Chapter Summaries

Shihōin Naraku crippled Momoshiki Otsutsuki and protected the fleeing Konoha ninja while fighting off attacks from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. The battle continued as Naraku intercepted Isshiki’s needle-sized black rods before they could hit the six ninja.

• Shihōin Naraku severed Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s staff and arm, then ordered Yōsuke Yamashiro to lead the Konoha ninja away from the battlefield.
• Momoshiki charged Naraku with Divine Pursuit, but Naraku met him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and knocked him into a trench.
• Naraku tried to finish the weakened Momoshiki, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked him with a black rod and gave Momoshiki time to retreat.
• Isshiki sent needle-sized black rods at the six fleeing Konoha ninja, and Naraku moved behind them to intercept the attack with Kurikara.

Shihōin Naraku protected six retreating Konoha ninja from Momoshiki’s devastating Katsuchi attack, while Isshiki and Momoshiki tried to exploit Naraku’s duty to make him choose between dodging and protecting them. The blast struck, and Naraku used Shinra Tensei to shield the group, leaving their escape uncertain amid the destruction.

• Shihōin Naraku ordered the six Konoha ninja to retreat southwest and told Yōsuke Yamashiro to keep his subordinates in line.
• Isshiki wondered how Naraku had moved so quickly, suspecting he possessed multiple forms of Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Isshiki and Momoshiki exchanged a glance and coordinated their retreat as Momoshiki prepared Katsuchi.
• Momoshiki unleashed Katsuchi at the ground behind Naraku, aiming to force him to choose between dodging and protecting the retreating Konoha ninja.
• Naruto warned Sasuke about the shock wave, and the two shielded themselves with the Nine-Tails’ golden chakra.
• Naraku stayed in place and used Shinra Tensei to repel the blast, but the shock wave and debris slowed the six Konoha ninja.

Shihōin Naraku protected the Konoha ninja from Katsuchi's impact while Isshiki and Momoshiki escaped through a Space-Time Portal. After sending the wounded onward, Naraku told Naruto and Sasuke he would pursue the Ōtsutsuki, explaining that he had memorized the portal's destination coordinates.

• Shihōin Naraku shielded the six Konoha ninja from Katsuchi's impact as Isshiki and Momoshiki fled through a Space-Time Portal.
• Naraku realized he had memorized the coordinates on the far side of the portal and could pursue them.
• Naraku ordered Yōsuke Yamashiro and the other five Konoha ninja to continue southwest while the wounded stayed behind.
• Naruto and Sasuke confirmed they were unharmed and came to Naraku after the attack ended.
• Naraku told Naruto and Sasuke to escort the wounded back to the village while he pursued Isshiki and Momoshiki.
• Naraku reassured Naruto and Sasuke that the Ōtsutsuki were badly weakened and that he could reach them through the coordinates he had memorized.

Shihōin Naraku pursued the Ōtsutsuki enemies alone while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha gathered the wounded for the return to Konoha. Naruto and Sasuke could not follow Naraku, and the chapter ended with Sasuke heading back to collect the rest of their group.

• Sasuke persuaded Naruto that following Naraku would only hinder him, and Naraku ordered them to escort the wounded to Konoha and report the enemies’ abilities to Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Naraku vanished in pursuit of the Ōtsutsuki enemies, promising to return to Konoha within a day.
• Naruto learned that Sasuke had marked the enemies’ spatial coordinates, but Sasuke said he lacked the chakra and control needed to open a Space-Time Portal.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined Yōsuke Yamashiro and the other wounded ninja, and Naruto told them that Naraku had gone after the enemies alone.
• After checking the injured ANBU members, Sasuke left to gather the others so they could all return to Konoha together.

Shihōin Naraku used Instant Transmission to follow Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki Otsutsuki into a barren alternate space so he could fight without endangering the Shinobi World or revealing his abilities to Naruto and Sasuke. He found the wounded pair in a basin and confronted them, leaving them stunned that he had tracked them down.

• Shihōin Naraku used Instant Transmission to enter the alternate space where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Momoshiki Otsutsuki had fled.
• Naraku surveyed the lifeless wasteland and explained that he had let the pair escape to avoid destroying the Shinobi World and exposing his abilities to Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naraku sensed Isshiki and Momoshiki roughly sixty kilometers away and found both badly injured beneath a boulder in a basin.
• Naraku appeared above the pair and mocked their hiding place.
• Isshiki tensed and began asking how Naraku had found them, but Naraku called them fools for thinking an alternate space could hide them.

Shihōin Naraku tracked Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to Isshiki’s Alternate Space, explaining that he had let them escape to avoid damaging the Land of Fire and endangering his allies. Isshiki attacked when Naraku asked for their last words, and the chapter ended with Black Rods piercing Naraku from every direction.

• Shihōin Naraku found Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki by memorizing their portal’s coordinates and sensing their presences.
• Naraku explained that he had moved the fight to an isolated battlefield to protect his subordinates, Naruto, Sasuke, and the Land of Fire.
• Isshiki realized Naraku had anticipated their escape, while Momoshiki accepted how hopeless their situation had become.
• Naraku asked whether either Ōtsutsuki had any last words, provoking Isshiki to attack with a chakra Black Rod.
• Naraku drew Kurikara, broke Isshiki’s Black Rod, and pursued him as Isshiki used Sukunahikona to surround Naraku with seventeen rods.
• The Black Rods pierced Naraku’s chest, abdomen, limbs, and other parts of his body.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in a one-sided sword fight, leaving Isshiki bloodied and battered while Naraku remained unharmed. Naraku approached the defeated Isshiki as Momoshiki remained unable to stand nearby.

• Isshiki pinned Naraku with seventeen black rods, but Naraku elementalized and healed before the rods could delay him.
• Naraku relentlessly slashed Isshiki, driving him through the basin and carving deep rifts into the ground and rock walls.
• Isshiki was buried in a collapsed wall, then escaped Naraku's next strike as it split the wall in two.
• Isshiki struggled from the rubble with numerous wounds and knelt coughing while Naraku emerged from the dust unharmed.
• Naraku glanced at the incapacitated Momoshiki and walked toward Isshiki.

Shihōin Naraku continued to overwhelm the badly wounded Isshiki in their battle across the Alternate Space. Isshiki kept fighting despite his injuries, but Naraku’s precise attacks left him at an increasing disadvantage.

• Shihōin Naraku asked Isshiki for his last words, and Isshiki rose despite his wounds and renewed his fighting spirit.
• Shihōin Naraku vanished and slashed at Isshiki, who narrowly dodged and countered with a powerful punch.
• Shihōin Naraku and Isshiki exchanged repeated attacks in midair, devastating the basin around them.
• Isshiki poured out his chakra and fought at full strength, but Shihōin Naraku consistently reacted first and inflicted more wounds.
• Shihōin Naraku stabbed Isshiki through the back with Kurikara and followed with another slash.

Shihōin Naraku drove Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to the brink of defeat, but Momoshiki Otsutsuki rose and unleashed a powerful combination of attacks against Naraku. Momoshiki’s slash cut Naraku in half, but Naraku regenerated, and the chapter ended with dozens of monsters emerging to attack him.

• Shihōin Naraku reopened Isshiki’s leg wound and deflected Isshiki’s strongest punch with Kurikara.
• Isshiki retreated and dropped to one knee, weakened by blood loss and severe wounds.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki stood up and launched a massive naginata slash at Naraku.
• Momoshiki struck the ground and summoned dragon-headed, serpent-bodied monsters from beneath it.
• Momoshiki conjured a giant Fire Release Ink Bird and sent it diving toward Naraku.
• Momoshiki’s slash cut Naraku in half, but Naraku regenerated as the monsters lunged at him.

Shihōin Naraku survived Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s attacks without injury, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s intervention let Momoshiki trap him inside a massive Planetary Devastation sphere. Naraku studied the seal calmly and believed he could break free.

• Naraku sliced apart Momoshiki’s earth-made monsters, then stood unharmed after the giant flaming bird exploded around him.
• Momoshiki sensed Naraku was still unhurt and used Planetary Devastation to draw the ground and rubble into a growing sphere.
• Isshiki pierced Naraku with Black Chakra Rods, preventing him from moving away as the sphere’s gravity intensified.
• Momoshiki’s gravity-bound rocks encased Naraku and pulled him into the sphere, which grew to over a thousand meters in diameter.
• Naraku examined the pressure and restraint inside the sphere and concluded that breaking free would not be difficult.

Shihōin Naraku broke free of Momoshiki’s Planetary Devastation without a scratch, leaving Momoshiki to face the failure of his attacks. Refusing to surrender, Momoshiki spent his remaining strength to summon a lava giant over a hundred meters tall.

• Momoshiki and Isshiki watched as Shihōin Naraku carved his way out of Planetary Devastation with successive blade strikes.
• Naraku emerged from the destroyed sphere and landed in a vast crater, still uninjured and holding Kurikara.
• Naraku challenged Momoshiki, who was frustrated that his attacks had failed to harm him.
• Momoshiki resolved to use all his remaining chakra and stamina to fight Naraku to the death.
• Momoshiki poured fire and earth chakra into the ground, turning the surrounding terrain into magma and raising a lava giant more than a hundred meters tall.

Naraku defeated Momoshiki’s lava giant with a single strike and approached the powerless Otsutsuki. Momoshiki reflected on his defeat as Naraku raised Kurikara to finish him.

• Momoshiki merged with the lava giant Ape Rock and charged at Naraku with a devastating punch.
• Naraku dodged the giant’s fist and cut through its chest, striking Momoshiki at its core and destroying Ape Rock.
• Momoshiki was thrown from the collapsing giant and landed among the rubble, unable to move or summon enough chakra to fight back.
• Naraku walked up to Momoshiki and told him that coming to the Shinobi World had been his greatest misfortune.
• Naraku raised Kurikara over Momoshiki as the blade came down.

Naraku killed Momoshiki and then fought Isshiki, who tried to avenge him but was badly wounded. Isshiki escaped Naraku’s attacks and realized Momoshiki was truly dead.

• Naraku beheaded Momoshiki, whose body and chakra presence went still.
• Isshiki rushed at Naraku with Black Rods and Black-Red Cubes, but Naraku dodged the barrage.
• Isshiki’s punch missed when Naraku deflected his arm, and Naraku slashed Isshiki across the back.
• Isshiki shrank into a crack in the rubble and used dust to conceal his escape from Naraku’s blade.
• Naraku shattered the ground to force Isshiki out, and Isshiki saw Momoshiki’s head and realized he was dead.

Isshiki reacted with rage and fear after Shihōin Naraku killed Momoshiki, then forced himself to fight for survival. Their battle continued with Isshiki attacking and Naraku countering, leaving Isshiki injured as he boasted of the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s power.

• Isshiki saw Momoshiki’s severed head and raged over Naraku’s killing of his clansman.
• Isshiki recognized how badly wounded and weakened he was compared with Naraku, but suppressed his fear to keep fighting.
• Isshiki accused Naraku of killing Momoshiki, then vanished and punched at his face.
• Naraku dodged the punch and swept Kurikara toward Isshiki’s arm, forcing Isshiki to retreat and costing him a finger.
• Isshiki sneered at Naraku’s contempt for the Ōtsutsuki Clan and boasted about its age and the planets it had devoured.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Isshiki in their battle and rejected his warning that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would come for revenge. Isshiki launched one final attack, and the chapter ended as black blade light filled his vision and the two fighters stopped moving.

• Isshiki charged Naraku with a black rod, but Naraku blocked the strike and kicked him into rubble.
• Naraku slashed at Isshiki from a distance, then appeared beside him and struck him again, leaving him badly wounded.
• Isshiki warned that other members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan would eventually learn of Momoshiki and his deaths, but Naraku vowed to kill them all.
• Isshiki gathered his remaining chakra and launched two expanding cubes at Naraku while charging between them.
• Naraku told Isshiki he was only slightly stronger than Momoshiki and raised Kurikara as black blade light filled Isshiki’s vision.

Shihōin Naraku repeatedly wounded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as Isshiki made a final, failing attempt to fight back and warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would turn the planet into nutrients for a Chakra Fruit. With Isshiki near death and showing no sign of another hidden attack, Naraku began a finishing slash at the back of his neck.

• Shihōin Naraku stabbed Isshiki through the chest, and Isshiki tried to punch him while warning that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would not die.
• Naraku twisted and withdrew Kurikara, then slashed Isshiki across the waist and abdomen as Isshiki continued to threaten the planet’s inhabitants.
• Isshiki warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would send more people to cleanse the planet, and Naraku struck him across the shoulder and ribs, dropping him to his knees.
• Isshiki refused to bow and struggled to push himself up, but Naraku judged that he had exhausted his options.
• Naraku pressed Kurikara to the back of Isshiki’s neck and slashed down.

Naraku killed Isshiki after defeating Momoshiki, but discovered Momoshiki’s remains had vanished during a brief lapse in his Observation Haki. As Naraku restored his strength and searched for the hidden enemy, a black portal opened and a flash of red light shot toward Isshiki’s corpse.

• Naraku ran Kurikara through Isshiki’s neck, killing him and ending the battle.
• Naraku planned to take Isshiki’s and Momoshiki’s bodies for examination, but found Momoshiki’s remains missing.
• Naraku searched the area with Observation Haki and realized someone could have taken Momoshiki’s body during the instant his perception had lapsed.
• Naraku ate a Senzu Bean to recover, then detected a faint ripple in space.
• Naraku turned toward a black portal as a red flash emerged and raced toward Isshiki’s corpse.

Shihōin Naraku tried to stop a mysterious figure from pulling Ōtsutsuki Isshiki through a Space-Time Portal and discovered Isshiki was still alive. Before Naraku could use Life-Extending Feather of Misfortune, a black box released white mist that froze him in place.

• A red fishing line hooked Isshiki and began dragging him toward a Space-Time Portal, but Naraku failed to cut the line or strike the unseen wielder.
• Naraku severed Isshiki’s right leg and noticed his eye twitch, realizing Isshiki had been pretending to be dead.
• Isshiki was pulled through the portal, leaving his severed leg behind as Naraku prepared to use Life-Extending Feather of Misfortune.
• A black box fell from the portal and burst open, releasing white mist that enveloped Naraku and left him unable to move.

Shihōin Naraku realized Ōtsutsuki Pushi had trapped him in a time freeze to prevent him from pursuing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Pushi took the wounded Isshiki to an unfamiliar Alternate Space, where Isshiki urgently demanded that Pushi open Yomotsu Hirasaka and flee.

• Shihōin Naraku identified Ōtsutsuki Pushi as the one who had rescued Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and frozen him in time.
• Naraku concluded that the time freeze kept him alive but unable to move or recover his nearly depleted chakra and stamina.
• Ōtsutsuki Pushi arrived in an unfamiliar Alternate Space with the dead Momoshiki Otsutsuki and the badly injured Isshiki.
• Pushi mocked Isshiki's injuries and suggested that he stay and recover.
• Isshiki grabbed Pushi's wrist and urgently ordered him to open Yomotsu Hirasaka and get out of there.

Ōtsutsuki Pushi reassured the badly wounded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that Shihōin Naraku had been trapped by the Time-Sealing Box, but Isshiki feared Naraku could escape and track them. Isshiki urged Pushi to open Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Pushi helped him toward the portal.

• Ōtsutsuki Pushi explained that the shattered Time-Sealing Box had frozen Shihōin Naraku and claimed the seal would last at least a hundred years.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki insisted they leave the Alternate Space, warning that Naraku could sense them and might escape the box at any moment.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki told Pushi that Naraku had sensed every move during their fight and might have memorized the spatial rift's coordinates.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered Pushi to open Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Pushi created a passage through space-time.
• Ōtsutsuki Pushi helped the injured Isshiki stand and half-carried him toward the open passage.