Recaps

Liao Wu pretended to be Obito’s grandfather and proved his supposed Uchiha strength by summoning Perfect Susanoo. He then claimed the Dragon Vein had carried him from the Warring States Period into the present, leaving Obito thinking about whether time travel could undo his greatest regret.

• Obito challenged Liao Wu to prove he had been the strongest Uchiha, and Liao Wu summoned a hundred-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo that terrified Jiraiya, Nagato, Konan, and the others.
• Obito recognized Susanoo as a Mangekyō Sharingan power and reflected that he had never awakened it because he had not reclaimed Kakashi’s Mangekyō.
• Konan considered whether Nagato could counter Susanoo by summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, despite the strain and risks to Nagato.
• Liao Wu dispelled Susanoo and claimed that a battle near the Dragon Vein had transported him from the Warring States Period to the present.
• Obito considered using Liao Wu’s clan loyalty to turn him against the Leaf Village, then imagined traveling back to stop Kakashi from killing Rin.

Liao Wu explained why he had the Rinnegan, prompting Nagato to question the origin of his own eyes. Obito then revealed that the Uchiha massacre had been ordered by Konoha’s leadership, leaving the secretly listening Jiraiya alarmed.

• Liao Wu warned Konan and the others that the Dragon Vein could not reliably take them to the past or change their present.
• Deva Path Pain asked why Liao Wu had the Rinnegan, and Liao Wu claimed that Senju cells and a near-death trial had evolved his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Nagato was stunned by Liao Wu’s account and began to suspect a conspiracy behind his own Rinnegan.
• Obito awkwardly addressed Liao Wu as his grandfather and revealed that Itachi had massacred the Uchiha on orders from Konoha’s High Command.
• Jiraiya secretly listened to Obito’s accusation and grew alarmed as he recalled how the village had restricted the Uchiha to the Police Force.

Liao Wu learned that Itachi was dead and set aside his revenge against the Leaf, but his demand to have children with Konan provoked Nagato. Liao Wu declared that the era would submit to the Uchiha and threatened to take Pain’s Rinnegan, leaving the two poised for battle.

• Obito told Liao Wu that Itachi had died after fighting to protect Sasuke, and explained that Itachi had been a Leaf spy.
• Liao Wu stopped pursuing the Leaf after Obito argued that the modern Uchiha had brought their destruction upon themselves, then said he would raise a new generation and asked Konan to have children with him.
• Nagato’s Deva Path attacked Liao Wu with Shinra Tensei, but Liao Wu repelled the attack and sent Pain and Konan flying.
• Liao Wu announced that the era would submit to the Uchiha and said he needed Pain’s Rinnegan to complete his eyes.
• Pain challenged Liao Wu as Jiraiya and the Two Great Sages watched, fearing the consequences if Liao Wu joined Akatsuki.

Liao Wu drove Nagato and Konan from Rōran after clashing with the Six Paths of Pain, while Nagato and Konan began questioning the origin of his Rinnegan and Nagato’s own. Obito stayed with Liao Wu, who asked for history books and arranged to meet Sasuke, as Jiraiya left to warn Tsunade.

• Liao Wu challenged Nagato’s goal of ending war, and the Six Paths of Pain and Konan attacked him before fleeing aboard Yatagarasu.
• Nagato and Konan discussed Liao Wu’s Rinnegan and wondered whether a conspiracy lay behind Nagato’s eyes and Madara’s plans.
• Obito asked whether Liao Wu wanted Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Liao Wu questioned Obito’s identity before asking him to gather history books.
• Liao Wu asked to meet Sasuke, and Obito took him there while the Meow Six Paths remained in Rōran to establish a base.
• Jiraiya realized Liao Wu intended to use Rōran as his headquarters and headed to the Leaf Village to tell Tsunade.

Sasuke learned the truth about Itachi and vowed to destroy Leaf Village, while Hawk Team met Liao Wu, an Uchiha ancestor who had traveled from the past. Liao Wu questioned Sasuke about his newly awakened Mangekyo and recognized his Dojutsu as a familiar pairing.

• Sasuke blamed Leaf Village for making Itachi massacre the Uchiha Clan and declared his goal was to destroy the village.
• Karin urged Sasuke to leave the cold wind and tend to his injuries as Hawk Team ate grilled fish.
• Obito arrived with Liao Wu, startling Hawk Team, and explained that Liao Wu was an Uchiha from the distant past who had traveled through the Dragon Vein.
• Liao Wu ate Suigetsu's fish, then asked Sasuke whether he had awakened his Mangekyo that day.
• Sasuke explained that his left eye held Amaterasu and his right held Kagutsuchi, and Liao Wu called them a standard pairing.
• Obito revealed that his younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, had possessed the same Dojutsu as Sasuke.

Liao Wu explained the Mangekyo Sharingan’s costs and how Sasuke could obtain the Eternal Mangekyo, while Obito learned about Sasuke’s abilities. After Obito revealed that someone had stolen Itachi’s body, Sasuke’s hatred flared until Liao Wu warned him that the Mangekyo amplified negative emotions.

• Obito memorized Sasuke’s Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi abilities while wondering about Liao Wu’s Dojutsu and investigating his claimed history.
• Liao Wu warned Sasuke that Mangekyo use damaged his eyesight and explained that transplanting a close relative’s Mangekyo could create the Eternal Mangekyo.
• Sasuke realized Itachi had lied about wanting to take his eyes, and Obito revealed that someone had stolen Itachi’s body.
• Sasuke reacted to the theft with murderous intent and vowed to kill the thief, while Liao Wu privately acknowledged that he had taken Itachi’s body.
• Liao Wu explained that the Mangekyo intensified hatred and other negative emotions, and Sasuke deactivated his eyes as his sinister Chakra subsided.

Obito and Liao Wu discussed who might have stolen Itachi’s body and how Sasuke could prevent his Mangekyo vision from deteriorating. Liao Wu revealed that Karin’s pure Uzumaki bloodline could provide the vitality Sasuke needed, leaving the group considering her cells as a solution.

• Obito suspected that someone knowledgeable about the Eternal Mangekyo had stolen Itachi’s body and decided to have White Zetsu watch Kabuto.
• Liao Wu explained that Senju Yang Release could counter the decline in an Uchiha’s Mangekyo pupil power, but Obito said only someone with Hashirama’s level of vitality would work.
• When the group wondered how Sasuke could obtain Senju power, Liao Wu recognized Karin’s healing ability and identified her as a member of the Uzumaki Clan with a pure bloodline.
• Liao Wu explained that Karin’s Uzumaki cells could replenish Sasuke’s Mangekyo pupil power, and Obito understood his proposed solution.

Liao Wu discussed ways for Sasuke to protect his Mangekyō Sharingan and pressed him and the others to revive their clans through marriage and children. Sasuke rejected the idea for now, focusing instead on avenging Itachi, while Karin stayed close to him.

• Liao Wu explained that implanting Karin's cells could protect Sasuke's eyesight, though transplanting Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan would awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Sasuke chose to wait before deciding.
• Suigetsu asked whether Liao Wu wanted to return to the past, and Liao Wu said he would destroy the Senju Clan if he could not return and would rebuild the Uchiha Clan in the present.
• Liao Wu proposed that Sasuke and the others take many wives to revive their clans, but Sasuke said he wanted to restore the Uchiha name's glory rather than focus on having children.
• Sasuke said he would kill Danzo and the other elders who had used Itachi, and Liao Wu proposed capturing the Hokage, whom he identified as a Senju, to bear his children.
• Liao Wu urged Karin and Suigetsu to continue their clans, while Karin blushed at the suggestion that she might have children with Sasuke and Suigetsu teased her.

Liao Wu returned to Rōran after showing Sasuke his Perfect Susanoo and explaining its stages. There, he learned how Kira’s people had fallen into hardship and offered to rebuild their city, leaving Kira wondering what he expected in return.

• Liao Wu left Hawk Team by flying away in his Susanoo, and Obito explained the power to Sasuke.
• Liao Wu returned to Rōran, where Candy reported that White Zetsu and toads from Mount Myōboku were watching the area; he ordered them captured.
• Liao Wu stopped Fish Ball from taunting Kira and asked her how Rōran had been destroyed.
• Kira told Liao Wu that a minister’s rebellion had destroyed Rōran and that a blond-haired ninja had saved its people.
• Liao Wu offered to rebuild Rōran and give its people a prosperous, safer life, and Kira asked what he wanted in return.

Liao Wu ordered the relocation of Rōran’s people and declared himself their protector, while forcing Kira into a deal to bear him a child. In the Leaf Village, Jiraiya revealed that an Uchiha from the past had traveled into the present through the dragon vein.

• Liao Wu told Kira he would rebuild the Uchiha Clan by fathering many children and insisted she accept his deal.
• Liao Wu sent Fried Rice to tell Candy to build homes for Rōran’s people and Fish Ball to steal supplies from the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
• Liao Wu told Kira to bring her people to the new homes, declared her Queen of Rōran, and named himself Sage Riri, their protector.
• Liao Wu realized the Great Toad Sage might discover his deception and synchronized information with his Naruto clone in the Leaf Village.
• Jiraiya explained to Tsunade and the gathered jonin that Naruto and Yamato had traveled into the past through the dragon vein and had their memories sealed.
• Jiraiya revealed that an Uchiha from the Warring States Period had traveled through the dragon vein into the present.

Leaf Village learned that Liao Wu, an ancient Uchiha with power comparable to Madara Uchiha, had been brought into the present, while Jiraiya revealed that a masked man had exposed the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre. Danzo admitted he had ordered the massacre and called for Liao Wu to be eliminated, though the chapter established that Liao Wu had not yet turned against Leaf Village.

• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima warned Leaf Ninja that Liao Wu possessed a Mangekyo, the Rinnegan, and a Complete Susanoo with power rivaling Madara Uchiha's.
• Shikaku suggested the Dragon Vein had swept Liao Wu into the present before he could affect history, and Tsunade sent Shizune to search the Uchiha Clan's records for information about him.
• Jiraiya told Koharu, Homura, Shikaku, Kakashi, and Yamato that a masked man claiming to be Madara had revealed the truth about the Uchiha Massacre.
• Danzo arrived and admitted that he had ordered Itachi to slaughter the Uchiha Clan, then argued that Sasuke was a danger to Leaf Village.
• Jiraiya explained that Liao Wu knew the truth but had not attacked Leaf Village, since he disowned the later Uchiha Clan and wanted to father descendants; Danzo nevertheless insisted that Liao Wu should be eliminated.

After foreseeing Liao Wu’s attack, the Great Toad Sage sacrificed himself to change Mount Myōboku’s fate and spare its toads. Liao Wu arrived to find the sage dead and wondered whether his death had been deliberate or accidental.

• Liao Wu transformed into lightning and raced from Rōran toward Mount Myōboku to kill the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage dreamed that Liao Wu would destroy Mount Myōboku, then used his senjutsu chakra to become a stone statue and alter that future.
• Toad Jade saw Gamamaru’s name disappear from the clan roster and announced that the Great Toad Sage had died.
• Liao Wu broke through Mount Myōboku’s barrier, sensed no Great Toad Sage chakra, and went to the sage’s temple.
• Liao Wu found the Great Toad Sage’s stone statue as the toads outside speculated that his death had caused the lightning storm.

Liao Wu left Mount Myōboku after killing the Great Toad Sage, while the toads mourned their prophet’s death. In the Leaf Village, Jiraiya and the leaders discussed the threats posed by Nagato, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Ryobu, and considered exploiting their conflicts.

• Liao Wu abandoned the idea of killing the other toads and flew away from Mount Myōboku as living lightning.
• Gama Bunta, Gama Kichi, Gama Ryu, Gama Ken, and Gama Hiro went to the Great Toad Sage’s temple and realized he had died.
• The toads mourned the Great Toad Sage, whose prophetic dreams had guided Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya, Sage Fukasaku, and Sage Shima reported information about the Akatsuki and Madara Uchiha to the Leaf Village’s leaders.
• Koharu blamed Jiraiya for concealing Nagato’s Rinnegan, while Danzo also kept his own past concealment secret.
• Tsunade and the others discussed forming alliances and exploiting the conflicts among Nagato, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Ryobu.

After the Uchiha archives vanished, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima learned that the Great Lord of Mount Myōboku had died. Liao Wu visited Kakuzu's Base, revived Orochimaru from a white snake fragment using senjutsu chakra, and faced Orochimaru's confused question about his identity.

• Shizune reported that someone had stolen all the Uchiha archives, and Kakashi suspected Akatsuki's Zetsu.
• Sage Shima summoned Gama Ryu, who tearfully announced that the Great Lord had passed away.
• Liao Wu arrived at Kakuzu's Base, where Deidara asked to join a terrorist attack, and Liao Wu told him to help a construction company blast mountains.
• Liao Wu took Orochimaru's white snake fragment from its tank and infused it with Ryūchi Cave senjutsu chakra until it grew into a giant snake.
• Liao Wu used his Mangekyo and Rinnegan to subdue the snake and summoned Orochimaru, who emerged from its mouth and asked who Liao Wu was.

Liao Wu questioned the newly revived Orochimaru, who deduced that Liao Wu came from the future and theorized that the Rinnegan evolved from the Sharingan. Liao Wu recognized Orochimaru’s insight but understood that awakening the Rinnegan depended on factors beyond his theory, while Orochimaru remained wary of Liao Wu’s power.

• Orochimaru saw Liao Wu’s Snake Sage Mode and powerful eyes, then guessed that Liao Wu had come from the future.
• Orochimaru said Liao Wu had revived him for his research abilities and explained his theory that the Rinnegan evolved from the Sharingan.
• Orochimaru connected the Rinnegan’s awakening to Madara Uchiha, Hashirama’s power, and Nagato’s eyes, and Liao Wu praised his genius.
• Liao Wu reflected that Indra and Asura’s chakra, the Six Paths chakra, and fate—not simply Hashirama Cells—were crucial to awakening the Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru studied Liao Wu cautiously, fearing that Liao Wu could kill him with ease.

Liao Wu discussed helping Orochimaru undo the Shinigami's seal on his hands, then learned that Deidara considered himself Liao Wu's lifelong spy. Deidara's claim exposed how Kotoamatsukami's loyalty directive had produced bizarre false memories, while spies watched the group from outside.

• Orochimaru explained that he had found a way to undo the sealing on his hands and wanted to visit the Leaf Village, and Liao Wu promised to help him deal with the Shinigami's seal.
• Deidara reported that spies were watching the group over Kakuzu's fortune, then recognized Orochimaru and prepared to attack him.
• Deidara told Liao Wu that he had been his loyal mole in both Iwagakure and the Akatsuki, while Orochimaru challenged his claims and mocked his loyalty.
• Deidara insisted that his loyalty to Liao Wu had begun before he was born, and Liao Wu realized that Kotoamatsukami's directive had shaped Deidara's memories without changing the past.

Liao Wu prepared Itachi’s preserved corpse for revival, explaining how years of psychological strain had ruined his health. Orochimaru feared Liao Wu’s control and took precautions against being mentally enslaved, then watched as Liao Wu summoned Candy to use the Sage Talisman on Itachi.

• Orochimaru suspected Liao Wu had controlled Deidara and secretly placed a technique on himself that would make him die if an Illusion Technique changed his mind.
• Liao Wu brought out Itachi’s body and used Wood Clones to begin repairing it with White Zetsu Cells.
• Liao Wu reasoned that Itachi’s illness had worsened under prolonged mental strain, dangerous battles, and the Mangekyō Sharingan’s side effects.
• Liao Wu summoned Candy and asked her to revive Itachi with the Sage Talisman.
• Candy placed the Sage Talisman on Itachi’s face as Orochimaru watched.

Liao Wu revived Itachi with a Sage Talisman, but Itachi immediately attacked and tried to escape. Liao Wu had Candy restrain him and began modifying his body with White Zetsu Cells as Deidara arrived.

• Candy placed the Sage Talisman on Itachi, and the talisman restored his warmth and brought his soul back from the Pure Land.
• Itachi awoke and unleashed Amaterasu, but Liao Wu protected himself and Orochimaru with Susanoo.
• Itachi questioned Liao Wu about Sasuke, Madara, and his stolen body, then recognized that Liao Wu had revived him.
• Itachi tried to flee with the Crow Clone Technique, but Candy stopped him and Liao Wu had Spore Clones implant White Zetsu Cells in his body.
• Deidara returned after clearing the area around Kakuzu's base and reacted with anger when he saw Itachi.

Liao Wu and Orochimaru repaired Itachi’s failing body by implanting White Zetsu Cells, while Liao Wu learned that Itachi had once dreamed of ending every conflict in the world. Itachi’s vision returned, and Liao Wu explained that the cells had given him a healthy body and replenished Mangekyo Pupil Power.

• The Spore Clone and Orochimaru operated on Itachi while he remained conscious, implanting White Zetsu Cells to treat his terminal illness.
• Liao Wu asked Itachi about his dream and revealed that Itachi had wanted to end every conflict in the world.
• Itachi remembered how the Uchiha Clan’s planned coup and the Leaf Village’s politics destroyed his hope of becoming Hokage, and how fear of war led him to help slaughter his clan.
• Orochimaru criticized the Uchiha Clan as madmen, then quickly clarified that he had not meant Liao Wu.
• The Spore Clone finished rebuilding Itachi’s body, and his health and vision gradually improved.
• Liao Wu told Itachi that the White Zetsu Cells had given him a healthy body and Mangekyo Pupil Power that would not run out whenever he used it.

After restoring Itachi’s health, Liao Wu formed an organization to collect and preserve the ninja world’s techniques and bloodlines. The group rejected Liao Wu’s proposed name, Stop the Halberds, and settled on Dusk instead.

• Itachi questioned Liao Wu’s motives, and Liao Wu said he wanted entertainment and invited Itachi and Orochimaru to become his subordinates.
• Liao Wu rejected Deidara’s suggestion to blow up the world and agreed with Orochimaru to collect techniques and people with special bloodlines.
• Liao Wu summoned Snow Leopard and tasked him with working alongside Orochimaru to copy and preserve other villages’ ninjutsu.
• Liao Wu proposed naming the organization Stop the Halberds, but Itachi, Orochimaru, Deidara, and Candy objected.
• Candy suggested naming the organization Dusk, and the others reacted to the proposal.

Liao Wu founded Dusk to oppose Akatsuki and announced that it would restore the Uchiha Clan, while asking Deidara to capture Konan so she could bear his children. He claimed to Itachi and Orochimaru that he came from the past, and the chapter left Obito and Black Zetsu investigating a registry entry for an Uchiha Ryobu who seemed to match Liao Wu’s story but had died as a toddler.

• Liao Wu founded Dusk and ordered Deidara to capture Konan so she could bear his children.
• Liao Wu asked Itachi about marrying and having children, and Itachi said he felt unworthy because of his clan’s sins.
• Liao Wu told Itachi and Orochimaru that he had traveled from the past through the Dragon Vein.
• White Zetsu brought Uchiha Clan records to Obito, who suspected Liao Wu was another of Madara’s pieces.
• A White Zetsu found Uchiha Ryobu in the clan registry, along with a record that Liao Wu had been born ill and died before age three.

Obito and others considered Ryobu’s claim that he came from the Warring States Period, while Ryobu asked Itachi to explain the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre. Itachi recounted the village’s suppression and surveillance of the Uchiha, then revealed Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, leaving Orochimaru suspicious that Deidara had already been affected by it.

• Obito speculated that Madara had given Ryobu his Rinnegan, but abandoned plans to investigate because Ryobu might be able to counter Kamui.
• Ryobu told Itachi to share the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre with Orochimaru and Deidara.
• Orochimaru described how the Senju Lineage dominated Leaf Village leadership and how the village mistrusted and excluded the Uchiha.
• Itachi explained that the village pushed the Uchiha to the outskirts after the Nine-Tails Attack, monitored them, and prompted their coup plans.
• Itachi revealed that Shisui tried to stop the coup with Kotoamatsukami, which could permanently change a person’s will without their knowledge.
• Orochimaru suspected that Deidara’s will had already been changed by Kotoamatsukami, while Deidara dismissed the technique as sinister.

Itachi recounted the events behind the Uchiha Massacre and discussed the clan’s fate with Liao Wu and Orochimaru. Liao Wu proposed that the Uchiha seek the Daimyo’s protection, leaving Itachi to consider whether ties to the Guardian Twelve Ninja could have prevented their destruction.

• Deidara questioned Itachi about Shisui’s plan, and Itachi explained that Shisui intended to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku before Danzo’s forces attacked him.
• Orochimaru criticized Shisui’s trust in Danzo, while Itachi described the Uchiha Coup, the massacre, and Obito’s role in it.
• Itachi asked Liao Wu whether the Uchiha could have been saved, and Liao Wu argued that the clan was doomed after joining Leaf Village.
• Liao Wu suggested using Kotoamatsukami on Danzo, then proposed that the Uchiha seek protection from the Daimyo rather than defect.
• Orochimaru said that a Uchiha in the Guardian Twelve Ninja could have given the Daimyo influence and made Leaf Village consider his opinion.

Liao Wu and the others discussed why the Uchiha coup was doomed and whether the clan should be revived. Itachi refused at first, but Liao Wu ordered Orochimaru to gather the Uchiha’s remains so he could bring them back.

• Itachi explained that the Uchiha could have rebelled without the Daimyo’s support, while Orochimaru argued they were unprepared to bear the consequences.
• Liao Wu told Itachi that the Uchiha should have sought outside allies and planned how to govern after a coup, and Itachi admitted his father and the others had not thought that far ahead.
• Orochimaru concluded the Uchiha had mistaken the Leaf Village for a weakened enemy and were outmatched by the village’s leaders and potential allies.
• Liao Wu offered to revive the Uchiha with the Rinnegan, but Itachi hesitated because he feared the clan would repeat its mistakes.
• Liao Wu assigned Orochimaru and Snow Leopard to identify the Uchiha killed in the massacre and collect their DNA Tissue for Impure World Reincarnation before Liao Wu revived them.

Liao Wu established Dusk’s goals of collecting Ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai while using Akatsuki as a common threat to keep the Five Great Shinobi Nations united. He ordered Itachi to kill the Eight-Tails repeatedly and assigned the group to recruit more members, leaving the search for Hidan’s remains unresolved.

• Liao Wu outlined Dusk’s plans to collect Ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai, revive the Uchiha Clan, and establish a Ninja Museum.
• Liao Wu told Itachi that Dusk would use Akatsuki to preserve unity among the Five Great Shinobi Nations and ordered him to kill the Eight-Tails whenever it revived.
• Orochimaru agreed to provide DNA samples from Sasori and Kakuzu, while Liao Wu said he would find a way to locate Hidan’s burial site.
• Candy urged Liao Wu to recruit more powerful shinobi, and Liao Wu asked the group to help him find women before Deidara suggested Orochimaru’s Forbidden Technique.