Recaps

Genma began researching resurrection with Tsunade while Naruto welcomed Gaara into his family. He formed a team with Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, whose first escort mission ended with Genma rescuing them after they faced an ambush.

• Genma brought Tsunade and Shizune to his research compound, where Tsunade agreed to investigate whether a soul could be attached to a body.
• Kushina embraced Gaara and invited him to call her Mom, while Naruto welcomed him as his first friend and Temari and Kankuro arrived to take him home.
• Genma and Kurenai received their new squads, and Genma visited Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon’s families before introducing himself to the three students.
• Genma tested Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon with two bells, and they passed after working together and showing they valued one another.
• After completing simple missions, Genma took his team on a C-rank escort mission in the Land of Tea and learned that the Wasabi and Mustard clans were locked in a rivalry.
• Attackers ambushed the carriage, and Genma pretended to be defeated to test his students while Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon fought to protect Yan Hua and an unconscious man.
• The students refused to abandon the man and fought together, but Konohamaru and Moegi were injured before Genma appeared and subdued their attacker.
• Genma treated the children, captured the injured ninja, and brought the group to rest, and Yan Hua then claimed to be his employer and threatened to report him to Konohagakure.

Genma helped rescue Gaara, then pursued research into vitality and senjutsu while training Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon. After the trio completed their fifth mission and survived a poisonous lizard attack, Genma began teaching them the Spiral Drill.

• Genma rescued Gaara with Kushina and Kakashi, and Chiyo gave her life to revive him before dying in Sunagakure.
• Genma returned to Konoha and made Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon complete five C-rank missions before he would teach them more ninjutsu.
• Genma researched Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation and Nature Energy with Tsunade, then traveled to Ryūchi Cave to seek its sage arts.
• Genma met the White Snake Sage, learned about true sages, and left Ryūchi Cave with an illusion scroll but without signing a summoning contract.
• Genma took Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon to Shouzaki Ridge, where they defeated the bandits until Hidden Lizard poisoned them.
• Genma captured the camouflaging lizard and helped the hospital staff develop an antidote, allowing the three students to recover and finish their mission.
• Genma began teaching the trio the Spiral Drill and demonstrated its transformations through different chakra natures.

Genma joined the Shinobi Allied Forces against Akatsuki, battled reanimated Kage and powerful enemies, and helped defeat Madara and Kaguya. After the war, he developed Space Gate and entered another world, where poor cultivation aptitude landed him in the Heavy Labor Miscellaneous Courtyard.

• Genma captured Hiruko at Mount Sumeru, took the Chimera Technique, and made him research immortality while the Five Kage formed the Shinobi Allied Forces.
• Minato named Genma captain of the support forces, and Genma left his family to join the campaign against Akatsuki in the Land of Rain.
• Genma’s forces repelled Orochimaru’s reanimated Kage with sealing teams, and Tsunade reunited with Hashirama and Tobirama at camp.
• Genma captured Deidara and Konan, while attacks by White Zetsu and reanimated fighters spread across the allied forces.
• Kushina and Naruto battled the Third Raikage, and Genma entered Obito’s dimension to fight Pain and the Tailed Beasts.
• Madara attacked the villages, and Genma joined the Five Kage and other shinobi in fighting him before Kaguya emerged from the crater.
• After Kaguya was sealed and the war ended, Genma researched Resurrection Jutsu and developed Space Gate with Obito, Minato, and the Second Hokage.
• Genma stepped into another world, received a poor aptitude result, was assigned to the Heavy Labor Miscellaneous Courtyard, and went to inspect its vendors.

Huo Genma mastered the Five Elements Chaos Art, survived the Skywater Sect trials, and entered the inner sect after reaching the tournament finals. He joined Bai Zhan on beast-hunting missions to earn cultivation resources, but their work ended with Azure Spirit Valley cultivators springing a trap on Genma.

• Genma obtained the Five Elements Chaos Art from a sharp-faced vendor, then accepted Shui Linglan’s help finding the sect’s cultivation records and began practicing the art with Shadow Clones.
• Genma trained through the Skywater Sect trials, survived the bamboo-forest melee, and defeated Yange, a masked woman, and the White Blade Master in the arena.
• Genma defeated Aragari and Leng Zeming in the finals, then conceded his match against Ye Li and entered the sect as one of the tournament’s top three finishers.
• Genma chose the Soul Nurturing Technique and learned from Elder Xie that his cultivation was stalled because he lacked metal-attributed Spiritual Energy.
• Genma and Bai Zhan hunted Wind Deer and Silver Horned Rhinoceroses, collecting antlers and horns for sect missions.
• Zhang Muchen of Azure Spirit Valley claimed he wanted to buy the rhinoceros horns, but he and Xun Di trapped Genma with vines at the cave entrance.