Recaps

Hyuga Yunchuan used his new Ōtsutsuki power and Reality Points to manipulate Orochimaru, the Hyuga Clan, and Konoha’s rivals while building strength and allies. The arc left Konoha facing Kumogakure’s demand for Hiashi’s corpse after an attack on the alliance delegation and an attempted abduction of Hinata.

• Hyuga Yunchuan deceived Orochimaru into transplanting an Ōtsutsuki heart into him, then killed Owl and earned Reality Points before Sarutobi Hiruzen’s raid forced Orochimaru to flee.
• Yunchuan recovered with an enhanced bloodline and trained with Might Guy, while he gained power and prepared to use the coming Kumogakure crisis to his advantage.
• Yunchuan deflected an assassination attempt, defeated Hyuga Aoi, and convinced Hizashi Hyuga to question the Caged Bird and help free Neji from its control.
• Yunchuan demonstrated that he could temporarily remove Hizashi’s Caged Bird seal, then persuaded Hizashi to fake his death and take Hiashi’s place.
• Yunchuan’s manipulation gave Neji a nightmare about the Hyuga Curse Mark and a blue-eyed figure destroying the clan, while Yunchuan gained Reality Points by influencing Danzō through his diary.
• Yunchuan spent two months developing Lightning Release Armor and related techniques, then joined Guy as the Kumogakure delegation arrived in Konoha.
• Yurui’s team staged an attack on the Kumogakure envoys, but Yunchuan stopped Yurui and used a binding seal to control him before sending him onward.
• A masked Kumogakure ninja attempted to abduct Hinata, Hiashi killed him, and Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Hyuga elders that Kumogakure demanded Hiashi’s corpse and had mobilized near the border.

Hyuga Yunchuan manipulated the Hyuga succession crisis and the escort mission, then used the resulting chaos to conceal the Abyss and its power. After the mission’s destruction drove Konoha toward war with Kumogakure, Hiruzen promoted Yunchuan and sent him to investigate the Abyss with Kakashi’s team.

• Hyuga Yunchuan secretly turned Hiashi’s attempted sacrifice into a false death, had Hizashi impersonate Hiashi, and sent Neji away with his anger hidden.
• Yunchuan joined the escort carrying the supposed body, then staged a blast at the exchange with Kumogakure and unleashed his power against the gathered shinobi.
• Yunchuan drew on the Giant Tenseigan and fought Toroi and the Kumogakure forces, while a blue-eyed figure emerged and devastated the area around the Abyss.
• After the escort survivors returned to Konoha, Yunchuan deceived Hiruzen about the attacker and the Abyss, earning Reality Points as the village prepared for war.
• Hiruzen brought Yunchuan to the Jonin meeting, announced his promotion, and secured the clans’ agreement to place their ninja under his command.
• Yunchuan confronted Hyuga Hiwu at the meeting and warned him that the Hyuga could grow stronger beyond the Byakugan and Gentle Fist.
• Hiruzen assigned Yunchuan to Kakashi’s team on an S-rank mission to investigate the Abyss and told him to visit the Forbidden Jutsu Library.
• Konoha declared war on Kumogakure, while the Akatsuki learned that the plan had changed and Nagato was ordered to act immediately.

Hyuga Yunchuan infiltrated Amegakure’s negotiations with Konoha, exposed White Zetsu inside Hanzo, and restored Hanzo’s strength. Hanzo faced Pain, whose attempt to take his soul drew Nagato into a strange mental space before a figure on a bone throne.

• Hinata Hyuga ran from Hizashi Hyuga’s funeral, and Hyuga Yunchuan rescued her from three boys before receiving a mission to investigate Hanzo of Amegakure.
• Hyuga Yunchuan defeated Hyuga Neji in the snow, urged him to resist the Main Branch, and studied forbidden techniques, mastering Chidori and the Yin Seal.
• Hatake Kakashi led Hyuga Yunchuan and their team into Amegakure, where they clashed with Rain Ninja and gathered information about Hanzo and the village.
• Orochimaru discovered the scroll’s account of Hueco Mundo and its hidden Space-Time Hole, while Hyuga Yunchuan gained Reality Points from the false account.
• Hanzo met Kakashi’s delegation to discuss an alliance, but Hyuga Yunchuan interrupted, revealed spies among the gathered people, and offered Amegakure supplies and power.
• Hyuga Yunchuan’s battle with Kakashi’s team ended with Hanzo’s forces withdrawing and Kakashi escaping with Yunchuan and Yamato, while Yunchuan placed a weakened Kusabi on Hanzo and exposed White Zetsu inside him.
• Pain and Konan arrived to kill Hanzo, but Yunchuan restored Hanzo’s body and urged him to fight, and Hanzo summoned Ibuse to confront them.
• Hanzo fought Pain’s Six Paths, but the Human Path’s attempt to extract his soul triggered Hanzo’s mark and pulled Nagato’s soul into a strange mental space before a figure on a bone throne.

Nagato broke free of Obito’s influence, joined forces with Hanzo, and uncovered the truth about the Rinnegan as rival factions converged on the Underground Palace. After the battle yielded ancient weapons and new allies, Hyuga Yunchuan prepared to lead an assault on Kumogakure while Nagato went to Kusagakure after hearing about Karin’s healing ability.

• Nagato stopped Hanzo from killing himself, accepted him as a potential ally, and learned from Hyuga Yunchuan that the Rinnegan belonged to Uchiha Madara and Obito was an impostor.
• Hyuga Yunchuan drew Konoha, Kumogakure, bounty hunters, and other factions toward the Underground Palace, where the Giant Gate consumed victims until Nagato forced it open.
• Inside the palace, the factions fought over ancient weapons, and Hyuga Yunchuan confronted Obito, deduced how Kamui worked, and nearly removed his mask before Obito escaped with Izanagi.
• Hyuga Yunchuan and Nagato emerged from the palace amid the dead, recruited Kakuzu into Akatsuki, and escaped the Fourth Raikage after Hyuga Yunchuan wounded him.
• Hidan killed Long Zhe with the Four-Scythe Child and began following the vision he called Jashin-sama, while Kakuzu collected bounties and joined Ooyashiro En in Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya revealed the Seven Deadly Sins blades, and Jiraiya drew Sloth, Kakashi drew Envy, and Hyuga Yunchuan used Greed before Jiraiya ordered the remaining blades sent to Konoha.
• Hyuga Yunchuan declared confidence in leading a surprise attack on Kumogakure, while Nagato, Shadow, and Kakuzu traveled to Kusagakure after hearing rumors of a woman whose bite healed wounds.
• Nagato killed the Kusagakure shinobi who had been biting Karin’s mother, then turned toward the suffering mother.