Recaps

Konoha occupied Sunagakure without resistance, but attacks on its supply convoy revealed that the Hidden Sand forces were avoiding a direct battle. Minato proposed abandoning the village after stripping it of water, food, supplies, and civilians, and White Fang agreed to the scorched-earth strategy.

• White Fang's force entered Sunagakure and found only civilians, with the Hidden Sand combat forces, documents, weapons, and supplies gone.
• A messenger reported that the Konoha transport convoy was under attack, and Orochimaru offered to deal with the attackers.
• White Fang stopped Orochimaru from destroying Sunagakure, citing Tianyi's plan and the goal of occupying the village.
• Minato proposed evacuating the civilians and contaminating or destroying Sunagakure's water sources, crops, and supplies before withdrawing.
• Minato said Konoha could send Flying Thunder God-marked squads to devastate the Land of Wind if the Hidden Sand Village refused to compromise.
• White Fang accepted Minato's plan, while Tianyi sneezed far away near the Capital of the Land of Fire.

Itachi reached the cave where Mikoto Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha were being held, but an explosive tag went off as he tried to free them. Believing them lost in the blast, he awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed Third-Stage Susanoo before Hyuga Tianyi headed to the scene.

• Itachi defeated the ninja guarding the cave entrance and entered to find Mikoto Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha bound with their eyes gouged out.
• Itachi escaped a trap with his Shadow Clone and killed the ninja threatening Mikoto, then began freeing her and Sasuke.
• Mikoto pushed Itachi away from an explosive tag, which detonated and engulfed her and Sasuke in flames.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed Third-Stage Susanoo, which tore through the collapsing cave roof.
• Hyuga Tianyi told Uchiha Fugaku he would go to Itachi, while Fugaku left with Uchiha Shisui; Tianyi then praised White Zetsu for its work.

Itachi woke after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and mourned the apparent deaths of his mother and Sasuke. Tianyi revealed that their deaths had been staged as part of a plan to change the Uchiha Clan’s fate, then sent Itachi to Sunagakure to meet Minato.

• Itachi woke with his wound still healing and grieved over the deaths he believed he had witnessed.
• Tianyi congratulated Itachi on awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that his father had sought a way to change the Uchiha Clan’s fate.
• Tianyi revealed that Itachi’s mother and Sasuke were alive and that their deaths had been staged.
• White Zetsu copied Tianyi’s appearance, convincing Itachi that the deception could fool even the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tianyi sent Itachi to Sunagakure to meet Minato and practice using his new eyes.
• Fugaku and Shisui emerged after Itachi left, then Tianyi teleported away with them.

Jiraiya confronted Konoha’s leaders over their devastation of Sunagakure’s water and farmland, then defeated Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru in a brief clash. He left the camp after Minato escaped, promising to contact Tianyi and hoping Jiraiya would persuade him.

• Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo discussed Konoha’s destruction of Sunagakure’s resources and considered Jiraiya’s offer to seek peace talks while keeping their own plans unchanged.
• Jiraiya saw the suffering caused by poisoned wells in the Land of Wind and confronted Hatake Sakumo at the Leaf camp.
• Orochimaru defended the campaign as necessary for reshaping the Ninja World, but Jiraiya refused to let Konoha continue it.
• Jiraiya fought Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Minato, disarming Sakumo and defeating Orochimaru while Minato escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Jiraiya said he would contact Tianyi and hoped he could persuade him.

Tianyi gathered his allies to plan an attack on Jigen, identified as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and launched a missile to test his defenses. The missile detonated above Jigen’s temple, leaving the effects of the blast unknown.

• Black Zetsu reported that White Zetsu had located Jigen at a temple in the Land of Hot Water.
• Tianyi summoned Tsunade, Might Guy, and Minato Namikaze, then briefed the group on Jigen’s abilities and their battle plan.
• Tianyi contacted the command center and authorized a missile launch toward the temple.
• The West Wind-5C launcher fired a missile, which traveled toward Jigen’s location.
• Jigen spotted the descending missile with his Byakugan and recognized that it had no chakra fluctuations.
• The missile’s warhead detonated about two kilometers above the temple.

Tianyi and his allies attacked Jigen, but he survived their explosive assault and countered their coordinated strikes. Jigen’s fingers were severed by Tianyi’s Waterline Slash, and he asked Tianyi why they were trying to kill him.

• Jigen survived the explosion at the temple ruins and appeared in the crater with only torn clothing.
• Tianyi directed the group to follow their plan, and Might Guy opened the sixth gate to attack Jigen.
• Tianyi launched Metal Spears while Guy, Minato, and Tianyi coordinated attacks against Jigen.
• Jigen absorbed Minato’s Rasengan, but Tianyi’s Waterline Slash cut off several of Jigen’s fingers before he escaped by shrinking.
• Jigen’s fingers began healing as he questioned Tianyi about their first meeting and asked whether there had been a misunderstanding.

Tianyi revealed Jigen’s identity as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and trapped him with a magnetic field that disrupted Sukunahikona, costing Jigen his right arm. After Jigen escaped, Uchiha Madara and Might Guy attacked him together.

• Tianyi identified Jigen as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and recounted how Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had wounded him and how he had hidden inside Jigen.
• Tianyi activated the Electromagnetic Force Domain, trapping Jigen midway through Sukunahikona and disrupting his ability to return to normal size.
• Jigen escaped through a portal, but his microscopic right arm did not return, leaving him without it.
• Uchiha Madara struck Jigen with Complete Body Susanoo, and Jigen caught the chakra sword with his left hand.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and hit Jigen with Daytime Tiger.

Jigen transformed with Karma: Stage Two and fought Might Guy, while Tianyi, Uchiha Madara, and Minato launched a coordinated counterattack. After Tianyi's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion engulfed Jigen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki rose from the chasm, having entered the fray.

• Jigen activated Karma: Stage Two and exchanged close-range attacks with Might Guy, whose Truth-Seeking Orb armor blocked Jigen's Black Rods but not a kick that broke his ribs.
• Uchiha Madara's Limbo attack and Tianyi's Waterline Slash failed to hit Jigen, who redirected the water attack with Daikokuten.
• Uchiha Madara's Susanoo blade struck at Jigen, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to land a Sage Art: Rasengan on his waist.
• Tianyi struck Jigen with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, carving a vast chasm across the battlefield.
• Tsunade healed Might Guy, while White Zetsu and Katsuyu helped restore his strength.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki rose from the ground near the chasm, his body white and taller than before.

Minato and Might Guy kept Isshiki Ōtsutsuki under pressure while Tianyi formed a massive metal storm to block his escape. Isshiki tried to trap Minato with Black Rods but struck only a Shadow Clone as the storm reached him.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to remove Isshiki Ōtsutsuki’s falling Daikokuten cubes.
• Tianyi noticed the cracks in Isshiki Ōtsutsuki’s abdomen and began drawing metal from across the battlefield to prevent his escape.
• Tsunade healed Might Guy, who attacked Isshiki Ōtsutsuki while Minato repeatedly appeared with Sage Art: Rasengan strikes.
• Tianyi formed Sage Art: Magnet Release-Metal Storm above the battlefield as Isshiki Ōtsutsuki tried to create an opening to flee.
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki baited Might Guy and fired Black Rods at Minato’s likely positions, but the rods struck Minato’s Shadow Clone.
• Minato revealed that his real body was beside Tsunade as the metal typhoon swept over Isshiki Ōtsutsuki.

Tianyi and his allies overwhelmed Isshiki Ōtsutsuki with the Metal Storm, Electromagnetic Cannon, and Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, sealing him inside Planetary Devastation. Tianyi then declared that they would unite the Ninja World and use Isshiki's body to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki before confronting the extraterrestrial Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Tianyi trapped Isshiki Ōtsutsuki in the Metal Storm while Fugaku and Shisui moved in and Uchiha Madara used Planetary Devastation to pull Isshiki off balance.
• Tianyi launched a barrage of Electromagnetic Cannon shots, forcing Isshiki to defend himself with a Truth-Seeking Orb Staff.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan to evade Isshiki's Black Rods as Shisui activated Kotoamatsukami against him.
• Shisui collapsed and Fugaku fell to his knee after using their Mangekyō Sharingan, so Minato took them to Tsunade for treatment.
• Uchiha Madara's Planetary Devastation sealed the motionless Isshiki inside a stone sphere.
• Tianyi said they would head to the Hidden Sand Village to unite the Ninja World, then revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki using Isshiki's body and confront the extraterrestrial Ōtsutsuki Clan.

At the Sunagakure front, Jiraiya overwhelmed Itachi in a one-sided fight, breaking through his Susanoo with basic taijutsu. As Jiraiya questioned Itachi about the Will of Fire, a voice from above dismissed it as letting fists do the talking.

• Xiaoshan Dajie told Tianye Zhenyi that Jiraiya had halted the war over his vision of peace and clashed with White Fang and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya smashed Itachi's Susanoo blade and shield, then sent him flying with a punch.
• Itachi reflected on how completely Jiraiya had outmatched him despite his Mangekyō Sharingan and abilities.
• Jiraiya asked Itachi what the Will of Fire meant, but a voice from above answered that it was letting fists do the talking.

Tianyi lured Jiraiya into an uninhabited desert to fight, while Minato took the injured Itachi away to complete the evolution of his eyes. The chapter ended with Tianyi requesting five nuclear missile strikes and launching metal pillars into the sky as Jiraiya faced him.

• Tianyi recognized that Jiraiya had gained Yang Release and challenged him to follow away from the Konoha camp.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, and they pursued Tianyi into the desert.
• Minato appeared beside the injured Itachi and used Flying Thunder God to take him away so he could complete his eye evolution.
• Tianyi reached an uninhabited desert region and requested five one-megaton Dongfeng-5Cs from the command center.
• Tianyi sent hundreds of metal pillars into the sky and urged Jiraiya to turn back before their fight.

Jiraiya used Sage Mode to attack Tianyi with a coordinated oil, wind, fire, and sealing-barrier combination, but Tianyi protected himself with Truth-Seeking Orbs. Tianyi prepared to retaliate with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

• Jiraiya activated Sage Mode and sent three shadow clones to form a four-point formation around the battlefield.
• Gamabunta sprayed toad oil into the air, and Jiraiya spread it with wind before igniting it with a fire technique.
• Jiraiya and his clones raised the Four Directions Barrier-seal, disrupting Tianyi’s Flying Thunder God Marks and trapping the battlefield.
• The burning oil droplets exploded as the water inside them vaporized, but Tianyi shielded himself with a sphere of Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Tianyi judged Jiraiya’s tactics inadequate for their level of combat and began forming Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Tianyi erased Jiraiya’s battlefield with a massive sandstorm, then used gravity to pull meteors from space while five nuclear warheads struck the desert. As the blasts shook the distant Hidden Leaf Camp, dozens of enormous meteors began falling toward Jiraiya’s location.

• Tianyi’s chakra storm swept across the desert, dispelled Gamabunta’s summoning, and erased Jiraiya’s barrier and other techniques.
• Tianyi rose high into the sky and used gravity to alter the trajectories of meteors while five warheads entered their terminal trajectories.
• Five megaton-class warheads detonated over the desert in succession, raising overlapping mushroom clouds and shaking the ground as far as the Hidden Leaf Camp.
• Xiaoshan Dajie and Tianye Zhenyi watched the explosions from the camp as dozens of colossal meteors descended toward Jiraiya’s location under Tianyi’s control.

Tianyi repeatedly severed Jiraiya’s legs to exhaust the Sage of Six Paths’ Yang Power, then discovered energy entering Jiraiya from a rift at the boundary of the Underworld. The Sage of Six Paths appeared as Tianyi prepared to take Jiraiya away, while the Great Toad Sage sensed a powerful intruder at Mount Myōboku.

• Tianyi found Jiraiya alive in a cracked Truth-Seeking Orb shell after the nuclear explosions, with Yang Power regenerating his radiation-damaged body.
• Tianyi repeatedly cut off Jiraiya’s legs, and after forty-five cuts Jiraiya’s regeneration stopped.
• Tianyi used Tenseigan Mode to trace Jiraiya’s remaining regenerative energy to a rift between reality and the Underworld, then sealed Jiraiya’s chakra pathways with Black Rods.
• Tianyi attacked a forming phantom and identified it as the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Great Toad Sage sensed the Sage of Six Paths near the Hidden Sand Village and realized that an extremely powerful intruder had entered Mount Myōboku.

Hyuga Tianyi rejected the Sage of Six Paths’ belief that peace could be achieved through love and cooperation, blaming his legacy for centuries of war. He vowed to build a truly peaceful Ninja World with the reincarnation of the Sage’s son, while Uchiha Madara attacked Mount Myōboku.

• Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo struck Gamabunta with its sword and sent him crashing into the palace ruins, where Sage Shima tried to stop his bleeding.
• Uchiha Madara found the Great Toad Sage and mocked Mount Myōboku before pointing Susanoo’s blade at the throne.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained how he founded Ninshū, chose Asura over Indra, and believed love and cooperation could bring peace.
• Hyuga Tianyi argued that the Sage’s choices and teachings had failed to prevent war and accused him of causing countless deaths.
• Hyuga Tianyi teleported Jiraiya away and vowed to build a peaceful Ninja World alongside the Sage’s son’s reincarnation.

Tianyi rejected the Sage of Six Paths' warning about karmic retribution, returned to the Hidden Leaf Camp, and learned that Itachi's eye transplant had succeeded. At Mount Myōboku, Madara repelled the toads with Super Shinra Tensei but was caught in their sound-based genjutsu.

• Tianyi denounced the Sage of Six Paths' claims about karmic retribution and vanished, leaving the Sage's projection to fade away.
• Tianyi returned to the Hidden Leaf Camp with the unconscious Jiraiya, and Minato sealed Jiraiya's chakra with the Four Symbols Seal.
• Minato told Tianyi that Itachi's eye transplant had succeeded and that Itachi needed a week to adjust to the new power.
• Tianyi explained that combining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with Hashirama Senju's cells could awaken the Rinnegan, then left to see Itachi and assigned Jiraiya to Minato.
• Madara unleashed Super Shinra Tensei at Mount Myōboku, hurling the surrounding toads away.
• Fukasaku and Shima used the Toad Confrontation Chant to trap Madara in genjutsu as four toads formed a barrier around him.

Tsunade monitored Itachi’s eye fusion as Tianyi explained the cells were accelerating it, while Tsunade left to confront the injured Jiraiya. Days later, Itachi removed his bandages and prepared to test his newly awakened Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan against Tianyi.

• Tsunade confirmed that Itachi’s chakra was stable and his ocular power was fusing, with his bandages likely ready to come off in five days.
• Black Zetsu sensed an aura of origin in the cells, and Tianyi said he had developed them from White Zetsu’s cells.
• Tianyi told Tsunade that Jiraiya had been badly injured and was at the Hidden Sand Village camp, so she went to him.
• Black Zetsu told Tianyi that Madara had gone to Mount Myōboku and asked when they would revive his mother; Tianyi said they would act after dealing with the Hidden Sand Village.
• Several days later, Itachi removed his bandages at the training ground, thanked Fugaku, activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and prepared to face Tianyi.

Itachi tested his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan against Tianyi while the Uchiha clan watched, but Tianyi easily countered his genjutsu and Amaterasu. Itachi then summoned his Fourth-Stage Susanoo and challenged his master to take him seriously.

• Fugaku told a clan member he hoped Itachi could hold out longer, while Shisui knew Tianyi was far stronger.
• Itachi attacked Tianyi with Susanoo's blade, a fireball, shuriken, and a kunai, but Tianyi revealed that Itachi's genjutsu had no effect on him and reset the scene.
• Itachi used Amaterasu, but Tianyi's repulsive force kept the black flames from reaching his skin.
• Itachi formed a towering Fourth-Stage Susanoo and called on Tianyi to come at him.

Tianyi used a metal panda and a series of traps and attacks to overwhelm Itachi’s Susanoo during their training match. Itachi unleashed Complete Body Susanoo but was left with its armor pierced, while Fugaku and Shisui watched the defeat.

• Tianyi formed a giant armored panda and faced Itachi’s Susanoo as the Uchiha Clan elites retreated.
• The panda evaded Susanoo’s sword strike, triggered a sunken landing spot, and struck Susanoo’s exposed back with metal pillars and its paws.
• Itachi released more chakra, blasted the panda away, and raised his Complete Body Susanoo.
• Tianyi fired five metal spears with his Super Electromagnetic Cannon, piercing the complete Susanoo’s limbs and head.
• Fugaku left the training field, and Shisui approached Itachi while Tianyi laughed and asked what he thought of the move.

After Jiraiya’s defeat, Sunagakure’s leaders debated the village’s worsening crisis and Rasa’s plan to relocate civilians to the Land of Birds while continuing to attack Leaf supply lines. Some elders secretly agreed to cooperate with the Leaf Village and preserve Sunagakure’s people by turning against Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo.

• Chiyo reviewed reports of Jiraiya’s defeat and the deadly, unexplained illness afflicting scouts who approached the enormous crater left by the battle.
• Rasa said Sunagakure’s forces had infiltrated the Land of Fire and were harassing Leaf supply lines to stretch the Leaf front and buy time.
• Ebizo warned that starvation and a lack of clean water were driving civilians to flee Sunagakure, and Rasa said they would be moved to the Land of Birds.
• Chiyo approved using the Land of Birds as a short-term base after reviewing its terrain, resources, and transport route.
• Two elders secretly discussed the Leaf Village’s offer to spare them and preserve the Land of Wind’s autonomy if Sunagakure disbanded its shinobi force.
• The elders agreed to help the Leaf Village and considered eliminating Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo before the Leaf arrived.

Tianyi learned that Hidden Sand Village had infiltrated the Leaf frontline and ordered Tsunade and Sakumo to hunt down spies while he and Minato moved to deal with them. In Sunagakure, Rasa killed an elder caught trying to poison someone, then was interrupted by a mysterious voice.

• Tsunade told Tianyi that Jiraiya had returned to the Leaf Village and reviewed the progress of the Land of Fire highway project with him.
• Tianyi asked Tsunade to remain Hokage until the Ninja World welcomed peace, and she agreed to stand by the village.
• White Zetsu reported that the Sage of Six Paths had appeared, the Great Toad Sage had been rescued, and Hidden Sand agents had infiltrated the Leaf frontline.
• Tianyi sent Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo to investigate the frontline with White Zetsu, then took Minato to deal with the infiltrators.
• Rasa caught an elder preparing to poison someone, killed him with gold dust, and ordered the guards to gather intelligence.
• An unseen speaker interrupted Rasa with amusement after witnessing Hidden Sand Village's internal strife.

Hyuga Tianyi emerged from the collapsing underground base and overwhelmed Rasa, pinning him to the ground with black rods. When Chiyo and the Hidden Sand Village puppeteers confronted him, Tianyi unleashed Sage Art: Magnet Release-Metal Storm, destroying their puppets and drawing metal fragments into a tornado.

• Rasa escaped the collapsing underground base and found Chiyo and the Hidden Sand Village puppet corps waiting nearby.
• A sensory ninja detected Hyuga Tianyi beneath the sand, and Tianyi burst into the air to face Rasa and the assembled ninja.
• Tianyi seized Rasa, repeatedly slammed him into the ground, shattered his Sand Shield, and pinned him down with black rods.
• Chiyo stopped the puppeteers from attacking and asked Tianyi why he had humiliated Rasa; Tianyi said he had a personal grudge and did not want interference.
• Tianyi entered Sage Mode and used Sage Art: Magnet Release-Metal Storm, pulling metal fragments and the puppeteers' weapons into a tornado that ground their puppets apart.

Tianyi killed Rasa and the remaining Hidden Sand ninjas, sparing Chiyo and Ebizo and taking them to Konoha. Weeks later, Shikaku presented a plan to unite and reorganize the Ninja World, while Konoha began implementing it and a joint force moved to suppress roaming bands of displaced ninjas.

• Tianyi used metal shards to kill the Hidden Sand ninjas, spared Chiyo and Ebizo, and killed Rasa before sealing his corpse in a scroll.
• Tianyi carried Chiyo and Ebizo to the Hidden Leaf Camp with Magnet Release.
• Weeks later, Shikaku presented a development plan for four autonomous regions, including a joint organization, a Ninja Allied Army, unified currency, state-run missions, civilian ninjutsu, standardized education, and a space military force.
• Representatives debated the plan for three days, after which Konoha assigned staff and ninjas to begin carrying out its provisions.
• Displaced ninjas formed roaming bands that attacked trade routes and transport convoys, disrupting commerce across the Ninja World.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga clans organized a mobile joint combat force using White Zetsu's intelligence and the Flying Thunder God Teleportation Array to surround the roaming bands.

Uchiha Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Tianyi released the tailed beast chakra needed to transform it into the God Tree. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki emerged from the tree, triggered the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and began swelling as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared, leaving Tianyi to order Black Zetsu to control her.

• Uchiha Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Tianyi released the tailed beast chakra stored in a machine.
• The Demonic Statue transformed into the God Tree, which seized the sleeping Isshiki Ōtsutsuki and absorbed it into him.
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki emerged with conflicting memories and rose toward the moon, opening his forehead eye.
• The moon turned red and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi across the Ninja World, knocking people unconscious as branches wrapped around them.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared through the moon's eye, and Tianyi told Black Zetsu to keep his mother under control.