Recaps

Yongye defeated Nagato’s forces, strengthened his position in Konoha, and became entangled in schemes involving the Daimyo and Sunagakure. After Rasa’s Gold Dust attack killed Land of Fire escorts, Konoha and Sunagakure traded accusations while Yongye headed toward Kumogakure.

• Nagato’s attack failed against Yongye, but Black Zetsu took control of Nagato and escaped underground with him.
• Yongye’s clones subdued the Akatsuki members, and he gained Wood Release, then later broke Hidan, Kakuzu, and Sasori and acquired new abilities.
• Naruto and Sasuke trained in Senjutsu at Mount Myōboku, while Jiraiya helped Itachi survive the fusion with Hashirama Cells.
• Mizuno Ichiro and four Guardian Ninja confronted Yongye, who incapacitated them and later humiliated them before villagers at Konoha’s entrance.
• Tsunade sent Anko to placate Yongye, then freed the Guardian Ninja and let Mizuno take Kakuzu and Sasori out of the village.
• A masked attacker used Gold Dust to bury Mizuno, Kakuzu, Sasori, and their escorts, and Kakuzu and Sasori escaped after their Chakra seals were lifted.
• Tsunade investigated the attack as evidence pointed to Rasa, while Yongye called for war against Sunagakure and Tsunade delayed action pending its response.
• Chiyo rejected Black and White Zetsu’s immediate proposal to kill Yongye, Tsunade postponed retaliation, and Yongye flew southwest toward Kumogakure on Smaug.

Yongye seized control of Sunagakure, publicly executed and revived Rasa, then used the Five Kage Summit to demonstrate his overwhelming power and expose rival leaders’ plots. The arc left him fighting Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi while the other nations watched.

• Yongye took control of Gaara and Shukaku in Sunagakure, defeated Rasa, and made Pakura his host while Chiyo’s assassination plan failed.
• Yongye brought Rasa to Konoha, held a public trial, and executed him before reviving him with Tenseiga and announcing a sword selection.
• Yongye traveled with Tsunade and Shisui to the Five Kage Summit, where he defeated the Fourth Raikage in a fight and brought him back to life.
• Yongye then overwhelmed Yugito and Killer B in their Tailed Beast forms with four Susanoo, breaking Killer B’s confidence.
• Chiyo and Ōnoki tried to enlist Tsunade against Yongye, while Mei Terumi revealed that Kirigakure had been ordered to poison him and offered an alliance.
• After the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Chiyo’s plots failed, Yongye challenged the summit and chose Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi to fight him.
• Yongye disrupted Kitsuchi’s Earth Release and repeatedly stomped Akatsuchi, while Kitsuchi rose and prepared another attack from behind a rock wall.

Yongye defeated the alliance that tried to stop him, then was cast into the River of Time by Uchiha Itachi. He returned to Konoha after reclaiming his powers and learned how the world had changed during his absence.

• Yongye fought Hashirama Senju and the allied shinobi, defeating Susanoo-Clad Kurama with his Golden Armored Giant Ape and sealing Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju.
• Kakashi betrayed Obito’s plan to ambush Yongye, and Yongye revealed that Rin Nohara was alive before taking Obito to the Spatial Villa.
• Yongye gained the Space-Time Gate, while Kabuto turned against Orochimaru and began destroying his Cursed Seals.
• Uchiha Itachi copied All-Beings Stone—Exile to send Yongye into the River of Time, with help from the Sage of Six Paths, the Great Toad Sage, and the White Snake Sage.
• The River of Time stripped Yongye of his powers, but he found and merged with his original self before reclaiming his abilities and the system’s Origin Core.
• Yongye returned to Konoha and learned from Hinata Hyuga that Naruto Uzumaki was the Sixth Hokage and Shisui Uchiha led the Akatsuki.
• Yongye disguised himself and entered Konoha, where he found an announcement signed by Naruto Uzumaki outside a Ninja Tool Shop.

Yongye defeated Konoha’s strongest defenders, destroyed the Pure Land, and entered a world combining Marvel and DC, where he seized powerful artifacts and repeatedly broke heroes. The arc left Helen Cho preparing to use the Regeneration Cradle on Tony Stark after deciding not to risk her family for him.

• Yongye took control of Hinata and the other brides, defeated Naruto and Sasuke, destroyed the Pure Land, and seized the sages and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as kindling.
• Yongye entered the Marvel and DC world, defeated Loki and the Avengers, took the Space Stone, and escaped with Natasha Romanoff.
• Yongye exposed Alexander Pierce’s Hydra connection to Natasha, then infiltrated LexCorp, defeated Batman, and acquired Kryptonite while humiliating Batman.
• Yongye fought Deadpool and Venom, earned Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth, and deliberately threatened to release photographs of Batman.
• Yongye sensed a powerful force bearing down on him and seized Helen Cho’s Regeneration Cradle by threatening her and her mother.
• Helen Cho later prepared the Regeneration Cradle for Tony Stark, who arrived with Pepper Potts and Happy seeking to restore injured tissue.