Chapter Summaries

Otsutsuki Kaguya feared Hagoromo’s growing power, while the Sage of Six Paths rejected the Sky Screen’s accusations but resolved to watch for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. In Konoha, Tsunade tore up a letter from the Fourth Raikage, and Hiruzen urged her to handle Kumogakure carefully.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya celebrated the Sky Screen’s portrayal of Hagoromo as a smear, then worried that he had grown too powerful during his thousand years in the Pure Land.
• The Sage of Six Paths denied plotting against the Shinobi World and chose not to interfere with its people or defend his reputation.
• The Sage of Six Paths accepted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as a deadly threat and placed him on his highest alert level.
• Tsunade read the Fourth Raikage’s letter in the Hokage Office and tore it to shreds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Tsunade to refuse Kumogakure’s demands tactfully and preserve stability among the villages.

Tsunade ordered Konoha to ignore Kumogakure’s demands and focus on the approaching Ōtsutsuki crisis, with Hiruzen accepting her hard-line stance. In Amegakure, Nagato and Konan concluded that the Akatsuki’s plan was no longer possible and that Obito, Black Zetsu, and the White Zetsu had vanished.

• Tsunade declared that Konoha would ignore letters from Kumogakure demanding accountability or compensation and punish anyone who stirred up conflict during the looming crisis.
• Jiraiya defended Tsunade’s blunt approach, and Hiruzen accepted that gentle diplomacy no longer suited the situation.
• Nagato asked Konan whether they should continue the Akatsuki’s original plan, and he conceded that the Sky Screen’s revelations and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s arrival had made it futile.
• Konan explained that the villages had recalled the tailed beast Jinchūriki to Konoha and tightened security, leaving the Akatsuki no chance to capture them.
• Nagato asked about Obito and Black Zetsu, and Konan said they and the White Zetsu had disappeared.
• Nagato recognized that his Rinnegan had belonged to Madara Uchiha, and Konan agreed.

Nagato and Konan rejected Jiraiya’s offer to settle in Konoha and chose to remain in the Land of Rain, while Obito hid in the Kamui Dimension and clung to his desire for a genjutsu world with Rin. Obito recognized that the Eye of the Moon Plan could no longer succeed, and his hope gave way to despair.

• Konan explained that Obito and Black Zetsu were hiding because the Sky Screen had exposed their secrets and Isshiki threatened Black Zetsu.
• Konan gave Nagato Jiraiya’s sixth letter inviting them to Konoha, but Nagato firmly refused, citing his hatred for Konoha and the Shinobi World.
• Nagato and Konan chose to stay in the Land of Rain and watch over their homeland and Yahiko’s grave.
• Obito hid alone in the Kamui Dimension, replaying Rin’s death and questioning why others opposed his wish to create a world with her.
• Obito defended the Eye of the Moon Plan’s illusion as a world without suffering, but accepted that the plan could no longer be carried out and sank into despair.

Obito and Black Zetsu faced the collapse of their plans after the Sky Screen exposed them and put the Shinobi World on alert. Black Zetsu chose to hide until Isshiki and the villages weakened each other, while Kakashi brought Naruto and Sasuke to a guarded new home in Konoha.

• Obito mourned in the Kamui Dimension, believing he had lost his last chance to see Rin again.
• Black Zetsu despaired over the failure of his thousand-year plan and wished he truly had Otsutsuki power.
• Black Zetsu told the White Zetsus to stay hidden until Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the Shinobi World fought and weakened each other.
• The Five Great Hidden Villages raised their defenses, with Kirigakure and Kumogakure especially fearful of the futures shown on the Sky Screen.
• Kakashi brought Naruto and Sasuke to the secluded home Tsunade had arranged for them, and Naruto protested having to live with Sasuke.

Naruto and Sasuke moved into a heavily guarded courtyard because Ōtsutsuki Isshiki might attack before they grew strong enough to stop him. They began settling into their new home and faced a stricter path of training, while Itachi secretly watched over them.

• Kakashi explained that Naruto and Sasuke were key future defenders and targets, so Konoha had placed them in a protected courtyard with layered barriers and secret Jonin guards.
• Sasuke realized the move was prompted by the Sky Screen’s revelations about Isshiki and asked whether Itachi was nearby, but Kakashi did not know.
• Kakashi left Naruto and Sasuke to settle in, and they resumed bickering about having to live together.
• Sasuke privately suspected Itachi was concealed nearby and reasoned that Hinata might have been left exposed because the Sky Screen would prevent her from gaining Toneri’s chakra and awakening the Tenseigan.
• Itachi secretly watched the courtyard as Konoha’s guards protected Naruto and Sasuke, who began a stricter training path.

With the Shinobi World bracing for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while carrying on with daily life, Isshiki infiltrated Konoha and was baffled by the villagers’ calm. He chose to investigate Konoha’s hidden strength before attacking Naruto and Sasuke, but a strange atmosphere reached him as he walked its streets.

• Ninja across the villages prepared for danger and discussed Kumogakure’s dispute with Konoha, their hopes for the Sky Screen, and the threat Isshiki posed.
• Isshiki quietly infiltrated Konoha and heard its people discussing him while continuing their ordinary routines without panic.
• Isshiki suspected Konoha’s calm concealed powerful defenses and abandoned his plan to attack Naruto and Sasuke immediately.
• Isshiki decided to investigate Konoha’s strength and seek an opportunity to kill Naruto and Sasuke, but a strange atmosphere washed over him after he took only a few steps.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki infiltrated Konoha intending to kill Naruto and Sasuke while they were still students, but villagers mocked his appearance before Uchiha Itachi discovered and confronted him at the Ninja Academy. Konoha evacuated the students and mobilized its Anbu as powerful reinforcements approached, leaving Isshiki facing the village’s forces and asking to kill two people first.

• Konoha villagers mocked Isshiki’s hairstyle as he walked through the streets, and he suppressed his anger while vowing to kill them later.
• Isshiki reached the Ninja Academy and slipped onto the grounds, planning to kill Naruto and Sasuke before they could grow stronger.
• Amaterasu struck Isshiki, and he recognized Uchiha Itachi on a nearby rooftop.
• Itachi manifested Susanoo, prompting Anbu to surround Isshiki and evacuate the students from the Academy.
• Powerful chakra signatures raced toward the Academy as Isshiki asked Konoha’s forces to let him kill Naruto and Sasuke first.

Uchiha Itachi, Tsunade, and Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Isshiki’s demand to hand over Naruto and Sasuke, and they exposed his unhealed injuries as the reason he was bargaining. Enraged, Isshiki chose to suppress his injuries by force and prepared to attack Konoha.

• Uchiha Itachi refused to let Isshiki take Sasuke and Naruto, declaring that Isshiki would have to kill him first.
• Isshiki mocked Itachi’s devotion to Sasuke and challenged him to choose between his brother and Konoha.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived as reinforcements, and Hiruzen vowed to give his life to protect the village and its future.
• Isshiki dismissed Konoha’s people as ants and demanded that they hand over Naruto and Sasuke in exchange for sparing the village.
• Uchiha Itachi and Tsunade deduced that Isshiki’s injuries limited his strength, prompting him to abandon restraint and threaten to suppress them by force.
• Isshiki unleashed his overwhelming pressure across the Ninja Academy, while Hiruzen prepared to face him at the cost of his life.

As Isshiki began slaughtering Konoha’s defenders, Andy secretly decided to intervene and planned to use Kaguya’s power against him. The chapter ended with Tsunade coordinating the village’s layered defense as its fighters tried to keep Isshiki occupied.

• Tsunade, Itachi, and Konoha’s ninja prepared to defend the village against Isshiki, while the civilians evacuated to a shelter.
• Andy joined the evacuation with a tabby cat and a yellow dog, then resolved to stop Isshiki from killing Naruto and Sasuke.
• Andy chose Kaguya’s power as the means to kill Isshiki and quietly began setting his plan in motion.
• Isshiki launched an overwhelming attack that wounded and incapacitated many Konoha ninja.
• Tsunade directed ranged, medical, and close-combat units to keep Isshiki occupied and buy time.

Konoha’s defenders fought to hold Ōtsutsuki Isshiki until Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode and helped trap him with layered techniques. Isshiki broke free when a sudden, overwhelming sense of mortal danger forced him to unleash his full power.

• Uchiha Itachi blocked Isshiki’s escape route while Konoha’s ninja attacked in waves, but Isshiki overwhelmed the defenders and tore apart their lines.
• Jiraiya arrived with Fukasaku and Shima, entered Sage Mode, and attacked Isshiki with senjutsu-enhanced techniques.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima used the Toad Confrontation Chant to disrupt Isshiki’s senses, while Nara Clan Jonin restrained him with the Shadow Imitation Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to confront Isshiki as Isshiki threatened to break free, but a sudden sense of mortal danger made him unleash his full power.
• Isshiki shattered the genjutsu and shadow restraints, leaving the Konoha ninja stunned.

Otsutsuki Hara secretly killed Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones after his powers mysteriously failed, then spoke from hiding and spared Konoha’s fighters. Tsunade warned that Hara was still nearby and would target Naruto and Sasuke, prompting a search of Konoha.

• Isshiki tried to escape, but his dōjutsu, chakra, and techniques all failed.
• A hidden attacker pierced Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones and disintegrated his body and soul.
• Itachi identified Otsutsuki Hara as the attacker and warned that she had likely recovered her true body.
• Hara spoke from concealment, said she would spare the fighters, and gave no sign of her location.
• Tsunade warned that Hara remained nearby and would target Naruto and Sasuke, then ordered sensory ninja to search all of Konoha.

Otsutsuki Hara demanded that Konoha hand over Naruto and Sasuke, but Tsunade and the village leaders refused, prompting Hara to threaten a massacre. Just as she prepared to attack, the Sage of Six Paths appeared across the shinobi world, terrifying Hara and leaving the villages scrambling to learn why he had intervened.

• Otsutsuki Hara revealed that even Hagoromo and Isshiki had been unable to detect her, then demanded that Konoha hand over Naruto and Sasuke.
• Tsunade refused, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Itachi vowed to defend the village and the boys.
• Otsutsuki Hara threatened to kill everyone in Konoha until the village surrendered, and her overwhelming presence froze the battlefield.
• Otsutsuki Hara suddenly panicked and accused someone of having been there all along as the sky transformed across the shinobi world.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared in the clouds and gazed down at all living beings before fading away.
• The shinobi world erupted in speculation, while village leaders ordered investigations and Konoha's defenders cautiously relaxed after sensing no remaining threat.

After Isshiki’s death and Otsutsuki Hara’s escape, Konoha and the Shinobi World grappled with the Sage of Six Paths’ appearance and the danger still surrounding Naruto and Sasuke. Black Zetsu learned that Hara had appeared and was horrified, insisting that the name was fabricated and that he was only Black Zetsu.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen believed Hara had retreated after the Sage of Six Paths appeared, then ordered rescue operations and found no surviving wounded on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized that Naruto and Sasuke remained targets and resolved to protect Sasuke.
• News of Isshiki’s death, Hara’s emergence, and the Sage of Six Paths’ appearance spread across the Shinobi World, where many believed the future disasters had been averted.
• Andy walked among Konoha’s evacuees with Da Huang and a tabby cat, understanding that the changed future was only the beginning.
• Black Zetsu hid from the Sage of Six Paths, then sent White Zetsu to investigate and learned that Otsutsuki Hara had appeared.
• Black Zetsu was stunned and insisted that Hara was a fabricated name and that he was only the embodiment of Kaguya’s will.

Black Zetsu learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had been killed by the mysterious Otsutsuki Hara and feared she might threaten Kaguya. In the Pure Land, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was also bewildered by events in the Living World and had prepared to intervene against Isshiki.

• White Zetsu told Black Zetsu that the Shinobi World believed Black Zetsu had become Otsutsuki Hara and that Hara had killed Isshiki.
• White Zetsu explained that Hara had ambushed Isshiki in Konoha with All-Killing Ash Bones, turning him to ash before anyone saw her.
• Black Zetsu doubted the story, then feared the unknown Hara could kill Kaguya and considered abandoning his resurrection plan.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki reflected that Isshiki's invasion of Konoha had prompted him to prepare to intervene.

After Otsutsuki Hara killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, the Sage of Six Paths realized that the Sky Screen’s supposedly fictional character had become real and that an unknown force was impersonating him. Fearing the power behind these events, he decided to remain in the Pure Land and leave the Shinobi World’s fate to its younger generations.

• The Sage of Six Paths learned that Otsutsuki Hara had killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with an All-Killing Ash Bone.
• The Sage of Six Paths recognized Hara as a character the Sky Screen had presented as fictional and suspected a hidden mastermind had brought her into reality.
• A gigantic image of the Sage of Six Paths appeared over the Shinobi World, though he had not projected himself or used his power.
• The Sage of Six Paths concluded that the unknown force behind the Sky Screen could alter reality and decided not to investigate or intervene.
• The Sage of Six Paths entrusted the Shinobi World’s upheaval to Asura and Indra’s reincarnations and remained in the Pure Land.

After Isshiki's death, the shinobi world feared the untouchable Otsutsuki Hara, while Black Zetsu and the Sage of Six Paths chose not to intervene. As Konoha recovered, its leaders concluded that no one could detect or defend against Hara, and their warning spread panic among the Hidden Villages.

• News of Isshiki's death and Hara's lethal abilities terrified the shinobi world, and Black Zetsu ordered the White Zetsu to stay hidden.
• The Sage of Six Paths abandoned plans to intervene and entrusted the shinobi world's fate to Naruto and Sasuke.
• Konoha restored outward order while Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya met in the Hokage Office to discuss Hara.
• Jiraiya reported that the Toad Sages had no information about Hara's identity, origins, abilities, or purpose.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya agreed that Hara could hide undetected and kill without leaving any chance of rescue.
• Intelligence channels spread Konoha's conclusions to other Hidden Villages, deepening panic among their leaders.

The Sky Screen returned as the shinobi world feared another attack from Hara, then showed an ancient world of vast lands, thriving towns, and giant beasts. Viewers concluded that the world had once been a single supercontinent, later shattered by a cataclysmic battle.

• The Sky Screen reappeared, easing some of the fear gripping the shinobi world as people worried about Hara and debated whether the future had changed.
• The Sky Screen showed an ancient supercontinent surrounded by ocean and inhabited by enormous beasts and flourishing human towns.
• Ninja and civilians recognized that the footage showed an era before Kaguya, when ancient beasts still roamed the world.
• An elderly ninja concluded that the shinobi world had once been one vast continent and that a devastating battle had broken it apart.
• Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya watched the Sky Screen in the Hokage Office, stunned by the revelation.

The Sky Screen revealed a godlike man and the crowned black parrot Imu on the ancient continent, where the man explained the powers and limits of a Wish Stone. After giving the stone to Imu, they set off to hunt the remaining Outworld Demons, leaving the Shinobi World stunned by their existence and power.

• Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Tsunade connected the ancient world's destruction to the Otsutsuki and the crises facing the Shinobi World.
• The Sky Screen showed a mysterious man whose presence surpassed the Otsutsuki, accompanied by a black parrot wearing a golden crown.
• Imu asked God about a gray stone, and God explained that it was a Wish Stone that could grant wishes within the limits of its source essence.
• God gave the Wish Stone to Imu, who carefully put it away.
• God and Imu traveled across the ancient continent to search for and eradicate any remaining Outworld Demons.

The Shinobi World speculated about the Wish Stone and the ancient deity as the Sky Screen showed Imu beating up a mischievous golden-furred monkey. The monkey’s strange importance remained uncertain as viewers wondered whether it could be a big shot.

• Ninjas and civilians theorized that the Wish Stone and the ancient deity were connected to the Celestial Dragons and the Holy Knights.
• Scheming figures across the Shinobi World grew greedy for the Wish Stone, while the Sky Screen revealed the Nameless Deity and Imu watching a village from a mountain.
• The golden-furred monkey taunted villagers until Imu knocked it down and scolded it for being a monkey.
• The monkey cursed Imu, who struck it repeatedly from afar while the Nameless Deity watched with amusement.
• Viewers speculated that Imu’s hatred of monkeys might mean the monkey had some hidden importance.

The god stopped Imu from beating the yellow-furred monkey and learned that the monkey caused trouble because it wanted the villagers to accept it. He invited the monkey to leave its mortal troubles behind and follow him.

• Imu obeyed the god's command to stop beating the monkey, then delivered one final slap before landing on his shoulder.
• The god told Imu that the monkey was a unique creature born of heaven and earth, then introduced himself as God.
• The monkey knelt in excitement and explained that the villagers rejected it, so it caused trouble to get their attention.
• Imu rebuked the monkey for trying to win acceptance through mischief, and the god told it to follow him.
• The monkey and Imu were both stunned by the god's invitation.