Chapter Summaries

Pakura defeated Gaara and led the Amegakure Allied Forces in conquering Sunagakure, while Sasuke rescued Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro with his portal. After Pakura killed Sunagakure’s leaders and its ninja forces surrendered, the Emperor arrived.

• Pakura entered Scorching Release Chakra Mode and defeated Gaara, shattering his Sand Armor as Naruto and Sasuke arrived through Sasuke’s portal.
• Naruko tried to intervene but collapsed with abdominal pain, while Mingren secretly prevented her from joining the fight.
• Temari fled with the injured Gaara, and Sasuke opened a portal to Mount Myōboku so they could escape before he returned for Kankuro and Naruko.
• Pakura’s forces wiped out Sunagakure’s Jonin and Special Jonin, and Pakura vaporized the village’s elders and advisors when they tried to negotiate.
• Sunagakure’s remaining Genin knelt in fear as the Emperor appeared.

Mingren left Pakura in charge of Sunagakure and the Land of Wind while he continued his campaign toward Kirigakure, despite Otsutsuki Toneri abducting Hanabi. Toneri escaped with Hanabi, leaving Hiashi injured and the Sound Four to face the aftermath.

• Mingren ordered Sunagakure and the Land of Wind incorporated into the Amegakure Allied Forces, appointed Pakura to govern them, and set Kirigakure as his next target.
• Mingren learned that Otsutsuki Toneri had attacked New Konoha and abducted Hyuga Hanabi, but chose to continue conquering the Five Great Nations rather than pursue him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Hyuga Hiashi with Masked Puppets and injured him while searching the Hyuga estate.
• Otsutsuki Toneri subdued Hanabi and took her away, then vanished before Hiashi could find her.
• The Sound Four arrived after the attack and could only defeat a few remaining puppets, while Tayuya worried about the consequences.

Mingren punished Tayuya after the Four failed to protect Hanabi, then rejected the Land of Water’s proposed terms and ordered it to surrender within three days. He prepared to launch a campaign against the Land of Water and set out to obtain nanotechnology from Orosuke Hime.

• Tayuya and the others reported that Hyuga Hiashi was badly injured and that Hizashi Hyuga had taken command of New Konoha.
• Mingren sent the Four away for hellish training and had Tayuya eat Original Chicken before defeating her in a fight.
• Kushina delivered the Land of Water’s proposed terms, but Mingren tore up the document and refused them.
• Mingren gave the Land of Water three days to surrender unconditionally and prepared to travel there after Ajisai, Hanzo, and the others set up a teleportation formation.
• Mingren planned to obtain nanotechnology and vanished to seek out Orosuke Hime.

Mei Terumi’s forces and the survivors of Sunagakure faced the Emperor, while Naruko and Sasuke remained their last hope. At Orosuke Hime’s laboratory, Mingren had her summon Deidara and Aburame Shikuroo, then absorbed their memories and mastered their nanoscale techniques.

• Mei Terumi received Kushina’s message about the Emperor’s intentions, and Kirigakure’s young Genin vowed to fight him.
• Gaara recovered at Mount Myōboku, while Temari and Kankuro mourned that only a few dozen Sunagakure fighters had survived.
• Naruko ran to ask Orochimaru about the prosthetic limbs being prepared for her and Sasuke.
• Mingren ordered Orosuke Hime to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Deidara and Aburame Shikuroo so he could acquire their nanotechnology.
• Mingren disintegrated the two summoned shinobi and took their memories, mastering Deidara’s Nanoscale Clay Bomb and Aburame Shikuroo’s Nanoscale Venomous Insects.

Mingren offered Orosuke Hime a chance to learn advanced scientific concepts, then punished her for her actions during the Fourth Great Ninja War. He continued inspecting her laboratory with Orosuke Hime in tow.

• Mingren listed scientific concepts for Orosuke Hime, convincing her that his knowledge surpassed her expectations.
• Mingren seized Orosuke Hime, put three rings on her, and beat her with Dark Taijutsu in the laboratory.
• Kabuto Yakushi called from the corridor and relayed that Naruko wanted an update on the prosthetic limb cultivation.
• Orosuke Hime told Kabuto the prosthetic limb would be ready in a couple of days, then Mingren carried her deeper into the laboratory to search it.

Mingren continued beating the real Orosuke Hime underground while her Shadow Clone deceived Naruko and Shikamaru into believing she was working on the Prosthetic Limb. Naruko inspected the cultivated limbs as Kirigakure faced the Emperor’s three-day surrender ultimatum.

• Mingren overwhelmed Orosuke Hime and continued his assault in the basement.
• Naruko visited with Shikamaru, worried about Kirigakure and eager to receive the Prosthetic Limb; Sasuke had gone to Kirigakure to check the situation.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Naruko that Orosuke Hime had been working in the laboratory for over twenty-four hours, and Orosuke Hime’s Shadow Clone agreed to show them the Prosthetic Limb.
• Orosuke Hime’s Shadow Clone led Naruko and Shikamaru into the laboratory, where they examined two limbs made with White Zetsu cells.
• Mingren revealed that Orosuke Hime’s real body remained underground and struck her with his Thousand Strikes in an Instant technique.

Mingren defeated Orosuke Hime with Instant Hell Murder, then traveled to the Land of Water to begin transforming the Ninja World by creating nanoscale life. As Hanzo and Ajisai watched, Mingren’s new beings began to take shape.

• Mingren overwhelmed Orosuke Hime with a thousand attacks in one second, knocking her unconscious and destroying her Water Style defense.
• Mingren left, determined to use nanotechnology to transform the Ninja World and unify Earth.
• Mingren arrived in the Land of Water through a teleportation array, where Ajisai, Hanzo, and the others welcomed him.
• Mingren rose above the coastline and decomposed seawater, rearranging its atoms into nanoscale DNA and viral-level structures.
• Mingren created a new form of nanoscale life, and Hanzo recognized what he had done.

Mingren created a planet-spanning swarm of Nano-dragons that let him monitor the world and automate labor, then announced his plans to build a Quantum Computer. The chapter ended by establishing that ordinary computers already existed in the Naruto world.

• Mingren transformed seawater into resilient Nano-dragons with Dark Chakra, a hive mind, and the ability to transmit information through Quantum Transmission.
• The Nano-dragons spread across the planet, gathering information and absorbing negative emotions to sustain their growth.
• Mingren used the swarm to broadcast his announcement to televisions across the nations and told Asuka he would take over inscribing jutsu formulas.
• Asuka explained that the Nano-dragons could automate tasks such as farming and construction, and said Mingren planned to create a Quantum Computer.
• The narration cited three appearances of computers in the Naruto manga as evidence that ordinary PCs already existed in the world.

Mingren used the Nano Dragon Swarm to transform the planet into a controlled, self-sustaining world and planned to turn it into a planetary fortress. After he made the Land of Wind fertile, its people submitted to him, while the remaining resistance forces realized how dire their situation was.

• Mingren expanded the Nano Dragon Swarm and planned to use it to heal living things, restore the environment, and harness planetary energy.
• Mingren’s intelligence and strength continued to rise, and he suspected that Naruko Uzumaki held the answers he needed to reach a new realm.
• Hanzo, Asuka, Ying, Pakura, and others watched reports of the planetary transformation and praised Mingren as a god.
• Mingren and the Nano Dragon Swarm transformed the planet, building energy facilities and infrastructure as he aimed to make Earth a planetary fortress.
• Mingren turned most of the Land of Wind’s desert into fertile soil, water, and thriving ecosystems, and its residents praised him and submitted.
• The remaining resistance forces at Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and the Lands of Lightning, Earth, and Water recognized the severity of their situation.

Mingren transformed Earth’s environment, healed everyone in the Land of Rain Allied Forces, and announced a new era of peace and opportunity. After twenty-two hours, he led Ajisai, Hanzo, and his forces toward Kirigakure, leaving the remaining leaders in despair.

• Mingren used Thought Control to connect the allied nations and reshape the Land of Wind, promising the people freedom from worries about basic needs.
• Zabuza and Haku witnessed the Land of Waves’ pollution and barren land transform, while Tazuna and Inari launched a new cruise ship at Mingren Bridge.
• Kazahana Koyuki watched the Land of Snow thaw as spring returned.
• Reports described worldwide ecological changes and the mysterious deaths of criminals in hostile nations, while Neji’s Byakugan and other people’s lost body parts and health were restored.
• After twenty-two hours, Ajisai delivered intelligence to Mingren, who ordered his forces to move on Kirigakure as Tsunade, Ōnoki, A, and Mei Terumi faced the changes in despair.

Naruko and Sasuke learned that Otsutsuki Toneri had kidnapped Hanabi and set out to help Hinata search for her. Meanwhile, Toneri awakened the Tenseigan on the moon and prepared to pursue Naruko, while Mingren watched the searchers through his surveillance network.

• Naruko rejected the Emperor's rule and believed her new Hashirama-cell prosthetic would make her strong enough to oppose him.
• Sasuke told Naruko that Otsutsuki Toneri had kidnapped Hanabi, and they decided to help Hinata search for her instead of heading to Kirigakure.
• On the moon, Otsutsuki Toneri awakened an unstable Tenseigan after transplanting Hanabi's eyes and prepared to find Naruko.
• Minato Namikaze sat motionless with a Sealing Sword embedded in his chest as Toneri called him father-in-law.
• Tsunade invited Orosuke Hime to bathe with her, but Orosuke Hime pulled away and Tsunade left.

Orosuke Hime returned to the laboratory, still unable to remove the Rings or escape the seal that trapped her consciousness. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi surrendered the village and claimed authority to surrender the Land of Water to Mingren.

• Orosuke Hime burned with rage over the Rings and returned to the laboratory, while Kabuto assumed she might activate the final plan.
• Orosuke Hime remained unable to perform Living Corpse Reincarnation because a Dark Clone guarded the cage inside her Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Mei Terumi told Kirigakure's leaders that the Emperor could monitor them and that no force on the planet could defeat him, then decided the village should surrender.
• Mingren arrived at the Mizukage Building as the Nano Dragon Swarm dismantled its roof, and Mei Terumi bowed and surrendered Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi claimed authority to surrender the Land of Water on the Daimyo's behalf, and Mingren nodded as the Nano Dragon Swarm began to act.

Mingren crushed resistance in the Land of Water and left Mei Terumi to take control, then arrived at Rōran as the Dragon Vein’s power awakened inside a giant puppet. Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha appeared there, and Mingren began assessing the threat.

• Mingren used the Nano Dragon Swarm to disintegrate those who resisted surrender in the Land of Water, while Ao and Chojuro were healed.
• Mingren assigned Mei Terumi to take over the Land of Water, and she ordered someone to notify its Daimyo.
• Pakura’s forces reached Rōran, the final place left to conquer in the Land of Wind, and Hizashi Hyuga detected the Dragon Vein gathering underground.
• A giant puppet emerged from Rōran and accused Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha of trying to kill it and seize the kingdom.
• Pakura recognized Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha and suspected they had come to use the Dragon Vein to return to the past.
• Mingren arrived and noted that the puppet had absorbed almost the entire Dragon Vein.

Mingren and the others watched a blond stranger from another timeline destroy Anrokuzan and restore the Dragon Vein. After leaving Kurama Chakra Mode, the stranger asked for Naruto Uzumaki.

• Anrokuzan attacked the blond boy, but the boy repelled his energy cannon and cut down his puppets.
• The blond boy entered Kurama Chakra Mode, revealing that he possessed the Nine-Tails' power.
• Anrokuzan fired his Dragon Vein Cannon and attacked with a rotating blade, but the blond boy dodged and sliced him apart with a golden blade.
• The blond boy destroyed Anrokuzan's fragments and eliminated his escaping true body, returning the Dragon Vein Power underground.
• The blond boy exited Kurama Mode and asked whether anyone knew Mr. Naruto Uzumaki.

Boruto confronted Mingren and attacked him with his Nine-Tails power, but Mingren easily repelled his techniques. Boruto then transformed using Momoshiki’s Karma and prepared to fight as an incomplete Ōtsutsuki.

• Naruko challenged Boruto’s claim that he was a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while Pakura suggested they follow him toward Mingren.
• Boruto recognized Mingren as Isshiki’s subordinate and attacked him with a sword and a powerful blast, which Mingren shrugged off.
• Mingren’s restrained palm strike sent Boruto flying and injured his arms despite Boruto using Nine-Tails Chakra to defend himself.
• Boruto formed a compact Nine-Tails armor, extended chakra claws, and attacked again, but Mingren shattered his first claw and neutralized the others.
• Boruto drew on Momoshiki’s Karma, transformed into an incomplete Ōtsutsuki, and charged at Mingren.

Boruto attacked Mingren with Baryon Mode but could not hurt him, then learned they were from different timelines and apologized. Boruto began explaining the history of his world, where Naruto died shortly after Boruto’s birth.

• Boruto charged Mingren with Nine-Tails power, but Mingren knocked him back with a simple palm strike.
• Boruto entered Baryon Mode and struck Mingren with a full-power attack, but Mingren caught his wrist and blocked Boruto’s sword with one finger.
• Boruto asked who Mingren was, and Mingren explained that Boruto had arrived from another timeline.
• Boruto apologized for mistaking Mingren for an enemy and asked about the golden twin-tailed girl; Mingren identified her as Uzumaki Naruko from his timeline.
• Boruto described his world, where Naruto and Hinata married after defeating Otsutsuki Toneri, but Naruto died shortly after Boruto was born, so Himawari was never born.

Boruto told Mingren how Naruto’s death led to Earth’s defeat by Kara and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and explained that he had traveled back in time with medicine for his father. After hearing about Mingren’s world and his plans to study the Dragon Vein Power, Boruto considered training under him, but Naruko interrupted to ask why he had the Nine-Tails.

• Boruto explained that Naruto had died of heart disease and that Sakura later developed medicine for the condition.
• Boruto described how Kara, led by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, conquered Earth with Amado’s powerful artificial humans and killed Sasuke and many of Boruto’s allies.
• Boruto said he had used the Dragon Vein Power to return to the past and hoped to save Naruto with the medicine.
• Mingren said he planned to study the Dragon Vein Power to develop teleportation, while Naruto, Sasuke, and the others watched their conversation.
• Boruto considered training under Mingren after learning about his world, but Naruko interrupted to ask why Boruto had the Nine-Tails.

Boruto accepted that Konoha’s destruction was a consequence of its past invasions and began to see Mingren as a model for bringing peace. He followed Mingren to Rōran, where Mingren examined the Dragon Vein, and explained that Naruko’s character had been shaped by her upbringing.

• Boruto told Naruko that Konoha’s destruction followed the same logic as the harm Konoha had inflicted on other countries, prompting her to leave in anger.
• Boruto decided he could learn from Mingren how to bring peace and followed him toward Rōran.
• Mingren reached the deserted underground chamber in Rōran to investigate the Dragon Vein’s power, while Boruto watched him.
• Boruto imagined Mingren as the imposing father he wished he had, then remembered that Naruko might be his mother.
• Mingren told Boruto that Naruko’s values and personality had been shaped by her experiences and environment.

Mingren taught Boruto a space-time teleportation technique, then tracked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to his alternate dimension as Isshiki fled the exposed hideout. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi reported that the Land of Water had joined the Land of Rain Allied Forces, and Mingren stayed for the night.

• Mingren explained Naruko Uzumaki’s persistence to Boruto and said he would help correct her mistaken beliefs.
• Mingren demonstrated marker-free teleportation and passed Boruto the technique and related knowledge.
• Mingren used the Nano-dragons to locate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who opened a space-time vortex and escaped to his alternate dimension.
• Mei Terumi told Mingren that the Daimyo of the Land of Water had agreed to join the Land of Rain Allied Forces.
• Mingren praised Mei Terumi, announced he would stay the night, and she realized she was preparing to use the Water Release Defense Jutsu.

Mingren settled into Kirigakure after conquering the Land of Water, while Naruto and the others searched for Hanabi and followed her trail into a strange cave. After passing through a bubble, Naruko found herself back in her childhood classroom.

• Mingren ordered that he stay in the Mizukage Building and had Mei Terumi perform a dance for him in her office.
• The Nano Dragon Swarm helped transform the Land of Water as Mingren waited for Naruto and Sasuke to pursue Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hinata spotted Hanabi's kunai and traced its chakra trail to a cave with a pool at its end.
• Naruko worried about her scarf getting wet, and Sai reassured her that she could keep it on.
• Naruko and the others swam through the cave, struck a bubble, and found themselves in a childhood classroom.