Recaps

Naruto drained half of the Two-Tails’ chakra and rested before setting out to capture the Five-Tails. Obito and Black Zetsu prepared an ambush, and the chapter ended as Naruto appeared inside Iwagakure, where they sensed him.

• Obito and Black Zetsu suspected the Nine-Tails Fox clone was a spy, then waited near the Five-Tails for Naruto.
• Naruto appeared beside Yugito, took control of her, and absorbed half of the Two-Tails’ chakra before Killer B and Raikage A arrived.
• Yugito identified the attacker as an Uzumaki, leading Killer B and Raikage A to suspect Naruto Uzumaki.
• Naruto rested for several days while Obito prepared a secret weapon and planned to ambush him.
• Naruto traveled to Iwagakure and used Divine Control and the Flying Thunder God to appear near Han, where Obito and Zetsu sensed his arrival.

Naruto captured the Five-Tails but was pulled into an unfamiliar version of Konoha, where he realized he was no longer in the real world. He remained confused as Hinata and their friends behaved differently around him.

• Naruto used his Mangekyo and Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain Han, but Obito ambushed him and pulled him and the Five-Tails into a vortex.
• Obito and Black Zetsu celebrated Naruto's capture, while Ōnoki learned the Five-Tails had vanished and angrily confronted the Barrier Team.
• Naruto found himself in a strange Konoha, noticed the Fourth Hokage's face on Kage Rock was unfamiliar, and discovered he could not sense his Flying Thunder God markers.
• Hinata approached Naruto and called him Menma; puzzled by her changed appearance and manner, Naruto went shopping with her and encountered friends acting strangely.
• Naruto remained unable to explain the inconsistencies, unaware at first that he had left the real world.

Naruto realized he was trapped in the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, where his friends’ personalities were reversed and his parents were alive. After spending a warm evening with Minato and Kushina, he woke to find Hinata in his room, still acting demurely while refusing to leave as he got up.

• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails whether anything felt wrong, and the Nine-Tails confirmed that the world seemed strange.
• Hinata took Naruto to Kushina’s house, where Naruto blurted out a shocked question about how Kushina was alive.
• Kushina beat Naruto with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, then he shared dinner with Kushina and Minato and felt the warmth of family life.
• Naruto recognized that he had entered the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi and worried that he did not know how to escape.
• The next morning, Hinata came into Naruto’s room to wake him and insisted on staying while he got up.

Naruto spent the day with Hinata and their friends in the strange world, then learned that Jiraiya had been killed by a masked man. The masked man’s name made Naruto suspect Obito Uchiha.

• Naruto joined Hinata and their friends for a picnic and a trip to the hot springs, where Hinata punched Neji for spying on the women’s bath.
• Naruto returned home and felt the warmth of family before waking the next morning to find Minato and Kushina ready to meet the Hokage.
• Naruto went with his parents to Tsunade’s office, where she announced that Jiraiya had been killed in action.
• Tsunade explained that a masked man collecting ninjutsu had killed Jiraiya, and Naruto immediately thought of Obito Uchiha.

Naruto and Minato left Konoha to retrieve Jiraiya’s intelligence, but the Masked Man attacked the village while they were away. They returned to find Tsunade and the others trapped, and Naruto realized the Masked Man was not Obito.

• Tsunade sent Minato and Naruto with Jiraiya to retrieve the intelligence he had sealed away.
• The Masked Man broke through Konoha’s barrier and unleashed flying summons that devastated the village.
• The Masked Man demanded that Tsunade hand over the Book of Vermilion Moon and trapped her defenders in a binding array.
• Minato sensed the attack during dinner, and he, Naruto, and Jiraiya returned to Konoha at once.
• Naruto recognized that the Masked Man was not Obito and noticed the unusual Chakra and sealing array holding Hinata and the others.

Naruto fought the Masked Man, whose strange techniques absorbed chakra and summoned powerful beasts, while Minato, Kushina, and Tsunade were quickly overwhelmed. When the Masked Man threatened Konoha with a black-hole-like attack, Naruto unleashed his Mangekyo and appeared beside him in Susanoo armor.

• Uzumaki Menma seized the Book of Vermilion Moon and knocked Tsunade down, then overpowered Minato as Kushina attacked with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones and Chakra Mode against the Masked Man, but was pushed back by a repulsive force and lost chakra when one of the enemy's attacks absorbed it.
• Naruto trapped the Masked Man with nine Wood Dragons, but the enemy broke free using a black Nine-Tails that enraged the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.
• Naruto warned the Masked Man to leave and revealed that he had placed a Flying Thunder God mark on him, intending to kill him and absorb his techniques later.
• The Masked Man flew over Konoha and dropped a black-hole-like attack toward the village, prompting Naruto to don golden Susanoo armor and instantly appear beside him.

Naruto stopped the attack on Menma after Obito appeared as a projection, but the Book of Vermilion Moon was taken and Obito escaped. Naruto tracked the enemy’s chakra and launched another attack, leaving Menma and Obito braced to face him.

• Naruto’s sword passed through the masked man as Obito appeared and revealed that he had used a projection to test Naruto’s strength.
• Naruto tried to destroy Menma’s sealing technique, but retreated when it absorbed his chakra attack; Hinata and Minato checked on him afterward.
• Tsunade accepted that Konoha could not retrieve the stolen Book of Vermilion Moon, and Naruto left the scene determined to kill Obito.
• Obito strengthened the unconscious man with chakra from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and explained Naruto’s power to the newly awakened Menma.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God and the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to find the enemy, then attacked Menma and Obito, but Menma blasted him away with repulsive force.

Naruto discovered that the masked opponent was Uzumaki Menma, his counterpart from another world, and wounded him with the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword. Naruto agreed to spare Menma in exchange for his ninjutsu, but Obito interrupted by taking Hinata hostage.

• Naruto recognized the Sharingan in Menma's eyes and used the Flying Thunder God to slash him, breaking his mask and revealing a face identical to his own.
• Naruto trapped Menma with the Perfect Cube and explained that the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword inflicted wounds that could never heal, alarming both Menma and Obito.
• Menma invoked Minato Namikaze and his wife, making Naruto hesitate before demanding copies of all Menma's ninjutsu in exchange for letting him go.
• Obito appeared holding Hinata hostage, prompting Naruto and Menma to react in shock.

Naruto faced Obito and Menma while Obito held Hinata hostage, but Hinata took her own life to keep Naruto from having to choose. Her death awakened Naruto's Rinnegan, and the chapter ended with him confronting the berserk Menma.

• Obito demanded that Menma seal Naruto or he would kill Hinata, while Naruto hesitated over how to save her.
• Hinata realized Naruto was not Menma, thanked him, and urged him to fight.
• When Obito threatened her again, Hinata pierced her own heart before he could react.
• Naruto's eyes became scarlet Rinnegan, and Obito fled as Naruto caught Hinata and tried to revive her.
• Hinata disappeared because she had no true soul in the genjutsu world, leaving Naruto grief-stricken and enraged.
• Naruto appeared atop Menma, who had transformed into the berserk Nine-Tails, and pressed a hand against its skull.

After escaping the Tsukuyomi World, Naruto returned to the Ninja World exhausted and troubled by his failure to protect someone precious. While he rested, his clone searched for him and went to the Land of Demons, leading Nagato and Konan to suspect he intended to release Moryo.

• Naruto devoured the Nine-Tails' chakra, spared Menma, and spent three days grieving before returning to the Ninja World.
• Naruto appeared in the Land of Earth, used Flying Thunder God to return to his room, and went to sleep without anyone noticing his disappearance or return.
• Obito learned Naruto had escaped, while Black Zetsu said the time Naruto spent trapped had allowed the Akatsuki to prepare its plan's third stage.
• Naruto's clone secretly searched for the original, suspected he was trapped by Sealing Jutsu, and went to the Land of Demons after failing to find a route to the moon.
• Nagato and Konan discussed the clone's trip and concluded that he wanted to release Moryo.

Naruto recovered from his grief over Hinata and set out to collect the Seven-Tails’ chakra. In Konoha, Tsunade and Jiraiya connected rumors about Naruto to Orochimaru and Hiruko’s forbidden research, but decided not to intervene yet.

• Naruto slept for three days after Hinata’s situation left him withdrawn and listless.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Orochimaru had joined forces with Hiruko and that rumors claimed Naruto had gone to the Land of Demons to release Moryo.
• Tsunade found Hiruko’s file and recognized that his Chimera Technique could let him steal Kekkei Genkai, leading her and Jiraiya to suspect Orochimaru wanted to imitate Naruto.
• Naruto recovered and set out to collect the Seven-Tails’ chakra, targeting the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki of Takigakure.

Naruto secretly met Fu in Takigakure and befriended her to obtain some of the Seven-Tails' chakra, then gave her a protective card before leaving. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Hiruko prepared Hiruko's bloodline-limit experiment, with Hiruko choosing Wood Release over Kakashi's Sharingan.

• Naruto arrived above Takigakure, prepared clones to ambush Obito, and sensed Fu inside a guarded house.
• Naruto appeared in Fu's room, introduced himself, and asked to be her friend.
• Naruto asked Fu to lend him chakra so he could form wings, and the Seven-Tails agreed after hearing the Nine-Tails speak.
• Naruto gained dragonfly-like wings, thanked Fu, and gave her a card containing a sealed ninjutsu before disappearing.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko completed their preparations and decided to pursue different bloodline limits, with Orochimaru helping Hiruko begin his experiment.
• Hiruko abandoned Kakashi's Sharingan and chose Wood Release after Orochimaru persuaded him.

Orochimaru and his companion prepared to become demigods while Naruto monitored the Three-Tails and sensed an unknown visitor near Konoha. The visitor traveled to the moon seeking the Tenseigan, where Toneri detected her approach and prepared to meet her.

• Orochimaru and his companion approached the culmination of a year of preparations for their ceremony.
• Naruto watched for the Three-Tails' revival and learned that a powerful stranger had briefly appeared above Konoha.
• A Byakugan-wielding girl arrived in Konoha, sensed Naruto's gaze, and vanished through a spatial vortex.
• Naruto investigated the stranger's chakra but found she had already disappeared, then left without visiting Hinata.
• Toneri sensed the girl's arrival on the moon through the Tenseigan and saw her approaching, but relaxed when he believed she was not an Otsutsuki.

Himawari Uzumaki traveled back in time to ask Otsutsuki Toneri for help against the Ōtsutsuki Clan, which had defeated the Ninja World in her future. Toneri doubted he could help without his eyes, and Himawari asked whether he wanted the Byakugan.

• Himawari introduced herself to Toneri as a visitor from the future and proved it by activating her Byakugan.
• Himawari told Toneri that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had attacked and defeated the Ninja World in her future, and she had come to seek his help.
• Toneri questioned how the Ōtsutsuki had found the Ninja World, while Himawari hesitated to explain the role of Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Ten-Tails.
• Toneri realized Himawari was Naruto's daughter and wondered how his future self had failed to stop the Ōtsutsuki.
• Himawari asked Toneri to help, but he doubted his strength without his eyes, so she asked if he wanted the Byakugan.

Himawari and Ōtsutsuki Toneri discussed finding Byakugan for him and the danger posed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. When Toneri described Naruto Uzumaki’s strength and said he had deserted Konoha, Himawari was shocked because she knew Naruto as the Seventh Hokage.

• Himawari offered Toneri her Byakugan, but he stopped her and suggested taking eyes from the Ōtsutsuki Clan members she had defeated.
• Himawari said the defeated Ōtsutsuki bodies were in Konoha’s Research Department and that she needed her father’s permission to retrieve their eyes.
• Toneri asked about Isshiki and considered killing him for his Byakugan, while Himawari warned that Isshiki was extremely powerful.
• Toneri asked why Himawari had not sought help from Naruto Uzumaki, and they realized they had very different ideas about Naruto’s strength.
• Toneri told Himawari that Naruto had Wood Release and had deserted Konoha, leaving her alarmed and questioning how the future could have changed.

Himawari realized she had arrived in a parallel world and learned that Naruto was pursuing Tailed Beast chakra, while Toneri agreed to travel with her after preparing. Meanwhile, Naruto’s clone inadvertently freed Moryo, forcing the Five Great Nations to organize a sealing mission and Tsunade to send Jiraiya to investigate.

• Himawari concluded that she came from a parallel world and asked Toneri what Naruto was doing.
• Toneri told Himawari that Naruto was collecting Tailed Beast chakra, and she guessed he was pursuing Six Paths power and Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Toneri agreed to visit Naruto with Himawari after taking time to prepare, and he began training while sealing chakra inside himself.
• Naruto’s clone entered the place where Moryo was sealed, was ambushed, and had his chakra absorbed, allowing Moryo to break free.
• The Five Kage held an online summit and decided to send an elite squad to seal Moryo.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to lead a team and ask Naruto what he was doing.

Naruto arrived at the Land of Demons as the Five Great Nations' forces fought Moryo's Undead Army, and he rescued Shion from four attackers. He raised a barrier around the palace and asked Shion how she intended to stop Moryo, while the battle outside continued.

• Naruto set out with Karin after receiving his clone's memories, while Orochimaru and Hiruko also headed to witness the Undead Army's power.
• Shion refused to flee the palace, choosing to stay and carry out her mother's wish to seal Moryo.
• Kakashi sent Neji, Rock Lee, Hinata, and the others to protect Shion while he and Guy's group fought the Undead Army; Sasuke guarded their rear.
• Four Undead Army soldiers entered the palace and attacked Shion, but Naruto appeared and killed them instantly.
• Naruto formed a Sage Art: Barrier: Heavenly Prison around the palace and asked Shion how she planned to deal with Moryo; she said she would seal it because it could not be killed.
• Moryo sent more troops into the battle, and the Undead Army began charging Naruto's barrier as the two sides tested their endurance.

Naruto waited as Moryo’s forces gathered and the Terracotta Warriors attacked the barrier protecting him and Shion. He revealed a powerful summoning technique, then teleported with Shion as Moryo’s revival approached.

• Moryo sensed Kuiryō’s chakra reviving the Undead Army and headed for the Shrine Maiden.
• Himawari and Toneri watched the battlefield while Orochimaru and Hiruko observed Jiraiya’s Sage Mode attack.
• Three Terracotta Warriors struck the barrier around Naruto and Shion, but Naruto remained calm as Shion urged him to escape.
• Naruto watched as Moryo’s body was freed and moved toward his spirit, then invited Shion to see what real ninja could do.
• Naruto used Secret Technique: Nine Mask Svāhā to summon creatures that killed many Terracotta Warriors, then teleported away with Shion.

Moryo regained his body and unleashed Dark Chakra while the fighters below struggled against him and the resurrected enemies. Naruto deflected Moryo’s attack into the sky, revealing Toneri and his companions, and recognized that Toneri had come to Earth without awakening the Tenseigan.

• Moryo left Yomi’s body, restored his own, and released a pillar of Dark Chakra that Naruto sensed was as powerful as Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Sasuke fought Moryo with his fourth-form Susanoo while Hiruko revealed his enhanced abilities and used Wood Release to create a vast forest.
• Kuimei merged the Terracotta Warriors as the resurrected fighters and ten giant warriors attacked the allied forces, while Himawari wanted to help and Toneri urged her to wait.
• Moryo sensed the Shrine Maiden and fired a black energy orb at Naruto, who knocked it high into the sky with a palm of Natural Energy.
• The orb exploded and cleared the clouds, allowing Naruto to spot and identify Otsutsuki Toneri, whose eyes were still closed.

Naruto confronted Otsutsuki Toneri and Moryo, revealing overwhelming power that shocked Himawari and the fighters below. As Naruto and Toneri prepared to clash, Moryo shrank into a humanoid shape and resolved to escape.

• Naruto recognized Otsutsuki Toneri and demanded to know why he had come down, while Toneri questioned how Naruto knew his identity.
• Moryo attacked Naruto, but Naruto summoned a Wood Golem that grabbed a tentacle and absorbed his Dark Chakra.
• Naruto entered Chakra Mode and pressed Toneri for answers, prompting Toneri to activate Six Paths Mode with six Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto unleashed his own immense power, forcing Shion and Himawari away as the fighters below struggled under the pressure.
• Moryo realized either Naruto or Toneri could kill him, then shrank into a black humanoid figure and prepared to escape.

Naruto sealed Moryo with a card, then left with Toneri and Himawari to talk on a distant mountaintop. Himawari introduced herself as Himawari Uzumaki, and Naruto realized she shared the name of his future daughter.

• Naruto used a sealing card to bind Moryo and draw him inside.
• Naruto flew away with Toneri, Himawari, and the Shrine Maiden, while Jiraiya, Kakashi, Guy, and Sasuke followed.
• On a mountaintop, Naruto questioned Toneri, who said he had come to find him and asked Himawari to explain.
• Himawari introduced herself as Himawari Uzumaki, and Naruto recognized her name from what he knew of his future children.

Himawari Uzumaki arrived from the future and warned Naruto that the Ōtsutsuki had destroyed Konoha and killed his family and Sasuke. After learning that future Hinata had died, Naruto lost control of his chakra and revealed his Rinnegan.

• Himawari introduced herself as Naruto and Hinata’s future daughter and explained that she had come from the future.
• Himawari recounted how God-Eye Otsutsuki and his followers devastated the Ninja World, killed Hinata and Sasuke, and destroyed Konoha.
• Naruto reacted violently when Himawari told him that Hinata had been killed, remembering another girl who had died in his arms.
• Naruto’s chakra surged, stirring the Natural Energy and creating a massive vortex as Kakashi, Jiraiya, and others watched from a distance.
• Himawari recognized Naruto’s Rinnegan, and Toneri realized Naruto had concealed its power.

Naruto, Toneri, and Himawari discussed how to handle Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Naruto persuaded them to seek Orochimaru’s help obtaining high-purity Byakugan before confronting him. They arrived at Naruto’s hidden base with Orochimaru, where Orochimaru recognized it as the base the Ninja World had been searching for.

• Toneri warned Naruto to calm down and said he planned to find Isshiki, kill him, and take his eyes to strengthen himself.
• Naruto revealed that he had sensed Isshiki and had become a sage, but warned that Isshiki’s strength and Ten-Tails made a fight too dangerous.
• Naruto suggested asking Orochimaru for high-purity Byakugan, and the three agreed to visit him before challenging Isshiki.
• Naruto used his Mangekyo Dōjutsu to bring Toneri, Himawari, and Orochimaru to his underground base in the Land of Water.
• Orochimaru saw Naruto’s Shadow Clones at work and realized that they were inside the hidden base the Ninja World had been searching for.

Naruto asked Orochimaru to create a pure pair of Byakugan for Toneri after explaining Himawari’s future origins and the Ōtsutsuki Clan. As others began searching for Naruto, he trained with Dust Release and then flew into space to explore the universe.

• Orochimaru brought Naruto the Dust Release, and Naruto introduced him to Toneri and Himawari, explaining that she had come from the future.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to clone a pair of pure Byakugan for Toneri, and Orochimaru agreed to begin preparing them.
• Naruto studied the dangerous Dust Release training method and sent several clones to practice over the sea.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi arrived where Naruto had disappeared, then returned to the Land of Demons as the Five Great Nations secretly began searching for him.
• Naruto entered Dragon Vein Chakra Mode, flew beyond the planet, and began sensing the power of the universe.

Naruto cultivated Metal energy in the universe, completed the Five Qi and sensed the next stage of his power. Meanwhile, Orochimaru’s Byakugan experiments alarmed Naruto, who decided to risk devouring Asura Chakra to strengthen himself before their alliance faced trouble.

• Naruto and his clones refined meteorites until Metal energy transformed his organs and body, and he sensed that he had mastered Dust Release and could pursue the Five Deities.
• Orochimaru used Himawari Uzumaki’s cells to cultivate Byakugan and discovered that the eyes could devour one another to grow purer.
• Naruto entered Orochimaru’s laboratory and found dozens of Byakugan arranged into a sphere inside a glass cylinder.
• Naruto’s clone warned him about Orochimaru’s experiments, and Naruto worried that Orochimaru might become too powerful to control.
• Naruto decided he could not wait for the Three-Tails to revive and entered his mindscape to attempt to devour Asura Chakra.