Recaps

Madara devastated the Allied forces and killed Sage Fukasaku, while Kushina and Yugito awakened Sage Chakra at Mount Myōboku. Hashirama and Liao Wu escalated their battle with colossal Buddha summons as the story left them colliding.

• Hashirama used Yin Yang Release to empower an Azure Dragon against Liao Wu, but Liao Wu’s time-based Amenominakanushi eventually destroyed it.
• Hashirama entered Dragon-Tattooed Arhat Sage Mode and resisted Liao Wu’s time stop, but Ryobu collapsed Ryūchi Cave and captured Dan’s spirit.
• Hashirama returned with Tobirama and battled Liao Wu, revealing that his half-finished Truth-Seeking Orb let him move within the frozen world.
• Madara escaped the toads’ improved Toad Song with his Rinnegan and devastated Amegakure with Super Shinra Tensei.
• The Allied forces failed to stop Madara, and the Third Mizukage betrayed them by handing him Utakata and Rōshi.
• Madara killed Sage Fukasaku, absorbed his Sage Chakra, and used Mount Myōboku’s sage arts against the Allied forces.
• Kushina and Yugito learned Sage Arts with the tailed beasts’ help, while Kushina bound the Nine-Tails and demanded that he lend her his power.
• Hashirama summoned the Senju Great Buddha, and Liao Wu answered with the Mucalinda Tathagata before the two colossal Buddhas collided.

After Jiraiya died protecting Tsunade, Liao Wu awakened his Mangekyō and turned against Danzo while Madara and Hashirama clashed over the Moon Eye Plan. Liao Wu displayed overwhelming power and threatened the Ninja Alliance, leaving Danzo’s fate uncertain as the serpent’s illusion was broken.

• Jiraiya died shielding Tsunade from Danzo’s attack, and Liao Wu failed to restore him after his soul reached the Pure Land.
• Liao Wu awakened his Mangekyō, trapped Danzo in an endless cycle of death, and sent Tsunade to Hozuki Castle in the Box of Paradise.
• Hashirama confronted Madara over the Moon Eye Plan and revealed that it would turn humanity into mindless White Zetsu.
• Liao Wu killed Raiga for the Lightning Blades: Kiba and transformed his Perfect Susanoo into Thunder God Susanoo.
• Hashirama gained incomplete Six Paths power and tried to hold back Madara’s Limbo, while Liao Wu advanced on the Ninja Alliance.
• Danzo chose to follow Tobirama and Minato into battle, telling Ryoma to keep Liao Wu from reaching the Leaf Village if Danzo died.
• Satoru drained and ate Fuguki, then flew toward Liao Wu carrying Samehada.
• Liao Wu offered to withdraw if Tobirama handed over Danzo, but a White Scaled Serpent’s illusion manipulated the fighters until the Fourth Raikage dispelled it, and the serpent threatened to swallow Danzo.

Liao Wu and the allied forces fought Madara and his White Zetsu army as the Giant Tenseigan’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion threatened to destroy the Land of Rain. The ninja world survived the attack, but the Sage of Six Paths warned that damage to the moon could weaken Kaguya’s seal.

• Liao Wu fought Danzo and the allied shinobi, while Might Duy opened the Eight Gates and briefly drove him back with Night Guy.
• Hashirama, Fugaku, and Shisui battled Madara and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as the Senju and Uchiha forces fought the White Zetsu soldiers.
• Danzo died after triggering the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, and Liao Wu destroyed his body to prevent Orochimaru from reviving him.
• True Snake and Red Hannya tried to kill Yugito, but Yugito refused to harm pregnant Kushina, while the Mist shinobi withdrew from the battle after the Third Mizukage’s death.
• Xuan Dou and Kui fired the Giant Tenseigan’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at the Land of Rain, and Liao Wu, Hashirama, and Might Duy joined forces to hold it back.
• Ninja from the Leaf, Cloud, Sand, Stone, Mist, and Rain, along with the samurai, toads, and others, sent chakra to Liao Wu, allowing him and Ōnoki to push back the attack.
• Madara summoned eleven meteorites toward Hamura Shrine, and Xuan Dou and Kui destroyed them with the Giant Tenseigan before the weapon’s attack saved the Ninja Alliance and the Land of Rain.
• The White Snake Sage, the Slug Sage, the Great Toad Sage, and the Sage of Six Paths helped Liao Wu, and the Sage of Six Paths warned that damage to the moon could weaken Kaguya’s seal.

Liao Wu survived the lunar explosion, joined Madara’s campaign, and turned Hozuki Castle into a base while pursuing ways to revive the dead and control his allies. As Madara prepared to attack Mount Myōboku, Hashirama tried to secure a lasting alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but Tobirama’s attack on the Fourth Raikage left the meeting in conflict.

• Liao Wu survived the moon’s destruction through his right-eye dojutsu and agreed to help Madara capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• Madara recruited Kisame, gave him Samehada, and set out with Liao Wu to attack Mount Myōboku, where Kushina and Yugito were training.
• Kui died after protecting Toneri’s family, and Kaguya awakened through Black Zetsu and ordered him to hasten her revival.
• Liao Wu moved the Rain Village survivors to Hozuki Castle, established it as his base, revived Rōshi and Han, and made Snake Aunt his military adviser.
• Liao Wu and his allies sought ways to revive Jiraiya, and the Sage Talisman brought him back to life, and Liao Wu then restrained him to prevent him from returning to the fight.
• Tsunade learned from Slug that Hashirama supported her marriage to Liao Wu, while Liao Wu strengthened Hozuki Castle’s barrier and visited Pakura in Sunagakure.
• After the Mount Myōboku Contact Toad warned that Madara would attack within days, Hashirama and the village leaders pledged to fight together and debated forming a permanent alliance.
• Hashirama persuaded Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage to join the alliance under conditions of village autonomy, but Tobirama attacked the Raikage and Hashirama stopped him.