Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Toko and Orochimaru exploited a loophole in the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to free Orochimaru from his old body and release Minato Namikaze from the Death God. Toko revived Minato with Impure World Reincarnation and asked him to return to Konoha to help face a crisis.

• Uchiha Toko ordered the White Zetsu to take the reanimated past Kage away for Madara, then traveled with Orochimaru to the Mask Hall in the former Land of Whirlpools.
• Orochimaru summoned the Death God with its mask and used its blade to cut open his abdomen, while Toko infused a White Zetsu body with Sage Chakra.
• Orochimaru transferred his soul into the prepared White Zetsu vessel, causing the Death God’s rules to fail and its phantom to dissipate.
• Uchiha Toko used Minato Namikaze’s DNA and Impure World Reincarnation to revive him, then explained that Konoha faced a major crisis and asked him to return to the village.

Uchiha Toko summoned Minato Namikaze to help face invaders from beyond the heavens and vengeful revived souls, then brought him to a secret meeting with the former Hokage. Kakashi Hatake joined them and reunited with Minato, while Toko named him as the future Sixth Hokage.

• Minato Namikaze learned that his son Naruto was safe and that Uchiha Toko had been his teacher and caretaker.
• Uchiha Toko told Minato that Konoha faced powerful otherworldly invaders and revived enemies, and Minato agreed to help.
• Toko brought Minato to a secret chamber beneath the Hokage Building, where Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Sarutobi Hiruzen awaited him.
• Kakashi Hatake arrived with a report on the final nobles resisting the Federal Land of Fire, and Toko urged him to build public support for his future role as Sixth Hokage.
• Kakashi was shocked to see Minato and learned that Toko had deciphered the Dead Demon Consuming Seal; Minato asked whether Naruto had been in Kakashi's care.
• Hashirama welcomed Kakashi into the meeting and accepted Toko's decision to make him the next Hokage.

Uchiha Toko explained the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s plan to drain the Ninja World and identified Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as an existential threat, with Indra’s disguised will presented as his source. He also revealed that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, stolen Nagato’s Rinnegan, and was now trapped in an alternate space-time.

• Uchiha Toko described Hashirama Senju’s battle with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and explained that the enemy came from the Ōtsutsuki Clan beyond the stars.
• Uchiha Toko revealed that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, whose mother was Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Toko explained that Isshiki intended to plant the Divine Tree and harvest the lives of the Ninja World, then introduced Black Zetsu disguised by A Fei as Indra’s surviving will.
• Minato Namikaze asked about another enemy, and Uchiha Toko revealed that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected and stolen Nagato’s Rinnegan to restore his living body.
• Uchiha Toko admitted his mistake in reviving Madara but said he had trapped him in a special alternate space-time, while Hashirama Senju struggled to accept Madara as an enemy.

Uchiha Toko proposed using Uchiha Madara to draw out and fight Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and the Hokage agreed to help carry out the plan. Meanwhile, Madara battled the past Kage inside the Kamui Dimension and easily withstood their attacks.

• Uchiha Toko explained that Madara had survived Hashirama Senju’s battle with him using Izanagi, gained Hashirama’s cells, awakened the Rinnegan, and prepared a long-term plan for his return.
• Uchiha Toko laid out a plan to lure Madara to an evacuated coastal battlefield, provoke him, and use the fight to draw out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Kakashi agreed to help restrain Madara and manage the battlefield.
• Uchiha Madara taunted the past Kage gathered against him in the Kamui Dimension, noting that no Konoha Hokage was present.
• Rasa and the Third Kazekage attacked Madara with gold dust and iron sand, but his Susanoo blocked their assaults and struck back with overwhelming force.

Madara Uchiha effortlessly defeated the past Kage, sealing them inside a massive stone sphere with Wood Style and Planetary Devastation. Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji then confronted him, and the battle began with Madara countering their attacks.

• The Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage attacked Madara's Susanoo, but he seized them and smashed them into the ground.
• Mū's Dust Release was absorbed by Madara's Rinnegan and returned as a Chakra cannon that overwhelmed the Tsuchikage.
• Madara countered the Mizukage's techniques, then used Wood Style and Planetary Devastation to bind and seal all the past Kage.
• Uchiha Toko confirmed the battlefield had been evacuated, and Kakashi opened the Kamui Dimension as Shisui freed and controlled Eight-Tails to bring Madara out.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji arrived and challenged Madara.
• Hashirama, Minato, Tobirama, and Sarutobi Hiruzen attacked Madara, but he blocked their techniques and repelled Hiruzen's shuriken and fire dragons with Shinra Tensei.

Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Konoha’s allied forces battled Madara, but he sealed the Eight-Tails and revived the Ten-Tails. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki arrived to claim the beast, and his clash with Madara left the allied forces watching as both prepared for a decisive confrontation.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji coordinated attacks against Madara, while Hashirama, Minato, Tobirama, Kakashi, and others joined the battle.
• Uchiha Toko told A Fei to wait for the other lead actor to arrive as Madara gained the advantage.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in and Planetary Devastation to capture the Eight-Tails, then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and fed it Gyuki, reviving the Ten-Tails.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared and attacked Madara and the Ten-Tails to take its Chakra.
• Madara and Isshiki fought with the Ten-Tails’ power and their Dojutsu, while the allied forces watched from the sidelines.
• Isshiki gathered more Chakra after threatening to make Madara and the Ten-Tails his nourishment, and Madara prepared for the final confrontation.

Madara Uchiha fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Amado's Artificial Humans and the Konoha Allied Forces disrupted the battle. When Isshiki unleashed an indiscriminate meteor attack, Madara devoured the incomplete Ten-Tails and became its pseudo Jinchuriki, leaving the two opponents poised for a renewed clash.

• Madara Uchiha used his battle experience, Rinnegan, and Limbo: Border Jail to gain the upper hand against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Amado's Artificial Humans attacked Madara and the Ten-Tails, and the Konoha Allied Forces intervened to stop them from disrupting the battle.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki restored himself to his peak state and unleashed Daikokuten: Divine Punishment across the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha used the Ten-Tails Coffin Seal to forcibly absorb the incomplete Ten-Tails and transformed into its pseudo Jinchuriki.
• Madara Uchiha erased most of Isshiki's falling meteors and declared that Isshiki would now witness power approaching godhood.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki escaped, leaving Madara Uchiha to overwhelm the Konoha forces and move toward ending the conflict. Naruto and Sasuke’s souls were carried away by Otsutsuki Hagoromo, while Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and challenged Madara, ending the chapter badly wounded as Madara acknowledged him as the strongest in Taijutsu.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used Daikokuten to escape after warning that he would turn the planet into nourishment for the Divine Tree.
• Madara Uchiha annihilated the Konoha forces’ combined attacks and gravely wounded Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Tobirama Senju, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s light lifted Naruto and Sasuke’s fading souls away and told them that it was not yet time to give up.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and used Evening Elephant to hold Madara back, then continued his assault with Night Guy.
• Madara survived Night Guy’s attack with severe injuries, while Might Guy lay charred and near death; Madara praised him as the strongest in Taijutsu.

Naruto and Sasuke met Otsutsuki Hagoromo, rejected the idea that their identities were defined by Indra and Asura, and criticized how Hagoromo's choices helped doom Ninshu. Meanwhile, Uchiha Toko rescued the near-dead Might Guy and appeared as Black Zetsu betrayed Madara Uchiha, leaving Toko confronting the stunned Madara.

• Otsutsuki Hagoromo told Naruto and Sasuke the history of Kaguya Otsutsuki, Ninshu, Indra, Asura, and their Chakra reincarnations.
• Sasuke rejected being defined as Indra's reincarnation and argued that Hagoromo's flawed succession rules had helped cause Ninshu's collapse.
• Naruto agreed that Hagoromo had underestimated practical needs and that love alone could not resolve the conflicts between Indra and Asura.
• Uchiha Toko rescued Might Guy from the battlefield and used Sage Chakra to stabilize his shattered meridians until Naruto could return with a key.
• Black Zetsu, disguised as A Fei, stabbed Madara Uchiha and declared that it had never been the product of Madara's will.
• Uchiha Toko appeared behind Black Zetsu and asked Madara Uchiha why the former Clan Head had rebelled.

Uchiha Toko took Madara Uchiha’s Ten-Tails power, revealed his betrayal of Konoha, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi over the Ninja World. Black Zetsu then pierced and began assimilating Toko as a sacrifice to resurrect its mother, though Toko’s faint smile and pendant’s strange glow hinted at another plan.

• A Fei betrayed Madara Uchiha, allowing Uchiha Toko to seal away Madara’s power and become the new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Toko confirmed that A Fei had opened Black Zetsu’s seal, then said he needed the borrowed power to pursue the source of Yin-Yang Release.
• Hashirama Senju and the returning Konoha forces recognized Toko, but Tobirama Senju suspected his intentions when he saw Toko’s new form.
• Toko cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the people of the Ninja World in dreams and encasing them in cocoons.
• Black Zetsu stabbed Toko during the technique’s completion and began using his body as a sacrifice to awaken its mother.

Black Zetsu revived Kaguya Otsutsuki by consuming Uchiha Toko, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki arrived and fought her after she ambushed him. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke accepted the Sage of Six Paths’ power, and Uchiha Toko’s soul grasped the essence of Yin-Yang Release.

• Black Zetsu consumed Uchiha Toko and restored Kaguya Otsutsuki, who awakened amid the Divine Tree’s Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kaguya sensed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and panicked, but Isshiki confronted her over betraying him and stealing the Chakra Fruit.
• Kaguya attacked Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones, Rabbit Hair Needle, and Yomotsu Hirasaka, wounding him and provoking his counterattack.
• Kaguya and Isshiki fought across the ice-and-snow dimension, with Isshiki gaining the advantage as Black Zetsu supported Kaguya.
• The Sage of Six Paths offered Naruto and Sasuke Yin and Yang powers, and they accepted them to protect the world and break the cycle.
• Uchiha Toko’s soul awakened and understood the essence of Yin-Yang Release.

Naruto and Sasuke awakened their Six Paths powers while Neji survived the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the three rushed to the battlefield where Kaguya Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were fighting. Sasuke used Uchiha Toko’s teachings to make their group a third force and hold the enemies in a tense stalemate, then disrupted Isshiki’s attempt to escape.

• Naruto healed Might Guy with his Six Paths Yang power, while Sasuke found Uchiha Toko’s message telling them to hold off the enemies.
• Neji told Naruto and Sasuke that Kaguya Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were fighting, and the three charged toward the battlefield.
• Black Zetsu urged Kaguya Otsutsuki to ally with Naruto and Sasuke against Isshiki, but Sasuke instead maneuvered the factions into a wary standoff.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap Isshiki’s Black Cube with Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bone, then demanded that both sides prove their value to the group.
• When Isshiki tried to escape using space-time powers, Sasuke disrupted the fluctuations, and Naruto and Neji blocked his path.

Uchiha Toko reversed his assimilation by Kaguya and returned in a new Yin Sage Mode, wielding the power to create and erase matter through Natural Energy and Yin Release. After strengthening Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji, he prepared to fight Kaguya and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki alongside his former students.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji kept Kaguya and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki from gaining the upper hand in their battle.
• Uchiha Toko used the Rewind Yumutuo Flow to reverse his devouring by Kaguya and emerge from her body.
• Uchiha Toko gathered Natural Energy and created Yin Sage Mode, demonstrating its power by making a sword from nothing and erasing part of a mountain.
• Neji realized Uchiha Toko’s plan, and Uchiha Toko strengthened Naruto and Sasuke while removing the lingering dangers of Neji’s Caged Bird.
• Uchiha Toko told Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji they would fight together as teacher and students against Kaguya and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Uchiha Toko defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji worked together to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu. Toko then undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi, awakening those trapped in it.

• Uchiha Toko separated the battlefields with Boundary Severance and fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki alone.
• Uchiha Toko immobilized Isshiki, pierced his core with the Ame no Hoko, and absorbed his power and knowledge.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji coordinated their defenses and attacks against Kaguya Otsutsuki in her ice world.
• Naruto empowered Sasuke's Planetary Devastation while Neji used Tenseigan repulsion to help seal Kaguya and Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Toko joined the exhausted team, confirmed that Isshiki was defeated, and undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After defeating the threats behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Toko handed leadership to Kakashi and created a sanctuary to prepare humanity for stronger Ōtsutsuki enemies. Ten years later, the Ninja World had entered a peaceful new era while Toko remained secluded and Naruto wandered freely.

• Uchiha Toko freed the victims of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, confirmed the enemies had been defeated, and said he would make Kakashi the Sixth Hokage while founding a Human Sage Mode Sanctuary.
• Uchiha Toko warned the previous Hokage that the Ōtsutsuki Clan still threatened the Ninja World and promised to revive them after making preparations; Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze returned to the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Toko oversaw Kakashi Hatake's election as Sixth Hokage, brought Neji Hyuga into the federation's leadership, and withdrew from government work to build the sanctuary.
• Two years later, Uchiha Toko shaped a secluded valley into the Human Sage Mode Sanctuary and disappeared from public affairs.
• Ten years later, Sasuke served as Seventh Hokage and Neji Hyuga as Grand Minister, while Naruto Uzumaki roamed the Ninja World with his wife and Uchiha Toko pursued greater power in seclusion.

In the Federal Land of Fire, Kakashi investigated Deidara’s plan to blast a passage through Boundary Mountain and traveled to oversee the operation. Deidara successfully opened the pass without causing a disaster, while Kakashi returned to his duties and wondered when the missing Naruto would come back.

• Kakashi received Deidara’s emergency notice announcing an explosive operation on Boundary Mountain, and Temari and Nagato confirmed that their provinces supported it.
• Kakashi traveled to the site with Shikamaru and Ōnoki, where Temari and Nagato explained the assessments and benefits behind the plan.
• Deidara used C4 to precisely blast a huge pass through the mountain while the assembled officials monitored the operation.
• The new pass opened without catastrophic damage, allowing sunlight and rain clouds to move through as Deidara celebrated his masterpiece.
• Kakashi prepared to return and mentioned that Neji would handle the resulting agricultural and road plans, then asked about Naruto, whom Shikamaru said remained undetectable.

Sarada became upset when Sasuke forgot her parents’ wedding anniversary and questioned the cost of his Hokage duties. She decided to seek out Naruto and become his disciple so she could defeat Sasuke, then spotted a blond man at Ichiraku Ramen who appeared to be Naruto.

• Sasuke left for a meeting without realizing it was his wedding anniversary, upsetting Sarada.
• Karin told Sarada what day it was, and Sarada stormed out of the house.
• Sarada found Boruto training and complained that becoming Hokage kept Sasuke from caring for his family.
• Sarada decided to become Naruto’s disciple and asked Boruto to tell her when Naruto returned to Konoha.
• After wandering the village, Sarada entered Ichiraku Ramen and saw a blond middle-aged man eating there.

Naruto accepted Sarada as his student after she asked him to train her to defeat Sasuke, and he warned Sasuke of signs that the Otsutsuki Clan was observing them. Back home, Naruto tried to reconnect with Boruto, but his son politely kept his distance and returned to training.

• Sarada asked Naruto to train her so she could become strong enough to defeat Sasuke, and Naruto accepted.
• Naruto told Sasuke that he had found covert traces of the Otsutsuki Clan, prompting Sasuke to order increased surveillance.
• Naruto told Sasuke he had accepted Sarada as his student, and Sasuke reluctantly agreed while asking him not to teach her anything beyond ninjutsu.
• Naruto returned to the Uzumaki Clan Territory and found Boruto practicing the Gentle Fist.
• Boruto declined Naruto's offer to eat ramen, saying he had studies to prepare and that Naruto should spend time with Hinata and Himawari.
• After Naruto left, Boruto paused briefly, sighed, and struck the training post with greater force.

Sarada sought Naruto’s help to prepare for the graduation exam and elite selection, and earned Gamatatsu’s approval as his contractor after defeating him with an Uzumaki sealing technique. At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto admitted he could not teach her Sealing Technique and urged her to learn the Rasengan instead.

• Sarada asked Naruto to train her, while Boruto continued practicing the Tenseigan technique Neji had taught him.
• Naruto gave Sarada the Mount Myoboku summoning contract, and she summoned Gamatatsu, who challenged her to prove she was worthy of being his contractor.
• Sarada endured Gamatatsu’s attacks, seized his forelimb, and trapped him with the Sealing Binding Seal, earning his approval.
• Naruto took Sarada to Ichiraku Ramen and asked what technique she wanted to learn; she chose Sealing Technique so she could grow stronger before she was old enough to train her Sharingan with Sage Chakra.
• Naruto confessed that his Sealing Technique skills were poor and suggested Sarada learn the Rasengan from him instead.