Recaps

Tamaki developed his medical ninjutsu and became a Genin under Sakumo, while Wang Chuan awakened his Shikai, faced threats in Soul Society, and pursued allies and strength in the Navy. The stretch ended with Wang Chuan defeating Arlong and moving against corrupt Marines.

• Wang Chuan died in an accident and was reborn as Nishu Tamagawa in the Naruto world, where he decided to pursue medical ninjutsu.
• Tamaki survived Komura Tarō’s attack and discovered a shared space with two Wang Chuan counterparts, then began developing Life Return and studying the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Tamaki and Ichite Ki worked with Might Duy and Might Guy to refine Life Return and secure permission for Tamaki to learn the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Tamaki graduated with Asuma and Kurenai, passed Sakumo’s team test with them, and joined Team Sakumo on missions against bandits.
• Wang Chuan awakened his Shikai after fighting Gillians, became the Fourth Division’s Eighth Seat, and served with the Thirteenth Division, where he killed Metastacia.
• Wang Chuan sparred with Unohana and trained under the Captain-Commander, then gained Moria’s tentative support against Kaido and received Shusui.
• Wang Chuan joined Garp’s East Blue operation, obtained authority to pursue corrupt Marines, detained Captain Nezumi, and defeated Arlong.

Tamaki strengthened his position in Konoha by developing Wood Release, studying with Tsunade, and bringing Uzumaki survivors to the village. Meanwhile, Wang Chuan pursued power and influence at Mount Longhu, ending the stretch locked in a dangerous fight with Lü Ci and Wang Ai.

• Wang Chuan returned from defeating Arlong’s pirates, and Garp introduced him to Ace and Luffy, whose dreams of becoming pirates he tried to guide toward a safer path.
• Wang Chuan chose to lead the Twin Cape Marine branch, while Tamaki, Asuma, and Kurenai went with Sakumo on an intelligence mission that turned into an ambush by Iwa ninja.
• Tamaki and Sakumo escaped with the intelligence after the Konoha spy sacrificed himself, and Tamaki later won Hiruzen Sarutobi’s permission to develop his Uzumaki Bloodline.
• Tamaki learned from Jiraiya and Tsunade, synthesized Wood Release, and explored the Uzumaki ruins to find sealing knowledge that could improve his Life Return technique.
• Tamaki brought Kana and Karin from Kusagakure to Konoha, then met Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan in the Land of Rain and warned Nagato that Hanzō might target them.
• Wang Chuan captured Liu Yanyan and Xia He, challenged the Old Celestial Master, and traded his Luotian Grand Ceremony referee role to Lu Jin for the first two stages of Threefold Reversal.
• Wang Chuan exposed Gong Qing as Quanxing’s acting leader, gained the Old Celestial Master’s support for a possible Ten Elders seat, and partnered with Feng Zhenghao to target Wang Ai and Lü Ci.
• After Zhang Chulan received the Celestial Master’s Ordination, Wang Chuan met Lü Ci and Wang Ai at Feng Zhenghao’s meeting place, where their fight left him injured but fighting within his expanded Taiji Perfect Harmony Realm.