Recaps

The Uzumaki Elder took revenge on Kumogakure and revealed that he was the collective will of the fallen Uzumaki, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged as a threat to the shinobi world. The Sage of Six Paths’ possible control over souls shook the villages, and Konoha sheltered Naruto and Sasuke as they prepared to train.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Lucci returned to Konoha and blamed Kirigakure’s destruction on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, but the Sky Screen soon revealed that the Uzumaki Elder had gone to Kumogakure.
• The Uzumaki Elder killed the Fifth Raikage and Kumogakure’s forces with his Great Whirlpool Seal Prison, prompting Fourth Raikage A to seek Konoha’s Uzumaki records and sealing techniques.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked Konoha, overpowered Naruto and Sasuke, and revealed that he planned to feed the Nine-Tails to his complete Ten-Tails before retreating as the Uzumaki Elder approached.
• Naruto summoned the jinchūriki to Konoha for protection, while the Uzumaki Elder revealed that the sealing prison came from his ancient sword, which held the merged souls and will of the fallen Uzumaki Clan.
• The Uzumaki Elder explained that he had escaped the Death God’s space after Orochimaru broke the seal, then resisted the Pure Land and returned to avenge his clan and guard against the Otsutsuki.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Tsunade, and Kakashi concluded that the Sage of Six Paths might control souls in the Pure Land, and Tsunade placed the villages on alert as people across the shinobi world feared the Sage’s influence.
• Nagato rejected Jiraiya’s invitation to Konoha and stayed in the Land of Rain with Konan, while Obito and Black Zetsu hid as their plans collapsed.
• Kakashi brought Naruto and Sasuke to a guarded home, where they began a stricter training path as Itachi secretly watched over them.

Isshiki’s invasion ended when Otsutsuki Hara killed him, while the Sage of Six Paths’ appearance left the shinobi world wary of hidden threats. The Sky Screen then revealed Imu and Joy Boy’s ancient history, ending with the Holy Knights’ war against the Great Kingdom and a mysterious laboratory beneath its palace.

• Isshiki attacked Konoha, but Otsutsuki Hara killed him with All-Killing Ash Bones before he could reach Naruto and Sasuke.
• Hara threatened Konoha, then reacted to the Sage of Six Paths appearing across the sky and vanished as the shinobi world began investigating her.
• The Sage of Six Paths recognized Hara as a figure from the Sky Screen and entrusted the shinobi world’s fate to Naruto and Sasuke rather than intervening.
• The Sky Screen showed God giving Imu a Wish Stone, then bringing a troublesome golden-furred monkey along and naming him Joy Boy.
• God left Imu to guard the world and gave Joy Boy the power of happiness, which grew through the goodwill and prayers of others.
• Joy Boy founded the Holy Knights to protect ordinary people, but noble forces killed their members and the Knights’ retaliation led to a wider conflict.
• After corrupted Knights looted a city, the Great Kingdom branded Joy Boy and the Holy Knights rebels, and Joy Boy led them into war as their ranks and power grew.
• The Holy Knights defeated the Great Kingdom’s armies and seized nearly a third of the Ancient Continent, while the Sky Screen revealed a strange laboratory beneath the royal palace.

The Great Kingdom transformed its royal family into the Divine Race, but Joy Boy forged Haki and led the Holy Knights to overthrow them. Imu then betrayed Joy Boy, built the Celestial Dragons’ order, and secretly allied with Kaguya, while the Sky Screen ended and Kaguya’s lunar seal began to break.

• The king transformed his royal family into the Divine Race, and its warriors massacred the researchers before attacking Joy Boy and the rebels.
• Joy Boy developed Haki with Imu’s help, taught it to the Holy Knights, and led them in a war that reclaimed territory from the Divine Race.
• Joy Boy and the Knights defeated the Great Kingdom’s king, but Imu and his followers killed the fleeing royals before Imu turned on Joy Boy.
• Monkey betrayed Joy Boy for the promise of becoming a Celestial Dragon, and Imu’s forces slaughtered the loyal Knights and the other traitors.
• Imu established the Celestial Dragons and the first Five Elders, then ordered the survivors’ memories erased and Joy Boy’s legacy destroyed.
• Isshiki and Kaguya arrived to harvest the world’s natural energy, and Imu warned Kaguya about a man who could reincarnate after death.
• Kaguya allied with Imu to escape Isshiki, accepting his demand that she kill the reincarnating man and erase his soul.
• The Sky Screen broadcast ended, and Kaguya felt cracks spreading across her lunar seal before she vanished from her sealed space.

Sasuke and Boruto returned to the past, where Tsunade revealed the threats posed by Hara and Urashiki before Andy sent the time travelers back. The Sky Screen then showed Hagoromo building Ninshu and discovering how to give ordinary people chakra, while Indra grew resentful of his father sharing power.

• Itachi sensed an intruder near Konoha, then encountered Sasuke and Boruto, who had traveled back in time to protect young Naruto from Urashiki.
• Tsunade told Sasuke and Boruto that Hara had been Black Zetsu and had killed Isshiki, but a chakra attack made Sasuke vanish back to his timeline.
• The Sky Screen showed Hagoromo healing the land and establishing Ninshu, while Imu ordered the Celestial Dragons to retreat to their pocket world.
• Hagoromo met with the Five Elders and secured the release of the Holy Land’s enslaved people, though he refused their request to oversee the transfer of authority.
• Indra rescued Asura from a bear, and Hagoromo later began teaching his sons chakra while worrying that Indra’s fear of helplessness could become an obsession with power.
• After ordinary Ninshu disciples failed to cultivate chakra, Hagoromo visited Gamamaru, who explained that human bodies could not naturally contain or control Ōtsutsuki chakra.
• Hagoromo studied a dying man’s soul, found the Pure Land, and devised a way to give people chakra seeds so they could connect their perceptions and emotions.
• Hagoromo gave chakra seeds to the Ninshu disciples, while Indra objected to ordinary people receiving power and Asura agreed to help them train.