Recaps

Tang Ping killed the Third Mizukage, expanded Tenshukaku’s trade and power, and negotiated the relocation of the Uchiha Main Branch Lineage in exchange for fighting the Cloud. After helping defeat the AB Combination and returning from the front, he entered Kusagakure and discovered something inside a guarded house.

• Tang Ping helped Danzo and Yamaa Koji trap the Third Mizukage, then killed him after the Mizukage began to reveal Uchiha’s involvement.
• Tang Ping built Tenshukaku’s trade and refugee settlements, released Hozuki Mangetsu, Ao, and Terumi Mei, and gave Hinata Cang Yue nine Tailed Wings through an Extraordinary Organ transplant.
• Tang Ping agreed to stop the AB Combination in exchange for Konoha allowing the Uchiha Main Branch Lineage to relocate to Tenshukaku, then secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s agreement.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue found and rescued Kushina Uzumaki after Black Zetsu abducted her, then returned her to Minato Namikaze’s camp.
• Tang Ping entered Sage Mode and fought A and Killer B alongside Jiraiya, splitting Killer B’s Eight-Tails transformation and knocking A unconscious before Killer B escaped with him.
• The Cloud Ninja Army withdrew after the Third Raikage rescued the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and Tang Ping left the front with Squad 404.
• Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, and Yamaa Koji traveled through small countries and entered Kusagakure, where Tang Ping followed shinobi to a guarded house and saw something that sharpened his gaze.

Tang Ping expanded Tenshukaku’s resources and alliances while manipulating events around Akatsuki, the Third Raikage, and Obito. He defeated Madara Uchiha, looted Mountain Graveyard, and ended the stretch accepting Danzo’s Reanimation Jutsu in exchange for heading to Kikyo Mountain.

• Tang Ping rescued an Uzumaki clanswoman from Kusagakure, met Konan under an alias, and left her an iron box that led her to become his spy in Akatsuki.
• Tang Ping traded property and Healing Potion technology for the Uchiha clan’s knowledge, then later obtained Yahiko’s corpse and gave Konan a clone of him.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue watched the Third Raikage die after three days of fighting, then captured Ōnoki and exchanged him for Iwagakure’s Earth Release knowledge and techniques.
• Tang Ping followed Obito to the coastal battlefield, rescued the real Nohara Rin, and replaced Kakashi’s Mangekyo with Uchiha Me’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Tang Ping led the Uchiha into Mountain Graveyard, where he and Hinata Cang Yue fought Madara while the others looted his hidden base.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue killed Madara after a clash of giant Susanoo and Zhurong forms, then took the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the base’s other supplies before Obito returned.
• Tang Ping’s group returned to Tenshukaku with their spoils, where Danzo offered the Reanimation Jutsu scroll in exchange for Tang Ping’s support at Kikyo Mountain.

Tang Ping secured the Hozuki Clan’s survival by evacuating its remnants from Kirigakure and absorbing them into Tenshukaku. After developing new survival techniques, he led a mission to seize Hidden Sky Village technology and entered Kumogakure, where his companions began a plan to kidnap Shen Nong.

• Tang Ping returned from the war, watched Minato Namikaze become the Fourth Hokage, and left Konoha with Hinata Cang Yue and Yamaa Koji to investigate Nagato and Hanzo.
• Tang Ping agreed to shelter the Hozuki Clan if it abandoned its name, followed Tenshukaku’s rules, and shared its techniques, then planned an evacuation as Yagura crushed the clan’s rebellion.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue helped Hōzuki Mangetsu escape Kirigakure’s forces, and Uchiha Mei brought the surviving clan members to Tenshukaku.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu handed Tang Ping the clan’s techniques and accepted the Hozuki Clan’s integration into Tenshukaku’s Military Police Force.
• Tang Ping developed Elementalization and the Nirvana Technique, then set out with his allies to capture Shen Nong and obtain Hidden Sky Village technology.
• Tang Ping’s group reached Kumogakure disguised as traveling physicians, where Tsunade identified an insect causing the patients’ illness and A ordered Tang Ping brought to him.
• Tang Ping’s companions found Shen Nong nearby and began their plan to kidnap him.

Tang Ping seized the Land of Tea, faced Konoha’s leaders, and prepared for Kushina’s delivery while his allies expanded their power. When Obito unleashed the Nine-Tails, Tang Ping reached Minato and Kushina as Minato prepared to seal the beast, and the arc ended with Minato asking what Tang Ping would demand to save their unborn child.

• Tang Ping and his allies captured Shen Nong and devastated Kumogakure, then escaped with Shen Nong as Tsunade learned the name Shell.
• Tang Ping’s forces seized the Hidden Sky base and Sky Fortress, sealed the Zero-Tails, and took control of the Land of Tea.
• Tang Ping rejected Konoha’s attempt to claim authority over Tenshukaku, while Uchiha Mei challenged Danzo and awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Mei fought Kakuzu, demonstrated her strength with Kirin, and let him escape so Akatsuki could recruit him.
• Tang Ping tracked Kushina to her delivery cave, where a masked intruder killed Biwako, abducted Kushina, and released the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha as Minato and Hiruzen tried to protect the village, and Minato eventually teleported the beast away before its Tailed Beast Ball exploded.
• Tang Ping reached Kushina and Minato as Kushina restrained the Nine-Tails, revealed that she was carrying another child, and heard Minato ask what it would take to save the unborn baby.