Chapter Summaries

Hinata married Naruto despite rumors and criticism in Konoha, with her father and friends supporting her departure. As the wedding procession traveled toward the Land of Rain, Kakuzu and Tobirama followed it toward the border.

• Hiashi spoke privately with Hinata, then agreed to support her marriage to Naruto and rejected the betrothal gifts.
• Hinata left the Hyuga compound in a bridal procession as villagers whispered rumors, while Kakashi and her friends silently blessed her.
• Hinata waved to her classmates before the procession passed through Konoha's main gate and met Amegakure's welcoming party.
• Kakuzu and Tobirama encountered the enormous procession, then followed it toward the Land of Rain with several hundred chests of treasure.

Naruto and Hinata were married in Amegakure in a lavish celebration, where the village welcomed the couple warmly. After the festivities, they shared their first night together, while Kakuzu learned that Naruto had spent lavishly on the wedding and recounted the tragedy that had made him fight for money.

• Hashirama, Minato, Hiruzen, Mito, Konan, and the others gathered outside Amegakure to welcome the bride and celebrate Naruto's wedding.
• Hinata arrived from Konoha, and Naruto took her hand as the people of Amegakure cheered them through the gates.
• Tobirama restrained Kakuzu from confronting Naruto over the wedding expenses, then heard Kakuzu explain that he had married and had children before his failed assassination attempt on the First Hokage.
• Kakuzu told Tobirama that Takigakure's leaders had squandered his promised reward and failed to protect his family, so he killed them and took the Earth Grudge Fear technique.
• Naruto and Hinata spent their wedding night together in the tower after everyone else left them alone.

After awakening his Rinnegan, Sasuke discovered that his right eye could exchange the life states of two targets, then traveled with a wounded cat to a poor village in the Land of Lightning. An old woman invited him inside after explaining that the village had so little food that money was useless.

• Sasuke awoke on the coast after drifting unconscious at sea and confirmed that he had awakened the Rinnegan in his right eye.
• Sasuke used his new dōjutsu, Heavenly Reverse Hand, to exchange the cat’s injured state with a jackal, and learned that the power could not affect eyes or transfer death to a living target.
• Sasuke treated the cat’s injured eye, fed it grilled fish, and took it with him when it followed him through the forest.
• Sasuke summoned Aoda to carry them through the wooded hills toward a village, then sent him back with greetings for the White Snake Sage.
• Sasuke found the village destitute and learned from an old woman that money was useless there because people could not spend it on food.
• The old woman invited Sasuke into her home despite having nothing to offer him.

Sasuke learned from an old woman that the Land of Lightning’s untouchables were trapped in poverty and forced labor, and he decided to help the village despite her warnings. The woman revealed herself as Chiri Uchiha and gave her Mangekyō Sharingan to the cat; meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi appeared with an army of twenty thousand Might Guy clones, determined to make the world recognize him.

• The old woman told Sasuke that the village’s men had been taken for forced labor and explained the Land of Lightning’s rigid hierarchy and the untouchables’ plight.
• Sasuke offered to relocate the villagers and then asked where the workers were held, but the old woman warned that rescuing them could make their lives worse.
• Sasuke insisted on helping in a way he could, so the old woman asked him to chop firewood and take her dog to a reliable home.
• After Sasuke went outside, the old woman revealed that she was Chiri Uchiha and transplanted her left Mangekyō Sharingan into the cat.
• Kabuto Yakushi emerged from his bunker with an army of twenty thousand Might Guy clones and vowed to shake the shinobi world so his existence would be remembered.

Naruto settled into married life with Hinata while Gaara visited, but Kabuto Yakushi’s challenge forced Naruto to postpone his trip to Ryūchi Cave. Naruto sent Orochimaru to collect Indra’s blood and revealed that he planned to use Black Zetsu and a resurrected figure from the past to spring a trap.

• Hinata thanked Konan for supporting Naruto and invited her to the hot spring, where the two agreed to grow closer.
• Naruto and Gaara soaked together, and Gaara reflected on his reconciliation with his father, Rasa, and his resolve to support Naruto.
• Kabuto Yakushi sent Amegakure a challenge, declaring that he would attack with an army of 20,000 Might Guy clones.
• Naruto decided to join the fight, reasoning that the clones could use powerful Eight Gates techniques but not the Gate of Death.
• Orochimaru volunteered to retrieve Indra’s blood from Ryūchi Cave, and Naruto warned that Black Zetsu might interfere.
• Naruto told Orochimaru to play along if Black Zetsu appeared and revealed that he intended to let a resurrected figure from the past spring a trap for Black Zetsu.

Amegakure’s defenders fought Kabuto Yakushi’s army of twenty thousand Might Guy clones as the attackers used the Eight Gates Formation to overwhelm their defenses. Naruto and his allies stopped the three-thousand-clone assault and prepared a counterattack, but the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Kabuto Yakushi led twenty thousand Might Guy clones in a charge across the lake toward Amegakure, where Naruto, Hashirama, and their allies prepared to defend the village.
• Naruto and Hashirama’s Wood Release and Konan’s explosive tags failed to stop the clones, who broke through with a three-hundred-person Morning Peacock formation.
• Naruto used the Underworld Swamp to seize the exhausted clones, while Kabuto Yakushi answered with three thousand clones using the Gate of View.
• Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands to absorb the fire, but the clones destroyed it and obliterated his body before Naruto and Minato’s Kurama forms stopped the remaining barrage with Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Obito armored Minato’s Yin Kurama with Susanoo, and Naruto called on Kurama, Obito, and Minato to counterattack with Two Principles: Beast Calamity.

Minato, Naruto, and Obito fought Kabuto’s clone army, but their attacks failed to stop the clones from opening the Seventh Gate and unleashing a deadly assault. Hashirama defended against the attack with True Several Thousand Hands, intending to teach Naruto his new defense afterward.

• Minato and Obito combined a Tailed Beast Bomb with a Kamui Shuriken, destroying some Clone Guys and pulling others into Kamui Vortices.
• Obito launched another combined attack at Kabuto, but Naruto intercepted it to protect Kabuto because he was important to Sasuke.
• Kabuto split the remaining Clone Guys between the battlefield and his rear guard, then had the front-line clones open the Seventh Gate of Wonder, sacrificing their lives to use Afterimage Daytime Tiger.
• Naruto’s Super Shinra Tensei was overwhelmed, shattering his Susanoo armor and hurling him and Kurama into the sky, while Hinata chased after him.
• The Afterimage Daytime Tigers tore apart Minato and his Kurama, while Obito escaped through Intangibility Mode.
• Hashirama anchored True Several Thousand Hands and used its Immovable Wisdom King defense to withstand the storm, saying he would teach the technique to Naruto.

The ninja alliance stopped the first wave of Afterimage Daytime Tigers outside Amegakure, but Kabuto Yakushi revealed his real plan and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive ten thousand Clone Guy clones. The chapter ended with Kabuto declaring that the reincarnated fighters could use the Gate of Wonder without limit.

• Hashirama escaped the collapsing Wooden Kannon and was caught by A-Yun, while Tobirama prepared to protect Amegakure from the Afterimage Daytime Tiger.
• Itachi used the Yata Mirror to deflect the attack, and Tobirama, Hiruzen, Shisui, and the reincarnated ninja combined their defenses to stop it outside Amegakure's gates.
• The Gate of Wonder crippled six thousand Clone Guy clones, and Naruto and Hinata returned as Naruto urged Kabuto Yakushi to surrender.
• Kabuto revealed that the dead Clone Guy clones provided the life substance he needed, and the remaining six thousand bit down on poison and died.
• Kabuto used Sage Art: Impure World Reincarnation to sacrifice ten thousand living Clone Guy clones and revive ten thousand dead ones.
• Kabuto collapsed after spending nearly all his chakra and declared that the reincarnated Clone Guy clones could use the Gate of Wonder without limit.

Naruto turned the battle against Kabuto Yakushi by freeing four thousand Might Guy clones from Impure World Reincarnation and using them to counter the remaining forces. With Hinata opening a path through the battlefield, Naruto reached Kabuto and used Kotoamatsukami to stop him and take control of his fate.

• Naruto enlarged Kurama and used the Shadow Imitation Technique to capture four thousand Might Guy clones, while Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and the others held off the remaining six thousand.
• Naruto sent his voice into the captured clones’ minds, persuading them to form the seals that released them from Impure World Reincarnation.
• The freed Might Guy clones joined the allied side, and both formations attacked with Daytime Tiger as Kabuto’s forces began to lose their advantage.
• Naruto chose Kotoamatsukami over Itachi’s Izanami, and Hinata used Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to cut a path through the battlefield.
• Naruto charged through the opening, stopped Kabuto from killing himself with Ear Truth, Face Command, and used Kotoamatsukami on him.

Naruto explained how Karin’s loyalty to Sasuke made her a valuable source of information, then imprisoned Kabuto and recruited him for future work. Later, Naruto answered Orochimaru’s summons and learned that Black Zetsu had obtained Indra’s blood.

• Naruto told Kabuto that Karin had supported him to protect Sasuke, while her reports also let Naruto keep track of Sasuke.
• Naruto revealed that Kabuto’s lie to Karin about searching the Land of Lightning had forced Gaara’s Anbu to track him down, then thanked Kabuto for guiding Sasuke.
• Naruto promised to bring Sasuke back and put Kabuto to work after a stint in Amegakure’s prison, where Liuguang and Setsuna escorted him.
• Naruto left the problem of Kabuto’s ten thousand Impure World Reincarnation Clone Guys to others and returned to Hinata, but Orochimaru’s contact interrupted their night together.
• Naruto met Orochimaru near Ryūchi Cave, and Orochimaru confirmed that Black Zetsu had obtained Indra’s blood without discovering their plan.

Naruto explained how he had manipulated Black Zetsu into obtaining Indra’s blood while planning to seek the Nine-Headed Sage Snake in the Realm of Reincarnation. Black Zetsu used the blood and his own clone to revive Indra, who awakened in the living world.

• Naruto told Orochimaru that Indra’s blood might remain in the Nine-Headed Sage Snake’s fangs in the Realm of Reincarnation, and explained how the Golden-Eyed Toad and Manda’s fear supported his deduction.
• Naruto revealed that he had arranged for Black Zetsu to find the blood in Ryūchi Cave and staged Orochimaru’s struggle over it to keep Black Zetsu from suspecting his involvement.
• Naruto planned to explore the Realm of Reincarnation and asked Orochimaru to develop a way to preserve the tailed beasts’ wills before Indra became the sacrifice for Kaguya’s revival.
• Black Zetsu poured Indra’s blood onto a ritual formula and sacrificed one half of his body to perform Impure World Reincarnation.
• Indra appeared before Black Zetsu, recognized him, and remarked that a feast of the living world awaited.

Naruto, Hinata, and Konan entered the Realm of Reincarnation together and headed for its Forbidden Zone. Hinata revealed the Golden-Eyed Toad inside the fog, and Naruto prepared gas masks before confronting it.

• Naruto told Hinata about the Realm of Reincarnation and asked her to join him on another forced visit.
• Konan joined Naruto and Hinata, and Naruto triggered the Realm of Reincarnation with thousands of Shadow Clones.
• Konan used a paper talisman to bring herself and Hinata into Naruto's dream.
• Naruto, Hinata, and Konan traveled to the Forbidden Zone, where Hinata used Tenseigan Insight Mode to see an enormous toad through the fog.
• The Golden-Eyed Toad noticed Hinata and unleashed killing intent, so Naruto took out three gas masks and told Hinata and Konan to wear them.

Naruto, Konan, and Hinata fought the Golden-Eyed Toad, whose Mount Myōboku techniques overwhelmed them with attacks and genjutsu. Kurama rescued Naruto at the last moment, and the toad recognized him as Asura’s…

• Naruto, Konan, and Hinata used sealed gas masks and attacked the Golden-Eyed Toad, but he evaded their strikes with Toad Sky Step.
• The Golden-Eyed Toad hit Naruto with Toad Heaven Sniper, and Naruto escaped using Flying Thunder God despite breaking several ribs.
• Hinata’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion was blocked by Toad Heaven Guard, while Naruto explained the toad’s three revealed divine techniques.
• The Golden-Eyed Toad used Toad Heaven Sound to collapse Konan, Hinata, and Naruto with genjutsu, then fired poison arrows at them.
• Kurama awakened, broke Naruto free of the genjutsu, and intercepted the arrows with a golden chakra hand.
• Naruto activated Kurama’s Chakra Cloak, and the Golden-Eyed Toad recognized him as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchūriki and Asura’s…

Kurama explained his past battle with the Golden-Eyed Toad alongside Asura, then helped Naruto fight the toad. Naruto used a Flying Thunder God strike and a modified sword to drive a black receiver into the Golden-Eyed Toad and bind it with a summoning contract.

• Kurama told Naruto that the Golden-Eyed Toad had once rampaged through the world and that Asura had fought it with the tailed beasts’ power.
• Naruto freed Hinata and Konan from the toad’s genjutsu, then attacked with Kurama and the Gray Susanoo Armor.
• Naruto used repeated Tailed Beast Bombs to drive the Golden-Eyed Toad back and expose it through the fog.
• Naruto teleported from a Flying Thunder God tomoe and pierced the Golden-Eyed Toad with the Sword of Great Sun Shakugi as it used Toad Heaven Sniper.
• Naruto modified the sword to hold the toad in place, drove a black receiver into its body, and used Reincarnation: Summoning Contract to subdue it.

Naruto, Hinata, and Konan encountered the Monkey King, whose indestructible diamond body withstood their strongest attacks. Naruto spotted the Monkey King concealing a likely vital point and began devising a plan to exploit it.

• Naruto, Hinata, and Konan continued through the Realm of Reincarnation and discovered that a mountain was the Monkey King in disguise.
• The Monkey King revealed his Fiery Golden Eyes and challenged Naruto, who tried to persuade him to leave the realm willingly.
• Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb and Gate of the Great God failed to harm or restrain the Monkey King, and Hinata's Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion only cut his palm before he shattered it.
• The Monkey King charged Naruto, who escaped with a Substitution Technique, while Konan attacked with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Naruto explained that the Monkey King's diamond body should have a vital point, and the Monkey King emerged from the explosions hiding his hand behind his back.
• Naruto suspected the hidden hand covered the Monkey King's vital point and asked Hinata and Konan to help carry out his plan.

Naruto, Hinata, and Konan subdued the Monkey King and Naruto bound his soul to a Rinnegan Summoning Contract. After resting, they continued searching for the Nine-Headed Snake Sage, who charged toward them from his lair.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to position the Monkey King for Hinata and Konan to bind his arms, then struck the weakness they had identified and extinguished his flames.
• Naruto subdued the Monkey King with Black Receivers, recorded his soul's spectrum, and formed a Rinnegan Summoning Contract with him.
• The Monkey King refused to reveal how he had died, and Naruto, Hinata, and Konan speculated about the cause before continuing their search.
• The Nine-Headed Snake Sage and his heads argued over how to kill their approaching prey, then the monster left his lair and charged toward Naruto, Hinata, and Konan.

Naruto subdued the Nine-Headed Snake Sage by trapping it in an immensely heavy Planetary Devastation and extracting its chakra. He then pinned it with black receivers and established the Rinnegan Summoning Contract.

• Naruto restrained the Nine-Headed Snake Sage with a wood dragon, the Gate of the Great God, and black receivers, but it shed its skin and attacked from underground.
• Hinata cut down the emerging snake heads with Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then lost her Tenseigan Chakra Mode and was rescued by Konan.
• Naruto trapped the Nine-Headed Snake Sage inside Planetary Devastation and made the sphere thousands of times heavier with Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Naruto drew the sage's chakra out of the sphere with Preta Path: Star Devouring and Adamantine Sealing Chains, with Kurama helping pull it free.
• Naruto released Planetary Devastation, pinned the weakened sage with black receivers, and performed the Reincarnation: Summoning Contract.

Naruto and Orochimaru retrieved the Nine-Headed Sage Snake’s fang to extract traces of Indra’s blood, while Indra learned he could be resurrected through one of his living reincarnations. Indra chose the closer reincarnation, Sasuke, and set his sights toward the Land of Lightning.

• Naruto wondered whether the mist hid more of the Realm of Reincarnation, then returned to his room with Hinata and Konan.
• Naruto summoned the Nine-Headed Sage Snake in the Land of Rain and explained that its tail head had wounded Indra through his Susanoo.
• Naruto and Orochimaru struggled with Kurama’s help to pull out the snake’s fang, which Orochimaru took to extract Indra’s blood.
• Orochimaru asked Naruto to use Futsunomitama to reshape his soul and turn him into a woman.
• Black Zetsu told Indra that either of his two living reincarnations could resurrect him with Rinne Rebirth, and Indra chose Sasuke as the closer one.

Sasuke Uchiha launched a campaign of killings in the Land of Lightning to force the abolition of its caste system, then attacked the Daimyo’s Mansion. The Fourth Raikage confronted him and transformed beneath the full moon after awakening the Yotsuki Clan’s ancestral power.

• Sasuke left the dog and kitten he had rescued with a trusted household before beginning his campaign in the Land of Lightning.
• Sasuke killed the City Guard General and, over seven days, slaughtered more than a hundred nobles and over ten thousand people connected to them, demanding an end to the caste system.
• Sasuke killed the Daimyo’s envoy and scattered copies of the Daimyo’s letter across cities, prompting the Daimyo to offer a bounty of one billion ryō for Sasuke’s death.
• Dodai suspected Sasuke’s attacks were a feint against Kumogakure, but Sasuke truly headed for the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• The Fourth Raikage confronted Sasuke outside the mansion’s thirty-three-layer barrier and revealed that Naruto’s training had helped him awaken the Yotsuki Clan’s ancestral power.
• The Raikage transformed beneath the full moon, stunning Sasuke.

Sasuke defeated the transformed Raikage and destroyed the Daimyo’s Mansion of the Land of Lightning, while Naruto received Indra’s blood to prepare his eyes for evolution. With the shinobi world shaken by Sasuke’s attack, Naruto accepted the consequences and warned that a greater public enemy would soon emerge.

• The Raikage transformed into a powerful beastman and pursued Sasuke, but Sasuke used his Rinnegan’s Heavenly Reverse Hand to transfer his injuries to the Raikage and defeat him.
• Sasuke left for the Daimyo’s Mansion of the Land of Lightning, surrounded by Susanoo chakra, intending to massacre those there.
• In Amegakure, Orochimaru injected Naruto with Indra’s blood, causing the tomoe in Naruto’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to straighten.
• Naruto predicted that his eyes would evolve into the Rinnegan within two or three days, while Orochimaru returned to researching how to preserve the tailed beasts’ consciousnesses.
• Konan reported that Sasuke had destroyed the Daimyo’s Mansion and that the Raikage’s fate was unknown; Naruto accepted Sasuke’s actions and predicted the real public enemy would soon appear.