Chapter Summaries

Naruto used Time Reversal to restore his Chakra Mode and anticipate Isshiki’s attacks, steadily overpowering him. Isshiki unleashed Daikokuten cubes, but Naruto redirected them with space-time techniques, leaving Isshiki strained and still under pressure.

• Naruto used Time Reversal to undo Sukunahikona’s shrinking and launched a precise barrage that drove Isshiki into the sea.
• Naruto anticipated Isshiki’s Black Receivers and repeatedly struck his blind spots, breaking his ribs and gaining the advantage.
• Naruto slammed Isshiki into the seabed with a massive golden Chakra hand and prepared to finish him.
• Isshiki emerged bloodied and summoned enormous Daikokuten cubes to crush Naruto.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder and Yomotsu Hirasaka to redirect the cubes toward Isshiki, forcing him to shrink them repeatedly and expend ocular power.

Naruto deliberately let Isshiki escape so he could follow him to the Ten-Tails, then fought him again in the hidden dimension. Naruto overwhelmed Isshiki, but Isshiki narrowly dodged a fatal strike as the battle continued.

• Isshiki retreated from Naruto, who used Intangibility to evade his attacks and collected the Daikokuten cubes for the Wushi World.
• Isshiki reached the hidden dimension, drained the Ten-Tails' Chakra to heal himself, and recognized that his body had less than forty-eight hours to live.
• Naruto followed Isshiki to the Ten-Tails and admitted he had let Isshiki escape so he could find it.
• Naruto used World Inscription to activate five layers of power, and his abilities resisted Isshiki's Sukunahikona.
• Naruto and Isshiki clashed as Naruto attacked with Limbo Shadows, Flying Swords, and Shadow Clones, trapping Isshiki under a barrage of attacks.
• Naruto used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send three Flying Swords at Isshiki, who blocked them with Black Receivers before shrinking to evade the fatal blow.

Naruto captured Isshiki and claimed the Ten-Tails by resonating with its Rinnegan before bringing it into Wushi World. There, he reunited it with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and offered Isshiki a chance to place Karma on him.

• Naruto pinned Isshiki with nine Truth-Seeking Orb Swords and swallowed him into Wushi World.
• Naruto calmed the Ten-Tails through their matching Rinnegan and made it his own before taking it into Wushi World.
• Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and Eight-Tails recoiled at the arrival of another Ten-Tails.
• Naruto led the Ten-Tails to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the two began communicating through Naruto's Rinnegan.
• Naruto revived Isshiki and offered to let him carve Karma onto Naruto, tempting Isshiki with the possibility of resurrection.

Naruto outmaneuvered Isshiki, took his eyes, and fed him to the Ten-Tails, which evolved into a God Tree in the Wushi World. Naruto then brought a star out from within himself, illuminating the world and raising its temperature.

• Isshiki nearly implanted Karma in Naruto before realizing Naruto had used genjutsu to magnify his desperation and greed.
• Naruto immobilized Isshiki, removed his eyes, and fed his body to the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails absorbed Isshiki and evolved, transforming into a God Tree whose roots spread throughout the Wushi World.
• Naruto separated a star from within himself, brightening the Wushi World and causing its temperature to soar.

Naruto established a self-sustaining world in Wushi World and gained Isshiki’s divine techniques by devouring his eyes. After searching Isshiki’s ruined dimension for clues about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Naruto found nothing and prepared to return.

• Naruto raised a star over Wushi World, helping the God Tree grow and begin condensing a Chakra Fruit.
• Naruto checked on the White Zetsu, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the captive Two-Tails and Eight-Tails before leaving Wushi World.
• Naruto devoured Isshiki’s Black Eye, gaining Sukunahikona and Daikokuten, and stored more than ten thousand shrunken Black Receivers in Daikokuten’s dimension.
• Naruto devoured Isshiki’s Byakugan, greatly enhancing his own Byakugan and deciding it might be pure enough to awaken the Tenseigan.
• Naruto searched the ruins of Isshiki’s dimension for Ōtsutsuki clues but found nothing and decided to return.

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.