Recaps

Kaedeji escaped Orochimaru's control, rebuilt his body with Hashirama Cells, and used his power to defeat Sunagakure and bargain with Akatsuki. After Konoha struggled to contain the consequences of his resurrection policy, Kaedeji returned to Sunagakure with Sasori, who killed the Third Kazekage.

• Madara killed Kaedeji, but Kaedeji's spirit escaped and Orochimaru revived him with Impure World Reincarnation before Kaedeji released himself from Orochimaru's control.
• Kaedeji used Izanagi to survive Nagato's sealing attempt, kidnapped Konan, and ordered her to make explosive tags while he pursued a way to restore his reanimated body.
• Kaedeji sacrificed zombies to fuse a Hashirama Clone and Sharingan into his body, then captured Bunpuku and extracted part of the One-Tail's chakra.
• Kaedeji offered the One-Tail to Akatsuki in exchange for its cooperation, and Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to devour Shukaku.
• Kaedeji defeated Sunagakure's forces with his zombies and explosive tags, killing Ebizo and driving the army into retreat.
• Yahiko and Nagato joined attacks on Sunagakure to seize Chiyo's forbidden technique, leaving the village devastated and Chiyo missing.
• Kaedeji reclaimed his corpse from Tobi, told Madara he had one day to settle his affairs, and later announced that village service could earn a chance at resurrection.
• Kaedeji and Sasori returned to Sunagakure, where Sasori poisoned and killed the Third Kazekage, took his Iron Sand, and left Rasa to consider surrendering to Konoha.

Kaedeji seized control of Konoha, used the Box of Paradise to gain Indra’s Sharingan, and launched a war against the great nations while building a Tsukuyomi world. The stretch ended with Kumogakure retreating after Kaedeji’s forces defeated them, while the Third Raikage remained trapped in the Tsukuyomi world.

• Rasa arranged Sunagakure’s surrender directly to Kaedeji, who secured an end to Konoha’s suppression of him and then sacrificed the Land of Grass and hundreds of Sunagakure ninja to the Box of Paradise.
• Kaedeji introduced resurrection slots in exchange for ten years of unconditional service, stirring conflict and corpse theft until he used the Box of Paradise to obtain Indra’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kaedeji confronted Konoha’s leaders, defeated their forces with Susanoo, Wood Release, and zombies, killed the Third Hokage, and became the Fourth Hokage.
• Kaedeji revived Rōshi and used the Four-Tails to test a Tsukuyomi world, then declared war on Iwagakure after killing Kitsuchi during Ōnoki’s attempt to reclaim them.
• Kaedeji mobilized Konoha and Sunagakure for simultaneous offensives, targeted Kumogakure’s Turtle Island, and met his Dark Persona at True Waterfall to contest control of the Tsukuyomi world.
• Kaedeji resurrected Hizashi without the Caged Bird Seal, defeated the Third Raikage, and drew his consciousness into the Tsukuyomi world, where Rōshi explained Kaedeji’s plan to use Tailed Beasts as chakra sources.
• Kaedeji and his Dark Persona agreed to develop Formless Tsukuyomi, while Dodai sent Killer B and Yotsuki A to fight Konoha’s forces and Obito demonstrated Wood Release.
• Kaedeji’s undead army and the controlled Third Raikage overwhelmed Kumogakure’s forces, forcing Dodai to order a retreat and name Yotsuki A the Fourth Raikage, while Kaedeji ordered his troops to capture the survivors alive.

Kaedeji expanded his prisoner-powered illusion while the war spread, and Obito awakened a dangerous Mangekyō as Yahiko’s Karma brought him into conflict with Kaedeji and Jigen. The arc ended with Jigen recruiting Orochimaru to create vessels and Kaedeji offering Orochimaru a perfected reincarnation technique in exchange for everything.

• Hamura merged with the Giant Tenseigan, reincarnated through Hyūga Tenin, and sacrificed himself to stop Kaedeji’s meteorites, leaving Toneri with Byakugan eyes from the shattered Giant Tenseigan.
• Kaedeji seized Takigakure and used its prisoners to power the Formless Tsukuyomi, while Obito awakened Ōhirame and learned Madara had manipulated his suffering.
• Yahiko used Karma to fight Obito and Kaedeji, then confronted Jigen in Konoha as Nagato attempted Planetary Devastation to save him.
• Jigen left after discussing a Ten-Tails trade with Kaedeji, and Yahiko crumbled into dust, prompting Nagato to attempt a resurrection before Kaedeji explained it was impossible.
• Jigen recruited Orochimaru to develop reincarnation vessels while Konoha’s forces drove Iwagakure back and Sunagakure raided the Land of Earth.
• Obito asked Kaedeji about restoring his eyesight and learned that reaching another timeline might provide another Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru presented a boy with First Hokage and Hyūga Clan genes as a potential vessel, and Jigen revealed the connection between the Ten-Tails, White Zetsu, and Hashirama Cells.
• Kaedeji named Orochimaru’s surviving creation Tenzō and gave Orochimaru a perfected Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique in exchange for everything.

Kaedeji and Obito traveled through a Dragon Vein to another timeline, where they seized power and altered the Uchiha Clan’s future. Back in their world, Kaedeji expanded Formless Tsukuyomi and drew Madara, Nagato, and Jigen into a growing conflict over the Ōtsutsuki.

• Kaedeji helped Obito open the Dragon Vein, and Obito traveled to a parallel Konoha during the Nine-Tails’ attack, where he confronted and defeated his masked counterpart with Kaedeji’s help.
• Kaedeji brought Obito back to his world, took the Yin Nine-Tails, and unleashed a zombie army that destroyed Konoha and killed or transformed its defenders.
• Obito worked with Fugaku to gain a Mangekyō Sharingan, then used his black-hole Dōjutsu to sterilize the Uchiha Clan, while Kaedeji took Shisui’s eye and placed Obito under Kotoamatsukami.
• Kaedeji opened Formless Tsukuyomi, where entrants fought imprisoned ninja and generated Chakra, as he secretly prepared to connect it with Limited Tsukuyomi and pursue a Rinnegan.
• Obito sought Indra’s reincarnation and allied with Hiashi, while Kaedeji connected the two Tsukuyomi worlds and Orochimaru began studying Jigen’s Otsutsuki genes.
• Nagato killed Danzo and fought Hanzō, but Tenzō summoned Madara to the battle, where Madara revealed his Rinnegan and explained that he had given it to Nagato.
• Kaedeji warned Madara about the Ōtsutsuki and showed him his battle with Hamura, while Tenzō revealed his loyalty to Jigen and Madara freed himself from Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kaedeji described Isshiki’s history, and Nagato agreed to join Madara against Jigen to avenge Yahiko.