Chapter Summaries

Minato and Kushina cornered Obito and Black Zetsu, forcing them to turn and fight as Black Zetsu secretly planned to abandon Obito and escape. Obito attacked Minato, who countered with Flying Thunder God, leaving their battle locked in a contest of space-time techniques.

• Minato unleashed a barrage of shadow-cloned shuriken, forcing Obito to use Kamui and Black Zetsu to flee through the trees.
• Kushina tracked Black Zetsu underground with her sensory ability and drove him back out with her Adamantine Chains.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to fight Minato and Kushina while secretly hoping to use the battle as cover for his escape.
• Obito agreed to target Kushina and charged Minato with iron chains, but Minato deflected them and attacked with a Rasengan.
• White Zetsu seized Minato and transformed into wooden spikes, but Minato escaped with Flying Thunder God and pursued Obito into another Kamui exchange.

Minato and Kushina fought Obito and the White Zetsu army, while Black Zetsu used the chaos to flee. Minato struck Obito down, and Kushina pursued Black Zetsu, leaving Minato to confront Obito.

• Kushina fought off White Zetsu and their Wood Release users while Minato battled Obito.
• Obito trapped Minato with a pseudo Deep Forest Emergence and rushed to attack Kushina, expecting Black Zetsu to possess Minato.
• Black Zetsu ignored Obito’s call and fled underground, planning to abandon him.
• Minato escaped the Wood Release, used Flying Thunder God to reach Obito, and hit him in the back with a Rasengan, breaking his mask and seriously injuring him.
• Kushina broke free, pursued Black Zetsu, and left Minato to face Obito.

Menma intercepted Black Zetsu as he fled the battlefield and destroyed him with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion Technique. With Black Zetsu gone, Menma believed Kaguya would remain sealed in the Initial Sphere Sealing Space.

• Obito rejected Minato’s plea and launched another desperate attack, while Minato prepared to stop him for good.
• Menma arrived ahead of the pursuing Kushina and forced Black Zetsu out of the ground with his Golden Chains.
• Menma revealed that he knew Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s creation and explained his plan to bring her back.
• Kushina caught up, and Menma told her that everything at the Valley of the End had been resolved.
• Menma trapped Black Zetsu in an Adamantine Sealing Chain Formation and killed him with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion Technique.
• Menma searched the devastated area and confirmed that Black Zetsu’s presence had been erased.

Menma and Kushina destroyed Black Zetsu while Minato defeated Obito, bringing Madara and Obito’s plans to an end. Menma killed Obito, then told Minato that the First Hokage had agreed to Konohagakure’s unconditional surrender and that casualties had been low.

• A monk on a southern island sensed something to the north, then continued toward the remote southern lands.
• Kushina confirmed that Black Zetsu had abandoned Obito and that Minato had stayed behind to fight him.
• Menma and Kushina returned to find Minato had defeated Obito, who had used Izanagi twice but failed to escape.
• Menma told Obito he would not forgive him, then killed him with a kunai to the heart.
• Minato asked Menma about the Valley of the End, and Menma reported that the First Hokage had agreed to Konohagakure’s unconditional surrender with few casualties.

Menma returned to Village of Light as tens of thousands of White Zetsu threatened to overwhelm its defenders. He joined the battle and devastated the enemy, leaving the Light Ninja’s morale restored as the fighting continued.

• Minato thanked Menma for sparing Konoha’s people, and Menma recounted Madara Uchiha’s resurrection and Moon Eye Plan to his parents.
• Kushina warned Menma that thousands of White Zetsu were attacking Village of Light, so Menma, Minato, and Kushina hurried back.
• Menma found Karin, Suigetsu, Shibuki, and the Light Ninja fighting a force of thirty or forty thousand White Zetsu, with the defenders suffering heavy casualties.
• Menma assigned Toneri to the left flank and Minato and Kushina to support the right, then unleashed the Silver Tensei Explosion Technique against the White Zetsu.
• Menma’s attack annihilated hundreds of White Zetsu and revived the Light Ninja’s morale as they charged back into the battle.

Menma and the Light Ninja annihilated the White Zetsu army attacking the Village of Light, then planned a wider search for the remaining White Zetsu. After Konohagakure surrendered, Menma returned to the village to a jubilant welcome while considering other threats, including Isshiki and the Three Great Sage Regions.

• Menma, Toneri, Shibuki, Suigetsu, Karin, and the Light Ninja wiped out most of the White Zetsu attacking the village, with only a few escaping into its defenses before being stopped.
• Menma told Karin, Minato, and Kushina that Madara had commanded one hundred thousand White Zetsu and that tens of thousands remained hidden across the Shinobi World.
• Menma assigned himself and Shibuki to organize a search and extermination campaign, using the surrendered Five Great Nations' forces to contain the remaining White Zetsu.
• Menma, Minato, Kushina, and Karin returned to the Village of Light, where residents celebrated the enemy's defeat and Konohagakure's surrender.
• Menma considered future action against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the Three Great Sage Regions, while treating Shikkotsu Forest as a possible exception.

After Hashirama Senju surrendered Konohagakure, nations and villages began submitting to Menma’s Village of Light, while Chiyo pushed Sunagakure to surrender unconditionally. The remaining Sand Ninja accepted her orders, and she prepared to protect the village’s people through a peaceful transition.

• News of Konohagakure’s defeat and unconditional surrender spread, prompting nearby nations and villages to submit to the Village of Light.
• Chiyo and Ebizo summoned Sunagakure’s remaining leaders and ordered them to surrender, inventory their resources, and report to the Village of Light.
• Hato objected to unconditional surrender, hoping to preserve his status and future chance to become Kazekage.
• Chiyo challenged Hato to negotiate with Uzumaki Menma and warned that resistance would endanger Sunagakure’s people.
• Chiyo threatened to punish anyone who jeopardized the village for personal gain, and the Sand Ninja agreed to follow her orders.

Sunagakure accepted unconditional surrender, and Menma assigned Shibuki and Karin to integrate the remaining great villages before traveling with his family, Sasuke, and Itachi to Konohagakure. As Menma approached Konoha to begin establishing a new order, Naruto struggled with his conflicting loyalties, and Kushina warned him to make his own choices after his parents left.

• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to surrender and sent Ebizo, Hato, and the remaining Jonin to secure the Village of Light's acceptance, while the villagers celebrated the decision.
• Menma put Shibuki and Karin in charge of integrating the four great villages and assigned Toneri and Suigetsu to find the remaining White Zetsu.
• Menma traveled to Konohagakure with his family, Sasuke, and Itachi, while Toneri stayed behind and Menma retained control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Itachi and Sasuke reacted differently to Konoha's gates, while Naruto returned conflicted about the village's surrender and his allegiance to Menma.
• Menma recalled how he had left Konoha and built his power before declaring that a new order would begin as he approached the gates.
• Kushina told Naruto to remember Menma's warning and said that she and his father would leave after Konoha's affairs were settled.

Three days after the battle near the Village of Light, Menma gave Naruto one last chance to accept the coming unification, and Naruto agreed to wait and see whether Menma’s promised peace came to pass. Menma then entered defeated Konohagakure, where its anxious villagers watched from behind closed doors, and met the Light Ninja leaders and Hashirama and Tobirama at the Hokage Building.

• Menma told Naruto that this was his final chance to stop opposing him, while Minato and Kushina urged Naruto to trust his older brother.
• Naruto promised not to act recklessly for now but said he would oppose Menma again if the world became violent instead of peaceful.
• Menma arrived at Konohagakure’s gates, where the Light Ninja recognized and welcomed him as Lord Heavenly Kage.
• Menma walked through the deserted village as its fearful residents watched from behind shuttered doors and windows.
• Mui, Utakata, and Muku greeted Menma beneath the Hokage Building, and Menma thanked Hashirama and Tobirama for cooperating with the unification.

Menma reviewed Konohagakure’s integration and set out plans to unify its administration with the Village of Light while preserving the town and its civilians. He left his subordinates with a strict one-year deadline to reduce divisions among ninja from the different villages.

• Shikaku, Inoichi, Shibi, and other clan leaders helped Konohagakure’s ninja accept integration, while Menma allowed nearly all captured ninja to move freely.
• Menma ordered Konohagakure’s landmarks, including the Hokage Building and Hokage Rock, removed, and Hashirama and Tobirama agreed.
• Menma said ordinary citizens could remain in place, but ninja clans would be reassigned after information from all Five Great Ninja Villages was collected.
• Menma instructed Mui, Shikaku, and others to carry out the integration carefully, promising favorable treatment to cooperative surrenders and punishment for those who resisted.
• Menma set a one-year goal for reducing hostility between ninja from different villages so they could serve together and support the wider unification plan.

Menma reviewed the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane Clans’ proposed punishments and accepted their dissolution and the deaths of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu. Sasuke struggled to accept that the two had died before he could take revenge, but Itachi and Menma persuaded him to let go.

• Hashirama and Tobirama presented Menma with scrolls containing the three clans’ confessions and proposals to dissolve themselves and surrender their assets.
• Menma discovered that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had died by suicide, and Tobirama explained that they had paid for their actions to help stabilize the villages’ future order.
• Menma accepted the clans’ proposed punishments and gave the scrolls to Sasuke, pointing out the final passages.
• Sasuke became furious that Homura and Koharu had died before he could take revenge for the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi urged Sasuke to stop clinging to his resentment, and Sasuke calmed down and accepted the outcome for Menma and Itachi’s sake.

As the village’s survivors accepted Menma’s rule, the reanimated dead prepared to leave, and Naruto struggled with his parents’ departure. Kushina secured Menma’s promise to spare Naruto, and Tsunade began releasing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Tobirama watched Sasuke closely but relaxed when Menma and Sasuke appeared willing to accept the settlement and let the living handle the village.
• Hashirama, Minato, and Kushina agreed that the dead should return to the afterlife, leaving the living to manage what came next.
• Naruto grieved at his parents’ departure, while Kushina and Jiraiya urged him to follow Menma and avoid acting recklessly.
• Naruto agreed to restrain himself for now but resolved to resist Menma if the unified nation became brutal and unstable.
• Kushina asked Menma to pursue his dreams and promised to hear about his future family; Menma vowed not to kill Naruto unless Naruto attacked him ruthlessly first.
• Tsunade performed the release hand seals for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and white light began emerging from the reanimated bodies.

Menma watched Minato, Kushina, and the other reincarnated souls depart, then gave Tsunade the freedom to leave the former Konohagakure as it prepared to rebuild. After Naruto went to see Tsunade off, Menma asked Sasuke and Itachi where they wanted to rebuild the Uchiha Clan, and Sasuke chose the Village of Light.

• Minato and Kushina said farewell to Menma and Naruto before disappearing with the other reincarnated souls.
• Menma recognized White Zetsu as the reincarnation sacrifices and told Tsunade she could stay or leave as long as she respected the new social order.
• Tsunade told Menma she would finish arranging the remaining work, then leave with Shizune.
• Menma sent Naruto to speak with Tsunade and told him he would show him what true peace meant; Naruto vowed to stop Menma if he proved him wrong.
• Menma asked Sasuke and Itachi where they wanted to establish the Uchiha Clan, and Sasuke chose to return to the Village of Light.

Sasuke and Itachi discussed rebuilding the Uchiha Clan in the Village of Light, and Sasuke insisted Itachi atone for the clan massacre by fathering many children. Itachi reluctantly accepted Sasuke’s plan, while Menma stayed out of the brothers’ private decision.

• Menma agreed that Sasuke and Itachi could establish a Uchiha Clan compound in the Village of Light after the village was redesigned.
• Sasuke declared that Itachi had to atone for destroying the clan by helping rebuild its population through marriage and children.
• Sasuke threatened to use his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Genjutsu if Itachi refused, and gave him ten years to fulfill the plan.
• Itachi reluctantly agreed to follow Sasuke’s arrangements, asking to choose the women himself, and Sasuke accepted.
• Menma offered to help the brothers if needed, and Sasuke thanked him.

Menma oversaw Konohagakure’s incorporation into the Village of Light as the other shinobi villages surrendered, unifying the Shinobi World and alarming its daimyo and nobles. He then led a massive force to destroy the remaining White Zetsu, leaving the new order without that threat.

• Menma and Tsunade announced that Konohagakure would become a branch village of the Village of Light, and Tsunade left to wander with Shizune.
• Menma approved some former Konoha Ninja’s retirement requests and began integrating and relocating the others as Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure surrendered.
• The daimyo and nobles feared Menma’s control over the unified shinobi forces, while Menma prioritized integrating the villages and eliminating the remaining White Zetsu.
• Menma led more than thirty thousand shinobi, alongside Toneri, Sasuke, Muku, and others, to encircle and exterminate the White Zetsu Army.
• The Light Ninja and Menma’s elite forces annihilated all one hundred thousand White Zetsu within hours.

Menma led Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri through a hidden passage into Mount Myōboku, intending to deal with the Three Great Sage Regions. Their arrival provoked Gama Bunta, who confronted Menma over Fukasaku’s death as Menma made clear he was prepared to destroy Mount Myōboku if negotiations failed.

• Menma decided to target the Three Great Sage Regions after the White Zetsu purge and chose Mount Myōboku as his first destination.
• Menma explained to Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri that the Sage Regions used hidden space-time passages to attract summoning contractors.
• Menma entered the passage to Mount Myōboku, and Toneri, Sasuke, and a worried Naruto followed him.
• The group emerged in Mount Myōboku, where young toads noticed their arrival and sensed their powerful chakra.
• Gama Bunta arrived, drew his sword, and confronted Menma over Fukasaku’s death; Menma remained calm and threatened to destroy Mount Myōboku if it opposed him.

Menma met Gamamaru at Mount Myōboku to demand a clear answer about the toads’ submission. Gamamaru asked whether Mount Myōboku could instead remain uninvolved in the Shinobi World, leaving the negotiations unresolved.

• Gama Bunta prepared to attack Menma, but Naruto stepped in and pleaded for him to stop.
• A toad delivered Gamamaru’s order to bring Menma and his companions to the main hall, and Gama Bunta lowered his sword.
• Menma, Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri followed the messenger to Gamamaru’s palace.
• Menma greeted Gamamaru respectfully, then asked him for a clear answer about Mount Myōboku’s submission.
• Gamamaru offered to keep Mount Myōboku out of Shinobi World affairs and asked whether that would be enough.

Menma demanded that Mount Myōboku submit to his authority or be destroyed, and Gamamaru hesitated over the choice. When Hagoromo appeared, Menma gave him a prepared explanation for his knowledge and asked whether he had come to stop him.

• Menma gave Gamamaru the ultimatum to submit or see Mount Myōboku destroyed, and stopped Naruto from intervening.
• Gamamaru asked whether there was room for compromise, while Menma challenged him about relying on someone hidden nearby.
• Menma called out Hagoromo, who emerged from the void and questioned whether Menma was Indra.
• Menma claimed his bloodline let him recover memories of the past, leaving Hagoromo and Gamamaru doubtful.
• Menma asked Hagoromo what his appearance meant and whether he had come to stop him.

Menma challenged Hagoromo’s demand that he use gentler methods, arguing that Hagoromo himself had resorted to violence to seal Kaguya. Menma explained that he sought peace for all living beings and warned that the world would need unity to face a greater enemy from beyond the stars.

• Hagoromo asked Menma about his ideals and urged him to take a gentler approach.
• Menma rebuked Hagoromo for demanding peaceful methods after he and Hamura had sealed their mother, Kaguya.
• Hagoromo admitted Menma was right and apologized for treating him like a child.
• Menma said his goal was peace for all living beings and urged Hagoromo to judge him by his actions.
• Menma warned that the Otsutsuki beyond the stars could threaten the planet, and argued that only a unified world could resist them.

Menma argued that the Shinobi World needed a new path to peace, and Hagoromo accepted that his old approach had failed while choosing to trust Menma. Hagoromo then asked Menma to show Mount Myōboku leniency, leaving Menma to consider the toads’ fate as he prepared to deal with Isshiki.

• Menma told Hagoromo that relying on understanding alone had repeatedly failed and that humanity needed limits and a new path.
• Hagoromo reflected on his mistakes as a father and founder of Ninshu, then said he would not oppose Menma and hoped he would remain true to himself.
• Menma promised to transform the world within twenty years, while Naruto quietly felt that Menma’s criticism was aimed at him.
• Hagoromo decided to trust Menma, and Menma affirmed that he would prove his path was right.
• Gamamaru accepted that Mount Myōboku would have to bear the consequences of its involvement in the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo asked Menma to treat Mount Myōboku leniently, citing his old friendship with Gamamaru.