Chapter Summaries

Living Izuna arranged for his dead counterpart to be revived, bringing Edo Madara a chance to reunite with his brother before Shingetsu left for her own world. Shingetsu and Rinnegan Hashirama revived the war dead, then departed with Izuna, leaving Madara, Sasuke, and the Uchiha to say goodbye.

• Living Izuna shared his memories with Impure World Reincarnation Izuna and asked him to protect Edo Madara, Sasuke, and their clan.
• Edo Madara reunited with Impure World Reincarnation Izuna, then grew furious when he learned Shingetsu had helped dig up Izuna's grave.
• Shingetsu said goodbye to Edo Madara before she and Rinnegan Hashirama revived the Fourth Shinobi World War dead by having the King of Hell Statue devour the Ten-Tails.
• The revived Uchiha reunited with their clan, and Shingetsu returned the Ten-Tails to seed form before saying farewell to Madara, Sasuke, and her parents.
• Shingetsu gave Madara, Sasuke, and Izuna God Tree Fruits, then departed with Rinnegan Hashirama and Izuna for another world.
• Tobirama urged Hōkaku and Tōka to have another child after they wept over Shingetsu's departure.

Shingetsu and the others arrived in Tobirama’s world, where they found him beating Edo Madara and learned they would have to wait for the Sacred Tool Kama to recover before leaving. They found Kagami safe in the Uchiha compound, where Shingetsu also recognized the young Sasuke and Naruto.

• Shingetsu, Hashirama, Izuna, and Tsunade appeared beside Tobirama as he defeated Edo Madara, provoking Izuna to attack Tobirama and Hashirama to break up the fight.
• Shingetsu discovered that the Sacred Tool Kama was dormant and that she could not locate Monkey through the God Tree Fruits because he had not eaten one.
• Shingetsu said Monkey could still be found, while Izuna criticized Tobirama’s teaching and restarted his fight with him.
• The group realized Kagami was missing, and Edo Madara said Kagami was helping at the Uchiha compound, so Tobirama teleported them there.
• Kagami reunited with Shingetsu and Izuna, revealing that he had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shingetsu recognized the two children with Kagami as Sasuke and Naruto.

Shingetsu and her companions visited the surviving Uchiha, where Kagami worried about leaving young Sasuke and the other clan members behind. Meanwhile, Hashirama agreed to represent the reanimated Hashirama at a Five Kage Summit that the other nations were reluctant to attend.

• Young Naruto recognized Hashirama and met Shingetsu, while Kagami privately explained that Sasuke was Itachi's younger brother and worried about the child's distress.
• Kagami looked forward to returning home but hesitated because he felt responsible for Sasuke and the remaining Uchiha; Tobirama explained that he had rescued them from the massacre.
• Tobirama and Izuna argued over the past disasters, and Tobirama criticized Edo Madara for failing to control Obito, who had taken the White Zetsu and continued the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• The reanimated Hashirama arrived with Naruto, who was bewildered to see two Hashiramas, and the reanimated Tobirama soon joined them.
• The two Hashiramas discussed the proposed Second Five Kage Summit, and the living Hashirama offered to attend in the reanimated Hashirama's place despite Shingetsu questioning whether the summit could happen at all.

Edo Madara regained his resolve after Izuna and Shingetsu comforted him, while Izuna agreed to help him despite Tobirama's objections. As the group prepared to leave this world, Izuna went to confront Itachi and encountered Mikoto, who begged him to take Sasuke with him.

• Izuna and Shingetsu comforted Edo Madara, and Izuna's plea helped him recover his fighting spirit.
• Izuna and Shingetsu decided to find a better body for Madara, while Tobirama warned them not to meddle in another world's affairs.
• The group agreed to return to their world once the Sacred Tool Kama recharged, but Hashirama, Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama, Edo Madara, Shingetsu, Naruto, Sasuke, and Tsunade left on a trip around the Shinobi World.
• Izuna learned that Fugaku had been executed and that Itachi was being held as a research subject, then asked Tobirama to take him to see Itachi.
• Mikoto recognized Tobirama as someone who might return to the past and begged him to take Sasuke with him.

Izuna confronted Itachi about sparing Sasuke only to torment him, then left him to Tobirama’s experiments. Meanwhile, Hashirama, Madara, and the children reached Sunagakure, rescued Gaara from an assassination attempt, subdued Shukaku, and carried Gaara away with them.

• Mikoto begged Izuna to take Sasuke with him, while Izuna found Itachi in an underground chamber and asked why he had spared Sasuke only to torment him.
• Izuna dismissed Itachi as a brainwashed puppet and left him to Tobirama’s research, while criticizing the village leaders who had shaped him.
• The runaway group traveled toward Sunagakure, where Naruto learned that the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed and asked Hashirama to help him find his clansmen.
• Hashirama stopped a Sunagakure shinobi from assassinating Gaara, but Madara beat and bound Gaara when he threatened them.
• Shukaku emerged from Gaara, but Shingetsu subdued him with her Mangekyō Sharingan and sent him back into confinement.
• Naruto decided Gaara must be an Uzumaki because he had a monster inside him and red hair, so Hashirama carried the unconscious Gaara away with the group.

Edo Madara and the two Hashiramas kidnapped Rasa and Gaara, then fed Gaara and convinced him that he was an Uzumaki whose family had mistreated him. Gaara accepted his new identity and found comfort among Naruto and the others, while Rasa was left bound and furious.

• Rasa confronted the group, but Edo Madara and Wood Release captured him and Gaara, leaving the Sand Shinobi too stunned to intervene.
• The group stopped to eat after Tsunade complained of hunger, and the two Hashiramas reinforced Gaara's crude seal before waking him.
• Gaara reacted fearfully to his captors, but Hashirama restrained him and Naruto tried to welcome him as a fellow Uzumaki.
• Shingetsu persuaded Gaara that his family had lied to and used him, while Hashirama and Naruto comforted him and blamed his separation from the Uzumaki Clan on its destruction.
• Gaara accepted that he was an Uzumaki and cried with Naruto, Tsunade, and Sasuke as Rasa shouted that Gaara was his son.
• Edo Madara had Rasa tied up and thrown outside the Wood Release house after Hashirama asked him to keep Rasa alive for a meeting.

Edo Madara’s group paused to care for the children before heading to Iwagakure, where they captured Ōnoki and Han. Five-Tails Kokuō recognized Hashirama and tried to flee, but Shingetsu and the others subdued it and left with both captives.

• Shingetsu fell asleep before finishing her story, and Edo Madara struggled to wake and care for her and the other children.
• Rinnegan Hashirama privately asked Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama to let Shingetsu and Izuna stay with Madara longer, but he could not explain that the group would soon return to their own time and space.
• Ōnoki saw Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju outside his office, and Edo Madara quickly bound and captured him.
• Edo Madara ordered the Iwagakure Shinobi to bring their jinchūriki, and Han offered himself in exchange for Ōnoki.
• Five-Tails Kokuō recognized Hashirama and transformed Han, then fled in terror until Shingetsu stopped it and the group captured Han as well.

Shingetsu, Madara, and Hashirama captured the Raikage, Mizukage, and several jinchūriki, then brought their captives to Kirigakure. Obito fled with Yagura and the remaining jinchūriki as the leaderless Mist Ninja surrendered to Konoha.

• Hashirama noticed Shingetsu had captured Yakushi Nonō, and Kabuto recognized her and rushed after them to rescue her.
• Izuna told the Four Villages’ representatives that their Kage had been invited to Konoha, then mocked Tobirama while the representatives protested.
• Mabui declared that Kumogakure would fight, but soon learned that A, Killer B, and Yugito had all been captured.
• Obito learned Madara was approaching Kirigakure and ordered Karatachi Yagura to flee with the remaining jinchūriki.
• Shingetsu’s group arrived in Kirigakure with three captured Kage and numerous jinchūriki, and learned that the Mizukage had fled.
• The leaderless Mist Ninja surrendered, and Shingetsu accepted their submission.

After Karatachi Yagura fled Kirigakure, Mei Terumi accepted Hashirama’s proposal to make Tobirama Senju the Fifth Mizukage, and Tobirama realized the position could give Konoha control over Kirigakure. At the summit in Kirigakure, Shingetsu demanded the return of the Tailed Beasts and claimed Gaara for Konoha, leaving Rasa bound and facing punishment for his treatment of Gaara.

• Shingetsu asked Mei Terumi where Karatachi Yagura was, and Mei reported that he had fled with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama suggested making Tobirama the Mizukage, and Mei agreed; Tobirama was summoned and installed in the office without warning.
• Shingetsu convened the Five Kage Summit in Kirigakure and announced that Konoha would reclaim the Tailed Beasts it had distributed.
• Rasa argued that Shukaku had been captured by Sunagakure, but Shingetsu said Gaara would remain in Konoha as a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Gaara rejected Rasa and declared that he wanted to stay with his clan, so Hashirama carried him away while Wood Release restrained Rasa.
• Shingetsu warned Rasa that Konoha would hold him accountable for abducting and abusing Gaara and sending assassins after him.

Shingetsu reunited Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto, learned of Danzo’s plot against them, and uncovered the suffering of an Uzumaki woman and her daughter Karin in Kusagakure. After Hashirama and Rinnegan Hashirama tried to save the dying woman, Shingetsu ordered everyone out and destroyed the hospital with Wood Release.

• Shingetsu left the Kage meeting and found Nonō caring for the children, while learning that Chinatsu had been abducted and tortured in the past.
• Kabuto reunited with Nonō, and they realized Danzo had altered their photographs to make them kill each other; Shingetsu told them Danzo was dead.
• Nonō and Kabuto asked to return to the orphanage, and Hashirama apologized before Shingetsu asked Kabuto about intelligence on the Uzumaki Clan.
• Shingetsu and the others found an unnamed Uzumaki woman being used as a blood source by Grass Ninja while she pleaded for her daughter Karin’s safety.
• Hashirama and Rinnegan Hashirama rushed to heal the woman, while Shingetsu ordered the others outside and engulfed the hospital in enormous trees, killing the Grass Ninja.

Shingetsu saved Karin’s mother with a God Tree Fruit, then decided to take the rescued Uzumaki survivors and others back to their world. Jiraiya returned to Konoha, met Naruto and Karin at the Uchiha compound, and learned that Nagato was alive and that he was expected to capture the Akatsuki.

• Shingetsu searched the Grass Ninja’s memories, found Karin and her mother, and used a God Tree Fruit to restore the dying Uzumaki woman’s life.
• Shingetsu caught and killed the leader of Kusagakure, while Karin and her mother agreed to go to Konoha after hearing other Uzumaki children were there.
• Shingetsu, Tobirama, Izuna, and Rinnegan Hashirama decided to leave their world with as many Uzumaki as possible, and considered taking Gaara and Sasuke too.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha, heard Hiruzen’s account of the recent upheaval, and ignored his warning to stay away from the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Jiraiya met Naruto and Karin at the compound, where Shingetsu told him Nagato was alive and assigned him the task of capturing the Akatsuki.

Jiraiya learned the truth about the Akatsuki and agreed to arrange a meeting with them instead of infiltrating the Land of Rain. When Konan arrived, Jiraiya and the others captured her, and he declared that Obito Uchiha had deceived her and Nagato.

• Jiraiya rejected Shingetsu's revelation at first, then saw the truth through her Genjutsu and swore to handle the Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya gave Naruto The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, spoke with Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama, and discussed the Uzumaki Clan with Shingetsu.
• Shingetsu suggested paying the Akatsuki for a meeting, and Edo Madara, Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama, and Rinnegan Hashirama joined Jiraiya's mission.
• Jiraiya arranged for a noble to hire the Akatsuki, and their liaison Konan arrived at the Nobles Estate that night.
• Konan tried to escape, but Jiraiya struck her with a Toad Oil Bullet while the Hashiramas bound her with vines.
• Jiraiya told Konan that Obito Uchiha had deceived her and Nagato, then introduced Edo Madara as the real Madara Uchiha.

Konan told Jiraiya and the others how Yahiko died and Akatsuki changed, then agreed to lead them to Nagato after learning Obito might have betrayed the original Akatsuki. As they reached the Land of Rain, Obito appeared at Nagato’s hideout with the Fourth Mizukage and warned that the base had been exposed.

• Jiraiya’s comic entrance with Edo Madara made Konan laugh and persuaded her to hear them out.
• Konan recounted how Hanzo and Shimura Danzō’s trap led to Yahiko’s death and the destruction of the original Akatsuki.
• Edo Madara rejected the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Rinnegan Hashirama warned Konan that Obito intended to use the Ten-Tails to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Shingetsu raised suspicions that Obito had killed Akatsuki members, prompting Konan to lead the group to Nagato before Obito could discover their conversation.
• Konan guided the group through the war-torn Land of Rain, where Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama was horrified by Konoha’s invasion and the country’s suffering.
• Obito appeared at Nagato’s hideout with the Fourth Mizukage and warned Nagato that the base had been exposed.

Obito attacked Nagato’s hideout, stole one of his Rinnegan, and escaped after Edo Madara killed the controlled Karatachi Yagura. With the Eye of the Moon Plan in ruins and the remaining threat left to Kakashi and the others, Tobirama persuaded Shingetsu, Izuna, and Hashirama to return home.

• Obito tried to take Nagato and his Rinnegan, but Nagato’s Six Paths puppets and Konan’s explosive-paper trap turned the hideout into a battlefield.
• Obito controlled Karatachi Yagura to taunt Edo Madara, who smashed Yagura with Susanoo and gave Obito time to escape with one of Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Konan and Jiraiya rescued Nagato from the collapsing hideout, while Nagato revealed that he had seemingly killed Obito before Obito struck back using Izanagi.
• Edo Madara reclaimed Nagato’s remaining Rinnegan as Obito and Black Zetsu evaded capture across the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama argued that their work was done and reminded Shingetsu, Izuna, and Hashirama of Madara and their families waiting at home.
• Shingetsu agreed to return, and Tobirama immediately prepared to take them back.

Shingetsu and her companions returned from the Otherworld with rescued Uzumaki survivors, while Naruto and Sasuke chose to remain behind and Nagato stayed in his own world. Konoha welcomed the travelers home, but Isshiki approached Shingetsu, renewing the danger.

• Shingetsu asked Nagato to come with them, but he chose to remain and bid farewell to the departing Uzumaki clan members.
• Young Naruto decided to stay in Konoha, while Young Sasuke agreed to leave after the Uchiha clan urged him to go; the Uchiha elders refused to depart.
• Tobirama revealed that he had sealed Edo Madara before the travelers left, then returned home with Shingetsu and the others after three days had passed in their original timeline.
• Madara joyfully welcomed Shingetsu and Izuna back as the Uzumaki survivors, Tsunade, and the other travelers arrived in Konoha.
• Tobirama beat Young Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, then Madara joined Izuna in beating Tobirama after the group concealed what had happened in the Otherworld.
• Isshiki approached Shingetsu and welcomed her back, making her realize that he remained a threat.

Shingetsu’s hidden origins as the Ōtsutsuki Origin God Tree shocked Madara, Izuna, Hashirama, and Tobirama, while Isshiki left after warning that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would come for her. Elsewhere, refugees from the Land of Whirlpools reunited with their relatives in Konoha, and Sasuke and Gaara encountered startling counterparts from another timeline.

• Isshiki revealed that he had raised Shingetsu and that she was the God Tree, then warned the others they needed his knowledge to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan before Madara drove him away.
• Madara and the others demanded answers from Shingetsu, who admitted she thought she had once been a tree, just as Kagami arrived with Sasuke.
• The Uzumaki refugees arrived in Konoha, where Karin’s Mother recognized Uzumaki Man as her grandfather and Karin called him her great-grandfather.
• The Uzumaki Clan members reunited with relatives from the refugees’ timeline, and Uzumaki Man arranged food, clothes, and rest for them.
• Madara mistook Sasuke for Izuna’s son because the boy resembled Izuna as a child, while Sasuke silently judged Madara’s reaction.
• Shukaku sensed another version of himself inside Gaara, and both Shukaku exclaimed in shock at the duplicate.

Shukaku and Gaara encountered their alternate selves among the Uzumaki, while the travelers recovered from their Otherworld ordeal and Sasuke reunited with the Uchiha in a different world. Shingetsu returned with Shukaku and Sasuke, but the Sage of Six Paths demanded that she send them back.

• Little Shukaku appeared on Gaara's head, questioned why another Shukaku was inside him, and joined the Uzumaki meal despite disliking the food.
• The travelers dealt with lingering effects of their Otherworld journey, Tsunade's hemophobia disappeared, and Madara learned fragments of what had happened from her.
• Tobirama found a mountain of paperwork and resumed beating his three disciples, then Hashirama joined in.
• Sasuke explored the Uchiha Clan Compound and was stunned to find the clan living in the village center beneath Madara Uchiha's face on Hokage Rock.
• Shingetsu tried to sleep after returning with Shukaku and Sasuke, but the Sage of Six Paths and his brother appeared and demanded that she send the boys back.

After Shingetsu drove away the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura, she slept for a month, terrifying Konoha before waking to a village-wide celebration. She found Sasuke, Gaara, Karin, and Itama thriving under Madara’s brutal training and reaffirmed that she would not send Sasuke back.

• Shingetsu refused the Sage of Six Paths’s demand to send Indra back and used her Sharingan to drive the two ghosts away before falling asleep for a month.
• Madara, Hashirama, and the others panicked when Shingetsu would not wake, but Isshiki examined her and said she was merely sleeping in.
• Shingetsu woke after a month, and Konoha celebrated her recovery with decorations and a warm welcome from Chinatsu, Miki, and Inari.
• Shingetsu visited Madara’s Genius Class and watched him train Sasuke, Gaara, Karin, and Itama, while Hashirama healed the exhausted children afterward.
• Shingetsu saw Sasuke flourishing among his classmates and silently taunted the Sage of Six Paths, insisting she would not send the children back.

Shingetsu and Madara traveled to the Otherworld and reunited with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato, but Madara learned that Shingetsu had died in that world and went on a rampage. Shingetsu redirected his fury at Fugaku and then ordered Madara to punish Itachi for trying to graduate at seven.

• Shingetsu found Sarutobi's coordinates, and Madara insisted on going with her despite the others' protests.
• Shingetsu and Madara emerged from a space-time vortex beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato, and Madara became furious when he learned Tobirama was the Second Hokage.
• Fugaku arrived at the Hokage Office with Itachi and Sasuke, where Madara rampaged after Hiruzen Sarutobi told him Shingetsu had died young in that world.
• Shingetsu calmed Madara by telling him she was alive, then ordered him to beat Fugaku while she scolded him for taking Itachi to a battlefield and failing as a parent and clan leader.
• Shingetsu told seven-year-old Itachi to focus on his studies instead of adult affairs, recognized that he was only pretending to obey, and ordered Madara to beat him up.

Shingetsu learned that Minato’s Konoha had changed for the better and entrusted him with guiding the Uchiha family after seeing memories of Fugaku and Itachi’s dark future. She then met baby Naruto, whose happy family life stood in stark contrast to the tragedies she remembered.

• Madara beat Itachi at Shingetsu’s direction, and Minato learned through her memories why she was angry with Itachi and Fugaku.
• Minato promised to guide Itachi and the Uchiha clan, and Shingetsu agreed to leave them in his care.
• Minato showed Shingetsu and Madara around Konoha, where Hiruzen said Danzo had been killed.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin struggled to care for baby Naruto while Kushina visited Mikoto.
• Minato brought Shingetsu, Madara, and Hiruzen to meet Naruto, then happily showered his son with affection.