Chapter Summaries

Madara confronted Chu Aotian, whose fear and thoughts he exposed, then rescued Nagato and his companions from Chu Aotian. He brought Jiraiya and his two companions to the scene and asked who would take the children as disciples.

• Madara questioned Chu Aotian about coveting his eyes and forced him to turn around.
• Chu Aotian recognized Madara and realized his combat power was at its peak.
• Madara read Chu Aotian's thoughts, exposed that an adult's soul lay beneath the boy's shell, and left him terrified.
• Madara used space-distorting power to bring Jiraiya and his two companions from far away to the scene.
• Jiraiya and his companions bowed to Madara, who asked which of them wanted to take the children as disciples.

Madara assigned the Sannin to train Konan and the other children, then gouged out Chu Aotian’s eyes before warning that a great calamity was approaching. After Madara departed, Orochimaru kept Chu Aotian for questioning while Jiraiya took the children and Tsunade hurried to check on her wounded brother, Nawaki.

• Jiraiya agreed to take Konan and the other children as students, while Orochimaru claimed Chu Aotian as his student.
• Madara reminded Orochimaru to train Chu Aotian properly, then removed Chu Aotian’s eyes as Jiraiya shielded the children from the scene.
• Madara left through a portal after warning that a great calamity was approaching, leaving the Sannin wondering what he meant.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya suspected Chu Aotian held a secret that had drawn Madara’s attention, and Jiraiya agreed to train the children while Orochimaru kept Chu Aotian.
• Tsunade left to check on Nawaki, who had been seriously wounded and rescued by a mysterious person, while Orochimaru promised Chu Aotian replacement eyes and suggested snake eyes.

Jiraiya brought Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko toward Konoha and taught them about the history of the Uzumaki Clan, hoping to help Nagato understand his heritage. After learning that the other nations destroyed the clan, Nagato erupted with anger, and Jiraiya continued the journey to introduce him to Kushina Uzumaki.

• Jiraiya decided to take Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko to Konoha, believing their talents would help the village in the coming war.
• Jiraiya told Nagato that his name was Nagato Uzumaki and began teaching the three children about the Heavenly Emperor and the ancient history of their world.
• Jiraiya explained that the Uzumaki Clan descended from Asura and shared its history and ties to Konoha's Senju Clan.
• Jiraiya revealed that the other nations had joined forces to destroy the Uzumaki Clan, and that Nagato's mother had fled with him to the Land of Rain.
• Nagato condemned the world's greed and released a powerful aura as his Rinnegan blazed.
• Jiraiya told Nagato he would meet Kushina Uzumaki in Konoha and continued leading the children there.

Jiraiya reported Madara Uchiha’s return and warning of an approaching calamity to Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Konoha’s leaders reshaped the village’s politics to accommodate the Uchiha. Jiraiya then brought Nagato and his companions to meet Hoshizuki Hyuga and Kushina Uzumaki.

• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi about Madara’s victory, and Hiruzen ordered a meeting of the elders and major clan heads.
• Konoha’s leaders increased the Uchiha’s council seats and restored their control over the ANBU, while the Uchiha nominated one of their own as the next Naruto.
• The clan heads and elders cleared Uchiha Izuna’s name and made him an honorary elder for life, despite the Senju elder’s opposition.
• Jiraiya stayed away from the political meeting and took Nagato and his two companions to meet Hoshizuki Hyuga and Kushina Uzumaki.

Yuya used Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan to save the wounded Princess Kaguya from the black-clad samurai, but Obito’s obsession and memories of Rin surged when Yuya tried to speak to her. He carried Kaguya away, stunned by the voice and image of Rin in his mind.

• Yuya appeared in his Spiral Mask and killed the black-clad samurai, then sent their leader into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yuya approached the wounded Princess Kaguya, but Obito’s obsession surged when he tried to speak, and his Mangekyō Sharingan began to fade.
• Princess Kaguya recognized Yuya’s familiar scent and called him a good person.
• Yuya learned Kaguya could not stand because her meridians had been severed, so he lifted her into his arms.
• Yuya froze as the image of Rin and her voice returned to his mind.

Jiraiya persuaded Nagato to let go of his resentment toward Konoha, and Kushina welcomed him as a relative after recognizing his mother as Fusang Uzumaki. With Yahiko and Konan agreeing to stay by his side, Nagato chose to join Konoha with them.

• Jiraiya explained the bond between the Uzumaki Clan and Konoha, and Nagato gradually released his resentment toward the village.
• Kushina met Nagato, mistook him for a girl at first, and warmly welcomed him as a fellow Uzumaki.
• Kushina recognized Nagato's mother as Fusang Uzumaki and explained that she had hidden her surname to protect him.
• Kushina promised to treat Nagato as family and avenge his parents if she found the ninja responsible.
• Yahiko and Konan agreed to follow Nagato, and Nagato told Jiraiya that the three of them were willing to join Konoha.

Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko joined Konoha and trained under its senior ninjas while attending the Ninja Academy. Their early graduation application was rejected, and three years later, as they became genin, six-year-old Kakashi gained fame for graduating after only one year.

• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko joined Konoha and moved into the Uzumaki Clan’s allotted territory with Kushina and Minato.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga taught Nagato to use the Rinnegan and warned that it drained his life force and might not belong to him.
• Jiraiya, Kushina, Hoshizuki, and Minato trained the three newcomers, with Minato guiding Yahiko and Jiraiya helping Konan develop Paper Release.
• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko sought early graduation, but Konoha’s Education Department rejected their application so they could build stronger ties to the village.
• Three years later, the three graduated as genin while six-year-old Kakashi became famous for graduating from the Ninja Academy after one year.

Yuya carried the wounded Princess Kaguya away while fighting the Spiral Mask’s corrosive obsession and worrying that this world differed from the Naruto story he knew. In the Land of Ancestors, the Son of Heaven responded to reports of Kaguya’s attack by summoning powerful allies and setting out himself, fearing a new age was beginning.

• Yuya fought through Obito’s obsession, tended Princess Kaguya’s wounds with chakra, and carried her away as she fell asleep in his arms.
• Yuya wondered whether fate could be changed and questioned how much this ancient world differed from the one he knew.
• A black-clad samurai reported that a woman had slaughtered the second squad of spirit-guard samurai, leaving mutilated bodies and severed limbs.
• The Son of Heaven ordered the Miyamoto family’s Great Swordsman, a Shiranui martial artist, and Abe Seigetsu of the Tsuchimikado Family summoned to hunt the demon.
• The Son of Heaven left his residence with a procession, recalled a prophecy about the Demon Star and the God Tree, and sensed that a new age was approaching.

Yuya carried the gravely wounded Princess Kaguya toward a nearby town while resisting Obito’s memories and uncovering the Son of Heaven’s scheme. After removing the Spiral Mask and losing his strength, Yuya faced three choices about what to do next.

• Yuya fled through the forest with Princess Kaguya, using his borrowed combat instincts and chakra to keep her alive.
• Yuya endured Obito’s painful memories and realized the Son of Heaven had planned to manipulate Princess Kaguya into falling for him.
• Yuya followed the Qi-Reading Technique to a seemingly safe town and reached the forest’s edge with Princess Kaguya.
• Yuya made a cart for Princess Kaguya, removed the Spiral Mask, and shrank back to a weak child as its power drained away.
• Yuya saw options to abandon Princess Kaguya, leave with her immediately, or spend the night beside her, each offering a different reward.

Kakashi faced a group of Uchiha students who challenged him, and Nagato intervened when the fight turned against him. After the teacher announced the team assignments, Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and Kakashi were assigned to Minato Namikaze.

• Uchiha Feng and other Uchiha students provoked Kakashi, who ignored them until they attacked.
• Kakashi threw one attacker and used the Substitution Technique, but the Uchiha students' numbers began to overwhelm him.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to break up the fight, and the Uchiha students backed down.
• A teacher announced that Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and Kakashi would form a team under jonin instructor Minato Namikaze.

Yuya rejected the system’s tempting Flying Thunder God Technique reward and chose to escape with Princess Kaguya, fearing the risks of staying overnight or leaving her behind. Exhausted and guilt-ridden, he pushed her cart toward the edge of the woods as the sun began to set.

• Yuya considered the three system options and chose to escape with Princess Kaguya, accepting the Strength reward instead of risking her safety for the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yuya interpreted the options as a warning that danger would come to the grove that night and immediately set off with Princess Kaguya on the cart.
• Yuya struggled to push the heavy cart, injuring his hands and feet as he forced himself onward for Princess Kaguya’s sake.
• Yuya blamed himself for Princess Kaguya’s injuries and remembered how she had protected him and faced the enemy alone.
• As the sun sank in the west, Yuya and the cart continued toward the edge of the woods.

Yuya and Silver Dragon confronted Ōtsutsuki, the World Tree devouring the Naruto universe, and attacked its origin across space-times. As Ōtsutsuki faced annihilation, it threatened to destroy the universe, plunging the Naruto World into darkness.

• Yuya revealed that Ōtsutsuki was a World Tree that had fallen into the Naruto universe and was consuming worlds to heal its injuries.
• Yuya rejected Ōtsutsuki's offer to join forces against an approaching threat, and Ōtsutsuki attacked him with roots that embodied the Great Dao.
• Yuya struck Ōtsutsuki across multiple space-times with his Sword Great Dao, while Silver Dragon used the Thunder Great Dao to erode its origin.
• Ōtsutsuki died and revived hundreds of millions of times as its essence was worn away, then vowed to make the universe perish with it.
• A shadow spread across the universe, and the sky of the Naruto World went dark.

As a force from a distant battle darkened the Naruto World, Nagato's team continued its mission while the Nine-Tails sensed the Heavenly Emperor fighting beyond their universe. Yuya revealed to Madara that a crazed ancient tree threatened their world, then urged him to keep cultivating for a future battle.

• Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and Kakashi noticed the sky darken during their mission and considered whether it was genjutsu.
• Kakashi advised the team to take advantage of the enemy's likely hesitation and finish the mission, and Nagato led them onward.
• The Nine-Tails told Kushina that the Heavenly Emperor was fighting a powerful enemy in another universe, and Kushina prayed for him to win.
• Madara sensed an unknown energy consuming the edge of the Solar System and learned from Yuya that an ancient tree's origin essence threatened the world.
• Yuya told Madara he would need his help in a future battle, prompting Madara to return to training with his combined cultivation and chakra method.

Yuya’s dharma body defended Earth from monstrous laws and creatures, while his true body continued battling the Ancient Tree. He rescued Hoshizuki Hyuga from her fatal fall, and the chapter revealed how the Ancient Tree had concealed its origins and become the source of the Fusang Realm.

• Yuya appeared beyond Earth and expanded into a radiant dharma body to block the creatures and laws threatening the planet.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga flew into space to watch Yuya fight, exhausted her powers, and began falling toward Earth.
• Yuya unleashed a sword strike that destroyed the monstrous beasts across the Milky Way and protected Earth from the tribulation.
• Yuya caught Hoshizuki Hyuga before she burned up and told his sleeping little sister-in-law to rest.
• Yuya’s true body continued fighting the Ancient Tree across time and space as the chapter recounted how it killed the native gods, replaced the world’s origin, and named the world the Fusang Realm.

Yuya's clone ended the calamity in the Naruto World while Yuya battled Ancient Tree and Silver Dragon beyond the realm. Kakashi was ambushed during a mission and faced death, prompting a flashback to how Might Duy first suggested his name to Sakumo Hatake.

• Yuya, Silver Dragon, and Ancient Tree fought at the source of the river of time as Yuya sought to replace the Ōtsutsuki as the origin of chakra.
• Yuya's clone drove back Ancient Tree's dispersing essence, and the sky over the Naruto World returned to normal.
• Kakashi persuaded Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato to split up, then followed a suspected mission target to a forest hideout.
• The Masked Man and another jonin trapped and quickly defeated Kakashi, who worried that Nagato and the others would not arrive in time.
• Kakashi remembered that Might Duy had proposed the name Kakashi to Sakumo Hatake five years earlier, and Sakumo had angrily rejected the suggestion.

Yuya named Sakumo Hatake’s son Kakashi and praised his potential, prompting Sakumo to train him relentlessly and drive him to graduate early. Trapped in a life-or-death predicament, Kakashi wondered whether dying meant he had failed his father’s expectations.

• Sakumo Hatake asked Yuya to name his son, and Yuya chose Kakashi.
• Yuya praised Kakashi’s potential, and Sakumo took the remark as proof that his son had to become a genius.
• Sakumo imposed relentless training on Kakashi, who grew up with no childhood and became fixated on missions.
• Kakashi applied to graduate from the Ninja Academy early under his father’s pressure.
• Facing death, Kakashi recalled his years of training and wondered whether he had failed his father.

Su Ye, an incarnation of Yuya, saved Hoshizuki Hyuga after her fall and tried to pass himself off as a wandering ninja. After she demanded he apologize for disrespecting the Heavenly Emperor, he whispered that he was her ancestor.

• Su Ye rescued Kakashi from two rogue ninja, but Kakashi passed out before he could learn who had saved him.
• Su Ye rescued Hoshizuki Hyuga from her fatal fall, but she accused him of impersonating the Heavenly Emperor and attacked him.
• Su Ye claimed to be a wandering ninja named Su Ye, and Hoshizuki Hyuga stopped attacking without believing his explanation.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga demanded that Su Ye apologize to the Heavenly Emperor, and he eventually apologized and received her thanks.
• Su Ye reflected on being one of Yuya's many incarnations, then leaned toward Hoshizuki Hyuga and whispered that he was her ancestor.

Su Ye told Hoshizuki Hyuga that he was her ancestor, then tried and failed to demonstrate his supposed powers. After admitting his incarnation had exhausted its energy saving her, he learned she thought he was delusional, and she took him to a hospital.

• Su Ye whispered that he was Hoshizuki Hyuga's ancestor, and she called him Ancestor only because he had saved her.
• Su Ye tried to summon the River of Time and demonstrate several powerful techniques, but nothing happened.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga used her Tenseigan to see that Su Ye had no energy and suggested he had become powerless after saving the world.
• Su Ye admitted his incarnation had spent its last energy saving Hoshizuki Hyuga while his true body fought in the depths of the universe.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga decided Su Ye belonged in a psychiatric ward and took him toward the hospital.

Su Ye admitted he was powerless after using up his energy to save Hoshizuki Hyuga, and she agreed to protect him and take him home. Their journey left him battered as her attempts to carry him by jumping and flying made him sick.

• Su Ye hurried after Hoshizuki Hyuga and confessed that he was currently an ordinary person who needed her protection.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga apologized, agreed to look after Su Ye, and decided to take him home.
• Su Ye asked Hoshizuki Hyuga to fly him instead of carrying him through repeated leaps because the motion made him sick.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga tried flying with her unrecovered chakra, but her unstable flight made Su Ye complain.
• Hoshizuki Hyuga retaliated by plunging and spinning through the sky until Su Ye begged her to stop and praised her flying.

Su Ye and Hoshizuki Hyuga discovered several hidden groups of ninjas while traveling, and Su Ye helped her improve her Tenseigan’s perception. He concluded that the ambushers were targeting an escort group behind them rather than Konoha, leaving Hoshizuki to consider what the escort was carrying.

• Su Ye complained as Hoshizuki Hyuga carried him through the sky, and she descended after running low on chakra and losing patience with his chatter.
• Su Ye detected three groups hiding nearby and another group approaching from behind, though Hoshizuki doubted he could sense them beyond her Tenseigan’s range.
• Su Ye instructed Hoshizuki to focus her mind on her dōjutsu, and she improved her vision enough to spot the hidden ninjas several kilometers away.
• Hoshizuki questioned why anyone would start a war after the First Hokage had ended the conflicts, and Su Ye said the shinobi world had grown restless since Madara’s victory five or six years earlier.
• Su Ye reasoned that the ambushers had not targeted Konoha or Hoshizuki, but were pursuing the escort group behind them to seize something it was carrying.