Chapter Summaries

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.

Naruto visited Mount Myōboku to speak with the Great Toad Sage and obtain the Four Symbols Seal key. The sage explained that destroying Kama had made the future uncertain, warned that the Otsutsuki might arrive earlier than expected, and sent Naruto onward with a renewed resolve to change history.

• Naruto returned to Mount Myōboku and met the Great Toad Sage after Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima explained his Rinnegan and recent actions.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed that he knew Naruto had returned from the future using Kama, and explained that Kama's destruction had ended the world's changeable state.
• Naruto realized that Kama's absence could alter Urashiki Otsutsuki's actions and affect when Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki, and others arrived.
• The Great Toad Sage shared a prophecy that Naruto's actions would decide the world's fate and said Kama's creator, his ancestor, could not make another one.
• The scroll toad revealed the Four Symbols Seal key, and Naruto pressed his left palm onto the scroll as a sign of his resolve to follow a different path.

Tsunade entrusted Sakura with helping Amegakure and sent Yamato to assist Naruto as he prepared to control the Nine-Tails. Naruto, Yamato, and Orochimaru reached Paradise Island, where Naruto’s uncertain arrangements with Kumogakure threatened to complicate their arrival.

• At the lakeside, Jiraiya told Tsunade to trust Naruto, and she pledged to stand by Jiraiya’s choice.
• Before leaving Amegakure, Tsunade dismissed Sakura from Konoha and her own discipleship, then charged her with making amends by serving Amegakure alongside Naruto.
• Tsunade ordered Yamato to accompany Naruto while he prepared to control the Nine-Tails, and told him to help rebuild Amegakure afterward.
• Yamato joined Naruto and Orochimaru aboard a boat to Paradise Island and worried about traveling with Orochimaru, who called him a former test subject.
• As they neared Paradise Island, Yamato asked whether Naruto had arranged permission with Kumogakure, and Naruto admitted he had only given them a warning.

Naruto defeated Darui and the Kumogakure force, then used Kotoamatsukami to stop Darui from killing himself and recruit him. With Darui at his side, Naruto set out for the Waterfall of Truth.

• Yamato marked his forehead protector as a rogue ninja, and the group landed on the island where Darui and Kumogakure forces awaited them.
• Darui tried to seal Naruto with the Amber Purifying Pot, but Naruto took it with Banshō Ten'in and sealed C instead.
• Naruto used the Gunbai, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Purple Electricity to defeat the Kumogakure ninja without killing them.
• When Darui tried to flee and then attempted suicide, Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to stop him and make him serve Naruto.
• Naruto explained his dōjutsu to Yamato, then led the group toward the Waterfall of Truth.

At the Waterfall of Truth, the returned Naruto confronted his naive past self over his harsh methods and the failures of his former ideals. The past Naruto’s buried darkness emerged and joined forces with Kurama’s chakra, leaving the two Narutos poised to fight.

• The naive Naruto accused the returned Naruto of stealing his body and condemned his schemes, while the returned Naruto argued that the future required difficult choices.
• The returned Naruto challenged the naive Naruto with the disasters that followed his time as Hokage and Amegakure’s decline after he promised Konan peace.
• The returned Naruto revealed the dark Naruto, who urged his naive self to attack the returned Naruto and admitted he wanted revenge on those who had bullied them.
• The naive Naruto rejected both Narutos as impostors, and his shock caused him to resonate with his inner darkness as Kurama granted him Nine-Tails chakra.
• The dark Naruto disappeared as the naive Naruto formed a black-misted Nine-Tails cloak and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, prompting the returned Naruto to accept the coming fight.

The returned Naruto defeated the innocent Naruto in their waterfall illusion battle and helped him accept the pain of growing up. The innocent Naruto let go of his misgivings, his dark counterpart vanished, and he chose to trust his future self.

• The returned Naruto absorbed the innocent Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb, dodged his attacks, and used missiles to destroy one of three forming bombs, badly injuring the Nine-Tails.
• The returned Naruto immobilized the Nine-Tails with Black Receivers and drove the innocent Naruto out of its body, but the two clashed with Rasenshuriken and Rasengan attacks.
• The returned Naruto trapped the Nine-Tails inside Planetary Devastation, then bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains when the innocent Naruto weakened the technique.
• The returned Naruto embraced the innocent Naruto and urged him to accept that growing up brought pain.
• The innocent Naruto’s darkened eye cleared, his dark counterpart and the Nine-Tails chakra vanished, and he agreed to trust his future self.

Innocent Naruto left Returned Naruto and used his chakra and soul to awaken Hinata’s Tenseigan before disappearing. Returned Naruto then opened the way to the true battlefield behind the Waterfall of Truth and continued inside with Orochimaru and Yamato.

• Innocent Naruto chose to leave Returned Naruto, asking him to bring Sasuke back to the right path and protect their home.
• Innocent Naruto found Hinata training, infused her eyes with his chakra and soul, and awakened her Tenseigan before vanishing.
• Hinata vowed to use her new power to protect Konoha and wait for Naruto to return for her.
• Returned Naruto opened the Waterfall of Truth to reveal the entrance to the jinchūriki and tailed beast battlefield.
• Naruto, Orochimaru, and Yamato passed through the waterfall to face the challenge ahead.

Naruto entered the sacred grounds to battle the Nine-Tails and deliberately arranged for Orochimaru to put him at a disadvantage. The plan awakened Kushina’s chakra, and Naruto finally saw his mother again.

• Naruto brought Yamato and Orochimaru into the sacred grounds and explained that a jinchūriki could face a tailed beast there.
• Naruto released the Four Symbols Seal and used his Rinnegan abilities to begin a tug-of-war with the Nine-Tails.
• Orochimaru explained to Yamato that Naruto needed to lose ground to trigger Kushina’s chakra, then used a Five Elements Seal and Cursed Seal to disrupt Naruto’s chakra.
• The Nine-Tails began pulling Naruto’s chakra from him, but Adamantine Sealing Chains emerged and bound the beast.
• Naruto saw Kushina appear in his inner world and called her “Mom.”

Naruto overcame Orochimaru’s Five Elements Seal, entered Sage Mode, and wrested part of Kurama’s chakra from the Nine-Tails. As Kushina’s chakra faded, Naruto used Kurama’s chakra to preserve her thought body so she could remain with him.

• Naruto broke through the Five Elements Seal with his chakra and entered Sage Mode, then asked Kushina to release the chains binding the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto fought the Nine-Tails with powerful Rasengan and combined elemental attacks before restraining him with Adamantine Sealing Chains and extracting part of his chakra.
• Naruto resealed the weakened Nine-Tails and returned to Kushina, who embraced him and said she had seen everything he had experienced across both his lives.
• As Kushina’s thought body began to fade, Naruto revealed that he would use the extracted Kurama chakra to nourish her chakra and keep her by his side.

Naruto returned from Paradise Island with golden Nine-Tails chakra mode, kept Kushina’s thought body sustained, and received a transplant of Hashirama’s cells from Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Madara suspected Naruto was hiding a great secret and chose to wait, while Naruto began building something in Amegakure with Wood Release.

• Naruto used golden Nine-Tails chakra mode and resolved to preserve and develop every power he gained.
• Naruto kept the chakra mode active during the journey so Kushina could recover and they could talk, while Orochimaru transplanted Hashirama’s cells into him.
• Madara suspected Naruto knew about Kaguya and the altered Uchiha stone tablet, but decided to hold position until Obito appeared.
• Naruto returned to Amegakure with Konan, Orochimaru, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yamato and used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique at a vacant plot.

Naruto completed a vast housing complex in Amegakure, while Yamato returned to Konoha only to be declared a wanted rogue ninja and sent back to watch over Naruto. Naruto then brought Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin to Amegakure and began planning to recruit Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, and Uchiha Itachi.

• Naruto used Wood Release to build an extensive housing complex, and Yamato inspected the homes and accepted one for future visits.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to take Yamato outside Konoha, where Izumo and Kotetsu mistook him for a traitor because his forehead protector was slashed.
• Kakashi brought Yamato to Tsunade, who explained that he had been listed as a rogue ninja and assigned him to return to Amegakure and monitor Naruto’s health.
• Naruto returned to Konoha and took Pain’s Animal Path, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin to Amegakure under an agreement to supervise the three prisoners.
• Naruto planned to recruit Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, and Uchiha Itachi, hoping to use Itachi’s help to recover Shisui’s left eye.

Naruto and Konan searched for Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, where Naruto used a Mirror Drone to find a hidden light and brought them inside. There they discovered a projection of Nagato, who greeted them.

• Naruto and Konan discussed Jiraiya’s Make-Out Trilogy as they traveled toward Kabuto Yakushi’s reported lair.
• Konan told Naruto she did not want him to bring Yahiko back, and Naruto silently vowed to help Amegakure prosper.
• Naruto used his Mirror Drone to scout the lair and found signs of a battle but no one inside.
• Naruto spotted a faint light detectable by the drone’s Rinnegan and entered the lair with Konan using the Flying Thunder God Mark.
• Naruto and Konan recognized the rainbow-colored projection as Phantom Dragon, and Nagato greeted them.

Naruto and Konan followed Nagato’s Phantom Dragon’s connection toward Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, while Naruto learned the truth about Nagato’s past and their changed future. Naruto defeated the Third Raikage on the way, and Kabuto prepared to face him by summoning six reincarnated fighters and taking control of Nagato.

• Naruto absorbed Nagato’s Phantom Dragon and received Nagato’s memories and sensory connection to Kabuto Yakushi.
• Naruto and Nagato discussed how Naruto’s actions had changed the future, and Nagato promised to support him while asking Naruto to stop him if Kabuto forced him to fight.
• Naruto defeated the Third Raikage with Thunderclap: Spiral Sword, bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and removed his soul with the Human Path.
• Naruto and Konan reached Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, where Kabuto told Sasuke to take shelter and Sasuke reluctantly withdrew.
• Kabuto summoned Deidara, Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, Hanzo of the Salamander, Nagato, and Uchiha Itachi, then took control of Nagato’s consciousness.

Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to free Kakuzu from Kabuto's control and recruited him to manage Amegakure's finances. He trapped Deidara in the air with a Wood Release shadow technique and prepared to face Sasori, Itachi, and Nagato while Konan took on Hanzō.

• Kabuto summoned Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori, Hanzō, Nagato, and Itachi, arranging them in a formation designed to counter Naruto and bait out Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to sever Kabuto's control over Kakuzu, then rescued Kakuzu from Nagato's pull and offered him a job overseeing Amegakure's finances.
• Kakuzu accepted Naruto's offer, insisting that all of Amegakure's expenses pass his inspection, while Kabuto accepted the loss and turned his attention to the remaining opponents.
• Deidara attacked Naruto with Clay Spiders, but Naruto disabled them with Purple Electricity and trapped Deidara and his bombs within a circle using Wood Release: Shadow Stake Technique.
• Konan volunteered to fight Hanzō, and Naruto took responsibility for Sasori, Itachi, and Nagato.

Kabuto Yakushi had Sasori control ten revived fighters while Naruto challenged him with four Asura Path puppets. Konan defeated Hanzō by confronting his regrets, and his soul departed for the Pure Land as she hurried back to Naruto.

• Kabuto Yakushi had Nagato revive the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Toroi, then Sasori took control of the ten fighters as puppets.
• Naruto summoned Mecha Naruto: Unit 1, Mecha Sasuke: Unit 1, Mecha Sakura: Unit 1, and Mecha Kakashi: Unit 1 to face Sasori’s puppets.
• Konan fought Hanzō, who summoned Ibuse and filled the battlefield with poisonous mist.
• Konan entered the mist unharmed and used Explosive Great Flame Formation to attack Ibuse, then told Hanzō that his fear and refusal to grow had caused his failure.
• Hanzō accepted Konan’s promise to build a bright future for Amegakure, resolved his regrets, and departed for the Elysian Pure Land.
• Konan hurried toward Naruto’s battlefield.

Naruto’s Mecha Team 7 overwhelmed Sasori’s reincarnated fighters, but Deidara began a massive self-destruction attack. Naruto rescued Sasori and Konan, offered Sasori a chance to become a partial Pain, and returned to the battlefield to deal with Uchiha Itachi.

• Naruto sent Mecha Team 7 into battle, and its weapons destroyed Zabuza’s blade and devastated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Mecha Kakashi and the other mecha puppets trapped and attacked Sasori’s remaining fighters, prompting Sasori to concede that Naruto’s puppet artistry surpassed his own.
• Deidara began swelling for a self-destruction attack, so Naruto teleported Sasori and Konan to Amegakure, then returned to retrieve Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s Six Paths Tools before the explosion.
• Naruto explained how Sasori could break free of Impure World Reincarnation and offered to convert him partially into Pain; Sasori agreed.
• Naruto returned to the battlefield because Uchiha Itachi was still there.