Recaps

Naruto returned to Konoha after securing the other four great countries’ agreement to his unification plan. He and the leaders set the plan in motion, with Naruto scheduled to become Sixth Hokage in three days.

• Naruto returned to the villa and told Kushina and Minato Namikaze that the other four great countries had agreed to cooperate with his plan.
• Naruto briefed Tsunade and Jiraiya on his negotiations with the other countries’ Kage.
• Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze discussed the unification plan and assigned responsibilities.
• Tsunade decided to resign as Fifth Hokage and announce Naruto’s succession within three days.
• Tsunade warned Naruto that the Shinobi World would be watching and that he could not stop once the plan began.

Naruto completed a revised Caged Bird seal and presented it to Hyuga Hiashi before becoming Konoha’s Sixth Hokage. He silenced doubts about his age by unleashing immense Chakra and displaying Wood Release before the assembled village.

• Naruto used a thousand shadow clones and the Ultra-Pure Byakugan to develop a Caged Bird seal that caused no side effects, could not be controlled by others, and could be hidden or revealed at will.
• Naruto visited Hyuga Hiashi in secret, and Hiashi escorted him out with barely concealed delight.
• News spread that thirteen-year-old Naruto would succeed Tsunade, prompting doubts among villagers and conservative clan heads; Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Utatane Koharu secured the Fire Country Daimyo’s approval.
• Naruto took office as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage before the village and subdued the crowd with his Chakra pressure.
• Naruto summoned a colossal Wood Golem behind Kage Rock, shocking the crowd with his Wood Release.

Naruto became Hokage at thirteen, and the Kage of the four great ninja villages came to Konoha to congratulate him and coordinate with him. After they finalized their plans, the Kage departed, and news of their visit spread across the Shinobi World.

• Naruto took his place as Hokage while Konoha's shinobi and his family watched with pride.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and A each set out for Konoha with their entourages.
• The four Kage arrived together, publicly recognizing Naruto's authority and drawing crowds of villagers and shinobi.
• Naruto met privately with the four Kage, collected lists of their opposition, and sent White Zetsu back with Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki to handle targets.
• Naruto and the four Kage finalized the timing and coordination of their reforms before the Kage departed and news of their meeting spread.

After returning to Otogakure, Sasuke learned that Naruto had become Hokage and resolved to seek Orochimaru. In Konoha, Naruto convened his first Jōnin meeting, announced sweeping reforms, and declared he would unify the Shinobi World by force if necessary.

• Sasuke overheard Otogakure Ninja discussing Naruto’s inauguration as Hokage and the four Kage’s visit, then headed to Orochimaru after comparing Naruto’s rise with his own progress.
• Naruto delegated his paperwork to Minato Namikaze and ordered Shizune to summon Konoha’s Jōnin for his first meeting.
• Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze agreed on their roles in the coming reforms and entered the packed conference room.
• Naruto announced plans to abolish clan privileges, redistribute resources, equalize rights, and give civilians a role in political affairs, provoking objections from the clan leaders and other attendees.
• Naruto silenced the room with his Chakra pressure, appeared behind two dissenting Jōnin, and declared that he would pursue unification to end the Shinobi World’s wars.

Naruto imposed sweeping reforms in Konoha, winning the clan leaders’ reluctant acceptance and prompting Hiashi to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal. The policies alarmed nobles across the Shinobi World, and the chapter ended as Naruto appeared before the Fire Country daimyo and gathered nobles.

• Naruto declared that Konoha’s reforms were final, and Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze publicly supported him.
• Hiashi announced that the Hyuga Clan would abolish its old Caged Bird Seal and adopt Naruto’s revised technique to protect the Byakugan from outsiders.
• Naruto introduced White Zetsu to the clan leaders and ordered them not to attack it as Konoha began implementing the reforms.
• Konoha posted policies granting civilians and shinobi equal rights before the law, while nobles and daimyo across the countries tried to pressure their shinobi villages into intervening.
• The Fire Country daimyo and nobles condemned Naruto’s reforms, then White Zetsu appeared and Naruto stepped out of a spatial distortion into their council hall.

Naruto used his power to bring the daimyo and nobles under his control, then imposed sweeping reforms that transformed Konoha over six months. With the village stabilized, he revived the Ten-Tails in Wushi World and prepared to unify the Shinobi World.

• Naruto immobilized the daimyo and nobles, placed them under his control, and ordered them to support Konoha’s reforms.
• ANBU enforced the new rules by investigating and arresting people in Konoha for past abuses, corruption, and resistance.
• Over six months, Konoha reformed its schools, healthcare, markets, streets, and security forces with the daimyo’s support.
• Naruto looked over the transformed village and declared that it was time to unify the Shinobi World.
• After the Four Kage meeting, Naruto asked Gaara for Shukaku’s Chakra and fed it to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in Wushi World.
• The statue opened its ninth eye and transformed as the Ten-Tails fully revived.

Naruto crossed several names off ANBU reports as White Zetsu and Madara Uchiha eliminated opponents in other villages. At Konoha’s largest meeting yet, Naruto announced plans to unify the Shinobi World and abolish sending Genin to battle.

• Naruto crossed several active names off the reports on his desk.
• White Zetsu summoned Madara Uchiha, who killed IwakI Sosuke, an opponent of Ōnoki’s policies.
• Mei Terumi gave White Zetsu two targets, and opposition among Kirigakure’s upper ranks fell silent after a night of killings.
• Gaara handed White Zetsu a list in Sunagakure, and White Zetsu disappeared into the sand.
• Naruto addressed Konoha’s Jōnin and clan heads, proposed unifying the Shinobi World under a new government, and declared that Genin would no longer be sent to battle.

Naruto won support for a campaign to unify the Shinobi World, assigned leaders to four fronts, and sent Konoha’s forces toward the great nations. As allied villages joined Konoha and the targeted nations stayed silent, Mifune grew alarmed and sought an explanation from them.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Shikamaru, and the other Jōnin backed Naruto’s unification plan, and Naruto assigned Jiraiya, Minato, Tsunade, and Maruboshi Kosuke to lead four units while Shikamaru coordinated intelligence and logistics.
• Naruto announced that Genin would not be sent to the battlefield, reassuring Konoha’s parents as the village prepared for war.
• Konoha’s four units departed, while the four great nations made no public response to Naruto’s declaration of war.
• Otogakure and Amegakure declared that they would join Konoha’s new system and the Konoha United Front.
• Mifune sent a request to the four great nations asking for their stance and offering mediation, but none of them replied, leaving him panicked.

Mifune gathered leaders from small nations in the Land of Iron and formed a coalition army to oppose Konoha, fearing that the four great nations had been silenced or had made an agreement with Konoha. As the coalition marched toward the borders, Mifune ordered it to wait and watch the standoff, while Tsunade received news of the alliance at the Wind Country front.

• Mifune sent an urgent appeal to small nations, and their leaders and envoys gathered in the Land of Iron.
• Mifune persuaded the gathered leaders to unite, and they formed a coalition army with him as commander-in-chief.
• Konoha's forces and the armies of the four great nations faced one another along their borders without attacking.
• Mifune ordered the coalition to keep its distance and help whichever side made no first move.
• Tsunade received news of Mifune's coalition at the Wind Country border and recognized that the small nations had chosen to stand against Konoha.

Naruto sent himself to confront Mifune’s allied forces as battles broke out across all four fronts. Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato, and Kosuke faced the leaders of the opposing forces in fierce fights.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato, and Kosuke received news of Mifune’s alliance, while each kept their forces steady at a different front.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that roughly twenty thousand allied troops were advancing, and Naruto went to meet them while ordering ANBU to monitor the fronts.
• Two days later, Sunagakure’s opposition forces attacked Konoha at the Wind Country front, but Tsunade’s troops quickly defeated them before Gaara arrived and fought Tsunade.
• Jiraiya and Ōnoki began a destructive battle at the Land of Earth front, with Jiraiya summoning Gamabunta to fight alongside him.
• Minato and Raikage A clashed at the Land of Lightning front, trading lightning-fast attacks as A grew increasingly alarmed by Minato’s speed.
• Kosuke fought Mei Terumi along the Water Country coastline, holding his ground with swordsmanship as Mei realized he was no ordinary Genin.

Naruto confronted Mifune and the allied smaller nations, whose armies had begun to suspect the war was staged. After the Seven-Tails fled from Naruto, he summoned the Ten-Tails and demanded that the army submit or be destroyed, leaving Mifune facing Naruto’s threat to the Land of Iron.

• Mifune questioned Naruto about the strange war, while leaders and soldiers from the smaller nations denounced him and prepared to fight.
• A Takigakure shinobi summoned the Seven-Tails as the allied army’s trump card, but the beast recognized Naruto and fled.
• Mifune rallied the shaken army, and Naruto summoned the Ten-Tails from a spatial vortex.
• The Ten-Tails’ arrival terrified the allied army, and Naruto demanded that everyone submit or be destroyed.
• Mifune warned Naruto that ruling through terror would turn the world against him, and Naruto pointed toward the Land of Iron.

Naruto destroyed an uninhabited region of the Land of Iron to force the allied small nations to submit, then prepared to absorb the Ten-Tails. He realized the Nine-Tails inside him would clash with it and summoned the other Tailed Beasts, ending as golden tails erupted from his body.

• Naruto fired a Tailed Beast Bomb into an uninhabited western region of the Land of Iron, frightening the allied forces into submission.
• Naruto told Mifune the region was uninhabited, and Mifune agreed that the Land of Iron would submit.
• Naruto attached white figures to Mifune and the allied leaders and ordered them to return and await Konoha's forces.
• The explosion alerted Tsunade, Gaara, Jiraiya, Ōnoki, Minato Namikaze, and the Raikage to Naruto's power, while White Zetsu reported that he had subdued the small-nation alliance.
• Naruto realized the Nine-Tails sealed inside him would clash with the Ten-Tails, so he summoned Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuō, Saiken, and Gyuki; the Seven-Tails soon joined them.
• Naruto's body erupted in a pillar of golden light, and nine golden tails appeared within it.

Naruto separated from Kurama and became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, using his powers to suppress the Ten-Tails’ and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s wills. After awakening new abilities and a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, he offered Kurama freedom and asked whether he still wanted to fight alongside him.

• Kurama left Naruto, alarming the Tailed Beasts, while Naruto used Divine Emperor Creation to restore his life force.
• Naruto absorbed the Ten-Tails and used Absolute Control to suppress its will and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s lingering consciousness.
• Naruto transformed into a being with immense power, eighteen Truth-Seeking Orbs, and abilities resembling Kaguya’s.
• Naruto awakened a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and the visual jutsu Symbiosis, which let him use his eye abilities together and combine powers from multiple Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto told Kurama he was free and asked whether he still wanted to fight alongside him.

Naruto merged with Kurama, freed the Tailed Beasts, and sent Shadow Clones to end the war. He evolved his Rinnegan before appearing as an enormous phantom in the sky over the Shinobi World.

• Naruto merged with Kurama and told the Tailed Beasts they could choose where to live, promising that humans would no longer treat them as weapons.
• Naruto gave the Tailed Beasts White Zetsu messengers, while Killer B and Yugito Nii returned to the Hidden Cloud Village after Naruto assured them it could join a unified Shinobi World.
• Naruto created four Shadow Clones and ordered them to end the war.
• Naruto fused the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead into his Red Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, evolving it into a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, and used the remaining power to evolve his Blue Rinnegan into a Three-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Naruto concealed his chakra cloak and appeared as a vast phantom in the sky above the Shinobi World.

Naruto used the World Projection Technique to appear across the Shinobi World and announced his plan to end war and oppression through unification. He warned the nations’ leaders that Konoha’s army was advancing and that resistance would bring him in person.

• Naruto’s projection appeared across the Shinobi World, astonishing Orochimaru, Sasuke, Konoha’s villagers, and people in the Three Great Sacred Lands and other villages.
• Shinobi on the four battlefields stopped fighting and recognized Naruto as Lord Hokage.
• Naruto condemned the Shinobi World’s cycle of war, oppression, and discrimination, then promised a society where people and Tailed Beasts could live peacefully.
• Naruto announced that unification had begun and that Konoha’s army was on its way, giving the leaders time to prepare for the handover.
• Naruto warned the leaders not to resist and let his projection fade.

Naruto ended the war across the four battlefields and began imposing a new order across the Shinobi World. Two years later, the old nations and daimyo system had been replaced by the Shinobi Nation, where Naruto focused on building schools and teaching children a shared national identity.

• Naruto's Shadow Clones stopped the battles at the borders of the Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Water countries, forcing the opposing armies to surrender or withdraw.
• Naruto ordered Shikamaru to begin the next stage of his plan, and Konoha teams spread a new red five-star flag across the Shinobi World.
• Over the next two years, Naruto abolished the daimyo system and replaced the former Five Great Nations with the Shinobi Nation, divided into four regions and a central region.
• Naruto broke up or absorbed the old clans and converted the former Fire Country Daimyo Palace into the Central Administrative Academy.
• Naruto built more than a thousand schools, required all school-age children to attend, and made education and shared citizenship central to the new order.

Naruto established a strict inspection system while continuing to grow stronger, then watched Sasuke defeat Itachi. He brought Sasuke through a spatial passage to a familiar street, leaving Sasuke stunned by his return.

• Naruto created the Inspection Department and deployed White Zetsu to monitor officials across the Shinobi World.
• Naruto turned fifteen and developed immense Chakra reserves, a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, and greater combat power.
• Naruto watched Sasuke and Itachi fight until Sasuke pierced Itachi and Itachi fell.
• Naruto appeared beside Sasuke, stored Itachi's corpse in Kamui Space, and told Sasuke to follow him through a spatial passage.
• Sasuke followed Naruto through the passage and found himself before a familiar street.

Naruto brought Sasuke to the Uchiha Clan compound and revealed that Itachi had massacred the clan to protect him and prevent a wider war. Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, then learned about the Ōtsutsuki threat and Naruto’s need for him in the fight ahead.

• Naruto took Sasuke to the preserved Uchiha Clan compound, healed his injuries, and asked how he felt after killing Itachi.
• Naruto explained that Itachi had destroyed the clan to stop its planned coup and secure Sasuke’s survival.
• Sasuke angrily rejected the truth, then recalled Itachi’s final smile and realized his brother had loved him.
• Sasuke’s grief and rage awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Naruto urged him to look beyond revenge.
• Naruto told Sasuke about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Kaguya, and the God Tree, then said he needed Sasuke at his side.

Naruto gave Sasuke Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and transplanted them, allowing Sasuke to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Sasuke challenged Naruto, who teleported him to the Valley of the End and began overpowering him in their fight.

• Naruto gave Sasuke Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that Itachi had left them for him.
• Naruto performed the transplant, and Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan a day later.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto, who teleported him to the Valley of the End and told him to fight with the resolve to kill.
• Sasuke attacked with his Susanoo, but Naruto dodged his arrows and shattered the Susanoo with a single punch.
• Sasuke rushed Naruto with Chidori Stream, but Naruto struck his chest and chased him through the air with another blow.

Naruto defeated Sasuke in their battle at the lake, then healed his injuries and encouraged him to pursue his own goal. Naruto brought Sasuke back to Konoha, where the Konoha 12 welcomed him.

• Sasuke unleashed his Complete Body Susanoo and Amaterasu, but Naruto dodged the attacks, shattered Susanoo, and absorbed the black flames with his Rinnegan.
• Sasuke used Lightning Release: Kirin, but Naruto teleported the lightning away with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, and Sasuke admitted defeat.
• Naruto healed Sasuke with the Power of Yang and told him to chase his own goal rather than try to catch up.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to Konoha, where children greeted Naruto as President and the Konoha 12 welcomed Sasuke back.

After Sasuke returned, Naruto and their friends celebrated his homecoming, and Naruto later told Hinata and the Hyuga Clan that he planned to travel to the moon with her. He left Hiashi surprised by his plan to see whether Hinata’s Byakugan could awaken the Tenseigan.

• Naruto welcomed Sasuke back with the Konoha 12, and Sakura gave Sasuke a bouquet before they went to barbecue together.
• After dinner, Naruto returned home with Ino and Hinata, where Kushina criticized him for leaving Minato to handle much of the Shinobi World’s administration.
• Naruto said the Shinobi World was peaceful and announced that he planned to visit the moon.
• Naruto took Hinata to the Hyuga Clan and told Hiashi he wanted to see whether her highly pure Byakugan could awaken the Tenseigan.

Naruto told Hiashi that the Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan and revealed that he possessed a pure Byakugan himself. With Hiashi’s permission, Naruto took Hinata, Ino, and Karin through a Dimensional Gate to the moon, where he began explaining the history of Hamura’s descendants.

• Naruto explained to Hiashi that the Tenseigan was an evolved Byakugan and that Hinata and Hanabi had high Byakugan purity.
• Naruto revealed his own Byakugan and proposed taking Hinata to the moon to help her approach the Tenseigan’s threshold.
• Hiashi agreed to let Hinata travel with Naruto, and Hinata accepted the invitation.
• The next day, Naruto took Hinata, Ino, and Karin through a Dimensional Gate to the moon.
• Naruto sensed possible danger and explained that Hamura’s descendants had split into the peace-seeking Main House and the destructive Branch House, which had used the Tenseigan to wipe out the Main House.

Naruto and the girls were attacked by Otsutsuki Toneri’s puppets after Toneri sensed Hinata’s pure Byakugan and sought to use it to awaken his Tenseigan. Naruto confronted Toneri and challenged his belief that Hamura had ordered the Shinobi World destroyed, leaving Toneri shaken by Naruto’s claim that the world had been unified and its wars ended.

• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed Hinata’s pure Byakugan and sent his puppets to capture her.
• Karin spotted the puppets, and Naruto destroyed them with Radiation Rays after they attacked Hinata and the others.
• Naruto opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka passage and led the girls to Toneri’s palace.
• Naruto overwhelmed Toneri with Byakugan Pressure and identified him as Otsutsuki Toneri, then explained that Hamura’s will had been to protect the Shinobi World.
• Naruto told Toneri that he had unified the Shinobi World and ended its wars, leaving Toneri unable to refute him before insisting he did not believe it.

Naruto froze Toneri for half a year and found the Giant Tenseigan hidden in the palace. After awakening his own Tenseigan by drawing on its origin, he began infusing that power into Hinata’s eyes to catalyze her Byakugan.

• Naruto used Time-Space Freeze to immobilize Toneri for half a year, then searched the palace and located the Tenseigan.
• Naruto reached the ancient hall with Karin, Hinata, and Ino, where the enormous Tenseigan resonated with Hinata’s Byakugan.
• Naruto drew the Tenseigan’s origin into his eyes while replenishing it with energy from his Miniature Sun.
• After two days, Naruto emerged with an awakened Tenseigan and gained its abilities.
• Naruto brought Hinata into the hall and began guiding the Tenseigan’s origin into her eyes to awaken her Byakugan.

Naruto helped Hinata begin awakening the Tenseigan and tested the power of his own Tenseigan before reinforcing its abilities. Hinata continued recovering in the palace as Naruto upgraded his powers.

• Naruto channeled energy and Chakra into Hinata for ten days until her eyes began forming the Tenseigan, then told her to let it develop without using her Byakugan.
• Naruto left Hinata in Karin and Ino’s care and tested his Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Truth-Seeking Orbs, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, sword strikes, and speed across the moon.
• Naruto returned to the palace, shared stored food with Hinata, Karin, and Ino, and checked that Hinata’s awakening was progressing safely.
• Naruto used Heavenly Constant Stand to reinforce his Tenseigan Chakra Mode, increasing its power and strengthening its connection to the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto reinforced his Spirit Sphere, Space Manipulation, Chakra Absorption, ability to grant life to puppets, and ability to summon stone statues.