Chapter Summaries

The Sky Screen showed Kaguya’s growing desperation to mature the God Tree and her estrangement from Hagoromo and Hamura. After Hara tried to calm her, Kaguya ordered mass sacrifices and stressed that her sons were unlike Hara because their Otsutsuki blood was impure.

• Kaguya worried that the God Tree was growing too slowly and angrily demanded to know where Imu had gone.
• Kaguya returned to her palace, where Hara told her that Hagoromo and Hamura were avoiding her and meeting in secret.
• Kaguya condemned her sons for defending mortals and refused Hara’s suggestion that she talk things through with them.
• Kaguya explained that a lack of powerful sacrifices was slowing the God Tree and preventing it from producing another fruit.
• Kaguya ordered more mortals sacrificed to force the God Tree to mature, despite Hara warning that this would deepen the conflict with her brothers.
• Kaguya told Hara that Hagoromo and Hamura were different from her because they had inherited only half of Kaguya’s Otsutsuki bloodline.

Kaguya told Hara that her pure Otsutsuki blood made her the daughter destined to grow strong and protect them from a future crisis. The Shinobi World debated Hara’s disappearance and the mysterious Imu, while the sealed Kaguya wondered whether she had truly once had a daughter before dismissing the past as irrelevant.

• Kaguya explained that Hara alone had inherited her pure bloodline and ordered her to eat the God Tree Fruit and become strong enough to face a future crisis.
• Hara promised to train and protect Kaguya, who praised her and disparaged Hagoromo and Hamura.
• People across the Shinobi World reacted to the revelation of Hara, questioned where she had gone, and speculated about Imu and the ancient world.
• Sealed on the moon, Kaguya said she remembered only her sons, then imagined how a daughter like Hara might have changed her fate before concluding that it no longer mattered.

Black Zetsu and the Sage of Six Paths watched the Sky Screen invent Hara and rewrite history, leaving the Sage unable to understand its purpose or control its influence. The screen then showed Kaguya’s mass sacrifices, as Hagoromo told Hamura they were too weak to stop her.

• Black Zetsu realized the Sky Screen was fabricating history but knew nobody would believe his objections.
• The Sage of Six Paths questioned the Sky Screen’s purpose, then decided to watch events unfold and trust Asura’s reincarnation to guide the world.
• Kaguya ordered administrators to capture civilians and sacrifice them beneath the God Tree to feed its growth.
• Hamura urged Hagoromo to stop Kaguya’s slaughter, but Hagoromo said their mother was too powerful for them to challenge.

Hagoromo and Hamura decided to lie low and grow stronger before confronting their mother, Kaguya, and were interrupted by the young Gamamaru. After Hagoromo and Hamura grew suspicious of him, Gamamaru panicked and tried to explain himself as the Sky Screen showed their encounter to the Shinobi World.

• Hagoromo told Hamura they needed to endure and secretly build enough power to stop Kaguya.
• Gamamaru emerged from the grass and offered to help the brothers with their worries.
• Hamura apologized after reacting with shock to the talking toad, and Gamamaru introduced himself.
• Hagoromo studied Gamamaru with his Sharingan and bluntly called him weak.
• Gamamaru described the brothers’ contrasting personalities, prompting both to suspect he had spied on them.
• Gamamaru raised his hands and hurriedly denied spying as the Sky Screen froze on his panicked explanation.

Gamamaru told Hagoromo and Hamura that Kaguya's sacrifices were feeding the God Tree and draining the world's natural energy. The brothers learned that if the tree continued to grow, the entire world would become barren and lifeless.

• Hagoromo asked Gamamaru why he had sought out the brothers.
• Gamamaru pointed to the God Tree and asked whether they understood the full extent of its harm.
• Hagoromo and Hamura condemned Kaguya for sacrificing innocent people, believing that was the God Tree's greatest danger.
• Gamamaru explained that Kaguya was feeding the God Tree to make it bear fruit, and that she had gained her power by eating its first fruit.
• Gamamaru warned that the God Tree's relentless consumption of natural energy would destroy the world's vitality and leave it unable to support life.
• Hagoromo and Hamura were shaken as they realized the crisis threatened the world's survival, not just its people.

After learning that Senjutsu could help save the world, Hagoromo and Hamura agreed to train with Gamamaru, while White Zetsu reported their plans to Hara. Kaguya refused to punish her sons and allowed them to train, confident they could never defeat her.

• Gamamaru offered to teach Hagoromo and Hamura Senjutsu, and both brothers agreed to learn to control natural energy.
• White Zetsu overheard the brothers' plans and reported to Hara that they intended to oppose Kaguya.
• Hara blamed Hagoromo for leading Hamura astray and vowed to kill Gamamaru for meddling.
• Hara told Kaguya what had happened, but Kaguya responded with sorrow rather than anger.
• Kaguya told Hara to leave her brothers alone, saying their training could improve their strength and they still could not match her.

Kaguya ordered Hara to double the sacrifices to the God Tree and make the Celestial Dragons supply any shortfall with their own people. In Konoha, Tsunade and Hiruzen challenged Jiraiya's faith in Gamamaru and the Sage of Six Paths, while Jiraiya insisted the Child of Prophecy could end the cycle of bloodshed.

• Kaguya dismissed Hara's concern that her sons might grow powerful and ordered twice as many sacrifices, with Celestial Dragons forced to provide their own people if they fell short.
• Shinobi across the world condemned Kaguya's cruelty, marveled at Gamamaru's Senjutsu, and speculated that Imu had fled to escape the Celestial Dragons' sacrificial duties.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Gamamaru was far from simple, but Jiraiya praised Mount Myōboku's influence on the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hiruzen argued that the Sage of Six Paths and Gamamaru had tried to direct the shinobi world according to their own wills, and questioned whether their control had been beneficial.
• Tsunade reminded Jiraiya that generations of war and hatred had unfolded under the Sage's plans and Gamamaru's guidance, leaving Jiraiya speechless.
• Jiraiya argued that the Child of Prophecy was still needed to break the old cycle and change the world.

Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged Jiraiya’s faith in the Child of Prophecy, leaving Jiraiya shaken. On the Sky Screen, Otsutsuki Hara ordered the Five Elders to double the God Tree’s sacrifices and use captured Knights as offerings.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that relying on a prophesied savior was arrogance and escapism, leaving Jiraiya stunned and questioning his lifelong faith.
• Otsutsuki Hara appeared before the Five Elders, who knelt and greeted her deferentially.
• Hara asked whether the Five Elders had found Imu, and they reported that he had disappeared without a trace.
• Hara ordered the Five Elders to double the sacrifices offered to the God Tree on her mother’s command.
• Hara ordered captured members of the Knights to be sent as sacrifices instead of being executed, and the Five Elders agreed.

Hara forced the Five Elders to honor the Celestial Dragons’ pact with Kaguya and discovered that Gamamaru could teach natural-energy techniques, marking him as a threat. The Sky Screen then showed the world’s sacrifice system intensifying, with Kaguya hunting powerful beings while Hara managed the God Tree’s growing operation.

• Hara secured the Five Elders’ obedience and asked whether anyone could teach others to control natural energy; their answer convinced her that Gamamaru had to be eliminated before Hagoromo and Hamura could grow stronger.
• After Hara left, the Five Elders lamented their humiliation and ordered an intensified search for captives and sacrifices so they could stay alive.
• People watching the Sky Screen discussed the Celestial Dragons’ pact with Kaguya, the Five Elders’ near-immortality, and the reincarnating monkey who had been their enemy.
• The Celestial Dragons doubled sacrifices and seized powerful people, civilians, and captive Knights to feed the God Tree, while Kaguya personally hunted powerful creatures.
• Hara coordinated the sacrificial system as Kaguya gathered victims, and mother and daughter bound the world to the God Tree’s growth.

Hagoromo and Hamura mastered the basics of Senjutsu, but Hagoromo recognized that it was still far too weak to challenge Kaguya. Gamamaru revealed that the true power to oppose her was hidden within the brothers, and that Hagoromo's awakened Sharingan was proof it was beginning to emerge.

• Hagoromo and Hamura trained with Gamamaru until they learned to blend their chakra with natural energy.
• Hamura celebrated how Senjutsu had greatly increased his abilities, but Hagoromo warned that it was nowhere near enough to defeat Kaguya.
• Hamura asked Gamamaru for a stronger method to help them grow quickly, and Gamamaru admitted he could not provide power strong enough to overwhelm Kaguya.
• Gamamaru explained that Senjutsu was only an additional trump card and that the power to stop Kaguya lay hidden within the brothers themselves.
• Gamamaru identified Hagoromo's awakened Sharingan as proof that this hidden power was beginning to awaken.

Gamamaru told Hagoromo and Hamura that Kaguya could only be stopped by sealing her, and that their inherited powers would eventually provide the means. Watching the Sky Screen from her prison, Kaguya regretted how she had treated Hamura but remained furious with Hagoromo for killing his brother.

• Gamamaru explained that Kaguya’s immortality came from the God Tree and that Hagoromo’s awakened eyes would grant him a sealing technique connected to it.
• Hamura asked why his own power had not awakened, and Gamamaru assured him that it would emerge in time and would be no less powerful than Hagoromo’s.
• Shinobi across the world discussed the brothers’ powers and the Sharingan’s connection to sealing Kaguya.
• Kaguya watched the Sky Screen from her prison and wept as she recognized Hamura’s gentle intentions and regretted driving him into conflict.
• Kaguya’s sorrow turned to anger toward Hagoromo, whom she blamed for attacking Hamura and killing him once.

Gamamaru warned Hagoromo and Hamura that their pure-blooded younger sister Hara could become as powerful as Kaguya if she ate the God Tree Fruit, forcing them to prepare to stop both mother and sister before time ran out. Hagoromo also sensed a living, predatory presence within the God Tree.

• The Sage of Six Paths watched the Sky Screen and felt that its portrayal made his past choices seem cruel and heartless.
• Gamamaru told Hagoromo and Hamura that the God Tree was consuming the world and urged them to unite with others against Kaguya.
• Hamura identified Hara as another danger, and Gamamaru revealed that she was a pure-blooded Otsutsuki with the potential to become Kaguya's equal by eating the God Tree Fruit.
• Hagoromo and Hamura resolved to stop Kaguya and prevent Hara from reaching the God Tree before its fruit ripened.
• Gamamaru warned that someone would have to hold Hara back, while Hagoromo recalled sensing a living, predatory presence emanating from the God Tree.

Gamamaru warned Hagoromo and Hamura that the living God Tree could overwhelm them and that Hara could command it through her pure Otsutsuki blood. Hagoromo planned to seal Kaguya while allies held Hara back, but Hamura questioned whether the Celestial Dragons would turn against their mother.

• Gamamaru revealed that the God Tree was a living creature whose power exceeded Hagoromo and Hamura's combined strength.
• Gamamaru explained that Hara could draw on the God Tree's power and warned that she and Kaguya together would be impossible to defeat.
• Hagoromo asked whether he and Hamura could take control of the God Tree, and Gamamaru said they could not yet but might gain that ability after their powers awakened.
• Hagoromo proposed that he and Hamura seek a chance to seal Kaguya while allies prevented Hara from reaching the God Tree.
• Gamamaru urged the brothers to enlist both the Knights and the Celestial Dragons, but Hamura doubted the Celestial Dragons would betray Kaguya.
• Hagoromo told Hamura that Kaguya regarded every people, including the Celestial Dragons, as expendable sacrifices.

Hagoromo and Hamura resolved to unite the Knights and Celestial Dragons against Kaguya and Hara, and Gamamaru gave Hagoromo a mysterious Sage's Talisman. As the brothers left to seek allies, they witnessed the suffering caused by the sacrifice quotas but were unable to intervene.

• Hagoromo explained that Kaguya would eventually use the Celestial Dragons as sacrifices, and he and Hamura agreed to unite them with the Knights against her and Hara.
• Gamamaru gave Hagoromo the Sage's Talisman and told him to keep it safe until its purpose became clear.
• Hagoromo and Hamura promised Gamamaru they would save the world, then left the valley to find powerful beings and build an alliance.
• As the brothers traveled, they saw Celestial Dragon patrols seize ordinary people for the God Tree's sacrifices, but they did not intervene.

Hagoromo and Hamura found the wounded Knight Kafei and asked him to ally with them against Kaguya’s rule. Kafei’s distrust began to waver, but he had not yet decided whether to believe them.

• Hagoromo and Hamura heard fighting in the Dense Forest and saw a lone warrior escape several Celestial Dragon guards.
• The brothers followed the wounded man into the forest and found him treating his injuries in a secluded clearing.
• Kafei recognized Hagoromo and Hamura and assumed they had come to capture him, refusing to reveal anything about the Knights.
• Hagoromo and Hamura explained that they wanted to ally with the Knights and end the sacrifices under Kaguya’s rule.
• Kafei laughed at their claim, but their earnest words made him question whether they were telling the truth.

Kafei rejected Hagoromo and Hamura’s offer of cooperation, but their steady protection during his journey gradually earned his trust. He gathered scattered Knights members at a hidden stronghold, where they faced the two Ōtsutsuki princes with suspicion and hostility.

• Kafei accused Hagoromo and Hamura of complicity in Kaguya’s sacrifices and refused to trust or cooperate with them.
• Hagoromo acknowledged the suffering caused by his mother and explained that he and Hamura wanted to stop the sacrifices and save the world.
• Hagoromo and Hamura followed Kafei without pressuring him, quietly protecting him from beasts and Celestial Dragon guards as he tested them.
• Kafei observed the brothers’ compassion, lost his suspicions, and decided to trust them.
• Kafei contacted scattered Knights members and gathered them at a hidden mountain-valley stronghold, where they regarded Hagoromo and Hamura with wariness and hostility.

Hagoromo and Hamura secured the Knights’ alliance and then approached the Five Elders to recruit the Celestial Dragons against Kaguya. The Five Elders suspected a loyalty test, and Hagoromo began explaining the danger posed by Kaguya, the God Tree, and Hara.

• Hagoromo persuaded the Knights to unite with him and Hamura against Kaguya and end the sacrifices.
• The Knights set out to contact their scattered companions and gather their forces while Hagoromo and Hamura left to approach the Celestial Dragons.
• Hagoromo and Hamura appeared before the Five Elders and proposed that they join the fight against Kaguya.
• The Five Elders mistook the proposal for a test from Kaguya, but Hagoromo revealed that Hara might force them to offer Celestial Dragons as sacrifices if they failed to meet her demands.
• Hagoromo began explaining how Kaguya’s sacrifices, the God Tree, and Hara’s threat could bring the world to destruction.

Hagoromo and Hamura persuaded the Five Elders to join their resistance after Hara ordered the Celestial Dragons to make up the God Tree’s sacrifice shortfall. The Five Elders secretly resolved to support whoever won, while people across the Shinobi World debated whether the Celestial Dragons would stay loyal.

• Hagoromo told the Five Elders that he and Hamura had allied with the Knights and invited the Celestial Dragons to join them against Kaguya.
• A messenger announced Hara’s order that Celestial Dragons must fill the shortfall in sacrifices to the God Tree, convincing the Five Elders that they too were expendable.
• The Five Elders pledged to follow Hagoromo and Hamura, and the brothers told them to lie low and await further orders.
• After Hagoromo and Hamura left, the Five Elders concluded that the brothers might have a trump card but agreed to obey whichever side won.
• Across the Shinobi World, people argued over whether the Celestial Dragons would betray Hagoromo and Hamura or had no choice but to resist Kaguya.

The Shinobi World debated why the Celestial Dragons would eventually be banished, while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen judged their alliance with Kaguya to be self-serving. Hara remained confident that Kaguya would defeat Hagoromo and Hamura as the factions secretly prepared for the final conflict.

• People across the Shinobi World speculated that the Celestial Dragons would be banished because they would hedge their bets or pursue their own interests.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen concluded that the Celestial Dragons were unwilling to sacrifice themselves and would not truly stand with the world.
• Hara accepted the Celestial Dragons' delivery of commoners and powerful Celestial Dragons as sacrifices, and White Zetsu explained that the Five Elders obeyed to protect themselves.
• Hara learned that White Zetsu had found no trace of Hagoromo and Hamura, but she dismissed the need to search further because she believed Kaguya could never be surpassed.
• Hagoromo and Hamura secretly coordinated the Knights, while the Celestial Dragons gathered their elite forces in secret under orders from the Five Elders.

Hagoromo and Hamura's allies prepared to trap Hara by cutting off sacrifices to the God Tree, while the brothers planned to confront Kaguya. When Hara learned the sacrifices had stopped, she set out for the Celestial Dragons' headquarters, unknowingly entering Hagoromo's trap.

• Hagoromo laid a sealing array and assigned the Five Elders and Knights to trap and occupy Hara while he and Hamura faced Kaguya.
• The Five Elders stopped all shipments of sacrifices, expecting Hara to come investigate.
• White Zetsu reported the missing sacrifices to Hara, who grew furious and accused the Celestial Dragons of defying her.
• Hara ordered White Zetsu to guard the God Tree and vanished toward the Celestial Dragons' headquarters.
• The Shinobi World watched as Hara took the bait and headed toward Hagoromo's trap.