Chapter Summaries

Sakura realized Hinata was still alive as Naruto Uzumaki fought Mingren in his seven-tailed form, but Mingren repeatedly overpowered him. Desperate and doubting his beliefs, Naruto accepted the Nine-Tails’ offer, and the chapter ended as he began transforming into an eight-tailed monster.

• Sakura rescued the temporarily incapacitated Hinata while Gaara concluded Naruto needed the Nine-Tails’ power to defeat Mingren.
• Naruto Uzumaki attacked Mingren in his seven-tailed form, but Mingren struck him with increasingly powerful punches and overwhelmed his Tailed Beast Cloak.
• The Airship cameras recorded Mingren beating Naruto, while viewers across the Ninja World watched in despair at his strength.
• Inside his Mental World, Naruto Uzumaki despaired and asked for someone to tell him what to do, and the Nine-Tails urged him to destroy what caused his suffering.
• Naruto Uzumaki released more of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and his body grew into a towering eight-tailed monster.

Mingren crushed the mindless Eight-Tails Nine-Tails manifestation, while Naruto moved to break the seal and release the real Nine-Tails. The chapter left off as the Fourth Hokage stopped Naruto at the gate.

• Itachi appeared before Tsunade and the others and began explaining the final plan to defeat the Emperor.
• Mingren assessed the partially transformed Nine-Tails and noted its form could help him improve the Zero-Tails Jutsu and Chimera Technique.
• Mingren launched the Nine-Tails into the air and battered it with hundreds of punches until it crashed into a crater, barely alive.
• Naruto approached the gate in his mental world and reached to undo the final seal, but an outstretched arm stopped him.
• The Nine-Tails recognized the figure who had pushed Naruto away, and Naruto identified him as the Fourth Hokage.

Naruto Uzumaki met his father, Minato Namikaze, inside his consciousness and learned why the Nine-Tails had been sealed within him. After Minato restored his seal and revealed that Naruto’s mother might still be alive, Naruto returned to the battlefield and prepared to speak with Amakawa Mingren before a colossal summon appeared.

• Minato Namikaze appeared within Naruto Uzumaki’s consciousness and told him that he was his father.
• Naruto punched Minato over sealing the Nine-Tails inside him, then heard Minato explain the attack on Konoha and encourage him to find his own answer to hatred and peace.
• Minato repaired Naruto’s seal and told him that Amakawa Mingren would not kill him and that his mother might still be alive.
• Naruto returned to reality in Sage Mode after his Shadow Clones dispelled and faced Amakawa Mingren across the battlefield.
• Tsunade and Sakura released the Hundred Healings Technique and jointly summoned one-tenth of Katsuyu’s main body, whose shadow covered the battlefield.

Itachi and Tsunade’s plan sent Amakawa Mingren to Shikkotsu Forest, where Sage Katsuyu’s true body awaited him. Mingren survived the attack and identified his destination, while Itachi urged the survivors to flee to Mount Myōboku before he returned.

• Sage Katsuyu struck Mingren, but he shattered its body with his punches and blasted Itachi into dust after Itachi attacked from inside it.
• Katsuyu enveloped Mingren and transported him to Shikkotsu Forest, leaving the battlefield stunned.
• Asuka concluded that Mingren had been sent to Shikkotsu Forest, and Tsunade explained that Itachi had secretly arranged the trap with Katsuyu over fifteen days.
• Itachi used Izanagi to survive and warned Tsunade and the others to leave in case Mingren defeated Sage Katsuyu’s true body.
• Mingren emerged in Shikkotsu Forest, recognized its lethal acidic environment, and saw Sage Katsuyu’s true body below.
• In Konoha, Itachi urged the survivors to preserve what remained of the village by fleeing to Mount Myōboku.

Tsunade told Naruto that Amakawa Mingren had abducted his mother, Kushina, while Mingren confronted the enormous, devouring Sage Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest. Naruto decided to find Kushina and become a Perfect Jinchuriki, but Nagato began using the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique on him.

• Itachi proposed summoning Mount Myōboku's toad stomach to transport Konoha's people to safety, and Tsunade asked Naruto what he would do.
• Naruto revealed that Minato had told him Kushina was still alive, and Tsunade said classified records indicated that Amakawa Mingren had abducted her.
• Mingren saw that Sage Katsuyu's enormous body was devouring matter to keep growing and accepted its challenge.
• Naruto chose to find Kushina, train to control the Nine-Tails, and bring willing people to Mount Myōboku.
• Nagato trusted Naruto with the future of the Ninja World and began performing the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

Nagato sacrificed his life to revive the dead, including Nohara Rin, and gave Naruto a final warning about war before dying. Asuka then began a public vote to test who could lead Amegakure in Mingren’s absence, while Kushina abstained and withdrew with Rin.

• Nagato used the Outer Path to revive the dead in Konoha and Amegakure, and Nohara Rin returned to life.
• Kakashi reconciled with Hatake Sakumo in the Underworld before Sakumo departed and Kakashi awakened beside the revived Choji and Choza.
• Nagato warned Naruto about the pain and hatred caused by war, then died before finishing his final thought about peace.
• Itachi warned Konan that Madara would seek Nagato’s Rinnegan, and the group split up while Itachi and Konan guarded Nagato’s body.
• Ying ordered the Amegakure Allied Forces Reserve Plan activated, and Asuka withdrew the Four Red Yang Formation and called for a public vote.
• Kushina abstained from the vote and left with Nohara Rin, whom she suspected was a Konoha ninja.

Asuka was chosen as The Second and activated Amegakure’s stored jutsu, drawing negative emotions from twenty million people to empower herself with New Zero-Tails. She led the renewed assault on Konoha, where Naruto watched the slaughter begin and Hanzo moved to contain Itachi.

• Ying, Asuka, Hanzo, and Shennong were shortlisted, and a random draw selected Asuka as The Second.
• Asuka activated the backup jutsu, which extracted negative emotions across Amegakure and empowered her with New Zero-Tails.
• Asuka ordered her forces to spare Naruto and capture the Hokage alive while killing everyone else in their path.
• Amegakure’s forces launched a surprise attack, slaughtering Konoha’s lower-ranking ninja and civilians as Naruto realized he could not help.
• Hanzo surrounded Itachi and Konan with more than a hundred Water Clones to stop Itachi from using his Kusanagi Sword.

Anko tried to negotiate with Ying but was killed, while Ying continued attacking Konoha’s retreating forces. At Shikkotsu Forest, Mingren prepared to challenge Sage Katsuyu and struck the ground with a devastating descent, revealing Katsuyu’s body beneath the crater.

• Anko told Uzuki Yugao and Hayate Gekko to cover Tsunade’s retreat while she negotiated with Ying.
• Ying dismissed Anko’s identity and killed her with a beam of Natural Energy, then attacked the remaining Konoha forces.
• Mingren sensed that Dark Authority had been granted to Asuka and reflected on how others would rise to replace fallen leaders.
• Mingren decided to challenge Sage Katsuyu’s true body and launched himself into the sky.
• Mingren crashed into Shikkotsu Forest at immense speed, creating a vast crater and exposing the writhing white masses that formed part of Sage Katsuyu.

Mingren rose high above Shikkotsu Forest, then crashed into it at extreme speed to destroy Sage Katsuyu’s vast body. The impact obliterated the forest and exposed Katsuyu’s enormous true form, leaving Mingren injured but regenerating as he prepared to face her.

• Mingren realized Sage Katsuyu’s body spread throughout Shikkotsu Forest and decided to destroy the entire region rather than target one part.
• Mingren ascended into the stratosphere to survey the forest, then accelerated downward with Dark Chakra.
• Mingren struck the heart of Shikkotsu Forest at more than ten times the speed of sound, devastating the forest and sending a shockwave hundreds of kilometers away.
• Sage Katsuyu emerged from the ruined forest in its full Leviathan-class form and addressed Mingren.
• Mingren regenerated from his severe injuries and prepared to confront Sage Katsuyu, whom he considered a threat to humanity.

Mingren fought Sage Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest, but her endless regeneration and splitting prevented his attacks from finishing her, so he summoned the Dark Shadow. Meanwhile, Asuka ruled the Konoha Ruins as The Second, with Tsunade captured and Naruto powerless as the Ninja World watched her growing strength.

• Sage Katsuyu tested Mingren with enormous slug bodies, then attacked him with dozens of split-off slugs that he shattered with rapid punches.
• Mingren used the Ivan and blasted away part of Sage Katsuyu, but she regenerated by devouring matter.
• Mingren decided the fight would not end at that rate and summoned the Dark Shadow for a move he had prepared for Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
• At the Konoha Ruins, Asuka exercised her authority as The Second while Amegakure forces slaughtered Konoha's remnants and kept Tsunade prisoner.
• Naruto watched helplessly from the Great Toad of Mount Myōboku as the people of Amegakure ignored him and Ying stood over Grandma Tsunade.
• Cameras showed the Ninja World Asuka surveying the land from a high platform, with her enormous power making her a formidable Water Style user.

Asuka's forces finished destroying Konoha, leaving Naruto and the survivors exiles while Obito reconsidered his plans for the Fourth Great Ninja War. Asuka offered Gaara a chance to spare Sunagakure through surrender and accountability, while Dark Shadow appeared beside Mingren in Shikkotsu Forest.

• Itachi urged Naruto to learn how to find light amid death, and Asuka ordered him to leave the ruins of Konoha.
• Konoha was declared extinct, and Naruto, Itachi, and the other survivors became exiles as Amegakure prepared to establish a new order.
• Obito decided to accelerate the Fourth Great Ninja War and discussed using Sasuke as a pawn, unaware that Sasuke planned to turn against him.
• Asuka offered Gaara an alternative for Sunagakure: surrender to the Amegakure Allied Forces, replace its old regime, and put war criminals on trial.
• Dark Shadow appeared beside Mingren in Shikkotsu Forest, having traveled between Dark Chakra Jutsu at his will.

Mingren survived Sage Katsuyu’s acid barrage by entering Zero-Tails Chakra Mode and unleashed Killing Intent Fluctuation. Meanwhile, Gaara left the ruins after deferring negotiations, and Asuka announced that the Land of Fire now belonged to the Amegakure Allied Forces.

• Sage Katsuyu’s clones covered the sky and flooded Mingren’s position with Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid.
• Dark Shadow possessed Mingren, awakening Zero-Tails Chakra Mode and pushing his Strength beyond [85].
• Mingren turned the Negative Emotions within him into killing intent and prepared to attack Sage Katsuyu with Killing Intent Fluctuation.
• Gaara declined to settle the matter immediately and told Asuka to negotiate in Amegakure after the Emperor returned.
• Gaara departed on Gold Dust, marking the end of the operation to destroy Konoha and the Amegakure Allied Forces’ seizure of the Land of Fire.
• Asuka announced to the Ninja World that the Land of Fire belonged to the Amegakure Allied Forces and outlined plans to rebuild it.

After defeating Sage Katsuyu with a catastrophic impact, Amakawa Mingren survived and prepared to speak with her. The Five Great Nations learned of the blast and feared the power he could wield, while Kankuro argued that Sunagakure should join the Amegakure Allied Forces.

• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, A, and Kankuro discussed how the Amegakure Allied Forces had changed the balance of power, and Mei Terumi revealed that Amakawa Mingren was still alive.
• Mabui reported that a massive explosion near Shikkotsu Forest had caused tremors detectable 12,000 kilometers away, and the leaders suspected Mingren had fought Sage Katsuyu.
• At Shikkotsu Forest, Mingren survived the Third Impact unharmed, crippled Sage Katsuyu, and said they could now talk.
• The Five Great Nations feared Mingren could destroy a village before anyone could react, and Ōnoki asked what kind of Kekkei Tōta could produce such power.
• Kankuro said a new era had arrived and suggested that Sunagakure join the Amegakure Allied Forces, angering A and Ōnoki.

Naruto Uzumaki heard the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and learned that his existence had led Amakawa Mingren to destroy Konoha. Orosuke Hime offered to help him oppose Mingren in exchange for using the Reaper Mask to revive Minato Namikaze, while Mingren confronted Sage Katsuyu with the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

• The Great Toad Sage told Naruto that he would encounter an octopus and a boy with special eyes, and Toad Yin gave him the key to the Eight Trigrams Seal so he could release the Nine-Tails.
• Orosuke Hime appeared on Mount Myōboku, offered Naruto the Reaper Mask to revive Minato Namikaze, and Naruto accepted her deal.
• Mingren summoned Sage Katsuyu and showed her the Box of Ultimate Bliss, a weapon that could transform anyone thrown inside into one of its wielder’s soldiers.

Mingren forced Sage Katsuyu to cooperate and used a massive Natural Energy sphere and the Chimera Technique to begin turning her into a Dark Summoned Beast. At Mount Myōboku, Naruto resolved to seek the octopus and master the Nine-Tails’ power so he could defeat the Emperor.

• Mingren threatened Sage Katsuyu with a giant Natural Energy sphere until she gathered most of her true body.
• Mingren covered the sphere with the Chimera Technique, forced Sage Katsuyu to swallow it, and began transforming her into his Dark Summoned Beast.
• At Mount Myōboku, Naruto admitted he was uneasy but said he would not run away because others believed in him.
• Naruto told the Great Toad Sage that he would find the octopus and become a perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sage Fukasaku assured Naruto that the toads would look after Mount Myōboku while he was gone.

Orosuke Hime planned experiments to free Minato Namikaze’s soul, while Kabuto Yakushi and Obito Uchiha formed an alliance to obtain the Rinnegan and Sasuke. Meanwhile, Naruto and Kakashi headed for Turtle Island as Amakawa Mingren modified Sage Katsuyu with the Chimera Technique.

• Orosuke Hime decided to stay and create clones to perform the Reverse Reaper Death Seal, intending to free Minato Namikaze’s soul and reunite the four Hokage.
• Kabuto Yakushi confronted Obito Uchiha at his base and revealed several Impure World Reincarnation bodies, including Nagato and Fugaku Uchiha.
• Kabuto offered Obito reanimated fighters in exchange for Sasuke Uchiha, then revealed that he had also obtained Madara Uchiha’s corpse.
• Obito agreed to ally with Kabuto and requested reanimated Nagato so he could obtain the real Rinnegan.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi followed the prophecy’s instructions toward Turtle Island while Amakawa Mingren used the Chimera Technique to modify Sage Katsuyu at the ruins of Shikkotsu Forest.

Mingren used the Chimera Technique to transform Sage Katsuyu into a human-sized being, intending to make her his summoned weapon and ruler of the nation built on Konoha’s ruins. Meanwhile, Amegakure took control of the Land of Fire, and Naruto’s group arrived in Kumogakure to seek Killer Bee’s help with Naruto’s tailed-beast training.

• Mingren used the Chimera Technique to shrink Sage Katsuyu from ten kilometers long to about 1.3 meters, beginning her transformation into a human-like form.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire signed a treaty making his country a vassal of Amegakure, and Asuka took over its administration.
• Amegakure transported materials and summoned craftsmen to build a new city atop Konoha’s ruins.
• Naruto, Kakashi, Yamato, and Sakura entered Kumogakure under Anbu watch, worried the Raikage might try to seize the Nine-Tails.
• Kakashi asked the Raikage to let Killer Bee help Naruto learn to control the Tailed Beast, and the Raikage agreed for the sake of fighting the Amegakure Emperor.

Naruto struggled with his uncertainty aboard the ship while Sage Katsuyu emerged in human form after Mingren completed the Chimera Technique. Mingren bound her to him as his Dark Summoned Beast Weapon and brought her to Konoha’s rebuilding site.

• Naruto reflected on life without Konoha and felt increasingly confused by his responsibilities, while Kakashi trusted that he would overcome them.
• Sage Katsuyu emerged from her cocoon as a blue-haired girl, revealing the completed human form of her ten-kilometer body.
• Mingren branded Sage Katsuyu with the Dark Chakra Jutsu and declared her his Dark Summoned Beast Weapon, warning her not to betray him.
• Mingren summoned Ibuse and took Sage Katsuyu to Konoha’s original site, where the workers, including Asuka, greeted him and showed him the new city under construction.

After the fall of Konoha, Mingren organized the new regime, named its rebuilt city New Konoha, and planned reforms and a historical record exposing the old village’s crimes. He left Nohara Rin in New Konoha, sent Kushina to show Sage Katsuyu around, and felt the negative emotions within him stirring.

• Mingren introduced Sage Katsuyu to his subordinates as his new subordinate, then began a postwar meeting in a temporary conference room.
• Mingren named the rebuilt city New Konoha, planned to publish Konoha Chronicles exposing the village’s history and the truth about the Uchiha, and outlined reforms for the Land of Fire.
• Asuka reported that Tsunade was captured and that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had fled to Mount Myōboku; Mingren postponed the Hokage’s public trial until Naruto Uzumaki became a Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Mingren left Nohara Rin in New Konoha to serve as an ordinary ANBU and ordered Kushina to help Sage Katsuyu learn the area before they discussed their deal that night.
• After Kushina and Katsuyu left, Mingren sensed the lingering imprint of Zero-Tails Chakra Mode and the negative emotions inside him.

Mingren sent Kushina to Turtle Island to help Naruto obtain the Nine-Tails’ chakra, promising her a reward for completing the mission. The next morning, he considered Naruto’s path to power and his plans for Kisame, while noticing that Sage Katsuyu seemed unusually nervous around him.

• Kushina mourned Minato Namikaze at his grave as Mingren told her that Naruto Uzumaki had gone to Turtle Island for Eight-Tails training.
• Mingren ordered Kushina to help Naruto seize Nine-Tails chakra and promised to give her what she wanted if she succeeded.
• Kushina left for the Land of Lightning the next morning, and Mingren reflected on Naruto’s future growth and his plan to confront him later.
• Mingren considered dealing with Kisame Hoshigaki, who was near Killer B, since Might Guy had not gone to Turtle Island.
• Mingren noticed Sage Katsuyu’s embarrassed, evasive demeanor and asked her what was wrong.