Recaps

Sasuke planned the Allied Shinobi Forces’ deployments against the approaching White Zetsu clones and argued that Naruto should join the war once his training was complete. After the Tsuchikage brought the giant turtle to the lake, Sasuke entered Sage Mode and prepared to go check on Naruto.

• Sasuke proposed that Kankuro’s squad circle around the enemy and coordinate with Kakashi’s elite squad to end their battle quickly.
• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that about fifty thousand clones were approaching from underground and the seabed, and Sasuke ordered reconnaissance to track them.
• Sasuke proposed sending the Third Division around the land force while the Second Division attacked, then retreating from the shoreline if needed to encircle the enemy on land.
• The Tsuchikage brought Kumogakure’s giant turtle to the lake, and the Raikage, Tsunade, and Sasuke went to meet him.
• Sasuke convinced the Raikage that Naruto could not be kept out of the war, then revealed Sage Mode and prepared to go check on Naruto.

Sasuke revealed his unusual wing-based Sage Mode and visited Naruto and Killer B in Kumogakure, where he explained their role in the coming war. The Allied forces completed their deployments, and the battle against Akatsuki was set to begin the next morning.

• Sasuke formed rainbow-colored wings from condensed natural energy and flew to Naruto and Killer B's cave.
• Sasuke learned that Naruto had completed the initial stage of controlling the Nine-Tails' Chakra and told him he would soon fight Akatsuki alongside Killer B.
• Sasuke assigned Naruto and Killer B to hold off the Masked Man and several tailed beasts until reinforcements arrived.
• Naruto told Killer B that Sasuke had no other options and insisted they had to hold out for the allied forces.
• Sasuke reported Naruto's progress to the Raikage, Tsunade, and the Tsuchikage, who confirmed that the battlefields were set and the war would begin the next morning.

Sasuke coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ opening moves and prepared to use his eyes alongside Itachi, while warning his brother to avoid overusing his power. On the land battlefield, Kitsuchi’s division struck the advancing enemy with Earth and Fire Release techniques, then withdrew to regroup as the enemy emerged from underground.

• Sasuke ordered Kakashi’s division to lie in ambush and join the assault after he and Itachi arrived, and he told Itachi they would use their eyes openly in battle.
• Sasuke instructed Itachi to rely on his Seven Tomoe and Kamui rather than Susanoo, and promised to restore his Chakra after the first battle.
• Sasuke told headquarters to have Earth Release ninjas force underground enemies into the air, while Fire Release ninjas attacked and the divisions prepared to fall back.
• Kitsuchi received Sasuke’s operation order, gathered Earth Release Jonin and Fire Release Chunin, and prepared the Second Division to strike the enemy vanguard.
• Kitsuchi’s Earth Release Jonin launched the enemy clones into the air, and Fire Release ninjas attacked them with Great Fireball Technique, killing more than two thousand.
• Kitsuchi ordered the Earth Release ninjas to withdraw and reform as enemy forces began emerging from underground, while the Fire Release ninjas continued attacking as they retreated.

Darui and Kitsuchi used defensive positions and massed low-rank ninjutsu to inflict heavy losses on the advancing clones. The First Division held its beach line, while the Second Division faced mounting pressure and waited for the Third Division and its Kunai Launchers.

• Darui ordered the First Division to retreat from the beach, where coordinated Water Release and Lightning Release attacks drove many clones back into the sea.
• The clones fired wooden spikes at the retreating Lightning Release ninja, but the defenders withdrew to a prepared platform at the cliff base.
• Kitsuchi prepared the Second Division’s Earth Release ninja to attack the charging clones with Earth Spear.
• The Second Division’s Fire Release ninja followed with Dragon Flame Jutsu, turning the earth spikes into a barrier of fire and causing further clone casualties.
• Kitsuchi estimated that his forces could manage only two or three more rounds before needing the Kunai Launcher formations and urged the Third Division to arrive.
• Obito Uchiha committed all one hundred thousand clones to the assault, while Yakushi Kabuto prepared to deploy elite troops.

As the Allied forces held the land and sea fronts, Obito Uchiha sent elite forces toward the central and western routes while the reanimated dead waited to attack. The Kunai Launchers helped stall the clones, but the exhausted defenders still faced an overwhelming enemy.

• Shikaku and Sasuke assessed the battles, and Sasuke said the enemy elites were likely waiting for close combat before striking.
• Kakashi and Might Guy waited with the Fourth Division as Obito Uchiha ordered Yakushi Kabuto to send elite forces along the central route and a Kage-level squad west.
• Kitsuchi ordered exhausted troops to recover and brought the Second and Third Divisions' Kunai Launcher formations to the front.
• Hanzo and Kimimaro waited behind the clones as Mifune led his troops around the flank toward the Second Division.
• Kitsuchi's alternating launcher rows shot down many charging clones and held them at range.
• Darui's forces repelled another attack but ran low on Chakra, so he ordered them to spread into a line and prepare their throwing weapons.

Kitsuchi’s forces engaged the clone army in close combat, while Mifune’s arrival turned the battle against the clones. Sasuke set out with Itachi and their team as Kakashi’s unit encountered Zabuza and Haku’s group in the forest.

• Kitsuchi led more than twenty thousand soldiers into close combat after the First Division exhausted its ninjutsu and Kunai Launcher formations.
• Mifune split the Third Division to attack the clones’ flanks, while he faced Hanzo and Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten confronted Kimimaro.
• The First Division retreated behind a field of traps, and Darui and Shikamaru’s forces rested and watched the enemy’s advance.
• Sasuke left Shikaku in command, arranged for Naruto and Killer B to guard rear outposts, and departed with Itachi, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin.
• Kakashi’s elite unit encountered Zabuza, Haku, and two others in the forest, where Zabuza asked about Sasuke.

Kakashi’s elite unit faced Zabuza, Pakura, and the revived Seven Ninja Swordsmen while trapped in the Hidden Mist. Naruto’s allies arrived on a giant eagle and told Kakashi to signal for support so they could finish the battle quickly.

• Zabuza and Haku discussed the boy who had defeated them as the Impure World Reincarnation began eroding their sanity.
• Zabuza spread the Hidden Mist while Pakura’s Scorch Release drew the elite unit’s attention.
• Kabuto tossed several bean-like objects, and Zabuza summoned six coffins containing the previous generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Kakashi and Zabuza exchanged Water Clone attacks as the elite unit held its formation in the mist.
• A strong wind cleared the mist, and a giant eagle brought several figures who landed between the two forces and urged Kakashi to send a signal.

Sasuke and his allies arrived to confront Kabuto’s reanimated forces, including Zabuza, Haku, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Sasuke assigned his team and the Allied Shinobi to engage the enemies, and the battle began.

• Sasuke dispersed the mist and spoke with Zabuza and Haku before Kabuto took control of Zabuza and offered to withdraw in exchange for Anko Mitarashi.
• Sasuke rejected Kabuto’s offer and ordered Jugo and Suigetsu to fight Kari and Pakura, while Karin withdrew to safety.
• Kakashi identified Sasuke as Deputy Chief of Staff Second Pillar and relayed his orders to the Allied Shinobi.
• Sasuke and Itachi charged the enemy line as Kakashi, Might Guy, and several Elite Jonin joined the fight.
• Suigetsu engaged Pakura, Jugo faced Kari, and Itachi chose Kushimaru Kuriarare as his opponent.

Sasuke and Itachi used Kamui and their other powerful techniques to capture Zabuza, Haku, and Kushimaru during the battle. Kakashi was injured by Ringo Ameyuri and withdrew for treatment, while Sasuke took his place and Kakashi watched the brothers with growing suspicion.

• Sasuke overwhelmed Zabuza and Haku with close combat while Itachi fought Kushimaru Kuriarare.
• Sasuke revealed Kamui, passed through Haku’s attack, bound Zabuza with Thunderclap Chains, and helped the Sealing Corps seal both opponents.
• Itachi used Kamui to evade Kushimaru’s attack, restrained him with Amaterasu, and had him sealed.
• Kakashi was struck by Ringo Ameyuri’s Lightning Fang and went to the rear for medical treatment.
• Sasuke took over Kakashi’s fight, while Itachi moved on to battle Jinin Akebino.
• Kakashi wondered why both brothers could use Kamui and questioned whether he could trust Sasuke.

Sasuke and Itachi defeated most of the reanimated Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while the Fourth Division captured them and prepared to reinforce other battlefields. Sasuke stayed behind to face Hozuki Mangetsu.

• Sasuke used Kamui to cut Ringo Ameyuri in half, then took Lightning Blade: Kiba as he and Itachi defeated the swordsmen and collected three blades.
• Jugo suppressed his Yin Release Chakra and finished his fight, while Suigetsu defeated Pakura and Maki sealed her.
• Sasuke bound Munashi Jinpachi and Itachi captured Suikazan Fuguki, leaving Hozuki Mangetsu as the last swordsman standing.
• Sasuke ordered most of the Fourth Division to reinforce the Second and Third Divisions, while Kakashi and Might Guy remained behind.
• Sasuke challenged Hozuki Mangetsu to show his strength and prepared to fight him.

Sasuke defeated Hozuki Mangetsu and directed forces toward the rear while the Allied Shinobi Forces advanced against Kabuto’s army. As Kakashi and Might Guy went to join Naruto and Killer B, Sasuke and Itachi set out to find a reconnaissance squad and approach Yakushi Kabuto, leaving Sasuke’s secret plan and the fate of the final battle unresolved.

• Sasuke used Lightning Armor to defeat Hozuki Mangetsu, and the Sealing Corps sealed him.
• Sasuke learned that the Second and Third Divisions were nearing victory and that the First Division was stalled by traps.
• After Kankuro reported encountering a squad of clones, Sasuke sent his unit to protect rear facilities and ordered Kakashi and Might Guy to join Naruto and Killer B at the Rear Hospital.
• Kakashi told Might Guy that Sasuke and Itachi’s shared Mangekyo ability and Itachi’s apparent lack of strain seemed suspicious, but they decided to join Naruto and the others.
• Sasuke told Itachi that he had a plan and led him to search for a reconnaissance squad, hoping to learn whether Orochimaru had made a decision.

Shikaku finalized the Allied Forces’ plans for a decisive battle, but White Zetsu’s infiltration delayed the attack. Sasuke revived Orochimaru from Anko Mitarashi’s Cursed Mark, leaving Anko and the others shocked.

• Shikaku reviewed the casualty report and ordered the Second and Third Divisions to attack overnight before a general offensive at eight the next morning.
• Naruto sensed disguised White Zetsu approaching the Rear Hospital and attacked them, but the enemy also struck the Second and Third Divisions, delaying their operation.
• Shikaku learned Naruto could identify the infiltrators and ordered him to support the Second and Third Divisions.
• Sasuke met Anko Mitarashi’s reconnaissance squad and removed the Cursed Mark from her shoulder to revive Orochimaru.
• Hozuki Suigetsu recoiled in fear as Orochimaru emerged, while Anko struggled to rise and Sasuke patted her shoulder.

Sasuke revived Orochimaru and brought him to Yakushi Kabuto, where he revealed a plan that required their help and the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage. The group prepared to return to Konoha, while Orochimaru took over Kabuto’s control of the reanimated dead.

• Sasuke told Orochimaru to find Yakushi Kabuto, and Orochimaru located him through the cells Kabuto had fused into himself.
• Orochimaru removed Anko’s Cursed Mark and freed her, while Sasuke ordered her to report the Masked Man’s movements to headquarters.
• Sasuke led Orochimaru and the others to Kabuto’s cave, where Kabuto appeared and Sasuke proposed that they talk instead of fighting.
• Sasuke revealed that he had kept Orochimaru under his control and planned to meet the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage, prompting Orochimaru to agree to help.
• Kabuto offered to accompany them and transfer control of the reanimated dead to Orochimaru, who accepted and completed the transfer.

Sasuke and Orochimaru traveled to Konoha and used White Zetsu clones as sacrifices to revive the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage. The revived Hokage questioned Orochimaru about whether they were being summoned to attack Konoha.

• Sasuke explained that his eyes were still absorbing Chakra and asked to delay reviving Uchiha Madara while he gathered combat power.
• Sasuke captured several White Zetsu clones, and Eagle Fury flew the group to Konoha before dawn.
• Sasuke retrieved the Demon Mask and revealed his nine-tomoe Sharingan to Orochimaru and the others.
• Orochimaru used the Grim Reaper's mask and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze in White Zetsu bodies.
• Hashirama Senju greeted Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze, while Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju asked Orochimaru whether he planned to attack Konoha.

Sasuke explained to the revived Hokage why he wanted their strength and argued that Hashirama had missed the chance to unify the ninja world. He revealed his and Itachi’s unusual Sharingan abilities and demonstrated that he had mastered nine Chakra natures.

• Sasuke told Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze that the Uchiha Clan had been destroyed and that one surviving Uchiha was leading the Fourth Great Ninja War.
• Sasuke explained that he was the Allied Shinobi Forces’ Deputy Chief of Staff and planned to launch a final offensive at dawn, but still needed the Hokage’s strength.
• Sasuke argued that Hashirama should have conquered the other ninja villages after founding Konoha and capturing the tailed beasts, and said a new chance to establish order had appeared.
• Sasuke revealed his Nine-Tomoe Sharingan, while Itachi showed his Seven-Tomoe eyes and explained that Sasuke’s combat strength fluctuated unpredictably.
• Sasuke described how he trained in nine Sharingan spaces to complete and balance nine Chakra natures, then demonstrated Wood Release: Four Pillars Prison.

Sasuke explained his newly developed Wood Release, metal-attribute Chakra, and incomplete Nine-Cycle Space before revealing his plan to unite the Five Great Nations and villages. He proposed capturing the tailed beasts and Five Kage, then persuading or threatening the Daimyo into forming a shared government.

• Sasuke demonstrated ordinary Wood Release and created a metal spike, explaining that he had not yet developed metal-attribute ninjutsu.
• Sasuke described how his Sharingan absorbed six Chakra attributes and explained that the Nine-Tomoe let him travel among nine spaces but offered no combat use.
• Tobirama Senju suggested sealing a tailed beast inside Sasuke to supply Chakra, but Sasuke doubted the idea and warned Tobirama against hostility.
• Sasuke revealed that he intended to unite the Five Great Nations and villages after the battle, using the tailed beasts and possibly the Five Kage as part of his plan.
• Sasuke proposed bringing the Five Kage and Daimyo together to merge the nations, with Daimyo governing in rotation, improving people's lives, and supervising one another.

Sasuke explained the origins of Chakra, the Sage of Six Paths, and the Ten-Tails, then argued that the stone tablet’s account was false. The others were left questioning the true history of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and the Divine Tree.

• Sasuke argued that the Daimyo could be replaced if he opposed uniting the nations, and described how people had turned Chakra from a bond into a weapon.
• Sasuke said the stone tablet described the Ten-Tails’ revival and Infinite Tsukuyomi, and claimed Uchiha Madara had left Konoha after reading its full text.
• Sasuke recounted the legend of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the Divine Tree, and her sons Hamura and Hagoromo, explaining that the Sage of Six Paths’ Chakra came from her.
• Sasuke suggested the Ten-Tails was the Divine Tree and challenged the tablet’s story by asking where Kaguya and Hamura had gone.
• The group realized Kaguya and the Divine Tree may have been outsiders, and wondered what the true history was.

Sasuke explained his theory that Zetsu altered the stone tablet and that Obito Uchiha was the Masked Man, then defended his plan to reshape the ninja world’s order. Hashirama agreed to help him, while Tobirama questioned how Sasuke’s proposed system would limit his own power.

• Sasuke connected the Divine Tree, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and the altered stone tablet, identifying Zetsu as the likely culprit because White Zetsu’s abilities resembled Wood Release.
• Sasuke identified Obito Uchiha as the Masked Man who controlled the Nine-Tails, and Minato Namikaze recognized him as a former student he had believed dead.
• Sasuke admitted that he had allowed Akatsuki’s plan to proceed so he could pursue his own plan and investigate Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s origins and power.
• Sasuke argued that contradictions in the ninja profession caused disorder and said he intended to recast the world’s order; Hashirama agreed to follow him.
• Sasuke described merging the Five Great Nations, assigning ninja to internal security and ordinary people to border defense, while Tobirama challenged him about his own power and plans for the tailed beasts.

Sasuke explained his plan to control the war and confront Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, despite his eyes steadily consuming his Chakra. After recovering his strength, he noticed that the altered stone tablet had become much clearer.

• Sasuke told the Hokage and Orochimaru that he wanted the Uchiha Clan to live peacefully in Konoha and that he doubted he could defeat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki while his eyes drained his Chakra.
• Sasuke said he believed his evolved eyes could surpass the Six Paths' power, but refused to rely on absorbed Chakra or a tailed beast.
• Sasuke outlined a plan to make Obito Uchiha revive the Ten-Tails early and bring Uchiha Madara into the battle to uncover the threat behind Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Sasuke ate and cultivated Chakra while considering whether to bring Madara into the battle before or after Obito revived the Ten-Tails.
• Sasuke looked at the stone tablet and noticed that its writing had become much clearer.

Sasuke returned to Obito Uchiha’s base camp and searched for a way to accelerate the Chakra absorption in his eyes. After learning how Impure World Reincarnation replenished Chakra, he tried using Sharingan and Sage Mode, but found that natural energy was still needed as the war’s major battles began.

• Sasuke and Minato Namikaze left Konoha with their group and flew to Obito Uchiha’s base camp as dawn approached.
• Sasuke asked Orochimaru and the Second Hokage why Impure World Reincarnation granted endless Chakra, and learned that the reincarnated absorbed and converted natural energy.
• Sasuke demonstrated that his Sage Mode formed outside his body, and Orochimaru thought his control might let him convert natural energy.
• Sasuke found Obito Uchiha’s large collection of Sharingan and tried absorbing two eyes, but the Chakra felt wrong because he lacked Chakra of six attributes.
• Orochimaru warned that the Kage-level battle was about to begin, but Sasuke told him to leave the dead Kage to the Five Kage while he sought natural energy to replenish his Chakra.

Sasuke accelerated his eye cultivation by absorbing natural energy and other Sharingan, while the Allied Shinobi Forces launched attacks across several fronts. As the battle intensified, Sasuke’s Nine-Cycle Space fused into Sumeru, a small world he could shape and materialize.

• Sasuke used natural energy to speed his eye cultivation, and Orochimaru recognized how his Sage Mode had developed before his Eight-Tomoe.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces advanced in a three-sided assault while Mū summoned the Second Mizukage, Third Raikage, and Fourth Kazekage to face Gaara and Jiraiya.
• Obito Uchiha traveled through the central forest to obtain Kinkaku and Ginkaku and gather the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• When Sasuke’s eyes began to hurt from absorbing natural energy too quickly, Itachi gave him Sharingan to absorb and strengthen them.
• Sasuke’s nine spaces merged into Sumeru, a small world whose landscapes he could alter and make real, and he continued cultivating with more Sharingan.

Sasuke strengthened his eyes by absorbing natural energy and the remaining Sharingan, revealing new abilities but leaving him unsure whether they were complete. After learning that Obito had taken Kinkaku and Ginkaku and learned Impure World Reincarnation, Sasuke prepared to join Naruto’s battle and set a plan for the war’s next stages.

• Sasuke awakened the abilities "Sumeru" and "Instant Air" and sensed the Rinnegan abilities and Madara’s "Limbo," but his eyes stopped absorbing before Susanoo appeared.
• Orochimaru reported that Gaara had defeated the Fourth Kazekage and that the Four Kage had been defeated, while Mū had split apart.
• Sasuke absorbed all the remaining Sharingan, then learned from Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto that Obito had taken Kinkaku and Ginkaku, might have the Fourth Mizukage’s body, and had learned Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke planned to join Naruto’s battle, force Obito to fuse his incomplete tailed beasts, and later release Uchiha Madara to fight alongside them before Zetsu revived Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Sasuke used Kamui to place everyone except Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto in his space, telling them to release Uchiha Madara and undo Impure World Reincarnation when the Ten-Tails appeared.

Sasuke reached Naruto’s battlefield and refused Shikaku’s offer to send ordinary reinforcements, judging the fight too dangerous for anyone below Kage level. There, he confronted Obito Uchiha, exposed his identity, and left Kakashi demanding to know why Obito had not returned.

• Sasuke found a reconnaissance squad, learned the battles’ status, and contacted Shikaku for an update.
• Sasuke told Shikaku that only Kage-level fighters should approach the battlefield and continued toward Naruto’s group alone.
• Sasuke arrived as Killer B fought in his Eight-Tails form, and Obito Uchiha retreated to gather the resurrected fighters around him.
• Obito Uchiha invited Sasuke to join his plan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Sasuke rejected it and challenged the plan’s purpose.
• Sasuke identified Obito Uchiha, shocking Kakashi, who asked why Obito had not returned; Obito said he had returned and witnessed Rin’s death.

Sasuke confronted Obito Uchiha, accused him of being manipulated by Uchiha Madara and Zetsu, and fought him while trying to push him toward reviving the Ten-Tails. Sasuke gained the upper hand with Kamui and taijutsu, but Obito’s war fan countered his ninjutsu, leaving Sasuke searching for a way to keep him from escaping.

• Sasuke told Obito that Uchiha Madara and Zetsu had manipulated him, while Obito insisted that he wanted to end the world’s hatred.
• Sasuke attacked Obito and used Kamui to evade his touch, then kicked him away after Obito became solid.
• The Four-Tails Jinchuriki interrupted Sasuke’s pursuit, and Sasuke told Naruto, Might Guy, and the others to hold off the Jinchuriki while he fought Obito.
• Sasuke pressed Obito with fire techniques and taijutsu, forcing him to retreat and remove his mask.
• Obito used his Uchiha Reflection war fan to absorb Sasuke’s water dragon and send a gale at him, so Sasuke relied on Kamui and considered how to prevent Obito from fleeing.

Sasuke fought Obito Uchiha with traps, ninjutsu, and Kamui, eventually burning through Obito’s chain and taking his war fan. Obito fled toward the Jinchuriki battle, hoping to use the chaos there to his advantage.

• Obito used his chained war fan and Kamui to counter Sasuke, while Sasuke fought back with shuriken and Earth Release spikes.
• Sasuke trapped the area with wire strings, used fire and water to create steam, and bombarded Obito with Exploding Tags.
• Sasuke drew Obito into another exchange, but Obito released Giant Shuriken from Kamui space and attacked with Wood Release.
• Sasuke used Kamui to avoid Obito’s attacks, then pulled him with the war fan’s chain and burned it away with Amaterasu.
• Sasuke absorbed Obito’s Fire Dragon Bullet Technique with the war fan and charged at him, but Obito moved toward the Jinchuriki battle.