Recaps

Sasuke returned to Konoha with Itachi, defeated Orochimaru, and gathered new allies before Pain’s attack devastated the village. After Naruto stopped Nagato and revived the victims, Sasuke exposed and killed Danzo, secured Kakashi’s appointment as acting Hokage, and began shaping Konoha’s reconstruction.

• Sasuke met Itachi outside Konoha, brought him back in secret, and then led him to Orochimaru’s bases to recruit Karin and Jugo.
• Sasuke defeated Orochimaru, took his research materials, recruited Suigetsu, and returned to Konoha as Pain’s forces attacked.
• Konoha’s teams defeated most of Pain’s Paths, but Deva Path Pain destroyed the village before Naruto defeated him and persuaded Nagato to revive the dead.
• Sasuke and Itachi reached Nagato, removed his Rinnegan, restored his vitality, and brought him and Konan under their protection.
• Sasuke and Itachi confronted Danzo at the capital, exposed his crimes to the Daimyo, and Sasuke killed him when he attempted to use Four Symbols Sealing.
• Sasuke persuaded the Daimyo to appoint Kakashi as acting Hokage and to publicize Danzo’s crimes, clear the White Fang’s name, and restore Naruto’s status as the Fourth Hokage’s son.
• Sasuke presented a reconstruction plan, brought Nagato and Konan to the Uchiha compound, and arranged for Nagato to receive Three-Tomoe eyes.
• Kakashi accepted temporary Hokage duties while Tsunade remained unconscious but out of danger, and Konoha’s leaders secured funding and labor for reconstruction.

Sasuke exposed Akatsuki’s plans at the Five Kage Summit and helped unite the villages against the coming war. After locating Akatsuki’s headquarters and estimating its forces, he and Shikaku organized the Allied Shinobi Forces as Obito prepared a direct assault.

• Kakashi became acting Hokage, announced Danzo’s crimes, and Sasuke explained how Nagato had been revived and given a replacement Sharingan.
• Kakashi agreed to attend the Five Kage Summit with Naruto and two squads, where the Kage argued over Akatsuki and Sasuke revealed Itachi’s intelligence about the masked man calling himself Uchiha Madara.
• Obito declared the Fourth Great Ninja War and his plan to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, prompting the Kage to form the Allied Shinobi Forces under the Raikage.
• Sasuke helped Konoha prepare for war, then joined Anko’s reconnaissance team and discovered that Kabuto and Obito had about one hundred thousand White Zetsu clones in the Land of Frost.
• At the Kage meeting in Kumogakure, Sasuke warned that Kabuto could use Impure World Reincarnation and argued that Naruto and Killer B should fight with support after Naruto learned to control the Nine-Tails.
• Sasuke declined the Chief of Staff role, recommended Shikaku, and helped plan the allied divisions, defenses, surprise attack, and protection of the Daimyo.
• Sasuke escorted Konoha’s staff officers to Kumogakure and worked with Shikaku to finalize the battle plan, while Tsunade remained wary of his intentions.
• As the Allied Shinobi Forces took their positions, Obito ordered Kabuto to revive the dead, Kankuro located Deidara’s squad, and Shikaku and Sasuke concluded that Obito was preparing a head-on assault.

Sasuke directed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ battles, revived Orochimaru, and gathered the Hokage to explain his plans for the war and the world. After advancing his eye powers, he reached Naruto’s battlefield and began fighting Obito, who moved toward the Jinchuriki battle.

• Sasuke coordinated the divisions’ attacks against Obito’s forces, then joined Itachi and the elite unit to defeat and seal the reanimated Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Sasuke revived Orochimaru, who freed Anko and took control of Kabuto’s reanimated dead, then helped Sasuke revive Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze.
• Sasuke told the Hokage about the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, the altered stone tablet, and his plan to unite the Five Great Nations, while Hashirama agreed to follow him.
• Sasuke trained his eyes and Sage Mode, discovered that his nine spaces had merged into Sumeru, and learned that Obito had gathered Kinkaku and Ginkaku and gained control of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke went to Naruto’s battlefield, rejected Obito’s offer to join the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and identified him as the former student Minato had believed dead.
• Sasuke fought Obito with Kamui, fire and water techniques, traps, and Amaterasu, but Obito countered his attacks and moved toward the Jinchuriki battle.

Sasuke battled Obito and Madara, then allowed Black Zetsu to revive Kaguya and sealed her with the tailed beasts. The Sage of Six Paths sent Sasuke into Naruto’s infant body, where Naruto made an alliance with Kurama and secretly began training.

• Sasuke and the allied fighters battled Obito and the Ten-Tails as Madara joined the fight and Sasuke repeatedly challenged him.
• Sasuke wounded Obito, then let Black Zetsu possess him and use Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara.
• Madara extracted the Ten-Tails from Obito and became its jinchuriki, while Sasuke fought him as the Infinite Tsukuyomi ensnared most of the world.
• Black Zetsu revealed his plan to revive Kaguya, and Sasuke allowed the transformation to happen so he could confront her.
• Sasuke fought Kaguya across her dimensions, learned she had come from Mūzuki Land, and used the tailed beasts to seal her.
• The Sage of Six Paths used the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Technique on Sasuke, who awoke as infant Naruto after Minato and Kushina died sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Danzō leaked that Naruto was the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki, and Naruto decided to live as himself and determine his own fate.
• Naruto told Kurama about his past life, agreed to cooperate with him, and secretly trained for a year.