Chapter Summaries

The Allied Shinobi Forces assembled to face Nagato and the Ten-Tails, while Nagato prepared to use the White Zetsu against them. Obito and Black Zetsu continued plotting to revive Uchiha Madara, with Nagato’s control of the Ten-Tails complicating their plans.

• Darui led the allied forces as Gaara and Kakashi discussed the villages’ lingering grudges and prepared for battle.
• Konan told Nagato that the Allied Shinobi Forces were approaching and worried that Uchiha Madara intended to exploit him and take back the Rinnegan.
• Nagato ordered a Paper Clone to send the one hundred thousand White Zetsu against the allied forces to wear them down.
• Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito discussed Nagato’s control of the Ten-Tails and the plan to make him revive Uchiha Madara.
• Obito left to command the White Zetsu and told Black Zetsu to deal with Nagato.

As the Fourth Great Ninja War began, Naruto and Deva Path prepared Dragonborn for the conflict while deciding to delay internal reforms. Dragonborn launched an invasion of the Land of Rain and the Land of Birds, prompting Tsunade and Ōnoki to debate Naruto’s expansion.

• Deva Path ordered Shi to execute anyone who excessively inflated wartime prices and discussed Dragonborn’s preparations with Naruto.
• Naruto rejected becoming the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and planned to use Yin-Yang Release to split it, while Deva Path proposed postponing reforms and annexing neighboring lands.
• After Naruto left, Deva Path ordered Zabuza to begin the operation as the Fourth Great Ninja War started.
• Yomi’s Undead Army and Zabuza’s ANBU captured the Land of Rain, replaced its upper ranks, and then advanced into the Land of Birds, whose Daimyo surrendered.
• The Land of Rain and the Land of Birds joined Dragonborn, and Tsunade angrily condemned Naruto’s expansion while Ōnoki questioned its timing.

Naruto appeared in the Allied Shinobi Forces’ command post, denounced the shinobi system, and destroyed the headquarters to weaken the Allied Forces. With their command structure gone and White Zetsu still embedded among their ranks, the Allied captains decided to risk a surprise attack on the Akatsuki’s leader.

• Ōnoki ordered the Sunagakure and Iwagakure shinobi at the borders to prepare for Dragonborn’s expansion, and Naruto appeared inside the command post.
• Naruto defended Dragonborn’s actions and declared that shinobi and their village system should be swept into history.
• Naruto said he wanted to add fuel to the Fourth Great Ninja War, then destroyed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ command post.
• Darui, Kakashi, Gaara, Sasuke, Kitsuchi, and the other captains discussed the weakened Allied Forces and the White Zetsu hidden among them.
• Gaara proposed that the captains hand command to their vice-captains and launch a surprise attack on the Akatsuki’s leader, and the others agreed.

Konan ambushed the Allied Forces’ assassination squad at sea, while Naruto and Obito eliminated Black Zetsu and revealed the truth behind the Eye of the Moon Plan. With the Five Kage and the Allied Forces’ main forces destroyed, Nagato’s Ten-Tails assault broke the Land of Fire’s defensive line, leaving Nagato staring at the devastation caused by his pursuit of peace.

• Nagato agreed that Konan should deal with the Allied Forces’ assassination squad as it approached the Land of Water.
• Konan lured Kakashi, Sasuke, Darui, and the others into a massive Explosive Tag trap and detonated thirty million tags, killing most of the squad while Naruto arranged for Obito to rescue Kakashi.
• Naruto destroyed Black Zetsu, and Obito admitted that the Eye of the Moon Plan was actually intended to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Naruto removed the seal from Obito and sent him to help the Deva Path attack the Lands of Wind and Earth while Naruto confronted the Ten-Tails.
• Nagato’s Ten-Tails assault destroyed the Land of Fire’s defensive line after the Five Kage and the Allied Forces’ main forces had fallen, leaving Nagato dazed at the apparent fulfillment of his vision of peace.

Naruto explained to Nagato that the shinobi system and competition for resources, rather than pain alone, caused wars, and proposed annexing the Five Great Nations to reform society and build lasting peace. Nagato questioned whether Naruto’s plan was realistic, then considered eliminating shinobi and the ruling classes altogether.

• Naruto found Nagato beside the Ten-Tails, whose connection to Natural Energy Naruto had sealed with Adamantine Chains.
• Naruto and Nagato discussed how the shinobi village system encouraged military expansion and competition for missions, leading to wars between nations.
• Naruto argued that the shrinking intervals between Great Ninja Wars showed that pain could not bring lasting peace, and identified scarce resources as war’s true cause.
• Naruto proposed annexing the Five Great Nations, reforming the shinobi system, developing production, and pursuing equality to create peace.
• Nagato called Naruto’s plan unrealistic, then suggested killing all nonproductive shinobi and considered slaughtering the Daimyo and nobles.

Naruto subdued the Ten-Tails and used its chakra to fuel Dragonborn’s rise into a reformed, technologically advanced power. Decades later, he invited Tsunade and the others to join him on a journey to a planet with life, while promising Dragonborn would never attack the Land of Fire or Konoha.

• Naruto explained the origins of the Ten-Tails to Nagato, then restrained it and extracted its chakra for Dragonborn’s use.
• Sasuke returned to Konoha gravely injured and told Jiraiya and Itachi that Nagato had caused the defeat of the allied forces.
• Dragonborn established the Kaiyuan era, abolished the Daimyo and ninja village systems, and began developing new technologies powered by the Ten-Tails’ chakra.
• Dragonborn expanded its territory and influence, built aerial and space vessels, and advanced research into the Otsutsuki Clan and dojutsu.
• Naruto and Nagato defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Dragonborn later awakened the Tenseigan and launched a space battleship.
• Naruto met Tsunade and the others in a tavern, promised not to attack Konoha or the Land of Fire, and invited them to visit a planet with life.