Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Nine-Tails joined forces to prepare for a chance at defeating Li Yao, but Naruto had to first withstand the darkness in Nine-Tails' Chakra. The chapter ended with Naruto sinking into that darkness while Nine-Tails anxiously waited, fearing Li Yao could permanently kill him.

• Nine-Tails mocked Naruto for giving up, provoking him to demand what he could do against Li Yao.
• Nine-Tails proposed lending Naruto his Chakra so Naruto could enter Tailed Beast Mode and combine it with Sage Mode to fight Li Yao.
• Naruto accepted Nine-Tails' Chakra after Nine-Tails warned that Li Yao could invade the sealing space at any moment.
• The negative emotions in Nine-Tails' Chakra revived Naruto's childhood pain, while Dark Naruto urged him to turn against Konoha.
• Naruto's will began to collapse as his spiritual body took on Nine-Tails' form, and Nine-Tails waited helplessly, fearing Li Yao's black space could kill him forever.

Naruto entered a dangerous struggle of wills with the Nine-Tails while Li Yao watched, intent on experiencing the battle rather than intervening. Tsunade failed to persuade Li Yao to spare Naruto and Konoha’s survivors, and the chapter ended with her resorting to a desperate personal appeal.

• Naruto’s transformation reached seven tails, and Samui, Omoi, and Karui stayed behind a boulder, too intimidated to approach.
• Shima urged Tsunade to seal Naruto, but Li Yao immobilized Tsunade, knocked Shima away, and told them to wait.
• Li Yao recognized that Naruto was fighting the Nine-Tails in a contest of wills and chose to observe instead of interfering.
• Tsunade asked Li Yao to spare Naruto and Konoha’s survivors, offering herself and threatening to die, but Li Yao ignored her.
• Tsunade abandoned her pride and crouched before Li Yao to try persuading him with her oral skills.

Naruto mastered the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and became a perfect Jinchuriki, while Li Yao realized that Asura’s will had helped Naruto survive the struggle. The chapter left Naruto preparing to face Li Yao outside.

• Li Yao made Tsunade vanish, and Samui recorded information about him and sent Omoi to report it to Kumogakure.
• Naruto resisted the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and gained control of it, becoming a perfect Jinchuriki.
• Naruto thanked Kurama, trusted him with his back, and prepared to leave the sealing space.
• Naruto sensed Li Yao waiting outside as he entered Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak Mode.
• Li Yao concluded that Asura’s will, rather than Naruto’s own courage, had helped Naruto overcome the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.

Naruto used Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails Chakra cloak to attack Li Yao, but Li Yao evaded him by entering the interstitial space. Li Yao then withdrew with Tsunade as Obito's clone appeared before Naruto, setting up a confrontation.

• Naruto entered Sage Mode with the Nine-Tails Chakra cloak and struck at Li Yao, who dodged the attack.
• Naruto used a Tailed Beast Bomb—Wind Style Rasenshuriken, but Li Yao escaped into the interstitial space.
• Naruto sensed Li Yao's malicious presence across the interstitial space and attacked his position, but could not hit him.
• Li Yao took Tsunade into the sky and decided it was time for Obito's clone to appear.
• Obito's clone emerged from twisted space, and Naruto recognized the Masked Man and prepared to fight.

Li Yao's Obito clone summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and fought Naruto, who combined Sage Mode with the Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak. As their battle continued, Li Yao captured Samui, while Naruto evaded the clone's Sealing Chains.

• Li Yao's Obito clone summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Naruto recognized Nagato's Rinnegan in the clone's mask.
• The Nine-Tails warned Naruto to attack the statue, and Naruto fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at it.
• Li Yao's Obito clone teleported the statue away, sending Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb toward Samui and her two Kumogakure companions; Samui shielded them and ordered them to flee.
• Li Yao captured Samui in the interstitial space while her companions searched for her.
• The Obito clone attacked Naruto with Sealing Chains, but Naruto knocked them away with the golden Nine-Tails' tails and evaded the barrage.

Naruto and the Nine-Tails struggled against Li Yao's Obito clone and his Sealing Chains, but Naruto's attempt to strike the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path failed. The chapter left Naruto immobilized as a chain caught the Nine-Tails around the neck.

• Naruto and the Nine-Tails agreed to use two Shadow Clones to create an opening, despite the risk of losing their Chakra to the Sealing Chains.
• Naruto fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Li Yao's Obito clone swallowed it with his space-time ability.
• The Sealing Chains trapped the Shadow Clones' Chakra and drained it into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path when Naruto dispelled them.
• Li Yao's Obito clone withdrew most of the chains and decided to stop comparing himself to Madara and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki instead.
• A strand of Chakra cut off Naruto's control of his body, allowing a Sealing Chain to loop around the Nine-Tails' neck.

Li Yao extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto, but the Sage of Six Paths intervened to take Naruto’s soul before Li Yao could destroy it. After erasing Naruto’s body and transforming the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails, Li Yao struggled to keep his Obito clone from being overwhelmed and abandoned his other clones to save it.

• Li Yao’s Obito clone extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto, causing Naruto’s consciousness to collapse as the beast was sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Li Yao tried to seize Naruto’s soul, but it vanished, and he realized the Sage of Six Paths had intervened; his Obito clone then beheaded Naruto and erased his body with Black Hole Space.
• Li Yao’s Obito clone released the sealed Tailed Beasts’ Chakra, transforming the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails.
• Li Yao’s Obito clone sealed the Ten-Tails into himself, but the beast’s soul and negative emotions overwhelmed his will and began splitting the clone’s soul.
• Li Yao abandoned his other clones to preserve the Obito clone, and his four major clones appeared at the Rōran Ruins in the Land of Wind.

Li Yao sealed his four clones in the Rōran Ruins and his Obito Shadow Clone became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, gaining control of Kekkei Mōra and Truth-Seeking Orbs. Li Yao began studying their chakra to create his own orbs while watching for the Sage of Six Paths to intervene.

• Li Yao's four major clones sealed themselves in Ink Seal spheres and left Little Yezi to guard them.
• Little Yezi recognized the sealed spheres as her uncle's clones and rejoiced that he had returned.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone suppressed the Ten-Tails' chakra and transformed into its Jinchuriki, forming twelve Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Li Yao discovered the orbs depended on the Ten-Tails' chakra and estimated he could replicate them within a day by studying their nature transformations.
• Li Yao kept watch for the Sage of Six Paths, who might empower Naruto and Sasuke to stop the new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Li Yao feared the Sage of Six Paths might intervene, so he retreated with the Obito Shadow Clone into Kamui Space to study the Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra. Minato suddenly invaded the supposedly inaccessible space and teleported the clone into an ambush by Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke, with Li Yao arriving directly inside their attack.

• Li Yao decided to avoid fighting the Sage of Six Paths and focus on copying Kekkei Mōra in Kamui Space.
• Li Yao and the Obito Shadow Clone studied the Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra while the Ten-Tails struggled inside the clone.
• Minato appeared in Kamui Space, struck the Obito Shadow Clone’s stomach, and used Flying Thunder God to teleport him away.
• Li Yao followed Minato and the clone to Konoha’s crater, where Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke were waiting to attack.
• Li Yao appeared directly behind the Obito Shadow Clone as Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths Yin-Yang attack closed around him.

Li Yao narrowly escaped Naruto and Sasuke’s Yin-Yang sealing ambush, then faced a group of resurrected Konoha shinobi. Expecting the Sage of Six Paths to remain behind the scenes, Li Yao stacked several defensive and enhancement techniques as Sasuke prepared to attack.

• Naruto and Sasuke tried to seal Li Yao at close range, but he sensed their ambush through his connection to Obito’s clone and escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Li Yao saw Minato, the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, the Third Hokage, and Uchiha Itachi approaching alongside Naruto and Sasuke, and wondered who had revived them.
• Li Yao concluded the Sage of Six Paths had sent the resurrected shinobi as pawns and equipped two Sealing Chain robes to block Minato from marking him.
• Li Yao activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Mass Release, and a golden Chakra cloak made from his own Chakra, greatly boosting his physical abilities and reactions.
• Naruto recognized that Li Yao’s Chakra cloak resembled his Nine-Tails mode, while Sasuke made his move as Li Yao finished enhancing himself.

Li Yao failed to control Minato with genjutsu and could not seize Obito’s clone, so he offered to study the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki for two days before leaving. Naruto and Hashirama rejected his offer and vowed to stop him.

• Sasuke launched a black-flame sword at Li Yao, who evaded it and teleported above Minato while Minato and Obito’s clone struggled over the Ten-Tails seal.
• Li Yao’s genjutsu had no effect on Minato, so Li Yao attacked with Sage Art: Wind Style Slash, but Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch places and avoid it.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinated an ambush, but Li Yao escaped Naruto’s Truth-Seeking Orb Black Receiver by moving high into the sky.
• Li Yao concluded that he could no longer ambush Minato and offered to study Obito for two days before returning Obito and the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto refused because Li Yao had destroyed his village and killed his companions and teachers, while Hashirama condemned Li Yao and vowed to eliminate him.

Minato tried to persuade Obito to turn against Li Yao, while Li Yao used Tsunade as leverage against the gathered shinobi. Sasuke’s attack failed to surprise Li Yao, who killed Tsunade and left Naruto blaming Sasuke as Sasuke argued that Li Yao was responsible for their losses.

• Minato explained to Tobirama that Obito was his student and tried to awaken Obito’s old dream of becoming Hokage.
• Li Yao realized the Sage of Six Paths did not know Obito had become his clone, then threatened Tsunade to restrain Naruto and the others.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to attack Li Yao, but Li Yao’s Black Chakra Chains blocked his approach, and Sasuke warned Naruto that Li Yao knew their abilities.
• Li Yao had his Shadow Clone twist off Tsunade’s head and released her headless corpse, shocking Naruto, Hashirama, and the others.
• Naruto blamed Sasuke for provoking Li Yao, while Sasuke argued that Li Yao had caused their losses and that Tsunade would not have been safe anyway.

After Tsunade’s death, Naruto and Sasuke fought Li Yao together, but he escaped their coordinated attack and tested the limits of Sasuke’s Amenotejikara. Li Yao concluded that his Sage Arts could not withstand Six Paths-level attacks, so he switched to a Black Hole Space Feather Robe and planned to keep his distance while attacking from afar.

• Naruto accepted that Tsunade would have died even without Sasuke’s intervention and joined Sasuke to face Li Yao.
• Sasuke attacked Li Yao with Susanoo while Naruto charged, and the two coordinated an assault that Li Yao evaded by teleporting five thousand meters away.
• Sasuke inferred that Li Yao was testing Amenotejikara’s range, while Naruto and Sasuke communicated privately through their mental space.
• Li Yao realized his Sage Arts were weaker than Six Paths-level power and replaced his feather robes with one formed from Black Hole Space.
• Li Yao decided to keep Naruto and Sasuke at a distance where Sasuke could not use Amenotejikara on him and attack them with long-range techniques.

Li Yao attacked Naruto and Sasuke with a growing minefield of Black Hole Space spheres while they tried to approach him as part of a hidden plan. He sensed their strategy and scattered hundreds of Shadow Clones, ruining their chance to lock onto his original body.

• Li Yao fired Black Hole Space spheres at Naruto and Sasuke while keeping a five-thousand-meter distance, and they dodged as they moved closer.
• Naruto tested a sphere with the Truth-Seeking Orb Black Receiver and discovered that Black Hole Space could devour even the reinforced orbs.
• Li Yao realized Naruto and Sasuke were acting strangely and used hundreds of Shadow Clones to confuse them before fleeing among the clones.
• Naruto and Sasuke recognized that Li Yao had disrupted their plan, and Naruto lamented that they had been close to identifying Li Yao's original body.

Naruto and Sasuke chased Li Yao's fleeing Shadow Clones while Minato's group tried to stop Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone from resealing the Ten-Tails. After the Ten-Tails burst free, the clone transformed into Madara Uchiha and wondered whether the disguise could fool Minato.

• Naruto created a swarm of Shadow Clones and sent them after Li Yao's clones, who scattered using spatial movement as Naruto, Sasuke, and their clones pursued them.
• Minato tried to persuade Obito to return to their side while Hashirama and the others guarded him and the Ten-Tails.
• Minato ordered an attack as Obito's Shadow Clone neared control of the Ten-Tails, and Itachi, Hiruzen, Tobirama, and Hashirama struck together.
• Obito's Shadow Clone unleashed a powerful repulsive force that blasted the attackers away, but the nine Tailed Beasts began emerging as he struggled to suppress them.
• Minato and Itachi attacked again, so Obito's Shadow Clone released the Ten-Tails and used Kamui vortices to threaten them before teleporting away.
• Obito's Shadow Clone transformed into Madara Uchiha and wondered whether he could fool Minato.

Li Yao’s Obito clone transformed into Madara, making Minato and the others question who he really was. They realized his transformation could alter his soul and grant him the abilities of whoever he became, then he gave them one last chance to let him capture the Tailed Beasts.

• Minato, Hashirama, Tobirama, Itachi, and Hiruzen saw Obito’s clone transform into Madara and debated whether he was truly Madara or Obito.
• Minato revealed that the Flying Thunder God Mark on Obito had vanished when the clone transformed into Madara.
• Minato and Tobirama concluded that the transformation changed both body and soul, while Tobirama suspected it let the clone use both Madara’s Rinnegan and Obito’s Kamui.
• Li Yao’s Obito clone demanded that the five men stop interfering with his capture of the Tailed Beasts, promising to return them after two days of study.
• The clone threatened severe consequences if they refused, and Minato and the others fell silent.

Hashirama Senju and the others tried to stop Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone, but Minato's plan to keep the Tailed Beasts from being sealed was only a temporary success. Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone flew toward Konoha's survivors, intent on making them suffer while the others pursued him helplessly.

• Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode and summoned Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to attack Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone sent nine Shadow Clones to mark the Tailed Beasts and teleport them into Obito's Kamui Space.
• Minato used the summoning contracts he had secretly arranged with the Tailed Beasts to bring all nine back to the Shinobi World.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone gave up on sealing the Tailed Beasts and declared that he would begin with Konoha's survivors.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone flew toward the nearest survivors as Hashirama Senju, Minato, and the others pursued but could not catch him.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone, armored in Sage Art Complete Body Susanoo, outpaced Minato and killed three surviving Konoha ninjas to provoke him. Minato attacked in rage but retreated before being cut down, leaving the others furious and unable to stop Li Yao's pursuit of the Tailed Beasts.

• Three surviving Konoha ninjas mistook the approaching Wood Golem for a sign that the First Hokage's Wood Release had survived and hesitated to flee.
• Minato raced toward the survivors as the Third Hokage launched a Water Lightning Dragon at Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone, who sped past both attacks in his Susanoo armor.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone appeared behind the three ninjas, paralyzed them with killing intent, and beheaded them in front of Minato, Hashirama Senju, and the others.
• Minato charged Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone with a Big Ball Rasengan, but the Susanoo blade sliced it apart and Minato teleported back to the Wood Golem before being killed.
• Tobirama warned Minato that he had to stay alive to prevent Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone from sealing him and capturing the Tailed Beasts, while the others recognized they could not stop him.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone used his clones and precise teleportation to kill every Konoha survivor within the shockwave's range, forcing Minato, Tobirama, Hashirama, and the others to witness their helplessness. After the survivors were dead, he told them the killing had only just begun.

• Hashirama ordered Minato, Tobirama, the Third Hokage, and Itachi to mark his clones with Flying Thunder God Marks so they could evacuate Konoha's survivors.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone created thirty clones and teleported around the area to intercept the rescue efforts.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone's clones killed a pair of young ninja siblings in front of Minato and other survivors in front of Tobirama, Hashirama, the Third Hokage, and Itachi.
• Tobirama realized Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone could precisely teleport long distances without spatial marks and felt despair.
• Minato and the others found no survivors within the shockwave's range and returned to the Wood Golem as Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone mocked them.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone told them that the killing had only just begun.

As Li Yao’s Obito Shadow Clone flew toward the Land of Fire to continue his slaughter, Itachi proposed using Izanami to stop him. Li Yao overheard the plan and kept Minato from getting close, while Naruto and Sasuke continued fighting Li Yao elsewhere.

• Li Yao’s Obito Shadow Clone left Konoha and flew toward the Land of Fire, leaving Minato and the others powerless to stop him.
• Itachi proposed using Izanami, and Minato agreed to approach within ten meters so Tobirama could swap Itachi into position with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato used a rapid chain of Flying Thunder God teleports to chase the Obito Shadow Clone, but Li Yao overheard their plan and teleported two kilometers away whenever Minato closed in.
• Minato and the Obito Shadow Clone continued their chase until they moved beyond Hashirama and the others’ sight.
• Sasuke and Naruto coordinated attacks against Li Yao, but his Rinnegan abilities and spatial movement let him evade their ambushes and counterattack with Black Hole Space.