Recaps

Shengu Xuan took Naruto, Killer B, and the others to Turtle Island and forced Naruto to train in controlling the Nine-Tails’ chakra for his entertainment. After Naruto achieved Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, he sensed Kisame hiding inside Samehada, and Shengu Xuan forced the rogue ninja out.

• Shengu Xuan transported the group to Turtle Island, silenced Raikage A, and ordered everyone to watch Naruto and Killer B train.
• When Naruto protested, Shengu Xuan threatened Obito and the Nine-Tails, forcing Naruto to begin training under Killer B’s guidance.
• Naruto entered his Mindscape, where Kushina’s residual chakra appeared and helped him overcome the Nine-Tails’ hatred.
• Naruto used Sage Mode to pull out the Nine-Tails’ chakra and successfully entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Naruto sensed a hostile chakra source inside Samehada, and Shengu Xuan used telekinetic force to eject Kisame Hoshigaki from the sword.

Shengu Xuan defeated Kisame, kept him alive long enough to search his memories, and learned the Akatsuki had prepared a vast army of reanimated fighters. He announced that the war had begun and asked Naruto whether he wanted to go to the battlefield.

• Kisame attacked Shengu Xuan with the Great Shark Bullet Technique, but Shengu Xuan took control of the water and used the enlarged shark to crush him.
• When Kisame tried to kill himself, Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman's power to keep him alive and searched his memories.
• Shengu Xuan learned that Obito and Kabuto had prepared a hundred thousand white foot soldiers and nearly ten thousand reanimated warriors, including Nagato.
• Shengu Xuan told the shocked Naruto and Jiraiya that the war had begun, then asked Naruto whether he wanted to go to the battlefield.

As the Allied Shinobi Forces struggled against reanimated enemies and a hundred thousand White Zetsu, Shengu Xuan refused to join the fight and went to sleep on Turtle Island. When the White Zetsu launched their full assault, he summoned all nine tribes of the Shadowkhan and sent them into battle.

• Naruto, Raikage A, Killer B, and the others decided to return to the battlefield, but Shengu Xuan opened a spatial gate and said he would sleep before considering a visit.
• Shengu Xuan made Turtle Island his vacation home and fell asleep while the Allied Shinobi Forces received reports of fierce battles and advancing reanimated fighters.
• Raikage A returned to headquarters and ordered sealing squads, medical units, and frontline troops into action.
• A hundred thousand White Zetsu erupted from the ground across the battlefields, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces in despair.
• Shengu Xuan woke to the noise and summoned all nine Shadowkhan tribes behind the Allied forces, ordering them to attack the White Zetsu.

Shengu Xuan unleashed the Shadowkhan, whose forces overwhelmed the White Zetsu and began turning the war around. On Turtle Island, he forced Tobi to send clones after the Impure World Reincarnation army, then told Obito he would send him to Rin immediately, leaving Obito terrified.

• Shengu Xuan opened the shadows beneath the battlefield and unleashed the Shadowkhan, who clashed with and steadily drove back the White Zetsu.
• Shikaku Nara ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces not to attack the black creatures after reports showed they were targeting the White Zetsu.
• Shengu Xuan threatened Tobi and ordered him to send clones to attack those reanimated through Impure World Reincarnation; Tobi complied.
• Shengu Xuan taunted Obito about the failure of his plans and said he would send him to join Rin in the real world, leaving Obito horrified.

Shengu Xuan used the Shadowkhan to turn the tide against the reincarnated shinobi, while capturing Obito and Kabuto Yakushi. He left the Allied Forces to continue the battle and promised to deal with the remaining enemies after he woke from a nap.

• Shengu Xuan refused Obito's plea for death and watched the Shadowkhan battle the reincarnated shinobi.
• Jiraiya recognized that the Shadowkhan were corrupting the reincarnated bodies, and Shikaku ordered the Allied Forces to support them and seal the weakened enemies.
• Shengu Xuan trapped Kabuto Yakushi with shadow arms as the Allied Forces regained their morale and joined the fight.
• Shengu Xuan announced that he had caught Kabuto Yakushi and the black-and-white lump, then vanished from Turtle Island.
• Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Raikage A reacted in stunned silence as Shengu Xuan left them to face the remaining reincarnated shinobi.

The Allied Shinobi Forces and the Shadowkhan turned the war in their favor while Shengu Xuan slept on Turtle Island. Kabuto Yakushi was subdued and left dying, but the war continued as the alliance advanced to eliminate the remaining enemies.

• Raikage A, Tsunade, and Shikaku Nara ordered the alliance to target the White Zetsu and seal the weakened reincarnated shinobi, especially Nagato.
• Naruto and Killer B joined Kakashi, Might Guy, and other elite shinobi in battle, helping the Shadowkhan push back the enemy forces.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces advanced as White Zetsu retreated and the Sealing Squads captured and purified reincarnated shinobi.
• Inoichi Yamanaka questioned whether Shengu Xuan was truly asleep, and Shikaku Nara ordered the alliance to finish the war without relying on him.
• Shadow arms restrained Kabuto Yakushi and severed his control over the reincarnated shinobi; Shengu Xuan spoke to him remotely, and Kabuto's body went limp.
• Shengu Xuan rolled over and continued sleeping on Turtle Island while the war remained underway.

Madara Uchiha summoned a massive meteor and sent it crashing toward the battlefield, overwhelming the Allied Forces’ attempts to stop it. Shengu Xuan woke on Turtle Island, appeared above the meteor, and raised a hand to catch it.

• A messenger reported that Madara Uchiha had appeared after Kabuto Yakushi’s life signs vanished, and Madara summoned a meteor from another dimension.
• The meteor grew as it descended, while Allied Forces ninja panicked and Inoichi Yamanaka and Tsunade struggled to find a way to stop it.
• Naruto struck the meteor with Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, and Killer B tried to divert it with the Eight-Tails’ tentacles, but neither succeeded.
• Shengu Xuan woke on Turtle Island, identified Madara beneath the meteor, and dismissed the Uchiha’s display as unimpressive.
• Shengu Xuan vanished from Turtle Island and appeared above the falling meteor, then raised his hand and drew on the Ox Talisman’s power.

Shengu Xuan stopped Madara Uchiha’s meteor with one hand, then hurled it back and devastated Madara and Kabuto Yakushi. He left the two enemies wounded in the crater and demanded a reason not to crush them.

• Shengu Xuan caught Madara’s falling meteor with his palm, leaving Naruto, Kakashi, Tsunade, and the allied shinobi stunned.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Madara and threw the meteor back at him, targeting Kabuto Yakushi as well.
• Madara’s Susanoo shattered in the impact, leaving him badly wounded and one eye ruined.
• Kabuto Yakushi was dragged out of invisibility, injured by the meteor, and cut off from the reincarnated bodies.
• Shengu Xuan landed beside the crater and demanded that Madara and Kabuto give him a reason not to crush them.

Madara Uchiha awakened his complete Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed Perfect Susanoo against Shengu Xuan, but Shengu defeated it with living rock and left Madara helpless. Shengu then spotted a fleeing black-and-white figure and vanished after it as the battle continued in the allies’ favor.

• Madara recovered enough to stand, awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes, and summoned Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara’s Perfect Susanoo attacked Shengu Xuan with its chakra sword, but Shengu brought the rocky ground to life and blocked the strike with a gigantic fist.
• Shengu’s rocky fist disarmed Susanoo, then shattered into fragments that pierced and destroyed its armor, leaving Madara badly wounded on the ground.
• Madara wondered what Shengu was and then laughed in despair, reflecting that he had witnessed a true god before his chakra faded.
• Shengu noticed a black-and-white figure trying to escape and vanished in pursuit.

Shengu Xuan manifested the true forms of the Eight Demons and overwhelmed Madara Uchiha and Kabuto Yakushi with their combined powers. He left Madara defeated on Turtle Island and disappeared to confront Black Zetsu about Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Madara asked Kabuto Yakushi to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon the Ten-Tails, believing he could draw on the Tailed Beasts' chakra through Obito.
• Shengu Xuan appeared above the battlefield with the eight demonic apparitions, alarming Naruto and the headquarters leaders with their immense power.
• The Eight Demons restrained Madara, increased gravity across the battlefield, and unleashed their destructive powers against him and Kabuto Yakushi.
• The eight powers shattered Madara's Perfect Susanoo, destroyed Kabuto Yakushi, and left Madara's body and soul severely damaged.
• Shengu Xuan pulled Madara out of the destructive torrent, asked whether he still believed power was the only truth, and heard Madara admit defeat.
• Shengu Xuan turned toward the fleeing Black Zetsu and vanished to question him about his true body and Kaguya Otsutsuki, while Madara closed his Sharingan on Turtle Island.

Obito Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Shengu Xuan defeated him and learned that Kaguya Otsutsuki was inside the moon. Shengu Xuan vanished to pursue her, leaving the Allied Shinobi stunned.

• Obito Uchiha transformed into Six Paths Obito after absorbing the Tailed Beasts' chakra, alarming Naruto, Killer B, Tsunade, and Shikaku Nara.
• Shengu Xuan returned to Turtle Island and dissolved Six Paths Obito's Tailed Beast Bomb with a breath of demon black chi.
• Shengu Xuan shattered Obito's armor and repeatedly punched him until the Ten-Tails' chakra was driven out.
• Shengu Xuan questioned the defeated Obito, who revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki was inside the moon before dying.
• Shengu Xuan vanished, and Naruto and Killer B wondered whether he was heading to the moon alone.

After Obito and Madara died, the Allied Shinobi Forces learned that Kaguya Otsutsuki was awakening inside the moon. Shengu Xuan confronted her there, and their clash began as the moon grew brighter and more dangerous.

• Naruto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade discussed Obito's death and his fixation on Rin while Shikaku worried about the danger inside the moon.
• Tobi reached Turtle Island and reported that Obito's original was merging with Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was using the Ten-Tails' chakra to emerge from the moon; Tobi then withered away.
• The moon emitted a vast chakra presence, glowed red, and developed enormous cracks, alarming the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Shengu Xuan watched Kaguya emerge from a temple on the moon and taunted her about being sealed away by her sons.
• Kaguya gathered a silver chakra disc as Shengu Xuan summoned eight kinds of demon black chi, and their powers collided.

Shengu Xuan used the Sheep Talisman to extract the Ten-Tails' Chakra from Kaguya, leaving her powerless. He then sensed Black Zetsu sneaking toward Madara Uchiha on the Shinobi World battlefield.

• Shengu Xuan saw through Kaguya's weakened state and explained that the Sheep Talisman could separate the Ten-Tails from her.
• Kaguya raised a barrier and tried to escape, but Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to bind her to the moon's surface.
• Shengu Xuan projected the Sheep Talisman's power into Kaguya and began extracting the Ten-Tails' Chakra.
• Shengu Xuan pulled the Ten-Tails' Chakra completely from Kaguya and compressed it into an orb.
• Shengu Xuan sensed Black Zetsu moving toward Madara Uchiha on the Shinobi World battlefield.

Black Zetsu took control of Madara and used his body to revive Kaguya with the residual Tailed Beast Chakra. Kaguya descended in a damaged, incomplete form and faced Shengu Xuan.

• Black Zetsu covered Madara’s body and began gathering the remaining Tailed Beast Chakra from the battlefield.
• Naruto and Kakashi sensed the transformation, while Shengu Xuan arrived from the moon and revealed that he had removed Kaguya’s Ten-Tails chakra core.
• Black Zetsu attempted to revive Kaguya with the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, sending Madara’s life force toward the moon.
• A stream of energy returned from the moon and transformed Madara into a weakened Kaguya.
• Kaguya faced Shengu Xuan and told him, “Go.”

Kaguya trapped Shengu Xuan in three Amenominaka spaces, but his Demon Black Chi eroded her dimensions and his talismans formed a world in the void. Their clash of wills began collapsing the dimension, while the moon over the Shinobi World started to break apart.

• Kaguya transported Shengu Xuan from Turtle Island to her red Primordial Space and attacked him with All-Killing Ash Bones, which his Ox Talisman power pulverized.
• Kaguya shifted them to an ice field and sent a torrent of freezing crystals at Shengu Xuan, but his eight Demon Black Chi streams negated the attack and began eroding her space.
• Kaguya moved them into a void stripped of matter, space, and laws, declaring that only pure wills could clash there.
• Shengu Xuan used the Twelve Talismans and the Eight Demons' Black Chi to form a nascent world in the void, then challenged Kaguya's will.
• Kaguya opened her third eye and unleashed Infinite Tsukuyomi against Shengu Xuan, and their collision cracked the void as the moon over the Shinobi World began breaking apart.

Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to animate Kaguya’s spatial fragments and shatter the Amenominaka barrier, trapping her in the Shinobi World’s night sky. Kaguya revealed two ash bones infused with her life force and prepared to test them against him.

• Kaguya’s Infinite Tsukuyomi failed to affect Shengu Xuan, and his embryonic world began consuming the void dimension.
• Shengu Xuan animated the spatial fragments with the Rat Talisman, turning them into creatures that attacked Kaguya with her own spatial power.
• Kaguya tried to hold Amenominaka together, but Shengu Xuan animated its barrier and it broke open to the Shinobi World’s night sky.
• Kaguya drew two ash bones condensed from her life force and challenged Shengu Xuan to withstand their annihilating touch.

Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones failed against Shengu Xuan’s Dog Talisman, and he explained that its immunity outranked her attack. As Kaguya poured her remaining chakra into an expanding Truth-Seeking Orb to destroy the world, Shengu Xuan prepared to respond.

• Kaguya struck Shengu Xuan with two All-Killing Ash Bones, but his Dog Talisman nullified them and reduced them to dust.
• Shengu Xuan explained that his Dog Talisman granted conceptual immunity and said Kaguya’s other abilities could not harm him.
• Kaguya gathered her remaining chakra into a Truth-Seeking Orb and declared she would make it devour the world.
• The orb rapidly expanded as Kaguya’s body dissipated, while the ninjas on Turtle Island realized it could swallow the Shinobi World.
• Shengu Xuan praised Kaguya’s self-destructive attack, flexed his wrists, and began to answer her claim.

Shengu Xuan destroyed Kaguya’s giant Truth-Seeking Orb by having his eight Demon Black Chi authorities devour it, causing Kaguya to die. He returned to Turtle Island and went to sleep, while the ninjas realized nothing in their world could threaten him.

• Shengu Xuan sent eight streams of Demon Black Chi into Kaguya’s expanding Truth-Seeking Orb and devoured its power until the sphere shattered.
• Kaguya dissolved after the orb was destroyed, recalling her arrival in the Shinobi World and admitting defeat to Shengu Xuan.
• Shengu Xuan noticed the sealed Ten-Tails chakra core stirring inside a bead, silenced it, and returned to Turtle Island.
• The ninjas cheered when Shengu Xuan landed, but he ignored them and headed for the tree where he had been sleeping.
• Naruto asked what had happened to Kaguya, and Shengu Xuan told him she was dead before closing his eyes.
• Kakashi told Naruto not to disturb Shengu Xuan and said that nothing in the world could threaten him.

Shengu Xuan crushed Black Zetsu’s last attempt to revive Kaguya and ended the thousand-year scheme. With the war over, the shinobi considered the work of rebuilding while Sasuke remained apart and silent.

• Naruto sensed Black Zetsu crawling from Madara’s body toward Shengu Xuan, but Jiraiya told him to watch.
• Shengu Xuan pinned Black Zetsu beneath his foot and dismissed his claim that he was Kaguya’s will.
• Shengu Xuan sealed the Ten-Tails’ chakra inside the bead and told Black Zetsu that Kaguya’s residual will had been consumed.
• Shengu Xuan crushed Black Zetsu to ash, then returned to sleep beneath the tree.
• Tsunade declared the war over, while she and Jiraiya discussed the work ahead and noticed Sasuke standing silently at the cliff’s edge.

After the war, Sasuke told Naruto he planned to overthrow the Shinobi World's system and rule through absolute power. Shengu Xuan refused to stop him unless Sasuke harmed anyone connected to him, and Sasuke challenged him to meet at the Valley of the End.

• Naruto found Sasuke at Konoha's camp, where Sasuke argued that peace between the nations would not last and called for revolution.
• Sasuke explained that he would overthrow the Five Great Nations' Shinobi Village system and use absolute power to prevent further wars.
• Naruto opposed Sasuke's plan, but Sasuke said he first needed to speak with Shengu Xuan.
• Sasuke told Shengu Xuan he intended to start a revolution and asked whether Shengu Xuan would stop him.
• Shengu Xuan said he would not interfere unless Sasuke harmed anyone connected to him, and Sasuke challenged him to come to the Valley of the End.

Sasuke challenged Shengu Xuan to prove his strength and earn the right to change the world, but was completely outmatched at the Valley of the End. Shengu Xuan urged him to ask Naruto how change could be achieved, and Naruto and Sasuke reconciled.

• Sasuke summoned Shengu Xuan to the Valley of the End to test whether his power made him qualified to change the world.
• Shengu Xuan evaded Sasuke’s sword strike and stopped Susanoo’s blows with one finger, extinguishing its Amaterasu flames with a touch.
• Shengu Xuan told Sasuke that overthrowing the system and ruling alone would only lead to more chaos, and advised him to ask Naruto about changing the world without bearing its burdens alone.
• Naruto arrived as Sasuke collapsed, and Shengu Xuan disappeared after warning Sasuke not to provoke him again.
• Naruto caught Sasuke and said he would not shoulder the burden alone; Sasuke leaned on him, and the two were no longer enemies.

At the Valley of the End, Naruto tried to stop Sasuke from carrying out his plan to shoulder the world’s darkness alone. Shengu Xuan defeated Sasuke, broke his leg, and left him questioning whether his power was enough.

• Naruto pulled Sasuke from the water and argued that Sasuke’s plan would not end the cycle of hatred.
• Shengu Xuan revealed he had been watching and challenged Sasuke to give up his plan or be carried back to Konoha with a broken leg.
• Sasuke formed Susanoo and attacked Shengu Xuan, who shattered Susanoo’s arm with demon black chi.
• Sasuke refused to change his mind, so Shengu Xuan stomped on his left knee and broke his leg.
• Naruto rushed to Sasuke and began healing him with his golden Chakra Cloak as Shengu Xuan said Sasuke lacked the power to change the Shinobi World.
• Sasuke wondered whether his power was still insufficient while Shengu Xuan disappeared into the mist, urging him to stop trying to shoulder everything alone.

Shengu Xuan completed the Shendu Template integration and awakened the full power of the Twelve Talismans and Eight Demons, gaining the ability to alter time and causality. As the moon began moving toward Earth, he sensed someone alive on it but chose to keep sleeping, leaving the looming threat unresolved.

• The system announced that Shengu Xuan had unlocked his complete Shendu essence after the Kaguya Otsutsuki threat was defeated, and he erased a tree from existence to test his new power.
• Shengu Xuan sensed a willful chakra pulse from the moon but ignored it and went back to sleep.
• Shikaku reported to Tsunade and Jiraiya that the moon's orbit had shifted and it could leave its stable orbit in about seventy-two hours; Tsunade ordered sensory ninja to monitor it and chose not to disturb Shengu Xuan yet.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya saw the moon appear in the midday sky and grow visibly larger as it approached Earth.
• Shengu Xuan's bead heated and flashed; he detected people alive on the moon, then dismissed the danger and closed his eyes again.

Otsutsuki Toneri appeared over Konoha and announced that the moon would crash into Earth, then accelerated its descent to six hours. Shengu Xuan confronted him and touched the Tenseigan, preparing to take him to the moon and deal with the crisis.

• Otsutsuki Toneri descended over Konoha and declared that the moon would collide with Earth in seventy-two hours.
• Toneri said he wanted Earth destroyed, and Naruto attacked him but was thrown back into the village.
• Toneri identified Shengu Xuan as Kaguya’s killer and revealed that he had shortened the moon’s descent to six hours.
• Shengu Xuan said he would defeat Toneri and go to the moon to push it back.
• Shengu Xuan appeared directly in front of Toneri and touched the Tenseigan on his forehead.

Shengu Xuan took Toneri to the moon and confronted him over his plan to destroy Earth. Toneri refused to stop the moon’s acceleration, and after Shengu Xuan endured his Silver Wheel attack unharmed, Toneri unleashed a more powerful Golden Wheel.

• Shengu Xuan touched Toneri’s Tenseigan, then carried him from the sky above Konoha to the moon.
• Naruto worried that the moon would still hit Earth, but Tsunade trusted Shengu Xuan to handle the danger.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Toneri’s plan to destroy humanity, and Toneri explained that he intended to erase Earth completely.
• Toneri attacked Shengu Xuan with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Shengu Xuan stood unharmed in the crater.
• Toneri fired a Golden Wheel beam that carved a long trench across the lunar surface, and Shengu Xuan welcomed the stronger attack.