Recaps

Yayoi strengthened the Land of Night by gaining allies, developing new techniques, and preparing for the spread of ninja villages. After attending Konoha’s inauguration, he returned home and led a campaign that destroyed the Kusanagi Clan and secured its sword.

• Yayoi captured the weakened Seven-Tails and used its chakra to bring Irori to life as an autonomous puppet, while Hashirama and Tobirama prepared to establish Konoha.
• Yayoi secured alliances with the Hyuga and Aburame Clans, married Hyuga Kicho, and welcomed her attendants Aoi and Rinko into his household.
• Yayoi attended Hashirama’s inauguration as First Hokage, met with Tobirama, and agreed to sell Konoha two hundred tons of Chakra Metal.
• Yayoi returned to the Land of Night, developed Chakra Armament Mode, and expanded the country’s forces as Irori defeated northern invaders by freezing their island base.
• Yayoi gave Kicho the Living Chakra Technique and registered Kicho, Aoi, and Rinko as Land of Night ninjas, while Aoi and Rinko became his concubines.
• Yayoi, Kicho, and Kakuzu investigated attacks at the Land of Grass border and found the Kusanagi Clan establishing a camp in the Land of Night.
• Yayoi’s forces attacked the Kusanagi camp, and Yayoi secretly controlled Seiryu so Kicho could seal his Chakra and kill him.
• Yayoi’s forces wiped out the Kusanagi Clan, burned its stronghold, collected its valuables, and kept the Kusanagi Sword.

Yayoi strengthened the Land of Night’s ties with the Uzumaki and Hoshigaki while confronting Madara’s power at the failed summit. After Kicho gave birth to their son, Yayoi continued developing his weapons and puppets and shared intelligence with Mu and Ōnoki.

• Yayoi recovered a Chakra Crystal from Silent Forest, then buried the Chakra Tree’s remaining seed before leaving with Kicho.
• Yayoi arranged Kakuzu’s marriage to the Land of Song daimyo’s daughters and sent him to discuss a marriage alliance with the Uzumaki Clan, which agreed to an engagement between Hisana and Yayoi.
• Yayoi received the Hoshigaki Clan and Samehada, welcomed Uzumaki Kano to train medical personnel, and studied the Seven-Star Seal to restrain the Seven-Tails.
• Yayoi and Kakuzu encountered Mu and Ōnoki on their way to Hashirama Senju’s summit, where Madara attacked them with Susanoo before revealing himself to be a Shadow Clone.
• Madara’s Shadow Clones disrupted the summit and badly injured the First Raikage, while Yayoi kept the Land of Night’s public communications focused on domestic affairs and maintained normal relations with Konoha.
• Kicho gave birth to Yayoi’s son, who inherited her Byakugan, and Yayoi later examined gifts from Hashirama and Mu while continuing to develop Yaya and restrain the Seven-Tails.
• Kicho rejected Hyuga Hideto’s attempt to use her ties to the Land of Night to bolster his faction, and Hideto collapsed after reading her reply.
• Yayoi gave Mu intelligence about Konoha and advised him to ask Tobirama Senju about the Sharingan.

Yayoi expanded the Land of Night’s power, created Yaya, and investigated threats around the Nine-Tails while the Uchiha branch searched for a new home. Hokuto’s clan relocated to Nightview City, and Konoha declined to intervene as Hashirama sent Tobirama to speak with Yayoi.

• Madara announced that he was leaving Konoha, then departed alone when no Uchiha joined him, while Izayoi refused to return to the clan and went to meet the other exiles.
• Yayoi’s team retrieved the radioactive Star from the Land of Bears, and the Uchiha earned payment for the mission and later recovered ancient research and records.
• Yayoi awakened Yaya by transferring Seven-Tails’ chakra into her, then tested her strength alongside Irori and began developing Earth-infused chakra spheres.
• Yayoi’s group tracked the Nine-Tails in the Land of Fields, where Yaya stopped Kinkaku’s attack and Yayoi later confirmed the beast had settled in a seaside cavern.
• Hokuto led the Uchiha in choosing the Land of Night over Konoha and the other villages, and Yayoi accepted their request to settle there.
• Hisana chose Nene as her maid, but Head Priest Dōmei also appointed Oboro as her maid and protector for the journey to the Land of Night.
• Hokuto’s 173 Uchiha clansmen arrived in Nightview City and received land for a residential district, while Yayoi assessed their strength and dismissed the danger from Konoha unless Hashirama came himself.
• The Uchiha elders asked Konoha to intervene over Hokuto’s branch, but Hashirama ended the matter and sent Tobirama to speak with Yayoi.

Yayoi secured a Tsuchigumo summoning contract and helped Hisana and Nene with their work in the Land of Night. When Madara attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, Yayoi joined Tobirama and Mito to help subdue and seal the beast, then returned to an angry Irori and an affectionate Yaya.

• Tobirama helped Shiranuma and the other Uchiha return to the Land of Fire, while Madara took control of the Nine-Tails with his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Yayoi and Hisana discussed sealing techniques, then Yayoi traveled with Kicho and Yaya to Spider Mountain, where he fought Tsuchigumo and earned a summoning contract.
• Yayoi placed a Chakra Life Embryo in an ancient Chakra Tree and learned that the Nine-Tails had disappeared, leading him to suspect Madara had taken it.
• Hisana improved the Inner Court’s barrier, while Nene showed Yayoi her chakra-amplifying drug and research into Tailed Beast chakra.
• Yayoi joined Tobirama, Mito, and Irori near the Land of Fields after Madara attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails and fought Hashirama.
• Yayoi and his allies restrained the Nine-Tails with attacks from Yaya, Irori, Tobirama, and the steel python, allowing Mito to seal it inside herself.
• Hashirama defeated Madara, and Yayoi and Tobirama collected battlefield samples before separating to handle their respective affairs.
• At a hot spring inn, Yaya woke and hugged Yayoi, prompting Irori to fill the suite with frost and snow.