Recaps

Oto Uchiha and the Five Kage attacked the unstable Ten-Tails while Madara seized Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra and rushed to join the battle. Oto freed Hashirama from her control and teleported him away, revealing that she intended to claim the Ten-Tails’ power for herself.

• Obito struggled to control the Ten-Tails as it fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Ōnoki diverted its Dust Release while the Five Kage assessed the beast’s instability.
• Kisame flooded the battlefield, and he, Yamato, the Five Kage, and the Shadow Guard attacked the Ten-Tails, though most of their strikes had little effect.
• Oto challenged Madara, and Hashirama urged her to defeat his old friend before Madara extracted Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra.
• Madara broke away and charged toward the Ten-Tails while Hashirama restrained Oto with Wood Dragons.
• Oto pinned Hashirama with Black Rods, sealed the genjutsu controlling him, and sent him away using a Flying Thunder God barrier.

Zou Hyuga strengthened his chakra network, secured the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, and used the Flying Thunder God Formation to reach the Land of Rain. There, he encountered the lost First Hokage while the Ten-Tails threatened to drain the world's chakra.

• Obito sensed the First Hokage's defeat, and Madara revealed that he had taken Hashirama's power as they argued over controlling the Ten-Tails.
• Zou Hyuga merged with the Ley Line Consciousness and used stored chakra to expand the network through the earth, driving out remnants of the God Tree.
• Zou swallowed pills formed from the Six Paths Tools, freed the Nine-Tails from Naruto's seal, took some of its chakra, and sealed it more securely.
• Zou left Sasuke and Naruto's chakra untouched and asked Mito Uzumaki to watch them until someone came to retrieve them.
• Zou used the Flying Thunder God Formation to travel to a cave in the Land of Rain, where he met the lost First Hokage.

Zou Hyuga gathered allies for an operation in Amegakure, revealing himself to the Akatsuki and bringing the First Hokage along. After learning that most civilians had evacuated, Zou led the group over the village wall to confront the forces below.

• Zou Hyuga freed the First Hokage from Impure World Reincarnation control and recruited him for an operation to save the shinobi world.
• Zou and the First Hokage traveled to a cave outside Amegakure, where the Akatsuki members recognized Zou as the spy who had once advised Nagato and Konan.
• The Second Hokage told the First Hokage to join the operation, while Orochimaru and Sasori accepted Zou's identity without objection.
• The Fourth Hokage reported that only stationed ninja remained in Amegakure, and Zou ordered the group to begin.
• Zou and the others reached Amegakure's outer wall, and Zou leapt over it to settle old scores with the shinobi world and a man beneath the village.

Zou Hyuga led an assault squad into Amegakure’s underground base, where they fought chakra-absorbing clones and captured the researcher Amado. Amado identified Zou as Code 0 and revealed that the person they sought was in the base’s deepest chamber, where Zou found Xiong, the Hyuga Clan’s former Grand Elder and a hidden Otsutsuki.

• Zou Hyuga led the squad through Amegakure and used the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique to open a passage into the underground base.
• Zou asked Minato Namikaze to relocate the researchers, then led the squad to the laboratory, where they battled clones with powerful taijutsu and multiple kekkei genkai.
• The clones absorbed chakra from the First Hokage’s vines, so Zou pinned them with Black Rods while Tobirama’s shadow clone and Orochimaru identified devices that enabled the absorption.
• Zou sensed the person controlling the clones, and Minato captured Amado, who recognized Zou as Code 0 and said the elder was deep inside the base.
• Zou told the others to retreat and notify Oto Uchiha if he did not return within ten minutes, then entered the deepest chamber and found Xiong.

Zou Hyuga confronted Jigen and tested his abilities in a fierce battle, discovering that Jigen could absorb chakra and alter the size of objects. Jigen opened a spatial vortex and invited Zou to follow him, and Zou stepped through.

• Jigen revealed that he had raised Zou Hyuga to collect chakra and challenged him to attack.
• Zou and Jigen exchanged blows, and Zou saw that Jigen could absorb chakra-based attacks.
• Zou used explosions and other techniques to probe Jigen's abilities, while Jigen's cross-shaped eye appeared and summoned black Stone Pillars.
• Zou inferred that Jigen could shrink and enlarge objects, then attacked him with Wood Release as the earth closed around him.
• Jigen escaped by shrinking, revealed his injuries and fragile body, and opened a spatial vortex; Zou followed him through it.

After Zou Hyuga and Jigen entered an alternate dimension, the others learned about Kara and prepared to warn the Five Kage and Oto Uchiha. Zou and Jigen appeared to reconcile before discovering a second Ten-Tails.

• Zou Hyuga vanished into an alternate dimension, and the First Hokage and Tobirama concluded they could not follow him there.
• Orochimaru shared Amado’s information about Kara, Jigen, and artificial kekkei genkai with the First Hokage and Tobirama.
• Minato Namikaze and Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to take messengers to the Five Kage Allied Forces, while Orochimaru and the others stayed behind.
• Orochimaru questioned Amado about Jigen and Zou Hyuga, then suggested that they might collaborate on creating artificial sages and Otsutsuki.
• Zou Hyuga and Jigen flew through the alternate dimension and spoke as if they had reconciled, but Zou remained wary of Jigen’s Karma and plans.
• Jigen and Zou reached a huge basin, where Zou spotted a small, weakened second Ten-Tails.

Zou Hyuga discovered Jigen’s Miniature Ten-Tails and rejected Jigen’s attempt to make him its Jinchuriki, attacking both the beast and Jigen. Jigen pushed his damaged body to fight back, then escaped through a space-time portal as Zou pursued him.

• Jigen revealed that the Miniature Ten-Tails could become another Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Zou questioned why Jigen would not take that role himself.
• Zou struck the Miniature Ten-Tails with a Chakra Bullet and Sage Art: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, forcing Jigen to intervene.
• Zou attacked Jigen, overwhelmed him in close combat, and realized Jigen’s body could not withstand the reincarnation process.
• Jigen summoned black stone pillars to attack Zou and restrain the Miniature Ten-Tails, but his power became unstable as Zou cautiously pressed him.
• Jigen escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Zou pursued him with the Body Flicker Technique.

Zou Hyuga defeated Jigen and learned that the Ten-Tails needed to devour an Otsutsuki to become a God Tree, then discovered Jigen’s karma was triggering Isshiki’s reincarnation within him. His attempt to return to the Shinobi World went awry, leaving him in another alternate dimension with Isshiki demanding that he become his vessel.

• Zou Hyuga pierced Jigen with living black rods, but Jigen’s body crumbled into ashes before Zou could determine whether he was dead or hiding.
• Zou Hyuga subdued the Miniature Ten-Tails and learned that it needed to devour an Otsutsuki to evolve into a God Tree.
• Zou Hyuga realized Jigen had intended to cultivate him as food for the Ten-Tails, then began seeking a way to take the creature to the Shinobi World.
• The reincarnated Second appeared, and Zou Hyuga used the Super Flying Thunder God Technique to try to return with him.
• Zou Hyuga and the reincarnated Tobirama arrived in another alternate dimension, where Zou recognized that Isshiki was reincarnating within him through karma.
• Isshiki demanded that Zou Hyuga become his vessel, and Zou answered by taking out the Sacred Treasure, Kura.

Zou Hyuga used Kura with Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Technique to return from an alternate dimension to the shinobi world, then flew back to Amegakure while managing the reincarnating Isshiki inside him. He reached the Akatsuki base and used the Byakugan’s pressure to pin the prisoner Amado in place.

• Zou Hyuga ignored Isshiki’s warning about Kura and had Tobirama activate the Flying Thunder God Technique, then used Kura to return to the shinobi world with him.
• Tobirama learned from his shadow clone that the Ten-Tails had been revived and left to confront Madara and Obito.
• Zou Hyuga realized that Isshiki’s reincarnation depended on his survival, giving him leverage, and flew toward Amegakure.
• Orochimaru, Nagato, and the others sensed Zou Hyuga’s immense, unfamiliar chakra as he arrived above Amegakure.
• Zou Hyuga unleashed the Byakugan’s pressure on Amado, pinning the prisoner in place and forcing the Akatsuki members nearby to retreat.

Zou Hyuga concealed his chakra network trump card while taking the captive Amado away to question him about Kara and Jigen. He told Akatsuki that Jigen had survived but was seriously injured, then prepared to send the group to the Shinobi World War battlefield to confront Madara Uchiha.

• Zou Hyuga reflected on becoming a chakra life-form to overwrite Isshiki's information and recalled that his Chakra Network Plan was his deepest secret.
• Zou Hyuga reached the captive Amado before the Akatsuki members could react, then took him into a nearby house and demanded an account of Kara and Jigen.
• Zou Hyuga's shadow clone told the Akatsuki members that he had failed to kill Jigen but had badly wounded him, leaving him unable to threaten the shinobi world for a while.
• Nagato proposed going to the battlefield to deal with Madara Uchiha, and Zou Hyuga offered to activate the Flying Thunder God Formation for the group.
• Orochimaru, Sasori, Shinnō, Nagato, and Konan agreed to join the mission, while Zou Hyuga worried that his original self was in a strange condition and that Oto needed the Ten-Tails' power soon.

The Allied Shinobi Forces trapped Madara, Obito, and the Ten-Tails inside the Four Red Yang Formation, but Madara’s Susanoo threatened to break the barrier. Minato delivered Zou’s message to Oto, who sensed something strange in Zou’s chakra and left to act.

• Madara and Obito continued fighting the Allied Shinobi Forces while Madara waited for Oto to arrive.
• The Second Hokage, Minato, the Third Hokage, and Kushina formed the Four Red Yang Formation around Madara, Obito, and the Ten-Tails.
• Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo damaged the barrier, but he stopped attacking when the Ten-Tails began to run wild.
• Minato found Oto and told her that Zou had asked them to pass along a message before he was dragged into an alternate dimension.
• The Nine-Tails warned Oto that he suspected she wanted the Ten-Tails’ power, while Oto sensed another consciousness mixed with Zou’s chakra and vanished.

Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and gained the power of a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but discovered that his Kamui no longer worked and that he could not locate the other Rinnegan. As Obito prepared to attack the Allied Forces, Oto Uchiha arrived, countered his Truth-Seeking Orb, and approached him.

• Obito ordered the Ten-Tails to unleash Wooden Advent, killing and wounding Allied Forces ninja, then used Kamui to bring back the Pain Jinchūriki, whose Tailed Beast Bombs Minato teleported away.
• Obito fed the Pain Jinchūriki to the Ten-Tails and used his Rinnegan to absorb the beast, while Madara blocked the Allied Forces' attacks until Obito completed his transformation.
• Obito emerged with a Truth-Seeking Orb, used it to destroy defenses and block Ōnoki's Dust Release, and found that his Kamui no longer worked.
• Obito sensed the remaining tailed beasts but could not locate the other Rinnegan, then turned to the Allied Forces and prepared to find Oto Uchiha.
• Obito's Truth-Seeking Orb overwhelmed the Allied Forces until Oto Uchiha caught it, threw it back, explained how such orbs could be countered, and approached Obito, sensing his state was unstable.

Oto Uchiha and the Allied Forces weakened Obito, then began extracting the tailed beasts from him. Obito regained control after losing Shukaku, mastered the Ten-Tails' power, and challenged Oto—who promptly punched him away.

• Oto Uchiha and the Allied Forces cracked and shattered Obito's Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Obito unleashed his chakra and drove them back.
• Obito struggled against the Ten-Tails' influence while Oto wounded him with the Kusanagi Sword and Minato Namikaze struck him with a Rasengan.
• Oto, Jiraiya, and Kakashi approached the weakened Obito to extract the tailed beasts, and Oto pulled Shukaku from him.
• Shukaku emerged and exchanged taunts with the Nine-Tails as Obito's confusion lifted and he attacked Oto with Truth-Seeking Orb kunai.
• Obito suppressed the Ten-Tails, formed the Amenonuhoko Sword, and declared that he would eliminate Oto, who punched him away and dismissed the Ten-Tails' power.

Oto Uchiha battled Obito, who was adapting to his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki power, while Zou Hyuga approached the battlefield. Elsewhere, Madara defeated the First Hokage and faced Shisui, Itachi, and Fugaku, until a mysterious ninja punched through his Complete Body Susanoo.

• Obito struck Oto's Susanoo with the sword of Amenonuhoko, while Shukaku tried to intervene and was sent flying.
• Oto and Obito discussed their limits before clashing again; Obito pierced Oto's abdomen, but she got back up and sensed Zou Hyuga nearby.
• Madara restrained the First Hokage and silenced him with a black rod when he tried to argue against the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Shisui and Itachi activated their Susanoo to challenge Madara, while Fugaku chose to respect Itachi's decision.
• A mysterious ninja descended from the clouds, ran along Madara's Susanoo swords, and punched through its defenses.

Zou Hyuga overwhelmed Madara Uchiha but let him escape, then revealed that an Otsutsuki presence remained inside him and departed as Shisui received secret instructions. Madara regrouped, defeated the Second and Fourth Hokage, and ambushed Oto and Obito while they were weakened.

• Zou Hyuga shattered Madara Uchiha's Complete Body Susanoo and countered his Wood Release and Fire Release attacks, forcing Madara to use wood clones and retreat.
• Tsunade freed the First Hokage, who recognized Zou Hyuga and warned that the Otsutsuki presence within him remained dangerous.
• Zou Hyuga told Shisui, Itachi, Fugaku, Tsunade, and the First Hokage that an Otsutsuki could turn the tables on him, then left the forest.
• Shisui received instructions from a voice beneath the ground and led the others away from the forest.
• Madara Uchiha defeated the Second and Fourth Hokage, then headed toward Oto and Obito, believing he might need to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to defeat Zou Hyuga.
• Madara Uchiha concealed his presence and pierced Oto and Obito while their battle had weakened them.

Madara weakened Oto and tried to take control of Obito’s unstable Ten-Tails form while the Kage and Kisame fought him. After Orochimaru brought Oto away, she absorbed chakra from a scroll and summoned the Sage of Six Paths, who revealed his concern about the Shinobi World’s growing chaos.

• Madara used Obito’s cursed seal to restrain him, and Black Zetsu took control of the unstable Ten-Tails.
• Madara fought the approaching Kage, subdued the Kazekage, Acting Mizukage, and Fourth Raikage, and faced Kisame, whose senjutsu resisted his genjutsu.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya rescued the Second and Fourth Hokage, then joined the injured Oto and decided to retreat while Madara and Obito were occupied.
• Orochimaru arrived with masked figures, offered support to Oto, and led her group away before Madara and Obito noticed them.
• Oto absorbed Naruto’s, Sasuke’s, Indra’s, and Asura’s chakra from a scroll and encountered the Sage of Six Paths, who explained that he had been watching the growing chaos.

Oto received the Sage of Six Paths’ yin and yang powers, awakened a new dojutsu, and returned to confront Madara and Obito. Meanwhile, the battered shinobi watched Obito begin the Rinne Rebirth ritual and realized Zetsu was trying to revive Madara Uchiha.

• The Sage of Six Paths explained his concerns about the Otsutsuki and offered Oto Six Paths power, which she accepted after promising to kill the Otsutsuki possessing her friend.
• Oto awakened a five-pointed star Rinnegan and learned her right eye could record other dojutsu, including Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail.
• Oto hid her Truth-Seeking Orbs, picked up a Black Rod, and headed toward Madara and Obito.
• Madara overwhelmed Kisame, the Fourth Raikage, and the other shinobi, leaving Might Guy as the only one able to match him in close combat.
• Obito began forming the hand seals for Rinne Rebirth, and Nagato explained that the technique could bring the dead back to life.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Nagato, and the others realized that Zetsu was trying to revive Madara Uchiha through Obito.

Madara revived himself by using Obito’s Rinne Rebirth and set out to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Zou Hyuga revealed himself as Isshiki, incapacitated Obito and Black Zetsu, and confronted Black Zetsu about Kaguya.

• Nagato told Jiraiya to wait for Lady Oto’s signal, and Konan said Akatsuki’s future depended on its current leader.
• Madara forcibly removed the Ten-Tails from Obito, who used Rinne Rebirth to restore Madara to life.
• Madara recovered his sight, learned that the other Rinnegan had been stolen, and headed toward the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu possessed Obito and moved to help Madara, but Zou Hyuga struck and pinned them both with black rods.
• Zou Hyuga identified himself as Isshiki and asked Black Zetsu about Kaguya, while Obito realized that several people had been pawns in one another’s plans.

Zou Hyuga stopped Black Zetsu from contacting Hagoromo and Hamura, then left him and Obito captive. Madara tried to claim the Ten-Tails, but Oto Uchiha took control of it and fought him, revealing a power that exceeded his own.

• Zou Hyuga used Daikokuten to stop Black Zetsu from sending a message, tightened his control over him, and took Obito's other Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn people into White Zetsu, and Obito agreed to help free them from the Black Rods to protect Rin.
• Madara summoned the Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki, but a stronger pull took it away before he could absorb it.
• Madara recognized Oto Uchiha's Limbo Clone and realized she possessed the remaining Rinnegan as she led the Ten-Tails away.
• Madara and Oto fought with their Limbo Clones and Susanoo before clashing in taijutsu.
• Oto formed a sword from a Truth-Seeking Orb, and Madara realized her power surpassed his.

Oto Uchiha defeated Madara and took his Rinnegan and Kamui Sharingan, then used the Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu asked the others to help oppose an Otsutsuki, but none trusted him.

• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Nagato, and Konan reacted to Oto Uchiha's Rinnegan and confronted Obito and Black Zetsu as they approached.
• Black Zetsu claimed an Otsutsuki threatened the planet and asked the shinobi to help, but no one believed him.
• Oto Uchiha defeated Madara, pierced him with a Truth-Seeking Orb, and took his Rinnegan and Kamui Sharingan.
• Madara tried to tempt Oto into becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but she dismissed him and approached the Ten-Tails.
• Oto used her Rinnegan to control the Ten-Tails and transformed into a true Six Paths Jinchuriki, wielding the Six Paths Staff.

Oto Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki after Madara Uchiha’s defeat and rejected the Eye of the Moon Plan. As the gathered shinobi believed the war was over, Oto confronted Zou Hyuga, and Tobirama warned that the conflict had only begun.

• Oto Uchiha examined her new Six Paths-level abilities and told Madara Uchiha she had never intended to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Orochimaru asked Oto whether she would activate Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Jiraiya later told Tsunade that Madara had been defeated and Oto was the new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The First, Second, and Fourth Hokage and the others arrived, while Tsunade speculated that Oto would become the Fifth Hokage.
• Shisui realized that Zou Hyuga had not appeared and warned Fugaku and Itachi that the battle was not over.
• The First urged Madara to accept his defeat, but Tobirama warned Minato that an Otsutsuki and another Ten-Tails still threatened the Shinobi World.
• Oto looked up and met Zou Hyuga’s gaze as hostility filled the air between them.

After Madara Uchiha’s defeat, Zou Hyuga and Oto Uchiha fought in the distance as they tried to force Ōtsutsuki Isshiki out of Oto and eliminate his threat. Their battle continued across the world, with Zou gaining the upper hand against Oto’s Limbo clones while struggling to keep up with her Ten-Tails power.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others sensed the oppressive chakra as Zou Hyuga and Oto Uchiha left the battlefield to fight far away.
• Obito and Black Zetsu warned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was more dangerous than Madara Uchiha, and the Second Hokage agreed that they had to stop him.
• Zou Hyuga realized he had to force Isshiki out of Oto before his own chakra ran out, and the two carried their battle from the Land of Wind to the Land of Water.
• Oto Uchiha told Zou Hyuga that she had finally caught up to him in strength, then defended herself against his Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Zou Hyuga pinned Oto’s Limbo clones beneath black pillars, while recognizing the power Isshiki had possessed at his peak.

Zou Hyuga and Oto Uchiha suppressed Isshiki’s and Kaguya’s consciousnesses and traveled to the moon to gather what they needed for their next move. After taking chakra from Fū, Zou brought Oto to the Great Tenseigan, whose power he intended to use.

• Zou Hyuga ignored Isshiki’s attempts to persuade him and continued fighting Oto Uchiha as her power dwindled.
• Kaguya’s consciousness surfaced in Oto’s body, and she and Isshiki argued about their past betrayal and the Chakra Fruit.
• Zou and Oto discussed how Kaguya could only be sealed, then suppressed both ancient consciousnesses and entered an alternate dimension.
• Oto activated Amenominaka, and Zou stored the Ten-Tails they found in his Cross-Shaped Eye.
• Zou and Oto traveled to the moon, where Toneri led them to Fū, and Zou extracted most of her tailed beast chakra.
• Zou dismissed Toneri and took Oto to the Great Tenseigan to begin his next plan.

On the moon, Zou Hyuga fed tailed beast chakra to Isshiki’s Miniature Ten-Tails in an attempt to make it become a God Tree. He concluded that an Ōtsutsuki had to be sacrificed for the transformation, leaving him to consider whether to pursue that dangerous requirement.

• Zou Hyuga brought Oto Uchiha to the moon and placed the Miniature Ten-Tails and Great Tenseigan on its surface.
• Zou Hyuga sealed the Miniature Ten-Tails and fed it the remaining tailed beast chakra from the Chakra Network Plan, including most of the Seven-Tails’ and Eight-Tails’ chakra.
• Oto Uchiha summoned the Nine-Tails, and Zou Hyuga extracted most of his chakra to complete the Miniature Ten-Tails’ growth into a second Ten-Tails.
• Zou Hyuga gave the Ten-Tails more chakra, but it remained in its current form, prompting him to wonder what was preventing its evolution.
• Zou Hyuga reasoned that a Ten-Tails needed an Ōtsutsuki sacrifice to transform into a God Tree, based on Kaguya and Isshiki’s history.

Zou Hyuga used the Great Tenseigan to charge the Miniature Ten-Tails, then let it swallow his Karma-bearing body so it could become a God Tree and kill Isshiki. He revealed that he had split his soul, leaving another self-aware part within the chakra network to survive the sacrifice.

• Isshiki offered to help Zou Hyuga turn the Miniature Ten-Tails into a God Tree, but Zou said he already had Otsutsuki Toneri as a potential sacrifice.
• Oto Uchiha refused Kaguya's request to release her, while Kaguya warned that Isshiki would die if the Ten-Tails devoured his vessel.
• The Great Tenseigan supplied the Miniature Ten-Tails with natural energy until it neared saturation.
• Zou Hyuga walked into the Ten-Tails' mouth despite Isshiki's warning, and Oto trusted his choice.
• Zou Hyuga revealed that he had split his soul, merging one part with the Ley Line Consciousness and the chakra network.
• Zou Hyuga controlled the Miniature Ten-Tails to swallow his body, and it began transforming into a God Tree.