Chapter Summaries

The Sage of Six Paths and the others discovered that Nagato had gathered chakra from eight tailed beasts and could become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki by obtaining Gyuki’s chakra. They also learned that a mysterious figure and members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan threatened the Shinobi World, while the Sage departed after receiving reassurance that its order would eventually be restored.

• Itachi realized Black Zetsu might be using Nagato to gather the tailed beasts and break Kaguya’s seal, and the Sage confirmed Nagato had collected eight beasts’ chakra.
• Naruto explained that Nagato could have obtained Nine-Tails and One-Tail chakra from Naruto’s battle with Gaara during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• The Sage warned that Nagato could reach the chief god realm by obtaining Gyuki’s chakra and revealed that a powerful figure was assisting Black Zetsu.
• Naruto identified Otsutsuki Momoshiki as a possible threat seeking Kaguya’s God Tree power, and Itachi decided to warn Tsunade.
• The Sage left the Shinobi World’s affairs to the others, then spoke with a shadowy figure who promised to intervene at the final step and help complete the world’s order.

Obito represented Konoha at the Five Kage Summit, brokered an alliance governed by a council, and led the villages to conquer the Land of Chaos. After learning Danzo planned to attack the other villages in the Shinobi World, Obito decided to eliminate him.

• Obito proposed conquering the Land of Chaos and forming an alliance, but Danzo angered the other Kage by insisting Konoha should lead it.
• Obito apologized and proposed a council with representatives from each village, whose decisions would be made by majority vote.
• The allied ninja forces conquered the Land of Chaos and formally established the Shinobi World Alliance on the Azure Continent.
• Danzo learned the other villages had left their homelands vulnerable and set out with Root to attack them.
• Kakashi reported Danzo's plans to Obito, who decided to get rid of him.

Obito recruited Itachi to eliminate Danzo, using a Tsukuyomi orb to contain him and assuring Itachi that Danzo no longer possessed Shisui’s eye. Itachi accepted the mission, while Kakashi hurried to warn Tsunade and Teacher that Kaguya might awaken.

• Obito told Kakashi that Danzo could be eliminated now that he no longer had Shisui’s eye, and identified Itachi as the best candidate.
• Itachi and Shizuka arrived and learned that Obito’s alliance had conquered the Land of Lianying.
• Itachi warned Kakashi and Obito that Kaguya might be awakened, prompting Kakashi to rush back and alert Tsunade and Teacher.
• Obito explained Danzo’s abuses and offered Itachi an orb that could trap Danzo in a Tsukuyomi-created space.
• Itachi accepted Obito’s mission to kill Danzo, explaining to Shizuka that it would protect Sasuke, Konoha, and the Shinobi World.

Nagato planned to use Black Zetsu’s knowledge to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and then thwart Black Zetsu’s plan to revive Kaguya. Meanwhile, Naruto’s good and dark personas seized White Zetsu’s body and resumed their own plan to revive Kaguya.

• Black Zetsu told Nagato that he had gathered chakra from eight tailed beasts, but the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was on the Azure Continent with A.
• Nagato told Yahiko and Konan that he knew Black Zetsu intended to use him to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Konan guessed that Nagato planned to eliminate Black Zetsu after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yahiko agreed to face the danger with Nagato, while Black Zetsu reported Nagato’s progress and the Eight-Tails’ location to his hidden lord.
• Black Zetsu’s lord told him to wait until B and A returned from the Azure Continent, then revealed himself as a Naruto wearing a Demon Mask.
• The dark and good personas explained that they had devoured Thanatos, taken White Zetsu’s body, and sealed Thanatos and Naruto’s three-incarnation persona within their consciousness.
• Naruto’s dark and good personas resumed their plan to revive Kaguya.

Naruto and Sasuke reached the peak of the middle stage of the True God Realm as their opposing powers formed a Taiji pattern. The Goddess of the Sky and the God of the Earth decided to leave the Azure Continent after the boys completed their breakthroughs.

• Naruto and Sasuke transformed their energy into Dragon Source Power, and their dark and sacred auras intertwined before swapping between them.
• Hinata recognized the forces as Taiji and explained its connection to the Dao to the gathered deities.
• The Goddess of the Sky and the God of the Earth resolved to leave the Azure Continent and seek greater power once Naruto and Sasuke finished their breakthroughs.
• Naruto and Sasuke's auras broke through the God Realm and reached the peak of the middle stage of the True God Realm.
• Dean Allen encouraged Dean Greg to keep striving, then bragged that his Wisdom Academy had produced two students at the middle stage of the True God Realm.

Danzo returned to the Shinobi World and tried to recruit Itachi into a plan to attack the other four great nations, but Itachi and Shizuka moved to stop him. After Shizuka killed Danzo’s two guards, Itachi confronted Danzo over the threat his ambitions posed to Konoha and the wider world.

• Danzo encountered Itachi and Shizuka at the Land of Fire’s border, refused to surrender, and urged Itachi to join his plan to attack the other nations’ villages.
• Itachi used the Body Flicker Technique to confront Danzo while Shizuka trapped the two guards in her domain.
• Shizuka froze and killed the Yamanaka and Aburame guards with her ice abilities and a kunai.
• Itachi told Danzo that his plan would turn Konoha against the other nations, while Danzo argued that conquering them could bring lasting peace.
• Shizuka returned to Itachi, and Danzo recognized her Mangekyō Sharingan and realized he was in trouble.

Shizuka Uchiha killed Danzo’s guards while Itachi confronted Danzo, whose White Eye and Hashirama cells had raised him to the mid-god realm. Their fight began with powerful techniques and Itachi’s Susanoo, but Danzo breached its defenses with the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist, leaving Itachi injured and asking how Danzo knew it.

• Shizuka Uchiha killed Danzo’s two guards, but Itachi stopped her from joining the fight and revealed that Danzo had reached the mid-god realm.
• Itachi exposed Danzo’s Hashirama cells and Sharingan-covered arm, and Danzo revealed a White Eye that had boosted his strength.
• Danzo explained that he had pursued power to surpass Hiruzen Sarutobi and prove that he should have become Hokage.
• Itachi and Danzo exchanged ninjutsu, and Danzo summoned Baku to counter Itachi’s attacks while Itachi used Susanoo.
• Itachi used Amaterasu to drive off Baku, but Danzo struck through Susanoo with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and wounded him.
• Itachi asked Danzo how he knew the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist.

Itachi fought Danzo, who wielded a powerful White Eye, Gentle Fist, and several forbidden techniques. Itachi sealed Danzo with the Totsuka Blade using the Three Sacred Treasures, then left with Shizuka after nearly collapsing from chakra exhaustion.

• Danzo revealed that he had obtained Tenji Hyuga's White Eye and Gentle Fist during a Hyuga Clan rebellion, then attacked Itachi with Gentle Fist and Wood Release.
• Itachi countered Danzo's attacks with Susanoo, the Yata Mirror, and Yasaka Magatama, while Danzo used Izanagi and his eye's dimensional ability to evade sealing.
• Itachi explained that the Yasaka Magatama restrained Danzo through time, then used the Yata Mirror to pull him back from another dimension.
• Itachi struck Danzo with the Totsuka Blade and sealed him, revealing that his Susanoo held the Three Sacred Treasures.
• Shizuka supported the exhausted Itachi and took him back to the village to rest.

Itachi and Shizuka reported Danzo’s death to the Third Hokage, who took them to Root’s hidden laboratories and discovered the forbidden experiments Danzo had continued. Orochimaru revealed that Danzo’s research had prepared a soulless body for Kurama, who entered it and introduced himself as the Nine-Tails.

• The Third Hokage and his advisors secured Root after returning to Konoha, and Itachi and Shizuka reported that Itachi had sealed Danzo with the Totsuka Blade.
• The Third Hokage led Itachi, Shizuka, and the advisors to Root’s base to investigate Danzo’s activities for Naruto and Sasuke.
• The group discovered illegal experiments involving Uchiha Sharingan, Hyuga eyes, Hashirama cells, Uzumaki sealing jutsu, and apparent tailed-beast research.
• Orochimaru appeared and showed them a laboratory containing a black Nine-Tails and a young monk whose body had been modified with Hashirama cells.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi released the monk, and the black Nine-Tails entered his body and introduced himself as Kurama.

The Nine-Tails explained that Naruto’s two otherworldly personalities threatened to take over him and unleash evil, while the group prepared to stop them. At the Ōtsutsuki headquarters, Uchiha Mie and Hanabi Hyuga learned they would soon be able to return to the Shinobi World, and Kaguya’s father hoped to reunite with his daughter.

• The Nine-Tails told the Third Hokage, Itachi, and Orochimaru that the black Nine-Tails and a soulless Hashirama-cell clone had been created to deceive their enemies.
• The Nine-Tails explained that Naruto’s two personalities were demon lords formed from the seven emotions and six desires, and Itachi warned they wanted to replace Naruto.
• The Third Hokage declared that Naruto’s two personalities had to be eliminated, while Orochimaru asked what plan Naruto had made and the Nine-Tails responded with a chilling laugh.
• The chapter described how Uchiha Mie and Hanabi Hyuga had been swept to the Ōtsutsuki headquarters, where Kaguya’s bloodline let them absorb the God Tree’s power and reach the God Realm.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan leader interrupted Mie and Hanabi’s sparring to tell them he had found the Shinobi World and that they would soon be able to return.

Momoshiki persuaded the clan leader to let him escort Hanabi and Mie to the Shinobi World while the clan leader attended an Elder Council meeting. The girls distrusted Momoshiki but agreed to go, planning to expose him once they reached their allies.

• Momoshiki offered to take Hanabi and Mie to the Shinobi World and look into undoing Kaguya's seal while the clan leader remained behind.
• Hanabi objected to traveling with Momoshiki, but the clan leader dismissed her concerns and instructed Momoshiki to escort both girls.
• Before leaving for the meeting, the clan leader gave each girl an orb containing a peak true god-level strike and promised to join them later.
• After the clan leader left, Hanabi told Mie to hide their suspicions until they had proof, and they planned to deal with Momoshiki in the Shinobi World.
• Mie told Momoshiki to prepare the spatial passage, while Kinshiki offered to punish the girls for their disrespect and Momoshiki refused.

After Danzo was sealed away, the Third Hokage decided to reveal Konoha’s hidden truths, but Naruto proposed doing it gradually and making Danzo the scapegoat. The Third Hokage accepted the plan, leaving Danzo to bear the village’s blame and helping preserve Konoha’s stability.

• The Third Hokage resolved to reveal Konoha’s secrets so villagers could understand the sacrifices behind their peaceful lives.
• After Naruto and Sasuke returned from the Holy Temple, they learned the Third Hokage intended to make the truth public and warned him about unrest.
• Naruto proposed revealing the secrets gradually, starting with his background and Orochimaru, while blaming Danzo for past crimes.
• Naruto suggested that Danzo’s reputation as Konoha’s dark side could give villagers an outlet for their anger and allow Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Itachi Uchiha to return openly.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported Naruto’s proposal and persuaded the Third Hokage to let Danzo take the blame.

Naruto reunited with Kurama, heard that Itachi’s plan to establish a joint empire on the Azure Continent was progressing, and went to see Hinata. Meanwhile, Princess Tamahime rescued Shion in the Land of Demons and joined her to seal Chimera, whose seal had already broken.

• Kurama appeared in a human form, and Naruto encouraged him to explore life among people.
• Itachi told Naruto that the Five Great Nations were preparing to govern the Azure Continent through a joint council, then took Sasuke home.
• Naruto visited the Hyuga Clan’s compound and went inside with Hinata.
• Princess Tamahime rescued Shion from Chimera’s controlled followers and agreed to help seal Chimera.
• Tamahime and Shion reached the sealing site, where Tamahime destroyed Chimera’s puppet army and repelled its demonic tentacles.

Princess Tamahime protected Shion while Shion prepared a jutsu to seal Chimera, and the two began sealing him into Shion’s bell. Naruto’s dual personalities approached, intending to use Chimera’s demonic energy, and a voice interrupted just as Chimera was about to be sealed.

• Princess Tamahime escaped the collapsing mountain with Shion and faced the newly freed Chimera.
• Princess Tamahime distracted Chimera with Purification Arrows while Shion prepared her sealing jutsu.
• Princess Tamahime defended Shion from Chimera’s wide-area attack until Shion finished preparing the seal.
• Dark Naruto and Good Naruto sensed Chimera and hurried toward him, hoping to absorb his demonic energy.
• Princess Tamahime pushed Shion toward Chimera, and Shion began sealing him into her bell despite his protests.
• A voice arrived just as Chimera was about to be sealed, saying they had reached him in time.

Demon Naruto stopped Shion from sealing Moryo and revealed himself as the incarnation of the seven emotions and six desires reborn through Naruto. After defeating and absorbing Moryo, he turned his attention toward Shion.

• Demon Naruto blocked Shion’s Bell, introduced himself to Princess Tamahime as the incarnation of the seven emotions and six desires, and attacked her with a Rasengan.
• Demon Naruto attacked Shion, but the Bell’s sealing power stopped him from reaching her, so he turned to Moryo instead.
• Moryo fired demonic energy beams at Demon Naruto and tried to absorb him, but Demon Naruto overpowered him and restrained him with sealing chains.
• Demon Naruto absorbed Moryo and said his power had returned to eighty percent.
• Demon Naruto looked toward Shion, and Princess Tamahime stepped in front of her warily.

Demon Naruto explained why he had absorbed Moryo and asked Shion about her ability to foresee the future before leaving. After his fusion ended, Good Naruto and Dark Naruto worried that fusing again would erase their separate consciousnesses and discussed returning to Naruto Uzumaki's body.

• Demon Naruto reassured Shion and Princess Tamahime that demons were not monsters, then explained that he needed to absorb outside power to survive apart from Naruto Uzumaki.
• Demon Naruto told Princess Tamahime he would delay returning to Naruto Uzumaki and asked Shion whether she could predict the future.
• Shion said her visions came unpredictably, and Demon Naruto left for Konoha using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Demon Naruto's fusion ended, splitting him back into Good Naruto and Dark Naruto and reducing their strength.
• Good Naruto and Dark Naruto agreed that repeated fusion could make them disappear, while Dark Naruto argued they should return to Naruto Uzumaki's body.

Naruto and Sasuke graduated from Wisdom Academy and said goodbye to Dean Allen and Ao Ling before leaving with Qingxi. Duanti Lian watched Naruto go and decided to wait for him to return.

• Dean Allen gave Naruto and Sasuke their Graduation Certificates and offered them the Academy's protection if they ever needed help.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Qingxi and Ao Ling at the Academy's Back Mountain, where Ao Ling said the Academy's Ten Great Experts had all graduated.
• Naruto told Ao Ling that he and Sasuke planned to return to their homeland and resume their lives as Ninja, though he promised to visit again.
• Naruto and Sasuke left the Academy with Qingxi, and Naruto said he would return after looking back on his time there.
• Duanti Lian watched Naruto leave and told Duanti Tian she would wait for him, while Duanti Tian warned himself not to let Naruto hurt his sister.

Jiraiya exposed Akatsuki’s tailed-beast operation, prompting Nagato to relocate while Naruto and Sasuke investigated his plans. Tsunade assigned them to track Akatsuki’s new members, leaving Naruto outside the Hyuga Clan as he prepared to pursue Ryuichi Hyuga.

• Jiraiya overheard information at Akatsuki’s base, identified its new members as Manlong and Ryuichi Hyuga, and escaped before Ryuichi could find him.
• Jiraiya reported Akatsuki’s tailed-beast plan to Konoha, forcing Nagato to relocate and avoid the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Naruto and Sasuke reasoned that Nagato might seek the Ten-Tails’ power, and Sasuke agreed to investigate Akatsuki.
• Tsunade gave Naruto and Sasuke an S-rank mission to uncover Akatsuki’s information, assigning Sasuke to find Manlong and Naruto to investigate Ryuichi Hyuga.
• Naruto went to the Hyuga Clan and stood outside its gates, preparing to learn more about Ryuichi.

Naruto asked Hizashi about Akatsuki member Ryuichi Hyuga and learned why Ryuichi left the clan. Hizashi showed Naruto a blind White Eye containing a record of Ryuichi’s parents’ deaths for him to take to Tsunade.

• Naruto met Hizashi outside the Hyuga compound and showed him Jiraiya’s intelligence identifying Ryuichi Hyuga and Manlong as Akatsuki members.
• Hizashi took Naruto to Ryuichi’s former home and explained that Ryuichi had grown up with Hizashi and Hiashi after his parents died protecting the previous clan leader.
• Hizashi said Ryuichi had not defected over the Caged Bird Seal but to avenge his parents, whose killer was too powerful for him to defeat as a Branch Family member.
• Naruto showed Hizashi intelligence linking the killer to a Fourth Raikage relative who had recently died in an attack on the Thunder Court.
• Hizashi led Naruto to the clan records and revealed a blind White Eye containing information about how Ryuichi’s parents were killed, telling Naruto to take it to Tsunade.

Naruto borrowed the White Eye to investigate information while reassuring Hinata about Hanabi and Mie’s disappearance. Hanabi and Mie returned to the Shinobi World and headed for the village, while Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki began searching for the God Tree Fruit and discovered one of Kaguya’s bases.

• Naruto left the Records Room with the White Eye after Hizashi Hyuga agreed to lend it to him.
• Hinata told Naruto that Hanabi and Mie had been separated from the Fourth Hokage in a time-space storm, and Naruto comforted her.
• Hanabi and Uchiha Mie reunited in the Shinobi World, parted from Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and sent a message to the village from the Land of Waves.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki searched for the tailed beasts and found a Palace containing a Teleportation Array that Momoshiki identified as one of Kaguya’s bases.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki concluded that Kaguya’s escape plan depended on the tailed beasts and the God Tree’s body, and resolved to claim the God Tree Fruit and keep Kaguya sealed.