Recaps

Tang Ping and his allies secured the Star, built Tenshukaku’s cultivation plans, and secretly arranged an escape for some of Konoha’s Uchiha. As Itachi massacred the clan, Fugaku’s staged rampage drew Konoha’s forces into battle, leaving his final strike aimed at a shocking target.

• Hinata Cang Yue defeated Itachi’s genjutsu and destroyed Star Ninja Village, while Tang Ping learned Natsuhi had taken the Star and retrieved it from her.
• Tang Ping developed a radiation-based cultivation site called Tenshu Tower and approved a covert plan to rescue Uchiha clansmen as the Uchiha rebellion approached.
• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei won the Second Elder’s cooperation, and their allies dug an underground escape passage while a celebration drew many Uchiha away from the clan assembly.
• Itachi and another Kage-level expert began the massacre, but Tang Ping healed Uchiha Izumi and sent her with Uchiha Mei toward the evacuation point.
• Tang Ping persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to fight the Hokage Faction, and Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto died at Itachi’s hands before the Second Elder’s traps forced Konoha’s forces to withdraw.
• Fugaku confronted Itachi at the Sarutobi Clan Land, where their Susanoo revealed the Uchiha’s power and Fugaku’s apparent rampage exposed the Sarutobi clan’s hidden forces.
• Fugaku fought Hiruzen Sarutobi and the pursuing clans, exhausting his Mangekyo power and destroying the Shimura Clan grounds as Tang Ping watched.
• A mysterious voice directed Fugaku toward the Shimura Clan Shrine, and his Susanoo launched a final strike at a target that shocked the watching ninja.

Tang Ping helped the Uchiha refugees escape and backed Terumi Mei as she crushed Kirigakure’s rebellion, then entered dormancy to balance Natural Energy with Faith Energy. He awoke years later with a Sage Body and returned to a greatly expanded Tenshukaku, where Hinata Cang Yue recognized him.

• Uchiha Fugaku’s death and the destruction of the Shimura Clan Shrine exposed the massacre, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo pursued the missing Uchiha refugees.
• Tang Ping’s group intervened when Danzo’s forces attacked the refugees, and they fought Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Konoha’s forces until Hinata Cang Yue’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion cut down the summoned toads.
• Tang Ping and his companions escorted the Uchiha refugees to the Land of Water, where Uchiha Shizuka stayed behind as Terumi Mei prepared to test her loyalty by confronting the rebellion.
• Terumi Mei and Utakata defeated Genji’s rebel forces, and Terumi Mei purged the conspirators and secured a large territory around Kirigakure.
• Tang Ping established the Clear Sky Tower to gather Faith Energy, then entered the Tang Pond to balance it with Natural Energy as Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave began targeting Tenshukaku.
• After surviving a long dormancy, Tang Ping awoke with a Sage Body and discovered that his power, Hot Spring Valley, and the crow population had all grown dramatically.
• Taiyi told Tang Ping it was Konoha Year 60, and Tang Ping traveled back to a much larger Tenshukaku.
• Uchiha Izumi and Shion failed to recognize Tang Ping when he arrived home, but Hinata Cang Yue recognized his voice and exclaimed that she understood the truth.

Tang Ping sent an exchange team to Konoha, where he stole the Flying Thunder God Technique and helped Naruko and Karin repel Root operatives during the Land of Waves mission. Terumi Mei took control of the Land of Waves, and the arc ended with Tenshukaku’s airships arriving near Konoha as the Joint Chunin Exams approached.

• Tang Ping enrolled in Konoha’s Ninja School with Izumi, Naruko, and Karin, where he met Naruto and secretly copied Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique from the Book of Sealing.
• Tang Ping and the exchange team joined Kakashi’s Team 7 for Tazuna’s mission to the Land of Waves, while Danzo secretly sent Root operatives after them.
• After Zabuza attacked Kakashi, Tang Ping led Naruko and Karin against five Root squads, and Naruko used the Flying Thunder God Technique while Karin fought with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Terumi Mei arrived through the fog, destroyed the remaining Root forces, and met Tang Ping under his Cang Ping alias before leaving to take control of the Land of Waves.
• Terumi Mei seized Gato’s manor and shipping company, recruited Zabuza and White back into New Mist Village, and staged their deaths so Kirigakure could occupy the Land of Waves unnoticed.
• Tang Ping’s forces began building a forward base and port in the Land of Waves while Konoha prepared for the Joint Chunin Exams and planned to use Orochimaru’s attack to help Pakura take power in Sunagakure.
• Ten Kirov-class airships carrying Tenshukaku’s ruler arrived near Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched them with concern.

Tang Ping helped drive back the Konoha Crush and then led Tenshukaku’s forces in an assault on Mount Myōboku. The aerial bombardment and ground battle began, and Tang Ping entered the Great Toad Sage’s temple while Hinata Cang Yue vanished from sight.

• Uchiha Mei negotiated Tenshukaku’s mission-sharing arrangement with Konoha, while Tang Ping began a secret plan to infiltrate Mount Myōboku using Guren hidden inside Gamabunta.
• During the Konoha Crush, Tang Ping intervened in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s battle with Orochimaru and Hashirama Senju, then let Orochimaru escape after helping drive Sunagakure’s forces into retreat.
• Pakura defeated Shukaku and battered Gamabunta until he fled to Mount Myōboku, then rescued Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro as the Konoha Crush ended.
• Tang Ping left Konoha and gathered Tenshukaku’s airships, vehicles, and ninja forces near Mount Myōboku’s shifting entrance, then ordered the invasion to begin.
• Tang Ping’s forces entered Mount Myōboku, encircled it with Kirov Airships, and trapped the toads inside with a Six-Point Sealing Formation.
• The Flying Corps bombarded the toads as Tenshukaku’s fighters engaged Mount Myōboku’s defenders, with Uchiha Mei holding off Fukasaku and Karin pulling a giant toad aside.
• Tang Ping crossed the battlefield toward the Great Toad Sage’s temple while Hinata Cang Yue disappeared, then entered the temple.