Recaps

Naruto and Sasuke explored the Gnomes’ laboratories, claimed Earthwind and the Earth Priceless Treasure, and battled the Blazing Sun Beast inside his Divine Kingdom. The arc ended with Naruto and Sasuke facing the Mysterious Yin Beast while Obito, Itachi, and Shizuka found Hinata surrounded by powerful demon beasts.

• Shikamaru led Naruto and Sasuke to the hidden laboratory, where Naruto discovered a black nine-tailed fox and learned about the magical beasts that strengthened their contractors.
• Naruto and Sasuke reached Blackglow Mountain’s summit, where Uzumaki Qingxi revealed that she was Naruto’s younger sister.
• Naruto discovered and expelled Desire, a clone of Six Desires, from Qingxi, then captured a robot and found the Magic Crystal powering it.
• Naruto and Sasuke upgraded their Asura Path devices and Susanoo with the robots’ reactors and liquid metal, then found Earthwind and the Earth Priceless Treasure at the Gnomes’ altar.
• Naruto destroyed the altar’s formation and freed Guren, then asked the Blazing Sun Beast to fight him and Sasuke as one of his three favors.
• The Blazing Sun Beast trapped Naruto and Sasuke in his Divine Kingdom, where Naruto found its weakness and the pair survived its trials before Qingxi secured their escape.
• The Nine Yin Beast challenged the Blazing Sun Beast, who recognized him as his brother, while Naruto and Sasuke protected Qingxi during their clash.
• Obito found Itachi and Shizuka, and the three followed signs of battle to Hinata, who was surrounded by powerful demon beasts.

Naruto and his allies diverted and defeated the Beast Tide, then began planning their expansion from the Bloodkill Principality while Naruto confronted his feelings for Duanti Lian. Elsewhere, Heaven Slayer and Christina encountered the Lord of Annihilation’s threat, and Obito Uchiha’s team seized the principality, ending with Hinata displaying god-realm power.

• Shizuka Uchiha rescued Hinata, and Naruto and Sasuke helped the Blazing Sun Beast seal the Mysterious Yin Beast, who had been manipulated by Thanatos.
• Naruto coordinated Free City’s defenses and led the battle against the Beast Tide, using mages, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ao Ling’s party to break up the hordes and turn the ninth-rank beasts against the eighth-rank beasts.
• Naruto and the Dean fought inside the Four Symbols Seal, then Shikamaru gave Naruto a Blood Jade that might have caused the ninth-rank beasts to lose control.
• Naruto and Shikamaru chose the Bloodkill Principality as the base for their forces and planned to defeat the Bloodkill Group at the Guild Free-for-All, while Ao Ling recruited Naruto and Sasuke to escort Princess Yukihime to the Elf Empire.
• Heaven Slayer absorbed Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and explained its connection to the Three Realms, then he and Christina fought monsters and faced Kuilian’s created warrior Ji before reuniting with Lola and Rimuru.
• Naruto told Duanti Lian that leaving him was best, then explained to Sasuke that merging her consciousness with Anko’s could erase one of them and that fate might endanger Anko.
• Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji joined Obito Uchiha, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to attack the Bloodkill Principality during its ruler’s sacrificial ceremony, and Obito killed the ruler and destroyed the Imperial Palace.
• Hinata, Shino, and Ino helped rout the principality’s defenders, and Hinata’s crushing aura revealed that her pressure had reached the god realm.

Naruto and his allies defeated the Bloodkill Principality’s forces, pursued Xue Wuyi, and established the New Land of Fire while the Shinobi World prepared to send support. As Naruto and Sasuke entered the Elven Forest to search for Ao Ling and the others, the elves faced a Dark Elf invasion and a dangerous change at the Fountain of Life.

• Hinata destroyed Xue Wuyi’s army but was badly injured, while Sakura killed the Second and Third Princes and secured the Treasury.
• Naruto learned that Hinata’s heart meridians had been damaged, then defeated Xue Wuya’s forces with Obito’s help and captured Xue Wuyi.
• Princess Yukihime stabilized the new territory, and Naruto and Sasuke completed their divine dragon transformations during the Beast Tide.
• Duanti Lian learned that she was Anko’s reincarnation and encountered Anko’s remaining soul fragment within her consciousness.
• Xue Bingning freed Xue Wuyi from the dungeon and escaped with him after Naruto chose to save endangered soldiers rather than pursue them.
• Tsunade arranged for Konoha to send about five thousand ninja, and Obito was chosen to lead New Konoha in the renamed New Land of Fire.
• Naruto and Sasuke traveled to the Elven Forest, where they found Ao Ling’s kunai and discovered the elves had retreated behind the Tree of Life’s barrier from the Dark Elves.
• At the Fountain of Life, trees absorbed Ao Ling’s power and attacked his group, forcing the Elder to lead the elves away.

Naruto and Sasuke helped the elves repel the Taboo invasion, sealed the rift, and recovered the Life Flame and Life Gem before testing their strength in a duel. As the Shinobi alliance expanded into the Azure Continent, new threats emerged in the Land of Fire and Thanatos clashed with Itachi and Shizuka.

• Ao Ling and his companions investigated the Fountain of Life, freed Nawaki Senju from a cocoon, and fought him until Naruto and Sasuke arrived and explained the misunderstanding.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Ao Ling, and Nawaki Senju battled the Taboo creatures in the Elven Forest, closed the spatial passage with the Elf Elder’s help, and drove back the invading horde.
• Naruto and Sasuke found the Tree of Life, sealed the Taboo Rift at its roots, and received the Life Flame, Life Gem, and Power Crystal.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought a prolonged duel in an underground chamber, where Naruto used a new sealing technique to defeat Sasuke.
• Tsunade secured the Kage’s agreement to form an alliance and expand into the Land of Chaos, while Naruto told Nawaki Senju about the Shinobi Federation and the threats posed by Black Zetsu and Nagato.
• Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino controlled the rulers of seven countries, and Obito forced their armies to surrender to the New Land of Fire.
• Itachi and Shizuka fought Thanatos and Black Zetsu, and Shizuka confronted Thanatos inside her newly formed inner world.