Chapter Summaries

Naruto gathered his friends for dinner and introduced Boruto, while Boruto struggled to see his parents and their friends as their younger selves. Naruto then began introducing Sasuke as “Xu Zuo.”

• Ino hugged Naruto and thanked him for saving her, while Boruto wondered why she was so close to his father.
• Naruto introduced Hinata to Boruto, who recognized his young mother and was startled by her bashful behavior around Naruto.
• Boruto met Neji and remembered that his uncle had died protecting his parents in the future.
• Sakura and Karin arrived and sat beside Sasuke and Naruto, while Boruto reflected on his mother’s standing among Naruto’s admirers.
• Naruto explained that two new friends would soon leave Konoha, introduced Boruto to the group, and began introducing Sasuke as “Xu Zuo.”

Naruto’s gathering at a barbecue restaurant ended, with Boruto’s presence making Hinata blush and faint after Naruto revealed he was their future son. As the others left, Naruto invited Hinata and Boruto to take a photo before they departed, while Sasuke stayed behind.

• Sasuke choked on his tea when Naruto introduced him as Uncle Xu Zuo, then sat silently without eating.
• Naruto told Hinata that Boruto had traveled from the future and was their child, causing her to faint.
• Sakura told Sasuke that he seemed familiar, but he replied that they might simply look alike.
• After the gathering ended, Naruto stopped Hinata from leaving and invited her and Boruto to take a photo.
• Naruto invited Sasuke to join them, but Sasuke declined and urged Naruto to hurry because it was nearly time to leave.

Naruto arranged photos with Boruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Karin before seeing Boruto and Sasuke off. Boruto returned to his own spacetime with new resolve to train, while Naruto hinted that Sasuke had lent him the Rinnegan.

• Naruto took group photos with Boruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Karin, and Hinata and Karin kept their pictures.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to bring Boruto and Sasuke to a forest outside Konoha.
• Sasuke activated Karasuki to send himself and Boruto back to their original spacetime.
• Boruto thanked Naruto for teaching him and promised to train hard, and Naruto told him he could return if he faced a problem he could not solve.
• Naruto asked Karasuki whether it could record the spacetime coordinates, then watched Boruto and Sasuke disappear into the passage.
• Nine-Tails asked what Sasuke had lent Naruto, and Naruto neither confirmed nor denied that it was the Rinnegan.

Naruto explained Karma and the Ōtsutsuki resurrection process to Kurama, revealing that he had deliberately let Urashiki implant Karma because he could control it. Naruto and Kurama entered Karma’s inner space, where Urashiki awoke in alarm to find them there.

• Naruto returned to his villa’s Training Room, sealed the house, and entered the Sealing Space to speak with Kurama.
• Naruto explained that Karma stored an Ōtsutsuki’s life data and could eventually overwrite a compatible Vessel’s genes to resurrect its owner.
• Naruto told Kurama he had deliberately allowed Urashiki to implant Karma because he wanted the Ōtsutsuki power and believed he could overcome it.
• Naruto used Absolute Control to locate Karma in his body and break through its barrier, bringing Kurama’s consciousness into its inner space.
• Urashiki woke inside Karma and panicked when he saw Naruto and Kurama, while Naruto calmly teased him about their reunion.

Naruto entered the Karma Space and used his Absolute Will to force Urashiki to submit. Urashiki acknowledged Naruto as his master, leaving his consciousness intact.

• Urashiki was shocked to find Naruto inside the Karma Space and demanded to know how he had entered.
• Naruto declared himself Urashiki’s landlord and demanded rent, but Urashiki called him a lower life-form.
• Naruto pinned Urashiki down with his Absolute Will and ordered him to call Naruto Master.
• Naruto offered Urashiki the choice of surrendering his possessions or having his consciousness erased.
• Naruto began crushing Urashiki’s consciousness, and Urashiki agreed to submit before it was destroyed.
• Urashiki called Naruto Master, and Naruto released the pressure.

Naruto postponed absorbing Urashiki’s Karma until its data fully matured, then decided to strengthen himself by experimenting with Sasuke’s blood and the Hashirama Cells. He explained to Sasuke that he feared future Ōtsutsuki threats and wanted to develop an ocular power to counter them.

• Urashiki warned Naruto that merging with the immature Karma could permanently cost him some of its data, and said it would mature within six months.
• Naruto accepted the delay and ordered Urashiki to monitor the Karma’s progress without attempting any tricks.
• Naruto and Kurama discussed Urashiki’s fear of death and the danger Karma posed, while Kurama worried about Naruto’s safety.
• Naruto prepared Hashirama Cells and a vial of Sasuke’s blood for an experiment to combine Uchiha and Uzumaki bloodlines.
• Sasuke questioned Naruto’s desire to gain power, and Naruto explained that he wanted to prepare for future Ōtsutsuki and their ocular jutsu.

Naruto used Sasuke’s blood and Rinnegan to study and acquire Indra’s Chakra, then began fusing Sasuke’s Uchiha genetic sequences with his own. As the fusion progressed, Naruto’s body grew hot, leaving his next transformation underway.

• Sasuke agreed to let Naruto draw his blood after Naruto promised not to harm innocent people with his experiments.
• Sasuke allowed Naruto to borrow his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, and Naruto experienced its abilities and extracted small strands of the Sage of Six Paths’ Power of Yin and Indra’s Chakra.
• Naruto stabilized the extracted energies with Kurama’s Chakra, placed a protective seal in Sasuke’s Rinnegan, and returned the eye.
• Naruto absorbed Sasuke’s blood and identified the Uchiha genetic sequence and Indra’s reincarnated Chakra within it.
• Naruto nourished the newly acquired Indra’s Chakra and began fusing Sasuke’s Uchiha genetic sequences with his own, causing his body to heat up.

Naruto awakened his own Mangekyō Sharingan after fusing Sasuke’s genes, but its ocular technique had not yet emerged. He then searched his body for Ashura’s Chakra and, finding nothing, suspected he was looking in the wrong place.

• Naruto completed the changes from fusing Sasuke’s genes and restored his own eyes after returning Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan to a scroll.
• Naruto awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then used Zetsu's Absolute Control to transform his Chakra and awaken his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto sensed that his Mangekyō’s ocular technique was still incubating and deactivated his eyes.
• Naruto measured his increased Chakra reserves, decided to postpone fusing the Hashirama Cells, and considered seeking Ashura’s Chakra to pursue the Rinnegan.
• Naruto used Zetsu's Absolute Control to search his body for Ashura’s Chakra, found nothing, and realized he might be searching in the wrong place.

Naruto discovered and fused the hidden Asura Chakra within his spiritual realm, triggering a drastic transformation that doubled his Chakra reserves and changed his appearance. After capturing three White Zetsu and securing the island, he saw that he now had black hair and dark brown eyes.

• Naruto used Absolute Control to locate and extract a special Asura Chakra seed from his spiritual realm, then fused it with himself.
• As the fusion unleashed a surge of energy and began altering his body, Naruto used Flying Raijin to escape the Training Room and reach an uninhabited island.
• Naruto sensed three White Zetsu, captured them with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and sealed them in scrolls.
• Naruto fortified the island with a sealing barrier, a Perception Isolation Barrier, and ten Shadow Clones, then focused on his body's transformation.
• Naruto's body and abilities strengthened, his Chakra reserves doubled from four hundred Kakashi to eight hundred Kakashi, and he saw his changed appearance reflected in seawater.

After awakening an incomplete Power of Yang, Naruto’s bloodline atavism changed his hair and eyes and greatly increased his strength. Jiraiya brought him to meet Tsunade about Kumogakure’s threats, and Naruto’s response to Jiraiya’s proposed compromise remained unspoken.

• Naruto admired his black hair and dark brown eyes, reviewed his gains, and left the island for his Konoha villa.
• The next day, Jiraiya visited Naruto and was startled by his changed appearance before explaining that Tsunade wanted to see him about Kumogakure.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that Kumogakure had rejected Konoha’s compensation demands, threatened war unless the Raikage and his guards were released, and begun mobilizing troops.
• Jiraiya recommended reducing Konoha’s demands to avoid war, but Naruto only smiled as they headed to the Hokage Building.
• Konoha workers recognized Naruto and whispered about his changed hair and eyes.

Naruto explained that his bloodline had regressed to an ancient ancestor’s, awakening a Sage Body, and helped Tsunade decide how to respond to Hidden Cloud Village. He then revealed to Tsunade and Jiraiya that Sasuke and Boruto had come from the future.

• Naruto told Tsunade and Jiraiya that his bloodline atavism had awakened a Sage Body and immense vitality and Chakra.
• Naruto proposed sending Hidden Cloud Village one of the Raikage’s hands as a warning, and Tsunade agreed.
• Naruto volunteered to face Hidden Cloud Village if it chose war, and Tsunade accepted the plan.
• Naruto took Tsunade and Jiraiya to his Training Room and revealed that the one-eyed man was Sasuke Uchiha and the child was Boruto Uzumaki.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya realized that Sasuke and Boruto had come from the future.

Naruto revealed to Jiraiya and Tsunade that Boruto was his future son, then accompanied Tenzō to Konoha Prison to retrieve one of the Raikage’s hands. At the prison, Naruto sensed someone in a solitary cell and stopped, smiling at the person inside.

• Naruto confirmed that Boruto was his child from the future, and Jiraiya deduced that Hinata was Boruto’s mother.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya returned with Naruto to the Hokage Office, where Shizune reported that the village’s jōnin and meeting preparations were ready.
• Naruto declined to attend Tsunade’s meeting and asked to visit the prison to take one of the Raikage’s hands.
• Tsunade ordered Tenzō to escort Naruto to Konoha Prison and follow his instructions.
• On the way, Naruto recognized Tenzō’s Wood Release and asked if he wanted to leave ANBU, but Tenzō chose to remain in the shadows.
• Naruto and Tenzō reached the cells holding A, C, and Darui, and Naruto stopped when he sensed someone in a solitary cell.

Naruto confronted Danzo in prison and pressured him into killing himself before his crimes were made public. After Danzo died, Naruto spoke with A about the Hidden Cloud Village’s refusal to negotiate and its troop buildup at the border.

• Naruto visited Danzo’s cell with Tenzō and said Danzo’s crimes warranted death.
• Naruto threw Danzo a kunai and offered him the chance to die by his own hand rather than face a public execution.
• Danzo remembered his earlier choice to let Hiruzen Sarutobi become the Hokage, then stabbed himself in the heart.
• An ANBU agent confirmed Danzo’s death, and Naruto admitted he had lied about preserving Danzo’s dignity after death.
• A laughed at Danzo’s death, and Naruto opened his cell and told him the Hidden Cloud Village had rejected negotiations and begun gathering troops at the border.

Naruto severed the Raikage’s right arm and sent it as a warning to the Hidden Cloud Village while Konoha prepared for war. In another space-time, Sasuke and Boruto returned to their own Konoha, where Boruto headed home carrying the Flying Raijin kunai he had practiced with.

• Naruto cut off A’s right arm and ordered Tenzō to send it to the front lines as a warning to the Hidden Cloud Village.
• An ANBU reported Danzo’s suicide and the Raikage’s injury to Shizune, who relayed the news to Tsunade during the war council.
• Tsunade announced Danzo’s death to Konoha’s Jōnin and said his crimes would be disclosed after the Hidden Cloud Village crisis was resolved.
• Sasuke and Boruto returned to their own time-space and confirmed that Konoha’s timeline had not greatly diverged.
• Sasuke left to report their journey to Naruto, while Boruto put away Karasuki and ran home with his Flying Raijin Kunai.

Boruto returned from the past and told Hinata and Himawari about his journey, then demonstrated the Flying Raijin Technique he had learned from young Naruto. Meanwhile, Naruto began testing his incomplete Power of Yang, discovering that it could repair damaged tissue and restore vitality to dying cells but could not revive something fully withered.

• Boruto returned home, reassured Hinata and Himawari, and recounted his journey to the past and his encounters with young Naruto, Jiraiya, and others.
• Boruto demonstrated the Flying Raijin Technique to Himawari and explained that young Naruto had taught it to him.
• Sasuke told adult Naruto about the parallel time and space, including young Naruto’s Light Release and victory over Urashiki, and Naruto hoped to meet him someday.
• Naruto returned to his Training Room and tested his incomplete Power of Yang on a withered leaf, briefly healing some of its damaged tissue.
• Naruto cut his finger with a kunai to test the Power of Yang on his own wound.

Naruto tested the healing power of Yang and learned to cast mastered Ninjutsu without hand seals. The next morning, Tsunade assigned him to lead Konoha’s response to a Hidden Cloud force entering the Fire Country border region.

• Naruto used the Power of Yang to restore a wound and concluded that it could rapidly heal damaged living beings.
• Naruto used Zetsu's Absolute Control to cast several mastered techniques without hand seals, including Shadow Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and Fire Release: Flame Bullet.
• Naruto spent a quiet evening at home before an ANBU summoned him to Tsunade's office the next morning.
• Naruto told Shikamaru and the others that Bloodline Atavism had changed his appearance, and they accepted his explanation without pressing him.
• Tsunade assigned Naruto to lead the confrontation with Killer B’s Hidden Cloud force, with Kakashi, Shikamaru, Might Guy, and twenty ANBU accompanying him.
• After Kakashi, Might Guy, and Shikamaru left to prepare, Tsunade and Jiraiya remained with Naruto in the office.

Naruto set out with Kakashi, Might Guy, Shikamaru, and twenty ANBU to negotiate with Hidden Cloud Village and confront its forces if talks failed. As they traveled toward the border, Naruto discussed his growth and recent bloodline changes with his companions, and Might Guy offered to teach him the Steel Fist Style.

• Tsunade told Naruto to take the Raikage's arm and the compensation terms to Hidden Cloud Village, negotiate an exchange, and demonstrate Konoha's strength if talks failed.
• Naruto joined Kakashi, Might Guy, Shikamaru, and twenty ANBU at Konoha Gate, and they headed toward the Fire Country border.
• Shikamaru explained that Tsunade had personally requested him for the mission, while Kakashi reflected on Naruto's rapid growth and their early training in the Land of Waves.
• Naruto credited Kakashi's lessons in tree climbing and water walking with teaching him basic Chakra control and shaping his path as a ninja.
• Naruto told Shikamaru that his hair had turned black during training and that his Chakra reserves and vitality had increased.
• Might Guy praised Naruto's physical changes and offered to teach him the Steel Fist Style.

Naruto led Konoha’s forces to a tense border standoff with Hidden Cloud Village after the capture of the Fourth Raikage. As the Shinobi World watched for war, Akatsuki and Ōnoki considered what the crisis revealed and how they might respond.

• Naruto discussed Might Guy’s Steel Fist Style on the journey to the border, where Konoha’s scouts reported that around two hundred Cloud Shinobi led by Killer B had camped nearby.
• Naruto led Kakashi, Might Guy, Shikamaru, and twenty ANBU to face the Hidden Cloud force, while Shikamaru identified likely blockade lines and an ambush position.
• News of the Raikage’s capture and the Konoha–Hidden Cloud standoff spread across the Shinobi World.
• During an Akatsuki meeting, White Zetsu described the Raikage’s failed raid and reported strange Chakra residue on an uninhabited southern island; Deva Path Pain ordered continued monitoring.
• Ōnoki considered the conflict a possible opportunity for Iwagakure and told Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi to observe the border without acting rashly.

Mei Terumi and Gaara considered reports of Konoha’s strength as Kumogakure faced Konoha at the Fire Country border. Naruto returned the Raikage’s severed arm and demanded reparations and secret techniques, then walked away after Killer B questioned whether Konoha feared war.

• Mei Terumi decided Kirigakure would stay out of the Konoha–Kumogakure dispute and said the village would be more cautious with Konoha.
• Gaara read the report on the standoff and looked out over Sunagakure.
• Killer B arrived at the front of Kumogakure’s forces, and Naruto brought him the scroll containing the Raikage’s severed arm.
• Killer B opened the scroll and, after the Eight-Tails calmed him, handed the arm to a Cloud Shinobi for safekeeping.
• Naruto demanded reparations and Kumogakure’s secret techniques in exchange for the Raikage, threatening to kill him if Kumogakure chose war.
• Killer B asked whether Konoha feared war, and Naruto turned away without answering.

Naruto and Killer B negotiated the terms of a duel, with the Heavenly Transfer Technique and Lightning Release Chakra Mode at stake. After the compensation arrived and both armies withdrew, Naruto and Killer B began fighting.

• Killer B accepted Konoha's terms but tried to bargain over the two secret arts.
• The Eight-Tails advised Killer B to wager one of its tails on a battle, and Naruto agreed to that condition.
• Killer B agreed that Naruto would be his opponent, and the Cloud forces sent the compensation scroll through the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Killer B ordered his troops to retreat while Kakashi, Might Guy, and the Konoha forces withdrew from the battlefield.
• Killer B attacked Naruto with his Eight Swords Style, and Naruto countered by throwing a Wind-Nature Chakra-coated Kunai and invoking Shadow Clone Shuriken.