Recaps

Naruto confronted Itachi about whether he regretted massacring the Uchiha clan, while Itachi concealed his remorse behind cruel taunts and claims that he wanted to become a god. Naruto exposed Itachi’s fear and regret, leaving Itachi’s act of denying his feelings challenged.

• Naruto asked Itachi whether he regretted his choice, prompting Itachi to recall Fugaku’s words and privately reflect on his regret and lost relationship with Sasuke.
• Itachi denied regretting anything and taunted Sasuke, offering him his Mangekyō Sharingan so he could become stronger.
• Sasuke rejected Itachi’s eyes and said he wanted to grow stronger through his own efforts, explaining that he stood behind Naruto because they were family.
• Itachi mocked the idea of family and claimed he wanted to become a god like Uchiha Madara.
• Naruto told Itachi that his acting was unnecessary and revealed that he had seen Itachi’s fear and regret over killing his family.

Naruto forced Itachi to stop hiding the truth from Sasuke, and Itachi confessed his choices and plans to his younger brother. After Sasuke called him brother, Itachi stabbed himself with Sasuke’s Kusanagi Sword, then offered Sasuke his eyes.

• Naruto told Itachi that he would help Sasuke bear the truth and challenged Itachi to consider the pain his silence would cause.
• Sasuke pressed Itachi to explain himself, saying he still loved him as a brother despite wanting revenge.
• Itachi abandoned his disguise and agreed to tell Sasuke everything after seeing his determination.
• Itachi recounted his choices, plans, and schemes, leaving Sasuke stunned by the truth.
• Itachi pulled Sasuke’s Kusanagi Sword through his own body and asked Sasuke to call him brother once more.
• After Sasuke called him brother, Itachi gouged out his eyes and offered them to Sasuke.

Sasuke rejected Itachi’s attempt to give him his eyes and refused to forgive him on behalf of their dead family and clan. Naruto placed Itachi’s Sharingan into Sasuke’s eyes anyway, and Itachi took Sasuke’s lack of resistance as proof that Sasuke had forgiven him personally.

• Itachi offered his eyes to Sasuke so Sasuke could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, but Sasuke refused and insisted on becoming strong himself.
• Itachi admitted he had regretted his past decisions and asked Sasuke not to seek revenge before he was strong enough; he also asked Naruto to protect Sasuke, and Naruto agreed.
• Itachi asked whether Sasuke would forgive him, but Sasuke said he could not forgive him on behalf of their parents and clansmen and described the pain he would continue to bear.
• Itachi offered his eyes again as atonement, and Sasuke retorted that he would not rest in peace without eyes.
• Naruto picked up Itachi’s Sharingan and pressed them onto Sasuke’s eyes; Sasuke did not resist, and Itachi took this as a sign that Sasuke had forgiven him personally.

Itachi died after Sasuke forgave him and gained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, leaving Sasuke with memories of their childhood and a final request to live well. Sasuke returned with an omelet for his brother, only to find that Itachi had already died.

• Itachi pulled Sasuke's Kusanagi Sword from his wound and wiped the blood from its blade while Sasuke absorbed his ocular power.
• Sasuke awakened with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, tried to treat Itachi, and promised to heed his brother's warning before acting.
• Itachi recalled his happy memories with Sasuke and regretted that he would never taste the food Sasuke had wanted to cook for Naruto.
• Sasuke used Flying Thunder God to return to the kitchen, fried an egg, and went back to Itachi while Naruto tried to stop the bleeding.
• Itachi asked Naruto to take care of Sasuke and died before Sasuke returned; Sasuke saw Naruto's reaction and smashed the omelet in anguish.

Sasuke and Naruto buried Itachi on the meadow where the brothers once played, honoring his wish for a quiet death. They returned to the Breeding Farm, where Kurama learned that Itachi was dead and saw Sasuke’s grief.

• Sasuke decided not to bury Itachi in the Uchiha clan cemetery and carried him to the meadow where he and Itachi used to play.
• Sasuke and Naruto dug a grave by hand, and Naruto placed the streetlamp beside Itachi.
• Sasuke said farewell, buried Itachi, and carved a simple inscription on a stone tablet with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Sasuke set the streetlamp beside the grave, then stayed there with Naruto until nightfall.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to the Breeding Farm, where Kurama asked whether they had killed Itachi.
• Naruto told Kurama that Itachi was dead.

Naruto comforted Sasuke after Itachi’s death and learned that Sasuke intended to avenge the Uchiha massacre. The next day, Sasuke offered to take Naruto to find Orochimaru, and Naruto agreed, planning to use his cockroaches to scare him.

• Naruto encouraged the grieving Sasuke to eat and spend time outside, while Kurama washed the dishes for him.
• Sasuke told Naruto he was sad but would soon move on to avenge Itachi and the Uchiha clan.
• Naruto recalled that Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and the masked Uchiha Madara were responsible for the massacre, and decided to target Hiruzen and Danzō.
• Naruto checked the cockroaches he had saved for scaring Orochimaru and found them alive and energetic.
• Sasuke offered to take Naruto to find Orochimaru, and Naruto agreed.

Sasuke sensed Orochimaru far from Konoha and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Naruto to his laboratory. Naruto confronted Orochimaru with a cage of cockroaches, leaving Orochimaru terrified and begging him not to come closer.

• Sasuke sensed Orochimaru at a distant location and teleported there with Naruto, who followed using Instant Movement.
• Orochimaru dissected a corpse in his laboratory and thought about studying Naruto's body and strengthening his techniques.
• Naruto and Sasuke appeared in the laboratory, startling Orochimaru as he recognized Sasuke's Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru offered Naruto the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, but Naruto suspected the offer was a trap and approached to question him.
• Orochimaru saw the cockroaches in Naruto's cage and shouted for Naruto not to come closer.

Naruto forced Orochimaru into a fight and destroyed his laboratory base while trying to extract information from him. Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage to protect himself, and Naruto immediately attacked them.

• Naruto ignored Orochimaru's threats and accused him of breaking his promise to hand over Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake, but Naruto fought it while Sasuke escaped the laboratory with the cockroach cage.
• Naruto used the snake's body to smash through Orochimaru's laboratory and clear space for a full fight.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju from two coffins to battle Naruto.
• Naruto questioned how much of the dead Hokage's former strength they retained, then charged and punched at them.

Naruto easily defeated the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then stopped Orochimaru from escaping. He had Sasuke mark Orochimaru with Flying Thunder God marks so they could talk without fear of him fleeing.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju attacked Naruto, but he overpowered them and destroyed them with full-strength punches.
• Orochimaru tried to flee after seeing the Hokage brothers defeated, but Naruto intercepted him.
• Naruto called Sasuke over and had him set aside the cockroach cage Orochimaru feared.
• Sasuke placed more than a hundred Flying Thunder God marks on Orochimaru, preventing him from escaping.

Naruto forced Orochimaru to compensate him by writing down Living Corpse Reincarnation and offering access to his other Ninjutsu. Orochimaru asked to serve Naruto, but Naruto doubted he had any use for him.

• Naruto told the captive Orochimaru that he owed compensation as the defeated side.
• Naruto asked how Orochimaru survived being smashed in the Forest of Death, and Orochimaru began writing down Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru asked whether Naruto was interested in the technique behind his immortality, and Naruto explained that others could not cultivate his method.
• Naruto requested access to all of Orochimaru's Ninjutsu after declining to share the technique that summoned the First Hokage and the Second Hokage.
• Orochimaru asked to join Naruto's ranks and serve him loyally, but Naruto said he had no need for him.

Orochimaru offered his services and forbidden Ninjutsu scrolls to join Naruto's Breeding Farm, while Naruto rejected using Impure World Reincarnation to revive his parents and condemned Orochimaru's body-stealing technique. Orochimaru then hinted that he had intelligence Naruto would find interesting.

• Orochimaru offered to become the Breeding Farm's Biological Advisor in exchange for three meals a day, and Naruto accepted.
• Orochimaru gave Naruto the Impure World Reincarnation scroll, which Naruto read before passing it to Sasuke because he rejected its use of living vessels and its control of the dead.
• Orochimaru finished copying Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Naruto read it and ordered him not to possess another person's body.
• Naruto counted the Ninjutsu scrolls as compensation for travel expenses and the clothes and shoes ruined in their fight.
• Orochimaru told Naruto that he had intelligence he believed would interest him.

Naruto learned from Orochimaru that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō might be conducting experiments on his parents’ corpses, and Sasuke verified Orochimaru’s claim. Naruto suppressed his fury to wait for a breakthrough, then sent Sasuke to bring Orochimaru back to the Breeding Farm.

• Orochimaru tested Naruto’s attitude toward Konoha by revealing his Konoha Crush Plan, but Naruto said he only cared about his friends.
• Orochimaru told Naruto that Hiruzen Sarutobi had kept the assets left by Minato Namikaze and made accusations about Hiruzen’s ambition and the Uchiha clan.
• Orochimaru claimed that Shimura Danzō’s Root might be researching Naruto’s parents’ corpses, and Naruto seized him in anger.
• Naruto had Sasuke verify Orochimaru’s claim, and Sasuke confirmed Orochimaru was telling the truth.
• The system urged Naruto to wait for his imminent breakthrough, so Naruto restrained his fury and sent Sasuke to take Orochimaru back to the Breeding Farm.

Naruto arrived at the Breeding Farm and went to cultivate as he prepared to break through, entering a state of deep harmony with his surroundings. Sasuke confronted Orochimaru about his interest in Naruto’s cultivation and warned him not to betray Naruto’s trust, while agreeing to keep Orochimaru’s identity as Tsukishirohime secret.

• Naruto appointed Orochimaru the Breeding Farm’s biological advisor and asked Sasuke to arrange his accommodations before heading to the waterfall to cultivate.
• Orochimaru sensed Naruto’s growing attunement to the world around him and envied the cultivation method he hoped to understand.
• Sasuke questioned Orochimaru about wanting Naruto’s cultivation method, and Orochimaru denied it before changing the subject.
• Sasuke revealed that he knew Orochimaru was Tsukishirohime and warned him to abandon his schemes and not betray Naruto.
• Sasuke promised to keep Orochimaru’s identity secret as long as he caused no trouble, then continued showing him around the Breeding Farm.
• Naruto walked through the Back Mountain in a tranquil state and reached the waterfall, where he observed stillness within the rushing water.

Naruto’s slow practice of the Indestructible Body brought his Essence, Qi, and Spirit into unity and let him sense and control the Breeding Farm’s magnetic field. He tested that power at night, and Orochimaru awoke with the uneasy sense that the moonlight had come alive.

• Naruto revisited the Indestructible Body’s forms and gained precise control over his body as his Essence, Qi, and Spirit became one.
• Orochimaru settled into a temporary residence near Zabuza and Haku, then ate lunch with Sasuke and Kurama.
• Kurama watched Naruto train beneath the waterfall before leaving as the goat it rode trembled.
• After night fell, Naruto connected with the Breeding Farm’s magnetic field and sensed everything within it, including the sleeping residents and Orochimaru.
• Naruto tried to make the space feel as active as it did by day, and Orochimaru jolted awake, suspecting that the moonlight had come alive.

Naruto continued cultivating by synchronizing his body with the magnetic field while Orochimaru settled into his new role at the Breeding Farm. The next morning, Kurama headed to see Naruto and casually revealed to Shikamaru that Orochimaru had been beaten by Naruto and Sasuke and was working without pay.

• Naruto continued cultivating through the night as animals across the farm sensed the changes around him.
• Orochimaru went to bed reassured that Naruto made the farm safe, then inspected Naruto's cultivation the following morning.
• Kurama prepared for breakfast, remembered Naruto would not be eating, and went outside to check on him.
• Shikamaru learned that Naruto had hired Orochimaru as a highly paid Biological Advisor, and the two discussed biological research and reproductive isolation.
• Kurama borrowed a goat to ride to Naruto, then told Shikamaru that Naruto and Sasuke had beaten Orochimaru and that Orochimaru was working without a salary.

Kurama exposed Orochimaru’s act while Shikamaru continued discussing ideas with him, then brought Naruto clothes at the waterfall as Naruto cultivated. By dusk, Naruto achieved Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unity, learned about the Indestructible Golden Body, and began practicing Essence Absorption.

• Kurama called out Orochimaru’s bluff, but Shikamaru calmly continued asking Orochimaru for advice.
• Kurama found Naruto cultivating at the waterfall and returned to fetch clothes for him.
• Sasuke asked Kurama about breakfast, then realized Kurama was preparing clothes for Naruto and did not make Sasuke a meal.
• Kurama left Naruto’s clothes by the waterfall while Naruto continued cultivating without stopping to greet him.
• Naruto achieved Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unity and learned that he had formed twelve golden marks toward the Indestructible Golden Body.
• The system taught Naruto Essence Absorption, and Naruto began sensing and harmonizing with the surrounding magnetic field.

After reaching Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unity, Naruto tested his refined body control by growing flesh spikes and bone wings, then flew back to the Breeding Farm. He decided to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi first and Danzo afterward, but the others mistook his return for an attack.

• Naruto stopped absorbing essence and examined the golden marks on his fist before testing his control over his body.
• Naruto formed hard flesh spikes across his body and used one to pierce the rock beneath him.
• Naruto grew bone wings, covered them with muscle, and flew high above the clouds before returning toward the Breeding Farm.
• Naruto decided to beat Hiruzen Sarutobi to death first, then Danzo.
• Sasuke spotted Naruto in the sky, and Orochimaru, Zabuza, and Sasuke prepared attacks until Naruto identified himself.
• Naruto retracted his wings and told Sasuke that they came from his cultivation method.

Naruto broke through to a new level, grew to two hundred meters tall, and spread his perception across Konoha, where he caught Hiruzen Sarutobi spying on women in a bathhouse. Naruto then walked through the sky toward the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen had gathered the villagers, and stopped above the crowd as they looked up at him.

• Naruto confirmed to Sasuke that he had broken through, then grew to two hundred meters beneath the waterfall.
• Naruto merged with the surrounding magnetic field and sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi watching women in a bathhouse through a crystal ball.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed Naruto's scrutiny, grew uneasy, and ordered Yingmi to gather Konoha's villagers at the Hokage Building.
• Naruto walked through the sky toward Konoha, while Sasuke, Kurama, Zabuza, Haku, Shikamaru, and Orochimaru followed toward the Hokage Building.
• Naruto waited as villagers gathered, then stopped above them while Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up and said, "Naruto, you're here!"

Naruto hovered over the Hokage Building as Konoha’s ninja and civilians gathered, sensing a confrontation with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Kakashi, Naruto’s friends, and former enemies chose to stand behind him, and the chapter ended with nearly the whole village watching the standoff.

• Konoha’s ninja and civilians rushed to the Hokage Building, where Naruto faced Hiruzen Sarutobi from the air.
• Kakashi, Anko Mitarashi, and Might Guy left their training room to investigate, while Hayate Gekko and the injured Jiraiya heard the commotion but could not go.
• Kakashi stopped Guy from approaching Hiruzen Sarutobi and led him to a rooftop behind Naruto.
• Iruka-sensei, Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino, and others arrived, and Shino led them to join Kakashi’s group.
• Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kurama, Zabuza, Haku, Orochimaru, and others gathered behind Naruto as the village assembled for the tense confrontation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Naruto Uzumaki was the Fourth Hokage's son and urged Konoha to respect him, but Naruto remained distrustful. Naruto revealed his strength in the Hokage's office, collapsing the building and leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi in his grip as Asuma rushed toward them.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the villagers that Naruto Uzumaki was the orphaned son of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, and called on them to respect him.
• The villagers remained cold toward Naruto, so Naruto asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to speak with him in the Hokage's office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Asuma away to disperse the villagers and entered the office alone with Naruto.
• Naruto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his training had made him stronger, then activated his Indestructible Body and collapsed the Hokage Building.
• Naruto held Hiruzen Sarutobi above the ruins as Asuma rushed toward them, and Naruto told Hiruzen Sarutobi he knew what he was doing.

Danzo watched the crisis unfold as Naruto held Hiruzen Sarutobi hostage above the ruined Hokage Building. Naruto’s allies blocked the elders and Asuma, then Naruto killed Asuma when he charged at him.

• Danzo ordered Root to report every development as Naruto’s confrontation with Hiruzen began, then learned the Hokage Building had collapsed and Naruto was holding Hiruzen aloft.
• Kakashi, Sasuke, and Orochimaru blocked Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Kurenai from reaching Naruto, while the gathered clans stayed silent.
• Rock Lee declared his support for Naruto, and Might Guy and Anko Mitarashi chose neutrality after Neji warned that anyone who stopped Naruto might die.
• Naruto told Hiruzen that he should experience pain before they became friends, then watched Asuma rush toward him despite Hiruzen’s warning.
• Naruto stomped on Asuma at greater than the speed of sound, killing him, and lamented the loss of the thirty-five million.

Naruto confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi after killing Asuma, forcing the Hokage to face the grief and pain he had caused. As Hiruzen summoned Enma and attacked, Naruto condemned him for neglecting and manipulating him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Naruto's allies fought Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Kurenai after Asuma died, while Choza Akimichi and the clans stayed out of the battle.
• Naruto taunted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Asuma's death, and Hiruzen escaped his grasp and summoned Enma.
• Hiruzen ordered Enma to kill Naruto, then used the Adamantine Staff to strike at him.
• Naruto deflected Hiruzen's attack and accused him of letting Naruto suffer hunger, isolation, and hatred to make him obedient.
• Naruto claimed Hiruzen had taken his parents' inheritance, allowed Danzo to turn the villagers against him, and intended to use him as a weapon.

Naruto killed Enma and mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi, who summoned the Reaper Death Seal in a bid to take Naruto down with him. As the Shinigami appeared, the system identified it as a Belief Projection of a Demon God from another world.

• Naruto struck Hiruzen Sarutobi's Adamantine Staff, shattering Enma's body and fatally wounding him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to use the Reaper Death Seal, and Naruto taunted him as he began forming hand seals.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami and declared that he would seal Naruto's soul to bring peace to Konoha.
• Naruto said he would protect his own Konoha and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his Konoha should disappear with him.
• The system told Naruto that the Shinigami was a Belief Projection of a Demon God from another world, leaving Naruto confused.

Naruto learned that the Shinigami was a weak projection of a Demon God and attacked it with Spirit Passage Fists, hoping to recover Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra and his father’s soul. As the system began exchanging those souls, the Shinigami’s true body woke and prepared to send power into the Ninja World.

• The system explained that the Shinigami was a minor Demon God whose projection Naruto could defeat with Spirit Passage Fist.
• Naruto realized that Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra and part of Minato Namikaze’s soul were inside the Shinigami, and asked the system to retrieve them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami and reached for Naruto, unaware that Naruto had already decided to attack it.
• Naruto unleashed over a thousand Spirit Passage Fists, battered the Shinigami’s projection, and severed its reaching hand.
• The system began using the Cosmic Single Replacement Method to retrieve Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra.
• The Shinigami’s true body awoke, located its projection in the Ninja World, and prepared to send a trace of its power there.

Naruto battered the Shinigami’s projection, but the Shinigami seized Hiruzen Sarutobi’s soul before fleeing back to his own plane. The system secretly followed the Shinigami and replaced Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s Yin-attribute chakra, while Hiruzen died in the ruins.

• The system urged Naruto to strike the Shinigami’s newly awakened consciousness, and Naruto hit the projection with repeated Spirit Passage Fists.
• The wounded Shinigami blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for summoning him and used his Wakizashi to tear Hiruzen’s soul from his body.
• The Shinigami swallowed Hiruzen’s soul and vanished, while an invisible thread followed his consciousness back to his true plane.
• The system replaced Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s Yin-attribute chakra from the Shinigami’s scales.
• The Shinigami ate the souls remaining on the scales and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s soul, while Hiruzen’s body fell dead at the Hokage Building.