Recaps

Shinji infiltrated the moon to study the Giant Tenseigan and used its chakra to strengthen Neji’s biological exoskeleton. He then engineered Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan awakening, recruited him into Breaking Dawn, and watched Sasuke’s first public Susanoo battle end in defeat against Yakumo.

• Shinji defeated Otsutsuki Toneri’s imitation puppet and later returned to the moon to investigate the Giant Tenseigan.
• Shinji brought Neji to the moon, where Neji absorbed Tenseigan Chakra that strengthened his biological exoskeleton and made it resonate with Kimimaro’s.
• Shinji used Yakumo’s genjutsu to make Sasuke believe he had killed Shinji, triggering Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan awakening.
• Sasuke joined Shinji’s Breaking Dawn organization and revealed that his Mangekyō Dojutsu included Amaterasu and a fate-altering Izanagi.
• Shinji transferred Sasuke’s Chakra to Karin, where it fused with her Yang Release Chakra and increased the Power of All Things.
• Sasuke challenged Yakumo at the Ninja Academy and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and purple Susanoo before the gathered village.
• Yakumo overwhelmed Sasuke’s Susanoo with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Sasuke collapsed after his Mangekyō pain disrupted his control.

After Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, Shinji used a forged report to lead Konoha into investigating Kusagakure, where demons and swordsmen had seized control. The Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki converged on Grass Country as Shinji stayed hidden and the fighting spread.

• Kakashi brought the defeated Sasuke to the hospital, and Konoha’s leaders learned he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after fighting Shinji to the death, and they ordered special privileges for both Uchiha and assigned Kakashi and Tsunade to watch them.
• Shinji analyzed Chakra from Neji and Kimimaro, then treated the injured Ryūsetsuna and stole her classified scroll, and he altered it to emphasize a possible Akatsuki takeover and persuaded Konoha to investigate Kusagakure.
• Tsunade led Konoha’s reconnaissance mission to Kusagakure with Shinji, Sasuke, and other allies, while the other great villages began mobilizing after Konoha warned them of a possible Akatsuki infiltration.
• Kokushibo and the Grass Fruit faction unleashed demons in Kusagakure, where the village Elders joined the slaughter, and Tsunade’s squad fought the demons as Ryūran and Hirayama Ichiro tried to protect survivors.
• Shinji and Yakumo killed demons while the Akatsuki and the Five Great Shinobi Villages converged on Grass Country, and Shinji concluded that the Lantern Bearer was orchestrating the chaos to draw him out.
• Shinji killed Kaigaku with Yakumo’s help, then stayed behind after Tsunade’s forces retreated and ordered his allies to avoid demons and locate Akatsuki members.
• The demons and Akatsuki fought across Grass Country as Itachi confronted Demonized Tanjiro and Deidara and Scorpion battled Kokushibo, and the Fourth Kazekage’s troops arrived and let the Upper Ranks and Akatsuki continue fighting.

The Akatsuki, the shinobi villages, and the Lantern Bearer’s forces fought across the Infinite Castle as Shinji’s allies confronted the Demon King. The battle left the castle in ruins, Kimimaro awakened the Tenseigan, and Karin’s Susanoo protected the survivors from a meteor summoned by an Otsutsuki Branch Elder.

• Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain to aid Itachi and Juzo Biwa against Upper Moon One, while Shinji learned that Moryo and Shinnō had been trapped by a powerful demon in Kusagakure.
• The Fourth Kazekage restrained Upper Moon One until sunrise, but the demon pierced his chest before Tendo drove them apart with a repulsive force.
• The Lantern Bearer trapped the Deva Path, and Narume transported the battlefield into the Infinite Castle, where the Lantern Bearer unleashed demons and demonized swordsmen against the shinobi.
• The Six Paths of Pain and their summons overwhelmed the demonized Pillars, but Shinji, Ido, and Karin arrived, and Karin’s Amaterasu burned the Pillars to ash.
• Sasuke fought Itachi through an illusion, while Kimimaro battled Upper Moon One and awakened the Tenseigan with Neji’s Chakra sustaining him.
• The Lantern Bearer fought Nagato and Obito, then escaped Kamui Space and faced Shinji and his allies, who repeatedly burned and restrained his regenerating body.
• Nagato’s Super Almighty Push destroyed the Infinite Castle and scattered the fighters, while the Demon King re-formed above the battlefield and a meteor fell toward the survivors.
• An Otsutsuki Branch Elder summoned the meteor with the Giant Tenseigan, but Karin’s Susanoo caught it as Haku, Yakumo, and the shinobi reinforced its protection, and the Elder fell after the Demon King’s blood struck him.

Shinji consolidated his plans for Karin’s Rinnegan and Neji’s Tenseigan while the villages researched ways to counter demons. He sent Haku and Sasuke to test a new aging potion against Kokushibo, where Sasuke pinned the Upper Rank with Susanoo.

• Shinji pursued the mysterious Lantern Bearer, destroyed his lantern, and withdrew with his allies after cutting off the demons’ invasion route.
• Shinji helped Karin secure Kusagakure’s leadership, then killed Misawa and the noodle shop owner when they tried to exploit Karin’s past.
• Shinji restarted the Rinnegan Plan by extracting Sasuke’s chakra for Karin, while Sasuke resolved to take Itachi’s eyes and Kakashi was assigned to train him.
• Shinji and Tsunade’s team researched demon regeneration, and Shinji proposed an aging agent that would force demon cells to divide rapidly.
• Shinji led Neji to the Giant Tenseigan, where Neji gathered chakra that Shinji stored in Susanoo until they reached its limit.
• Tsunade’s team developed a stronger Type Two Aging Potion, and Shinji secretly gave it to Haku and Sasuke to use against Upper Moon Two.
• Haku and Sasuke arrived as Kokushibo confronted the Cloud Ninja, and Sasuke’s Susanoo pierced and pinned Kokushibo to the ground, breaking his blade.