Recaps

Karin, Yakumo, and Haku confronted the rampaging Ten-Tails to stop it from absorbing the Tailed Beasts sealed in Shinji's Chibaku Tensei. As the Ten-Tails' tails neared the stone spheres, an unidentified figure intervened with repulsion.

• Akatsuki's members learned from Zetsu that the Ten-Tails was rampaging and that they needed to stop 'B,' then agreed to join the fight.
• Karin approached the Ten-Tails, deflected its shockwave with Shinra Tensei, and tried to restrain it with her Rinnegan.
• The Ten-Tails swung its tails toward the seven stone spheres containing the sealed Tailed Beasts.
• Yakumo bound the Ten-Tails with Wood Release while Haku coated its tails in ice, slowing its attacks alongside Karin.
• A figure flew into the sky and repelled the Ten-Tails' tails just before they could strike the stone spheres.

Karin tried to suppress the Ten-Tails while her allies fought on despite their exhaustion, but she was outmatched. Shion arrived after defeating Moryo and gaining the full power of a Miko, knocking the Ten-Tails down and offering to help.

• Kimimaro and Neji's Fusion State, along with Yakumo, Haku, and Karin, helped trip the Ten-Tails, but most of them were left nearly out of chakra.
• Karin attacked the Ten-Tails with her Rinnegan while Nameless held off Hiruko, Ranmaru, Scorpion, Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan.
• Zetsu watched the battle and hoped Nagato or Obito would defeat 'A' before Karin subdued the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails blasted Karin away, leaving her unable to suppress it.
• Shion arrived with the power she had gained by defeating Moryo, knocked the Ten-Tails down, and asked Karin and the others if they needed help.

Shion arrived at the battlefield with chakra surpassing Nagato and 'A,' deepening the Five Kage’s suspicions about the Akatsuki’s hidden strength and 'A's identity. As the Kage chose to remain and witness the battle, the fake 'Uchiha Itachi' sensed something strange while traveling through the Land of Hot Water.

• Shion raced toward the battlefield, and Sasuke identified her as 'X,' an ally from the Demon Slayer World.
• The Five Kage questioned the Akatsuki’s strength and speculated that 'A' had staged the apparent infighting between 'B' and 'D.'
• Tsunade suspected that 'I' was the Konoha Military Police Force’s Nameless Uchiha and began to connect 'A' to someone she knew.
• An Intelligence Squad shinobi reported that more than half the personnel had evacuated, and Tsunade ordered the rest to withdraw from the battlefield.
• The Five Kage decided to stay, with the Fourth Raikage refusing to leave without Killer B.
• The fake 'Uchiha Itachi' stopped in the Land of Hot Water and looked toward the Rain Country with a confused expression.

Shion joined the battle against the Ten-Tails, helping Karin and the others restrain it while the Akatsuki forces suppressed Hiruko’s group. In Kamui Space, Shinji overwhelmed Nagato, captured the Three-Tails and Yang Nine-Tails, and declared the fight over.

• Shion joined Karin in restraining the Ten-Tails, while Haku, Yakumo, Kimimaro, Neji, and the others helped Nameless suppress Hiruko and his allies.
• Zetsu recognized Shion and feared that her arrival would ruin his plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Shinji exposed the time limit of Nagato’s Limbo: Border Jail and defeated him in close combat.
• Nagato released the Three-Tails and Yang Nine-Tails to disrupt Shinji’s Planetary Devastation.
• Shinji took control of both Tailed Beasts with his Six Tomoe Rinnegan and told Nagato that the fight was over.

Shinji used Imperial God Palace to trap Nagato and repeatedly strike him before sealing him with Four Symbols Seal. He removed one of Nagato’s Rinnegan and reached for the other.

• Nagato decided to seek Obito’s help once Limbo: Border Jail recovered, but Shinji immobilized him with Imperial God Palace.
• Shinji released Nagato from the technique just before each strike, landing three heavy blows while Nagato could not react.
• Shinji waited for Imperial God Palace to weaken, then bound Nagato with Four Symbols Seal as the paralysis wore off.
• Shinji removed one of Nagato’s Rinnegan and reached for the second.

Shinji defeated Nagato, took both of his Rinnegan, and spared him while sealing the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails. He revealed how Madara and Obito had manipulated Nagato and the Akatsuki, then approached Obito to seek a way out of Kamui Space.

• Nagato tried to resist Shinji's Four Symbols Seal, but Shinji removed his remaining Rinnegan and declared him defeated.
• Shinji spared Nagato and sealed the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails into a scroll.
• Nagato asked who Shinji was and challenged his claim to the Akatsuki's identity, prompting Shinji to question how far Nagato's organization had strayed from Yahiko's ideals.
• Shinji told Nagato that Obito had killed the Akatsuki members who came to help him and that Obito and Black Zetsu had planned to use him to resurrect the Ten-Tails.
• Shinji revealed that Madara had transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato so Nagato would revive him with the Revolving Heaven Jutsu.
• Shinji walked toward Obito, intending to take his Mangekyō Sharingan to escape Kamui Space.

Shinji, disguised as 'A', defeated Obito and Nagato in 'Kamui Space' and took Obito's right Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito and the Akatsuki retreated as Karin and Shion subdued the Ten-Tails.

• Shinji sealed Obito, broke his Spiral Mask, and discovered he had recovered Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji removed Obito's right eye, but Obito escaped after a White Zetsu Clone shed the seal and he used 'Kamui'.
• Obito told Zetsu that 'A' had taken his eye and both of Nagato's Rinnegan, and Zetsu ordered the Akatsuki members to retreat.
• Hiruko and the others withdrew, while Nameless, Yakumo, Haku, Kimimaro, and Neji guarded the battlefield around Karin and Shion.
• Shion and Karin subdued the Ten-Tails with Shion's sealing arts, Karin's 'Adamantine Sealing Chains', and her Rinnegan.

With Karin and Shion suppressing the Ten-Tails, Shinji returned victorious from his battle with Nagato and brought the war’s struggle for control of the beast to an end. He handed Nagato to Konan, then reunited with his subordinates atop the bound Ten-Tails.

• Karin and Shion subdued the Ten-Tails, and the storm clouds cleared over the battlefield.
• Shinji emerged from a distorted vortex carrying the defeated Nagato, revealing that he had won their fight.
• Konan charged at Shinji to protect Nagato, but Shinji tossed Nagato to her, and Nagato persuaded her to leave with him.
• Nameless confirmed that she had marked Nagato with 'Yachihoko' before Shinji handed him over.
• Shinji joined his subordinates on the Ten-Tails' head and assessed their Chakra, finding Shion, Nameless, and Karin strongest among them.

Shinji decided not to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki until he had recovered and could maximize the power he gained. After suppressing the Ten-Tails, he had Shion seal it temporarily, while the Five Kage considered how to survive the new balance of power.

• Shinji rejected the idea of immediately sealing the incomplete Ten-Tails inside himself and chose to wait until he was ready.
• Shinji released Planetary Devastation, freeing Killer B and Nagato's Six Paths of Pain from the stone spheres.
• The Fourth Raikage wanted to rescue Killer B, but the other Kage and Tsunade warned that fighting 'A' would be suicide.
• The Kage recognized that their villages could no longer rely on the Tailed Beasts and discussed seeking reconciliation with 'A'.
• Shinji sealed Nagato's Six Paths of Pain and Killer B in his Sealing Scroll, then suppressed the Ten-Tails with his Dojutsu.
• Shion used Sealing Coffin to temporarily seal the Ten-Tails inside a black box.

Shinji sealed the Jinchuriki and Ten-Tails, then withdrew with his subordinates while the Five Kage organized the battlefield’s aftermath and considered how to respond to the Akatsuki Organization. In the Land of Fire, the Overlord redirected the fake 'Itachi Uchiha' toward Konoha after the Ten-Tails’ aura disappeared.

• Shinji judged Obito’s remaining Kamui eye a serious threat, but chose not to pursue the Akatsuki Organization or clash with the Allied Forces.
• Shinji and his subordinates rose into the sky and disappeared into the clouds, leaving the Five Kage to recover and regroup.
• The Five Kage discussed investigating 'A' through Sasuke, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo, while debating whether to keep hunting Nagato’s Akatsuki Organization.
• The fake 'Itachi Uchiha' sensed the Ten-Tails’ aura vanish, then received an order and raced toward Konoha.

Shinji headed west to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and told his subordinates about the Overlord’s threat. After explaining the truth behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre to Sasuke, he left Sasuke to wonder whether he would kill Naruto.

• Shinji set the Flying Fortress toward the Land of Demons so he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki without interruption.
• Shinji removed his mask and told his subordinates that the Overlord had brought the Shinobi World to the brink of destruction.
• Shinji described the Overlord’s corrupted Upper Moon One and fake Itachi Uchiha, leaving his subordinates alarmed by the threat.
• Shinji told Sasuke that he had given Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi and explained that Itachi had spared Sasuke as part of a deal.
• Shinji revealed that Danzo planned the Uchiha Clan Massacre and that the Third had allowed it, then said Itachi would return Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan after dealing with the fake Itachi Uchiha.
• Sasuke asked Shinji whether he would kill Naruto.

After defeating Nagato and Obito, Shinji planned to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and considered how his captured dojutsu could expand his power. He then approached Tsunade to bargain for her help concealing his identity, leaving her puzzled by his request.

• Shinji gathered the Ten-Tails, the Tailed Beasts, Nagato's Rinnegan, and Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan, and planned to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki in the Land of Demons.
• Shinji considered wielding Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan through Susanoo Lamp to use Limbo: Border Jail, and imagined combining his dojutsu with Imperial God Palace and Kamui.
• After the Four Kage ordered the shinobi forces to withdraw, Tsunade returned to her tent and found Shinji waiting there.
• Shinji asked Tsunade to spare Naruto and conceal that he was the Akatsuki Organization's 'A,' and Tsunade questioned why he wanted the secret kept.

Shinji made Tsunade agree to conceal his identity and revealed that Yakumo had joined his organization before becoming her student. When Itachi Uchiha attacked Konoha, Shinji suspected the attacker was an Overlord-controlled impostor, while Tsunade prepared the Allied Forces to respond.

• Shinji warned Tsunade that the Overlord might draw closer if the Shinobi World learned about it, and Tsunade agreed to conceal his identity unless he attacked a Five Great Shinobi Village without cause.
• Shinji confirmed that Yakumo belonged to his organization as 'D' before Tsunade chose her as a student, leading Tsunade to suspect Shinji had caused Yakumo's Red Dragon Eye awakening.
• Tsunade reconsidered how Shinji had maneuvered the Allied Forces into war with Nagato's Akatsuki Organization, while Shinji urged her to have Naruto train quickly.
• A Communications Division shinobi reported that Itachi Uchiha had attacked Konoha and caused heavy casualties, prompting Tsunade to call an emergency meeting with the other Kage and Jiraiya.
• Shinji concluded the attacker was probably an impostor controlled by the Overlord, while Tsunade declared the Allied Forces would fight back because the attacker was not one of Shinji's subordinates.

Shinji chose a remote snowfield to seal the Ten-Tails and become its jinchuriki, assigning his allies to guard against interference and prepare to support him. After releasing the beast, he presented it with Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, Killer B, the Three-Tails, and the Yang Nine-Tails as offerings.

• Shinji learned that the fake Itachi Uchiha had begun slaughtering people and ordered Orochimaru to work with the Five Kage to restrain him and test his strength.
• Shinji selected a remote snowfield on the border of the Land of Demons and the Land of Snow for his ascension as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shinji assigned Karin, Yakumo, Shion, Neji, Kimimaro, and H to guard the area, while Nameless prepared to support him and Sasuke, Haku, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo stayed ready as a mobile force.
• Shinji opened the black box on the snowfield and released the colossal Ten-Tails.
• Shinji unsealed Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, Killer B, the Three-Tails, and the Yang Nine-Tails before the Ten-Tails, which grew restless at their presence.

Shinji watched the Ten-Tails devour the Nine Tailed Beasts and studied the immense power it gained, prompting him to reconsider how much he knew about the Overlord. After securing the area, he began sealing the Ten-Tails inside himself with the Imperial God Palace as the seal’s core.

• The Ten-Tails used glowing chains to drag the Nine Tailed Beasts into its mouth and devoured them.
• The Ten-Tails grew from one thousand meters to twelve hundred, while its Chakra surged to ten times its former amount.
• Shion, Karin, Neji, H, and the others were shaken by the complete Ten-Tails’ power.
• Shinji realized the Ten-Tails’ transformation was qualitative and reconsidered his assumptions about the Overlord.
• Shinji confirmed no one would interfere, immobilized the Ten-Tails with the Imperial God Palace, and began forming an Eight Trigrams Seal around it.

Shinji carefully continued sealing the Ten-Tails while Jigen watched from afar and considered seeking a stronger vessel to reclaim it. Outside Konoha, the Five Kage confronted the fake Itachi Uchiha, who fought them until Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release.

• Shinji used the Imperial God Palace to carefully control the Ten-Tails as he continued sealing it.
• Jigen arrived near the snowy plain, saw the Ten-Tails and Shion, and decided he needed a new vessel before challenging them.
• The fake Itachi Uchiha sensed the complete Ten-Tails, left the battle outside Konoha, and was knocked back by the Fourth Raikage.
• The Five Kage confronted the fake Itachi Uchiha, who fought them with Taijutsu and matched their attacks.
• Ōnoki fired a small Dust Release cylinder at Itachi, who raised Susanoo and the Yata Mirror to defend himself.

The Five Kage pursued the fake Itachi Uchiha, who escaped their attacks and entered a canyon rigged with traps by Orochimaru’s forces. Meanwhile, Shinji successfully absorbed the Ten-Tails, while Orochimaru stopped the Five Kage and proposed joining forces against Itachi.

• Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo used the Yata Mirror to nullify Ōnoki’s Dust Release, then he escaped as the Five Kage decided to pursue him.
• Kabuto Yakushi and Guren prepared Orochimaru’s canyon ambush, using traps and the terrain to contain Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo.
• Itachi Uchiha reached the canyon, where the cliffs collapsed and explosive-tagged kunai rained down on him.
• Orochimaru blocked the Five Kage and proposed that they cooperate against Itachi Uchiha; Tsunade agreed on the condition that Orochimaru hand him over alive.
• Shinji used the Eight Trigrams Seal to absorb the Ten-Tails into his palm.

After sealing the Ten-Tails within himself, Shinji examined the immense changes to his Chakra and Dojutsu and reconsidered how powerful the Overlord might be. He continued testing his upgraded abilities, including a dramatically enhanced Susanoo Lamp.

• Shinji sealed the Ten-Tails inside himself without resistance and realized his Dojutsu had made the process unusually easy.
• Shinji sensed his Chakra natures fusing, and his Chakra reserves increased by at least fifty times as the transformation continued.
• Shinji found that his Six Tomoe Rinnegan had turned deep red and that his Dojutsu had grown at least five times stronger.
• Shinji recognized that his previous estimate of the Overlord's strength had been unreliable, then resolved to keep growing and find a way to defeat the Overlord.
• Shinji tested his upgraded techniques and discovered that Susanoo Lamp could control five additional pairs of eyes, while his Susanoo had gained three faces and could sprout six arms.

After sealing the Ten-Tails, Shinji weighed how to use the Susanoo Lamp and decided that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Black Eye was a potential target while Isshiki remained weak. Shinji summoned his subordinates and carried them into the sky, while Jigen watched them with murderous intent.

• Shinji compared the ocular power and abilities of the eyes he possessed and considered whether to use the Susanoo Lamp to acquire powerful ocular jutsu or strengthen ocular power.
• Shinji identified Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Black Eye and its Sukuna Hiko Na and Daikokuten abilities as a tempting target, reasoning that Isshiki was still weak inside Jigen and lacked a suitable vessel.
• Shinji used Naobi to summon Shion, Karin, Yakumo, Neji, and Kimimaro to his location.
• Shinji activated his ocular jutsu and carried his subordinates into the sky.
• Jigen watched Shinji and the others rise, regarding the Uchiha and Uzumaki as enemies descended from Kaguya Otsutsuki.

The Five Kage and Orochimaru’s forces failed to capture Itachi Uchiha, who stopped escaping after Shinji sealed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki. Itachi then targeted Orochimaru, who summoned the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage as Impure World Bodies before Itachi attacked them.

• Itachi Uchiha overwhelmed the Five Kage and Orochimaru’s forces, leaving Mei Terumi, Pakura, and several of Orochimaru’s subordinates incapacitated or badly injured.
• Tsunade realized Itachi had used Mangekyō techniques and maintained Susanoo far longer than should have been possible, while Orochimaru warned that Itachi was about to escape again.
• Itachi broke through the encirclement and headed toward the Land of Demons, but stopped when Shinji sealed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki.
• Itachi turned his attention back to Orochimaru, who prepared to summon the Hokage as Impure World Bodies.
• Orochimaru summoned the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage, restored their consciousness, and explained that Itachi threatened Konoha.
• Itachi drove Susanoo toward the group and attacked.

After becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Shinji examined his changed body and discovered he could manifest the Ten-Tails’ Nine Tomoe Rinnegan. He tested the Susanoo Lamp’s eye-wielding ability and considered which Dojutsu would give him the greatest boost against the Overlord.

• Shinji studied his new horns and fairer skin, concluding his transformation was more complete than Obito and Madara’s had been.
• Shinji opened a red Six Tomoe Rinnegan in his forehead and realized he could use Infinite Tsukuyomi as a weapon against the Overlord.
• Shinji activated the Susanoo Lamp and tested wielding different eyes, finding Madara’s Rinnegan gave a major boost while an ordinary Ketsuryūgan outperformed a single Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji reasoned that eye lineage affected the boost, making Yakumo’s Red Dragon Eye and the Tenseigan potentially more valuable to him than Karin’s Rinnegan.
• Shinji concluded Isshiki’s Black Eye might be among the most valuable eyes for him to wield because it belonged to a different lineage.

Shinji rushed the Flying Fortress to the Land of Fire after sensing that Orochimaru had encountered trouble with the fake Itachi Uchiha. From a distance, Shinji and his companions saw the battered battlefield and ordered Orochimaru to summon Madara Uchiha’s Impure World Body.

• Shinji sensed through Magatsu that Orochimaru had run into trouble and ordered Haku to fly the fortress to the Land of Fire at full speed.
• Shinji told his companions that the Five Kage and Orochimaru were pursuing the fake Itachi Uchiha, and he asked Karin to remind Itachi Uchiha of their deal.
• The Flying Fortress reached the Land of Fire despite its reactor beginning to melt down, and Shinji used Ido’s vision to observe the battlefield with the others.
• Sasuke recognized the fake Itachi Uchiha’s red Susanoo as the figure that haunted his nightmares, while the group saw the damaged Impure World Bodies and exhausted pursuers.
• Shinji ordered Orochimaru to summon Madara Uchiha’s Impure World Body, and Orochimaru prepared to do so despite doubting that he could control Madara.

Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation, but Madara broke free of his control and refused to fight for him. As the battle against the fake "Itachi Uchiha" continued, Madara noticed that his Susanoo was unusually powerful and began to pay attention.

• Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha, who kicked open his coffin and freed himself from Orochimaru's control.
• Ōnoki identified Madara, while Nameless and Yakumo recognized his Uchiha armor and the statue at the Valley of the End.
• Shinji explained that Madara had led the Uchiha Clan, awakened the Rinnegan, and schemed behind the Shinobi World War.
• Madara recognized the fake "Itachi Uchiha's" Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror but refused Orochimaru's request to fight.
• The First fought the fake "Itachi Uchiha" as Tsunade, Jiraiya, Ōnoki, Kabuto Yakushi, and other shinobi joined in.
• Madara rose from his seat after seeing the fake "Itachi Uchiha's" Susanoo recover instantly from repeated damage.

Madara Uchiha joined the battle and fought the fake Itachi Uchiha, whose Susanoo endured a clash with Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo. As Karin reported that the real Itachi was heading to the battlefield, Madara realized the fake’s abilities did not fit an ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan user.

• Madara Uchiha charged into the battlefield, drove the fake Itachi Uchiha back with his Susanoo, and challenged him to give his name.
• The fake Itachi slashed Madara’s Susanoo with the Totsuka Blade, but Madara regenerated it and transformed it into its Complete Body form.
• Sasuke, Shinji, the nameless woman, and Shion watched from the Flying Fortress and judged that Madara had the advantage.
• Karin returned and told Shinji that the real Itachi was on his way after she informed him about the fake’s fight against Orochimaru and the Five Kage.
• Shinji decided he might provide Itachi with remote Chakra support through Magatsu if needed.
• Madara fought the fake in a prolonged Susanoo clash and realized its stamina and abilities were unusual for a Mangekyo Sharingan user.

Madara Uchiha fought the fake "Itachi Uchiha" with six Complete Body Susanoo, while the First and the others realized the enemy was contaminating their Impure World Bodies and Chakra. Aboard the Flying Fortress, Shinji concluded that having more people nearby might strengthen the fake instead of helping.

• The First warned Madara Uchiha that the fake "Itachi Uchiha" seemed unusual, but Madara summoned his Complete Body Susanoo and attacked.
• Madara created five Shadow Clones, each with a Complete Body Susanoo, and overwhelmed the fake in a six-on-one fight.
• The Fourth Hokage restored the Second and Third to fighting shape, and the Second worried that Madara might resist Orochimaru's control.
• The First told the other Hokage that the fake's power was corroding their Impure World Bodies and contaminating their Chakra.
• Aboard the Flying Fortress, Yakumo, Shion, Karin, and Haku assessed the fake's spreading power and its effects on the battlefield.
• Shinji reasoned that the fake absorbed fear and contaminated others, making a crowd of allies a potential burden.