Recaps

Naruto captured Gaara and marked Temari with the Flying Thunder God technique while his wood golem attacked the invading forces. Hiruzen sealed Tobirama, prompting Orochimaru and Rasa to prepare to retreat, but Naruto appeared beside Rasa as he searched for Gaara.

• Naruto freed Temari, placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on her neck, and returned to the wood golem, unaware that Gaara also bore a mark.
• Hiruzen trapped Tobirama in an Adamantine Prison Wall and destroyed him with the Five Release: Great Combo Technique.
• Naruto's wooden roots and sealing runes restrained and sealed Tobirama before Orochimaru could regain control.
• Orochimaru judged the battle unwinnable and ordered Rasa to prepare to retreat.
• Rasa agreed and searched for Gaara, but Naruto appeared beside him and asked what he was thinking about.

Naruto captured Rasa and defeated Orochimaru, bringing the Konoha Crush Plan to an end. After the battle, he reunited with Jiraiya and praised his outfit.

• Naruto ambushed Rasa with a sealing blade and imprisoned him in a Wooden Coffin.
• Orochimaru summoned snakes and charged Jiraiya, but Naruto's Divine Vacuum Attack crushed the swarm and overwhelmed Orochimaru.
• A giant white-scaled snake spat Orochimaru out, and Naruto sealed him in a Wooden Coffin.
• Jiraiya approached Naruto after the fighting ended, and Naruto called him "Jiraiya, sir" and complimented his outfit.
• Jiraiya proudly explained his theatrical outfit and laughed with relief and delight.

After the attack on Konoha ended, the Third collapsed from the strain of fighting, and Jiraiya rushed him to medical care. Naruto secured Mito Uzumaki and checked on the village before Jiraiya summoned him to Konoha Hospital for an urgent meeting.

• The Third sat down exhausted after Mito Uzumaki was freed, and Jiraiya called for the medical team when he saw how dangerously unwell his teacher was.
• Naruto sealed Mito Uzumaki in a scroll, and Konoha's forces spent over an hour clearing out the remaining enemies.
• Naruto caught Temari and her brothers, but Kankuro escaped with Gaara, who bore Naruto's Flying Thunder God mark.
• Naruto discussed the Third's condition and his plans with the Nine-Tails, then spoke with Neji, who confirmed that the Hyuga patrols had found no hidden enemies.
• Neji relayed Jiraiya's summons, and Naruto hurried to Konoha Hospital.

After Konoha’s battle left the village devastated, Jiraiya asked Naruto to use Wood Release to help rebuild it. Naruto agreed but insisted the debris be cleared and the ground made safe first, then made clear he would not become Hokage until Shikamaru could serve as his assistant.

• Genma Shiranui led Naruto through the crowded hospital to Jiraiya’s temporary command office.
• Naruto passed Sakura and Ino as they treated wounded people alongside the hospital staff.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto to use Wood Release to rebuild Konoha, and Naruto agreed while warning that debris had to be cleared and the ground prepared first.
• Jiraiya ordered Genma to have patrol squads and ninja skilled in Earth Release and Taijutsu clear and prepare the reconstruction sites.
• Jiraiya suggested Konoha’s future might be entrusted to Naruto, but Naruto said he would not become Hokage until Shikamaru could serve as his assistant.

Naruto explained why he had chosen to help Konoha rebuild: he wanted to expose Danzo’s corruption and prove to Hiruzen that the village could grow without his compromises. He revealed that he had recognized Asura, who had been influencing his judgment.

• The Nine-Tails questioned why Naruto had agreed to help rebuild Konoha after its destruction.
• Naruto distinguished Konoha’s misled residents from Danzo and Root, whom he blamed for the village’s deeper evils, and criticized Hiruzen for enabling them.
• Naruto said he would make Hiruzen witness Konoha rebuilding without sacrificing innocents, so that Hiruzen’s beliefs and methods would be disproven before his death.
• Naruto addressed the Nine-Tails as Asura, causing the mental space and the Nine-Tails’ form to vanish as Asura appeared.
• Asura asked when Naruto had recognized him, and Naruto answered that he knew from the moment Asura tried to influence his judgment.

Asura explained that his chakra had unconsciously influenced Naruto and denied any intention of taking over his body. After Naruto challenged the limits of Asura’s ideals, Asura admitted they could cause harm and pleaded for a chance to meet Hashirama Senju.

• Asura told Naruto that his influence had been an unconscious effect of his sleeping chakra and that he had learned Naruto’s past through the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto asked whether Asura had awakened to seize his body, and Asura denied it, saying he had no desire to prolong his life.
• Asura confessed that he wanted to meet Hashirama Senju and apologize for the effects his chakra and ideals had on him.
• Naruto criticized Asura’s emphasis on love and forgiveness for potentially concealing injustice and preserving fragile peace.
• Asura accepted Naruto’s criticism, admitted his ideals might have led to weakness and indulgence, and pleaded to meet Hashirama and learn what his legacy had caused.

Asura explained how Naruto could use the original connecting power of chakra to link his consciousness with Asura and Hashirama Senju. Naruto returned to the devastated Konoha, helped Ino and Sakura treat the wounded, and planned to resume rebuilding after the cleanup began.

• Asura explained that the connecting power could link Naruto's, Hashirama Senju's, and his own spiritual energies so they could speak in a stable consciousness space.
• Naruto left the consciousness space and noticed Jiraiya's concern, then declined to rest and asked how long the cleanup would take.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that groundwork on the main streets and key rebuilding areas would take about five hours, with cleanup continuing elsewhere.
• Naruto went to the Temporary Medical Zone, transferred chakra to Ino and Sakura as they treated the wounded, and told them not to overwork themselves.
• After checking on Ino, Sakura, and the injured, Naruto left the hospital.

Naruto checked on Hinata, visited Hanabi, and reassured his family and companions that the fighting in Konoha was over. He left Kushina, Kazahana Koyuki, and Karin sheltered behind Kage Rock while he took Mito Uzumaki with him to put the house in order.

• Naruto found Hinata directing the Hyuga search and replenished her chakra after confirming she was safe.
• Naruto visited Hanabi at the Hyuga Clan Compound, reassured her that her family was unharmed, and told her to stay inside.
• Naruto found Kushina comforting Kazahana Koyuki and Karin behind Kage Rock, then told them the invaders had been eliminated or captured.
• Naruto instructed Kushina, Kazahana Koyuki, and Karin to remain sheltered until he returned, then took Mito Uzumaki out of the Sealing Scroll and left.

Naruto evacuated Konoha and its people before unleashing the Great Spiraling Ring on the village. His attack erased Konoha and left behind a vast circular pit, clearing the way for the new era he intended to build.

• Naruto ordered Konoha's residents, ninja, wounded, and valuables evacuated, while his Shadow Clones treated patients.
• Naruto gave Sasuke a Sealing Scroll, then went to the center of Konoha and released Kurama's seal to enter their chakra link.
• Naruto appeared above the ruins in a golden Chakra Cloak and formed the Great Spiraling Ring as he declared the end of the old era.
• Jiraiya tried to shield Hiruzen from what was coming, but Hiruzen told him not to interfere and accepted Naruto's plan to destroy Konoha.
• Naruto dropped the Great Spiraling Ring, which silently erased Konoha and the surrounding ground, leaving an enormous circular pit.

Naruto used Wood Release to rebuild Konoha from the ruins, drawing on his memories and the villagers’ shared attachment to their home. The new village stood complete, though its utilities still needed to be installed and tested.

• Naruto reshaped the crater into a solid foundation and carved an opening for Konoha’s future gate.
• Naruto created the Swing Tree and Ninja Academy from his memories, prompting Iruka and the gathered residents to recognize them.
• Asura connected the residents through a spiritual resonance, combining their memories and hopes with Naruto’s blueprint of Konoha.
• Naruto raised Konoha’s homes, shops, clan compounds, public facilities, and Hokage Building across the newly shaped land.
• The rebuilt village stood complete, but its plumbing, wiring, drainage, communications, and barrier systems still required work.

As Konoha’s postwar administration resumed, Hiruzen inspected the rebuilt Hokage Building and found its drawers—and the crystal ball he had used for the Telescope Technique—empty. Meanwhile, Naruto and Jiraiya searched for records and techniques, and the village settled into an organized reconstruction effort.

• Hiruzen entered the restored Hokage Office, found its furnishings carefully recreated, and discovered that his drawers and crystal ball were gone.
• Naruto and his Shadow Clones searched the Confidential Archives and other locations for records about Uchiha Hikari while Jiraiya hunted for the Telescope Technique’s training scroll.
• Jiraiya revealed that he had secretly taken Hiruzen’s special crystal ball while Hiruzen was unconscious and searched for the technique to make gathering material easier.
• Naruto built a courtyard home on former Senju land using deeds Mito Uzumaki had retrieved, and Kushina, Kazahana Koyuki, Big Yellow, and Karin moved in under different circumstances.
• Konoha’s residents, merchants, and officials began organized postwar reconstruction, with basic water, electricity, and living facilities expected to return in about half a month.

Naruto brought Orochimaru and the Second together to assign them research, using claims about powerful dōjutsu and fabricated knowledge to gain their cooperation. He showed them fragments of the future, leaving Orochimaru eager to pursue Sharingan research and the Second convinced that Naruto knew what lay ahead.

• Naruto released Orochimaru and the Second, sealed their chakra, and told them he needed their help.
• Naruto showed them a Mangekyō Sharingan and two pairs of Byakugan, then claimed the Sharingan could evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and the Rinnegan.
• Naruto assigned Orochimaru to find a way to mass-produce Mangekyō Sharingan and gave the Second scrolls describing ambitious new techniques.
• Naruto showed Orochimaru and the Second fragments of the future by touching fists with them.
• Orochimaru agreed to pursue the Sharingan research, while the Second inferred that Naruto was likely the future Seventh Hokage.

Naruto shared breakfast with Kushina, Mito, and Karin, then agreed to let Kushina make lunch and invited friends over. Tobirama confronted Naruto about how he learned his techniques, and Naruto explained before inviting him to lunch and leaving to handle his plans.

• Naruto cooked breakfast, and Kushina asked to make lunch for him; Naruto agreed and asked her and Mito to help because he planned to invite friends.
• Mito teased Kushina about Naruto and Karin reminding her of Kushina and Minato.
• Tobirama arrived and insisted on asking Naruto how he learned Impure World Reincarnation, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Wood Release.
• Naruto said the first two techniques were in the Scroll of Seals and that he created Wood Release using Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release.
• Naruto invited Tobirama to lunch, then left to take care of his plans.

In Sasuke's consciousness, Indra explained how Asura's influence enabled Naruto to create Konoha by combining chakra, memories, and hopes. Indra revealed his Sharingan and Otsutsuki lineage, and the chapter ended with Sasuke asking who his grandfather was.

• Indra told Sasuke that Asura had awakened inside Naruto and explained that Naruto created Konoha by connecting everyone's chakra, hopes, and memories through Wood Release.
• Indra said Naruto's technique distributed its chakra cost among those connected to him, while Naruto mainly spent mental energy controlling it.
• Indra assured Sasuke that neither he nor Asura intended to take over anyone's body, but said he still wanted to defeat Asura and prove his ideals superior.
• Indra revealed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, confirming Sasuke's suspicion that he was connected to the Uchiha Clan.
• Indra told Sasuke that his grandmother was Kaguya Princess and that his family should have borne the surname Otsutsuki.
• Sasuke asked Indra who his grandfather was.

Indra explained the history of Kaguya, chakra reincarnation, and why he and Asura returned from the Pure Land. He and Asura planned to personally supervise and participate in the current generation’s confrontation, leaving Sasuke determined to find a way to get rid of them.

• Indra told Sasuke what he knew about Kaguya, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Sasuke asked whether Indra had previously appeared face-to-face to one of his reincarnations, and Indra said that such direct communication was not normal.
• Indra explained that he and Asura had returned to the Pure Land after believing Sasuke and Naruto’s Seal of Reconciliation had settled their generation’s confrontation.
• Indra said he and Asura returned after learning that Sasuke and Naruto’s fight had been a play fight and that Sasuke had lost.
• Indra told Sasuke that he and Asura intended to supervise and participate in the confrontation themselves.
• Sasuke decided he needed to find a way to get rid of Indra and Asura.

Indra offered to teach Sasuke how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan so he could gain revenge and defeat Naruto, explaining that he wanted Sasuke to prove his ideals superior to Asura’s. Driven by his need for power, Sasuke accepted Indra’s offer.

• Indra told Sasuke he could teach him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and gain power enough to challenge Itachi and Naruto.
• Sasuke questioned Indra’s motives and whether the offered power would come with hidden costs or control.
• Indra explained that he wanted Sasuke to defeat Naruto as part of his contest with Asura, while insisting Sasuke and Naruto were independent people rather than copies of their predecessors.
• Sasuke recalled his helplessness, his revenge against Itachi, and Naruto’s strength, then chose to accept Indra’s offer.
• Sasuke placed his hand in Indra’s and said, “I accept.”

Sasuke, unsettled after making an agreement with Indra, joined Naruto for a meal and to meet someone. As Naruto received the villagers’ gratitude and calmly addressed a tofu seller who had once mistreated him, Sasuke became increasingly unsure what had changed Naruto.

• Naruto came to Sasuke and invited him to a meal, saying he wanted everyone to meet someone.
• Sasuke accepted, suspecting Naruto planned to introduce his mother, the red-haired woman revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Villagers stopped to thank Naruto as he and Sasuke walked through the rebuilt Konoha.
• A tofu seller offered Naruto tofu, and Naruto reminded her that she had once thrown soybeans at him before wishing her well.
• Sasuke watched Naruto handle the encounter calmly and wondered whether Naruto had changed or whether Asura had influenced him.

Hashirama hosted a lunch at Naruto’s new home, where the guests wondered who had not yet arrived. They guessed Tsunade or Danzo, but the final guest was Maruboshi Kosuke.

• Hashirama carried dishes to the courtyard table, and Tobirama told Hiashi and Inoichi to stop fussing and let the younger guests help.
• The guests gathered at separate tables, while Kushina spoke with Hanare about her wedding plans with Kakashi.
• Hashirama noticed the empty seats and asked who was missing.
• Hiruzen guessed Danzo, but Jiraiya and Orochimaru concluded the absent guest was more likely Tsunade.
• The chapter revealed that the final guest to arrive was Maruboshi Kosuke.

Maruboshi Kosuke reunited with Tobirama Senju and proudly reflected on his life protecting Konoha, while Minato watched Naruto’s family and friends with contentment. In Shukaku’s consciousness space, Kurama taunted the One-Tail until Shukaku attacked him.

• Maruboshi Kosuke recognized Tobirama Senju, who greeted him warmly and acknowledged how much he had aged.
• Kosuke told Tobirama that fighting to protect Konoha meant he had not wasted his life, then joined the others for lunch.
• Minato watched from inside Naruto and felt comforted by Kushina’s return, Naruto’s many friendships, and Konoha’s flourishing new generation.
• Kurama sent a strand of chakra into Shukaku’s consciousness space and mocked him for being trapped in the desert.
• Shukaku lunged at Kurama’s projection, but Kurama dodged the attacks while continuing to tease him.

Jiraiya led Konoha’s leaders through unanimous votes to invite Tsunade back as an advisory elder, promote five Genin to Chunin, and promote Naruto Uzumaki to Jonin. The chapter ended with the leadership’s unanimous approval of Naruto’s Jonin promotion.

• Jiraiya convened an emergency meeting after Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resigned as elders, and Shikaku Nara proposed inviting Tsunade back as an advisory elder.
• Konoha’s leaders unanimously approved Shikaku Nara’s proposal to invite Tsunade back.
• Jiraiya nominated Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuga, and Shino Aburame for promotion to Chunin, and the motion passed without objections.
• Jiraiya put Naruto Uzumaki’s promotion to Jonin to a vote, with the First, the Second, Lady Mito, and Kushina Uzumaki recusing themselves.
• Konoha’s leaders unanimously approved Naruto Uzumaki’s promotion to Jonin.

The Third gave Naruto an old scroll about Uchiha Hikari and asked him to look for Tsunade. Naruto left Konoha to seek a Sharingan, while Orochimaru and Tobirama prepared experiments and considered how to preserve Kimimaro until his illness could be treated.

• The Third gave Naruto a scroll describing Uchiha Hikari's sealing and urged him to look for Tsunade.
• Naruto told the Third that Jiraiya knew about the Telescope Technique, prompting the Third to storm off and attack Jiraiya.
• Naruto told Orochimaru he was leaving to obtain a Sharingan, and Orochimaru planned to grow Mangekyō Sharingan from Naruto's and an Uchiha's cells.
• Tobirama told Naruto that Kimimaro could not be cured with current medical technology and proposed sealing him until treatment became possible.
• Tobirama sent Naruto to find Tsunade, and Naruto left a wood clone in Konoha before using Flying Thunder God to depart.

Naruto found Uchiha Hikari’s ancient seal beneath the Thumb Stone and dismantled its composite array with his Six-Pillar Unsealing Formation. The seal collapsed, and Uchiha Hikari rose unsteadily from the ruins.

• Naruto reached the underground river passage near the Kaguya Clan’s former grounds and located the Thumb Stone marking Uchiha Hikari’s sealing site.
• Naruto examined the ancient formulas and identified the seal as a composite array with six key nodes.
• Naruto activated Kurama Mode and used Wood Release: Six-Pillar Unsealing Formation to absorb and redirect the array’s runes.
• Naruto’s wooden pillars dismantled the seal, the Thumb Stone crumbled, and Uchiha Hikari rose to her feet.

Naruto Uzumaki found Uchiha Hikari, healed her wounds, and told her she could leave behind the name Uchiha Nanashi. Still distrustful, Hikari trapped Naruto in her Tsukuyomi, where she controlled the rules and held him in chains.

• Naruto dispelled Hikari's Amaterasu and Dragon Flame Song Technique with a sealing scroll.
• Naruto introduced himself, healed Hikari, and told her the Land of Fire was at peace.
• Naruto acknowledged Hikari's suffering and declared that she was Uchiha Hikari, not Uchiha Nanashi.
• Hikari used Tsukuyomi and transported Naruto to her crimson moonlit space.
• Hikari's Tsukuyomi cut Naruto off from Kurama and bound him in chains as she appeared before him with a kunai.

Uchiha Hikari interrogated Naruto in her Tsukuyomi Space and learned that the Uzumaki, Senju, and Uchiha clans were all gone. As she prepared to probe his memories, Naruto revealed Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Hikari questioned Naruto and threatened him with a kunai, but he calmly said that he had come looking for her himself.
• Naruto told Uchiha Hikari that the Uzumaki and Senju clans had been wiped out, then said the Uchiha were gone too.
• Uchiha Hikari stabbed Naruto and demanded to know who had destroyed the clans; Naruto said he was an orphan from Konoha and had not been born when the Uzumaki fell.
• Uchiha Hikari decided to use Yachihoko to examine Naruto’s memories, but Naruto opened Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and warned her not to use the technique.

Naruto defeated Uchiha Hikari with Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, removed her eyes, and restored his own. When Hikari woke bound and blind, Naruto told her she had been sealed for a hundred or two hundred years, leaving her shaken by how much the world might have changed.

• Naruto removed Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō Sharingan and placed his own blue eyes back in their sockets.
• Uchiha Hikari woke in the Underground River Cavern with her eyes bandaged, her chakra suppressed, and her wrists restrained.
• Naruto offered Hikari grilled fish and explained that he had taken his Mangekyō Sharingan from a man who had stolen one.
• Uchiha Hikari learned she had been sealed for a hundred or two hundred years and wondered whether the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans still existed.