Recaps

Tang Ping prepared Tenshukaku for war while consolidating allies and expanding his plans. As the Allied Forces’ assault faltered against Uchiha Mei, Ryūchi Cave joined the conflict, and Tang Ping moved to spring his trap while Kirigakure blockaded the coast.

• Tang Ping completed Uchiha Mei’s Eternal Mangekyo fusion, relocated Konoha residents to Tenshukaku, and ordered his forces to feign defeat to draw out Ryūchi Cave.
• Tang Ping directed Terumi Mei and Pakura to prepare campaigns in the Lands of Water and Wind, and Hinata agreed to a bloodline transplant.
• The major nations declared war on Tenshukaku, and the Allied Forces burned its outer fields with black oil before launching attacks on its defenses.
• Terumi Mei led Kirigakure in taking control of the Land of Water, while the Daimyos refused to help Sunagakure’s campaign in the Land of Wind.
• Tang Ping persuaded Tobirama Senju to cooperate, traded with Orochimaru for resources and intelligence, and trained surgeons to perform Ascension Ladder procedures.
• Uchiha Mei and the Tenshukaku defenders repelled the Allied Forces’ assault, and Mei’s complete Susanoo helped rout their army.
• Jiraiya recruited Ryūchi Cave for a concealed attack, but Chao Yue and Yakushi Nonō warned Uchiha Mei and Tang Ping, who ordered the trap closed as Kirigakure blockaded Tenshukaku’s coast.
• Tang Ping went to Amegakure with Hinata Cang Yue to watch Hiruko perform a Kekkei Genkai-seizing surgery.

Tang Ping’s Akatsuki infiltration exposed the threat of Otsutsuki Toneri before the decisive battle began at Tenshukaku. The Allied Forces were devastated, and although Tang Ping survived Guy’s Night Guy, Manda escaped with Guy’s corpse.

• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue entered Amegakure as Akatsuki outer members and watched Hiruko’s Chimera Technique succeed before Pain and Toneri began a destructive battle.
• Pain and Toneri’s fight ravaged a remote valley, and Toneri escaped after Konan attacked his puppet bird.
• Tang Ping convened a meeting as the Allied Forces amassed for an assault on Tenshukaku, where Ryūchi Cave’s snakes and the Three God Princesses broke through the defenses.
• Tang Ping’s forces killed Nara Shikaku, routed the Allied counterattack with aerial bombardment, and trapped the remaining Allied Forces in the Six-Point Sealing Formation.
• Tang Ping unleashed Sunshine Everywhere, devastating the battlefield, and his surviving forces routed the greatly weakened Allied army.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and fought Tang Ping with Evening Elephant and Night Guy, whose final blow pulverized Tang Ping’s visible body.
• Tang Ping reassembled himself from magma, but Manda swallowed Guy’s corpse and escaped after Tang Ping cut the giant snake in two.

Tang Ping founded Blazing Sun Country, expanded its influence, and restored Ryūchi Cave while preparing to draw Tsunade and the Inuzuka Clan into his country. The arc leaves Akatsuki entering Konoha for a planned attack as the village’s forces surround them.

• Tang Ping and his forces defeated the Allied Forces on the battlefield, capturing Tsunade while Jiraiya escaped and driving Ōnoki’s army to retreat.
• Tang Ping invaded Ryūchi Cave, destroyed the White Snake Sage with the Star Shattering Spear, and later began repairing the damaged sacred land.
• After returning to Tenshukaku, Tang Ping declared Blazing Sun Country and ordered his subordinates to weaken the Allied Forces and recruit neutral Konoha clans.
• Tang Ping used Tobirama Senju and Nawaki to pressure Tsunade to consider joining Blazing Sun Country, then left to meet Pakura in the Land of Wind.
• Pakura showed Sunagakure’s leaders the Dawn Canal, while Tang Ping gave Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro Natural Power Potions before departing for Konoha.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue recruited the Inuzuka Clan by offering to heal Hana, and Tang Ping successfully operated on her.
• Itachi warned Jiraiya that Hiruko planned an Akatsuki attack, while Tang Ping arranged an evacuation for people leaving Konoha and prepared to observe the assault.
• Danzo opened Konoha’s barrier for Akatsuki, but the village’s forces surrounded the group near the Hokage Building as Konan ordered them to begin their mission.

Tang Ping helped bring Konoha’s battle to an end, brought the Inuzuka Clan to Tenshukaku, and secured the Giant Tenseigan on the Moon. After preparing for Gaara’s surgery, he sent Tenten and young shinobi on a difficult mission to test their abilities.

• Tang Ping intervened in Konoha’s battle, sealed Naruto’s rampage, and left with Hinata Cang Yue and the Inuzuka Clan as Jiraiya captured Hiruko.
• At Tenshukaku, Tang Ping sealed Toneri and extracted his soul while Hinata Cang Yue searched for the Earth-Moon Passage and found its entrance.
• Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, Naruko, and Izumi reached the Moon, where Hinata Cang Yue connected with the Giant Tenseigan and trapped Black Zetsu before Obito escaped with him.
• Tang Ping established barriers and teleportation arrays between the Moon and Tenshukaku, leaving Hinata Cang Yue behind to master the Giant Tenseigan.
• Temari revealed that Gaara had come to Tenshukaku for surgery, and Tang Ping prepared runes to preserve Gaara’s soul if he died during the procedure.
• After Gaara recovered and Temari returned to the Land of Wind, Tang Ping assigned Tenten and several young shinobi a difficult mission as a test.
• Tenten met Neji, Shino, and Kiba at the mission center, and they agreed to set out together.