Recaps

Boruto and Shikadai became lost in a desert storm and discovered Senju Ruins, where they freed a living Uchiha girl and unleashed a giant centipede. After Sasori defeated the monster, he fought Urashiki’s puppets, while Tsunade ordered the Senju ruins investigation suspended.

• Kakashi and Kabuto exchanged intelligence about Nine Nether, while Boruto and his team returned to Konoha and Moegi reported the Kirigakure mission to Naruto.
• Naruto sent Boruto to Sunagakure with Shikadai and Temari to ask Sasori about the Red-Eyes Black Dragon card, and Sasuke agreed to train Boruto and Sarada.
• Boruto began learning the Rasengan and joined Sasuke and Sarada for a month of training, then traveled with Shikadai and Temari toward Sunagakure.
• A sandstorm separated Boruto and Shikadai from Temari, and the boys entered Senju Ruins, where they met Jackie Chan and found a living Uchiha girl sealed in a Stone Coffin.
• Boruto carried the girl out of the Ruins with Shikadai and Jackie Chan, but centipedes pursued them until Shinki, Child Emperor, and Yeto arrived and the Centipede Elder emerged.
• Sasori attacked the Centipede Elder with his mechas, and Mountain Range and Hayate defeated it after a prolonged battle.
• Urashiki’s purple puppet destroyed Red Wing, but Sasori returned in another mecha, fought Urashiki’s puppet force, and drove him to escape.
• Tsunade learned Boruto had loosened the seal around the Uchiha girl and ordered Shizune to suspend the ruins investigation and evacuate its personnel.

Boruto brought an unconscious Uchiha girl to Sasori, whose discoveries linked the Duel World, the Millennium Items, and the Jashinist Cult. Urashiki’s attack plunged Sunagakure into an illusion, and Boruto awoke imprisoned in what appeared to be the Warring States Period alongside Nameless.

• Tsunade mobilized Konoha after an ANBU observer found someone resembling Jigen, while Boruto and Shikadai arrived safely in Sunagakure.
• Boruto asked Sasori to examine the unconscious Uchiha girl, and Sasori revealed that her Mangekyō Sharingan was sustaining her despite her body being dead.
• Sasori explained that Boruto had briefly opened a passage to the Duel World, and he recognized Boruto as the chosen child as the seals and the Evil God’s shadow stirred.
• Jigen attacked Naruto and Jiraiya, but Teuchi trapped Jigen in Infinite Void, healed Jiraiya, and made Naruto promise to keep the encounter secret.
• Boruto learned that ancient artifacts could carry hidden powers, while Sasori began awakening the Uchiha girl in his research base.
• Urashiki used the girl’s Yachihoko ability to incapacitate Sunagakure, but a revived maintenance robot invaded his consciousness and forced him to flee.
• Boruto woke in a sealed cell, where Sasori’s hologram warned that Sunagakure’s people would die unless Boruto defeated the illusion’s ultimate rule-maker.
• Boruto found Nameless imprisoned beneath the Uchiha compound, encouraged her to live freely, and later learned that Shikadai, Shinki, and Yeto had also been captured.

Boruto’s group escaped the prison and traveled through the Warring States illusion to find Nameless a peaceful home, while the Canopy Screen revealed growing concerns about the great nations’ power. Their journey ended in a fight with Senju Gaara, as Yeto stayed behind to protect the others and fell into his grasp.

• Child Emperor freed Shinki, Yeto, and Shikadai from their prison cells and explained that they were trapped in a virtual world where Boruto had to defeat the final boss.
• The group freed Boruto and invited Nameless to join them, but Jackie Chan attacked, forcing Child Emperor to sacrifice himself so they could escape.
• Shikadai used Child Emperor’s Scientific Ninja Tools to repel Uchiha warriors, then helped Boruto realize that fulfilling Nameless’s wish might be their way out of the illusion.
• Boruto vowed to find Nameless a safe, peaceful home, and Shinki guided the group toward the Land of Wind while they avoided Senju patrols.
• The group crossed a battlefield strewn with clan casualties, and Boruto wanted to search for Temari, but Shikadai insisted they continue their mission to protect Nameless.
• Senju Gaara confronted the group and demanded that they leave Nameless behind, but Boruto refused and fought him despite Shinki’s warning that Gaara was far stronger.
• Gaara overwhelmed the group with sand, and Yeto used Brain Overclocking to send Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki away while she held him off.
• Yeto shielded the fleeing group from Gaara’s sandstorm until it stopped, then fell from the sky and was caught by Gaara’s sand.

Boruto and his companions crossed the Senju blockade, awakened Uchiha Hikari’s power, and fought Urashiki before confronting Hikari’s despair inside her illusion. Hikari chose to travel with Boruto in the Warring States Period, while their friends returned to reality and Yeto remained under observation.

• Shikadai led Boruto, Shinki, and Nameless through the Senju encirclement, but Gaara trapped them in quicksand, prompting Nameless to reclaim her name as Uchiha Hikari and unleash her Perfect Susanoo.
• Hikari’s Susanoo defeated Gaara, and Boruto carried the exhausted Hikari as the group escaped toward Hyuga territory and received shelter from Hyuga Ken.
• After Hikari recovered, Boruto and his companions crossed into the desert, where Senju Urashiki attacked and tried to seal her.
• Boruto and Hikari combined the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and Susanoo to defeat Urashiki, with Shikadai and Shinki helping restrain him.
• At the oasis, Hikari revealed that her Mangekyō Sharingan had created the illusion and asked Boruto to stay with her, believing the world’s conflicts could never end.
• Boruto offered to remain with Hikari if she released his companions, and she sent them back to reality before choosing to travel with him through the Warring States Period.
• Boruto and his friends awoke in Sunagakure, where Gaara rushed the unconscious, bleeding Yeto to the hospital.
• Sasori uploaded Hikari’s consciousness into his Digital World, while an injured Urashiki vowed revenge and Yeto remained under observation.