Chapter Summaries

Moryo broke free of his seal and fought Shinnō, whose power grew as he absorbed Moryo’s malice. Outside the cavern, Uchiha Izumi confronted Obito Uchiha and appeared to be caught by Kamui, but her Mangekyo activated as the chapter ended.

• Moryo used Yomi’s body to escape the seal and rise from the lava as a massive tentacled monster.
• Shinnō transformed and fought Moryo, growing stronger as he absorbed the creature’s negative emotions.
• Naruto and the others watched Shinnō and Moryo battle inside the cavern.
• Obito Uchiha tried to enter the cavern, but Uchiha Izumi intercepted him and challenged him to a fight.
• Obito Uchiha grabbed Uchiha Izumi and began pulling her into the Kamui Dimension, but Uchiha Izumi activated her Mangekyo and declared that it was already over.

Uchiha Izumi trapped Obito Uchiha in her Mangekyō Sharingan arena and entered a powerful Sage Art mode. In the mountain cave, Naruto revealed his group to Moryo and Shinnō, then assigned Karin to fight Shinnō while he faced Moryo.

• Uchiha Izumi activated her Mangekyō Sharingan arena as Obito Uchiha appeared, and Obito used Wood Release after recognizing her knowledge of Kamui's weakness.
• Uchiha Izumi absorbed azure jade and entered a blood-red Sage Art mode, challenging Obito Uchiha to hold out against her.
• Naruto revealed himself and his companions to Moryo and Shinnō, ending their fight and declaring that he would deal with Moryo while Karin fought Shinnō.
• Karin formed a six-tailed chakra cloak and Adamantine Sealing Chains, then clashed with Shinnō's Vitality Fist.
• Naruto confronted the fearful Moryo as Karin and Shinnō began their battle.

Naruto used the azure jade to strengthen his Wind Blades and wound Moryo, then trapped it with golden sealing chains. As he began the Four Symbols Sealing Technique, Moryo realized it was about to be sealed again.

• Naruto offered to seal Moryo inside Miroku, but Moryo rejected the proposal and attacked him with tentacles.
• Naruto repeatedly cut apart Moryo’s tentacles with invisible Wind Blades while Miroku guarded Shion and Natsuhoshi.
• Naruto absorbed the azure jade and surrounded himself with golden Chakra before unleashing a stronger Sage Art: Wind Release.
• Naruto’s Wind Blades severed Moryo’s tentacles and injured it, preventing the severed parts from returning to its body.
• Golden chains wrapped around Moryo, and Naruto began the Sage Art: Four Symbols Sealing Technique.

Naruto defeated Moryo, then overpowered Shinnō and captured the Zero Tails. He forced Shinnō to choose between joining him and having his memories taken or being killed and revived, and Shinnō agreed to join.

• Naruto sealed Moryo inside himself while Karin continued fighting Shinnō with the Six-Tails' chakra and her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto stepped in to protect Karin and struck Shinnō with a Sage Art fist, sending him crashing into a stone wall.
• Shinnō used the Zero Tails as a shield against Naruto's Serious Punch, but Naruto blasted it apart and sealed it in the Sealing Space.
• Shinnō regenerated from his injuries, and Naruto offered him a place in his group in exchange for his technology.
• Shinnō warned Naruto about Madara Uchiha, but Naruto dismissed the threat and said he would take Shinnō's memories or use Impure World Reincarnation if he refused.
• Shinnō agreed to join Naruto.

Naruto and his allies defeated Moryo’s threat, captured Obito Uchiha, and escaped the volcano’s eruption. Back in the Wave Country, Naruto summoned Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Kakashi, and Uchiha Clan representatives to put Obito on trial.

• Miroku thanked Naruto for freeing the priestesses from their ancient burden, and Shinnō warned that Obito Uchiha was still at large.
• Uchiha Izumi returned with the captured, mutilated Obito Uchiha, and Naruto praised her while insisting Obito would answer for his crimes.
• The volcano erupted after Moryo’s body was removed, but Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring everyone safely to the Priestess Shrine.
• Naruto told Miroku he would study Moryo before sealing the spirit inside her, and she accepted the responsibility of leading the Demon Country and priestess lineage.
• Back in the Wave Country, Naruto assigned Shinnō to work with Orochimaru and summoned Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Kakashi, and Uchiha Clan representatives to judge Obito Uchiha.

Black Zetsu searched the volcanic ruins and suspected the Nine Tails Jinchuriki had defeated Obito Uchiha and Shinnō. Naruto held the blinded, chakra-sealed Obito in the Wave Country Office Building and began tormenting him with what he knew about Obito’s plans and Rin Nohara’s death.

• Black Zetsu emerged from the ash-covered ruins and cursed Obito Uchiha and Shinnō for disappearing during their mission.
• Black Zetsu suspected the Nine Tails Jinchuriki had defeated them, then used the Mayfly Technique to leave and consult Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha awoke bound in the Wave Country Office Building, with his chakra sealed and his last Mangekyō Sharingan gone.
• Naruto revealed that he knew Obito’s identity and confronted him about Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Naruto asked Obito whether he knew the truth about Rin Nohara’s death.

Naruto confronted Obito Uchiha with the truth that Madara Uchiha had orchestrated Rin Nohara’s death, shattering Obito’s belief in the Eye of the Moon Plan. Obito broke down and begged to die, but Naruto intended to keep him alive for others to witness as someone knocked.

• Naruto challenged Obito Uchiha over why he had targeted Minato Namikaze instead of Kakashi, arguing that Obito blamed the shinobi world for Rin Nohara’s death.
• Naruto revealed that Madara Uchiha had sealed Rin’s heart and implanted the Three-Tails in her, forcing her to throw herself onto Kakashi’s Lightning Blade to protect Konoha.
• Obito Uchiha rejected Naruto’s revelation, then collapsed in despair as he realized he might have been a pawn in Madara Uchiha’s plan.
• Obito Uchiha asked Naruto to kill him, but Naruto said he wanted others to witness Obito’s ruined state.
• Someone knocked while Naruto and Obito Uchiha were together.

Naruto brought Obito Uchiha to a meeting with Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Kakashi, and Uchiha representatives, allowing them to confront the man behind their suffering. He revealed Obito’s identity and left them to question him while he went to find Madara Uchiha’s hideout.

• Kushina and Minato Namikaze recognized the masked prisoner as the man who had attacked them on Nine Tails Night, and Kushina beat him while Minato Namikaze asked Naruto whether the prisoner still had a purpose.
• Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Inaho, Uchiha Izumi, and Kakashi arrived and saw Kushina assaulting the prisoner.
• Naruto explained that the prisoner’s despair made physical pain ineffective, and Obito Uchiha began pleading when Naruto suggested bringing back Rin Nohara.
• Naruto revealed that the masked man was Obito Uchiha, shocking Kushina, Kakashi, and Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto left the room so the others could question Obito Uchiha, having learned Madara Uchiha’s hideout location from Obito’s memories.

Naruto flew to Kannabi Bridge to confront Madara Uchiha and capture Black Zetsu, whom he wanted to use along with the White Zetsu. After Naruto annihilated the mountain range and seized Black Zetsu, he told Madara that he was also being manipulated by someone else.

• Naruto set out for the Land of Grass, intending to capture Black Zetsu and deal with Madara before they could flee.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara Uchiha that Naruto had likely taken Obito Uchiha, Shinnō, and Moryo, and urged him to change locations.
• Madara sensed Naruto's arrival, and Naruto's shockwave destroyed the mountain range while Madara protected himself, Black Zetsu, and Hiruko.
• Naruto confronted Madara in the crater and dismissed him as weaker than expected, then said Madara was not his main target.
• Naruto pinned Black Zetsu with Black Receivers and told Madara that he, too, was a piece on someone else's board.

Naruto revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara Uchiha to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki through the Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara reaffirmed his own path to peace, and Naruto invited him to spend a year in Wave Country before deciding whether to continue his plan.

• Naruto restrained Black Zetsu and exposed that he had used Madara Uchiha as a pawn.
• Naruto explained that Black Zetsu was Kaguya Otsutsuki's will and had sought to break her seal by reviving the Ten-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha learned that the Eye of the Moon Plan served Black Zetsu's goal, but soon reaffirmed his Shinobi Way and insisted on seeing it through.
• Naruto invited Madara Uchiha to live in Wave Country for a year and reconsider whether the Eye of the Moon was the only path to peace.
• Madara Uchiha asked if Naruto feared he would wreak havoc in Wave Country, and Naruto challenged him to try.

Naruto defeated Madara Uchiha in a Susanoo battle, then stopped his Tengai Shinsei meteors and invited him to join Wave Country. Madara accepted but reserved the right to leave if Naruto’s peace disappointed him, and asked what Naruto would do with Black Zetsu.

• Madara Uchiha summoned his Perfect Susanoo and challenged Naruto to fight at full strength.
• Naruto restrained Black Zetsu and Hiruko, then used his own Susanoo to defeat Madara and cut him in half.
• Madara used Tengai Shinsei to summon two meteors, but Naruto erased the first with a small black planet and shattered the second with his Susanoo’s sword.
• Naruto invited Madara to Wave Country, and Madara accepted while warning that he would leave if its peace failed to satisfy him.
• Madara asked Naruto what he planned to do with the trapped Black Zetsu.

Naruto negotiated with Black Zetsu for control of the 100,000 White Zetsu, promising to free Kaguya Otsutsuki so she could help him face the Otsutsuki Clan. After Black Zetsu agreed to cooperate, Naruto also asked him for the Ten Tails Coffin Seal.

• Naruto offered to help Black Zetsu reunite with Kaguya Otsutsuki in exchange for the White Zetsu.
• Naruto explained to Madara Uchiha that the Otsutsuki Clan came from beyond the Ninja World and would eventually return.
• Naruto told Black Zetsu he intended to use the White Zetsu for factory work and surveillance.
• Black Zetsu agreed to make the White Zetsu obey Naruto, and Naruto removed the cages holding Black Zetsu and Hiruko.
• Naruto asked Black Zetsu for the Ten Tails Coffin Seal.

Naruto secured the Six Paths Ten Tails Coffin Seal from Black Zetsu and arranged for Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu to live in Wave Country. After learning that Kushina had killed Obito Uchiha, Naruto turned to Nonō to plan for the tens of thousands of White Zetsu migrating to the country.

• Black Zetsu gave Naruto the Six Paths Ten Tails Coffin Seal, and Madara Uchiha chose to remain in his Impure World Reincarnation Body.
• Naruto returned to Wave Country and learned that Kushina had killed Obito Uchiha at Obito's request.
• Kushina told Naruto she would never forgive Obito but urged him to change the cruel Ninja World.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed Obito as a tool and chose to explore Wave Country under an arranged identity.
• Naruto assigned Black Zetsu to assist Orochimaru's research, and Black Zetsu agreed in hopes of saving Kaguya Otsutsuki sooner.
• Naruto went to find Nonō to arrange housing for the White Zetsu and replan Wave Country's Industrial Zone.

Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu attended lessons at a school in Wave Country, where Madara reflected on his dream of protecting children and reconsidered why peace had failed. Madara concluded that peace required understanding a changing world, while Black Zetsu feared Wave Country was changing him and stayed focused on rescuing his mother.

• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu, disguised with the Transformation Technique, sat in on a class, and Black Zetsu took notes as Madara listened.
• After class, Madara said children should be able to study instead of fight and recalled the ideal he had shared with Hashirama Senju.
• Madara blamed Hashirama's compromises and the Shinobi Village System for failing to bring lasting peace, then said that Infinite Tsukuyomi could not achieve true peace either.
• Spiral White Zetsu joined them after attending a lesson about pooping and asked Madara what new idea he had developed.
• Madara explained that peace depended on recognizing that the world constantly changed, and Black Zetsu worried that Wave Country was transforming Madara while he remained intent on rescuing his mother.

Madara Uchiha asked Naruto to revive him and let him take a test to become an Ideological and Moral Education teacher in Wave Country. In Konoha, Hinata prepared to leave for Wave Country on Tsunade’s mission, warning Hyuga Hiashi that she would destroy the Hyuga Main Family if Hanabi came to harm.

• Spiral White Zetsu invited Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu to lunch, but both declined and left him alone.
• Madara Uchiha asked Naruto to let him teach Ideological and Moral Education, and Naruto offered him a qualifying test.
• Madara Uchiha asked Naruto to revive him with ordinary Sharingan, and Naruto agreed to arrange it.
• Tsunade told Hinata she would travel to Wave Country by reverse summoning and warned her to prioritize her safety.
• Hinata told Hyuga Hiashi and her family she would be away, then reassured Hanabi that she would return soon.
• Hyuga Hiashi realized Hinata was leaving the village, and Hinata threatened to make the Hyuga Main Family disappear if Hanabi was harmed.

Shizune arranged for Hinata to travel to Wave Country with Katsuyu’s help, then gave her supplies and advice before she slipped away from the Metropolis. At the east-coast docks, Hinata met Uchiha Hikari, who offered to take her to Wave Country.

• Might Guy ordered Shizune and the others to rest at their hotel and gather the next morning to collect supplies.
• Shizune and Katsuyu reverse-summoned Hinata from Konoha, and Katsuyu arranged to keep watch over her with a small slug.
• Shizune gave Hinata sunglasses, a map, and a compass, and told her to travel east to the coast before taking a boat to Wave Country.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to find a way out of the Metropolis and reached the east-coast docks in one day.
• Uchiha Hikari approached Hinata and offered to take her to Wave Country.

Hinata boarded a ship bound for Wave Country and revealed to Uchiha Hikari, Kushina, and the others that she was a Konoha ninja seeking Naruto on behalf of her teacher, Tsunade. Kushina agreed to bring Hinata and the slug with them, then revealed that she was Naruto’s mother, leaving Hinata stunned.

• Hinata accepted a ride to Wave Country from Uchiha Hikari and said she was looking for someone there.
• Kushina, Mikoto, and Suika returned to the ship, and Hinata revealed her Byakugan after denying that her eyes were injured.
• Hinata explained that Tsunade was her teacher and that she wanted to speak with Naruto; a slug emerged to confirm her connection to Tsunade.
• Uchiha Hikari suggested bringing Hinata to Wave Country and leaving the decision to meet her to Naruto.
• Kushina asked Hinata about her relationship with Naruto, then revealed that she was his mother, shocking Hinata.

Naruto met with Hinata, who had come from Konoha on a mission from Katsuyu. He avoided directly answering why he had left Hinata behind, then heard Katsuyu’s request that he visit Shikkotsu Forest.

• Naruto learned from Kushina that Hinata had arrived from Konoha as Katsuyu’s messenger.
• Naruto met Hinata privately, and she asked why he had left her behind.
• Naruto told Hinata that admiration was the emotion furthest from understanding and praised her growth, leaving her dazed.
• Katsuyu emerged from Hinata’s collar, apologized for interrupting their reunion, and invited Naruto to Shikkotsu Forest.

Naruto and Hinata traveled to Shikkotsu Forest, where they met the enormous and courteous Slug Sage. The Slug Sage revealed that Gamamaru had told it about Mount Myōboku’s destruction and began explaining that the Three Great Sage Locations were not close allies.

• Naruto agreed to visit Shikkotsu Forest after Katsuyu promised there was something she could only show him there.
• Hinata gave Naruto the forest’s Contract Scroll, and he signed it before Katsuyu transported them both to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Naruto and Hinata arrived in the foggy forest and saw its abundant Natural Energy, pale trees, and countless slugs.
• The giant Slug Sage welcomed Naruto and Hinata, and Naruto asked how large its true body could grow.
• The Slug Sage said Gamamaru had told it about Mount Myōboku’s destruction and explained that the Three Great Sage Locations were not as close as Naruto assumed.

Naruto and Katsuyu formed an alliance, with Katsuyu pledging her service and Shikkotsu Forest’s summoning contracts to Wave Country. Tsunade confronted Naruto about his plan to destroy Konoha, and he revealed that he meant to end the age of shinobi and daimyo, not take revenge for past suffering.

• Naruto questioned Katsuyu about Gamamaru’s prophecy and why she sought cooperation, and Katsuyu said she would serve him unconditionally for over a hundred years.
• Katsuyu offered Naruto a personal contract scroll and summoning contracts for Shikkotsu Forest, which Naruto accepted and signed.
• Katsuyu told Naruto that Tsunade wanted to meet him, then summoned her to appear before Naruto and Hinata.
• Tsunade asked Naruto whether he intended to destroy Konoha, and Naruto confirmed that he did.
• Naruto told Tsunade that destroying Konoha was part of his plan to end the age of shinobi and daimyo, not an act of personal revenge.