Recaps

Liuyun prepared Heavenly Hidden Village for an Otsutsuki invasion, revived powerful shinobi, and helped Sasuke remove Momoshiki’s soul. The defenders met the arriving Otsutsuki, defeated and sealed several of them, and learned that the slain enemy’s Karma vessel remained on the Otsutsuki planet.

• At Nagato and Konan’s wedding, Sasuke asked Nanao about Immortal Technique, while Liuyun experimented with cultivation and later taught Sage Mana to the Akatsuki and their allies.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Kinshiki arrived above the Naruto World, and Liuyun confronted them after Nanao detected their surveillance.
• Liuyun’s fighters faced Momoshiki and Kinshiki on the moon, where Deidara defeated Kinshiki and Nanao helped Sasuke overcome Momoshiki before Liuyun took Momoshiki’s body for the Ten-Tails.
• Liuyun learned that Otsutsuki reinforcements were approaching, ordered preparations, and worked with Orochimaru to revive Obito, Madara, Isshiki, Kaguya, and Hagoromo for the coming fight.
• Liuyun removed Momoshiki’s soul from Sasuke’s Karma, then sent a force to the moon after a Hyuga scout spotted the approaching Otsutsuki.
• Liuyun’s group confronted five Otsutsuki, and Kaguya transported the battle to a desert dimension while Liuyun fought Reishiki on a barren planet.
• Liuyun endured Reishiki’s attacks, defeated him, and sealed him in the Kamui Dimension, while Nanao’s group restrained Meishiki and accidentally killed another Otsutsuki.
• Liuyun subdued Meishiki, checked on his allies, and examined the slain Otsutsuki’s memories, learning that its Karma vessel remained on the Otsutsuki Clan’s planet.

Liuyun left the Ninja World to draw the Otsutsuki Clan away from Orochimaru’s expedition, then faced and defeated the clan’s pursuing force. He sealed the surviving captives and began searching them for information, while Yuchen tried to bargain for her life.

• Liuyun sealed the captured Otsutsuki, returned everyone to the village, and helped prepare an expedition to the Otsutsuki Clan while warning that their return journey gave the Ninja World time to prepare.
• After saying goodbye to his family, Liuyun left to divert the clan, and Sasori of the Red Sands and Kisame Hoshigaki joined Orochimaru’s expedition aboard the Cosmic Flying Boat.
• Liuyun used controlled Reishiki and Meishiki to destroy Yangshiki’s God Tree, then learned that the Otsutsuki leaders suspected Reishiki of betraying the clan and sent experts to capture him.
• Liuyun revealed himself on a barren planet and drew the Otsutsuki force into battle, using Eternal Night, Eternal Day, and other techniques against them.
• Yuchen reversed time after Liuyun defeated the Otsutsuki, but Liuyun resumed the fight and used his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode against the clan’s attacks.
• Garuda, Koshi, Kagutsuchi, and Yuchen pressed Liuyun with spatial, time, and fire techniques, but Liuyun killed Garuda and Koshi, sealed Yuchen, and subdued Kagutsuchi.
• Liuyun reinforced the seals on Garuda, Kagutsuchi, and Yuchen in the Kamui Dimension, then searched their minds for information.
• Yuchen offered to serve Liuyun and bargain for her freedom, and Liuyun asked to inspect her memories before deciding whether to spare her.

Liuyun infiltrated the Otsutsuki Clan and launched a full-scale assault to stop the Creation God Tree and its leaders. The invasion left the clan in chaos as Liuyun and Otsutsuki Ya Cang began their long-awaited duel, with Ya Cang wounded but still fighting.

• Liuyun gathered intelligence on the Otsutsuki Clan, then joined his expeditionary force on Divine Wood Star and learned that the clan planned to sacrifice the world for a Supreme God Fruit and invade the Ninja World.
• Liuyun’s teams planted explosives and investigated the clan while he and Kaguya killed the Third Elder and replaced her group with White Zetsu impostors to lure the High Priestess away from the Creation God Tree.
• Liuyun killed the High Priestess and triggered the assault, while Ya Cang and Shenxu tried to control the awakening Creation God Tree and the expeditionary forces attacked across the clan territory.
• Liuyun’s forces spread destruction through the Otsutsuki districts, but Shenxu trapped Liuyun in a genjutsu space, controlled Sasuke and Madara, and unleashed Ten-Tails against the attackers.
• Deidara destroyed himself in a massive explosion, the Creation God Tree awakened and struck Kagutsuchi, and Liuyun ordered the survivors to retreat to Kaguya’s Desert Dimension as Ya Cang returned.
• Nanao broke Shenxu’s control over Sasuke, while Liuyun stayed behind to face Ya Cang and brought Yuchen into the sky for their duel.
• Liuyun and Ya Cang exchanged sword strikes beyond Divine Wood Star, and Yuchen’s Time Eye helped Liuyun pierce Ya Cang’s shield before All-Killing Ash Bones blocked the blow and left Ya Cang injured.

Liuyun defeated Otsutsuki Ya Cang, helped the survivors mourn and revive their fallen companions, then spent years preparing to harvest the Chakra God Fruit and restrain the Creation God Tree. After sealing the tree and securing a future for Divine Wood Star’s inhabitants, he returned to Heavenly Hidden Village and reunited with his family.

• Liuyun defeated Otsutsuki Ya Cang after opening the Gate of Death, then returned to Divine Wood Star and found that Nanao and the others had defeated Otsutsuki Shenxu at great cost.
• Liuyun revived Sasuke, Hidan, and Black Dragon, while Orochimaru offered to retrieve Minato’s soul and the survivors returned to Heavenly Hidden Village to mourn the dead.
• Liuyun hypnotized the Creation God Tree to stop it draining Divine Wood Star, sent the expeditionary force home, and warned the planet’s inhabitants that he would destroy the tree in three years.
• Sasuke followed Mikoto’s advice, asked Nanao to go out with him, and left her speechless with a flower and his invitation.
• Liuyun completed the Byakugan array and purified Ten-Tails chakra, then grew a second God Tree and fed it Otsutsuki corpses and Ten-Tails until its Chakra Fruit reached its final stage.
• Liuyun and his puppets fought the awakened Creation God Tree, while the second God Tree stored Divine Wood Star’s inhabitants and matured a Nine-Tomoe Supreme Chakra God Fruit.
• Liuyun sealed the weakened Creation God Tree with meteors, chains, and time-based power, left guards behind, and spent months finding planets for the inhabitants.
• Liuyun returned to Heavenly Hidden Village, promised Kushina he would not leave again, and reunited with Junlin and Asuka.