Recaps

Uchiha Qingfeng left Konoha to gather more Tailed Beasts, recruiting Deidara and bringing Orochimaru into the Akatsuki Organization along the way. After leaving the Akatsuki base, he arrived at Sunagakure and asked Rasa about a red-haired boy.

• Uchiha Qingfeng accepted Minato Namikaze’s S-rank intelligence mission and left Konoha with his miniature Tailed Beasts and Jashin-chan.
• Uchiha Qingfeng visited Iwagakure, arranged for the Four-Tails and Five-Tails to meet their Jinchuriki, then left with six Tailed Beast pets and Deidara.
• Uchiha Qingfeng brought Deidara to the Akatsuki base and introduced him to the members, while Deidara’s explosive art failed to impress them.
• Uchiha Qingfeng persuaded Orochimaru to join the Akatsuki Organization and explain his Reanimation Jutsu, prompting Nagato and Obito to consider its uses.
• Uchiha Qingfeng warned Obito about attacking him, then hinted to Black Zetsu that he could help save Black Zetsu’s mother.
• Uchiha Qingfeng left the Akatsuki base with Deidara and headed toward the Land of Wind to gather more pets.
• Uchiha Qingfeng arrived at Sunagakure, proposed that Konoha host the next Joint Chunin Exams, and asked Rasa about a red-haired boy wearing a Sunagakure headband.

Uchiha Qingfeng helped Gaara coexist with Shukaku, then left Sunagakure as events around Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu reshaped the Akatsuki Organization’s plans. He flew with Deidara to the Land of Whirlpools, where Tsunade recruited him to open the Uzumaki treasury.

• Grandma Chiyo questioned Qingfeng about Sasori, then ordered Rasa to watch Qingfeng and Deidara and send them away the next morning.
• Qingfeng met Rasa’s children, promised to help Gaara with the One-Tail, and used his Mangekyo Sharingan to make Shukaku coexist peacefully with Gaara while taking a small portion of its body.
• Qingfeng erased Temari’s memories of entering his room, returned her and Gaara safely, and left Sunagakure with Deidara as Rasa considered an alliance with Konoha.
• Orochimaru offered the Akatsuki Organization the Reanimation Jutsu, and Sasori sought sacrifices to revive his parents while Nagato decided to revive Yahiko.
• Obito planned to use the Reanimation Jutsu to gather powerful dead Ninja, left the Akatsuki base for Konoha, and Kisame departed for the Land of Water.
• Qingfeng flew with Deidara to the Land of Whirlpools and encountered Tsunade, who revealed she had found the Uzumaki treasury but could not break its seal.
• Qingfeng negotiated an equal share of the treasury with Tsunade, then drew his Katana and released sword intent before the sealed stone slab.

Uchiha Qingfeng entered the Land of Water with Tsunade and his companions, recruiting Zabuza and Haku while probing Hidden Mist’s leadership and searching for the tailed-beast hosts. The acting Mizukage agreed to meet over a peace treaty, as Qingfeng’s search for the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails host continued.

• Uchiha Qingfeng used Brother Fan's Toothpick to absorb the Uzumaki Clan shrine’s sealing formulas, then found its memorial tablets and masks missing.
• Uchiha Qingfeng brought Tsunade, Shizune, Deidara, and Tonton to the Land of Water, where he met Zabuza Momochi, Haku, and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Uchiha Qingfeng recruited Zabuza and Haku as underlings and assigned them to Kisame, who set off with them toward the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Qingfeng arrived in Mist Village posing as a Konoha peace envoy and learned that Genshi was acting as Mizukage while Yagura was unwell.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Mei Terumi his account of the Masked Man, Uzumaki Sanryo, and Kisame, and Mei agreed to keep his identity secret for the time being.
• Uchiha Qingfeng ordered the Tailed Beasts to locate the Fourth Mizukage and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while he waited for negotiations with Genshi.
• Mei Terumi told Uchiha Qingfeng that the acting Mizukage would meet him to discuss the peace treaty, and Qingfeng used Deidara’s portrait as part of a plan to fool Genshi.
• Eight-Tails reported that the Tailed Beasts had found a guarded courtyard near the Three-Tails’ scent but could not confirm whether its Jinchuriki was there, and Qingfeng ordered them to resume the search.

Uchiha Qingfeng negotiated with Hidden Mist over Utakata, secretly took a fragment of the Three-Tails, and left Mei Terumi with unresolved feelings. He then reached the Akatsuki base, where Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu led Qingfeng to set a plan in motion to revive powerful Ninja.

• Uchiha Qingfeng negotiated with Genshi over Hidden Mist’s alliance with Konoha and accepted fifty million ryo upfront to return Utakata within two months.
• Uchiha Qingfeng secretly entered Yagura Karatachi’s underground base, took part of the Three-Tails’ chakra, and erased Yagura’s memories of their meeting.
• Mei Terumi recognized the disguised Uchiha Qingfeng, embraced him, and let him escape when Hidden Mist Anbu arrived.
• Uchiha Qingfeng left Tsunade and Shizune behind and flew with Deidara toward the Land of Rain to prevent the Akatsuki Organization from falling into chaos.
• Ōnoki accused Konoha of taking Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki, but Minato Namikaze rejected his claims and warned that Konoha would fight if Iwagakure chose war.
• At the Akatsuki base, Orochimaru reanimated Sasori’s parents and explained the limits and risks of the jutsu.
• Uchiha Qingfeng ordered the Akatsuki members to search for powerful dead Ninja to revive, while Pain kept Sasori’s parents from leaving the base.
• Uchiha Qingfeng used Hiko-tsu-kami to conceal the Reanimation Jutsu’s control core in Miru’s mind so Orochimaru could test whether genjutsu could free her.