Recaps

Naruto, Sasuke, Nagato, and Konan traveled to the moon to rescue the Five Kage and stop Kageyama from digitizing all life. They returned to Earth with Kageyama and learned that a planet-destroying weapon remained sealed beneath the moon, while Sasuke entered Kageyama’s mind and encountered a trapped presence.

• The Alliance survived the Giant Soldier’s explosion, and Sasuke and Nagato searched its core fragment, discovering data about the Gatekeeper and the Moon Country’s destruction.
• After the Shadow imprisoned the Five Kage and threatened to execute them, Naruto, Sasuke, Nagato, and Konan opened a dangerous passage to the moon.
• The group crossed the moon’s defenses, defeated data constructs of Madara and Hashirama, and found the Five Kage imprisoned beneath a cocoon.
• Kageyama attacked the rescuers and used the Five Kage as emotionless puppets, but Sasuke’s fragment revealed Kageyama’s memories and Nagato freed the captives before dying to empower Konan’s crystal.
• Konan disrupted Kageyama’s control, and Naruto, Sasuke, and the Kage defeated his mutated form, leaving him alive but without his system or memories.
• The group discovered a living creature called Mother sealed beneath an altar, then rebuilt a teleportation array and escaped the moon through a collapsing spatial passage.
• After reaching Earth near Konoha, the survivors learned from Sasuke that a planet-destroying weapon remained sealed beneath the moon, and Konan proposed using sealing techniques to contain it.
• Konan, Gaara, and Darui volunteered to return to the moon, while Sasuke entered Kageyama’s mind and encountered crimson eyes whose owner said it was trapped there.

Sasuke and his allies uncovered Black Zetsu’s plot, defeated him, and accidentally released Kaguya when the moon’s seal collapsed. After defending the villages from falling meteors, the shinobi prepared to confront Kaguya as her roots began draining chakra across Konoha.

• Sasuke and Ino inherited power from the dying Ōtsutsuki experiment, while Jiraiya revealed how Kaguya and Black Zetsu had manipulated Nagato and planned to revive her.
• Tsunade’s forces uncovered White Zetsu infiltrators and Danzo’s records, then exposed Black Zetsu possessing Asuma.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies destroyed Black Zetsu, but its death shattered the seal holding Kaguya on the moon.
• Kakashi and Sasuke led the defense and evacuation as moon fragments threatened the villages, while Naruto and Sasuke joined the Kage to destroy the largest meteors.
• Kaguya escaped the collapsing moon and appeared at the Valley of the End, where she began absorbing Natural Energy.
• Shikamaru took command of the plan to seal Kaguya, but her roots erupted across Konoha and began draining chakra and life force from its people.

Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies sealed Kaguya, then prepared to face Isshiki as he sought to grow a God Tree and harvest the planet’s Chakra. Their battle left Naruto and Sasuke near defeat, while Obito intervened and tried to trap Isshiki with Izanami.

• Toneri joined Shikamaru’s team against Kaguya, and they fought her across the Lava and ice dimensions while Sasuke severed the connection between her and Black Zetsu II.
• Naruto and Sasuke sealed Kaguya in a new moon, but Obito appeared and absorbed Black Zetsu II before Mu stripped Kaguya’s Chakra from him.
• Isshiki emerged, killed Obito, and gave the shinobi three days to recover before their next confrontation.
• Naruto fused completely with Kurama, Sasuke restored much of his Rinnegan power, and the two trained together before Isshiki attacked early.
• Isshiki overwhelmed Naruto and Sasuke with his Karma and shrinking abilities, but Sasuke used Heavenly Realm to remove the God Tree from the battlefield.
• Isshiki absorbed the God Tree’s stored energy and summoned another one, leaving Naruto and Sasuke pinned and nearly powerless.
• Naruto blew himself up to damage Isshiki and destroy roots, while Obito survived with Izanagi and returned to challenge Isshiki and Momoshiki.
• Obito pulled Isshiki into the Kamui Dimension, but Isshiki shattered it and badly injured him, so Obito activated Izanami to trap Isshiki in a repeating loop.

Naruto and Kurama defeated Isshiki at the cost of Kurama’s life, and Naruto began rebuilding his strength before becoming the Seventh Hokage. As Momoshiki’s threats endangered the Leaf, Naruto joined the other Kage to stop them and investigated a hidden Root base with Sasuke, where they recovered data that Sasuke began decoding.

• Naruto returned to the battle after Obito’s plan failed, and Kurama helped him fight Isshiki using Six Paths Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Kurama sacrificed himself to destroy the God Tree and Isshiki, leaving Naruto alive but without the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto recovered in the hospital, trained with Sasuke and Kakashi, and became the Seventh Hokage as Tsunade retired.
• Sasuke discovered Momoshiki’s God Tree saplings, and Naruto gathered the other Kage to destroy them and stop the underground chakra circuit.
• Naruto and the Four Kage destroyed Momoshiki’s underground root and a black chakra remnant during Naruto’s inauguration, after which Naruto delivered his speech and took office.
• Naruto and Sasuke traced a coded signal to the abandoned Root base, where they destroyed corrupted puppets and safely redirected a dangerous data transfer.
• Sai arranged medical care and offered Sasuke equipment to decode the recovered data, while Naruto promised Hinata to be more careful and Sasuke began decoding it.