Chapter Summaries

Hidan lost contact with his god, then heard a suspicious voice urgently ordering him to perform an unfamiliar summoning ritual. After Kakuzu advised him to resist the other party’s pressure, Hidan insulted the voice and was knocked unconscious by a mental attack, leaving Nagato to suspect an invasion was imminent.

• Hidan noticed that the voice demanding a summoning ritual behaved differently from his usual god and repeatedly put off obeying it.
• Hidan asked Kakuzu what to do, and Kakuzu advised him not to give in while the other party was desperate.
• Hidan cursed at the voice, which fell silent before threatening him and striking him with a powerful mental shock.
• Hidan collapsed, and Nagato demanded that Kakuzu explain what had happened.
• Nagato suspected the fake god was preparing to invade the Shinobi World and recalled that his blond junior brother’s plan involved opening a door to another world.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato began the plan to open the interdimensional Light Gates, but Nagato rushed to the command center and warned that the gates must not be opened. The gates were already open as Minato began chanting an absurdly long sealing technique, leaving Naruto and Sasuke waiting.

• Sakura and Minato prepared Orochimaru Base personnel and equipment to support the plan to open the Light Gates.
• Nagato arrived at the command center and demanded that Sakura stop the plan, warning that the interdimensional gates could not be opened.
• Naruto opened dense purple Light Gates across the Shinobi World, and Sasuke set their outer edges ablaze with Strange Fire.
• Minato’s clones appeared at the gates and began a sealing technique, but Minato spent nearly ten minutes chanting its lengthy name.
• Naruto realized Minato was excited to name a new technique and let him continue while he and Sasuke waited.

Naruto used Isshiki's Black Eye to shrink the falling Black Cubes, while Minato sealed the Light Gates and Sasuke redirected the blocks through them. Countless worlds beyond the gates united to send weapons and monsters back through in retaliation.

• Naruto shrank the Black Cubes with Sukuna Hikona, reducing them only enough to fit through the Light Gates.
• Minato stopped charging his sealing technique to help seal the Light Gates after Naruto warned that invaders might break through.
• Sasuke used Super Shinra Tensei to pull the falling blocks into the Light Gates, keeping them from striking the planet.
• Cultivators in the Nine Provinces world set aside their conflict and planned to send Insect Demon Eggs and other threats through the gates.
• Technological and cultivation worlds across countless realms hurled weapons, monsters, Insect Race corpses, and eggs through the Light Gates.

The Shinobi World repelled the attacks pouring through the Light Gate, but Nagato remained convinced that Jashin was still a threat. Believing the others would not act in time, he set out to recruit Obito Uchiha and prevent the coming disaster.

• Researchers at Orochimaru Base saw attackers from other worlds destroyed by the Space-Time Turbulence and Thin Ice Brother's Strange Fire, and celebrated the Shinobi World's apparent survival.
• Nagato warned that Jashin remained the key danger, but Sakura reassured him that no living creature had made it through the Light Gate.
• Convinced that the others were ignoring the threat, Nagato decided he would have to save the world himself.
• Nagato ruled out the Akatsuki members as unreliable allies and remembered Obito Uchiha, who had once helped him save the world.
• Nagato headed to Kakashi's home to recruit Obito Uchiha, while Sakura celebrated Team 7's success at Orochimaru Base.

Team 7 resolved the Blocks Rain crisis without casualties, and the Hokage began planning the Shinobi World’s reconstruction. The chapter ended with Kaguya trying to use the forum while Naruto reunited with Hinata and blamed Sasuke for interrupting him.

• Sakura showed the Hokage surveillance footage confirming that Team 7 had resolved the crisis and nothing had come through the Light Gate.
• Tobirama and the others inspected the surface, mistook Naruto’s thousand-meter coffin sealing the Red-haired Six Paths for a new danger, and learned what it was from Sakura.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto and his other disciples for saving the world, while the Third Hokage fretted that the crisis had gone suspiciously smoothly.
• Hashirama urged Tobirama to begin reconstruction, and Tobirama led the group back to prepare a plan.
• Kaguya asked Black Zetsu how to use the forum, then searched her contacts for her grandsons while Black Zetsu whipped Hagoromo.
• Naruto put his arm around Hinata and blamed Sasuke for keeping him from visiting her, while Minato looked awkwardly on.

Team 7 received an enthusiastic welcome from the villagers after resolving the Blocks Rain crisis, leaving Naruto puzzled about their sudden change of heart. Minato praised the team, but Naruto questioned what his father meant by saying they had begun earning affection “as well.”

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were met by cheering villagers who took photos and called out their names.
• The villagers welcomed Team 7 because the surface crisis had ended and they hoped they could leave the Underground City.
• Sasuke and Sakura suspected Naruto had arranged the welcome, while Naruto thought Sakura had organized it.
• Minato assured Team 7 that the villagers’ affection was genuine and praised them for their efforts.
• Naruto questioned Minato’s implication that Team 7 had begun earning affection “as well.”

Naruto and Hinata left together while Minato and Sakura dealt with the aftermath of the crisis, leaving Sakura to discover that she had been stuck with the work. Nagato found Rin waiting outside Kakashi’s home, and she was stunned when he kicked the door in.

• Minato sent Naruto after Hinata, while Sasuke left to arrange a victory banquet and then followed Naruto.
• The villagers celebrated Minato, and Sakura went to the Shinobi Alliance Building to handle the aftermath alone.
• Sakura realized Naruto, Hinata, and Minato could have helped her, then threw away the Blood Pressure Medication on her desk.
• Nagato arrived at Kakashi’s home and found Rin brooding on the steps about Kakashi and Obito’s relationship.
• Rin told Nagato that Kakashi was inside, then joined him at the door when Kakashi did not answer their knocks.
• Nagato kicked Kakashi’s front door open, leaving Rin stunned.

Nagato and Rin walked in on Kakashi and Obito shirtless together, and Rin believed they were lovers. The chapter ended with Obito making the misunderstanding worse by pretending Kakashi had promised to reveal their relationship.

• Nagato shut his eyes while Rin broke down at the sight of Kakashi and Obito together.
• Kakashi tried to explain that he had only been wiping sweat off an unconscious Obito.
• Obito realized he had awakened from the false dreams of his nine lifetimes and saw that Rin was crying.
• Kakashi silently begged Obito to explain, but Obito clung to him and asked whether he would make their relationship public to Rin.

After waking from the Nine Lifetimes Dreamscape, Obito discovered that his power had returned and his eyes had transformed into Rinnegan, while Kakashi gained Eternal Mangekyo. Nagato and Obito left to confront an unspecified crisis threatening the Shinobi World, as the Akatsuki gathered to deal with Hidan.

• Nagato told Kakashi and Obito that the Shinobi World was facing a crisis, leaving both men unsure what had caused it.
• Obito awakened his Chakra and regained his strength, transforming his eyes into green Rinnegan while Kakashi's Mangekyo became Eternal Mangekyo.
• Nagato praised Obito as someone who could help save the world, and the two left together without explaining the crisis to Kakashi.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to remain at their temporary base until the matter with Hidan was resolved, and Konan silenced Kakuzu with a gold bar.
• An Akatsuki member asked whether they should inform Naruto Bishop about the situation.

At the banquet, Sasuke tried to leave to check on Naruto, but Konohamaru stopped him and explained that Naruto and Hinata were occupied. Sasuke stayed until teasing about his relationship with Naruto provoked him into taking Inuzuka Kiba away, while Madara became eager to fight him.

• Sasuke tried to leave the banquet, but Konohamaru shoved him back into his seat.
• Konohamaru explained that Naruto and Hinata were busy after being struck by one hundred and twenty-eight palms when he approached Naruto's villa.
• Sasuke realized Naruto and Hinata were having an intimate moment and decided not to interrupt them.
• Fugaku knocked Sasuke for meddling, and Kushina teased him about how close he and Naruto were.
• Inuzuka Kiba joked about Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, so Sasuke crushed his chopsticks and vanished with Kiba.
• Madara watched Sasuke's ability and resolved to challenge him to a proper battle.

Obito devised a way to send Hidan away from the Shinobi World by using a chakra mark on a Byakugan boy in space. He warped a gift box containing Hidan to Toneri, who had just reached a place of civilization after running out of strength.

• Nagato grew frustrated that the Akatsuki members were ignoring Hidan, then asked Obito for help keeping the Shinobi World safe.
• Obito recalled the chakra mark he had left on the Byakugan boy and discovered that the boy was now wandering deep in space.
• Obito decided to send Hidan to the boy, and Nagato and the others packed Hidan into a gift box.
• Obito wrote a teasing message on the box, then used his Rinnegan ability to warp it to the Byakugan boy.
• Toneri reached a place of civilization in space after enduring hardship and running out of strength.

Nagato and Obito asked Sasori and Deidara for plans to protect the Shinobi World from Jashin, but rejected Sasori’s proposals to transform or hide the planet. Sasori’s final plan was to fight Jashin directly and rebuild the world with Naruto Bishop’s power if it was destroyed, leaving Nagato and Obito to abandon the meeting in frustration.

• Deidara eagerly offered an idea, but Nagato stopped him because his enthusiasm reminded Nagato of Naruto causing trouble.
• Sasori proposed turning the planet into a fixed star, but Nagato and Obito rejected the plan because it would require contacting Naruto.
• Sasori suggested moving the planet into a Space-Time Rift, and Nagato and Obito rejected the dangerous proposal as well.
• Sasori warned that hiding the planet might fail and proposed fighting Jashin directly, even if the world was destroyed.
• Sasori trusted Naruto Bishop to create a new world if necessary, but Nagato and Obito left the meeting in frustration.

After seven days away with Hinata, Naruto returned exhausted and joined Sasuke to restore the damaged Shinobi World. He began shaping mountains for the tailed beasts’ planned sect, leaving a gigantic blond figure appearing in the sky.

• Inuzuka Kiba knocked Naruto down, and Naruto used a potion to recover before claiming he had been training in seclusion.
• Sasuke told Naruto that reconstruction work remained, and Naruto went with him to restore the Shinobi World.
• Naruto floated above the ground and agreed to create nine mountains for Immortal Emperor Kurama and the other tailed beasts’ sect.
• Naruto drew his Zanpakuto, called Bankai, and a thousand-meter-tall blond giant appeared in the sky.

Black Zetsu continued punishing the Sage of Six Paths while Kaguya intervened after discovering Ōtsutsuki Isshiki online. Black Zetsu deleted Isshiki from her friends list and distracted Kaguya with a drama, leaving Isshiki’s offer of ten God Tree Fruits undiscovered.

• Black Zetsu told Kaguya that her grandsons could defeat the Otsutsuki Clan and continued whipping the Sage of Six Paths.
• Kaguya feared the Thousand-Meter Block Giant might attack her, then went to stop the brothers’ fight.
• Kaguya showed Black Zetsu her phone and said she had added Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who had offered ten God Tree Fruits to anyone who visited him.
• Black Zetsu recognized Isshiki’s profile, snatched Kaguya’s phone, and warned her not to add strangers.
• Black Zetsu deleted Isshiki from Kaguya’s friends list and offered to buy her a year-long drama membership.

Naruto transformed the devastated surface with colorful blocky mountains, rivers, and animals, but the people of the Underground City feared his work was another threat. Sasuke arranged a live broadcast so they could see what Naruto was doing, while Naruto and Kurama argued over the details of the new landscape.

• Naruto reshaped the surface with slow-falling colorful blocks that formed mountains, rivers, and blocky animals, while Underground City residents worried that disaster was coming.
• Naruto asked Sasuke to livestream his work so he could prove that he was helping the Shinobi World.
• After learning that people had criticized him too, Sasuke contacted Sakura to start the livestream and broadcast it from the object hanging in the sky.
• Kurama repeatedly demanded changes to the landscape, and Naruto argued with him as the broadcast began.
• Underground City residents watched Naruto create the landscape, but questioned why everything was square and feared it concealed another danger.
• Followers of the Church of the Mechanical God defended Naruto as their Bishop, while the villagers—now calling themselves adventurers—continued to distrust his creations.

Tsunade tried to stop the Third Hokage from jinxing Naruto’s farming, but Hashirama and the others dismissed her fears and trusted Team 7 to act. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu learned from Obito that Jashin’s invasion threatened the Shinobi World.

• The Third Hokage praised Naruto’s extraordinary farming, and Tsunade angrily warned that his words would bring disaster.
• Tsunade tried to strike the Third Hokage to silence him, but Hashirama caught her wrist and defended him.
• The Hokage in the office decided to trust Team 7, who were already taking action.
• Obito explained Jashin’s invasion to Black Zetsu, who angrily blamed Obito for bringing him another crisis.

Sasuke lounged and read livestream comments while Naruto worked to restore the planet, then the Tailed Beasts left Naruto’s Sealing Space to settle on their new mountain homes. The chapter ended with Kurama and the others taking flight as the released creatures bowed to them.

• Sasuke ignored Obito and Black Zetsu, kicked aside an unfamiliar bug, and settled down with drinks to read comments while Naruto worked.
• Naruto told Sasuke off for relaxing, but Sasuke claimed his illiteracy made him useless, so Naruto continued reconstructing the surface alone.
• After a day and night, Naruto restored the planet’s environment and raised nine mountain peaks as homes for the Tailed Beasts.
• Kurama thanked Naruto, left behind his true body within him, and emerged as a giant white Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Kurama rejected Naruto’s request to become a Fox Girl and went to his mountain, while the other Tailed Beasts left jade statues in Naruto and flew to their own peaks.
• Naruto noticed that the released creatures bowed to Kurama and the other Tailed Beasts as birds circled and auspicious clouds appeared.

Hashirama and Madara were confused when Kurama appeared before them, and neither recognized the white fox. Kurama revealed that it was the Nine-Tails and vowed to settle their old humiliation, but Hashirama and Madara still doubted its identity because it looked and felt nothing like the Nine-Tails they remembered.

• Hashirama and Madara appeared before Kurama, who was pleased that they did not recognize it.
• Madara announced that he would make Kurama his mount, while Hashirama vowed to protect him.
• Hashirama asked whether Kurama had eaten garlic, and Madara kicked him away for insulting their enemy.
• Kurama declared itself the Tailed Beast Nine-Tails and promised to wash away its past humiliation.
• Hashirama and Madara questioned Kurama's claim because its white fur and lack of Tailed Beast Chakra did not match their memories.

Kurama turned Hashirama and Madara Uchiha’s attack against them, then powered up and prepared a cannon-backed array to face their colossal combination. The fight was left poised for Kurama’s next strike.

• Kurama asked Naruto to aim the Live Stream camera at him, prompting Mito to see Hashirama on the broadcast and set out to bring him back.
• Kurama struck Madara Uchiha with his tail, sending him flying, then used the Secret of the Soldier Character to seize Hashirama’s torii gates and turn them against him.
• Madara used his Rinnegan to pull Hashirama out of the gates’ attack range, and Hashirama summoned a three-thousand-meter Buddha that Madara clad in Susanoo.
• Kurama leaped into the sky, enhanced himself with the Secret of the Fighter Character, and deployed an array with the Secret of the Array Character.
• Kurama pulled the Nine Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannons from Naruto’s Sealing Space and prepared to strike.

Kurama displayed overwhelming power against Hashirama and Madara, while Naruto struggled to repair the planet as Kurama’s movements threatened to destroy it. Kurama bound the two legendary shinobi with Six Paths Black Whips, leaving Naruto and the Immortal Beasts to hold the world together.

• Naruto announced that Kurama was live streaming, ruining Kurama’s plan to restore its reputation.
• Hashirama realized that Kurama’s immense aura made it far stronger than he and Madara could handle, but Madara took control of the Great Buddha and attacked Kurama’s feet.
• Kurama pretended to fear Hashirama and Madara, then shifted slightly and caused cracks to spread across the planet.
• Naruto warned Kurama not to move while he repaired the ground, and the Immortal Beasts joined him in preventing the planet from collapsing.
• Kurama and its clones bound Hashirama and Madara with twenty-seven Six Paths Black Whips while Naruto continued repairing the planet.