Chapter Summaries

Hagoromo Otsutsuki continued summoning the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki, drawing their chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as it grew closer to revival. When Seven-Tails Chōmei appeared, he ignored Hagoromo and followed Sōkyū Hatake’s instruction to sit quietly, leaving the others uneasy.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki continued draining Shukaku after Shukaku fell silent, then summoned Two-Tails Yugito Nii and Matatabi.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki summoned the remaining tailed beasts and their jinchūriki, who stayed in their ritual circles rather than resisting.
• Sōkyū Hatake warned the captives they could try to break their chains, while Two-Tails Yugito Nii and Roshi reminded him that Seven-Tails Chōmei was next.
• Seven-Tails Chōmei appeared, addressed Sōkyū Hatake instead of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and sat down when Sōkyū told him what to do.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned why Sōkyū Hatake was not saving Chōmei, and Sōkyū taunted him for seeming wary.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki summoned the remaining Tailed Beasts and Kushina Uzumaki with newborn Naruto, then prepared to confront Sōkyū Hatake. As the two men took their places across the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Hagoromo declared that he would kill Sōkyū and free his younger brother.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki summoned Killer B and Gyuki, and Gyuki recognized him as the Sage of Six Paths.
• Kushina Uzumaki and newborn Naruto appeared; Kushina confirmed her son's name and Yugito Nii noted that mother and child were safe.
• Shukaku, the One-Tail, mocked Kurama for protecting his Jinchuriki, and Kurama retorted that Shukaku's Jinchuriki, Bunpuku, had died.
• Kurama rejected Hagoromo Otsutsuki's claim to be his father, saying his father would not treat the Tailed Beasts that way.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Hagoromo Otsutsuki took positions on opposite sides of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, with the Tailed Beasts linked to it by chains.
• Sōkyū Hatake formed a lightning throne and sat upon it; Hagoromo copied him with a throne made from Truth-Seeking Orbs and vowed to kill Sōkyū.

Sōkyū Hatake revealed that his plan was to free the tailed beasts and Jinchūriki from Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s spatial blockade. With Obito, Fugaku, and Shisui ready to help, the group began preparing to escape while Sōkyū stayed behind to face Hagoromo.

• Sōkyū showed Hagoromo that he had trapped Black Zetsu in a sealed jar as the Demonic Statue drained the tailed beasts’ chakra.
• Sōkyū called on Shukaku, and Obito Uchiha appeared to transport the tailed beasts and Jinchūriki with Kamui.
• Minato and Kushina reunited, while Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui joined Obito and offered their support.
• Sōkyū told Minato to use Flying Thunder God to evacuate everyone except himself and Hagoromo once Obito moved them into the Kamui Dimension.

Sōkyū Hatake overwhelmed the Katsuyu Sage and White Snake Sage, while Obito Uchiha rescued Shukaku the One-Tail through Kamui. Hagoromo Otsutsuki intercepted Sōkyū’s trident with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield, and their attacks met in a stalemate.

• Sōkyū Hatake pierced the Katsuyu Sage and White Snake Sage’s combined attacks with his Lightning Giant’s trident and drove it toward them.
• Obito Uchiha opened a Kamui vortex, and Shukaku the One-Tail entered the Kamui Dimension before Hagoromo Otsutsuki could stop him.
• Sōkyū Hatake guided his trident toward the immobilized sages as Hagoromo Otsutsuki rushed to defend them.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki blocked the trident with a barrier formed from his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and the two attacks collided without either overpowering the other.

Sōkyū Hatake demonstrated that Conqueror’s Coating could withstand Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Truth-Seeking Orbs, then kept Hagoromo at bay while Obito Uchiha transferred the tailed beasts and Kushina Uzumaki into the Kamui Dimension. With the transfer complete, Sōkyū stayed behind as Hagoromo eagerly prepared to face him.

• Sōkyū Hatake coated his Trident in Conqueror’s Haki, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki became eager to fight him seriously.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha supplied chakra to Obito Uchiha as he transferred the tailed beasts and their hosts into the Kamui Dimension.
• Killer B and Gyuki entered the Kamui Dimension, leaving Kurama the Nine-Tails and Kushina Uzumaki as the final transfer.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki said he would not interfere because the missing tailed beasts had already doomed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path plan.
• Obito Uchiha transferred Kurama and Kushina, then collapsed from exhaustion after completing his mission.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Minato Namikaze to take everyone to safety and stayed behind because Hagoromo Otsutsuki was ready to fight.

Sōkyū Hatake and Hagoromo Otsutsuki began their long-awaited battle after Minato Namikaze departed. Their clash escalated as both unleashed powerful weapons and techniques, leaving the ocean in chaos while the fight continued.

• Minato Namikaze left Sōkyū Hatake to face Hagoromo Otsutsuki alone and said he would wait for him to return for a drink.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Sōkyū Hatake prepared to fight as the Katsuyu Sage and the White Snake Sage retreated from the battlefield.
• Sōkyū Hatake attacked with Lightning Soru, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki blocked his lightning trident and forced him back.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Hagoromo Otsutsuki clashed weapons, splitting the sky and leaving both injured.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki transformed into a muscular form and attacked with twin Truth-Seeking Orb blades, while Sōkyū Hatake countered with his lightning trident and Bakusaiga.
• Their repeated clashes churned the ocean and sent enormous tsunamis surging in every direction.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki unleashed Endless Reincarnation, trapping Sōkyū Hatake beneath the crushing power of seven stars. As Hagoromo celebrated and the White Snake Sage and Katsuyu Sage tended to him, Sōkyū Hatake’s defenses began to fail, and he realized the pressure might force him into the ocean.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki restored his strength to its peak and clashed with Sōkyū Hatake, who taunted him while struggling under the pressure.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki cast Sage art: Endless Reincarnation, summoning a Seven-Star Formation that sealed the surrounding space and descended on Sōkyū Hatake.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki covered his injured right eye, while the Katsuyu Sage healed his physical injuries and the White Snake Sage offered to deal with the Great Toad Sage.
• The first wave of star-born pressure cracked Sōkyū Hatake’s defenses, injured him, and drove him downward toward the ocean.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed that reality had changed when Shukaku appeared and described a world where Hagoromo had created the tailed beasts and founded Ninshu. He followed Shukaku to Ninshu’s fortress, where he met its leader, Minato Otsutsuki, whose face he recognized as Minato Namikaze’s.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki noticed that his surroundings and the events around him felt wrong, while the White Snake Sage and Katsuyu Sage sensed no genjutsu.
• Shukaku appeared, treated Hagoromo Otsutsuki as his creator, and said that Hagoromo’s descendant Minato Otsutsuki led Ninshu.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki failed to disrupt the surroundings with chakra and agreed to visit Ninshu after Katsuyu Sage could not return to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Shukaku took Hagoromo Otsutsuki to a fortress, where the ninja celebrated his return and called for Minato Otsutsuki.
• Minato Otsutsuki greeted Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who recognized his face as Minato Namikaze’s.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki visited the Hatake Clan and realized that the world around him was an illusion, but he struck Hamura Otsutsuki with his Truth-Seeking Orbs before fully confronting what was happening. Hamura lay wounded and asked why his older brother had attacked him.

• Minato Otsutsuki brought Hagoromo Otsutsuki to the Hatake Clan to see Sōkyū Hatake.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that Sōkyū Hatake had been injured as a child, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki suspected that his surroundings were unreal.
• Hamura Otsutsuki appeared and spoke of their mother and youngest brother, leaving Hagoromo Otsutsuki convinced that the world was fake.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki attacked Hamura Otsutsuki with his Truth-Seeking Orbs, piercing his body.
• Hamura Otsutsuki collapsed, shocked and hurt, and asked Hagoromo Otsutsuki why he had attacked him.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki attacked Hamura Otsutsuki, prompting Black Zetsu to take control of Hamura’s body and fight back. Their clash destroyed the Hatake Clan Compound, leaving Hatake Sakumo and Sōkyū Hatake staring at the ruins.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki pierced Hamura Otsutsuki through the heart, shocking Minato Otsutsuki, Hatake Sakumo, and Sōkyū Hatake.
• Black Zetsu emerged from the ground, covered Hamura Otsutsuki’s body, and stabilized his wounds while taking control of him.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki accused Sōkyū Hatake of setting a trap and declared he would destroy the world he believed was fake.
• Black Zetsu, piloting Hamura Otsutsuki’s body, challenged Hagoromo Otsutsuki and used the Tenseigan’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki countered with the Rinnegan’s Shinra Tensei, and the resulting blast razed the Hatake Clan Compound.
• Hatake Sakumo brought Sōkyū Hatake away from the blast, and they saw that their home had been destroyed.

Black Zetsu wielded the Tenseigan against Hagoromo Otsutsuki, whose battle threatened to destroy Ninshu’s compound. After Hagoromo defeated Black Zetsu, Black Zetsu unleashed the Tenseigan’s ultimate move, and Hagoromo’s response left him staring in shock.

• Black Zetsu and Hagoromo Otsutsuki clashed with their weapons, damaging Ninshu’s compound and forcing its residents to flee.
• Minato Otsutsuki and the clan heads organized an evacuation while Hatake Sakumo wondered why Hagoromo had asked about his youngest son, Sōkyū Hatake.
• Sōkyū Hatake secretly smiled as the battle intensified above Ninshu.
• Hagoromo overwhelmed Black Zetsu, who was wounded and questioned whether Hagoromo was truly his eldest brother.
• Black Zetsu attacked with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Hagoromo used Heavenly Love Quaking Star and told him to look up.
• Black Zetsu looked upward and reacted with shock.

Black Zetsu and Hamura Otsutsuki joined forces to redirect Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s attacks and save the Ninshu settlement, despite the strain on Hamura’s injured body. They destroyed both incoming meteorites, leaving the settlement’s people safe as Hatake Sakumo and Sōkyū Hatake watched.

• Black Zetsu redirected the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion away from the Ninshu settlement, injuring Hamura Otsutsuki’s body in the process.
• Hamura Otsutsuki regained consciousness and urged Hagoromo Otsutsuki to turn back, but Hagoromo sent the Heaven-Shaking Obstructive Star plunging toward them.
• Hamura Otsutsuki told Black Zetsu to increase the Tenseigan’s output, and they combined their chakra to unleash a larger Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hamura Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu’s attack pierced and destroyed both meteorites, restoring the clear sky above Ninshu.
• Hatake Sakumo sighed with relief, while Sōkyū Hatake watched the aftermath with interest.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki revealed that he knew the world was an illusion and killed Hamura Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu, who had joined forces against him. He then sat down and challenged Sōkyū Hatake to appear.

• Hyuga Hiashi used his Byakugan to see Hagoromo Otsutsuki holding Hamura Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu by the throat.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki said he wanted to shatter the illusion and snapped Hamura Otsutsuki's neck.
• Black Zetsu tried to use the Mayfly Technique, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki's formation had sealed the ground and blocked it.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki attacked and killed Black Zetsu, then called for Sōkyū Hatake to come out.

Sōkyū Hatake confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki after Hagoromo called his name, despite Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi Hatake trying to protect him. Sōkyū challenged Hagoromo’s claim that their world was a genjutsu by taking Hamura Otsutsuki’s Tenseigan eyes, leaving Hagoromo to question what the world really was.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki called Sōkyū Hatake’s name, and Sōkyū stepped forward with an unfamiliar confidence.
• Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi Hatake tried to stop Sōkyū from confronting Hagoromo, but Sōkyū rose into the air surrounded by lightning.
• Sōkyū told Hagoromo that his quick reaction to Hamura Otsutsuki’s and Black Zetsu’s bodies suggested he cared about them, despite calling the world an illusion.
• Sōkyū removed Hamura Otsutsuki’s Tenseigan eyes, provoking Hagoromo to insist the eyes were merely illusory.
• Sōkyū asked Hagoromo who had said the world was a genjutsu he created.

Sōkyū Hatake explained that his single-use Infinite Tsukuyomi made tangible the world within Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s heart, then argued that being forgotten was worse than death. Hagoromo realized that Hamura Otsutsuki had vanished because no one in the living world remembered him, and Sōkyū said even Hagoromo could no longer find him.

• Sōkyū Hatake showed Hagoromo Otsutsuki a glass orb containing a blood-red Rinnegan and explained that he had created a single-use Infinite Tsukuyomi using the Ryūmyaku and broken God Tree branches.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that Infinite Tsukuyomi gave tangible form to the world in a person’s heart, while Hagoromo insisted that it was still only an illusion.
• Sōkyū Hatake revealed Hamura Otsutsuki’s ravaged body and said that being forgotten was true death.
• Sōkyū Hatake explained that Hamura Otsutsuki had vanished because no one in the living world remembered him, leaving Hagoromo Otsutsuki trembling and horrified.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that, as a spirit, he could not keep Hamura Otsutsuki in existence through his own remembrance, and that even he could no longer find any trace of Hamura.

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.