Recaps

Tianyi advanced his Flying Thunder God training while serving with ANBU, then helped rescue Uzumaki survivors from the destruction of their homeland. The arc ended with Kushina and the other survivors bound for the Leaf Village, while Tianyi used the mission’s rewards to improve his technique.

• Tianyi joined Blue Bird’s Fourth Squad and used his Byakugan and Magnet Release to support its missions, then helped defeat Hiruko’s test subjects before fighting Root shinobi who attacked the squad.
• Tianyi exposed Root’s attack to Hiruzen and Tsunade, traded research assistance with Orochimaru for ninjutsu, and trained with Tsunade in chakra control and summoning.
• Tianyi learned the Flying Thunder God Technique and crossed to Blue Star, but spatial rejection forced him back after only brief stays and led him to pursue a longer safe crossing.
• Tianyi and the ANBU Fourth Division entered the Land of Whirlpools, where Elephant accepted the Uzumaki children and sealing scrolls as the clan leader led a sacrificial charge to help them escape.
• Tianyi guided Blue Bird Squad through the retreat and helped it ambush and destroy two Hidden Mist tracking squads, opening a gap in the encirclement.
• Tsunade met the rescued survivors at the coast, where the red-haired girl revealed her name was Kushina Uzumaki.
• Tianyi returned toward the Leaf Village with Kushina and the other survivors, received two skill points for saving her and influencing the Uzumaki Clan’s fate, and spent them on the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Fang Tianyi returned briefly to Rabbit Nation, where his Flying Thunder God technique enabled a rescue mission that brought detained executives home and intensified the conflict with Bald Eagle Nation. Back in the Naruto World, Tianyi earned the Leaf Village’s trust and then intervened when Hidden Cloud ninja abducted Uzumaki orphans, arriving as Minato was wounded in an ambush.

• Tianyi tested his advanced Flying Thunder God Technique, returned safely to Rabbit Nation for nine minutes, and reunited with his mother before going back to the Naruto World.
• Rabbit Nation screened for spatial aptitude and trained a transport force as Bald Eagle Nation imposed sanctions and detained Rabbit Nation technology executives abroad.
• Wang Qiang led Operation Homecoming, rescuing the executives from Oak Ridge Manor and using Su Xiao and the trainees’ teleportation to escape pursuit.
• After Rabbit Nation announced the executives would return, Bald Eagle Nation fired a missile at their plane, but the group teleported away and Ms. Zhouzhou arrived home safely aboard a Y-20.
• Tianyi defeated Nawaki in a test of strength, met Mito Uzumaki, and passed her examination of his loyalty to the Leaf Village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved cultivating Tianyi’s trust and decided Kushina Uzumaki was the best candidate to become the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tianyi spotted Hidden Cloud ninja fleeing with three Uzumaki orphans, raced ahead to help Minato, and arrived as a Jonin wounded Minato in an ambush.

Tianyi rescued the abducted Uzumaki children and witnessed Kushina become the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki. In another world, Rabbit Nation seized control of the island in a swift operation, and the arc ended as its forces prepared to confront the advancing Joint Fleet.

• Tianyi killed the Hidden Cloud pursuers, rescued the Uzumaki children, and fought A before reporting the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mito sealed the Nine-Tails into Kushina, then died after entrusting the village and the children to those around her.
• Tianyi strengthened his body and continued training Minato and Kushina while considering Minato’s request to become his disciple.
• Tian Jianguo sent Wang Qiang’s Thunderbolt Group to capture Lai Wa and ordered the Flying Thunder God Group to prepare devices in Jingdong.
• Su Xiao and Zhang Lei planted an iron sphere at Yasukuni Shrine, while Rabbit Nation publicly announced it had arrested Leader L.
• General Yang launched the operation, and Rabbit Nation’s forces destroyed military targets, captured the command center, and raised their flag over North Terrace City.
• The Bald Eagle and its allies formed a Joint Fleet, which entered Huaxia’s waters despite warnings.
• General Yang gave the Joint Fleet five minutes to withdraw, then ordered the Jingdong Plan activated when it remained in Huaxia’s waters.

Tianyi used the Land of Fire Daily to expose Danzo’s campaign against Hatake Sakumo and save Sakumo’s life, then gained mastery of Magnet Release. Meanwhile, Rasa and Sasori killed the Third Kazekage, and Sunagakure prepared for war with Konoha and a contest over the Fourth Kazekage’s succession.

• Captain Li and Su Xiao pressed the buttons that triggered the destruction of central Jingdong, and General Yang later ordered the remaining Footpan Chicken fleet sunk and its loss recorded as self-destruction.
• Tianyi trained Minato, recognized Danzo’s campaign to undermine Hatake Sakumo, and founded the Land of Fire Daily with Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Fugaku.
• As Sakumo faced public condemnation over a failed mission, Tianyi saved him from suicide and published evidence of Danzo’s manipulation, prompting Hiruzen to clear Sakumo and confine Danzo.
• Sakumo left his ANBU command and joined Tianyi’s newspaper agency as a delivery escort, while Tianyi mastered Magnet Release through intensive testing.
• Rasa allied with Sasori, who helped him kill the Third Kazekage and the accompanying ANBU before leaving Sunagakure with the bodies and Rasa’s summoning formula.
• Chiyo ordered a search for the missing Kazekage, accused Konoha of taking him, and chose an alliance with Iwagakure and war after Hiruzen denied involvement.
• Ebizo proposed that the war determine the next Kazekage, and Sunagakure’s leaders agreed.