Chapter Summaries

Naruto defeated Rasa and his forces, read Rasa’s memories, and took the Book of Gelel while declaring that Sunagakure would be transformed under his rule. After Naruto erased the scene and left, Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu emerged from the Kamui Dimension, troubled that Naruto and Rasa had crossed paths again.

• Naruto’s Susanoo split Rasa’s Gold Dust Ocean and struck Rasa, while Baki and the other shinobi who tried to shield him were killed.
• As Rasa’s Gold Dust fell from the sky, Naruto approached him and used the Rinnegan to read his memories despite Rasa’s attempt to negotiate.
• Naruto cut down a surprise attack by Sunagakure shinobi who had used Chakra threads to control their own bodies.
• Naruto absorbed Rasa, took the Book of Gelel, and said Sunagakure would undergo a complete transformation under his rule.
• Naruto vanished after erasing the scene, and Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu later emerged from the Kamui Dimension.

Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu abandoned their attempt to reach the Gelel Ore Vein and headed for Sunagakure to target the One-Tail. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze infiltrated Sunagakure to find the One-Tail Jinchuriki, guided by Kurama.

• Black Zetsu decided that the Gelel Ore Vein was out of reach after Naruto defeated Rasa's group, so he and Obito Uchiha traveled to Sunagakure to seek the One-Tail.
• Minato Namikaze sensed Sunagakure from outside and learned from Kurama that the One-Tail's Chakra was leaking through the village's weak Sealing Technique.
• Minato Namikaze studied the sand shinobi patrols and used a Shadow Clone transformed into a jackal to draw their attention.
• Minato Namikaze slipped into Sunagakure and placed Flying Thunder God Technique Marks as he followed Kurama's guidance.

Gaara struggled against Shukaku’s influence and the memories of those who hated him, while Minato Namikaze entered his room in Sunagakure. Minato began trying to reinforce the One-Tail’s seal and struck toward Gaara’s stomach.

• Gaara remained awake to suppress Shukaku, while Shukaku urged him to hate the villagers and go to sleep.
• Gaara recalled Yashamaru’s words and grew increasingly crazed as he noticed the sand shinobi watching him.
• Minato Namikaze silently incapacitated the watchers, then appeared in Gaara’s room using a three-pronged Kunai.
• Gaara’s sand blocked Minato’s Kunai, and Gaara accused him of being sent to kill him.
• Minato evaded Gaara’s sand and struck toward his stomach as he prepared to reinforce the One-Tail’s seal.

Minato Namikaze defeated Gaara, reinforced the One-Tail's seal, and persuaded him to leave Sunagakure and seek a place where he could make friends. Sunagakure's shinobi discovered Gaara was missing, and Ebizo began investigating how the intruder had entered.

• Minato Namikaze used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to break through Gaara's sand and strike him, silencing the One-Tail's voice within him.
• Minato Namikaze reassured Gaara that neither of them was a monster and invited him to leave with him.
• Gaara asked whether he could make friends, then took Minato Namikaze's hand as a signal flare lit the village.
• Chiyo and Ebizo arrived at Gaara's empty room and learned that an intruder had killed Anbu shinobi and abducted the Jinchuriki.
• Ebizo examined the Kunai marks and asked whether anything unusual had happened that night.

Ebizo deduced that Minato Namikaze had taken Gaara using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Sunagakure began searching for and destroying his marks. Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu learned of Minato's return and postponed their plans for the tailed beasts to investigate Impure World Reincarnation, while Naruto reached the Gelel Ore Vein.

• Ebizo examined the damage from Gaara's brief fight and concluded that Minato Namikaze had defeated him with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Ebizo ordered a search for Minato's marks after an Anbu confirmed that the pattern had been found around Sunagakure.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discovered that Minato had taken Gaara and that Sunagakure was clearing away his marks.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu set aside their plans concerning the tailed beasts and made researching Impure World Reincarnation their priority.
• Naruto reached the Gelel Ore Vein using Rasa's memories.

Naruto discovered Sunagakure shinobi guarding the Gelel Ore Vein beneath canyon ruins and infiltrated their camp. The chapter ended as the shinobi realized an enemy was inside, while Naruto revealed that Ijin could no longer answer them.

• Naruto watched Sunagakure shinobi patrol the ruins where the Gelel Ore Vein lay hidden.
• The shinobi drank and celebrated, saying Sunagakure might become the strongest village and that Lord Kazekage was on his way.
• Naruto appeared before Ijin, trapped him in a genjutsu, and made him slit his own throat.
• The jonin in the tent heard blood spurting outside, fell silent, and drew their weapons.
• Naruto answered the jonin by saying Ijin was sleeping and could not respond.

Naruto defeated the Sunagakure shinobi guarding the ruins and used their map and the Book of Gelel to reach the underground palace. He found the key to the seal on the Gelel Ore Vein.

• Naruto killed two attacking jonin with Signless Wind Release and used genjutsu to make the remaining shinobi turn on their leader.
• Naruto took the Ruin Map from the dead jonin and entered the ruins, following its directions while consulting the Book of Gelel.
• Naruto activated a hidden platform that descended to the underground palace.
• Naruto studied murals describing the ancient empire’s rise and fall, which were tied to the Gelel Stone.
• Naruto passed the summoning ritual array and reached a pitch-black mural, where a pale blue cylinder rose from the ground as the key to the Gelel Ore Vein’s seal.

Naruto opened the seal on the Gelel Ore Vein and discovered it held immense stores of pure Life Energy and Natural Energy. He began absorbing its essence, and his body responded with both intense comfort and growing pressure.

• Naruto opened the ancient seal, releasing dense Life Energy throughout the Underground Palace.
• The mural split apart and revealed a glowing Gelel Ore Vein embedded in the mountain.
• Naruto sensed the ore vein contained pure Life Energy and Natural Energy, but no Chakra, and considered whether it could give him a complete Sage Body.
• Naruto used the Book of Gelel's method to draw liquid essence from the vein and immersed himself in it.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails were astonished as he absorbed the essence, until a swelling sensation began spreading through his body.

Naruto absorbed Life Energy from the Gelel Ore Vein until his Yang Release became unbalanced, then directed energy to his eyes and awakened his Rinnegan Dojutsu. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze brought Gaara to the Wave Country, where Gaara reluctantly settled in for the night; by morning, Naruto had returned with a startling change.

• Naruto absorbed vast amounts of Life Energy, causing his body to swell and his Chakra to grow restless.
• Naruto identified an imbalance between his abundant Life Energy and Yang Release and his weaker Yin Release, then used the energy to nourish his eyes and fully awaken his Rinnegan Dojutsu.
• Minato Namikaze arrived in the Wave Country with Gaara in the middle of the night and brought him to Naruto's residence.
• Gaara worried that Shukaku would emerge if he slept, but Minato Namikaze assured him that he had strengthened the seal and would keep watch.
• After dawn, Minato Namikaze discovered that Naruto had returned and was shocked by the change in him.

Naruto returned from the Gelel Ore Vein with refined Gelel Stones, and his appearance and physique had changed after absorbing Life Energy. He shared the stones with his family and companions, whose Chakra, vitality, and eyes responded to their power, then handed Uchiha Mikoto a bagful.

• Minato Namikaze and the others noticed Naruto's changed appearance and height, while Kushina pinched his cheek and praised his smooth skin.
• Naruto explained that absorbing Life Energy from the Gelel Ore Vein had changed his body and revealed that he had hidden and sealed the ruin.
• Kushina and Minato Namikaze tested the Gelel Stone by guiding its energy with Chakra and felt their reserves and vitality improve.
• Naruto gave stones to Sasuke, Neji, Uchiha Izumi, Uzumaki Suika, and Karin, explaining that the energy could strengthen their bodies and possibly improve their Dojutsu.
• Naruto handed Uchiha Mikoto a bagful of Gelel Stones, leaving her surprised and unsure why he was giving her so many.

Naruto distributed Gelel Stones to Wave Country’s Uchiha Clan, Nonō, and the Research Department, then brought one to Kazahana Koyuki in the Land of Snow. He proposed using its energy to complete the Ice Wall System and told Koyuki that the Land of Snow should begin researching rockets to reach the moon.

• Naruto gave Uchiha Mikoto Gelel Stones to distribute among the Uchiha Clan and asked Minato Namikaze about Gaara, who was still asleep after a difficult life as Sunagakure’s Jinchuriki.
• Naruto told Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Mikoto that Gaara could join Mikoto’s class once he had rested, then left to make arrangements in the Land of Snow.
• Naruto gave Nonō a box of Gelel Stones to distribute and instructed the Research Department to study their Natural Energy, their use with Chakra Armor, and new weapons.
• Naruto visited Kazahana Koyuki in her office and gave her a Gelel Stone, saying it might help complete the Ice Wall System.
• Kazahana Koyuki sent Asama Santarō to fetch the Research Department’s leader, and Naruto proposed adding rocket research aimed at reaching the moon.

One year later, Wave Country’s industries had grown rapidly, while turmoil spread among the other shinobi villages and skilled workers remained in short supply. Naruto gathered Wave Country’s leaders to discuss how to improve workers’ abilities, but the chapter ended before anyone answered.

• Kumogakure fell into rebellion after Yugito Nii failed to suppress its clans, while Rasa and the One-Tail Jinchuriki vanished and the Fourth Mizukage remained absent.
• Wave Country expanded construction and developed factories producing ninja tools, clothing, and processed fish products.
• Naruto’s Research Department made progress on Chakra Capacitors, Gelel Capacitors, and Scientific Ninja Tools, but a lack of skilled workers prevented mass production.
• Naruto asked Yakushi Nonō, Kakuzu, Uchiha Izumi, Orochimaru, Sasori, Uzumaki Suika, and Tazuna for their thoughts on improving workers’ abilities.

Naruto proposed publicly funded Workers' Night Schools to teach workers Chakra and job-related ninjutsu, easing officials’ concerns by pairing the lessons with civic education and stricter penalties. After the meeting, Uchiha Izumi told Naruto that the Uchiha Clan had found the sealed War Weapon and that its description suggested it was a person.

• Naruto presented a plan for Workers' Night Schools, including basic Chakra instruction and ninjutsu.
• Yakushi Nonō warned that giving ordinary people access to Chakra could threaten Wave Country, and others shared her concern.
• Naruto argued that Scientific Ninja Tools would reduce the importance of ordinary shinobi and proposed moral education, work-specific techniques, and harsher penalties for crimes.
• The officials accepted Naruto's plan and agreed to determine which techniques their departments' night schools would teach.
• After the meeting, Uchiha Izumi told Naruto that the Uchiha Clan had located the sealed War Weapon and believed it was a person.

Naruto left Wave Country with Uchiha Shisui to find Uchiha Hikari, sealed in Hell Valley in Hot Water Country. He planned to recruit her if she submitted, but would seal her if she refused.

• Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Uzumaki Suika saw Naruto off with supplies and reminders to stay safe.
• Naruto entrusted Wave Country's security to Minato Namikaze, then departed with Uchiha Shisui on a platform of Gold Dust.
• Naruto and Uchiha Shisui headed for Hell Valley, where Uchiha Hikari had been sealed.
• Naruto recalled that the Chinoike Clan had been exiled to Hell Valley by the Land of Lightning and had dwindled to two survivors.

Naruto told Uchiha Shisui that Wave Country would wait five years before unifying the Ninja World, then face an enemy beyond it. As Naruto and Shisui traveled toward Hot Water Country, another team set out from Demon Country for Wave Country.

• Naruto and Uchiha Shisui discussed the Uchiha Clan’s secret War Weapon and the possibility that she remained alive after centuries of being sealed.
• Naruto asked whether Shisui could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan again, and Shisui said his Dojutsu had grown strong enough to activate Susanoo.
• Shisui asked when Naruto would begin his plan to unify the Ninja World, and Naruto said war with the Five Great Nations was inevitable.
• Naruto said Wave Country would advance its industrialization for five more years before unifying the world and confronting its true enemy beyond the Ninja World.
• Naruto and Shisui headed toward Hot Water Country while another team departed Demon Country for Wave Country.

Naruto and Uchiha Shisui traveled to Hot Water Country to find Hell Valley and investigate Mitarashi En, the arms dealer who had destroyed the Chinoike Clan. They infiltrated his island Arena, found Chino among the captive ninja, and Shisui stayed behind to approach her while Naruto pursued the bigger target.

• Naruto used the Rain Tiger at Will Technique to sense Hot Water Country and located an isolated island where many powerful Chakra signatures gathered.
• Naruto and Uchiha Shisui flew to the island and discovered a luxurious city built around an Arena where wealthy spectators watched ninja fight as commodities.
• Naruto disguised himself as a noble and entered the Arena with Uchiha Shisui posing as his card.
• Naruto found Chino among the ninja waiting in the resting room and used the Sharingan to control the waiter and register Uchiha Shisui for a match.
• Naruto told Uchiha Shisui that Mitarashi En was his true target, then left Shisui to carry out the next step.

Naruto used Chino’s Arena match to draw out Mitarashi En, while Uchiha Shisui defeated Chino with genjutsu. Outside the Arena, Naruto confronted the crowd, which froze and spoke with one voice to demand his purpose.

• Naruto arranged for Uchiha Shisui to fight Chino, hoping to draw out her father, Mitarashi En.
• Mitarashi En watched from the upper level and grew furious when he realized someone had changed the match.
• Chino attacked Shisui with her Ketsuryūgan, but Shisui used his Sharingan to trap her in genjutsu and win the match.
• Shisui carried Chino off the Ring as Naruto left the Arena and went outside.
• Naruto addressed Mitarashi En, and the crowd froze, turned their blood-red eyes toward him, and asked why Uchiha had come.

Naruto freed Shisui and Chino from the Arena and confronted Mitarashi En, who controlled the crowd with the Ketsuryūgan. When En refused Naruto’s offer and attacked with Blood Dragons, Naruto left the fight to Shisui, who summoned Susanoo.

• Shisui emerged from the Arena with Chino after fighting his way past En’s Bloodline Limit shinobi.
• Naruto used his Mangekyō Sharingan to break En’s control over the crowd and send them away.
• En stepped out of the shadows, refused Naruto’s offer to join him, and demanded that Chino be left behind.
• En activated the Ketsuryūgan and sent Blood Dragons to attack Naruto and Shisui.
• Naruto told Shisui to handle the fight, and Shisui summoned his emerald-green Susanoo.

Naruto defeated Mitarashi En with Uchiha Shisui's help and persuaded him to join Wave Country, promising that his daughter Chino could study there. Naruto then assigned Mitarashi En a mission to use genjutsu to take control of Hot Water Country.

• Uchiha Shisui used Susanoo-Nine to destroy Mitarashi En's Blood Dragons, then collapsed from the strain while Mitarashi En lay badly injured.
• Naruto approached the defeated Mitarashi En and asked him to join, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to show him Wave Country's growth and ambitions.
• Mitarashi En agreed to join Wave Country, and Naruto healed most of his injuries with a Gelel Stone.
• Naruto suggested that Chino go to Wave Country to study, and Mitarashi En accepted.
• Naruto told Mitarashi En to remain in Hot Water Country and use genjutsu to take control of it.

Naruto, Uchiha Shisui, Mitarashi En, and Chino traveled to Hell Valley, where Chino saw the Chinoike Clan’s former homeland and learned how harsh it had become. They continued deeper into its deadly swamps as Mitarashi En reflected on the clan’s past.

• Mitarashi En revealed his identity and the Chinoike Clan’s history to Chino, who asked to visit Hell Valley with him.
• Naruto, Uchiha Shisui, Mitarashi En, and Chino flew into Hell Valley and found a barren, polluted landscape beneath a dark sky.
• Chino asked whether the valley was where she had lived, and Mitarashi En explained that its conditions had worsened since her infancy.
• Mitarashi En blamed the Chinoike Clan’s hardliners for their exile and recalled his dead wife, while Naruto quoted, “A shinobi is someone who can endure anything.”
• The four continued through the valley’s expanding swamps, where poisonous gas bubbled from the mud and dead birds hung from leafless trees.