Recaps

Naruto secured Orochimaru’s secret alliance and learned more about Six Desires, while Tsunade returned to Konoha and prepared to become Hokage. The arc ended with Tsunade’s inauguration as the Fifth Hokage and the village elders agreeing to watch Danzo.

• Six Desires revived Nawaki Senju, sealed his consciousness, and challenged Naruto, who agreed to wager his body for answers.
• Naruto fought Six Desires and learned that Nawaki would remain sealed for three months, though the Heart Reflection Technique briefly let Nawaki embrace Tsunade.
• Naruto and Tsunade agreed to help Orochimaru heal his soul, and Orochimaru accepted a secret alliance while refusing to return to Konoha unless Danzo was killed.
• Naruto trained with Kurama using the cultivation method Six Desires had given him, but abandoned it after learning how dangerous it could be.
• Itachi returned to Konoha and revealed that Obito had orchestrated the Akatsuki’s plans, while Tsunade accepted the Hokage position and arranged Itachi’s return.
• Naruto reunited with Hinata, Karin, and his friends, while Tsunade investigated the Uchiha history and learned that Madara’s Rinnegan could resurrect the dead.
• Jiraiya left to investigate the Akatsuki, and Naruto delivered Tsunade’s message to Kurenai before joining the inauguration gathering.
• Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, and the Third Hokage and the two advisors agreed to watch Danzo closely.

Naruto helped Sasuke obtain the Thunder God Sword, then secretly aided his departure to train with Orochimaru. After the pursuit and a fierce duel at the Valley of the End, Naruto prepared to leave on an S-rank mission to the Land of the Moon with Hinata and Kakashi.

• Naruto and his team protected Idate in the Land of Tea, where Sasuke defeated Aoi Rokushō and claimed the Thunder God Sword.
• Naruto secured approval for Sasuke to use the sword, then confronted the Sound Four and placed Tayuya under his control.
• Sasuke said goodbye to his friends and family before leaving Konoha with the Sound Four, while Naruto gave him Flying Thunder God scrolls and arranged help from one of Orochimaru’s followers.
• Naruto joined Shikamaru’s pursuit of Sasuke as their group fought the Sound Four, with Kankuro, Hinata, Temari, Lee, and Gaara joining the battles.
• Naruto met Sasuke at the Valley of the End, explained their connection as reincarnations of Asura and Indra, and fought him until their clash created a dangerous spatial rupture.
• Naruto and Sasuke ended their duel and agreed to meet again in four years, though Naruto coughed up blood after Sasuke left.
• Naruto received an S-rank mission to the Land of the Moon and promised Hinata he would protect her before Tsunade warned the team about dangers in a sealed cave.

Naruto and Sasuke joined forces against Aoyun, the powerful dragon guarding the way to the Sage of Six Paths’ Chakra Crystal. Aoyun unleashed his full power as Hinata reached a sealed stone door, drawing attention from Nagato and others across the world.

• Naruto’s team and Sasuke’s team entered the Land of the Moon, where Jiraiya’s group uncovered clues about Kaguya and an ancient age of gods and demons.
• Naruto’s group crossed the dangerous cave and forest, joined forces with Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi, and discovered a dragon guarding the lake.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought the dragon together, but it revealed its name as Aoyun and overwhelmed them with the power of its domain.
• Aoyun identified Naruto and Sasuke as descendants of Takamagahara and revealed that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had entered the divine realm nearly a century earlier.
• Killer B, Yugito, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tayuya, and Kitsuchi joined the battle, briefly restraining Aoyun before he broke free and attacked again.
• Hinata, Kurotsuchi, and Suigetsu reached a sealed stone door, while Kurama warned Naruto that Aoyun might rival or surpass the Ten-Tails.
• Aoyun unleashed his full power after sensing Hinata touch the door, and Tsunade, the Third Hokage, Nagato, and Konan sensed the chakra surge.
• Nagato decided to travel to the Land of the Moon and told Konan he suspected Madara had engineered their misfortunes and that Naruto was also an Uzumaki.

Naruto and his companions pursued the Sage of Six Paths’ Chakra Crystal while Obito, Nagato, and Konan faced the consequences of their past choices. After Naruto lost control of a dark power and nearly died, Ao Guang saved him and Hinata, then offered to answer Naruto’s questions in exchange for Sasuke accepting his legacy and Naruto agreeing to a request.

• Hinata awakened her Tenseigan, but she and the others failed to break Aoyun’s barrier until it pulled them into another space, and Obito followed and secretly took a piece of Aoyun’s flesh.
• Nagato recovered by absorbing Nine-Tails Chakra, learned that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha to free Kaguya Otsutsuki, and set out with Konan to find Naruto.
• Naruto showed Jiraiya his hidden space, asked him to steal Orochimaru’s research on the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and revealed his plan to revive Minato and Kushina.
• Naruto revived Rin through Impure World Reincarnation and sent her to Kakashi and Obito, but she confronted Obito over his actions and he took her away after promising to spare Nagato and Konan.
• Nagato took Obito’s Rinnegan, then received Shisui Uchiha’s eye from Konan and pursued Naruto’s group as they followed the First Hokage’s Chakra Crystal toward the Sage of Six Paths’ crystal.
• Naruto activated the enormous Chakra Crystal, but Nagato and Six Desires attacked, when Six Desires stabbed Hinata, Naruto lost control and unleashed a black chakra that consumed Six Desires’ soul.
• Ao Guang brought Naruto, Hinata, Jiraiya, and Sasuke to his cave, healed Naruto and Hinata, and explained that Sasuke could inherit his teachings if Naruto agreed to a request.
• Ao Guang identified himself as chief of the Light Divine Dragon clan, described the Dragonfolk and their place in the Eastern Divine Domain, and offered to answer Naruto’s questions.