Recaps

Yongye infiltrated Sunagakure, forced Gaara to transform into Shukaku, and captured Fourth Kazekage Rasa. He declared that the Konoha Military Police Force was arresting Rasa as Sunagakure ninja rushed to attack him.

• Yongye used Dustless Bewildering Cover to enter Sunagakure undetected and find Gaara.
• Yongye revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and seized control of Gaara and Shukaku, triggering Shukaku's rampage.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa arrived to stop Shukaku, but Yongye used Tsukuyomi and knocked him unconscious.
• Yongye stored Rasa in the Spatial Villa and warned Chiyo, Pakura, and the other ninja not to stand in his way.
• Sunagakure ninja charged Yongye with Kunai and Shuriken.

Yongye forced Sunagakure to back down after defeating Rasa and controlling Shukaku, then accepted Chiyo’s offer to let Pakura entertain him. The system rewarded him with a Divine Flame Kindling tied to Sunagakure, and he dismissed Chiyo while leaving Pakura in charge.

• Chiyo stopped Sunagakure’s ninjas from attacking Yongye after realizing he controlled Shukaku and had defeated Rasa.
• Yongye identified Rosa as his target and summoned Smaug, prompting Chiyo to offer Pakura’s company rather than fight.
• Pakura bowed to Yongye, and Chiyo ordered the Sunagakure ninjas, including Baki, to disperse.
• The system awarded Yongye an Ultimate Blind Box for seizing Sunagakure’s fortune, and it contained Divine Flame Kindling: Sunagakure.
• Yongye saw Sunagakure added to his Dark Panel, then told Chiyo to leave and put Pakura in charge.

Chiyo sent Pakura to poison Uchiha Yongye so Sunagakure could kill him and restore its reputation. Yongye took Pakura away on his dragon, while Temari watched over the motionless Shukaku and a White Zetsu disappeared underground.

• Chiyo told Ebizo, Baki, and the Elite Jonin that Pakura would poison Yongye, whose corpse she planned to turn into a puppet.
• Yongye teased Pakura about satisfying him, then carried her into the air and onto the Evil Dragon's back.
• Yongye reminded Pakura that Shukaku could destroy Sunagakure if he went berserk, and Pakura began cooperating with him.
• Temari watched Shukaku and worried about him and her captured father, Rasa.
• Blood fell on Temari from the clear sky, and a White Zetsu silently sank into the ground behind her.

Chiyo and the Sand ninja waited for Yongye to die and Shukaku to rampage, but Shukaku safely collapsed around a sleeping Gaara. Chiyo learned Pakura's assassination attempt had failed, while Yongye received Tenseiga from an Advanced Blind Box.

• Chiyo and Ebizo watched the controlled Shukaku while Chiyo ordered the Sand ninja to wait for Pakura's plan to succeed.
• At night, Shukaku's control ended, but the One-Tail crumbled harmlessly and revealed an unharmed, sleeping Gaara.
• Chiyo rushed to Pakura's residence and learned that Pakura had never had a chance to kill Yongye.
• Chiyo and Pakura blamed each other for the failed assassination and concluded their side had been too stupid.
• Yongye returned to the Spatial Villa, received an Advanced Blind Box reward, and obtained the Life-Saving Demon Blade, Tenseiga.

Yongye used Tsukuyomi on the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, then returned to Konoha with him and the dragon Smaug. Tsunade discovered that Rasa was alive but under Genjutsu and confronted Yongye for breaking his promise to limit his actions to matters involving the Konoha Military Police Force.

• Yongye woke Rasa and dismissed his protests before using Tsukuyomi on him as the Great Memory Restoration Technique.
• Yongye arrived at Konoha riding Smaug, alarming the villagers and prompting Tsunade, Shikaku, Inoichi, and the ANBU to respond.
• Yongye told Tsunade that Smaug was his summoning beast and that he had caught the culprit for a public trial.
• Yongye brought Rasa out of the Spatial Villa, and the crowd recognized the captured Fourth Kazekage.
• Tsunade examined Rasa, found him alive and unharmed under Genjutsu, and accused Yongye of breaking his promise.

Yongye defended his capture of Rasa to Tsunade and gained the Reaper Death Seal from his system. The next day, he opened Rasa’s public trial before a packed crowd in Konoha.

• Yongye pointed to Inoichi Yamanaka’s confirmation that Rasa attacked the Land of Fire delegation and taunted Tsunade about arresting a criminal.
• Yongye received the Reaper Death Seal from an Advanced Blind Box after Tsunade agreed to fly with Shizune and Anko and was left devastated.
• Yongye told Tsunade that Chiyo had arranged his welcome in Sunagakure and that Pakura had hosted him, leaving Tsunade suspicious and angry.
• The next day, Yongye presided over Rasa’s public trial as Konoha residents, ninja, merchants, and foreign spies filled the hall and square.
• Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, and Ma Han brought Rasa into the courtroom, where he knelt before Yongye and the crowd reacted to the captured Kazekage.

Yongye presided over Rasa’s public execution after the Fourth Kazekage confessed to attacking the Land of Fire Daimyo’s delegation. After Zhan Zhao sewed Rasa’s severed neck closed, Yongye drew a strange white blade beside the corpse, leaving the crowd wondering what he would do next.

• Rasa pleaded guilty to attacking the Land of Fire Daimyo’s delegation, shocking the crowd and angering Tsunade, who had believed he was likely innocent.
• Yongye ordered Rasa’s execution by the Dragon-Head Guillotine and explained that Rasa’s confession earned him more dignity than Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had received.
• Zhan Zhao beheaded Rasa with the Dragon-Head Guillotine in front of the gathered crowd.
• At Yongye’s unspoken direction, Zhan Zhao stitched Rasa’s severed neck closed while Tsunade watched without objecting.
• Yongye approached Rasa’s corpse and drew a strange white blade, prompting the crowd to whisper about what he intended to do.

Uchiha Yongye used Tenseiga to revive Rasa, then claimed the sword could restore the long-dead and announced a Sword Selection Meeting. He planned to deceive eager participants into competing for a chance to wield it, while Tsunade became interested in bringing someone back.

• Yongye cut down the Soul-Locking Imps on Rasa, and Rasa revived with his severed neck healed.
• Rasa mistook the resurrection for another Genjutsu, while Yongye told the crowd Tenseiga had brought him back to life.
• Yongye claimed a perfect wielder could revive anyone, no matter how long they had been dead, and Tsunade asked whether it was true.
• Yongye announced a Sword Selection Meeting in one month for those who promised to help him revive three people.
• Yongye privately planned to recruit a dupe, fake successful resurrections, and profit from the crowd's desperation before disposing of the dupe.

Yongye announced an open selection for Tenseiga and made a wager with Tsunade involving Kurenai Yuhi and half of Rasa’s promised gold. Shisui told Itachi that Rasa had revealed their plans, but that Yongye intended to attack the Uchiha, giving them an opening to kill him.

• Yongye explained that anyone could enter the Tenseiga selection, dismissed the court, and promised to release Rasa after he dug up fifty tons of gold.
• Tsunade offered Yongye half the gold and a chance to pursue Kurenai Yuhi, but Yongye proposed that if he won Kurenai over within two days, Tsunade would join her of her own accord; otherwise, Tsunade would get half the gold.
• Tsunade asked to try Tenseiga, but Yongye refused and said the sword selection would begin within a month.
• Shisui met Itachi in an alley and reported that Rasa had revealed their secrets and that Yongye planned to bring Shisui along to crush the Uchiha.
• Itachi told Shisui to find an opening and deliver Yongye a fatal blow.

Orochimaru challenged Itachi’s trust in Shisui, but Itachi insisted Shisui would stand with them. Kurenai was arrested on Yongye’s warrant and brought face-to-face with Gekko Hayate’s confession implicating her in an assassination plot.

• Orochimaru emerged from the ground and accused Itachi of trusting Shisui despite his past betrayal.
• Itachi said Shisui loved Konoha, had misunderstood Yongye before, and would now stand with them.
• Kurenai remembered her father and hoped mastering Tenseiga would let her bring him back.
• Wang Chao and Ma Han presented Kurenai with Yongye’s arrest warrant and took her to the Military Police Force Building.
• Gekko Hayate confessed that he joined the Masked Man’s assassination plan and that the Masked Man intended to approach Kurenai and Asuma.
• Yongye had Wang Chao and Ma Han remove Hayate from the office, leaving Kurenai to protest that she had never met the Masked Man.

Uchiha Yongye coerced Kurenai Yuhi into cooperating during a sham investigation into her alleged ties to the Masked Man. Three days later, Yongye and Shisui Uchiha joined Tsunade on Smaug to travel to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.

• Yongye threatened Kurenai with torture, Genjutsu interrogation, or a public trial while questioning her about Asuma Sarutobi and her private habits.
• Kurenai agreed to cooperate after Yongye threatened to expose her at a public trial.
• Tsunade prepared to travel to the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit and planned to bring Yongye and Shikaku Nara as guards.
• Yongye persuaded Tsunade to bring Shisui Uchiha instead of Shikaku, arguing that their Susanoo could deter the other Kage.
• Yongye summoned Smaug, and he, Tsunade, and Shisui flew toward the summit on the dragon's back.

Yongye, Tsunade, and Shisui arrived at the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron and received an unusually grand welcome. The Mizukage was absent, and Yongye suspected Mei Terumi had been sent to stall while the Land of Fire claimed two seats at the summit.

• Smaug flew Yongye, Tsunade, and Shisui from Konoha to the Land of Iron.
• Mifune and hundreds of samurai welcomed the visitors with an arch of crossed sword hilts, the highest honor of the samurai.
• Yongye recognized the leaders and representatives of the other nations when he entered the summit hall.
• Mei Terumi apologized that the Mizukage would arrive later, and Yongye suspected she had been sent to delay the summit.
• Ōnoki agreed that the talks could begin without the Mizukage, and Tsunade and Yongye took the Land of Fire's two seats.

At the Five Kage Summit, Yongye silenced the delegates and humiliated Kisame by trapping him in an illusion where he fought an imaginary battle. Yongye then praised Kisame’s courage, while Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa were left embarrassed by the spectacle.

• Mifune asked Tsunade what she wanted to discuss, and Yongye cut off Tsunade and Pakura before dismissing their remarks.
• Yongye mocked the Hidden Mist delegation for attending without the Mizukage, provoking Mei Terumi, Juzo Biwa, and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Kisame challenged Yongye to demonstrate his skill, and Yongye used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make Kisame fight empty air.
• Kisame unleashed several Water Release techniques against the illusion and returned to the hall claiming that he had forced Yongye to use the Eight Gates Release.
• Yongye told Kisame that his courage and convictions were admirable, and Kisame responded with a deep laugh.

At the Five Kage Summit, Yongye humiliated Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa for refusing to challenge him, then pressured the Fourth Raikage to spar. Yugito gave the Raikage a way to back down, but Yongye renewed his demand, leaving the Raikage furious and the meeting tense.

• Yongye praised Kisame for daring to challenge him, then mocked Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa for staying silent.
• Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa suppressed their anger because they had reasons not to die on a suicide mission for the Fourth Mizukage.
• Yongye called out the Fourth Raikage and offered to spar, saying he could revive him with the Tenseiga if he killed him.
• Yugito and Killer B put their hands on the Raikage's shoulders, and Yugito suggested that if Tsunade could not defeat Yongye, neither could the Raikage.
• Ōnoki joined in, but Tsunade admitted she could not beat Yongye, and Yongye warned the other nations that their inability to defeat him could cost them lives, villages, and nations.
• Yongye again demanded a spar with the Fourth Raikage, who ground his teeth and glared bitterly at Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa.

Uchiha Yongye provoked the Fourth Raikage into a fight by promising to use only Lightning Release. Yongye defeated him with a single punch, leaving the Raikage injured and the assembled leaders astonished.

• Yongye taunted the Fourth Raikage until he agreed to fight, forbidding only Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Yongye challenged the Raikage in the square, and the Raikage charged using Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Yongye revealed his own Lightning Release Chakra Mode and met the Raikage's Lariat with a punch.
• Yongye sent the Fourth Raikage flying and injured him while Yugito, Killer B, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Pakura watched in disbelief.
• Yongye mocked the Raikage as he struggled to get back up.

Yongye defeated the Fourth Raikage in the square, then stopped Killer B and Yugito from attacking by claiming the Raikage could still be saved. Killer B asked whether Yongye could really bring his brother back.

• The Fourth Raikage attacked Yongye with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, but Yongye's punch sent him crashing through a Stone Wall.
• The Fourth Raikage launched Liger Bomb, missed when Yongye stepped aside, and was killed by Yongye's lightning-charged punch to the head.
• Killer B and Yugito rushed Yongye in their Tailed Beast forms, but halted when Yongye said the Fourth Raikage could still be saved.
• Yongye dispelled his Lightning Release Armor and told Killer B and Yugito to put the Raikage's brain and skull back in place.
• Killer B and Yugito withdrew their Tailed Beast forms, and Yugito crouched beside the Raikage's body.
• Killer B asked Yongye if he could really bring the Fourth Raikage back while Ōnoki and Granny Chiyo watched angrily from the Meeting Hall entrance.

Yongye revived the Fourth Raikage after killing him with Lightning Release, leaving him furious and humiliated. Kisame’s mockery broke the Raikage’s spirit, and Yongye gained the Rinnegan with a unique Time Stop ability.

• Yugito and Killer B gathered the Fourth Raikage’s skull fragments while Yongye joked about the dirt getting into his brain.
• Yongye used Tenseiga to free the Fourth Raikage’s soul, and the Raikage returned to life without a scar.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Yongye of using Genjutsu, but Killer B and Yugito confirmed that Yongye had defeated him with Lightning Release alone.
• Yongye mocked the Raikage, and Kisame laughed at him while Mei Terumi and Juzo Biwa distanced themselves from Kisame.
• The Fourth Raikage’s spirit broke, rewarding Yongye with a Super Blind Box that gave him the Rinnegan and the unique power Time Stop.

Yongye awakened the Time Stop Eye Power and pressured Yugito and Killer B into a fight, insisting they choose between his Lightning Release and Susanoo. At the Fourth Raikage’s urging, the two transformed into their Tailed Beasts as Yongye revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Yongye discovered that his new Eye Power could stop time and found that he could switch it on and off like the Byakugan.
• Yongye demanded that Yugito and Killer B fight him, threatening to kill them if they refused.
• Yugito and Killer B agreed to face Yongye together, and Yugito asked him to use only Lightning Release.
• Ōnoki and Chiyo steered the choice toward Susanoo, and the Fourth Raikage ordered Yugito and Killer B to choose it.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails Matatabi and Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyuki, surrounding Yongye.
• Yongye activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan while standing between the two Tailed Beasts.

Yongye summoned Susanoo and fought the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, while Ōnoki and old Chiyo urged the pair to wear him down. Taking their advice sarcastically, Yongye created three clones beside Susanoo, leaving the fight poised to change.

• Yongye formed a golden Susanoo and met the Two-Tails' and Eight-Tails' coordinated attacks with its sword and armor.
• Yongye recognized the Tailed Beasts' dense Chakra as they struck Susanoo repeatedly and forced him onto the defensive.
• Ōnoki and old Chiyo encouraged the two Jinchūriki to exploit their numbers and exhaust Yongye.
• Yongye mocked Ōnoki and old Chiyo for their advice, then summoned three clones beside Susanoo.

Uchiha Yongye used four golden Susanoo to overwhelm and brutally beat the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, ignoring Yugito and Killer B as they surrendered. He finally stopped after leaving both Tailed Beasts badly injured in a crater, while Yugito reverted to human form and struggled to breathe.

• Three Wood Clones formed golden Susanoo, bringing Yongye's total to four and halting the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails mid-attack.
• Yongye and his Wood Clones attacked from multiple sides, crushing the Two-Tails through a Stone Wall and cutting into the Eight-Tails.
• Ōnoki, old Chiyo, Tsunade, Shisui Uchiha, Kisame, Mei Terumi, and Juzo Biwa watched in shock as the four Susanoo overwhelmed the Tailed Beasts.
• Yugito and Killer B repeatedly surrendered and begged Yongye to stop, but he continued beating them into a crater.
• Yongye finally halted the assault, and Yugito emerged from the blue flames in human form, bloodied and gasping for air.

Yongye gained a new Earth Release ability after defeating Killer B, while the gathered leaders delayed him and Pakura persuaded him to leave them alone for now. After Tsunade treated Killer B and Yugito, Ōnoki and Chiyo began probing her about Yongye’s power in Konoha.

• Yongye received Tu Xingsun’s Earth Release technique from a Super Blind Box after breaking Killer B’s confidence.
• Ōnoki and Chiyo urged Mifune to send the delegation to their rooms, while Yongye recognized that Mifune was helping buy time for Orochimaru’s preparations.
• Chiyo pushed Pakura forward, and Pakura persuaded Yongye to give her another chance and take a break.
• The Fourth Raikage asked Tsunade to treat Killer B and Yugito, and she healed both of them.
• Chiyo and Ōnoki confronted Tsunade, with Ōnoki asking whether Yongye’s influence in Konoha bothered her and who truly held power there.

Tsunade refused to join Ōnoki, Chiyo, and the Fourth Raikage against Uchiha Yongye, while the leaders considered poisoning him and settled on sending Mei Terumi. The next day, Mei visited Yongye with sake and apologized, leaving her intentions uncertain.

• Ōnoki and Chiyo warned Tsunade that Yongye threatened peace, but she left without agreeing to help them.
• Ōnoki proposed poisoning Yongye, and Chiyo rejected the plan as too dangerous to Sunagakure.
• The Fourth Raikage suggested pressuring Kirigakure to send Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki and Chiyo accepted the idea.
• Pakura tried to stall Yongye but left exhausted after spending the morning with him.
• Mei Terumi visited Yongye with sake, apologized for the Mizukage’s absence, and offered to accept his punishment.

Yongye saw through Mei Terumi’s attempted poisoning and played along while probing her for information. After Mei revealed a conspiracy against him, she asked to represent Sunagakure in an alliance, and Yongye insisted she offer more before he would agree.

• Yongye detected that Mei Terumi’s wine was poisoned and poured it onto the bells by the door.
• Mei tried to win Yongye’s favor, but he used their encounter to question her about Kirigakure without learning much.
• After nightfall, Mei told Yongye that someone controlled the Fourth Mizukage and that Uchiha Itachi or the Masked Man was working with the Raikage, the Tsuchikage, and Sunagakure.
• Mei admitted she had been ordered to seduce and poison Yongye but had deliberately avoided carrying out the plan.
• Mei asked to form an alliance with Yongye on Sunagakure’s behalf, and he said her offer was not enough.

Yongye received three martial arts from the system after the leaders’ honey-trap poisoning failed, then provoked the gathered representatives into fighting him. Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi stepped forward to face him in the damaged plaza.

• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and old Chiyo were disappointed to see Yongye arrive unharmed, triggering system rewards for each of them.
• Yongye obtained the Heavenly Frost Fist, Cloud-Discharging Palm, and Wind God Kick, and relished the Wind God Kick’s humiliating head-stomping potential.
• Yongye challenged the Meeting Hall to send someone to fight him, but the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and old Chiyo all stayed silent.
• Yongye picked Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi as his opponents, and the two stepped out to meet him in the plaza.

Yongye overwhelmed Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi with a relentless series of precisely timed kicks, disrupting their Earth Release techniques and defenses. As Kitsuchi struggled up and raised another rock wall to attack from Yongye’s blind spot, the fight remained underway.

• Kitsuchi reinforced the ground with Earth Release while Akatsuchi prepared to fight beside him.
• Yongye vanished and repeatedly kicked Kitsuchi, interrupting his Earth Release armor and knocking him off balance.
• Akatsuchi raised an Earth-Style Wall, but Yongye leapt over it and struck him before he could complete another attack.
• Kitsuchi launched an Earth Dragon Bullet, but Yongye evaded it and drove Kitsuchi face-first into the ground.
• Akatsuchi charged to help Kitsuchi, but Yongye dodged his punch and repeatedly stomped his head, preventing his rock armor from forming.
• Kitsuchi got up and raised another rock wall, moving along its side to attack Yongye from behind.