Recaps

Naruto fought Azure Dragon and discovered that his Divine Control grew stronger with distance, while his own Rinnegan abilities let him withstand the attacks and overwhelm Azure Dragon with shadow clones. The chapter ended with Naruto’s real body appearing among the clones surrounding his opponent.

• Seventh prepared to intervene, but Himawari stopped him as Naruto recovered from Azure Dragon’s attack and activated his golden Rinnegan.
• Naruto used Susanoo Armor to survive Azure Dragon’s Divine Control, then tested the attack again and confirmed that it grew stronger with distance.
• Naruto summoned two shadow clones with his Rinnegan-exclusive Dōjutsu and began preparing the Five Elements Seal while Azure Dragon attacked them.
• The clones survived attacks through their chests and forced Azure Dragon to fight them; Seventh recognized their technique as similar to Limbo: Border Jail.
• Naruto’s real body transformed from one of the clones surrounding Azure Dragon.

Naruto battled Azure Dragon, using the Five Elements Seal to weaken him before Azure Dragon transformed and struck back. With Toneri struggling against White Tiger, Naruto realized he might need to leave Azure Dragon and support him soon.

• Naruto sent two Shadow Clones infused with natural energy to attack Azure Dragon while he prepared to seal him.
• White Tiger overwhelmed Toneri with weapons summoned through his Dōjutsu, while Toneri's stone statue failed to stop him.
• Naruto entered Dragon Vein Chakra Mode, used four clones to restrict Azure Dragon, and landed the Five Elements Seal despite Azure Dragon's escape ability.
• Azure Dragon's chakra became difficult to mobilize, and Naruto mocked his loyalty to Divine Eye, provoking him to transform into a monster.
• Azure Dragon broke through Naruto's Earth Prison, struck him, and regenerated an arm after Naruto's Dust Release erased it.
• Naruto sensed Toneri was in danger and considered going to support him.

Naruto sealed Azure Dragon’s soul, but Azure Dragon’s body nearly killed him before Naruto escaped the fatal blow with the Nine Fox Technique. God-Eye Otsutsuki then took control of Azure Dragon’s body to face Naruto, while the other enemies moved toward the fight and White Tiger powered up against Toneri.

• Naruto used the Nine Dragon Soul-Extinguishing Lock to seal Azure Dragon’s soul and moved to take his Dōjutsu.
• Azure Dragon’s controlled body cut through Naruto’s Chakra armor and beheaded him, but Naruto transformed into nine foxes and reassembled himself unharmed.
• Naruto and the Konoha observers realized God-Eye Otsutsuki was controlling Azure Dragon’s body, and God-Eye spoke through it to challenge Naruto.
• Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise flew toward Azure Dragon, while White Tiger recognized Naruto’s victory and decided to finish Toneri quickly.
• White Tiger opened his Rinnegan and transformed into a pitch-black form as he confronted Toneri.

Naruto battled Divine Eye and two of his followers, but discovered that Azure Dragon’s apparent Dōjutsu held no ocular power to absorb. Frustrated that defeating the enemies brought no benefit, Naruto prepared to face the women with his own Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Divine Eye used his Dōjutsu to bring Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise through Naruto’s Perfect Cube, then left them to fight Naruto after Azure Dragon collapsed.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones held off the two women while he used the Five-Finger Mountain sealing technique to restrain Azure Dragon’s corpse.
• Naruto tried to absorb Azure Dragon’s power but found no ocular power in the body, and Black Tortoise’s freezing Dōjutsu broke through the Seven-Colored Mist.
• Naruto realized Divine Eye might have lent Azure Dragon his Dōjutsu and concluded that fighting the two women would offer little benefit.
• Naruto brought out four differently colored spheres, and the Konoha observers recognized them as Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Naruto revealed his full power and used the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword to inflict an unhealing wound on Vermilion Bird. He then overwhelmed Black Tortoise with Shadow Clones wielding Truth-Seeking Orb spears, leaving the enemies anxious as he chose to wear them down.

• Naruto entered Chakra Mode, summoned four Truth-Seeking Orbs, and attacked Vermilion Bird with the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword.
• Vermilion Bird activated Setting Sun, but Naruto switched places with his clone, which wounded him with the sword and scattered the red vapor.
• Orochimaru identified Naruto's weapon as the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword and explained that wounds it caused could not heal.
• Naruto turned on Black Tortoise and gave two Shadow Clones Truth-Seeking Orb spears, which pierced the enemy with devastating force.
• Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise tried to lure Naruto into range of their Dōjutsu, but Naruto stayed back and began wearing them down.

Naruto ignored Toneri’s pleas for help while he and his clones continued fighting the Vermilion Bird and the other Ōtsutsuki inside the Perfect Cube. When Konoha’s people criticized Naruto for abandoning Toneri, Shikamaru rebuked them, and the Seventh left with Himawari.

• Toneri fled to Naruto’s location while the White Tiger attacked him with a mountain, but Naruto paid him no attention.
• The White Tiger attacked Naruto’s Perfect Cube, but Naruto’s clones redirected the blows and kept fighting the two women inside.
• Naruto refused to save Toneri, explaining that Toneri was not his companion and recalling his attempt to come between Naruto and Hinata.
• Konoha’s people criticized Naruto for refusing to help Toneri, and Shikamaru angrily told them they had no right to judge the fight.
• The Seventh left, and Himawari followed him while the crowd resumed whispering and Shikamaru watched in disappointment.

Naruto fought the Otsutsuki, killing Vermilion Bird and defeating Black Tortoise. He devoured Vermilion Bird to strengthen himself while keeping Black Tortoise alive, and Naruto, Himawari, and Sarada headed out to rescue Boruto.

• Naruto told Himawari that he would rescue Boruto and that she should leave Konoha afterward; Sarada joined them and carried them toward the battle with Susanoo.
• Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise worked together to freeze Naruto with Black Tortoise's Dōjutsu, but Naruto switched places with clones and countered their ambush.
• Naruto's clone killed Vermilion Bird with a Truth-Seeking Orb, while another clone was trapped in Black Tortoise's chakra-freezing frost.
• Naruto wore Black Tortoise down, pinned her with black rods, and sealed her with the Five Elements Seal.
• Naruto devoured Vermilion Bird and sensed that absorbing him had made his body stronger.

Naruto tested the Five Elements Seal by draining the Azure Dragon, then killed and devoured the White Tiger while Toneri and the people of Konoha watched in horror. Meanwhile, Seventh, Himawari, and their companion reached the imprisoned Boruto, whose voice left them unsure whether he was himself or Momoshiki.

• Naruto explained that the Five Elements Seal converted a powerful being into energy for the Ninja World, then confirmed that it had drained the Azure Dragon to death.
• Naruto spared the Black Tortoise, used Kotoamatsukami to freeze the White Tiger, and had his clone kill it.
• Naruto devoured the White Tiger in front of Toneri, shocking Toneri and the people watching from Konoha.
• Naruto prepared to recover before facing the God Tree, while Seventh and the others traveled to Boruto's prison.
• Seventh, Himawari, and their companion found Boruto chained in a valley, and he asked them to guess whether he was Boruto.

Naruto met Himawari, Adult Naruto, and a sealed Momoshiki after they brought him to ask for help saving Boruto. Naruto examined Boruto and found that Momoshiki had suppressed his consciousness and altered his body, leaving him to consider how difficult restoring him would be.

• Momoshiki woke when Naruto, Himawari, and the Seventh began to surround him, and Himawari entered Sage Mode as they prepared to subdue him.
• The confrontation paused when the battle elsewhere stopped, and a day later Naruto opened his eyes while Toneri remained nearby.
• Naruto eyed the God Tree and imagined using Isshiki to claim one of his own before a slender Susanoo arrived carrying Himawari, Adult Naruto, Boruto, and Momoshiki.
• Himawari asked Naruto to save Boruto, and he agreed before inspecting his brother.
• Naruto determined that Momoshiki had suppressed Boruto's consciousness and transformed his body with Ōtsutsuki blood, making restoration difficult.
• Momoshiki sensed the Divine Eye's power nearby and was too frightened to move.

Naruto restrained Momoshiki with a formation disk and absorbed Momoshiki’s Dōjutsu before sealing his soul inside Boruto’s glabella. Boruto’s own powerful Dōjutsu also caught Naruto’s attention, but he left it untouched.

• Naruto decided to seal Momoshiki’s soul rather than risk devouring it while it was entangled with Boruto’s.
• Naruto trapped Momoshiki with a formation disk, but stopped sealing him when Momoshiki’s Rinnegan revealed a Dōjutsu that absorbed and doubled ninjutsu.
• Naruto absorbed Momoshiki’s Dōjutsu and discovered that Boruto also possessed a powerful Dōjutsu, which he did not take.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to make Momoshiki vacant-eyed, then sealed Momoshiki’s soul in Boruto’s glabella.

Naruto decided to claim the immature Chakra Fruit and approached the God Tree with the Seventh and Toneri, while the Nine-Tails helped him gather chakra. They reached Otsutsuki God-Eye, who calmly waited beside the unripe fruit as Naruto declared he would take it after defeating him.

• Naruto explained that Boruto's sealed power would remain dormant and be consumed whenever Boruto used it, and the others thanked him.
• The Seventh offered to stay and fight, but Naruto said he could go alone and considered how the Chakra Fruit might help Hinata grow stronger.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails whether it could grow stronger by devouring the Ten-Tails, and the Nine-Tails began helping him gather chakra.
• Naruto, the Seventh, and Toneri flew cautiously to the top of the God Tree, activating their battle forms along the way.
• Naruto saw the immature Chakra Fruit beside Otsutsuki God-Eye and told him he would claim it after defeating him.

Naruto challenged God-Eye Otsutsuki’s claim to being an immortal and unleashed his full power, provoking the alien into opening his nine-Tomoe Rinnegan. The chapter ended as God-Eye Otsutsuki activated Daikokuten against Naruto.

• God-Eye Otsutsuki sent a physical clone to fight Naruto’s shadow clones, whose Truth-Seeking Orb could not pierce the clone’s chakra shield.
• God-Eye Otsutsuki explained that eating a second Chakra Fruit had made him an immortal and offered Naruto a fruit if he followed him.
• Naruto rejected God-Eye Otsutsuki’s definition of an immortal and mocked him, enraging the alien.
• Naruto released his full power, filling the sky with his chakra and forcing Toneri and Seventh to retreat as people across the world sensed him.
• God-Eye Otsutsuki opened his nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and activated Daikokuten against Naruto.

Naruto and the Seventh fought Divine Eye, whose Dōjutsu could freeze targets and erase them from reality. Naruto tested the Dōjutsu he had acquired, then revealed a Sage Art that brought the combatants crashing down from the sky.

• Divine Eye froze Naruto’s bodies with black ice, then used a Genjutsu that could turn real things into illusions, but Naruto escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto and the Seventh attacked Divine Eye, whose black liquid defense blocked Naruto’s sword and whose skill kept the Seventh under pressure.
• Naruto returned to the fight and used Star Shift to absorb Divine Eye’s black lightning and send it back with amplified force.
• Divine Eye recognized Naruto’s ability to devour Dōjutsu and tried to recruit him, while Konoha’s forces watched the oppressive red aura in the sky.
• Naruto revealed that he had gathered chakra in the sky, formed a red array with hand seals, and unleashed Sage Art: Heavenly Path Suppression, forcing everyone downward.

Naruto used barriers, darkness, and corrosive fox-shaped attacks to hold off the Otsutsuki while his clones moved to seal the God Tree. The God Tree reacted when a clone took its fruit, alerting Divine Eye to Naruto’s plan.

• Naruto sealed the battlefield with a Perfect Cube and used black fog to plunge the Ninja World into darkness.
• Naruto attacked the Otsutsuki with foxes infused with stomach qi, which corroded Divine Eye’s chakra.
• Naruto decided to seal the God Tree and asked Nine-Tails to help devour an opponent.
• Naruto’s clones reached the God Tree and chose the Five Elements Seal to contain it.
• One clone plucked the unripe Chakra Fruit, causing the God Tree to roar and Divine Eye to sense the theft.
• Naruto’s other clone began forming a sealing formation around the God Tree.

Naruto bound the God Tree with the Five Elements Seal and redirected its chakra into Nine-Tails, but Divine Eye escaped and attacked the seal. Naruto and the Seventh struck back with a compressed energy sphere, leaving Divine Eye reduced to a floating head as the chapter ended.

• Naruto used the Five Elements Seal and nine Wood Dragons to absorb the God Tree's chakra and transfer it to Nine-Tails, whose body began to change.
• Divine Eye escaped Naruto's Perfect Cube by sacrificing a Rinnegan, and his Senjutsu briefly ended Naruto's darkness across the Ninja World, revealing vast forests that had engulfed Konoha.
• Divine Eye rushed toward the clone controlling the seal, so Naruto, the Seventh, and Toneri moved to stop him.
• Naruto trapped Divine Eye in a cage of Six Paths Black Rods, then joined the Seventh's power to create a compressed energy sphere and struck it into Divine Eye's body.
• Divine Eye's Meta-Magnetic Mountain crushed Naruto and the Seventh, but the energy sphere exploded inside Divine Eye, destroying his body and leaving his head floating in the air.

Naruto fought Divine Eye while protecting the Nine-Tails, who absorbed chakra from the God Tree and transformed into a golden fox with ten tails. As the God Tree spread across much of the Ninja World, the Nine-Tails began receiving memories and negative emotions from the chakra he had absorbed.

• Divine Eye used a Dōjutsu to return to his original form, while Naruto kept the Ten-Tails sealed so his opponent could not use it to recover.
• The Nine-Tails emerged from Naruto, and Naruto’s clones transferred their absorbed chakra to him.
• Divine Eye struck the Nine-Tails with Heavenly Motion, but Naruto and his clone concealed and retrieved him inside an ironstone labyrinth.
• Naruto interrupted Divine Eye’s attempts to escape and continued extracting chakra as the God Tree turned three-fifths of the Ninja World into forest.
• The Nine-Tails absorbed more chakra, grew golden and developed a tenth tail, then began receiving the world’s Nine-Tails’ memories and the God Tree’s negative emotions.

Naruto and Seventh battled Divine Eye as he opened a space-time gate and unleashed waves of enslaved fighters. Divine Eye vanished while the fighters kept pouring through the gate, leaving Naruto unsure whether he had fled or hidden nearby.

• Naruto attacked Divine Eye with lightning and gravity techniques as Divine Eye opened a space-time gate.
• Thousands of enslaved taijutsu fighters charged through the gate, and Naruto used mist to incapacitate them while Seventh fought back.
• Toneri turned some of the attackers into puppets, temporarily holding back the crowd.
• Naruto realized Divine Eye had disappeared and could not sense him anywhere, even after checking the withered God Tree.
• Naruto looked toward the spatial passage as more fighters continued to emerge.

Naruto left the others to handle the space-time passage and focused on absorbing and sealing the Ten-Tails. After draining much of its chakra, he transformed it into a giant wooden sword and carried it away.

• Naruto left the Seventh and Toneri to deal with the space-time passage while he went to seal the Ten-Tails.
• The Seventh summoned Konoha reinforcements and contacted the other ninja villages for help.
• Naruto discovered that the Nine-Tails had evolved into a golden, ten-tailed form and praised him.
• Naruto absorbed the Ten-Tails’ chakra, strengthening his reserves and body as the beast shrank and weakened.
• Naruto used Sealing Jutsu and a formation to transform the Ten-Tails into a giant wooden sword, then strapped it to his back.

After driving God-Eye away, Naruto secluded himself to fuse his Dōjutsu and ponder its essence while the Ninja World struggled to seal the spatial passage and defend against invaders from Divine Eye Star. The chapter leaves the ninjas facing stronger opponents and martial artists who began claiming territory in the Ninja World.

• God-Eye returned to his palace and considered how to kill Naruto, unwilling to accept the loss of the God Tree or seek help from other Otsutsuki.
• Naruto told Nine-Tails to keep others away, then fused his Dōjutsu to strengthen the Dōjutsu of the Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Nine-Tails guarded Naruto while Seventh and the others struggled to seal the spatial passage and repel incoming fighters.
• Shikamaru gathered Konoha's Jonin for the defense, and Shikadai reminded him of the alien invasion.
• Flying Bird fled the battlefield and, like other martial artists from Divine Eye Star, began considering the Ninja World as a place to settle.
• Martial artists from Divine Eye Star started dividing up territory, prompting opposition from the Ninja World's ninjas.

Flying Bird trespassed into Konoha territory, killed a patrol, and overwhelmed Hanabi's squad after demanding that Hanabi become his wife. The Ninja World had fallen into full-scale defense as aliens occupied most regions, while Naruto sensed the changes in his strengthened Ame-no-Murakumo Sword.

• Flying Bird settled in Konoha territory and killed the patrol that confronted him, prompting Shikamaru to send Hanabi, Shikadai, Sarada, and Mitsuki to investigate.
• Flying Bird proposed to Hanabi and announced that he would settle there, then prepared to fight when she questioned him.
• Sarada attacked with her Dōjutsu and Susanoo, but Flying Bird dodged her first strike and dispersed her complete Susanoo with a punch.
• Flying Bird again demanded that Hanabi stay with him as his wife, while Hanabi realized the Ninja World was at a disadvantage against the powerful taijutsu fighters.
• Over half a month, aliens occupied nearly every region outside the Five Great Villages, and Naruto further strengthened his Ame-no-Murakumo Sword before sensing a change within himself.

After fifteen days of cultivation, Naruto awakened with strengthened Dōjutsu and approached the spatial passage to investigate. He sent clones through it to Divine Eye Star, where one encountered a White Zetsu and learned that the invasion had been detected.

• Naruto awakened after fifteen days and learned that Toneri and his companion had returned to Konoha.
• Naruto approached the spatial passage, used Kotoamatsukami to incapacitate the people guarding it, and discovered that someone had tampered with it.
• Naruto created clones and sent them through the passage while his main body retreated to wait for news.
• Naruto's clones arrived on Divine Eye Star and scattered, while one clone flew skyward to locate the planet.
• A White Zetsu attacked Naruto's clone, which pierced the attacker with a lightning beam before flying onward.
• The severed White Zetsu survived and alerted the others that an outsider had invaded.

Naruto used a clone to locate God-Eye’s territory and then returned to Konoha to check on the village. He learned that Himawari and the Seventh were attending the Five Kage Summit, while Shikamaru began to explain the current situation.

• God-Eye discovered Naruto’s scouting clones and ordered his subordinates to attack them as the clones flew toward the sky.
• A hidden clone used a massive formation to sense across the galaxy, but God-Eye appeared before it; the clone dispelled itself and sent its findings to Naruto.
• Naruto decided not to confront God-Eye at his stronghold and headed toward Konoha, briefly encountering an expert from Divine Eye Star on the way.
• Naruto arrived in Konoha and found that the village had mostly recovered, but Himawari and the Seventh were absent.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that Himawari and the Seventh had gone to the Five Kage Summit, then began discussing the current situation in the Ninja World.

Naruto explained that his Wood Release had spread the Ten-Tails’ chakra across the world and visited the Seventh’s home to find the captured White Zetsu. He reunited with Hanabi and Boruto, encountered Flying Bird, and ended up chatting with Hanabi inside the house.

• Naruto told Shikamaru that he had used Wood Release to return the Ten-Tails’ chakra to the Ninja World, though he had not expected it to transform the planet.
• Naruto learned from Shikamaru that the captured White Zetsu was at the Seventh’s home with Boruto, then went there through the trees.
• Naruto arrived as Hanabi opened the door with Boruto and recognized her; Hanabi hugged him excitedly, while Boruto welcomed him inside.
• Naruto recognized Flying Bird as someone from Divine Eye Star, and Hanabi introduced him; frightened, Flying Bird stayed outside as Naruto entered the house.
• Naruto looked at the family photos of the Seventh and Hinata, then answered Hanabi’s questions about his appearance and red hair.

Naruto told Hanabi and Boruto about his life after defecting from Konoha, including his training and Hinata's strength. When Sarada asked to learn his Sage Mode, Naruto agreed and encouraged Hanabi and Boruto to try it too.

• Hanabi examined Naruto's eyes, and Boruto interrupted their awkwardly close posture before they all sat down to talk.
• Naruto explained that he had defected from Konoha, leaving Hanabi and Boruto stunned and worried about Hinata and their mother.
• Naruto described his later achievements, and Hanabi asked about Hinata; Naruto said she was probably Kage-level and recalled the Chakra Fruit he had brought for her.
• Sarada arrived and asked Naruto to teach her Sage Mode, and he told her to ask Himawari for help.
• Naruto invited Hanabi and Boruto to try learning Sage Mode, assuring them there was no harm in attempting it.

Naruto tested a formation disk based on the Five Elements, combining water and wind to raise an iceberg in Konoha. As he refined the disk, he entered a new state of comprehension and began sensing the power of heaven and earth.

• Naruto left Hanabi and the others to cultivate on Kage Rock, where he attempted to create his own Strange Gate formation.
• Naruto shaped a Five Elements formation disk, then combined water and wind to raise an iceberg that drew Konoha's attention.
• Naruto continued adjusting the disk and inscribing it in his mind so he could activate it instantly.
• Naruto entered an epiphany as a tornado formed around him, and he began sensing himself as heaven and earth.
• Naruto realized that heaven and earth were governed by the Five Elements and understood why the Ninja World lacked metal-attribute chakra.