Recaps

Uchiha Tokimitsu expanded the Shogunate through political reforms, military pressure, and a settlement with Iwagakure, while Asura witnessed the consequences of the conflict and investigated Konoha. The arc ended with Tokimitsu strengthening his powers and the Uchiha, as Asura slipped into the village and discovered the clan’s growing mastery of Yin Fire.

• Hattori Heiji agreed to serve as Hizashi Hyuga’s intelligence contact, then challenged him and was defeated with one technique.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu issued reforms that stripped the Land of Water’s Daimyo and nobles of their feudal rights, and Hozuki Ayahiko installed Konoe Atsushi as the new Daimyo.
• Sasori attacked Sunagakure with poisoned and explosive puppets, and Rasa became Fourth Kazekage after blaming him for the Third Kazekage’s murder.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared Konoha’s forces for threats from rival villages, while small nations surrendered territory to the Shogunate and major powers debated resistance.
• Asura investigated Rock Ninja abuses and relief efforts, saw the suffering of civilians, and questioned the justice of the cause he had supported.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces and their allies surrounded Iwagakure’s army, and Kitsuchi offered peace and agreed to withdraw Iwagakure from overseas territories under the Shogunate’s terms.
• Asura discovered that the supposed Iwagakure Volunteers were White Zetsu, while the Shogunate designated them Free Iwagakure and continued pursuing its aims in the Land of Earth.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu advanced his Sage Chakra research, reorganized the Uchiha leadership, and watched the clan’s Yin Fire spread as Asura secretly entered Konoha.

Uchiha Tokimitsu prepared the Shogunate to destroy Mount Myōboku while conflicts and resistance spread across the lands. Asura broke with Mount Myōboku and traveled to understand ordinary people, while the Genji Daimyo accepted Tokimitsu’s terms and assumed a new position of power.

• Asura rejected Mount Myōboku’s influence, surrendered to Uchiha Tokimitsu, and left Konoha to travel the Ninja World and learn from ordinary people.
• Ōnoki formed the Red Sand operation with Rasa, A, Fukasaku, and Iwagakure forces, while Uchiha Sekka’s detachment defeated Sasori and captured Shukaku’s Chakra.
• Uchiha Seiji’s exploration team found Mount Myōboku, fought the Ninja Frogs, and returned with casualties, prompting Uchiha Tokimitsu to prepare a military campaign against the toads.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu strengthened the Shogunate’s military and economic position as conflict grew in the Land of Earth and Land of Lightning, while Tobi gathered White Zetsu rebels.
• Asura confronted Kitsuchi and rejected Fukasaku’s invitation to return to Mount Myōboku, then urged Uchiha Tokimitsu to destroy it.
• The Great Toad Sage sought an alliance with the White Snake Sage, while Uchiha Tokimitsu concealed his Mount Myōboku campaign within plans for a forward base.
• Kazuma’s attempted intervention in Kinki ended with his capture and execution, and Uchiha Shisui delivered Tokimitsu’s terms to the Genji Daimyo.
• The Genji Daimyo accepted the Shogunate’s decree, dismissed his nobles, secured his Jonin’s loyalty, and appointed Hattori Heiji to command the Ninja Army.

Uchiha Tokimitsu defeated the allied forces of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, then established a unified government and became Emperor. As Black Zetsu brought him Uchiha Madara’s frozen corpse, Tokimitsu’s forces traced Black Zetsu’s lair in the Land of Snow while Nagato remained unaware of the army gathering above.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu destroyed Mount Myōboku’s forces, then marched against Iwagakure and Kumogakure and killed Ōnoki and the Third Raikage.
• Uchiha Kamon defeated the Cloud Village Ninja Army, while Tokimitsu promised Konoha’s ninja clans roles in the new order and prepared an alliance meeting.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu established the Ninja World United Council, abolished the old governing institutions of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and became Emperor with Uchiha Makoto as his Empress.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reorganized the government and military, appointing Asura to lead an anti-corruption agency and assigning Kakuzu to reorganize Genji’s forces.
• Black Zetsu brought Uchiha Madara’s frozen corpse to Tokimitsu, who named it Little Blackie and ordered Namikaze Minato to investigate it.
• Orochimaru and Uzumaki Ashina traced the Mysterious Ice to the Land of Snow, where a drilling team broke into Tobi’s underground cave.
• Uzumaki Ashina’s ninja followed Black Zetsu’s residual Chakra to a vast underground cave, while Nagato refused Sasori permission to scout the surface and missed the gathering army.

Uchiha Tokimitsu conquered Mount Myōboku, led the Ninja World into the Pirate World, and began expanding its reach there. As Hanzō prepared to attack Impel Down, Uchiha Runbu’s cruisers drew the Navy into battle.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu defeated Nagato, seized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and exposed Black Zetsu’s failed scheme before assigning Nagato to Namikaze Minato’s team.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s army overran Mount Myōboku, where he killed the Great Toad Sage and claimed the mountain as Takamagahara.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu persuaded the United Council to declare war on the New World, and Uchiha Shiina’s advance force crossed the Hurricane Barrier and reported abundant resources and local suffering.
• Uchiha Nobutora and Hyuga Shinki raided a slave shop at the Sabaody Archipelago, prompting the Navy to connect their weapons to the Mist Pirate Group.
• Biwa Juzo and Sage Fukasaku formed an alliance after Fukasaku revealed Mount Myōboku’s destruction and offered the captured Celestial Gold convoy’s treasures to Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu appointed Hanzō commander of the First Legion and ordered him to capture Impel Down, while the Tailed Beasts resisted signing a Summoning Contract.
• Hanzō led the First Legion toward Impel Down under Mist Pirate Group flags as the Three Admirals ordered a Buster Call in the East Blue.
• Uchiha Runbu’s three cruisers attacked five Navy warships, damaging them and forcing the Navy Colonel to request reinforcements from Impel Down.