Chapter Summaries

Naruto settled Jiraiya’s old agreement with Nadeshiko Village by defeating Nadeshiko Shizuka and refusing to marry into the village. Afterward, Natsuhi of Hidden Star Village asked him to help stop Akahoshi from forcing young ninja to train with the dangerous Star.

• Tokiwa explained that Jiraiya’s old agreement required his disciple to fight Nadeshiko Shizuka and marry into Nadeshiko Village if he lost.
• Naruto agreed to face Nadeshiko Shizuka but said he would not marry into any village.
• Naruto shattered Shizuka’s Ancient Clear Sky Fist with one punch and knocked her unconscious with a precise strike.
• Tokiwa accepted the agreement had ended and left with the unconscious Shizuka.
• Naruto called out a Hidden Star Village ninja who had watched the fight, and she introduced herself as Natsuhi.
• Natsuhi told Naruto that Akahoshi was forcing young ninja to train with the radioactive Star and asked him to help Hidden Star Village.

Natsuhi asked Naruto to help steal the star from the Hidden Star Village because its radiation was harming the village’s young ninja. Naruto and Jiraiya reached the shrine, where Naruto confronted Akahoshi and demanded that he hand over the star.

• Natsuhi asked Naruto to steal the star, and Naruto agreed to handle it while Jiraiya explained that the village lay along their route to Bear Country.
• Natsuhi flew toward the Hidden Star Village with her Mysterious Peacock Method wings while Naruto carried Jiraiya through the air beside her.
• Natsuhi told Naruto that Akahoshi had locked the star in the shrine and was still forcing young ninja to train near it.
• Naruto passed the shrine guards, kicked open the doors, and sensed that the star’s Chakra radiation had damaged the young ninja around it.
• Akahoshi defended the star as the village’s means of survival and sent four Jōnin after Naruto, who knocked them unconscious with Chakra shockwaves.

Naruto defeated Akahoshi, sealed the star, and helped Natsuhi reunite with Smile as she revealed the star’s deadly effects to the villagers. In Fang Country, Jiraiya secured the daimyō’s agreement to make peace with Claw Country, then left the mansion with Naruto.

• Naruto defeated Akahoshi and sealed the star in a scroll.
• Natsuhi told the villagers that the star’s radiation had sickened and killed people, and exposed Akahoshi’s efforts to hide the damage.
• Smile recognized Natsuhi as his mother, and they reunited after ten years apart.
• Natsuhi gave the sealed star back to Naruto, who urged her to care for Smile.
• The daimyō of Fang Country recognized Jiraiya as the author of Make-Out Paradise and ordered a peace agreement with Claw Country.
• Jiraiya left the mansion with the daimyō, then dropped his drunken act after they departed the capital.

Naruto and Jiraiya encountered Obito and Black and White Zetsu on the road to Mount Myoboku, and Jiraiya fought the Zetsu while Naruto faced Obito. Naruto exploited the timing of Obito’s intangibility to attack at close range, but his blades continued to pass through Obito as the fight escalated.

• Jiraiya warned Naruto about the Hidden Star’s damage, and Naruto said he wanted to study its unusual energy.
• As Jiraiya prepared to summon Naruto to Mount Myoboku, Obito and Black and White Zetsu appeared through a space-time vortex.
• Naruto attacked Obito with Flying Raijin Kunai and Shadow Clone Shuriken, but Obito let the weapons pass through his intangible body.
• Jiraiya recognized Obito’s space-time ability and charged at Black and White Zetsu with a Fire Release attack.
• Naruto appeared beside a Flying Raijin Kunai in midair and repeatedly slashed at Obito, but every strike passed through him.

Naruto outlasted Obito’s Intangibility and landed a series of devastating attacks, even tearing out his Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito survived by using Izanagi and escaped through Kamui, leaving Naruto to identify Black Zetsu as the greater threat.

• Obito taunted Naruto about the Fourth Hokage and Kushina, but Naruto kept attacking to force Obito to maintain Intangibility until its five-minute limit ran out.
• Obito dropped Intangibility to block Naruto’s kunai, allowing Naruto to hit him with a Lightspeed Kick and send him crashing through the forest.
• Obito escaped Naruto’s follow-up kick, then launched Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, which Naruto countered with a Radiation Ray.
• Naruto appeared beside Obito without a Flying Thunder God mark, tore out his Mangekyō Sharingan, and struck him with another Lightspeed Kick.
• Obito used Izanagi to undo his apparent defeat and escaped into Kamui’s alternate dimension, while Naruto chose not to pursue him.
• Naruto concluded that Black Zetsu, rather than Obito, was the real trouble.

Naruto and Jiraiya escaped the Akatsuki and arrived at Mount Myoboku, where Fukasaku and Shima agreed to train Naruto in Sage Mode. They brought him to meet the Great Toad Sage, who recognized him as Minato's child.

• Naruto reached Jiraiya's battlefield, but Black Zetsu had escaped with White Zetsu by sinking into the ground.
• Jiraiya summoned a messenger toad and had Fukasaku use the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring him and Naruto to Mount Myoboku.
• Fukasaku and Shima recognized Naruto as Minato's son and agreed to teach him Sage Mode despite the danger of Natural Energy.
• Fukasaku and Shima took Naruto and Jiraiya to meet the Great Toad Sage, who initially failed to recognize Jiraiya.
• The Great Toad Sage remembered Minato and called Naruto closer.

The Great Toad Sage’s prophecy identified Naruto as the young man who would unite the Shinobi World and bring peace, confirming Jiraiya’s search for the Child of the Prophecy. Fukasaku began Naruto’s Sage Mode training, and Naruto sensed Natural Energy entering his body through oil from the Oil Spring.

• The Great Toad Sage dreamed of a black-haired young man leading the Five Great Nations toward peace, and Jiraiya realized the prophecy referred to Naruto.
• Naruto told the toads that bringing peace to the Shinobi World was his own goal.
• Fukasaku agreed to guide Naruto’s Sage Mode training, while Jiraiya fled after Shima offered to cook dinner.
• Naruto and Fukasaku passed Gamabunta and went to a valley filled with stone statues of failed Sage Mode practitioners.
• Fukasaku applied Oil Spring oil to Naruto’s hand, and Naruto sensed wild Natural Energy spreading through his Chakra pathways as his skin began to change.

Naruto mastered Sage Mode by absorbing Mount Myoboku’s Natural Energy without transforming into a toad. He demonstrated his new power to Fukasaku, who realized Naruto had reached the legendary level of the Sage of Six Paths.

• Naruto reversed the toad transformation on his hand through precise Chakra control and explained that he had begun absorbing Natural Energy himself.
• Naruto plunged into the crude oil spring and absorbed a massive amount of Natural Energy without losing control or showing signs of toad transformation.
• Fukasaku recognized Naruto’s extraordinary compatibility with Natural Energy and recalled that the Sage of Six Paths had displayed the same ability.
• Naruto activated Sage Mode, shattered a stone toad statue with physical strength, and destroyed another with a Radiation Ray.
• Fukasaku confirmed that Naruto had attained Perfect Sage Mode without any beast-like characteristics.

Naruto mastered Sage Mode at Mount Myoboku and began training to improve its use, then enjoyed Shima’s insect feast with Fukasaku. In a cave, Obito and Black Zetsu planned to target other Tailed Beasts first and recruit Orochimaru, while Obito suspected Black Zetsu wanted to use Impure World Reincarnation on Madara Uchiha.

• Naruto showed Kurama Senjutsu Chakra and left the Sealing Space after telling him how to learn Sage Mode.
• Naruto thanked Fukasaku for helping him sense Natural Energy, then asked him to train him in Sage Mode’s techniques, duration, and stability.
• Naruto joined Fukasaku and Shima for an insect feast and praised the food, delighting them.
• Obito escaped to a cave after Naruto defeated him and took his eye, and Black Zetsu agreed that Naruto had become a major threat.
• Obito decided to capture the other isolated Tailed Beasts before pursuing the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails, and he declined to inform Nagato.
• Black Zetsu proposed recruiting Orochimaru for his Impure World Reincarnation technique, and Obito questioned whether it intended to revive Madara Uchiha.

Naruto rapidly mastered Sage Mode techniques at Mount Myoboku while Kurama helped refine Senjutsu Chakra, which Naruto used to accelerate the evolution of his Mangekyō Sharingan toward the Rinnegan. After training, he reunited with Jiraiya over Shima’s insect feast and revealed how quickly he had learned.

• Fukasaku trained Naruto in Frog Kumite, long-range Chakra sensing, and danger sensing, then sparred with him and praised his strength.
• Naruto mastered Sage Mode techniques in two days and trained on a narrow board high above the mountain while Kurama practiced gathering Natural Energy inside the Sealing Space.
• Naruto discovered that Senjutsu Chakra nourished the Incomplete Power of Yang and used Senjutsu Chakra to help the Power of Yin and Asura Chakra converge in his Mangekyō Sharingan, beginning its evolution toward the Rinnegan.
• Fukasaku called Naruto down to eat, where Naruto found Jiraiya and told him he had learned most of Sage Mode.
• Fukasaku compared Naruto’s rapid progress with Jiraiya’s difficult training, and Jiraiya asked Naruto how he could enjoy eating insects.

Naruto told Fukasaku and Shima that Kurama could help him maintain Sage Mode, so he had no need to train in Combined Sage Mode. After studying Tsunade’s medical ninjutsu scroll, he formed the Yin Seal and began learning Monster Strength.

• Naruto explained that Mount Myoboku’s insects were nutritious, then asked Jiraiya about his new Make-Out Paradise volume.
• Fukasaku proposed teaching Naruto Combined Sage Mode, but Naruto demonstrated Kurama Mode and said Kurama could refine Senjutsu Chakra for him in the Sealing Space.
• Fukasaku accepted that Naruto could skip Combined Sage Mode training, and Shima offered to prepare his meals while he continued training.
• Naruto studied Tsunade’s scroll and decided the Yin Seal’s ability to preserve cellular vitality could benefit Hinata and the others.
• Naruto constructed the Yin Seal at his brow, concealed its mark with Absolute Control, and turned to the training method for Monster Strength.

Naruto mastered Monster Strength, absorbed Hashirama Cells, and gained Wood Release and all seven Chakra natures. When he fused Light Release Chakra with the Power of Yang, the resulting energy began devouring his Chakra and reached into the Sealing Space.

• Naruto used Absolute Control to master Monster Strength and shattered a stone toad statue with one punch.
• Naruto sent three hundred Shadow Clones to train in medical ninjutsu, the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Naruto implanted Hashirama Cells, controlled their energy, and merged their Wood Release and Sage Body genetic sequences and their Power of Yang into his own.
• Naruto gained Wood Release, increased his Chakra reserves to over one thousand units without the Nine-Tails, and completed his access to all seven Chakra natures.
• Naruto isolated himself and fused Light Release Chakra with the Power of Yang, but the new energy consumed his Chakra and began reaching into the Sealing Space.

Naruto’s fusion experiment drained Kurama and nearly all the Natural Energy from Mount Myoboku as a golden energy sphere formed inside him. After the vortex subsided, Naruto examined the sphere and realized something about its power.

• Naruto forced Kurama to absorb Natural Energy while he plunged into the Toad Oil Spring and fed its energy into his unstable fusion.
• Gamabunta, Gamaken, Gamahiro, Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima gathered as a vortex drained Natural Energy from Mount Myoboku, while the Great Toad Sage watched without concern.
• Naruto’s Light Release Chakra and Power of Yang began fusing into a new energy, awakening Urashiki in the Karma Space.
• By the next day, Shima discovered that Naruto had drained Mount Myoboku’s Natural Energy and would leave it recovering for at least two years.
• Naruto apologized to the exhausted Kurama, then entered the golden sphere’s core and realized something about the new energy.

Naruto explained that Natural Energy had changed his Light Release, then demonstrated his new Nuclear Fusion Shockwave at Mount Myoboku. The attack erased a vast stretch of forest, leaving Jiraiya and the toads stunned by Naruto’s power.

• Naruto apologized to Sage Fukasaku for draining Mount Myoboku’s Natural Energy and said it had changed his Light Release.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto to demonstrate his new ability, and Fukasaku led the group to the uninhabited Pointed Mountain Range.
• Naruto dispelled three hundred Shadow Clones, absorbed their training memories, and gathered a golden sphere of energy in his palm.
• Naruto fired the Nuclear Fusion Shockwave, which erased the forest and left a massive, glassy ravine nearly ten kilometers long.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, Shima, and the returning toads were stunned by the destruction, while Naruto estimated that using all his energy would make the attack at least ten times stronger.

Naruto studied the miniature sun created by fusing Light Release and the Power of Yang, then used Divine Emperor Creation to turn its energy into Chakra. After restoring Kurama and confirming the sun could provide effectively limitless Chakra, Naruto resumed his training.

• Naruto left Jiraiya to repair the massive trench and went to study the miniature sun inside his body.
• Naruto used Divine Emperor Creation to convert the sun's fusion energy into Chakra and concluded he could produce it indefinitely.
• Naruto replenished Kurama's drained Chakra, and Kurama asked what he had created.
• Naruto explained that the miniature sun generated energy he could convert into Chakra, and Kurama realized Naruto no longer needed its reserves.
• Naruto spent half a day restoring Kurama, then created three hundred Shadow Clones to continue training.
• Naruto activated Divine Emperor Creation at full power and began converting the miniature sun's energy into Chakra in three parts.

After three months of training on Mount Myoboku, Naruto mastered several techniques enhanced by Heavenly Constant Stand and advanced his Yin and Yang powers and Sharingan. He and Jiraiya returned to Konoha, where Naruto confirmed Karin and Hinata were safe and began cooking.

• Naruto watched two Shadow Clones finish a Lightning Release spar and absorbed their training results and combat experience.
• Naruto reviewed his progress, including mastering Medical Ninjutsu, the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while his eye and palm powers neared completion.
• Naruto and Jiraiya shared a farewell insect feast with Fukasaku and Shima before Jiraiya used the Reverse Summoning Technique to take them back to Konoha.
• Naruto used the Flying Raijin Technique to bring himself and Jiraiya to his villa, then checked its barriers and confirmed Karin and Hinata were safe with Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Jiraiya headed to the Hokage Building to report to Tsunade while Naruto bought ingredients and began cooking at the villa.
• Two figures crossed the street and pushed open Naruto's villa door as food cooked in the kitchen.

After returning from three months of training, Naruto reunited with Karin, Hinata, and Ino before telling Tsunade that he was ready to start taking part in Hokage affairs. Tsunade agreed to prepare him to inherit the position, but hesitated when Naruto asked her for ninjutsu.

• Naruto welcomed Karin and Hinata home, and they joined him for dinner with Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Ino arrived with flowers, joined the meal, and asked Naruto about his training alongside Karin and Hinata.
• Tsunade questioned Naruto about draining Mount Myoboku's Natural Energy and learned that he had mastered most of her Medical Ninjutsu, including Monster Strength and the Yin Seal.
• Naruto told Tsunade and Jiraiya that he would continue training while beginning to involve himself in Hokage affairs.
• Tsunade agreed to teach Naruto how Konoha's departments and clan representatives worked, then formally hand over the Hokage position once he was ready.
• Naruto asked Tsunade for ninjutsu, and she warned him that the Scroll of Seals' forbidden techniques required enormous contributions to the village.

Naruto revealed that he had awakened Wood Release, and Tsunade gave him Hashirama’s techniques and began training him in Hokage duties. As Naruto took on greater responsibilities in Konoha, Might Guy arranged a taijutsu sparring session with him for the next morning.

• Naruto showed Tsunade and Jiraiya that he had awakened Wood Release and asked for Hashirama’s Wood Release techniques.
• Tsunade brought Naruto a Sealing Scroll containing Hashirama’s Wood Release Ninjutsu and insights on combining Wood Release with Natural Energy.
• Tsunade toured Naruto through the Hokage Building, granted him archive access equal to the Hokage’s, and taught him to handle daily Hokage affairs.
• Hyuga Hiashi convened a clan meeting about Naruto’s growing involvement in Hokage affairs, while Inuzuka Tsume and Shibi Aburame reacted to his likely succession.
• Might Guy visited the Hokage Office with Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji, then scheduled a taijutsu sparring session with Naruto for the next morning.

Naruto trained in taijutsu with Guy, quickly mastering the Steel Fist Style basics and defeating Rock Lee and Neji in sparring. After Guy and the others left, Naruto told Neji he had begun involving himself in Hokage affairs and would soon fulfill his promise about the Hyuga Clan, prompting Neji to ask why he would interfere in the Main House and Branch House conflict.

• Naruto arrived at the training ground, where Guy taught him the Steel Fist Style and watched him master its basic techniques with remarkable speed.
• Naruto sparred with Rock Lee and defeated him while holding back, using techniques Guy had just taught him.
• Naruto sparred with Neji, evaded his Gentle Fist attacks, and tapped the back of his neck to win.
• Guy began arranging weighted sprint training, but Naruto asked to speak with Neji alone, so Guy, Rock Lee, and Tenten left.
• Naruto told Neji he had begun getting involved in Hokage affairs and would soon fulfill his promise about the Hyuga Clan.
• Neji asked Naruto why he wanted to interfere in the Main House and Branch House conflict when doing so would not help him become Hokage.

Naruto promised Neji that Konoha’s Main House and Branch House system would change, then offered to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal. After putting Neji to sleep and studying the seal, Naruto used Neji’s blood to awaken the Byakugan in himself, leaving Neji’s seal still intact.

• Naruto examined Neji’s Caged Bird Seal and said he could find a way to undo it through Sealing Techniques.
• Neji chose to trust Naruto and asked him to remove the seal, so Naruto took him to the Training Room of Naruto’s Villa.
• Naruto put Neji into a deep coma and scanned the Caged Bird formula with Absolute Control.
• Naruto studied Neji’s blood, fused Byakugan-related genetic segments into his own body, and gained one hundred additional Chakra cards.
• Naruto activated his new Byakugan and saw through the objects in the Training Room.