Recaps

Akaseki developed his Sharingan and sealing abilities while serving in the war, then learned that Lanyu had died under mysterious circumstances. Jiancheng assigned Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu to investigate the Jashin Cult in Yugakure, where the Hell Yama King’s claim to immortality raised new questions.

• Akaseki contracted with the Hell Yama King, tested its healing and surveillance abilities, and helped deliver Might Guy safely after Kayo suffered a dangerous labor.
• After Kagami’s death, Konoha declared war on Amegakure, and Akaseki served with Ranwu in the medical unit, where they treated poisoned and severely injured shinobi.
• Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu’s search for a missing patrol team led to a battle with Ebizo’s forces, where Zhenpan attacked under puppet control and Akaseki ended his suffering after awakening his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Back in Konoha, Akaseki promised to help Obito with the Sharingan, learned forbidden Sharingan techniques from Jiancheng, and developed the Awakening Seal to trigger a dojutsu automatically under set conditions.
• After Lanyu died, Jiancheng revealed the hidden Setsuna Uchiha, who demonstrated Water Style techniques for Akaseki to copy.
• Jiancheng told Sarutobi that Lanyu’s coded message named the Jashin Cult, immortality, and Rashomon, then arranged for Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu to investigate in Yugakure.
• As he prepared for the mission, Akaseki asked the Hell Yama King about the Jashin Cult and immortals, and the spirit called itself the god of immortality.

Akaseki resealed Jashin, earned promotion to Jonin, and joined the war effort at Cloud-Breaking Pass. After Hatake Sakumo repelled Chiyo’s attack, Chiyo and Ebizo captured Akaseki and sealed his chakra and dojutsu power.

• Akaseki uncovered the Jashin Cult’s false account of its origins, helped Konoha and Sunagakure attack its gathering, and resealed Jashin behind the Gate of the Great God.
• Akaseki received a bloodline enhancement and the Ame-no-Hoko’s mark from the Sage of Six Paths, then arranged a Yugakure relief fund and a lasting cooperative mission with Konoha.
• Setsuna asked Akaseki to take his ruined eye so its Izanagi could protect him, but Akaseki instead transplanted the ruined eye into his own hand and began seeking a way to repair it.
• Akaseki became a Jonin and was sent with Ranwu and Minato to the Land of Rain, where he took command of a small squad at Cloud-Breaking Pass under Hatake Sakumo.
• Chiyo led Sunagakure ninja in an attack on the outpost, and Akaseki and Hatake Sakumo countered her puppets while Konoha’s outnumbered forces suffered casualties.
• Akaseki protected his squad and fought Pakura’s Scorch Release as Hatake Sakumo killed Zong Xuan and Zhen Sha, forcing Chiyo’s surviving forces to retreat.
• Ebizo trapped Akaseki in a sealing puppet, and Chiyo and Ebizo sealed his chakra and dojutsu power with the Five Aggregates Seal while planning to leave his fate to the Third Kazekage.
• Akaseki recognized a weakness in the seal and resolved to use Immersion to raise his dojutsu power enough to escape.

Akaseki escaped Sunagakure after unleashing Shukaku and fighting the Third Kazekage, then returned to Konoha and trained to strengthen his abilities. He left with a team to join the Uchiha assault on the Sky Ninja Village’s floating fortress.

• Akaseki completed his memory immersion, awakened his third tomoe, escaped Sunagakure by provoking Shukaku’s rampage, and fought his way past Chiyo and the Third Kazekage.
• Akaseki reached Yugakure and learned that Hatake Sakumo’s campaign was advancing while Ranwu had returned to Konoha.
• Akaseki returned to Konoha, attended Sō Katō’s memorial, and discussed village and clan matters with Ranwu and Chizuru.
• Akaseki trained his Susanoo with Might Duy, learned about the Eight Gates Technique, and secretly gained access to Setsuna’s Mangekyo ability, Towa.
• Akaseki helped bring the Uchiha elders to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s New Year speech, and Chizuru agreed to let him repair her left eye while keeping his abilities secret.
• Hiruzen assigned Akaseki to the mission against the Sky Ninja Village’s floating fortress, with Elephant and Yakushi Nonō accompanying him.
• Akaseki led his team to the Special Countermeasure Force base, where Jiancheng explained the Uchiha’s plan to counter the fortress and Guan Ze asked about the absent Hyuga ninja.

Akaseki helped defeat the Sky Ninja fortress and learned of a dangerous Sage Mode trial, then investigated the deaths of Konoha shinobi and encountered Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu. The arc ended with Akaseki warning Tsunade about the threats as Nagato remained in Madara and Black Zetsu’s hands.

• Akaseki and his companions infiltrated the Sky Ninja fortress, defeated its defenders, and discovered that the Void Demon God was draining captive citizens to power it.
• Akaseki entered the seal and overcame Void, restoring the seal before the Sage of Six Paths appeared and enhanced his bloodline while directing him toward Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode trial.
• After the fortress fell, Akaseki urged Jiancheng to rescue the captives and discussed Konoha’s political and economic position before reporting to Jiraiya at the Land of Rain supply force.
• Akaseki investigated the deaths of two Konoha Chunin and two Rain civilians, recognized signs of Shinra Tensei, and searched for the missing red-haired child Nagato.
• Akaseki confronted Black Zetsu, who claimed to be Indra’s will and revealed that Madara Uchiha carried Indra’s reincarnated chakra.
• Madara and Black Zetsu attacked Akaseki, but he escaped after Madara recognized Setsuna’s Towa in his eyes, and Nagato fled, while Madara insisted the boy must suffer and grow stronger.
• Akaseki reported Madara and Black Zetsu’s abilities to Tsunade, warning that Black Zetsu’s hand-seal-free Wood Release, regeneration, and concealment made him especially dangerous.