Chapter Summaries

Minato brought Uzumaki Qingxi home from the Academy, where she had been staying while Naruto and the others attended the exchange meeting. Kushina reunited with Qingxi, and dinner was interrupted when Kakashi and Obito tried to discuss village business.

• Kushina worried about Qingxi after arriving in the new world, so Minato used his Flying Thunder God mark to bring her back from the Academy.
• Kushina hugged Qingxi, who told her parents she was well and had met Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and the Wisdom Academy's dean.
• Minato and Qingxi noticed something burning, and Kushina rushed back to the kitchen to finish cooking.
• Kushina called Minato and Qingxi to eat, but Kakashi, Obito, and Rin arrived and prepared to report on the village.
• Kushina forbade them from discussing official business during the meal and angrily struck Obito and Kakashi.

Kushina reunited with Qingxi in New Konoha, while Minato, Obito, and Kakashi planned a swift campaign against the surrounding principalities. Obito then led Kakashi, Rin, and New Konoha’s ninja across a border river to attack a small principality’s garrison.

• Minato brought Qingxi from the Wisdom Academy to Kushina, and Qingxi told her parents about meeting Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and the Dean.
• Kushina stopped Kakashi, Obito, and Rin from discussing work during the family meal, then the men reported to Minato in the Hokage’s Office.
• Obito proposed striking the surrounding principalities before they could unite, and Kakashi agreed that a rapid campaign could limit casualties.
• Obito led Kakashi, Rin, and New Konoha’s ninja across a river to eliminate a small principality’s border garrison.

Ninja infiltrated and attacked the camp across the river, where Obito Uchiha defeated the general and forced the soldiers to surrender. The general then took his own life, and Obito ordered that he be given a proper burial.

• A squad leader spotted disguised Ninja, fought off their attack, and helped sound the alarm after the camp’s gate guards were killed.
• The general assembled his troops when the Shinobi Army ran across the river and attacked, then charged into battle with his personal guards.
• Obito Uchiha arrived after hearing that Kakashi's unit, Might Guy's Unit, Asuma Sarutobi's unit, and Kurama Yakumo's unit had captured enemy camps.
• Obito stopped the Giant Bear’s attack, killed it with Dragon Rune Magic, and demanded that the general surrender or die.
• The general surrendered to protect his soldiers, then slit his own throat; Obito told the personal guards to give him a proper burial.

Obito returned to Konoha's headquarters after secretly neutralizing a country's border troops, and Minato coordinated a surprise campaign against five countries before their main target, the Land of Lianying. Obito's team infiltrated one enemy capital, where he was discovered by palace guards while attempting to assassinate the king.

• Obito reunited affectionately with Rin at Konoha's headquarters and told Minato he had dealt with the border troops while keeping the news secret.
• Minato assigned the Uchiha and Hyuga leaders, Obito, and Kakashi to attack five countries at once, while he stayed behind to coordinate reinforcements.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin entered an enemy capital disguised as a merchant caravan and planned to assassinate its ruler, chief minister, and garrison commander.
• Obito switched assignments with Kakashi and set out to infiltrate the palace, while Kakashi went to military headquarters.
• Obito reached the king's bedchamber but was confronted by three palace experts and elite soldiers who had detected him through the palace's formation.
• Obito seized one of the experts by the throat and challenged him for failing to sense Obito's strength.

Obito Uchiha killed the king and three advisors of a neighboring country, then forced its soldiers to surrender as the Land of Fire conquered five countries. Meanwhile, Xue Wuya found Xue Wuyi absorbing the blood slaughter aura and nearing the God Realm, setting their sights on revenge against the Land of Fire and Konoha.

• Obito Uchiha killed the three advisors and the king, then gave the palace guards the choice to surrender or die, and they laid down their weapons.
• Obito Uchiha observed that the military camp was nearly dealt with and that only one target remained as the Land of Fire wiped out five countries.
• Countries throughout the Land of Chaos reacted to the conquests by strengthening their borders and screening travelers.
• Xue Wuya entered the blood pool on Myriad Beast Mountain and found Xue Wuyi absorbing its aura at the peak of the mortal realm.
• Xue Wuya vowed that he and his allies would take revenge on the Land of Fire, Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Obito Uchiha once Xue Wuyi reached the God Realm.

Naruto and Sasuke began an unprecedented breakthrough that might take them directly to the True God Realm, while Minato prepared the Land of Fire to invade the Land of Lianying. In the Land of Lianying, Liansheng agreed to join Cao Liang in opposing the Land of Fire, leaving the coming invasion set to face two God Realm experts.

• Naruto and Sasuke released enormous beams of red and blue light during their breakthrough, and the Pope warned they might skip the God Realm and reach the True God Realm with uncertain consequences.
• Minato ordered an invasion of the Land of Lianying, and Obito outlined a three-pronged attack while Minato and Obito planned to confront its God Realm expert.
• Uzumaki Qingxi asked to join the campaign, but Kushina refused and dragged her away.
• Cao Liang told Liansheng that Xue Wuya had paid him to eliminate Naruto Uzumaki and the Land of Fire, then proposed an alliance.
• Liansheng accepted Cao Liang's offer, citing his wish to repay Xue Wuya for helping him in the past.

The nations prepared to enter the Azure Continent after Konoha’s success, while Danzo plotted to exploit their departure and seize control of the Shinobi World. On the battlefield, Kakashi was left to break the Land of Lianying’s lotus barrier, and he sought Kurama Yakumo’s help after his own power proved insufficient.

• The nations agreed to activate their teleportation arrays, conquer territories on the Azure Continent, and plan the formation of the Shinobi World Empire.
• Danzo decided to use the nations’ move to the Azure Continent to attack their vulnerable homelands and make himself Hokage.
• Kakashi’s forces surrounded the Land of Lianying’s army, but its ruler protected them inside a barrier created by a space-time ritual artifact.
• Minato explained that natural chakra or space-time ninjutsu could break the barrier, then left Kakashi to handle it as he went to face Liansheng with Obito.
• Kakashi received half of Kurama’s chakra and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, but found his power insufficient to break the barrier.
• Kakashi asked Kurama Yakumo for help, and she finished painting the Lianying army and the lotus barrier around it.

Kurama Yakumo used her genjutsu to manifest lightning and heavenly fire, helping Kakashi’s group break the Lianying Army’s barrier and attack its forces. Meanwhile, Minato and Obito confronted Liansheng, Cao Liang, Xue Wuya, and the newly empowered Xue Wuyi, who demanded to know where Naruto was.

• Kurama Yakumo painted lightning wreathed in heavenly fire, and her genjutsu made it strike the Lianying Army’s barrier.
• Kakashi combined Kamui with the lightning to shatter the barrier, and Guy led the group in surrounding the Lianying Army.
• The Lianying Monarch tried to restore the Divine Artifact, but heavenly lightning cleansed away the energy he had poured into it.
• Kakashi attacked the Lianying Monarch, but a trusted aide blocked the strike with his body.
• Minato and Obito caught up with Liansheng near the Demon Beast Forest, where Cao Liang appeared and revealed that he had brought Xue Wuya and Xue Wuyi.
• Obito recognized Xue Wuya and Xue Wuyi, and Xue Wuyi demanded that Obito tell him where Naruto was so he could take revenge.

Kakashi stole the Lianying Lord’s divine artifact while the allied ninja forces overwhelmed the Land of Lianying’s soldiers. Minato struck Xue Wuyi down, prompting Xue Wuya, Liansheng, and Cao Liang to attack him as Obito joined the fight.

• Kakashi used Kamui to send the divine artifact into the Kamui Dimension, then evaded the Lianying Lord’s soldiers and attacked them alongside Kurama Yakumo, Guy, and Asuma.
• Kakashi realized the Lianying Lord was relying on Liansheng to win and ordered the allied troops to press their assault.
• Xue Wuyi recognized Minato as Naruto Uzumaki’s father and attacked him after Minato asked about his demonic energy.
• Minato cut apart Xue Wuyi’s Energy Ball with Dimension Slash and struck him with a Rasengan.
• Xue Wuya, Liansheng, and Cao Liang charged Minato together, and Obito joined the battle to help his teacher.

Obito fought Liansheng, using Kamui and a fire barrier to trap him, but Liansheng’s substitute puppet saved him and the two reached a stalemate. Elsewhere, Minato faced Cao Liang, Xue Wuya, and Xue Wuyi; after Xue Wuya froze the surrounding space, Minato sealed their attacks and part of the freezing aura.

• Obito phased through Liansheng’s punch and used his chain and Kamui to pull him toward the Kamui Dimension, but Liansheng escaped by substituting a puppet.
• Obito trapped Liansheng and himself inside the Uchiha Flame Barrier, and they fought to a stalemate as Liansheng evaded Obito’s capture attempts.
• Minato repeatedly evaded Cao Liang, Xue Wuya, and Xue Wuyi with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving them unable to land a hit.
• Xue Wuya used Ice Divine Kingdom: Ice Domain to freeze space and restrict Minato’s movement and spatial techniques.
• Minato used Sealing Jutsu to absorb Cao Liang’s and Xue Wuyi’s attacks and seal part of Xue Wuya’s freezing aura.

Naruto and Sasuke completed their dragon transformation at the Holy Temple, reaching the peak god realm as the Pope and two deans concealed their breakthrough. Meanwhile, Minato lost the spatial coordinates on Naruto and Sasuke, ended his fight with Xue Wuyi’s group, and killed Cao Liang with a seemingly coordinate-free attack.

• The Pope, Greg, and Allen concealed Naruto and Sasuke’s breakthrough while their bodies and souls evolved under the nine dragon energies.
• Naruto and Sasuke absorbed natural chakra, formed pure-white Dragon Balls, completed the fifth transformation, and reached the peak god realm.
• Minato sensed that Naruto and Sasuke’s spatial coordinates had disappeared and became distracted, allowing Xue Wuyi and his companions to attack.
• Minato announced that he was ending the fight and vanished, leaving Xue Wuyi, Xue Wuya, and Cao Liang wary of his kunai.
• Minato appeared behind Cao Liang without spatial coordinates and sliced him and his domain in two, terrifying Xue Wuya and Xue Wuyi.

Minato used Void Blaze to defeat Cao Liang, Xue Wuya, and Xue Wuyi, while learning that the flame and the Origin Land held secrets that might be connected to Taboo. After the three enemies died, Minato was left intent on investigating the Origin Land and protecting those he cared about.

• Cao Liang revealed that he had survived Minato’s strike with a Substitute Puppet, and Xue Wuya urged him and Xue Wuyi to attack Minato together.
• Minato evaded Xue Wuya’s freezing attack and blocked Xue Wuyi’s Blood Arrows with a wall of black flame.
• Cao Liang identified the flame as Void Blaze and explained that he had learned about it and the Origin Land from records in the Golden Spirit's Sacred Land.
• Minato connected the Origin Land to Taboo and decided to investigate its secrets after dealing with the three enemies.
• Minato killed Cao Liang and Xue Wuya with Void Blaze-covered kunai, then killed Xue Wuyi as the latter shouted that he hated him.

Minato killed three God Realm experts, while Obito defeated Liansheng and dragged him into the Kamui Dimension. After Xue Bingning arrived too late to save Xue Wuya and Xue Wuyi, Minato encountered four mysterious figures, and Liansheng searched for an escape from Obito’s domain.

• Minato killed three God Realm experts, and Obito used Shinra Tensei and Kamui to trap Liansheng inside the Kamui Dimension.
• Minato left Xue Bingning behind after telling her she could seek revenge if she wished.
• Xue Bingning discovered that Xue Wuya and Xue Wuyi were dead and stood grieving after Minato departed.
• Minato sensed that four figures had followed him, and they appeared from a ripple in space.
• Liansheng searched Obito’s Kamui Dimension for an exit and guessed that Obito’s eye was its only entrance and flaw.
• A volcano erupted in the Kamui Dimension, and Liansheng heard a dragon’s roar.

Obito revealed himself to Liansheng as an Ancient Giant Dragon and defeated his attempts to escape the Kamui Dimension. Obito then restrained Liansheng and began extracting the laws bound to his soul.

• Liansheng followed the Dragon Roar to the volcanic crater and discovered that Obito was an Ancient Giant Dragon.
• Liansheng cast Liansheng Absolute Barrier to create a copy of Obito, then used Liansheng Thirty-Six Realms to try to break out of the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito destroyed the Blood Dragon and left Liansheng gravely injured while the Kamui Dimension remained unharmed.
• Liansheng asked Obito to kill him, but Obito dispersed his power and told him that he would not decide his own fate.
• Obito extracted the laws bound to Liansheng's soul, leaving Liansheng screaming in agony before his senses disappeared.

After the war, Obito killed Xue Bingning and brought Liansheng’s world-connecting rule to Minato. They used it to open a stable gate between the Shinobi World and the Azure Continent, where the Fourth Raikage, B, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro arrived.

• Obito found Xue Bingning and, fearing she could threaten the light he wanted to protect, burned her to ash.
• Obito returned to the base and showed Minato a Spatial Gate into his Kamui Dimension, explaining that he had taken Liansheng’s domain rule.
• Minato cautioned Obito to shed less blood, and Obito said they could combine Liansheng’s law with the Teleportation Array to connect the two worlds.
• Minato brought Obito and the two clan leaders to the altar in the Land of Lianying, where Obito joined the world rule to a Teleportation Array scroll and opened a gate to the Shinobi World.
• The Fourth Raikage and B came through the gate, followed by Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, whom Minato welcomed to the Azure Continent.

Minato welcomed the leaders of the Five Great Nations to the Azure Continent as Konoha prepared to establish a new empire in the Land of Chaos. Obito warned Danzo to behave, then told Kakashi that Danzo would die at Sasuke Uchiha’s hands.

• The Fourth Raikage arrived, challenged Minato to a speed contest, and agreed to wait until after the leaders were settled.
• Minato greeted Onoki and the other arriving leaders, including Mei Terumi, the Third Hokage, the Fifth Hokage, and Shimura Danzō.
• Obito escorted Danzo to his quarters and warned him not to plot against Konoha or New Konoha.
• Kakashi told Obito that he wanted Danzo dead because Danzo orchestrated the Uchiha incident and had hurt Naruto and Sasuke.
• Obito said he had arranged for Sasuke Uchiha to kill Shimura Danzō, and Kakashi approved.

Kakashi revealed that Danzo had engineered Rin's abduction to make her the Three-Tails' jinchuriki, and resolved to kill him himself. As Naruto and Sasuke advanced, the Nine-Tails linked their chakra and brought them into a consciousness space, where they met the Sage of Six Paths.

• Obito left Kakashi to visit Rin, while Kakashi recalled uncovering Danzo's role in Rin's death and decided to deal with Danzo himself.
• Minato and the Kage agreed that the other villages could use the Land of Fire as a staging ground to conquer their assigned territories, with details to be settled at the next meeting.
• Minato told Kushina that the alliance plan was progressing and reassured her that Naruto and Sasuke were fine.
• Naruto and Sasuke drained the surrounding natural chakra and their stores of heavenly flames and crystal stones while attempting to advance.
• The Nine-Tails shared its chakra with Naruto and Sasuke, linking their powers and drawing them into a consciousness space.
• Naruto and Sasuke recognized the old man who appeared there as the Sage of Six Paths.

Naruto and Sasuke met the Sage of Six Paths in Kurama’s shared consciousness space, learned they were Asura and Indra’s reincarnations, and received the Sage’s powers. The Sage left them to deal with the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet, Black Zetsu, and Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• The Sage of Six Paths explained that Kurama had linked Naruto and Sasuke’s chakra, bringing them into the Tailed Beasts’ shared consciousness space.
• The Sage told Naruto and Sasuke about Kaguya Otsutsuki, Ninshu, and the feud between Indra and Asura, and Sasuke recognized himself and Naruto as their reincarnations.
• Indra’s and Asura’s memories returned; Asura’s soul fully merged with Naruto, while Naruto and Sasuke joked about being brothers.
• The Sage decided to entrust power to both Naruto and Sasuke, trusting Sasuke to choose how to use it.
• The Sage gave Naruto Six Paths Yang Power and Sasuke Six Paths Yin Power, then left them to deal with the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet, Black Zetsu, and Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Naruto and Sasuke continued their Six Paths breakthroughs as their powers and bodies transformed, drawing the attention of the Sky and Earth deities. Hagoromo Otsutsuki arrived, explained his connection to the two young men, and restored Itachi and Shizuka’s eyesight and health.

• Naruto and Sasuke’s Dragon Balls and markings changed as their new Six Paths powers grew, while Naruto gained six sealing-marked Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha delivered the Hammer of Earth to the God of the Earth, who absorbed the demonic energy afflicting him before they returned to the Holy Temple.
• The Goddess of the Sky and the God of the Earth noticed divine bloodlines among those gathered, including Hinata’s apparent ancestral reversion and Sakura Haruno’s unexplained divine radiance.
• Nine-Tails emerged from Naruto and sent its power toward Sasuke, prompting the deities to recognize its potential to become a divine beast; Hagoromo Otsutsuki then appeared in the Tailed Beast Space.
• Hagoromo introduced himself as the Sage of Six Paths and explained that Indra and Asura’s chakra had allowed him to appear and that he had come to entrust them with something.
• Hagoromo gave Itachi and Shizuka yang power, evolving their eyes into the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and curing Itachi’s illness.

The Sage of Six Paths explained the origins of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans and revealed the power of Hinata's and Neji's eyes. He warned Itachi that Kaguya Otsutsuki might soon awaken, leaving the Shinobi World facing impending danger.

• The Sage of Six Paths recognized Neji's eyes as a basic form of the Tenseigan and praised the purity of Hinata's White Eye.
• He explained that Kaguya Otsutsuki was his mother, that he and Hamura sealed her away, and how their descendants became the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, and Hyuga clans.
• The Sage of Six Paths described how Hamura's descendants split between the Hyuga Clan in the Shinobi World and the Otsutsuki on the moon.
• Itachi calmly questioned why the Sage had come, and the Sage warned that Kaguya Otsutsuki might awaken soon.