Recaps

Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Izuna prepared for a Summer Festival assassination plot while learning about Mokushō’s Divine Realm and its powers. The crow Netsuke revealed Tsukimiyo as Izuna’s Shikigami, and Mokushō’s account of yokai and demons left Madara considering how Izuna’s nature fit this world.

• Hiroyama learned from Takahara Yū’s scroll that Uzumaki Enma was a sealing prodigy, while Mokushō brought Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama into his Divine Realm to train.
• Madara captured Takahara Yū and Ringo Hayato, learned that nobles had arranged assassinations and framed the Wūwū Clan, then accepted the Chinoike Clan’s allegiance in exchange for two Divine Artifacts.
• Madara warned Hashirama and the others of the Summer Festival plot, and Izuna arranged privately for Enma to build a defensive barrier.
• Tobirama confronted Senju Tetsugaku over his opposition to the Uchiha, while Izuna performed a comic kabuki routine with a clone disguised as Tobirama.
• Mokushō taught Izuna and Tobirama to use Word Spirits and One Line, and Madara sensed a red glow around Izuna’s crow Netsuke.
• Mokushō summoned Tsukimiyo from the Netsuke, and Tsukimiyo claimed to be Madara and Izuna’s older brother before revealing his bond with Izuna as a Shikigami.
• Mokushō released the Evil Spirit Kyōkotsu, whose poisonous mist trapped Hashirama in an illusion of a ruined Konoha before Mokushō destroyed it.
• Mokushō explained the origins of Onmyōji, yokai, and demons, and Madara concluded that Izuna’s kindness toward people and hatred of Black Zetsu fit a world where demons were the main enemies.

Izuna, his brothers, and their allies uncovered Bishamonten’s plan to sacrifice the Summer Festival crowd and destroy the old world, then stopped the Evil God and helped the Land of Hot Water recover. The survivors began rebuilding together, while Madara agreed to keep pursuing peace with Hashirama and Tobirama.

• Mokushō explained that the Inari God could take the form of any believer, while Bishamonten revealed that he planned to sacrifice three thousand people and use the Evil God’s power to remake the world.
• Tobirama investigated Bishamonten’s allies as Izuna protected Shin and uncovered the Jashin Cult’s efforts to manipulate people and prepare a mass sacrifice.
• Hashirama found the Amber Purifying Pot aboard Ise’s ship, while Kinkaku and Ginkaku attacked and Kinkaku broke through the festival barrier toward the crowd.
• Izuna, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama fought to protect festival-goers from Kinkaku, human bombs, hidden weapons, and assassins, while Izuna used the Banana Palm Fan to send people outside the formation spinning into the sky.
• After the attack, Izuna confronted Bishamonten, who admitted that he meant to sacrifice the Old World and rule as an immortal New Human, and the survivors rejected his plan.
• Izuna led the people to Bishamonten’s Shrine, where he cut through the Evil God’s illusion and Tsukimiyo struck the god, and Izuna then purified the remnant soul so it could not return through its followers.
• Jurōjin and the survivors began rebuilding the Land of Hot Water with help from the Ninja, while Madara agreed to continue pursuing peace alongside Hashirama and Tobirama.