Chapter Summaries

Obito recovered with a White Zetsu body and prepared to transplant the Rinnegan while Black Zetsu secretly retrieved the Impure World Reincarnation scroll and Madara Uchiha’s scroll. Naruto brought a White Zetsu to Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru, then planned to enter the Pure Land; the chapter ended with Black Zetsu finding Yakushi Kabuto.

• Obito removed the Sharingan he had used for Izanagi, requested a replacement Sharingan, and prepared to transplant the Rinnegan after recovering with a White Zetsu body.
• Black Zetsu decided to revive Madara Uchiha, retrieved the Impure World Reincarnation scroll, and took a scroll bearing Madara Uchiha’s name.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame arrived near the excavation site, but fled when Naruto appeared with a White Zetsu.
• Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru examined the White Zetsu, while Hashirama Senju, Gaara, and Shukaku continued digging.
• Naruto planted the Small Tree sapling at the storage site and planned to enter the Pure Land to retrieve his mother’s soul.
• Black Zetsu reached Orochimaru’s underground base and found Yakushi Kabuto working in a laboratory.

Naruto entered the Pure Land through a gate opened by Little White No. 4399’s failed Impure World Reincarnation, found Rin and Kushina, and brought Rin back to the Real World. He revived Rin in her body and left her to recover, while the Old Man of Six Paths briefly stirred after the gate closed.

• Naruto used Ghost God Transformation to enter the Pure Land through the ancient gate above Little White No. 4399.
• Naruto caught Rin as she was being pulled toward the Real World and carried her through the Pure Land while searching for Kushina.
• Naruto found Kushina, removed the restraint at her brow, and absorbed her soul before taking Rin back through the gate.
• Naruto returned to his body, restored Rin’s soul to her body, and told her to rest while she recovered.
• Rin remembered her time in the Pure Land, and Naruto left using Flying Thunder God after telling her his parents would explain the rest.

Tsunade sent Naruto to escort Kazahana Koyuki back to the Land of Snow and secure its cooperation with Konoha. After confronting Koyuki’s fear of the Snow Ninjas, Naruto brought her to face them, preparing to use a stronger method to help her overcome her trauma.

• Tsunade assigned Naruto an A-rank mission to escort Kazahana Koyuki home and persuade the Land of Snow to accept the peace principles.
• Naruto met Koyuki at the stables, put her to sleep with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and secured Sōtaifu’s cooperation in making the Land of Snow an ally.
• Kazahana Dōtō learned Koyuki had been found and ordered his men to bring her back, dismissing the Konoha guards as unimportant.
• Koyuki woke aboard the ship and warned Naruto that the Snow Ninjas would kill everyone, but Naruto promised to help her reclaim the country.
• Naruto brought Koyuki onto an iceberg to face the three Snow Ninjas and explained that their power came from their Chakra Armor.
• When Koyuki panicked and tried to flee, Naruto decided to use a stronger method to make her face her fear.

Naruto defeated Nadare Rōga and the other Snow ninja, then showed Kazahana Koyuki how the Chakra Armor could awaken her Chakra and let her use Ice Release. He promised to help her take over the Land of Snow and build a future where she could choose between ruling and pursuing her acting career, leaving her flustered but hopeful.

• Nadare Rōga summoned a Horned White Whale to attack the ship, but Naruto rescued Kazahana Koyuki and subdued Fubuki Kakuyoku and Mizore Fuyukuma.
• Naruto used Complete Body Susanoo to repel the whale, then used Kotoamatsukami to make Nadare Rōga kneel and serve him.
• Kazahana Koyuki put on Fubuki Kakuyoku’s Chakra Armor, and Naruto activated it so she could access the Chakra within her body.
• Naruto lent Kazahana Koyuki Chakra, allowing her to successfully perform Ice Release: Swallow Snow.
• Naruto assigned Nadare Rōga to help Kazahana Koyuki and promised to help her take over the Land of Snow before she decided whether to keep acting.
• Kazahana Koyuki warned Naruto that Kazahana Dōtō had many ninja tools, then fled when Naruto’s promises overwhelmed her.

Naruto protected Kazahana Koyuki and the Land of Snow from Kazahana Dōtō, then helped reveal the geothermal generator her father had left behind. After the crisis, Koyuki asked Naruto to leave the Land of Snow a bloodline power, prompting Kurama to demand payment for his chakra.

• Kazahana Dōtō rode a chakra-powered train toward the Land of Snow crew, while Naruto sent Nadare Rōga to seize Dōtō's base.
• Sōtaifu rallied the Snow villagers against Dōtō, and Naruto shielded them from a barrage of kunai with an ice wall before restraining the train's ninjas with Wood Style.
• Naruto pursued Dōtō aboard an airship, incapacitated the Snow Ninjas with Tsukuyomi, and let Koyuki decide how to deal with her uncle.
• Naruto returned to the base, summoned help from Tsunade, Orochimaru, and the Second Hokage, then took Koyuki to film the final scene at the ice mirrors.
• The ice mirrors revealed Koyuki's childhood memory and the geothermal generator her father had left behind, melting the snow and bringing spring to the Land of Snow.
• Koyuki asked Naruto to leave bloodline power for the Land of Snow, and Kurama accused her of trying to get his chakra for free.

Konoha publicly executed Shimura Danzō, then revived him with Impure World Reincarnation as the Ninja World’s target for retribution. After hearing Nonō’s name during the broadcast, Yakushi Kabuto revived four Kage and began summoning another figure, revealed in red armor.

• Naruto encouraged the tormented Sarutobi Hiruzen to keep atoning through work, and Hiruzen eagerly began sweeping Konoha’s streets.
• Tobirama Senju publicly read Danzo’s crimes, and Hashirama Senju executed him before reviving him with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami on the revived Danzo, while the crowd lined up to punish him.
• Yakushi Kabuto reacted to hearing Nonō’s name, then performed Impure World Reincarnation on Second Tsuchikage Mu, Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, Third Raikage A, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
• Yakushi Kabuto summoned another figure in a black combat suit and red armor.

Yakushi Kabuto sent four reincarnated Kage to capture Sasuke, but they instead arrived at Konoha, where the village’s leaders prepared to stop them. Their clash began as Rasa’s Gold Dust buried Old Konoha and Gaara, Ōnoki, A, and Mei faced their predecessors.

• Itachi and Kisame reacted to Danzo’s death and Naruto’s broadcast before the transmission ended with Naruto and the other Kage announcing a new era.
• Yakushi Kabuto summoned the Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Raikage, the Second Tsuchikage Mu, and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, then ordered them to capture Sasuke.
• Black Zetsu took the Rinnegan toward Amegakure and resolved to launch the Fourth Shinobi World War to bring back Madara Uchiha.
• The four Kage reached Old Konoha, where Gaara sensed them and alerted the village; A, Killer B, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju headed out to confront them.
• Rasa unleashed a Gold Dust storm that buried Old Konoha, prompting Kurama to rush over to collect the gold while Naruto and the others joined the response.
• Gaara restrained Rasa, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the Third Raikage as Mu confronted Ōnoki with Dust Release, the Third Raikage clashed with A, and Hozuki Gengetsu met Mei Terumī.

Gaara and the other Kage defeated and sealed the resurrected leaders while Yakushi Kabuto and Obito prepared to escalate their attacks on Konoha. As a coffin opened on the battlefield, Madara Uchiha emerged and announced that Nagato had finally grown up.

• Gaara confronted Rasa, declared himself the Fifth Kazekage, and shattered his father after rejecting his past control and affirming his mother's love.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B incapacitated the Third Raikage, while Mei Terumī defeated Hozuki Gengetsu with his guidance; Gaara sealed the defeated Kage.
• Yakushi Kabuto decided to release another powerful figure, and Obito chose to capture the Tailed Beasts himself and declare war on the Ninja World.
• Mu escaped his seal and attacked Konoha with Dust Release, but Naruto struck him with a Rasengan and Ōnoki pinned him with an Earth Release technique.
• Mu summoned a coffin, sensed the terrifying Chakra within it, and moved aside as Madara Uchiha emerged.

Madara Uchiha arrived through Impure World Reincarnation and attacked the allied shinobi with a pair of meteors, but Hashirama Senju, Ōnoki, and Naruto stopped them. Madara summoned Kurama instead of the Nine-Tails he expected, then faced Naruto, whom he recognized as a powerful opponent.

• Naruto sensed Madara Uchiha's arrival and left to confront him while Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze prepared for battle.
• Madara emerged under Yakushi Kabuto's control, dismissed the peace agreement, and summoned a meteor with his Rinnegan.
• Hashirama Senju used True Several Thousand Hands to stop the first meteor, and Ōnoki slowed its descent with his Earth Release.
• Madara dropped a second meteor, but Naruto raised living trees and vines to catch the falling debris and ordered the earth replaced in Amegakure.
• Madara's Summoning Technique brought Kurama to the battlefield; Kurama slapped Madara, then left with sand gold as Naruto continued using powerful Wood Style.
• Madara recognized Naruto as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, judged his strength greater than Hashirama Senju's, and stepped forward to fight him.

Madara Uchiha tested Naruto with Wood Style and Susanoo, but Naruto turned Madara’s roots against him and matched his attacks. Madara acknowledged Naruto as the strongest Wood Style ninja, then continued fighting him with Susanoo.

• Black Zetsu learned the White Zetsus could no longer be recalled, while Obito prepared to capture the Two-Tails and continue his plan.
• Madara unleashed Deep Forest Emergence at Naruto, but the roots turned traitor and gathered around Naruto instead.
• Madara formed Susanoo, and Naruto revealed his own Susanoo, startling Madara with its resemblance to his.
• The roots attacked Madara, forcing him to break free with Susanoo before he recognized Naruto as the strongest Wood Style ninja in the Ninja World.
• Madara’s Susanoo attacks weakened against Naruto, who stood atop a Wood Human and caught the Yasaka Beads with its hands.
• Madara and Naruto clashed with Susanoo swords, sending sword energy into each other and shattering tree roots.

Naruto overwhelmed Madara with increasingly powerful techniques, then combined Sage Art Wood Release, the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and Perfect Susanoo into a colossal form that dwarfed Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo. He ended the chapter holding Madara before him and repeating Madara’s claim that the fox’s power was no threat.

• Naruto’s Wood Clone defeated Madara’s Majestic Destroyer Flame with an even stronger Fire Style, and Naruto’s Water Release then extinguished the flames and staggered Madara’s Susanoo.
• Madara transformed his Susanoo into its Complete Body form and declared that the fight would end, while Kurama gave Naruto Chakra and then fled.
• Naruto merged the Great Buddha and the surrounding Wood Release roots beneath himself, drawing in natural Chakra as White Zetsu and nearby saplings rushed toward him.
• Naruto used Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, covering the Great Buddha with Kurama’s golden Chakra and multicolored Perfect Susanoo armor.
• One of Naruto’s wooden hands seized Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo and lifted it before Naruto, who mocked Madara’s claim about power.

Naruto defeated Madara Uchiha, who returned to the Pure Land before being revived through the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique in Amegakure. Madara regained his confidence and sent Black Zetsu to unleash one hundred thousand White Zetsu while he set out to collect the Tailed Beasts.

• Naruto destroyed Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo and Impure World Reincarnation body, then used Kurama and a ghost-god form to beat him until his soul returned to the Pure Land.
• Naruto nourished Konoha’s vegetation and White Zetsu with the Great Buddha’s nutrients, then left with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to intercept Madara in Amegakure.
• Madara Uchiha revived himself with Nagato’s Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, while Naruto’s clone restored Nagato and promised to look after Konan and Amegakure.
• Madara learned that no Tailed Beasts had been collected and decided to retrieve his eyes and capture the beasts himself, using the White Zetsu as a diversion.
• Black Zetsu released one hundred thousand White Zetsu and urged them to wage war, but the newly freed army immediately erupted into chatter.

Madara seized Yugito after overwhelming the Konoha 11, while Naruto’s power caused many White Zetsu to betray Black Zetsu. The chapter ended as Kisame approached a girl painting outside Konoha and a sudden disturbance forced him to defend himself.

• Samui ordered Mabui to alert Konoha while Yugito fought Obito outside Kumogakure, and the Konoha 11 arrived to help her.
• Madara appeared, stole Obito’s Rinnegan, defeated the Konoha 11, and took Yugito; Obito fled into the Kamui Space, where Kakashi confronted him.
• Sasuke’s vision seemed impaired after the battle, so Shikamaru called off pursuit and the Konoha 11 prepared to take him back.
• Black Zetsu tried to scatter one hundred thousand White Zetsu, but Naruto’s power made many of them kneel and proclaim their loyalty to Lord Naruto.
• Naruto’s Clone identified Tobi as an unusual White Zetsu and considered combining White Zetsu to create more of them.
• Itachi and Kisame reached a spot outside Konoha, where Kisame approached a girl painting; after her brush made a white streak across the picture, Kisame sensed danger and raised Samehada.

Naruto tested the enhanced Second Stage White Zetsu while Black Zetsu fled, and Kakashi fought Obito in Kamui Space until both suffered matching chest wounds. Naruto, Hashirama, and Tobirama pursued Madara across the villages and waited at Iwagakure, where Madara arrived to capture more Tailed Beasts.

• Naruto defeated Second Stage White Zetsu No. 3366 and judged that the evolution process had greatly increased its strength and speed.
• Black Zetsu fled after learning that many White Zetsu had defected and decided to stall until Kaguya was revived.
• Kakashi and Obito fought in Kamui Space, and Kakashi pierced Obito's chest with Chidori before declaring the fight over.
• Naruto, Hashirama, and Tobirama learned that Madara had taken Yugito from Kumogakure and traveled to Iwagakure to intercept him.
• Madara arrived at Iwagakure, sent a Shadow Clone to extract Matatabi from Yugito, and continued toward the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki before a voice addressed his clone.

Obito reclaimed his Sharingan from Kakashi, who escaped with Naruto’s help and rushed to aid Guy. Naruto gathered Matatabi’s Chakra and returned to Iwagakure, where Madara absorbed Hashirama’s senjutsu Chakra and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to begin his next battle.

• Obito attacked Kakashi again, took back his Sharingan, and learned that Kakashi had arranged for Rin to await him in Konoha.
• Naruto restored Kakashi’s eye, and Kakashi charged off to help Guy.
• Naruto entered Yugito’s Sealing Space, gained Matatabi’s Chakra, and returned the unconscious Yugito to Kumogakure.
• Naruto arrived at Iwagakure as Madara and Hashirama fought, interrupting their clash and leaving Hashirama to step aside.
• Madara absorbed Hashirama’s senjutsu Chakra, summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and launched Limbo: Border Jail against Naruto.

Naruto defeated Madara, who abandoned the Moon Eye Plan after Hashirama and Tobirama revealed Black Zetsu’s scheme to revive Kaguya. As Madara joined Hashirama and Tobirama, Naruto prepared to pursue new threats, while Sasuke returned to Konoha and went to confront Itachi.

• Naruto overwhelmed Madara’s Limbo shadows and Susanoo, and Madara admitted defeat and gave up on the Moon Eye Plan.
• Hashirama and Tobirama explained that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara to revive Kaguya, and Hashirama assigned Madara to help with Konoha’s work.
• Naruto left to gather the Tailed Beast Chakra and planned to awaken the Rinnegan, deal with Toneri on the moon, and evolve the White Zetsu.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Naruto to handle Yakumo, and Naruto assured her he would.
• The Konoha 11 returned to Konoha as rejected former residents begged to be let back in; Sasuke drove away one who approached them.
• Shikaku ordered the crowd to beat the Old Konoha residents gathered at the gates, then sent Sasuke to the south gate, where Itachi was waiting.

Uchiha Sasuke confronted Uchiha Itachi on the mountain and rejected Itachi’s attempt to change his will with Kotoamatsukami. Sasuke gained the upper hand in their fight, though both brothers’ vision blurred from overusing their Mangekyō Sharingan, and Kurama arrived with the account book.

• Kakashi and Might Guy fought over scattered books while Uchiha Sasuke left Konoha to face Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Sasuke told Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Izumi not to interfere, then met Uchiha Itachi at the mountaintop.
• Uchiha Sasuke saw through Itachi’s Genjutsu and rejected his plan to use Kotoamatsukami to change Sasuke’s will.
• Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi clashed with Shadow Clones, Amaterasu, and Fire Style techniques, and both suffered blurred vision.
• Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uchiha Izumi watched as Kurama approached with the account book.

Sasuke defeated Itachi, and Mikoto, Izumi, and Sasuke confronted him before killing him and resurrecting him with Impure World Reincarnation to kneel at the Uchiha Shrine. As Itachi was made to face the Uchiha dead, Deidara and Hidan arrived and destroyed Konoha’s newly rebuilt temporary village.

• Sasuke used Nine-Tails Chakra to summon Kirin, while Kurama recorded the cost of his Chakra use in a ledger.
• Itachi summoned Susanoo and tried to use Kotoamatsukami, but Sasuke resisted and Itachi collapsed from his injuries.
• Mikoto, Izumi, and Sasuke approached Itachi, then stabbed him with Kunai while Kurama kept him alive.
• Itachi died, but Kurama used Impure World Reincarnation to revive him and Kotoamatsukami compelled him to kneel before the Uchiha gravestones.
• Deidara and Hidan arrived in white clay birds and destroyed the temporary Konoha that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had just built.

Kurotsuchi lured Deidara away from the Konoha gates by challenging his art, while Kankuro fought Scorpion with his advanced metal puppet, Unit One. The battle ended with Unit One charging a Tailed Beast Bomb against the Third Kazekage puppet.

• Kurotsuchi challenged Deidara to an explosion-art bet, and he followed her away from the village gates.
• Scorpion stayed behind as the Konoha 11 headed toward Old Konoha, while Kankuro confronted him with Unit One.
• Unit One blocked Scorpion’s poisoned Senbon, severed Hiruko’s tail, and shattered Hiruko with a thruster-powered punch.
• Scorpion summoned the Third Kazekage puppet, but Unit One countered its attacks and blew away its poison gas.
• Kankuro attached Sealing Paper to Unit One, which charged its Chakra energy discharge port as Scorpion’s Third Kazekage puppet used Magnet Release.

Kankuro defeated Sasori with Unit One and persuaded him to join Konoha’s puppet research, while Naruto helped Yakumo confront Ido and recover. At Old Konoha’s ruins, Hinata and the others confronted Hidan, who sensed the Evil God’s aura in them and fled to sacrifice Kakuzu.

• Kankuro used Unit One to defeat Sasori’s Hundred Puppet Performance, then showed him Unit Two and convinced him to seek an upgrade with Konoha.
• Yakumo faced Ido in the Genjutsu world and killed it with a painting knife, with Kurenai catching her as she collapsed.
• Naruto treated Yakumo, put her to sleep so her body could recover, and absorbed some of her Kekkei Genkai.
• Villagers and ninja fled the destruction of Old Konoha as Hinata and the other girls fought Hidan and Kakuzu among the ruins.
• Hinata struck Hidan’s acupoints and questioned him, and Hidan sensed the Evil God’s aura in the four girls.
• Hidan declared himself the Evil God’s most loyal believer, then ran off to ask Kakuzu to lend him his life.