Recaps

Sōkyū Hatake used an illusion to make Hagoromo Otsutsuki believe Hamura had vanished, then revealed he had brought Hagoromo there to merge Black Zetsu with Hamura’s Tenseigan. The illusion ended in lightning, leaving Hagoromo back at sea wondering whether it had all been a fleeting dream.

• Sōkyū Hatake accused Hagoromo Otsutsuki of erasing Hamura and claimed the scene was a specially prepared Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki deduced that Sōkyū Hatake intended to bring Hamura’s Tenseigan from the illusion into reality.
• Sōkyū Hatake opened Black Zetsu’s jar and began merging him with the Tenseigan, explaining that the substances could react.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki realized Sōkyū Hatake had come for the Tenseigan and attacked him with black lightning.
• Sōkyū Hatake unleashed lightning and declared that the world inside Hagoromo’s heart should be destroyed.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki awoke beside the sea, where only traces of Imprison remained and the Tailed Beasts were gone.

Sōkyū Hatake acquired a transformed Tenseigan and entered the Six Paths realm, surpassing Hagoromo Otsutsuki. Hagoromo responded by using the White Snake Sage, the Katsuyu Sage, and seven summoned beasts to rebuild the Nine Star Formation.

• Sōkyū Hatake revealed that his eyes had transformed into a Tenseigan after he combined Black Zetsu’s power with the Ryūmyaku, and his chakra increased.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki realized Sōkyū Hatake had manipulated events to obtain Hamura Otsutsuki’s Tenseigan and reach the Six Paths realm.
• Sōkyū Hatake displayed nine differently colored Truth-Seeking Orbs and a robe, confirming his power surpassed Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki summoned the White Snake Sage and the Katsuyu Sage, then pulled them into formation and pierced them with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s chains.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki summoned seven more beasts and used the statue’s chains to form the Nine Star Formation anew.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki began sacrificing the nine great Summoning Beasts to restore the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and attain his complete form. Sōkyū Hatake let the transformation proceed and waited outside the cocoon, eager to fight him once he emerged.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki ignored the protests of White Snake Sage, Katsuyu Sage, and the other Summoning Beasts and activated the Nine Star Formation.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the nine great Summoning Beasts' chakra, then wrapped the formation in a cocoon that sealed the surrounding area.
• Obito Uchiha and Minato Namikaze joined Sōkyū Hatake, who said stopping the formation could cause complications and sent them away.
• Sōkyū Hatake sensed that the statue had become a sapling with a flower bud, which would bloom when Hagoromo Otsutsuki's transformation was complete.
• Sōkyū Hatake waited outside the cocoon, excited to fight Hagoromo Otsutsuki after his emergence.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki emerged from the Great Cocoon Chamber fully revived and stronger than before, then fought Sōkyū Hatake in a clash that shook the world. On Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage watched the upheaval and considered whether Sōkyū Hatake would become the New King.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki broke out of the great cocoon with a youthful body and discovered that he had fully come back to life.
• Sōkyū Hatake congratulated Hagoromo Otsutsuki, then revealed that he had waited for him to recover so he could kill him for good.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Sōkyū Hatake attacked each other with enormous swords formed from Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Their battle triggered hurricanes, lightning, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions across the Five Great Lands.
• On Mount Myōboku, Sage Fukasaku asked the Great Toad Sage about the disturbances, and the Great Toad Sage recalled refusing to join Hagoromo Otsutsuki because he was gambling on Sōkyū Hatake becoming the New King.

Sōkyū Hatake and Hagoromo Otsutsuki fought to a stalemate through the night, each displaying Six Paths-level strength. After the refreshed check-in granted Sōkyū Nanami’s Ratio Technique: Collapse, he used it to split Hagoromo’s Truth-Seeking Orb shield at its weak point.

• Sōkyū Hatake and Hagoromo Otsutsuki traded blows with their full strength, but neither could defeat the other.
• The check-in system refreshed at the God Tree waters, and Sōkyū obtained Kento Nanami’s Ratio Technique: Collapse.
• Sōkyū combined his nine Truth-Seeking Orbs into a short cleaver and explained that his new skill targeted weak points.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki attacked with a Truth-Seeking Orb spear, and Sōkyū parried it before striking his shield.
• Sōkyū’s cleaver split Hagoromo’s shield at an exact three-to-seven point, leaving Hagoromo stunned.

Sōkyū Hatake defeated Hagoromo Otsutsuki by exploiting his weaknesses and severing his arm, then revealed Hagoromo’s schemes involving his sons and Black Zetsu. As Sōkyū prepared to kill him, Hagoromo sent the moon crashing toward the world, intending to destroy everything with him.

• Sōkyū Hatake broke Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Truth-Seeking Orb sword and severed his left arm.
• Sōkyū explained that he had forced Hagoromo into a physical body so he could kill him completely.
• Sōkyū accused Hagoromo of manipulating his sons into repeated reincarnations and approving Black Zetsu’s actions to pursue power for himself.
• Hagoromo acknowledged that Sōkyū had uncovered his plan and said their battle had been exhilarating.
• As Sōkyū prepared to strike, Hagoromo made the moon fall toward the ground, threatening to bury the world with him.

Sōkyū Hatake slowed Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s falling moon, while the ninja world prepared for the impact. Hagoromo revealed a second celestial body hurtling toward the moon, raising the threat to the entire world.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki accelerated the moon’s descent, and Sōkyū Hatake used enormous lightning hands to slow it.
• In Konoha, Pakura reassured Sara as they watched the moon fall, and Orochimaru said he had warned Rōran and the Five Great Nations.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi activated Rōran’s defenses using energy stored from the Ryūmyaku.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to take comprehensive defensive measures, and the other great nations also mobilized.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki revealed a second celestial body falling toward the moon, and Sōkyū Hatake realized the collision could threaten the entire world.

Sōkyū Hatake used a one-time Serious Punch to destroy the falling moon and meteorite, then fatally struck Hagoromo Otsutsuki and revealed his awakened mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki. Hagoromo died reflecting on his past choices and apologizing to his mother.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki watched the moon and meteorite descend, while Sōkyū Hatake heard a groan from within the moon.
• Sōkyū Hatake crushed a one-time Serious Punch skill book and flew toward the moon with lightning wings.
• Sōkyū Hatake punched through the moon, shattering it and the meteorite into fragments that fell into the sea.
• Sōkyū Hatake pierced Hagoromo Otsutsuki's heart and showed him the awakened Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki reflected on his decisions, apologized to his mother, and died as Sōkyū Hatake withdrew his hand.

After Hagoromo Otsutsuki disintegrated, Sōkyū Hatake restored the moon and brought the confused, amnesiac Kaguya Otsutsuki back with him. News of his victory spread across the shinobi world, and he returned to a welcome feast where the girls met Kaguya.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki disintegrated after telling Sōkyū Hatake that everything was his, while Kaguya Otsutsuki watched without remembering her past.
• Sōkyū Hatake restored the moon with Planetary Devastation, and Kaguya Otsutsuki trembled at the sight of it.
• Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, Ōnoki, and Raikage A received news that Sōkyū Hatake had won, and each considered what his victory meant.
• Sara, Pakura, Anko, and Ayame celebrated Sōkyū Hatake's success and prepared a feast for his return.
• Sōkyū Hatake returned with Kaguya Otsutsuki, who introduced herself to Sara, while the other girls reacted warily to her beauty.

Kaguya Otsutsuki, who remembered only Sōkyū Hatake after emerging from the moon, joined him and the others for dinner. Later, Sōkyū reflected on his uncertain purpose, and Kaguya recognized something familiar in his Tenseigan.

• Mitaraishi Anko recognized Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Sōkyū Hatake confirmed it as the women welcomed Kaguya to dinner.
• Kaguya told Mitaraishi Anko and the others that she had lost her memories, and Pakura invited her to stay with them.
• Sōkyū cooked dinner, and Kaguya was amazed by the food as they all ate together.
• After dinner, Sōkyū sat beneath the moon and wondered what he should do now that he had achieved his goals and grown powerful enough to defeat anyone.
• Kaguya told Sōkyū that he seemed lost, and he reflected on how his actions had changed the world's history.
• Sōkyū activated his Tenseigan, and Kaguya said his eyes felt familiar as she examined them.

Sōkyū Hatake confirmed that the Sage of Six Paths was dead and reassured Minato Namikaze that he had no plans to make major moves. He learned that the Fourth Raikage had called a Five Kage Summit without including Rōran, and left open the possibility of attending.

• Sōkyū Hatake left Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in Rōran and teleported to the Hokage Office after an Anbu ninja summoned him.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hyuga Hiashi that the Sage of Six Paths was dead.
• Sōkyū Hatake said he had no plans to leave Rōran or make any major moves, while Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi asked him to help their clans if trouble arose.
• Minato Namikaze showed Sōkyū Hatake an invitation from the Fourth Raikage to a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Frost, scheduled for a week later.
• Sōkyū Hatake said the Fourth Raikage could hold the summit and that he might attend, then left the Hokage Office.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and Minato Namikaze left the office, each returning to their own home.

Sōkyū Hatake questioned Orochimaru about the Five Kage Summit and learned that his power might be distancing him from his emotions. After leaving to search for his lost sense of self, he disappeared, leaving his companions worried the next morning.

• Sōkyū Hatake asked Orochimaru why the Five Kage would convene despite knowing his strength, and Orochimaru explained they wanted to avoid being remembered as the last Kage and might be seeking an answer from him.
• Orochimaru warned Sōkyū Hatake that his emotions had grown detached since reaching the Six Paths level, then left as a white snake.
• Sōkyū Hatake considered finding his lost true self and vanished from Hokage Rock in a flash of lightning.
• Mitaraishi Anko, Sara, and Ayame worried when Sōkyū Hatake failed to return, while Kaguya Ōtsutsuki stayed quiet.
• Pakura reported that the Fourth Hokage did not know where Sōkyū Hatake had gone, and Sara activated the intelligence network through the Ryūmyaku chakra network.

After Sōkyū Hatake went missing, Sara brought everyone back to Rōran and ordered a discreet search while raising the kingdom’s defenses without attracting attention. Pakura later learned from Mayuri Kurotsuchi that Sōkū was probably fine, as a sealed piece of paper continued to react to his condition.

• Sara decided that everyone should return to Rōran, and Pakura gathered the group to depart.
• Sara used a device connected to the Ryūmyaku Network to transport everyone to Rōran’s Royal Palace.
• Sara ordered a discreet search for Sōkyū Hatake and publicly announced that Sōkū needed to rest.
• Sara and Pakura agreed to activate Rōran’s less noticeable laser and radar defenses, with help from Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Pakura that Sōkū was fine and showed her a trembling piece of paper in a highly secure room.

Pakura learned that Sōkyū Hatake’s Vivre Card showed his life force was stable and pointed northeast, so she prepared to search for him. Kakashi Hatake and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki joined her, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi arranged to teleport them toward the Land of Lightning.

• Pakura asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi about Sōkyū Hatake’s Vivre Card and learned that its unchanged size meant his life force was fine.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi tore off a piece of the Vivre Card and gave it to Pakura so she could follow it to Sōkyū Hatake.
• Pakura returned to the others and asked who would join her search, while Sara stayed behind to oversee Rōran.
• Kakashi Hatake volunteered to go with Pakura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki joined them after the others agreed to let her come.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi used the Vivre Card’s direction and a teleportation device to send Kakashi Hatake, Pakura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki toward the northeast, in the direction of the Land of Lightning.

Pakura, Kakashi Hatake, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sneaked into the Land of Lightning to follow Sōkyū Hatake’s Vivre Card toward a classified mountain near Kumogakure. They reached the village unseen, and the chapter ended with Pakura asking whether Kaguya could maintain her concealment technique.

• Pakura left with Kakashi Hatake and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki while Sara ordered Mayuri Kurotsuchi to place Rōran under the highest level of lockdown.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used her Rinnegan to conceal the three travelers as they crossed Kumogakure’s electromagnetic defenses.
• Pakura followed Sōkyū Hatake’s Vivre Card into Kumogakure and found that it pointed toward a highly classified mountain.
• Pakura asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki whether maintaining the concealment was exhausting, and Kaguya asked what it would consume.

Kakashi Hatake, Pakura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki climbed into Kumogakure’s mountain stronghold, where they found the Fourth Raikage directing a chakra ritual around a gigantic blue stone. Pakura suspected the lightning it produced was keeping Sōkyū Hatake confined near the summit.

• Kakashi Hatake sensed a powerful presence in the mountain and led Pakura and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki upward while Pakura guarded Kaguya.
• The group entered a darkened area where their electromagnetic sensing stopped working, then heard a powerful burst of lightning that Kaguya recognized as coming from someone other than Sōkyū Hatake.
• Pakura checked Sōkyū Hatake’s Vivre Card, which pointed ahead, and Kaguya confirmed she could keep masking their presence.
• The three reached a platform where the Fourth Raikage oversaw hundreds of Kumogakure shinobi channeling chakra into a gigantic blue stone.
• The blue stone gathered their chakra and sent a massive bolt of azure lightning toward the summit, leading Pakura to suspect Sōkyū Hatake was being held there.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used her Byakugan to find Sōkyū Hatake enduring the lightning at the mountain’s summit. As Pakura and Kakashi Hatake argued over who should rescue him, Kaguya offered to transport all three directly to him through a space-time portal.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki warned that natural energy in the lightning could break through her barrier.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used her Byakugan to spot Sōkyū Hatake sitting at the summit and enduring the lightning strikes.
• Pakura realized Kumogakure had deliberately trapped Sōkyū Hatake and proposed a rescue plan.
• Kakashi Hatake and Pakura argued over who would risk crossing the lightning to reach Sōkyū Hatake.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki offered to open a Yomotsu Hirasaka and use Amenominaka to transport them to the summit.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki teleported Kakashi Hatake and Pakura to Sōkyū Hatake, who appeared unconscious and connected to the raging lightning. Their attempts to reach him were blocked, and Kakashi Hatake’s Lightning Release was easily neutralized.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki opened a portal and took Kakashi Hatake and Pakura to the lightning-filled sky above the God Stone.
• A noticed the lightning had become chaotic and ordered everyone to reinforce the God Stone and keep Sōkyū Hatake trapped.
• Pakura spotted Sōkyū Hatake, but a bolt of lightning struck between them and forced her back.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Kakashi Hatake observed that Sōkyū Hatake seemed unconscious as lightning poured into his body.
• Pakura prepared to use Scorch Release, while Kakashi Hatake struck the raging lightning with Thunderclap; the lightning effortlessly neutralized his technique.

Kakashi Hatake, Pakura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki reached Sōkyū Hatake but were trapped with him by the God Stone’s expanding lightning field. Pakura found Sōkyū unconscious and tried to free him from the lightning connected to his body, but her Scorch Release had no effect.

• The God Stone’s lightning surged outward, trapping Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Madara Uchiha, and Hashirama Senju near a cliff.
• Kumogakure’s ninja spotted Kakashi Hatake, Pakura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and A ordered the God Stone’s power increased to seal them all.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and her companions realized they had been discovered and trapped at Sōkyū Hatake’s location.
• Pakura used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the unconscious Sōkyū Hatake and shook him, but he did not respond.
• Kakashi Hatake pointed out a bolt of lightning connected to Sōkyū Hatake, and Pakura attacked it with Scorch Release without effect.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki pierced the God Stone’s Lightning Line, freeing Sōkyū Hatake from his apparent imprisonment. Sōkyū awakened and began absorbing the God Stone’s remaining lightning, causing the stone to rise into the air.

• A, the Fourth Raikage, ordered the Kumogakure ninja to protect the God Stone’s Lightning Line from Kakashi Hatate’s attack.
• Pakura and Kakashi Hatake struggled to reach Sōkyū Hatake until Kaguya Ōtsutsuki touched the Lightning Line and subdued its lightning.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sent power through the line, and Sōkyū Hatake stirred and opened his eyes.
• Pakura explained how they had followed the Vivre Card and found the Kumogakure ninja using the God Stone to restrain him.
• Sōkyū Hatake explained that he had been absorbing the God Stone’s lightning, then began drawing in its remaining reserves, making the stone rise into the air.

Sōkyū Hatake began absorbing the God Stone’s power as lightning surged around him and the stone drained chakra from the Kumogakure ninja below. The Fourth Raikage recognized Sōkyū Hatake, ordered his forces to sever their connection to the stone, and regrouped behind him.

• Sōkyū Hatake faced the God Stone’s lightning while Pakura and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki discussed his ability to absorb it, and he hinted that doing so might bring unexpected gains.
• The floating God Stone began pulling chakra from the Fourth Raikage and the Kumogakure ninja around him.
• The God Stone rose into the sky and unleashed violent lightning toward Sōkyū Hatake, who absorbed it while keeping the stone under his control.
• The Fourth Raikage spotted Sōkyū Hatake and felt intimidated by his cold, mocking gaze.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered everyone to break their connection to the God Stone, and the ninja withdrew to gather behind him.

Sōkyū Hatake continued draining the God Stone as the Fourth Raikage gathered Kumogakure’s chakra and transformed into a colossal Thunder Giant to challenge him. Sōkyū took the stone into his hand and began stripping away its remaining power.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered the Kumogakure ninja to sever their connections to the God Stone, leaving only its pure energy for Sōkyū Hatake to absorb.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded that the ninja pour their chakra into him so he could use One-Finger Nukite against Sōkyū Hatake.
• The Fourth Raikage drew in their chakra and grew into a Thunder Giant hundreds of meters tall, while Kakashi Hatake watched from above.
• Pakura prepared to attack, but Sōkyū Hatake said there was no need and pulled the God Stone into his hand.
• Sōkyū Hatake wrapped the God Stone in lightning and began wearing away its remaining power.

Sōkyū Hatake took Kumogakure’s God Stone and faced the furious Fourth Raikage, who insisted he could defeat him with Kumogakure’s ultimate power. As the Fourth Raikage charged with a massive lightning giant, Sōkyū sent his companions away and prepared to confront him alone.

• Sōkyū Hatake subdued the God Stone and put it in his System Space, causing the surrounding lightning and storm clouds to subside.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Sōkyū Hatake of stealing Kumogakure’s treasure, but Sōkyū called it spoils of battle.
• The Fourth Raikage declared that his current strength would let him defeat Sōkyū Hatake and challenged him to witness Kumogakure’s power.
• Sōkyū Hatake told his companions to retreat, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki led Pakura and Kakashi Hatake through a spatial doorway.
• The Fourth Raikage directed the lightning giant to charge at Sōkyū Hatake, and its arrival shook the mountain summit.

The Fourth Raikage, A, boasted that the Thunder Giant and Kumogakure’s lightning-enhancing grounds made him powerful enough to defeat Sōkyū Hatake and conquer the world. Sōkyū mocked him, provoking A to attack with the Thunder Giant’s Thunder Cannon Punch.

• The Fourth Raikage, A, confronted Sōkyū Hatake from atop the Thunder Giant and accused him of relying on words.
• Sōkyū Hatake formed a Thunder Throne, rose above A, and challenged his confidence in being able to kill him.
• A claimed the Thunder Giant and Kumogakure’s special grounds boosted his power, and imagined defeating Sōkyū before uniting the world.
• Sōkyū mocked A and insulted the Raikage line, enraging him.
• A poured chakra into the Thunder Giant and sent its lightning-wreathed Thunder Cannon Punch at Sōkyū Hatake.

The Fourth Raikage A’s attacks failed to break through Sōkyū Hatake’s lightning barrier, and Sōkyū mocked him until he created four Thunder Giants. Sōkyū removed his barrier and waited as the Raikage poured more chakra into the giants, leaving the outcome of their attack unresolved.

• The Fourth Raikage A’s Thunder Cannon Punch struck Sōkyū Hatake’s lightning barrier and was repelled, forcing the Raikage’s Thunder Giant backward.
• Sōkyū Hatake mocked the furious Fourth Raikage A, who responded by creating four Thunder Giants to surround him.
• The Fourth Raikage A ordered all four Thunder Giants to attack Sōkyū Hatake at once.
• Sōkyū Hatake removed his barrier and calmly braced himself, prompting the Fourth Raikage A to pour chakra into himself and the three clones.