Recaps

Lin Qing escaped Konoha with Sasuke, then fought exploitation in the Land of Water and rescued hundreds of captives while drawing the attention of powerful enemies. In Snowfall Village, Lin Qing prepared to confront the Dire Wolf Squad after an injured villager begged him to save the people left behind.

• Lin Qing used Star Platinum to defeat Itachi, escaped Root with Sasuke, and left Konoha after fighting Kakashi.
• Lin Qing and Sasuke traveled to the Land of Water, hunted fugitives for Soul Shards, and uncovered a trafficking operation tied to the Fourth Mizukage and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Lin Qing and Sasuke rescued hundreds of captives from the Murata Sausage plant, where Lin Qing found Xiaotao and her dead mother, then killed Suikazan Fuguki and destroyed the facility.
• Lin Qing led the survivors away from Mirage City by ship, while Xiaotao chose to stay with him and Sasuke.
• Mei Terumi followed Lin Qing north, fought him, and agreed to keep her distance, and Lin Qing then cured Haku’s mother and defended Xiaotao from tax-collecting samurai.
• Lin Qing arranged for Blade Master to reforge Samehada and broke through his Ripple bottleneck as County Magistrate Morimura sent the Dire Wolf Squad to Snowfall Village.
• Dire Wolf imposed crushing taxes, seized villagers for labor, and took dozens toward the county seat after hearing that two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had arrived.
• After the Lame Man reached him gravely injured and begged him to save Snowfall Village, Lin Qing agreed, and the Lame Man died.

Lin Qing rescued Haku and Snowfall Village’s captives, then joined forces with Jiraiya to pursue Orochimaru after learning he had destroyed Hope Village. After Sasuke was cursed and sent to Mount Myoboku for help, Lin Qing tracked Orochimaru to Otogakure and faced the resurrected Hashirama Senju and Mu.

• Lin Qing killed Second Brother and his gang, then rode to the county seat and defeated Biwa Juzo, Raiga Kurosuki, and County Magistrate Senmura while rescuing the captives.
• Lin Qing agreed to help Mei Terumi oppose Yagura, then invited Haku and Haku’s Mother to travel with him and his companions.
• Lin Qing found Hope Village destroyed, located Amber Bearman, and learned that Orochimaru’s creation had massacred the villagers.
• Lin Qing, Sasuke, and Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru, Kimimaro, and Jugo, and Lin Qing killed Kimimaro and Jugo before Orochimaru escaped.
• Tagorihime trapped the group in a poisonous barrier, but Lin Qing split it with a Natural Energy and Ripple-powered strike and later killed Tagorihime.
• Orochimaru cursed Sasuke and fled, so Lin Qing healed Sasuke with Saint’s Crown of Thorns and sent him with Jiraiya to Mount Myoboku.
• Lin Qing tracked Orochimaru to Otogakure, where Hashirama Senju and Mu emerged from coffins and attacked him.

Lin Qing killed Orochimaru and Danzo, rescued Sasuke, and gathered followers to build Hope Village. In Kirigakure, he helped Mei Terumi overthrow Yagura, then faced Obito and Pain, who escaped after Konan rejected Pain.

• Lin Qing defeated Mu, killed Orochimaru, and fought off Itachi Uchiha, Deidara, and Konan before taking Konan captive.
• Lin Qing brought Konan to Konoha, rescued Sasuke by removing his Heaven Cursed Seal, then killed Danzo after learning he had ordered the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Lin Qing left Konoha with Sasuke and Konan, gathered his followers, and traveled to the Land of Water to help Mei Terumi overthrow Yagura in exchange for land for Hope Village.
• In Kirigakure, Lin Qing stopped Chojuro and Ryuna’s deadly graduation duel, killed Gato, and learned of Gato’s plan with the Feudal Lord to drug the country’s salt.
• Yagura killed Elder Genji and attacked Mei Terumi’s Reformist Faction with the Daimyo’s support, but Lin Qing arrived and turned back Yagura’s attacks.
• Lin Qing fought Yagura as Isobu while Sasuke, Xiaotao, Mayuri, and Zabuza fought the Loyalists, and Sasuke briefly erased incoming attacks to let Lin Qing kill Yagura.
• Obito and Pain attacked Lin Qing, who battled the Paths of Pain and Obito until Pain trapped him in Planetary Devastation.
• Sasuke helped Lin Qing strike Obito, but Obito escaped with Izanagi and Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Konan refused Pain’s offer to leave with him.

Lin Qing defeated Dio and the Jashin Cult’s leader while teaching and helping reshape Kirigakure, then joined Kakashi and Tsunade on the road to Konoha. As Naruto and Sasuke settled into life in Kirigakure, Kumogakure launched a plan to capture Sasuke, ending with Yugito declaring a full-scale assault.

• Lin Qing killed the Feudal Lord of the Land of Water after exposing his plot with Gato, and Mei Terumi later became Mizukage and asked him to guide Kirigakure’s future.
• Lin Qing evolved Star Platinum by defeating Dio in Cairo, then taught villagers at a night school and refused Saito Ayaka’s offer to become Grand Minister.
• Lin Qing spared Miyamoto after defeating him, secured a one-year tax exemption for the Land of Water, and agreed to help Kakashi find Tsunade.
• Lin Qing, Kakashi, and Tsunade confronted the Jashin Cult, defeated the White-Haired Cult Leader, and learned that Hidan had escaped with the power to pass his curse through touch.
• Lin Qing upgraded Star Platinum: The World and returned to Kirigakure, where Konoha students joined lessons and reconstruction, and Sasuke helped Naruto after local students bullied him.
• Kumogakure’s A organized a raid to capture Sasuke, while Samui secretly sent a warning and was arrested by Darui for suspected treason.
• Yugito led ten Kumogakure ninja and two Snake Princesses into Kirigakure, but Miyamoto and Sasuke’s allies and Hope Village residents confronted them, prompting Yugito to declare a full-scale assault.