Chapter Summaries

Hatake Ziyan wounded Kaguya with his soul sword, stopping her regeneration, and rejected her plea for mercy despite her claim that she opposed the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Kaguya agreed to reveal the clan’s members and abilities, leaving Hatake Ziyan informed about several potential enemies.

• Hatake Ziyan’s soul sword wounded Kaguya and stopped her right arm from regenerating.
• Kaguya begged Hatake Ziyan to spare her and offered to help him fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Hatake Ziyan rejected her plea and demanded information about the clan’s members and abilities.
• Kaguya explained that she had planted the God Tree and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi to prepare to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kaguya named eight members of the principal and Main Families and described the abilities of Momoshiki, Kinshiki, Urashiki, and Yeshiki.

Hatake Ziyan questioned Kaguya about the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, her White Zetsu army, and whether she had left behind a Kāma. Kaguya revealed that she could reincarnate through a technique but could not directly place a Kāma on another person, leaving Hatake Ziyan reconsidering what he knew about her and the Sage of Six Paths.

• Kaguya told Hatake Ziyan that the Ōtsutsuki Main Family's Lord of Time and Lord of Space were far stronger than her, and that she had created the White Zetsu army to fight possible arrivals and supply chakra.
• Kaguya explained that being an Ōtsutsuki princess meant little and that the clan had sent her to grow a God Tree.
• Hatake Ziyan told Kaguya that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had survived the Ten-Tails by escaping with half his body and parasitizing a host.
• Kaguya said she had not evolved enough to plant a Kāma directly, but could reincarnate through a technique if someone mastered it sufficiently.

Hatake Ziyan questioned Kaguya about her revival and learned that the Creation Technique could let her return through someone with three forehead marks. After Kaguya escaped into another dimension, Hatake Ziyan pursued her, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki intervened, and Ziyan turned his focus to their unfinished grudge.

• Hatake Ziyan accused Kaguya of lying about Black Zetsu and questioned her about the Kāma-like method behind her resurrection.
• Kaguya explained that the Creation Technique could revive her through a practitioner who had at least three diamond-shaped marks on their forehead.
• Hatake Ziyan prepared to kill Kaguya, but she warned him about the powerful God of Ōtsutsuki and then fled through a spatial passage.
• Hatake Ziyan followed Kaguya into another dimension and slashed her while she was still recovering.
• Isshiki attacked Hatake Ziyan with a massive black cube, but Ziyan caught and threw it before Isshiki shrank it with Sukunahikona.
• Hatake Ziyan recognized Isshiki as the man who had ambushed him before and struck with One Sword Conceals the Void, appearing behind him warily.

After Isshiki escaped Hatake Ziyan’s attack, Kaguya offered to submit and help him fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Hatake Ziyan accepted on the condition that he place a life-and-death restriction on her soul, and began the sealing process.

• Hatake Ziyan unleashed a barrage of sword attacks, but Jigen escaped through a spatial passage before they could hit him.
• Hatake Ziyan considered the system’s choices to kill Kaguya Ōtsutsuki or subdue her and use her help against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Kaguya emerged from a spatial passage and asked Hatake Ziyan to let her submit, explaining that Isshiki had left her with nowhere else to turn.
• Hatake Ziyan agreed to accept Kaguya’s submission if he could plant a restriction in her soul, and Kaguya accepted the condition.
• Hatake Ziyan drew Kaguya’s soul from her body and began forming a dragon-shaped pattern for the Soul Seal.

Hatake Ziyan subjugated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and returned with her to the Shinobi World, where she undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi. He then warned the Five Kage that stronger enemies from beyond their world would soon arrive and ordered them to report any signs of them.

• Hatake Ziyan implanted a Soul Restriction in Kaguya and made her his subordinate, intending to use her spatial abilities and feed her defeated Ōtsutsuki to strengthen her.
• Kaguya opened a spatial passage that brought Hatake Ziyan back to the Shinobi World, then appeared at his side as Shikamaru and the others watched in confusion.
• At Hatake Ziyan's command, Kaguya dispelled the Infinite Tsukuyomi, restoring the shinobi caught in its illusion.
• Hatake Ziyan dismissed most of the Allied Shinobi Forces and kept the Five Kage behind.
• Hatake Ziyan warned the Five Kage that powerful enemies from beyond their world would soon come and told them to contact him rather than fight those enemies themselves.

Hatake Ziyan proved Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s power to the Five Kage and explained her history and the threat posed by her clan. After warning them to prepare for Ōtsutsuki attacks and watch for spies, he opened a passage to the Land of Iron, but Tsunade chased after him and demanded to know why he would take Kaguya but not her.

• Hatake Ziyan took the Five Kage through Kaguya’s frozen and Gravity Dimensions to demonstrate her abilities, then returned them to the Shinobi World.
• Hatake Ziyan introduced Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as the Sage of Six Paths’ mother and explained her sons, the God Tree, and how she had been sealed and resurrected.
• The Five Kage acknowledged that Kaguya was far stronger than they were, and Hatake Ziyan told them that the Ōtsutsuki who would arrive next were likely stronger still.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered the Five Kage to establish warning measures, keep the information from untrusted people, and avoid provoking the hidden, wounded Ōtsutsuki spy recruiter.
• Kaguya opened a spatial passage to the Land of Iron, but Tsunade hurried after Hatake Ziyan and asked why he would take Kaguya but not her.

Hatake Ziyan rejected Tsunade, then spent three years consolidating the shinobi world under the Land of Iron while investigating Kara and Naruto Uzumaki's Kāma. He and Kaguya tracked Kara to Amegakure and entered its hideout, where Ziyan killed Delta; Isshiki remained his next target.

• Hatake Ziyan rejected Tsunade and left through a spatial passage with Kaguya, while Tsunade wept and a blue-haired woman holding a Jade Talisman departed in tears.
• Hatake Ziyan returned to the Land of Iron, where Hatake Yuichi sent powerful Hatake Clan squads to govern the Five Great Shinobi Villages and oversaw the relocation of most residents to Konoha.
• Over the next three years, Hatake Ziyan located Kara and Isshiki, discovering Naruto Uzumaki was with Kara and had received Isshiki's Kāma.
• After learning from Kaguya that Kāma could not be removed without the implanting person’s consent, Hatake Ziyan took her to the ruins of Amegakure to confront Kara as Isshiki neared reincarnation.
• Hatake Ziyan passed through a rock face, ignored Delta’s laser attack, and killed her with a single sword slash; Kaguya identified her as Delta from Kara.

Hatake Ziyan fought his way through Kara’s hideout, killing Boro and another attacker as he advanced deeper inside. At the hideout’s deepest end, a white-haired man recognized him and warned Code that they could not stop him, while Lord Jigen was still missing.

• Hatake Ziyan inhaled Boro’s concentrated viruses, withstood Boro’s punch, and shattered Boro’s core.
• Boro transformed and became stuck in the narrow passage, so Hatake Ziyan cut him apart and Kaguya sent him through a spatial passage.
• Hatake Ziyan continued through the hideout, ignored the stone tablets, and crushed the head of a man who attacked him with a crystallized claw.
• A white-haired man watched recordings of Hatake Ziyan’s fights and told Code that they could not defeat him and still needed to find Lord Jigen a suitable vessel.

Yan and Yao revealed that Hatake Ziyan had subdued Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, convincing Amado that Ziyan posed a threat far beyond Jigen. As Code went out to confront Ziyan, Yan urged Amado to flee to the Land of Iron and surrender.

• Amado warned Code that Hatake Ziyan was far stronger than him, but Code ignored the warning and prepared to attack.
• Yan and Yao arrived and goaded Code into testing Ziyan’s strength, while Yan signaled Amado not to stop him.
• After Code left, Yan urged Amado to retreat to the Land of Iron and surrender, then had him check the surveillance footage behind Ziyan.
• Amado saw Kaguya Ōtsutsuki following Ziyan, and Yan explained that Ziyan had subdued her and she now called him her master.
• Yan revealed that Isshiki had possessed Jigen after Kaguya ambushed and gravely wounded him, and that Jigen’s body was unsuitable for Isshiki’s reincarnation.

Amado revealed that Code had been killed instantly by Hatake Ziyan, while Yan and Amado found their escape blocked. Jigen returned to the base, where Yan claimed he had come to warn him about Hatake Ziyan’s attack.

• Amado disabled Code’s limiters, and Code went to kill Hatake Ziyan.
• Code threatened Kaguya, but Hatake Ziyan killed him with a single strike and Kaguya disposed of his body.
• Amado saw Code’s death on the monitor and realized Hatake Ziyan had blocked the only exit.
• Yao tried to escape underground with Yan and Amado, but he abandoned them when a spatial passage opened.
• Jigen stepped out of the passage, and Yan knelt and told him Hatake Ziyan was attacking.

Hatake Ziyan entered Jigen’s hideout with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, after killing Yan, Code, and the other cyborgs. Isshiki attacked Hatake Ziyan, but his Black Rods could not pierce Ziyan’s defenses, and the chapter ended as Ziyan hurled a crushed rod at him.

• Jigen killed Yan with a Black Rod after Yan came to warn him.
• Amado told Jigen that Hatake Ziyan had killed Code and the others, and Ziyan revealed he had killed Code in a single move.
• Hatake Ziyan and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki confronted Jigen, while Kaguya refused Isshiki’s demand to join him against her master.
• Isshiki threatened Kaguya and announced that Momoshiki and Kinshiki were on their way from the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Ancestral Planet.
• Isshiki attacked Hatake Ziyan with Black Rods, but they bounced off Ziyan’s body, and he crushed one into a ball and threw it at Isshiki.
• Isshiki shrank his body to evade the thrown iron ball.

Hatake Ziyan defeated Isshiki after he transformed and ordered Kaguya to absorb him. Kaguya finished absorbing Isshiki and gained a golden right eye, and Hatake Ziyan asked whether she had acquired all of Isshiki’s abilities.

• Hatake Ziyan used his soul power to redirect the iron ball into shrunken Isshiki, sending him smashing through several mountains.
• Isshiki emerged transformed and attacked Hatake Ziyan, who dodged his punch and battered him with a rapid barrage of blows.
• Hatake Ziyan caught Isshiki’s black cubes and tossed them into a spatial passage before ordering Kaguya to absorb Isshiki.
• Isshiki offered to submit, but Hatake Ziyan rejected him, and Kaguya transformed into a rabbit-headed monster and swallowed him.
• Kaguya’s monster form changed before she returned to human form with a golden right eye, and Hatake Ziyan asked if she had gained Isshiki’s abilities.

Hatake Ziyan killed Amado and found Jiraiya preserved in a recovery pod, then returned to the Land of Iron to cultivate. Jiraiya woke up in an unfamiliar place with a rejuvenated body and an enhanced capacity to learn and create ninjutsu.

• Hatake Ziyan confronted Amado over Kara’s accusations and killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Kaguya searched Amado’s memories and led Hatake Ziyan to a high-tech room containing Jiraiya in a metal pod.
• Kaguya drained the pod and released Jiraiya, and Hatake Ziyan used spiritual power to stimulate his brain.
• Hatake Ziyan and Kaguya returned to the Land of Iron, where Hatake Ziyan began secluded cultivation.
• Jiraiya woke up in an unfamiliar place with a vigorous body and an enhanced talent for learning and creating ninjutsu.

After three years of seclusion, Hatake Ziyan remained on the verge of becoming a Heavenly Immortal while Kaguya confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki at the Ninja Village’s chunin examination. Kaguya trapped Momoshiki beneath falling Metal Blocks, while Kinshiki tried to dig him out.

• Hatake Ziyan cultivated with the Chaos Immortal Stone for three more years as the merged shinobi villages prospered under the Hatake Clan’s mission system.
• Kaguya sensed Momoshiki and Kinshiki at the Ninja Village’s Examination Hall and confronted them as Momoshiki threatened the crowd with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Momoshiki attacked Kaguya, but she absorbed his Tailed Beast Bomb and pretended to flee to lure him into a trap.
• Kaguya used her hidden eye and Shrunken Black Rods to immobilize Momoshiki, then dropped dozens of Metal Blocks on him.
• Kinshiki swung his axes at the falling Metal Blocks but could not stop them, then began clearing the blocks to rescue Momoshiki.

Kaguya devoured Kinshiki and faced Momoshiki, who warned that two elders would come after him. Hatake Ziyan completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm, chose to back up Kaguya, and arrived in her alternate dimension just in time to stop Momoshiki's strike with two fingers.

• Kaguya trapped Momoshiki under black Metal Blocks, immobilized Kinshiki with Black Rods, and devoured him with her Rabbit-Headed Monster form.
• Kaguya's strength increased after devouring Kinshiki, and she demanded that Momoshiki choose whether to be devoured willingly or after a fight.
• Momoshiki warned Kaguya that two elders would send more Ōtsutsuki after him, but Kaguya said her master was stronger than he could imagine.
• Hatake Ziyan completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm and received a system choice to assist Kaguya or let her handle Momoshiki alone.
• Hatake Ziyan sensed Kaguya in her alternate dimension, traveled through space, and caught Momoshiki's Red Long Blade with two fingers as he attacked Kaguya.

Hatake Ziyan subdued Momoshiki and ordered Kaguya to devour him, then entered spatial turbulence to capture Urashiki. Kaguya returned to her original form with new Rinnegan in her palms, while Urashiki was left bewildered by Hatake Ziyan’s strength.

• Momoshiki attacked Hatake Ziyan, who broke his weapon with his bare hand and lifted him by the throat while asking Kaguya about her newly gained abilities.
• Kaguya explained that devouring Kinshiki had given her enhanced taijutsu and the ability to summon weapons, and Hatake Ziyan used his soul power to immobilize Momoshiki.
• Kaguya transformed into a rabbit-headed monster to devour Momoshiki as a fishing hook and line reached for him from another dimension.
• Hatake Ziyan tore open space, endured the spatial turbulence, and returned with Urashiki Otsutsuki, whom he had pulled from another dimension.
• Kaguya swallowed Momoshiki, returned to her original form with a red Rinnegan in each palm, and identified the injured Urashiki for Hatake Ziyan.

Hatake Ziyan had Kaguya devour Urashiki, then chose to pursue a reward that would let her devour Ōtsutsuki Kōsen and Ōtsutsuki Yezaka. On the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Ancestral Planet, Kōsen sensed his son's death and demanded to know who had killed him.

• Hatake Ziyan revealed his strength to Urashiki and ordered Kaguya to devour him.
• Urashiki threatened that his father, Ōtsutsuki Kōsen, would pursue them, but Hatake Ziyan welcomed the prospect of fighting the Elders.
• Kaguya transformed Urashiki into a fruit and ate him, then returned to the Land of Iron with his Fishing Rod and Fish Basket.
• Hatake Ziyan received a system reward and chose the option to capture Kōsen and Ōtsutsuki Yezaka alive for Kaguya to devour.
• Ōtsutsuki Kōsen sensed Urashiki's death on the Ancestral Planet, and the man beside him offered to investigate.

Ōtsutsuki Kōsen and Ōtsutsuki Yezaka investigated Urashiki’s death but were unable to identify the powerful person who had interfered, while Kōsen was injured by that person’s power. Hatake Ziyan traced the elders’ probing and took Kaguya to the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Ancestral Planet, where he warned her not to act on her thoughts.

• Ōtsutsuki Yezaka reconstructed Urashiki’s final moments but could not see who had reached through a spatial passage to grab him.
• Ōtsutsuki Kōsen traced Urashiki’s death to Kaguya and was injured when his divine sense encountered the person beside her.
• Ōtsutsuki Kōsen and Ōtsutsuki Yezaka wondered whether a powerful lord had returned, then decided not to investigate further.
• Hatake Ziyan sensed the elders probing him, chose to confront them, and invited Kaguya to go somewhere for something delicious.
• Hatake Ziyan shielded Kaguya as they traveled through spatial turbulence, then brought her to the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Ancestral Planet.
• Hatake Ziyan sensed Kaguya thinking about devouring the elders and warned her not to act on those thoughts.

Hatake Ziyan and Kaguya arrived on the Ōtsutsuki Ancestral Planet, where Kaguya revealed her royal origins and her history with the clan. After Hatake Ziyan seized Yeshiki and ordered Kaguya to devour him, an elder named Ōtsutsuki Kōsen appeared and threatened them.

• Kaguya recognized the planet as the Ancestral Planet and agreed to lead Hatake Ziyan to the two elders.
• Ōtsutsuki Yeshiki confronted Kaguya, who admitted she had eaten the God Tree Fruit and devoured Isshiki, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki.
• Yeshiki revealed that Kaguya had once been the Ōtsutsuki princess, daughter of a clan leader who devoured his clansmen and became a god.
• Hatake Ziyan grabbed Yeshiki by the neck and ordered Kaguya to devour him despite a voice telling them to stop.
• Ōtsutsuki Kōsen appeared, identified himself as a clan elder and Lord of Space, and threatened Hatake Ziyan.

Hatake Ziyan faced Huangquan while Kaguya finished converting Yeshiki into a Chakra Fruit and grew stronger. As Huangquan attacked, Kaguya explained how her father’s failed evolution and the elders’ pursuit of power caused the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s decline, leaving her hatred of Huangquan and Yeban clear.

• Hatake Ziyan mocked Huangquan, and Huangquan’s spatial rift struck his arm without harming him.
• Kaguya finished converting Yeshiki into a Chakra Fruit, ate it, and gained strength as her eyes turned pale blue.
• Hatake Ziyan asked Kaguya about her past, and Huangquan summoned two whirlwinds of spatial blades against him.
• Kaguya explained that her father abandoned his body to evolve his soul and became the God of Ōtsutsuki before vanishing into the universe.
• Kaguya said Huangquan and Yeban began devouring their clansmen to gain power, and that the clan’s survivors blamed her and sent her to plant a God Tree.
• Kaguya revealed that she created White Zetsu and planted the God Tree on the Shinobi World Planet because she wanted revenge on Huangquan and Yeban.