Chapter Summaries

Akatsuki sent every nation and shinobi village an ultimatum to join its plan for a unified empire, provoking the world’s leaders to prepare for war. Naruto Uzumaki’s declaration left the major villages expecting to fight him and one another.

• Akatsuki sent a letter inviting the Ninja World’s Daimyo, nobles, and village leaders to the Land of Snow within seven days, warning that those who refused would face extreme measures.
• Leaders across the Ninja World were astonished that Naruto Uzumaki planned to unite all countries and shinobi organizations under Akatsuki.
• Fourth Raikage A and Killer B laughed at the letter before A ordered Cloud Village to prepare for war and use Naruto as a chance to surpass Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Danzo welcomed Naruto’s challenge, while Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha to mobilize and prepare for war.

After the invited leaders ignored Naruto’s World Conference, Naruto’s faction began preparing to bring the ninja world under control by force or persuasion. Naruto assigned his allies to deal with villages and potential threats, then set out for Konoha.

• More than three hundred thousand White Zetsu reported that the invited leaders had ignored Naruto’s conference, and Naruto ordered his faction to begin its planned campaign.
• Naruto assigned Shikamaru, Zabuza, Haku, Ino, and Choji to coordinate forces and maintain order, while Kakuzu and Konan were sent to persuade Takigakure to surrender.
• Naruto sent Nagato and Deidara to Iwagakure and dispatched other powerful allies to negotiate with small countries and villages, using force if persuasion failed.
• Naruto sent Sasuke to guard the entrances to the Three Great Sage Lands, Hinata and Neji to Kumogakure, and Hanabi to protect the Land of Snow.
• Naruto dismissed Kazahana Koyuki’s offer to help and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to Konoha.

Hinata and Neji confronted Kumogakure over its refusal to join Akatsuki’s First World Conference, but Ei ordered an attack instead. Hinata and Neji fought their way through the village’s forces, leaving Ei and Killer B unable to stop them.

• Hinata and Neji appeared in the Raikage’s Office and asked Ei why Kumogakure had not answered Akatsuki’s call.
• Ei ordered Killer B to attack, but Hinata used Shinra Tensei to blast them away and destroy the Raikage Building.
• Hinata entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as Ei and Killer B prepared to fight and thousands of Kumogakure ninja surrounded her and Neji.
• Hinata accepted a Chakra Metal sword from Neji and charged into the encircling ninja with him.
• Hinata and Neji cut through the Kumogakure forces, while Ei and Killer B chased them but failed to stop the slaughter.

Kakuzu and Konan pressured Takigakure into joining Akatsuki, while Deidara and Nagato confronted Iwagakure over the conference. At Mount Myōboku, Gamamaru resolved to stop Naruto’s growing power, but Sasuke arrived with the Slug and the White Snake in hand.

• Kakuzu forced the Hidden Waterfall Kage to agree to join Akatsuki, and Konan told him to attend the First World Conference in the Land of Snow.
• Deidara urged Ōnoki and Iwagakure to surrender, but Ōnoki prepared to fight as Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain moved to attack.
• Gamamaru summoned Fukasaku and Shima and called for the Slug, the White Snake, and Jiraiya to help stop Naruto.
• Sasuke stepped through a Space-Time Gate, dropped the Slug and the White Snake before Gamamaru, and said he had brought them.

Sasuke sealed Shikkotsu Forest off from the outside world, then destroyed Ryūchi Cave’s snake forces when they tried to enter the human world and oppose Naruto’s unification. He captured the wounded White Snake Sage, and at Mount Myōboku, Gamamaru declared that no Toads would leave.

• Sasuke sealed Shikkotsu Forest with the scroll Naruto had given him and left a Shadow Clone to guard it.
• Sasuke arrived at Ryūchi Cave and ordered the snakes to stop as they prepared to enter the human world.
• After the snakes continued at the White Snake Sage’s urging, Sasuke bombarded Ryūchi Cave with Electromagnetic Cannons, killing the snakes and other Snake Sages.
• Sasuke dragged the wounded White Snake Sage out from underground, while the Slug watched in fear.
• At Mount Myōboku, Gamamaru saw the White Snake Sage and the Slug and told Sasuke that no Toads would leave.

Konoha’s leaders dismissed Naruto’s threat until Yamashiro Aoba reported that an enormous army was advancing through the Land of Fire. As the officials panicked, Naruto appeared in the Hokage Office and greeted Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the advisers discussed the Akatsuki’s lack of support and expected Naruto’s forces to lose against Iwagakure.
• Konoha’s leaders took confidence from their revived strength, while Nara Shikaku feared that Naruto and Sasuke were beyond their ability to defeat.
• Yamashiro Aoba reported that more than fifty thousand powerful troops had appeared across the Land of Fire, with over twenty thousand converging on Konoha.
• Danzo questioned the report, and Sarutobi Hiruzen invoked the First Hokage to try to steady the frightened officials.
• Naruto appeared in the Hokage Office and greeted Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Naruto confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage Office and demanded to know whether Konoha would surrender or oppose his campaign for peace. After Konoha attacked him, Naruto killed Asuma and Utatane Koharu, wounded Enma, and left Sarutobi Hiruzen facing the pain of losing someone close to him.

• Naruto appeared in the Hokage Office and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether Konoha would surrender or become an obstacle to peace.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Naruto's demands, and Konoha raised the Six Red Yang Formation around the Hokage Building.
• Naruto killed Asuma and Utatane Koharu with his Truth-Seeking Ball Sword, while Sarutobi Hiruzen's attack ended with Hayate Gekko taking a fatal blow for him.
• Konoha's shinobi surrounded the survivors and began evacuating civilians as Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and attacked Naruto.
• Naruto blocked Sarutobi Hiruzen's strike, wounded Enma, and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether he now felt Naruto's pain.

Naruto confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and explained how Konoha’s neglect and isolation shaped his desire for peace, but the villagers’ guilt turned back into hatred. Concluding that they had not suffered enough to understand pain, Naruto unleashed a devastating attack over Konoha.

• Naruto cut down the ninjas attacking him and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of causing his suffering through Konoha’s policy of isolation.
• Naruto said he had sought peace and unity, and offered the villagers one last chance to surrender.
• The villagers’ shame faded into hatred, and Uzuki Yugao called for Naruto’s death while mourning Hayate Gekko.
• Naruto resolved to end his hesitation, rose into the sky, and gathered a pitch-black Great Spiraling Ring infused with Yin Yang Chakra and Emotional Chakra.
• Naruto declared that the world would feel pain and hurled the attack, unleashing light, heat, and soul-annihilating power outward from the Hokage Tower.

Naruto destroyed Konoha with his Great Spiraling Ring, sparing those who bore him no ill will, and awakened the Rinnegan. As he surveyed the ruins, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo summoned powerful figures from the dead, including Naruto’s parents.

• Naruto’s Great Spiraling Ring obliterated Konoha, while his Emotional Chakra shielded the few people who bore him no ill will.
• Naruto sensed that Konoha’s hostility toward him had vanished and awakened the Rinnegan, whose power and abilities began growing.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo emerged from underground after surviving the attack, with Danzo using Izanagi and Hiruzen protected by his shadow guards.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Uchiha Madara, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki.

Naruto revealed that he had allowed Konoha to develop Impure World Reincarnation and arranged for Madara’s return, then faced the revived dead after destroying the village. He reunited with Minato and Kushina and promised they would not be separated again, while Hashirama and Madara agreed to join forces against him.

• Naruto explained that he had used Black Zetsu to provide Madara’s body tissue so Danzo could summon Madara with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked the revived Hashirama, Tobirama, Mito, Minato, and Kushina to help defend the remaining survivors, but Minato and Kushina ignored him.
• Madara greeted Hashirama and asked to fight him, but agreed to help him deal with Naruto first.
• Naruto landed and greeted Minato and Kushina, then removed their control talismans and promised to handle the aftermath so they would never be separated again.

Naruto confronted Hashirama and the other resurrected shinobi as they tried to protect Hiruzen and Danzo, exposing how Konoha’s leaders had allowed the Senju and Uzumaki clans to be destroyed. Tsunade and Mito confirmed his accusations, and Naruto ended by telling Madara that the Uchiha had also been reduced to two surviving heirs.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and the other resurrected shinobi blocked Naruto and urged him to spare Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Naruto accused Hiruzen of causing the Senju Clan’s decline and gave Tobirama records detailing the clan members’ deaths.
• Naruto brought Tsunade to Hashirama, and she confirmed that Naruto’s claims about the Senju Clan were true.
• Naruto revealed that Hiruzen and Danzo had ignored Whirlpool Country’s plea for help, and Mito confirmed that only Kushina had been brought to Konoha.
• Madara criticized Hiruzen’s rule and gloated over the Senju Clan’s destruction, but Naruto reminded him that the Uchiha had also been reduced to two surviving heirs.

Naruto’s revelation that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo were responsible for the Uchiha Clan’s extermination turned the reincarnated Hokage and clan leaders against them. Danzo tried to escape their judgment by releasing and controlling the Impure World Reincarnation bodies, but Tobirama, Madara, and Mito resisted, and Naruto moved to stop Hiruzen’s plea for help.

• Madara and the other reincarnated figures questioned Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo after Naruto revealed the Uchiha Clan’s fate.
• Danzo released several Impure World Reincarnation bodies and weakened the others’ consciousness, while Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki remained under Naruto’s control.
• Tobirama, Madara, and Mito stabilized their bodies with hand seals, and Tobirama helped Hashirama remain in the Human World.
• Golden chains bound Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo as Tobirama and Madara confronted them over their actions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted using political methods to preserve Konoha and asked the reincarnated leaders to stop Naruto, but Naruto acted before Hiruzen could secure their help.

Naruto trapped Sarutobi Hiruzen in Infinite Izanami and killed Danzo, then faced a coordinated assault from Hashirama, Madara, Mito, and Tobirama. Naruto held his own against their attacks as Minato and Kushina watched from a distance, and the four opponents closed in with taijutsu.

• Naruto seized Sarutobi Hiruzen, forced him to release Impure World Reincarnation, and trapped him in an Infinite Izanami loop that recreated Naruto's childhood suffering.
• Danzo tried to stab Naruto from behind, but Naruto gouged out his eye, struck him into the Hokage Rock, and destroyed him with a Truth-Seeking Ball Sword.
• Hashirama, Madara, Mito, and Tobirama launched a coordinated attack, using Wood Release, Susanoo, and Adamantine Sealing Chains while Tobirama carried Sarutobi Hiruzen away.
• Naruto cut through the forest and chains and absorbed Madara's Susanoo Chakra, while Minato and Kushina watched from the Hokage Rock and admired their son's strength.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Mito, and Madara stopped relying on ninjutsu and charged Naruto with their Main Bodies to fight him with taijutsu.

Naruto defeated Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Mito in battle, prompting Madara to acknowledge him as the strongest. Hashirama identified a way to bypass Naruto’s chakra absorption, and the chapter ended as Madara and Hashirama unleashed massive attacks and Naruto opened the Eight Gates Formation.

• Madara gave the others Yin Yang Release weapons, and he and Hashirama led the attack on Naruto while Tobirama and Mito supported them.
• Naruto adapted to their teamwork, knocked Tobirama and Mito out, then defeated Hashirama and Madara, whose Impure World Reincarnation bodies began regenerating.
• Madara praised Naruto as the strongest person he had met and urged him to keep fighting.
• Hashirama realized they could use Natural Energy and physical attacks to harm Naruto without directly attacking him with chakra.
• Madara summoned more than ten meteors with Tengai Shinsei while Hashirama formed the True Several Thousand Hands wooden Buddha.
• Naruto calmly acknowledged their approach and opened the Eight Gates Formation.

Naruto opened the Eight Gates Formation and reached overwhelming power as Hashirama and Madara attacked Konoha. He destroyed Hashirama’s Wooden Buddha with one sword slash, leaving the surviving villagers and ninja horrified.

• Naruto opened the Eight Gates Formation and combined its power with Six Paths Mode.
• Tobirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki were stunned by Naruto’s aura as Madara drove his meteor faster and Hashirama sent the Wooden Buddha’s arms crashing down.
• Naruto declared that Konoha stood in the way of peace and revealed an army of more than twenty thousand White Zetsu outside the village.
• Naruto charged through the True Several Thousand Hands and unleashed a sword slash that shattered it and the Wooden Buddha.
• The slash cut Hashirama Senju into fragments, while the surviving Konoha villagers and ninja watched their hopes of rescue collapse.

Naruto overwhelmed Hashirama and Madara, then destroyed every meteor Madara had summoned with a single punch. After the two admitted defeat, Naruto prepared to reason with them.

• Naruto kicked Madara apart before Madara could defend himself.
• Naruto leapt into the sky and shattered all the descending meteors with one punch.
• Minato Namikaze, Tobirama Senju, Mito, Hashirama, Madara, and the survivors reacted with shock to Naruto's power.
• Hashirama and Madara realized they could not defeat Naruto and lost the will to keep fighting.
• Naruto asked whether they still wanted to fight, and Hashirama and Madara admitted defeat.

Naruto showed Hashirama and the others the abuse and isolation he suffered as a child, then argued that Konoha and the existing shinobi order stood in the way of peace. He declared his intention to unify the Ninja World into a Great Unification Human Empire, while images of wars from across the world appeared before them.

• The White Zetsu Army disarmed Konoha's surviving ninjas, guarded them and the civilians, and provided food and medical care.
• Hashirama asked Naruto why he had wanted to destroy Konoha, and Naruto showed everyone the mistreatment he had endured as a child.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito reacted to Naruto's childhood, while Minato and Kushina watched in grief and Tsunade comforted him.
• Naruto showed Hashirama the wars and suffering that had continued after Hashirama's death and said his peace had been narrow and fragile.
• Naruto declared that he would unify the Ninja World into a Great Unification Human Empire, and showed scenes of wars on front lines across the world.

Naruto showed the reincarnated leaders the Akatsuki army forcing nations across the Ninja World to surrender, while powerful allies destroyed Iwagakure and Hinata devastated Kumogakure. The chapter ended with Kumogakure’s defenders all defeated after Hinata dropped mountains on the village.

• Naruto’s army incorporated nations that surrendered and eliminated those that resisted, while the Three Great Sage Lands submitted after Ryūchi Cave was destroyed.
• Nagato defeated Ōnoki and used Super: Planetary Devastation to destroy Iwagakure, prompting Madara to resolve to reclaim his eyes and surpass Naruto.
• Hinata continued fighting the Kumogakure army after sending the exhausted Neji away, killing thousands and preventing the remaining shinobi from retreating.
• Hinata used Banshō Ten'in to uproot two mountains and repeatedly crash them into Kumogakure until no one there remained standing.

Hinata defeated Killer B and A after destroying Kumogakure, while Naruto explained his plan to unify the Ninja World and bring peace. Madara proposed using the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Naruto summoned Black Zetsu, leaving Madara shocked by the apparent betrayal.

• Hinata split A and Gyuki with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then pulled the Eight-Tails from Killer B's dying body.
• Naruto's plan to destroy opposing villages and nations and establish a unified Human Empire shocked the people at Konoha's ruins.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito considered Naruto's path, while Minato and Kushina felt pride in their son.
• Madara praised Naruto's ideals, then urged him to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to create a perfect world without war or suffering.
• Naruto summoned Black Zetsu, who appeared beside him and mocked Madara, leaving Madara stunned that his supposed incarnation of will had betrayed him.

Black Zetsu revealed that he had deceived Madara and planned to resurrect Kaguya, while Naruto explained his imperfect but practical vision for peace. As the elders prepared to depart, Naruto summoned their bodies and began using Rinne Rebirth to restore them.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that he was Kaguya's will, had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and intended to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to turn humanity into White Zetsu and sacrifice Madara to resurrect Kaguya.
• Naruto described his plan to build lasting peace through laws, guardians, and successors, while accepting that perfection and eternal peace were impossible.
• Madara accepted that his lifelong pursuit had been based on a lie and released the Impure World Reincarnation seal; Hashirama, Tsunade, Mito, and Tobirama also prepared to depart.
• Naruto urged the elders to witness and protect the coming peace, then had Shadow Clones transport the cultivation tanks holding their bodies through a Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder passage.
• Naruto swallowed pills refined from the Gelel Stone and performed Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth.