Chapter Summaries

As the battle above threatened Konohagakure, Tsunade and Jiraiya agreed that using Impure World Reincarnation might be their only way to help, and the group studied the forbidden jutsu. They prepared to summon Madara Uchiha, but found the laboratory had no cells from him, leaving Jiraiya to begin the procedure with Tsunade as the sacrifice.

• Tsunade challenged Jiraiya to suggest another way to defend Konohagakure, and Fugaku denied secretly testing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Fugaku warned the underground base’s ninjas to remain inside and protect Konohagakure’s remaining forces.
• Jiraiya studied the Scroll of Sealing and explained that the summoning stage of Impure World Reincarnation was simple enough for their needs.
• Shisui volunteered to be the living sacrifice for summoning Madara Uchiha, but the laboratory director revealed that Madara’s cells were unavailable.
• Jiraiya prepared to use Tsunade as the sacrifice, and Tsunade urged him to hurry because Naruto could not hold out much longer.

Jiraiya and Tsunade began the Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama, but Jiraiya secretly made himself a living sacrifice as well so he could summon Tobirama. As their souls endured the ritual, Jiraiya and Tsunade clasped hands and summoned the dead back to the Human World.

• Jiraiya comforted Tsunade before beginning the Impure World Reincarnation with Hashirama cells.
• Tsunade suffered as the ritual wrapped her body and soul in netherworld soil.
• Shisui discovered that Jiraiya had used a Shadow Clone to hide his plan to sacrifice himself with Second Generation cells.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he would not let her walk to the Yellow Springs alone, and they clasped hands.
• A passage to the Pure Land opened, and Tsunade called for her grandfather to wake up.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju returned to the living world through Impure World Reincarnation and learned that Tsunade had died and Jigen threatened Konohagakure. After seeing the hopeless battle, they headed in to help, with Tobirama serving as Hashirama’s Flying Thunder God support.

• Fugaku explained to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Jigen was an overwhelming enemy who could shatter the Wood Golem Technique.
• Tobirama Senju realized their Impure World Reincarnation had used a living sacrifice, and Hashirama Senju deduced that Tsunade had been sacrificed.
• Hashirama Senju insisted on holding Tobirama Senju’s hand, then urged him to use his Flying Thunder God marks to reach the battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju teleported to Hokage Rock and watched Jigen destroy the Wood Golems besieging him.
• Hashirama Senju recognized Tsunade’s child as the current Hokage and prepared to enter the battle with Tobirama Senju.

Hashirama joined Naruto's battle against Jigen with a Sage Mode Wood Golem, and his precise fighting technique surprised Jigen despite the enormous difference in speed. The clash continued as Hashirama's Golem regenerated from its injuries and countered Jigen's next attack.

• Hashirama activated Sage Mode and created a Wood Golem and Wood Dragon while Tobirama hid with him inside the forest sea.
• Naruto warned Hashirama that Jigen might know Space-Time Ninjutsu, but Jigen charged at the Wood Golem anyway.
• Hashirama's Wood Golem precisely punched Jigen's fist, shattering its own arm but drawing blood from Jigen.
• Hashirama's Wood Golem regenerated its arm, and Jigen attacked again from multiple directions.
• Hashirama's Wood Golem blocked Jigen's side kick with an elbow strike, but its arm shattered once more.

Hashirama Senju used prediction to wound Jigen twice, then raised the enormous True Several Thousand Hands statue as the battle escalated. He asked Jigen to negotiate, suspecting the Otsutsuki had a purpose beyond destroying Konohagakure.

• Jigen destroyed Hashirama Senju's Wood Golem, but a Wood Dragon struck his back and made him bleed before his wound healed.
• Hashirama spoke from the forest and explained that he had predicted Jigen's attacks through ordinary prediction, baffling Jigen with his assessment of Jigen's fighting style.
• Hashirama concluded that Jigen was easy to predict despite his overwhelming strength, speed, and possible Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Hashirama's Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands rose above Konohagakure, blotting out the sky.
• Hashirama asked Jigen to negotiate, arguing that Jigen could already have destroyed Konohagakure if that had been his only goal.

As Jigen taunted Hashirama and endangered Konoha, Naruto learned that Tsunade and Jiraiya had sacrificed themselves to summon their dead relatives. Fugaku urged Naruto to escape with a scroll of preserved tissue, then revealed his preparations for the Uchiha’s survival and his belief that their world was an artificial construct.

• Jigen taunted Hashirama for holding back to protect the people below, deepening Naruto’s despair at his helplessness.
• Naruto found Fugaku, Shisui, and the others and demanded to know where Tsunade and Jiraiya were.
• Fugaku told Naruto that Tsunade and Jiraiya had sacrificed themselves to perform Impure World Reincarnation and summon their closest family members.
• Fugaku gave Naruto a scroll containing collected bodily tissue and told him to flee, explaining that he had prepared contingencies to preserve and revive the people of Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku revealed that he had discovered the moon and stars were fake, and told Naruto he suspected Naruto came from a real world outside theirs.

Naruto faced the choice of escaping to preserve the chance of reviving everyone or staying to fight beside them, but Jigen’s reveal that Karma was spreading across Naruto’s body changed the crisis. Jigen demanded Naruto surrender his self and threatened to destroy all life if he refused.

• Fugaku told the Uchiha to prepare to die fighting, while Hiruzen explained that he had revived himself and Danzo through Impure World Reincarnation so Danzo could no longer threaten Konohagakure.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza urged Naruto to carry on their shared ideals and live, leaving him torn between escape and fighting with everyone.
• Naruto dispelled his Wood Clone and emerged to announce his decision, but Hiashi spotted black markings spreading across Naruto’s back that resembled Jigen’s Karma.
• A second Jigen appeared beside the group and revealed that he had secretly followed Naruto while the Karma thawed.
• Naruto deduced that Jigen intended to revive himself through Naruto’s body, and Jigen demanded that Naruto give up his sense of self or face the destruction of Konohagakure, the Land of Fire, the Ninja World, and possibly all life.

As Naruto wavered over surrendering to save his allies, Fugaku and the others launched a desperate attempt to stop him and resist Jigen. The chapter ended with Might Guy sacrificing himself in a final attack on Jigen.

• Naruto faltered as he considered giving himself up, but Fugaku activated Susanoo to shield the group.
• Inoichi Yamanaka used the Mind Transmission Jutsu to warn everyone in Konohagakure that Naruto was preparing to surrender, then died from the strain.
• Jigen shattered Fugaku's Susanoo and killed Choza Akimichi after Choza blocked his path with Super Expansion Jutsu and Butterfly Mode.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck Jigen with Daytime Tiger.
• Might Guy launched himself at Jigen in a final, life-consuming attack.

Jigen slaughtered the ninja trying to protect a crucial plan, while Guy, Choza, Shikaku, and others gave their lives to delay him. The chapter ended with Jigen threatening Naruto and Hashirama to keep them from retaliating.

• Might Guy sacrificed himself after leaving a bloodied fist mark on Jigen, and Shisui and Fugaku repeatedly used their Susanoo to delay Jigen.
• The ninja launched coordinated attacks and built layers of Earth Style defenses, but Jigen pierced them and shattered the Susanoo again.
• Jigen struck Shikaku Nara, who died with a satisfied smile before completing his hand seals.
• Hashirama Senju realized there were two Jigens, while Naruto began to lose control after learning that Guy, Choza, and Shikaku had died.
• Jigen threatened Naruto and Hashirama, warning them that any attempt to act would endanger everyone else.

Fugaku reassured Naruto that he had planned for his possible death and urged Naruto to use Wood Style to feel Konohagakure. After Inoichi Yamanaka's message revealed that the legions had become shackles on Naruto, the Uchiha and Hyuga Legions began killing themselves to remove those shackles, and the Imperial Guard silently followed suit.

• Fugaku explained that Yashiro Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha could use Impure World Reincarnation to bring him back if his true body died.
• Fugaku comforted Naruto and told him to use Wood Style to sense Konohagakure and remember sharing his ideals with everyone.
• After receiving Inoichi Yamanaka's message, Tekka Uchiha ordered the Uchiha Legion to charge, and its warriors severed their own heads.
• Hizashi Hyuga urged the Hyuga Legion to prove itself and support Naruto's ideal, and the warriors killed themselves; Hizashi gave Naruto a final plea before dying.
• The Imperial Guard Legion silently drew their blades and began severing the shackles binding Naruto.

As civilians and shinobi chose to die rather than become hostages for Jigen, Naruto awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and tried to save them. Outside the Illusion World, Daren Yi and the Sage of Six Paths reacted to Naruto’s sudden awakening and discussed his new Dojutsu.

• Kakashi Hatake’s sacrifice inspired Konohagakure’s civilians and shinobi to make their own desperate choices, while Inoichi Yamanaka’s message stirred conflicting reactions among the survivors.
• Hashirama Senju stopped Naruto from interfering, explaining that the dying people had chosen to defend their ideals rather than become Jigen’s hostages.
• Naruto awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, broke through Hashirama’s Wood Style, and gathered the dead with roots and branches as he vowed to save everyone.
• Hashirama Senju mistook Naruto for a Senju descendant with Uchiha ancestry and wondered whether the clans’ descendants had united.
• Daren Yi watched Naruto awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan inside the Illusion World and speculated that the Deep Blue Fruit had helped him develop it.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Daren Yi whether his tea could complete a bloodline, but Daren Yi said he had no more.

Naruto used his Mangekyo abilities to preserve the souls of the dead in the Golden Kingdom and create puppet bodies they could control, while Daren Yi realized the souls were alternate selves formed from past thoughts. As Naruto proposed bringing Konohagakure’s people to the real world, Daren Yi intervened and drew him into his Mind World.

• Naruto transformed the souls of the dead into physical residents of the Golden Kingdom and gave them puppet bodies through his Army of Kings ability.
• Daren Yi observed the recreated Konohagakure in his Mind World and concluded that its resurrected souls were alternate versions of the people they had once been.
• Might Guy happily checked over Kakashi, who recalled dying and agreed with Fugaku’s suspicion that their world was false.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza, and the others reunited and discussed whether they were real, while Naruto announced he wanted to take Konohagakure’s people to the real world.
• Shikaku suggested bringing only relatives, friends, and loyal followers, and most of the gathered people agreed.
• Daren Yi objected to Naruto’s plan, then brought Naruto into the Mind World above a vast ocean.

Naruto learned how the Illusion World and its inhabitants could be preserved or brought into reality, and he chose to postpone reviving his parents until the Otsutsuki threat was defeated. After asking Daren Yi for a power boost, Naruto returned to the illusion, while Daren Yi realized that humanity’s gathered good intentions were forming a light behind him.

• Naruto asked Daren Yi what would happen to the Illusion World and its inhabitants, and learned that transferring them into reality would require either merging their thoughts with their originals or completing their souls.
• Naruto refused to revive his parents before defeating the Otsutsuki Clan, fearing they could suffer another death and believing the Pure Land was safer for now.
• Naruto asked Daren Yi for a cheat to help him defeat Jigen, explaining that he had already endured the trial and wanted to smash Jigen.
• Daren Yi sent Naruto back into the Illusion World and told him to calm his mind and call out for the cheat he had placed behind him.
• Daren Yi saw a mass of purified human good intentions gathering behind Naruto and wondered whether Naruto was becoming his Good Corpse.

After Daren Yi returned Naruto to the Illusion World, Naruto used his Dojutsu to kill Konohagakure’s remaining residents and then awakened a powerful white light that erased Jigen’s Karma. Naruto transformed his Sage Art Wood Golem and Perfect Susanoo into a kilometer-tall Light Giant and crushed Jigen beneath its palm.

• Daren Yi tossed Naruto back into the Illusion World, where time resumed around him and Jigen.
• Naruto unleashed his Dojutsu, killing Konohagakure’s residents with the blood-patterned tree and gathering their souls in the Golden Kingdom.
• Hashirama Senju learned Naruto’s reasons through the tree and looked forward to unleashing his True Several Thousand Hands, while Jigen killed Hiashi, Fugaku, and the others.
• Naruto called on his Cheat, and its white light erased the Karma markings and data Jigen had planted in his body.
• Naruto merged the Sage Art Wood Golem and Perfect Susanoo with the white light, creating the kilometer-tall Shining Form Armored Wood Golem Susanoo.
• The Light Giant struck Jigen with its palm and pinned him beneath it.

Naruto used Daren Yi’s power to devastate Jigen and the Land of Fire in the Illusion World. Witnessing the destruction, Hashirama and Tobirama resolved to survive and prepare for the Otsutsuki threat.

• Naruto struck Jigen with the Light Giant’s palm, badly injuring him, and refused to reveal the identity of the being inside the Vessel.
• Naruto used Rinnegan Purification of Conflicted Minds to halt Jigen’s Sukuna Hikona, then stomped him with overwhelming force.
• The strike reshaped the Land of Fire into a wasteland of canyons, magma, and collapsed mountains, while Hashirama and Tobirama watched from the Thousand-Handed Colossus.
• Hashirama regretted dying before he could fight the Otsutsuki and declared that he wanted to live.
• Tobirama proposed entering Naruto’s Golden Kingdom to research dangerous forbidden jutsu for the sake of survival, and Hashirama silently accepted the need to grow stronger.

As the Illusion World began to collapse, Naruto’s attack destroyed Jigen’s body and exposed that he was only a controlled thought of Jigen, not the true Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Daren Yi explained the world’s impending collapse and assured Naruto that a Lord of the Forbidden Zone kept the real escaped Ōtsutsuki from harming the Shinobi World, but Naruto remained wary and asked whether he could kill him on the moon.

• Glitches spread across the world, and Hashirama noticed a Sharingan on Tobirama’s forehead before Tobirama’s eyes changed into fused Sharingan that he could activate at will.
• Naruto pulled his foot from the ground after his blow had created a vast basin and cracked the continent, while Jigen’s destroyed body began the process of Isshiki’s reincarnation.
• Jigen realized that he was only a thought of Jigen controlled by Isshiki and that the world was an illusion before he was annihilated.
• Daren Yi told Naruto that the world was nearing collapse and that the collected Jigen was not the true Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Naruto asked whether the escaped Ōtsutsuki existed in reality, and Daren Yi explained that a Lord of the Forbidden Zone kept him under observation and prevented his attacks from causing real damage.
• Naruto remained concerned and asked Daren Yi whether he could ambush the Ōtsutsuki, force him onto the moon, and kill him there.

Daren Yi welcomed Tobirama into the Uchiha Clan after the Sharingan became impossible for him to remove, while the Illusion World began to collapse. Naruto brought Hashirama, Tobirama, Tsunade, and Jiraiya into the Golden Kingdom, where Tsunade learned that Tobirama had Sharingan and that Naruto had awakened the Mangekyo.

• Daren Yi admitted that he created the Illusion World and teased Tobirama by welcoming him as a new Uchiha.
• Tobirama said digging out his Sharingan only caused them to regenerate, and Daren Yi warned that the world was collapsing.
• Naruto extracted four souls from Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju and housed them in the Golden Kingdom, where Tsunade and Jiraiya also awoke.
• Tsunade asked why Tobirama kept his eyes closed, and he revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and explained that they could not be removed.
• Hashirama told Tsunade that Naruto had awakened the Sharingan and gone straight to the Mangekyo.

Naruto and Daren Yi left a ruined world after Naruto saved as many survivors as the Golden Kingdom could hold, then visited Sasuke’s Illusion World. There, Sasuke relentlessly bullied his older brother Itachi while claiming he was educating him, as Daren Yi and Naruto watched.

• Naruto agreed to leave the collapsing world and visit Sasuke’s Illusion World with Daren Yi.
• Sasuke, a two-year-old with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, easily dodged Itachi’s attacks during their training.
• Itachi used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson, but Sasuke summoned a Susanoo arm that knocked aside the attack.
• Sasuke smashed Itachi, only to reveal that he had defeated a Shadow Clone, and claimed he had recognized the trick.
• Daren Yi watched with amusement while Naruto covered his face at Sasuke’s excessive use of Sage Mode and Susanoo against Itachi.

Sasuke used Susanoo to force Itachi from hiding, then bluffed him into questioning everything he knew about the Uchiha and his family. Daren Yi and Naruto arrived, leaving Itachi even more convinced that everyone had been keeping secrets from him.

• Sasuke struck the ground with Susanoo, forcing Itachi to reveal himself, and Itachi explained that he had only learned a little Earth Release.
• Itachi recognized Sasuke's Susanoo and suspected Sage Mode, then tried and failed to dispel what he feared was a genjutsu.
• Sasuke taunted Itachi, claiming he had hidden his true strength because of Itachi's foolish beliefs, and Itachi began imagining that everyone around him was secretly powerful and deceptive.
• Daren Yi and Naruto arrived after completing their plan, and Sasuke blushed when he called Daren Yi his brother-in-law.
• Itachi saw Naruto in his two-year-old form and feared the Uchiha had secretly allied with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, deepening his sense of exclusion from his family.

Daren Yi showed Sasuke and Itachi that Naruto and he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting Itachi to conclude that the Uchiha Clan had secretly accumulated immense power. The chapter left Itachi believing the clan was pursuing a hidden plan to unite the Shinobi World, while Naruto and Sasuke stood stunned by his deductions.

• Daren Yi brought Naruto to show Sasuke Naruto's Mangekyō Sharingan, and Sasuke wondered if he was the Uchiha Clan's most disappointing generation.
• Itachi speculated that Naruto's Sharingan meant Minato Namikaze might have Uchiha blood and questioned how many Mangekyō users the clan had hidden.
• Daren Yi revealed his own Mangekyō and claimed that Uchiha members had secretly controlled Kirigakure, including through the Third and Fourth Mizukage.
• Daren Yi said Madara Uchiha had controlled Kirigakure before handing it to Obito Uchiha, who was also a Mangekyō user and had given one eye to Kakashi Hatake.
• Itachi deduced that the Uchiha Clan was working toward peace and had planted hidden forces in other ninja villages, including the Land of Rain.
• Naruto and Sasuke remained stupefied as Itachi continued making deductions and Daren Yi encouraged him.