Recaps

Fugaku and Aozora faced the other Kage’s accusations at the summit, then united the villages to fight the Akatsuki remnants near Kumogakure. Nagato and Konan escaped after a devastating battle, while the Kage discovered that their captured Zetsu was only a decoy and Aozora’s attempt to trace the Akatsuki rings failed.

• Aozora helped Fugaku prepare for the summit as rumors spread that Konoha had attacked Takigakure and was connected to the Akatsuki Organization.
• At the summit, Fugaku rejected the accusations against Konoha, and Aozora defeated the Fourth Raikage in a clash that ended with A severing his right arm and leaving.
• Fugaku persuaded Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mei Terumī to continue the summit and help eliminate the Akatsuki, while Aozora used the Akatsuki rings to locate members near Cloud’s camp.
• The villages exposed Nagato, Konan, Zetsu, and Satori near Kumogakure, then fought them as A captured Zetsu and Rasa pursued Konan.
• Aozora battled Nagato while the other Kage and their forces fought Satori and Nagato’s attacks, including the celestial bodies he launched at the gathered shinobi.
• Nagato and Konan escaped atop Satori after Aozora and the other leaders destroyed the falling celestial bodies.
• The Kage interrogated the captured Zetsu, but he transformed into a tree and escaped, revealing himself as a decoy without a ring.
• Aozora used his ring to connect to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but the ring exploded in his hand when he canceled the technique.

Aozora helped shape the Five Kage’s response to Akatsuki, then trained Team 7 and led them through the Land of Waves, where they defeated Zabuza and Gato. After Akatsuki captured Utakata, Aozora joined Kirigakure’s pursuit and agreed to hold off Nagato while the others attempted a rescue.

• Aozora gave up command of the joint force, and the Kage appointed Shi captain before concluding that Akatsuki was targeting the remaining Jinchūriki.
• Aozora strengthened his Rinnegan with White Zetsu’s essence, formed Team 7 with Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, and trained them until Sasuke awakened his Sharingan.
• Aozora took Team 7 on a mission to the Land of Waves, where the young ninja fought Zabuza and Naruto and Sasuke defeated him after he threatened Sasuke and Hinata.
• Aozora reinforced Naruto’s seal after the Nine-Tails’ chakra surfaced, then arranged for Kisame to take Haku and killed Gato at his castle.
• Aozora trained Team 7 in the Land of Waves until Taiyi reported that Akatsuki had captured Utakata, prompting Aozora to return with the team.
• Aozora joined Mei Terumī, Shi, and Kirigakure’s forces in pursuit of Akatsuki, while Nagato prepared to finish sealing Utakata and Zetsu proposed a sacrifice for Nagato’s Cloning Jutsu.
• Nagato scattered the pursuing force with Shinra Tensei, and Aozora regrouped with Mei Terumī before agreeing to hold Nagato off while Kirigakure tried to rescue Utakata.

Aozora defeated Nagato, exposed Zetsu’s betrayal, and brought Nagato and Konan into his effort to unify the Shinobi World. After forging an alliance with Sunagakure, Aozora and Konoha maneuvered the other villages into war and launched an assault on the Four Kage Summit.

• Aozora defeated Nagato’s clone, captured his soul, and learned that Mei Terumī’s forces arrived too late to save Utakata from the Six-Tails’ sealing.
• Aozora revealed that Uchiha Madara had transplanted Nagato’s Rinnegan and exposed Zetsu and Uchiha Obito’s role in Yahiko’s death, but Black Zetsu escaped.
• Aozora persuaded Nagato and Konan to pursue peace through world unification, sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and offered Nagato a place at Lingxiao Palace.
• Zetsu approached Orochimaru and the Fourth Raikage, while Nagato and Konan joined Aozora’s Heavenly Court and the Akatsuki Organization was declared destroyed.
• Aozora extracted most of Chōmei’s Chakra while sparing Fū, then took Nagato to Sunagakure and pressured Rasa into an alliance with Konoha.
• Aozora learned that the other villages were secretly aligning with Cloud and prepared to attack the Four Kage Summit as Fugaku readied Konoha for war.
• Black Zetsu declared war on Konoha on behalf of Cloud, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure, and Fugaku ordered Konoha to attack the allied villages.
• Nagato opened the summit assault with Shinra Tensei, and the Kage divided their forces to face Aozora’s attackers.

Aozora defeated the allied forces, uncovered Black Zetsu’s deception, and stopped Jigen from taking Konoha’s Nine-Tails. He then forced Kumogakure to surrender and placed it under Konoha’s initial control.

• Aozora routed the Cloud forces, while Kisame and Shisui defeated the Kirigakure and remaining Cloud forces, and Nagato subdued the resurrected Kage.
• Orochimaru summoned eleven former Kage and fled, while Aozora confronted Uchiha Madara and destroyed Madara’s Susanoo with his golden flames.
• Aozora defeated Madara and Hashirama, then learned from the Six Paths Sage that Black Zetsu had altered the Stone Tablet and manipulated Madara into pursuing the Moon Eye Plan.
• Jigen attacked Konoha, fought Itachi and Might Guy, and escaped after Aozora burned his arm and forced him to withdraw.
• Aozora reported the victory to Fugaku, who ordered the Konoha forces to attack Kumogakure from the air.
• Aozora defeated Kumogakure’s defenders, displayed the Fourth Raikage’s spirit, and threatened the village with Planetary Devastation until Dodai announced its surrender.
• Aozora halted the meteor and set terms for Kumogakure’s shinobi, then Nara Shikaku arrived three days later and took control of the village’s departments.