Recaps

Liao Wu lost control after absorbing vast amounts of mixed Chakra and charged toward the moon, while the Ninja Alliance retreated from Amegakure and Madara pursued him. Yagura and the Mist survivors escaped Huo Jin Lake and considered making him the next Mizukage as Liao Wu’s flight astonished Mei Terumi.

• Liao Wu went berserk from the mixed Chakra within him and flew toward the moon to release his excess power, while Ōnoki called after him and Madara rushed to save him.
• Itachi urged Fugaku and Shisui to rescue Liao Wu, but they could not fly; Tobirama led the Ninja Alliance out of Amegakure, and Hashirama declared their next meeting with Madara would be the Decisive Battle.
• Fish Ball chased Hong, Shizune, and the others before Minato drove it away and told them to leave.
• Yagura and Three-Tails surfaced from Huo Jin Lake after the danger passed, and Ao proposed Yagura as the next Mizukage.
• Yagura led the Mist survivors out of the Land of Rain, while Mei Terumi watched Liao Wu fly toward the moon in amazement.

Liao Wu drew the immense energy inside him to the moon, apparently dying in an explosion that devastated its surface. Madara discovered that Liao Wu’s connection to his Spore Clones remained, suggesting he was alive beneath the earth, and threatened Konan to force him out.

• Xuan Dou reached his limit as Liao Wu charged into the moon’s atmosphere and unleashed the energy inside the Susanoo Mucalinda Dragon King, blasting a vast crater into the moon.
• Madara believed Liao Wu had died saving the Ninja World, while Tsunade, the Six Paths Sage, and the Slug Sage also reacted to the lunar explosion.
• Madara returned to Amegakure, where Candy and the other cats mourned Liao Wu, but he then saw the White Scaled Serpent attack Ōnoki and realized Liao Wu might have survived.
• Madara examined Fish Ball with his Rinnegan and found that the Chakra channel from Liao Wu’s Spore Clone still led underground.
• Madara shouted for Liao Wu to come out, then seized Konan and threatened to kill her, but the earth remained silent.

Liao Wu revived himself with his rollback dojutsu, rejected Madara's Moon Eye Plan, then accepted Madara's offer to control reality in exchange for supporting it. Madara discovered that Kushina and Yugito were hiding on Mount Myōboku and prepared to attack the toads.

• Liao Wu revealed that his right-eye dojutsu had rolled him back to life after the moon's destruction and told Madara he could not support the Moon Eye Plan.
• Madara offered Liao Wu control over reality and its beauties, and Liao Wu immediately pledged support and agreed to help capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• Candy suggested using the Moon Eye Plan as a paradise after death, but Madara insisted that he wanted to eradicate the conflict rooted in humanity.
• Madara reviewed the captured Jinchuriki and used Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode to locate Kushina and Yugito training at Mount Myōboku.
• Madara confirmed their hiding place and vowed to destroy the Toad Country.

Kisame sought out Madara and pledged himself to the Moon Eye Plan after describing the brutal culture of Kirigakure. Madara accepted him as a subordinate but placed a Curse Mark in his brain to ensure his loyalty.

• Madara found Kisame spying on him and initially seized him by the throat.
• Kisame knelt before Madara and asked to join the Moon Eye Plan.
• Kisame described how Kirigakure had forced him to fight and kill his own comrades.
• Liao Wu urged Madara to kill Kisame, but Madara told him to stay.
• Madara placed a Curse Mark in Kisame's brain, and Kisame swore loyalty to him.
• Kisame noticed Samehada on Fish Ball's back and recognized it as Suikazan Fuguki's sword.

Madara gave Kisame the great sword Samehada and prepared his forces to attack Mount Myōboku while Liao Wu arranged for the Jinchuriki corpses. Cai Lai claimed a reward for his service and was appointed Crown Prince of Cat Country, as Liao Wu's group faced the question of where to go after Amegakure was destroyed.

• Madara gave Kisame the repaired great sword Samehada, made a smaller version for Fish Ball, and ordered Liao Wu to prepare for war against Mount Myōboku.
• Liao Wu absorbed chakra from the three unconscious Jinchuriki, and Madara had their bodies taken underground before agreeing to let Liao Wu handle the corpses.
• Fish Ball tried to reclaim Kisame's Samehada, but Liao Wu enlarged Fish Ball's smaller sword with a Spore and let Kisame keep the great sword.
• Liao Wu offered to take Kisame to a brothel, but Konan stopped him and asked where they should go after Amegakure's destruction.
• Cai Lai brought Natsuhi Star to Liao Wu and requested a reward, so Liao Wu appointed Cai Lai Crown Prince of Cat Country and gave him access to Fish Ball's female cats.
• Fish Ball and Cai Lai fought over the cats while Konan grabbed Liao Wu by the ear as he harassed Natsuhi Star.

After the moon’s destruction endangered Toneri’s family, Kui died asking Xuan Dou not to seek revenge. The damage weakened Kaguya’s seal, allowing part of her Chakra to awaken through Black Zetsu, who learned that Madara’s Moon Eye Plan could bring her back.

• Liao Wu decided to send Fried Rice, Kuhon, and the other Rain Village survivors to Hozuki Castle, while Kisame trained with Samehada.
• Kui used the Giant Tenseigan to protect Toneri’s family from the blast that destroyed Hamura Shrine, but the effort left her dying.
• Kui urged Xuan Dou to raise Toneri without seeking revenge, then died in his arms, and Xuan Dou cried out against the Ninja World.
• The destruction of part of the moon loosened the Six Paths Seal, and some of Kaguya’s Chakra descended onto Black Zetsu in Rain Village.
• Kaguya awakened through Black Zetsu and ordered him to destroy the moon or use the Moon Eye Plan to free her.
• Black Zetsu explained that Madara was gathering the Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails, unaware that the Ten-Tails was Kaguya herself.

Kaguya urged Black Zetsu to speed up the Moon Eye Plan while Liao Wu took his companions to Hozuki Castle. In Leaf Village, the allied leaders argued over their losses as Mist Village introduced Yagura as its new Fourth Mizukage.

• Kaguya asked Black Zetsu how many Tailed Beasts had been collected, then ordered him to hasten her revival and take her to Madara and Uchiha Ryobu.
• Liao Wu reassured Fried Rice that he was alive, then used Satoru to summon the Box of Paradise and brought the group to Hozuki Castle.
• The Ninja Alliance returned to Leaf Village, where Tobirama questioned the Third Hokage about Sand Village's absence from the leaders' meeting.
• Ao brought Yagura to the meeting and introduced him as Mist Village's new Fourth Mizukage, prompting Ōnoki to mock him for fleeing the battlefield.
• The village leaders argued over their casualties and Tobirama's plan to sacrifice Killer B, while Hashirama struggled to calm them.
• Fire Fly asked Asuma to rescue Natsuhiboshi, but Akahoshi urged him to stop and accept that she had gone with Uchiha Ryobu.

After the Alliance prepared for its final battle with Madara, Ryobu relocated Rain Village to Hozuki Castle and began turning the prison island into a base. Tsunade welcomed him back, while Ichikishimahime tried to return to Ryūchi Cave and Ryobu warned her the White Snake Sage might eat her.

• Yashiro defended Itachi from Ebisu and told him that the strong could do as they pleased, while lamenting that Ryobu had turned away from the Uchiha Clan.
• Hashirama quieted the Hokage's Office, and Tobirama announced that the coming battle with Madara would decide the fate of the Ninja World.
• Ryobu used the Box of Paradise to transfer Rain Village's villagers to Hozuki Castle, and Konan worried that the prison's criminals might threaten them.
• Hagi Chiho and Ryūsetsu reassured Konan that the prisoners were restrained by Fire Style: Heavenly Prison, and Tsunade embraced Ryobu and scolded him for risking his life.
• Ryobu sent Spore Clones to rebuild Rain Village and Nonō's Orphanage, established Hozuki Castle as a base, and replaced the Ninja Cats' spores with Life Spores.
• When Ichikishimahime asked to return to Ryūchi Cave, Ryobu activated her spores and warned that the White Snake Sage might eat her.

Ryobu unsealed clone-like versions of Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, forced them to obey, and told them their jinchuriki were likely dead. After Sasori reported that Madara had sealed the three Tailed Beasts and preserved their jinchuriki’s corpses, Ryobu prepared to learn Impure World Reincarnation.

• Ryobu removed three spores from his body and unsealed Four-Tails Son Goku, Five-Tails Kokuō, and Six-Tails Rhino Dog as Tailed Beast clones.
• Shukaku and Seven-Tails explained the clones’ situation, and Five-Tails asked Ryobu to release Ichikishimahime so she could breathe.
• Four-Tails challenged Ryobu, who subdued and electrocuted him until all five Tailed Beasts stood obediently on the desk.
• Ryobu told Four-Tails and Five-Tails that their jinchuriki were likely dead, then promised to bring them back with Impure World Reincarnation once he learned the technique.
• Sasori told Ryobu that Madara had sealed the three Tailed Beasts and that Sasori had secured the corpses of their jinchuriki, asking to turn Rōshi and Han into Human Puppets.

Ryobu retrieved the bodies of Rōshi, Han, and Utakata but could not use Impure World Reincarnation because no one had mastered it yet. He summoned Snake Aunt and Anko to Hozuki Castle through his spores, then tortured them into submission while the Tailed Beasts argued over who was senior.

• Ryobu summoned the corpses of Rōshi, Han, and Utakata, and the Four-Tails and Five-Tails grieved for their former hosts.
• The Snow Leopard told Ryobu that Ryoma Aburame had returned to Root and wanted Kabuto to revive Danzo, while neither Kabuto nor the Snow Leopard had mastered Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ryobu remembered Snake Aunt and Anko, found them near Ryūchi Cave, and used his spores to summon them to Hozuki Castle.
• Snake Aunt accused Ryobu of wanting to control her and Anko, and Ryobu used the spores to make them collapse before releasing them.
• Shukaku warned the other Tailed Beasts not to oppose Ryobu and claimed to be their Big Brother because he was created first.

Shukaku defeated the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails in a fight, while Snake Aunt convinced Ryobu to distrust Madara and consider taking power for himself. Ryobu secretly prepared to use resurrected Jinchuriki against the Ninja Alliance, but decided to wait for the right moment to turn on Madara.

• Shukaku defeated the Four-Tails and then fought the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, steadily overpowering all three.
• Ryobu introduced Snake Aunt to Hozuki Castle and explained his cooperation with Madara and the Moon Eye Plan.
• Snake Aunt warned Ryobu that Madara would betray him after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and urged him to seize power himself.
• Ryobu made Snake Aunt his military adviser and considered secretly contacting the Ninja Alliance, but chose to wait for a better opportunity against Madara.
• Ryobu ordered Snake Aunt to use Impure World Reincarnation on Rōshi and Han, while the Ninja Cats took Utakata away to be buried.

Ryobu and Snake Aunt used two prisoners from Hozuki Castle to perform Impure World Reincarnation on Rōshi and Han, while Ryobu learned the jutsu by watching. Rōshi regained a Four-Tails chakra cloak and attacked, leaving Ryobu and Snake Aunt unruffled as they considered how tailed beast chakra remained bound to a Jinchūriki’s soul.

• Ryobu remembered Hotaru and the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Heavenly Fury technique, and decided to obtain the technique and Hotaru.
• Snake Aunt explained that White Zetsu made the best sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation, but Ryobu said he had used them all.
• Ryobu hypnotized two Hozuki Castle prisoners, removed their Heavenly Prison seals, and helped Snake Aunt prepare them as sacrifices.
• Snake Aunt revived Rōshi and Han, while Ryobu copied the Impure World Reincarnation technique with his Sharingan.
• Rōshi and Han realized they had been reanimated, and Han learned from the Five-Tails that its main body had been sealed away.
• Rōshi formed a four-tailed chakra cloak and raged against Ryobu and Snake Aunt, who remained calm and noted that tailed beast chakra had persisted through his reanimation.

Ryobu subdued the Impure World Reincarnation versions of Rōshi and Han, then agreed not to force Han to fight his comrades after King Mu pleaded for him. Sasori sealed their corpses to turn them into Human Puppets and asked to build a new laboratory at Hozuki Castle.

• Ryobu sealed Rōshi’s Lava Release, subdued him with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and discovered his Spore could control both Rōshi and Han.
• Han begged Ryobu not to make him fight his comrades, and King Mu pleaded on his behalf; Ryobu agreed and gave Han a Face Fruit.
• Ryobu released his control over Rōshi’s illusion and used the Spore to control his movements, while Rōshi and Han despaired at the prospect of becoming Human Puppets.
• Scorpion arrived and sealed Rōshi and Han’s corpses so he could turn them into Human Puppets.
• Sasori asked Liao Wu to establish his laboratory at Hozuki Castle, and Liao Wu agreed to let him choose a site and use Spore Clones for construction.

Ryobu let Scorpion and Snake Aunt prepare to test Human Puppets against Impure World Reincarnation using Rōshi and Han, then helped them settle into coffins at Hozuki Castle. After learning that Jiraiya had died in Rain Village, Snake Aunt went with Ryobu to see his preserved corpse.

• Scorpion and Snake Aunt argued over Orochimaru and agreed to compete by turning Rōshi and Han into a Human Puppet and using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ryobu made coffins for Rōshi and Han, and Rōshi asked him to let him confront Ōnoki and bury him beside a temple when he was not summoned.
• Snake Aunt placed summoning circles on the coffins and asked Liao Wu to find her a laboratory at Hozuki Castle.
• Liao Wu told Snake Aunt that Jiraiya had died in Rain Village, and Snake Aunt lamented that his feelings had led him to his death.
• Liao Wu led Snake Aunt, Candy, and Anko to Jiraiya's preserved corpse in an underground chamber beneath Hozuki Castle.

Liao Wu sought a way to revive Jiraiya and summoned Chiyo to Hozuki Castle to develop Life Reincarnation. After Chiyo said she had not finished the technique, Liao Wu threatened her and then tortured Sasori to pressure her.

• Snake Aunt identified Jiraiya's wounds as Wind Style Ninjutsu, and Liao Wu explained that Danzo had accidentally killed him while Jiraiya shielded Tsunade.
• Liao Wu considered using Madara's Rinnegan, Chiyo's Life Reincarnation, or Ryūsetsu's Dragon Life Reincarnation to revive Jiraiya, but ruled out the first and third methods.
• Liao Wu sensed Chiyo in Sunagakure and summoned her to Hozuki Castle while she was studying Sasori's Regeneration Core.
• Chiyo admitted she had not developed Life Reincarnation because she was helping Pakura with politics, so Liao Wu used the Spore to torment her and demanded that she finish it immediately.
• After Chiyo said resurrection would take time, Liao Wu summoned Sasori and shocked him with black serpent lightning.

Tsunade learned that her hemophobia meant she could no longer be a ninja, then confronted Natsuhi Star about being taken by Liao Wu. After Slug delivered Hashirama’s message supporting Tsunade’s marriage, Tsunade felt reassured.

• Nonō diagnosed Tsunade with hemophobia and told her she could no longer be a ninja, but Tsunade resolved to find and cure its cause.
• Tsunade met Natsuhi Star, who begged to be released, and explained that neither of them could oppose Liao Wu’s wishes.
• Natsuhi Star fainted, and a Ninja Cat revealed that prolonged cultivation of Hoshigakure’s radioactive Star had made her seriously ill.
• Slug appeared after Tsunade’s restriction was lifted and took her outside to relay Hashirama’s message.
• Slug told Tsunade that Hashirama supported her marriage to Liao Wu, and Tsunade smiled at her grandfather’s reassurance.

Tsunade received Mount Myōboku’s Sage Talisman, which could revive Jiraiya, and rushed to Hozuki Castle. Meanwhile, Liao Wu discovered that he could use White Zetsu as a living spare body and began testing how to house Dan’s soul in one, ending as Dan regained consciousness in White Zetsu’s body.

• Slug gave Tsunade the Sage Talisman and explained that it could revive Jiraiya, so Tsunade ran to Hozuki Castle.
• Chiyo, Sasori, and Snake Aunt studied Life Reincarnation to develop a revival technique for Jiraiya.
• Liao Wu learned Dan’s Spirit Transformation Technique, possessed a White Zetsu, and found that he could use one as a backup body.
• Liao Wu had Shukaku place a Wind God Curse Mark on White Zetsu to seal Dan’s summoned soul inside it.
• Dan awoke in the White Zetsu body and looked at his hands in confusion.

Liao Wu revived Dan by placing his Spirit Body in a White Zetsu body, though Snake Aunt explained that Dan remained bound to the Reanimation Jutsu and could return to the Pure Land if it was released. Liao Wu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to stop Dan from resisting, then Tsunade arrived, leaving Dan quietly grieving that she had become Liao Wu’s wife.

• Dan awakened in a White Zetsu body, and Anko and the others confirmed that Liao Wu had brought him back to life.
• Snake Aunt explained that the Spirit Transformation Technique allowed Dan to inhabit the body but did not free his soul from the Reanimation Jutsu or the Pure Land.
• Liao Wu implanted a spore in Dan and threatened to make him attack his former comrades, but used his Mangekyō Sharingan to stop Dan from resisting.
• Snake Aunt reassured Dan that Liao Wu was only teasing and would not truly make him harm innocent people.
• Tsunade entered the room where Jiraiya’s corpse was kept, and Dan silently accepted that she had become Liao Wu’s wife despite his lingering pain.

Tsunade brought Mount Myōboku’s Sage Talisman to resurrect Jiraiya, while Liao Wu studied its secrets and considered taking its special paper from Mount Myōboku. Tsunade finally placed the talisman on Jiraiya’s chest, and it began pouring vital chakra into his body.

• Tsunade arrived with the Sage Talisman and met Dan, whom Liao Wu explained had been resurrected.
• Liao Wu recognized the talisman, took it from Tsunade, and postponed Jiraiya’s resurrection to study it.
• Liao Wu and his clones analyzed the talisman while Candy copied its seal, but they learned its special paper could only be obtained from Mount Myōboku.
• Liao Wu returned the talisman to Tsunade, who punched him and placed it on Jiraiya’s chest.
• The Sage Talisman glowed and poured a massive amount of vital chakra into Jiraiya’s corpse.

Liao Wu and the others revived Jiraiya with the Sage Talisman, but Jiraiya still intended to oppose Madara and return to Leaf Village. Liao Wu imprisoned him in Hozuki Castle and tried to arrange a marriage for him, until Jiraiya revealed that he wanted to date Orochimaru.

• The Sage Talisman's Senjutsu Chakra revived Jiraiya, and he woke to find Liao Wu kissing Tsunade.
• Jiraiya learned the Great Toad Sage had provided the Sage Talisman and asked whether Madara had been destroyed.
• Jiraiya insisted he would return to fight for Leaf Village, so Liao Wu handcuffed him and placed a Spore inside him to control him.
• Liao Wu ordered Cat Lai to prepare a fine room for Jiraiya and find him a wife, while Jiraiya protested that he was devoted to Tsunade.
• Jiraiya said he wanted to date Orochimaru, and Snake Aunt rejected him because she had no human romantic feelings.

Jiraiya asked Snake Aunt to help him avoid a marriage arranged by Liao Wu, but Liao Wu imprisoned him and Dan while keeping them from joining his side. After arguing with Chiyo and questioning the Slug Sage’s loyalty, Liao Wu set up a barrier to block the Three Great Sages’ surveillance.

• Jiraiya pleaded with Snake Aunt to help him avoid marrying a stranger, and she agreed before refusing Liao Wu’s plan to pair them together.
• Liao Wu gave Jiraiya a year to win Snake Aunt over, then ordered the Hakimis to imprison him; they shocked him unconscious after he asked Liao Wu not to hurt Minato and Kushina.
• Liao Wu had the Ninja Cats take Dan away and secured his prison with Chakra control, an implanted Mangekyo Illusion Technique, and a barrier.
• Tsunade and Chiyo traded insults, and Liao Wu questioned the slug on Tsunade’s shoulder about whether the First and Second Hokage would learn the location of his base.
• The slug promised that its main body would not interfere, but Liao Wu took Candy outside Hozuki Castle and created a clone to set up a Sage Mode barrier against the Three Great Sages’ surveillance.

Liao Wu strengthened the Barrier around Hozuki Castle, gave Chiyo the Impure World Reincarnation scroll, and brought her back to Sunagakure. He reunited with Pakura in the Kazekage's Office, where they shared the moonlit night.

• Liao Wu used Senjutsu to strengthen Hozuki Castle's Barrier and learned from Tsunade that Natsuhiboshi had fallen unconscious.
• Chiyo agreed to develop Life Reincarnation after studying the Sage Talisman's resurrection, and Liao Wu gave her Senju Tobirama's Impure World Reincarnation scroll.
• Chiyo tried to reassure Sasori that his parents would forgive him, but Sasori left to turn Rōshi's and Han's corpses into Human Puppets.
• Liao Wu used Pakura's Spore marker to take Chiyo from Hozuki Castle to Sunagakure, where he controlled Pakura's startled Shadow Guards.
• Chiyo left to tell Ebizo she was safe, while Liao Wu reunited with Pakura in the Kazekage's Office and they admired the moonlight together.

Temari visited the Kazekage Tower to report her training, but found Uchiha Ryobu instead of Pakura and was overpowered by him. After Ryobu sent Temari and Kamatari outside, he and Pakura discussed the Land of Wind Daimyo’s pressure on Sand Village.

• Temari arrived at the Kazekage Tower with Kamatari, who sensed a great demon inside and warned her not to enter.
• Temari entered the Kazekage’s Office and found Uchiha Ryobu in Pakura’s place; his Sharingan stopped her from moving.
• Ryobu released Temari’s body, but bound her with a vine when she charged at him, while Kamatari played dead rather than fight.
• Ryobu told Temari that Pakura had gone out, then threatened her family and sent her and Kamatari outside for stand punishment.
• Pakura finished up and confronted Ryobu before complaining that the Land of Wind Daimyo had reprimanded her over Sand Village withdrawing from the Ninja Alliance.
• Ryobu promised to deal with the Daimyo and joked about taking his girlfriends, prompting Pakura to pinch him.

Hashirama and the Ninja Alliance learned that Madara planned to attack Mount Myōboku, where Yugito and Kushina were staying, and debated how to defend it. Hashirama blamed himself for the Ninja World’s wars and vowed to stop Madara, while leaders from the other villages pledged to fight alongside him.

• Mount Myōboku’s Contact Toad warned Hashirama that Madara had sensed Yugito and Kushina and would attack within days.
• Tobirama and Minato offered to use Flying Thunder God to transport the Ninja Alliance, while Hashirama worried that ordinary ninja would become cannon fodder against Madara and Liao Wu.
• Fugaku explained that Madara and Liao Wu controlled the Ninja Cats because they carried the Flame Uchiha Gunbai, and Hashirama stopped Tobirama from blaming Fugaku and Shisui.
• Hashirama apologized for the wars that followed his attempt to preserve balance among the nations and said he would stop Madara to correct his past mistakes.
• Mifune, Ōnoki, Yagura, and the Cloud Village representative insisted the conflict belonged to everyone and pledged to fight Madara.

Tobirama pushed for the Five Great Shinobi Villages to form a permanent alliance under a higher authority, and Hashirama persuaded the remaining leaders to accept. The agreement nearly collapsed when Tobirama attacked the Fourth Raikage over his demand for Kumogakure’s autonomy, leaving Hashirama restraining Tobirama as the Raikage accused him of plotting to install a puppet.

• Tobirama proposed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages remain allied forever under an authority above them, but the Fourth Raikage objected that national interests came first.
• Yagura and Sand Village’s representative supported Tobirama’s proposal, while the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki hesitated over their villages’ ties to their nations.
• Hashirama begged Ōnoki to support the alliance, and Ōnoki agreed despite the Fourth Raikage’s protest.
• Hashirama appealed to the Fourth Raikage, who agreed to join only if each village retained substantial autonomy and Leaf Village led only in name.
• Tobirama attacked the Fourth Raikage with a Kunai, but Hashirama stopped him before he could kill the Raikage.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Tobirama of trying to kill him and install a puppet Raikage.