Recaps

Xun Uzumaki brought the Uchiha survivors into the Land of Whirlpools and advanced his plans through the academy, new weapons, and a fabricated legend while wars spread across the Shinobi World. The arc left Madara living quietly with Tobi, while Konoha and Iwagakure entered war and Tsunade, Minato, and Dan faced their losses and ambitions.

• Xun Uzumaki helped the Uchiha Clan Head move the Uchiha survivors to the Land of Whirlpools, while Danzo seized the clan’s Sharingan and Hiruzen Sarutobi shaped the massacre into a story of sacrifice for Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha began a new life in the Land of Whirlpools, awakened the Mangekyo, and worked alongside the Chinoike Clan as Madara Uchiha took a job teaching Taijutsu.
• The Three Great Ninja Villages declared war on Amegakure, while Xun Uzumaki arranged for Zetsu to help Hanzo and pursued Madara’s participation in the Land of Whirlpools’ academy.
• Nawaki died on the Land of Rain battlefield, prompting Konoha to declare war on Iwagakure and leaving Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru grieving.
• Xun Uzumaki’s institute developed compressed-Chakra tools and light-blade weapons, which he prepared to sell through Kakuzu as the war spread.
• Xun Uzumaki asked White Zetsu to forge an antique Stone Tablet, and staged legends about powerful weapons appeared in the Lands of Fire and Water.
• Tsunade gave Dan Katō her grandfather’s crystal necklace after he declared his Hokage ambition, while Minato told Jiraiya he still intended to become Hokage.
• Madara Uchiha prepared to return to teaching and submitted to a physical examination with Tobi, while Fugaku Uchiha visited their home for a census and briefly suspected Madara’s identity.

Xun Uzumaki used a staged escape attempt and a forged legendary blade to advance the Land of Whirlpools’ interests, while Madara began teaching a new academy class. The story left Konoha watching the Cloud Ninja after a report of trouble with the sword.

• Xun Uzumaki arranged for the Mist Ninja to attempt an escape during the Shinigami Festival, while Suikazan Fuguki secretly alerted the authorities and Xun chose to keep him in place.
• Xun Uzumaki and Kakuzu used the forged Frostmourne to provoke a battle among Konoha, Kirigakure, and other shinobi, and Konoha claimed the sword before Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly dismissed Danzō and disbanded Root.
• Uzumaki Mito persuaded Kuhon to become the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, while Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato celebrated their lives and hopes in the Land of Whirlpools.
• During the festival, Madara Uchiha disrupted the Mist Ninja’s escape attempt, and the group collapsed unconscious before Xun ordered them returned to the labor camp and assigned to public work.
• Madara Uchiha began teaching Nagato, Yahiko, and other students, while Haruya and his family visited to thank him for saving Haruya.
• Xun Uzumaki advanced plans for hybrid rice, fertilizer, livestock, and ship research, while Konoha lent Frostmourne to the Cloud Ninja commander amid wartime negotiations.
• The Cloud Ninja captain planned to steal Frostmourne in disguise, while Danzo spoke to Konoha’s farmers and Hiruzen Sarutobi received an urgent report about the Cloud Ninja.

As the great war ended, the Land of Whirlpools welcomed former enemies and built a growing society under Xun Uzumaki. The arc left Jiraiya facing the consequences of breaking its laws as Roshi traveled there to see its reputation for himself.

• The war ended after Sunagakure surrendered and Hanzo conceded defeat, while Xun Uzumaki turned his attention to developing the Land of Whirlpools.
• Suikazan Fuguki returned to Kirigakure after helping the captive Mist ninja survive, and Juzo Biwa urged them to surrender rather than remain loyal to a village that had abandoned them.
• Qian Luo and Kiko chose to stay in the Land of Whirlpools, where Qian Luo explored its commerce and technology and Kiko became an academy teacher.
• Jiraiya arrived in the Land of Whirlpools, broke traffic and pet regulations, and was fined after summoning Gama-chū inside a hospital.
• Xun Uzumaki brought Sasori to Qian Luo and Kiko, while Chiyo learned that Sasori’s parents were alive and agreed to keep Qian Luo’s survival secret from Sunagakure.
• Fugaku Uchiha arrested Jiraiya for peeping at a hot spring and gave him a suspended prison sentence and a five-thousand-ryō fine.
• Roshi boarded a ship to the Land of Whirlpools after hearing that civilians could find steady work there, and set out to see what the country had become.

Xun Uzumaki expanded the Land of Whirlpools, recruited new residents, and prepared it for an approaching war while the Five Great Shinobi Villages competed over Joy of Fire. The arc left the auction underway as the Raikage and Tsuchikage agreed to keep Konoha from obtaining the sword.

• Roshi settled in the Land of Whirlpools, where Yahiko welcomed him and Son Goku as Tailed Beasts deserving acceptance, while Xun Uzumaki accelerated land reclamation and expanded the police force.
• Hatake Sakumo died by suicide after his trial, and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Kakashi before deciding to deal with Danzo.
• Madara Uchiha confronted Zetsu, moved back to his academy house, and Xun Uzumaki told Jiraiya that the Goddess Alliance was gathering legendary bladed tools and might be stopped at a Five Kage Summit.
• Xun Uzumaki demonstrated perfect Sage Jutsu from Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest, leaving Fukasaku unable to decide what Mount Myōboku could teach him.
• Xun Uzumaki toured the reclamation project, where Roshi and Son Goku used Chakra to reclaim land, and Qian Luo showed him a working mobile phone that would require a network of signal towers.
• Xun Uzumaki warned the Land of Whirlpools' leaders that war could begin within months or years and ordered them to prepare, while he later created a vast sandstorm near Sunagakure to draw attention.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya and Tsunade to the Land of Iron gathering, where the Third Raikage mocked Konoha's choice of representatives and the Kazekage attended the auction hoping to learn how to awaken a sword's spirit.
• The Third Mizukage bid one hundred billion for Joy of Fire, and the Raikage and Tsuchikage agreed to cooperate to keep Konoha from winning it.