Recaps

Naruto used Impure World Reincarnation and the Rinnegan to resurrect Jiraiya, but Jiraiya returned unable to speak. Meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi revived Sasuke Uchiha, who demanded the power to defeat Naruto and Madara and destroy Konoha.

• Naruto had Orochimaru summon Jiraiya's soul into a living sacrifice, then used the Rinnegan's Naraka Path to restore Jiraiya's body and soul.
• Naruto also revived Yamato, who briefly mistook masked Naruto for an enemy before recognizing him.
• Jiraiya reunited with Naruto but could not speak, and Orochimaru speculated that disrupting the natural order of life and death had exacted a price.
• Naruto agreed to avoid using the Naraka Path resurrection technique again.
• Kabuto Yakushi used Nagato and the Naraka Path to revive Sasuke Uchiha in the Dark Lair.
• Sasuke demanded power to defeat Naruto and Madara and destroy Konoha, and Kabuto promised to help him surpass them.

Obito planned to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan using Sasuke’s severed arm and Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes, while Naruto revived Sai and offered him command of Amegakure’s Anbu. In Konoha, Ino recovered from her injuries as Sakura learned that her parents had been killed in Sasuke’s attack.

• Obito returned to his Spacetime dimension, used Sasuke’s severed arm to prepare a bloodline jutsu, and transplanted Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes to pursue the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto learned from Konan that Sai had died, collected blood from the abandoned Akatsuki cave, and had Orochimaru revive Sai with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Sai agreed to remain in his reincarnated body and became commander-in-chief of Amegakure’s Anbu.
• Ino told Sakura she did not blame her for the injuries she suffered while fighting Sasuke, and Sakura struggled with her feelings about Sasuke.
• Tsunade told Sakura that her parents had been killed during Sasuke’s attack on the village.

Naruto returned Mei Terumi to Kirigakure and established friendly ties with her before asking Orochimaru how to obtain Wood Release. Orochimaru proposed awakening Naruto’s Uzumaki bloodline with Mito Uzumaki’s cells, and the chapter ended with Naruto receiving an invitation from Gaara.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to take Mei Terumi back to Kirigakure, where they agreed to establish friendly ties between Kirigakure and Bright Akatsuki.
• Naruto returned to Amegakure and asked Orochimaru to help him obtain Wood Release.
• Orochimaru explained that Naruto should first awaken his Uzumaki bloodline so he could assimilate Hashirama cells safely.
• Orochimaru proposed using cells from Mito Uzumaki, whose burial place he alone knew, to awaken Naruto’s Uzumaki power.
• That night, Naruto received an invitation letter from Kazekage Gaara.

Naruto traveled from Amegakure toward Sunagakure with Violet, while the Raikage prepared a two-pronged attack against Amegakure and Naruto. After reaching a forest in the Land of Fire, Naruto revealed a transformation with three heads and six arms, identifying it as the Asura Path.

• Naruto trusted Gaara's invitation and chose Violet to accompany him, while Konan stayed behind to care for Jiraiya and guard Amegakure.
• Naruto gathered books on mechanical manufacturing, supplies, and a new pair of shoes, then left Amegakure with Violet and the Uchiha Gunbai marked with his Flying Thunder God seal.
• Naruto tested Violet during their journey by sending shadow clones from a split Flying Thunder God kunai, leaving her to catch up after she fell into the water.
• The Raikage learned Naruto was heading toward Sunagakure and ordered one force to attack Amegakure while he led another to kill Naruto.
• Naruto and Violet stopped for the night in a forest in the Land of Fire, where Naruto transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form and revealed the Asura Path.

Naruto built a Mecha Naruto prototype while traveling with Violet toward the Land of Wind, as Konan explained his plans to Jiraiya and Amegakure prepared to hunt intruders. At the border, the Raikage attacked Naruto with lightning, and Naruto blocked it with his Gunbai.

• Naruto used the Asura Path’s missiles to destroy a pack of jackals, then dismantled summoned armor and assembled the Mecha Naruto: Concept Model.
• Naruto stored the prototype in a Summoning Scroll and set off with Violet toward the Land of Wind.
• Konan told Jiraiya about Naruto’s future, his plans, and his role in balancing conflict and peace; Jiraiya wrote “Vigilance” and then a coded message.
• Konan, Kisame, and Amegakure’s remaining Anbu gathered in the rain to hunt intruders.
• Naruto and Violet reached the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, where the Raikage attacked with lightning and Naruto blocked it with his Gunbai.

Naruto fought the Raikage with a prototype Mecha-Naruto and then defeated him after the Raikage powered up with Kumogakure’s secret techniques. As Sunagakure offered to help transport the immobilized Raikage, Gaara approached Naruto and said he had been waiting for him.

• Naruto used the Gunbai to reflect the Raikage’s attack, then summoned a modified Mecha-Naruto and secretly moved Violet away from the battlefield.
• Mecha-Naruto used missiles, a rocket hand, serrated tentacles, a chainsaw, and a lightning drill against the Raikage, but Kumogakure’s shinobi destroyed its Black Receivers and the Raikage shattered the prototype with a Liger Bomb.
• Naruto returned to face the Raikage, who strengthened his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with the help of his shinobi and unveiled Hundred Lightning.
• Naruto combined Earth Release and Purple Electricity to punch the Raikage, then increased his weight a hundredfold and pinned him to the ground.
• Gaara arrived with Sunagakure shinobi and offered to provide a cart and manpower to escort the Raikage, then told Naruto he had been waiting for him.

Naruto visited Sunagakure, where Gaara offered him unwavering support without demanding an explanation for his actions. Back in Amegakure, Naruto foiled an assassination attempt by Violet and stopped Konan from killing her before hearing her reason.

• Gaara invited Naruto into his residence alone and presented him with a stack of scrolls.
• Gaara told Naruto he trusted him and would help him even if it meant standing against the entire Shinobi World.
• Naruto and Gaara shared a drink before Naruto returned to Amegakure with Violet.
• Naruto found Kumogakure prisoners captured after they attempted to attack Amegakure, then went to bed.
• Violet sneaked into Naruto's room and tried to stab him, but he caught her and pinned her hands with a Black Receiver.
• Konan arrived and moved to execute Violet, but Naruto stopped her and asked to hear Violet's reason first.

Violet accused Naruto and Konan of conspiring to control Amegakure and tried to kill Naruto, believing he was Minato Namikaze. Naruto revealed his identity and explained the truth about Pain, while Konan disclosed that Naruto had killed Danzo and that Minato had once saved Violet and her sister.

• Violet explained that Konoha ninja had killed her parents and sister, then accused Konan of being Jiraiya's student and Pain's ally.
• Violet claimed Pain was Minato Namikaze and accused him, Konan, and Danzo of secretly controlling Amegakure.
• Naruto removed his mask and told Violet that he was Naruto Uzumaki, Minato's son, and that Pain had been Nagato.
• Violet rejected Naruto's explanation and insisted that Konoha and Root had fabricated a conspiracy.
• Konan told Violet that Naruto had killed Danzo and that Minato had saved Violet and her sister during the Third Shinobi World War.

Naruto forgave Violet after learning she had tried to kill him because of a misunderstanding, and she recognized him as the son of the man who had once saved her. After arranging to decode Jiraiya’s message in Amegakure, Naruto returned to Konoha to meet Shikaku.

• Naruto treated Violet’s wounds and let her choose whether to stay, and Violet remembered that Minato had saved her as a child and resolved to repay Naruto.
• Naruto and Konan moved the Kumogakure prisoners into cells to use as bargaining chips, narrowly avoiding falling stones when lightning struck the tower.
• Konan received Jiraiya’s coded note and agreed to decode it using Icha Icha Paradise once they obtained the book.
• Naruto returned to Konoha and met Shikaku, who took him to his home for a private conversation.

Naruto told Shikaku that he had returned from the future and explained why he was trying to change the shinobi world's fate. Shikaku believed him, offered the Ino-Shika-Cho clans' secret techniques, and Naruto later startled Kakashi by searching his home for Icha Icha Paradise.

• Naruto told Shikaku about his future, his return through Pear, and the threats posed by Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Shikaku believed Naruto but warned that the village might not accept his story and that his choices would bring criticism.
• Naruto explained that he intended to change the world at its roots rather than wait for the Fourth Shinobi World War and rely on the Sage of Six Paths' power.
• Shikaku gave Naruto a box containing secret techniques from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans and promised to support him.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to escape when Shikaku's wife pounded on the door.
• Naruto searched Kakashi's home for Icha Icha Paradise, surprising Kakashi when he returned.

Naruto studied Sunagakure’s Puppet Technique, built Mecha Naruto: Unit 1, and planned a collection of mechanical versions of his acquaintances. In Konoha, Sakura learned that Naruto had resurrected Jiraiya and hurried away after hearing Tsunade’s shocked reaction.

• Naruto returned to Amegakure with secret technique scrolls from Sunagakure and Konoha, then focused on learning Sunagakure’s Puppet Engineering.
• Naruto assembled Mecha Naruto: Unit 1 and told Konan he wanted to recruit Sasori as his assistant.
• Naruto showed Konan blueprints for mechanical versions of his acquaintances, including Mecha Konan, and Konan said she would measure herself for the design.
• Konan took Icha Icha Paradise to read, hoping to understand Jiraiya’s ninja way and spirit through his writing.
• Sakura went to Tsunade’s office to ask to resume missions, but overheard Kakashi reveal that Naruto had resurrected Jiraiya.
• Sakura vanished from the hallway as Tsunade reacted in shock to the news.

Naruto deciphered Jiraiya’s cryptic message with Konan before leaving to capture Uchiha Shin’s spacetime Mangekyō. After using Kotoamatsukami to change Shin’s attitude toward his cloned children, Naruto returned to Amegakure and learned Sakura Haruno wanted to see him.

• Konan showed Naruto the decoded sentence from Jiraiya’s message, and Naruto concluded it was a clue to a major secret.
• Konan asked Naruto to leave a Shadow Clone behind to visit Jiraiya with her, and Naruto set out for the Land of Fields.
• Naruto defeated Uchiha Shin and seized the Mangekyō Sharingan that held the Buto no Inochi ability.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami on Shin, who left with his cloned children after his hostility faded.
• Naruto returned to Amegakure and told Konan to bring Sakura Haruno to see him.

Sakura asked Naruto to resurrect her parents, and he used Impure World Reincarnation to bring them back in White Zetsu bodies. After Sakura left with them, Violet watched her and clenched her fist.

• Violet brought Sakura to Naruto and Konan at Amegakure's Ninja Affairs Hall.
• Sakura apologized for mocking Naruto about his parents and told him Sasuke had caused her parents' deaths.
• Sakura begged Naruto to resurrect her parents, but Naruto refused to use the resurrection technique and offered another way to see them.
• Naruto used Impure World Reincarnation on two White Zetsu with Sakura's parents' blood, and Sakura reunited with her parents.
• Sakura's remarks about Pain unsettled diners in Amegakure, so she paid and left with her parents.
• Violet watched Sakura leave and clenched her fist.

Sakura went to Amegakure seeking Naruto’s help to resurrect her parents, but Violet ambushed and killed her before she could reach him. Kabuto witnessed the murder through a snake and planned to search for something he had prepared years earlier.

• Sakura’s parents released themselves from Impure World Reincarnation, leaving her a message urging her to live well.
• Sakura obtained Gaara’s approval to retrieve Granny Chiyo’s forbidden technique, but learned that Naruto had the scroll and went to Amegakure instead.
• Sakura resolved to ask Naruto to resurrect her parents, even if she had to humiliate herself.
• Violet lured Sakura into the woods, slit her throat, and stabbed her brainstem before she could activate the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Violet dissolved Sakura’s body and a snake that had witnessed the killing, but Kabuto had watched through the snake and considered retrieving something he had prepared years earlier.

Kabuto Yakushi resurrected Sakura Haruno with Impure World Reincarnation, and she fought Sasuke over her regrets and her parents’ deaths. After escaping, Sakura freed herself from Kabuto’s control and joined Naruto in Amegakure, leaving Violet and Naruto to consider the consequences.

• Kabuto Yakushi used a White Zetsu and Sakura Haruno’s stored blood to resurrect her with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sakura attacked Sasuke, blaming herself for sparing him and confronting him over her parents’ deaths; Sasuke fought back but eventually let her leave.
• Sakura told Naruto that Kabuto Yakushi had resurrected her, and Naruto taught her the seals to release herself from the reincarnation technique.
• Sakura asked to stay in Amegakure and offered to help as a medical ninja, and Naruto accepted her.
• Sakura told Violet she would keep Violet’s role in her death secret and explained that she wanted to improve her medical ninjutsu and make amends.
• Violet welcomed Sakura to Amegakure, while Naruto and Konan reflected on Team 7’s enduring bonds.

Naruto tried to understand Amegakure’s unrest while studying forbidden techniques, then Madara Uchiha invaded the village in Susanoo. The chapter ended as Madara unleashed Tengai Shinsei against Naruto.

• Konan told Naruto that merchants were striking and residents had formed a delegation demanding reassurance, and Naruto said he needed to become stronger to make the people feel safe.
• Naruto studied Life Reincarnation and learned it could only restore the soul of someone who had died within the past day, so he decided not to learn the technique.
• Naruto asked Konan for toilet paper, and she sent him paper coated with Devil Chili Oil as payback for his teasing.
• Madara Uchiha killed a patrolling Anbu, noticed Sai flying overhead, and then entered Amegakure in Susanoo.
• Naruto sensed Madara’s arrival, and Madara formed a three-faced Susanoo and launched Tengai Shinsei.

Naruto battled Madara’s super-heavy meteors above Amegakure while Konan told the villagers that Pain had sacrificed himself and Naruto had come to protect them. Sakura summoned Katsuyu to shield everyone below, freeing Naruto to unleash his full power as Madara’s meteor shattered.

• Madara sent a super-heavy meteor toward Amegakure, and Naruto lightened it, blasted it apart, and gathered its fragments with Planetary Devastation.
• Madara accelerated a second meteor with Super Shinra Tensei, and Naruto countered from below, trapping the meteor between their repulsive forces.
• Konan told Amegakure’s people that Pain had willingly revived Konoha’s dead and that Naruto was fighting to protect their village.
• As Naruto hesitated over the falling fragments, Sakura summoned Katsuyu and spread her clones throughout Amegakure to protect its residents.
• Encouraged by Sakura and the villagers, Naruto unleashed his full power and shattered Madara’s meteor.

Madara attacked Sakura and Naruto while the defenders of Amegakure fought to stop him. After Kisame survived a near-fatal wound thanks to Sakura, Naruto entered Sage Mode and challenged Madara to a one-on-one fight.

• Madara tried to kill Sakura, but Naruto's Shadow Clone intercepted him before Madara turned his attack toward Naruto gathering senjutsu chakra.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, Shima, and Konan countered Madara's flames, flowering trees, and pollen with their techniques.
• Kisame challenged Madara, but Madara's Wood Release clone impaled him; Konan's explosive-tag attack destroyed the clone, and Sakura healed Kisame with chakra that Samehada passed on.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode, agreed to meet Madara in a more open area, and declared that their fight would be between the two of them alone.

Naruto and Madara fought across the plains outside Amegakure, trading soul techniques and countering Madara’s attempts to summon Kurama. After Naruto blocked Kurama’s summons, Madara unleashed his Perfect Susanoo, and Naruto answered by growing to its size and activating Purple Electricity Chakra Mode.

• Madara noticed Naruto carrying Obito’s Gunbai and tried to disrupt Naruto’s chakra by summoning Kurama from inside him.
• Naruto and Madara simultaneously used the Human Path to extract each other’s souls, then returned to their bodies with the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Naruto used the Gunbai’s Flying Thunder God Mark to reach Madara and applied a Contract Seal that prevented him from summoning Kurama.
• Madara formed his Perfect Susanoo and challenged Naruto, who used the Super Multi-Size Technique and Purple Electricity Chakra Mode to match its size.
• Naruto and Madara charged at each other and collided, shaking the earth and mountains.

Naruto battled Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, using his strength, speed, and several clan techniques to disarm and take control of it. Madara answered by summoning a Wood Golem to face the Susanoo, eager to resume the kind of battle he once fought with Hashirama.

• Naruto traded blows with Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, caught its greatsword barehanded, snapped it, and knocked it away with his Gunbai.
• Naruto countered the Susanoo’s aerial sword attacks with the Super Multi-Size: Shadow Imitation Technique, then used a marked Mangekyō eye and Buto no Inochi to pull Madara from the Susanoo.
• Naruto used the Inorganic Mind Body Switch Technique to possess the Perfect Susanoo, while Madara failed to reach Naruto’s dormant body with Wood Dragons.
• Madara summoned a Wood Golem strong enough to match the Perfect Susanoo and eagerly prepared to fight.

Naruto and Madara fought a second, devastating battle, with Naruto overwhelming Madara through powerful combinations and a final trap. Naruto defeated him but let him escape with Black Zetsu, then collapsed from exhaustion into a gentle embrace.

• Naruto and Madara clashed with their giant constructs, and Madara revealed that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had awakened the dōjutsu Ōfutonō.
• Madara armored his wooden golem with Susanoo and pressured Naruto, whose chakra was drained by the Wood Dragon.
• Naruto formed Planetary Devastation: Rock Fists and used successive enhanced punches and Thunderclap: Peerless Bomb to shatter the armored golem and damage Madara.
• Naruto used Mecha Naruto: Unit-01 and the True Eye of Sand to reposition, then pierced Madara with Black Receivers and restrained him while draining his chakra to restore his own body.
• Naruto stopped draining Madara before the Impure World Reincarnation ended, allowing Black Zetsu to take Madara away; Naruto collapsed and was caught in someone's embrace.

Naruto helped Amegakure recover after Madara’s attack, honored the fallen Yoruame, and worked with Konan to plan the village’s reconstruction despite its lack of funds. He enlisted Yamato to rebuild the damaged homes, and Orochimaru returned to Amegakure at dawn.

• Naruto returned to Amegakure with Konan, where the villagers welcomed him, and Sakura received his thanks for protecting the civilians.
• Sai led Naruto and the others to Yoruame’s body, and Naruto honored the fallen Anbu by arranging a burial and engraving his name on Amegakure’s Memorial Stone.
• Konan told Naruto that Amegakure lacked the funds for reconstruction, so Naruto planned to use Madara’s meteorite remains and added Kakuzu to his list of targets connected to Kabuto Yakushi.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to bring Yamato back to Amegakure and persuaded him to help rebuild the residential district with Wood Release.
• Orochimaru returned to Amegakure at dawn.

Tsunade reunited with Jiraiya in Amegakure while Naruto began a procedure to awaken his Uzumaki bloodline using Mito Uzumaki’s cells. At Kabuto Yakushi’s hideout, Sasuke mastered Blaze Release Chakra Mode and demanded to fight Nagato.

• Naruto told Tsunade and Shizune that Amegakure had been attacked but suffered no casualties, then led Tsunade to Jiraiya.
• Tsunade ran to Jiraiya and embraced him beside the Nameless Lake while Shizune cried and Naruto and Orochimaru watched from afar.
• Orochimaru reported that he had prepared two samples of Mito Uzumaki’s cells, and Naruto explained that he needed them to awaken his Uzumaki power and overcome his limits.
• Orochimaru injected Mito’s cells into Naruto at the Experimental Base and said they would wait for his bloodline to awaken.
• Sasuke mastered Blaze Release Chakra Mode at Kabuto Yakushi’s Nest, refused to relocate, and demanded that Kabuto summon Nagato for combat training.
• Kabuto released Nagato from his coffin and agreed to let him act with his own consciousness as Sasuke prepared to test himself against him.

Sasuke challenged Nagato, seeking strength to destroy Konoha, Naruto, and Amegakure, but Nagato overwhelmed him with the Rinnegan and Uzumaki techniques. Kabuto stopped Nagato from killing Sasuke, while Nagato left a Phantom Dragon to guide Naruto to the Impure World Reincarnation caster.

• Sasuke declared his desire for strength and revenge, naming Konoha, Naruto, and Amegakure as targets, and Nagato accepted his challenge.
• Nagato countered Sasuke’s Blaze Release and Susanoo with summons, black receivers, sealing techniques, and the Human Path, nearly extracting Sasuke’s soul.
• Sasuke’s fiery-red Susanoo and Totsuka Blade emerged to protect him, allowing Nagato to evade the strike.
• Sasuke used perfect Susanoo to break Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, but Nagato bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains and toppled it into an Underworld Swamp.
• Nagato shattered Susanoo’s head with Super Shinra Tensei and rushed to seize Sasuke’s soul, but Kabuto forcibly halted the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Nagato’s eyes closed as he left a Phantom Dragon behind to tell Naruto the location of the Impure World Reincarnation caster.

The Raikage refused Dodai’s proposal to send aid to Amegakure, while Naruto awakened the Uzumaki bloodline and discovered that his original self remained inside his psyche with Kurama. Naruto planned to visit the Waterfall of Truth to confront that other self before reclaiming Kurama’s power.

• The Raikage rejected Dodai’s suggestion to seek Ōnoki’s help with the ten-ton weight and vowed to master his transformed body.
• Dodai told the Raikage that Samui and the others were alive in Amegakure and proposed sending aid to secure their release, but the Raikage angrily refused.
• Naruto awoke with the Uzumaki Clan’s full bloodline, saw his new red hair, and dyed it blond again to restore his familiar appearance.
• Naruto entered his mental world and realized his original self had reached an understanding with Kurama.
• Kurama summoned Naruto’s original self, who attacked him with Tailed Beast Bombs, and Naruto decided to visit the Waterfall of Truth to face him.