Recaps

Yunqing withdrew Sunagakure from the war and redirected its strength toward alliances, land development, trade, and research. After the Uzumaki Clan evacuated to the Land of Wind, its leaders proposed building a medical-ninjutsu practice that could serve ordinary people.

• Yunqing became Third Kazekage, withdrew Sunagakure’s forces, and organized new leaders to strengthen the village while resisting the Daimyo’s interference.
• Yunqing negotiated Sunagakure’s withdrawal from the war, defeated the Sannin, and secured cooperation with Hanzo and the Land of Rain.
• Yunqing and Sāmon developed Chakra tools as Sunagakure prepared to support the Land of Whirlpools and gain its sealing specialists.
• Ebizo and Bunpuku reached the Land of Whirlpools as Kirigakure threatened it, while the Uzumaki Clan debated whether Konoha would come to its aid.
• After Konoha refused to help, the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools arranged an evacuation, and Yunqing instructed Ebizo to help him take control of Kirigakure.
• Kirigakure attacked the Land of Whirlpools, and Yunqing used the conflict to study combat techniques and sell Sunagakure’s tools to the Uzumaki leadership.
• Yunqing promoted a safer, more prosperous Sunagakure built on defense, research, medicine, trade, and improving the desert, attracting interest from outsiders.
• Ebizo brought the Uzumaki refugees to the Land of Wind, where Aizawa Uzumaki and En Uzumaki proposed developing medical ninjutsu for ordinary people.

Yunqing reshaped Sunagakure through trade, education, technology, and the arrival of the Uzumaki Clan, while drawing the attention of Madara Uchiha. After their clash stirred conflict between the Great Nations, Yunqing continued building the village and cautioned Pakura against treating anyone as infallible.

• Aizawa Uzumaki and En Uzumaki shared sealing knowledge with Sunagakure, while Yunqing expanded trade and opened the Academy to outsiders to draw merchants and investment into the village.
• The Uzumaki Clan settled in Sunagakure, where Yunqing offered housing, loans, and work, and Aizawa Uzumaki encouraged clan members to support themselves without surrendering their earnings.
• Yunqing’s guide to ninja training impressed Chiyo, and he recruited Kakuzu to teach at the Academy after surviving Kakuzu’s challenge and offering him a lucrative position.
• Madara Uchiha investigated Yunqing’s Uzumaki heritage and later confronted him over Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Yunqing rejected his offer and fought him in the desert.
• Yunqing used the battle’s aftermath to turn other villages against Konoha, prompting Kumogakure and Iwagakure to demand answers from Hiruzen Sarutobi about a supposed Wood Release Ninja.
• Yunqing developed plans for desert trees and a food industry, while the Uzumaki Clan’s members repaid their debts and En Uzumaki hesitated to marry Ye Nan until he could buy a house.
• Yunqing warned Pakura against deifying leaders and accepted her enthusiasm when he rewarded her with jewelry.

Yunqing strengthened Sunagakure’s institutions, industry, and military while Madara Uchiha’s actions drew the other villages into a renewed effort to prepare for war. The Kage Summit ended with the villages exchanging techniques and deciding to grow stronger as Yunqing considered how Madara’s exposure would reshape their plans.

• Yunqing promoted the idea that anyone could aspire to become Kazekage, then responded to the refugee influx by ordering Ebizo to teach newcomers Sunagakure’s laws and punish those who refused to work.
• The Steward punished Leikai for inciting refugees, and Leikai’s confinement and memorization of Sunagakure’s ideological program eventually earned him citizenship.
• Yunqing toured Sunagakure’s developments, encouraged research into civilian applications, and ordered officials to plan an industrial system using factories, surplus materials, and medicines.
• Ebizo negotiated a large Chakra Weapon and battery sale to Inoue, while Hatake Sakumo secretly investigated Sunagakure and was discovered by Bunpuku and Shukaku.
• After Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo reported Shukaku’s strength, Yunqing created a Scientific Ninja Force, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo considered reforms inspired by Sunagakure.
• Yunqing fought Madara Uchiha, took his Rinnegan and Tobi’s arm, and the resulting turmoil helped intensify the war before the villages agreed to end it early.
• Yunqing and the other Kage met in the Land of Iron, discussed Madara Uchiha and a ceasefire, and agreed to focus on strengthening themselves before concluding the summit with symbolic compensation.
• Yunqing told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Madara Uchiha was alive, then examined techniques sent by the other villages and concluded that Madara’s exposure would spur them to prepare for greater threats.

Yunqing led Sunagakure through commercial reforms while Madara Uchiha quietly adapted to life in the growing village. After unrest over Nawaki Senju’s greening efforts was exposed as a plot, Nawaki returned toward Konoha with Tsunade, where an attack on the siblings sparked a covert investigation.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi put Konoha’s leaders to work on new research and training, while the Great Hidden Villages intensified their arms race and seized resources from smaller territories.
• Yunqing traded the Rinnegan to Konoha for drought-resistant seeds, then introduced traffic rules and built support for Sunagakure’s commercial path.
• Sunagakure’s trade and industries grew as Madara Uchiha toured the village, found work helping Mina Uchiha make instructional content, and watched his clan’s magazines succeed.
• Orochimaru developed civilian tools for Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed Sky Village and brought Nawaki Senju to Sunagakure for training with Yunqing.
• Yunqing sent Nawaki away as unrest spread over his greening work, but a failed attempt to farm the sandy land exposed the rumors as a plot against the Kazekage.
• Suke killed Scarface’s agents at their base, and Sunagakure’s residents apologized to Yunqing as Nawaki accepted Tsunade’s explanation and headed for Konoha.
• Tsunade and Nawaki were attacked with Explosion Tags near Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to order Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo to investigate.