Recaps

After the Daimyo of the Land of Earth sold his country to Uchiha Mu, the other Great Nations debated how to resist his growing power. Tobirama Senju exposed and captured a White Zetsu spy in the Land of Fire, then examined the creature with his students as Konoha prepared for the threat.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning ordered his officials to coordinate with the Land of Fire and the Land of Water to economically pressure the Land of Earth and block grain shipments.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind celebrated the Land of Earth's collapse with his ministers, then chose to keep following Uchiha Mu's orders to preserve his legitimacy.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire summoned Tobirama Senju and officials to discuss Uchiha Mu's currency invasion and the threat posed by the Land of Earth.
• Tobirama Senju discovered White Zetsu among the meeting attendees, cut away the chakra-draining spores, and protected the daimyo and nobles while another White Zetsu escaped.
• Tobirama Senju dissected the captured White Zetsu and summoned Danzo, Hiruzen, and Kagami to study it and discuss the possibility that Uchiha Mu had deliberately exposed the spy.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen not to lose hope, comparing Konoha's younger generation to roots that would sustain the village and help it grow again.

Tsunade focused on training while Jiraiya accidentally reached Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage prophesied that Uchiha Mu would destroy the shinobi world and that Jiraiya’s future student would oppose him. Back in Konoha, Danzo identified and captured a White Zetsu impersonator, giving Tobirama Senju another specimen to study.

• Tsunade refused Jiraiya’s invitation to see a movie, trained with him, and left to study medical ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya used the Summoning Technique without a contract, arrived at Mount Myōboku, and met the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage foretold that Uchiha Mu would destroy the shinobi world and that one of Jiraiya’s students would fight him; Jiraiya signed a contract with Gamabunta.
• Tobirama Senju questioned people in the Capital of the Land of Fire about White Zetsu’s impersonation of Ueyama Murano and discussed possible ways to identify the creatures with his students.
• Danzo searched his clan for suspicious members, beat them, and exposed a White Zetsu hiding among them.
• Danzo sealed the captured White Zetsu and took it to Tobirama Senju for examination.

Tobirama Senju and Danzo used Mito Uzumaki and the Nine-Tails to uncover ten White Zetsu spies in Konoha, prompting Danzo to establish an external intelligence organization. Meanwhile, Uchiha Mu developed the Land of Earth and agreed to help Madara Uchiha challenge the Sage of Six Paths, ending as they both entered Six Paths mode.

• Tobirama Senju brought a captured White Zetsu to Mito Uzumaki, whose Nine-Tails-assisted sensing identified its malice and exposed ten White Zetsu spies across Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju approved Danzo's plan to create an external intelligence organization, then began experimenting on the captured White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Mu learned how the spies had been caught, sent White Zetsu to monitor the Land of Earth, and began developing Iwagakure with the resources he had acquired.
• News of the White Zetsu spies spread panic and distrust across the shinobi world, while the Daimyo of the Land of Fire tried to persuade Tobirama Senju to bring Mito Uzumaki to stay with him.
• Madara Uchiha visited Uchiha Mu seeking a way to gain power, and Uchiha Mu taught him the Chakra Fusion Technique so they could enter Six Paths mode without a separate vessel.
• Uchiha Mu used Flying Thunder God to take Madara Uchiha to an uninhabited area, where they transformed into Six Paths forms together.

Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Mu reached Six Paths level and fought Hamura's empowered descendants from the moon, while Hagoromo investigated how they had gained their power. As the battle continued for nearly a day and devastated the land, Konoha and other villages' spies reported the fight, and Keiko Uzumaki and Hyuga Lingnai worried about Mu's fate.

• Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan and summoned the Ten-Tails' empty husk while Uchiha Mu entered Six Paths Mode.
• Hagoromo examined the pair's power, then took over a White Zetsu and went to investigate the Dragon Vein; Hamura sent his descendants down from the moon to confront them.
• Hamura gave three of his descendants Tenseigan power, and Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Mu began fighting them with their Six Paths abilities.
• Uchiha Mu and Madara Uchiha gained the upper hand after the battle shifted from taijutsu to a contest of techniques, while spies from several villages sent reports to their leaders.
• White Zetsu showed Keiko Uzumaki footage of the battle, and Keiko Uzumaki and Hyuga Lingnai worried that Mu might be delayed or defeated before their babies were born.

Konoha and the other villages gathered near the Land of Earth and watched Madara and Uchiha Mu overwhelm Hamura’s descendants in a two-day battle. After Uchiha Mu killed the three opponents, Hamura appeared, revealed how to undo Kaguya’s seal, and asked them to stop her from destroying the Shinobi World.

• Tobirama Senju brought Konoha’s experts to the northern border after learning that a battle had erased a mountain, and the other villages sent their own observers.
• Madara and Uchiha Mu continued fighting Hamura’s three descendants while the shinobi gathered at a distance and struggled to comprehend the scale of their power.
• The battle continued into a second day, and the Third Raikage learned from the Eight-Tails that the chakra supporting the enemy felt like the Sage of Six Paths.
• Madara offered the exhausted opponents time to rest, but they fled, and Uchiha Mu used Flying Thunder God Triple Flash to kill all three.
• Hamura manifested through a corpse, identified himself, and explained that Kaguya might destroy the world if freed; Uchiha Mu promised to stop her, and Hamura passed him the method for undoing her seal.

Hamura explained the White Zetsu and his warning about threats from his own kind, then vanished after agreeing to empower Uchiha Mu’s woman and son. After the survivors saw Madara Uchiha alive with the Rinnegan, Uchiha Mu and Madara left to release Kaguya, while the shinobi villages reckoned with their power; back in Konoha, Hashirama Senju learned Madara had survived and agreed with Uchiha Mu’s criticism of the village system.

• Hamura told Madara and Uchiha Mu that the White Zetsu had once been humans transformed by Infinite Tsukuyomi, and said he would watch them before vanishing.
• The shinobi from several villages arrived at the crater, saw Madara Uchiha alive with the Rinnegan, and learned that he had used Izanagi to survive.
• Uchiha Mu refused Hyuga Tenka’s request to take the moon-lineage bodies, then left with Madara to carry out their final task of releasing Kaguya.
• Hyuga Tenka asked Tobirama Senju to let the Hyuga pursue greater power, and Tobirama agreed; meanwhile, the other villages considered how to respond to Uchiha Mu and Madara.
• Tobirama Senju used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, who learned Madara was alive and explained why he agreed with Uchiha Mu’s judgment of the shinobi villages.

Uchiha Mu prepared the Land of Earth for his coming absence while Hamura awakened new powers in Hyuga Lingnai and Uchiha Naoki. Mu agreed to delay confronting Kaguya until after his child was born, leaving Madara to train the children in the meantime.

• Uchiha Mu ordered Shitou to build roads connecting the Land of Earth to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and began planning the region's development.
• Hyuga Lingnai awakened a Tenseigan after Hamura empowered her, and Uchiha Mu confirmed the change when she came to see him.
• Uchiha Mu told Hyuga Lingnai and Keiko Uzumaki that he planned to go to the moon, but agreed to wait until the baby was born.
• Hamura visited Uchiha Naoki in an illusion and infused him with chakra, awakening his potential before Madara arrived and heard what had happened.
• Uchiha Kyu grew interested in traveling through time, while Madara promised to train both children during the year they waited for Uchiha Mu.
• Uchiha Mu, Keiko Uzumaki, and Hyuga Lingnai went to the Land of Earth's capital to oversee its development, and Mu discussed a new game that could help their daughter awaken her Mangekyō Sharingan.