Recaps

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Momoshiki Otsutsuki and smashed him into a crater, then turned his attention to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Momoshiki swallowed a pouch of pills and began rapidly recovering.

• Shihōin Naraku outsped Momoshiki Otsutsuki, battered him with precise blows, and drove him into the ground.
• Momoshiki crashed into a crater more than sixty meters across and lay badly injured as his chakra struggled to heal him.
• Naraku taunted Momoshiki, then told Isshiki he would be next.
• Momoshiki recognized that Isshiki had not intervened because he had never asked for help and had been confident in his increased strength.
• Momoshiki swallowed a handful of pills, and his injuries began healing while his chakra rapidly replenished.

Momoshiki restored himself with Sacrificial Refinement pills, and he and Isshiki joined forces against Shihōin Naraku. Their coordinated attack failed to land cleanly, but Momoshiki followed up with a thrust at Naraku’s throat.

• Momoshiki swallowed Sacrificial Refinement pills and rapidly recovered his injuries and chakra.
• Momoshiki warned Isshiki that Naraku had not been using his full strength, and Isshiki proposed that they fight together.
• Isshiki and Momoshiki attacked Naraku from opposite sides, with Isshiki using Karma and Momoshiki crossing his twin blades to limit Naraku’s escape.
• Naraku deflected Momoshiki’s blades and stopped Isshiki’s punch with Kurikara, then forced Isshiki to retreat with an upward slash.
• Momoshiki adjusted his stance and thrust his right-hand blade toward Naraku’s throat.

Shihōin Naraku dominated Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in close combat while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha watched. Isshiki and Momoshiki decided to avoid close combat, and Isshiki launched a barrage of chakra rods and Black-Red Cubes at Naraku.

• Shihōin Naraku dodged Momoshiki Otsutsuki's blades and struck his chest, forcing him to retreat.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked Naraku with black chakra rods, but Naraku used an afterimage and struck Isshiki, sending him sliding backward.
• Naruto Uzumaki watched Naraku fight and wondered whether he needed to join in.
• Sasuke Uchiha arrived beside Naruto, checked that he was safe, and watched the battle with his Rinnegan and Sharingan active.
• Momoshiki and Isshiki agreed that they could not gain an advantage over Naraku in close combat.
• Isshiki used Daikokuten to rain chakra rods and enormous Black-Red Cubes down on Naraku.

Shihōin Naraku evaded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s barrage and Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s summoned monsters, then emerged unharmed from a fire attack. Realizing their ranged abilities were ineffective, Isshiki and Momoshiki moved in to engage him at close range.

• Sasuke Uchiha pulled Naruto Uzumaki away from the battlefield as Isshiki’s Black-Red Cubes and chakra rods rained down on Naraku.
• Naraku dodged Isshiki’s attacks so precisely that Isshiki detected faint spatial fluctuations and suspected Naraku was using a spatial technique.
• Momoshiki summoned dragon-headed serpents with Inukai Takeru no Mikoto, but they repeatedly bit through Naraku’s afterimages.
• Momoshiki sent a flaming bird at Naraku with Young Hunt, but Naraku walked out of the flames unharmed, leading Momoshiki to suspect he was immune to fire-nature techniques.
• Momoshiki formed two red chakra weapons with Bōshijin and charged Naraku as Isshiki ended his barrage and shrank himself with Sukunahikona.

Shihōin Naraku fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki while Isshiki attempted a surprise attack in his shrunken form. Naraku detected Isshiki with Observation Haki, countered him, and sent Momoshiki crashing into a mountainside.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki attacked Naraku relentlessly with weapons created by Bōshijin to keep his attention occupied.
• Isshiki shrank and launched a chakra rod at Naraku’s exposed back, but Naraku detected him and narrowly missed being struck.
• Naraku slashed at Isshiki, who blocked with a shield of chakra rods and was driven backward by the force.
• Momoshiki attacked Naraku’s flank, but Naraku parried and overwhelmed him with a powerful strike that sent him flying into a mountainside.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki in battle, repeatedly breaking through their attacks and defenses. The chapter ended with Naraku sending Momoshiki flying again while Isshiki lay battered in the woods.

• Shihōin Naraku kicked Momoshiki Otsutsuki into a mountain and turned to face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Naraku caught Isshiki by the wrist and hurled him into a pit, leaving him injured and struggling to breathe.
• Momoshiki unleashed Inukai Takeru no Mikoto while Isshiki attacked from the side, but Naraku cut off Isshiki’s approach and wounded his forearm.
• Naraku drove Isshiki through a stone pillar and several trees with a slash to his flank.
• Momoshiki tried to repel Naraku with Shinra Tensei, but Naraku forced his way through and disarmed him with three strikes.
• Naraku kicked Momoshiki in the arms and sent him flying again.

Shihōin Naraku continued to face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki Otsutsuki after they recovered from his devastating attacks. As the pair launched a coordinated assault with invisible Chakra Rods, the battle resumed amid the ruined Land of Rivers border.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki crashed through four mountains and lay badly wounded, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged from a shattered tree with his injuries healing.
• Naruto Uzumaki worried that the fighting would erase the Land of Rivers' border, while Sasuke Uchiha watched Shihōin Naraku and judged his strength greater than expected.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki demanded that Momoshiki Otsutsuki get up, and Momoshiki used his remaining Medicinal Pills to heal before agreeing to fight again.
• Shihōin Naraku readied Kurikara as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki Otsutsuki charged him together, unleashing another destructive shock wave.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki feinted with a punch while secretly sending invisible, shrunken Chakra Rods toward Naraku's eyes, throat, and heart as Momoshiki sealed off his escape with sword strikes.

Shihōin Naraku countered Momoshiki and Isshiki’s coordinated attacks, cutting Isshiki and kicking Momoshiki back. Isshiki unleashed the full power of Jigen’s body while Momoshiki expanded his weapon array, and Isshiki launched an even faster, more unpredictable assault on Naraku.

• Naraku deflected Isshiki’s chakra needles, evaded Momoshiki’s sword, and wounded Isshiki with Kurikara.
• Naraku blocked Momoshiki’s downward strike and kicked him back, drawing blood.
• Isshiki let his Karma spread across Jigen’s body despite the damage it caused, deciding to stake his life on defeating Naraku.
• Momoshiki unleashed Bōshijin and formed more than a hundred weapons behind him.
• Isshiki vanished and attacked Naraku with greater speed, shrinking mid-punch to change his angle of approach.

Shihōin Naraku fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as Isshiki unleashed increasingly powerful attacks and Momoshiki joined in with Bōshijin weapons. Naraku countered both opponents, and the chapter ended with Isshiki shrinking and attacking him at close range with chakra rods.

• Naraku blocked Isshiki’s powerful kicks and strikes, seized his wrist, and nearly thrust Kurikara into his chest before Isshiki shrank to escape.
• Momoshiki sent more than three hundred Bōshijin weapons at Naraku while Isshiki kept him occupied, but Naraku destroyed most of them with Kurikara and let the rest pass through his elementalized body.
• Isshiki charged Naraku again, and the two traded close-range blows that sent waves of earth surging across the battlefield.
• Isshiki shrank to marble size and attacked Naraku with rapidly shrinking chakra rods, while Naraku deflected and dodged them with Kurikara.

Shihōin Naraku and Isshiki fought at extreme speed, with Naraku using Observation Haki and foresight to counter Isshiki’s attacks and wound him. Isshiki’s failing regeneration showed that Jigen’s body was nearing its limit, while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha struggled to follow the battle.

• Isshiki’s attack drove a black chakra rod into the ground, but Shihōin Naraku kicked him in the abdomen and sent him flying.
• Isshiki used rapid feints and shrinking attacks, but Naraku tracked him with Observation Haki and intercepted his assault.
• Isshiki grabbed Naraku’s leg and tried to throw him, but Naraku kicked him away and the two resumed fighting in the air.
• Naraku dodged Isshiki’s elbow and slashed his flank with Kurikara, worsening Isshiki’s wound as his regeneration and Karma mark weakened.
• Isshiki unleashed another burst of speed, leaving Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha barely able to track the clashes.

Isshiki pushed his failing body to keep Shihōin Naraku on the defensive while Momoshiki waited for a chance to intervene. Isshiki finally seized Naraku’s wrist and signaled Momoshiki to unleash his weapons, but Naraku remained confident as the torrent closed in.

• Sasuke admitted that he could not follow Isshiki and Naraku’s movements because they were too fast.
• Isshiki and Naraku traded devastating close-range attacks that shattered the surrounding landscape, while Momoshiki held back his weapon array to avoid hitting Isshiki.
• Isshiki continued fighting by burning through Jigen’s remaining life force as his body and karma markings began to fail.
• Naraku pierced Isshiki’s lower abdomen, but Isshiki grabbed Naraku’s sword wrist and called to Momoshiki.
• Momoshiki locked onto Naraku and sent a torrent of Bōshijin Weapons at him, while Naraku declared that their teamwork would not help.

Shihōin Naraku survived Momoshiki’s overwhelming Bōshijin Weapons barrage unharmed and revealed that physical attacks passed through him and healed with flames. Momoshiki and Isshiki launched a coordinated assault to find a weakness, but Naraku countered with Kurikara’s Conqueror’s Country.

• Isshiki used Sukunahikona to shrink and evade Momoshiki’s dense barrage of Bōshijin Weapons, escaping to a rock platform.
• Momoshiki and Isshiki sensed Naraku still alive, and the dust cleared to reveal him standing unharmed at the bottom of the crater.
• Momoshiki’s spear passed through Naraku’s chest, and red flames restored the pierced area as Isshiki identified his ability to nullify physical attacks.
• Momoshiki and Isshiki attacked together, sending a concentrated stream of weapons from above while Isshiki struck from Naraku’s flank.
• Naraku stepped forward and swung Kurikara, unleashing Conqueror’s Country and wiping out the incoming Bōshijin Weapons.

Naraku destroyed Momoshiki's weapon barrage and overwhelmed both Ōtsutsuki opponents with powerful attacks. He left Isshiki trapped in natural flames that Karma could not absorb, while Momoshiki lay buried beneath a collapsed cliff.

• Momoshiki's weapons disintegrated against Naraku's shock wave, and the returning force battered Momoshiki into a cliff, burying him in rubble.
• Naraku struck Isshiki with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, breaking his bones and leaving him unable to control his body.
• Naraku followed with Flame Emperor, engulfing Isshiki in flames and rapidly weakening Jigen's body.
• Isshiki tried to use Karma to absorb the flames but discovered they were natural fire and could not be absorbed.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha watched as the flames swallowed Isshiki completely.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki escaped the flames by reincarnating in his true form, but Jigen’s body had been an inadequate vessel and his new body would last only a few days. Facing Shihōin Naraku, Isshiki vowed to use all his remaining strength to kill him.

• Naraku’s flames consumed Jigen’s body, forcing Isshiki to abandon it and reincarnate.
• Momoshiki crawled out of the rubble and watched as Isshiki emerged from the flames in his true form.
• Isshiki realized his new body was already deteriorating and would survive only two or three days without brutal fighting.
• Momoshiki appeared beside Isshiki, while Naraku calmly faced the reincarnated Ōtsutsuki.
• Isshiki stepped toward Naraku and declared he would give everything he had to kill him.

Shihōin Naraku and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fought at breakneck speed, with Isshiki initially overpowering Naraku before Naraku countered and wounded him. Their battle moved into the eastern mountains, where their clashes began destroying entire peaks, while Momoshiki could not keep up.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked Shihōin Naraku with a faster assault and Black-Red Cubes, forcing Naraku to block and evade.
• Isshiki punched Naraku and sent him skidding across the ground, but Naraku welcomed the challenge and launched a counterattack.
• Naraku used afterimages and a descending slash, while Isshiki shrank with Sukunahikona and struck what he thought was Naraku, only to hit a Shadow Clone.
• Naraku struck Isshiki twice with Kurikara, cutting his ear and forearms and forcing him backward.
• Momoshiki watched as Naraku and Isshiki traded blows too quickly for him to join in.
• Naraku and Isshiki fought into the eastern mountain range, collapsing one peak after another with their clashes.

Shihōin Naraku and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki continued their high-speed battle, with both fighters badly wounded as Isshiki pushed himself faster. Momoshiki Otsutsuki tried to tip the fight by attacking Naraku from behind, but Naraku erased the chakra sphere with Kurikara.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki decided to intervene and prepared a compressed chakra sphere to strike Naraku during the fight.
• Naraku and Isshiki clashed with Kurikara and Isshiki’s fist, worsening their wounds as Isshiki accelerated his attacks.
• Naraku revealed Kurikara’s Zanka no Tachi, East: Rising Sun Blade ability and compressed its flames into an edge that erased anything it touched.
• Momoshiki hurled his chakra sphere at Naraku’s back while Naraku and Isshiki were locked in a clash.
• Naraku spotted the attack and cut the sphere in half with Kurikara, causing it to vanish without a trace and leaving Momoshiki stunned.

Shihōin Naraku revealed that Kurikara could erase anything its edge touched, forcing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to change tactics during their aerial battle. Isshiki realized he must avoid the blade and sought a way to suppress Naraku from a distance.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki watched in disbelief as Naraku erased his chakra sphere with Kurikara.
• Naraku taunted Isshiki and declared he was getting serious before clashing with him in midair.
• Isshiki attacked with a black chakra rod, but Kurikara erased part of it and cut the weapon in two.
• Isshiki summoned three Black-Red Cubes above Naraku, and Naraku erased all three with a sweep of his blade.
• Isshiki recognized Kurikara's danger and resolved not to let its edge touch him.

Shihōin Naraku fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Momoshiki Otsutsuki joined the battle, turning it into a three-way melee. Naraku evaded their coordinated attacks, then kicked Isshiki out of the sky and toward the ground, cracking his ribs.

• Isshiki used Daikokuten to surround Naraku with black spikes and attacked through their gaps, but Naraku cut the spikes and severed Isshiki’s Black Rods with Kurikara.
• Momoshiki flew into the battle and attacked Naraku, who dodged his staff strike before deflecting Isshiki’s ambush from behind.
• Naraku faced Isshiki and Momoshiki in a three-way standoff, then charged Momoshiki and narrowly missed cutting through his chest.
• Isshiki attacked Naraku with Black Rods while Momoshiki joined in, but Naraku evaded them and kicked Isshiki in the abdomen, sending him toward the ground with cracked ribs.

Shihōin Naraku battled Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki, driving them back with precise sword strikes and powerful kicks. As the three continued clashing in the sky, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha watched from a ridge and discussed Naraku using Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki crashed into the ground after Naraku's kick while Momoshiki charged Naraku with a staff made from Bōshijin.
• Naraku dodged Momoshiki's attacks, cut his staff apart, and struck his forearm, but Momoshiki evaded the full force of Naraku's kick.
• Isshiki rose from the crater as Momoshiki stalled Naraku, and Naraku renewed his attack against both opponents.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha watched the battle from a distant ridge and recognized Naraku's use of Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Sasuke Uchiha suggested Naraku had learned the technique by watching Kaguya use it during their battle in the Alternate Space.

Naruto and Sasuke watched Naraku’s fight against Isshiki and Momoshiki reach a stalemate, and agreed to wait for the Hokage’s signal before joining in. Naraku then cut Momoshiki’s shoulder with Kurikara and pressed his attack despite Isshiki striking at him.

• Naruto worried that Isshiki’s increased strength and Momoshiki’s reckless attacks had turned the battle into a stalemate.
• Naruto wanted to help, but Sasuke urged him to wait for the right moment or for the Hokage’s signal, and Naruto agreed.
• Naraku continued fighting Isshiki and Momoshiki, who avoided Kurikara’s erasure ability while using coordinated attacks to match him.
• Naraku slipped between Isshiki’s Black Rods and Momoshiki’s staff, then cut Momoshiki’s shoulder with a spatial slash.
• Naraku charged at the wounded Momoshiki and swung Kurikara at him while ignoring Isshiki’s incoming Black Rod.

Momoshiki unleashed a devastating shock wave, but Naraku dodged it and struck him with a brutal knee to the spine. As Momoshiki fell helplessly toward the ground, Naraku was forced to continue fighting Isshiki, leaving Momoshiki's fate unresolved.

• Momoshiki unleashed a massive shock wave that Naraku dodged, while its lingering force pushed Isshiki back and shattered the top of a distant peak.
• Naraku vanished and appeared beneath Momoshiki, driving his knee into Momoshiki's spine and sending him tumbling through the sky.
• Isshiki attacked Naraku with a Black Rod, but Naraku elementalized to avoid the strike and countered with an elbow.
• Naraku and Isshiki resumed their fierce battle as Momoshiki fell toward the earth, beyond Naraku's reach.

Naraku fought Isshiki while Momoshiki recovered from his fall and returned to the battle. Naraku wounded Isshiki with Kurikara, and Isshiki discovered the damage was regenerating slowly and shortening his body's lifespan.

• Naruto and Sasuke watched Momoshiki fall while Isshiki renewed his attack on Naraku.
• Momoshiki slowed his fall, steadied himself, and charged back toward the battlefield.
• Naraku dodged Momoshiki's attack and used a kick to send him off balance before closing in on Isshiki.
• Naraku's elementalized body let Isshiki's Black Rod pass through him, and Kurikara erased most of Isshiki's right arm.
• Isshiki tried to heal his arm but found it regenerated slowly and that the damage had shortened his body's lifespan.

Shihōin Naraku’s Kurikara wounded Isshiki and Momoshiki, slowing their healing as the two Ōtsutsuki fought him together. Naraku vanished with Space-Time Ninjutsu and appeared behind Momoshiki, whose fate remained uncertain as Isshiki warned him too late.

• Isshiki realized Kurikara could erase tissue, hinder healing, and shorten his already limited lifespan, and he briefly felt dizzy from its soul-cutting effect.
• Momoshiki attacked Naraku with two red rods, but Naraku parried him and Isshiki with Kurikara and noticed Momoshiki was slowing from his injuries.
• Isshiki warned Momoshiki about Kurikara’s effects, but Momoshiki continued leading their combined attacks against Naraku.
• Naraku withdrew from the fight, then vanished and reappeared behind Momoshiki using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Isshiki shouted a warning as Momoshiki sensed the danger behind him and called out, “Bōshijin!”

Naraku battered Momoshiki but could not finish him while Isshiki intervened. He withdrew to Naruto and Sasuke and ordered them to attack Momoshiki, leaving the two sides poised to resume the battle.

• Momoshiki used Bōshijin to shield himself from Naraku’s Kurikara, but the strike shattered the shield and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Naraku marked Momoshiki with the Flying Thunder God formula and struck him with a kick, while Isshiki intercepted Naraku’s next attack.
• Isshiki warned Momoshiki that Naraku had placed a formula on his back, and Momoshiki realized Naraku had used it to teleport behind him.
• Naraku judged that Isshiki’s interference made it impossible to finish Momoshiki, then teleported to Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naraku explained who Isshiki and Momoshiki were and ordered Naruto and Sasuke to kill Momoshiki or keep him occupied.

Shihōin Naraku briefed Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha on Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s weaknesses before turning his full attention to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Naruto and Sasuke attacked Momoshiki together, and the chapter left them facing him as he began gathering power in his Rinnegan.

• Shihōin Naraku warned Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha about Momoshiki’s weapons, chakra absorption, and injuries, then told them to keep him from recovering.
• Shihōin Naraku resumed his fight with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, leaving Naruto and Sasuke to confront Momoshiki.
• Naruto charged Momoshiki while Sasuke slashed at his escape route, and Momoshiki’s injuries slowed his attempted dodge.
• Naruto struck Momoshiki’s crossed rods with a powerful punch and sent him flying, while Sasuke’s sword narrowly missed him.
• Momoshiki steadied himself, recognized that Naruto and Sasuke were exploiting his weakened condition, and began gathering power in his Rinnegan.