Recaps

Naruto freed Uchiha Hikari, welcomed Miroku and Shion into Wave Country, and secured the Three-Tails while Nagato began capturing other Tailed Beasts. The arc left Nagato battling Rōshi after defeating Utakata.

• Naruto freed Uchiha Hikari from her coffin in Hell Valley and stopped her attack, then offered her a choice between joining his cause and living in Wave Country.
• Naruto gave Hikari her name back, introduced her to the people of Wave Country, and learned that a delegation from Demon Country was arriving.
• Miroku asked Naruto to break the priestesses’ curse and protect Shion from Moryo, and Naruto agreed to resolve the threat while bringing Demon Country into Wave Country.
• Naruto examined Natsuhoshi’s meteorite and learned that its power damaged those who absorbed it, while Black Zetsu brought Shinnō before Madara Uchiha, who demanded his submission.
• Karatachi Yagura and Genji offered the Three-Tails and Kirigakure’s Six-Tails tracking method in exchange for Mei Terumi’s return, and Naruto accepted their terms.
• Mei Terumi agreed to return to Kirigakure as its Fifth Mizukage, while Naruto arranged for the Three-Tails to be sealed inside her and sent Nagato after the Six-Tails.
• Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain defeated and captured Utakata, then turned their attention to the Four-Tails and Rōshi.
• Ōnoki refused to give Akatsuki information about Iwagakure’s Tailed Beasts, but Rōshi returned to the village and Nagato defeated him by shattering his Tailed Beast Ball and redirecting its explosion.

Naruto defeated Moryo and Shinnō, captured Obito, and learned the truth about Rin’s death. He exposed Black Zetsu’s manipulation of Madara and left Madara with an invitation to reconsider his plan in Wave Country.

• Nagato defeated the Four-Tails, and Naruto extracted the beast from Rōshi and sealed it inside Uchiha Izumi, who gained Lava Release.
• Hinata resolved to change the Hyuga Clan, protect Hanabi from the Caged Bird mark, and pursue a mission from Tsunade that could lead her to Naruto.
• Naruto gathered his companions to stop Moryo, sealed the spirit inside himself, defeated Shinnō, and recruited him for his technology.
• Uchiha Izumi captured Obito Uchiha, and Naruto revealed that Madara Uchiha had manipulated Obito by sealing Rin Nohara’s heart and forcing her death.
• Naruto left Obito with Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Kakashi, and the Uchiha representatives, then traveled to the Land of Grass to confront Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.
• Naruto restrained Black Zetsu and exposed him as Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will, revealing that he had used Madara Uchiha to pursue her revival.
• Naruto invited Madara Uchiha to stay in Wave Country for a year and reconsider the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Madara challenged Naruto’s confidence in containing him.

Naruto brought Madara into Wave Country, drew Hinata into his plans, and secured the allegiance of Ryūchi Cave before confronting the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. After bringing part of the clan to the Ninja World, he turned his attention to Kumogakure and arrived there with Samui as his prisoner.

• Naruto defeated Madara Uchiha, then offered Black Zetsu a chance to reunite with Kaguya Otsutsuki in exchange for the White Zetsu and the Ten Tails Coffin Seal.
• Madara Uchiha explored Wave Country and reconsidered his ideas about peace, while Hinata left Konoha, reunited with Naruto, and signed Katsuyu’s summoning contract.
• Naruto told Tsunade he intended to destroy Konoha’s system, then forced the White Snake Sage to make Ryūchi Cave subject to Wave Country.
• Tsunade found Tobirama Senju resurrected with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while months later Naruto and his companions launched Kaguya One toward the moon.
• Naruto confronted the lunar Otsutsuki clan, challenged its leaders’ faith in Hamura’s final wish, and persuaded members of both families to move to the Ninja World.
• Naruto transported the Otsutsuki newcomers to the Ninja World and prepared to visit the Land of Snow and Kumogakure as tensions rose over the rocket launch.
• Naruto told Samui he wanted the Two Tails and revealed his plans for the Land of Lightning, then sent her to Kumogakure and had Kazahana Koyuki imprison Hee.
• Naruto arrived above Kumogakure with Hinata and Karin, unleashed his chakra, and faced a shinobi in a Tailed Beast Cloak atop the Raikage Building.

Naruto expanded Wave Country’s reach by taking the Two Tails, Five Tails, and Seven Tails, then faced down Urashiki with help from his allies. Sasuke and Boruto returned to their world, and the arc ended with Wave Country’s team overwhelming the Chunin Exams as the villages prepared to attack.

• Naruto attacked Kumogakure, captured Yugito and Mabui, and transferred the Two Tails to Hinata before Yugito chose to join Wave Country.
• Madara Uchiha defeated Ōnoki and captured Han, while Kakuzu and Kakashi brought Takigakure under Wave Country’s control and sealed the Seven Tails inside Kaede.
• Sasuke and Boruto reached Wave Country, where Naruto learned that Urashiki Otsutsuki was pursuing him and planned to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto and his allies ambushed Urashiki at the Land of Whirlpools and defeated him after he transformed into his Second Stage.
• Great Sasuke trained Little Sasuke, then used a genjutsu to show him another Sasuke’s life, and Great Sasuke reunited with Mikoto before leaving with Boruto.
• Madara led Wave Country’s delegation to Konoha’s Chunin Exams, while Tobirama and the other village leaders secretly agreed to attack Wave Country after the exams.
• The Chunin Exams began, and Gaara reunited with Temari while Konoha’s genin clashed with Wave Country’s team.
• Sasuke and his teammates defeated the other participants and took their scrolls, prompting Anko to report that Wave Country’s ninja had eliminated everyone and ended the exams.