Vol. 14The Akatsuki War Begins

Soji defeated Isshiki, returned to the Land of Rain, and grew a God Tree while Naruto and the Five Great Shinobi Villages prepared to oppose the Akatsuki. The volume ends with Obito fighting Nagato over control of the organization.

  • Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada traveled to the past, where their families learned about the future threat Urashiki posed to Naruto.
  • The younger Sasuke challenged his future self and demanded that he and Sarada leave once the enemy was defeated.
  • Future Sasuke joined Naruto, Minato, Kushina, and Soji to defeat and seal Urashiki.
  • The younger Sasuke began to reckon with Sarada as his future daughter.
  • Soji defeated Isshiki after a three-day battle and preserved his body, while learning about the threat posed by Otsutsuki Yamai.
  • Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada returned to their own time with Urashiki, and Soji left for the Land of Rain to conduct his experiment.
  • Soji grew a God Tree in the Land of Rain as Naruto and the Five Great Shinobi Villages prepared to oppose the Akatsuki.
  • Obito challenged Nagato for leadership and fought him until an aloe vera-like figure emerged from the ground.
Chapters 1322–1426 Read from ch. 1322

Arc 53The Past and the Coming Battle

Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada arrived in the past, reunited with their families, and learned Urashiki was targeting Naruto. As Obito took Kakashi’s Sharingan and the future Sasuke grew attached to the Uchiha family, the younger Sasuke challenged him to a fight.

  • Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada entered Konoha under false names, where Minato and Kushina confronted them before Itachi recognized Sasuke and brought them into his family’s home.
  • Minato and Kushina learned the visitors came from the future, and Boruto warned Minato that Urashiki planned to take Naruto’s Nine-Tails.
  • Itachi reunited Sasuke and Sarada with the Uchiha clan, where Fugaku and Mikoto accepted their story and welcomed them as family.
  • Urashiki attacked Soji and the Kirigakure and Konoha delegation, but Soji activated Karma, overpowered him, and forced him to retreat.
  • Urashiki sensed the Nine-Tails in Minato and Naruto and headed for Konoha, while Obito confronted Kakashi and reclaimed his Sharingan.
  • Obito admitted to Kakashi that he had caused the Nine-Tails Night and the Night of the Coup, then left Kakashi unconscious after striking him.
  • Future Sasuke and Sarada visited Kakashi in the hospital, and future Sasuke learned Plow needed about two more days before it could return them to their time.
  • The younger Sasuke followed future Sasuke to a stream, challenged him to fight, and demanded that he and Sarada leave once the enemy was defeated.
Chapters 1322–1348 Summaries Read

Arc 54Urashiki’s Sealing

Future Sasuke fought his younger self, then joined Naruto and the others against Urashiki. Soji helped defeat and seal Urashiki, while the younger Sasuke began to reckon with Sarada as his future daughter.

  • Future Sasuke defeated the younger Sasuke in battle, and the younger Sasuke recognized him as his future self after seeing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kirin.
  • Urashiki appeared to take the Nine-Tails, and Naruto, Minato, Kushina, and future Sasuke fought him as Naruto joined with Kurama and entered Kurama Mode.
  • Boruto used his Jōgan to notice Kushina’s petrification, then accepted Momoshiki’s help, allowing Momoshiki to take control and knock Kushina unconscious.
  • Momoshiki, Naruto, Minato, and future Sasuke battled Urashiki, while Soji arrived and wounded him with Air Quake.
  • Urashiki swallowed his Rinnegan and summoned a giant oarfish to charge a massive attack, while Minato, Naruto, and Boruto combined their Chakra to form a True Taiji Rasengan.
  • Minato, Naruto, and Boruto’s Rasengan overwhelmed Urashiki’s attack, leaving him severely weakened, and Soji froze him with the Sage Art—Seven Realms Ice Seal.
  • Soji, Minato, and Kushina placed ninety-nine layers of seals on Urashiki, and Soji planned to send him to his main body rather than kill him.
  • Future Sasuke returned to Sarada, while the younger Sasuke reflected on their relationship after training her and criticizing her Sharingan and eyesight.
Chapters 1349–1374 Summaries Read

Arc 55Soji’s Battle with Isshiki

Hyuga Soji exploited Isshiki’s weakened vessel to defeat him after three days of battle, then preserved his body and uncovered the threat posed by Otsutsuki Yamai. Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada returned to their own time with Urashiki, while Soji left Konoha for the Land of Rain to conduct his experiment.

  • Past Sasuke grew closer to Sarada and welcomed future Sasuke into his family, but future Sasuke chose to return to his own timeline to face its dangers.
  • Soji learned that Isshiki was weakened and confronted him, forcing him to reincarnate through Jigen despite the risk to his remaining lifespan.
  • Soji and Isshiki fought for three days, with Soji using his Tenseigan and Ice Release to counter Isshiki’s shrinking techniques and seal him inside the special space.
  • Isshiki revealed the history of the God Trees, Chakra Fruits, and Otsutsuki Yamai before Soji defeated him and preserved his body with a Life Preservation Seal.
  • Soji freed himself from the frozen Kara base, took control of the Ten-Tails, and decided to keep it as a backup while pursuing his plan involving Urashiki.
  • Soji warned Naruto to watch Amado closely, while Amado admitted he had tried to make Soji and Isshiki destroy each other.
  • Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada returned to their own timeline with Urashiki, and Soji took the captured Otsutsuki and dormant Plow with him.
  • Soji left Konoha for the unmanaged Land of Rain to conduct his experiment.
Chapters 1375–1401 Summaries Read

Arc 56God Tree and Akatsuki War

Soji grew a God Tree in the Land of Rain while Naruto and the Five Great Shinobi Villages learned to trust him and prepared to oppose the Akatsuki. As the summit exposed Akatsuki’s leaders and history, Obito challenged Nagato for control of the organization, leaving their battle unresolved.

  • Soji freed the Ten-Tails, fed it Isshiki, then gave the sealed Urashiki to its God Tree to limit its drain on the Land of Rain.
  • The God Tree bloomed with a Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, while Naruto and Sasuke persuaded Konoha’s leaders that Soji could be trusted and Naruto reassured the other villages.
  • Hiruko decided to approach the Akatsuki, as the Five Kage gathered in Konoha to discuss a united response to the organization.
  • Minato returned to the summit as Konoha’s Hokage, and Soji confirmed that he had long known Minato was alive and was his close friend.
  • The Five Kage agreed to resist the Akatsuki, and Jiraiya learned that Nagato led the organization through Pain after Yahiko’s death, which Soji blamed on Hanzo and Danzō.
  • Soji identified Akatsuki members and warned Jiraiya against confronting Nagato and Konan, while the villages spent three days planning an attack on the Land of Rain.
  • Obito attacked Nagato and Konan, demanded leadership of the Akatsuki, and fought Nagato until an aloe vera-like figure emerged from the ground to investigate.
Chapters 1402–1426 Summaries Read
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