Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kazama reunited with his children and learned that mysterious groups had begun attacking shinobi. Uchiha Yo suspected the Otsutsuki were involved and asked to lead a four-person squad on the investigation.

• Uchiha Kazama's children introduced themselves after meeting him outside Konoha, and Uchiha Yo explained that unusual groups had been attacking shinobi.
• Uchiha Nagasawa, Natsume, Roy, and Rinboku arrived and told Uchiha Kazama they had returned to the Shinobi World nine years earlier.
• Uchiha Yo said he suspected the attacks were connected to two Otsutsuki from their world and explained that Toneri had supported his mission.
• Uchiha Kazama approved of Uchiha Yo's confidence and asked what information he had found.
• Uchiha Yo asked Uchiha Kazama to stay out of the fighting and requested permission to form a four-person squad for the mission.

Uchiha Kazama approved Uchiha Yo’s team for an unusual mission and returned to Konoha with his children. Yo and his teammates prepared to take charge of the mission and decided to seek intelligence through Orochimaru’s organization.

• Uchiha Yo chose Kaoru, Akaba, and Lingbo for his team, and Uchiha Kazama approved their mission.
• Uchiha Kazama told his children about training in other worlds as they traveled toward Konoha.
• Uchiha Nagasawa and the others withdrew, leaving Uchiha Yo and his teammates to handle the mission themselves.
• Senju Kaoru worried that they lacked enough intelligence, so Uchiha Yo proposed using the organization Lord Orochimaru had given them.
• Uchiha Akaba worried that Tsunade would punish them for using the Hokage’s intelligence forces, but Uchiha Yo said they could blame Orochimaru.

Uchiha Kazama returned to Konoha with his children and reunited with Leone and Tsunade, then left the village’s affairs to Shikaku Nara while he took Tsunade and the others away. Shikaku began distributing Kazama’s valuable materials and forging instructions as Kazama turned to making things up to his loved ones.

• Uchiha Kazama brought his children to Konoha, where Leone greeted him with a punch and then walked into the village with him.
• Tsunade welcomed Uchiha Kazama in the Hokage's Office and asked whether his return meant the Ōtsutsuki Clan was coming.
• Uchiha Kazama vanished with Tsunade and the others, leaving Shikaku Nara and Shikamaru Nara bewildered outside the office.
• Uchiha Kazama gave Shikaku Nara a scroll and entrusted him with managing the village while he was away for several days.
• Shikaku Nara opened the scroll and found a huge supply of refined chakra-metal-like materials and forging instructions for Tiankong.
• Shikaku Nara sent Shikamaru to find Tenten and went to consult the Yamanaka as Uchiha Kazama set out to make it up to Tsunade and the others.

Uchiha Kazama returned to Konoha and responded to a sudden premonition by ordering an investigation into prodigies from the other villages. He asked how many of the registered shinobi had died, leaving Inoichi Yamanaka stunned.

• Uchiha Kazama discussed preparations for a possible Otsutsuki threat with Miroku and Tsunade, who warned that shinobi in other villages resented Konoha's control of shared resources.
• Uchiha Kazama felt his premonition flare and vanished to the Hokage's Office.
• Uchiha Kazama told Shikaku Nara to investigate prodigies from each village and whether those shinobi were involved in the incident.
• Shikaku Nara summoned Inoichi Yamanaka, who brought Ino and a scroll containing registered information on shinobi from the other villages.
• Uchiha Kazama asked Inoichi Yamanaka how many of those shinobi had died, surprising him.

Uchiha Kazama ordered an investigation into the other villages and suspected Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki were behind the unrest. After Shikamaru Nara proposed a forceful notice to the Three Great Shinobi Villages, Kazama visited Otsutsuki Toneri, who confirmed the two brothers were responsible but could not locate them.

• Inoichi Yamanaka reported that shinobi factions in other villages were alive, powerful, and dissatisfied with their Kage, and Uchiha Kazama ordered an investigation into suspicious shinobi in Konoha.
• Uchiha Kazama told Shikaku Nara to answer the villages' proposals forcefully, and Shikamaru Nara suggested sending one direct notice to their Kage instead of replying to every document.
• Shikaku Nara accepted Shikamaru's plan and began preparing the notice, including a warning that Uchiha Kazama would personally confront anyone dissatisfied.
• Uchiha Kazama visited the Hyuga Clan, where Hinata and Neji told him about their training and their clan's rise in strength.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Uchiha Kazama that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki were behind the incident, seeking control of the shinobi world, but could not be found because they were outside this world.

Uchiha Kazama arranged protections for Konoha, then took Naruto and Sasuke away while Otsutsuki Toneri sent Neji and Hinata to investigate other villages. At the Land of Grass border, Uchiha Yo unleashed Orochimaru’s research subjects against their attackers as Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki prepared to act.

• Uchiha Kazama gave Otsutsuki Toneri a tomoe and told him to protect Kaguya and Uncle Teuchi while he was away for five days.
• Uchiha Kazama took Naruto and Sasuke with him, and Otsutsuki Toneri ordered Neji to investigate other villages with Hinata and report back within three days.
• At the Land of Grass border, Uchiha Yo used Orochimaru’s scroll to summon a white snake that disgorged more than a hundred research subjects.
• Senju Kaoru recovered with her diamond-shaped mark as Uchiha Yo and the others set out to eliminate the beings attacking them.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki discussed their preparations and the recovery of a wounded being, while Hamura said events were no longer fully under their control.

Uchiha Kazama took Naruto and Sasuke to the Time-Space Interstice after purifying strange energies affecting them. He sought answers about a scheme involving the Sage Lands, and Chtholly brought the group to a blue pool while asking Kazama for a favor.

• Uchiha Kazama brought Naruto and Sasuke to a vortex leading to the Time-Space Interstice, where strange energies briefly affected them.
• Uchiha Kazama purified gray wisps from Naruto and Sasuke before leading them through the vortex.
• Naruto and Sasuke sensed that a power within them was being suppressed in the Time-Space Interstice.
• Chtholly appeared, dismissed Naruto and Sasuke’s Senjutsu chakra, and warned Kazama not to interfere in matters concerning the Sage Lands.
• Uchiha Kazama explained that his world was caught in a scheme involving its rules and that he had come seeking answers.
• Chtholly transported the group to a blue pool and asked Kazama for a favor, and he promised to take her along on an outing.

Uchiha Kazama sensed that the Heaven-Piercing Divine Pillar was connected to a Sage and began training, while Chtholly worried that his aura had changed. In the Land of Grass, Uchiha Yo and his siblings uncovered a rift filled with strange senjutsu chakra and faced a powerful creature that called itself Zetsu.

• Uchiha Kazama sat down to train after suspecting a Sage was involved, and Chtholly worried that his aura had become harder to read.
• Hamura Otsutsuki panicked when the auras vanished in Konoha, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki urged him to draw Uchiha Kazama and the others out by targeting four children in the Land of Grass.
• Hamura Otsutsuki prepared to make the first move while Hagoromo Otsutsuki warned that Uchiha Yo had grown strong enough to oppose them.
• Senju Kaoru, Uchiha Akaba, and Uchiha Lingbo examined strange creatures in the Land of Grass, and Lingbo used her Jōgan and Susanoo to reveal a rift filled with senjutsu chakra.
• Uchiha Yo warned the others not to enter the rift, but a massive hand burst out and attacked them before a winged humanoid creature emerged and called itself Zetsu.

Chtholly brought Naruto and Sasuke to the pool, where its power washed away their senjutsu chakra and let them meet their dead loved ones. As Naruto reunited with Minato and Kushina and Sasuke learned the truth of Konoha’s past from Itachi, Kazama asked Chtholly to meet the Sage, who was the immense pillar in the distance.

• Chtholly sealed Naruto and Sasuke in the pool, which drained their senjutsu chakra and broke something inside them.
• Naruto reunited with Minato and Kushina, and Kurama joined their conversation.
• Sasuke met Itachi, shared how Konoha and the Uchiha had changed, and heard Itachi admit that his past choices had been wrong.
• Kazama told Chtholly he had brought Naruto and Sasuke to a place untouched by chaotic world rules, and asked to meet the Sage.
• Chtholly pointed to the immense pillar in the distance and said it was the Sage.

Uchiha Yo and his allies faced Gō, a monster released from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then discovered Hamura Otsutsuki was controlling the box. The battle began with Hamura releasing two more monsters, and it left him bound by Uchiha Yo’s lightning technique as his Byakugan changed.

• Uchiha Yo summoned artificial sage body shinobi to probe the monster, while Uchiha Akaba attacked it with Fire Release.
• Gō introduced himself as a being from the Box of Ultimate Bliss and attacked the group with his powerful wings.
• Senju Kaoru identified Gō as a Six Paths Tool, and Uchiha Yo realized someone was controlling the box.
• Hamura Otsutsuki emerged with the Box of Ultimate Bliss and declared that Uchiha Yo had to return his power to the world.
• Hamura released two more monsters, and Uchiha Yo, Senju Kaoru, Uchiha Akaba, and Uchiha Lingbo attacked.
• Uchiha Yo bound Hamura with his lightning technique, but Hamura pressed his palms together and his Byakugan transformed.

Uchiha Akaba fought Xing, the fourth monster from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, while Uchiha Yo and the others battled the remaining monsters. Akaba’s attacks revealed Xing’s ability to split and absorb chakra, and the chapter ended as Akaba struck one of Xing’s clones with his Spirit Weapon.

• Uchiha Yo’s lightning training left Senju Kaoru, Uchiha Akaba, and Uchiha Lingbo preparing to face the surviving monsters.
• Senju Kaoru, Uchiha Lingbo, and Gō pursued their opponents, leaving Uchiha Akaba alone with Xing.
• Uchiha Akaba cut Xing in half with his Susanoo, but Xing split into two stronger copies and explained that attacks let him absorb energy.
• Uchiha Akaba used Nether Guard to repel Xing’s corrosive chakra, which then returned to Xing and strengthened him.
• Uchiha Akaba summoned his Spirit Weapon and struck one of Xing’s clones before Xing could finish speaking.

Uchiha Akaba destroyed Xing with his Spirit Weapon, causing Xing’s face on the Box of Ultimate Bliss to shatter. Uchiha Yo trapped Hamura Otsutsuki, but Hamura escaped by exploding the Box and sending its remaining monsters’ energy into Yo’s chains, leaving Yo and his siblings struggling to contain it.

• Uchiha Akaba explained that his Spirit Weapon turned illusion into reality, then slashed Xing until Xing could no longer heal or split into clones.
• Xing’s face on the Box of Ultimate Bliss shattered, shocking Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Yo struck Hamura and used Greedless to bind him with chains that drained his energy.
• Hamura Otsutsuki exploded the Box of Ultimate Bliss, vanished, and sent the remaining three monsters’ energy surging into the chains.
• Uchiha Akaba, Senju Kaoru, and Lingbo helped redirect the corrosive energy into a Spatial Rift, while Uchiha Yo channeled some of it into an artificial Sage Body.

After Hamura Otsutsuki escaped, Uchiha Yo and his siblings found Yamagami Hagane and a group of hostile shinobi waiting to ambush them. Yo killed Hagane, and Lingbo and Akaba prepared to fight the rest while Yo stayed ready in case Hamura was watching.

• Hamura Otsutsuki vanished after the artificial sage bodies were destroyed, and Senju Kaoru confirmed that he had escaped.
• Uchiha Lingbo suggested returning to Konoha to report to their father, but Uchiha Akaba warned that their journey back would not be simple.
• Yamagami Hagane appeared with former Konoha trainees who had been ambushing Konoha shinobi and plotting further attacks against the village.
• Uchiha Yo killed Yamagami Hagane with kunai and a short sword, then mocked the gathered shinobi for forgetting that they were outside Konoha.
• Uchiha Lingbo turned the ground into a swamp, and Uchiha Akaba summoned lightning hawks as they took responsibility for fighting the group while Uchiha Yo conserved his strength.

Uchiha Akaba and Uchiha Lingbo fought the remaining shinobi until Ōnoki intervened, then Akaba invoked Uchiha Kazama’s return and unsettled the Tsuchikage. Lingbo trapped the fighters in a barrier, while Kurotsuchi appeared before Uchiha Yo and stopped the battle.

• Uchiha Yo left Akaba and Lingbo to handle the surviving shinobi and sat down to recover his chakra.
• Uchiha Akaba killed another shinobi with his Lightning Release, while Uchiha Lingbo prepared to use her technique.
• Ōnoki attacked Akaba and Lingbo with Dust Release, but they emerged unharmed and Akaba warned him that Uchiha Kazama had returned.
• Uchiha Lingbo formed a barrier around the fighters and went to deal with the others, leaving Akaba to face Ōnoki.
• Kurotsuchi appeared before Uchiha Yo in Tsuchikage robes, and Akaba remarked that Yo and Kurotsuchi could have a romantic moment while the others fought.

Uchiha Kazama intervened in a deadly confrontation between Uchiha Yo and the other villages, then gave Ōnoki another chance to deal with the plot. Kurotsuchi chose to go to Konoha with Yo and Kazama.

• Kurotsuchi stopped Uchiha Yo from attacking the Iwagakure shinobi and learned that Uchiha Kazama had returned as Hokage.
• Uchiha Akaba sensed danger, pulled Uchiha Lingbo, Senju Kaoru, Uchiha Yo, and Kurotsuchi into Susanoo, and escaped with Flying Thunder God as an attack carved a ravine through the battlefield.
• Uchiha Kazama appeared, warned the surviving shinobi to return to their villages, and told Ōnoki that he had grown muddleheaded.
• Uchiha Kazama told Uchiha Yo to be more decisive about Kurotsuchi and said he had no objection to her becoming his daughter-in-law.
• Kurotsuchi chose to go to Konoha with Uchiha Yo, while Ōnoki took the remaining Iwagakure shinobi away.
• Uchiha Kazama used Flying Thunder God to take the group back toward Konoha.

Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki prepared to resume their plan, summoning the Evil God as an ally against Konoha. Uchiha Kazama gathered shinobi from across the villages to confront them, and the Evil God revealed himself with a crowd of scythe-wielding followers.

• Hamura emerged after Uchiha Kazama left, and Hagoromo told him the plan could still proceed now that the Toad Sage had recovered.
• Hagoromo ordered Hamura to pressure their hidden allies and said they would activate what they had embedded in the rules.
• Uchiha Kazama briefed the assembled Nine-Tails Squad, Uchiha Squad, Orochimaru, and others about Hagoromo and Hamura’s threat.
• Uchiha Kazama and the assembled shinobi went to a plain outside Konoha, where Hagoromo and Hamura stood with two hooded figures.
• Uchiha Kazama recognized one hooded figure as the Evil God, who unveiled himself and summoned a crowd of followers carrying Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythes.

The Reaper resurrected Minato Namikaze as a marked soul puppet, and Naruto confronted his father with Uchiha Kazama’s encouragement. Naruto overpowered Minato’s controlled soul, though the Reaper remained connected to the battle.

• The Reaper revealed the souls he had gathered and used Fate Restoration to turn them into marked monsters, including Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto recognized his father, grew furious, and was steadied by Sasuke, Gaara, and Uchiha Kazama.
• Uchiha Kazama told Naruto to free Minato himself, and the Reaper sent Minato forward to fight him.
• Naruto and Minato clashed with Kurama chakra, Rasengan, and Wind Release while the others watched.
• Naruto used his own strength and Minato’s imprint and guidance to overpower his father’s controlled soul body.

Naruto fought Minato Namikaze and helped Kushina free Minato’s soul from the Reaper’s power. After his parents returned to Naruto, Uchiha Kazama opened a portal to a lifeless Sage Land filled with crawling corpses.

• Naruto used Shadow Clones, Kurama’s help, and Rasengan to overwhelm Minato Namikaze, then bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kushina Uzumaki used sealing techniques while Minato linked their souls, stripping the Reaper’s power from Minato’s soul.
• Minato reunited with Kushina, and the two praised Naruto before teasing him about Hinata and giving her Minato’s memories.
• Kushina sealed both souls back inside Naruto, explaining they could not remain outside without dissipating.
• Uchiha Kazama sent Naruto back and snapped the gray threads, opening a portal to a Sage Land devoid of senjutsu chakra, where corpses crawled out.

Uchiha Kazama identified the Reaper as the Void Sage and used Conqueror’s Haki to overwhelm his undead army, exposing damage to the Reaper’s soul. The Reaper revived the fallen corpses and prepared to attack again.

• Gaara turned the grassland into a desert and sealed many charging corpses in quicksand, while Yugito Nii burned others with soul flame.
• Uchiha Kazama identified the Reaper as Miluo Void Lord, the Void Sage, and revealed a tablet listing Sage Lands.
• Uchiha Kazama confronted the Reaper over his alliance with Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, as shinobi from across the villages gathered to fight.
• Uchiha Kazama struck the undead with Conqueror’s Haki, making the corpses collapse and heavily affecting the Reaper.
• Uchiha Kazama inferred that the Reaper’s soul was damaged and that he had begun fusing with another power.
• The Reaper summoned a short sword and made the fallen corpses writhe again.

Uchiha Kazama seized the Reaper’s world essence from Hagoromo Otsutsuki and let a little girl swallow it. He then began a massive summoning, hinting that he was bringing out the Sage Lands’ original power.

• Uchiha Kazama burned the Reaper’s corpses with black flames that scorched their souls, terrifying the Reaper.
• The Reaper demanded his world essence back, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki returned it while warning that he would lose their cooperation if he withdrew.
• Uchiha Kazama used Flying Thunder God to steal the world essence from Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• A little girl appeared on Uchiha Kazama’s shoulder and swallowed the world essence.
• Uchiha Kazama declared that the Reaper was next, recalled that there had originally been only one Sage Land, and began a powerful summoning.