Chapter Summaries

Naruto brought Hell Valley to Amegakure to train his Purple Electricity Chakra Mode before fighting Obito, while Madara mastered Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Technique and learned he was Indra’s reincarnation. Madara rejected Black Zetsu’s attempt to steer him away from Mount Myōboku and set out to investigate it himself.

• Naruto brought Hell Valley to Amegakure and told Konan not to interrupt his training as he prepared to face Obito.
• Madara mastered Ryūchi Cave’s Frenzy Sage Technique and went to hear the White Snake Sage explain his origins.
• The White Snake Sage told Madara that he and Hashirama were reincarnations of Indra and Asura, and that Naruto and Sasuke were the current generation’s reincarnations.
• Madara rejected the idea that his past life defined him and vowed to discover the truth behind the Uchiha tablet and Infinite Tsukuyomi himself.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara to avoid Mount Myōboku and absorb its Sage Power from Jiraiya, but Madara decided to visit the mountain alone.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to locate Obito and Kabuto Yakushi, while Black Zetsu privately resolved to make other plans.

Kabuto Yakushi treated a village in the Land of Water and used the villagers’ gratitude to learn about Cixin, Hashirama Senju’s son. The village chief revealed that Cixin had a descendant and offered to tell Kabuto where to find them.

• Kabuto Yakushi treated the sick villagers and secretly purified their well while explaining to Sasuke why he preferred kindness and cooperation to force.
• The village chief offered Kabuto Yakushi money and food, but Kabuto declined and asked for information about Cixin.
• The village chief said Cixin had once stayed in the village with a woman, helped dig its well, and had been gravely ill when he left.
• After learning Cixin was likely dead, Kabuto Yakushi appeared forlorn, and the village chief agreed to reveal where Cixin’s descendant was.

Kabuto and Sasuke continued toward the surviving Senju child while discussing how Sasuke might resurrect Itachi, then discovered that someone was pursuing them for Kagami Uchiha’s left eye. Meanwhile, the Raikage traveled to Hell Valley to train against visual genjutsu, only to find that the valley had disappeared.

• Sasuke told Kabuto he wanted to bring Itachi back to life, and Kabuto promised to help him recover Itachi’s remains and obtain the Rinnegan.
• Kabuto and Sasuke were ambushed by Sunagakure Anbu, and Kabuto identified their pursuer as someone seeking Kagami Uchiha’s left eye.
• Kabuto erased the dead Anbu’s body with his Mangekyō and urged Sasuke to focus on finding the surviving Senju child.
• The Raikage traveled to Hell Valley to improve his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and train without relying on sight.
• The Raikage’s guards insisted they had reached Hell Valley, but the valley was gone, leaving the Raikage furious and bewildered.

Yuntai told the Raikage that Naruto Uzumaki had taken Hell Valley, prompting the Raikage to head for Amegakure. Meanwhile, the Great Toad Sage captured Madara Uchiha at Mount Myōboku, and the Raikage’s party arrived at Amegakure’s Four Red Yang Formation.

• Yuntai recounted how a blond-haired figure had moved Hell Valley, and Dodai identified the supposed Divine Man as Naruto Uzumaki.
• The Raikage set out for Amegakure to confront Naruto, while Dodai arranged for Yuntai to inform Buroi that the Raikage might not return.
• Madara Uchiha tried to leave Mount Myōboku but the Great Toad Sage defeated him with Toad Heaven Sniper and sealed his chakra.
• The Great Toad Sage imprisoned Madara and told the Message Toad to inform Naruto that Madara was in custody.
• Several days later, the Kumogakure party reached Amegakure, where the Raikage charged at the Four Red Yang Formation with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.

The Raikage kept attacking Amegakure’s Four Red Yang Formation while Dodai’s shinobi settled in to camp nearby, and Naruto continued using Kotoamatsukami to control White Zetsu in Hell Valley. Two months later, intelligence about Kabuto Yakushi led Naruto to decide it was time to retrieve Kagami’s left eye.

• The Raikage repeatedly struck the Four Red Yang Formation, while Dodai ordered the Kumogakure shinobi to buy ingredients, pitch tents, and set up the Raikage’s portable toilet.
• Konan assured Violet that the barrier could withstand a Ten-Tails Bomb as Darui watched the Raikage’s assault.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to control two rebellious White Zetsu, continuing his routine of turning prisoners in Hell Valley.
• Two months passed, and Naruto’s eyesight deteriorated from his frequent use of Kotoamatsukami.
• Darui delivered Sunagakure Anbu intelligence about Kabuto Yakushi, and Naruto decided to retrieve Kagami’s left eye.

Kabuto Yakushi and Sasuke Uchiha found Kokusho Senju and provoked his dormant powers, revealing his Wood Release and Adamantine Sealing Chains. After Sasuke escaped with the unconscious Kokusho, Naruto Uzumaki confronted Kabuto, who demanded that Naruto capture Hinata Hyuga for his research.

• Kokusho Senju fished for his village until Kabuto Yakushi and Sasuke Uchiha arrived and identified him as Chishin Senju’s grandson and Asura’s reincarnation.
• Kabuto and Sasuke threatened Kokusho’s village with Kirin, triggering his awakening of seventeen Wood Dragons and twenty-one Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kokusho attacked Kabuto and Sasuke with Wood Release: Adamantine Wood Dragons, but Kabuto stopped him with his Mangekyō ability and Sasuke struck him with lightning dragons.
• Kabuto sensed Naruto approaching and told Sasuke to escape with the unconscious Kokusho; Sasuke withdrew while Kabuto stayed behind.
• Naruto arrived through Flying Thunder God and asked Kabuto for Kagami Uchiha’s left eye, but Kabuto demanded that Naruto capture Hinata Hyuga for research.

Naruto rejected Kabuto Yakushi’s demand that he capture Hinata Hyuga and attacked him instead. After countering Kabuto’s techniques, Naruto urged him to surrender, but Kabuto summoned an Impure World Reincarnation coffin containing Bushy Brows Sensei.

• Kabuto Yakushi asked Naruto to capture Hinata Hyuga for his research into the Byakugan, but Naruto refused and demanded that Kabuto give up his corneas and submit to Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto attacked Kabuto with his Gunbai, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Shadow Transfer, and Flying Thunder God, but Kabuto escaped with the Orochimaru Style Substitution Technique.
• Kabuto used Sage Art: White Rage Technique, but Naruto stopped its detonation with Shadow Mage: Mui Seal and absorbed it with the Preta Path.
• Kabuto attacked with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, and Naruto countered by using Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to crush him in a spreading forest.
• Kabuto survived with the Hozuki Clan’s Hydrification Technique, refused to surrender, and summoned an Impure World Reincarnation coffin.
• The coffin opened to reveal Bushy Brows Sensei, leaving Naruto visibly shaken.

Kabuto Yakushi used an eyeless, reincarnated Might Guy to attack Naruto, who deduced how Kabuto had modified Guy and countered his Daytime Tigers with Madara's Gunbai. Guy opened the Eighth Gate of Death, and Naruto stayed to test his newly developed Thunderclap Golden Body Mode.

• Kabuto sent the eyeless reincarnated Might Guy to protect him and attack Naruto, and Guy opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger.
• Naruto guessed Kabuto had given Guy a way to sense enemies without sight, then used Flying Thunder God and Madara's Gunbai to absorb and reflect Guy's attacks.
• Kabuto revealed that he had given Guy an artificial heart and blood vessels, allowing him to open the Eighth Gate of Death with injected blood.
• Naruto deduced that Guy's blood would eventually run out, but refused to flee because he wanted to avenge Gaara's fallen Anbu and test his new mode.
• Naruto activated Thunderclap Golden Body Mode by combining Purple Electricity Chakra Mode with Nine-Tails chakra.

Naruto used Thunderclap Golden Body Mode to fight Might Guy’s Eight Gates Released Formation while Kabuto Yakushi watched and intervened. After surviving Guy’s Night Guy attack, Naruto used his speed to ambush Kabuto and gouged out his left eye.

• Naruto activated Thunderclap Golden Body Mode and faced Might Guy as Kabuto retreated to watch.
• Naruto endured Guy’s first Evening Elephant strikes, then countered the second with Thunderclap: Lightning Beast Sky Charge.
• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God and Super Shinra Tensei to evade Guy’s attacks, but Guy shattered his Gunbai and blasted him backward.
• Naruto bound Guy with Adamantine Sealing Chains and began seizing his soul, but Kabuto disrupted him with Sage Art: White Rage Technique.
• Guy broke free and prepared Night Guy while Kabuto anticipated Naruto would flee, but Naruto used Lightning Soul Flash to gouge out Kabuto’s left eye and strike his back.

Naruto took Kagami Uchiha’s left eye and left Kabuto paralyzed after defeating him on the battlefield. Back in Amegakure, Naruto prepared for his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and received a message from the Great Toad Sage, while Madara was released from his cell to learn Senjutsu.

• Naruto departed after taking Kagami Uchiha’s left eye, and his attack left Kabuto paralyzed; Sasuke returned and helped him from the battlefield.
• Kabuto told Sasuke that he could not heal his spinal injury and asked him to collect the broken Gunbai fragments, hoping to repair the weapon.
• Naruto realized he had left the Gunbai behind, then told Orochimaru that Kagami’s eyes would be ready for transplantation after about sixty uses of Kotoamatsukami.
• The Message Toad delivered the Great Toad Sage’s wishes to Naruto, who wrote a reply that the toad carried back that night.
• Sage Shima opened Madara’s cell and told him the Great Toad Sage had ordered her to take him to learn Senjutsu.

Madara mastered the essentials of Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu and was lured into visiting the Great Toad Sage for answers about Hagoromo, Kaguya, and his training. Meanwhile, Kabuto prepared Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan and planned to take the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path during Naruto and Obito’s expected battle.

• Madara used Mount Myōboku’s natural energy to perform Toad Sniper, then told Fukasaku and Shima he was leaving without thanking the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage summoned his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form and offered to explain the truth about Hagoromo and Kaguya, and who had asked him to teach Madara Senjutsu.
• Madara initially rejected the offer, but changed his mind when the Great Toad Sage revealed that Hagoromo had learned Senjutsu before Indra was born.
• Kabuto monitored Guoshang’s cells flowing into Sasuke and predicted Sasuke would awaken the Rinnegan in about a month.
• Kabuto planned to exploit the coming battle between Naruto and Obito by having Sasuke summon away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

After learning that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet to use him for Kaguya’s purposes, Madara accepted Naruto’s indirect help in learning Senjutsu but refused to feel indebted to him. He stayed on Mount Myōboku for a month, then resolved to reclaim his eyes and surpass Naruto as the Shinobi World prepared for the Ōtsutsuki threat.

• The Great Toad Sage recounted Kaguya’s history, leading Madara to conclude that Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s will and had manipulated the Stone Tablet.
• Madara read Naruto’s letter asking the Great Toad Sage to teach him Senjutsu, learned he owed Naruto a favor, and angrily rejected any suggestion that he would be grateful.
• The Great Toad Sage advised Madara not to rush after Black Zetsu, and Madara remained on Mount Myōboku to reflect and practice Freeform Sage Art.
• After a month, Madara deduced that Naruto was preparing the Shinobi World for the Ōtsutsuki Clan and resolved to reclaim his eyes and become the front-runner.

Naruto’s Wood Release: Clone, disguised as Tsunade, faced Shizune after she discovered his identity and extracted a promise of a favor in exchange for keeping it secret. Meanwhile, Tsunade mastered Shikkotsu Forest’s Stillness Sage Technique and prepared to return.

• Naruto’s clone asked Shizune to go to the hot spring, but she said she needed to deliver Kurenai Yuhi’s baby.
• Shizune revealed that she knew Naruto had been impersonating Tsunade and had confirmed it with Mr. Shikaku.
• Shizune promised to keep Naruto’s secret in exchange for a favor, and Naruto reluctantly agreed.
• Naruto turned the hot spring teasing back on Shizune, who fled the room in embarrassment.
• Tsunade mastered Shikkotsu Forest’s Stillness Sage Technique after three months of training with the Slug Sage.

Naruto awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan after merging the ocular powers of Shisui Uchiha and Kagami Uchiha. He told Orochimaru he wanted to summon the four White Zetsu who remained unaffected by Kotoamatsukami.

• Naruto confirmed that his eyes had gone blind after his clone returned with three months of experience, then removed them so Kagami's eyes could be transplanted.
• Obito found the Uzumaki Clan's Secret Shadow Seal, learned its fatal weakness under sunlight, and mastered it while Tsuchima learned the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Obito prepared for a final battle with Naruto and told Tobi to flee if his life was endangered; Tobi promised.
• Naruto's ocular powers merged ahead of schedule, and he awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan on the evening of the third day.
• Naruto told Orochimaru he wanted to use a technique on the four White Zetsu who had not been placed under Kotoamatsukami.

Naruto and Orochimaru reincarnated the four Hokage after Naruto explained how his Futsunomitama Dōjutsu collected and processed soul energy. The Hokage returned in White Zetsu bodies, and they turned toward Naruto after hearing him laugh.

• Naruto released the four Hokage souls from Enma and used soul jade to strengthen them before reincarnation.
• Naruto explained to Orochimaru that Futsunomitama collected soul force fields with its left eye and processed them into soul jade with its right.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation using four White Zetsu as sacrifices, restoring Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Minato.
• The Hokage discussed their return, and Hiruzen was surprised to find himself young again while Hashirama lamented that he had not gotten younger.
• Naruto laughed at the Hokage's conversation, and all four turned their attention toward him.

Naruto explained his Uzumaki heritage and newly awakened dōjutsu to the four Hokage he had summoned, then asked them to help him prepare for his coming battle with Obito. The Hokage agreed to spar with him and guard against Madara, Kabuto, and Sasuke while Naruto faced Obito alone.

• Tobirama mistook Naruto for an Uchiha until Hashirama sensed Naruto's Uzumaki chakra, and Naruto revealed his name and demonstrated his red hair.
• Naruto explained that he had awakened his Uzumaki bloodline using Mito Uzumaki's cells, and Orochimaru revealed that Mito had been reincarnated and stayed with Naruto willingly.
• Naruto told the Hokage that Futsu no Mitama had empowered their reincarnated bodies and that he wanted to spar with them before fighting Obito Uchiha.
• Naruto asked the Hokage to keep Madara Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Sasuke Uchiha from interfering while he fought Obito alone.
• The four Hokage agreed to help Naruto prepare and postpone hearing the full story until after his challenge.

Sasuke, Madara, and the Raikage each set out from their latest struggles, while Naruto finished sparring with the four resurrected Hokage and mastered his new eyes. Naruto prepared to use Futsunomitama to give souls to the five Six Paths ninja tools.

• Kabuto sent Sasuke to join the coming battle between Naruto and Obito, leaving the sleeping Guoshang in the Experimental Base.
• Sasuke carried Kabuto from the base, told him he considered him close family, and flew with him toward the Land of Rain using Susanoo.
• Madara destroyed the Uchiha Shrine and its Stone Tablet, then resolved to challenge Naruto at Amegakure and reclaim the Rinnegan and his place as the strongest.
• Fourth Raikage A finally cracked Amegakure's Four Red Yang Formation after three months of striking it, then departed with the Kumogakure shinobi.
• Naruto finished sparring with the four Hokage, mastered his new eyes, and summoned the Bashōsen, Kōkinjō, Seven Star Sword, Benihisago, and Amber Purifying Pot.
• Naruto said he would use Futsunomitama to give souls to the five ninja tools.

Naruto gave souls to the Six Paths Tools and Flying Nimbuses, then arranged a final battle with Obito at the River of the Undying. Obito set out with Tsuchima Senju, convinced that Naruto would fall and that he would claim the Nine-Tails and Rinnegan.

• Naruto awakened the Amber Purifying Pot’s soul, and Hashirama urged him to use the Hokage’s soul spectra as models for the other tools.
• Naruto gave souls to the Bashōsen, Seven Star Sword, Benihisago, and Kōkinjō, then made four Flying Nimbuses for the Hokage.
• Naruto dissolved Amegakure’s three-month lockdown and used the Magic Lantern Body Technique to contact Obito.
• Naruto and Obito agreed to fight to the death at the River of the Undying in two hours, with no restrictions or oaths.
• Obito and Tsuchima Senju headed to the battlefield, planning to defeat Naruto and take the Nine-Tails and Rinnegan.

Naruto and the resurrected Hokage reached the River of the Undying, where Naruto attacked Obito with the Bashōsen but could not harm his intangible body. A massive Kamui vortex then appeared and revealed Tsuchima Senju, a new enemy who introduced himself to the gathered fighters.

• Naruto traveled toward battle with Konan and his sentient Six Paths tools while the tools bickered among themselves.
• Minato revealed that he was Naruto’s father, and the Hokage discussed Naruto’s hidden identity, troubled childhood, and failure to recognize Minato.
• The Hokage and Konan arrived above the River of the Undying, where Konan confirmed she had learned the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags from Naruto.
• Obito Uchiha appeared, and Naruto unleashed the Bashōsen’s Four Releases: Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, but Obito emerged unharmed because he could remain intangible.
• A colossal Kamui vortex gathered the surrounding matter into an eye, and a long-haired man resembling Hashirama introduced himself as Tsuchima Senju.

Naruto faced Tsuchima while Obito kept him occupied with Kamui and a Perfect Susanoo. Tsuchima stopped time across much of the battlefield and unleashed a soul-calling attack, leaving Naruto's fate uncertain.

• Hashirama persuaded Minato and the other Hokage not to interfere while Naruto confronted Obito and Tsuchima alone.
• Obito explained that he would use Kamui to deter Naruto while Tsuchima, empowered by Hashirama's body and the tailed beasts, handled the main attack.
• Naruto used Lightning Release, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Flying Thunder God, and eight wood clones to limit Obito's options and charge at Tsuchima.
• Naruto shifted into Thunderclap golden body mode, evaded Tsuchima's Kamui, and concealed himself with Dustless Bewildering Cover.
• Tsuchima ignored Obito's warning, stopped time across much of the River of the Undying, and summoned the Demonic Statue's dragons with Outer Path: Soul-Calling Dragon Flight.