Recaps

Naruto enhanced his Rinnegan abilities with Heavenly Constant Stand, gaining stronger powers and new uses for World Inscription and the Dimensional Gate. He planned his next steps toward unifying the Shinobi World, then checked on Karma and revealed his Rinnegan to Urashiki.

• Naruto reassured Nine-Tails that he still valued him and promised to retrieve the other half of his Chakra soon.
• Naruto enhanced the Six Paths abilities and Rinne Rebirth Technique, improving their powers and changing the technique to consume Chakra instead of life force.
• Naruto enhanced World Inscription so it could record three-second periods and improved the Dimensional Gate so it could open any existing spatial dimension.
• Naruto planned to consult Orochimaru about World Inscription, move toward unifying the Shinobi World after becoming Hokage, and check the progress of Karma.
• Naruto entered the Karma Space, where Urashiki saw his Rinnegan and reacted in shock.

Naruto confirmed that Karma would mature in about a month, then began writing a proposal to reform the Shinobi World. Hinata invited him to dinner with Hiashi the next evening, and Karin arrived after Naruto's barrier came down.

• Naruto asked Urashiki about Karma's maturity, and Urashiki said it should mature in about a month.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya visited Naruto after his barrier had been active for a day and night, and Naruto told them he had awakened something.
• Naruto wrote a proposal for reforming the Shinobi World while waiting at his villa.
• Hinata invited Naruto to dinner with Hiashi, and Naruto agreed to come the next evening.
• Naruto used a Shadow Clone to prepare food and told Hinata what he was writing.
• Karin arrived and found Hinata already at Naruto's villa.

Naruto traveled to the Land of Fields to find Orochimaru and offered a way to restore his sealed hands. Orochimaru saw the Reaper Mask and learned that it could release the souls sealed by the Reaper Death Seal.

• Karin read Naruto's proposal to reform and unify the Shinobi World, then joined Naruto and Hinata for dinner.
• After Karin and Hinata left, Naruto created a Flying Raijin Kunai and teleported to the Land of Fields.
• Naruto sensed Orochimaru with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and teleported the kunai to him.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru if he wanted his hands restored, and Orochimaru led him to a private research cave.
• Naruto explained that Orochimaru's hands were missing their spiritual parts and showed him the Reaper Mask, which could release the sealed souls.

Naruto arranged for Orochimaru to reclaim the souls sealed inside the Reaper and revive Minato Namikaze, while requesting copies of Izanagi and Impure World Reincarnation. After revealing that he knew Kotoamatsukami had failed, Naruto returned to Konoha and began testing Izanagi with one of Danzo’s Sharingan.

• Naruto explained that Orochimaru could use Living Corpse Reincarnation to escape the Reaper’s soul harvest and said he had prepared a substitute body.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to release every soul inside the Reaper, revive Minato Namikaze with Impure World Reincarnation, and provide scrolls for that technique and Izanagi.
• Orochimaru said he would unravel the Reaper Death Seal’s release within three days, and Naruto gave him a Flying Raijin Kunai to report his progress.
• Naruto praised Orochimaru’s acting before teleporting away, leaving Orochimaru shocked that his failed Kotoamatsukami had been discovered.
• Naruto studied the Izanagi scroll in Konoha, implanted one of Danzo’s Sharingan into his palm, and began forming hand seals.

Naruto confirmed that World Inscription let him use a recorded Izanagi state without consuming a Sharingan, then visited the Hyuga Clan estate for dinner. He told the family about Kaguya, Hamura, and Hagoromo, leaving them discussing how Ninshu had become ninjutsu.

• Naruto tested World Inscription and confirmed that its recorded Izanagi state let him return to a saved location while using one-tenth of his Chakra.
• Naruto studied the Impure World Reincarnation scroll until the following evening, then went to the Hyuga Clan estate to meet Neji, Hinata, and Hyuga Hiashi.
• Naruto met Hyuga Hanabi and joined the family for dinner, where Hyuga Hiashi asked what Naruto knew about Hamura going to the moon.
• Naruto explained Kaguya's arrival, her sealing by Hagoromo and Hamura, and Hamura's choice to guard the seal on the moon.
• Naruto explained that Hagoromo founded Ninshu to connect people's hearts and create peace, but later generations turned Chakra into techniques for killing.

At dinner with the Hyuga family, Naruto discussed peace and teased Hanabi by claiming he had the Byakugan, then helped Hiashi advance reforms for the Branch House. The chapter ended with Naruto removing the Caged Bird seal from Hyuga Tao as the other Branch House members watched.

• Naruto explained that chakra had once connected people through Ninshu and said he hoped to bring peace to the Shinobi World.
• Naruto teased Hanabi by claiming he had the Byakugan and bet that she would call him brother-in-law if he could prove it; Hinata followed Hanabi when she ran off.
• Hiashi told Naruto that the Hyuga Clan had ended the practice of branding Branch House children with the Caged Bird, despite opposition from Main House elders.
• Naruto advised Hiashi to educate the next generation to heal the divide between the Main House and Branch House.
• Neji brought eight Branch House members to Naruto, who removed the Caged Bird seal from Hyuga Tao's forehead.

Naruto removed the Caged Bird seals from eight Hyuga Branch House members and promised to develop a protective sealing technique in exchange for Hyuga Hiashi’s support for his future Hokage bid. Three days later, Naruto joined Orochimaru in the Sound Country to begin restoring Orochimaru’s hands with the Reaper Death Seal.

• Naruto removed the Caged Bird seals from eight Branch House members, and Hyuga Hiashi declared them equal members of the Hyuga Clan who would support its reforms.
• Naruto offered to create a new sealing technique that protected the Byakugan without restricting it, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to Hinata’s marriage to Naruto if Naruto became Hokage and brought the clan into Konoha’s core of power.
• Naruto spent three days planning for the future and had a Shadow Clone study Impure World Reincarnation, intending to use White Zetsu as sacrifices.
• Naruto sensed Orochimaru’s signal and teleported to an underground cave in the Sound Country, where Orochimaru had prepared a site to perform the Reaper Death Seal.
• Naruto gave Orochimaru the Reaper Mask and bound two White Zetsu with Adamantine Sealing Chains as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.

Naruto helped Orochimaru restore his hands and revive Minato Namikaze while reclaiming three Hokage souls for the Naraka Path. Minato gave Naruto the Yin half of Kurama, and the two halves fused inside Naruto’s Sealing Space.

• Orochimaru told Naruto that a masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha had recruited him and that Kabuto had been out of contact for two months.
• Orochimaru used the Reaper Mask to restore his hands, while Naruto sealed the souls of the First, Second, and Third Hokage in the Naraka Path.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation on Minato Namikaze and transferred his soul into a White Zetsu body, then used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take another White Zetsu body for himself.
• Orochimaru noticed Naruto’s purple Three-Tomoe Rinnegan, and Naruto asked him to awaken Minato’s consciousness.
• Minato recognized Naruto, separated the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra from himself, and gave it to Naruto.
• The Yin and Yang Nine-Tails met in Naruto’s Sealing Space and fused when their Chakra touched.

Naruto revived Minato Namikaze with Rinne Rebirth and recruited Orochimaru for his plan to unify the Shinobi World. Back in Konoha, Naruto explained his motives to Minato and asked him to support the plan.

• Naruto used Rinne Rebirth to restore Minato Namikaze to life, draining much of his Chakra before his inner star replenished it.
• Orochimaru praised Naruto’s power, and Naruto invited him to join the unification plan while warning him not to betray his trust.
• Naruto and Minato used the Flying Thunder God marker to return from Orochimaru’s cave to Konoha.
• Minato questioned Naruto about his changed appearance and ambitions, and Naruto explained his awakened bloodline and desire to prevent children from suffering as he had.
• Minato apologized for Naruto’s childhood, and Naruto told him he did not blame him and asked for his support.

Naruto revealed his plan to unify the Shinobi World and implement sweeping political, legal, economic, and educational reforms to Minato Namikaze. He brought Jiraiya and Tsunade to meet the revived Minato, then sealed the villa to discuss family matters.

• Naruto offered to revive Kushina if Minato Namikaze could find some of her physical tissue, and gave him more than two hundred Flying Raijin Kunai.
• Naruto showed Minato Namikaze his governance plan, which proposed a unified government and legal system, economic and educational reforms, and protections for Jinchuriki and Kekkei Genkai users.
• Naruto said he would personally handle anyone obstructing the reforms and take care of the military obstacles to unification himself.
• Naruto brought Jiraiya and Tsunade to his villa, where they were shocked to find Minato Namikaze revived.
• Naruto revealed that his Rinnegan had revived Minato Namikaze, activated the villa's barrier, and said they would discuss family matters.

Naruto shared his plan to reform Konoha and unify the Shinobi World, winning Jiraiya’s support and agreeing with Tsunade to begin with a year-long Konoha pilot. He also revealed Orochimaru’s allegiance and demonstrated his hand-seal-free Ninjutsu before Karin arrived at the villa.

• Naruto gave Tsunade and Jiraiya the Reform System Scroll and explained his plan to unify the Shinobi World.
• Jiraiya supported Naruto, and Tsunade proposed testing the reforms in Konoha after Naruto became Hokage in six months, then starting unification a year later.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that Orochimaru had pledged himself to him, and Jiraiya warned him not to trust Orochimaru too easily.
• Naruto removed the villa’s barrier, and Jiraiya pulled Minato aside to reminisce about Mount Myoboku.
• Naruto used Shadow Clone Technique without hand seals, explained how he did it, and watched Jiraiya fail to replicate it.
• Jiraiya listed Naruto’s many accomplishments to Minato, and Karin hurried into the villa.

Karin met the resurrected Minato Namikaze, Naruto’s father, and Tsunade announced that Naruto would become the Sixth Hokage in half a year. Naruto demonstrated overwhelming strength to the skeptical Jōnin, and Minato’s return helped secure their support for Naruto’s succession.

• Karin visited Naruto and met Minato, who recognized her resemblance to Kushina and asked whether she was Naruto’s girlfriend.
• Tsunade convened an emergency Jōnin meeting and announced that Naruto would assume the Sixth Hokage position in half a year.
• When Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura objected, Naruto released immense Chakra pressure that left the assembled Jōnin stunned.
• Jiraiya and the resurrected Minato supported Naruto’s appointment, prompting the Jōnin to voice their approval.
• After the meeting, Kakashi sought out Minato while Naruto returned to the Hokage Office with Tsunade to study administrative procedures.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resigned as Konoha elders, and Tsunade appointed Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze to succeed them. Naruto then revived Kushina, reuniting her with Minato and himself, before leaving them to talk privately.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resigned as elders, and Tsunade asked them to keep attending Konoha's decision-making meetings.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze agreed that Jiraiya and Minato would fill the two vacant elder positions, and the Jōnin accepted the appointments.
• Konoha announced Minato Namikaze's revival and appointment, prompting excitement among villagers and alarm among other shinobi nations.
• Naruto used Impure World Reincarnation on White Zetsu to summon Kushina, then revived her with his Rinnegan.
• Kushina reunited with Minato and hugged Naruto, who vanished from her embrace and left Minato to explain his life to her.

Naruto welcomed Hinata to the villa, where Kushina eagerly questioned her and decided she must be Naruto’s girlfriend. On their walk home, Naruto revealed that he had changed the Hyuga Clan’s plans to protect Hinata and told her they would have a child together in the future, leaving her unconscious as he carried her to the Hyuga Compound.

• Naruto brought Hinata into the villa and introduced her to Minato and Kushina, who warmly welcomed her.
• Kushina questioned Hinata, then signaled Naruto to walk her home when Hinata prepared to leave.
• Naruto told Hinata he had acted to prevent her from receiving the Caged Bird seal.
• Naruto showed Hinata a photograph and said Boruto was their child from the future, causing Hinata to faint.
• Naruto carried Hinata to the Hyuga Compound, handed her to her maid, and returned to the villa with the Flying Thunder God.

Karin visited Naruto and met Kushina, who welcomed her as family after hearing about her painful past. The next morning, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Naruto’s young ninja friends came to see the revived Kushina and Minato, and Kushina warmly hosted them.

• Naruto introduced Karin Uzumaki to Kushina Uzumaki, and the two felt an immediate closeness as fellow members of the Uzumaki clan.
• Karin told Kushina about her mother's death, her abuse in Kusagakure, and how Naruto had brought her to Konoha and given her a home.
• Kushina embraced Karin and promised that she could always come to her home, then shared dinner and conversation with her.
• That night, Kushina worried that Karin and Hinata might both like Naruto, while Minato encouraged her to let Naruto decide for himself.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya visited the next morning and were astonished to find Kushina alive, then Naruto arrived with Shikamaru and the young ninja.
• The young ninja greeted Minato and Kushina, and Kushina welcomed them while Hinata, Karin, and Ino helped serve tea and arrange flowers.

Naruto traveled to the Wind Country with Orochimaru to begin advancing a sweeping plan to reform the Shinobi World, then met with Gaara in Sunagakure. The chapter ended with Naruto giving Gaara the System Scroll after Gaara asked to see his concrete plan.

• After Kushina warned Naruto not to hurt the girls who liked him, Naruto nodded without arguing.
• Naruto arrived in Otogakure and invited Orochimaru to travel around the Shinobi World with him; Orochimaru entrusted Otogakure's daily affairs to subordinates and joined him.
• Naruto showed Orochimaru the System Scroll, whose plans included land reform, universal education, abolishing the Daimyo System, and creating unified institutions and culture.
• Naruto and Orochimaru crossed into the Wind Country and headed toward Sunagakure.
• Naruto appeared in Gaara's office, and the two discussed Gaara's rise to Kazekage and Naruto's earlier promise to change the Shinobi World.
• Gaara asked Naruto for a concrete plan, and Naruto handed him the System Scroll.

Naruto persuaded Gaara to support his plan to abolish the old shinobi system and unify the Shinobi World, demonstrating his power to transform the desert. After helping Gaara identify a would-be assassin, Naruto departed with Orochimaru for the Land of Earth.

• Naruto showed Gaara that his Wood Release could transform the desert, and Gaara agreed to support the plan for a new unified territory.
• Gaara told Naruto that village factions were conspiring against him and asked him to identify those plotting his assassination without killing them.
• Naruto disguised himself as Gaara at a meeting and used Good and Evil Perception to identify those who intended to kill the Kazekage.
• Naruto gave Gaara a list naming Fu Yi at the top, and Gaara summoned Fu Yi to his office after the meeting.
• Naruto left Sunagakure and set off with Orochimaru toward Iwagakure.

Obito captured the Five-Tails and, with Kabuto’s help, sealed it into Han’s reanimated body before setting out to capture the Four-Tails. Meanwhile, Naruto and Orochimaru discovered that Orochimaru’s old associate Hiruko was alive inside Mount Sumeru.

• Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue the Five-Tails and extracted it from Han.
• Obito rejected Nagato’s plans for peace and decided to capture the Four-Tails before reclaiming the Rinnegan.
• Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Han, and Obito sealed the Five-Tails into the reanimated body.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Roshi was alone at Rockbone Ridge, so Obito, Kabuto, and Black Zetsu headed there to capture the Four-Tails.
• Naruto sensed unusual Chakra inside Mount Sumeru and led Orochimaru through the mountain to a hidden laboratory.
• Orochimaru recognized the bandaged figure in the laboratory as Hiruko and realized he was still alive.

Naruto and Orochimaru destroyed Hiruko’s laboratory at Mount Sumeru and took the World Projection Technique scroll. Elsewhere, Obito confronted Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, who recognized the Sharingan and attacked him with Lava Release.

• Hiruko demanded to know how Orochimaru and Naruto had breached his barriers, then ordered his modified creatures to kill them when Naruto asked about the World Projection Technique.
• Naruto unleashed a Nuclear Fusion Shockwave that erased Mount Sumeru, its laboratory, and Hiruko’s modified creatures.
• Hiruko surrendered the World Projection Technique scroll, and Orochimaru urged him to reconsider his decades of work on the Chimera Technique before leaving with Naruto.
• Obito found Roshi at Rockbone Ridge and tried to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Roshi activated Lava Release Chakra Mode, learned that Obito’s body could turn intangible, and attacked him with a volley of lava fireballs.

Naruto enhanced Impure World Reincarnation to remove its talisman-control limitation while traveling with Orochimaru. At Rockbone Ridge, Naruto and Orochimaru confronted Obito, Kabuto, and Black Zetsu after they captured Roshi and revived him.

• Naruto shared the Shinobi World's history with Orochimaru, who learned that Kaguya came from beyond the heavens and that Naruto's Rinnegan evolved from the Sharingan.
• Naruto used Heavenly Constant Stand to enhance Impure World Reincarnation, making reanimated souls permanently bound to their Reanimated Bodies and directly controllable without talismans.
• Naruto sensed an old friend near Rockbone Ridge and led Orochimaru there.
• Obito captured the Four-Tails from Roshi, and Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Roshi in a captured Iwagakure Ninja's body.
• Black Zetsu fled underground with Kabuto as Naruto's energy beam destroyed Rockbone Ridge and reduced the other reanimated Jinchuriki to ashes.
• Naruto emerged from a spatial ripple and struck the crater where Black Zetsu had vanished, collapsing the ground beneath it.

Naruto tracked down Obito and defeated the reanimated Jinchuriki, using Adamantine Sealing Chains to capture Obito and block his Kamui. The chapter ended with the Four-Tails and Six-Tails charging Naruto as he activated Sage Fox Mode.

• Naruto found that Black Zetsu had vanished again and confronted Obito, taunting him about his identity and past.
• Obito sent the Four-Tails, Six-Tails, Three-Tails, and Five-Tails Jinchuriki to attack Naruto, but Naruto battered the Four-Tails and Six-Tails and bound the Three-Tails and Five-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto emerged from the Tailed Beast Bomb explosion unharmed, while Orochimaru watched and recognized how far Kabuto had developed Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito made the Four-Tails and Six-Tails transform completely, launched Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, and tried to escape with Kamui.
• Naruto caught Obito while he was materialized and sealed him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then crushed his mask and revealed his face.
• The Four-Tails and Six-Tails charged Naruto again, and Naruto activated Sage Fox Mode.

Naruto pursued Obito into the Kamui Space and took his Mangekyō Sharingan while his Shadow Clones held the Tailed Beasts. Kabuto and Black Zetsu sent six reanimated Kage to challenge the clones, leaving the battle on two fronts.

• Naruto pinned the Four-Tails and Six-Tails, but Obito escaped with Izanagi; Naruto opened the Dimensional Gate and pursued him.
• Naruto's four Shadow Clones restrained the Tailed Beasts as Kabuto summoned Kinkaku, Ginkaku, Second Tsuchikage Mu, Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, Third Raikage A, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
• Orochimaru took control of the Three-Tails, and one Shadow Clone entered Kurama Mode to fight the six reanimated Kage.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku cloaked themselves in Nine-Tails Chakra and charged Naruto's Shadow Clone.
• Naruto appeared inside the Kamui Space, bound Obito with golden chains, removed his right Mangekyō Sharingan, and devoured it with Divine Emperor Creation.

Naruto took control of Obito’s Kamui Space, stripped him of his spare Sharingan, and subdued him before bringing him back to the battlefield. There, Naruto found his Shadow Clone facing six Impure World Reincarnation shinobi and moved to attack Second Tsuchikage Mu.

• Naruto reshaped the Kamui Space into a sunlit plain and used Absolute Will to pin Obito down.
• Obito replaced his blinded eye with spare Sharingan, but discovered Naruto had taken his Mangekyō.
• Naruto seized Obito’s belongings, removed his newly installed Sharingan, sealed his Chakra pathways, and knocked him unconscious.
• Naruto brought Obito back to Rockbone Ridge, where his Shadow Clone was fighting six Impure World Reincarnation shinobi.
• Kabuto and Black Zetsu noticed Naruto’s return, while Orochimaru welcomed him back.
• Naruto activated Sage Fox Mode and charged toward Second Tsuchikage Mu.

Naruto defeated Second Tsuchikage Mu and reclaimed the Nine-Tails Chakra from Ginkaku, while Black Zetsu escaped with Kabuto. The chapter ended as Kinkaku charged Naruto in rage over his brother.

• Naruto dodged Second Tsuchikage Mu’s Dust Release, shattered his Reanimated Body with a Kurama Lightspeed Kick, then extracted and sealed his soul.
• Naruto sensed Kabuto through Mu’s remains, but Black Zetsu concealed Kabuto’s Chakra and escaped underground with him.
• At the Nine-Tails’ urging, Naruto attacked Ginkaku and Kinkaku to reclaim the Nine-Tails Chakra they carried.
• Naruto blasted Kinkaku away with a Kurama Lightspeed Kick, then bound Ginkaku with Adamantine Sealing Chains and drained his Chakra.
• Naruto extracted and sealed Ginkaku’s soul, and Kinkaku roared for his little brother to be returned.

Naruto defeated Kinkaku, the Second Mizukage, and the Fourth Kazekage, then watched his Shadow Clone battle the Third Raikage. After the exhausted clone withdrew, Naruto faced the Raikage himself, who was shocked to see Naruto using Kumogakure’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

• Naruto stopped Kinkaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb, drained his Nine-Tails Chakra, and sealed his soul.
• Naruto extracted and sealed the souls of the Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu and Fourth Kazekage Rasa; Rasa learned that his son Gaara was now Kazekage.
• Naruto watched his Shadow Clone fight Third Raikage A in a fierce taijutsu battle.
• As the Shadow Clone’s Chakra ran low, Naruto told him to rest and took over the fight.
• Naruto activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Sage Mode, and Monster Strength Chakra, then charged at Third Raikage A as the Raikage prepared Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite.