Chapter Summaries

Naruto showed Sasuke memories surrounding the Uchiha Clan Downfall, then repeatedly tested his response until Sasuke vowed to capture Itachi and make him repent. Meanwhile, Naruto prepared to draw Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki into a trap, which sprang as they entered the inn.

• Naruto revealed that he was the son of the Fourth Hokage and showed Sasuke memories of the Nine-Tails attack, Konoha's distrust of the Uchiha, and Shisui Uchiha's death.
• Sasuke blamed himself after learning the truth, but Naruto challenged him; after many repeated trials, Sasuke resolved to restore the Uchiha and capture Itachi rather than kill him.
• Naruto punished Kabuto Yakushi by taking a cherished childhood memory after discovering that Kabuto had killed Kimimaro and kept Jugo and Suigetsu as experimental subjects.
• Pain and Konan discussed the missing Hyuga Clan and the shifting situation between Konoha and Sunagakure, while Danzo ordered searches for Orochimaru and the missing Hyuga.
• Naruto asked the Great Toad Sage about taking Asura's Chakra for himself, then met Jiraiya on Adolf Street and learned that Itachi and Kisame were coming to find him.
• Itachi and Kisame entered Naruto's inn room, where a binding barrier trapped Itachi and a reverse summoning technique began to activate.

Naruto lured Itachi to Mount Myōboku, where Sasuke fought and subdued him before Naruto intervened to fulfill Itachi’s wish to die by Sasuke’s hand. The Great Toad Sage said Sasuke would awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan after Naruto returned from Rōran, leaving Naruto to consider that his backup plan had worked.

• Naruto revealed himself as Asura and demanded Shisui’s left eye, but Itachi refused until Naruto threatened Sasuke.
• Naruto and Sasuke staged a confrontation with Itachi, while Pain learned that Itachi and Kisame had been taken to Mount Myōboku and ordered the Akatsuki to recruit replacements and pursue Orochimaru.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with a lightning giant and subdued him; he sealed Itachi, removed his eyes, and treated his injuries.
• Naruto’s group captured eight White Zetsu that emerged from Itachi and Kisame, and Naruto then stabbed Itachi in the chest while Sasuke was restrained.
• The Great Toad Sage said Sasuke would not awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan then, but would possess it after Naruto returned from Rōran.

Naruto revived Itachi, Chiyo, and Mukade, learned that the Dragon Vein could connect the past and present, and prepared for a mission involving Roran and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. After harvesting several powerful souls and testing the Spirit Transformation Technique, he discovered the Mirrored World’s Origin Core had bound potential supplements and left him with a twelve-hour limit on his body; he ended by claiming he knew how to obtain Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra together.

• Naruto removed Sasuke’s revenge-filled consciousness, showed him evidence that Black Zetsu had tampered with the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and promised to return Itachi after his examination.
• Naruto revived Itachi by harvesting his soul, while Chiyo died as the life-for-life cost; he later used Puppet Resurrection to revive Chiyo and Mukade.
• The Great Toad Sage told Naruto that the Dragon Vein would make past Roran a temporary time crevice, and that Naruto would visit Roran while also seeking the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Cloud Village invaded Konoha but withdrew after Danzo used sealed captives to devastate its forces; Iwagakure also declared war without attacking, and Sunagakure rejected Danzo’s alliance offer.
• Naruto harvested the souls of Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, and A, learned Dust Release from Mu, and tested the Spirit Transformation Technique, triggering an Origin Core warning and a twelve-hour countdown.
• Naruto found that the Origin Core had immobilized people on its supplement list, then returned to his body and told Kushina and the Tailed Beasts that he knew how to obtain Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra together.

Naruto used a forbidden technique to extract Shukaku from Gaara, then helped revive Gaara and Hizashi at the cost of Mukade and Chiyo. After Sasuke asked to learn the resurrection technique, Naruto suggested that they might be able to return to the past to obtain what he needed to revive his parents.

• Kakuzu delivered Jonin captives to Naruto in exchange for bounty payments, while Hidan protested their delayed mission to capture the Seven-Tails.
• Naruto and the Slug Sage discovered forty White Zetsu inside the captives, and Kijiro took most of them for research.
• Naruto removed Shukaku from Gaara, who died in the process, while Chiyo and Mukade used a forbidden technique to revive Gaara and Hizashi; both casters died.
• Shukaku fought Sasuke in the Mirrored World, then challenged Kurama, while Sasuke asked Naruto to teach him the technique that revived the dead.
• Naruto told Sasuke that reviving his parents would require their Personal Information Substance, then suggested they might be able to go back to the past.

Naruto investigated the strange resurrection of White Zetsu, helped Sasuke revive Uchiha clansmen, and absorbed Mōryō’s body and the souls trapped with it. He then traveled with his allies through the Dragon Vein to Year 46 of Konoha, where Mukade claimed to have waited six years for him.

• Naruto discovered that White Zetsu lacked a soul and could not be revived with One's Own Life Reincarnation, while a Tenzo clone could be revived normally.
• Naruto gave Sasuke a scroll of One's Own Life Reincarnation and told him he needed his parents’ Personal Information Substance to revive them.
• Miroku confronted Mōryō in the Ancestral Hall, sealed it again, and later accompanied Naruto to release the souls trapped within it.
• Naruto absorbed Mōryō’s heart and harvested 63 souls, then proposed discussing the future of the miko later.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Jiraiya, Itachi, Chiyo, Mukade, and the reanimated Kage activated the Dragon Vein and traveled to Year 46 of Konoha.
• Mukade greeted Naruto and claimed he had waited six years, but Naruto challenged him about celebrating his disappearance.

Naruto guided Minato through the future, reunited Sasuke with his mother, and had Minato seal the Dragon Vein before the group returned to their own time. Naruto absorbed the Dragon Vein’s power, and Kabuto reported that Queen Sara had arrived seeking an audience.

• Naruto met Minato in Rōran, revealed his identity, and showed him the events of his future, including Naruto’s birth and the lives of the tailed beasts.
• Kushina punched Minato after he considered changing the future to erase Naruto, and Naruto continued showing him the recorded events.
• Naruto’s group revived the Former Queen of Roran, while Sasuke and Itachi met their mother, Mikoto Uchiha.
• Minato sealed the Dragon Vein after Naruto arranged for him to bring Sasuke’s mother to Rōran, and Naruto sent him back to Konoha.
• Naruto reversed the sealing technique, absorbed the Dragon Vein’s chakra, and returned to the moment before they had left.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Naruto that Queen Sara had arrived with his token and requested an audience.

Naruto used Orochimaru to resurrect Kushina, Utakata, and several dead Hokage while preparing to free the tailed beasts and open the World Gate. After Kurama agreed to leave the Shinobi World for Naruto’s other world, Naruto reclaimed the other half of Kurama’s chakra and told Minato that Sasuke would soon kill Danzo and the advisers, prompting Kushina to punch Minato.

• Karin and Kaede flew to Mount Chūshin, where Karin directed Kaede to meet Koyuki and Utakata and Shion received a summons from Naruto.
• Naruto’s account of the Mirrored World and the ancient conflict between Kaguya, the Six Paths Brothers, and the Three Great Sage Lands explained his plan to use planetary energy to open the World Gate.
• Naruto used Orochimaru to resurrect Kushina and more than twenty Uchiha, then transferred Utakata’s Six-Tails chakra into a slug form while Saiken chose to share its chakra with him.
• Kurama told Naruto that the tailed beasts would rather go to the Mirrored World than remain in a Shinobi World that hunted them, and Naruto promised to ask the Sage of Six Paths to respond to an invitation.
• Orochimaru used the Shinigami mask to release five souls; Naruto harvested Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi as World Subordinates while Minato returned his half of Kurama’s chakra to Naruto.
• Naruto gave Minato the Spirit Transformation Technique and warned that Sasuke would kill Danzo and the advisers in two months; Kushina punched Minato when he began to object.

Naruto investigated Hashirama Senju’s memories, arranged for Kaede to relay a message from the Sage of Six Paths, and uncovered new clues about the Tailed Beasts and the Sage’s motives. As the war between Konoha and Iwagakure escalated and Orochimaru seized the Seven-Tails, Naruto discovered that contact with the White Snake Sage and the Great Toad Sage advanced his World Lord system, then returned to prepare to release the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.

• Naruto watched Hashirama Senju awaken Senjutsu after touching the Divine Tree roots, learned that his Chakra was still insufficient to cultivate it, and comforted Kushina over Minato Namikaze’s intentions.
• Naruto revived Kaede, who reported meeting the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki, and the Sage told the Tailed Beasts he would not interfere with the present world’s fate.
• Ōnoki sent Iwagakure to war against Konoha, while Kakuzu and Hidan tried to capture the Seven-Tails and Orochimaru defeated them with the reanimated First and Second Hokage, capturing the beast and killing Hidan.
• Pain learned that Orochimaru had taken the Seven-Tails and sent Sasori to contact Kabuto, but Kabuto’s intelligence could not track Orochimaru’s frequent use of the Second Hokage’s Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Naruto shook hands with the White Snake Sage and the Great Toad Sage, raising his World Lord level and data completeness, and discovered that the Great Toad Sage’s stone platform contained top-quality exotic energy.
• After Kokuō reported that Orochimaru had infiltrated Iwagakure, Naruto returned to his base to prepare to release the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.

Naruto and Sasuke prepared to act as Konoha and Iwagakure clashed, while Orochimaru’s forces abducted Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki and Sasuke annihilated Konoha’s border defense. After the villages agreed to a ceasefire, Obito warned Pain that Konoha had set a trap involving a Jinchuriki, and Pain read an anonymous letter.

• Naruto told Kokuō he would resurrect Roshi and Han as his World Subordinates, then showed Sasuke live footage of the battle between Konoha and Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki learned that the Second Tsuchikage and Tobirama Senju had taken Han from Iwagakure’s secret realm, while Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke attacked Konoha’s border forces from the sky, killing the entire defense force and the advisers Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Danzo learned of the attack and Orochimaru’s capture of Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki, and the Shinobi World later learned of both events as Konoha and Iwagakure agreed to a ceasefire.
• Obito told Konan that Konoha had prepared a Jinchuriki trap, and Konan gave Pain an anonymous letter that sharpened his gaze.

Sasuke attacked Konoha and crippled Danzo’s position as Hokage, but Danzo escaped before Sasuke could kill him. Naruto and Kushina watched Minato prepare to return to Konoha, while Pain learned of the attack and questioned Zetsu about Madara.

• Orochimaru told Naruto that his experiments could produce Mangekyō Sharingan, while Naruto pressed him for results and left him working under threat.
• Jiraiya refused Danzo’s demand to take Naruto away, and Sasuke attacked Konoha, destroyed one of the Kage Rock statues, and publicly warned Danzo and the villagers.
• Naruto and Kushina watched Danzo lose his Sharingan, and Naruto brought Minato Namikaze a Hokage Robe in case Danzo fled and Minato needed to save Konoha.
• Danzo escaped to a Root stronghold, while Jiraiya sent Kakashi to Mount Myōboku before Danzo could take his Sharingan.
• Sasuke returned to the Firefly and admitted he had avoided confronting Danzo at close range because he feared Kotoamatsukami and did not want to hurt innocent people.
• Zetsu told Pain that Sasuke had attacked Konoha and Danzo had suffered a crushing defeat, then could not confirm Madara’s location.

Sasuke continued tormenting Danzo and wrecked Konoha’s rebuilt monuments, while Naruto and Minato discussed the masked man’s escape. Naruto then investigated a Hyuga compound attack, where puppets had demanded Hinata and Hibana.

• Konoha workers fled as Sasuke’s lightning destroyed Danzo’s and the Third Hokage’s statues, and Asuma shouted at the departing storm.
• Danzo ordered Namiashi Raidō, Genma Shiranui, and Tatami Iwashi to go to the Nara Clan.
• Black Zetsu reported Sasuke’s pursuit and Orochimaru’s likely skyward hideout to Obito, who told him to inform Pain.
• Naruto and Minato learned the masked figure had escaped, and Naruto explained that Sasuke was using revenge to turn Konoha against Danzo.
• Naruto found a Hyuga compound filled with puppet corpses, and Hiashi said the attackers had demanded Hinata and Hibana.

Naruto trapped and killed Otsutsuki Toneri after Toneri attacked the Hyuga Clan, then learned from Toneri’s memories how the giant Tenseigan had been created. Naruto also heard that Sasuke planned to kill Danzo on the night of the next full moon, the anniversary of the Uchiha Clan Downfall.

• Hiashi decided to have the Barrier Team raise a barrier around the Hyuga Clan’s base for the clan’s safety.
• Naruto and the reanimated Four Kage trapped Toneri in a Four Red Yang Formation, and Naruto killed him with a surprise attack and Soul Imprisonment.
• Naruto harvested Toneri’s soul and learned that Toneri had come to Earth seeking the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to evolve his own Tenseigan.
• Naruto considered claiming the now-ownerless giant Tenseigan on the moon.
• Minato Namikaze told Naruto that Sasuke planned to kill Danzo on the night of the full moon next month.

Naruto and Sasuke prepared their plans against Danzo while Kushina brought Hinata and Hanabi to Hiashi to discuss reviving their mother. Ten days after Sasuke’s warning, he confronted Danzo on Kage Rock, where the fight remained unresolved as Sasuke attacked from underground.

• Naruto discussed Sasuke’s Sharingan and Indra’s Chakra with Kurama after Minato left.
• Deidara and Sasori attacked Sasuke but were caught in a Genjutsu barrier and defeated by Mu’s Dust Release, while the real pair survived through Body Replacement.
• Sasuke projected himself over Konoha and gave Danzo ten days to face him on Kage Rock or suffer an indiscriminate attack.
• Kushina took Naruto, Hinata, and Hanabi to Hiashi’s home to discuss reviving Hiashi’s wife, and Sasuke later traded two Sharingan to Kijiro for a White Zetsu experiment.
• Sasuke confronted Danzo on Kage Rock, and Danzo fought his Shadow Clones while watching for Orochimaru.
• Sasuke attacked Danzo from underground with a lightning-wrapped hand as Danzo’s Vacuum Wave swept toward the remaining clones.

Sasuke captured Danzo with Naruto's help, while Naruto planned to see whether Sasuke's restored family could awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito was ambushed at Rin's grave just as he reported Konoha's situation to White Zetsu.

• Danzo wounded Sasuke, but Sasuke's Curse Mark immobilized him as Impure World Reincarnation brought him away from Kage Rock.
• On Naruto's warship, Sasuke trapped Danzo and a White Zetsu clone in a sealed cage and filled it with smoke.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Sasuke's reliance on Naruto, and Naruto explained that Sasuke could not risk failing before reuniting with his family.
• Naruto said he hoped Sasuke would awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan through love rather than loss, and Minato worried about Naruto's intentions.
• At Rin's grave, Obito learned from White Zetsu that Jiraiya was acting Hokage and that Naruto was at Mount Myōboku, then ordered White Zetsu to notify Pain.
• Two people slammed Obito into the ground, and White Zetsu was attacked by a Kunai as he tried to move.

Naruto and Minato discovered that the masked man was Obito and tracked him to the Kamui dimension, where Orochimaru helped trap him. Obito used Izanagi to escape the dimension, but Minato and Orochimaru killed him with a coordinated attack.

• Naruto and Minato identified the masked man as Obito after examining his memories, and Kurama recognized Madara Uchiha in the memories from the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
• Sasuke used Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami on Danzo, while Naruto gained Kamui from a cloned Sharingan and learned that it could send others into the Kamui dimension.
• Obito learned that Orochimaru had obtained his other eye and found that Tobirama's Flying Thunder God mark let Orochimaru and his allies pursue him through the Kamui dimension.
• Tobirama, Orochimaru, and the Third Raikage repeatedly attacked Obito until Izanagi expired, forcing him out of the Kamui dimension and into Minato's ambush.
• Minato sealed Obito, but Obito used Kamui to phase through him as Orochimaru attacked from the other dimension, and the combined strike decapitated Obito.

Orochimaru and his allies retrieved Madara’s stored Sharingan and weapons, while Naruto used Obito’s corpse in his experiments and sent Pain evidence of Obito’s identity. Sasuke learned that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and announced that the Uchiha would officially reestablish their clan that night.

• Orochimaru, Tobirama Senju, and the Second Tsuchikage opened Madara’s Secret Room, found his Sharingan and Gunbai, and removed the Sharingan wall.
• Naruto summoned Obito from a White Zetsu, harvested his soul, and ordered Orochimaru to send Pain another letter; Orochimaru said cloning Itachi Uchiha’s eyes would take a few more days.
• Konan brought Pain Orochimaru’s letter and Miniature Scroll, which revealed Obito’s orange mask and torn Akatsuki robe.
• Naruto revived Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha in clones, then told Sasuke he had killed Obito, the culprit behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Sasuke learned Obito’s identity and invited Naruto’s family, the Hyuga Clan, Sachiko, and his students to witness the Uchiha clan’s reestablishment that night.

Naruto witnessed Sasuke’s Uchiha rebirth ceremony, then trapped Sasuke in the Mirrored World and showed him visions of his family and clan being killed. After Sasuke’s parents died in the vision and Naruto tried to erase him, Sasuke erupted with Chakra and summoned a Skeletal Giant that attacked Naruto.

• Naruto and the tailed beasts agreed that events matched the Great Toad Sage’s vision, while Kushina and Minato escorted him to the Uchiha ceremony.
• Sasuke and Naruto took their places as Danzo appeared on the altar, stabbed himself, and was swallowed by it as part of Sasuke’s plan to use him as a resurrection machine.
• Sasuke declared the Uchiha reborn, and Naruto began using Ido’s data in the Mirrored World while Minato questioned his intentions at the banquet.
• Naruto trapped Sasuke in the Mirrored World and showed him visions of Itachi, the Uchiha clansmen, and Sasuke’s parents being killed, arguing that Sasuke cared most about his family’s approval.
• Naruto sent Sasuke through a door of light, but Sasuke’s real-world body erupted with Chakra and formed a Skeletal Giant that swung at Naruto.

Naruto subdued Sasuke and kept Fugaku, his wife, and the Uchiha clansmen safe before helping Kushina free Isobu and Kurama from his body. As Naruto began restoring his strength, he drew Sasuke into a strange space where an old man appeared, and Naruto asked what he would give him.

• Naruto stopped Sasuke's Susanoo from striking Fugaku and his wife, then shrank Sasuke and had a Shadow Clone take him away.
• Naruto reunited with Kushina and used Flying Thunder God to bring her to the Uchiha clansmen, who then began moving again.
• Naruto asked the five Tailed Beasts to withdraw their Chakra, and Kushina used her chains to extract Isobu and then Kurama from Naruto.
• Naruto began replenishing his strength with the power of the Miko, then used a secret technique to bring Sasuke into a strange space.
• Naruto and Sasuke encountered a dignified old man, and Naruto asked him what he was willing to give.

Naruto confronted the Sage of Six Paths in Sasuke’s Mental World, challenged his account of the Shinobi World’s destiny, and refused to hand over Indra’s and Asura’s souls. He offered to consider a trade if the Sage answered whether he would have treated Naruto so pleasantly under different circumstances.

• Naruto’s consciousness separated from his body, and the Sage of Six Paths warned him that the Otsutsuki Clan could discover Earth through the Pure Land’s connection to it.
• Naruto questioned why the Sage had not contacted earlier reincarnations and asked whether removing Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra would sever the Pure Land’s link to Earth.
• The Sage explained that Naruto’s actions had disrupted destiny, hidden people from his observation, and led the Tailed Beasts to help Naruto devour Earth’s source.
• Naruto learned that the Sage could revive through a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then told him that his partnership with the Tailed Beasts had ended.
• The Sage asked Naruto to surrender Indra’s and Asura’s souls, but Naruto refused and asked whether the Sage would have treated him as pleasantly if Indra’s reincarnation had remained under surveillance and Kurama had stayed inside him.

Naruto captured Indra and Asura, absorbed their energy, and showed Kurama and Sasuke what he learned about the Sage of Six Paths’ plans. Sasuke discovered Naruto had used White Zetsu to make him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, while the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura prepared to sever the Pure Land’s connection to the Shinobi World.

• Naruto trapped Indra and Asura, then absorbed their energy and gained a massive increase in Chakra.
• Naruto brought Kurama and Sasuke into the Mirrored World and showed Kurama his conversation with the Sage of Six Paths.
• Naruto explained that the Sage of Six Paths might have planned to control the reincarnates or use Indra and Asura to return if they could not defeat Kaguya.
• Naruto showed Sasuke memories revealing that his family and clansmen were White Zetsu, and that Naruto had staged their deaths to awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan and draw out Indra.
• In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura decided to sever its connection to the Shinobi World, then vanished as the Pure Land became an independent branch stream.