Recaps

Naruto confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi in the camp, exposing his alleged betrayal and declaring that strength mattered more than politics or the daimyō. After the ninja clans restrained the Sarutobi forces, Naruto trapped Hiruzen with Planetary Devastation.

• Naruto threw Shinnosuke's head into Hiruzen Sarutobi's tent and presented the captured Hanzō as proof of Shinnosuke's betrayal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi killed Hanzō, then defended himself against Naruto's accusations and summoned the Monkey Demon King to block Susanoo.
• Naruto's allies revealed that the ninja clans had restrained the Sarutobi Clan after Raijin Yamanaka uncovered Shinnosuke's memories.
• Naruto condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi and the daimyō, then used a black hole's force to lift Hiruzen into the air.
• Naruto activated Planetary Devastation, drawing ruins and rocks toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Naruto ordered Konoha’s ninja to attack every nation’s daimyo residences and declared his intention to unify the ninja world. After Orochimaru exposed the Sarutobi Clan’s role in experiments on the Senju, Naruto arrived at the Land of Fire’s Daimyo’s Residence and confronted the daimyo, where Jikaku attacked him.

• Naruto ordered Konoha’s ninja to attack the daimyo residences of every nation and said they should first target the Land of Earth’s daimyo.
• Orochimaru revealed that Root held Senju corpses and evidence of experiments into Hashirama Cells and Wood Release, prompting Tsunade to turn against Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi Clan.
• Jiraiya left the camp in disbelief, while Hatake Sakumo ordered Konoha’s ninja to kill the Sarutobi Clan elites at the front lines.
• Sunagakure’s forces routed the Land of Fire’s army and occupied its territory as the daimyo angrily demanded that the Fourth Hokage reclaim the lost land.
• Naruto broke into the Daimyo’s Residence and declared that the daimyo should die, but Jikaku and a group of samurai charged in and attacked him.

Naruto killed the daimyo of the Land of Fire and forced his ministers to accept his takeover of its military and political affairs. After learning that Naruto had destroyed Iwagakure, the Third Kazekage rushed to the front line, where he was told Naruto had arrived.

• Naruto drained Jikaku's chakra attack, crushed the Guardian Shinobi with a wooden hand, and killed the daimyo with an earthen spear.
• Naruto ordered the ministers to cooperate with his takeover of the Land of Fire and left them in fear.
• After hearing that Iwagakure had been destroyed, the Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure's forces to prepare for Naruto's arrival and headed to the front line.
• At Kikyo Mountain, the Third Kazekage told Chiyo and Ebizo about Iwagakure's destruction, and they feared Naruto's power.
• A messenger rushed into the tent and announced that Uzumaki Naruto had arrived.

Naruto defeated the Third Kazekage and demanded that Sunagakure disband and join Konoha. Before the Kazekage and his allies could answer, Shukaku broke loose in the village and attacked.

• Naruto used Susanoo, Shinra Tensei, and a Wind Release Rasenshuriken to overwhelm and badly wound the Third Kazekage.
• Chiyo tried to rescue the Kazekage and attacked Naruto with her puppets, but Susanoo crushed the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
• Naruto ordered the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo to disband Sunagakure and join Konoha.
• Shukaku emerged from the camp after the old monk died and fired an Air Drill Bullet at them.

Naruto and Kurama defeated Shukaku and began sealing its chakra into Susanoo, advancing Naruto’s plan to create an Ultimate Susanoo. As Naruto considered how to gather the other Tailed Beasts, he realized Black Zetsu had been deceiving him from the beginning.

• Shukaku attacked Naruto, but Kurama appeared and destroyed its Air Drill Bullet with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo surrendered, and Naruto ordered them to return to Sunagakure while Konoha moved against the Land of Wind daimyo.
• Naruto armored Kurama with Susanoo and struck Shukaku before sealing its chakra through the Susanoo Blade.
• Naruto recognized that the Rinnegan could let him seal Tailed Beasts directly into his body and use their chakra to pursue Six Paths power.
• Naruto recalled Black Zetsu's role in the Fourth Shinobi World War and realized it had been setting traps for him.

Naruto realized Black Zetsu had been cooperating to make him the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki so he could use the God Tree to revive Kaguya, and he decided to bypass the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. After sealing Shukaku and securing Sunagakure’s surrender, Naruto displayed his Magnet Release and flew away in a sand-dragon carriage.

• Naruto concluded that Black Zetsu had been pretending to accept his lies while waiting for a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki he could control.
• Naruto decided to take Sasuke to the Mirror Space and gather the Tailed Beasts’ chakra without relying on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Naruto felt Shukaku’s power inside himself and resolved to capture the remaining eight Tailed Beasts.
• The Third Kazekage arrived at Sunagakure’s ruined camp, where Naruto had sealed Shukaku and Bunpuku had died, and offered to disband Sunagakure.
• Naruto accepted the Third Kazekage’s surrender, demonstrated his Magnet Release by shaping a sand-dragon carriage, and flew away.

Naruto confronted the Third Raikage and several thousand Hidden Cloud shinobi, declaring that the Land of Earth had become Konoha territory and warning that other nations would follow. He prepared to challenge the Third Raikage directly with taijutsu, opening the Seventh Gate as the battle began.

• Naruto landed before the Hidden Cloud shinobi and told the Third Raikage that Iwagakure belonged to Konoha and the Land of Fire was gone.
• Naruto said Konoha would take the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and eventually the other nations, and suggested the Land of Lightning's daimyo might already be dead.
• The Third Raikage accused Naruto of attacking the daimyo and demanded that the ambushers reveal themselves.
• Naruto created thousands of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shadow clones, alarming the Hidden Cloud shinobi.
• The Third Raikage activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Naruto removed his weighted clothing and declared he would fight him with his body.
• Naruto announced the Seventh Gate technique, Granny Li Knocks on the Door, and opened it.

Naruto used the Seventh Gate against the Third Raikage and discovered that Yang Release Chakra could repair the damage caused by the Eight Gates Released Formation. He unleashed Evening Elephant: One Foot and charged at the Third Raikage.

• Naruto reflected on how the Eight Gates Released Formation released a user's stored chakra and caused greater backlash in people with larger reserves.
• Naruto compared the Eight Gates to Goku's Kaio-ken and decided the technique could remain powerful as he grew stronger.
• Naruto tested the Eight Gates against the Third Raikage and found that Yang Release Chakra could keep pace with the damage to his body.
• Naruto unleashed Evening Elephant: One Foot and charged toward the Third Raikage.

Naruto overwhelmed the Hidden Cloud Village army with Shadow Clones and Wood Release Clones while fighting the Third Raikage. After the Raikage fled from Naruto’s Night Guy, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Formula to pursue him.

• Naruto unleashed Even Elephant: One Leg and clashed with the Third Raikage, while his Shadow Clones broke through the Hidden Cloud Village’s defenses with Ultra Big Ball Rasengan.
• Nekomata, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, destroyed dozens of Shadow Clones with Mouse Tail Ball Jade.
• Naruto’s Wood Release Clones revealed themselves and summoned dozens of Susanoo, crushing the Hidden Cloud Village’s army formation.
• The Third Raikage abandoned his fight with Naruto to pierce a Susanoo, but Naruto appeared beside him and prepared a green chakra dragon.
• The Third Raikage sprinted away to evade Naruto’s attack, but Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Formula and Night Guy.

Naruto defeated the Third Raikage, extracted Matatabi from the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and revived both the Raikage and the Jinchuriki using White Zetsu. After Naruto threatened to destroy the Hidden Cloud Village unless it submitted, the Third Raikage surrendered.

• Naruto used Night Guy to overwhelm the Third Raikage's One-Finger Nukite and Lightning Release Chakra Armor, then demanded that the Hidden Cloud Village submit or die.
• Naruto used Adamantine Sealing Chains to pull Matatabi from the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and absorbed the beast's chakra.
• Naruto repaired the Third Raikage's body with Yang Release Chakra and made a White Zetsu revive him with One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Naruto told the revived Third Raikage that he wanted to unite the Ninja World and recruit him and the Land of Lightning's daimyo to govern it.
• The Third Raikage saw that the Hidden Cloud Village would not resist Naruto and knelt, declaring that the village surrendered.

Naruto consolidated the Ninja World into the Land of Akatsuki while refusing Kirigakure’s surrender so it could serve as an external enemy. After Mito died, Naruto captured the Nine-Tails’ chakra and began fusing it with the other Tailed Beasts’ power, awakening a crimson Tomoe Rinnegan.

• Naruto’s regime abolished the daimyo system, merged the major and smaller nations into the Land of Akatsuki, and reassigned shinobi to government security forces.
• Naruto refused Kirigakure’s surrender, explaining to the Third Raikage that the new nation needed an external enemy to prevent internal conflict.
• A Hyuga shinobi reported that Naruto had found the place he was seeking, and Naruto ordered guards to keep everyone out.
• Naruto visited Mito, who agreed to settle her affairs before he extracted the Nine-Tails and departed to test his hypotheses.
• Mito arranged matters for the Senju and Uzumaki, said farewell to Tsunade and the gathered clan heads, and died peacefully.
• Naruto bound the escaping Nine-Tails’ chakra, causing the power of all nine Tailed Beasts within him to converge and awaken a crimson Tomoe Rinnegan.

After discovering that his fused Tailed Beast chakra had awakened a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and Yomotsu Hirasaka, Naruto traveled through a lunar teleportation array. He confronted Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s descendants on the moon and attacked them when they rejected him.

• Naruto tested his new Rinnegan Chakra Mode and realized his power was still growing as he slowly fused the nine Tailed Beasts’ chakra.
• Naruto attended Mito’s funeral, comforted Tsunade, and then set out to reach the moon.
• Naruto used the glowing lake beneath a waterfall to travel from Earth to the moon, where he dispelled genjutsu traps and destroyed a summoned crab.
• A lunar general demanded to know why Naruto had come and declared that Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s descendants did not welcome Hagoromo’s lineage.
• Naruto said they would have to make a sacrifice for world peace and blasted the assembled defenders away with Shinra Tensei.

Naruto captured Hamura’s main family to obtain their Byakugan, then returned from the Dragon Vein world to the Main World with Sasuke and Orochimaru. Sasuke woke up, accused Naruto of hitting on his mother, and grabbed him by the collar.

• Naruto revealed that he wanted the Tenseigan and trapped Hamura’s main family in a giant God Tree, absorbing their Byakugan.
• Naruto returned to Rōran, gave Sara Katsuyu’s summoning scroll, helped her complete the contract, and agreed to meet her when she came of age.
• Naruto traveled through the Dragon Vein and realized its space could potentially be conquered and refined into his own world.
• Naruto returned to the Main World with Sasuke and Orochimaru, confirming that the Dragon Vein’s Flying Thunder God mark determined their return location.
• Sasuke woke up, grabbed Naruto by the collar, and accused him of hitting on his mother.

Naruto learned that Sasuke had not awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and returned from the Rōran Ruins as Obito offered Sasuke an ideal world. Black Zetsu reported that Konoha had reappeared under Danzo and called a Four Kage Summit against Akatsuki Village, and Naruto set out to attend as Black Zetsu noticed Naruto’s Rinnegan.

• Naruto realized Black Zetsu’s plan to provoke Sasuke into awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan had failed, and Sasuke admitted he did not know what the Mangekyō was.
• Black Zetsu emerged to check on Naruto after sensing the White Zetsu attached to him had died, and Naruto left the Rōran Ruins with him.
• Obito appeared before Sasuke and Orochimaru and offered to show Sasuke the ideal world he could create.
• Black Zetsu told Naruto that Akatsuki had captured six Tailed Beasts and that Konoha had reappeared to stop the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning from advancing through the Land of Fire.
• Black Zetsu explained that Danzo had convened a Four Kage Summit to unite the Ninja World against Akatsuki Village, and Naruto asked to be taken there.
• Black Zetsu saw Naruto’s eyes and realized that Naruto had awakened the Rinnegan.

The Five Kage gathered at Danzo’s summit to discuss Akatsuki Village, but their competing interests and contempt for Danzo prevented them from agreeing. Danzo revealed that Sunagakure had been destroyed by a force wielding Wood Release, leaving the Kage shocked and Ōnoki recognizing the power.

• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and the Fourth Raikage prepared to attend the Five Kage Summit while the Raikage waited for news of Samui’s team and vowed to oppose Akatsuki Village.
• Danzo persuaded the Land of Fire’s Daimyo that the other villages would join him, then assigned Root ninja to secure the summit.
• A Root messenger reported that Sunagakure had been destroyed before the Kazekage’s invitation could be delivered.
• At the summit, the Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi mocked Danzo and disagreed over whether to confront Akatsuki Village.
• Danzo presented intelligence and a photograph showing Sunagakure in ruins, and Ōnoki recognized the Wood Release as a power he had seen at the first Five Kage Summit.

At the Five Kage Summit, the Kage argued over Akatsuki’s destruction of Sunagakure and the villages’ past dealings with the group. Obito appeared claiming to be Madara Uchiha and warned that Akatsuki was close to completing a Tailed Beast weapon, but Naruto suddenly arrived and announced he intended to go to war with them.

• Mei Terumi argued that Akatsuki would need time and specialized knowledge before it could use captured Tailed Beasts as military power.
• The Fourth Raikage A confronted Ōnoki over hiring Akatsuki as mercenaries, and the two nearly came to blows.
• Obito entered the conference room through a distorted vortex, evaded A’s attack, and identified himself as Madara Uchiha.
• Danzo confirmed Obito’s identity by recounting his role in the Uchiha Clan attack and the slaughter of Konoha’s Military Police Force.
• Obito warned the Kage that Akatsuki planned to use the Tailed Beasts to destroy a ninja village and urged them to stop Naruto from obtaining the last two.
• Naruto emerged through Yomotsu Hirasaka, agreed that Obito was right, and announced that he intended to go to war with the Kage.

Naruto interrupted the Five Kage Summit, repelled the Fourth Raikage, and declared that the Kage must submit to his plan to unify the Ninja World or die. The Kage rejected his reasoning, while Danzo privately recognized Naruto’s ambition as resembling his own.

• Naruto appeared at the summit, blocked the Fourth Raikage’s Liger Bomb with Susanoo, and blasted him back with Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto mocked the Raikage’s strength and teased Kurotsuchi and Mei Terumi about marriage alliances that would bring their villages into Akatsuki Village.
• Ōnoki challenged Naruto over Akatsuki Village’s protection fees and asked what he intended to accomplish.
• Naruto argued that wars between the Five Great Nations only concentrated violence and announced that the Kage must submit or die so he could unify the Ninja World.
• Danzo privately saw Naruto’s goal as matching his own ideal, but resented that Naruto had the strength to pursue it while he did not.

Naruto revealed his plan to unify the shinobi world, become immortal, and eventually send people to other planets, then escaped after the Raikage attacked him. The Kage debated how to oppose him, and Obito offered to handle Akatsuki Village’s rogue shinobi, Pain, and the captured Tailed Beasts.

• Ōnoki warned Naruto that peace enforced by one powerful ruler would collapse after his death, but Naruto declared that he would become eternal and revealed a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Mei Terumi asked whether overpopulation would cause future wars, and Naruto proposed interstellar immigration to other habitable planets.
• The Raikage attacked Naruto’s Susanoo, which broke apart only after Naruto escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Ōnoki and the Raikage rejected Danzo’s attempt to lead an alliance, while Kurotsuchi challenged Ōnoki over his suggestion of a marriage alliance with Akatsuki Village.
• Obito offered to deal with Akatsuki Village’s rogue shinobi, Pain, and the captured Tailed Beasts, but the chapter ended as he began explaining his reason.

Obito persuaded the major villages to form the Allied Shinobi Forces against Akatsuki Village, while Naruto headed back to the village. On their return from destroying Sunagakure, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju regained their consciousness and turned against Akatsuki, remembering that Naruto had used them to massacre Sunagakure.

• Obito claimed he had founded Akatsuki and urged the major shinobi villages to unite against Akatsuki Village, and the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi agreed to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Danzo tried to make Konoha lead the alliance, but Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Mei Terumi rejected him, while Naruto left for Akatsuki Village.
• As Akatsuki traveled back from destroying Sunagakure, Hidan bragged about his sacrifices to Lord Jashin and Kakuzu looked forward to the money their mission would bring.
• Orochimaru ambushed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and implanted sealing kunai in their heads.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju suddenly attacked Sasori's puppet and forced Akatsuki to retreat after Tobirama used Water Release: Heavenly Weeping.
• Orochimaru's Curse Marks strengthened the brothers' Impure World Reincarnation and restored their consciousness, and they remembered Naruto using them to slaughter Sunagakure.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju broke free of Orochimaru’s control and decided to find the other Kage to remove Naruto from power, while Akatsuki regrouped and Naruto returned to Akatsuki Village. After reflecting on what he wanted to protect, Naruto accepted that war had begun.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju confronted Orochimaru, then left for Iwagakure to seek the Tsuchikage’s help against Naruto.
• Kisame, Deidara, Sasori, and the others escaped into a forest, where Black Zetsu explained that Orochimaru’s Senjutsu Chakra had hidden him from detection.
• Naruto returned to Akatsuki Village, where Hanabi Hyuga teased him and Neji greeted him while Hinata worked at the amusement park.
• Aoba Yamashiro told Naruto that Tsunade was looking for him, and Naruto promised Hinata a future trip to the moon before leaving.
• Naruto reflected on the peaceful life he had wanted to protect, then declared that war had begun.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju joined the daimyo and Kage as they prepared an Allied Shinobi Forces campaign against Naruto Uzumaki’s Akatsuki, though Hashirama hoped to stop the fighting peacefully. Hashirama eagerly awaited Madara’s arrival, but the person who emerged from a space-time vortex was Obito.

• The daimyo approved forming the Allied Shinobi Forces, while the Land of Wind’s daimyo objected and feared his country would be carved up.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived at the conference and joined the Kage in discussing the war against Akatsuki.
• Hashirama proposed persuading Naruto Uzumaki to return the Tailed Beasts and end the conflict peacefully.
• Tobirama stated that the forces should eliminate Akatsuki and rescue the Konoha shinobi, while warning the Kage not to send Genin into battle.
• The Kage agreed not to bring Genin, and Hashirama asked when Madara would arrive.
• A vortex opened in the conference room, and Hashirama excitedly called out to Madara, only for Obito to appear.

Obito arrived at the Allied Shinobi Forces meeting, where Hashirama mistook him for Madara before Tobirama corrected him and restated the plan to attack Akatsuki Village. Naruto appeared unnoticed and proposed a Ninja World Martial Arts Tournament to decide who would rule, then announced that every country could enter up to ten fighters.

• Hashirama questioned Obito as if he were Madara, but Tobirama identified him as someone else, and Obito said he wanted the Ten-Tails.
• Tobirama outlined a plan for the villages to attack Akatsuki Village in an uninhabited area, focusing on eliminating Akatsuki.
• Naruto revealed he had been sitting unnoticed in the meeting room and proposed a tournament where each faction's strongest fighters would compete for a wish.
• Naruto created an illusion of the arena and explained that ten fighters per side would battle until one remained, with all others bound to obey the winner.
• A challenged Naruto's proposal, and Naruto released overwhelming chakra that shattered the meeting room and frightened the Raikage.
• Naruto told Tobirama he was setting the rules and said every country could enter up to ten fighters in the tournament.

Naruto’s Ninja World First Martial Arts Tournament drew factions from across the world, including powerful and unexpected entrants, as Naruto prepared the Valley of the End for the contest. Two months later, he announced the tournament to the entire Ninja World and declared it officially begun.

• Fourth Raikage A angrily reacted to the tournament rules, and Darui, Mabui, and C explained that Naruto’s Rinnegan genjutsu had prevented the Allied Forces from refusing them.
• Factions from the Five Great Nations and smaller lands registered, and Naruto found Jigen, Sasuke Uchiha, Otsutsuki Toneri, Uchiha Obito, and Mount Myoboku’s toads among the entrants.
• Naruto told Nara Shikaku that losing factions would have to disband and chose the Valley of the End as the battlefield.
• Hiruko and the scientific division prepared a Ninja World-wide holographic projection, while Earth Release: Iron Prison walls enclosed the battlefield.
• Two months later, Naruto addressed the Ninja World through the projection and declared the Ninja World First Martial Arts Tournament begun.

Might Guy knocked out Kusagakure’s ten Jonin as Kakashi’s scouting team entered the tournament, while Naruto announced that losing factions had to dissolve. After killing the Grass Shadow, Naruto summoned nine monsters and ordered them to destroy Kusagakure.

• Might Guy charged the ten Kusagakure Jonin with Leaf Great Whirlwind and defeated them before they could react.
• Kakashi scolded Guy for abandoning stealth, while Yamato struggled to hold back laughter.
• Naruto appeared before the Grass Shadow and declared that factions that did not win the tournament had to dissolve or face destruction.
• The Grass Shadow protested that the rules were unfair, and Naruto asked whether he intended to resist.
• Naruto pierced the Grass Shadow’s heart with a Chidori Blade, summoned Nine-Faced Supoci, and ordered them to destroy Kusagakure.

Naruto demonstrated his power by splitting the Yang Nine-Tails into nine beasts that destroyed Kusagakure, then warned that only one armed force would remain after the tournament. As Nagato summoned the Six Paths of Pain and Orochimaru Lu Ran unleashed thousands of Impure World Reincarnation ninja into the arena, Naruto watched the Land of Wind contestants without intervening.

• Naruto split the Yang Nine-Tails into nine Masked Beasts, which slaughtered Kusagakure's ninja and reduced the village to ruins with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto declared that teams who lost the tournament must disband their organizations, and spectators realized the matches would determine the survival of their factions.
• Might Guy returned with Kakashi and Yamato to Akatsuki Village's camp, where Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed gathering intelligence and choosing where to strike.
• Nagato summoned the Six Paths of Pain, drawing outrage from spectators who thought he had exceeded the contestant limit.
• Orochimaru Lu Ran summoned thousands of ninja through Impure World Reincarnation and ordered them to attack everyone in the arena.
• Naruto let the chaos unfold and turned his attention toward the Land of Wind contestants.