Chapter Summaries

Minato tricked Urashiki into using Shinra Tensei, then struck during its recovery interval with golden chakra chains that immobilized him and cut off his power. Urashiki was left helpless and demanded to know what Minato had done to Naruto as a woman’s grief-filled voice rang out.

• Urashiki impaled a Shadow Clone, only for another Minato to attack him from a blind spot before vanishing as a second clone.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God Kunai to launch a barrage of attacks from multiple directions, forcing Urashiki to repel them all with Shinra Tensei.
• After Urashiki’s repulsive force faded, a hidden strike pierced his chest and golden chakra chains restrained him.
• Urashiki tried and failed to mobilize his chakra or access the Otsutsuki chakra of the Karma.
• Minato explained that Urashiki’s full-force Shinra Tensei had left a brief opening, and Urashiki asked what Minato had done to Naruto as a woman’s voice sounded nearby.

Kushina’s awakened Chakra avatar helped Minato bind Urashiki, and Minato sealed him with the Eight Trigrams Seal, cutting him off from his power. Urashiki was left helpless as Kurama and Kushina advanced on him.

• Minato explained that Kurama’s fear and hatred over Naruto’s threatened erasure had awakened Kushina’s Chakra avatar.
• Kushina joined Minato in prioritizing the sealing of Urashiki, despite her anger at Minato.
• Kushina restrained Urashiki with Adamantine Sealing Chains while Minato covered him in the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Urashiki lost his power and his Rinnegan reverted to ordinary Byakugan, leaving him unable to use his abilities.
• Kurama broke free, and he and Kushina closed in on the powerless Urashiki.

Minato sensed Urashiki’s Karma power merging rapidly with Naruto while Urashiki remained sealed and tormented in Naruto’s spiritual world. Naruto woke in the hospital, but his right eye had turned black with a glowing gold pupil.

• Minato sensed Urashiki’s power fusing with Naruto faster after Urashiki’s consciousness was sealed, and feared the effects on Naruto.
• Kurama continued attacking Urashiki while Kushina chose to return to her real body and help Naruto outside.
• Kushina’s Chakra body faded as it carried the memories of the spiritual world back to her real body.
• In the hospital conference room, Kushina announced that Naruto was about to wake, and Satsuki and the others rushed to his bedside.
• Naruto woke with his left eye unchanged and his right eye black with a brilliant gold pupil.

Naruto woke after Urashiki’s defeat with the Otsutsuki’s power fused into him and his consciousness sealed inside Naruto. Naruto learned to control Urashiki’s strange eye and opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal, while Black Zetsu secretly watched and fled.

• Naruto woke in the hospital with a black-and-gold right eye that briefly drained his Chakra before returning to normal.
• Kushina and the others feared Naruto had changed, but his familiar behavior reassured them, and Satsuki hugged him.
• Sasuke took Naruto to a secluded forest, where Naruto learned that Urashiki’s power had fused with his body while his consciousness remained imprisoned by the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Naruto activated the black-and-gold eye and opened a portal with Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Black Zetsu watched Naruto use the ability, then fled underground in shock and fear.

Black Zetsu realized Naruto’s new power and the arrival of two Indra reincarnations had thrown its plans into uncertainty. Naruto tested the portal ability granted by Urashiki and found himself in space, looking down at the planet below.

• Black Zetsu watched Naruto open Yomotsu Hirasaka and sensed an Otsutsuki aura that seemed to surpass Kaguya Otsutsuki’s.
• Naruto told Sasuke that the portal appeared to lead wherever he was thinking of going, and he considered how it differed from the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto sent a Shadow Clone through a portal, received confirmation that it was safe, and stepped inside himself.
• Naruto found he could move and breathe normally in the void, then saw the sun and the planet below him.

Naruto traveled through space to observe the sun, but a solar storm struck before he could return to Earth. His golden eye transformed him into blue energy, allowing him to survive, and he left through Yomotsu Hirasaka.

• Naruto explored hostile planets and then approached the sun, while Minato urged him to return.
• Kurama warned Naruto of an incoming solar storm, and Naruto's attempt to use Flying Thunder God failed because Earth was too far away.
• As the solar storm hit, Naruto's golden eye transformed his existence into countless blue motes of energy, letting the storm pass through him unharmed.
• Naruto realized his eye had turned him into energy and opened Yomotsu Hirasaka to return to Earth.

After Naruto tested his new Karma abilities and confirmed that Urashiki remained imprisoned in his mental world, Sasuke decided to return to his own era with Boruto. Satsuki’s question about whether she knew Naruto’s wife in Sasuke’s world left Naruto flustered, while Urashiki began plotting an escape and discovered a mysterious bookcase.

• Naruto returned to the forest, inspected his mental world, and confirmed that Kurama and Minato were watching the restrained Urashiki.
• Sasuke decided that he and Boruto should leave for their own era, declining Naruto’s suggestion that he say goodbye to Mikoto and Fugaku.
• Satsuki asked Sasuke whether she knew Naruto’s wife in his world, leaving Naruto sweating nervously.
• Urashiki resolved to wait for Naruto to become vulnerable so he could try to escape the seal and reclaim the body and power.
• Urashiki spotted a bookcase in the grasslands and read titles including Harry Potter, Battle Through the Heavens, and The Three-Body Problem.

Uchiha Satsuki realized Sasuke had lied about Naruto having a female counterpart and accepted that Naruto was Sasuke’s most important friend, though she feared learning more might make her lose control. Before Sasuke and Boruto returned to their own time, Naruto restored Sasuke’s severed arm, and the two friends said goodbye.

• Uchiha Satsuki exposed Sasuke’s lie about a female Naruto and asked about Sasuke and Naruto’s relationship in his world.
• Sasuke told Satsuki that Naruto was his most important friend, and she stopped asking because she feared acting irreversibly.
• Sasuke prepared Karashii to return with Boruto, while Naruto offered to do something for him before he left.
• Naruto used his power to regenerate Sasuke’s severed arm, and Sasuke accepted the gift despite feeling he had not needed it.
• Naruto and Sasuke exchanged farewells as Karashii enveloped Sasuke and Boruto in light.

After Naruto recovered, Kushina reunited with Minato in Naruto’s inner world and embraced her son, while Konoha struggled to manage the upheaval caused by Naruto’s battle. Naruto returned from an escort mission to find Jiraiya’s Fifth Hokage monument completed, with the succession ceremony about to begin.

• Satsuki warned Naruto not to get more intimate with other girls, then parted from him at the forest’s edge.
• Kushina checked Naruto’s health, spoke with Minato in his inner world, and held Naruto as she confronted her lingering fear for him.
• Konoha filled with outsiders and visiting delegations as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya worked to restore order; Naruto’s bounty rose, and the Inuzuka Clan asked to borrow Zacian for breeding research, but Naruto refused.
• Naruto carried out an escort mission to the Land of Snow and returned to Konoha after overcoming its complications.
• Naruto saw that Jiraiya’s monument as the Fifth Hokage had been completed beside Minato’s on Kage Rock, as Jiraiya’s succession ceremony was about to begin.

Jiraiya became the Fifth Hokage and promoted Naruto to Jonin after a written exam at Naruto’s apartment, then asked Naruto to become his disciple. Jiraiya agreed to make Naruto’s parentage public through an official order, leaving that announcement as the final matter to address.

• Jiraiya was inaugurated as the Fifth Hokage while Naruto watched in confusion, wondering why Tsunade had not taken the position.
• Jiraiya visited Naruto, announced his exceptional promotion to Jonin, and administered the required theory exam at Naruto’s apartment.
• Naruto completed the exam, and Jiraiya passed him despite being unable to understand his calculations.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto to become his disciple, and Naruto accepted; Kushina warned Jiraiya not to lead her son astray.
• Jiraiya prepared to issue an official order revealing Naruto as Minato Namikaze’s son.

Minato kept watch over Urashiki, who spent his days reading Kurama’s books, while Naruto and his family and friends chose a name for Naruto’s new dojutsu. The eye was officially named Star Eye.

• Minato silently monitored Urashiki, who read and organized Kurama’s books until Kurama noticed and repeatedly attacked him.
• Naruto proposed naming his right eye Eternal Night Star Cosmos Molten Gold World-Illuminating Blazing Dawn Eye, but Kushina rejected the name as impractical.
• Naruto asked Kushina, Uchiha Satsuki, and Hatake Kakashi to help choose a shorter name, while Minato suggested Black Sky Curtain Flashing Golden Wheel Piercing Eye.
• Naruto, Satsuki, and Kakashi voted through several name options and officially named Naruto’s dojutsu Star Eye.

Kisame Hoshigaki led an Anbu team on an Ash cleanup mission against Rust Kakuzo and his rogue ninja gang. After the assault routed the gang, Kisame caught Kakuzo as he fled and asked why he had tortured a trusting companion to death.

• An Anbu ninja briefed Kisame on Kakuzo’s history, crimes, and Kirigakure’s ten-million-ryo bounty.
• Kisame led the Anbu in a surprise assault that overwhelmed the rogue ninja stronghold and killed many of its defenders.
• Kakuzo abandoned his gang and fled into the forest, but Kisame intercepted him with Samehada.
• Kisame revealed that he belonged to Ash, and Kakuzo begged to join the organization under Lord Menma.
• Kisame asked Kakuzo why he had framed and tortured a trusting companion to death while they were in Kirigakure.

Kisame killed Kakuzo during an [Ash] cleanup mission and discovered the rogue ninja’s torture chamber, ordering the victims buried separately from their tormentors. The chapter explained Menma’s strict rules for targeting criminals and ended with Kisame’s team preparing to distribute bounty money to villages harmed by the rogue ninja.

• Kisame interpreted Kakuzo’s confession as proof of his cruelty and killed him with Water Style: Exploding Water Wave.
• Kisame returned to the stronghold, where the Anbu reported that the raid had eliminated its main targets and uncovered the kidnapped villagers’ remains.
• Kisame ordered the victims given a proper burial far from the rogue ninja and reflected on his disgust at meaningless cruelty.
• The chapter described Menma’s rules for [Ash] missions: rehabilitate survival-driven offenders through labor, but eliminate verified killers and cruel criminals.
• Kisame’s team prepared to collect bounties and send the money to villages harmed by the rogue ninja, despite Kakuzu’s dislike of the expense.

Jiraiya agreed to bring Tsunade back to help run Konoha, while Naruto moved into his parents’ former home. After Jiraiya publicly revealed Naruto’s parentage and named him his disciple, Naruto returned from a routine mission to find the village crowding around him in celebration.

• Jiraiya decided to seek out Tsunade and bring her back to assist with Konoha’s medical needs and leadership workload.
• Naruto moved into the house where Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had lived, and the Third Hokage formally registered Naruto’s old apartment in his name.
• Jiraiya announced that Naruto was Minato Namikaze’s son and accepted him as his direct disciple.
• Team 7 returned from an escort mission to a huge welcome crowd gathered for Naruto at Konoha’s gates.
• Kakashi used the Body Flicker Technique to leave with Sakura, while the crowd surged toward Naruto and Satsuki for autographs and handshakes.

After Naruto's parentage was revealed, villagers and ninja overwhelmed him with attention, forcing him and Satsuki to flee his former apartment. Back home, Naruto found Kushina buried in gifts, just as Konohamaru arrived asking whether his grandfather had deliberately made Naruto suffer.

• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Satsuki from the village entrance to his old apartment, where they found a crowd gathered outside.
• Satsuki confronted two genin trying to photograph Naruto's former home, and their cries drew the crowd up the stairs, forcing Naruto and Satsuki to teleport away.
• Kushina sorted through the gifts and burned letters from Naruto's admirers, while Naruto returned to find parcels filling the house and Zacian overwhelmed by excess food.
• Konohamaru arrived and asked Naruto whether the villagers were right that Sarutobi had concealed Naruto's identity out of jealousy and caused his suffering.

Naruto asked Hiruzen and Konohamaru about the damaging rumors surrounding Hiruzen and the villagers’ overwhelming attention toward him. Hiruzen accepted the blame for Naruto’s past suffering but withheld his reasons, and he warned that the current public frenzy might only fade with time.

• Konohamaru confronted Hiruzen about rumors accusing him of mistreating Naruto, while Naruto asked for relief from the villagers’ attention.
• Hiruzen apologized for Naruto’s childhood and accepted the blame for the rumors, explaining that he had expected the backlash after Jiraiya revealed Naruto’s identity and achievements.
• Konohamaru demanded to know why Hiruzen had hidden Naruto’s identity, but Hiruzen said he was not ready to explain.
• Naruto urged Hiruzen to tell Konohamaru some of the truth, then complained that fans surrounded him and filled his home with unwanted gifts.
• Hiruzen said he no longer had the authority to influence the villagers and suggested that their enthusiasm might fade if left alone.

Naruto stayed with the Uchiha family to escape the attention surrounding his revealed identity, while the public’s enthusiasm brought him lucrative offers and disrupted Ichiraku Ramen. After several months, Jiraiya visited and told Naruto it was time to begin learning the ultimate technique he had promised to teach him at Mount Myōboku.

• Naruto moved into the Uchiha clan head's residence at Mikoto Uchiha's invitation, where he trained with Satsuki and helped prepare meals for both families.
• Naruto discovered that crowds seeking the hero’s favorite ramen had overwhelmed Uncle Teuchi, forcing him to close Ichiraku Ramen to recover.
• Naruto initially rejected business proposals to license his likeness, but accepted a contract with royalties and product reviews after considering the benefits for his organization and those in need.
• Several months later, Naruto shared breakfast with Kushina, Mikoto, Satsuki, and Fugaku when Jiraiya arrived at the Uchiha residence.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto to come to Mount Myōboku and begin learning the ultimate move he had promised to teach him.

Naruto brought Satsuki to Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya so they could try learning Sage Jutsu. After Jiraiya returned to Konoha, Sage Fukasaku began explaining Nature Energy and the first step of training.

• Jiraiya sent a messenger frog ahead to tell Sage Fukasaku that Naruto and Satsuki were coming to try Sage Jutsu training.
• Naruto brought Satsuki along because he wanted her to gain strength without suffering a painful loss to awaken her Sharingan further.
• The three arrived at Mount Myōboku, where Sage Fukasaku greeted Naruto and recognized his resemblance to Minato.
• Jiraiya left Naruto and Satsuki in Sage Fukasaku's care and returned to Konoha.
• Sage Fukasaku led Naruto and Satsuki to a training ground and explained how Nature Energy could be combined with physical and spiritual energy to create Sage Chakra.

Sage Fukasaku tested Naruto’s ability to absorb Nature Energy and discovered that Naruto’s capacity and absorption rate were extraordinary. When Naruto finally reached his limit in the Toad Oil pool, a faint light appeared in his right eye and an azure origami crane emerged before disappearing.

• Sage Fukasaku demonstrated how Nature Energy enhanced his strength by lifting a massive stone frog statue.
• Sage Fukasaku applied ancestral Toad Oil to Naruto’s hand, but Naruto showed no signs of absorbing too much Nature Energy.
• Sage Fukasaku sensed that Naruto already held vast amounts of Nature Energy and was absorbing more at an astonishing rate.
• Sage Fukasaku told Naruto to soak in the Toad Oil pool, and Naruto jumped in as Satsuki worried about the danger.
• After about ten minutes, Naruto began showing slight signs of frog transformation, but a faint glow from his right eye made those signs vanish.
• An azure energy origami crane emerged from beneath Naruto in the pool, floated upward, and disappeared into specks of light.

Naruto used [Star Eye] to control and materialize Nature Energy as blue paper cranes, allowing him and Satsuki to train in Sage Arts without the usual risk of frog transformation. After a morning of practice on Mount Myōboku, they joined Sage Shima for lunch and were confronted with her insect dishes.

• Naruto discovered that [Azure Moon Thousand Wings] could turn surrounding Nature Energy into controllable blue paper cranes, and Sage Fukasaku confirmed the energy was stable and pure.
• Satsuki touched a paper crane and absorbed too much Nature Energy, but Naruto made it separate from her body before she suffered lasting harm.
• Naruto explained [Star Eye] to Sage Fukasaku, who concluded it could prevent the usual danger of Sage Arts training and urged Naruto and Satsuki to practice.
• Naruto used his newly harmonized Sage Chakra to lift a massive stone frog statue, while Satsuki watched and looked forward to learning Sage Arts.
• Naruto and Satsuki trained until midday, then followed Sage Fukasaku to lunch and recoiled at Sage Shima's large insect dishes.