Recaps

Shadow avenged Karin’s mother on Kusagakure and took Karin with him, while Konoha’s wars with Kumogakure and Sunagakure escalated. As Hyuga Yunchuan gained influence and secured the Box of Ultimate Bliss, conflict within the Hyuga and Uchiha clans deepened, and Orochimaru began experimenting with soul-devouring.

• Shadow bound Karin’s dying mother’s soul to himself, then sent her Hollow to slaughter Kusagakure’s shinobi as Nagato and Kakuzu watched.
• Aoki found Kusagakure’s dead and a message blaming the Uzumaki Clan woman, then learned that she had already been burned and suspected her vengeful spirit had cursed the village.
• Shadow left with Karin, while Obito told Black Zetsu about the black figure that had attacked him and they set out to seek another pair of Rinnegan.
• Hyuga Yunchuan struck Kumogakure’s forces with Takemikazuchi, and Samui found Matatabi badly burned among the dead and wounded.
• Rasa learned that Sunagakure’s funding was being cut, while Gaara lost control, released Shukaku, and attacked a Konoha border outpost.
• Hyuga Yunchuan addressed Konoha at the Memorial Stone after Sunagakure invaded through the Land of Rain, rousing the village to march to war and gaining 11,000 Reality Points.
• Neji killed Hyuga Kurozuka and took his Byakugan, while Hizashi disguised himself as Hiashi and resolved to support Neji.
• Shadow stole the Box of Ultimate Bliss from Hozuki Castle and brought it to the Land of Fire, while Orochimaru used a Pseudo Hollow Hole to tear a Missing-nin’s soul from his body.

Hyuga Yunchuan manipulated events around the Uchiha, helped Shadow unleash Hollows against the forces in the Land of Rain, and showed kindness to Naruto, who awakened before the Nine-Tails and met a mysterious Otsutsuki. The arc ended with Yunchuan joining Itachi and Shisui’s mission to kill Kohinata Mujie, then immobilizing the two Uchiha with Kyoka Suigetsu.

• Hyuga Yunchuan found Hatake Sakumo in the gap and swallowed him into the shadows, while Yunchuan’s influence provoked villagers to turn against the Uchiha and Fugaku struggled to contain the conflict.
• Shadow ordered Hanzo to attack Sunagakure’s forces, and Hanzo’s assault killed Chiyo’s troops and poisoned Chiyo before Shadow preserved her consciousness inside a Menos.
• Shadow and Uzumaki attacked Otsutsuki Toneri’s Father with Hollow Flash, but Toneri’s Father summoned a meteorite that devastated the battlefield before Shadow killed him and sent his soul into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Hyuga Yunchuan defended Naruto Uzumaki from hostile villagers, took him to Ichiraku Ramen, and escorted him home, where Naruto found a black mark on his palm and lost consciousness.
• Naruto awoke before the Nine-Tails, which a pale, silver-haired man restrained with blood-red thorns before revealing a connection to the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that the meteorite had nearly wiped out the Konoha and Sunagakure forces in the Land of Rain, while Itachi discovered Fugaku planned to support the Uchiha Radical Faction.
• Hyuga Yunchuan joined Itachi and Shisui on their mission against Kohinata Mujie, and after the Uchiha gravely wounded Mujie, Yunchuan used Kyoka Suigetsu to freeze them.

Hyuga Yunchuan’s schemes and the Uchiha conflict culminated in Fugaku’s transformation and the outbreak of attacks by Hollows across Konoha. As the village struggled to defend itself, Yunchuan demonstrated that a Hollow could be destroyed by breaking its mask.

• Hyuga Yunchuan saved Kohinata Mujie from his suicide-binding technique, promised to protect his family, and arranged for him to become Hyuga Neji’s teacher and guard.
• Uchiha Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Uchiha Fugaku, while Hyuga Yunchuan entered Fugaku’s mental space and showed him how Shisui and Uchiha Itachi planned to use him against the clan.
• Hyuga Yunchuan united the Branch Family against Hyuga Riwo’s investigation, forcing Hizashi Hyuga to intervene and Riwo to withdraw.
• Uchiha Itachi killed Uchiha Mikoto under pressure from Obito and Black Zetsu, awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan as Fugaku’s body transformed into a creature driven by the dead clan members’ resentment.
• Fugaku’s transformed body killed Obito and attacked Shisui, while resentful spirits surged toward Konoha and White Zetsu impostors fought Root and Anbu forces.
• Hyuga Yunchuan attacked Itachi and ordered Konoha to capture him, but Hollows appeared and began devouring souls as Obito escaped with Itachi and Kakashi.
• Hollows ravaged Konoha while Sarutobi Hiruzen organized rescue and defense efforts, and Ōtsutsuki Yunshi discovered Asura’s Chakra within Naruto and ordered Asura to become Naruto’s Zanpakuto.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces found that their attacks could barely restrain the Hollows, until Hyuga Yunchuan shattered one’s Bone Mask with his sword and Wind Style Chakra.

Shadow altered the Ninja World by bringing Hueco Mundo’s laws into it, causing the dead to become Hollows and unleashing Espada across the lands. As Konoha studied the threat and prepared for a Five Kage Summit, Yunchuan maneuvered amid the Uchiha survivors’ reckoning and the Hyuga clan’s growing division.

• Hyuga Yunchuan explained how to destroy Hollow masks, while Shisui and Fugaku’s battle with their Susanoo and the Hollows continued around Konoha.
• Shadow arrived with White Fang, Puppeteer, and Uzumaki, revealed himself as Death, and used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to bring Hueco Mundo’s rules into the Ninja World.
• Hollows emerged from the dead across the lands, and Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Kirigakure, and others fought them as Shadow’s forces captured Yagura and a Gillian.
• Konoha researchers explained the Hollows’ weaknesses and the Espada’s abilities, while Danzo secretly tested whether Hollow energy could balance the Hashirama Cells in his arm.
• Hidan killed a Gillian and escaped Puppeteer, while Tsunade and the Daimyo’s defenders fought off Hollows at the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Hiruzen ordered Yunchuan to share Konoha’s Hollow research and invited the other Kage to a summit, then appointed Yunchuan and Kakashi as his guards.
• The Uchiha survivors confronted Shisui, who pledged to help them kill Itachi and offered his eyes to Sasuke, while Sasuke awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and vowed to protect the clan.
• Yunchuan and the Branch Family gathered for the Jonin meeting as the Main Family strengthened its position, and the assembled Jonin considered Hokage candidates before Hiruzen entered.