Recaps

Nagato restored his legs and welcomed Hiruko into the Akatsuki Organization, while Shisui secretly used Kotoamatsukami to make Hiruko protect Konoha. Obito failed to defeat Orochimaru’s powerful Clone Number One, then captured Fū and Zero, but an unknown voice interrupted him as he prepared to restrain Fū.

• Black Zetsu restored Nagato’s legs with Hashirama Cells, and Nagato accepted Hiruko into the Akatsuki Organization after Hiruko defeated Kakuzu and revealed four Kekkei Genkai.
• Shisui arranged for Hiruko to obtain a Three-Tomoe Sharingan from a cooperating Uchiha, then secretly used Transcription Seal to place Kotoamatsukami in the eyes and make Hiruko protect Konoha.
• Obito infiltrated Orochimaru’s base to kill him and capture Fū, but Orochimaru released Clone Number One, who fought Obito with Ice Release, Wood Release, and Sage Mode.
• Obito escaped after a Kamui-infused Chakra Receiver tore away half of Clone Number One’s body, then searched the base for Fū while Orochimaru treated the clone.
• Fū and Zero stood together against Obito, and Zero told him that he was not Madara Uchiha before Obito used Kamui to take them into his dimension.
• Obito reached for Zero’s mask and threatened to make her and Fū kill each other, but Fū cut her neck and demanded that he release Zero.
• Obito destroyed Fū’s kunai with Kamui, grabbed her by the neck, and prepared to restrain her with a Chakra Receiver when a voice called out, “Obito, don’t!”

Rin’s return and the truth about her death led Obito to abandon the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Nagato launched Akatsuki’s attack on Konoha. Soji was sealed as Toneri and Shinnō moved toward the village, and the Allied Forces learned they had been lured away just as Konoha’s battle began.

• Obito recognized Rin beneath her mask, and she urged him to stop living as Madara Uchiha and return to being himself.
• Rin revealed that Hyuga Soji had revived her, explained that Madara had manipulated the circumstances of her death, and persuaded Obito to abandon the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Nagato took command of Akatsuki and arranged for its members to leave the Land of Rain, drawing the Allied Forces away while Akatsuki attacked Konoha.
• Soji fought Nagato at Konoha’s gates, countered his attacks, and was trapped inside the Six Red Sun Formation as Nagato vowed to capture the Jinchuriki.
• Toneri opened the Earth-Moon Passage to attack Konoha, while Shinnō sent Angkor Fortress toward the village.
• Minato learned that Akatsuki had abandoned its headquarters and was attacking Konoha, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to race ahead of the Allied Forces.
• Akatsuki’s assault turned Konoha into a battlefield as its members fought the village’s defenders, while undercover agents restrained their attacks and Hiruko searched for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to protect them.

Shinnō’s assault on Konoha ended with Obito taking him, while Toneri stole Neji’s Byakugan and summoned a meteor. Konoha and Akatsuki stopped the meteor, then resumed their battle as Naruto and the other Jinchuriki joined the fight.

• Shinnō attacked Konoha with the Sky Ninja, but Yota, Neji, Kimimaro, Haku, and Kurama Yakumo fought him aboard Angkor Fortress and brought it crashing down.
• Shinnō transformed into Zero-Tails Void, but Kimimaro’s Dance of the Emerging Ferns left him near death before Obito took him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Toneri’s puppets stole Neji’s Byakugan, and Naruto, Sasuke, Karatachi Yagura, and Utakata arrived to protect Neji and fight Toneri.
• Toneri used the Giant Tenseigan’s power to overpower Naruto and Sasuke, then summoned a meteor toward Konoha before fleeing to the moon with Neji’s Byakugan.
• Konoha and Akatsuki fighters joined forces to destroy the meteor, while Soji remained trapped by Nagato’s Six Red Sun Formation.
• Obito confronted Minato and revealed his influence over Nagato, while their attacks failed to land as Minato fought without the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Karatachi Yagura, and Utakata refused to leave the battlefield, and the Third Hokage accepted their decision as Akatsuki gathered to capture the Jinchuriki.
• Konan and Kakuzu faced Naruto and the others, then Kisame Hoshigaki and the Hyuga shinobi arrived to support Konoha.

Naruto and the other Jinchuriki drove Akatsuki from Konoha, but Akatsuki captured Isobu and Saiken and continued preparing for war. Soji uncovered the truth about Shihō, became commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, and Sasuke struggled with his fading eyesight as Itachi promised another way to restore it.

• Naruto, Karatachi Yagura, and Utakata fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Naruto tore off its arm before Nagato recalled it and Akatsuki withdrew from Konoha.
• Karatachi Yagura and Utakata survived the loss of their Tailed Beasts after the statue’s blood revived them, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages began rebuilding Konoha and preparing to pursue Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru brought Shihō to Konoha, where the boy called Mizuki Ember his father and displayed Ice Release and Sage Mode, prompting Soji to investigate their connection.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had created Shihō using Hashirama Senju’s cells, his own genes, and Soji’s Blood Crystals, while Soji concealed his identity and convinced Orochimaru that he was not Hyuga Soji.
• Nagato repaired the statue as Akatsuki recruited Disonas, revived powerful shinobi, obtained the Heavenly Spear, and targeted Gaara while searching the Land of Wind.
• The Five Kage appointed Mizuki Ember commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces after Minato, Rasa, and Ōnoki supported him, despite Soji wanting to avoid further duties.
• Sasuke trained relentlessly to catch up to Naruto, his Mangekyō Sharingan vision worsened, and Itachi promised to restore his eyesight by another method.