Chapter Summaries

Momoshiki unleashed an amplified Rasengan that devastated the river valley, but Shihōin Naraku emerged completely unharmed. Shocked by the attack’s failure, Momoshiki ordered Kinshiki to retreat as Naraku advanced.

• Momoshiki used Takami Musubi no Kami to amplify Naruto Uzumaki's Shadow Clone's Rasengan and fired it at Shihōin Naraku.
• The blast destroyed the river valley and formed a vast crater while Kinshiki survived amid the rubble.
• Shihōin Naraku floated out of the crater without a scratch and casually questioned Momoshiki about his ability.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki recoiled as Naraku advanced, and Momoshiki shouted for Kinshiki to retreat.
• Kinshiki rushed toward Momoshiki and extended his hand beneath him.

Shihōin Naraku froze space-time with his Rinnegan and grievously wounded Momoshiki and Kinshiki, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fled rather than intervene. Isshiki then returned to attack as Naraku tried to finish Momoshiki, and the chapter ended with Naraku escaping the falling cubes beside Naruto.

• Kinshiki blocked Naraku's attack long enough for the space-time portal to begin engulfing him and Momoshiki, but Naraku froze the area with Life-Extending Feather of Misfortune.
• Naraku slashed Momoshiki across the chest and abdomen, pierced his chest, and severed Kinshiki's right arm while Naruto and Kurama watched from outside the frozen domain.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki observed the fight from a distant mountaintop, then withdrew without helping Momoshiki and Kinshiki.
• Naraku prepared to decapitate Momoshiki, but Isshiki returned and summoned several Black-Red Cubes above him.
• Naraku cut into Momoshiki's neck, destroyed the Space-Time Portal, and escaped the falling cubes as the five-second freeze ended, appearing beside Naruto.

After Shihōin Naraku gravely wounded Momoshiki and Kinshiki, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shielded them from the falling rubble while Kinshiki helped Momoshiki recover. Momoshiki began devouring Kinshiki and activated Sacrificial Refinement, leaving Kinshiki’s fate unclear as Naruto watched in horror.

• When time resumed, Momoshiki and Kinshiki fell from the sky with severe injuries, and black-and-red cubes crashed around them.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared, shielded the pair from debris, and ordered Kinshiki to heal Momoshiki.
• Momoshiki urged Kinshiki to refine a pill, while Shihōin Naraku watched from beside Naruto and assessed Isshiki’s arrival.
• Naraku told Naruto that Momoshiki was devouring Kinshiki, whose body withered as his chakra flowed into Momoshiki.
• Momoshiki recovered enough to raise his palm toward Kinshiki and invoke Sacrificial Refinement, as Kinshiki cried out and his eyes went dark.

Momoshiki devoured Kinshiki’s Chakra Fruit and transformed, then immediately attacked Naraku with his newly acquired Bōshijin ability. Their sword fight tore through the battlefield, while Isshiki watched and recognized that Naraku still controlled the rhythm of the clash.

• Momoshiki consumed the Chakra Fruit formed from Kinshiki and healed his wounds as his body, hair, horns, and eyes transformed.
• Momoshiki confronted Naraku, furious that Naraku had forced him to use his only chance to devour a companion.
• Momoshiki vanished and attacked Naraku with a red sword, while Naraku met his strike with Kurikara.
• Momoshiki used Kinshiki’s Bōshijin ability to create changing chakra weapons and traded rapid blows with Naraku across the battlefield.
• Isshiki observed that Momoshiki’s fighting had improved, but Naraku’s precise swordsmanship kept control of the fight’s rhythm.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Momoshiki Otsutsuki in a fierce battle, shattering his weapons and countering his massive chakra-weapon barrage. Naraku closed in again as Momoshiki’s confidence gave way to fear.

• Momoshiki merged his red weapons into a battle-axe and attacked Naraku, but Naraku shattered it with Kurikara.
• Naraku dodged Momoshiki’s counters, struck his ribs, and knocked him through the air with Kurikara.
• Momoshiki unleashed more than thirty weapons with Bōshijin, but Naraku destroyed them with three Getsuga Tenshō.
• Naraku charged through the falling fragments as Momoshiki watched in fear, then Naraku’s voice rang out behind him.

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.