Recaps

Liuyun was imprisoned amid Root’s abduction of Asuka and Cloud Village’s demand for his execution, then accepted a staged death to save her and avert war. Izanagi revived him after Asuka died by suicide, and his grief drove him into battle against Konoha, with Danzo among those who confronted him.

• Liuyun attacked Root headquarters with the Black Dragon while demanding Asuka’s return, and Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped him and promised to search for her.
• A Root ninja revealed that Asuka was being held hostage, while Cloud Village threatened war unless Konoha executed Liuyun.
• Uchiha Yang taught Liuyun Izanagi, and Liuyun let Sachi stab him before the Cloud delegation left Konoha believing he was dead.
• When Liuyun did not revive, Uchiha Yang died after claiming he had taught the forbidden technique correctly, and Anbu reported that Asuka had returned home.
• Asuka learned Liuyun was dead and brought his body home, while Kushina and Asuka grieved and Cloud Village mobilized its forces.
• Asuka prepared Liuyun’s funeral, wrote a will and farewell letter for Kushina, then took her own life beside his coffin.
• Izanagi revived Liuyun, but he could not save Asuka, and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened as his powers surged.
• Liuyun attacked the Hidden Leaf Ninja with Everlasting Day and the Black Dragon, rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s pleas, and made Danzo Shimura collapse with his ocular technique.

Liuyun left Konoha and grew stronger, then fought the Third Raikage and Cloud Village, killing the Raikage and capturing the Two-Tails. He returned to Otogakure with Matatabi as the other nations reacted to his growing power and Konoha faced criticism for its treatment of him.

• Liuyun fought Madara Uchiha in the Death Forest, mastered Sage Mode, and drove Madara underground before reuniting with Kushina in Konoha.
• Liuyun asked Kushina to leave with him, but she chose to stay in Konoha, so Liuyun departed and trained in Ryūchi Cave.
• Liuyun killed most of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, took Samehada, and made Kurosuki Raiga train new sword wielders for him.
• Liuyun joined Tsunade on the Lightning-Fire Battlefield and defeated the Third Raikage, helping Konoha rout Cloud Village’s forces.
• Liuyun attacked the Cloud camp with Black Dragon, killed the Third Raikage, and extracted Matatabi from Yugito Nii before subduing the Two-Tails.
• Liuyun returned to Otogakure with Matatabi and used Samehada to siphon the beast’s chakra into the Nine Revolutions Seal as he sought to restore his blind eye.
• The Third Tsuchikage and the Wind Country condemned Konoha for betraying Liuyun, while the Land of Water placed a bounty on him.

Liuyun captured several Jinchuriki, provoking the Five Great Nations to declare a hunt and devastate Hidden Mist Village in response to his pursuit of the Tailed Beasts. He then sought out Akatsuki, challenged its ideals of peace, and left Nagato wondering whether Liuyun had come for him.

• The Third Hokage resigned after Konoha learned of Liuyun’s betrayal, while Liuyun searched for the Eight-Tails before returning to support Kushina as Mito Uzumaki lay dying.
• Liuyun helped transfer the Nine-Tails into Kushina, absorbed its resentment, and later extracted some of its Chakra before leaving Konoha with Mito’s sealing notes.
• Liuyun returned to Hidden Sound Village, defied Konoha’s protection-fee demands, and destroyed Pingyang Port with Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Ball.
• Liuyun defeated Han and Rōshi, captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and sent their unconscious Jinchuriki toward Hidden Sound Village.
• The Five Great Nations declared Liuyun an SSS-Rank Rogue Ninja and issued a hunt order, while Liuyun traveled through Rain Country and later attacked Hidden Mist Village to seize the Three-Tails.
• Liuyun fought the Third Mizukage and Hidden Mist forces, destroyed more than half the village with a flood, and prompted the Five Kage to agree to unite against him.
• Liuyun found Akatsuki and challenged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan’s belief that committed followers could bring peace, arguing that force was needed to establish and preserve it.
• Liuyun left Akatsuki in the rain after revealing to Konan that he was not blind, while Nagato wondered whether Liuyun had come for him.

Liuyun defeated the Five Kage, then returned to Konoha as the nations prepared to use Kushina as bait. He helped force a ceasefire and left Konoha with ten years of peace, while warning the other nations not to defy him.

• Liuyun lured the Five Kage to the Rain Country and defeated them, killing the Third Mizukage and badly injuring the Fourth Raikage and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• The surviving Kage blamed Konoha for Liuyun’s rise and proposed using Kushina as bait, but Hiruzen refused to surrender her and prepared Konoha for war.
• Kushina reunited with Liuyun, explained the Four Nations’ plan, and brought him into contact with Hiruzen and Jiraiya.
• Hiruzen offered his own life and those of Danzo and the senior advisors to make amends, and Liuyun agreed to help Konoha and called another Five Kage Summit.
• At the summit, Liuyun refused to return the Tailed Beasts, promised to stop targeting the villages, and ordered the nations to withdraw within twenty-four hours.
• The Kage weighed Liuyun’s threat against the costs of war, and the Third Tsuchikage and Third Kazekage announced their villages would withdraw.
• Jiraiya apologized to Liuyun for pressuring him, and Liuyun agreed not to seek revenge on Hiruzen and said he would stay in Konoha for a while.