Recaps

Asuma formed the Ninja Alliance, defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and led projects to build a Sky Fortress and transform barren lands. As the Alliance fought Jashinism, Asuma entered the Evil God’s otherworldly space with Tsunade and Yūhi Kurenai, where they witnessed a deadly spectacle.

• Asuma united the major villages and samurai into the Ninja Alliance, became its first leader, and defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki by consuming him with an Immortal Tree.
• Asuma and the Alliance built a floating Sky Fortress, reshaped the Land of Earth, and began channeling water and planting forests across the desert.
• Asuma created the Azure Dragon and Jianmu, whose first Sage Fruit gave Tsunade a Sage Body and Golden Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Asuma oversaw Kage examinations that awarded titles to Jiraiya, Kakashi, Shimura Dan, Killer B, Konan, and others.
• Naruto’s team traced attacks on desert settlements to Jashinism, found the cult’s stronghold, and discovered that its Evil God could transfer damage between bodies.
• Asuma mobilized the Alliance to attack Jashinism strongholds, while Tsunade confronted the Evil God’s puppet and learned that the true body had to be found.
• After Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki announced that Asuma had located the Evil God’s true body, Asuma entered its otherworldly space with Tsunade and Yūhi Kurenai, where they watched two villages’ fighters battle to the death.