Recaps

Mokushō explained that the Inari God could take the form of any believer, then the group left the damaged Shrine for the night. Elsewhere, Bishamonten revealed a plan to summon the Evil God with 3,000 sacrifices, and Daikokuten collapsed after trying to leave the secret gathering.

• Mokushō explained that the Inari God passed from one person to another and could take the form of any believer, including Tobirama, Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Izuna left the Shrine, while Mokushō stayed behind to clean up the damage.
• Bishamonten addressed the gathered black-robed figures and declared that they would rebuild the world under the Evil God's rule.
• Daikokuten denounced the plan to sacrifice people and announced that he would leave the gathering.
• Bishamonten immobilized Daikokuten with a blood-marked ritual, revealed that his soul had already been devoured, and admitted that the Evil God needed 3,000 sacrifices.
• Daikokuten asked about the sacrifices, staggered toward the exit, and collapsed at the feet of another Daikokuten.

Izuna and Mokushō discussed Mokushō’s hidden identity and warned each other about the danger surrounding the Land of Hot Water. At the Summer Festival, Hashirama’s group uncovered signs of a conspiracy, and Tobirama overheard Daikokuten pledging himself to a plan for a “new world.”

• Izuna accepted that Mokushō would not reveal his identity yet, and Mokushō urged him to find the Tailed Beasts after the current incident.
• Izuna warned Mokushō that the Land of Hot Water might not be peaceful and asked him to watch for trouble.
• Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Kyōnosuke saw military advisers from five countries enter the Daimyo's Residence, confirming plans against the Land of Whirlpools.
• Daikokuten visited their boat, but Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama sensed something wrong about him; Tobirama decided to investigate.
• Madara and Hashirama warned Kyōnosuke not to pry into Izuna, while Tobirama slipped beneath Daikokuten's boat to eavesdrop.
• Tobirama heard Daikokuten's people report that their preparations were ready, and Daikokuten said everything was for the new world.

Tobirama infiltrated the Daimyo’s Residence and discovered that Bishamonten had secretly invited foreign military advisers, then followed them after Bishamonten led them to a private residence. At the Summer Festival, Izuna heard a performer credit him for a song and went with Mokushō toward a gambling den.

• Tobirama listened to the foreign representatives meet with Jurōjin, who refused to entertain their vague proposals and sent them away.
• Bishamonten confronted Jurōjin, then caught up with the departing advisers and led them to a private residence while Tobirama followed.
• Izuna and Mokushō joined the Summer Festival crowd, where a singer announced that his song had been inspired by Izuna.
• Benzaiten welcomed the festival guests, and Izuna complained to Mokushō that the music and entertainment remained limited.
• Mokushō pointed out a gambling den, and Izuna chased after him in protest.

Tobirama watched Bishamonten demonstrate a ritual that transferred injuries between two people, then heard him offer the military representatives a way to use it against Ninja. Bishamonten revealed that the ritual required a target’s blood, and Tobirama waited to see how he would address the difficulty of obtaining it.

• Izuna followed Mokushō to an alley, where they spotted a short figure carrying a cloth bundle and sneaking away.
• Bishamonten demonstrated Heavenly Punishment by stabbing a bandaged believer, causing identical wounds to appear on a bound captive until both men died.
• Bishamonten told the military representatives that he planned to sacrifice everyone at the Summer Festival and use the Evil God’s power to make Ninja disappear.
• Tobirama realized that the military representatives were interested in controlling Ninja and suspected that the ritual’s claims concealed a dangerous cost.
• Bishamonten said Heavenly Punishment required the target’s blood, and the representatives questioned how they could obtain it without alerting their targets.

Bishamonten claimed that blood samples had been collected from all three thousand Summer Festival attendees while Izuna followed a suspicious man and discovered the Tsuchigumo Clan was searching for Shin. Izuna brought Shin to Tamamo-no-Mae for protection, then entered a captured Tsuchigumo member’s mental world with Mokushō to uncover the clan’s plans.

• Bishamonten said his group had obtained blood samples from all three thousand people at the Summer Festival, alarming the representatives and Tobirama.
• Izuna followed a suspicious man into the Pleasure Quarter, where he spotted Tsuchigumo Clan members searching for a blond woman.
• Shin told Izuna that her clan intended to activate Fury and that its members had tried to drug her, so Izuna carried her to Tamamo-no-Mae’s home for protection.
• Izuna left Shin with Tamamo-no-Mae, then asked Mokushō to capture a Tsuchigumo member so they could investigate the clan’s intentions.
• Mokushō taught Izuna to enter the captured man’s mental world, where Izuna encountered a younger-looking version of the man.

Izuna fought and subdued a mindless attacker, then used the central lake in Mokushō’s Divine Realm to see the man’s memories. The memories revealed Ichita’s modest life and hopes, while Mokushō explained that Ichita’s spirit had been destroyed and he would likely remain disabled even if saved.

• Kakuzu weighed the risks of defecting to Konoha immediately and decided to wait for a chance that would make his defection seem justified.
• Izuna fought the mindless man, subdued him, and bound him with a chain after Mokushō explained that the man could not answer questions.
• Izuna carried the captive to the central lake, where Mokushō said the lake could reveal his entire life.
• The lake showed Ichita’s memories of losing his family, building a quiet life with Ume, and later hoping to settle down with A Yuki and her daughter.
• Mokushō told Izuna that Ichita’s spirit had been destroyed and that he would likely be disabled even if rescued, then asked whether Izuna wanted to help him.

Izuna helped Mokushō free Ichita from brainwashing and learned that the enemy still had a plan to damage the Land of Hot Water. Meanwhile, Hashirama went ashore to look for Tobirama, Madara refused Kyōnosuke’s suggestion to reveal Izuna’s role, and Tobirama waited through Bishamonten’s evasive meeting.

• Izuna agreed to follow Mokushō’s advice and cut off Ichita’s head, restoring Ichita while removing part of his memory.
• Mokushō explained that Ichita had been brainwashed through a crude, direct alteration of his subconscious, and Izuna decided to focus on keeping Mū safe.
• Hashirama grew concerned when Tobirama failed to return and left the boat to search for him.
• Kyōnosuke told Madara that he should stop hiding Izuna and let him use his talents, but Madara rejected his advice and warned him not to interfere.
• Tobirama listened as Bishamonten dodged questions about his backup plan with hours of small talk, then announced that it was time to see the fireworks.

Izuna uncovered the Jashin Cult’s involvement in the Summer Festival and decided to protect its apparent target, while Hashirama heard a disturbing speech and detected a Tailed Beast’s Chakra aboard the giant ship. Tobirama followed Bishamonten to a mountain villa, where the advisers waited to witness a mysterious spectacle as Bishamonten left to attend to business.

• Izuna learned from a Tsuchigumo clansman’s memories that the cloaked figure had said, “Offer everything to the Evil God,” and suspected the Jashin Cult was targeting a young woman.
• Izuna sent a clone to find Madara and the others, then decided to lie in wait and guard the young woman himself.
• Hashirama heard Fukurokuju tell the crowd about an ark of salvation, rebirth, and ascending to a higher plane, and found the speech unsettling.
• Hashirama sensed a huge Tailed Beast’s Chakra signature coming from the giant ship, created a Wood Clone to find Tobirama and Izuna, and raced toward the vessel.
• Tobirama followed Bishamonten to a mountain villa, where Bishamonten told the military advisers they would witness a grand spectacle before leaving for the main house.

Tobirama discovered Bishamonten’s plan to create obedient New Humans and learned from Jurōjin that the Evil God demanded human offerings. Meanwhile, Izuna sensed danger at Tamamoya as Tamaro tried to protect True from suspicious visitors, leaving Tamamo-no-Mae and True surrounded by armed attackers.

• Tobirama followed Bishamonten into a hidden passage, where he found Jurōjin imprisoned and heard Bishamonten describe his plan to create New Humans without desire or conflict.
• Tobirama freed Jurōjin and treated his injured ankle as Jurōjin explained that the Evil God existed and that the Land of Hot Water had once offered people to avert disasters.
• Izuna discovered he could slay spirits from a distance and saw the green dots at Tamamoya turn red, prompting him to rush there.
• Tachikawa Kessei and Ōtsuka Renryū arrived at Tamamoya claiming they had come to take True to safety, but Tamamo-no-Mae grew suspicious of them.
• Tamaro burst in and fought Kessei and Renryū while Tamamo-no-Mae helped True escape through a wall; a group of armed figures surrounded them in the courtyard.

Shin escaped her pursuers with Tamamo-no-Mae’s help, and Izuna rescued her before finding Tamaro and bringing Tamamo-no-Mae to safety. Tamaro revealed that trusted people around him were Jashin Cult believers, leaving Hiroyama stunned as Izuna arrived.

• Shin used smoke and clones to escape the black-clad pursuers, then hid Tamamo-no-Mae and led the chase away from her.
• Izuna rescued Shin near the forest and sent her to a ship for protection, then found the wounded Tamaro and learned where Tamamo-no-Mae was hiding.
• Izuna retrieved Tamamo-no-Mae and returned with her to the Tamamoya, where Hiroyama had arrived.
• Tamaro told Hiroyama that Rokurō, Kenji, Guran, and others were Jashin Cult believers.
• Izuna challenged Hiroyama’s disbelief, saying that the cultists could not have remained hidden if they were easy to recognize.

Izuna freed Tamaro from a mental assault, and Tamaro revealed that the Ise Family had drugged and hunted him after he discovered their enormous ship. Meanwhile, Tobirama learned the ship might be connected to Bishamonten’s plan to sacrifice thousands, while Hashirama investigated the shipyard and sensed a Tailed Beast’s presence aboard the vessel.

• Izuna explained that Tamaro’s body was real but his mind had been tampered with, and Tamaro soon regained consciousness.
• Tamaro said Ise Family members drugged him and pursued him after he stumbled upon their preparations for a huge ship.
• Izuna concluded that the false Tamaro had tried to manipulate Hiroyama into removing Rokurō, Kenji, and Guran, whom he had identified as Jashin Cult members.
• Jurōjin described how people returned from Yomi could become violent cult recruiters, then identified the big ship as the unusual means Bishamonten might use to sacrifice three thousand people.
• Hashirama entered Ise’s shipyard, sensed a heavy presence inside the ship, and listened as the foreman described its facilities and offered him an early booking.

Hashirama boarded a ship to investigate a Tailed Beast presence and found the Amber Purifying Pot containing the Three-Tails. After Kinkaku and Ginkaku confronted him, he learned they were working with Ise of the Land of Hot Water, while Yū revealed that Kumogakure’s leader had also wanted the artifact stolen.

• Hashirama bribed the ship’s manager, used a Wood Clone to distract him, and found a sealed jar in a hidden cabin that radiated Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Hashirama emerged carrying the jar as Kinkaku and Ginkaku fought Ringo Hayato and Takahara Yū on the deck.
• Yū identified the jar as the Amber Purifying Pot and urged Hashirama to use it against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but he instead challenged them for their Divine Artifacts.
• Kinkaku admitted that the Land of Lightning had brought the artifact to the Land of Hot Water to assist Ise with a plan.
• Yū explained that she and Hayato had planned to steal the Amber Purifying Pot, and said Kumogakure’s village leader had wanted it stolen even without the agreement with Konoha.

Yū showed Kinkaku and Ginkaku the Raikage’s order to retrieve the Amber Purifying Pot, but the brothers erupted into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and attacked. Hashirama subdued Ginkaku and pursued Kinkaku toward the Summer Festival, where Madara blocked his charge with Susanoo.

• Yū showed Kinkaku the Raikage’s sealed order and admitted her deal with Konoha had been temporary, after which Kinkaku and Ginkaku transformed and attacked.
• Tobirama returned from the dungeon and sent a clone to tell Big Brother to destroy the ship, while Bishamonten announced the arrival of Heavenly Punishment.
• Zhen arrived aboard Madara’s ship, and a Chakra storm erupted as Kinkaku and Ginkaku entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Hayato shielded Yū from the brothers’ attack and plunged into the sea with her, while Hashirama restrained Ginkaku and stripped away his Chakra Cloak.
• Kinkaku escaped Hashirama’s Wood Release, broke through the Summer Festival Barrier, and charged toward the crowd.
• Madara raised Susanoo in the street and blocked Kinkaku’s path.

Izuna stopped Wūwū Liánběi’s human-bomb attacks, exposed and captured him with Kakuzu’s help, while Satō Ken abandoned his target and found Hayato badly injured with Yū. Yū led Ken and Hayato toward a hidden residence as the group tried to escape the chaos.

• Wūwū Liánběi detonated human bombs among the crowd, killing targets and bystanders, until Izuna disarmed the remaining fuses with his Sharingan.
• Izuna followed a map marker to Liánběi, where Kakuzu helped subdue him; Liánběi used his blood-based power to immobilize Kakuzu and make his body swell, but Izuna stopped the attack and captured Liánběi.
• Satō Ken spotted Kakuzu with Liánběi and abandoned his assassination attempt, then headed to the docks to find Ringo Hayato.
• Ken found Yū supporting a badly injured Hayato, blamed Yū for his injuries, and learned that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had attacked them.
• Yū apologized, Ken warned that Kakuzu had betrayed their group and that they needed to flee, and Hayato revealed he was still conscious.
• Yū said she knew a hidden residence and led Ken and Hayato toward it.

Izuna and Tobirama struggled to save civilians and nobles from assassins as panic spread through the Summer Festival, while Madara and Hashirama subdued Kinkaku. The military advisors mistook the battle’s destruction for divine power, leaving Bishamonten to question what was happening.

• Izuna recognized Kakuzu, ordered him to guard the unconscious Liánběi, and stopped him from killing the captive.
• Izuna sent Shadow Clones across the venue to rescue people and subdue assassins, but hidden weapons, poison, and explosions continued to cause casualties.
• Hashirama and Madara restrained Kinkaku and sealed away his Tailed Beast Chakra as the festival descended into chaos.
• Tobirama saw Izuna saving civilians, sent clones to help, and dispatched another clone to investigate Bishamonten’s residence.
• The military advisors praised Madara and Hashirama’s battle as the Evil God’s power, while Bishamonten privately asked his steward what was happening.

Bishamonten tried to persuade the military advisers that the destruction was a sign of the Evil God’s power, while Tobirama listened and weighed the cost of confronting them. After rescuing people and enduring their hostility, Uchiha Izuna used the Banana Palm Fan to blow everyone across the Land of Hot Water into the sky, where they remained until morning.

• Bishamonten ordered his steward to summon Benzaiten, then told the military advisers that the sea of trees and Giant were signs of the Evil God’s coming blessing.
• Tobirama’s clone listened as the advisers considered Bishamonten’s offer and decided he could not kill them without putting Konoha at risk.
• Izuna carried injured people and civilians to shelter, but nobles, Ninja, and ordinary people cursed him or tried to leave.
• Wūwū Liánběi accused Izuna of trying to subdue the Chinoike Clan, and Izuna denounced him and the surrounding people for their actions.
• Mokushō returned with the Six Paths Divine Artifacts, completing Izuna’s mission and earning him the Banana Palm Fan.
• Izuna raised the fan and sent everyone in the Land of Hot Water who was outside the formation spinning into the sky until the next morning.

After Izuna’s storm destroyed the Summer Festival grounds, he forced the survivors to clear the rubble and care for the injured and dead. He finally fell asleep under a tree while Hashirama and Tobirama continued organizing the recovery.

• After the storm ended, Izuna argued with Tobirama about blowing everyone into the sky and complained that he had nowhere to sleep.
• Izuna ordered the survivors to clear the ruins, and after he sent the nobles who refused to work spinning into the air, they joined the cleanup.
• Izuna assigned healers to treat the injured and ordered the survivors to gather the dead for burial.
• Madara helped the exhausted Izuna to a tree, where Izuna fell asleep as Madara watched the cleanup.
• Hashirama used a vine to wake a noble who was pretending to sleep and sent the nearby shirkers back to work.
• Tobirama directed the survivors to build a temporary base, sort the injured from the healthy, and ask merchants for food.

Hashirama persuaded the merchants to trade food and cloth for newly built houses while Tobirama recovered Jurōjin and Bishamonten from the ruins. Jurōjin exposed Bishamonten as the Jashin Cult’s leader, and Izuna confronted him about the cult’s teachings.

• Hashirama calmed a crowd arguing with merchants and built a row of houses in exchange for their grain and cloth.
• The merchants brought Hashirama building plans and supplies, while Tobirama organized their transport.
• Madara’s clone asked Tobirama why he had sent for him on the ship, and Tobirama said locals from the Land of Hot Water were behind many Summer Festival incidents.
• Tobirama brought back Jurōjin and Bishamonten, and Jurōjin identified Bishamonten as Seibei, leader of the Jashin Cult, who planned to slaughter the Summer Festival attendees.
• Some locals defended the Jashin Cult, but Izuna challenged Bishamonten to explain its teachings.
• Bishamonten said Jashin reflected the evil and hatred in human hearts and called for the old world to be destroyed; Izuna challenged the idea that the world contained only evil.

Izuna challenged Bishamonten’s plan to sacrifice humanity for the New Humans by asking the survivors what civilization meant to them. The crowd rejected Bishamonten’s teachings and surrounded him, while Izuna left him with his arguments defeated and the Jashin Cult’s ideology discredited.

• Izuna asked Bishamonten and the survivors to define civilization, and people described safety, food, shelter, rules, work, and hope for their children.
• Izuna explained that human lives and civilization gained meaning through people’s experiences and relationships, while Bishamonten insisted that Jashin would create a perfect world.
• Bishamonten admitted that his plan would sacrifice everyone in the Old World so he could become an immortal New Human and rule the world.
• Hiroyama Takebu and other survivors challenged Bishamonten, insisting that their lives belonged to them and that he had no right to sacrifice them.
• The crowd surrounded Bishamonten and rejected the idea of New Humans, while Izuna stopped Hiroyama from attacking and told Bishamonten that anyone who wanted what was best for the world would protect humanity.

Izuna exposed Bishamonten’s contradictions, removed the Evil God’s mark from him, and learned where the Evil God was hiding. As the Land of Hot Water began organizing relief efforts, Izuna prepared to confront the Evil God with Mokushō and Tsukimiyo, while the people watched the Ninja put their abilities to work rebuilding.

• Izuna challenged Bishamonten’s ideas about Civilization, and Madara restrained him while Kakuzu bound him.
• Jurōjin insisted the people of the Land of Hot Water should rebuild their country, and Madara agreed that he, Hashirama, and Tobirama would help.
• Izuna removed the Evil God’s mark from Bishamonten and pointed out the Evil God’s hiding place near the Rear Mountain of Bishamonten Shrine.
• Izuna and Mokushō decided to bring the people to witness the Evil God’s defeat and planned to enlist Tsukimiyo’s help.
• Izuna took a short nap while Madara kept watch, Mokushō secured Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara organized the rebuilding efforts.
• The people saw Ninja use their abilities to clear rubble and prepare the land, while nobles and merchants considered hiring them for construction work.

Ringo Hayato’s serious arm injuries led Yū to propose marriage, while Tamamo-no-Mae protected the Pleasure Quarter girls and checked on Zhen. In the Temporary Camp, the Tsuchigumo Clan Head disciplined his people, and Ise Haruto executed clan members tied to Bishamonten's Side before ordering an investigation.

• A medic examined Ringo Hayato’s injured arms, and he told Yū to leave because he might never wield a sword again.
• Yū refused to leave Ringo and asked him to marry her, while Satō Ken watched them and then walked away.
• Tamamo-no-Mae assigned Luotai to guard the Pleasure Quarter girls and went to check on Zhen.
• The Tsuchigumo Clan Head reprimanded his kneeling clan members, ordered punishments, and took Zhen to find Tamaro.
• Ise Haruto ordered Tamaro to kill seven or eight Ise Clan members who had dealings with Bishamonten's Side, then ordered a review of the clan’s outside contacts and transactions.

Tamaro learned that the Tsuchigumo Clan Head was building ties in the Land of Hot Water and told Tamamo-no-Mae about the Jashin Cult’s plot at the Summer Festival. After lunch, Izuna announced that he would take willing festival survivors to witness the Evil God’s destruction.

• The Tsuchigumo Clan Head introduced Shin to Tamaro, discussed his connections, and promised to build ties with him and Hiroyama.
• Tamaro told Tamamo-no-Mae that the Ise Clan and other clans had allied with the Jashin Cult to sacrifice the festival crowd and summon the Evil God.
• Enma, Luotai, and Jōtarō discussed profiting from demand for the Land of Whirlpools’ Barrier Ninjutsu, and Enma invited Shin to help their business.
• Izuna told the crowd that Bishamonten and the Jashin Cult had caused the previous night’s chaos and offered to take willing people to see the Evil God destroyed.

Izuna led a crowd to Bishamonten's Shrine, uncovered a hidden sacrifice chamber, and confronted the Evil God. The Evil God fled after Izuna cut through his illusion, but Tsukimiyo struck him with an explosion that left Izuna and Mokushō unsure whether anything remained to send to the Underworld.

• Izuna led villagers, merchants, nobles, and others to Bishamonten's Shrine while the foreign Military Advisors and envoys stayed behind.
• Uzumaki Enma recognized suppression and Sealing Runes on the Main Hall's banners, and Mokushō found a hidden chamber beneath the floor.
• Izuna entered the Sacrifice Chamber, faced the Evil God and his apocalyptic illusion, and cut through them with a blue Light Blade.
• Mokushō raised five protective shells to shield the crowd from the Evil God's attack, and Fukurokuju and the White-Haired Woman rejected their devotion to him.
• The Evil God fled and summoned Tsukimiyo, who struck him with an explosion that set the distant forest ablaze.
• Izuna and Mokushō wondered whether the Evil God had been reduced to ashes and whether they still needed to open the Gate of the Underworld.

Izuna and Mokushō purified the Evil God’s remnant, though Mokushō warned that similar threats would arise wherever human suffering and desire persisted. Hashirama reminded Madara that they were still pursuing peace together, even if it could only be fleeting.

• Tsukimiyo returned to the red crystal after defeating the Evil God, while Tobirama extinguished the burning forest and the Land of Hot Water’s people thanked Izuna for saving them.
• Jurōjin and the people knelt before Izuna, who accepted their gratitude and left them to deal with the Evil God’s followers themselves.
• Mokushō explained that gods could return through their followers’ faith, so Izuna used his Light Blade and a purification incantation to banish the Evil God’s remnant soul.
• Mokushō warned Izuna, Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama that suffering and desire could give rise to similar supernatural threats, and that Onmyōji could only maintain balance rather than create perfect peace.
• Madara struggled with the idea that lasting peace might be impossible, but Hashirama urged him to keep pursuing it and reminded him that they were still walking that path together.

Hashirama asked Madara to keep pursuing peace with him, and Madara agreed, including Tobirama. As reconstruction began in the Land of Hot Water, nobles worked alongside commoners and began reconsidering their assumptions about status and daily life.

• Hashirama asked Madara whether he would continue pursuing peace with them, and Madara agreed while teasing Hashirama about his clothes and hair.
• Izuna silently regretted not using his Sharingan to record their exchange, while Madara wondered what had made him act so strangely.
• Jurōjin registered the restrained Jashin Cult followers, and Hashirama used Wood Release to repair Bishamonten Shrine before reconstruction began across the Land of Hot Water.
• Nobles worked alongside commoners, learning practical skills and noticing how little they understood ordinary life and how questionable some accounts were.
• A young noble asked Tobirama why he was clearing a filthy water channel, and Tobirama told him that assigned work had to be done rather than passed to someone else.
• The young noble finished clearing his section, felt proud of the result, and ate a satisfying bowl of stew with the other workers.