God Tree (episode)

is episode 381 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary
Proud at how much his son has grown up, Minato thinks that Naruto resembled his late mother in giving the feeling that, with him, everyone could accomplish anything. Now entering Tailed Beast Mode, Naruto runs forth, only for Tobirama to remind him that only senjutsu was effective against the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, with Yang-Kurama laughing about how Naruto has effectively surpassed the previous Hokages, in a way. After reminding its jinchūriki of the time he talked with Nagato, the fox told him that it was possible to combine Sage Mode with Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. The other half of Kurama inside Minato tells him that he can enter Tailed Beast Mode as well, to provide powerful support for his son. Thanks to Tobirama's mark, Naruto and Minato manage to land an attack on Obito, who barely defends against it through a combination of chakra arms and black substance. In order to destroy the black matter, Naruto and Minato prepare a natural energy-infused Tailed Beast Ball, while Obito decides to complete the plan by releasing the Ten-Tails. The Six Red Yang Formation is released as the Ten-Tails' body turns into a massive tree whose branches go after every member of the Shinobi Alliance, sucking their chakra out, with Gyūki telling B how this was the Ten-Tails' final form, while Madara tells Hashirama of how shinobi came to be. A long time ago, when chakra was unknown to mankind, there existed the Shinju, an impartial deity which bore a fruit once in a millennium. This fruit was eaten by a princess who wished to stop the constant wars, and became the first human to wield chakra. Her son, who was born with chakra already in his body, would become the one to stop the Ten-Tails – the Shinju's enraged incarnation that sought the fruit it was robbed of – and to teach humanity about chakra: the famed Sage of the Six Paths. Madara reveals that he discovered this through the Uchiha Stone Monument, and such discovery showed him the worthlessness of reality, with mankind forever cursed to hate and kill each other. Obito stops the branches of the Shinju, seeing that the Alliance is on the brink of giving up, and tells them to stay there quietly, since they had endured enough, with the flower atop the Tree ready to open and start the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Trivia

 * When Minato goes into Tailed Beast Mode and jumps to aid Naruto, his right arm is restored for a second before it disappears again.