Chapter Summaries

Naruto and his companions followed the sounds of fighting and found Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi facing a gigantic creature in the lake. After it emerged, Naruto identified it as a jiaolong on the verge of becoming a true dragon.

• Naruto, Hinata, Jiraiya, and Kakashi used a treetop as a boat, with Naruto propelling it using his Big Ball Rasengan.
• Kakashi spotted signs of a battle ahead, and the group approached quietly to observe Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi by the lake.
• Naruto marked the stone wall with Flying Thunder God so he could rescue either Iwagakure ninja if they were in danger.
• Kitsuchi warned Kurotsuchi that the creature was coming, and they escaped as it burst out of the lake.
• Naruto explained that the creature was a jiaolong rather than a true dragon, pointing out its three claws and unbranched horns.

Naruto, Kakashi, and Jiraiya rescued Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi from the Dragon and agreed to cooperate with them to get past it. Naruto proposed waiting on shore for an arriving ally, explaining that the Dragon could block the Flying Thunder God Technique within its domain.

• Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi attacked the Dragon with Earth and Lava Release, but it emerged unharmed and blasted them with a powerful beam.
• Naruto used the steam from the Dragon’s attack to reach Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi, then saved them from the next blast.
• Kakashi proposed that the Konoha and Iwagakure ninja work together, and Kitsuchi agreed.
• Naruto asked everyone to wait half a day for an ally he expected to arrive, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the group back to shore.
• Naruto explained that the Dragon could sense and block spatial jumps within its domain, preventing him from using the technique to cross the lake.

Naruto explained how they could bypass the dragon’s domain, and the group rested in a stone shelter while waiting for the other teams. Kakashi decided to confront Obito alone after Naruto sensed him entering the cave, while Kitsuchi worried that Naruto was Minato’s successor.

• Naruto explained that Hinata and Kurotsuchi could carry his spatial mark through the dragon’s domain so he could transport everyone across.
• Kitsuchi created a stone house with Earth Style, and the group went inside to rest.
• Naruto revealed that Sasuke, Kisame, Obito, and Kumogakure’s jinchuriki had entered the cave.
• Kakashi resolved to stay behind after the dragon and face Obito, whom he hoped to bring back from his darkness.
• Kitsuchi told Kurotsuchi that Naruto’s connection to the Yellow Flash was important and that they should inform the Third.

Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi prepared to cooperate with Naruto’s group, while Sasuke and his team hurried through a Forest whose animals had been frightened by a mysterious roar. Outside the Cave, Hidan and Kakuzu fought the Rock Ninja, and Hidan finally drew blood from the Rock Ninja who had repeatedly injured him.

• Kitsuchi explained that he had agreed to cooperate with Naruto’s group to gather intelligence, and Kurotsuchi went to rest before the next fight.
• Tayuya burst Suigetsu’s head apart after he teased her, then felt disappointed when Sasuke ignored the argument.
• Sasuke noticed the Forest’s animals were terrified by the earlier roar and urged his team to leave quickly.
• The Rock Ninja revealed that Hidan and Kakuzu were nearly immortal and warned their allies about their abilities.
• Kakuzu decided to retreat, but Hidan refused and kept fighting to sacrifice the Rock Ninja to Lord Jashin.
• After enduring repeated attacks, Hidan reached the Rock Ninja who had ambushed him twice and cut him with his Scythe to obtain his blood.

Hidan was dragged away by Kakuzu while Naruto and Hinata waited for Sasuke’s group and prepared to face the Dragon guarding their route. Naruto and Sasuke attacked the Dragon together, and the chapter ended as the enraged creature charged them.

• Kakuzu pulled Hidan out of the Rock Ninjas’ encirclement and carried him back to base despite Hidan’s furious protests.
• Naruto warned Hinata to flee if the Dragon became dangerous, and she agreed while asking him not to overexert himself.
• Sasuke arrived with Suigetsu and the others, and Naruto told him that a Dragon in the lake guarded their way forward.
• Naruto and Sasuke recalled their childhood promise to fight any legendary being that stood in the way of world peace, then went to confront the Dragon.
• Naruto stirred up the lake with a Nine-Tails-powered Big Ball Rasengan as Hinata explained the promise to Jiraiya, Kakashi, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi.
• Sasuke activated Susanoo and Naruto transformed into a Tailed Beast as the Dragon emerged and charged at them.

Naruto and Sasuke struggled to break through the Dragon’s defenses, then combined their powers to wound him and escape his devastating counterattack. The Dragon survived and continued to threaten them.

• Naruto and Sasuke’s initial attacks bounced off the Dragon, so they strengthened their Susanoo forms with sealing chains and Sasuke’s Eight-Headed Serpent technique.
• Naruto and Sasuke bickered while Kakashi, Hinata, Jiraiya, and Kitsuchi watched and discussed their strength and Konoha’s promising shinobi.
• Naruto’s chains weakened the Dragon’s tail while Sasuke’s serpent heads numbed it with venom, allowing the two to block its strike.
• Naruto launched a Crimson Rasengan at the Dragon’s face, and Sasuke coated it with Amaterasu, causing the Dragon to scream in pain.
• Naruto sensed danger and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape with Sasuke as the Dragon raised a barrier against the flames and fired a destructive beam.

Naruto and Sasuke battled the Dragon while Jiraiya’s group prepared an underwater ambush and learned that the Dragon called them descendants of Takamagahara. The chapter ended with Jiraiya preparing to coordinate with Naruto and Sasuke as the group tried to hold the Dragon back.

• Naruto and Sasuke shattered the Dragon’s barrier and struck his head, causing him pain before he threw them away and revealed that he could speak.
• The Dragon locked down space and attacked Naruto from behind, forcing him to abandon his Majestic Attire: Susanoo and retreat to Sasuke.
• Jiraiya told Naruto and Sasuke that Hinata and Kurotsuchi were heading deeper into the lake while he and the others prepared to ambush the Dragon underwater.
• Suigetsu carried Jiraiya’s group through the lake and used the Water Spirit Reflection Technique to show them Naruto and Sasuke’s fight.
• Kakashi used Pakkun’s auditory system to hear the Dragon call Naruto and Sasuke descendants of Takamagahara, prompting Jiraiya to explain the legendary divine realm and its connection to Amaterasu Ōmikami.
• Jiraiya prepared to contact Naruto and Sasuke so their groups could work together to hold the Dragon back.

Naruto and Sasuke wounded the Dragon with a redirected beam and Indra’s Arrows, but he survived and turned the canyon into a storm of lightning and freezing snow. As Hinata’s group advanced toward the Dragon’s Domain, Naruto and Sasuke struggled to evade the Dragon’s attacks and prepared to coordinate their defenses.

• Naruto redirected the Dragon’s beam with the Flying Thunder God Technique while Sasuke struck him with three Indra’s Arrows, then Naruto’s redirected beam exploded inside the Dragon’s mouth.
• The Dragon’s agonized roars injured Jiraiya’s ambush group until Kitsuchi and Jiraiya combined protective barriers to block the sound waves.
• Kurotsuchi protected Hinata’s group with a Lava Release shield, and Suigetsu led them onward toward the area below the Dragon’s Domain.
• The Dragon survived Naruto’s attack, darkened the canyon with storm clouds, and began striking Naruto and Sasuke with lightning.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God marks to evade the lightning while Sasuke dodged with his Susanoo, but the Dragon’s Frostfall slowed them and froze the lake.
• Sasuke told Naruto to stay close so Sasuke could shield them from the cold while Naruto teleported them away from the lightning.

Naruto and Sasuke fought the Dragon until he unleashed his Thunder Dragon Domain, prompting Kurama to explain the power and danger of domains. The Dragon began transforming into lightning, and Naruto and Sasuke chose to keep fighting despite Kurama's warning that a True Dragon might be nearby.

• Naruto and Sasuke used Amaterasu as a shield and coordinated a Flying Thunder God attack that struck the Dragon but barely injured him.
• Enraged, the Dragon activated Thunder Dragon Domain, filling the surroundings with lightning and greatly increasing his power.
• Kurama awakened, took control of Naruto, and explained that a domain let its user shape a world according to their chakra nature.
• Kurama identified the Dragon's elemental transformation and warned that its domain suggested a stronger being, possibly a True Dragon, had helped it attain power before completing its evolution.
• Naruto and Sasuke understood the mission might be beyond them, but they decided to keep fighting rather than retreat.

Naruto and Sasuke combined their powers to battle the elemental dragon while Jiraiya’s team prepared a coordinated counterattack below the lake. After Naruto explained that their combined Susanoo wielded the soul-cutting Demon Blade Muramasa, they decided to stop prolonging the fight and escape the dragon’s domain.

• The Nine-Tails linked Naruto and Sasuke’s minds and replenished their chakra, giving Sasuke an immense supply of senjutsu chakra.
• Naruto and Sasuke formed an armored Nine-Tails Susanoo and fought the dragon at high speed while Jiraiya and the others prepared an ambush below the lake.
• Kitsuchi, Tayuya, Kakashi, Jugo, and Jiraiya readied their techniques, with Suigetsu’s clone agreeing to warn them when the combatants approached.
• Naruto and Sasuke evaded the dragon’s attacks and used chains and a katana to wound its abdomen, but the dragon’s claws remained impervious.
• Naruto explained that the two blades in his Susanoo combined into the Demon Blade Muramasa, which attacked souls and could damage the dragon’s body if it were not in elemental form.
• Naruto and Sasuke decided to end the delay and escape the dragon’s domain before it could adapt to Muramasa.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Aoyun, who revealed that his dragon eyes and domain-infused cold could counter their strongest techniques. The battle continued as Naruto and Sasuke learned that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had passed Aoyun nearly a century earlier and that Aoyun served a mysterious True Dragon.

• Aoyun realized Naruto and Sasuke had avoided attacking his claws because they were his strongest weapon, and Naruto warned Sasuke that Aoyun had stopped underestimating them.
• Naruto and Sasuke introduced themselves, and Aoyun named himself before revealing that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had passed through nearly a hundred years earlier and entered the divine realm.
• Aoyun attacked with lightning, and Sasuke blocked it while Naruto maneuvered his Susanoo onto Aoyun's back and tried to strike.
• Aoyun's combined lightning and ice overwhelmed Naruto's defense: his cold froze Amaterasu, and his True Dragon's Eyes reflected Tsukuyomi back at Naruto, injuring him.
• Aoyun explained that his dragon eyes carried a trace of the True Dragon's blood and that his cold was infused with domain laws, then threatened Naruto and Sasuke for insulting his lord.

Killer B and Yugito approached the lake, where Naruto and Sasuke were fighting the powerful Aoyun. Naruto and Sasuke wounded Aoyun but were left defenseless against his next attack as Nine-Tails desperately gathered chakra.

• Killer B and Yugito sensed immense chakra ahead and decided they would need to work with Konoha to get past the unknown enemy.
• Naruto and Sasuke used Amaterasu to melt the ice on Muramasa, reflected Aoyun's lightning beam, and slashed open his abdomen.
• Aoyun broke free of Naruto's restraints and counterattacked, forcing Naruto and Sasuke to combine a Tailed Beast Rasengan with Amaterasu.
• Aoyun's lightning beam shattered Majestic Attire: Susanoo, leaving Naruto and Sasuke facing his lethal claw attack.
• Naruto and Sasuke accepted that they might die, thinking of their regrets, while Nine-Tails gathered chakra in a desperate attempt to save them.

Naruto and Sasuke trapped Aoyun long enough for Kakashi to tear away part of his body with Kamui, while Jiraiya and the others launched a coordinated counterattack. After Aoyun broke free of Kitsuchi’s seal, Jiraiya struck him down, and Aoyun was shocked to see that Jiraiya possessed a god’s legacy.

• Killer B and Yugito fired a Tailed Beast Bomb as Naruto and Sasuke stabbed Aoyun with the restored Demon Blade Muramasa, then Naruto and Sasuke restrained him with Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• Jiraiya withdrew his barrier and signaled the others to begin, allowing Tayuya’s genjutsu to distract Aoyun for a second.
• Kakashi used Kamui to tear away a tenth of Aoyun’s body, enraging him and driving him to attack Kakashi.
• Killer B and Yugito hit Aoyun with another Tailed Beast Bomb, and Kitsuchi pinned him with rocks bearing a sealing formation and a weight-altering technique.
• Aoyun broke free of Kitsuchi’s seal with Divine Thunder Annihilation, but Jiraiya struck him with his claws and sent him flying.
• Aoyun recognized Jiraiya’s power and exclaimed that Jiraiya possessed a god’s legacy.

Aoyun fought Jiraiya while Hinata, Kurotsuchi, and Suigetsu searched for a way to reach the next level. The group found the entrance sealed by a powerful barrier, while Naruto and Sasuke learned that Aoyun could rival the Ten-Tails and that Kurama knew nothing about the Chakra Crystal.

• Aoyun canceled his Elementalization and defended against Jiraiya's relentless attacks, which barely damaged him.
• Hinata, Kurotsuchi, and Suigetsu reached the next level's stone door, where Hinata sensed a barrier and was knocked backward by its power.
• Suigetsu tried to pass through the earth but found the barrier sealed the door and the cave beyond it.
• Naruto and Sasuke watched Jiraiya's attacks fail to seriously hurt Aoyun, and Kurama warned them that Aoyun could rival or exceed the Ten-Tails.
• Kurama told Naruto that he knew nothing about the Chakra Crystal or the Sage of Six Paths' journey to this world.

As Aoyun unleashed his full power in the Land of the Moon, villages across the world sensed the overwhelming chakra but struggled to investigate. Nagato decided to go there himself, revealing to Konan that he suspected Madara Uchiha had manipulated their past and that his Rinnegan might not be his own.

• Naruto and Sasuke focused on restoring their visual power while the Nine-Tails replenished his chakra, preparing to break through Aoyun's domain and escape.
• Aoyun sensed that Hinata had touched the stone door and unleashed his full power, alarming people across the world.
• Tsunade and the Third Hokage learned the chakra came from the Land of the Moon, but Tsunade found that most of Konoha's sensory ninja were away on missions.
• Nagato and Konan sensed the chakra fluctuations, and Nagato decided to travel to the Land of the Moon to claim the power for himself.
• Nagato told Konan he suspected Madara Uchiha had engineered their misfortunes and might have given him the Rinnegan, and he revealed that Naruto and he belonged to the Uzumaki Clan.

Hinata transformed her White Eye into the Tenseigan and gathered natural chakra while Aoyun unleashed the domain's power against Jiraiya and the others. Jiraiya exhausted his strength holding Aoyun off and retreated to Naruto and Sasuke, whose ocular power was nearly restored.

• Kurotsuchi's Water Impact bounced off the barrier and wounded her, while Aoyun explained that only a Divine Realm expert or someone with True Dragon blood could pass through it.
• Hinata healed Kurotsuchi, transformed her White Eye into the Tenseigan, and began absorbing natural chakra as Kurotsuchi reconsidered her own resolve to grow stronger.
• Aoyun fired a beam that destroyed Kitsuchi's Earth-Style Rampart, and Tayuya was injured when her genjutsu rebounded off him.
• Jiraiya used the Heavenly Wolf Moon-Breaking Slash against Aoyun, but his attacks barely damaged the dragon, so he kept dodging while Naruto and Sasuke restored their ocular power.
• Jiraiya told Naruto and Sasuke he had reached his limit, then used the Body Flicker Technique to reappear beside them as Aoyun charged.

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged their Mangekyō Sharingan to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, hoping to hold back Aoyun’s lightning while Kakashi opened a hole in his domain. They overcame the darkness within their eyes and discovered their ocular power had increased dramatically.

• Naruto and Sasuke used Susanoo to save Jiraiya from Aoyun, and Sasuke’s Indra’s Arrow deflected Aoyun’s claw before they stabbed him with the Demon Blade Muramasa.
• Aoyun hurled Naruto and Sasuke away, then attacked Kakashi as he used Kamui to open a hole in Aoyun’s domain.
• Naruto and Sasuke, Killer B, Yugito, and Kitsuchi failed to stop Aoyun’s lightning, so Naruto proposed that he and Sasuke exchange their Mangekyō Sharingan to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke agreed, and Naruto and Sasuke exchanged their eyes while enduring the pain as their eyes healed and their powers merged.
• Naruto resisted the negative emotions rising from the merged ocular power by recalling the people he loved, and his positive memories dispelled the darkness.
• Naruto and Sasuke opened their newly evolved eyes and realized their ocular power had increased nearly tenfold.

Hinata tried to break the barrier with her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack while Naruto and Sasuke rushed to help Killer B and Yugito against Aoyun. Hinata’s attack ended in an explosion, and Naruto feared for her as Jiraiya called for him to act.

• Hinata gathered natural chakra and repeatedly struck the barrier with her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but it would not break.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived to help Killer B and Yugito, then used Susanoo to withstand Aoyun after it unleashed more of its power.
• Naruto told Killer B that tailed beasts were friends, family, and companions, earning Killer B’s approval.
• Hinata ran low on natural chakra and withdrew to shield Kurotsuchi and Suigetsu as the unstable force against the barrier exploded.
• The barrier appeared unchanged, and Naruto feared Hinata had failed until Sasuke urged him to wait and remember her Tenseigan.
• Jiraiya called out to Naruto as Kakashi panted before the black hole.

Naruto rescued Hinata and regrouped with the others, but they could find no way through the barrier before Aoyun caught up. As Naruto considered retreating, Obito secretly took a piece of the dragon’s flesh and resolved to use it to bring about his dream world and reunite with Rin.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to escape Aoyun’s domain with the others and reach Hinata, then Kitsuchi lifted the rubble to free her.
• Naruto reunited with Hinata and made her promise not to risk her life again, before Jiraiya reminded them that Aoyun was still pursuing them.
• Naruto and Sasuke examined the barrier but could find no weakness, and Naruto realized that breaking it would require power enough to destroy the world.
• Aoyun announced that it was close, and Naruto considered retreating through his Flying Thunder God mark before they were trapped.
• Obito, hidden nearby, watched the group and took the dragon’s flesh that Kakashi’s Kamui had torn away.
• Obito sealed the flesh in a scroll and thought it might help him revive the Ten-Tails and reunite with Rin in the world he planned to create.

Naruto and the others were pulled through the barrier after his punch caused it to open, while Obito followed them inside. Elsewhere, Nagato absorbed the Nine-Tails Chakra, restored his body, and resolved to settle a score with whoever had deceived him.

• Naruto agreed with Kitsuchi and Yugito to notify them if he found a way through the barrier, then punched it in frustration.
• The barrier glowed and formed a vortex that dragged Naruto and the others inside, and Obito followed them through before the opening closed.
• Aoyun arrived after they had entered and mistakenly believed they had escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Nagato arrived at the cave with Konan, released the collected Nine-Tails Chakra, and absorbed it using the Preta Path.
• Nagato's body recovered and grew stronger as he absorbed the chakra, and he decided to confront those responsible for his parents' and Yahiko's deaths.