Recaps

Madara took Liao Wu back to Amegakure, where Liao Wu joined the fight over Tsunade’s forced marriage and subdued Nagato with Wood Style. His display revealed Hashirama’s power to the Rain and Grass shinobi and shocked Tsunade, while Liao Wu remained intent on growing stronger and eventually opposing Madara.

• Madara pulled Liao Wu toward him and hurried with him to Amegakure, while Liao Wu planned to pursue Senjutsu training after returning from Sand Village with Shukaku.
• Liao Wu arrived to find Fish Ball and the Ninja Cats fighting Nagato, while Candy fought Konan over Tsunade’s refusal to marry him.
• Fried Rice explained the dispute, and Liao Wu joined Fish Ball and Candy against Nagato and Konan instead of stopping the fight.
• Liao Wu used Wood Style: Thorn Kill Technique to bind Nagato and drain his Chakra, impressing the Grass Village Leader, the Elders, and Rain Village’s shinobi.
• Tsunade recognized Liao Wu’s Wood Style as her grandfather Hashirama’s and inferred that Madara had given him Hashirama Cells.

Liao Wu captured Nagato, Konan, and Tsunade, but Madara stopped him from trying to marry multiple women and ordered him to hold a wedding. As preparations began in Amegakure, Liao Wu agreed to train Ryūsetsu after Kuhon asked for his help.

• Fish Ball and Liao Wu subdued Nagato, Konan, and Tsunade, and Liao Wu threatened to marry them before Madara beat him for breaking Uchiha rules.
• Madara ordered Liao Wu to prepare a wedding, so Liao Wu built a shrine in Amegakure and arranged for Fish Ball and Candy to conduct the ceremony.
• Liao Wu dressed for the wedding and greeted the gathered villagers, where he encountered Ryūsetsu and her teacher Hagi Chiho.
• Shirakawa asked Liao Wu to train Ryūsetsu, and Kuhon urged him to agree because Ryūsetsu had helped her in Grass Village.
• Liao Wu agreed to teach Ryūsetsu Ninjutsu, pleasing Shirakawa and the Grass Village Elders.

Liao Wu accepted Ryūsetsu as his disciple, rejected Wu Gou, and learned that Grass Village wanted to use the Box of Paradise to fulfill its ambitions. As he protected Ryūsetsu and Kuhon with Life Seeds, the Land of Rain’s captured Daimyo was brought back to the village after trying to withdraw from the Moon Eye Plan.

• Liao Wu ordered the Ninja Cats to beat Wu Wei and Wu Gou, then accepted Ryūsetsu as his disciple and assigned Grass Village’s leaders a mission to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Shirakawa told Liao Wu that Grass Village planned to use the Seven-Tails’ Chakra to open the Box of Paradise, and Liao Wu revealed that Madara’s Moon Eye Plan would leave Grass Village with nothing.
• Liao Wu explained the Moon Eye Plan to Ryūsetsu, Kuhon, and Hagi Chiho, secretly gave Ryūsetsu and Kuhon Life Seeds, and left Hagi Chiho to warn Grass Village.
• Cai Lai told Liao Wu that the Land of Rain’s Daimyo had tried to back out of the plan, and Snow Leopard brought the captured Daimyo back with carts of money and supplies.

Liao Wu had the Daimyo of the Land of Rain killed and replaced him with a Spore Clone, then forced Grass Village shinobi to pledge loyalty by promising they would be spared from the Moon Eye Plan. Meanwhile, Madara learned that a Leaf Village squad led by the Yellow Flash had entered the Land of Rain and asked for invitations to be sent to its Senju members.

• Liao Wu refused the Daimyo of the Land of Rain's demand that he stop the Moon Eye Plan, and Snow Leopard beheaded the daimyo.
• Liao Wu used a Spore to create a clone resembling the dead daimyo and made the Grass Village shinobi swear loyalty, promising to spare them from Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Liao Wu told Snow Leopard he planned to kill the Grass Village shinobi before Infinite Tsukuyomi and revive them with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara watched villagers cry and leap for Liao Wu, then learned that the Ninja Cats beat villagers who failed to show gratitude.
• White Zetsu reported that a Leaf Village scout squad led by the Yellow Flash had entered the Land of Rain and included two Senju, so Madara ordered that they receive invitations.
• Madara reflected on the Uchiha and Senju clans' history and reaffirmed his commitment to the Moon Eye Plan, unaware that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet.

Jiraiya and his team ate ramen in the Land of Rain while Obito received gifts from Rin and Kakashi. When they heard that Liao Wu and Tsunade were marrying in Amegakure, Jiraiya left the shop torn between his mission and his feelings for Tsunade.

• Rin examined Obito’s transplanted Two Tomoe Sharingan and warned him not to overuse it, while Kakashi argued that Obito was too unstable to join the mission.
• Rin gave Obito a Leaf Ninja Forehead Protector she had sewn, and Kakashi gave him his Chidori Training Notes.
• Jiraiya watched Obito’s unrequited affection for Rin and reflected on his own feelings for Tsunade, who loved Liao Wu.
• Two merchants said that Liao Wu, Rain Village’s new leader, was marrying Tsunade that day and that the Land of Rain’s Daimyo would attend.
• Jiraiya quietly left the ramen shop, conflicted between his scouting mission and his feelings for Tsunade.

After Madara Uchiha sent the Senju a wedding invitation, Minato called off their mission in the Land of Rain, but Jiraiya secretly resolved to save Tsunade. Meanwhile, Tsunade and Liao Wu began their wedding ceremony, which Liao Wu interrupted to carry her to the wedding room.

• A White Zetsu delivered Madara Uchiha's invitation to the Senju, and Minato captured it before deciding the group should abandon their mission.
• Mengmao wanted to storm Madara's stronghold, but Yu Sun warned him against throwing their lives away, and the group prepared to leave the Land of Rain.
• Jiraiya told the others he would not go to Rain Village, then revealed to Hizashi that his Shadow Clone intended to rescue Tsunade; Hizashi discovered Minato was also using a Shadow Clone.
• Konan and Kuhon led Tsunade in her wedding attire to worship the Indra Statue, while Cai Lai and Snow Leopard accompanied Liao Wu as groomsmen.
• Liao Wu saw Tsunade in her wedding gown, picked her up, and ran toward the wedding room before the ceremony was finished.

Liao Wu forced Tsunade to take part in their wedding despite her protests, and Madara made sure the ceremony proceeded. The Uchiha Clan’s elaborate ritual began before a gathering of intimidated guests, but Fish Ball’s attempt at purification turned into a chaotic soaking.

• Tsunade resisted marrying Liao Wu, but Madara stopped their argument and ordered them to finish the wedding ceremony.
• Liao Wu used his Sharingan to control Tsunade and dragged her toward the Main Hall.
• Candy and Fish Ball prepared the ritual, and the guests gathered in the Worship Hall to pay respects to God Indra.
• Liao Wu used Spore Clones of Hashirama and Tobirama to represent his family, briefly making Madara think Hashirama had returned.
• Liao Wu and Tsunade entered the hall hand in hand, and Fish Ball drenched them and the guests during the Misogi ritual.
• Liao Wu shocked Fish Ball for soaking everyone, and Madara shocked Liao Wu for causing a disturbance before God Indra’s statue.

Jiraiya entered Amegakure intending to confront Uchiha Madara, while Minato marked him and the Toad Sages with Flying Thunder God so he could rescue them. Jiraiya then found his former disciple Nagato tied up and being shocked by Ninja Cats.

• Minato marked Jiraiya with Flying Thunder God and left, but Jiraiya continued toward Amegakure.
• Jiraiya registered at the village entrance and bribed the Ninja Cat guard to escort him toward the shrine where the General and Tsunade were getting married.
• The Toad Sages joined Jiraiya, and Minato marked them too, promising to protect them.
• Jiraiya's Sage Mode improved as he approached the shrine, while the Ninja Cat mistook him for an acrobat hired to perform.
• Jiraiya found Nagato tied to a wooden cross and guarded by Ninja Cats, and the former teacher and disciple recognized each other.

Nagato told Jiraiya how Yahiko and the Akatsuki were destroyed, then revealed he had joined Madara Uchiha’s plan for peace through Infinite Tsukuyomi. After Nagato guided Jiraiya to Indra Shrine, Jiraiya learned Uchiha Ryobu was also trying to marry Konan and decided to storm the wedding.

• Tsunade refused to abandon the Senju name and join the Uchiha Clan during her wedding ceremony to Liao Wu.
• Nagato led Jiraiya through the Rain Village and explained how Hanzō and Danzo had betrayed the Akatsuki, leading to Yahiko’s death and the deaths of its members.
• Nagato told Jiraiya he believed Infinite Tsukuyomi could restore his lost family and friends, and said he now followed Madara Uchiha.
• Sage Shima put the Ninja Cat guarding the way to sleep, and Nagato brought Jiraiya to the entrance of Indra Shrine before leaving him to continue alone.
• Nagato told Jiraiya that Uchiha Ryobu had planned to marry Konan too, so Jiraiya and the two sages set off to rob the bride.

Jiraiya interrupted Liao Wu and Tsunade’s forced wedding, but Madara refused to let Tsunade go and confronted him. Jiraiya and the Two Toad Sages faced Madara despite knowing they could not win, while Madara explained that the Sage of Six Paths had devised the Moon Eye Plan to save the world.

• Liao Wu tried to evade his wedding vows, but Madara pressured him into swearing faithfulness to Tsunade.
• Jiraiya arrived with Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima and objected to the marriage, while Tsunade and Konan urged him to leave.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he had come to save her as a comrade, and Tsunade’s tears showed she wanted to be rescued.
• Liao Wu asked Madara to let Tsunade go and suggested marrying Konan instead, so Madara sent him flying with Shinra Tensei.
• Madara said he was forcing the marriage to humiliate the Senju Clan, then told Jiraiya that the Sage of Six Paths had created the Moon Eye Plan to save the world.

Madara rejected Jiraiya and the Toad Sages’ attempt to dissuade him from the Moon Eye Plan, then agreed to spare them if Jiraiya could defeat Liao Wu. Jiraiya and Liao Wu left Rain Village to fight, while the Toad Sages sensed something troubling about Liao Wu.

• Sage Fukasaku invited Madara to Mount Myōboku to learn the Sage of Six Paths’ true ideals, but Madara refused to abandon the Moon Eye Plan.
• Madara released his immense Chakra, overwhelming the shrine’s occupants, while Liao Wu pretended to faint and used Nagato and Konan to threaten Jiraiya.
• Madara stopped Liao Wu from holding the two hostage and challenged Jiraiya to take Tsunade from him, warning that Rain Village would otherwise become Jiraiya’s grave.
• Jiraiya and Liao Wu agreed to fight outside Rain Village and headed out, while Minato stayed hidden nearby.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima sensed something about Liao Wu and urged Jiraiya to use Sage Mode to perceive it.

Liao Wu confronted Jiraiya near Huo Jin Lake, where Jiraiya and the toad sages marveled at the lake’s creation and speculated that Indra had caused it. Liao Wu then unleashed his immense chakra and prepared to fight Jiraiya.

• Jiraiya sensed Liao Wu’s overwhelming chakra and Pupil Power, while Sage Fukasaku warned that Liao Wu might have Madara Uchiha’s cells, Sharingan, and Wood Style.
• Liao Wu changed into heavy ninja armor and waited for Jiraiya near Huo Jin Lake.
• Jiraiya and the toad sages discussed whether a god had created the lake, and Sage Fukasaku suggested Indra might have caused the devastation.
• Liao Wu interrupted their conversation and challenged Jiraiya to fight, claiming he had surpassed the Sannin.
• Liao Wu released chakra with pressure so immense that even Jiraiya in Sage Mode felt as if he faced Madara Uchiha.

Jiraiya fought Liao Wu while Tsunade, Konan, and Nagato watched, and Liao Wu defeated him with his Harem Technique. The chapter left Jiraiya unconscious and the onlookers reacting to Liao Wu’s shameless move.

• Tsunade worried that Jiraiya, still injured, could not overcome Liao Wu’s Hashirama-enhanced power, while Konan and Nagato feared for him.
• Jiraiya urged Liao Wu to return to the village, but Liao Wu demanded that Minato let him marry Kushina, prompting Jiraiya to attack.
• Liao Wu unveiled his supposed ultimate Ninjutsu, the Harem Technique, and its apparition of naked women caused Jiraiya to bleed heavily and collapse.
• Madara, Minato, Tsunade, Konan, and Nagato reacted to the technique, while Cai Lai ordered the Ninja Cats to keep filming.
• Sage Shima patted Jiraiya’s face and urged him to wake up and continue trying to save Tsunade.

Liao Wu used his Harem Technique and a Sharingan illusion called Pure Land to weaken Jiraiya, then attacked with overwhelming strength. Jiraiya regrouped with the Two Toad Sages, but Liao Wu struck from beneath with an enormous Raikiri.

• Liao Wu teased Jiraiya about his perverted techniques, and Sage Shima dispelled his Harem Technique.
• Liao Wu trapped Jiraiya and the Two Toad Sages in Pure Land, leaving Jiraiya exhausted after breaking the illusion.
• Sage Shima reminded Jiraiya that Tsunade was waiting to be rescued, and Jiraiya regained his resolve.
• Liao Wu punched at Jiraiya, but Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima helped block him before Jiraiya sent him flying with their combined strength.
• Jiraiya asked the Two Toad Sages to guide him so he could avoid Liao Wu's eyes, and Liao Wu attacked from underground with a powerful Raikiri.

Liao Wu and Jiraiya fought through fire, water, and Rasengan techniques, but Liao Wu remained largely unharmed while Jiraiya grew exhausted. Jiraiya summoned the Toad Three Brothers, and Bunta urged Liao Wu to abandon Madara Uchiha’s plan, but Liao Wu did not agree to join him.

• Jiraiya protected himself from Liao Wu’s Raikiri with Sage Art: Needle Jizo, then joined Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima in a Toad Oil Flame Bullet attack.
• Liao Wu countered the flames with a Great Waterfall Technique that drew water from Huo Jin Lake, filling the battlefield with fog.
• Liao Wu struck at Jiraiya with a Crimson Jade Rasengan, and Jiraiya answered with a Super Big Ball Rasengan as the fiery technique exploded.
• The blast cleared the fog and left Jiraiya battered and panting while Liao Wu’s Ninja Armor remained intact.
• Jiraiya summoned Gama Bunta, Gama Hiro, and Gama Ken, and Bunta urged Liao Wu to leave Madara Uchiha and join him.
• Liao Wu recognized that Madara’s Moon Eye Plan would create an illusory world, but he did not accept Bunta’s offer.

Liao Wu defended the Moon Eye Plan against Jiraiya, then fought the giant toad summons with his black Susanoo and powerful Sharingan. When Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima began preparing Toad Song, Liao Wu destroyed his hearing to avoid the sound-based illusion.

• Liao Wu argued that the Land of Rain’s suffering and the world’s limited resources made peace difficult, leaving Jiraiya and the others without an answer.
• Gama Bunta attacked Liao Wu, whose black Susanoo blocked the giant toads’ strikes before Bunta and Gama Ken shattered its first form.
• Liao Wu caught Bunta’s cleaver with Monstrous Strength and used his Sharingan to control Bunta, forcing Jiraiya to summon him back to Mount Myōboku.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima began preparing Toad Song while Jiraiya kept Liao Wu occupied.
• Liao Wu punched both sides of his head and damaged his inner ears to prevent himself from hearing Toad Song.

Liao Wu deafened himself to escape Toad Song, then used Wood Release and Ghost Lanterns to overwhelm Jiraiya and the Two Toad Sages. Jiraiya survived the explosions by hiding inside a green toad and emerged unharmed above Huo Jin Lake.

• Liao Wu broke Toad Song by deafening himself, then used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to trap Gama Ken and Gama Hiro in a vast forest that drained Chakra.
• Sage Fukasaku told Gama Ken and Gama Hiro to return to Mount Myōboku, leaving Jiraiya and the Two Toad Sages to face Liao Wu's forest.
• Jiraiya, Sage Fukasaku, and Sage Shima used Sage Art: Gama-Gama to burn through the trees and escape Tree World Descends.
• Liao Wu shaped the forest flames into thousands of Ghost Lanterns and detonated them against Jiraiya, reducing the battlefield to ruins.
• Nagato and Konan tried to enter the battlefield, but Candy, Snow Leopard, Fish Ball, and Ibuse blocked them.
• Jiraiya and the Two Toad Sages emerged unharmed from a green toad's mouth above Huo Jin Lake.

Liao Wu nearly killed Jiraiya with the Wood Golem Arhat, but Jiraiya escaped through a reverse summoning after Tsunade’s threat forced Liao Wu to pause. Liao Wu found Jiraiya’s parting gift and note, while Candy revealed that Liao Wu had only pretended to threaten Jiraiya to deceive Madara.

• Liao Wu summoned a Wood Golem Arhat as Jiraiya, exhausted and alone after sending Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima home, prepared to die.
• Madara restrained Minato with Limbo: Border Jail, but Minato cut off his own arm and escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade held a Kunai to her neck to stop Liao Wu from killing Jiraiya, but Liao Wu threatened to turn her into a Human Puppet if she died.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima used Reverse Summon to rescue Jiraiya as Liao Wu raised the Wood Golem’s fist again, and Madara returned to Amegakure.
• Liao Wu picked up Jiraiya’s scroll of Orochimaru’s Soft Body Modification Technique and a note asking him to protect Tsunade.
• Candy told Liao Wu that Tsunade had been controlled by his Spore and could not actually kill herself, and that he had wanted an excuse to fool Madara.

Minato returned to the outpost gravely injured after confronting Uchiha Liao Wu, while Jiraiya was rescued to Mount Myōboku. After learning Liao Wu could use powerful Wood Style, Minato and the others worried no one in the village could defeat him, but Minato vowed to find his weakness.

• Obito practiced Chidori with Kakashi, accidentally shocked himself, and admitted Liao Wu's contraption had helped awaken his Lightning Style talent.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to appear at the outpost with his right arm severed, and Rin treated his wound while Hizashi checked for pursuers.
• Minato tried to return to the Land of Rain to rescue Jiraiya, but Obito and Kakashi urged him to stay; Minato escaped their hold with Flying Thunder God.
• Gamatatsu arrived and reported that Fukasaku had summoned Jiraiya safely back to Mount Myōboku, then explained how Tsunade had delayed Liao Wu from killing him.
• Minato and the others learned that Liao Wu wielded powerful Wood Style, including the Wood Golem, and feared the village had no one capable of defeating him.
• Minato reassured the group that everyone had a weakness and vowed they would find Liao Wu's.

Minato and his allies discussed Liao Wu’s weaknesses and the possibility of giving Minato a White Zetsu arm, while Liao Wu married Tsunade at Indra Shrine. A rainstorm disrupted the wedding banquet, which continued in Rain Village, where Liao Wu’s boastful comparison to Hashirama angered Madara.

• Minato asked Obito about the undetectable shadow technique that had cost him an arm, and Obito suggested replacing it with a White Zetsu arm.
• With Candy as witness, Liao Wu and Tsunade married after he had promised to spare Jiraiya.
• Liao Wu teased Konan and hurried to take Tsunade to the wedding room, but she and the others made him wait for the banquet.
• When rain interrupted the celebration, Liao Wu attacked the clouds with Spore Clones and Crimson Jade Rasengan, making the storm worse.
• The wedding guests moved the banquet to the Steel Building in Rain Village, where Liao Wu claimed he was only slightly weaker than Hashirama Senju and Madara grew serious.

At Liao Wu and Tsunade’s wedding, Madara punished Liao Wu for proposing to name their child after Madara’s father, and Cat Granny arrived with Nekomata to congratulate the couple. Liao Wu subdued Nekomata with his Sharingan and explained to Cat Granny that he had left the Uchiha Clan and Leaf Village partly because of their discrimination against the Uchiha.

• Liao Wu stopped the Grass Village officials from insulting Madara by having the man who praised Hashirama dragged away and beaten.
• Liao Wu offered Madara a toast and suggested naming his future child Tajima, so Madara zapped him for trying to become his grandfather.
• Candy rescued Liao Wu from the electricity as Cat Granny arrived with Nekomata and the Ninja Cats to congratulate the newlyweds.
• Nekomata confronted Candy and insulted Liao Wu, but Liao Wu used his Sharingan to hypnotize it, and Fish Ball teased the helpless cat with dried fish.
• Cat Granny told Liao Wu she had come in her own name, and he explained that discrimination against the Uchiha was one reason he had left the clan and Leaf Village.

Madara reunited with Cat Granny, who recalled his past and asked how he would account for the Uchiha Clan under the Moon Eye Plan. Their conversation left Madara and Hashirama divided over whether peace required compromise or the Moon Eye Plan.

• Madara recognized Cat Granny, and she tearfully greeted him as the same man she remembered from Leaf Village’s founding.
• Liao Wu gave Madara and Cat Granny privacy while he and Tsunade argued, and the cats teased Nekomata until he woke and chased Fish Ball.
• Cat Granny told Madara she neither supported nor opposed the Moon Eye Plan and asked what would become of the Uchiha Clan.
• Madara said he could complete the plan alone and admitted he had never told Hashirama about it because Hashirama would reject it.
• Cat Granny concluded that the Uchiha Clan would not accept Madara’s plan, as Madara and Hashirama pursued peace through opposing approaches.

Madara rejected Cat Granny’s plea and declared that the Leaf Village Uchiha would lose their clan name, while Liao Wu used the Flame Uchiha Gunbai to assert authority over them. Cat Granny’s refusal to accept the Moon Eye Plan made Madara question it, and the chapter ended with Ōnoki reacting to news of Madara’s survival.

• Madara told Cat Granny that the Leaf Village Uchiha would never become Hokage and threatened to expel them from the clan if they opposed him.
• Liao Wu presented the Flame Uchiha Gunbai, and the Ninja Cats bowed to the artifact as he claimed authority to strip the Leaf Village Uchiha of their names.
• Cat Granny rejected Madara’s imagined world because it had no place for her unborn grandchild, then left with Nekomata, Hina, and Tian Huo.
• Liao Wu suggested killing Cat Granny, but Madara slapped him and ordered him to go to the Sand Village the next day.
• Madara doubted whether Infinite Tsukuyomi could be salvation, while Ōnoki shouted in disbelief at the news that Madara was alive.

Yūhi Shinkō’s warning convinced Ōnoki that Madara Uchiha had been revived and planned to impose the Moon Eye Plan, while Kumogakure also accepted the threat and mobilized for war. The chapter ended with Ōnoki flying to Amegakure to verify Madara’s survival and the Fourth Raikage preparing Kumogakure’s forces.

• Yūhi Shinkō told Ōnoki that Madara Uchiha had returned, and accumulating reports and details of the Moon Eye Plan overcame Ōnoki’s disbelief.
• Ōnoki and Rōshi argued over Madara’s threat until Kitsuchi brought Kurotsuchi to calm her grandfather.
• After reading Shinkō’s intelligence, Iwagakure’s officials fell silent, and Ōnoki resolved to oppose Madara rather than accept a world of illusion.
• Ōnoki sent a clone flying toward Amegakure to confirm that Madara Uchiha was alive.
• The Fourth Raikage received Hiashi’s warning, gathered intelligence, and mobilized Kumogakure for war against Madara.

The Fourth Raikage rejected Madara Uchiha’s plan and tried to recruit Hyuga Hiashi, who refused and agreed to attend the Five Kage Summit. Meanwhile, Sand Village confirmed that Madara had been resurrected, and Rasa sent Ninja Eagles to retrieve Pakura from the Land of Water.

• The Fourth Raikage learned that Madara planned to capture the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails, then called a Jonin meeting and summoned Bii and Yugito.
• The Fourth Raikage offered Hiashi a place in Cloud Village as Raikage Advisor and a possible Raikage Candidate, but Hiashi refused to defect.
• Hiashi agreed to attend the Five Kage Summit organized by the Third Hokage.
• Sand Village’s scouts discovered that Leaf Village had withdrawn its forces, and an investigation confirmed Madara Uchiha had been resurrected.
• Rasa sent Ninja Eagles to the Land of Water to bring back Pakura, whom Sand Village had sent there for peace talks.