Recaps

Yunshi defeated Isshiki and set his long-planned pieces in motion as the conflict between the Allied Shinobi Forces and the forces of Hueco Mundo escalated. The stretch ends with the Demonic Statue under Orochimaru’s control and both sides assembling for a wider battle.

• Yunshi found Shibai’s remains, shaped Myobokuzan, and set a plan in motion that led to Yunchuan’s revival and return to the war.
• Madara and Orochimaru attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Yunchuan destroyed Madara’s meteorites and drove the battle toward the Land of Earth.
• Yunshi defeated Isshiki, trapped him in the Eighteen Prison Realms, and left with Kawashiki as Kaguya carried Isshiki away for the God Tree.
• Orochimaru opened the passage to Hueco Mundo at the Grell Ruins, where Naruto and Sasuke confronted Madara and his allies.
• Sandstorm, Flame Ape, and Kagokage devastated Allied Shinobi Forces across the battlefield, while Uzumaki overwhelmed the shinobi and pursued her own objective.
• Kakashi killed Obito and used Envy to break Uzumaki’s seal, allowing her to enter the Black Moon as the Allied Shinobi Forces regrouped.
• Naruto fought Nagato and Orochimaru, while Yunshi appeared within Nagato’s vision and warned Naruto that he must leave everyone with no way out.
• Orochimaru took control of the Demonic Statue, and Minato brought Naruto and the others to face Uzumaki, Kagokage, Sandstorm, and Flame Ape as Orochimaru forced reanimated Hokage to fight for him.

Orochimaru became the White Snake Sage and fought the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Might Guy and Rock Lee drove him toward defeat. As Ōtsutsuki invaders descended and Kawashiki returned, a mature God Tree erupted on the battlefield, leaving Madara and Momoshiki engulfed in an explosion.

• Hyuga Yunchuan led the Allied Shinobi Forces against Orochimaru, who transformed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails and unleashed its clones and tentacles.
• Orochimaru took control of the Ten-Tails and emerged as the White Snake Sage, but Minato Namikaze, Might Guy, and Rock Lee attacked him while Orochimaru and the Sage fought over control of the body.
• Might Guy used Night Guy to break Orochimaru’s defenses, and Rock Lee struck him again as Sasuke helped drive him toward the Land of Hot Water.
• Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju received power from Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and returned to the Present World, while Hyuga Yunchuan and his allies faced Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the other invaders.
• Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki defeated Killer B and extracted Gyuki’s chakra, while Ōtsutsuki Urashiki took Heavenly Cloud and the crimson figure riding the Ten-Tails struck the battlefield.
• Hyuga Neji met Ōtsutsuki Hamura in a dark realm, where Kagokage linked them through Ōtsutsuki Kawashiki’s power and fused them into Kawashiki’s new body.
• Madara and Hashirama fought Momoshiki and Kinshiki, while Kawashiki appeared and struck Ōtsutsuki Urashiki through two mountain peaks.
• A colossal, mature God Tree erupted as Orochimaru’s damaged body stopped regenerating, and Momoshiki’s attack against Madara’s meteors engulfed him and Madara’s Perfect Susanoo in an enormous explosion.

The battle against the Ōtsutsuki escalated as Nagato, Naruto, and their allies confronted Isshiki, while Orochimaru uncovered how Yunshi had shaped his life and was defeated. The Underground Palace rose, drawing the surviving fighters and Allied Shinobi Forces into a new pursuit.

• Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara combined their powers to battle Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, while Kawashiki overwhelmed Urashiki and Isshiki confronted Nagato, Konan, and Hanzo.
• Hanzo, Nagato, and Konan trapped Isshiki in a field of Exploding Tags, but Jigen emerged from the blast in Karma Release: Stage Two and continued the fight.
• Nagato accepted a mysterious bargain, became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and joined Naruto and Second Pillar against Isshiki, while Orochimaru fought his way toward the Underground Palace.
• Hyuga Yunchuan revealed that he had guided Orochimaru’s life and experiments, and explained how Kaguya, Hagoromo, the Pure Land, and Avīci shaped the path toward Kawashiki’s resurrection.
• Yunshi attacked Ōtsutsuki Shibai and suffered repeated injuries from Reflection, then forged weapons from his own body and created the Hogyoku to guide his younger self across time.
• Hyuga Yunchuan defeated Orochimaru by compressing him and Snake Princess into a dark sphere, while Isshiki survived the battlefield assault and transformed into his true form.
• Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara destroyed Momoshiki’s Ape Rock, but the Underground Palace rose from the earth and drew Isshiki and Urashiki toward it.
• Hyuga Aoi charged into the Underground Palace after Kakashi learned that Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hyuga Yunchuan had entered it, and Kakashi ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to follow.