Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan explained to Sarada how simple, consistent actions could lead to success, while the others obtained Shukaku’s chakra from Orochimaru and planned how to revive the Ten-Tails. When they asked Yan for help finding Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s vessel, he refused because he knew they intended to return to their world and attack Konoha.

• Uchiha Yan explained the I Ching’s teachings to Sarada and told her to build her strength gradually through reading and cultivating haoran qi.
• Shikamaru brought Madara Uchiha, Obito, Nagato, and Urashiki to Orochimaru, who gave them a scroll containing Shukaku’s chakra.
• Orochimaru told Urashiki that his body was connected to the God Tree and warned that the Ten-Tails’ revival might bring an unexpected surprise.
• In the Kamui Dimension, the four discussed reviving the Ten-Tails, obtaining the Chakra Fruit, and finding Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s vessel; Nagato suggested asking Yan for help.
• The four appeared before Uchiha Yan, who refused to help them find Isshiki because he knew they planned to return to their world and take on Konoha.

Uchiha Yan revealed how Nagato and Obito could find Jigen, then traveled to Kirigakure with Sarada to take its scientific technology. He advised Mei Terumi on resisting the four attackers before preparing to leave for Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

• Nagato and Obito pleaded with Uchiha Yan for information, and he named Jigen, Kashin Koji, and Kawaki and suggested using Karin to track them down.
• Obito took Nagato and the others away, and Uchiha Yan spent three days traveling to Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Yan entered Chōjūrō's office and announced he had come for Kirigakure's scientific technology, while Mei Terumi questioned him about Konoha and his engagement.
• Uchiha Yan told Mei Terumi that Uchiha Hikari or Orochimaru might help defeat the four attackers and suggested sealing a tailed beast inside the Shinigami's stomach to stop the Ten-Tails' revival.
• Uchiha Yan said he would leave for Kumogakure and Iwagakure after lunch and asked Mei Terumi to encourage them to hand over their scientific technology without resistance.

Madara Uchiha, Obito, Nagato, and Urashiki captured Kashin Koji and learned where Jigen was hiding. They confronted Jigen, whose overwhelming strength forced Nagato to fight seriously, while Madara decided he wanted to be resurrected.

• Madara Uchiha and his companions found Kashin Koji in the Land of Rivers and overwhelmed him before he could use Sage Mode.
• Madara Uchiha used genjutsu to learn that Jigen was in an alternate dimension, with an entrance at the Akatsuki's abandoned base.
• Urashiki entered the dimension and saw Jigen alongside another Ten-Tails, then returned with the others to confront them.
• Jigen had absorbed the Ten-Tails' chakra when the four arrived, and he refused Urashiki's offer to share the Chakra Fruit.
• Jigen shattered Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo with one kick, then battled Nagato, who unleashed the power he had gained from cultivating the Inner Canon Diagram.
• After discussing Uchiha Yan's unknown strength, Madara Uchiha told Obito that he wanted to be resurrected.

Nagato and the others failed to defeat Jigen and retreated to the Kamui Dimension, then sought Uchiha Yan’s help. Yan criticized their tactics and suggested using the Second Hokage or Konan’s explosive tags against Jigen.

• Madara offered Urashiki the Uchiha Clan’s books in exchange for reviving him, but Urashiki said he lacked the Rinne Rebirth ability.
• Nagato, Obito, Madara, and Urashiki attacked Jigen together, but Jigen used Sukunahikona to shrink their attacks and struck them with black rods.
• Nagato’s Adamantine Sealing Chains deflected Jigen’s rods, and the four escaped to the Kamui Dimension using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• The group questioned Hashirama about Madara’s Rinnegan, but Hashirama said Madara’s corpse had become nutrients for a tree and thought only bones remained.
• Obito led the group to Uchiha Yan, who blamed them for failing to exploit Jigen’s limited dōjutsu use and suggested Shinra Tensei, the Second Hokage’s explosive tags, or Konan’s six hundred billion tags.

Uchiha Yan threatened Iwagakure into surrendering its scrolls while the others fought Jigen in Kara’s alternate dimension. Nagato sealed Jigen after Uchiha Yan’s dōjutsu helped bring him down, but the group was badly injured and Isshiki’s revival remained a danger.

• Uchiha Yan urged Nagato and the others to fight Jigen together, while Obito and Urashiki persuaded Madara Uchiha and Hashirama to join them.
• Uchiha Itachi agreed to help protect Obito as he moved the Ten-Tails, and the group considered using Izanami against Jigen.
• Uchiha Yan attacked Iwagakure’s artificial humans with fire tornadoes and summoned a giant fire phoenix with the Ancient Zither.
• Uchiha Yan threatened Kurotsuchi after she warned that Sarada could be left unprotected, and Kurotsuchi agreed to let him copy Iwagakure’s scrolls.
• Jigen collapsed in Kara’s alternate dimension after Uchiha Yan’s dōjutsu helped the group defeat him.
• Nagato used the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal Jigen’s chakra and handed him to Obito, while the rest of the group surveyed their severe injuries.

Madara, Nagato, and their allies prepared to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts and plant the God Tree while the resurrected Hokage argued about Konoha’s future. Tobirama became interested in being revived, but Nagato dismissed the request and moved the group toward their next objective.

• Madara said they would rest before capturing the remaining Tailed Beasts, while Nagato explained his agreement with Uchiha Yan and criticized Tobirama and his students.
• Hashirama told Tobirama to trust the younger generation, but Urashiki claimed that Boruto was trapped in another Shinobi World and could not stop them.
• Tobirama picked up a book, and Obito and Nagato described how Yan had fulfilled Hashirama’s dream and ended Konoha’s clan conflicts.
• Obito told Uchiha Itachi that Sarada could eventually bring him back through Impure World Reincarnation, and Itachi reflected on his past choices.
• After learning that Nagato and Obito did not need food, Tobirama wished to be resurrected, but Nagato refused and announced that they would capture the remaining Tailed Beasts and plant the God Tree.

Nagato became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki while Uchiha Yan rushed to Konoha to return Sarada, then ambushed Urashiki and stole his pouch. The others realized Yan had taken Urashiki’s turtle and planned to exile them, so they decided to plant the God Tree and seek another way home.

• Nagato chose to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara, Obito, and Urashiki agreed to let him take the beasts’ chakra.
• Uchiha Yan returned Sarada to Sakura in Konoha, told Sakura to protect her, and then flew toward the Land of Grass.
• Nagato absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki, while Urashiki prepared to plant the God Tree and drew near Naruto for Nine-Tails chakra.
• Naruto’s left eye changed to a pentagram pattern, and Uchiha Yan’s chakra form struck Urashiki and stole the pouch before escaping.
• Madara, Obito, and Urashiki realized Yan had taken the turtle and intended to exile them, but they decided to plant the God Tree and look for another way back.

Uchiha Yan traveled through time after briefly speaking with Orochimaru, while Nagato and the others planted the God Tree and faced Isshiki after his revival. Nagato drove Isshiki away, and the group revived the Sage of Six Paths and Madara to seek Ōtsutsuki sacrifices for the Ten-Tails.

• Uchiha Yan took the time-traveling turtle from his clone and disappeared before Orochimaru, who then went to investigate Nagato and the others.
• Orochimaru discovered that Nagato had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki as Urashiki tried to feed Jigen's body to the Ten-Tails, triggering Isshiki's revival.
• Isshiki attacked Nagato, but Nagato used natural energy and his Rinnegan abilities to overpower him and force him to flee.
• Urashiki, Obito, and Madara discussed finding Ōtsutsuki to sacrifice to the Ten-Tails, and Obito suggested Kaguya's sons.
• Nagato used Rinne Rebirth to revive the Sage of Six Paths and Madara, then said the Sage was already revived and only pretending to be dead.

Hagoromo revived Kaguya to protect the Shinobi World from the Ōtsutsuki, and she absorbed the Ten-Tails before pursuing Isshiki. When Sarada’s zither music calmed her, Kaguya stopped to speak with the girl.

• Hagoromo used Yin-Yang power to revive Kaguya, and she emerged in the sky above the Shinobi World.
• Kaguya absorbed the Ten-Tails and learned from Urashiki that the other Ōtsutsuki were dead or gone, while Isshiki had little time left and was searching for a vessel.
• Nagato demonstrated the Inner Canon Diagram technique, but Kaguya detected Isshiki’s chakra near Konoha and opened a passage to pursue him.
• Obito argued that Kaguya could help activate Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Madara urged everyone to lie low and strengthen themselves.
• Isshiki fled Konoha carrying a boy, and Kaguya paused when Sarada’s zither music calmed her.
• Kaguya asked Sarada, whom she recognized as a descendant of Hamura, to play the music again.

Kaguya settled in with Sarada after hearing her play the zither, while Uchiha Yan pressured Rinnegan Sasuke and Boruto to return to their world. Sasuke swore not to come back, then secretly found a second turtle so he could send their enemies to Uchiha Yan’s world.

• Sarada played a peaceful zither piece for Kaguya, who decided to stay with her and asked Sakura to prepare a room, books, a garden, and an ancient zither.
• Rinnegan Sasuke joined Boruto and the others in the Hokage Office, where Uchiha Yan urged him to return to his world and take Uchiha Hikari with him.
• Uchiha Yan described Konoha’s dire condition to shame Sasuke and Boruto, and Sasuke swore on Itachi’s honor that he would not return to this world.
• Sasuke, Boruto, and Uchiha Hikari traveled to the Land of Lightning, where Boruto used divination to locate another turtle.
• Sasuke retrieved the second turtle and planned to send the enemies from his world to Uchiha Yan’s world.

Uchiha Yan began preparing to unify the Shinobi World by reorganizing Konoha and drawing Kirigakure into his plans. At a Hyuga Clan meeting, Hiashi announced a new division of duties based on clan members’ cultivation talent.

• Uchiha Yan convened Konoha’s leaders and ordered the creation of a Research and Development Department and Political School, new cultivation training for elite jonin, and expanded staff training.
• Uchiha Yan offered Kirigakure a share in a shipyard and technology profits, invited it to the Chunin Ninja Exams, and declared Hozuki Yae a Konoha member and future war-zone commander.
• Hiashi summoned Neji and Hinata to a Hyuga Main Family meeting, where he rebuked Hyūga Zhenyin for upholding the Main Family and branch family division.
• Hinata stopped Zhenyin from testing Neji’s Cursed Seal, and Neji warned the Main Family against clinging to its old ways.
• Hiashi directed Hyuga members with cultivation aptitude to focus on cultivation and those without it to support Konoha’s economic and other mundane affairs.

The Hyuga and Uchiha clans arranged for their strongest members to focus on cultivation, while Sasuke insisted Naruto was too evil and needed to be corrected. Uchiha Yan then brought his father’s eyes from another world to Konoha Hospital, hoping to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and overcome a cultivation bottleneck.

• Hiashi ordered the Hyuga Clan to gather members who had escaped the Cursed Seal’s control and focus on cultivation, while Zhenyan objected to the plan.
• Hinata explained that her eyes were progressing from the Eight Trigrams toward Taiji through cultivation, and Hiashi praised her and Boruto’s abilities.
• Itachi instructed Xiaren to place his Divine Sense Cultivation Technique in the library and told Jinyan and Jhin to stop wasting time on patrols and cultivate.
• Sasuke rejected Itachi’s advice to stop arguing with Naruto, saying Naruto was too evil and that he needed to steer him away from Buddhism.
• Uchiha Yan took his father’s eyes from another world to Konoha Hospital and asked Utatane Koharu to help him try to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for insight into his Susanoo-like technique.

Kakashi arranged for Jiraiya to take Naruto out of the village for training, while Jiraiya learned that Orochimaru and Hiruko were conducting experiments. Utatane Koharu asked Jiraiya to investigate them with Sasuke and Hinata as Konoha prepared for the unification of the Land of Fire.

• Utatane Koharu and Uchiha Yan discussed Naruto's Buddhist studies and agreed to leave his future path to the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
• Naruto chanted Buddhist prayers to the Nine-Tails, who urged him to stop and offered him power, but Naruto said he practiced Buddhism to calm his mind.
• Kakashi introduced Jiraiya as Naruto's new teacher and told Naruto to prepare to travel with him the next day.
• Jiraiya learned from Kakashi that Konoha was preparing to unify the Shinobi World against an enemy stronger than the Sage of Six Paths.
• Jiraiya told Utatane Koharu that he had seen Hiruko working with Orochimaru and suspected they were experimenting on civilians.
• Utatane Koharu explained Hiruko's Chimera Technique and asked Jiraiya to take Sasuke and Hinata along to investigate Orochimaru and Hiruko.

Jiraiya took Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata out of Konoha so they could gain experience, but their arguments about their beliefs left him baffled. In a town, the three witnessed a soldier stab a shopkeeper over unpaid taxes, and Sasuke stopped Naruto from intervening.

• Jiraiya agreed to take Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata on a journey to broaden their experience.
• Jiraiya left Konoha with the three, then struggled to follow their debate about Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
• The group reached a town where Kumogakure ninja demanded increased taxes from the restaurant owner, Tajima.
• When Tajima could not pay, a soldier stabbed him in the shoulder, and Naruto tried to rush to his aid.
• Sasuke stopped Naruto, who challenged him for blocking a Confucian's duty to act against injustice.

Naruto decided to protect a town’s residents from the Fujiwara Clan’s oppressive tax collectors despite Sasuke’s objections. When Yunyi returned with soldiers and Kumogakure ninjas, Naruto drove them into the street and used a giant golden Buddhist symbol to pin them down.

• Tajima begged Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to help the townspeople, explaining that rising taxes had left families unable to pay or survive.
• Naruto vowed to drive the Fujiwara Clan’s tax collectors away, while Sasuke challenged his decision and Jiraiya agreed to let the group stay one more day.
• Yunyi returned to collect taxes, and Naruto’s companions said they would only watch as Naruto confronted him.
• A soldier threw an Explosive Tag Kunai at Naruto, but Naruto’s chakra shield protected everyone in the restaurant.
• Naruto created over a hundred shadow clones, drove the attackers into the street, and summoned a giant golden 卐 symbol that forced Yunyi and the others to the ground.

Naruto’s intervention ended the Fujiwara Clan’s tax collection in Hirata Town, but Sasuke suspected the townspeople had been deceived and persuaded the group to wait nearby. When they returned days later, they found the town massacred, and the surviving couple reacted to Naruto with hatred.

• Naruto forced Yunyi and the Fujiwara Clan to withdraw their taxes, while Hinata warned that disaster might follow.
• Jiraiya took Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata to a ruined village nearby, where Sasuke explained that he expected consequences and pressed Jiraiya to teach him Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God.
• Sasuke and Naruto argued over their conflicting beliefs, and the group spent several days training and reading.
• A toad informed Jiraiya that something had happened in Hirata Town, so he led the others back.
• Naruto and the others found the town’s residents dead, then discovered a surviving couple who feared the Konoha ninja and looked at Naruto with hatred.

Naruto learned that the Fujiwara Clan had disowned Hirata Town after he helped abolish its taxes, leaving it vulnerable to raiders, but he refused to accept responsibility and blamed the clan. As Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata fought through the day and night, Naruto’s chakra grew into a four-tailed form, and Hinata began using her full strength.

• A grieving man blamed Naruto for the destruction of Hirata Town, and Sasuke used genjutsu to reveal that the Fujiwara Clan had abandoned the town after Naruto abolished its taxes.
• Naruto rejected the truth and tried to go after the Fujiwara Clan, but Hinata and Sasuke argued that he had acted without understanding the consequences.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata began fighting, and Jiraiya took the couple away while the battle expanded across the town.
• Yunyi and other ninja watched the students fight for a day and a night, identifying them as powerful young Konoha ninja.
• Sasuke taunted Naruto, who struck him and revealed three red chakra tails; Naruto then threatened to slaughter the Fujiwara Clan unless Hinata stopped holding back.
• Naruto sprouted a fourth chakra tail as Hinata began forming talismans and tracing a special pattern of steps.

Uchiha Yan received Tenmu’s materialization dōjutsu and returned to Konoha, where he began preparing to unify the village. As Sakura demonstrated her unusual ability to equalize chakra, Uchiha Yan’s chakra suddenly fell to match hers.

• Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga fought Naruto Uzumaki in Hirata Town while Uchiha Yan met Tenmu in his mental space.
• Tenmu explained his materialization dōjutsu and passed it to Uchiha Yan as thanks for letting him see his grown son.
• Uchiha Yan left the hospital and ordered Genma to summon Yamanaka Fū and Kakashi, recall the Anbu, and leave Naruto’s fight alone.
• Kakashi brought Sakura to Uchiha Yan, and she showed that she could use Water Release with extraordinary chakra control.
• Sakura’s chakra surged while Uchiha Yan’s rapidly drained until their chakra amounts became exactly equal.

Uchiha Yan assigned Sakura to study the Yin Seal and set plans in motion to expand Konoha’s influence across the other lands. In Nange Town, he met with A and disclosed what had happened to the tailed beasts in another Shinobi World before turning their meeting toward negotiations.

• Uchiha Yan discovered that his chakra-sharing domain affected everyone equally, then sent Sakura to Tsunade to study the Yin Seal and potentially summon Katsuyu’s true body.
• Uchiha Yan ordered Root spies in Iwagakure and Sunagakure to infiltrate major factions, placed Root and Anbu on combat readiness, and directed Anbu to gather intelligence across the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan sent Kakashi and his Anbu teammates to support the Satō Clan in unifying the Land of Water and drawing Kirigakure’s attention.
• Uchiha Yan traveled to Nange Town with the Genma Squad as A and Dodai came to meet him, with A hoping to learn about Konoha’s technology and the threat to Killer B.
• Uchiha Yan told A that Madara Uchiha’s group had gone to another Shinobi World, where the Ten-Tails and Killer B had died, and said he had sealed the Ten-Tails away.
• Uchiha Yan offered A access to advanced technology and teased him about remaining a Kage or becoming a commandery governor, until A demanded they discuss the purpose of the meeting.

Uchiha Yan negotiated a non-interference pact with A, then hurried to Hozuki Castle after learning Orochimaru had attacked Kusagakure in search of the Box of Ultimate Bliss. He confronted Orochimaru at the ruined castle and attacked when he learned Orochimaru planned to use the Box for a dangerous path to power.

• Uchiha Yan proposed that Kumogakure stop taking missions from Land of Fire factions in exchange for Konoha staying out of the Land of Lightning, and A signed the treaty.
• Uchiha Yan explained how balancing rival families could help A stabilize the Land of Lightning, while warning that Konoha would keep growing stronger regardless.
• A agreed that Kumogakure would stay out of the Land of Fire as long as Konoha stayed out of the Land of Lightning.
• Genma received word that Orochimaru had slaughtered Kusagakure, and Dodai suggested he might be seeking the Box of Ultimate Bliss at Hozuki Castle.
• Uchiha Yan flew to Hozuki Castle and found it in ruins, then caught Orochimaru trying to escape inside a snake.
• Orochimaru revealed that he needed the Box for his chosen path to power, and Uchiha Yan attacked him, declaring him too dangerous to leave alive.