Recaps

After Konoha was devastated, Yongye gained the Tri-Beam technique from Tsunade’s despair and offered to help her treat the injured in exchange for sex. Tsunade agreed to one night, but Yongye demanded at least a year, leaving them arguing over the price of his aid.

• Yongye blamed Tsunade for Konoha’s destruction, and her despair earned him a Super Mystery Box containing Tri-Beam.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and spread her Medical Chakra across the ruins, but she could reach only a tenth of the injured.
• Yongye offered to transfer his Chakra to help Tsunade save more people, rejecting her appeal to duty and demanding payment.
• Yongye demanded at least a year with Tsunade, while she insisted she would give him only one night.

Tsunade agreed to Yongye’s demand for a year of work, then offered him anything if he would kill Deva Path Pain. Yongye infused Tsunade with chakra and sent a swarm of Shadow Clones to attack Pain, who was surrounded again after his Shinra Tensei blasted the clones back.

• Yongye threatened to defect to Iwagakure, and Tsunade agreed to let him work for a year before he raised his price and demanded complete obedience.
• Deva Path Pain attacked Tsunade from above, but Choza and Guy’s combined assault was repelled by Shinra Tensei, leaving both men down.
• Tsunade offered Yongye anything in exchange for killing Pain, and Yongye created more than a hundred Shadow Clones to charge him.
• Yongye pressed his hand to Tsunade and poured chakra into her as his Shadow Clones surrounded Pain in midair.
• Pain used a powerful Shinra Tensei to destroy or scatter the front ranks, but the remaining clones regrouped and closed in around him again.

Yongye's Shadow Clones crippled Deva Path Pain and destroyed his rising black sphere before it could pull Konoha's ruins into the sky. As Orochimaru escaped and Jiraiya approached Pain for answers, a Shadow Clone kicked Jiraiya into the rubble.

• Yongye's Shadow Clones riddled Deva Path Pain with Three-Part Divine Finger shots, leaving him wounded in the rubble.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda to face Jiraiya and Gamabunta, but Deva Path Pain's black sphere began lifting rubble and fighters into the sky.
• Yongye ordered three Shadow Clones to pierce and shatter the black sphere with Tri-Beam, freeing the rubble to fall.
• Yongye's Shadow Clones pinned Deva Path Pain and removed the Black Rods from his body.
• Orochimaru chose not to use Impure World Reincarnation and escaped with Manda, while Jiraiya let them go and approached Pain.
• Jiraiya demanded answers from his former student, but a Shadow Clone kicked him into the rubble, and Gamabunta vanished.

Yongye opened a Spatial Villa blind box while Tsunade treated Konoha’s wounded after Pain’s attack. Kakashi and Obito watched from hiding and decided they had to earn Yongye’s trust before killing him.

• Yongye received a Spatial Villa from an Advanced Blind Box and planned to pass it off as a Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
• Yongye baited Tsunade into blaming Jiraiya for Konoha’s destruction, then warned her that stopping her Chakra would endanger the wounded.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s ninja to begin rescue work and sent Shizune to relay instructions to Shikaku.
• Tsunade treated the injured and replenished her Yin Seal Chakra, leaving herself mentally exhausted.
• Kakashi and Obito watched the battle in disguise and agreed to gain Yongye’s trust before striking.
• Kakashi saw Yongye’s Shadow Clone leave Jiraiya in agony and resolved that they had to kill him.

Yongye captured Deva Path Pain and discovered that Kakashi had joined Obito, then copied Kamui from their Sharingan. He took Kakashi into his Spatial Villa alone, leaving Obito stunned and increasingly determined to kill him.

• Obito told Kakashi to help lower Yongye’s guard, while Kakashi’s anxiety grew.
• Yongye stored Deva Path Pain’s body in his Spatial Villa after Tsunade finished treating the wounded.
• Obito and Kakashi appeared disguised, and Yongye copied Kamui from Obito’s right eye and Kakashi’s left eye.
• Yongye welcomed Kakashi to the Avengers Alliance and said Deva Path Pain could be returned for a price, prompting Kakashi to question him.
• Yongye took Kakashi into the Spatial Villa to discuss secrets alone, leaving Obito behind.
• Obito realized Yongye could use Space-Time Ninjutsu and resolved that the powerful young man could not be allowed to live.

Yongye brought Kakashi into his Mangekyo Sharingan ability, Paradise, and used the setting to convince him that Obito might be manipulating him and threatening Konoha. Kakashi began to doubt Obito and asked whether there was proof that Madara had twisted his will and whether Obito could be brought back.

• Kakashi arrived in Yongye's strange, modern-looking Mangekyo dimension and questioned what it was.
• Yongye claimed Paradise was his Mangekyo ability, then lied about its origins to make Kakashi doubt Obito's account of Yongye's powers.
• Yongye asked whether Kakashi was only working with Obito to discover Kamui's weakness or was truly helping him bring ruin to Konoha.
• Yongye reminded Kakashi that Obito had caused the Fourth Hokage's death and warned that Obito might betray Kakashi as well.
• Yongye suggested that Madara had secretly twisted Obito's will, and Kakashi asked for proof and whether Obito could be brought back.

Yongye persuaded Kakashi that Obito might be under Kotoamatsukami and gave him a choice between continuing to aid Konoha’s destruction or returning to the village. Kakashi pledged loyalty to Konoha and revealed Obito’s plans, while Tsunade remained angry in the underground laboratory.

• Yongye told Kakashi he suspected Obito had been controlled by Kotoamatsukami, though he admitted he had no evidence and intended to find a way to kill Obito regardless.
• Yongye said he hated Konoha’s leaders rather than the village, and revealed that he had formed a private marriage alliance with Tsunade.
• Remembering Minato, Rin, and Obito’s past sacrifices, Kakashi knelt and pledged to return to Konoha, spy on Obito, and kill him if he could not be saved.
• Kakashi reported that Obito had recruited Gekko Hayate, captured Asuma Sarutobi for repeated illusion torture, and was working with God Pain to set a deadly trap for Yongye.
• In the underground laboratory beneath the ruined Hokage Building, Tsunade angrily vowed to get the better of Yongye.

Tsunade finished a cure for Yongye’s poison and moved into a newly rebuilt Hokage Building made with Wood Release. After working through her paperwork, she faced Yongye when he arrived at night, and he promised a memorable evening before revealing his plans.

• Tsunade completed a clear antidote using Chiyo’s black heart and vowed to make Yongye pay for their deal.
• Tsunade discovered that the Hokage Building had been rebuilt with Wood Release and considered the significance of Konoha having another Wood Release user.
• Tsunade reviewed Shikaku’s briefs, ordered a large dinner, ate, and finished most of her official work.
• Yongye entered Tsunade’s office through the window, and Shizune rushed in with a Kunai before backing away when Tsunade said she was fine.
• Tsunade asked Yongye whether they would do it in the office, and Yongye said he had something better planned for the night.

Yongye brought Tsunade to Paradise and pressured her to honor their agreement, while Jiraiya lay incapacitated in the hospital. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru recruited Jiraiya to help stop Yongye, with Itachi claiming Yongye had framed him for Danzo’s clan massacre.

• Yongye transported Tsunade to Paradise and called it their main battlefield for the coming year.
• Tsunade reluctantly honored their agreement rather than risk provoking Yongye and endangering Konoha.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Jiraiya in the hospital and urged him to help save Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented Uchiha Itachi as a witness, and Itachi claimed Yongye had controlled the red Susanoo and forced him to confess to the massacre.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that they had a plan to kill Yongye and needed help from him and Tsunade.

Jiraiya learned that the Great Toad Sage had ordered him to take Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Itachi’s brother to Mount Myōboku, while also naming Uchiha Yongye as a threat to be killed. As Yongye and Tsunade reached a humiliating investment agreement, he gained Sword Twenty-Three and received another blind box reward.

• Sage Fukasaku arrived at the hospital and told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage had sent him to bring the two Children of Fate to Mount Myōboku.
• Sage Fukasaku identified Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Itachi’s brother as the Children of Fate and said killing Uchiha Yongye was an even greater priority than guiding them.
• Jiraiya agreed that he wanted revenge on Yongye but said Konoha needed Yongye’s support while it recovered.
• Yongye opened a Super Blind Box and received Sword Twenty-Three, a technique that let him freeze time in his perception for an instant.
• Tsunade endured Yongye’s demands and agreed to the investment terms, earning Yongye an Advanced Blind Box reward.

Yongye obtained Yan Shisan's Fifteen Deathblow Swords and tested the technique on Tsunade. After losing Deva Path Pain, Nagato returned to the Akatsuki base with Konan and prepared to fight Yongye again.

• Yongye received Yan Shisan's Fifteen Deathblow Swords and learned that the final strike invoked the Death Law.
• Tsunade protested after Yongye used his new technique on her.
• Nagato told Konan that Uchiha Yongye had defeated Deva Path Pain and vowed to win next time and bring Yahiko back.
• Konan led Nagato back to the base and told him she had recruited Hidan, whose unusual ability might help.
• The Akatsuki members assembled through the Magic Lantern Body Technique, where Nagato appeared as a young woman rather than Deva Path Pain.

Konan and Pain learned that Orochimaru had lied and planned to claim Uchiha Yongye and Pain’s Rinnegan, then considered how to recover Deva Path Pain’s body. At Mount Myōboku, Sage Fukasaku brought Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki to meet the Great Toad Sage.

• Kakuzu revealed that Uchiha Yongye’s company was offering to restore and ransom Deva Path Pain’s body, exposing Orochimaru’s lie.
• Orochimaru admitted he wanted Uchiha Yongye and Pain’s Rinnegan, then ended his projection.
• Hidan demanded to kill Orochimaru, but Konan ordered the group to go to Konoha and sent Sasori and Hidan away while Kakuzu stayed.
• Konan asked Kakuzu about using the ransom offer to recover Deva Path Pain, and she considered selling Explosive Tags to pay for him.
• Sage Fukasaku led Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki through Mount Myōboku’s gate to meet the Great Toad Sage.

The Great Toad Sage told Naruto and Sasuke that Uchiha Yongye had destroyed the Uchiha clan and threatened the Shinobi World, prompting Naruto to vow to stop him. Meanwhile, Jiraiya returned to Konoha and found Shizune barring him from Tsunade’s office, where sounds behind the door left him furious and listening from hiding.

• The Great Toad Sage told Naruto and Sasuke that Uchiha Yongye would destroy the Shinobi World and was responsible for the Uchiha clan’s slaughter and Konoha’s chaos.
• Naruto believed the Great Toad Sage’s accusations, vowed to defeat Uchiha Yongye, and promised to save the Third Hokage and Konoha.
• The Great Toad Sage ordered Fukasaku to train Naruto and Sasuke in ninjutsu, senjutsu, and taijutsu.
• Five days after losing his reproductive system, Jiraiya went to the Hokage Building intending to urge Tsunade to eliminate Uchiha Yongye.
• Shizune refused to let Jiraiya enter Tsunade’s office, and the sounds from behind the door made him ask who was with her.
• Jiraiya left Shizune, hid behind an unfinished doorway, and listened as the thuds continued and Tsunade’s muffled voice came from the office.

Jiraiya waited outside the Hokage Office, growing envious and then despairing as he heard Tsunade with Yongye. Yongye gained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Jiraiya entered the office to find Tsunade looking years younger.

• Jiraiya waited all afternoon outside the Hokage Office, hoping Tsunade and Yongye would prove unable to last, but the sounds from inside left him feeling utterly inadequate.
• Yongye received and opened a Super Mystery Box, gaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and discovering that his vision had sharpened without the usual risk of ocular backlash.
• Yongye left the office, passed the trembling Jiraiya, and departed while Shizune stopped Jiraiya from confronting him.
• After Shizune let him in, Jiraiya saw Tsunade sitting behind her desk with a lingering flush and a youthful appearance caused by Dragon Essence combined with the Yin Seal.

Jiraiya obtained Tsunade's deadly poison by claiming he planned to pursue Orochimaru, then secretly gave it to Hiruzen Sarutobi for a plot against Uchiha Yongye. Hiruzen met Shisui Uchiha in the Uchiha Clan Compound and announced that their chance to set Konoha right had come.

• Jiraiya asked Tsunade for deadly poison, and she gave him a potent bottle while warning that only Orochimaru could withstand it.
• Jiraiya met Hiruzen Sarutobi and handed him the poison, then warned that Tsunade might interfere because she and Uchiha Yongye were involved.
• Hiruzen told Jiraiya to keep Tsunade from interfering and said Orochimaru had a powerful backup plan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi entered the Uchiha Clan Compound, met Shisui Uchiha, and declared that their chance to set Konoha right had come.

Yongye learned that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha had vanished and suspected the Sage of Six Paths or the Great Toad Sage was behind it. He went with Shisui Uchiha to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Uchiha Izumi secretly sent a warning to Uchiha Itachi; outside the village, Hiruzen and Orochimaru prepared an ambush but held back their summons.

• Yongye learned from Uchiha Izumi that there were no leads on Naruto Uzumaki's disappearance or Uchiha Itachi's prison escape, and realized Sasuke Uchiha was missing too.
• Shisui Uchiha told Yongye that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to meet him outside the village, and Yongye decided they would go alone to bring Hiruzen in.
• After Yongye and Shisui left, Uchiha Izumi sent a message by ninja crow to Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Itachi received Izumi's note at an abandoned training ground and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Yongye was coming alone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Itachi to leave because Orochimaru's Cursed Seal was still unstable, then asked Orochimaru to summon the First and Second Hokage.
• Orochimaru refused to summon them yet, warning that Yongye might have sensory abilities and detect the ambush.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru set a trap for Uchiha Yongye, using Shisui Uchiha as the apparent target of Hiruzen’s accusations. After the Four Violet Flames Formation sealed the Training Ground, Orochimaru demanded Yongye promise not to attack him, and Shisui lunged forward with poison as Yongye began to answer.

• Orochimaru persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to trap Yongye before using Impure World Reincarnation, and Hiruzen ordered the others into position.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, Aburame Ryoma, and Kimimaro hid around the Training Ground while Hiruzen waited for Yongye and Shisui Uchiha.
• Yongye and Shisui arrived, and Hiruzen accused Shisui of betraying him; Shisui said he had stayed loyal to Konoha.
• Hiruzen retreated as the four hidden shinobi raised the Four Violet Flames Formation around the Training Ground.
• Orochimaru emerged and offered to let Yongye leave if he swore never to attack him; Yongye mocked the offer as Shisui lunged forward with a vial of deadly poison.

Shisui used Tsunade’s poison against Yongye and Orochimaru, then awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and turned Justice Judgment on Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Justice Scales forced Hiruzen to the ground as Shisui declared him the source of evil.

• Shisui sprayed poison into the mist around Yongye, then leapt away to stand between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.
• Shisui sprayed Orochimaru with another dose of poison, and Orochimaru collapsed, coughing and trembling.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Shisui before realizing he had betrayed him and demanding an explanation.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, revealed its Justice Judgment ability, and insisted he remained loyal to Konoha and Yongye.
• Shisui used the Justice Scales on Hiruzen Sarutobi, forcing him to his knees under their weight, and called him the source of evil.

Yongye defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies, then absorbed Shisui’s new Mangekyo Sharingan ability, Justice Judgment. At the Hokage Building, Tsunade and Jiraiya were left wondering why Kumogakure had apologized and offered compensation after Yugito Nii attacked three border outposts.

• Yongye used Shadow Clones to defeat Kimimaro, Aburame Ryoma, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, sealing the survivors’ Chakra.
• Yongye activated Fox Deity Rebirth and absorbed Shisui’s Justice Judgment ability.
• Shisui hauled Hiruzen Sarutobi away as Yongye watched and laughed.
• Shizune told Tsunade that Yugito Nii had attacked three border outposts and caused severe casualties, while Kumogakure offered compensation and called it a misunderstanding.
• Jiraiya questioned why Kumogakure had admitted fault, saying the village had never done so before.

Tsunade planned to demand fifty times the compensation from Kumogakure, expecting them to fear Uchiha Yongye. Jiraiya revealed that Konoha's leaders had plotted to kill Yongye, and Tsunade attacked him as their argument over the threat he posed to Konoha escalated.

• Tsunade ordered Shizune to demand fifty times the compensation from Kumogakure and threaten to send Uchiha Yongye if they refused.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that Yongye might be gone, then revealed the plan to poison him, have Shisui Uchiha ambush him, and use Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and the Second.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya through the office window and berated him for the assassination plan, questioning whether Shisui would cooperate or their barrier could contain Yongye.
• Jiraiya argued that the other villages were a lesser danger and cited the Great Toad Sage's prophecy that Yongye would bring disaster to the ninja world.
• Tsunade grew furious when Jiraiya proposed ceding land and paying reparations, insisting that she would not allow anyone to harm Konoha's interests.

Zhan Zhao reported that Yongye had captured Hiruzen Sarutobi and his accomplices for a public trial, while Tsunade refused to help Jiraiya and planned to poison Yongye. After the prisoners arrived at the Security Force headquarters, Yongye visited Orochimaru in his cell, where Orochimaru challenged him about Shisui Uchiha.

• Zhan Zhao told Tsunade that Yongye had captured Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Kimimaro, Aburame Ryoma, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, who would face a public trial the next day.
• Jiraiya begged Tsunade to help save Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Tsunade refused and privately planned to use slow-acting poison to control Yongye.
• Uchiha Izumi saw the prisoners being escorted into the Security Force headquarters and worried about Uchiha Itachi and whether anyone knew she had warned him.
• Yongye ordered Uchiha Izumi to publicize the trial and have Zhan Zhao inform the Fifth Hokage.
• Yongye visited Orochimaru and Kimimaro in the Prison District, where Orochimaru asked whether Yongye had used Ninjutsu to change Shisui Uchiha's nature.

Yongye intimidated Orochimaru into submission by exposing how he could defeat his immortality, then gained the Myriad Swords Return to the Origin Sword Art from a system reward. He left after securing Orochimaru’s agreement to disgrace Hiruzen Sarutobi and take the blame for creating people through Cloning Technology, setting his sights on Obito Uchiha.

• Orochimaru questioned Yongye about Shisui’s betrayal and the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Kimimaro boasted that Orochimaru had eternal life.
• Yongye threatened to use Genjutsu, remove Orochimaru’s Cursed Seals, or kill him with the Reaper Death Seal, crushing Orochimaru with fear.
• Yongye opened a Super Mystery Box and received the Myriad Swords Return to the Origin Sword Art, gaining Sword Qi and the ability to sense and control swords within a thousand meters.
• Orochimaru agreed to help ruin Hiruzen Sarutobi and take the blame for creating people through Cloning Technology.
• Yongye left the cell after discussing details with Orochimaru and Kimimaro, then decided to target Obito Uchiha.

Yongye agreed to spare Asuma and give Kabuto another chance after Yakushi Nonō pleaded with him. In the prison, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura argued over their defeat before the corridor suddenly warped.

• Yakushi Nonō told Yongye that the Masked Man planned to have Asuma Sarutobi break into the prison and asked Yongye to spare Asuma.
• Yongye revealed he knew Kabuto Yakushi had been a Root spy, then agreed to give Kabuto another chance and further training.
• Yakushi Nonō thanked Yongye by removing her kimono and kneeling before him.
• In the prison, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for their defeat and impending public trial.
• The three prisoners fell silent as the prison corridor began to warp.

Asuma Sarutobi tried to free Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura but was captured by Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, and Ma Han. In the Kamui Dimension, Obito returned without Asuma and admitted that he had underestimated Uchiha Yongye.

• Asuma Sarutobi cut the prisoners' chains, but Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, and Ma Han appeared and blocked every exit.
• Asuma attacked the three guards, but they coordinated their assault, disarmed him, and forced him to his knees.
• Obito celebrated the plan to make Asuma a Konoha Rogue Ninja while Kakashi silently suspected Madara Uchiha was controlling him.
• Obito tried to enter the prison again but returned after encountering Uchiha Yongye, leaving Asuma behind.
• Kakashi blamed Obito's failed rescue on underestimating the prison's security, and Obito admitted, “I let my guard down.”

Asuma was taken into custody after trying to break free, while Hiruzen and the other elders begged Yongye to spare them. Jiraiya tried to summon the toads to rescue Hiruzen, but Tsunade revealed she had poisoned him and agreed only to let him watch Hiruzen’s final moments.

• Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, and Mahan restrained Asuma after Yongye pointed out the severed chain as proof of his attempted escape.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura pleaded with Yongye, who turned away without replying.
• Jiraiya prepared to enter Sage Mode and summoned Gamatatsu instead of Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima.
• Jiraiya realized his chakra had slowed, and Tsunade admitted she had poisoned him to stop him from worsening Konoha’s turmoil.
• Tsunade rejected Jiraiya’s plea to save Hiruzen but agreed to take him to watch Hiruzen’s final moments.