Chapter Summaries

Indra fought Asura and the united Ninshu disciples, but their combined chakra and the Sage of Six Paths' Senjutsu shattered his Perfect Susanoo and left him defeated. Indra remained defiant, and his cold oath marked the beginning of a thousand years of hatred between the brothers.

• Indra accused the Sage of Six Paths of favoring Asura and rejected Asura's plea to bring him back.
• Indra attacked Asura's Wood Release Buddha with Perfect Susanoo, but countless Buddha hands overwhelmed and restrained it.
• The Ninshu disciples' chakra, combined with Asura's Senjutsu and the Sage of Six Paths' power, shattered Perfect Susanoo.
• The dust cleared to reveal Indra wounded and kneeling, while an exhausted Asura watched in sorrow.
• Indra stared at Asura and the Sage of Six Paths without surrender or regret, leaving a bitter oath that would fuel their hatred for a thousand years.

Indra swore to reincarnate and fight Asura across generations before disappearing into the forest, leaving Asura grieving over their broken bond. The Sage of Six Paths urged Asura to lead Ninshu, while people watching the Sky Screen connected Indra’s oath to the future feud between the Uchiha and Senju clans.

• Indra vowed that his soul would endure through reincarnation and that his struggle with Asura would never end, then fled into the mountains.
• Asura mourned his brother and asked the Sage of Six Paths why their bond had broken; the Sage admitted he had no answer and urged Asura to keep faith in Ninshu.
• The Sage of Six Paths pointed to the exhausted disciples as proof that unity had enabled Asura to defeat Indra.
• Asura accepted his responsibility to lead Ninshu, and the disciples cheered him as their new leader.
• The Sage of Six Paths entrusted Asura with his dream of peace and asked him to protect the Shinobi World.
• People watching the Sky Screen debated how Indra’s oath had begun the Uchiha and Senju feud and wondered whether Ninshu could stop him in the future.

The aging Sage of Six Paths separated the Ten-Tails’ chakra into nine tailed beasts and gave them his final instructions before sending them across the Shinobi World. The Sky Screen’s viewers reflected on his hopes for human-beast coexistence and identified Naruto Uzumaki as the destined person he had foretold.

• As Ninshu prospered under Asura, the Sage of Six Paths grew old and withdrew to a secluded mountain cave.
• The Sage of Six Paths activated a formation and refined the Ten-Tails’ chakra into nine independent tailed beasts.
• The Sage of Six Paths told the tailed beasts they shared a bond, would gather again, and would one day meet a person of destiny who understood them.
• The Sage of Six Paths sent the nine tailed beasts to different parts of the Shinobi World.
• Ninjas watching the Sky Screen discussed the Sage of Six Paths’ approaching death and lamented that humans would fear, capture, seal, and exploit the tailed beasts.
• The viewers concluded that the person of destiny was Naruto Uzumaki, who had brought peace and reconciled with Sasuke.

The Sage of Six Paths reunited with Hamura as his life neared its end, and the brothers discussed the Sage’s choices and the future of the Shinobi World. Hamura returned to the moon to watch over the world, while the Sage continued toward Ninshu with hope that future generations would find peace.

• The dying Sage of Six Paths met Hamura on a mountain path as he traveled toward Ninshu.
• Hamura asked whether his brother’s sacrifices for the Shinobi World had been worth it, and the Sage said he had no regrets.
• Hamura warned that spreading chakra would magnify human greed and lead to future wars, but promised to keep watching the world.
• The Sage argued that conflict was inevitable and believed someone in the future would discover a path to peace.
• Hamura vanished from the Shinobi World, and the Sage continued toward Ninshu, confident in the future.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen reacted with shock and debated the Sage’s sacrifices and the wars that followed.

The Sage of Six Paths created a stone tablet recording the truth about Ninshu, chakra, and his sons, hoping Indra would understand his choices. Black Zetsu discovered the tablet and planned to alter it after Hagoromo’s death, using its authority to deceive Indra’s descendants and advance his plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade discussed the Sage of Six Paths’ beliefs about human nature, chakra, and peace.
• The Sage of Six Paths returned to Ninshu, saw Asura maintaining peace, and prepared for his approaching death.
• The Sage of Six Paths inscribed the history of Ninshu, the truth about his sons, and his regrets onto a tablet readable by Sharingan users.
• The Sage of Six Paths hoped Indra would one day read the tablet and understand his intentions, then left it behind.
• Black Zetsu found the tablet and planned to alter it after the Sage of Six Paths died, so Indra’s descendants would follow fabricated lies.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen realized Black Zetsu’s deception explained how the Uchiha Stone Tablet was altered and later misled Madara Uchiha.

The Sage of Six Paths faced his final moments as Indra rejected his ideals and vowed to destroy Ninshu across endless reincarnations. As the Sage died, Asura vowed to follow Indra through every lifetime and entrust the world’s future to his descendants.

• Indra visited his dying father and declared that he would fight until he had erased the Sage’s ideals and false Ninshu from the world.
• The Sage thanked Indra for coming to see him before Indra vanished from the room.
• Asura stayed beside the Sage, who admitted he had failed to guide the world toward lasting peace.
• Asura vowed to reincarnate alongside Indra and oppose him until the brothers reconciled.
• The Sage entrusted the future of the Shinobi World to Asura and his descendants, then died.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen mourned the Sage and recognized that Asura and Indra’s conflict foreshadowed Hashirama and Madara’s clash.

The Sky Screen showed how the Uchiha Clan’s campaigns and the rise of shinobi-for-hire weakened Ninshu after the Sage of Six Paths died. After Asura’s death, the Uchiha devastated Ninshu and seized the Sage’s Stone Tablet, and the clans withdrew until Ninshu dissolved completely.

• After the Sage of Six Paths died, the Uchiha Clan rose to power and repeatedly attacked Ninshu, forcing it to retreat.
• Daimyō and nobles began hiring Ninshu disciples, drawing many into battles for money, land, and influence.
• Asura worked to preserve peace for decades, then appointed Sarutobi as Ninshu’s leader and died in old age.
• Sarutobi failed to control Ninshu’s increasingly independent clans, including the powerful Senju Clan.
• The Uchiha Clan launched a surprise attack, crippled Ninshu, plundered its resources, and seized the Sage of Six Paths’ Stone Tablet.
• The Senju Clan declared its independence, other clans followed, and Ninshu dissolved completely.

The Sky Screen revealed how the nobles turned ninja into hired weapons and plotted to control them through conflicting missions. The nobles then ordered the destruction of records about the Celestial Dragons, and ninja watching the revelation realized their history had been deliberately erased.

• After Ninshu dissolved, rogue ninja spread violence and daimyō and nobles used bounties to suppress the unrest.
• Over time, ninja began accepting missions from nobles and daimyō, becoming hired instruments of force.
• The nobles agreed to weaken ninja by issuing conflicting missions that would make them fight one another and by teaching people to see them as tools.
• When a young noble asked about records of the Celestial Dragons, the leaders ordered all related history destroyed and forbade nobles from preserving it.
• The nobles revealed that they had once been slaves and servants of the Celestial Dragons, and they erased history to conceal their origins.
• Ninja watching the Sky Screen realized the ancient historical gaps resulted from deliberate destruction by the nobles.

The Sky Screen revealed how nobles used missions, rivalries, and historical erasure to turn shinobi into tools and plunge the Shinobi World into centuries of war. After the broadcast ended, the Snow-White Little Rabbit asked Andy to show more, and he challenged it to write the next installment; the rabbit picked up the pen.

• The Sky Screen showed nobles manipulating the Uchiha, Senju, and other clans into endless wars while shinobi hunted the tailed beasts and ancient history disappeared.
• Shinobi across the world reacted with anger and helplessness, while some argued that Indra had been right about the failure of bonds and mutual understanding.
• Andy calmly watched the reaction while holding the Tabby Cat, which pinned the Snow-White Little Rabbit after it kicked him.
• The Snow-White Little Rabbit pointed at the sky to ask for more of the Sky Screen, and Andy said he could not write any more before tossing it a pen.
• The Snow-White Little Rabbit grasped the pen, leaving Andy shocked that it was actually going to write.