Recaps

Sasuke defeated Obito’s forces and challenged Madara to a battle in twenty-one days, while Madara’s assault left Konoha devastated. As Madara prepared to pursue his Eye of the Moon Plan, Asura appeared and questioned the truth behind Madara’s beliefs and the Uchiha Stone Tablet.

• Sasuke used Wood Sage: Eight Vajra and the Super Heavenly Kaguya Arrow against Obito’s Demonic Statue, but Obito escaped and Sasuke failed to capture him.
• Madara defeated Nagato, while Orochimaru rescued Nagato and Sakura woke in Konoha after spending three months trapped in Sasuke’s genjutsu.
• Madara attacked Konoha and controlled Naruto, but Konoha’s shinobi coordinated their defense as Sakura recognized Obito’s face and Inoichi was killed by Black Zetsu.
• Madara overwhelmed Konoha’s forces with Perfect Susanoo, while Homura and Koharu trapped it briefly in their barrier before Madara escaped.
• Sasuke learned that Madara had attacked Konoha, raced there, and confronted him, then challenged him to fight at the Valley of the End in twenty-one days.
• Itachi revealed to Izuna that Obito had helped massacre the Uchiha and served Madara’s plan, while Izuna rejected the revelation and confronted Madara about his choices.
• Madara explained the Eye of the Moon Plan to Izuna, then sealed him away when he tried to persuade Madara to leave.
• Asura appeared before Madara, identified Naruto and Sasuke as the current reincarnations of Asura and Indra, and questioned the Uchiha Stone Tablet and Madara’s plan.

As Obito sought the chakra needed to restore the Ten-Tails, Sakura formed a Yin Seal and Jiraiya set out to rescue Tsunade. Sasuke fought Madara, rejected his offer, and revealed a new Susanoo form as Madara remained committed to his plan.

• Madara accused Black Zetsu of altering the Uchiha stone tablet and burned him into black mist, while Obito captured Tsunade and sought Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s remains.
• Sakura summoned Katsuyu, learned Tsunade could not be reverse-summoned, and joined Gaara in using Gold Dust Shukaku’s chakra to form a Yin Seal with help from Sasuke and Neji.
• Rasa admitted he had treated Gaara as a weapon and revealed that Karura’s love gave Gaara his sand control before urging him to lead Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya sought the White Snake Sage’s divination, learned Obito’s location, and joined Konan in confronting Obito after he revived and sealed Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Madara offered Sasuke half of the revived Ten-Tails and equal control of the Eye of the Moon Plan to save his life, but Sasuke refused and began their battle.
• Sasuke countered Madara’s techniques, absorbed the final power of his white cursed Seal state four, and struck Madara with the Super Heavenly Kaguya Arrow, sending him into the Naka Shrine.
• Madara discovered that the shrine’s tablet had been changed to describe the Sage of Six Paths’ wish for Senju-Uchiha harmony, but he reaffirmed his plan as Sasuke unveiled Susanoo: Extra Form.

Sasuke and his allies stopped Madara, but Obito seized Naruto and began pursuing his own plans while Naruto trained under Black Zetsu. As the truth about Sasuke’s purpose emerged, Tsunade returned to Konoha, accepted blame for the crisis, and resigned as Hokage in favor of Kakashi.

• Sasuke transformed his Susanoo into the Golem Husk and fought Madara in a catastrophic clash that devastated the land around Konoha, leaving Sasuke badly weakened and Madara unable to move.
• Obito interrupted Sasuke, tried to extract the Nine-Tails, and escaped with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after Sasuke and his allies fought back, and Black Zetsu then possessed Madara and used Naruto to escape.
• Sasuke used Izanagi to protect Naruto from Black Zetsu’s flames, but Naruto awakened and broke free before Black Zetsu took control of him and fled, and Orochimaru transplanted Fugaku’s eyes into Sasuke.
• Obito attacked Kabuto and Shikamaru in Sunagakure, but Kabuto and Gaara’s forces repelled him and defended the village, and Obito later revived Inoichi and resolved to rebuild Akatsuki as an army of controlled puppets.
• Black Zetsu deceived Naruto in an alternate dimension and began training him to use his dormant abilities, while Orochimaru explained to Tsunade that Sasuke had acted to prevent the Shinobi World’s destruction by Shi Mei.
• Tsunade returned to Sunagakure as Sakura summoned her, and she learned that Sasuke’s past and sudden strength were tied to the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Jiraiya also told her that Shikaku was alive but under Obito’s genjutsu.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha, where civilians blamed her for the village’s destruction and Naruto’s attack, and she accepted responsibility and told Sakura that her apprenticeship was complete.
• After the crowd spat on Tsunade, she announced her resignation, named Kakashi Hatake as the next Hokage, and left through Reverse Summoning.

Sakura recruited Hinata for a rebuilt Root, while Orochimaru helped Tsunade escape Izanami and became trapped in a deadly contest with Inari Ōkami. As Sasuke’s Ayekashi neared, Orochimaru’s allies prepared a formation to save him, but Obito launched an assault on Blue Moon Island to seize the Nine-Tails.

• Sakura proposed rebuilding Root with herself as its leader and offered Hinata greater freedom, and Hinata immediately agreed to join.
• Orochimaru used Izanami to force Tsunade to face Dan and Nawaki, and Tsunade escaped after promising to make the ninja world a true Paradise Pure Land.
• Orochimaru confronted Inari Ōkami, who possessed Anko and then revealed himself as Kakashi, but Orochimaru defeated him at the cost of collapsing alongside Kakashi.
• Sasuke and his allies found Orochimaru, and Hashirama helped heal him before warning that Ayekashi was about to strike Sasuke and that a Seven-Star Lamp Formation might save them.
• Obito assembled his forces and ordered an attack on Blue Moon Island, while Sasuke, Itachi, and Nagato fought through the White Zetsu army and reanimated Jinchūriki Pains.
• Sasuke unleashed Ama no Hoko against Obito’s forces, and Mito Uzumaki barely held back the attack before Sasuke broke her formation and Shikaku urged Obito to pursue the larger objective.