Recaps

Tsunade’s return to the front ended in disaster when Chiyo exploited her hemophobia, forcing Konoha to abandon Kikyō Mountain Fortress. As the war with Kumogakure dragged on for more than three years, Jiraiya learned that Konoha had launched the conflict without certainty about the kidnapping of Minato’s child or the other alleged crimes, and confronted Shimura Danzō over the enormous losses.

• Tsunade arrived at Kikyō Mountain Fortress and agreed to provide medical support while Mitarashi Shiyo prepared to face Chiyo’s army.
• Rasa joined Chiyo’s attack, and Chiyo used bloodied puppets resembling Nawaki, Dan Katō, and Tsunade’s relatives to trigger Tsunade’s hemophobia.
• Katsuyu rescued Tsunade, and Mitarashi Shiyo ordered a retreat as the Sand Ninja captured Kikyō Mountain Fortress and inflicted heavy losses.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Utatane Koharu to support the front and discussed the worsening war on other fronts as Konoha’s conflict with Kumogakure continued for more than three years.
• Jiraiya confronted Shimura Danzō, who revealed that Kumogakure was suspected of kidnapping Naruto but that Konoha lacked certainty and had also considered the Mangekyo behind the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Jiraiya condemned Shimura Danzō for continuing a costly war on uncertain grounds, while Shimura Danzō insisted that Konoha needed to capture the Fourth Raikage or the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki to secure Naruto’s return.

Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyo while trying to help Jiraiya capture Killer B and end the war, but Killer B killed himself and the Eight-Tails died with him. After the Cloud forces drove Konoha into retreat, Dodai asked Yuzuki to become the next Raikage.

• Uchiha Shisui felt troubled by his clan’s gloating over Konoha’s losses, while Itachi asked what was weighing on him.
• Jiraiya visited the Great Toad Sage, who sent Fukasaku and Shima to help capture Killer B and learn whether Kumogakure had taken Minato’s child.
• Jiraiya attacked the Eight-Tails with a Wind-and-Fire Rasengan, but Killer B killed himself before Konoha could capture him, and the Eight-Tails died with him.
• Yozuki A charged at Jiraiya, but Uchiha Shisui used his Mangekyo to make the Fourth Raikage kill himself and then protected Jiraiya with Susanoo.
• The Cloud forces attacked with Tailed Beast Bombs, and Jiraiya ordered a retreat before a giant snake swallowed him and Shisui and carried them underground.
• Dodai asked Yuzuki to become the next Raikage, and she agreed to help stabilize Kumogakure.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Shisui stabilized Shisui’s Hashirama-cell transplant and traced Konoha’s prolonged war to the abduction of Minato’s child and the Hyuga clan head’s daughter. As the group planned a trip to Kirigakure to investigate Tamura Hiroshi and the possibility that Kushina was alive, Tamura continued developing his power and relaxed on the beach with the tailed beasts and his comrades.

• Tsunade treated Jiraiya’s injured arms, while Orochimaru used Shisui’s and his relatives’ Mangekyo Sharingan to suppress the Hashirama cells transplanted into him.
• Jiraiya revealed that Minato’s child had been abducted alongside the Hyuga clan head’s daughter, and Orochimaru suspected that Fourth Mizukage Tamura Hiroshi had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru said he had seen Uzumaki ninja using Adamantine Sealing Chains during the Kirigakure coup, prompting Tsunade to wonder whether Kushina was still alive.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Shisui agreed to travel to Kirigakure in three months, while Orochimaru said Takigakure had been destroyed and the Seven-Tails had disappeared.
• Tamura strengthened his Senjutsu Dark Release by cultivating chakra in an expanded Kamui Space and completed his aptitude for all seven chakra natures.
• Tamura found the Nine-Tails, Seven-Tails, Six-Tails, Four-Tails, and Three-Tails enjoying the beach with Kakashi and the others, then asked Kisame to exchange weapons so he could try Samehada.

Tamura Hiroshi gave Kisame a Boil Release-powered trident, transformed Samehada into a growing summoning creature, and confronted Orochimaru’s team when they infiltrated the Land of Water. The battle ended with the Toad Sages dead and Tsunade cut in two.

• Tamura Hiroshi replaced the trident’s Explosion Release core with a jonin-level Boil Release core and modified it for Kisame, who found it better suited to him than Samehada.
• Tamura Hiroshi merged an Ultimate Summoning Beast’s body into Samehada, gave it Gelel Stone, a Summoning Contract, and Flying Thunder God Technique, then released it to grow in the sea.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Uchiha Shisui infiltrated the Land of Water and discovered that Kirigakure had purged the nobles and wealthy merchants and taken control of the country.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies confronted the group; Tsunade reunited with Kushina, while Jiraiya mistakenly identified Kisame as the Fourth Mizukage.
• Orochimaru summoned twelve shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation, but Tamura Hiroshi destroyed them and harvested their souls as Yuri attacked Orochimaru.
• Tamura Hiroshi severed Jiraiya’s connection to the two Toad Sages and killed them, Kisame wounded Jiraiya with his trident, and Mei Terumi cleaved Tsunade in two.

Tamura Hiroshi killed Orochimaru and Jiraiya, stole the Great Toad Sage’s treasures, then returned to Kirigakure to battle Obito’s forces. He captured Nagato Uzumaki after taking one Rinnegan, while Obito escaped with the other and Nagato was left despairing.

• Tamura Hiroshi sealed Orochimaru’s soul in the Bone Demon Scythe, then pursued Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and took him away from the Great Toad Sage.
• Tamura Hiroshi harvested Jiraiya’s soul, absorbed the Sage’s Talisman, and stole the Great Toad Sage’s orb before returning to Kirigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi helped repel Obito’s assault, took Nagato Uzumaki’s left Rinnegan, and recovered Konan’s body after her explosive attack.
• The Tailed Beasts destroyed most of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but it escaped after Tamura Hiroshi found a remaining arm.
• Tamura Hiroshi tracked Obito after he took Nagato Uzumaki into Kamui Space, but Obito escaped with Nagato’s remaining Rinnegan.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Nagato Uzumaki alive and considered keeping him in Kirigakure, while Nagato despaired over the deaths of Konan and Yahiko and the loss of his dream.

Tamura Hiroshi negotiated an alliance with Fugaku Uchiha, securing Sasuke as his student while urging the Uchiha to overthrow Konoha’s Hokage faction. He then led Kirigakure’s forces into Konoha and declared war, leaving the village reeling from proof that Jiraiya and the others had died.

• Genji and Tamura Hiroshi agreed to launch the harvest plan cautiously, and Tamura Hiroshi left for Konoha with twelve Kage Level fighters.
• Tamura Hiroshi confronted Fugaku Uchiha with Shisui’s bloodstained forehead protector and proposed supporting an Uchiha coup with evidence against Sarutobi Hiruzen’s faction.
• Fugaku accepted Tamura Hiroshi’s offer, agreed to an alliance treaty, and made Sasuke Tamura Hiroshi’s student.
• Fugaku sent Shadow Clones to prepare the Uchiha clan while Tamura Hiroshi and his fighters broke through Konoha’s barrier and headed for the Hokage Building.
• Tamura Hiroshi declared war on Konoha and Mei Terumi displayed bloodstained belongings from Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others.
• An ANBU ninja grabbed Shisui’s forehead protector and cried out in disbelief that Kirigakure had killed Brother Shisui.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Kirigakure forces attacked Konoha while the Uchiha launched a purge against the Hokage faction. Uchiha Itachi turned against his father, and their fight disrupted the Uchiha assault as Hyuga Hiashi saw an opening for his clan.

• Uchiha Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after learning that Uchiha Shisui had died, but Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him taken away to recover.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Kirigakure fighters attacked the Hokage Building as Kushina and others targeted Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Kakashi fought Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha ninja charged into the village against the Hokage faction, while Tamura Hiroshi fought the Great Toad Sage and severed one of its claws with the Bone Demon Scythe.
• Uchiha Itachi attacked his father, Fugaku Uchiha, with Amaterasu and then clashed with him using their Susanoo, disrupting the Uchiha assault and giving the Hokage faction time to regroup.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi fight and told his clan to prepare to advance its position.

Uchiha Obito’s attacks weakened the Uchiha during their coup, but the Hyuga joined the fight and helped destroy Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction. After putting the defeated leaders on trial, Tamura Hiroshi agreed to take the surviving Uchiha to Kirigakure and left Konoha with them and several captives.

• Uchiha Obito hunted down Uchiha ninja with Three Tomoe Sharingan while avoiding Kakashi, and Uchiha Fugaku defeated Uchiha Itachi.
• Tamura Hiroshi appeared through the Flying Thunder God formula on Uchiha Itachi’s forehead protector, killed him, and sealed his soul; the Hyuga then joined the battle and wiped out the other clans fighting alongside Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kushina restrained Hiruzen Sarutobi and the surviving leaders, and Tamura Hiroshi and the Hyuga recovered evidence for a public trial that exposed their crimes.
• Tamura Hiroshi accepted Fugaku Uchiha’s request to take the surviving Uchiha to Kirigakure, and Fugaku later committed seppuku after Uchiha Sasuke woke and saw him die.
• Tamura Hiroshi departed with the Uchiha survivors and captives, while Torifu Akimichi concluded that Konoha’s era had ended; aboard the ninja eagle, Kakashi identified Orochimaru’s chakra in Mitarashi Anko’s Cursed Seal.

Tamura Hiroshi brought Kurenai Yuhi and the others to Kirigakure, prepared the bodies and eyes of Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi, and let Uchiha Sasuke kill Uchiha Shisui. He then explained his views on greed, wisdom, and preventing future tragedies, leaving Sasuke determined to study and train in Kirigakure.

• Tamura Hiroshi arrived in Kirigakure with Kurenai Yuhi, Kurenai, and the others, then processed Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi's bodies and eyes in his laboratory.
• Tsunade confronted Tamura Hiroshi about experiments involving her relatives, and he blamed Shimura Danzō and Root for providing the bodies.
• Uchiha Sasuke collected his father's and brother's bodies and asked Tamura Hiroshi to let him kill Uchiha Shisui for influencing Itachi.
• Uchiha Sasuke killed the imprisoned Uchiha Shisui with Fugaku Uchiha's sword, while Tamura Hiroshi collected Shisui's soul and body for research.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained to Uchiha Sasuke that unchecked greed caused conflict and that strength, laws, morality, and wisdom could help prevent tragedies.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Uchiha Sasuke to settle in Kirigakure, attend its Ninja School, and visit him for guidance, and Sasuke resolved to train and study hard.

Kirigakure’s hundred-thousand-strong force raided the mainland, targeting nobles, merchants, supplies, and Daimyo administrations, while Oyashiro En avenged the Chinoike Clan. The Four Great Shinobi Villages responded by deciding to establish Ninja Countries, and Genji urged Mei Terumi to focus on preparing Kirigakure to govern a future unified world.

• Kirigakure sent one hundred thousand ninja in puppet battle armor to loot mainland settlements and supplies, while Oyashiro En attacked the Daimyo's administration of the Land of Lightning to settle the Chinoike Clan’s grudge.
• Tamura Hiroshi developed a new Sage Jutsu Curse Mark after studying Jūgo, Orochimaru’s research, and other unusual bodies, with Tsunade joining his research.
• Kirigakure’s forces devastated the Land of Fire and other countries, prompting Hyuga Hiashi and the leaders of the other Great Shinobi Villages to choose the establishment of Ninja Countries over immediate war.
• The Four Great Shinobi Villages mobilized to remove remaining nobles and wealthy merchants, a cleanup Kirigakure expected would make later control easier.
• Mei Terumi argued that Kirigakure should strike before its rivals developed, but Genji warned her about the Three Great Sage Lands and advised her to help prepare Kirigakure’s reforms and future governance.

After Tamura Hiroshi married Yuri Hayashi and Mei Terumi, he began cultivating with the Heavenly Spear’s energy and developing a Little Ten-Tails, driven by unsettling anomalies in the world’s past. Meanwhile, the Mist Shinobi Nation continued to prosper, and the Four Great Shinobi Villages prepared to risk everything to close the widening gap.

• The Four Great Shinobi Nations struggled to rebuild after Kirigakure’s destruction, while the Mist Shinobi Nation thrived and celebrated Tamura Hiroshi’s wedding to Yuri Hayashi and Mei Terumi.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi attended the wedding, where they saw Shikamaru Nara settled in Kirigakure City and discovered that the Tailed Beasts lived there freely.
• Tsunade played mahjong with the Tailed Beasts as representatives from the other villages observed Kirigakure’s development and considered what it meant for their nations.
• After the wedding, Tamura Hiroshi reflected on his Dark Release, seven Spirit Orbs, and the strange differences in the world’s history before spending the night with his two wives.
• Tamura Hiroshi opened the Heavenly Spear and began refining its energy while evolving a Little Ten-Tails and cultivating powers related to time.
• The Mist Shinobi Nation continued developing without Tamura Hiroshi, while the Four Great Shinobi Villages grew alarmed and resolved to stake everything on a desperate gamble.

Tamura Hiroshi awakened the ninth Rinnegan Dojutsu, Reflection, and used it to recover his former lives and restore his peak power. After defeating Jigen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Ōtsutsuki Shibai, he merged two collapsed timelines into his world and began preparing to face destiny and the Ōtsutsuki Progenitor.

• Tamura Hiroshi infused the Little Ten-Tails' Rinnegan with his Golden Finger and the Power of Destiny, awakening the Reflection Dojutsu and recovering the memories and cultivation of his previous timeline.
• Tamura Hiroshi absorbed energy from the sun, restored his former abilities, and fused Light Release, Gold Release, and Dark Release into a Superhuman Body.
• Tamura Hiroshi killed Jigen and Ōtsutsuki Shibai, learned from Shibai's memories that the Ōtsutsuki Progenitor harvested the clan, and resolved to find power beyond destiny.
• Tamura Hiroshi collected Isshiki's Ten-Tails, killed the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura in the Pure Land, and used Infinite Reflection to merge two collapsed timelines and restore their people.
• Tamura Hiroshi reunited with his family, then reshaped the Ninja World Planet inside his Inner World and transformed the God Tree into a World Tree.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to the sun to absorb its remaining energy and accelerated time in his Inner World as he prepared to confront what was coming.

Tamura Hiroshi spent three years accelerating his cultivation and evolving creation and destruction powers to prepare for the Otsutsuki Progenitor’s arrival. After destroying the universe and consuming destiny’s origin, he entered the World Destroying Demonic Lotus, where the Creation Immortal Lotus began using its power to form a new universe and era.

• Tamura Hiroshi used accelerated time and the energy of massive stars to strengthen his inner world and evolve the Creation Power and Destructive Power.
• On Uzumaki Naruto’s seventeenth birthday, the Otsutsuki Progenitor arrived at the Ninja World Planet, and Tamura Hiroshi attacked him with the World Destroying Blade.
• The Otsutsuki Progenitor broke through with destiny’s blessing, but Tamura Hiroshi’s destructive power spread through the universe and destroyed its galaxies.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s power broke through as destiny’s influence weakened, and he used the Fragmented Jade Piece to devour destiny’s origin.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered the World Destroying Demonic Lotus as the Creation Immortal Lotus devoured its power to create a new world and era.