Recaps

After returning to End Space, Lu Li strengthened his bloodlines and equipment before entering the Naruto world, where he escaped Cloud Village and negotiated with Itachi over the Uchiha Clan’s survival. He joined the Akatsuki in exchange for intelligence and secret techniques, leaving with Kakuzu as his partner.

• King recovered Lu Li’s blueprints for Uranus from Ulti and Page One, then returned to Wano Country to stop Kaido from rushing into war.
• Lu Li returned to End Space, claimed his One Piece rewards, sold Devil Fruits, awakened the Clear Heart Bloodline, and upgraded his equipment.
• End Space sent Lu Li to Naruto, where he fought his way out of Cloud Village and accepted the Raikage’s offer to spy on the Akatsuki for a down payment.
• Lu Li defeated Konoha Anbu and told Itachi that Danzo had framed him, then advised him to seek a peaceful solution to the Uchiha Clan’s conflict with Konoha.
• Lu Li suggested that the Uchiha Clan build alliances through marriage and, as a worst-case plan, leave Konoha to establish an independent village.
• Kakuzu tested Lu Li’s strength at an underground exchange, and Lu Li agreed to join the Akatsuki after learning the fight had been a recruitment test.
• Pain outlined the Akatsuki’s plans to gather funds, expand its mercenary work, dominate the world, and collect Tailed Beasts, then assigned Lu Li to work with Kakuzu.

Lu Li used the Akatsuki’s tailed-beast hunt to pursue his own goals, helping Zabuza seize control of the Hidden Mist while strengthening ties with Orochimaru. As plans for the Konoha Crush advanced, Lu Li returned to Konoha and began to question how the village treated Naruto.

• Lu Li partnered with Orochimaru, secured funding for his research, and learned about the Cursed Seal before rejecting it in favor of studying senjutsu.
• Lu Li robbed Kado, recruited Zabuza and Haku, and helped Zabuza pursue his ambition to reform the Hidden Mist Village.
• Lu Li passed the White Snake Sage’s trial, made Shinya his Summoning Beast, and discovered the Dragon Transformation Art in ancient murals.
• After Yagura broke free of Obito’s genjutsu, Akatsuki began its tailed-beast hunt, and Lu Li went to the Cloud and Hidden Mist villages while pursuing his own interests.
• Lu Li fought Yagura and his allies as Zabuza revealed Yagura’s former control and rallied the Hidden Mist against him.
• Lu Li killed Yagura, Kisame, and Yun Lian, then staged a battle with Zabuza so the village would accept Zabuza as its savior.
• Lu Li convinced Orochimaru to join the Konoha Crush, gave him the corpses of Yagura, Kisame, and Yun Lian, and returned to Konoha to meet Itachi.
• Lu Li watched Naruto defend Hinata and then sit alone in the park, prompting Lu Li to wonder whether the Third Hokage knew how the villagers ostracized him.

Lu Li helped Orochimaru’s forces destroy Konoha, killed Danzo, and enabled the Uchiha Clan to take control of the village. He brought Naruto and Sasuke to Orochimaru for training, then arranged for Minato and Kushina to be revived so they could meet Naruto.

• Lu Li revealed Naruto’s parentage and the reason he had become the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchuriki, leaving Naruto furious at Konoha and the Third Hokage.
• Lu Li and Itachi prepared for the Konoha Crush as Danzo conspired with Obito, and Lu Li killed Danzo when their meeting turned into a trap.
• Orochimaru’s forces invaded Konoha while Lu Li fought its defenders, defeated Guy and Jiraiya, and seized Naruto and Sasuke from the evacuation shelter.
• The Uchiha Clan joined the battle, and Fugaku and Itachi fought Lu Li as Orochimaru and Sasori attacked the Uchiha forces.
• Lu Li helped Itachi drive Orochimaru out of Konoha, while the Uchiha gained the survivors’ support and Fugaku later became Fifth Hokage.
• Lu Li took Naruto and Sasuke to Orochimaru’s village to train, and Orochimaru accepted them as disciples alongside his other students.
• Lu Li told Nagato that he had captured Naruto, then gave Orochimaru two Mangekyo Sharingan and decided to revive Minato and Kushina to teach Naruto.
• Orochimaru released Minato and Kushina from the Reaper Death Seal, and Lu Li brought them to the training field where Naruto recognized them.

Lu Li healed Nagato, defeated the allied forces and Obito, then returned to Calamity and strengthened his abilities before entering Bleach World. There he encountered Ulquiorra and agreed to let him accompany him while helping with his tasks.

• Lu Li reunited Naruto with Minato and Kushina, subdued the Nine-Tailed Fox, and then helped Nagato recover by removing the black rods and repairing his body.
• Lu Li faced the Five Kage, Jinchuriki, and allied shinobi in Rain Village, defeated their forces, and rescued Nagato from a meteor sent from the moon.
• Lu Li defeated Obito and the Explorer Luo Sheng, learned that Soul Singer would enter Bleach World in twenty-nine days, and left Rain Village in Konan’s care.
• Lu Li returned to the Land of Rice Fields, gave Orochimaru Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan, completed his work in the Naruto world, and returned to Calamity with an S+ evaluation.
• Lu Li upgraded his titles and bloodlines, acquired Obito’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Hashirama-derived Sage Body, and reinforced Prison Demon and Soul Eater Ring after training in the Ultimate Training Ground.
• Lu Li entered Bleach World in Hueco Mundo in 1800 AD, killed two attacking Adjuchas, and met a white Adjuchas who asked to follow him so it could understand the heart.
• Lu Li recognized the white Adjuchas as Ulquiorra and agreed to let him accompany him, provided he helped with Lu Li’s tasks first.