Chapter Summaries

Naruto awoke after more than a year unconscious and reunited with Hinata, Konan, and the others. He promised to face future challenges alongside his allies and turned the gathering toward discussing how to divide the Chakra Fruits.

• Naruto and Hinata were interrupted by Konan as they were about to be intimate, and Konan waited outside while they spent an hour together.
• Naruto came out to speak with Konan, noticed her longer hair, and learned that everyone had gathered on the Obon Festival.
• Naruto sensed the people waiting below the tower and greeted Obito, Madara, Sasuke, Hashirama, Kakashi, and Minato.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would no longer make decisions alone and promised that they would fight side by side.
• Naruto showed no concern about the Kāma Ryūshiki and revealed that he already knew about God Valley.
• Naruto proposed that they discuss how to divide up the Chakra Fruits.

Naruto gathered the Heaven Shinobi and summoned Hitomi and Sarada to announce who would receive ten Divine-Grade Chakra Fruits for the coming battle in God Valley. He selected himself, eight others, and finally Hitomi and Sarada, leaving the two stunned.

• Naruto explained the Divine-Grade Chakra Fruits and why their recipients needed powerful dōjutsu and other mechanics for the battle in God Valley.
• Naruto sent Tobirama and Minato to bring Hitomi and Sarada back from an assignment, and the two reunited with their fathers and Sasuke.
• Naruto announced that he, Obito, Madara, Hashirama, Sasuke, Hinata, Natsushita Neji, and Kakashi would receive eight fruits.
• Naruto explained that the copied fruits could be eaten by people with Ōtsutsuki-related bloodlines and would grant divine power and at least one divine technique.
• Naruto announced that Hitomi and Sarada would inherit the final two fruits, startling them.

Naruto explained why Hitomi and Sarada were the best candidates to inherit Chakra Fruits, revealing the power of their Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with Sarada awakening her Mangekyō and being asked to demonstrate her dōjutsu.

• Sarada and Hitomi objected to receiving Chakra Fruits, but Naruto explained that Hitomi's Ayekashi made him a strong candidate.
• Hitomi offered to give his eyes to Minato or Tobirama, but Naruto explained that transplanted dōjutsu could not reach their full strength and urged Hitomi to trust his potential.
• Naruto told Sarada that she had awakened a formidable Mangekyō dōjutsu called Great Sun Spirit in the previous life.
• Naruto used Tsukuyomi to make Sarada witness Hitomi's death repeatedly, triggering her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sarada lamented the suffering Uchiha endured to awaken their eyes, and Sasuke comforted her before Naruto asked her to show everyone her dōjutsu.

Sarada demonstrated her Mangekyō Dōjutsu, Death Butterfly Reflection, which created a Naruto replica capable of using his abilities. The Heaven Shinobi chose Sarada to receive the Chakra Fruit, and after everyone consumed their fruit, the ninja world entered the realm of gods.

• Hitomi reassured Sarada about her Dōjutsu, and Naruto showed her how to sense its abilities.
• Sarada awakened Death Butterfly Reflection and explained that it recorded a target's state and shaped the information into a butterfly.
• Sarada's butterfly absorbed natural energy and created a Naruto replica that used Ōmononushi and other techniques against Naruto.
• Naruto defeated and absorbed the replica, while Tobirama, Minato, and Madara praised Sarada's Dōjutsu and discussed its limits.
• The Heaven Shinobi chose Sarada to receive the Chakra Fruit, then everyone consumed their fruit and the ninja world entered the realm of gods.

After eating Divine-Grade Chakra Fruits, Naruto and the others prepared to enter God Valley, and Kaguya decided to join them. Before leaving, Naruto visited the site where he had killed Shinshiki and used his Culling Game ability to try to revive him.

• Naruto, Obito, Hitomi, and Sarada manifested new divine forms after eating Chakra Fruits, while Obito remained dead despite his changed appearance.
• Kaguya overcame her fear of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and agreed to travel with the group to God Valley.
• Sasuke explained that God Valley would isolate its entrants until a final winner emerged, and Naruto said he was ready for the battle ahead.
• Naruto brought the group to Fallen God Slope, where he revealed that he wanted to claim Shinshiki’s Amaterasu ability.
• Naruto used his Rinne Sharingan’s Culling Game to declare that Shinshiki was still alive and command him to awaken.

Naruto resurrected Shinshiki to take his Amaterasu, and Obito helped sever the eye’s bond so Naruto could absorb it. After killing Shinshiki, Naruto prepared to set out for God Valley.

• Shinshiki reappeared at Fallen God Slope and attacked Naruto, but Naruto easily blocked his techniques and knocked out his Tenseigan.
• Shinshiki realized Naruto had awakened the Hanging Root King's dōjutsu, Culling Game, and accused him of resurrecting him to humiliate him.
• Naruto revealed that he wanted Shinshiki's Amaterasu, and Obito severed the causal bond tying the ability to Shinshiki's divine soul.
• Naruto used Takami-Musubi: Eye Seizure to absorb Amaterasu into his forehead eye, while Obito also severed the bonds of Shinshiki's Tenseigan.
• Naruto declined to take the Tenseigan, then used Amaterasu to burn Shinshiki and feed his divine power to the God Tree.
• Naruto announced that it was time to set out for God Valley.

The Ten Great Shinobi and Kaguya gathered to meet Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki, whose past kindness and sacrifice had shaped their lives. In Naruto’s inner world, Ryūshiki greeted them and began explaining the powerful figures awaiting them at God Valley.

• Naruto told the gathered shinobi that Ryūshiki wanted to meet with them before they set off.
• Kaguya reflected on her complicated bond with Ryūshiki and grieved that he had sacrificed himself to change the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s fate.
• Light transported everyone’s spiritual forms into Naruto’s inner world, now a fertile landscape beneath a vast tree.
• Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki introduced himself as Takamagahara’s greatest rebel and said he would explain what they needed to know about God Valley and its powerful attendees.