Chapter Summaries

Kushina discovered Karin had slept beside Naruto again, but Naruto's oblivious response and Minato's advice kept her from intervening. Later, Tsunade received troubling news from Sasuke Uchiha and began summoning people to discuss a confidential matter.

• Karin slipped into Naruto's room at night and fell asleep beside him, where Kushina and Boruto found her the next morning.
• Kushina woke Naruto with a Frying Pan, but he went back to sleep before she shook him awake and demanded an explanation for Karin being in his bed.
• Naruto blamed Karin's insecurity on her emotional scars, then let her do as she wished when she looked hurt.
• Kushina told Minato what she had seen and worried about Naruto and Karin, but Minato advised her not to interfere in the children's feelings.
• Tsunade told Shizune that Sasuke Uchiha had sent troubling confidential news and ordered her to summon Kakashi, Naruto, Boruto, and the other Sasuke.
• Tsunade directed Shizune to inform the Third Hokage, the Two Advisors, and Danzo, while indicating that Minato would help her deal with the person in a photograph.

Kakashi led Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Boruto to investigate who had brought people from the future into their era. Naruto and Sasuke began opening a path to send their future selves home, but an unseen figure warned them to stop or risk destroying the world.

• Tsunade assigned Kakashi's team to investigate the person behind the time-displaced arrivals and warned them not to engage the suspected space-time user.
• Kakashi told the team that Sasuke had reported meeting future Naruto and Sarada, and Naruto restored his Flying Thunder God mark to teleport everyone to Sasuke's location.
• The group compared what had happened to them and suspected someone had redirected Young Sasuke and Boruto's time-travel passage and brought future Naruto and Sarada to their era.
• Naruto proposed sending their future selves home to force the mastermind to reveal themselves, and he and Sasuke used their Rinnegan to create a Spatial Gate.
• An unseen voice warned Naruto and Sasuke to stop opening the gate or the world would be destroyed, and urged them to let their future selves remain longer.

Naruto forced the hidden Mastermind to reveal that his arrival in the Naruto World had been planned, but the Mastermind sealed the time-travelers’ route home and said they had to remain in this era. After Sasuke chose to continue pursuing their shared dream, Naruto prepared to take the others home, while the Mastermind and an armored ally advanced a secret plan to awaken the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan and prepare for a coming threat.

• Naruto confronted the unseen Mastermind, who admitted arranging his arrival and sealed the route that would take Naruto and Sasuke back to the future.
• Sasuke refused to return to visit his family, asking Naruto to tell his parents he was sorry and reaffirming his commitment to bringing peace to the world.
• Naruto, the older Naruto, and Young Sasuke encouraged one another to follow their own paths toward peace, while Sarada agreed to visit Sasuke’s family with Young Sasuke.
• Naruto prepared to take the group home so the older Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Sarada could visit their families.
• On the moon, an armored figure reported taking blood from unconscious Otsutsuki Toneri, and the Mastermind explained that Naruto had bluffed him into appearing.
• The two figures planned to awaken the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan and prepare to resurrect Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna, while leaving Thanatos for Naruto and Sasuke to face.

Naruto and Young Naruto shared a warm family reunion with Kushina and Minato, while Sarada met the Uchiha family and revealed her dream of becoming Hokage. The families settled in for dinner as Naruto went to find Karin and Sasuke reflected on Sarada’s future.

• Naruto brought Young Naruto and Boruto home, where Kushina recognized Young Naruto and embraced him as her son.
• Minato returned, and Naruto told him what the mission had revealed about the time travelers and their arrival.
• Kushina sent Naruto to find Karin at the training grounds and invite her to dinner.
• Young Sasuke introduced Sarada to Mikoto, Fugaku, and Itachi as his daughter from the future.
• Sarada told the Uchiha family that Naruto would become the Seventh Hokage and said she wanted to follow his example.
• Young Sasuke and Itachi discussed Sarada’s bond with Naruto and Boruto’s role as her future supporter before Mikoto called everyone to dinner.

Naruto tested Boruto and Sarada in a spar, judging Boruto’s strength while recognizing Sarada’s tactical skill. Boruto and Sarada combined their attacks to hit Naruto, and the spectators suspected Boruto had used a space-time ability connected to his eye.

• Sarada and Boruto combined their Great Fireball Technique and Gale Palm, but Naruto blocked the attack with a summoned rock toad stomach wall.
• Naruto charged into close combat, assessed Boruto’s Taijutsu as Chunin level, and dodged Boruto’s Rasengan before Sarada intervened with shuriken and Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Sarada and Boruto agreed to try Boruto’s plan, and Boruto threw a Rasengan that vanished before reappearing to strike Naruto alongside Sarada’s Great Fireball Technique.
• Jiraiya and Minato suspected Boruto had transported his Rasengan with Space-Time Ninjutsu, while young Naruto guessed the ability was connected to Boruto’s eye and awakening bloodline limit.

Naruto defeated Boruto and Sarada with Shadow Clones, then took Boruto to the Hyuga Clan so Hinata could examine his eyes. Before they arrived, a mysterious shadow offered Hinata Otsutsuki Toneri’s blood to help her awaken the Tenseigan in exchange for a future favor, and she agreed.

• Young Naruto and Young Sasuke theorized that Boruto’s Rasengan vanished because his dormant bloodline ability had activated, and Naruto joined them after revealing he had been watching from concealment.
• Naruto suggested taking Boruto to Hinata to check whether his White Eye had awakened, and Young Naruto admitted that meeting this era’s Hinata made him feel awkward.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones caught Boruto and Sarada off guard and defeated them, prompting Boruto to vow that he would train until he could beat Naruto.
• Naruto encouraged Boruto to grow stronger and led him and the others toward the Hyuga Clan residence.
• A mysterious shadow offered Hinata Otsutsuki Toneri’s blood to help her awaken the Tenseigan in return for a future favor, and Hinata accepted.

Hinata examined Boruto’s eyes and discovered that his White Eye had mutated, possibly because he inherited Hinata’s sage eyes and Naruto’s sage body. Minato theorized that it could perceive and disrupt yin-based powers, giving Naruto hope that they could defeat Thanatos.

• The shadow revealed that he had caused Hinata’s rebirth, then vanished as Naruto arrived with Boruto.
• Naruto told Hinata that Boruto was their child from the future, and Hinata believed him.
• Hinata activated her Tenseigan and revealed Boruto’s unusual eye as a mutated White Eye.
• Young Sasuke proposed that Boruto’s eye had mutated from the combination of Naruto’s sage body and Hinata’s sage eyes.
• Boruto explained that his eye could see hidden spaces and people affected by certain abilities, and Minato suggested it could perceive and disrupt yin power.
• Naruto realized Boruto’s eye might counter Thanatos, and Jiraiya agreed that they might have a chance to defeat him.

Jiraiya explained Thanatos’s threat and a legend that might lead Naruto to the Death God, while Naruto and Boruto agreed to train before pursuing him. Hinata told Naruto about the mysterious visitor and Otsutsuki Toneri’s cells, then comforted Naruto as he admitted his love for Anko and his grief over her death.

• Jiraiya told Minato and the others that Thanatos had killed Anko and described a Land of Rain legend about summoning the Death God.
• Naruto urged Jiraiya to investigate the legend, but Jiraiya insisted that Naruto and Boruto train and confirm Boruto’s eye abilities first.
• Hinata privately told Naruto that a shadowy figure had visited her, revealed that she had been deliberately reborn in this era, and showed him Otsutsuki Toneri’s cells.
• Naruto said the cells could help Hinata complete her tenseigan’s evolution, and Hinata agreed to use them.
• Hinata asked whether Naruto loved Anko, and Naruto admitted that they had loved each other and that Anko had died protecting him from Thanatos.
• Hinata comforted Naruto and promised to support him as they went back outside to join Jiraiya and Minato.

Naruto trained Boruto and Sarada, discovering that Boruto’s mutated white eye could absorb Tsukuyomi while Sarada awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with Sarada waking at Naruto’s house and finding her eyes had evolved.

• Naruto spent a week sparring with Boruto to help him master his mutated white eye while Kushina worried about the harsh training.
• Minato sent Sarada to help Boruto, and she joined him in fighting Naruto with her two-tomoe Sharingan.
• Naruto used Tsukuyomi on both of them, but Boruto’s white eye resisted the technique briefly and then devoured its visual power; Sarada collapsed under its effect.
• Inside the Tsukuyomi, Sarada saw loved ones die and attacked Naruto, then lost consciousness as her Sharingan evolved.
• Sarada woke at Naruto’s house, protected Boruto from Naruto, and revealed her newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.

Naruto learned that an underground altar in the Land of Rain was connected to Thanatos and insisted on joining Jiraiya’s investigation. The group reached the altar, where Naruto stood before the vast structure without yet learning what it did.

• Kushina told Naruto that Karin had left on a mission to the Land of Snow with Yakumo, Haku, and Shizuka, and Minato promised to ask Tsunade about it.
• Jiraiya reported that the team had confirmed an altar beneath the Land of Rain with a possible connection to Thanatos, but he initially tried to keep Naruto behind.
• Naruto agreed to follow Jiraiya’s orders and not act rashly, while Boruto and Sarada reluctantly agreed to remain in the village.
• Jiraiya told the group a legend about a Rain God’s stolen ritual artifact and explained that something powerful might be causing the Land of Rain’s endless precipitation.
• Jiraiya led Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Young Naruto through a lake entrance into a vast cavern, where they found an enormous altar.

Naruto discovered that the altar in the Land of Rain concealed millions of human remains and a powerful death energy, while Thanatos sent Black Zetsu to retrieve a creation hidden there. Thanatos then confronted two mysterious figures who had been guiding Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, but they escaped after his attack.

• Naruto used White Eye to find countless human remains inside the altar and led Jiraiya, Young Sasuke, and Young Naruto toward its center.
• Thanatos sensed Naruto inspecting the altar and gave Black Zetsu power and instructions to retrieve the object hidden there before it was destroyed.
• Black Zetsu learned that the object was linked to Kaguya's seal and took Thanatos's death-energy-absorbing token before hurrying to the altar.
• Thanatos detected two mysterious figures spying on him and accused them of bringing the Light Sacred Dragon's power to Naruto.
• Thanatos cut the two figures in half with Death God's Scythe Slash, but they melted into the ground and escaped.

Naruto and his companions navigated spatial traps and broke out of a barrier inside the altar’s prison. Naruto revealed that Young Naruto could use the Uzumaki clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Young Naruto mastered them almost immediately, even combining them with the Gate of the Great God.

• Naruto led Jiraiya, Young Naruto, and Young Sasuke into the altar through a hidden stone door.
• Young Sasuke discovered that the passage looped through altered space and opened a spatial tunnel for the group to pass through.
• Naruto identified the secret chamber as a prison and shattered its one-way barrier with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto explained that Young Naruto could use both the Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Gate of the Great God, which Young Naruto had used before without recognizing its name.
• Young Naruto quickly learned to create Adamantine Sealing Chains and combined them with the Gate of the Great God, leaving Naruto, Jiraiya, and Young Sasuke stunned.

Naruto identified the altar’s objects as the Three Sacred Treasures and concluded that they were locked in a balance with a dangerous black bead. He said Itachi Uchiha could make the treasures leave, and Young Sasuke realized why.

• Naruto, Young Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Jiraiya climbed to the priests’ altar and found a mirror, a longsword, eight tomoe, and a black bead.
• Naruto identified the longsword, magatama, and mirror as the legendary Three Sacred Treasures and linked them to Kaguya Otsutsuki’s inherited legacy.
• Naruto explained that the treasures and bead were suppressing one another, and that the bead’s power could destroy the world if it erupted.
• Naruto said the group could move neither the bead nor the treasures unless the Three Sacred Treasures left willingly.
• Naruto named Itachi Uchiha as the only person who could make them leave, and Young Sasuke realized Itachi’s Susanoo held projections of the Three Sacred Treasures.

Naruto and his companions uncovered an enormous hidden space beneath the altar, filled with corpses of legendary races, and concluded that Thanatos had created it for a plan involving the return of the gods. Young Naruto then challenged Naruto to confront Thanatos without letting hatred consume him, leaving Naruto to reflect on his warning.

• Naruto explained that Itachi's Susanoo might be able to make the Three Sacred Treasures leave the altar, but the group decided to investigate the site before bringing Itachi there.
• Naruto found and activated a mechanism that raised a wall, revealing a vast space beneath the altar.
• Naruto, Young Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Jiraiya entered the space and discovered mountains of corpses from legendary races, including Titans, elves, angels, demons, dwarves, dragons, and orcs.
• Naruto and Jiraiya concluded that the corpses' death energy and the scale of the artificial space implicated Thanatos, and Naruto vowed to kill him and stop his plan to bring the gods back.
• Young Naruto urged Naruto to let go of his hatred while still killing Thanatos, reminding him how he had tried to keep Sasuke from falling into darkness.
• Naruto acknowledged that his state of mind was troubled but admitted that letting go of his hatred would be difficult.

Naruto, Jiraiya, Young Naruto, and Young Sasuke tried to disrupt the connection between Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Three Sacred Treasures and a black orb, but Black Zetsu and White Zetsu activated a mechanism to interfere. As the group prepared to fight Black Zetsu, the Three Sacred Treasures suddenly unleashed immense power.

• Naruto proposed that the group destroy the balance between the Three Sacred Treasures and the black orb, and Jiraiya organized their attack.
• Black Zetsu appeared and admitted Thanatos had arranged the setup, while White Zetsu activated a mechanism on the altar.
• Young Sasuke used his Rinnegan to redirect Black Zetsu, and Young Naruto struck him with a Rasengan.
• Young Naruto and Young Sasuke revealed their Six Paths powers, while Naruto demanded that Black Zetsu reveal Thanatos’s location and activated Susanoo and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• The Three Sacred Treasures erupted with astonishing power, trembling the entire space.

The black chakra from the Three Sacred Treasures revived the dead races, forcing Naruto, Young Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Jiraiya to fight them. As the battle worsened, Black Zetsu stole Thanatos’s Black Orb and left the others to face what was emerging from the Treasures.

• The Three Sacred Treasures unleashed black chakra, and Naruto sensed it was even more evil than the Seven Emotions and Six Desires.
• Young Sasuke realized the chakra was entering the corpses, so he and Naruto used Amaterasu while Jiraiya and Young Naruto tried to destroy as many bodies as they could.
• The black chakra revived the dead Giant Dragons, Titan Giants, Angels, Elves, Orcs, and others, who attacked Naruto and his companions.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and fought Mages and Elves, while Fukasaku and Shima identified their magic as another way of using nature energy.
• Naruto, Young Naruto, and Young Sasuke struggled against powerful Titan Giants and Giant Dragons as the battle left them searching for the corpses’ weakness.
• Black Zetsu took Thanatos’s Black Orb from beside the Hexagram Array and refused White Zetsu’s suggestion to take the Three Sacred Treasures, saying that what was sealed inside them was about to emerge.

Naruto stopped Black Zetsu from escaping with White Zetsu, but Black Zetsu fled underground after unleashing power from Thanatos. Naruto and the others destroyed the monsters spawned by the Three Sacred Treasures, only for their sinister chakra to begin forming the Eight-Headed Serpent.

• Naruto killed White Zetsu and attacked Black Zetsu, who revealed he carried power from Thanatos.
• Black Zetsu escaped underground while Naruto turned back to confront the Three Sacred Treasures’ growing surge of sinister chakra.
• Young Sasuke proposed using Six Paths: Planetary Devastation to destroy the monsters, and Naruto gathered them with Planetary Devastation.
• Young Naruto and Young Sasuke used Six Paths: Planetary Devastation to reduce the gathered monsters to ash.
• Naruto explained that the Three Sacred Treasures contained the sealed soul of the Eight-Headed Serpent, and its chakra began taking the serpent’s shape.

Naruto, Young Sasuke, Young Naruto, and Jiraiya tried to defeat the Eight-Headed Serpent, but discovered that it could not be killed and had to be sealed with the Three Sacred Treasures. The Nine-Tails proposed that Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata wield the treasures, and Naruto prepared to bring them there.

• Jiraiya and Naruto realized that the Three Sacred Treasures still suppressed most of the Eight-Headed Serpent's soul, giving them a chance to seal it again.
• Young Naruto, Naruto, Young Sasuke, and Jiraiya unleashed their strongest attacks, but the Eight-Headed Serpent endured them without visible harm.
• Young Naruto temporarily restrained the serpent with the Gate of the Great God and Adamantine Sealing Chains, allowing Naruto to combine their powers into the God-Slaying Sword and cut off all eight heads.
• The serpent's severed heads and body began moving again, and the Nine-Tails told Naruto that only the Three Sacred Treasures could seal it.
• The Nine-Tails suggested that Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata wield one treasure each, and Naruto decided to use the Reverse Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them there.

After recovering from his fight with Thanatos, Sasuke reaffirmed his resolve to help Naruto bring peace to the Shinobi World. Naruto summoned Sasuke and Hinata to aid in the battle against the Eight-Headed Serpent, and he and Sasuke transformed into giant pythons as the clash began.

• Sasuke told Orochimaru he had encountered Thanatos, and Orochimaru explained that the god's appearance foretold chaos alongside the Three Stars of Kill, Break, Wolf.
• Sasuke said he believed he and Naruto could bring peace to the Shinobi World, then vanished in a spatial ripple.
• Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina visited Hyuga Hiashi to arrange Naruto and Hinata's engagement, and Kushina proposed that they marry when they turned twenty.
• Hinata vanished through the Reverse Flying Thunder God Technique, and Minato told Hiashi that Naruto had likely summoned her because he needed help.
• Naruto summoned Sasuke and Hinata to the Land of Rain, then sent Hinata with Jiraiya to retrieve the Three Sacred Treasures while he and Sasuke prepared to fight the Eight-Headed Serpent.
• Naruto transformed into the Abyssal Python and Sasuke into the Heaven-Swallowing Python, and the three giant serpents faced off.

Naruto and Sasuke struggled against the Eight-Headed Serpent until Young Naruto and Young Sasuke lent them yang and yin power, allowing them to hold its attack at bay. At the altar, Hinata used her mature Tenseigan to claim the Yata Mirror, and she and Jiraiya prepared to help the others.

• Naruto and Sasuke failed to overpower the Eight-Headed Serpent and used their python forms to absorb and return its dark chakra, temporarily halting its attack.
• Young Naruto and Young Sasuke arrived and transferred their yang and yin power to Naruto and Sasuke, strengthening them enough to hold the Eight-Headed Serpent in a fragile balance.
• Jiraiya and Hinata reached the altar, where Jiraiya directed Hinata to use her Tenseigan to seek the Three Sacred Treasures.
• Hinata revealed that her mature Tenseigan had awakened after she gained the Ōtsutsuki Clan constitution on the moon.
• Hinata matched her Tenseigan's energy to the Yata Mirror and made it vanish from the altar and reappear in her hands.