Recaps

Aizen defeated Konoha’s leading fighters, while his forces and the Five Great Ninja Villages widened the conflict around Konoha. Nawaki returned to defend the village, and Aizen summoned Gin, who joined him as the war continued to shift.

• Jiraiya, Dai, Sakumo, and Orochimaru fought Aizen, but he wounded them, rejected their resistance, and disappeared after trying to recruit Orochimaru.
• Aizen reunited with the injured Bunpuku, while Sasori and Barragan moved against Allied Forces and Homura ordered Konoha to avoid engaging Las Noches directly.
• Nawaki revealed his Wood Release to save Konoha shinobi, but Ulquiorra and Kakuzu demanded that he obey Aizen and kill them.
• Cloud Ninja A, Daru, and Killer B came to Konoha’s aid, while Aizen used the Hogyoku on Bunpuku and summoned Gin from Soul Society.
• Minato and Fugaku’s Uchiha forces helped Nawaki resist Kakuzu and Ulquiorra, who devastated the battlefield and escaped after revealing that Tokino served Aizen.
• Gin recalled his long pursuit of Aizen and his death after entrusting his hope to Ichigo, then accepted Aizen’s offer to cooperate in the new world.
• Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s shinobi to follow Nawaki’s lead, while Gin slaughtered an approaching Rock Ninja force and learned Aizen had restrained his power.
• Ōnoki concluded that Aizen had engineered the war and vowed to stop serving as his weapon, while Liu Yu Hu’s Mist Ninja attacked Konoha forces.

The Five Great Ninja Villages joined forces against Aizen, but his overwhelming power left them unable to stop him. Tokino returned to challenge Aizen, and their fight was still underway as Aizen began Wind Release: Divine Gale.

• Kisame fought the Rock Ninja before the Mist Ninja began ambushing exhausted forces from the other villages, and Rasa and Ōnoki learned that the Mist had entered the war.
• Minato, A, Bee, Daru, and Inuzuka O fought together until Yagura and Fuguki led the Mist Ninja onto the battlefield, where Ōnoki and Rasa arrived and trapped the opposing forces.
• Aizen and Gin emerged from a crater, and Aizen demanded Iwagakure submit before defeating the united village forces with a single slash.
• Aizen overwhelmed the assembled ninja, shrugging off their attacks and using Kyoka Suigetsu to incapacitate Ōnoki, Rasa, and Yagura.
• Minato rescued Rasa and Yagura and redirected Aizen’s attack, but exhausted his chakra before Jiraiya, Tsunade, Inuzuka O, and Shino arrived to protect him.
• Tokino returned and attacked Aizen, surviving his blazing slash with Futsu-no-Mitama while Fugaku recognized his older brother.
• Tokino charged Aizen in Futsu-no-Mitama’s skeletal form as Aizen gathered chakra and began Wind Release: Divine Gale.

After Aizen and Tokino vanished in their final battle, the villages rebuilt while Tamako searched for Aizen and the Dawn prepared to enter the Ninja World. Aizen reappeared in the distant past, raised a white snake, met Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and challenged the Divine Tree, leaving its response unresolved.

• Tokino and Aizen unleashed their strongest attacks, destroying the mountain, and the surviving shinobi later concluded that both had died.
• Madara learned of Tokino’s death and turned to finding Yagura and another Uchiha candidate, while the villages ended their fighting and returned home.
• Nawaki rebuilt Konoha with Wood Release, Orochimaru left the village, and Tamako set out to find Aizen after refusing to believe he was dead.
• Ulquiorra offered Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan more time before they entered the Ninja World as the Dawn, while Aizen appeared in Roran and sought the Dragon Vein.
• The Dragon Vein transported Aizen to the Ancestor Country, where he took in a dying dragon beast’s soul and promised to raise its newborn white snake.
• Aizen accompanied the Son of Heaven to the Royal Capital, challenged his account of the wars, and declared his ambition to break the world’s rules.
• Aizen caught Ōtsutsuki Kaguya as she fell from the sky, then began absorbing natural energy near the Divine Tree despite her warning.
• Aizen cut apart the Divine Tree’s branches with Jieluoshiya and demanded that it submit or disappear.

Aizen and Kaguya tested whether human desire could end war as they helped Aikawa Nobunaga lead a rebellion against Vermilion Bird and Sensui. Aikawa’s victory and Kaguya’s healing shifted the balance of power, while Aizen continued pursuing the Divine Tree’s power.

• Aizen battled the Divine Tree through the night, admitted defeat, and escaped with Otsutsuki Kaguya after her status made it halt its attack.
• Aizen and Kaguya observed the Land of That, where Aizen encouraged Aikawa to turn the villagers against their rulers and test how desire fueled conflict.
• Aikawa led the uprising, rejected Vermilion Bird and Sensui’s alliance, and declared himself the Sixth Heaven Demon King in defense of the Divine Tree.
• Aikawa’s rebels faced the combined forces of Vermilion Bird and Sensui at Bimu, while Aizen watched the battle and the Hogyoku absorbed the dead soldiers’ souls.
• Aikawa rallied his outnumbered soldiers by charging into battle in a loincloth, and his forces drove the Land of That’s army into retreat.
• Kaguya descended onto the battlefield and healed wounded rebels, despite Aizen’s view that her compassion would hold her back.
• News of Aikawa’s victory and Kaguya’s healing spread, prompting neighboring rulers and Ancestor Country’s warriors to reconsider their alliances with Vermilion Bird and Sensui.