Chapter Summaries

Sasuke reassured Haku that he understood her feelings for Naruto and explained that loving someone did not mean possessing them. The two became friends and wandered the Peach Mountain Residence together, while Naruto waited for them and grew uneasy when he heard their laughter.

• Sasuke told Haku he understood why she had fallen in love with Naruto and said he could not help her with her feelings.
• Sasuke explained that Haku would have to discover for herself what it meant to love someone, and the hostility between them faded.
• Haku and Sasuke began talking as friends and wandered around the Peach Mountain Residence hand in hand.
• Naruto waited for Sasuke and Haku to return after finishing the cooking.
• Naruto heard Sasuke and Haku laughing outside and felt his scalp prickle.

Naruto checked his System Panel and spent his accumulated resources to redeem Sasuke's and Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, along with Shisui Uchiha's right Mangekyō Sharingan. He left the chapter with all three items delivered to his system space, ready to use them to fill the white holes in his left eye.

• Haku and Sasuke returned from their conversation smiling, and Haku invited Sasuke to drink the eighteen-year-old Nü'erhong she had saved for him.
• Sasuke told Naruto that he and Haku had become close confidantes, then said he would sleep with Haku that night.
• Naruto left to check on the departments in the Land of Waves while ninja were snooping around the country.
• Naruto reviewed his System Panel and noted that Juxia Tower and the Land of Waves treasury had helped him amass billions of silver taels.
• Naruto redeemed a pair of Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and a pair of Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto also redeemed Shisui Uchiha's right Mangekyō Sharingan, and the system delivered all three items to his system space.

Naruto absorbed Shisui's and Sasuke's and Madara Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan, then acquired and mastered Mount Myōboku Sage Mode. After fifteen days, the final group of Juxia Tower employees and their escorts arrived in the Land of Waves, setting up Naruto and Sasuke's return to Konoha.

• Naruto merged Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and both Sasuke's and Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into his eyes, greatly increasing his physical and sensory abilities.
• Naruto restored his chakra, assessed his newly enhanced eyes, and decided to explain his own Mangekyō Sharingan to Sasuke later by claiming Sasuke's eyes had inspired him.
• Naruto exchanged his resources for Mount Myōboku Sage Mode, learned to sense natural energy, and entered Sage Mode within three minutes.
• Over the next fifteen days, chefs and ninja escort teams continued arriving in the Land of Waves while most escorts soon returned home.
• Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy brought Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino, Rock Lee, Neji, Tenten, and Sakura with the final Juxia Tower group.
• Naruto recognized that Juxia Tower would leave Konoha behind and prepared to return to Konoha with Sasuke.

Naruto returned to Konoha’s outskirts and began secretly gathering the heads of its major clans, transporting them to the Genesis World. He faced the assembled clan heads in a masked identity, leaving them waiting to hear his offer.

• Naruto and Sasuke said goodbye to Haku, then traveled toward Konoha with the Sound Four and Sasuke’s teammates.
• At Konoha’s outskirts, Naruto left the group and used Flying Thunder God to return home, where his Spore Clone confirmed he would approach the major clans.
• Naruto captured Shikaku Nara, Hyuga Hiashi, and the heads of several other clans, transporting them to the Genesis World.
• Naruto also captured Inoichi Yamanaka at the Konoha Interrogation Room and collected some of Sakura’s father’s hair.
• The clan heads discussed their situation, and Shikaku urged them to wait for the masked man rather than fight.
• Naruto appeared before the clan heads through a Space-Time Vortex as they waited to learn why he had brought them there.

Naruto revealed that Konoha would soon be destroyed and asked the clan heads whether they would stay with the village or follow him to preserve their clans. After showing them a memory of Konoha’s destruction that Inoichi confirmed was genuine, he revealed that he was Minato Namikaze’s son.

• Naruto removed his mask, but the clan heads did not recognize him.
• Naruto asked the clan heads whether they would face the destruction of their clans alongside Konoha or follow him and preserve some survivors.
• Naruto said he wanted to watch Konoha fall and revealed that he had arranged the cooking competition in the Land of Waves to draw their children out of the village.
• Naruto used the Yamanaka Secret Technique to show the clan heads Konoha being destroyed by Super Shinra Tensei.
• Inoichi confirmed that Naruto’s secret technique was genuine and that the memory could not be faked.
• Naruto revealed that his father was Minato Namikaze.

Naruto proved his identity to the Six Family Heads by showing them memories of his abused childhood, then warned them that Konoha would soon be destroyed and offered to save their clans. They chose to follow him after learning he wanted them and their children to become the capable core of his New World.

• Naruto claimed that Minato Namikaze was his father, then used a Yamanaka technique to show the Six Family Heads memories of his childhood persecution.
• Naruto revealed that the Naruto Uzumaki still in Konoha was merely one of his clones and acknowledged that he had long known he was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Naruto warned the family heads that Konoha had rotted, cited the Uchiha clan’s extermination, and blamed Danzo for the destruction he said would strike within days.
• Naruto offered the clans a choice between facing destruction with Konoha or following him to preserve their legacy, and the family heads chose the second path.
• Shikaku asked why Naruto wanted to save their clans, and Naruto explained that his New World needed capable people and that he valued them and their children.

Naruto persuaded Shikaku and five other clan heads to join his side by revealing his power and promising to preserve their clans’ legacies. After transporting them to the ruined Uchiha Clan Compound, he sent them to gather blood from clan members with clean backgrounds.

• Naruto revealed that he had planned for Shikamaru and his classmates to leave Konoha and bring the clan heads to him.
• When Inoichi Yamanaka questioned whether Naruto had the strength to build a new world, Naruto demonstrated Sage Mode and his eight-tailed Demon Fox Cloak.
• The six clan heads agreed to follow Naruto, and he ordered them to exclude anyone who had served in ANBU or Root.
• Shikaku and the other clan heads resolved to preserve their clans’ lineages while fighting one last battle for Konoha themselves.
• Naruto transported the six men to the Uchiha Clan Compound and told them to collect clean-background clan members’ blood and bring it to Shikaku’s home.
• The clan heads dispersed into Konoha, and Naruto reflected that events had gone just as they had in the simulation.

Naruto prepared for Konoha’s coming destruction, arranging clan support, collecting blood and money, and blocking Mount Myōboku’s passage into the village. He gathered with Sasuke and their companions at a vantage point the next morning, ready to watch the storm begin.

• Naruto chose a viewing spot on Kage Rock Mountain, left a Flying Thunder God Mark, and sealed the passage between Konoha and Mount Myōboku.
• Naruto returned to camp, where Sasuke and the others shared a meal and waited for the spectacle Naruto had promised.
• Naruto met Shikaku Nara, collected six chests containing clan blood and 1.5 billion in cash, and explained that the clans would die for Konoha before being brought back to life.
• Naruto visited the other clans to collect blood from their leaders, then brought Karin and the others to Tomson Villa for dinner with Sasuke.
• The next morning, Naruto and his group took their places above the peaceful village as Naruto remarked that it was the calm before the storm.

Naruto watched giant summoned beasts attack Konohagakure as Hiruzen and Danzo investigated the clans’ plans and Naruto’s visit to the Shimura residence. From Kage Rock, Naruto called the destruction only the opening act as Konoha’s forces fought back and spotted a girl in a Red Cloud Cloak.

• A maid from the Nara Residence told villagers that the Nara Clan’s Miss had brought Naruto food, and Naruto said he was going to the Shimura residence.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that six clans had pooled money for business investments, while Hiruzen warned him to handle their plans cautiously.
• An ANBU member reported that Naruto had entered the Shimura Clan grounds, and Hiruzen ordered ANBU to watch the area.
• Giant summoned beasts appeared in Konohagakure and began destroying buildings as villagers screamed and Hiruzen prepared to respond.
• Naruto watched the attack from Kage Rock with Sasuke and Suigetsu, calling it the opening act as Konoha’s forces resisted.
• Sasuke and Suigetsu spotted a girl in a Red Cloud Cloak on a rooftop and wondered what she had summoned.

Naruto summoned the Eight-Headed Serpent and a giant three-headed snake to worsen Konoha’s crisis as Pain’s Paths searched for him. Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to surrender Naruto in exchange for peace, leaving him facing Yahiko’s Deva Path amid the village’s destruction.

• Naruto used the Summoning Technique to unleash the Eight-Headed Serpent and a giant three-headed snake on Konoha, then returned to the mountaintop with his companions.
• Konoha’s ANBU struggled to contain the summons while the Preta Path, Naraka Path, and Human Path interrogated and killed villagers searching for Naruto Uzumaki.
• The Human Path learned Naruto was in the Shimura Clan’s compound, and the three Paths headed there as Deva Path Yahiko confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building.
• Yahiko challenged Konoha’s role in past wars and asked whether Hiruzen would sacrifice Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, for peace.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to hand Naruto over and doubted Yahiko intended to spare Konoha.

As Pain captured Naruto’s Spore Clone and destroyed most of Konoha with Shinra Tensei, Kabuto summoned four reincarnated Kage to attack the village and Root. Naruto and Sasuke identified Kabuto as the one behind the attack and left the others on Kage Rock Mountain after spotting Danzo and Root emerging from the outskirts.

• The Shimura Clan handed Naruto’s Spore Clone to Pain’s forces, and the Human Path confirmed that he carried the Nine-Tails.
• After learning Naruto had been captured, Pain abandoned his standoff with the Third Hokage and used Shinra Tensei to devastate Konoha.
• Kabuto summoned Mu, Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Raikage, and Sāra, then sent them into Konoha to kill survivors and destroy Root.
• Karin sensed four Kage-level chakra signatures in the ruins, and Naruto identified the attackers as reincarnated Kage controlled by Kabuto Yakushi.
• Sasuke spotted Root members emerging near Konoha’s outskirts, and Naruto and Sasuke left the group to confront Danzo.

As Konoha lay in ruins, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo joined forces against the resurrected Kage while Danzo unsealed his Sharingan-filled right arm. Uchiha Itachi’s younger sister and a White-Clad Girl appeared, and the girl confronted Danzo over his persecution of the Uchiha.

• The reincarnated Kage and the Sound Four slaughtered survivors among Konoha’s ruins while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his ANBU guards emerged from beneath rubble.
• The Third Raikage arrived, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized him as a victim of Impure World Reincarnation and suspected Orochimaru’s involvement.
• Danzo brought Root to Hiruzen Sarutobi and unsealed his right arm as Kabuto Yakushi sent the other reincarnated Kage to attack them.
• Deva Path Pain and Konan watched the conflict unfold and discussed their plans for peace as Danzo revealed the Sharingan embedded in his arm.
• A black-haired young man and a White-Clad Girl leaped down from Kage Rock Mountain, and the girl angrily accused Danzo of victimizing the Uchiha.

Sasuke confronted Danzo after discovering the Sharingan embedded in his arm and attacked him over the Uchiha massacre, while Naruto protected Sasuke from interference. As Sasuke fought Danzo, the reanimated former Kage slaughtered Konoha’s remaining forces, leaving Hiruzen to face Kabuto Yakushi’s explanation.

• Sasuke recognized the Sharingan in Danzo’s sealed arm as evidence of the Uchiha massacre and demanded to know whether Danzo and Hiruzen had ordered Itachi to act.
• Danzo admitted that they had arranged the massacre, and Sasuke drew his Kusanagi Sword and attacked him.
• Naruto used his Phantom Mangekyo to burn six Root members with black flames and warned the others not to interfere with Sasuke.
• Sasuke and Danzo fought as the four reanimated former Kage attacked Konoha’s surviving ANBU and Root forces.
• The reanimated former Kage slaughtered Hiruzen’s remaining followers, while Sasuke continued pressing Danzo until one of the eyes on Danzo’s arm closed.
• Kabuto Yakushi appeared before Hiruzen and said he should ask Danzo how Root had driven their enemies into a corner, then revealed that Orochimaru no longer wanted to destroy Konoha.

Naruto revealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi that he knew Konoha had manipulated his childhood, then thwarted Hiruzen’s attempt to use the Reaper Death Seal against him. As Danzo’s Four Symbols Seal engulfed Naruto and Sasuke, Naruto awakened his Rinnegan’s power and repelled it with Shinra Tensei.

• Naruto confronted Kabuto Yakushi and revealed his identity and knowledge of Konoha’s plot to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to make Naruto Hokage, but Naruto rejected him and challenged him to use the Reaper Death Seal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi cast the Reaper Death Seal, but its arm passed through Naruto when he activated his intangibility.
• Danzo used the Four Symbols Seal as Sasuke’s Susanoo Arrow struck, and Naruto appeared beside Sasuke to witness his death.
• Naruto awakened the Annihilation Rinnegan’s power and used Shinra Tensei to repel Danzo’s Four Symbols Seal.

Naruto, revealed as Beiming and a Rinnegan wielder, faced Pain after Danzo’s sealing attack failed and the Former Kage killed Hiruzen Sarutobi. Pain withdrew rather than fight, while Naruto sent his allies to spread a report about surviving Konoha forces in the Land of Waves.

• Naruto appeared beside Sasuke and effortlessly deflected Danzo’s Four Symbols Seal, while the Former Kage killed Hiruzen Sarutobi under Kabuto Yakushi’s control.
• Pain and Konan confronted Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto revealed that he had awakened and mastered the Rinnegan.
• Naruto rejected Pain’s invitation to join the Akatsuki, explaining that he pursued peace through economics rather than military power and fear.
• Naruto identified himself as Beiming, and Pain recognized him as the person who had contacted him through the Gato Trade Association.
• Pain withdrew with the other Paths, warning Naruto that he did not have much time left.
• Naruto ordered Sakon, Suigetsu, and the others to eliminate surviving Konoha forces and spread word that an elite force remained in the Land of Waves.

After destroying Konoha, Naruto explained to Sasuke how the village’s fall would destabilize the Land of Fire and help Naruto present Kakashi and the others with a choice. Back in the Genesis World, they prepared to use Impure World Reincarnation on a massive scale, with Naruto gathering materials to bring back about 6,000 people.

• Naruto grew a forest over Konoha’s ruins and burned it with Amaterasu to destroy bodies and evidence, while Kabuto Yakushi abandoned his search for blood after Black Zetsu offered him powerful DNA.
• Naruto told Sasuke that rival nations would exploit the Land of Fire’s weakness and that he planned to draw Jiraiya and Tsunade to the Land of Waves, where he would lay out his choices for them.
• Naruto promised to bring back the deceased Uchiha and said he had a way to pay the cost of reviving them; Sasuke agreed to trust him.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned safely to the Land of Waves, as merchants spread news of Konoha’s destruction and word was expected to reach the Five Great Nations.
• In the Genesis World, Naruto and Sasuke used 2,000 shadow clones to inscribe 6,000 Impure World Reincarnation formulas, then prepared 6,000 White Zetsu sacrifices and Naruto’s collected DNA samples.

Naruto reincarnated three thousand Uchiha and explained that eight years had passed since the massacre, then showed them Itachi’s death and Konoha’s destruction. The Uchiha learned Sasuke had killed Itachi and Danzo, while Naruto prepared to guide them in his world.

• Naruto reassured Sasuke that he would restore the Uchiha clan and described plans to prevent his world from becoming unjust or warlike.
• Naruto used thousands of clones to perform Impure World Reincarnation and bring back three thousand Uchiha, including Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto.
• Naruto told the revived Uchiha that eight years had passed since their deaths and that Sasuke had killed Itachi.
• When the Uchiha doubted Naruto, he showed them Sasuke and Itachi’s final battle and Itachi’s death.
• Naruto showed the Uchiha that Konoha had been destroyed and that Sasuke had killed Danzo, prompting their reactions to the village’s fate.

Naruto restored the Uchiha clan and introduced himself to Fugaku and Mikoto as Sasuke’s husband, then brought them to their rebuilt compound in the Perfect World. He promised to find a way to give the clan living bodies, while Sasuke watched them leave and returned to the Villa.

• Naruto told the resurrected Uchiha that Sasuke had avenged them and asked whether they wanted to stay in his world or return to the war-torn Shinobi World.
• Naruto introduced himself to Fugaku and Mikoto as their son-in-law, and they asked after Sasuke before accepting Naruto and his relationship with him.
• Naruto led the Uchiha toward the Endless Forest, while Sasuke thanked him silently and went back to the Villa instead of following them.
• Naruto brought more than three thousand Uchiha to the new Uchiha Clan Compound and promised to restore them to life.
• Fugaku volunteered to clear farmland after Naruto explained his plans for the Uchiha’s new home.

Naruto reanimated a second batch of more than three thousand people, including members of Konoha’s great families, Hizashi Hyuga, and Sakumo Hatake. He revealed that he was Minato Namikaze’s son, then gathered the family heads and Sakumo to discuss matters while the newly revived people waited.

• Naruto returned to the reanimation site after promising Fugaku and Mikoto he would bring Sasuke to see them.
• Naruto replenished his chakra and used three thousand clones to reanimate another batch of people with White Zetsu sacrifices.
• Hyuga Hiashi reunited with Hizashi and his sister-in-law, while Sakumo Hatake appeared among the revived.
• Naruto introduced himself as Minato Namikaze’s son, prompting many revived villagers to question how Konoha had treated him.
• Naruto told the crowd he held no grudge, then called the heads of the Six Great Families and Sakumo aside as the others waited.

Naruto told the resurrected heads of six families that Konoha had been destroyed and asked them to help persuade Kakashi and the others to join him. After Naruto and Sasuke went to Juxia Tower, Kakashi informed the younger generation of Konoha’s destruction, leaving them grieving and demanding revenge.

• Naruto told the six family heads that the Third Hokage and Danzo had died and asked them to help bring Kakashi and the others over; they agreed and began looking for a place to settle.
• Naruto revealed that the Uchiha Clan had been resurrected and settled nearby, then returned home to Sasuke.
• Sasuke admitted that he did not know how to face his parents after killing Itachi, and Naruto suggested waiting until he had truly resurrected them before visiting.
• Naruto and Sasuke left Genesis World and headed to Juxia Tower to see Kakashi and the others.
• Kakashi told Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Hinata, Neji, Kiba, Shino, Sakura, and the others that Konoha had been destroyed, and warned them not to seek revenge recklessly.
• Shikamaru explained that Konoha’s destruction had broken the balance among the Five Great Nations, while Kiba demanded that the killer be punished.