Recaps

Rikusei and the Alliance expanded Sage Jutsu training, cultivated chakra-rich land, and began reshaping the nations while Madara and Hashirama pursued their plans abroad. The arc left the Alliance negotiating with Ryūchi Cave as its candidates faced the White Snake Sage’s tests and the growing threat of intelligent sea beasts.

• Rikusei broke free of Naori’s Izanami when his Sharingan evolved, then the Alliance traveled to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Jutsu.
• After Rikusei absorbed Natural Energy without transforming, he proposed creating a shinobi cultivation ground as a fourth sacred land, and Tobirama agreed.
• White Spirit visited Konoha, negotiated exchanges with Tobirama, and allowed Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Jutsu to be offered to Alliance candidates.
• Madara asked Rikusei to help revive Kaguya and gave him tissue cells from Ashura and Indra to try to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Rikusei, Danzo, and Hiruzen released the Tailed Beasts to prepare farmland, and chakra rain nourished God Tree seeds across the Shinobi World.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Reto transformed the Land of Wind, while Hashirama proposed the Spirit Canal to bring water to the new growth.
• Tobirama appointed Rikusei to train nearly a thousand White Zetsu, while Alliance shinobi began selecting candidates for Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Jutsu training.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Tagorihime tested the visitors with an illusion and eliminated a failed candidate, while White Spirit offered work contracts and dismissed Gengetsu’s concerns about intelligent sea beasts.

Rikusei and Tobirama revived the Sage of Six Paths, who witnessed Konoha’s new era and then set out to explore the world. As the Ninja Nation expanded and shinobi returned from Sage Jutsu training, Naori and Mao renewed their rivalry over Rikusei.

• Danzo passed Tagitsuhime’s willpower trial in Ryūchi Cave after recognizing that her illusion of Hiruzen had made a mistake about the cold drinks shop owner.
• Ieyasu told Masamune that he had contacted Konoha and planned to leave the Land of Water, while Tobirama’s experiments with White Zetsu failed to produce Six Paths chakra.
• Rikusei and Afei supplied White Zetsu workers to Jinjiang Jing’s factories, and Naori asked Rikusei to get engaged after Grandmother approved their match.
• Mao returned from Mount Myoboku and challenged Naori over Rikusei, but their battle ended without a victor after Mao rescued Rikusei from collapsing rubble.
• Rikusei and Tobirama revived the Sage of Six Paths, who explained Black Zetsu’s origins and saw how the modern Shinobi World had changed before agreeing to reunite with his family and travel the world.
• The Sage of Six Paths gave Rikusei his chakra, while Naori investigated Rikusei’s cells and resolved to help awaken the Uchiha’s third Mangekyō and third Rinnegan.
• Hashirama and Madara’s agreements brought small nations into the Konoha Ninja Nation, while Naori arranged funds for Uchiha families living outside Konoha.
• Tobirama welcomed returning Sage Jutsu trainees and introduced the Ninefold Natural Sage Pill, while Gengetsu resolved to lead the islands into the Ninja Nation and Naori taunted Mao about her relationship with Rikusei.

Rikusei helped establish a Tailed Beast Farm in Rōran, where experiments awakened his Rinnegan and left him recovering from severe damage. As Madara and Hashirama moved to reshape the Land of Water and pursue Kaguya’s resurrection, Hagoromo discovered a hidden Dragon Palace beneath the sea.

• Naori revealed to Mao that Rikusei’s research involved awakening the Rinnegan, while Rikusei announced a company dividend and ordered Afei to educate the White Zetsu.
• Tobirama exposed smuggling and sent Rikusei, Naori, and Mao to Rōran to establish a Tailed Beast Farm with Sunagakure and a cloned God Tree.
• Rikusei and Naori restrained the God Tree with Truth-Seeking Orbs, and the Tailed Beasts, White Zetsu, and Sand shinobi began cultivating crops around the Dragon Vein.
• Rikusei fused Ashura, Indra, and Mao’s chakra with White Zetsu cells, then used chakra drawn from the God Tree to drive his eyes toward the Rinnegan.
• Naori halted the dangerous experiment after Rikusei awakened the Rinnegan in both eyes, but he suffered severe damage to his leg pathways and lost the Rinnegan temporarily.
• Rikusei discovered that his Mangekyo could overlap reality with his Illusion Space and kept his Rinnegan secret while taking charge of Rōran Farm.
• Madara told Rikusei that he and Hashirama planned to resurrect Kaguya, then resolved to seize the Otsutsuki’s Ten-Tails and oppose their plans.
• Madara reshaped the sea near the Land of Water as Hashirama protected the onlookers, while Hagoromo found a hidden palace called Dragon Palace and confronted its residents.

Rikusei helped unseal Kaguya and uncover the Otsutsuki threat, then joined the Shinobi World’s leaders in preparing to fight Isshiki. The battle left Isshiki damaged but still advancing on Rikusei, who struck him after returning from the world of illusion.

• Tobirama integrated Kirigakure into Konoha’s plans, while Rikusei and Naori developed her Mangekyo Sharingan and returned to Konoha for the Sage Land Festival.
• Madara announced the Otsutsuki threat and the plan to unseal Kaguya, while Byakuren and Reto declared the Mist and Sand Shinobi’s intent to join Konoha.
• Madara used White Zetsu to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revive Kaguya, who confronted Hagoromo and Hamura before explaining the Otsutsuki threat to the shinobi.
• Hagoromo explained Karma and the Otsutsuki’s use of God Tree fruits, while Rikusei questioned him about Black Zetsu and began preparing for Isshiki’s return.
• Kaguya located Isshiki as his Karma thawed, and Madara led the Shinobi World’s strongest fighters north to confront him.
• The shinobi battled Isshiki with Sage Jutsu, Susanoo, and coordinated attacks, but Isshiki broke free and sealed Madara and Tobirama beneath a Black Cymbal.
• Rikusei used Shinra Tensei and joined the Natural Energy attacks against Isshiki, who absorbed his Super Shinra Tensei before Rikusei returned from the world of illusion and smashed Isshiki’s statue with one punch.