Recaps

Shikamaru's team attacked Toneri's Artificial Sun to rescue Hinata and Hanabi and destroy the Giant Tenseigan. Hinata and Naruto destroyed the eye, but Naruto's battle with Toneri continued on the moon's surface.

• Sakura joined Shikamaru's group with Sai and Akame, and the team prepared for an assault while Naruto and Rock Lee recovered.
• Shikamaru's reconnaissance team discovered how the Puppet Birds passed through the Artificial Sun's barrier, escaped their pursuit, and returned with a plan for the attack.
• Hinata searched for the Giant Tenseigan beneath a floating island, but Toneri caught her and ordered their wedding to take place that night.
• Toneri sent hundreds of puppets against the invading team, and Naruto and the others entered the Artificial Sun to rescue Hinata and Hanabi.
• Naruto rescued Hinata while Sakura and Kiba recovered Hanabi, but Hinata stayed behind to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, and Naruto chose to help her.
• Naruto and Hinata joined their chakra to shatter the Giant Tenseigan, while Toneri attacked them and the moon's floating islands began collapsing.
• Hinata reunited with Shikamaru's group as the puppets collapsed and the Artificial Sun disappeared, while Naruto and the Nine-Tails continued fighting Toneri on the lunar surface.
• Toneri struck Naruto with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and split the moon's surface, but Naruto rose and sent his shadow clones charging at Toneri.

Naruto defeated Toneri, saved him from the Byakugan’s wills, and returned to Konoha with Hanabi, whose sight Sakura restored. As Naraku organized aid after the meteor strikes and investigated clues about Kaguya and Isshiki, he called a Five Kage Summit, where the leaders began arriving in Konoha.

• Naruto defeated Toneri, and Hinata retrieved Hanabi’s Byakugan, but the Byakugan’s fragmented wills then swarmed Toneri and began transforming him.
• Naruto saved Toneri by destroying the Byakugan and their wills, and Toneri chose to remain on the moon while the others returned to the camp.
• Sakura restored Hanabi’s sight, and the rescue team returned to Konoha, where Hiashi and Neji visited her in the hospital.
• Naraku organized paid relief efforts for nations damaged by the meteor shower and shared a limited account of Toneri’s attack with the other villages.
• Sasuke’s team found a facility with a relief of Kaguya, and Konoha’s Analysis Team concluded that Kaguya had traveled the land, possibly searching for Isshiki.
• Naraku proposed a Five Kage Summit to discuss Ōtsutsuki intelligence and coordinate the search for Isshiki, and all five villages agreed to attend.
• Gaara arrived in Konoha, where Naruto showed him around and sparred with him, while Kurotsuchi arrived with Kakashi and presented Naraku with Iwagakure’s two-year trade-route agreement.

Shihōin Naraku led the Five Kage to agree on cooperation against the Ōtsutsuki and on Konoha hosting the first Five-Nation Joint Chunin Selection Trials. As preparations began, Naruto joined Sasuke’s Search Team and helped uncover a hidden underground passage.

• Burūi arrived in Konoha, and the Five Kage began their summit by reviewing intelligence about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s ruins and the threat of Isshiki.
• The Kage agreed to coordinate investigations, share emergency communications, and prepare to support one another against the Ōtsutsuki, while Naraku gave them Konoha’s account of Toneri.
• Naraku proposed Five-Nation Joint Chunin Selection Trials, and the Kage approved Konoha as the first host after agreeing on shared oversight and future turns for hosting.
• After the summit, Naraku assigned Kakashi to organize the trials, while Konoha began preparations and the Search Team continued investigating ancient sites.
• Naraku sent Naruto to join Sasuke’s Search Team, and Naruto said farewell to Sakura, Iruka, and Hinata before leaving Konoha.
• Naruto met Sasuke and the Search Team, then used Sage Mode to search a ruin and nearby areas for clues.
• Naruto detected a large underground space, and the team uncovered a hidden passage beneath a patch of bushes.
• Sasuke led Naruto and the other jonin into the underground passage to investigate its origins.

Sasuke and Naruto uncovered evidence that Isshiki’s organization had used its underground base for human experiments, while Naraku prepared for Isshiki to strike during the Chunin Selection Trials. Isshiki avoided confronting Naraku, ordered Kara’s bases destroyed, and planned to rebuild after Naraku was gone.

• Sasuke and Naruto searched the abandoned underground base and concluded it had once housed a large organization, likely connected to Isshiki.
• Naraku received the Search Team’s reports and arranged a plan to counter Isshiki during the Chunin Selection Trials while preparing Konoha for possible attacks.
• Inoichi’s Analysis Team found six bodies near the base, including victims from Konoha, Sunagakure, and the Land of Rain, and identified one Konoha victim as a former Root member.
• Naraku ordered further investigations and notified the other nations, while Gaara sent Temari to oversee examinations of Sunagakure’s recovered ninja.
• Naruto sensed a hidden entrance underground, and Sasuke’s team broke through its sealed stone door and discovered the original passage into the base.
• Shikamaru’s reinforcements escorted the bodies toward Konoha, while Isshiki chose not to attack them and ordered Kara’s bases destroyed.
• Kara’s Inner Circle evacuated and destroyed bases across several nations, and Naraku concluded Isshiki was trying to prevent more intelligence from leaking.
• Isshiki accepted the loss of Kara’s bases and Outer Circle members, then planned to rebuild his network after waiting for Naraku to die of old age.