Chapter Summaries

Imu revealed that it cared only about preserving the gods’ order, then secretly began choosing people as pieces for its plans. Meanwhile, Joy Boy taught Haki to the Knights, grew powerful enough to hunt the Divine Race, and left the Shinobi World fearing that Imu would kill him once he toppled the royal family.

• Imu transformed into a black-robed man and secretly entered the mortal world to observe people and choose useful allies for its plans.
• Joy Boy returned to the mountain stronghold and taught the surviving Knights how to cultivate Haki.
• The Knights rapidly developed Haki, while Joy Boy’s own strength grew as he trained and fought.
• Joy Boy began hunting the Divine Race, and his growing power eventually let him defeat or escape groups that had once overwhelmed the Knights.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen realized Imu considered Joy Boy a threat to the world’s order and concluded that Joy Boy would be killed after overthrowing the divine royal family.

The Holy Knights turned the war against the Divine Race as their Haki grew stronger through battle, bringing the Ancient Continent into a prolonged stalemate between two powers. Meanwhile, Imu secretly recruited ambitious figures, granted them powers through the Wish Stone, and marked them as its slaves, though a few refused to kneel.

• Joy Boy led the Holy Knights in renewed war against the Divine Race, and the Knights grew stronger as their Haki developed through battle.
• The Holy Knights reclaimed territory and freed enslaved cities, establishing a realm that matched the Divine Race’s power and beginning a prolonged stalemate.
• Imu traveled in disguise and recruited ambitious people, using the Wish Stone to grant them unusual powers and create a hidden third force.
• Imu branded the empowered followers with dominion marks that bound their lives, powers, fates, and souls to its control.
• Most of Imu’s followers knelt in allegiance, but a few remained standing, resisting the loss of their freedom.

Imu killed the chosen followers who resisted becoming eternal slaves, then promised the obedient followers and their descendants the right to rule and enslave the world. Beyond the Sky Screen, people in the Shinobi World concluded that Imu’s chosen slaves were the origin of the Celestial Dragons.

• Imu used the Divine Reversal Dominion marks to kill the followers who hesitated to submit.
• The remaining followers knelt and swore loyalty to Imu, terrified by the deaths.
• Imu told them they could treat every living being as their slave and would become the world’s supreme rulers.
• Imu declared that the followers’ descendants would stand above all living beings, and they eagerly pledged to help Imu rule the world.
• People in the Shinobi World recognized Imu’s chosen followers as the origin of the Celestial Dragons.

Imu ordered his followers to remain hidden while the Holy Knights grew stronger and the Divine Race weakened through years of war. Facing defeat in a prolonged conflict, the Royal Family mobilized all its forces for a final battle, and Joy Boy prepared to meet them.

• Imu ordered his followers to stay hidden and avoid interfering in the war until he could take control of the world.
• The Holy Knights grew stronger through Haki training and battle, while the Divine Race's Royal Family lost strength and ground.
• The King regretted killing Doctor Henry and the researchers, realizing their work might have helped the Royal Family develop new fighting forces.
• An Elder of the Royal Clan and a Prince warned the King that the Knights' numbers and growth would eventually overwhelm them.
• The King ordered every Divine Race fighter mobilized for a final battle to crush the Knights and kill the monkey.
• Joy Boy heard that the Royal Family was gathering its forces and faced the coming battle with resolve.

Joy Boy defeated the Great Kingdom’s Royal Family after a devastating battle, but Imu arrived with his hidden followers and slaughtered the fleeing survivors. Joy Boy welcomed his old friend as an ally, only to learn that Imu intended to kill him for disrupting the world’s order.

• Joy Boy led the Knights in a final battle, endured the fiercest fighting, and killed the Great Kingdom’s king, ending the Royal Family’s rule at terrible cost.
• As the defeated Royal Family fled, Imu and his hidden followers ambushed and killed every survivor.
• Joy Boy, exhausted but relieved that the war was over, greeted Imu warmly and thanked him for arriving.
• Imu told Joy Boy that he was the world’s greatest source of instability and accused him of disrupting its established order.
• Joy Boy realized Imu might have come to kill him and asked what he had done wrong.

Joy Boy confronted Imu over their opposing beliefs about order and protecting the weak, but a trusted longtime companion stabbed him through the heart from behind. As his strength and life faded, Joy Boy tore himself free of the blade, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Joy Boy argued that overthrowing tyranny and freeing the common people fulfilled their agreement, but Imu said preserving the world’s hierarchy mattered more.
• Imu accused Joy Boy of crossing the line and replacing old rulers with new ones, while Joy Boy insisted that their duty was to protect people from oppression.
• Joy Boy sensed Imu’s killing intent and warned that he could still defeat him despite his depleted strength.
• An unnamed confidant who had followed Joy Boy from the beginning stabbed him through the chest from behind, shocking the battlefield and the Shinobi World watching the Sky Screen.
• Joy Boy forced himself free of the sword, which fell to the ground as his life ebbed away.

Joy Boy confronted Monkey after Monkey stabbed him at Imu’s direction, and Imu revealed that Monkey had betrayed him for the chance to become a Celestial Dragon. Joy Boy was left reeling as he accused Monkey of becoming the kind of noble they had fought to overthrow.

• Joy Boy realized Imu had orchestrated Monkey’s betrayal, while the surviving Holy Knights raged at Monkey and Joy Boy ordered them not to move.
• Joy Boy asked Monkey why he had betrayed him, and Monkey apologized but said he had no regrets.
• Monkey told Joy Boy he had betrayed him because Joy Boy could not give him what he wanted, then refused to explain further.
• Imu said they had not threatened Monkey and revealed they had offered him a choice between remaining an ordinary Knight or becoming a Celestial Dragon.
• Joy Boy confronted Monkey over choosing wealth and power as a noble, reminding him they had fought to overthrow nobles and end oppression.

Imu revealed that Monkey and several other survivors had secretly betrayed the Knights, then unleashed his true power and ordered the loyalists killed. The battlefield erupted into a fight between former comrades, while Joy Boy faced the truth about Imu and his own failure to understand those around him.

• Imu told Joy Boy that many Knights wanted power and security more than freedom, and revealed that several surviving members had secretly joined him.
• The Knights grew suspicious of one another, and one wounded soldier challenged Joy Boy’s plea not to doubt his companions.
• Imu explained that Joy Boy had to die for challenging the world’s ruling order, while Joy Boy insisted that he was still difficult to kill.
• Imu released a terrifying power, spreading countless black tentacles across the sky, and revealed that he had never lacked strength.
• Imu ordered his forces to kill the Knights, as Monkey and hidden spies attacked their former comrades and the battlefield descended into chaos.

Imu ordered his fighters to kill both the loyal Knights and the traitors, revealing that he had planned to discard everyone after using them. As Joy Boy’s followers fled and the traitors tried to atone, Imu’s forces slaughtered them, leaving the survivors in pursuit.

• Imu’s fighters attacked Monkey and the other traitors alongside the loyal Knights, and Monkey learned that Imu had ordered everyone killed.
• Monkey realized Imu’s promises of noble status and power had been a fraud, while the other traitors were overcome with regret.
• Joy Boy ordered his surviving subordinates to flee, hide their names, and avoid seeking revenge.
• The loyal Knights escaped in scattered groups as Monkey and the other traitors charged at Imu’s fighters to hold them off.
• Imu’s fighters quickly wiped out the traitors, and the fleeing Knights died as they were pursued.
• People watching from the Shinobi World reacted with shock and discussed Imu’s betrayal and Joy Boy’s final command.

The Sky Screen showed Imu founding the Celestial Dragons and ordering them to compete for five seats of authority and immortality, while Joy Boy’s fate remained unclear. The first Five Elders knelt before Imu as the Shinobi World debated the events and Imu returned to grant the final contract.

• Joy Boy, grief-stricken by his allies’ deaths, charged Imu in a final effort to protect the fleeing survivors.
• Imu declared his followers the Celestial Dragons and announced that five would rule the World Government as extensions of his will.
• Imu promised the five victors immortality and allowed them to use any means to claim the positions.
• Five battle-scarred Celestial Dragons won the slaughter and knelt in the Main Hall as the first Five Elders.
• The people of the Shinobi World discussed Joy Boy, the surviving Holy Knights, and the Elders’ brutal rise to power.
• Imu returned to the throne, and the Five Elders bowed as they awaited the final contract.

Imu ordered the five First Elders to limit the Celestial Dragons to twenty families and turn the other survivors into hidden weapons and rulers. After Imu disappeared, the Elders accepted the burden of preserving their new power and carrying out his commands.

• Imu told the five First Elders to keep his existence secret and learned that 573 people had survived.
• Imu fixed the number of Celestial Dragon families at twenty, leaving the five Elders to choose fifteen more.
• Imu ordered the Elders to collect blood from the remaining survivors, erase their memories, and deploy them as servants, guards, and rulers across the world.
• Imu commanded the Elders to erase every trace of Joy Boy and kill all surviving Holy Knights, warning them of the consequences of failure.
• Imu vanished, and the five First Elders vowed to work diligently to protect their status and their descendants.

The Sky Screen showed how the World Government’s rule erased history and crushed resistance before Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya arrived in the world. Isshiki celebrated its abundant natural energy and ordered Kaguya to gather intelligence, while she silently feared being sacrificed as an offering.

• The Five Elders prepared to eliminate all but fifteen families from the surviving Celestial Dragons, while viewers in the Shinobi World realized that history had been deliberately erased.
• The Sky Screen showed the World Government suppressing rebellions and driving the surviving Holy Knights into hiding as generations grew resigned to the established order.
• After years flashed past on the Sky Screen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya descended into the world, startling viewers who had expected to see the Ninja Era begin.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki praised the world’s abundant natural energy and said it would allow them to produce a fully ripened Chakra Fruit quickly.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya feared that she had been chosen as the sacrifice to nourish the God Tree, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered her to gather intelligence about the world.

Kaguya surveyed the world for Isshiki, then met Imu, who explained the Pure Land and warned her not to act recklessly in a world with a powerful master. Kaguya suspected Imu had approached her for a reason and decided to observe the world before choosing what to do.

• Isshiki summoned a smaller Ten-Tails and stayed behind to watch over it while Kaguya explored the world.
• Kaguya surveyed the land, its people, and its potential threats before encountering Imu in a deserted wasteland.
• Imu acknowledged Kaguya's strength and described a man who repeatedly reincarnated after being defeated.
• Imu explained that powerful souls could retain their consciousness in the Pure Land and wait for a chance to reincarnate.
• Imu offered Kaguya help if she ran into trouble, then vanished without a trace.
• Kaguya interpreted Imu's words as a warning not to cause trouble and decided to learn more about the world before acting.

The Shinobi World speculated that powerful souls in the Pure Land could watch the Sky Screen, prompting Konoha’s leaders to consider what the dead Hokage and Kushina might have witnessed. Hiruzen Sarutobi faced Tsunade’s accusations about Naruto’s lonely childhood and the failures of Tobirama Senju’s students, leaving him overwhelmed with guilt.

• Ninja across the world discussed Imu’s plans for Kaguya and the possibility that Joy Boy repeatedly returned from the Pure Land.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that the First and Second Hokage might be watching events from the Pure Land.
• Jiraiya asked whether Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were watching Naruto’s suffering from the Pure Land.
• Tsunade said Kushina would be furious at Hiruzen for letting Naruto grow up rejected and alone, and Hiruzen admitted he had failed her.
• Tsunade argued that Tobirama Senju would be enraged by the damage his students had done to Konoha, leaving Hiruzen speechless with shame.
• Jiraiya suggested Tobirama might have taken his anger out on Danzo in the Pure Land, and Hiruzen said he could only hope so.

Kaguya chose to ally with Imu to escape her fate as an Ōtsutsuki sacrifice, while the Sky Screen showed their bargain before abruptly ending. As Kaguya complained about the broadcast in her lunar prison, her seal began to break and she vanished, unnoticed by the Shinobi World.

• After finding warmth with an ordinary human, Kaguya asked Imu to help her escape Isshiki and the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s plans.
• Imu agreed to help Kaguya in exchange for her killing the reincarnating man and erasing his soul; Kaguya accepted, and they formed a secret alliance.
• The Sky Screen broadcast ended, leaving people across the Shinobi World frustrated that it had omitted Kaguya’s betrayal of Isshiki and the death of the reincarnated man.
• In her sealed space on the moon, Kaguya complained that the Sky Screen had ended too soon and that it was her only comfort during a thousand years of solitude.
• Kaguya felt a terrifying disturbance as cracks spread across her seal, then vanished from the sealed space while no one noticed.

After the Sky Screen vanished, Itachi worried that Otsutsuki Hara posed a greater threat than Isshiki and resolved to find her before she attacked. When he sensed a concealed intruder entering Konoha, he rushed to investigate and protect the village and Sasuke.

• Itachi watched Konoha's peaceful streets and reflected that his sacrifices had been worth it.
• Itachi recognized that Hara's emergence had made the Shinobi World's crisis more dangerous and planned to eliminate her before she struck.
• Itachi considered seeking the Veil Organization's help but suspected they might remain detached from the conflict.
• Itachi sensed a hidden intruder near Konoha's eastern outskirts and feared they might target Sasuke or attack the village.
• Itachi vanished from the rooftop and raced toward the intruder's location.

Sasuke and Boruto arrived in Konoha’s past and learned that Urashiki had traveled back to target young Naruto. As they prepared to protect him without exposing their identities, Sasuke sensed Itachi nearby and realized the timeline might be different from the one he expected.

• Boruto recognized the old Hokage Rock and realized he and Sasuke had traveled more than twenty years into the past.
• Sasuke explained that Urashiki had arrived first and intended to extract the Nine-Tails from young Naruto.
• Sasuke told Boruto to keep their identities secret, watch for Urashiki, and protect Naruto without disrupting history.
• Sasuke and Boruto changed into ordinary clothes before secretly approaching Konoha.
• Sasuke sensed Itachi in a nearby treetop and was shocked because the Uchiha Clan Massacre should already have happened.

Adult Sasuke and Boruto encountered a young Itachi in Konoha, where Itachi recognized them and revealed that the Sky Screen had given him knowledge of the future. The three agreed to go to the Hokage Office and compare what they knew, while keeping their identities and time-travel secret.

• Sasuke recognized Itachi on a tree branch and revealed himself, and Itachi confirmed that the adult was his younger brother.
• Itachi recognized Boruto as Naruto's son, prompting Sasuke and Boruto to demand how he knew Boruto's identity.
• Itachi explained that the Sky Screen had informed him about them and said it had not appeared in their future.
• Sasuke asked about the Uchiha clan massacre, and Itachi told him he was too late while hinting that history had changed in complicated ways.
• Itachi suggested they discuss everything at the Hokage Office, and Sasuke agreed to go with him.
• Itachi told Sasuke and Boruto to disguise themselves and avoid drawing attention as they traveled.

Sasuke and Boruto arrived at the Hokage Office with Itachi, where Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen learned they had come from the future. Tsunade explained that their timeline had been altered by the Sky Screen, and Sasuke was left stunned to learn that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had died in this era.

• Itachi brought adult Sasuke and Boruto into the Hokage Office, where Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen recognized them and reacted with shock.
• Jiraiya guessed that Sasuke and Boruto had traveled from the future, and Boruto confirmed it.
• Itachi identified Sasuke as a future version of Sasuke Uchiha and Boruto as Naruto Uzumaki's son.
• Tsunade explained that the Sky Screen had altered their past, while Sasuke and Boruto came from a normal future without it.
• Tsunade mentioned that Konoha had recently defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, leaving Sasuke shocked that an Otsutsuki had died in this era.

Tsunade revealed that Black Zetsu was actually Otsutsuki Hara, Kaguya’s daughter, who regained her power and killed Isshiki. Sasuke realized that Hara and the time-traveling Urashiki threatened young Naruto, and Itachi volunteered to protect Naruto and Sasuke from the shadows.

• Tsunade told Sasuke that Black Zetsu was Otsutsuki Hara, who had restored her body and killed Isshiki.
• Sasuke and Boruto reacted with shock as Tsunade explained Hara’s hidden identity and strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya warned that Hara and Urashiki were both targeting young Naruto.
• Sasuke concluded that either enemy could kill Naruto and destabilize the future.
• Tsunade declared they had to stop the threats, and Itachi offered to guard Naruto and Sasuke from the shadows.