Chapter Summaries

A skyborne inventory named Madara Uchiha the Shinobi World's strongest combatant, prompting disbelief and debate among Konoha's young people. Naruto and Sasuke brought the newcomers to Konoha, where Obito and Neji confirmed the Uchiha Clan's strength, while Hinata recognized Neji and Boruto questioned Obito's identity.

• The inventory screen identified Madara Uchiha as the Shinobi World's strongest, and Boruto and others challenged the claim.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Obito transported the group and Uchiha Shin clones to Konoha, where the inventory sparked arguments about who was strongest.
• Naruto and Sasuke led the clones toward the Konoha Orphanage while Obito joined Sarada's squad, and Sarada asked whether Madara really was that powerful.
• Obito and Neji agreed that the Uchiha Clan was Konoha's strongest, and Neji's message led Hinata and Hiashi to recognize him.
• Obito called himself a Uchiha genius, but Boruto and Iwabee said they had never heard of him, leaving Obito confused about Boruto's teacher.

The showcase showed Madara Uchiha being revived and confronting Sasuke, Naruto, and Hashirama during the Fourth Shinobi World War, while viewers in the chat reacted to the battle. Madara took control of Hashirama and began absorbing his Chakra.

• Black Zetsu controlled Obito and used Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara, who eagerly anticipated fighting again.
• Sasuke attacked Madara with Amaterasu and mocked him as a relic of a bygone era, but Madara remained unharmed.
• Madara explained that his rebirth had followed his plan and invoked the Uchiha Stone Tablet while Hashirama realized Madara had continued plotting.
• Madara used Black Receivers to control Hashirama, kicked Naruto and Sai away, and began absorbing Hashirama's Chakra.
• Madara dismissed Senjutsu Chakra as nothing special, prompting Hashirama to object in the chat.

Sasuke attacked Madara, who fought him off and turned his attention to the Tailed Beasts after rejecting Sasuke’s offer to join forces. The Tailed Beasts faced Madara, and Gaara used sand to restrain him as Shukaku’s attack failed to stop him.

• Sasuke charged Madara with his Kusanagi Sword, and Madara dodged before Sasuke wounded his arm.
• Madara recognized Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and suggested they join forces, but Sasuke refused.
• Black Zetsu began taking control of Obito’s body to bring the Rinnegan to Madara.
• Madara covered the battlefield in dust and ignited it, while Hashirama warned that the Tailed Beasts were his next targets.
• Gaara and Shukaku attacked Madara, but Shukaku’s sand bullets did little before Gaara restrained Madara with sand.

Madara regained his strength, used Limbo: Border Jail to incapacitate the Tailed Beasts, and had the Demonic Statue bind them with chains. As Madara prepared to take Shukaku, Gaara stood against him, and Shukaku remembered Bunpuku’s kindness.

• Madara broke Shukaku’s seal with Susanoo, but Naruto struck him from behind and broke his arm.
• White Zetsu brought Madara a Rinnegan and an arm, restoring Madara’s ability to fight.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Black Zetsu struggled against Obito for control of his body and possession of the Rinnegan.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to strike down the Tailed Beasts, then bound them with chains from the Demonic Statue.
• Gaara vowed to protect Shukaku, who remembered Bunpuku and began to understand the monk’s love.

Madara defeated Tobirama and stabbed Sasuke after Sasuke tried to attack him, while Naruto’s family watched and reacted through the screen. The chapter ended with Naruto reflecting on how he and Sasuke had struggled to connect with their children, and how Boruto had come to understand his father.

• Madara’s Susanoo attack struck Gaara despite Shukaku’s defense, and the Demonic Statue pulled the Tailed Beasts away as Naruto collapsed.
• Gaara carried the dying Naruto to safety, while Minato and Kushina appeared and their family discussed Naruto’s absence as a father.
• Tobirama attacked Madara with Flying Thunder God, but Madara pinned him down and drove an iron rod into his head, blaming him for Izuna’s death.
• Sasuke charged Madara, but Madara immobilized him with the Rinnegan and stabbed him in the heart.
• Naruto reassured the others that he and Sasuke would not die, then reflected that Boruto had acted out to get his attention and had learned to understand him after traveling back in time.

Madara left Sasuke gravely wounded, while Sakura and Gaara tried to save Naruto and Karin rushed to help Sasuke. Karin destroyed Tobi’s Buddha statue and Orochimaru sealed him, as Sarada learned Karin had delivered her and given her the glasses she loved.

• Tobi’s giant Buddha statue attacked the battlefield, while Orochimaru watched for an opening and Suigetsu urged him to escape.
• Karin realized she could no longer sense Sasuke, and Gaara brought an unconscious Naruto to Sakura and the Fourth Hokage for help.
• Madara told Sasuke that his eyes showed how much he had lost, then left him after stabbing him through the heart.
• Karin charged Tobi with Uzumaki chains and destroyed his Buddha statue, but Tobi struck her with a wooden spike before Orochimaru bit and sealed him.
• Sakura tried to save Naruto with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, while Sarada questioned her about Karin’s concern for Sasuke.
• Karin told Sarada that she had delivered her as a baby, and Sakura explained that Karin had given Sarada her glasses.

Madara watched Naruto use the Sage of Six Paths’ power to save Might Guy and attack him, while Sasuke freed Tobirama from the Black Receivers. The chapter left Sasuke apparently unharmed by the receivers and Sarada wondering whether he had also gained new power.

• Madara spat the Sage of Six Paths’ weapons from his body, and they fell onto Might Guy and Rock Lee as they hurried toward the battlefield.
• Boruto mocked Guy, but Naruto, Gaara, Rock Lee, and Madara defended him and recalled his battle against Madara.
• Madara nearly killed Guy after their fight, but Naruto arrived, healed him, and used a Lava Rasengan to smash Madara into the God Tree.
• Madara heard a voice urging him to absorb the God Tree and Ten-Tails, while Hashirama questioned whether it had led him astray.
• Sasuke pulled Madara’s Black Receivers out of Tobirama, who was surprised Sasuke could touch them without being harmed.

Sasuke left Orochimaru and Taka behind to join Naruto in confronting Madara, who struggled against their Six Paths abilities. Madara escaped Sasuke and Naruto’s coordinated attack by stealing Kakashi’s eye and retreating into the Kamui Dimension.

• Tobirama said he had enough chakra to transport one person, and Sasuke chose to go alone while Orochimaru accepted that he and the others would only hold Sasuke back.
• Naruto entered Six Paths Sage Mode, and Sasuke arrived beside him as they began fighting Madara together.
• Naruto blocked Madara’s lightning while Sasuke dodged it, and both detected Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail.
• Madara tried to seize Sasuke’s eye, but Sasuke escaped and the two launched a coordinated attack that forced Madara to use Limbo to evade them.
• Madara reached Kakashi, gouged out his eye, and entered the Kamui Dimension as Sasuke’s Chidori sliced through his body.

Sakura failed to stop Madara Uchiha, and he used the power of his Rinnegan near the moon to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The world fell under the Genjutsu and was bound by the God Tree, while Sasuke's Susanoo protected those around him from its light.

• Sakura remembered why Obito had asked her to destroy his Rinnegan and regretted not acting more bravely.
• Boruto met Neji and teased him about whether he had someone he liked, while Hinata mentioned Tenten.
• Sakura activated the Strength of a Hundred Technique and charged Madara Uchiha, but his Black Receivers pierced her; Naruto attacked Madara as Sasuke pulled Sakura to safety.
• Madara used Chibaku Tensei to summon meteors and sent his Limbo shadows against Naruto, while Sasuke destroyed the falling rocks with his Susanoo.
• Madara reached near the moon and opened the Eye of the Moon Plan, casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi across the world.
• Madara used God: Nativity of a World of Trees to bind the victims in cocoons, while Sasuke's Susanoo shielded those nearby from the light.

Madara defended the Infinite Tsukuyomi as a way to end conflict, while Hashirama and others recalled the deaths and wars that shaped their world. As Madara argued that his plan had brought peace, Black Zetsu slowly approached him from behind.

• Madara descended and declared that he would stop Naruto and the others from resisting.
• Madara claimed the Shinobi World had become a paradise, and Naruto rejected his justification.
• Hashirama explained that he and Madara had founded the village so children would not have to fight, after Hashirama lost his brothers Kawarama and Itama.
• Madara recounted how the villages and the distribution of the Tailed Beasts had failed to prevent wars and made battles more destructive.
• Madara defended his plan as a better peace than Hashirama had achieved, while Black Zetsu quietly approached him from behind.

Black Zetsu betrayed Madara Uchiha, revealed that he had altered the Uchiha stone tablet to serve Kaguya, and began transforming Madara into her vessel. The chapter left Madara horrified by the deception while Obito regretted missing an earlier chance to kill him.

• Madara Uchiha dismissed Sasuke’s criticism of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Black Zetsu stabbed him from behind and revealed that Madara was his pawn.
• Black Zetsu explained that his will belonged to Kaguya and that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn its victims into White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had altered Hagoromo’s stone tablet, and Madara realized the Eye of the Moon Plan was built on a lie.
• Black Zetsu’s power caused Madara’s body to swell as he absorbed chakra from the people trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Naruto and the others watched.
• Obito told Rin he regretted not killing Madara when he had the chance.

Obito found comfort in being reunited with Rin and his friends, while Madara complained about Ichiraku Ramen as Hashirama tried to calm him. In Konoha, Neji spent time with Boruto and Himawari, and Boruto and Sarada crossed paths with their relatives before going their separate ways.

• Obito took Rin's hand and walked with her through the streets of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, grateful to have her and his other friends with him.
• Madara complained that Ichiraku Ramen was inauthentic, and Hashirama apologized to Ayame while trying to stop Madara from escalating the argument.
• Boruto asked Neji when he had started acknowledging Naruto, prompting Neji to recall Naruto challenging fate during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Boruto invited Neji to play video games, but Himawari reminded him that Neji had plans with Tenten, so Boruto left for the arcade while Neji took Himawari out to play.
• Boruto greeted Sarada and met her uncle Uchiha Itachi and his girlfriend Uchiha Izumi before hurrying away to the arcade.
• Sarada realized she had nearly forgotten to buy groceries and asked Uchiha Itachi whether he had been talented as a child, while Uchiha Izumi reassured her.

Mikoto told Sakura that she had paid off Sakura’s mortgage and that Madara had bought the former Uchiha Clan Compound for Sasuke. Meanwhile, characters from different generations met in Konoha and Sunagakure, where the chapter ended with Rasa learning about his grandson Shinki’s accomplishments.

• Mikoto told Sakura she had paid off her mortgage with money from Itachi and the system, and said Madara had bought the former Uchiha Clan Compound for Sasuke.
• Mikoto explained that Madara and Hashirama had borrowed money from Orochimaru, though Hashirama seemed unwell when they returned.
• At a Konoha tavern, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and two versions of Orochimaru discussed their lives, Mitsuki, and the money Madara had borrowed.
• Gaara introduced Karura to Shinki as his grandmother, while Rasa complained that Gaara had ignored him.
• Kankuro defended Gaara and described Shinki’s Iron Sand abilities and achievements, impressing Rasa.

Hozuki Mangetsu trained Kirigakure’s young shinobi harshly, then dragged Karatachi Kagura and Mei Terumi into the session. The chapter ended with Mei abandoning her ambition to become Mizukage, followed by the author’s note announcing the novel’s conclusion and possible future side stories.

• Hozuki Mangetsu berated Hoshigaki Shizuma and the other young shinobi during special training, while Chōjūrō questioned whether the stranger should be teaching them.
• Hoshigaki Shizuma challenged why Karatachi Kagura was exempt from training, and Hozuki Mangetsu learned Kagura was Karatachi Yagura’s grandson.
• Hozuki Mangetsu revealed that Karatachi Yagura had ordered his clan’s future destruction, then blasted Kagura and Chōjūrō with Water Release and ordered them to train.
• Hozuki Mangetsu soaked Mei Terumi and scolded her for neglecting her instructor duties, while Mei said she no longer wanted to become Mizukage.
• The author thanked readers, described plans for possible side stories and another Naruto novel, and declared the novel finished.

At the Ninja Academy, Sarada discovered that she knew almost nothing about the Uchiha Clan and could not get Shino Aburame to explain its history. A Shinobi World Ranking System then activated and announced a ranking of the ten strongest Uchiha.

• Boruto complained about his father, while Shikadai and Inojin defended the Seventh Hokage’s hard work.
• Chōchō asked Sarada about her father, prompting Mitsuki and the others to discuss the Uchiha Clan and its reputation.
• Sarada realized she did not know about the Sharingan or her clan’s history, and the students compared the Uchiha with the Hyuga Clan.
• Sarada asked Shino Aburame about Uchiha history, but he declined to answer.
• The Shinobi World Ranking System connected life-forms and announced a review ranking the ten strongest members of the Uchiha Clan.

A mysterious screen revealed Kagami Uchiha as one of the ten strongest Uchiha, drawing attention to his service in Tobirama Senju’s elite guard and his betrayal by Shimura Danzō. The chapter ended with Sakura telling Sarada that Sasuke had killed Danzō, while recalling Naruto’s reaction to what had happened between her and Sasuke.

• The screen named Kagami Uchiha among the ten strongest Uchiha, and Koharu and Homura remembered him as a Hokage-minded man who could have helped prevent the clan’s conflict with Konoha.
• Ninja Academy students mocked Kagami’s obscurity, but the screen identified him as an Elite Jonin who died at twenty-five after Danzō betrayed him and took his Sharingan.
• A video showed Kagami saving Danzō during the Second Shinobi World War, then being stabbed from behind by Danzō on a later mission for his Sharingan.
• Sarada asked what happened to Danzō, and Sakura replied that Sasuke had killed him, awkwardly recalling Naruto’s response to her and Sasuke.

The inventory revealed Uchiha Fugaku’s role as clan head and the Uchiha coup plans, then showed how taking his young son Itachi to the battlefield shaped the boy’s view of war. It ended after the Third Shinobi World War, as the Uchiha gathered before Konoha’s Memorial Stone and Kakashi recognized the silver-haired boy as Obito.

• Sarada wondered whether her father would appear in the rankings, and the inventory named Uchiha Fugaku as the ninth-ranked shinobi, a Kage-level Uchiha clan head and Military Police captain.
• Sasuke confirmed that Fugaku was Sarada’s grandfather, while the inventory revealed Fugaku’s attempt at a bloodless revolution and his death at Itachi’s hands.
• During the Third Shinobi World War, Fugaku took his four-year-old son Itachi to the battlefield, where Itachi witnessed the brutality of war.
• Itachi tried to help a wounded enemy shinobi, but the man attacked him, and Itachi killed him in self-defense.
• Fugaku told Itachi that war made strangers kill each other and urged him to remember the battlefield, leaving Itachi to grapple with the meaning of life.
• After the war, the Uchiha gathered at Konoha’s Memorial Stone, and Kakashi recognized the silver-haired boy before them as Obito.

The chapter revisited the memorial ceremony after the Third Shinobi World War, where Uchiha Fugaku rejected a bid for the Fourth Hokage position and defended Kakashi’s right to keep Obito’s Sharingan. It then showed Itachi questioning Orochimaru about the meaning of life, leaving Itachi alone with an answer that offered no comfort.

• Uchiha Fugaku rejected his clan’s suggestion that he become the Fourth Hokage and told them not to raise it again.
• Fugaku defended Kakashi Hatake’s Sharingan as Obito Uchiha’s wish and urged the clan to preserve the hard-won peace.
• Itachi noticed Orochimaru standing apart at the memorial ceremony and asked him what life meant.
• Orochimaru told Itachi that life had no meaning unless it could be made eternal, then left and did not return.
• Itachi stayed at the memorial stone pondering Orochimaru’s answer while Naruto admitted he did not know the meaning of life.

During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku led the police force in evacuating civilians instead of joining the fight, following the village's orders. The review revealed that this decision was part of the Uchiha Clan's mistreatment, leaving Sarada and her classmates to reconsider her clan's role in the attack.

• A masked man released the Nine-Tails during the birth of its jinchūriki, and the beast began tearing through Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the police force evacuated civilians while other forces fought the Nine-Tails, confusing Sarada and her classmates.
• Fugaku found Itachi and told him to take the young Sasuke to shelter.
• Fugaku's clansmen urged him to lead them into battle, but he said the police force had been ordered to protect noncombatants.
• The Hokage and his wife sealed the Nine-Tails inside their young son, while the discussion blamed Danzo and challenged the advisors' claim that they knew nothing.