Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Shengu Xuan defeated him and learned that Kaguya Otsutsuki was inside the moon. Shengu Xuan vanished to pursue her, leaving the Allied Shinobi stunned.

• Obito Uchiha transformed into Six Paths Obito after absorbing the Tailed Beasts' chakra, alarming Naruto, Killer B, Tsunade, and Shikaku Nara.
• Shengu Xuan returned to Turtle Island and dissolved Six Paths Obito's Tailed Beast Bomb with a breath of demon black chi.
• Shengu Xuan shattered Obito's armor and repeatedly punched him until the Ten-Tails' chakra was driven out.
• Shengu Xuan questioned the defeated Obito, who revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki was inside the moon before dying.
• Shengu Xuan vanished, and Naruto and Killer B wondered whether he was heading to the moon alone.

After Obito and Madara died, the Allied Shinobi Forces learned that Kaguya Otsutsuki was awakening inside the moon. Shengu Xuan confronted her there, and their clash began as the moon grew brighter and more dangerous.

• Naruto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade discussed Obito's death and his fixation on Rin while Shikaku worried about the danger inside the moon.
• Tobi reached Turtle Island and reported that Obito's original was merging with Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was using the Ten-Tails' chakra to emerge from the moon; Tobi then withered away.
• The moon emitted a vast chakra presence, glowed red, and developed enormous cracks, alarming the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Shengu Xuan watched Kaguya emerge from a temple on the moon and taunted her about being sealed away by her sons.
• Kaguya gathered a silver chakra disc as Shengu Xuan summoned eight kinds of demon black chi, and their powers collided.

Shengu Xuan used the Sheep Talisman to extract the Ten-Tails' Chakra from Kaguya, leaving her powerless. He then sensed Black Zetsu sneaking toward Madara Uchiha on the Shinobi World battlefield.

• Shengu Xuan saw through Kaguya's weakened state and explained that the Sheep Talisman could separate the Ten-Tails from her.
• Kaguya raised a barrier and tried to escape, but Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to bind her to the moon's surface.
• Shengu Xuan projected the Sheep Talisman's power into Kaguya and began extracting the Ten-Tails' Chakra.
• Shengu Xuan pulled the Ten-Tails' Chakra completely from Kaguya and compressed it into an orb.
• Shengu Xuan sensed Black Zetsu moving toward Madara Uchiha on the Shinobi World battlefield.

Black Zetsu took control of Madara and used his body to revive Kaguya with the residual Tailed Beast Chakra. Kaguya descended in a damaged, incomplete form and faced Shengu Xuan.

• Black Zetsu covered Madara’s body and began gathering the remaining Tailed Beast Chakra from the battlefield.
• Naruto and Kakashi sensed the transformation, while Shengu Xuan arrived from the moon and revealed that he had removed Kaguya’s Ten-Tails chakra core.
• Black Zetsu attempted to revive Kaguya with the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, sending Madara’s life force toward the moon.
• A stream of energy returned from the moon and transformed Madara into a weakened Kaguya.
• Kaguya faced Shengu Xuan and told him, “Go.”

Kaguya trapped Shengu Xuan in three Amenominaka spaces, but his Demon Black Chi eroded her dimensions and his talismans formed a world in the void. Their clash of wills began collapsing the dimension, while the moon over the Shinobi World started to break apart.

• Kaguya transported Shengu Xuan from Turtle Island to her red Primordial Space and attacked him with All-Killing Ash Bones, which his Ox Talisman power pulverized.
• Kaguya shifted them to an ice field and sent a torrent of freezing crystals at Shengu Xuan, but his eight Demon Black Chi streams negated the attack and began eroding her space.
• Kaguya moved them into a void stripped of matter, space, and laws, declaring that only pure wills could clash there.
• Shengu Xuan used the Twelve Talismans and the Eight Demons' Black Chi to form a nascent world in the void, then challenged Kaguya's will.
• Kaguya opened her third eye and unleashed Infinite Tsukuyomi against Shengu Xuan, and their collision cracked the void as the moon over the Shinobi World began breaking apart.

Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to animate Kaguya’s spatial fragments and shatter the Amenominaka barrier, trapping her in the Shinobi World’s night sky. Kaguya revealed two ash bones infused with her life force and prepared to test them against him.

• Kaguya’s Infinite Tsukuyomi failed to affect Shengu Xuan, and his embryonic world began consuming the void dimension.
• Shengu Xuan animated the spatial fragments with the Rat Talisman, turning them into creatures that attacked Kaguya with her own spatial power.
• Kaguya tried to hold Amenominaka together, but Shengu Xuan animated its barrier and it broke open to the Shinobi World’s night sky.
• Kaguya drew two ash bones condensed from her life force and challenged Shengu Xuan to withstand their annihilating touch.

Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones failed against Shengu Xuan’s Dog Talisman, and he explained that its immunity outranked her attack. As Kaguya poured her remaining chakra into an expanding Truth-Seeking Orb to destroy the world, Shengu Xuan prepared to respond.

• Kaguya struck Shengu Xuan with two All-Killing Ash Bones, but his Dog Talisman nullified them and reduced them to dust.
• Shengu Xuan explained that his Dog Talisman granted conceptual immunity and said Kaguya’s other abilities could not harm him.
• Kaguya gathered her remaining chakra into a Truth-Seeking Orb and declared she would make it devour the world.
• The orb rapidly expanded as Kaguya’s body dissipated, while the ninjas on Turtle Island realized it could swallow the Shinobi World.
• Shengu Xuan praised Kaguya’s self-destructive attack, flexed his wrists, and began to answer her claim.

Shengu Xuan destroyed Kaguya’s giant Truth-Seeking Orb by having his eight Demon Black Chi authorities devour it, causing Kaguya to die. He returned to Turtle Island and went to sleep, while the ninjas realized nothing in their world could threaten him.

• Shengu Xuan sent eight streams of Demon Black Chi into Kaguya’s expanding Truth-Seeking Orb and devoured its power until the sphere shattered.
• Kaguya dissolved after the orb was destroyed, recalling her arrival in the Shinobi World and admitting defeat to Shengu Xuan.
• Shengu Xuan noticed the sealed Ten-Tails chakra core stirring inside a bead, silenced it, and returned to Turtle Island.
• The ninjas cheered when Shengu Xuan landed, but he ignored them and headed for the tree where he had been sleeping.
• Naruto asked what had happened to Kaguya, and Shengu Xuan told him she was dead before closing his eyes.
• Kakashi told Naruto not to disturb Shengu Xuan and said that nothing in the world could threaten him.

Shengu Xuan crushed Black Zetsu’s last attempt to revive Kaguya and ended the thousand-year scheme. With the war over, the shinobi considered the work of rebuilding while Sasuke remained apart and silent.

• Naruto sensed Black Zetsu crawling from Madara’s body toward Shengu Xuan, but Jiraiya told him to watch.
• Shengu Xuan pinned Black Zetsu beneath his foot and dismissed his claim that he was Kaguya’s will.
• Shengu Xuan sealed the Ten-Tails’ chakra inside the bead and told Black Zetsu that Kaguya’s residual will had been consumed.
• Shengu Xuan crushed Black Zetsu to ash, then returned to sleep beneath the tree.
• Tsunade declared the war over, while she and Jiraiya discussed the work ahead and noticed Sasuke standing silently at the cliff’s edge.

After the war, Sasuke told Naruto he planned to overthrow the Shinobi World's system and rule through absolute power. Shengu Xuan refused to stop him unless Sasuke harmed anyone connected to him, and Sasuke challenged him to meet at the Valley of the End.

• Naruto found Sasuke at Konoha's camp, where Sasuke argued that peace between the nations would not last and called for revolution.
• Sasuke explained that he would overthrow the Five Great Nations' Shinobi Village system and use absolute power to prevent further wars.
• Naruto opposed Sasuke's plan, but Sasuke said he first needed to speak with Shengu Xuan.
• Sasuke told Shengu Xuan he intended to start a revolution and asked whether Shengu Xuan would stop him.
• Shengu Xuan said he would not interfere unless Sasuke harmed anyone connected to him, and Sasuke challenged him to come to the Valley of the End.

Sasuke challenged Shengu Xuan to prove his strength and earn the right to change the world, but was completely outmatched at the Valley of the End. Shengu Xuan urged him to ask Naruto how change could be achieved, and Naruto and Sasuke reconciled.

• Sasuke summoned Shengu Xuan to the Valley of the End to test whether his power made him qualified to change the world.
• Shengu Xuan evaded Sasuke’s sword strike and stopped Susanoo’s blows with one finger, extinguishing its Amaterasu flames with a touch.
• Shengu Xuan told Sasuke that overthrowing the system and ruling alone would only lead to more chaos, and advised him to ask Naruto about changing the world without bearing its burdens alone.
• Naruto arrived as Sasuke collapsed, and Shengu Xuan disappeared after warning Sasuke not to provoke him again.
• Naruto caught Sasuke and said he would not shoulder the burden alone; Sasuke leaned on him, and the two were no longer enemies.

At the Valley of the End, Naruto tried to stop Sasuke from carrying out his plan to shoulder the world’s darkness alone. Shengu Xuan defeated Sasuke, broke his leg, and left him questioning whether his power was enough.

• Naruto pulled Sasuke from the water and argued that Sasuke’s plan would not end the cycle of hatred.
• Shengu Xuan revealed he had been watching and challenged Sasuke to give up his plan or be carried back to Konoha with a broken leg.
• Sasuke formed Susanoo and attacked Shengu Xuan, who shattered Susanoo’s arm with demon black chi.
• Sasuke refused to change his mind, so Shengu Xuan stomped on his left knee and broke his leg.
• Naruto rushed to Sasuke and began healing him with his golden Chakra Cloak as Shengu Xuan said Sasuke lacked the power to change the Shinobi World.
• Sasuke wondered whether his power was still insufficient while Shengu Xuan disappeared into the mist, urging him to stop trying to shoulder everything alone.

Shengu Xuan completed the Shendu Template integration and awakened the full power of the Twelve Talismans and Eight Demons, gaining the ability to alter time and causality. As the moon began moving toward Earth, he sensed someone alive on it but chose to keep sleeping, leaving the looming threat unresolved.

• The system announced that Shengu Xuan had unlocked his complete Shendu essence after the Kaguya Otsutsuki threat was defeated, and he erased a tree from existence to test his new power.
• Shengu Xuan sensed a willful chakra pulse from the moon but ignored it and went back to sleep.
• Shikaku reported to Tsunade and Jiraiya that the moon's orbit had shifted and it could leave its stable orbit in about seventy-two hours; Tsunade ordered sensory ninja to monitor it and chose not to disturb Shengu Xuan yet.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya saw the moon appear in the midday sky and grow visibly larger as it approached Earth.
• Shengu Xuan's bead heated and flashed; he detected people alive on the moon, then dismissed the danger and closed his eyes again.

Otsutsuki Toneri appeared over Konoha and announced that the moon would crash into Earth, then accelerated its descent to six hours. Shengu Xuan confronted him and touched the Tenseigan, preparing to take him to the moon and deal with the crisis.

• Otsutsuki Toneri descended over Konoha and declared that the moon would collide with Earth in seventy-two hours.
• Toneri said he wanted Earth destroyed, and Naruto attacked him but was thrown back into the village.
• Toneri identified Shengu Xuan as Kaguya’s killer and revealed that he had shortened the moon’s descent to six hours.
• Shengu Xuan said he would defeat Toneri and go to the moon to push it back.
• Shengu Xuan appeared directly in front of Toneri and touched the Tenseigan on his forehead.

Shengu Xuan took Toneri to the moon and confronted him over his plan to destroy Earth. Toneri refused to stop the moon’s acceleration, and after Shengu Xuan endured his Silver Wheel attack unharmed, Toneri unleashed a more powerful Golden Wheel.

• Shengu Xuan touched Toneri’s Tenseigan, then carried him from the sky above Konoha to the moon.
• Naruto worried that the moon would still hit Earth, but Tsunade trusted Shengu Xuan to handle the danger.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Toneri’s plan to destroy humanity, and Toneri explained that he intended to erase Earth completely.
• Toneri attacked Shengu Xuan with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Shengu Xuan stood unharmed in the crater.
• Toneri fired a Golden Wheel beam that carved a long trench across the lunar surface, and Shengu Xuan welcomed the stronger attack.

Shengu Xuan effortlessly deflected Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and revealed he had marked the Tenseigan with the Sheep Talisman. After crushing Toneri’s complete-form attack with both hands, Shengu Xuan moved to take apart the Tenseigan.

• Shengu Xuan redirected Toneri’s beam with his palm and explained that Toneri’s attacks could not affect him.
• Shengu Xuan threw a lunar rock at Toneri, then revealed he had used the Sheep Talisman to mark the Tenseigan.
• Toneri transformed himself into Tenseigan energy and launched a giant Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Shengu Xuan.
• Shengu Xuan caught the golden sphere with both hands and shattered it, defeating Toneri’s strongest attack.
• Shengu Xuan pointed at Toneri’s forehead and announced that he would take apart the Tenseigan.

Shengu Xuan removed Toneri’s Tenseigan without killing him and planned to use it to stabilize the moon. Toneri revealed that an Ōtsutsuki altar had sent a signal to their kin on other planets three days earlier.

• Toneri warned Shengu Xuan that destroying the Tenseigan could cause the moon to disintegrate, but Shengu Xuan explained he would remove it rather than smash it.
• Shengu Xuan used the Sheep and Horse Talismans to extract the Tenseigan from Toneri while repairing the damage, then stored the eye as a collectible.
• Toneri lost his Tenseigan and most of his chakra circulation, and Shengu Xuan said he would place the eye in the lunar core to maintain the moon.
• Shengu Xuan asked whether anyone else was alive inside the moon, and Toneri told him about an Ōtsutsuki interstellar altar that had sent a signal three days earlier.

Shengu Xuan learned that Momoshiki and Kinshiki would arrive in three days, restored the Moon’s power core to stabilize its orbit, and began turning the Moon into a space station. He left the Ōtsutsuki Altar active and dispatched Shadowkhan to retrieve the Moon’s resources as he prepared to face the approaching harvesters.

• Toneri told Shengu Xuan that Kaguya’s death had activated the Altar and sent a distress signal to Momoshiki and Kinshiki, who could arrive in three days.
• Shengu Xuan powered the Moon’s core with the Tenseigan and Ten-Tails Orb, restoring the conduits and correcting the Moon’s orbit.
• Shengu Xuan discovered the active Ōtsutsuki Altar and chose not to disable it because the signal had already been sent.
• Toneri described the Moon’s abandoned arsenal, chakra vein, and chambers holding about three thousand empty Ōtsutsuki soldier bodies.
• Shengu Xuan summoned Shadowkhan to retrieve the soldier bodies and arsenal equipment, and told Toneri he intended to use the Moon as a space station.
• Toneri warned that Momoshiki and Kinshiki were much stronger than him, and Shengu Xuan looked forward to confronting them.

Shengu Xuan waited on the moon for the Ōtsutsuki arrivals, then faced Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki as they emerged from the teleportation array. After Momoshiki’s attack failed to harm him, Shengu Xuan challenged the newcomers, and Momoshiki ordered Kinshiki to prepare for battle.

• Shengu Xuan asked Toneri about the altar’s teleportation range while the Shadowkhan prepared the moon for the arriving Ōtsutsuki.
• The altar activated, and Toneri sensed that at least three high-level Ōtsutsuki were teleporting to the moon.
• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki emerged from the teleportation array, and Momoshiki dismissed the moon and confronted Shengu Xuan.
• Shengu Xuan taunted Momoshiki, who formed a dark red energy sphere and struck him with it.
• Shengu Xuan emerged unharmed from the crater, and Momoshiki recognized his strength and ordered Kinshiki to prepare for battle.

Shengu Xuan confronted Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki on the moon, revealing that he knew their identities and predicted their arrival. He effortlessly withstood their attacks and sent Kinshiki flying, leaving Momoshiki facing Shengu Xuan’s next strike.

• Shengu Xuan named Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki and described their abilities, unsettling the three Otsutsuki.
• Shengu Xuan said their arrival had come years before the expected events and declared that none of them would leave the moon.
• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki attacked Shengu Xuan together, but their combined strike left him unharmed.
• Kinshiki repeatedly punched Shengu Xuan without making contact, while Shengu Xuan called out Urashiki for waiting for an opening.
• Shengu Xuan pointed at Kinshiki and hurled him across the lunar surface, then aimed his finger at Momoshiki.