Chapter Summaries

Naruto fought Sasuke and Kakashi at the Fourth Training Ground, using his Rinnegan powers, Flying Thunder God, and Wood Release against their coordinated attacks. As the chapter ended, Sasuke expanded his time-stopping domain to encompass Naruto’s enormous Rasengan.

• Karin introduced Sasuke and Kakashi as a team fighting the “evil Blondie,” while Naruto silently entered dark mode.
• Naruto used Shinra Tensei to repel Sasuke’s sword strike, but Kakashi attacked from behind with Kamui and wounded him before Naruto teleported away and healed.
• Naruto sent waves of trees at Sasuke and Kakashi; Kakashi phased through them while Sasuke blasted through them with his Susanoo and lightning.
• Naruto charged Sasuke with a Rasengan, but Sasuke’s time-stopping dōjutsu struck only a Wood Clone as the real Naruto dropped a gigantic Rasengan toward him.
• Sasuke retreated while widening his time-stop domain until it encompassed Naruto’s enormous Rasengan.

Naruto learned from Madara how to use Limbo: Border Jail while Sasuke and Kakashi prepared to fight him with their Susanoo. The battle remained poised to escalate as Naruto began using Madara’s Rinnegan ability.

• Naruto watched Sasuke hold back his Supermassive Rasengan, while Madara recovered from food poisoning caused by Hashirama’s cooking.
• Hashirama told Madara that Sasuke might now be stronger than him, prompting Madara to insist he had not shown his full power.
• Madara explained Limbo: Border Jail to Naruto and began guiding him in using the Rinnegan ability to create four invisible shadows.
• Sasuke and Kakashi discussed how to defeat Naruto, then each summoned a Susanoo skeleton as a precaution.
• Kakashi and Sasuke held back from using their complete forms because Tsunade and Tobirama had banned destructive techniques during the fight.

Naruto learned to use Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail and sent its invisible shadows against Sasuke and Kakashi. Kakashi escaped into the Kamui Dimension and Sasuke stopped time, leaving Naruto facing two opponents whose abilities countered his attack.

• Naruto met Madara in his inner world, where Madara demonstrated Limbo: Border Jail and sent four shadows into Naruto’s body.
• Madara watched Naruto summon four shadows while Hashirama teased him for speaking dramatically.
• Sasuke and Kakashi flew toward Naruto using their Susanoo wings as Naruto raised his arm and pointed at them.
• Limbo shadows struck Kakashi’s Susanoo repeatedly, and Kakashi escaped into the Kamui Dimension with Kamui.
• Naruto’s shadows nearly hit Sasuke, but Sasuke trapped them in his Time-Stop Domain and retreated.

Yugito Nii, Karin, and Hinata discovered four invisible figures behind Naruto and learned they came from Madara's Rinnegan. Tobirama explained how he had uncovered the dōjutsu and arranged for Madara to enter Naruto's stomach, leaving the figures' power visible to Hinata's Tenseigan.

• Karin shared Hinata's vision with Yugito Nii so they could watch Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, and their opponent fighting in the sky.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan and saw four shadows behind Naruto, while Tobirama appeared and identified them as Madara's dōjutsu.
• Tobirama recalled interrogating Madara, who claimed that four invisible shadows with his own power would have changed the outcome of his defeat.
• After Black Zetsu betrayed Madara, Tobirama learned the Rinnegan's abilities and made a deal for Madara to enter Naruto's stomach and provide Naruto with new power.
• Tobirama explained that Madara's Rinnegan summoned four invisible shadows and said Hinata's eyes could see them because they were on the same level.

Naruto used his Rinnegan, Limbo shadows, and a space-time sealing barrier to corner Kakashi and Sasuke during their spar. Sasuke and Kakashi eventually broke the barrier and ended the match, after which Tobirama examined Kakashi’s eyes and removed them.

• Karin learned that the four shadows could not be detected without Hinata’s eyes, then returned to commentating on Naruto, Kakashi, and Sasuke’s spar.
• Naruto used Wood Clones to form a Space-Time Sealing Technique Barrier, forcing Kakashi to leave the Kamui Dimension and preventing the pair from escaping.
• Kakashi deduced that Naruto had struck him with an invisible clone, while Naruto warned that neither he nor Sasuke could escape the barrier.
• Sasuke struck the barrier with spatial-rending lightning, and Kakashi followed with Kamui, shattering it; Sasuke exhausted his dōjutsu power, and both men ended the spar.
• Tobirama examined Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then removed Kakashi’s eyes while Yugito Nii watched in shock.

Gaara noticed a barrier in the sky and joined Naruto and the others at the Fourth Training Ground, where Tobirama had removed Kakashi’s eye for examination. After the group went for grilled fish, Tobirama and Orochimaru discussed Kakashi’s overuse of his dōjutsu and Tobirama returned his Mangekyō.

• Gaara sensed Hinata, Karin, Yugito Nii, and Tobirama at the Fourth Training Ground, then spotted a barrier in the sky and went to investigate.
• Tobirama took Kakashi’s Mangekyō to Root’s laboratory, while Naruto and Sasuke backed away in fear of having their own eyes removed.
• Yugito Nii checked on Kakashi, and Gaara greeted the group and reassured Naruto that he and Shukaku got along well.
• Naruto invited Gaara and the others to eat grilled fish, and they went together.
• Orochimaru told Tobirama that Kakashi had overused his dōjutsu by activating Susanoo and flying, so Tobirama returned Kakashi’s Mangekyō.

Jigen discovered that the White Zetsu were searching the Shinobi World for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and realized that a missing White Zetsu could expose him. Pressured by the search and his body's limits, Isshiki considered whether to act before Momoshiki arrived.

• White Zetsu appeared in toilets across the Shinobi World, including one where Zabuza was relieving himself.
• Jigen captured White Zetsu No. 009 at Kara Base and used Genjutsu to question it.
• White Zetsu No. 009 revealed that the search sought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and that the Local Captain tracked every White Zetsu each evening.
• Jigen ordered a Kara member to clean up, then planned to erase the White Zetsu's memories and release it.
• Isshiki questioned whether to take action, weighing his failing body, the other God Tree, and Momoshiki's eventual arrival.

Itachi investigated a suspicious supply team at a remote black market and subdued its members while killing the market attackers. He questioned the five captured Kara operatives about who their leader was, leaving their answer unknown.

• Kara members discussed the Shinobi World's search for their leader and traveled in disguise to buy supplies at a black market.
• Hyuga Mei spotted the five-person team and alerted Tobirama, who arrived using a Flying Thunder God Mark.
• Itachi arrived, subdued the five Kara members with genjutsu, and took over the investigation.
• Black market patrons recognized Itachi and fled or attacked him; Itachi killed everyone who attacked.
• Itachi turned to the captured five and asked who their leader was.

Itachi learned that Jigen was likely Isshiki, prompting Tobirama to gather Konoha’s fighters and prepare a surprise attack. As Kaguya and the others joined Itachi, Isshiki sensed their approach, restored his Ōtsutsuki form, and prepared to fight them.

• Itachi interrogated a captive and learned that the leader named Jigen was likely Isshiki, so he summoned Tobirama.
• Tobirama gathered Team 7, Indra, Asura, and Kaguya, then gave them the coordinates where Itachi was waiting.
• Team 7 and Kaguya’s group traveled to the marketplace, where Itachi had finished questioning the captives and arranged for the bodies to be cleared away.
• Isshiki sensed Kaguya’s arrival and decided to kill her and the others, while taking a new vessel for himself.
• Isshiki crushed the body stored in his laboratory, transformed back into his Ōtsutsuki form, and ignored Kara’s devoted members.

Isshiki emerged from a Space-Time Portal and confronted Kaguya and the Konoha group, while Naruto mocked his bald appearance. Kaguya declared that she fought for herself and wanted Isshiki dead, but Isshiki attacked and sent Asura flying with a blow.

• Isshiki used a dark red vortex to leave Jigen's body and appeared before Sasuke, Kaguya, and the others.
• Naruto called Isshiki a bald, balding old man, making Kaguya laugh and enraging Isshiki.
• Kaguya told Isshiki she was on her own side and wanted him dead so she could live peacefully afterward with Indra and Asura.
• Isshiki attacked Kaguya and Asura with Black Rods using Daikokuten, but Kaguya deflected them with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Isshiki appeared behind Asura and shattered his Wood Release defense, blasting him into the sky.

Naruto and the others tried to stop Isshiki with coordinated attacks, but he overwhelmed Kaguya, Sasuke, Indra, Kakashi, and Karin. Asura trapped Isshiki with a barrier and pinned him beneath a barrage of Six Paths-powered Buddha hands, leaving Isshiki restrained but still dangerous.

• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Formula to catch Asura and bring him back to the ground.
• Isshiki defeated Kaguya in close combat and dispelled the lightning attacks from Sasuke and Indra, allowing Kakashi to strike with Kamui.
• Isshiki escaped Kamui, entered its dimension, and struck Kakashi hard enough to force him out and leave him injured.
• Karin tried to pull Kakashi to safety, but Isshiki crushed her sealing chains and summoned Daikokuten cubes to attack the group.
• Kaguya escaped Isshiki's crushing cubes through Yomotsu Hirasaka, while Asura raised a barrier that blocked Isshiki's space-time abilities.
• Asura summoned a thousand-armed Buddha and pinned Isshiki beneath its Six Paths-powered hands after Isshiki shattered the first wave of attacks.

Isshiki used Daikokuten to break free and overwhelm Asura, Indra, and Kaguya despite their attacks. The chapter left Kaguya injured and Isshiki still in control of the battle.

• Isshiki summoned Daikokuten cubes to break his restraint, but Tobirama's marked Chakra Black Rods merged into several cubes and disrupted them.
• Five cubes formed a barrier around Isshiki, allowing him to break through Asura's Thousand-Armed Buddha and repel Indra's Susanoo.
• Isshiki pierced Indra's Susanoo and struck Indra away, prompting Asura to catch his brother and attack Isshiki more fiercely.
• Kaguya attacked Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones, but he evaded them with Sukunahikona and then knocked Asura and Indra into the ground.
• Kaguya struck at Daikokuten with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Isshiki kicked her away and left her bleeding.

Tobirama and Itachi stalled Isshiki until the sealing barrier was complete and Naruto and Karin returned. With Team 7 ready to fight, Naruto and Hinata attacked Isshiki, who realized Hinata might be an Ōtsutsuki.

• Isshiki defeated Kaguya with a Daikokuten cube while Tobirama waited for the barrier to finish.
• Tobirama seized control of Isshiki's cube briefly, but Isshiki overpowered him as Itachi fled and the barrier completed.
• Naruto and Karin returned, joining Sasuke and Hinata against Isshiki while Kakashi remained on the ground.
• Naruto struck Isshiki with a Senjutsu Rasengan that he could not absorb, then held his ground against Isshiki's punch.
• Hinata's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion forced Isshiki to shrink and dodge, and he questioned whether she was an Ōtsutsuki.

Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and Karin used a coordinated plan to trap Isshiki with the Chains of Heaven. The chapter ended with Isshiki sealed inside the chains and unable to shrink them.

• Isshiki fought Naruto while Hinata attacked him with Blue Energy Balls and Sasuke approached in his Susanoo.
• Isshiki landed on Sasuke’s Susanoo and prepared to strike him as Hinata’s attacks forced him into position.
• Sasuke signaled Karin, and she activated the Chains of Heaven, a sealing barrier developed with Tobirama, Mito, and Mount Myōboku.
• Sasuke used Momentary Splendor to hold Isshiki in place while Karin enclosed him in a spherical seal.
• Isshiki came to inside the seal and found that he could not shrink the chains.

Isshiki was trapped by the Chains of Heaven while Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and Itachi watched the battle settle. Kaguya healed Indra and Asura, and Kakashi collected Tobirama’s body before checking on Sasuke’s damaged eyes.

• Isshiki failed to break the Chains of Heaven and lost control of Daikokuten as the sealing sphere closed around him.
• Naruto and Hinata landed beside Sasuke, and Itachi praised Sasuke for his fight.
• Sasuke asked Itachi when he would come home, but Itachi said Sasuke still could not catch him.
• Naruto heard Isshiki’s cries from inside the chains and suspected Karin was using the techniques from his chain-use book on him.
• Kaguya stood up after Daikokuten lost control and healed the injured Indra and Asura.
• Kakashi sealed Tobirama’s corpse in a scroll and asked Sasuke if his eyes were all right.

Itachi and Kakashi waited for the barrier to weaken Isshiki, but Isshiki detonated his body and forced his Kāma onto Naruto. Isshiki entered Naruto’s Sealing Space, where Kurama and the others immediately confronted him.

• Itachi told Kakashi that Kaguya believed Isshiki could not maintain his state for long, and explained that Naruto’s chakra could sustain the barrier for an hour.
• As the chains overwhelmed Isshiki, his Kāma warned him that his time was nearly up, and he decided to destroy his body and gamble on leaving his Kāma behind.
• Isshiki escaped the barrier as a scarlet streak and attached his Kāma to Naruto’s arm, despite Naruto’s attempt to stop him with Shinra Tensei.
• Hinata caught Naruto as he fell, while Naruto reassured her that he was fine and felt Isshiki tugging at his consciousness.
• Isshiki appeared inside Naruto’s Sealing Space and was met by Susanoo-Clad Kurama, Hashirama, and Madara.

Naruto discovered that Isshiki had entered his Sealing Space, where Hashirama and Madara subdued the weakened Ōtsutsuki with Naruto’s Six Paths Power. Tobirama explained that Isshiki’s Kāma could transform Naruto and eventually take over his body, then arranged for Naruto to stay in his laboratory while he and Orochimaru studied it.

• Naruto entered his Sealing Space and saw Hashirama and Madara battering Isshiki with a Wood Human and Susanoo empowered by Six Paths Power.
• Kurama explained that Isshiki had invaded Naruto’s Sealing Space, and Hashirama and Madara kept attacking him despite his apparent defeat.
• Tobirama identified the black markings on Naruto’s arm as Kāma and explained that it contained Isshiki’s soul and bodily data, allowing it to alter Naruto and eventually seize his body.
• Tobirama reassured Naruto that natural energy, Six Paths Power, and the guardians in his inner world would slow or resist Kāma’s influence.
• Tobirama told Naruto to stay at his laboratory so he and Orochimaru could study Kāma, and Naruto agreed while asking to go home for meals.

Tobirama analyzed and confined the weakened Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in Naruto's Sealing Space, then arranged for Kurama to guard him. After Isshiki's capture became public, the Five Great Shinobi Villages and Takigakure gathered in Konoha to discuss the Tailed Beasts, where Little Kurama appeared in a suit.

• Tobirama examined Isshiki's soul-and-information existence and left him sealed in Naruto's Sealing Space.
• Tobirama asked Kurama to guard Isshiki, and Kurama agreed before requesting a day off in a few days.
• Tobirama realized the Tailed Beasts would soon leave the Ten-Tails and that the villages would need to discuss their future.
• The Shinobi World Federation learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had been captured, and the Five Great Shinobi Villages and Takigakure assembled in Konoha.
• Tsunade introduced Little Kurama, dressed in a suit, tie, and gold-rimmed glasses, to the gathered Kage and Jinchūriki.
• Killer B remembered that Gyuki had refused his offer of clothes and concluded that the Eight-Tails had lied to him.

Kurama addressed the human leaders and proposed a Tailed Beast Rights bill, calling for reconciliation and an end to treating Tailed Beasts as weapons or sources of power. Shukaku supported him, while Gaara revealed he had already opened Shukaku’s seal and received chakra from him willingly.

• Kurama began his speech at the meeting, but Tsunade stopped him from using Karin’s insulting opening and made him start again.
• Kurama asked the humans to see Tailed Beasts as living beings and proposed the Tailed Beast Rights bill.
• Kurama pointed to Fū and Chōmei’s friendship as proof that Tailed Beasts could form bonds, and Fū happily confirmed that Chōmei was her important friend.
• Shukaku jumped out of his jar and praised Kurama’s speech, while Gaara let him speak.
• The story revealed that Gaara had removed Shukaku’s seal, and Shukaku gave Gaara his chakra willingly after the seal opened.

Tobirama discovered that the Eight Trigrams Seal was keeping Isshiki too weak to recover, then released Kurama from his assigned task. Kurama’s new tailed-beast ranking sparked a dispute, and he used a Flying Thunder God kunai to summon Naruto and frighten Shukaku.

• Tobirama realized the Eight Trigrams Seal was preventing Isshiki’s consciousness from receiving chakra and recovering.
• Tobirama told Kurama that his task was complete and that he could go play with his relatives.
• Shukaku, Son Gokū, and Gyuki confronted Kurama about his ranking of the tailed beasts, and Kurama led them toward the Back Mountain.
• Kurama tossed Shukaku a marked kunai, and Shukaku activated it by channeling chakra into it.
• Naruto appeared before Shukaku, who panicked and hid inside his jar while Naruto took a picture.