Chapter Summaries

The diary and video confirmed that Obito had willingly entrusted his Sharingan to Kakashi, who later awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. As Pain’s attack devastated Konoha, Danzo kept Root underground to preserve his strength and advance his bid for Hokage, prompting the others to conclude that both Danzo and Root had to be removed.

• The Uchiha clan accepted that Obito had given Kakashi his Sharingan, while Second Pillar reacted with disbelief when Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tsunade learned that Kakashi had died, and Choji reported Deva Path Pain’s attraction and repulsion abilities, including the interval between uses.
• Danzo refused to send Root into the battle, calling Konoha’s casualties necessary sacrifices for his rise to Hokage.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade condemned Danzo and Root, while Tsunade considered freeing Root members from Danzo’s control before eliminating those who remained loyal to him.
• Minato declared that Danzo could not remain, and Itachi realized that Danzo’s supposed devotion to Konoha had been mostly selfishness.

The diary footage showed Danzo’s disregard for Konoha’s civilians, the village’s desperate defense against Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, and Konohamaru defeating the Naraka Path. Deva Path Pain confronted Tsunade and revealed that Akatsuki had nearly captured every Tailed Beast, leaving Naruto’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox as the last target.

• Uchiha Itachi raged at Danzo for sacrificing Konoha’s people and began to regret destroying his clan.
• The Six Paths of Pain and their Summoned Beasts overwhelmed Konoha’s defenders as Nagato searched for Uzumaki Naruto.
• Ebisu refused to betray Naruto, and Konohamaru used the Rasengan to defeat the Naraka Path while protecting him.
• Deva Path Pain confronted Tsunade atop the Hokage Building and demanded to know Naruto’s whereabouts.
• Deva Path Pain told Tsunade that Akatsuki had nearly completed its capture of the Tailed Beasts and no longer needed to preserve the balance between villages.

The Six Paths of Pain discovered Naruto was at Mount Myoboku, then Nagato used a life-shortening Shinra Tensei to destroy Konoha. Kitahara Kaede suggested Danzo was responsible for Yahiko’s death, leaving Jiraiya to suspect a connection.

• Tsunade refused to reveal Naruto’s location or surrender to Nagato, but the Six Paths of Pain learned from Shizune’s memories that Naruto was at Mount Myoboku.
• Deva Path Pain questioned Tsunade about the chakra beneath her feet, then rose into the sky as the people watching recognized the attack from Kitahara Kaede’s video.
• At Mount Myoboku, Sage Shima discovered Konoha’s plight after the messenger frog was killed, while Konan warned Nagato that the coming move would shorten his life.
• Deva Path Pain gathered the power of the Six Paths and unleashed Shinra Tensei, wiping out Konoha.
• Kitahara Kaede blamed Danzo for another sin, prompting Jiraiya to suspect Danzo had been connected to Yahiko’s death.

Naruto arrived in Sage Mode to find Konoha reduced to rubble by Pain’s Shinra Tensei, while the survivors and the toads confronted the destruction. Tsunade had exhausted her chakra protecting the villagers, and Pain calmly prepared to face Naruto.

• Jiraiya blamed Danzo for the situation and vowed not to let him go.
• Sakura emerged from Katsuyu’s protection, saw Konoha flattened, and called for Naruto.
• Naruto arrived in Sage Mode with the toads, and they realized they had been summoned to the ruined village.
• Naruto recognized the devastation as the Konoha where he had grown up and became enraged.
• Tsunade’s Creation Rebirth ended after she used her chakra to protect villagers with Katsuyu, though Kakashi had died from chakra exhaustion.
• Deva Path Pain saw Naruto arrive and calmly said he had saved himself the trouble of seeking him out.

After Pain flattened Konoha and revived the Six Paths, the survivors realized Nagato’s Rinnegan placed a severe strain on his body. Uzumaki Naruto arrived in a murderous rage, instantly destroying the Asura Path and standing between Pain and Tsunade.

• The Naraka Path restored the damaged Asura Path, prompting Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi to conclude that they needed to reach Nagato to stop Pain’s repeated revivals.
• Konan said Pain’s jutsu had slowed the Six Paths’ recovery, and Uchiha Itachi, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya inferred that using the Rinnegan burdened Nagato’s body.
• The Animal Path summoned all six Paths of Pain, and Tsunade confronted them as Hokage.
• The repaired Asura Path charged at Tsunade, but Uzumaki Naruto smashed it apart and told Tsunade to step aside.

Uzumaki Naruto fought the Six Paths of Pain after the Deva Path’s massive Shinra Tensei left it weakened. As Naruto’s Sage Mode began to fade, he used Shadow Clones refining Sage Art Chakra on Mount Myoboku to renew his power and continue the battle.

• Uzumaki Naruto sent Gamakichi to take Tsunade to safety and learned from her silence that Hatake Kakashi had not returned.
• Uzumaki Naruto used Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan and defeated the Preta Path while Katsuyu relayed information about the Six Paths of Pain.
• Deva Path Pain revealed that Jiraiya had been his teacher, but Uzumaki Naruto interrupted him and attacked with Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, defeating the Human Path.
• As Uzumaki Naruto’s Sage Mode weakened, Sage Shima blocked the Rinnegan’s sight and Gamabunta swallowed him, allowing Naruto to crush the Animal Path.
• Uzumaki Naruto summoned a Shadow Clone from Mount Myoboku and dispelled it to reclaim its Sage Art Chakra, renewing his ability to fight.

Uzumaki Naruto fought Deva Path Pain and the remaining Paths, but was captured after Pain defeated his allies and interrupted the toads’ genjutsu. Pain explained how war and revenge had shaped his pursuit of peace, leaving Naruto unable to answer how the cycle of hatred could be stopped.

• Uzumaki Naruto destroyed the Naraka Path, but Deva Path Pain recovered his power and defeated the summoned toads with Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Itachi recorded the recovery interval after Super Shinra Tensei as potential intelligence for the village.
• Deva Path Pain captured Naruto and drained his Sage Chakra, but Naruto made the Preta Path absorb too much Sage Chakra and turn to stone.
• Deva Path Pain noticed Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima preparing genjutsu, pierced Fukasaku with a Black Receiver, and pinned Naruto through both palms.
• Deva Path Pain described the suffering caused by wars between great nations and asked Naruto how he would overcome hatred; Naruto admitted he did not know.

Uzumaki Nagato explained that the Akatsuki intended to create a Tailed Beast Weapon powerful enough to force peace through fear, prompting the others to recognize the reasoning behind his plan. The chapter ended with Minato connecting the weapon to the Ten-Tails and Jiraiya beginning to understand Nagato’s motives.

• Uzumaki Nagato revealed that the Akatsuki planned to use all the Tailed Beasts to create a weapon capable of destroying a country and imposing temporary peace through fear.
• Tsunade recognized that Nagato’s strategy resembled Senju Hashirama’s effort to deter war by distributing the Tailed Beasts, and reflected on how smaller nations suffered as battlegrounds for the great nations.
• Minato Namikaze connected the monster glimpsed in the video to the Ten-Tails mentioned in Kitahara Kaede’s Diary and concluded that the Akatsuki had succeeded in the future.
• Jiraiya began to understand that Yahiko’s death had shaped Nagato’s twisted pursuit of peace, while doubting that the Five Great Ninja Villages would ever accept his plan.
• Jiraiya concluded that a completed Tailed Beast Weapon could force the Five Great Ninja Villages to submit.

As Deva Path Pain pinned Uzumaki Naruto and prepared to take him away, Hyuga Hinata stepped in, confessed her love, and fought to save him. After Pain repeatedly struck her down, Naruto lost control and began transforming under the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s power.

• Second Pillar embraced Nagato’s belief that overwhelming strength could force peace and make others submit.
• Deva Path Pain pinned Uzumaki Naruto with Black Receivers, blasted Sage Shima away, and prepared to take Naruto.
• Hyuga Hinata rushed to Naruto’s defense, confessed that she loved him, and tried to free him from the Black Receivers.
• Hinata used Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists and knocked off one receiver, but Pain blasted her into the ground.
• Pain questioned Hinata’s resolve, and she declared that never going back on her word and never giving up was her ninja way.
• Watching Hinata suffer, Uzumaki Naruto lost control as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s power erupted from within him.

Uzumaki Naruto lost control to the Nine-Tails after Hinata’s death, forcing Nagato to trap him with Chibaku Tensei. As Naruto neared a complete transformation, Minato Namikaze’s stored chakra appeared and confronted him.

• Uzumaki Naruto’s rampage overwhelmed Deva Path Pain, and the Wood Style chakra in his necklace failed to restrain him.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to capture the six-tailed Naruto, leaving him exhausted and prompting Hatake Kakashi to wonder whether the Sage of Six Paths had sealed something inside the moon.
• Inside Naruto’s sealed world, the Nine-Tails exploited his grief over Hinata’s death and urged him to surrender his heart.
• Uzumaki Naruto reached the nine-tailed state and began tearing away the seal before Minato Namikaze’s stored chakra grabbed his hand and pushed him back.
• Minato Namikaze called out to Naruto, who recognized him as the Fourth Hokage.

Naruto met his father, Minato Namikaze, and confronted him about the suffering caused by sealing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside him. Minato explained the threat behind the attack on Konoha before disappearing, leaving Naruto to seek his own answer and rebuild the village.

• Minato revealed that he had altered Naruto’s seal so he could appear when the Eight-Tails’ seal was undone, and told Naruto that he was his son.
• Naruto struck Minato and poured out his anger and confusion over his lonely childhood, while Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya felt guilty for not protecting him.
• Minato apologized and explained that he had sealed part of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s chakra in Naruto so he could use it against the powerful mastermind who had controlled the beast.
• Naruto said he could not forgive Pain for killing his teachers and asked Minato what he should do; Minato urged him to find his own answer and said he believed in him.
• Minato repaired Naruto’s seal one last time and disappeared, leaving Naruto determined to rebuild Konoha.
• Itachi recalled his father’s faith in him and Sasuke, briefly considered trusting Sasuke with the truth, then rejected the idea as too dangerous.

Uzumaki Naruto defeated Deva Path Pain and confronted Nagato, testing whether he could forgive the man responsible for Konoha’s destruction. Nagato began recounting the suffering that had shaped him, starting with his parents’ deaths at the hands of Konoha Shinobi.

• Uzumaki Naruto used Shadow Clones and a Rasengan to defeat Deva Path Pain, then traced Nagato’s location through a Black Receiver.
• Uzumaki Naruto went alone to Nagato’s hideout, where Konan tried to stop him before Nagato ordered her to stand down.
• Nagato attacked Uzumaki Naruto with a hidden Black Receiver, but Naruto resisted his control with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s Chakra.
• Uzumaki Naruto admitted that he wanted to kill Nagato, but recalled Jiraiya’s belief that people could one day understand one another and asked Nagato to explain his past.
• Uzumaki Nagato began describing how Konoha Shinobi killed his parents, prompting him to awaken the Rinnegan and kill two of them.

The chapter recounts how Danzo and Hanzo destroyed Yahiko’s early Akatsuki and how Nagato’s grief led him to reject Jiraiya’s belief in peace. Naruto answers Nagato by choosing to keep believing in Jiraiya’s legacy and promises to pursue peace without giving up.

• Nagato’s past showed how he met Konan and Yahiko, trained under Jiraiya, and helped found Akatsuki to seek peace in the Rain Country.
• Danzo colluded with Hanzo against Akatsuki, and the revelation enraged Tsunade and Second Pillar over Danzo’s role in other tragedies.
• Hanzo captured Konan and forced Yahiko to die, after which Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and killed the attacking Root and Amegakure shinobi.
• Nagato explained that the great nations’ wars had caused endless suffering in small countries and challenged Naruto to answer his belief that peace was possible.
• Naruto told Nagato he could understand but not forgive him, and said he would follow Jiraiya’s belief rather than kill him.
• Naruto reminded Nagato that Jiraiya’s book named him as the disciple who inspired it, then vowed to keep walking forward and bring peace to Amegakure.

Nagato used the Rinne Rebirth technique to restore the people he had killed in Konoha, sacrificing his life after entrusting Yahiko and his dreams to Naruto. Naruto returned to the village to cheers, while Minato reflected on Nagato’s choices and the dangers ahead.

• Nagato performed Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth, reviving everyone who had died in Konoha and giving up his life.
• Hatake Kakashi was pulled away from his reunion with Hatake Sakumo, who told him he still had a mission to complete.
• Nagato died after speaking with Naruto, and Konan carried away Nagato and Yahiko’s body before pledging Hidden Rain Village’s support to Naruto.
• Konan gave Naruto a paper flower, and Naruto placed it before Jiraiya’s grave before collapsing and being carried back by Hatake Kakashi.
• The video ended, and Minato Namikaze concluded that Danzo had helped turn the Akatsuki into criminals and that defeating Nagato would require strength as well as ideals.

Minato worried about Otsutsuki Ashura’s influence on Naruto, while Tsunade and Jiraiya reflected on Nagato’s immense power and the tragedy that drove him toward his plan for peace. They resolved that Nagato might still be saved, though preventing his attack on Konoha would require defeating him first.

• Minato worried that Otsutsuki Ashura’s influence on Naruto and the Otsutsuki Clan’s reincarnations threatened his son.
• Tsunade marveled at the Rinnegan’s ability to revive Konoha’s dead and reconsidered Kitahara Kaede’s claim that this was a world where eyes were legendary.
• Tsunade vowed not to let Nagato destroy Konoha, fearing the devastation and the cost of rebuilding the village.
• Jiraiya regretted failing to guide Nagato, Yahiko, and their companions, but believed Nagato could still return to a better path.
• Jiraiya considered joining forces with Naruto, Kakashi, and Tsunade to reason with Nagato after defeating him, then blamed Danzo for being involved in everything.

Jiraiya condemned Danzo, while Kakashi, Itachi, and Sasuke reflected on Naruto’s resolve and their own futures. Naruto questioned whether the long peace maintained by his and Sasuke’s strength fulfilled the promise he had made to his senior brother, and wondered how it differed from Hashirama and Madara’s peace.

• Jiraiya cursed Danzo for corrupting his former disciples and vowed never to let him become Hokage.
• Kakashi resolved that he would survive a future fight with Deva Path Pain by relying on his father’s swordsmanship and conserving chakra.
• Itachi decided to entrust Shisui’s eye to Naruto because he trusted Naruto to guide Sasuke.
• Sasuke envied Naruto’s chance to return as a hero and recognized that leaving Konoha had cost him the chance to become Hokage.
• Naruto reflected on how his battle with Pain had helped him recognize his feelings for Hinata and nearly cost him Karin.
• Naruto questioned whether the peace maintained by his and Sasuke’s strength fulfilled his promise to his senior brother, comparing it to the peace imposed by Hashirama and Madara.

Kitahara Kaede acquired a human-compatible Sage Mode and began learning to sense Natural Energy. He suspected the Rainbow Ice Wall in the Land of Snow would help him cultivate, so he used Flying Thunder God to visit Kazahana Koyuki.

• Kitahara Kaede stopped the reward roulette and gained a Sage Mode cultivation method that let him absorb and refine Natural Energy without risking transformation into an animal.
• Kitahara Kaede set up a Barrier around his house and practiced sensing Natural Energy, succeeding by the following morning.
• Kitahara Kaede recalled the dense energy at the Rainbow Ice Wall and decided to cultivate Sage Mode in the Land of Snow during his leave.
• Kitahara Kaede announced he was entering seclusion, then used Flying Thunder God to travel to the Land of Snow.
• Kitahara Kaede appeared without warning in the Daimyo Residence, startling Kazahana Koyuki and evading notice from the Snow Ninja guards.

Kitahara Kaede left Kazahana Koyuki and trained at the Rainbow Ice Wall, where Natural Energy was far denser than around Konoha. After a month, he could enter Sage Mode, but his vacation ended before he could reach instant activation.

• Kitahara Kaede told Kazahana Koyuki his intentions, then left for the Rainbow Ice Wall using a Flying Thunder God mark.
• Asama Sandayu suggested that Kazahana Koyuki consider marrying Kitahara Kaede to secure her position, and she blushed while saying they could discuss it later.
• Kitahara Kaede found the Natural Energy around the Rainbow Ice Wall several times denser than the energy near Konoha and began training there.
• After a month of training, Kitahara Kaede entered Sage Mode but estimated that he still needed at least a minute of preparation.
• Kitahara Kaede received a message from his Shadow Clone in Konoha that his vacation was over and ended his seclusion.

Kitahara Kaede returned from training and prepared Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu for the Chunin Ninja Exams while writing about the dangers ahead in his diary. In the future, Uzumaki Naruto read the entry and worried about the coming Otsutsuki threat.

• Kitahara Kaede said goodbye to Kazahana Koyuki and returned to Konoha after training in Sage Mode.
• Kitahara Kaede and Hatake Kakashi filled out recommendation applications for their squads to enter the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Hyuga Keiko told Kitahara Kaede that her clan had arranged a Branch Family Genin to complete their team, and Kitahara Kaede took Soten Genryu for more training.
• Kitahara Kaede wrote that Orochanimaru and Sunagakure would invade Konoha and that an Otsutsuki would later raid in the Boruto era.
• Uzumaki Naruto read Kitahara Kaede's diary, recognized the comments about Boruto and the Hokage workload, and wondered which Otsutsuki would attack.

Tsunade decided to return to Konoha and become the Fifth Hokage, while Second Pillar resolved to remain in the village and pursue revenge. Kitahara Kaede’s diary speculated that Naruto and Senju Hashirama possessed powerful clan Immortal Bodies, prompting Tsunade to reconsider the Senju Clan’s abilities.

• Tsunade decided to return to Konoha, kill Orochimaru, and take the position of Fifth Hokage rather than inherit a mess.
• Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Itachi, and Second Pillar reacted to Kitahara Kaede’s claim that no dog would want to be Hokage.
• Second Pillar decided to stay in Konoha, become a Chunin, and seek Uzumaki Naruto’s help in taking revenge on Uchiha Itachi.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary suggested Naruto’s chakra came from an advanced Uzumaki Clan Immortal Body and compared him with Senju Hashirama.
• Tsunade reconsidered whether the Senju Clan’s true Kekkei Genkai was an Immortal Body, with Wood Style possibly arising from its strongest form.