Chapter Summaries

Hiruko used a sealing arrow to strip the Third Kazekage of his Magnet Release, while Naruto and Minato fought Mukade with Nagato’s help. After the Third Kazekage warned them about Kara and Uchiha Shin'yu, Sasori killed him.

• Hiruko shot the Third Kazekage with an arrow whose seal absorbed his magnetic force, causing his Iron Sand wings and armor to collapse.
• Mukade bombarded the ground, but Nagato repelled his attacks with Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto used Nagato’s Shinra Tensei to launch himself at Mukade and struck him with a Rasenshuriken, but Mukade absorbed the attack and tried to kill him.
• Minato appeared between Naruto and Mukade, broke Mukade’s ceramic blade, severed his arm, and brought Naruto safely back to Nagato.
• Minato recognized Nagato, who said he could not explain the truth about his eyes.
• Hiruko seized the fallen Third Kazekage, but Sasori cut his throat before he could finish warning them about Kara and Uchiha Shin'yu.

Hiruko healed the Third Kazekage after Sasori nearly killed him, then had Nagato bind and suspend him and Pakura. As Hiruko’s group turned to claim the Dragon Vein and confront Mukade, Nagato revealed his power by preparing Planetary Devastation.

• Sasori severed the Third Kazekage’s throat, but Hiruko healed the wound and said he wanted to kill him himself later.
• Nagato restrained the Third Kazekage and Pakura beneath the overpass, while Minato rescued Akimichi Choza and Shibi Aburame.
• Hiruko ordered the group to defeat Mukade and claim the Dragon Vein, prompting Minato and Nagato to dispute what should happen to it.
• Naruto struggled against Mukade’s regenerating puppet body, and Sasori reasoned that destroying its core would defeat it.
• Nagato stepped forward, told Minato that his power was beyond his knowledge, and began Planetary Devastation.

Nagato used Planetary Devastation and a destructive cannon blast to defeat Mukade’s giant form, but Naruto’s attempt to finish him was interrupted by a masked man emerging from Mukade’s shadow. The newcomer, wearing a White Mask marked with three Tomoe, recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan.

• Nagato trapped Setsuna and Mukade inside a growing stone sphere with Planetary Devastation.
• Nagato fired an Asura Path: Destruction Shot that shattered the sphere and left Mukade’s true body barely intact.
• Hiruko raised an Earth Release wall to shield everyone from the blast wave.
• Minato urged Naruto to kill Mukade, and Naruto attacked him with a Wind Release: Rasengan.
• A masked man emerged from Mukade’s shadow, deflected Naruto’s Rasengan, and remarked that Nagato’s Rinnegan had made the battle end quickly.

Naruto recognized the White Mask as Cheng, a traveler from the future who demanded the Dragon Vein and forbade them from killing Mukade. The White Mask defeated their attacks and left Naruto and the others unable to stop him.

• The White Mask confirmed Naruto’s suspicion that he was Cheng and said he wanted the Dragon Vein, warning that Mukade could not be killed.
• Cheng snapped off Mukade’s arm and revealed that a jutsu had severed his connection to the Dragon Vein.
• Hiruko attacked Cheng, but Cheng protected himself with Susanoo and hurled Hiruko through several buildings.
• Nagato and Minato attacked Cheng with Almighty Attraction and Autumn Dew on Leaves, but Cheng blocked them and threw them aside.
• Naruto struck Cheng with a Wind Release: Rasengan, but the attack passed through his body, and Cheng kicked Naruto away.

White Mask overwhelmed Sasori and Minato, then nearly killed Hiruko with an immense Blaze Release technique. Nagato intervened, drove White Mask back, and absorbed the excess chakra from Hiruko, leaving Hiruko alive and recovering.

• White Mask warned Sasori that he could not kill his target and held him in place with a glance.
• Minato attacked White Mask with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but White Mask caught and cut his kunai before Minato teleported away from a second slash.
• Hiruko charged White Mask with Steel Release and demanded to know who had taught him the technique, but White Mask blocked him and struck back.
• White Mask trapped Hiruko in a Great Fire Annihilation and followed with a Blaze Release drill that Hiruko could not safely absorb with Dark Release.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to interrupt White Mask's attack, then absorbed the dangerous Blaze Release chakra from Hiruko and saved him.

Nagato and White Mask fought over the Dragon Vein, with White Mask using his abilities to withstand attacks from Nagato, Naruto, Minato, and Hiruko. Nagato nearly beheaded White Mask with his Guardian God Sword, but White Mask survived and unleashed Wood Release: World of Trees.

• White Mask repelled Nagato's Shinra Tensei and offered to let him live if he stopped interfering with the Dragon Vein, but Nagato refused.
• White Mask absorbed Naruto's Wind Release: Rasengan, then struck Naruto with a pressure-point technique that buried him beneath rubble.
• White Mask deflected Nagato's rods and Minato's kunai with Susanoo, while Minato managed to cut him shallowly and Nagato pulled Mukade's head toward himself.
• Hiruko attacked White Mask with Nether Release: Evil Self-Destruction, but Susanoo broke through the flames and slammed Hiruko into the ground.
• White Mask used Magnet Release: Sword Control to sever Nagato's mechanical arm and pull away the Guardian God Sword, but Nagato seized it and attacked with Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Nagato's blade nearly cut White Mask's neck, but White Mask survived and cast Wood Release: World of Trees.

The White Mask overwhelmed Nagato, Hiruko, and Minato with Wood Release and a poisonous flower forest, then attacked them with Susanoo. Minato used Flying Thunder God to escape with Nagato, leaving the battle and Hiruko behind.

• The White Mask unleashed Wood Release to create a vast forest and attack the group with wooden palms.
• He summoned poisonous flowers, and Sasori was weakened by the pollen even from far away.
• Nagato and Hiruko summoned birds to escape the spreading pollen, and Minato joined Nagato atop Yatagarasu.
• Nagato wondered who the White Mask was as he recognized his many abilities and sensed something familiar about them.
• The White Mask ambushed them with his fourth-stage Susanoo, destroying Hiruko's Chimera Beast and sending Hiruko crashing into the forest.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to transfer himself and Nagato to a dark alley, leaving the Summoning Beast behind.

Nagato refused Minato’s offer to call reinforcements and used Planetary Devastation against White Mask’s battlefield. White Mask destroyed the technique’s central attraction point with Susanoo’s attack and landed before Hiruko.

• Nagato told Minato that he was Uchiha Shin'yu’s successor and refused to retreat or call for reinforcements.
• Nagato cloaked himself in Tailed Beast Chakra and cast Planetary Devastation to destroy the forest White Mask had created.
• Hiruko escaped the Flower Tree Realm’s pollen, then encountered White Mask atop Susanoo in the ruins.
• White Mask explained that Planetary Devastation could be stopped by destroying its central point before the seal formed.
• White Mask used Yasakani Magatama: Eight-Armed Heavenly Movement to shatter the black sphere and end the technique.
• White Mask descended in Susanoo’s skeletal frame and landed before Hiruko.

Hiruko’s attack failed when White Mask used his shadow to sever Hiruko’s arm, then Nagato arrived and unmasked him. The chapter ended with Hiruko and Nagato recognizing Uchiha Cheng’s striking resemblance to their master’s wife and demanding to know who he was.

• Hiruko broke White Mask’s Initial Stage Susanoo and struck him with Scorch Release, but White Mask absorbed the attack into his shadow.
• White Mask used Kamimusubi to sever Hiruko’s arm through his shadow dimension, then explained how his shadow could absorb attacks and cut through anything it touched.
• White Mask revealed that he had been waiting for someone else when Nagato descended and attacked him with the Guardian God Sword.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to blast White Mask away and cut through his mask.
• Hiruko and Nagato saw Uchiha Cheng’s face and froze at his resemblance to their master’s wife.

Uchiha Cheng revealed his face, defeated Nagato and Hiruko with Magnet Release and a shadow warrior, then killed Pakura and used Kamimusubi to raise her as a black-armored fighter. He left the battlefield with Nagato and Hiruko still opposing him and Pakura transformed beneath his control.

• Uchiha Cheng revealed his face, then used Magnet Release to wrest the Guardian God Sword from Nagato and drive it through his arms and shoulder.
• Nagato absorbed Uchiha Cheng’s Yasakani Magatama, but a shadow warrior struck him from behind and launched him into the sky.
• Uchiha Cheng reclaimed the Guardian God Sword, trapped Hiruko’s legs with Susanoo, and cut down the overpass near the Third Kazekage and Pakura.
• Uchiha Cheng pulled Pakura from the wreckage and thrust the Guardian God Sword through her heart.
• Uchiha Cheng used Kamimusubi to raise Pakura’s corpse as a black-armored figure with glowing purple eyes.

Uchiha Cheng’s Shadow Samurai battled Hiruko and Nagato, repeatedly reviving as Cheng drew power from the Dragon Vein. The chapter ended with Minato recognizing that Queen Sara was under Cheng’s genjutsu and Cheng summoning more samurai while declaring his power inexhaustible.

• Uchiha Cheng sent Shadow Pakura after Hiruko, but Hiruko absorbed her Scorch Release attack before Minato cut her open and escaped with him.
• Nagato healed, used his Rinnegan to turn the iron rod back into a black ape, and fought the small shadow with his Paths.
• Nagato absorbed the shadow’s elemental assault and repelled its shuriken, then charged Uchiha Cheng and demanded his sword.
• Uchiha Cheng avoided Nagato’s pull with Susanoo, while the fallen shadows and black ape revived and Shadow Pakura healed.
• Uchiha Cheng explained that his Shadow Samurai revived by consuming his Chakra, and Minato recognized that Queen Sara was controlled by Cheng’s genjutsu.
• Queen Sara’s Dragon Vein seals sent purple energy into Uchiha Cheng, who summoned more samurai and declared that the Dragon Vein made his Chakra and army inexhaustible.

Naruto awakened the Great Freedom Sage Art and overwhelmed Uchiha Cheng, but Cheng recovered and activated Karma Stage One. The two prepared to continue their fight, with Naruto wary of Cheng’s power.

• Naruto confronted Uchiha Cheng and stopped a Shadow Samurai’s iron rod with one hand.
• Naruto revealed the Great Freedom Sage Art, seized the iron rod, and destroyed the Shadow Samurai attacking him.
• Naruto struck through Cheng’s Susanoo and sent him crashing through buildings with a powerful punch.
• Cheng rose into the sky, revealed spreading markings and dark silver patterns, and summoned the Guardian God Sword to his hand.
• Cheng declared that Karma Stage One would be enough to defeat Naruto’s Sage Art.

Uchiha Cheng and Naruto fought fiercely across Loulan, with Naruto using Sage Mode and Cheng answering with Karma Stage One, his sword, and Susanoo. Naruto enclosed the battlefield in a mist barrier and tried to bring Cheng back to the Hidden Leaf Village, but Cheng insisted that Uchiha Shin'yu was his father and vowed to keep fighting while the others denied Shin'yu's existence.

• Uchiha Cheng dodged Naruto's Sage Art attacks, destroyed his Shadow Clones, and used the Shadow Dimension and a Shadow Samurai to counter Naruto's Rasengan feints.
• Cheng and Naruto's battle devastated much of Loulan as they clashed at high speed.
• Naruto launched Multiple Giant Rasengan Shuriken, but Cheng's Amaterasu blade and Third Stage Susanoo deflected the attack and blasted the Rasengan into the ground.
• Naruto raised a Flowing Wind Sage Ban mist barrier that isolated him and Cheng from Nagato and the others.
• Naruto urged Cheng to return to the Hidden Leaf Village and said that Eida's Divine Technique had affected only him, while Cheng insisted he was Uchiha Shin'yu's son and vowed to fight anyone who forgot his father.

Nagato and Hiruko contained the Third Kazekage while Naruto’s Sage Art Barrier isolated Loulan from the battle. When Sara opened the Dragon Veins under a Mangekyo Sharingan Illusion Technique, Minato and the others tried to stop the energy from empowering their enemy, but the chapter ended with Minato considering sealing the Dragon Vein forever.

• Nagato extracted the Third Kazekage’s soul and hid both it and his body inside the King of Hell, explaining that the storage could not last long.
• Hiruko said he wanted Naruto and the enemy to settle the battle, but Nagato insisted on reclaiming Grand Master’s blade and uncovering the enemy’s identity.
• Dragon Vein Chakra surged from Loulan into the Barrier, and Minato warned that the enemy was drawing power from it.
• Sasori recognized Sara as the source of the energy, and Minato, Hiruko, and Sasori rushed to her tower while Nagato noticed that the Dragon Vein Chakra could pass through the Barrier.
• Minato failed to release Sara from the Mangekyo Sharingan Illusion Technique, and he blocked Sasori from killing her.
• Minato proposed using a Sealing Technique to seal the entire Dragon Vein forever.

Nagato used Nine-Tails Chakra to break through the Sage Art barrier, then unlocked the Four Symbols Seal and subdued the Nine-Tails in his mindscape. He entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and charged through the barrier again, no longer held back.

• Nagato formed a powerful Tailed Beast Cloak with the Nine-Tails Chakra sealed within him and briefly penetrated the barrier before being forced back.
• Nagato used sealing jutsu to unravel the Four Symbols Seal and release the Nine-Tails.
• Nagato overpowered the Nine-Tails with repulsive force and pinned it down with Chakra Black Rods.
• Nagato suppressed the Nine-Tails’ hatred and took control of its Chakra.
• Nagato transformed into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and surged through the barrier.

Uchiha Cheng and Naruto fought fiercely over Cheng’s plan for the Dragon Vein, but Cheng used its power to recover after their attacks. Nagato arrived in Golden Body Mode to reclaim his blade, and Cheng summoned a dangerous Shadow Samurai as the two sides prepared to fight.

• Naruto asked Uchiha Cheng what he wanted to do with the Dragon Vein, but Cheng rejected his attempt to understand him and summoned an army of Shadow Samurai.
• Naruto and Cheng clashed with their armies of Shadow Clones and Shadow Samurai, while Naruto urged Cheng to return with him to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Cheng and Naruto unleashed the Autumn Water Whirlwind Blast Orb and Great Ball Rasenshuriken, destroying both armies in the resulting shockwave.
• Cheng used the Dragon Vein’s energy to restore himself, but Nagato arrived and blasted him back with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato demanded that Cheng return his blade, and Cheng summoned a powerful Shadow Samurai before declaring the fight would be two against two.

Uchiha Cheng and Naruto fought on as Nagato battled Cheng’s Shadow Samurai, until Cheng entered Karma Stage Two and prepared a final clash with Naruto. Just before their attacks collided, Cheng summoned Shin'yu, who caught both destructive techniques.

• Cheng dodged Naruto’s attacks and blocked Nagato’s invisible Natural Energy strike, then used his Shadow Samurai to engage Nagato.
• Nagato’s Golden Body Mode let him batter the Shadow Samurai with repeated pulls and punches, but it escaped his Hundred Hands Chaotic Kill and left him with a sense of loss.
• Cheng and Naruto traded powerful attacks while Nagato struggled against the Shadow Samurai, and neither side gained the advantage.
• Cheng unleashed Karma Stage Two, and he and Naruto gathered their final attacks: Particle Style: Annihilation and Return to Void and Sage Art: Great Rasengan Ring.
• As the attacks were about to collide, Cheng activated a rune in Frost Descent One Heart and summoned Shin'yu between them.
• Shin'yu appeared before Nagato and caught both attacks in his raised hands.

Shin'yu appeared between Naruto's Great Rasengan Ring and Uchiha Cheng's Particle Style, suppressing both attacks and revealing his overwhelming power. After recognizing Naruto and identifying Cheng as his descendant, Shin'yu reclaimed Frost Descent One Heart, and Cheng greeted him as his father.

• Naruto and Uchiha Cheng unleashed their attacks, but Shin'yu stopped both techniques before they collided.
• Shin'yu hurled Naruto's Great Rasengan Ring into the sky, while its explosion shattered the Sage Art Barrier and devastated Loulan.
• Shin'yu recognized Naruto and sensed that Uchiha Cheng carried the aura of the Otsutsuki Clan without being one of them.
• Uchiha Cheng and Naruto retreated as Shin'yu extinguished the remaining Particle Style energy and healed his wounds.
• Shin'yu summoned Frost Descent One Heart back to his hand and said that he knew Cheng and Naruto had come from the future.
• Shin'yu identified Uchiha Cheng as his descendant, and Cheng called him Father.

Shin'yu and Uchiha Cheng fought after Cheng revealed he was Shin'yu's son. Shin'yu opened the Fifth Gate while Cheng used Susanoo, and their battle continued with neither backing down.

• Shin'yu attacked Uchiha Cheng, who blocked his first punch and warned him that Karma Stage Two was powerful.
• Shin'yu opened the Fourth Gate of Injury and struck through Cheng's purple skeletal defense, but Dragon Vein Chakra quickly healed Cheng.
• Cheng explained that he had not inherited Shin'yu's Sea God Body because it had already evolved beyond a human constitution.
• Shin'yu challenged Cheng to fight, and Cheng charged at him with a barrage of punches.
• Shin'yu opened the Fifth Gate as he and Cheng continued trading blows, while Cheng formed an eight-armed Susanoo.

Minato, Hiruko, and Sasori rushed to seal the Dragon Vein while Shin'yu and Uchiha Cheng continued their battle above Loulan. Shin'yu shattered Cheng's Susanoo and struck him down with Morning Peacock, leaving Cheng badly injured and flying through the air.

• Minato led Hiruko and Sasori through Loulan to locate the Dragon Vein's source as the group left Queen Sara under her Mangekyo Illusion Technique.
• A shockwave tore apart Naruto's Sage Art Barrier, and Hiruko protected Minato and Sasori with Steel Release: Iron Skin.
• Hiruko recognized Shin'yu in the sky and urged the group to continue toward the Dragon Vein's source to seal it.
• Uchiha Cheng summoned his Susanoo and attacked Shin'yu with eight giant arms, but Shin'yu's punches cracked and shattered them.
• Cheng launched a fire dragon at Shin'yu, who countered with Morning Peacock and destroyed Cheng's Susanoo.
• Shin'yu's attack broke Cheng's bone horn and breastbone and blasted him away, leaving Shin'yu wondering if he had hit too hard.