Chapter Summaries

Haku began the Land of Water Daimyo Purge Plan from the aerial fortress Ancor Vantian, destroying the daimyo’s residence with a Chakra Cannon and launching an attack on the Ueda Clan. At Kirigakure’s gates, the strike shattered Genji’s faith and left the gathered ninja in shock as the purge continued.

• Haku ordered the purge to begin and directed the aerial fortress Ancor Vantian to fire on the Land of Water’s daimyo.
• A Chakra Cannon shell struck the daimyo’s residence, destroying it and killing everyone inside.
• Haku named the Ueda Clan as the next target and ordered the fortress to attack it with the Chakra Cannon.
• The cannon’s blast cleared much of the fog above Kirigakure, revealing the aerial fortress to the ninja gathered at the gates.
• Genji accused Minato Namikaze of a heinous act, spat blood, and collapsed into Gonbei’s arms as the Kirigakure ninja reacted in shock.

After the Daimyo’s death, Genji ordered Gonbei to summon Isobu as Kirigakure’s last chance to resist Konoha. At the village entrance, Minato defended the new nation’s reforms and argued for peace, but the aerial fortress launched another strike toward the Land of Water’s capital.

• Medical Ninja treated Genji, who woke and told Gonbei to take him away from the crowd.
• Genji told Gonbei that Konoha’s scheme must be stopped and ordered him to make Isobu appear.
• At Kirigakure’s entrance, Yagura accused Minato of killing the Daimyo, and Minato defended the attack as part of ending the old order and preventing greater bloodshed.
• Minato urged Kirigakure to consider negotiations, and Yagura and the gathered ninja fell silent.
• The aerial fortress fired several Chakra shells toward the capital of the Land of Water.

Haku completed the first phase of the noble-elimination mission and dispatched teams to take control of the Land of Water’s capital and support Zabuza at Kirigakure. After the aerial fortress demonstrated its Super Heavy Cannon, Gonbei’s faction attempted to release the Three-Tails from Yagura, while Mei Terumi and Chojuro stood in their way; Minato held back as Zabuza signaled Dawn Shipping’s airborne reinforcements.

• Haku declared the elimination mission’s first phase complete and assigned one team to stabilize the Land of Water’s capital and another to support Zabuza at Kirigakure.
• Dawn ninjas flew toward the capital and Kirigakure, while Haku ordered the Super Heavy Cannon aimed at the forest behind the village.
• The Super Heavy Cannon flattened the uninhabited forest, and several black shadows rushed toward Yagura to undo the Fuinjutsu suppressing the Three-Tails.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro blocked the attackers, and Gonbei accused them of betraying Kirigakure while insisting that releasing the Three-Tails was Lord Genji’s order.
• Mei Terumi warned that releasing the tailed beast would destroy the village, and Minato signaled Zabuza to prepare their forces.
• Zabuza discreetly signaled the Dawn Shipping ninjas, who activated their flight devices and joined the aerial formation.

Minato Namikaze threatened Kirigakure with escalating attacks unless its leaders accepted unification, while Zabuza silenced the elders who demanded resistance. The village remained under pressure as Zabuza dragged the unconscious elders to the gates.

• Mei Terumi and Chojuro opposed Gonbei's call to release the Three-Tails, warning that it would devastate Kirigakure.
• Minato Namikaze signaled the Dawn Shipping forces to bomb uninhabited areas on the village outskirts, then told Yagura that attacks would stop if Kirigakure accepted his demands.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki revealed their Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, intensifying the pressure on Yagura and Kirigakure's leaders.
• Genji and the elders rejected unification and called for Kirigakure to fight, but Zabuza appeared through the mist and knocked them unconscious.
• Zabuza bound the elders, dragged them through the chaotic village, and announced their arrival at Kirigakure's gates.

Yagura ordered Kirigakure to surrender to Minato, who promised a peaceful transition and began organizing the village’s disarmament. Nagato and Konan headed to confront the Land of Rain’s daimyo, while Yahiko entered Konoha Prison as the Deva Path.

• Zabuza attacked Kirigakure’s elders, but Yagura ordered the village’s ninja to abandon resistance.
• Minato promised fair treatment and a new order without the Bloody Mist, and Mei Terumi accepted the surrender.
• Zabuza’s forces collected Kirigakure’s weapons, and Yagura agreed to help Minato stabilize the village and plan its reconstruction.
• Nagato and Konan arrived at the Land of Rain daimyo’s residence, and Nagato recalled the daimyo’s oppression of the villagers.
• Naruto reassured Yahiko that his identity did not matter as the Deva Path, then sent him into Konoha Prison.

Yahiko visited Kisame in Konoha Prison and tried to persuade him that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie that would turn humanity into White Zetsu. He explained Naruto’s vision for a peaceful shinobi world, but Kisame challenged him over his defection from Akatsuki.

• Yahiko entered Kisame’s cell while Naruto and Jiraiya waited outside, and Kisame questioned why the former Deva Path was in Konoha.
• Yahiko told Kisame that the ultimate weapon plan was a lie and that the man calling himself Madara Uchiha was imprisoned in Konoha Prison.
• Yahiko explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would enslave humanity in dreams and turn people into White Zetsu.
• Yahiko described Naruto’s plan to end war, stop treating ninja as tools, and build a world founded on truth and trust.
• Kisame grew troubled by the revelations, and Yahiko urged him to join Konoha; Kisame demanded to know whether that was why Yahiko had betrayed Akatsuki.

Yahiko failed to persuade Kisame Hoshigaki to join Naruto’s plan immediately, while Naruto prepared to approach other Akatsuki members. Chiyo arrived at Hoshigakure seeking information on Sasori and discovered Konoha was helping rebuild the village, leaving her questioning Naruto’s influence and the purpose of her visit.

• Kisame Hoshigaki told Yahiko he would wait to see whether Naruto and the Fifth Hokage created a better future before deciding to join them.
• Yahiko left Kisame Hoshigaki in Yamato’s custody, and Naruto told Jiraiya to approach Deidara and Kakuzu while he went to see Obito.
• Chiyo traveled alone to Hell Valley in the Land of Bears to seek information on Sasori, following a lead Gaara had given her.
• A Hoshigakure ninja escorted Chiyo through the poisonous valley and explained that Konoha had been helping rebuild Hoshigakure and treat injuries caused by the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Chiyo saw Konoha ninja working alongside Hoshigakure ninja and wondered how far Naruto’s influence had reached and why she had truly been brought there.

Chiyo met Naruto in Hoshigakure to confirm Sasori’s fate, and Naruto revealed that Sasori survived as a sealed core. He proposed reviving Sasori’s parents with an improved Life Reincarnation technique and asked Chiyo and Sunagakure to help build a new world; the chapter ended with Chiyo examining his research scroll in shock.

• Chiyo observed Hoshigakure’s reforms and met its leader, Natsuhi, who guided her to Naruto.
• Naruto identified himself as the Fifth Hokage and showed Chiyo Sasori’s sealed core, explaining that Sasori’s consciousness remained trapped inside.
• Naruto said Sasori would answer for his sins and revealed that he planned to revive Sasori’s parents using the puppets Chiyo brought.
• Naruto described Hoshigakure’s rebirth as an experiment for a new Shinobi World and invited Chiyo and Sunagakure to help prevent tragedies like Sasori’s.
• Naruto gave Chiyo a scroll explaining his improved Life Reincarnation method, and she was stunned by its research on White Zetsu and Hashirama Cells.

Chiyo read Naruto’s plan to use Puppet Technique and White Zetsu to revive Sasori’s parents, then agreed to help him despite her shock at his plan to overthrow the daimyo. Naruto ordered Shinnō captured and revealed that operations against daimyo across several nations were already underway.

• Chiyo read the scroll describing how Puppet Technique could control White Zetsu to perform Forbidden Jutsu and considered the possibility of reuniting Sasori with his parents.
• Naruto explained that he intended to replace the daimyo system with a unified nation and asked Chiyo to help Sunagakure eliminate the Land of Wind’s daimyo.
• Natsuhi reported that Shinnō and his disciple had arrived, and Naruto ordered Shinnō captured while his disciple was kept under close watch.
• Natsuhi told Naruto that forces were nearing the Land of Bears’ capital and that Konoha ninja and Shadow Clones would be needed to manage the country.
• Naruto revealed to Chiyo that daimyo across multiple nations were about to be eliminated, and Chiyo agreed to help him for Sasori’s sake and to atone for her past sins.

Konoha’s forces defeated Kazahana Dōtō, and Kazahana Koyuki reclaimed power in the Land of Snow with Konoha’s support. After the fighting ended, Koyuki used her father’s crystal to bring spring to the frozen land and accepted its unification with a larger nation.

• Sasuke destroyed Kazahana Dōtō’s armor core and killed him after Kakashi and Sasuke stopped his twin ice dragons.
• Kazahana Koyuki revealed herself as the rightful heir, condemned Dōtō’s rule, and offered the Snow Ninja a chance to surrender.
• The Snow Ninja laid down their weapons, and Koyuki took control of the Land of Snow with Konoha’s assistance.
• Konoha secured the capital and Snow Ninja Village, while Sakura Haruno and the other Konoha ninja handled the aftermath.
• Koyuki inserted her father’s crystal into a concealed boulder, causing the snow and ice to recede and spring to transform the land.
• Koyuki reflected on her decision to join the unified nation and felt relieved as she witnessed the Land of Snow’s new spring.

Konoha, Uchiha Hikari, and Dawn Shipping seized control of several nations as Naruto Uzumaki coordinated the expanding takeover. With the Five Kage Summit approaching, Naruto prepared to retrieve the other half of the Nine-Tails' Chakra before heading to the Land of Iron.

• Shikamaru Nara and the Konoha ninja captured or killed targeted nobles in the Land of Demons, and Shion rallied civilians to support the takeover.
• Nagata Gen led Konoha ninja in seizing the Land of Grass's capital and then sent half his force to Kusagakure, where Uchiha Hikari handed over the ruined village and its survivors.
• Dawn Shipping's aerial forces bombed the daimyo residences of the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea, destroying both.
• Naruto Uzumaki sensed that more than half the Shinobi World had fallen under his control, while Shadow Clones helped manage the newly taken territories.
• Naruto Uzumaki decided to retrieve the other half of the Nine-Tails' Chakra from his father before attending the Five Kage Summit and taking further nations.

The Daimyos of the Lands of Fire, Lightning, Earth, Wind, and Waterfall agreed to form a coalition army against Konoha after learning that other countries’ Daimyos had lost contact. Meanwhile, Neji and the Hyuga Clan prepared to attack the Land of Fire’s capital from a concealed platform.

• A staff member told the Daimyos that several other countries’ leaders had lost contact, and the Land of Fire’s Daimyo’s minister described reports of attacks.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo blamed the others for delaying preparations, while the Land of Wind’s Daimyo questioned whether Konoha was responsible.
• The Daimyos of the Lands of Lightning, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Waterfall voted to form a coalition army against Konoha.
• Neji, Hinata Hyuga, and other Konoha ninja gathered near the Land of Fire’s capital and raised a concealed earthen platform.
• The Hyuga Clan members activated their Byakugan, inspected their kunai launchers, and aimed at their assigned targets.

Konoha’s assault teams tested their new kunai launchers by striking the Land of Fire Daimyo’s estate, while Gaara killed the Wind Daimyo and announced the end of the noble system. The Fire Daimyo was then assassinated during the meeting, leaving the surviving Daimyos terrified and scrambling for protection.

• Neji Hyuga and the other Hyuga ninja reported ready, and a Nara Clan commander ordered the assault to begin.
• The Hyuga teams fired their kunai launchers, killing two guards at the Land of Fire Daimyo’s residence with high-speed, chakra-enhanced kunai.
• The Land of Fire Daimyo argued with the other Daimyos over their demands for supplies and funds, while the Wind Daimyo blamed him for Konoha’s power.
• Gaara used Sand Waterfall Funeral to kill the Wind Daimyo, then announced that the Daimyos and noble system would be abolished and that Sunagakure would unite with Konoha under Naruto Uzumaki.
• A specially made kunai killed the Fire Daimyo and his attendants during the meeting, and the three surviving Daimyos panicked and summoned guards.

The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Waterfalls reacted in fear as they learned that the Fire and Wind Daimyo had been killed. In Kirigakure, Naruto reclaimed the other half of the Nine-Tails' chakra from Minato and prepared to confront the remaining powers resisting his new order.

• The Land of Lightning Daimyo ordered his guards to reinforce security and contact the Raikage after hearing that the Fire and Wind Daimyo were dead.
• The Land of Earth Daimyo ordered a lockdown and secretly sent for Ōnoki and an elite Iwagakure force.
• The Land of Waterfalls Daimyo asked the Takigakure representative to contact Konoha and learn its terms.
• Minato, Kushina, and Naruto oversaw Kirigakure's takeover, while the village's resistance leaders were imprisoned pending judgment.
• Naruto reclaimed the other half of the Nine-Tails' chakra from Minato and said he would face the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Mifune with negotiation backed by strength.

The Raikage and Ōnoki responded to Konoha’s invitation to a Five Kage Summit as their villages prepared for war. At the Land of Iron, Mifune strengthened security while awaiting the other Kage, including Naruto.

• After learning that Konoha and other forces had taken control of several nations and that Daimyos had been killed, the Raikage agreed to attend the summit and ordered Kumogakure’s forces to prepare for war.
• Mabui proposed that the Raikage use the summit to assess Naruto and possibly join other leaders against Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to prepare for war and chose to attend the summit, hoping to meet the Raikage and form an alliance.
• Two days later, Mifune received the Raikage and Ōnoki at the Land of Iron summit venue while the arrivals of Gaara, Yagura, and Naruto remained unknown.
• Mifune ordered the samurai to double security and investigate suspicious individuals before he went to meet the Raikage and Tsuchikage.

Naruto attended the Five Kage Summit alone and revealed that several villages and many countries had joined his movement to end the old political order. He gave the Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mifune a choice between joining his new era or resisting it and facing destruction.

• A and Ōnoki exchanged intelligence about Konoha’s conquests and the likely fates of the nations’ Daimyo.
• Naruto arrived at the summit using the Flying Thunder God Technique and said he had come without guards.
• When A accused Naruto of starting a war, Naruto declared that the old system of nations, villages, and noble privilege had to end.
• Naruto announced that Gaara, Karatachi Yagura, and numerous villages and countries supported his plan and that he represented their shared position.
• Naruto outlined his goals of abolishing Daimyo rule and privilege, expanding public access to education, healthcare, and technology, and ending discrimination and national hatred.
• Naruto offered A, Ōnoki, and Mifune a final choice: join a peaceful new era or cling to the old order and face destruction.

Naruto demanded that the leaders of the Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, and Land of Iron join his effort to abolish the old order and establish a unified world. When Fourth Raikage A attacked, Naruto dodged his strikes and defeated him with one punch, leaving the assembled leaders stunned.

• Fourth Raikage A, Ōnoki, and Mifune rejected Naruto's ultimatum and warned that they would resist his plan to abolish the Daimyo and noble system.
• Naruto argued that the old order had caused suffering and declared that he would establish a unified, peaceful world, asking the leaders to join him or become his enemies.
• Fourth Raikage A launched a Lightning Release: Lariat at Naruto, who vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique and dodged the Raikage's follow-up attack.
• Naruto briefly combined Nine-Tails Chakra with Sage Mode and punched Fourth Raikage A into a wall.
• C, Darui, Ōnoki, and Mifune watched in shock as Naruto's speed, technique, and battle timing proved beyond their expectations.

Naruto escaped Ōnoki’s Dust Release after overwhelming the Raikage, leaving the leaders of the Land of Iron, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure alarmed by his power. They formed an alliance and prepared to attack the territories under his control, with Konoha as their ultimate target.

• C treated Fourth Raikage A while Darui guarded him, and Ōnoki and Mifune prepared to attack Naruto.
• Ōnoki trapped Naruto in Dust Release, but Naruto vanished with a flash of golden light before Mifune could strike.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered Kumogakure to attack the Land of Hot Water and eventually march on Konoha.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to attack Takigakure and seek allies, while Mifune abandoned the Land of Iron’s neutrality and declared war on Naruto’s allied villages.
• Ōnoki proposed that the Land of Iron, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure concentrate their forces, break through surrounding nations, and attack Konoha.

After the Five Kage Summit ended in rejection and war, Naruto ordered Orochimaru to defeat Kumogakure’s army while his forces moved against the other fronts. Ōnoki was intercepted on his way to Takigakure by a winged Susanoo, whose mysterious wielder was revealed to be a black-haired young woman.

• Naruto told Orochimaru that the Raikage, the Tsuchikage, and Mifune had chosen war, and ordered him to defeat Kumogakure’s army with the arriving allied forces.
• Naruto said he wanted to intimidate the Raikage rather than kill him, and instructed Orochimaru to follow the arrangements of Naruto’s Shadow Clone.
• Kumogakure’s army prepared to attack the Land of Hot Water, Kitsuchi led Iwagakure’s army toward the Land of Waterfalls, and Mifune set out to attack the Land of Fire.
• Ōnoki flew toward Takigakure with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, but they spotted a huge Susanoo guarding the border and tried to escape.
• The Susanoo pursued them with red wings, and Ōnoki’s old waist injury interrupted his attempt to use Dust Release.
• The Susanoo caught up with Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi, and Ōnoki saw an unfamiliar black-haired young woman inside its armor.

Uchiha Hikari confronted Ōnoki and defended Naruto’s violent campaign to overthrow the old order, explaining that she had seized the Land of Waterfalls and executed its daimyo and nobles. When Ōnoki refused to accept her methods, Hikari attacked to demonstrate her strength, leaving him struggling to resist her Susanoo.

• Ōnoki demanded to know who Uchiha Hikari was and why she was helping Naruto, and Hikari said she supported Naruto’s ideals despite having no ties to Konoha.
• Hikari revealed that she had taken over the Land of Waterfalls and Takigakure, executed the daimyo and nobles for their crimes, and said the common people supported the new order.
• Ōnoki argued that change should come through gentler means, while Hikari challenged him over the suffering caused by the old system and the powerlessness of ninja and commoners.
• Hikari raised Susanoo’s crimson Chakra sword after Ōnoki chose war, and Ōnoki ordered Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to retreat.
• Akatsuchi’s Rock Golem Jutsu was cleaved apart and Kurotsuchi’s Quicklime Congealing Jutsu was scattered as Ōnoki struggled to stay airborne and prepare Dust Release.