In Naruto's consciousness space, after absorbing Good Naruto and Dark Naruto and obtaining the Rinnegan, Naruto had absorbed all their chakra. But at the last moment, Good Naruto's and Dark Naruto's souls had charged at him, and all three souls had collided. Naruto had tried to control their souls and absorb them, only to suffer an assault from their consciousnesses. Under their desperate attack, cracks had appeared in his soul. Naruto had struck back just as ruthlessly.
Since Naruto and the other two Narutos had originated from the same being, their souls had always remained equally strong. Good Naruto and Dark Naruto possessed the same soul energy as Naruto himself. The instant all three fought for their lives, their souls had shattered, and Naruto had lost consciousness.
After an unknown stretch of time, Naruto slowly regained consciousness. He sensed Hinata's and Sasuke's power, and with their help, his soul began to merge back together. Then he noticed that their power seemed to disappear. After that, he sensed Tsunade's power, followed by Jiraiya's, Orochimaru's, the Third Hokage's, Obito's, Kakashi's, Itachi Uchiha's, Shizuka Uchiha's, Kuruma Yakumo's, Gaara's, Shikamaru's, Sakura's, Ino's, Kiba's, and the chakra of many, many others. Even Akamaru's chakra was there, along with the chakra of countless strangers.
Is this the chakra of the entire Shinobi World? Naruto wondered. He recalled his two previous lives. Whether as an assassin or a merchant, he had felt little warmth. Even in the early days of this life, there had been little of it-mostly deception and scheming. Only Sasuke and Hinata had given him warmth. Later, he had entered the academy and made more friends. Everyone had treated him well, giving him a warmth he had never known before. Then he had brought his parents back to life, and Minato and Kushina had