Chapter Summaries

Naruto visited Tobirama’s office, where he struggled to keep from laughing about catching the Second Hokage singing. He then reported that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, prompting Tobirama to dismiss Naruto with the Land of Demons mission and call his brother.

• Naruto laughed outside and inside Tobirama’s office after discovering that Tobirama had secretly been singing.
• Tobirama tried to brief Naruto about the Land of Demons mission, but Naruto interrupted to report something important.
• Naruto told Tobirama that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, and Tobirama panicked as he blamed Madara for the Shinobi World’s troubles.
• Tobirama handed Naruto the mission scroll, told him to listen to his brother-in-law, and sent him away.
• Tobirama called his older brother, who was playing a game and warned Konohamaru not to touch his character.

Tobirama lost his temper at Hashirama, who left to seek Madara at the Valley of the End. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu told Madara that the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan had suffered an accident, and Madara demanded to know what went wrong.

• Hashirama tried to calm Tobirama by giving him one blood pressure pill, but Tobirama swallowed several more and blamed his anger on Hashirama and the others.
• Tobirama ordered Hashirama to leave and find Madara, so Hashirama headed for the Valley of the End, believing Madara would be waiting there.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan had encountered an accident, and Madara reacted angrily and asked what had happened.

Naruto and Neji prepared to leave on a mission to the Land of Demons, discussing how to deal with Yomi and agreeing to visit Shikamaru first. As they walked through Konoha, Neji thanked Naruto for helping free the Hyuga branch family from the Caged Bird curse.

• Naruto met Neji outside the Hokage Building and complimented his appearance, surprising him.
• Naruto stopped Neji from entering because Tobirama was furious, and Neji explained the mission to seal Yomi.
• Neji suggested using the Priestess as bait to draw out Yomi, and Naruto praised their shared approach.
• Naruto decided to visit Shikamaru to warn him about the Reincarnators, and Neji agreed to go with him.
• Neji thanked Naruto for helping remove the Caged Bird curse and protecting the Hyuga Clan from retaliation.

Naruto told Shikamaru, Neji, and Temari about the Reincarnators and asked Shikamaru to help deal with them. Konohamaru then challenged Naruto to a fight using his newly awakened Zanpakuto, transforming them into pixel figures in a turn-based sparring mode.

• Naruto explained the Main God, the Reincarnators, and his encounter with them in the Land of Lightning.
• Shikamaru agreed to plan against the Reincarnators with help from the Church of the Mechanical God and the Scientific Truth Society.
• Temari blushed and left after Shikamaru secretly looked at her, while Naruto and Neji reacted to their flirtation.
• Konohamaru arrived with a Zanpakuto and challenged Naruto, claiming Thin Ice Brother had awakened his new power.
• Konohamaru used Shikai, turning himself and Naruto into pixel figures and setting their fight to turn-based sparring mode.

Naruto learned that Main God Reincarnators were invading the Shinobi World and explained the threat to Whirlpool Stark and Shino. The three recognized the danger, while Shikamaru’s warning post had already set off a plan to target anyone wearing a red wristwatch.

• Naruto left Shikamaru in charge, and Shikamaru posted that people should kill anyone wearing a red wristwatch to protect the Shinobi World from weak imitators.
• Sasuke realized Shikamaru was targeting Reincarnators, while Naruto complained to Neji that the plan would damage his and Sasuke’s reputations.
• Naruto sang The Lonely Brave as he led Neji toward East of the Village Head, then went ahead to meet Whirlpool Stark and Shino.
• Naruto explained that Main God Reincarnators were behind the threat, startling Whirlpool Stark and Aburame Shino.
• Shino said the invasion was a bad sign, recalling Reincarnators who had killed his developing insects and a weak Main God from Warhammer 40k.

Shino startled Naruto and Neji by imitating Uchiha Xiao Yan with a dramatic poem and music before leaving. Naruto then took Neji through a Light Gate to the Land of Demons, where his Black Coffin ride left Neji vomiting and furious.

• Shino let down his long hair, played music, recited a poem, and departed, leaving Neji baffled.
• Naruto found Neji and opened a Light Gate to take them to the Land of Demons.
• Naruto put Neji on the Black Coffin and sped through the sky while Neji drank milk to ease his headache.
• Naruto spotted the Land of Demons' wall, and Neji rolled off the Black Coffin and vomited.
• Neji activated his Byakugan and yelled at Naruto never to do that again.

Naruto and Neji arrived at the Land of Demons just as Kusuna’s group kidnapped Shion and attacked the city. Naruto killed Kusuna, rescued Shion, and left the other attackers beaten for questioning, but Shion angrily asked why he had saved her.

• Neji tried to identify himself and Naruto to the gate guards when an explosion erupted inside the city.
• Kusuna and three white-robed ninjas carried Shion through the air while soldiers below hesitated to fire on them.
• Naruto rushed after the kidnappers and killed Kusuna with the Black Coffin.
• Naruto summoned thousands of Shadow Clones to fight the remaining three attackers, then caught Shion before she hit the ground.
• Neji took a photo of Naruto carrying Shion, and the Shadow Clones left the other attackers barely alive.
• Shion demanded that Naruto let her die, so he dropped her onto the ground.

Shion saw a vision of Naruto standing amid a ruined world, surrounded by terrifying forces, before collapsing after Naruto in the vision looked at her. Naruto and Neji took the unconscious Shion back to her chambers, while soldiers hauled away three prisoners.

• Shion witnessed a vision of Naruto in Seven-Colored Armor above a devastated continent, facing a crimson monster and a host of formidable enemies.
• Naruto in the vision looked directly at Shion, causing the scene to shatter and Shion to collapse.
• Naruto checked Shion and confirmed she was breathing, while Neji joked that Naruto should give her mouth-to-mouth and secretly kept photos of them.
• Naruto tried to put Shion on the Black Coffin, but Neji used Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven to knock them away from it.
• Naruto apologized, carried Shion on his back, and followed Neji toward her chambers as soldiers dragged away three people in shackles.

Sasuke tried to persuade Sara and Shizuka to pursue Naruto, but they turned the conversation toward his own romantic troubles. After seeing Neji Hyuga’s photo of Naruto holding an unfamiliar woman, Sara stormed off and Shizuka went to train with Lord Jiraiya.

• Sasuke tried to talk Sara and Shizuka into pursuing Naruto, but Sara reminded him that he had bullied her too.
• Shizuka asked Sasuke to choose between Sakura and Karin, and both women waited for his answer.
• Sasuke tried to escape by claiming Naruto needed him, then saw a photo from Neji Hyuga of Naruto holding an unfamiliar white-haired woman.
• Sara cursed Naruto and opened the Boundary Gate to leave, while Shizuka went to find Lord Jiraiya so she could grow stronger.
• Sasuke laughed and messaged Neji Hyuga to ask about the woman in the photo.

Naruto punished Shion for calling him a World Ender and trying to seal him, demanding that she call him Savior. Ashiho and the guards rushed into the room and aimed their weapons at Naruto, who pointed the Black Coffin at them.

• Naruto confronted Shion and threatened her with the Black Receiver after she said she would stop the disaster.
• Shion formed Priestess seals, but Naruto struck her calves with the Black Receiver and demanded that she call him Savior.
• Naruto continued striking Shion until she cried and apologized, while Neji watched from the corridor.
• Ashiho and the guards burst into the room and aimed their weapons at Naruto.
• Naruto pointed the Black Coffin at the guards and told them to get lost.

Shion realized Naruto feared his girlfriend Hinata and planned to make him fall for her so Hinata would kill him, believing this would save the world. After ordering her guards to stand down, she watched Naruto leave with Neji, who had become suspicious of her as a rival for Hinata.

• Naruto distanced himself from Shion and told Neji he stood firmly with Hinata, while secretly recording the exchange on his phone.
• Shion inferred that Hinata was Naruto's girlfriend and devised a plan to make Hinata misunderstand their relationship and kill Naruto.
• Shion ordered Ashiho and the guards to stand down, claiming Naruto had come to protect her.
• Neji noticed Shion resembled Hinata and worried that she might become a rival, then pulled Naruto out of the room.
• Naruto agreed to leave with Neji so he could question the three Karami about Yomi, while Shion resented Neji's wariness toward her.

Naruto found that the surviving attackers had died, then joined Shion’s private dinner after she arranged it to get closer to him and prevent the world’s destruction. Neji thwarted Shion’s attempt to seat Naruto beside her, and Naruto spat out the food as soon as he tried it.

• Naruto discovered that the three prisoners had died and ordered their corpses hung at the gates of the Land of Demons to intimidate Yomi.
• Ashiho told Naruto that Shion had invited him and his teammates to dinner, then cursed Naruto after he entered her chambers.
• Shion arranged a private meal to seduce Naruto and save the world, while Neji took the seat and utensils she had prepared for Naruto.
• Naruto sat beside Neji, and Shion forced herself to welcome him despite his earlier beating.
• Naruto tasted the food, spat it out, and demanded to know what it was.

Naruto and Neji tried to keep Shion in line while she traveled with them, but Shion nearly exposed her presence during Naruto’s video call with Hinata. The call ended without incident, though Shion’s sneeze left Neji fearing that Hinata had heard her.

• Shion cursed Naruto, but he mocked her insults and warned her not to rub her feet on him.
• Shion cried and remembered her duty as a Priestess to protect the world, while Naruto briefly thought she resembled Hinata with white hair.
• Neji caught Naruto staring at Shion and scolded him just as Hinata called Naruto on video.
• Naruto spoke with Hinata for ten minutes while Neji nervously warned Shion to stay quiet.
• After Hinata said goodbye, Shion sneezed beside Naruto’s phone, making Neji panic as Shion explained that chili peppers had tickled her nose.

Naruto tried to help Neji avoid Hinata’s angry call but accidentally gave him away, while Shion looked for advice on making Naruto fall in love with her. The chapter ended with Shion checking for replies to her forum post.

• Naruto told Hinata that Neji was not there, then handed the phone to Neji when she demanded to speak with him.
• Neji stepped outside to face Hinata, who drew her Zanpakuto and unleashed Bankai as he approached.
• Naruto messaged Sasuke to check on Neji and bring the Death God Wooden Tag.
• Shion edged toward Naruto, but his glare frightened her into backing away.
• Shion changed her forum nickname to “I Want to Save the World” and posted a question asking how to make a blondie fall in love with her.
• Shion heard a notification and picked up her phone hopefully.

Hinata caught Neji sneaking around and beat him before sending him away with medicine. Meanwhile, Shion asked Naruto to stay with her longer, using a tragic story devised by Knife In Hand to win his sympathy.

• Hinata sent Hanabi to bed, denied that Neji was nearby, and dragged him out after he made a noise.
• Hinata scolded Neji for letting Naruto eat with other women, then tossed him over the wall with a bottle of medicine.
• Sasuke found Neji outside the compound and told him Naruto had ordered him to escort Neji back to the Land of Demons.
• Naruto prepared to leave the rooftop after granting Shion's wish, but Shion begged him to stay because she was scared alone.
• Shion followed Knife In Hand's advice and used a tragic backstory and an unfulfilled wish to appeal to Naruto.

Naruto comforted Shion about other people’s opinions, causing her to question whether he could really destroy the world before she convinced herself he was manipulating her. After Naruto and Sasuke left to go fishing, Neji noticed Shion watching Naruto and teased her, sending her fleeing to her chambers.

• Naruto told Shion not to let other people’s praise or criticism ruin her happiness, and Shion felt comforted by his words.
• Shion imagined Naruto as the monster from her prophecy and resolved not to trust him, believing he was trying to stop her from saving the world.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to bring Shion down from the roof after Naruto jumped off without considering that she was still there.
• Naruto invited Sasuke to go fishing, and he left Shion in Neji’s care.
• Neji teased Shion for watching Naruto leave, and she denied it before hurrying to her chambers.

After a sleepless night, Shion and Neji met Naruto and Sasuke, who had spent the night fishing and returned with a huge carp. Naruto and Sasuke nearly fought, Neji was injured trying to stop them, and Naruto revived him with a strawberry-flavored potion.

• Shion and Neji sat exhausted on the palace steps after both had spent the night worrying and dreaming.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned from fishing, and Naruto bragged to the guards about his enormous carp.
• Neji asked why Naruto and Sasuke had stayed out all night, while Sasuke blamed Naruto for keeping him fishing.
• Naruto taunted Sasuke over catching a fish, and Sasuke drew his Mystic Heavy Ruler as Naruto prepared the Black Coffin.
• Neji tried to stop Naruto and Sasuke with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, but their strength sent him flying and left him badly injured.
• Naruto caught Neji and gave him a strawberry-flavored potion, and Neji complained about its flavor after recovering.

Naruto ate with Shion in her palace while Sasuke left him alone with her, then Naruto planned to kill Yomi before returning to Konoha. Meanwhile, Yomi argued with the Reincarnators sent to help him kill Naruto and the Priestess.

• Naruto told Sasuke not to interfere in Madara and Hashirama's fight, then invited him to eat at Shion's palace.
• Shion defended Naruto from her ministers' criticism, while Sasuke suspected she would follow Naruto to Konoha.
• Naruto told Shion he planned to kill Yomi and return to the village the next day, but she pleaded with him to stay longer.
• Yomi told the Reincarnators that they only needed to help him kill the Priestess, and Wang Ke led the squads away from the base.

Hashirama and Madara fought at the Valley of the End as 120 Reincarnators arrived, realized they had been sent to the wrong era, and decided to attack the exhausted ninjas. Madara identified them and, with Hashirama, launched a counterattack, while A Qi’s group prepared an ambush for the Priestess in the Land of Demons.

• Hashirama declared that he would protect the world and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, while Madara answered with Susanoo.
• The 120 Reincarnators realized they had arrived decades before Naruto’s birth and agreed to attack Hashirama and Madara after their battle.
• Madara recognized the Reincarnators and asked Hashirama to join him in attacking them with fire and wood-release techniques.
• A Qi’s Reincarnators set an ambush by the river in the Land of Demons, and Wang Ke agreed to capture the Priestess before deciding what to do with her.

Naruto learned that Boruto had mentally warned him about enemies and realized the danger was serious. As Reincarnators attacked, Naruto confronted their leader while Neji fought off the ambushers, and the enemy’s immobilization technique closed in.

• Boruto’s crazed mental shouts reached Naruto before Kurama cut off their connection and helped Naruto leave the Sealing Space.
• Naruto warned Neji and Shion to escape, but Wang Ke appeared and attacked him, forcing Neji to be blasted away.
• Neji refined a small amount of Sage Chakra, repelled the first attackers, and used a broadened Eight Trigrams formation to kill Reincarnators.
• Naruto caught Wang Ke’s punch with one hand while holding Shion with the other, and Wang Ke realized Naruto’s strength defied his expectations.
• The Reincarnators raised a purple barrier around the battlefield and sent an Immobilization Technique toward Naruto.