Recaps

Konoha unified most of the continent, then turned toward ambitious reforms, space exploration, and its political alliance with Zenith Civilization. The arc ended with Yoshiro resurrected as an Advent while rival alliances began preparing for conflict.

• Eighth Master’s Sky Ninja joined Senju Hashirama’s campaigns, and Hashirama’s overwhelming Wood Release defeated the Allied Forces.
• Eighth Master proposed giving shinobi a shared future through public works and the dream of reaching the heavens, then began developing a way to split himself between timelines.
• Konoha used construction and propaganda to integrate conquered territories, while Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama led a campaign against the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Itachi challenged Uchiha Fugaku and the clan elders, took over as clan head, and secured the clan’s support for its existing policies.
• Hatake Sakumo reunited with Kakashi, while Hinata confronted the Hyuga leadership, became clan head, and began abolishing the Caged Bird seal and the Main-Branch distinction.
• Aburame Tetsumaru arranged treatment for Kurama Yakumo and worked with Eighth Master to summon Yoshiro’s soul into a new body, resurrecting him as an Advent.
• Ōnoki and A planned an attack on the Land of Rain as the Northern Alliance sealed off the south, while Politician assured Namikaze Minato that Zenith Civilization could bypass the blockade.

Nagato defeated the allied forces, while Zenith Civilization expanded its influence and Black Zetsu revived Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Sanae traveled to another timeline, discovered Konoha’s threat to the Uchiha, and destroyed Root before beginning to hide her stolen spoils.

• Nagato drove back Ōnoki and the Raikage’s forces, extracted the Two-Tails and Five-Tails, and announced Amegakure’s strength to the Great Ninja Villages.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and his researchers created loyal Mother Hives, while Zenith Civilization helped settle millions of refugees in the Land of Wind and weakened the Land of Earth.
• Nagato and Konan revealed to Jiraiya that Danzo and Hanzo had conspired against Yahiko, then rejected Jiraiya while strengthening cooperation with Konoha.
• Katsuyu set out to explore the Tree Herder Galaxy, while Uchiha Sanae volunteered for a timeline jump and arrived in Konoha Year 56.
• Uchiha Sanae learned that Konoha was monitoring the Uchiha and that Uchiha Itachi was assigned to watch Uchiha Fugaku, then decided to protect the clan.
• Uchiha Sanae mapped and infiltrated Root’s headquarters, killed Aburame Torune, freed its test subjects, and destroyed the base with Amaterasu Sun Maiden's Fate.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to stop targeting the Uchiha until Root’s destruction was understood, while Uchiha Sanae began digging a hidden chamber and Uchiha Izumi arrived.

Uchiha Sanae exposed Shimura Danzō’s plot, ended his attack on the Uchiha, and helped replace Konoha’s leadership before the revived Hokage departed. She then brought Orochimaru into Zenith Civilization as threats gathered across timelines and Cannon began a devastating assault on Kirigakure.

• Uchiha Sanae captured White Zetsu, recruited Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Namikaze Minato, and warned them that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō were driving the Uchiha toward extermination.
• Shimura Danzō launched an attack on the Uchiha Compound, but Sanae destroyed Root’s forces, exposed Danzō’s crimes, and helped Senju Tobirama execute him.
• Namikaze Minato confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Naruto’s neglect, while Senju Tobirama stripped Uchiha Itachi of his hands and placed him under house arrest.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha and became Fifth Hokage, while Minato entrusted Naruto to Uchiha Mikoto and the revived Hokage prepared to leave.
• Uchiha Sanae transformed after unifying with her counterpart, received Uchiha Shisui’s eye, and explained Zenith Civilization and its threats to Orochimaru, who agreed to join it.
• Orochihime defeated Orochimaru in a mental battle, then joined Sanae and Orochimaru in setting plans to build a Mother Hive, seize Rōran, and conceal their actions from Nagato and Black Zetsu.
• Aburame Tetsumaru sensed a powerful monster approaching the Shinobi World and recognized the Otsutsuki Clan as its possible vanguard.
• Cannon attacked Kirigakure with rockets, Explosive Locusts, laser strikes, and descending Meteors, forcing Hozuki Mangetsu to order a retreat.

Zenith Civilization conquered Kumogakure and expanded its control while Aburame Tetsumaru captured Black Zetsu and resurrected Otsutsuki Kaguya to help confront the Pure Land. After Kaguya joined Zenith Civilization, Tetsumaru investigated a mysterious crystal that revealed a connection to another universe.

• Weary Bird and Warhammer led the Insect Swarm’s assault on Kumogakure, where the Fourth Raikage and Killer B resisted until the Raikage died and Killer B was captured.
• Zenith Civilization took control of the Land of Iron, captured Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and negotiated a federation with the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
• Aburame Tetsumaru captured Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu, then used Nagato’s Rinnegan, the Ten-Tails, and a prepared Clone Body to resurrect Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya recounted her history with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Hagoromo, joined Zenith Civilization, and offered to help Tetsumaru search for the Pure Land.
• A Voyage Ship returned aged from the Space Interlayer with its Avatar missing and a mysterious Crystal Pillar aboard.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and his allies discovered that the crystal could not be damaged and that its protective energy was being consumed.
• Guren grew a crystal cluster through the energy barrier, allowing Aburame Tetsumaru to decode a recording of Yuanxing meeting Jim and Sarah in another universe.
• Aburame Tetsumaru realized the barrier had formed from a clash between the laws of two universes.