him an expendable pawn, and ordered Black Zetsu to activate Rinne Rebirth and resurrect him.

Madara revived himself, took Obito’s Rinnegan, and fought Axel’s Holy Light Clerics while Hashirama tried to make him abandon his plan. Madara activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, leaving Minato and people across the city entranced as Pope Ria prepared to teleport to the battlefield.

• Madara used Obito to perform Rinne Rebirth, revealed that he had manipulated Obito’s life, and took both Rinnegan for himself.
• Madara became the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki and attacked Axel’s forces with Truth-Seeking Orbs, which began breaking through their Holy Shield.
• Minato, Hashirama, and Tobirama joined the battle, but Madara shattered Tobirama’s reincarnated body and argued with Hashirama about his vision of peace.
• Axel’s forces scattered before the shield collapsed, while Hashirama urged Madara to let go and Madara rose toward the moon.
• Madara activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, turning the moon into a crimson Sharingan and entrancing Minato and people in the city.
• Pope Ria ordered Mina to summon the Twelve Judgment Chiefs so they could teleport to the battlefield and bring Axel’s forces back safely.

Ria arrived with the Holy Light Clerics and overpowered Madara, revealing strength that dwarfed the entire Shinobi World. She freed the Ninja from Infinite Tsukuyomi and began lifting the God Tree to give to Holy Light.

• Madara attacked Axel and the Holy Light Clerics with meteors, but Ria appeared and destroyed them with the Great Prophecy Technique: Annihilation.
• Ria nullified Madara’s Super Shinra Tensei, defeated his Limbo clones, and seized control of his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• At Black Zetsu’s urging, Madara summoned the God Tree and began wrapping the ensnared Ninja in its roots.
• Ria flew into space, revealed her enormous True Form of the Celestial God, and flicked the God Tree hard enough to free the Ninja and wake them from Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Ria asked the Ninja to move away, then lifted the God Tree with two fingers to take it for Holy Light.

Ria confronted Black Zetsu’s scheme and, despite the Sage of Six Paths’ objections, freed Kaguya from the moon. Kaguya accepted Ria’s protection and left with her as the Shinobi World approached a new era of peace.

• Black Zetsu confessed that he had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet and manipulated Madara to free his mother, then mortally wounded Madara when Madara tried to attack him.
• Ria refused to use Black Zetsu’s pledge to humiliate Madara, but the Sage of Six Paths appeared and warned her that Kaguya was dangerous.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained Kaguya’s past, while Black Zetsu defended her; Ria dismissed their ancient grievances and flew to the moon to break the seal.
• Ria released Kaguya, who said she still feared her enemies, and promised to protect her.
• Kaguya accepted Ria’s offer and took her hand; Ria introduced herself as Artoria and said Kaguya could call her Ria.

Ria ended the war, rescued Kaguya, and ordered the surviving Akatsuki members arrested and tried. The Shinobi World entered an era of peace, while the Holy Church secretly began plans for a portal to other worlds.

• Ria brought Kaguya back to the Shinobi World, where Kaguya reconciled with the Sage of Six Paths before he vanished, then thanked Black Zetsu for helping save her.
• Hashirama comforted Madara, and Ria healed Madara and ordered him to atone for his crimes under the Holy Church.
• Ria sent the First, Second, and Third Army Groups to arrest the surviving Akatsuki members and ordered the Fourth Army Group to restore normal life in the Land of Water.
• The Judgment Hall sentenced Black Zetsu, Kakuzu, and Orochimaru to death and placed Madara and the other lesser members under lifelong supervision.
• The Holy Church's senior leaders secretly began planning a world-crossing Portal and publicly described the project as a Starry Sky Portal.

Xiao Yang, an orphan raised by his grandfather, found comfort and inspiration in a book returned to him with an encouraging note. Years later, he revisited the bookshop to thank the stranger but could not find them, so he left a message of gratitude and continued pursuing his dreams.

• Xiao Yang regularly visited the Traces of Time bookshop and drew strength from the novel "Growth of Youth."
• Xiao Yang learned that someone had borrowed the novel and left the shop feeling dejected.
• Xiao Yang received the book in a package with a card thanking him for supporting the bookshop and encouraging him to pursue his dreams.
• Xiao Yang studied and wrote diligently, eventually becoming a writer whose work won readers' recognition.
• Xiao Yang returned to the bookshop to find the customer, but the new owner did not know who they were.
• Xiao Yang wrote a message of thanks in the guest book and resolved to keep growing and writing.

Anthony advised his student to draw inspiration from his family's traditions while earning recognition through his own efforts. The student won an important competition and resolved to carry on his family's legacy.

• Anthony told his student that his family's history and achievements could offer valuable inspiration and support.
• The student studied old family documents and came to value the dedication behind his family's legacy.
• Inspired by those traditions, the student trained harder and developed innovative methods.
• The student won an important competition with his creativity and skill, crediting the honor to his family.
• The student returned to Anthony, shared his success, and vowed to carry on his family's glory.

Yi Yong and the Holy Light Clerics arrived in another world, where their powers were weakened and they needed to spread their faith to establish a stronger foothold. They settled near Tatsumi’s village, whose wary residents agreed to watch them, and Yi Yong planned to earn their trust by helping with their needs.

• Fushu explained that the Clerics needed believers and a local Child of Destiny attuned to Holy Light to strengthen their connection to the world.
• Yi Yong ordered Fushu and the Holy Armored Ones to use drones to locate a village, and the Clerics rode Holy Light Wolves there.
• Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo discussed going to the Imperial Capital to earn money for their poor village, then hurried back after hearing its alarm.
• Yi Yong told the village chief that the Clerics would not demand offerings or force anyone to believe, and the chief allowed them to camp on open land nearby.
• Tatsumi promised to protect the village, while the chief urged the villagers to observe the newcomers before deciding whether to trust them.
• Yi Yong told the Clerics to act sincerely, and he assigned Fushu and the Holy Armored Ones to inspect the fields for ways to help the villagers.

Tatsumi and his friends watched the Holy Light Clerics train, then saw them defeat the Thundercloud Lionhorn Beast when it attacked. Inspired by Yi Yong’s explanation of the holy light’s responsibilities, the three children accepted holy light seeds and joined the clerics’ cause.

• Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo secretly followed the Holy Light Clerics into the mountains and watched their morning training.
• The Thundercloud Lionhorn Beast attacked, and Yi Yong ordered the clerics to restrain it with Chains of Light and kill it with Holy Light Bullets.
• Tatsumi drew his sword to defend the village, and Yi Yong reassured him that the clerics meant no harm.
• Yi Yong told Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo they could become Holy Light Clerics, and the children eagerly asked to follow different paths.
• Yi Yong gave the children holy light seeds and explained that the holy light brought responsibility to protect people and inspire hope.

Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo became Holy Light Clerics and joined Yi Yong’s group after receiving holy power and armor. After the village chief learned what had happened, he began to trust the clerics and accepted their help for the village.

• Holy light awakened in Tatsumi, and Yi Yong praised him as a future Holy Light Cleric; Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo pledged to bring hope together.
• Fushu gave the three mechanical backpacks and taught them to transform into Holy Light Cleric armor.
• Yi Yong’s group returned to the village, where the worried chief reunited with the three children and took them home for breakfast.
• Tatsumi showed the chief his holy power and explained what had happened, persuading the chief to trust Yi Yong and the clerics.
• The chief saw the clerics farming alongside villagers, while Fushu explained that improving people’s livelihoods was part of their duty and promised to guide the three children.

After nearly half a year of training with Yi Yong and the Holy Light Clerics, Tatsumi decided to go to the Imperial Capital with Sayo and Yas to gather intelligence and take responsibility for their world. Yi Yong and the others equipped the trio for their journey, while planning to expand their base and provide further support.

• Tatsumi told Sayo and Yas that they should travel to the Imperial Capital to learn more about their world and help the Holy Light organization.
• Tatsumi asked Yi Yong for permission to leave, and Yi Yong approved while warning the three to stay cautious and keep training.
• Yi Yong gave Tatsumi a gold bracelet inscribed with Invincibility, Fushu gave Yas a Precision Six-Barrel Machine Gun, and Shuihua gave Sayo a Golden Scepter.
• Tatsumi said goodbye to the village chief and the Holy Light Clerics, then set off with Sayo and Yas.
• Yi Yong and Fushu discussed Tatsumi's responsibility and planned to expand their base so they could send another legion and support him.

Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo entered the Imperial Capital hoping to join the military and gather information, but found that connections and money controlled their prospects. After the Mercenary Guild rejected them, Leone approached the three and offered to help.

• Tatsumi paid a young guide for directions and learned that Minister Honest controlled military recruitment and that the Mercenary Guild was a good place to gather information.
• The guide led Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo to the Mercenary Guild, where its guildmaster refused to recruit them and ordered men to throw them out.
• Tatsumi shoved a man aside, and the three left the guild frustrated by the Imperial Capital's corruption and lack of opportunities.
• Leone appeared before the worried youngsters and offered to tell them about her connections, while privately planning to teach them a lesson.

After Leone took Tatsumi and his companions’ money and vanished, they accepted an offer of help from the malicious Aria. They pretended to succumb to her family’s drugged feast as the guards dragged them toward the manor’s pigpen.

• Leone convinced Tatsumi to give her most of their savings, then disappeared after promising to help them enter the Imperial Military Headquarters.
• Tatsumi, Sayo, and Yas gave up waiting for Leone and encountered Aria, whose malice Tatsumi sensed despite her friendly manner.
• Aria invited the three to her family’s manor, where Sayo secretly used holy power to counter the knockout drug in their food.
• Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo pretended to pass out, while Aria and her family celebrated and ordered guards to take them to the pigpen.

Tatsumi, Yas, and Sayo broke into Aria’s estate, rescued the tortured captives, and killed Aria and her guards. After meeting Night Raid, Tatsumi proposed working together and turned to pursue Aria’s parents.

• Sayo treated the captives while Tatsumi and Yas fought the guards, and a soldier fired a red flare that alerted Aria and her parents.
• Aria confronted Tatsumi and Yas as Night Raid watched from nearby, and Tatsumi killed her after the pair fought off her soldiers.
• Yas’s scanning turret targeted Night Raid in the woods, but Tatsumi stopped him and recognized Leone, who revealed that she and the others were Night Raid.
• Sayo brought out the surviving captives, and Tatsumi promised they would not be abandoned.
• Tatsumi proposed working with Night Raid and suggested they deal with Aria’s parents before discussing their organizations.