Recaps

Hiruzen Sarutobi chose peace with Sunagakure and ordered the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans transferred to the Land of Grass front, while Jiraiya returned there and Tamura Hiroshi investigated Takigakure. Hiroshi recruited Kakuzu for the Senju Casino and went to inspect Takigakure's Sacred Tree.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to negotiate peace with Sunagakure and planned to send the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans to the Land of Grass front.
• Jiraiya returned to the Land of Grass front with Shikaku Nara, while Tamura Hiroshi and the others flew to investigate Takigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi's group found Takigakure deserted and discovered Kakuzu standing at a cemetery beside a woman's grave.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered Kakuzu gold and a share of the Senju Casino's profits, and Kakuzu accepted the job.
• Kakuzu explained that Takigakure's residents had divided the Hero Water and left, then showed Hiroshi the Sacred Tree.
• Tamura Hiroshi flew to inspect the Sacred Tree while Shikaku Nara and the others spoke with Kakuzu.

Tamura Hiroshi absorbed the Takigakure Sacred Tree’s power, then joined Jiraiya’s forces in a surprise assault on Iwagakure to obtain the Five-Tails’ power. The attack ended with Tamura Hiroshi sealing the Five-Tails Jinchuriki while Iwa ninja tried to break through the Konoha defenders.

• Tamura Hiroshi fed the Creation Immortal Lotus the Sacred Tree’s Life Force until the tree collapsed, and Kakuzu flooded the hidden Takigakure site before parting ways with the group.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families returned to Jiraiya’s camp, where Jiraiya reported that Iwagakure had destroyed two defensive lines and fielded fifteen thousand ninja.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed drawing out the Five-Tails Jinchuriki to acquire the Five-Tails’ power, and Jiraiya assembled a team to fly to Iwagakure.
• Iwagakure detected the team’s arrival, and Ōnoki tried to attack as the Konoha group dove toward the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shikaku Nara restrained the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, allowing Tamura Hiroshi to crush him with a weighted Gold Dust Shukaku avatar and seal him in a pyramid.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s Creation Immortal Lotus absorbed the Jinchuriki’s released Tailed Beast Chakra while Jiraiya and the others fought off Iwa ninja attempting to break the seal.

Tamura Hiroshi escaped Iwagakure after subduing the Five-Tails, then sealed several Tailed Beast powers and broke through to Kage Level. Back at camp, he shared new training ideas with Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka and proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to study Uchiha Tajima’s memories.

• Tamura Hiroshi drained the Five-Tails Jinchuriki’s chakra, fought the fully transformed Kokuō with a stacked Gold Dust Dharma Image, and forced the beast toward Iwagakure before retreating with his allies.
• Ōnoki abandoned pursuit and turned to suppressing the Five-Tails as Jiraiya and the others escaped on Little Black.
• At camp, Tamura Hiroshi sealed the Five-Tails’ horn and the powers of the Six-Tails through Nine-Tails into his Twelve Hour Seal, filling nine positions, and reached Kage Level.
• Tamura Hiroshi advised Shikaku Nara to merge a Sage’s Talent Dharma Image with his shadow and suggested ways for Inoichi Yamanaka to keep controlling his body while using his secret technique.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed summoning Uchiha Tajima with Impure World Reincarnation so Inoichi Yamanaka could read his memories and recover the Uchiha Clan’s teachings.

Kitsuchi’s forces prepared to bring Fū and Han to the front as they faced Tamura Hiroshi and Konoha, while Tamura worked with Minato and Jiraiya to build a steel frame for his stacked Tailed Beast powers. In Konoha, Hiruzen considered eliminating the Ino-Shika-Cho, while Orochimaru and Danzō advanced their own plans; the chapter left the coming battle and Konoha’s political conflict unresolved.

• Rōshi warned Kitsuchi that Tamura Hiroshi was a dangerous opponent and recommended bringing Fū to the front, and Gari agreed that Konoha reinforcements would make the battle more difficult.
• Kitsuchi asked Ōnoki to send Fū and Han, and Ōnoki agreed because Iwagakure needed to break through before Sunagakure and Konoha completed their negotiations.
• Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya showed Tamura Hiroshi a fifty-meter alloy steel frame made from damaged ninja tools, and they discussed reinforcing it with Barrier Ninjutsu and a steam chamber.
• Tamura Hiroshi continued building up his Yin Seal and preparing to use the frame and Boil Release against Iwagakure’s likely Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura feared Tamura’s growing power and considered sacrificing the Ino-Shika-Cho if they sided with Orochimaru and Danzō.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that he wanted Hiruzen to sever their bond, and he revealed he had found a candidate for the Sharingan and Wood Release transplant project.

As Iwagakure and Konoha prepared for a decisive battle, Tamura Hiroshi and Shikaku Nara confronted Minato Namikaze over rumors that blamed their faction and demanded his support. Inoichi Yamanaka used Uchiha Tajima’s reincarnated body to restore Tamura’s Mangekyō power, and Tamura began merging it with the Tailed Beasts’ power as the factions prepared for the coming battle.

• Fū returned to the Frontline after recovering, and Rōshi helped her reach an agreement with the Five-Tails to kill the youth who had stolen part of their power.
• Jiraiya demanded an investigation into rumors blaming Tamura Hiroshi, but Tamura and Shikaku Nara refused his help and pressed Minato Namikaze to choose whether to support Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Shikaku Nara left after Minato hesitated, and Shikaku placed his Flying Thunder God Kunai on the table to declare that he was cutting ties with him.
• Tamura proposed a generals-only battle against Iwagakure, and Inoichi Yamanaka agreed to risk using Sage’s Talent and Spirit Transformation to enter Uchiha Tajima’s reincarnated body.
• Inoichi used Uchiha Tajima’s Mangekyō to seal its Dojutsu Power and eye techniques into Enma’s transplanted eyes, then collapsed after returning to his own body.
• Tamura began merging the restored Mangekyō power with the Tailed Beasts’ chakra, while Orochimaru watched over events in the Land of Grass and Tsunade remained at Kikyō Mountain Fortress.

Tamura Hiroshi and his allies fought Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails, killing Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki and driving Rōshi away. Konoha routed the Iwagakure army, while Tamura’s chakra was nearly exhausted and the Land of Grass front remained unresolved.

• Tamura Hiroshi, Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi descended toward Iwagakure’s army and prepared their giant battle forms under cover of smoke.
• Tamura Hiroshi redirected Four-Tails and Five-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs into the Iwagakure army, then fought the two beasts alongside Choza Akimichi and Shikaku Nara.
• Choza Akimichi and Shikaku Nara restrained Five-Tails while Tamura Hiroshi attacked him, and their assault killed his Jinchuriki and Five-Tails.
• Four-Tails formed a final Tailed Beast Bomb, but Tamura Hiroshi sent it away before Four-Tails retreated into his seal and Rōshi escaped underground.
• Kurenai Yuhi ordered Konoha’s army to pursue the fleeing Iwagakure ninja, and Mitarashi Shiyo estimated that Iwagakure had lost at least three thousand soldiers.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that his chakra was nearly depleted, then blamed Kakashi for the technique used against Five-Tails.

After defeating Iwagakure’s forces, Tamura Hiroshi traded discoveries with Orochimaru and joined a plan to disappear while building support for the Fourth Hokage contest. Once Konoha and Sunagakure signed a ceasefire, he left the Land of Grass with Tsunade, the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans, and other allies to travel and train.

• The Iwa ninja retreated with four thousand casualties, while Rōshi and Four-Tails blamed the Sage of Six Paths for Four-Tails’ ugly appearance and vowed revenge on Tamura Hiroshi.
• Orochimaru brought Shimura Danzō’s order to arrest the rumor-spreaders, and Jiraiya sent Minato Namikaze to execute them before Root could take them.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained how he fused Tailed Beast power with Mangekyo and First Hokage cells, then traded the information to Orochimaru for research scrolls and advice on creating consciousness and Summoning Beasts.
• Shikaku Nara advised Tamura Hiroshi and the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans to disappear as another layer of protection, and Tamura Hiroshi proposed traveling to find Summoning Beast samples.
• After Konoha and Sunagakure signed a ceasefire, Tsunade and Torifu Akimichi arrived in the Land of Grass, and Tsunade scolded Tamura Hiroshi for fighting Iwagakure’s army and two Tailed Beasts.
• Tamura Hiroshi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and their companions left on Little Black to travel, while Uzumaki Kushina expressed her anger at Minato Namikaze and Tamura Hiroshi stole Mitaraishi Anko’s sweets.

Tamura Hiroshi’s group found a genjutsu Summoning Beast in the Land of This, where Kurenai passed its trial and gained a contract for her clan. They then uncovered Sky Ninja Village’s underground base and plans, seized its aerial fortress, and prepared to turn the sealed Zero-Tails into its energy source.

• Tamura Hiroshi’s group found an ancient castle in the Land of This, and Kurenai passed the genjutsu beast’s trial and signed a contract with its race.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s group explored the Land of This, uncovered treasure through Impure World Reincarnation, and traveled to the Land of Sky.
• Inoichi Yamanaka infiltrated Sky Ninja Village with the Spirit Transformation Technique and incapacitated its inhabitants with medicine.
• Inoichi Yamanaka revealed Sky Ninja Village’s plans, including its aerial fortress, Chakra Cannon, and sealed Zero-Tails, which it fed with captives.
• Tamura Hiroshi decided to modify the Zero-Tails into a stable energy source for the aerial fortress, while Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou considered how to alter it.
• Tamura Hiroshi explored the fortress and planned to replace its heavy stone structure with steel and adapt it for travel by sea.

Tamura Hiroshi’s group extracted the Heavenly Spear, built a submarine to carry it, and reached Summoning Island, where they found an Ultimate Summoning Beast and Honoka Uzumaki. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies grew alarmed at the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans’ influence and decided to seek Danzo’s support for the Hokage succession.

• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies drained the roots beneath the sinkhole, uncovered the Heavenly Spear, and hauled it away before the villagers awoke.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s group converted the aerial fortress into a ship and then a submarine, using its power core to carry the Heavenly Spear toward Summoning Island.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou reached Summoning Island ahead of the others and secured the island and its Uzumaki residents.
• Tamura Hiroshi found the Ultimate Summoning Beast and its research, arranged an exchange of knowledge with the researchers, and took Honoka Uzumaki with him.
• Utatane Koharu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Mitokado Homura worried that Tamura Hiroshi and the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans threatened their influence and the Hokage succession.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to meet Danzo and consider him as their candidate for Fourth Hokage.

Tamura Hiroshi completed three Super Summoning Beasts and prepared to return from the secret base, while arranging for allies to remain and continue research. He outfitted his clan allies with lotus seeds and new techniques, then chose to attack the eastern front and defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist for their weapons.

• Tamura Hiroshi introduced Godzilla, Ghidorah, and Kong, the three Super Summoning Beasts he had created, and decided the group would leave the next day.
• Rin Nohara and Uzumaki Kousou chose to stay at the secret base, while Tamura Hiroshi told Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko to keep it secret.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained his plan to compete with the Three Great Sage Lands for Natural Energy and gave lotus seeds to Choza Akimichi, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka.
• Tamura Hiroshi demonstrated his Golden Bell technique, which impressed Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka with its defenses.
• Tamura Hiroshi decided to go to the eastern front and defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist so he could claim Kabutowari and forge a battle axe.

Tamura Hiroshi and his allies launched a surprise attack on the Kirigakure camp, killing the Three-Tails and Six-Tails jinchuriki and sealing away fragments of both tailed beasts. With the battle won but the Seven Ninja Swordsmen retreating, Tamura Hiroshi pursued them to claim their swords.

• Tamura Hiroshi met Orochimaru at the Konoha camp and asked for the Seven Ninja Swords from Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru led Tamura Hiroshi, Uzumaki Kushina, and their allies to the Kirigakure camp, where Tamura Hiroshi formed his Demon Bull King dharma image.
• Uzumaki Kushina restrained the Six-Tails jinchuriki while Tamura Hiroshi, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi killed the Three-Tails jinchuriki and sealed away fragments of the Three-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Choza Akimichi attacked the Six-Tails after it transformed fully, killed its jinchuriki, and sealed away some of its remains.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the others drove the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen to retreat, and Tamura Hiroshi charged after them demanding their swords.

Tamura Hiroshi and Orochimaru defeated Kirigakure’s forces in the Land of Waves, then Tamura shared his golden Steel Release lotus seed with Tsunade and discussed developing new Steel Release powers. The chapter left Tsunade studying Tamura’s research while Kushina introduced Honoka Uzumaki to her.

• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies killed Suikazan Fuguki and the other Mist swordsmen, while Manda escaped after Tamura questioned it about eating people.
• The surviving Mist ninja fled, and Tamura’s group collected spoils before flying to the Land of Grass; they discovered the Executioner's Blade and Thunder Sword had been summoned away.
• Tamura gave Tsunade a Steel Release lotus seed and formed an Eight Trigrams Seal on her abdomen, allowing her to cultivate a golden-patterned Immortal Lotus.
• Tsunade found that the lotus’s golden chakra devoured her Steel Release chakra, and she and Tamura discussed using Yang Release to fuse additional elements into Steel Release.
• Tsunade told Tamura to read her cultivation notes, and he left his own research records for her before going to her office.
• Kushina introduced Honoka Uzumaki to Tsunade and explained that Tamura’s group had killed two Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and wiped out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

After learning that Konoha’s elders were plotting to destroy Ino-Shika-Cho, Tsunade met with Uchiha Naori, who gave Tamura Hiroshi Madara Uchiha’s original eyes. Tamura used Impure World Reincarnation and transplanted Dojutsu Power to evolve the eyes into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, but they gained no ocular abilities.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura decided to recruit the other villages and Amegakure’s Demigod to destroy Ino-Shika-Cho, then secretly sent envoys to the Land of Water and Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Naori warned Tsunade that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had left Konoha and gave Tamura Hiroshi Madara Uchiha’s original eyes as support.
• Tamura Hiroshi cultivated cells from the eyes and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Madara Uchiha, allowing the eyes to absorb Dojutsu Power from his soul before he released the jutsu.
• Tamura Hiroshi fused Uchiha Tajima’s Mangekyo power into Madara Uchiha’s eyes with the help of Hashirama Cells and a Tailed Beast, evolving them into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Tamura Hiroshi discovered that the Eternal Mangekyo contained powerful Dojutsu Power but no ocular abilities or Susanoo, and considered using Transcription Seal to add Uchiha Tajima’s abilities.

Tamura Hiroshi upgraded the transplanted Mangekyō into Eternal Mangekyō and discussed ways to separate and reshape Susanoo’s power. After Uchiha Fugaku traded the Uchiha clan’s accumulated dojutsu power and other terms, Tamura absorbed the power and Fugaku received Hashirama Cells and Uchiha Tajima’s eyes; Tamura planned to forge Fugaku’s Susanoo Spirit Tool into his battle axe.

• Tamura Hiroshi confirmed that his eyes had reached the Eternal Mangekyō level, though he could sustain their use for only one minute, and Uchiha Naori suggested separating their dojutsu power to make Susanoo independent.
• Tamura Hiroshi agreed to exchange the form of his Susanoo Spirit Tool and offered Uchiha Tajima’s Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi dojutsu for trade.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived and offered the Uchiha clan’s accumulated dojutsu power, his children and Shisui as Tamura’s disciples, and the Hokage position as terms for receiving the eyes.
• Tamura Hiroshi purified and absorbed the clan’s stored dojutsu power into his Eternal Mangekyō while Uchiha Fugaku underwent Hashirama Cells transplantation and received Uchiha Tajima’s Mangekyō.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that he would seal Fugaku’s Yata no Kagami Spirit Tool into his battle axe as material, combining its power to sever with Kabutowari’s power to shatter.

Tamura Hiroshi and Fugaku Uchiha traded Susanoo Spirit Tools, and Tamura prepared new weapons and a winged Susanoo for the coming decisive battle. The enemy villages agreed to target the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans, while the Third Raikage and his team traveled toward the Land of Iron expecting a dangerous, unreliable alliance.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Fugaku Uchiha traded Ama no Habakiri and the Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi techniques for Fugaku's Yata no Kagami axe and Yata Mirror.
• Tamura Hiroshi met with Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi to plan for the coming battle and discuss which Tailed Beasts might appear.
• Tamura Hiroshi created a purple-and-gold Sagittarius-style Susanoo, sealed the Yata Mirror's defensive traits into the Eastern Emperor Bell, and began making a great axe to house the Enma Clone.
• The Four Kage and Hanzō reached an agreement to surround and kill the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans, especially Tamura Hiroshi.
• The Third Raikage warned Killer B, Yuzuki, and Yozuki A about Ōnoki and Tamura Hiroshi, and told them to retreat if the operation failed.

The Five Kage and Hanzō joined Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to attack Konoha’s forces, while Tamura Hiroshi learned that Mount Myōboku considered his Senjutsu a threat. As the battle began, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze vanished through reverse summoning, leaving Tamura and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans facing the enemy assault.

• Karura questioned Chōmei about Tamura Hiroshi’s strength, and Chōmei warned that he might be too powerful to fight safely.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima invited Tamura Hiroshi to Mount Myōboku, but he refused and suspected the sages had hostile intentions.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Shikaku Nara that he could unleash a ten-second burst of power comparable to the First Hokage, and Shikaku began preparing for the Three Great Sage Lands’ possible interference.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō met Ōnoki, the other Kage, and Hanzō before leading them against Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Tamura Hiroshi, and their allies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the attack, but Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze suddenly disappeared through reverse summoning.
• The Third Raikage charged, the other leaders followed, and Rōshi and the other tailed-beast hosts began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Ino-Shika-Cho defeated the allied forces at the battlefield, killing several Tailed Beasts and driving off the survivors. As Tamura Hiroshi returned to Konoha, Uchiha Obito reached an underground base and attacked the guards watching Uzumaki Kuuhina.

• Tamura Hiroshi unleashed his purple-and-gold Susanoo and used the Heaven Splitting Axe to kill the Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Four-Tails while his allies restrained the others.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho fought the enemy forces as Tamura Hiroshi recovered his energy, then he killed the Steel Golem, Gari, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke; Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō escaped.
• The Third Raikage, the Two-Tails, Karura, and other survivors fled, while the Ino-Shika-Cho defeated Hanzō and the Third Mizukage.
• Tamura Hiroshi took Shikaku Nara, Kushina, Kousou, and others back to Konoha on Little Black, leaving Torifu Akimichi to handle the battlefield.
• Uchiha Obito chose not to attack Tamura Hiroshi and instead used Kamui to reach Konoha and find the hidden Uzumaki Kuuhina.
• Uchiha Obito attacked the underground base, killing Hiruzen Biwako with Wood Release as she tried to stop him.

Obito Uchiha freed the Nine-Tails and sent it rampaging toward Konoha, but Tamura Hiroshi drove it away before it could reach the village. After Minato Namikaze revealed Mount Myōboku’s betrayal and Tsunade accepted the Hokage position, the chapter left Konoha preparing for a change in leadership.

• Obito Uchiha abducted Uzumaki Kuuhina, extracted the Nine-Tails while leaving part of its tail behind to preserve her life, and destroyed a Sarutobi Clan base with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Tamura Hiroshi fought the Nine-Tails near Konoha, keeping it airborne and away from the village until Obito Uchiha summoned it into Kamui Space.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned with the unconscious Uzumaki Kuuhina, and Shikaku Nara organized forces to stabilize the village while Uzumaki Kousou repaired her seal.
• Minato Namikaze explained that the Great Toad Sage had suppressed his and Jiraiya's chakra and prevented them from joining the battle, and he said he had sealed himself with the Contract Seal.
• Tsunade arrived with Orochimaru and Uchiha Naori, and Tamura Hiroshi dressed her in the Hokage's robes; after refusing at first, Tsunade accepted the position.

Tamura Hiroshi discussed Konoha’s political cleanup, his recovery, and plans to empower the clans’ children with Immortal Lotus seeds. After Orochimaru received a research specimen and an Ice Release seed, Hiroshi prepared to confront Ryūchi Cave once he had separated the fused powers within him.

• Tamura Hiroshi urged a review of senior officials, while Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka described plans for term limits and Choza Akimichi agreed to establish food-safety inspections.
• Shikaku Nara proposed medicine-safety inspections, and the group agreed the new departments needed oversight; Fugaku Uchiha had also opened the Police Department to members of other clans.
• Tamura Hiroshi said his recovery would take two or three years and planned to give clan children Eight Trigrams Seals containing Immortal Lotus seeds after restoring his chakra.
• Tsunade scolded Tamura Hiroshi for scheming to make her Hokage, then checked that his risky power burst had not seriously harmed him.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Orochimaru a Hashirama-cell specimen and an Ice Release Immortal Lotus seed, and Orochimaru asked when they would attack Ryūchi Cave.
• Tsunade said she would not help fight the Slug Sage but would not interfere, and Tamura Hiroshi planned to prepare for the attack after separating the fused powers within him.

Tamura Hiroshi visited Fugaku Uchiha and treated Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Naori with life force and Creation Immortal Lotus seeds. He proposed dissolving Konoha’s clans in favor of village-wide unity, and Fugaku agreed to bring the Uchiha into the plan, leaving Hiroshi to return in three years to demonstrate his strength.

• Tamura Hiroshi visited Fugaku Uchiha and met Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, whose young bodies were strained by their Sharingan.
• Tamura Hiroshi sealed life force and Flame Release lotus seeds into Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, then gave Uchiha Naori a Creation Immortal Lotus seed as well.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained his plan to dissolve the Ninja Clans and offer Senjutsu power to eligible shinobi, reclaiming each seed only after its bearer died.
• Fugaku Uchiha agreed to bring the Uchiha into the plan, provided his clan learned the sealing technique, and said he would select suitable members for the seeds.
• Uchiha Naori asked Tamura Hiroshi to return in three years to demonstrate his Susanoo and help suppress resistance, and Fugaku promised to improve the clan’s outlook in the meantime.

Tamura Hiroshi and Orochimaru revived Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama to seek their help creating an artificial sage land for Konoha. After learning about the village’s history and Tsunade’s casino, the two predecessors met Tsunade, who attacked Hiroshi for disturbing her grandfathers’ rest.

• Fugaku Uchiha explained that Hiroshi’s Yang Release cultivation had accelerated his physical development, and said Hiroshi could destroy all of Konoha at full strength.
• Hiroshi and Orochimaru discussed using a secret treasure and Hashirama’s body to gather Natural Energy, then summoned Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told the brothers about the village’s troubled history, including Hiruzen Sarutobi’s betrayal and the near-extinction of the Senju and Uzumaki clans.
• Tobirama proposed using Hashirama’s body as the foundation for a giant Wood Release tree to contain Natural Energy, while Hashirama agreed to help the village.
• Hiroshi showed the brothers the Senju Casino, and explained that Tsunade had built it partly to keep her gambling losses circulating within the business.
• Tsunade recognized her grandfathers in the Hokage’s office, flew after Hiroshi with her sword, and chased him through the air as he fled.

Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama reunited with Torifu Akimichi, learned how Konoha had changed, and discussed plans to abolish the ninja clan system. After Tsunade and Tamura Hiroshi fought to exhaustion, Tobirama and Orochimaru continued planning an artificial sage land using Hashirama’s body and cells.

• Senju Tobirama brought Hashirama Senju to the Hokage Cliff, where they watched Tsunade and Tamura Hiroshi clash in the air.
• Torifu Akimichi reunited with his teachers and explained that the Ino-Shika-Cho planned to abolish the ninja clan system, using Hiroshi’s senjutsu power to win support.
• Torifu told Hashirama and Tobirama that Tsunade might marry Hiroshi and described plans for Hiroshi to succeed her as Hokage before backing Kagami’s grandson as a future candidate.
• Tsunade and Hiroshi fought from the sky into the Forest of Death, where Hiroshi used Flying Thunder God to pin her before she punched him away.
• Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru discussed repairing Hashirama’s body, creating a vessel for senjutsu, and building an artificial sage land to spread senjutsu through Konoha.

Konoha built an artificial sage land around Hashirama Senju’s enormous Wood Release tree while the destruction of the Five Great Nations’ Daimyo administrations pushed Tsunade to begin suppressing the nobles and establish a ninja country. After three years of cultivation, Tamura Hiroshi evolved Gold Release into a Kekkei Tōta and prepared to attack the Three Great Sage Lands.

• Hashirama Senju agreed to become the foundation of a great tree on Hokage Cliff, and Konoha began planning the artificial sage land with help from Mito Uzumaki.
• The Daimyo administrations across the Five Great Nations were destroyed, and Orochimaru’s report confirmed Hiruzen Sarutobi and his followers were responsible for the attack on the Land of Fire’s administration.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed establishing a ninja country, and Tsunade ordered Konoha’s forces to suppress the noble factions before they could plunge the country into war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō considered exploiting Konoha’s deployment but chose to cultivate Senjutsu instead, while the other villages accused Konoha of destroying their Daimyo administrations.
• Konoha completed the flowering tree and modified its barrier to gather and retain Natural Energy, while Tamura Hiroshi spent three years cultivating and improving his bloodline.
• Tamura Hiroshi fused Lightning Release into Gold Release to create a Kekkei Tōta, nearly collapsing from the dangerous process, and told Orochimaru he would attack the Three Great Sage Lands after one month of preparation.

Tamura Hiroshi raided the Jashin Cult, captured Gō from the Box of Paradise, and traveled to the Land of Demons to investigate Mōryō and the power of time. After learning that Miroku’s visions showed his previous life and meeting the young Shion, he entered Mōryō’s Pocket Dimension to destroy the demon, leaving its followers defeated outside.

• Tamura Hiroshi destroyed the Jashin Cult’s altar, defeated the Evil God Skeleton, and sealed its power after reading its memories.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Mui to open the Box of Paradise, crushed the revived Gō, sealed its Origin Power, and stored the box in a scroll.
• Miroku recognized Tamura Hiroshi from her visions, and he saw images of his previous life that revealed the power of time.
• Tamura Hiroshi flew Miroku, Shion, and the samurai to Mōryō’s underground seal and entered its Pocket Dimension with the Saint Dharma Image.
• Tamura Hiroshi hacked apart Mōryō while his Shadow Clone defeated Yomi and the demon’s followers outside.

Tamura Hiroshi absorbed the pocket dimension into his perfected Kamui eyes, found Plough beneath the sea, and recovered the memories of his past life. He returned to Konoha and postponed the assault on the Three Great Sage Lands for a month while arranging the attack with Orochimaru.

• Tamura Hiroshi sealed Mōryō's remains, then used the Creation Immortal Lotus, Eastern Emperor Bell, and his Obito clone's perfected Kamui Mangekyo to swallow and seal the pocket dimension.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought Miroku, her husband, and Shion to Konohagakure, then searched deep-sea areas for Plough using the time power within him.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Plough, whose time power fused with his and unsealed his past-life memories, revealing that his current self was a continuation of his former life.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Konoha and told Orochimaru to delay the assault on the Three Great Sage Lands for a month while he prepared to draw the Sage of Six Paths' attention to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Orochimaru told Tamura Hiroshi that Tsunade would help encircle the White Snake Sage, while Minato Namikaze would not fight the Great Toad Sage; Tamura Hiroshi assigned Katsuyu to Fugaku and the others.