Recaps

Kaguya recounted her past with Aiki and Ryūshiki, while Naruto reshaped the shinobi world and prepared for a new tournament. Ten years later, Hitomi trained to compete as Momoshiki and Kinshiki set out for Mitsuki Country under false pretenses.

• Kaguya told Naruto how Aiki raised her, how she refused the ritual that demanded Aiki’s death, and how Ryūshiki trained her before she betrayed Isshiki and hid Mitsuki Country.
• Naruto offered to train Kaguya and later negotiated with Amado, then won the Daimyo’s support for preparing against the Ōtsutsuki threat.
• Asura spread warnings and Ninshu in Amegakure, while Amamiya Ruri took control of the Land of Rain and began organizing its people under the Ninja King.
• Naruto proposed Combat Advisors, a Shinobi Grand Tournament, and new ninja ranks, then assigned the advisors before the story jumped ahead ten years.
• Naruto trained Hitomi for the tournament, teaching him Purple Electricity and giving him a sustainable Elixir and his Book of God to prepare for the competition.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki learned about Mitsuki Country from Toneri and set out to seize Kaguya’s legacy, while Urashiki revealed he had misled them and an unseen eye watched.
• Hitomi mastered Purple Electricity and studied for the tournament, which opened in Amegakure on the tenth anniversary of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

The Shinobi Grand Tournament tested Hitomi and his allies before the contestants reached the arena, where family ties and powerful rivalries came to the fore. The tournament was interrupted when Momoshiki and Kinshiki appeared for real, leaving Hitomi to face them as Naruto mobilized the others.

• Naruto and the tournament organizers launched the Shinobi Grand Tournament, and Hitomi, Sarada, and Mitsuki passed the written exam before entering the poisoned island battle royale.
• Hitomi teamed up with Sarada and Mitsuki, survived attacks from rival contestants and Deidara, and refused Shikadai’s plan to use a hidden bomb to win.
• The trio reached the final safe zone, and Naruto explained that the arena champion could challenge a Heaven Shinobi for Instant Ascension.
• Sarada fought Tōjin Uzumaki despite her fever, awakened her Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and learned from Sakura that Sasuke was her father before Hitomi defeated her and Sasuke promised to stay by her side.
• Konohamaru defeated Ōnoki, Rock Lee and Kimimaro ended their fierce fight without a winner, and Temari and Tenten both lost after unleashing their strongest techniques.
• Mitsuki fought Hanabi, who defeated him with her Tenseigan before withdrawing and asking him to be a good companion to Hitomi.
• After Naruto and Kaguya staged a false Ōtsutsuki attack, Momoshiki and Kinshiki appeared for real, and Hitomi blocked them while Naruto, Sasuke, and Hashirama prepared to respond.
• Naruto summoned the Netherworld gate after Madara disappeared, ordered Hinata to capture Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and Hitomi attacked Kinshiki with Flying Thunder God: Pursuing Wind Purple Lightning.

Naruto and his companions fought their way through the Netherworld to reach its ruler and negotiate Madara’s release, agreeing that Sasuke would become a Tree Hunter. After returning, the tournament ended unexpectedly, Kakashi lost his rank, and Naruto prepared to feed the captured Ōtsutsuki to the Ten-Tails.

• Hitomi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Ayekashi on Momoshiki before Kinshiki transported them to the Other Dimension, where the Five Kage defeated Kinshiki.
• Urashiki tried to steal the Elixir on the moon, but Minato, Hinata, and Neji defeated him and took his eyes.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, and Obito traveled through the Netherworld, defeated Konra and Tōra, and met Iwarebiko, who said Madara’s release required someone to serve the Netherworld.
• The Lord of the Land of Yomi chose Sasuke as a Tree Hunter, and Naruto negotiated a week for Sasuke to settle matters with his daughter and permission for the ninja to use chakra fruit without draining other planets.
• The Lord freed Madara and sent the group back, ordering Sasuke to report to the Netherworld in seven days.
• A stray axe knocked Konohamaru unconscious during the tournament final, making Suigetsu champion, and Suigetsu challenged Kakashi for his Heaven Shinobi rank, which Kakashi yielded.
• Obito announced that unmarried male Heaven Shinobi aged twenty or older would be assigned wives, while Naruto implanted Kinshiki’s red Six-Tomoe Rinnegan in his hands and said Minato would inherit Urashiki’s abilities.
• Naruto took Kinshiki and Urashiki through a portal to the Samsara Grotto to feed them to the Ten-Tails.

Naruto’s Shadow Clone watched the Heaven Shinobi challenges while his real body guarded the God Tree’s Chakra Fruit. After the tournament ended, Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki stole the fruit and revealed that he knew Naruto had returned from the future.

• Naruto brought Urashiki and Kinshiki to the Ten-Tails, which devoured them and transformed into a God Tree as Naruto left a Shadow Clone to attend the tournament.
• Tobirama defeated Guoshang, and Sasuke beat Tobi despite Tobi’s Izanagi and debilitating attack.
• Hinata defeated Konan after overcoming her Paper Style Ten-Tails, and the two reconciled as Konan accepted Hinata’s offer to become a godmother.
• Neji defeated Hiashi after their battle exhausted both Hyuga, and Minato defeated Hiruzen with a Rasengan after countering his Perfect Ninja Arts.
• A-Juan beat Obito in a sumo match, Hashirama defeated Kakuzu, and Madara overcame Mito’s Shinigami techniques to win their challenge.
• Obito restored Mito after the match, and Naruto’s Shadow Clone accepted Might Guy’s challenge before Guy conceded following their fight.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clone dispersed as the real Naruto harvested the fully grown Chakra Fruit, but Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki ambushed him and took it.
• Naruto chose Kaguya over the fruit, and Ryūshiki told him he knew Naruto had returned from the future.