Chapter Summaries

Shion reunited with Miroku and learned that the Miko's duties involved more than sealing Moryo. After a shadowy figure discussed a threat targeting Miroku and Uchiha Kazama, Miroku met Kazama, who revealed that he had killed Huangquan and sensed someone approaching.

• Shion clung to Miroku and asked whether she still had to be the Miko, and Miroku encouraged her to continue protecting Feng City and the Shinobi World.
• Miroku led Shion into the ancestral shrine and explained that sealing Moryo was not the Miko's only duty.
• After Shion left to prepare, a shadowy figure told Miroku that the threat might target both her and Uchiha Kazama, and then vanished in black smoke.
• Miroku disguised herself and left the Miko's courtyard, where guards continued protecting Shion.
• Uchiha Kazama told Miroku he had killed Huangquan and that Huangquan's connection to Moryo had abruptly broken off.
• Miroku sensed someone approaching before she could respond.

Uchiha Kazama and Miroku found Urashiki Otsutsuki, who had traveled back in time to kill those who might threaten the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Kazama fought him and revealed that Urashiki’s chakra-draining hook had caught the power of all nine tailed beasts.

• Kazama and Miroku sensed unfamiliar chakra and went to investigate, where Kazama recognized Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Urashiki mistook Kazama for a future threat and attacked him and Miroku with his Fishing Rod.
• Kazama counterattacked, trapping Urashiki as spatial rifts sealed off his escape route.
• Urashiki drove his Fishhook into Kazama and tried to drain his chakra, but could not pull the hook free.
• Kazama entered Tailed Beast Transformation, and the other tailed beasts’ hands appeared on the Fishing Line, leaving Urashiki shocked that he had hooked all nine.

Uchiha Kazama overwhelmed Urashiki Otsutsuki and prepared to finish him, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki intervened. Kazama attacked both Ōtsutsuki, forcing Isshiki to release his restraints and fight despite the strain on his body.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki transformed and fought Uchiha Kazama, but Kazama suppressed him and sealed the surrounding space.
• Miroku realized Uchiha Kazama, rather than Moryo or herself, was at the center of the unfolding danger.
• As Kazama charged to finish Urashiki Otsutsuki, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki dropped enormous cubes in his path.
• Kazama used a compact Susanoo and Super Shinra Tensei to clear the cubes, then attacked Urashiki Otsutsuki with the Time-Piercing Annihilation Sword and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Amaterasu.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki released his restraints to face Kazama, fearing what Kazama might learn if Urashiki Otsutsuki died.

Uchiha Kazama swiftly defeated and sealed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Urashiki Otsutsuki attacked Miko Miroku. A young man and a girl from the future arrived and intercepted Urashiki, intending to capture him alive.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki told Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that he had come from the future and had encountered Uchiha Kazama and the tailed beasts.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki resolved to kill Uchiha Kazama, while Urashiki Otsutsuki charged toward Miko Miroku to seize her as leverage.
• Uchiha Kazama struck Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a rapid combination of attacks and sealed him inside the Totsuka Blade's gourd.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki rushed toward Miko Miroku but was intercepted and slapped away by a young man with a Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.
• A golden-haired girl with a Yin Seal told the young man not to kill Urashiki because Aunt Snake wanted him alive.

Uchiha Kazama met his children from the future, Uchiha Yo and Senju Kaoru, and sent them to capture Urashiki Otsutsuki. Miroku revealed that Moryo was a complete Ten-Tails from another world, and explained that its arrival had brought her lineage to this world.

• Uchiha Kazama recognized Uchiha Yo and Senju Kaoru as his children, and they introduced themselves as Miroku and Tsunade’s children.
• Uchiha Kazama learned that the Miko’s duties had ended and told the siblings to capture Urashiki Otsutsuki, while refusing to hear about the future.
• Uchiha Yo and Senju Kaoru attacked Urashiki Otsutsuki, and Kazama learned that the Urashiki they had sealed was only a host body.
• Miroku told Uchiha Kazama that Moryo was a complete Ten-Tails whose creation destroyed worlds and whose hatred was directed at the Otsutsuki.
• Miroku explained that her lineage came from Moryo’s original world and had arrived in the shinobi world with him.

Uchiha Kazama learned that Moryo was a Ten-Tails from another world and that the Miko lineage had been protecting it from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. After assessing Uchiha Yoru’s strength in a fight, Kazama sent him back, though Yoru admitted he had missed his father.

• Miroku explained that the Miko lineage came from another world, Moryo was a fully formed Ten-Tails, and the Familiar Beasts had once been people whose souls could not reincarnate.
• Uchiha Kazama deduced that Moryo was recovering and that the Miko had been protecting it from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Uchiha Yoru arrived after capturing someone with the Rope of the Gold and Silver Brothers, and Kazama challenged him to fight.
• Kazama and Yoru clashed with their Susanoo, then Kazama judged Yoru’s pupillary power and chakra reserves insufficient to defeat him.
• Yoru entered a dragon-like Sage Mode from the Sage Region Between Space and Time, but Kazama ended the test and told him to return.
• Uchiha Yoru took out Dawn and told Uchiha Kazama that he had missed him a little.

Uchiha Kazama ended the mission to seal Moryo and offered Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara a new S-rank challenge. The three accepted, unaware that the shinobi present had been offered rewards to capture them as they returned to Konoha.

• Uchiha Kazama sent Uchiha Yo, Senju Kaoru, and Urashiki Otsutsuki back through spacetime with Dawn.
• Uchiha Kazama and Miroku returned to Feng City after Moryo's chakra and forces had vanished.
• Uchiha Kazama told the assembled shinobi that Moryo had been sealed and the mission was over, disappointing Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, while Gaara hesitated to speak.
• Uchiha Kazama announced an S-rank mission for Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara: they had to return to Konoha while the other shinobi tried to capture them for rewards.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara accepted the challenge, with Sasuke asking whether they could leave first.

Uchiha Kazama set the Three Little Ones loose on a two-hour head start before the other shinobi could pursue them, then arranged for the surviving shinobi to collect their mission receipts. He warned Kakashi to strengthen Konoha’s defenses and decided to face the coming threat alone, leaving the others to rest.

• Uchiha Kazama gave the Three Little Ones a two-hour head start and warned that pursuers might include shinobi’s friends, while Gaara marked everyone with his sand before they fled.
• Uchiha Kazama insisted he would keep his promise to let the shinobi pursue the children, though he warned them the genin were no ordinary children.
• Miko Miroku thanked the shinobi and directed them to collect S-rank mission receipts and rewards in Feng City.
• Yugito asked about Moryo’s remaining chakra and a possible follow-up mission, but Uchiha Kazama asked her to help Miko rebuild Feng City instead.
• Uchiha Kazama sent Kakashi to Konoha with a scroll for Tsunade and instructions to improve the village barrier using the Uzumaki Clan’s scrolls.
• When Miroku asked about the final plan, Uchiha Kazama said he would go alone and suggested they sleep first.

Uchiha Kazama offered Moryo a home inside his body and merged with the Ten-Tails, gaining immense energy and new dōjutsu. He emerged after half a month with his power difficult to control and a plan to seek out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Uchiha Kazama visited Moryo, who explained that problems with his body had delayed their merger despite absorbing the Familiar Beasts' souls.
• Uchiha Kazama offered Moryo shelter in the chakra god tree within his body, and Moryo agreed despite his distrust.
• Moryo entered Uchiha Kazama, whose inner world and chakra god tree expanded as the Tailed Beasts absorbed the released energy.
• Uchiha Kazama completed the merger without damage to his soul and gained greatly enhanced pupillary power and several new dōjutsu.
• After half a month, Uchiha Kazama left the cave, realized his power was causing a passive genjutsu effect, and received a Space-Time Pouch from the system.
• Uchiha Kazama decided to find someone to fight so he could control his power and considered seeking out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Uchiha Kazama was transported to the moon by Otsutsuki Toneri, who joined forces with Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki to try to eliminate him. The Toad Sage warned that Kazama threatened the world and had contacted the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and the chapter ended with the confrontation still underway.

• Otsutsuki Toneri appeared before Uchiha Kazama and declared that Kazama had to be erased for threatening the shinobi world.
• Kazama struck Toneri, who used the Jōgan to transport them to the moon.
• Toneri attacked Kazama with a lava giant and Rinne Special Rebirth Blast, but Kazama countered with Dark Moon and Limbo: Border Jail.
• Hamura Otsutsuki attacked one of Kazama’s clones, while Kazama recognized Hagoromo Otsutsuki behind Toneri.
• Hagoromo summoned the Toad Sage, who warned that Kazama could expose the world’s coordinates because he had made contact with the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Uchiha Kazama fought Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki after they recovered and prepared to battle, but they resorted to sealing him when his first attack overwhelmed them. The brothers began charging a stronger seal while Kazama waited outside, taunting them to come out.

• Hamura Otsutsuki emerged from Otsutsuki Toneri’s Jōgan, and he and Hagoromo Otsutsuki regained their youthful, full-strength bodies.
• Uchiha Kazama entered Six Paths Mode, freed his Limbo Clones, and prepared nine Shadow Clones while Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki entered Sage Mode.
• Kazama and his clones attacked the three men, and his Ten-Tails Moryo form shattered Otsutsuki Toneri’s Lava Giant and struck Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki with overwhelming force.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki decided they could only defeat Kazama by sealing him and drew on the Toad Sage’s senjutsu chakra to strengthen their Yin-Yang Release.
• Kazama waited outside the dust cloud, taunting the brothers as they remained behind their seal.

Uchiha Kazama had his nine Shadow Clones repeatedly defeat Otsutsuki Toneri while waiting for Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki to emerge from their seal. A returning Shadow Clone reported that it had found the seal’s location but lacked enough energy to sustain the technique needed to reach it.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki sealed themselves away after deciding they could not defeat Uchiha Kazama in combat.
• Uchiha Kazama sent his nine Tailed Beast Transformation Shadow Clones to attack Otsutsuki Toneri and experimented with letting them act independently.
• The Shadow Clones overwhelmed Otsutsuki Toneri, who survived repeated deaths through the special power of his pure Byakugan.
• After Otsutsuki Toneri had been killed nine times, Uchiha Kazama stopped the attacks and told him to ask Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki when they would be ready.
• A Shadow Clone returned and told Uchiha Kazama it had found the seal but lacked enough energy to use the required technique.

Uchiha Kazama let Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki seal him, but his shadow clones remained active and attacked them. The brothers stayed behind to ensure the seal held, only to discover that Kazama’s clones could still act.

• Kazama told his shadow clone to handle what came next, and the clone vanished after the seal before him disappeared.
• Hagoromo and Hamura emerged and declared that Kazama was a threat who could not be allowed to continue existing.
• Kazama struck both brothers with a surprise double kick, then watched them summon a divine statue and activate their sealing technique.
• Hagoromo and Hamura completed the seal and decided to remain nearby until they were certain Kazama could not escape.
• An arrow and black flames attacked the brothers, and Hagoromo absorbed the flames with a talisman, but Hamura was injured.
• Hagoromo realized the attackers were Kazama’s shadow clones, which had survived the sealing and could still attack.

Uchiha Kazama let Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki seal him so he could reach Kaguya Otsutsuki and investigate her role in their plans. He found her imprisoned, then revealed Moryo, leaving Kaguya shaken by the presence of her old ally.

• Nine shadow clones coordinated attacks that kept Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and their companion occupied.
• Uchiha Kazama crossed the sealed realm and used the Purification Art to open the door to Kaguya Otsutsuki's chamber.
• Uchiha Kazama introduced himself to Kaguya Otsutsuki and said Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki had sealed him there.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki sensed her child's presence in Uchiha Kazama and questioned how Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki could still be alive.
• Uchiha Kazama revealed that he had met Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and that the Ten-Tails was inside him, then released Moryo.
• Moryo addressed Kaguya Otsutsuki as an old ally, and she stiffened in panic.

Moryo recounted how Kaguya Otsutsuki betrayed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki during their attempt to plant a Chakra God Tree, and Uchiha Kazama proposed that she help him lure and kill Ōtsutsuki Clan members. Kaguya agreed in principle but said they first had to find a way out of the sealing space.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki was stunned that Uchiha Kazama could withstand Moryo's energy, and Moryo explained how Kaguya had ambushed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki before fleeing and leaving Moryo and Isshiki grievously injured.
• Moryo revealed that Kaguya had been chosen as the sacrifice for the Chakra God Tree, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki became the sacrifice after Kaguya used him in her plan; Isshiki implanted his Kāma in Jigen before dying.
• Uchiha Kazama learned that an Otsutsuki Observer had accompanied Isshiki and Kaguya, then asked Kaguya to help lure Ōtsutsuki Clan members to the Shinobi World so he could kill them.
• Kaguya questioned whether Uchiha Kazama understood how powerful the Ōtsutsuki Clan was, and Uchiha Kazama asked her to locate the Observer as well.
• Kaguya agreed to cooperate but explained that she could no longer leave the sealing space by herself, making escape their first obstacle.

Uchiha Kazama freed Kaguya Otsutsuki from the seal and revealed his plan to lure the Ōtsutsuki Clan into a trap. Kaguya confronted the severed connection to the moon and appeared before Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.

• Uchiha Kazama used the Purification Art to shatter three chains and help Kaguya Otsutsuki break free of her seal.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki recovered the energy stored in the chains and asked Uchiha Kazama why he had freed her.
• Uchiha Kazama said he wanted to lure the Ōtsutsuki Clan into a trap and take the initiative against their threat.
• The system rewarded Uchiha Kazama with 100% attribute affinity and God-Level Devouring after Kaguya Otsutsuki thought he was insane.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki sensed that the brothers had noticed her escape and opened a spatial rift to leave with Uchiha Kazama.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki realized his connection to the moon had vanished, and Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from a spatial rift before him and Hamura Otsutsuki.

Uchiha Kazama watched as Kaguya Otsutsuki confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki over the essence they had taken from her. Kaguya attacked the brothers and pulled them into her dimensions, beginning a fight on the moon.

• Uchiha Kazama returned to the moon and watched the aftermath of his Shadow Clones' battle with Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki embraced her sons and asked how far their evolution had progressed, but Hagoromo and Hamura broke free and took defensive positions.
• Uchiha Kazama told the brothers he would not attack them unless he attacked all three, while Moryo questioned his refusal to intervene.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki demanded that Hagoromo and Hamura return her essence, threatened the Toad Sage, and summoned black rods with Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki separated the brothers into her dimensions, and Hamura struggled against the crushing gravity.

Kaguya Otsutsuki killed Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki’s clones, then Uchiha Kazama exposed their schemes and absorbed their chakra origin into her. Afterward, Kazama spared the powerless Otsutsuki Toneri and offered him a place back in the Shinobi World.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki froze and killed Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki in separate dimensions.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki returned to the moon and learned from Uchiha Kazama that the brothers she had killed were only clones of their origins.
• Uchiha Kazama confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki and destroyed his clone, causing its chakra origin to flow into Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki pierced Hamura Otsutsuki with her Red-and-Black Longsword after confirming his energy belonged to her.
• Uchiha Kazama spared the powerless Otsutsuki Toneri and offered him better treatment if he returned to the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Kazama returned to Konoha with Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Otsutsuki after Toneri agreed to train in the human world. Tsunade welcomed Kazama with a furious attack, then introduced him to the village’s situation and said Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara had been waiting to hear from him.

• Otsutsuki Toneri accepted Uchiha Kazama’s offer to return to the human world and train.
• Uchiha Kazama brought Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Otsutsuki to the Land of Fire, and Kaguya admired the village as they headed for Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara learned that Uchiha Kazama had arrived near Konoha with two companions, and Tsunade immediately left to meet him.
• Tsunade struck Uchiha Kazama at the village entrance, then blushed as he introduced her to Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Kazama that Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara had been looking for him and asked whether they had completed their mission.

Uchiha Kazama returned to Konoha with Kaguya Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri, where he welcomed the Three Little Ones back from their S-Rank mission and reunited with the women at home. After the household learned about Kaguya's identity and the ancient threat, Kazama spent the night with the women, leaving Kaguya stunned by what she sensed from her room.

• Villagers warmly greeted Uchiha Kazama as he brought Kaguya Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri to the Uchiha Clan Compound and arranged for them to stay there.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara reported that they had completed their S-Rank Mission by evading their pursuers, and Kazama gave them training materials, Chakra Jade, and a mission receipt for twenty million ryo.
• Kurenai and Konan welcomed Kazama home, and he introduced Kaguya and the others to them.
• Tsunade and Konan learned that Kaguya Otsutsuki had created chakra and understood that the village faced an ancient threat beyond the shinobi villages.
• After the meal, Kazama arranged rooms for Kaguya and Otsutsuki Toneri, then left with the three women.
• Kaguya sensed Kazama from her room and, after four hours, was overwhelmed by what she perceived.