Recaps

Shinji searched Nameless's mindscape for the memories she had lost as she began to lose herself. His memories helped her recover her identity, revealing that her name was Uchiha Hikari.

• Nameless forgot her name in her mindscape, and Shinji realized her damaged soul was causing her to lose herself.
• Shinji searched Nameless's sea of kiseki for the memories she had lost, but found that the brightest one contained her memories of him.
• As Nameless's mindscape shook, Shinji returned to her cell and tore apart the burning iron bars despite her warning.
• Shinji showed Nameless his kiseki and reminded her that their shared memories were real, clearing the confusion in her eyes.
• A broken kiseki emerged from Nameless and showed her parents naming her Uchiha Hikari.

Uchiha Hikari recovered her name and awakened the Rinnegan after Shinji helped her through her self-doubt. Shinji delayed Sasuke’s attempt to awaken the Rinnegan until he could defeat Naruto, while Naruto showed Jiraiya how much his training had improved.

• Uchiha Hikari regained her name, awakened the Rinnegan, and thanked Shinji for helping her.
• Shinji introduced Hikari by her recovered name, and the team welcomed her.
• Sasuke asked Shinji when he could try to awaken the Rinnegan, but Shinji told him to defeat Naruto first.
• Shinji returned to the laboratory to focus on developing Karma.
• Naruto defeated Jiraiya with Frog Kata, prompting Tsunade and Jiraiya to recognize his rapid growth.

Konoha's young ninja worried over Sasuke's defection and the village's declining morale, while Naruto secretly followed Sasuke out of the village. At the Valley of the End, Sasuke challenged Naruto to settle things in a fight.

• Sakura, Ino, and the others discussed Sasuke's defection and noticed that Shinji and several others had stopped attending their gatherings.
• Hinata worried about Neji's prolonged absence, and the group remarked that Konoha seemed dispirited after its defeat in the Shinobi World War.
• Sakura asked Naruto to bring Sasuke back, and Naruto agreed before secretly following Sasuke out of Konoha.
• Sasuke led Naruto to the Valley of the End, where he explained its history and challenged Naruto to fight.
• Naruto insisted Sasuke return to the village if he lost, while Sasuke declared that he had regained his power and would show Naruto the strength of an Uchiha.

Naruto and Sasuke fought at the Valley of the End, escalating from taijutsu to their strongest techniques. Tsunade and the Konoha ninja arrived after the climactic clash and found both boys badly injured, with the valley devastated.

• Naruto and Sasuke exchanged ninjutsu and taijutsu before Sasuke summoned his complete-body Susanoo and Naruto entered Sage Mode.
• Naruto and Sasuke unleashed a lightning-wrapped Susanoo arrow and a Senjutsu: Super-Massive Rasenshuriken at each other.
• Tsunade led Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the Konoha ninja toward the Valley of the End, but the blast forced them to take cover.
• Tsunade and the others reached the devastated valley and found Naruto and Sasuke injured and exhausted on the lake.

Naruto tried to bring Sasuke back to the village, but their fight escalated when Menma summoned the Nine Masked Beasts and Sasuke revealed his Wood Release. The chapter ended with Menma preparing his Great Spiraling Ring and warning Naruto that he might kill Sasuke.

• Sasuke refused to accept that Naruto could defeat him, and Menma challenged him to return quietly or be dragged back by force.
• Menma summoned the Nine Masked Beasts, and Sasuke used Amaterasu against two of them before his Dojutsu ran out.
• Sasuke used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to bind and defeat the remaining seven beasts.
• Tsunade and the others watched without intervening, while Jiraiya called the fight a test for Naruto.
• Menma formed his Great Spiraling Ring and warned Naruto that he would not hold back against Sasuke.

Menma’s Great Spiraling Ring struck Sasuke’s Wood Release, but Sasuke survived by awakening the Rinnegan and absorbing part of the attack. He left the battlefield after Naruto urged him to return to Konoha, while the assembled shinobi were left stunned by his new eyes.

• Menma hurled a Great Spiraling Ring at Sasuke, who countered with Wood Release as Naruto and the Konoha shinobi watched in alarm.
• The attack devastated Sasuke’s trees, but Naruto and Menma were unharmed, and Sasuke emerged with only minor injuries.
• Naruto and Menma noticed that Sasuke’s eyes had become the Rinnegan, and the arriving Konoha shinobi realized he had awakened it from his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sasuke revealed that he had used the Rinnegan’s Seal Absorption to absorb part of the attack and dismissed the Rinnegan’s importance compared with Shinji’s power.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to return to Konoha, but Sasuke declined and left the battlefield after completing Shinji’s test.

Sasuke awakened the Rinnegan after fighting Naruto at the Valley of the End, then returned to Shinji for guidance while Shinji reconsidered the strength of Sasuke and Naruto’s inherited bloodlines. At Obito’s base, Obito and Zetsu discussed their defeat and the collapse of the Eye of the Moon Plan before an unknown figure arrived through a space-time portal.

• Tsunade led the Konoha shinobi back to the village after Naruto told them Sasuke had lured him to the Valley of the End.
• Sasuke returned to the Flying Fortress with his awakened Rinnegan and admitted that Naruto had held the upper hand in their fight.
• Sasuke told Shinji how he had awakened the Rinnegan, and Shinji ordered him to recover, learn its abilities, and await further instructions.
• Shinji concluded that Sasuke and Naruto were growing stronger through the inherited power of Indra and Ashura, then returned to developing Karma.
• Zetsu told Obito that the Allied Forces were quiet and that A had disappeared, while a rumor said A was searching for Jigen.
• Obito told Zetsu that the Eye of the Moon Plan had failed, then an unknown figure emerged from a space-time portal inside the base.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared before Obito and Zetsu and demanded their cooperation against 'A.' After subduing Obito, he set out to gather the Dark Dawn, beginning with Hiruko in his laboratory.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed his identity to Obito and Zetsu and offered to help defeat 'A' in exchange for the Dark Dawn keeping 'A's subordinates occupied.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki struck Obito with a Black Rod, disrupting his Chakra, and Zetsu agreed to cooperate on the organization's behalf.
• Zetsu explained that the Dark Dawn's members were no longer under control, so Ōtsutsuki Isshiki traveled with Obito and Zetsu to Hiruko's laboratory.
• Hiruko rejected the order to serve Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and attacked him, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki smashed his Susanoo and seized him by the throat.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki forced the Akatsuki Organization’s scattered members back together and assigned them missions to recruit allies and capture the Nine-Tails. Concerned about A’s strength, he considered seeking power beyond ordinary Kage Level combatants.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki defeated Hiruko and made him agree to serve, then subdued the other Akatsuki Organization members and reassembled the group.
• Obito listed Konan, Moryo, Shinnō, and Itachi Uchiha as missing, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered Zetsu to find Itachi.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki chose Orochimaru as a recruit, assigning Obito to contact him.
• Zetsu proposed raiding Konoha to seize the Nine-Tails, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki approved the mission.
• Obito assigned Hiruko, Ranmaru, Scorpion, Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan to raid Konoha, while Zetsu and Juzo Biwa searched for Itachi.
• After leaving the secret base, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki thought about A and B’s strength and looked up at the moon.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki assembled Kara’s Inner Circle and traveled to the moon with Delta and Boro, where he encountered Toneri. After Toneri refused to join him, Isshiki and Toneri began fighting, each surprised by the other’s strength.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki gathered Kara’s Inner Circle and ordered Delta and Boro to accompany him to the moon while the others remained at the base.
• Toneri sensed the intruders, alerted the Flying Fortress through Yakumo’s Blood Clone, and went out to meet them in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki introduced himself as Toneri’s kinsman and invited him to help restore Otsutsuki rule over the Shinobi World.
• Toneri refused Isshiki’s offer, so Isshiki attacked and Toneri charged at him.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Toneri realized they had underestimated each other and fought with all their strength as Delta and Boro watched.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki battled Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon, forcing Toneri to draw power from the Giant Tenseigan. As Shinji watched through the Naobi and gathered his allies, he chose to wait for a better chance to confront Isshiki.

• Otsutsuki Toneri summoned the Giant Tenseigan's Chakra and increased the pressure on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sent Delta and Boro to investigate the temple, but Delta went alone.
• The Superalloy Puppet blocked Delta from entering the temple, and the two began a destructive fight among the floating rocks.
• Shinji summoned Shion, Karin, Hikaru, Sasuke, Yakumo, Neji, and Kimimaro, then showed them Toneri's battle with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki through the Naobi.
• Yakumo offered to use her 'Red Dragon' to take the group to the moon, but Shinji refused and decided to wait until his allies were stronger.

Isshiki recruited Toneri after learning about the powerful temple on the moon, then returned to Kara Organization and ordered Amado to manage communications with Dark Dawn. Back at the Flying Fortress, Shinji and his allies prepared to grow stronger and face Isshiki together.

• The Superalloy Puppet defeated Delta, and Boro joined the battle before Isshiki and Toneri agreed to work together.
• Toneri agreed to help Isshiki reclaim the Ten-Tails in exchange for Isshiki leaving everything on the moon untouched.
• Isshiki stopped Boro and Delta, then left the moon with them while Toneri inspected the damaged Superalloy Puppet.
• Isshiki told Amado he had found Toneri and ordered him to handle communications with Dark Dawn.
• Shinji closed the shared feed as Uchiha Hikari and Sasuke volunteered to undergo the Chakra impact, and he told everyone to train and carry out their duties.

Obito recruited Orochimaru to continue cooperating under the new leader Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Tsunade treated Itachi and learned that Dark Dawn was searching for him. Naruto trained to combine Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Sage Mode, but the chapter ended with intercepted intelligence warning that Dark Dawn would target Naruto and seize the Nine-Tails.

• Obito persuaded Orochimaru to cooperate with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki by promising Sasuke Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan as compensation.
• Tsunade told Itachi that Dark Dawn was searching for him and asked him to inform Konoha if he learned anything about A.
• Naruto, Menma, and Jiraiya worked together on combining Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Sage Mode into a new Sage Fox Mode.
• An ANBU operative delivered intercepted intelligence to Tsunade, revealing that Dark Dawn planned to target Naruto and seize the Nine-Tails.

Konoha learned that Dark Dawn planned to capture Naruto, while Amado revealed he had deliberately leaked the intelligence to warn Konoha and alert A. At the Flying Fortress, Shinji saw Karma boost a White Zetsu Clone’s chakra to near Six Paths levels before it exploded, then welcomed Haku back after he mastered Senjutsu.

• Jiraiya told Naruto that Dark Dawn was targeting the Nine-Tails, and Tsunade called for a secret Five Kage Summit after the group discussed the suspicious intelligence.
• Amado reported to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that Dark Dawn was preparing to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and that Obito had brought Orochimaru under control.
• Amado reflected that he had deliberately leaked the attack plans to Konoha, hoping it would foil Dark Dawn and put A on guard.
• Shinji tested Karma on a White Zetsu Clone, whose chakra surged toward Karin’s Six Paths-level output before its body disintegrated and exploded.
• Haku returned to the Flying Fortress and told Shinji that he had mastered Senjutsu, giving Shinji the chance to incorporate Natural Energy into Karma after mastering Senjutsu himself.

Shinji tested Haku’s self-developed Sage Mode and discovered it greatly enhanced his combat abilities while concealing him from sight and sensory perception. The spar ended with Shinji defeating Haku, but he praised the form’s potential against other shinobi.

• Shinji brought Haku to the central training ground and asked him to demonstrate his Sage Mode.
• Haku revealed that Ryūchi Cave had guided him in absorbing Natural Energy but had not taught him its Senjutsu, so he developed his own Sage Mode using the Breathing Technique.
• Shinji sparred with Haku and found that the misty Chakra Cloak hid Haku’s location and obscured his movements, even from Shinji’s perception.
• Shinji overpowered Haku with nearly half his strength and told him that his Sage Mode had exceeded expectations.
• Shinji concluded that Haku’s mist-based abilities could counter sensory and visual Bloodline Ninja, though Taijutsu specialists might fare better against him.

Haku defeated Sasuke in a taijutsu spar after mastering Sage Mode, then took on Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo together. In the laboratory, Shinji learned to tame Natural Energy through repeated attempts and absorbed so much nearby that Haku had to stop fighting.

• Haku struck Sasuke's shoulder pressure point and defeated him in a taijutsu-only match.
• Karin and Hikari stepped forward to challenge Haku, but Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo asked to spar together and began fighting him.
• Shinji analyzed Haku's Senjutsu Chakra and discovered that absorbing and taming Natural Energy was the key to mastering Senjutsu.
• Shinji repeatedly absorbed Natural Energy until he learned to tame it and drew in a vast amount.
• Haku sensed Shinji had drained the Natural Energy nearby and paused his fight with Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo.

Shinji mastered his own Sage Mode and infused Natural Energy into the Chakra stored in his Karma. He tested the modified Karma on a White Zetsu Clone, which maintained it safely for the full sixteen-minute limit without reaching Six Paths level.

• Shinji tamed the Natural Energy he absorbed and entered his own Sage Mode, gaining sharper senses, greater speed and strength, and a tougher body.
• Shinji infused Natural Energy into the Karma, converting its Chakra into Senjutsu Chakra for Karin, Hikari, and Sasuke to use.
• Shinji lowered the Chakra stored in the Karma and ordered a White Zetsu test subject to activate it.
• The White Zetsu Clone reached Super Kage level but did not attain Six Paths level.
• The White Zetsu Clone maintained the Karma for sixteen minutes before Shinji's safety limit caused it to exit the state.

Shinji tested his experimental Karma on Karin, who overcame its influence and reached Six Paths level with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs. After studying her experience, Shinji began adjusting Karma so he could safely empower Karin, Hikari, and Sasuke.

• Shinji implanted experimental Karma in Karin after explaining that it could let him revive in her body, and she adapted to it.
• Karin activated Karma and felt Shinji's chakra surge through her, but she also sensed his will influencing her and began developing hardened skin.
• Shinji warned Karin to control Karma's power or deactivate it within three minutes, while the others gathered to watch.
• Karin held on until nine Truth-Seeking Orbs appeared behind her, demonstrating that she had reached Six Paths level.
• Shinji had Karin deactivate Karma, recorded her feedback, and began fine-tuning the marks to make three stable versions for Karin, Hikari, and Sasuke.

Hiruko and other Akatsuki members launched an attack on Konoha, seeking Naruto, while Tsunade and Jiraiya were intercepted by Ranmaru and Sasori. Naruto arrived to confront Hiruko as the village burned.

• Naruto and Sakura discussed Sasuke before explosions erupted in Konoha, and Naruto rushed toward the smoke.
• Hiruko attacked the village with explosive feathers, killed a Konoha Ninja, and demanded to know Naruto's location.
• Tsunade learned the attackers were Nagato's Dark Dawn and led the ANBU toward the fighting instead of sending them to protect Naruto.
• Ranmaru blocked Tsunade, while Sasori intercepted Jiraiya and summoned his Kazekage puppets to hold him back.
• Hiruko defeated a Konoha Jonin, but Naruto emerged from the smoke and caught the Jonin with a giant golden hand.

Naruto lured Hiruko out of Konoha and fought him in a distant forest, where Sage Fox Mode let him overcome Hiruko’s Nether Release and gain the advantage. As Obito and Zetsu prepared to intervene, Hiruko activated Susanoo.

• Naruto appeared in Sage Fox Mode, told the Konoha Jonin he would handle Hiruko, and drew Hiruko away from the village to protect its people.
• Naruto struck Hiruko with a Senjutsu-enhanced Rasengan that broke through Nether Release and sent him crashing through the forest.
• Naruto and Hiruko clashed at high speed, but Naruto steadily pressured Hiruko despite his Steel Release and Swift Release.
• Obito and Zetsu watched the fight, judged that Hiruko could not handle Naruto alone, and decided to step in.
• Naruto punched Hiruko in the face, and Hiruko activated Susanoo.

Naruto defeated Hiruko’s Susanoo and learned that a powerful Otsutsuki had sent him to attack Konoha. As Naruto tried to question Hiruko, Obito ambushed him with Kamui and trapped his legs in a twisting vortex.

• Hiruko attacked Naruto with his Susanoo, but Naruto crushed it with a Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan Barrage and left Hiruko badly injured.
• Naruto resisted Hiruko’s Umutada and offered to take him to the hospital if he revealed who had sent him.
• Hiruko said a powerful Otsutsuki had sent him and threatened to reduce Konoha to ashes.
• Obito ambushed Naruto from a distance with Kamui, trapping Naruto’s legs inside its twisting vortex.

Menma used Naruto as bait to lure Obito and Zetsu into a trap, then unleashed the Great Spiraling Ring to devastate the forest. Obito and Zetsu survived the blast, leaving Menma poised to continue the fight.

• Obito's Kamui pulled at Naruto until Menma's Nine Masked Beasts ambushed Obito, and the Reaper drained his Chakra and interrupted the technique.
• Menma and Naruto confronted Obito and Zetsu, while Menma revealed that he had used Naruto as bait and secretly prepared the Great Spiraling Ring.
• Menma launched the Great Spiraling Ring, leveling the forest in an explosion felt as far away as Konoha.
• The blast left Hiruko badly wounded, while Obito survived behind a damaged wooden barrier and Zetsu endured the explosion after burrowing underground.
• Menma saw that Obito and Zetsu were still alive and grinned.

Menma and Naruto defeated Hiruko and badly injured Obito and Zetsu, but Kara members Delta and Boro arrived and attacked the Konoha squad. Boro revealed his rapid healing, while Delta trapped Menma in a barrier that could sever his connection to Naruto.

• Kakashi and the Konoha squad arrived, and Menma told Naruto and Kakashi to leave the battlefield while the Jonin handled the wounded Akatsuki.
• Delta and Boro appeared, and Delta told Akatsuki to stand down while Boro moved to stop Naruto from leaving.
• Kakashi pierced Boro's chest with Lightning Blade, but Boro grabbed him and healed the wound almost instantly.
• Delta attacked Menma with an exploding Kunai that formed a barrier around him, leaving Menma trapped and fearing he would lose his connection to Naruto.

Delta trapped Menma with a Scientific Ninja Tool and fought Naruto while Boro engaged Kakashi’s team. Boro poisoned and defeated the Konoha shinobi, and Delta captured Naruto as the two Kara members prepared to leave.

• Delta used an Amado-made kunai to trap Menma in a barrier, then charged at Naruto.
• Boro blocked Kakashi while Delta fought Naruto, whose Sage Fox Mode was weakening after Menma’s capture and his earlier battles.
• Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, and the Konoha shinobi fought Boro, but his Black Mist virus poisoned them and left them unable to fight.
• Boro knocked down Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai as Naruto rushed to help them, and Delta kicked Naruto out of Sage Fox Mode.
• Delta lifted the weakened Naruto and called to Boro, saying they should leave.

Kara Organization members Delta and Boro kidnapped Naruto after defeating Konoha’s defenders, while Dark Dawn withdrew from the battle. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki anticipated that “A” was watching Naruto and ordered Dark Dawn to prepare for a fight.

• Delta freed Menma and joined Boro as Obito and Zetsu retreated with Naruto, then Dark Dawn’s fighters withdrew after Obito sent a signal flare.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived to find Kakashi and the others down, and Kakashi explained that Kara had taken Naruto.
• Kakashi used blood he had marked on Boro to help Pakkun track the kidnappers, but Boro removed it and the pursuit force returned to Konoha empty-handed.
• Delta and Boro brought Naruto before Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who admired the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and had Delta take Naruto away.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki told Amado that “A” was likely watching Naruto and ordered Dark Dawn to gather its forces and prepare for battle.