Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Madara struggled against Indra inside the Origin Ball Dimension, while their allies sought a way to reach them. Hinata opened a path with her Tenseigan and Obito’s Kamui, allowing Sasuke, Obito, and Black Zetsu to enter as the war reached its final stage.

• Indra used a portal and Madara’s Limbo shadow to redirect Naruto’s All-Killing Bone Spear, then destroyed the shadow with Naruto’s buried All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Naruto and Madara assessed Indra’s combat skill and agreed to keep fighting until reinforcements arrived.
• Hinata synchronized with Obito and the Tenseigan Satellite, then opened a dimensional passage despite the strain.
• Sasuke entered the Origin Ball Dimension, and Obito agreed to take Black Zetsu with him.
• Sasuke, Obito, and Black Zetsu returned to the main battlefield as the Fourth Shinobi World War entered its final stage.

Indra battled Madara in the Desert Dimension, then left through a portal to confront the reinforcements he expected to arrive. Naruto revealed a plan to exploit Indra’s blind spot by using Ōmononushi to scatter tens of thousands of True Eyes of Sand across the desert.

• Madara used Wind Fire Wheels to attack Indra, but Indra repelled him with black lightning and deduced that Naruto and Madara were waiting for Obito and other reinforcements.
• Indra opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal to the Origin Ball Dimension and left the Desert Dimension to intercept the others.
• Naruto told Madara he had devised a way to defeat Indra, but that he would need help from Obito and Sasuke.
• Naruto explained that his True Eye of Sand used Uchiha Shin’s unusual Mangekyō ability to teleport targets to marked locations.
• Naruto used Ōmononushi to create tens of thousands of True Eyes of Sand and scattered them across the dunes, then shared wine with Madara.

Obito tried to reach the Desert Dimension, but Indra intercepted him and forced him into a fierce battle. Obito escaped Indra’s final attack and reunited with Naruto, Madara, Sasuke, and Black Zetsu as Indra arrived for the final battle.

• Obito sent Sasuke and Black Zetsu into his Kamui Dimension and began transferring to the Desert Dimension, but Indra attacked and blocked his way.
• Indra pursued Obito, countered his Time Stop Barrier with Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and prepared more light swords to attack if Obito stopped time again.
• Obito used Cessation of Arhat: Causal Stitching to damage Indra, then escaped through a Kamui Vortex.
• Obito arrived in the Desert Dimension with Sasuke and Black Zetsu, joining Naruto and Madara as Indra descended and announced the final battle.

Naruto and his allies devised a plan to weaken Indra by reshaping the relationship between the two Ten-Tails and separating Indra’s consciousness from Kaguya. They trapped Indra and unleashed a coordinated attack, with Naruto calling for the tailed beasts as the explosions ended.

• Naruto explained that Obito could use Cessation of Arhat to turn Indra’s Ten-Tails into Kaguya’s and sever Kaguya’s original Ten-Tails from her, while Black Zetsu offered to separate Indra’s consciousness and chakra.
• Naruto used sand eyes to teleport Madara repeatedly, and the eyes eventually sent Indra into an encirclement formed by Naruto, Obito, Sasuke, and Black Zetsu.
• Naruto used Ōmononushi to appear beside Indra and stab the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead with a Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Indra grabbed him by the throat.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to replace Naruto with Obito, who seized Indra and stopped time with Omodaru.
• Naruto and eight shadow clones launched Super Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken at Indra while Obito became intangible, and Naruto called for the tailed beasts as the attack ended.

Naruto and his allies stripped Indra of the Ten-Tails and freed Kaguya, then confronted the dying Indra back in the Shinobi World. Indra began using the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique for the sake of the world to come.

• Naruto pulled the chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts from Indra, and Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to seal the beasts inside it.
• Obito severed the revived Ten-Tails’ connection to Kaguya and transferred Indra’s Ten-Tails to Kaguya, while Sasuke, Madara, and the Limbo shadows wounded Indra.
• Black Zetsu burned his own life to remove Indra’s will and chakra from Kaguya, who released the Desert Dimension and returned everyone to the Shinobi World.
• Naruto stopped Sasuke from killing Indra and offered him a place among them, but Indra rejected the offer and apologized to no one for his path.
• Indra declared that he was acting for the world to come and began the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

Naruto used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive the dead, while several Impure World Reincarnates chose to keep their summoned bodies. Indra died after reconciling with neither Asura nor Naruto, and Hagoromo appeared as Indra’s soul faded.

• Enma released green light that revived the fallen, then golden chakra that could restore the Impure World Reincarnates to life.
• Obito severed his connection to Rinne Rebirth, and Tobirama, Might Guy, Sakura, and Naruto asked him to do the same for them.
• Indra used the last of his strength to return Kushina to life and told Naruto to give his Rinnegan to Sasuke.
• Asura asked Indra to restore their childhood bond, but Indra rejected a forced reconciliation and died after saying their brotherhood had ended.
• Naruto promised to honor Indra’s request, and Hagoromo rose from Indra’s discarded horn.

Naruto and Hagoromo Otsutsuki made a Soul Covenant, then Hagoromo transferred the Reincarnation Mark and its true power to Naruto. As Hagoromo faded away, Naruto turned his attention to becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki demanded that Naruto swear never to be enslaved by power, and Madara challenged the value of such a guarantee.
• Naruto and Hagoromo swore a Soul Covenant, promising to uphold their respective oaths and stop interfering with the living world.
• Hagoromo explained that the Reincarnation Mark made its bearer able to command souls and store power for Futsunomitama, but that Naruto could not be revived if he died.
• Naruto accepted the Reincarnation Mark, and Hagoromo transferred it before fading away.
• Hagoromo was reborn in Takamagahara with his memories and Soul Oath intact, while Naruto turned toward the Ten-Tails.

Naruto emptied his tailed-beast chakra and used the Mental Power Combat Technique to separate the Ten-Tails’ consciousness from its chakra, with the tailed beasts helping him win. He became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then flew into the sky to create a new moon with Super Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.

• Naruto pinned the Ten-Tails with Gates of the Great God and emptied his tailed-beast chakra into it, restoring its complete form.
• Naruto entered a mental battle with the Ten-Tails, and Kurama and the other tailed beasts joined him to pull the Ten-Tails’ consciousness away from its chakra.
• Naruto sealed the Ten-Tails’ consciousness, while Kurama and the other tailed beasts agreed to take turns acting as the Ten-Tails’ consciousness.
• Naruto absorbed the Ten-Tails with the Ten-Tails Coffin Seal, became its Jinchuriki, and resurrected Kurojiro, Hei Taro, and the other brothers as Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara and Obito recognized Naruto’s full-power form, and Naruto noted that Kaguya would need to wake before they could release Infinite Tsukuyomi safely.
• Naruto flew into the sky and began using Super Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to create a new moon.

After the battle, Naruto created a new moon, revived Toneri, and received Hamura’s chakra before Toneri left to wander the stars. Naruto then unlocked Yomotsu Hirasaka, destroyed the Bull-Headed Heavenly King’s summoning ritual, and turned his attention to the hidden Ōtsutsuki threat, Isshiki.

• Naruto formed a new moon from asteroids and revived Toneri, who refused to live on the moon or the ground.
• Toneri gave Naruto Hamura’s remaining chakra and left to travel the stars as a wandering poet.
• Naruto awakened the Ōtsutsuki Byakugan and used Yomotsu Hirasaka to enter Kaguya’s Origin Ball Dimension.
• Naruto dismantled the Bull-Headed Heavenly King’s ritual beneath Amegakure to prevent it from exposing the shinobi world to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto resolved to find Isshiki, a hidden Ōtsutsuki who had threatened the shinobi world in his previous life.

After the war, Konoha’s leaders confronted mass resignations and severe psychological effects among ninja who had repeatedly experienced death and rebirth. As they considered creating mental health ninja, Shikaku raised Naruto’s claim that he came from the future, leaving the meeting to face an even more sensitive issue.

• Kaguya agreed to live on the moon with Kushina and Minato for the time being, and the war ended.
• Kakashi and Konoha’s leaders discussed the 362 ninja who had petitioned to leave active service and the village’s declining strength.
• Shizune reported widespread psychological disorders and spiral-related stress among ninja who fought in the war.
• Shizune proposed creating a new branch of medical ninja focused on mental health, and Kakashi agreed to put the idea on the agenda.
• Shikaku brought up Naruto’s battlefield declaration that he came from the future, and the conference room fell silent.

Kakashi and Shikaku argued that Naruto's past actions might have been justified and that the ninja system needed urgent reform to face the coming threat. The meeting ended with Shikaku calling for the Five Kage Summit to be reconvened.

• Kakashi said Konoha owed Naruto an apology, while others questioned whether he had killed Anko's squad.
• Shikaku revealed that Anko was alive in Amegakure and that Naruto had been in contact with him.
• Hiashi vouched for Naruto, and Shikaku urged the ninja to reform their system rather than remain fixated on the past.
• Shikaku argued that ninja might need to sever ties with the Daimyo and the Land of Fire, prompting Shikamaru to warn that ninja would bear responsibility for failing to prepare.
• Shikaku called for the Five Kage Summit to be reconvened.

Naruto met Asura in Amegakure to debate whether force and sacrifice could prevent future wars, while Asura urged him to use a gentler, more compassionate approach. Naruto recognized value in both Asura’s and Indra’s ideals, but their conversation was interrupted when Konan reported a new fight.

• Naruto prepared for his meeting with Asura by studying the history of Ninshu and argued that limited wars could prevent greater conflicts.
• Asura challenged Naruto’s justification of sacrifice and his use of force, while Naruto defended his actions and questioned Asura’s alternatives.
• Asura described how his own experience of weakness shaped his belief in guiding and helping others, and urged Naruto to act with more compassion.
• Naruto considered that Asura’s ideals suited peaceful times while Indra’s suited times of chaos, and thought the two approaches complemented each other.
• Konan interrupted Naruto and Asura to report that Madara and Sasuke had started fighting over a cat.

Sasuke challenged Madara over Huahua, and their argument escalated into a fierce battle at Amegakure's training ground. Madara trapped Sasuke with eight Limbo shadows, and Sasuke began using Formless Heavenly Hand Realm to escape.

• Itachi explained that he trusted Sasuke to fight Madara, while Obito agreed to keep things under control.
• Sasuke and Madara argued over who deserved to keep Huahua, then Sasuke challenged Madara to a fight.
• Madara and Sasuke exchanged powerful Fire Release attacks, and Sasuke cut through Madara's Wood Release dragons with his sword.
• Sasuke used his Susanoo, lightning, and Amenotejikara against Madara, but Madara countered with Limbo shadows and Banshō Ten'in.
• Madara summoned eight Limbo shadows to attack Sasuke, who began using Formless Heavenly Hand Realm.

Sasuke used Formless Heavenly Hand Realm to hunt Madara’s Limbo shadows, but Madara survived Sasuke’s finishing strike and exhausted him. Just as Madara attacked the fallen Sasuke, Naruto arrived with a Truth-Seeking Orb Rasengan.

• Sasuke revealed Formless Heavenly Hand Realm and used it to pursue and kill Madara’s Limbo shadows one by one.
• Madara switched places with the final shadow, took Sasuke’s Six Paths Chidori, and entered an invincible state after the death substitution.
• Madara pursued Sasuke with Susanoo and long-range slashes until Sasuke’s ocular power ran out and his Rinnegan’s tomoe vanished.
• Sasuke struck Madara with the Kusanagi Sword, but Madara healed and revealed that his invincibility lasted longer than one minute.
• Madara disarmed and knocked down Sasuke, then prepared a killing attack as Naruto rushed in with a Truth-Seeking Orb Rasengan.

Naruto demonstrated his new Truth-Seeking Orb Rasengan, then helped settle who would care for Huahua and announced a meeting about Amegakure’s postwar foreign policy and the coming threat of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Kara. Madara reconciled with Ali at home, and the chapter ended as Amegakure’s highest ninja council convened the next day.

• Naruto’s Truth-Seeking Orb Rasengan destroyed Madara’s Gunbai, and Naruto stopped Sasuke and Madara’s spar before it turned deadly.
• Madara agreed to let Itachi and Izumi care for Huahua until his child was born, while Obito restored Sasuke’s Gunbai and Naruto made spare copies.
• Naruto called for a practical meeting to discuss Amegakure’s postwar foreign policy and the coming enemies Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Kara.
• Madara returned home, comforted Ali about her scar, and became intimate with her before learning Tobirama had misled him about pregnancy and having more children.
• Amegakure’s highest ninja council convened at noon the following day.

Naruto led Amegakure’s meeting on postwar reconstruction and foreign policy, settling plans to restore war-ravaged lands and develop six islands as military and training facilities. The meeting ended with Hashirama promising to inspect Tobirama’s planned bases, threatening Tobirama’s secret research scheme.

• Naruto opened the meeting and invited the attendees to discuss the war’s aftermath and Amegakure’s foreign policy.
• Hashirama proposed restoring the lands devastated by Indra’s Dōjutsu, while Kakuzu suggested profiting from timber scarcity; Naruto brokered a plan to restore the lands for compensation.
• Tobirama proposed developing six islands gifted by the Land of Water into military bases, and Konan, Red Sand Scorpion, Deidara, and Hidan discussed uses for them.
• Naruto approved turning one island into a taijutsu training ground for the Bushy-Browed Teacher’s clone army and planned to make their original its leader.
• Tobirama secretly welcomed the plan as cover for a forbidden-technique research base, but Hashirama announced he would personally inspect the military bases.

Naruto argued that ninja still had a vital role in combat, despite the power of the Ōtsutsuki, and Hiruzen agreed to share his reasoning with ninja across the villages. He concluded the meeting by affirming that he would protect the world without controlling people’s choices, leaving Asura moved by his answer.

• Hiruzen asked how ninja could find their place after the war, and Naruto rejected the idea that they had become useless.
• Naruto explained that even powerful fighters had vulnerable bodies and that ninjutsu remained strategically valuable when used by skilled ninja.
• Naruto asked Hiruzen to convey his views to ninja whose confidence the war had shaken, and Hiruzen agreed.
• The meeting addressed practical matters, while Asura continued waiting for Naruto to answer how ordinary people should be treated.
• Naruto said people had the right to understand reality and choose how to live, and Asura became teary as Naruto described why he had crossed time to start over.

Naruto ended the meeting by assigning Asura to lead a campaign warning the world about the Ōtsutsuki, then gathered a select group in Obito’s spacetime dimension to reveal what he knew about Kara. The chapter ended as Naruto began projecting the organization’s secrets.

• Naruto asked the gathered ninjas to help inform the world about the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Asura challenged his doubts about persuading people.
• Naruto appointed Asura head of Amegakure’s Publicity Department and promised him support and a two-year deadline.
• Naruto ended the meeting with a guiding principle, and Amamiya Ruri recorded his words.
• Naruto stayed behind with a chosen group and asked Obito to transport them to the spacetime dimension, keeping Jiraiya out of the discussion so he could spend time with his mother.
• Naruto explained that Kara had a member with Clairvoyance and began revealing the organization’s secrets with Six Paths: Holographic Elephant Transfer.

Naruto explained Kara’s origins and Isshiki’s search for a suitable vessel, revealing the dangerous artificial humans who escaped disposal and Amado’s plot against Isshiki. He disclosed that Kashin Koji was a clone made from Jiraiya’s remains, then erased Koji’s image because he no longer existed in the changed timeline.

• Naruto identified Eida’s Clairvoyance and heart-stealing ability, then explained that Eida, Daemon, Kawaki, and Code were artificial humans or future vessels whose apparent ages could be misleading.
• Naruto explained that Kaguya had betrayed Isshiki, who survived by parasitizing the monk Jigen and later founded Kara to find a suitable vessel.
• Naruto described how Amado supplied technology and Victor supplied funds, enabling Kara to create powerful artificial humans, including Eida and Daemon, whom Isshiki had ordered destroyed.
• Naruto revealed that Amado secretly worked against Isshiki and created Kashin Koji from Jiraiya’s remains.
• Naruto removed Kashin Koji’s image, explaining that Koji no longer existed because the group had reached the past first.

Naruto briefed the others on Kara and its Inner members, including possible links to Kirigakure and ways to exploit their personal ambitions. The group realized Naruto’s public claim that he came from the future might have warned Kara, but Obito produced a withered God Tree blossom that could lure its members out.

• Naruto explained that Kara hid in another dimension, raised a juvenile Ten-Tails, and sought to grow a God Tree and harvest its Chakra Fruit.
• Naruto described Deepa, Victor, and Boro, prompting Tobirama to connect Boro’s virus techniques to the First Mizukage’s Plague Release.
• Naruto suggested that Victor and Boro could provide a route into Kara, but Itachi warned that Kara might have become more cautious after Naruto publicly revealed his return from the future.
• Naruto explained the Inner members’ individual motives, and Itachi proposed using a tempting bait to draw them out against Isshiki’s orders.
• Obito retrieved a withered God Tree blossom from his spacetime dimension and proposed quietly placing it on the Black Market to attract Victor and Boro.