Recaps

Naruto joined the Akatsuki as a freelancer, clashed with Sasuke and the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and pursued tailed-beast chakra to strengthen himself. After awakening to nature’s water aspect, he confronted Utakata and secretly took half of Roshi’s chakra, while Obito began investigating him personally.

• Naruto sent a clone with Konan to join the Akatsuki, met Nagato, and received the ring marked with the number nine.
• Naruto learned that Mui had captured Yugito, then joined the battle at Hozuki Castle where Satori emerged from the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Naruto and his clone fought Satori, while Sasuke absorbed its energy and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan before challenging Naruto.
• Naruto defeated Sasuke, left him a key to control his chest seal, and refused Kakashi’s request to return to Konoha.
• Tsunade learned of Naruto’s strength and Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then discovered that the Third Hokage had approved the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Naruto meditated on water-aspected Natural Energy for four months, then set out to collect chakra from the tailed beasts.
• Naruto confronted Utakata, drained some of his chakra, and left after Hotaru and Kakashi’s team intervened.
• Naruto found Roshi, subdued the Four-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Adamantine Sealing Chains, and absorbed half of its chakra before Obito arrived.

Naruto escaped Obito’s Infinite Tsukuyomi trap and pursued Tailed Beast chakra while Moryo’s release drew the nations into battle. After sealing Moryo, Naruto met Himawari from a devastated future and prepared with Toneri and Orochimaru to face the Ōtsutsuki, while seeking greater power himself.

• Obito trapped Naruto in an alternate Konoha, where Naruto uncovered the genjutsu, fought Menma, and escaped after Hinata sacrificed herself and vanished from the false world.
• Naruto recovered, took chakra from Fu and the Seven-Tails, and learned that his clone had freed Moryo from its seal in the Land of Demons.
• Naruto arrived at Shion’s palace, protected her with a barrier, and used summoned creatures to fight the Undead Army before sealing Moryo in a card.
• Naruto encountered Toneri and Himawari, who revealed she was his future daughter and described how God-Eye Otsutsuki’s forces had destroyed the Ninja World and killed Hinata.
• Naruto, Toneri, and Himawari agreed to seek pure Byakugan from Orochimaru before confronting Isshiki, and Naruto brought them to his hidden base.
• Orochimaru began cultivating Byakugan for Toneri, while Naruto trained with Dust Release and reached beyond the planet in Dragon Vein Chakra Mode.
• Naruto learned Orochimaru’s Byakugan experiments could make the eyes grow purer, then entered his mindscape to try to devour Asura Chakra before the Three-Tails revived.

Naruto trained Hinata and Himawari in Sage Mode, then traveled with Toneri to a future devastated by the Ōtsutsuki. After gathering information and drawing Akatsuki into battle with Isshiki, Naruto faced Azure Dragon at the God Tree, where Azure Dragon’s power left him badly injured.

• Naruto transformed into Six Paths Mode, then comforted Hinata and brought her to meet Himawari, who revealed she was their daughter from the future.
• Naruto trained Hinata and Himawari in Sage Mode, teaching them to sense Natural Energy and fight while maintaining their calm.
• Naruto refused Orochimaru’s request for his cells, gave Toneri a pair of Byakugan, and prepared to confront a future threat with him.
• Naruto, Himawari, and Toneri traveled to the future, where Naruto met the despondent Adult Naruto and learned that God-Eye Otsutsuki’s subordinates had devastated Konoha and captured the tailed beasts.
• Naruto investigated the Ōtsutsuki corpses with Orochimaru and absorbed several Dōjutsu, while Orochimaru and Hiruko recruited Akatsuki to attack Isshiki.
• Akatsuki attacked Isshiki’s base, but Isshiki overwhelmed them and devastated Kara before Obito and Nagato escaped with survivors.
• Naruto and Toneri found the God Tree and its defenders, then Toneri fought White Tiger while Naruto challenged Azure Dragon.
• Naruto battled Azure Dragon with his clones and several techniques, but Azure Dragon revealed his white Rinnegan and struck Naruto hard enough to cave in his chest.

Naruto defeated the Divine Eye’s four servants, rescued Boruto from Momoshiki, and fought God-Eye Otsutsuki while sealing the God Tree and empowering the Nine-Tails. After returning from Divine Eye Star, Naruto reunited with Hanabi and Boruto, then began developing a formation as the Ninja World faced an alien occupation.

• Naruto defeated Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger, absorbing some of their power while refusing to rescue Toneri.
• Naruto rescued Boruto from Momoshiki by suppressing Momoshiki’s consciousness and sealing his soul within Boruto.
• Naruto challenged God-Eye Otsutsuki at the God Tree, stole its immature Chakra Fruit, and used the Five Elements Seal to transfer the tree’s chakra to the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto and the Seventh destroyed God-Eye Otsutsuki’s body, while the God Tree spread forests across much of the Ninja World and the Nine-Tails evolved into a golden, ten-tailed form.
• Naruto absorbed the Ten-Tails’ chakra and sealed it into a giant wooden sword as Divine Eye Star’s fighters poured through a spatial passage and occupied much of the Ninja World.
• Naruto sent scouting clones through the passage to Divine Eye Star, then returned to Konoha and learned that Himawari and the Seventh were at the Five Kage Summit.
• Naruto reunited with Hanabi and Boruto, explained that he had defected from Konoha, and invited them and Sarada to try learning Sage Mode.
• Naruto worked on a Five Elements formation on Kage Rock and entered an epiphany as he began sensing himself as heaven and earth.