Recaps

Asuka and the Allied Forces battled Akatsuki and the revived Kage, but Konan’s explosive attack and Nagato’s arrival devastated their ranks. After Asuka freed the shinobi trapped by Chibaku Tensei, the battered forces faced another storm of Exploding Tags.

• Asuka defeated Izuna, who broke free of Orochimaru’s control and asked him to protect the Uchiha, then watched Hiyoku pass away after praising him.
• White Zetsu infiltrators attacked the Allied Forces’ medical camps, and Ebizo’s plan to make the camps behave irrationally helped expose them.
• Mei Terumi led the Allied Forces against Akatsuki, while Asuka defeated the Third Raikage and helped battle Orochimaru’s revived forces and Manda.
• Asuka and Shukaku helped the Allied Forces seal revived Kage, while Pakura confessed her feelings for Asuka and fought him as an enemy.
• Konan unleashed the Art of the Divine Paper Person, destroying much of the Allied Forces and killing Hizashi as he saved Hiashi.
• Nagato’s Deva Path flooded the battlefield and attacked the survivors, while he explained that he had inherited Yahiko’s dream of peace before using Chibaku Tensei.
• Asuka split the Chibaku Tensei sphere and freed the trapped shinobi, then confronted Nagato as Konan unleashed another vast storm of Exploding Tags.

Jiraiya and the Allied Forces defeated Nagato, but Uchiha Madara was revived and revealed the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. Asuka joined Madara, the Five Kage fought him, and Hashirama and Tobirama prepared to confront him.

• Jiraiya confronted Nagato, who explained that he wanted to use a tailed-beast weapon to force peace, and their battle left Jiraiya pinned and near death.
• Gamamaru summoned Indra through Impure World Reincarnation, and Indra lent Asuka his power so Asuka could manifest a giant Susanoo.
• Asuka used his Susanoo to defeat Nagato and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, after which Jiraiya and Konan spoke with Nagato about their failed efforts to protect the people they loved.
• Uchiha Madara emerged from a coffin, and White Zetsu explained that Asuka had helped Akatsuki capture tailed beasts before defeating Nagato and turning against the organization.
• Tsunade confronted Asuka over his support for Akatsuki, and Asuka admitted it before declaring that he would temporarily defect and heading toward Madara.
• Madara fought the Allied Forces and revealed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would place everyone in an illusion of their dreams, while the Five Kage rejected his promise and attacked him.
• The Five Kage broke Madara’s Susanoo and Rasa sealed him in a pyramid, but Madara used a Wood Release Clone to deceive them and struck Tsunade through the chest.
• Tsunade healed herself and rose again, while Hashirama vowed to stop Madara and Tobirama began preparing to revive Hashirama properly.

Hiruzen and Danzo confronted Orochimaru as the battle against Madara escalated and the Ten-Tails emerged. Madara questioned the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s origins while Hashirama rallied the shinobi to resist the Ten-Tails.

• Hiruzen and Danzo fought Orochimaru and his reanimated Kage, but Danzo sacrificed himself with the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique and released the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara overwhelmed the Five Kage, but Hashirama returned to face him while Obito pursued the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails for the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Hashirama and Madara resumed their battle as Obito’s efforts led the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to absorb Spiral Zetsu and transform into the Ten-Tails.
• Kakashi confronted Obito over Rin’s death, while Obito insisted he wanted a world where Rin was alive and sent chakra into the Ten-Tails.
• Indra revealed that the stone tablet’s teachings did not match what he remembered and told Madara that the Infinite Tsukuyomi might be based on false claims.
• Madara explained his doubts about the tablet and defended his belief that the Infinite Tsukuyomi could end war, while Black Zetsu revealed it had abandoned Madara in favor of Obito.
• The Ten-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Hashirama restrained it with the Divine Gate as Tobirama severed Obito’s connection to it.
• Hashirama apologized to the Allied Forces and asked them to unite against the Ten-Tails, which then split into countless clones and charged toward them.

Asuka exposed the truth behind Madara’s plan and helped revive Nagato, Hashirama, and Madara, but Black Zetsu used Obito to resurrect Kaguya. Asuka, Madara, and Hashirama battled Kaguya across dimensions, ending with her gravity domain destroyed and her confronting Madara in a rage.

• Madara explained to Asuka that he had manipulated Obito into becoming the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki, while Asuka joined the Allied Forces and helped Kakashi face Obito in Kamui Space.
• The Six Paths Sage revealed that Infinite Tsukuyomi would enslave humanity and free Kaguya, while Asuka revived Nagato and persuaded him to bring Madara and Hashirama back to life.
• Madara and Hashirama chose to pursue the Infinite Tsukuyomi despite learning the truth, and Obito became the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and cast the technique as the Divine Tree captured people across the world.
• Nagato resurrected Hashirama and Madara, who joined Asuka in fighting Obito, while Asuka helped seal Obito and Black Zetsu revealed itself as Kaguya’s will.
• Asuka placed Obito in a dream where Rin survived and the war never happened, but Black Zetsu used Obito to revive Kaguya, who shattered Asuka’s Susanoo and transported the fighters between dimensions.
• Asuka, Madara, and Hashirama coordinated attacks and repeatedly escaped Kaguya’s dimensional traps, then combined their powers to destroy her gravity domain.
• Kaguya emerged from the collapsing domain before Madara, enraged and determined to kill him rather than risk losing another space.