Recaps

Yui lay dying from Kazama Ya’s curse in the Red Ant Desert, but Evil God Nami emerged from her horn to examine it as the Red Ant Queen watched. At the desert’s edge, Nai Hyuga’s growing unease led her to ask Big Bear whether Yui was in danger.

• The Red Ant Queen ordered the ants to attack Yui, but purple mist from Yui’s left arm dissolved them and forced the queen to withdraw.
• Yui, overwhelmed by pain and darkness, remembered Kazama Ya’s curse and worried she would never see Nai Hyuga again.
• As the curse spread through Yui’s body, blood mist emerged from her horn and Evil God Nami appeared to inspect the curse.
• An enormous eyeball formed in the sky and watched Evil God Nami as she examined Yui.
• Nai Hyuga felt that Yui was in danger, found Big Bear trembling behind a mound of sand, and urgently asked him to foresee Yui’s fate.

Big Bear sensed that Yui was in danger, prompting Nai Hyuga to decide to rescue her. They settled on using their equal Summoning Contract for a reverse summoning, with Nai Hyuga lending Big Bear her chakra, and he prepared to attempt it.

• Big Bear recovered from his strange state and told Nai Hyuga that Yui might be in life-threatening danger.
• Big Bear sensed that an even greater crisis was closing in on him, while Nai Hyuga resolved to find Yui.
• Nai Hyuga used Byakugan, Visual Tracking to reveal Yui's flight path, but Big Bear suggested using their Summoning Contract instead.
• Big Bear realized he could not use chakra, so Nai Hyuga transferred her chakra to him and offered to help him form the hand seals.

Nai Hyuga helped Big Bear prepare to learn the Summoning Technique when Kazama Ya appeared above them and mistook Nai for his clone. After realizing his mistake, Kazama Ya discovered white powder and black residue in the sand, leaving Yui’s fate unresolved.

• Orochimaru showed Big Bear the hand seals for the Summoning Technique while Nai Hyuga transferred chakra into it.
• Kazama Ya appeared in the sky, startling Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear with his Byakugan and horns.
• Kazama Ya demanded to know why Nai Hyuga had not killed the two men and knocked the group back with a shock wave.
• Nai Hyuga asked Kazama Ya where Yui was, then attacked him with ice spikes.
• Kazama Ya destroyed the ice spikes and realized Nai Hyuga was not his clone after spotting white powder and black residue in the sand.

Kazama Ya taunted Nai Hyuga by claiming he had killed Yui, driving Nai Hyuga into a furious Nine-Tails transformation. She formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and charged him, but he struck her in the abdomen before she could hit him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Kazama Ya caught and shattered Nai Hyuga’s ice attacks, then claimed he had killed Yui Hyuga.
• Nai Hyuga attacked with a massive ice spike, but Kazama Ya slowed it with a breath and shattered it.
• Big Bear tried to calm Nai Hyuga and insisted Yui was alive, but she erupted with Nine-Tails chakra.
• Nai Hyuga formed a purple Tailed Beast Bomb and used the Body Flicker Technique to rush Kazama Ya.
• Kazama Ya flicked Nai Hyuga in the lower abdomen, sending her flying before her Tailed Beast Bomb could reach him.

Nai Hyuga’s Tailed Beast Bomb devastated the desert but failed to kill Kazama Ya, who overpowered her and began choking her. Just as he was about to finish her, rustling sounds behind him made him stop.

• Nai Hyuga extended her nine-tails chakra arm and launched a Tailed Beast Bomb at Kazama Ya, whose blast knocked Orochimaru and Big Bear hundreds of meters away and left Orochimaru unconscious.
• Nai Hyuga recovered enough to check the crater and found Kazama Ya alive, with only burns on his body.
• Kazama Ya mocked Nai Hyuga, then released a crushing aura that pinned her to the ground as pain flared in her abdomen.
• Kazama Ya lifted Nai Hyuga into the air, rushed over, and grabbed her by the throat after she vowed he would pay for hurting Yui.
• Kazama Ya tightened his grip to kill Nai Hyuga, but stopped when he heard rustling sounds behind him.

Kazama Ya opened a spatial portal and escaped after Nai Hyuga failed to stop him, leaving her badly wounded and falling toward a swarm of Red Ants. Big Bear rushed to save her as the ants closed in.

• Kazama Ya abandoned his attempt to kill Nai Hyuga when Big Bear disrupted him and the Red Ants approached, then used the Gourd to stabilize a spatial portal.
• Big Bear appeared beside Nai Hyuga, but she charged at Kazama Ya to keep him from escaping and avenge Yui.
• Kazama Ya shot an invisible air current at Nai Hyuga and fled through the portal; she dodged the fatal blow but was pierced through the shoulder.
• Nai Hyuga fell toward the ground, grieving that she could not avenge Yui, as the Red Ants turned toward her.
• Big Bear saw Nai Hyuga in danger and moved to save her.

Big Bear and Nai Hyuga hid from the Red Ants while Nai struggled with the fear that Yui had died. They discovered that Yui's Gourd was attracting the ants, and Big Bear concluded that its continued existence and their unbroken contract link meant Yui was still alive.

• Big Bear caught the falling Nai Hyuga and hid with her from the swarming Red Ants.
• Nai Hyuga refused to believe Yui was dead and wondered about Kazama Ya's resemblance to Yui and her Byakugan eyes.
• Big Bear smelled an unfamiliar fragrance and asked Nai Hyuga to search for its source with her Byakugan.
• Nai Hyuga spotted Yui's Gourd emitting purple mist and told Big Bear it was attracting the Red Ants.
• Big Bear told Nai Hyuga that the Gourd's continued existence and their unbroken contract link meant Yui was still alive, restoring her hope.

Nai Hyuga and Big Bear drove off the Red Ants by taking the cracked Gourd and sealing the purple mist, which briefly affected Nai Hyuga. They began using the Summoning Technique to bring Yui back, while Orochimaru remained missing; elsewhere, a man in white emerged from a Black Mist Vortex.

• Big Bear told Nai Hyuga that Yui might still be alive and explained how to scatter the Red Ants by taking the Gourd and masking its scent.
• Nai Hyuga pulled the Gourd to her with an Iron Chain, but its purple mist made her lose focus until thoughts of Yui helped her snap out of it and seal the Gourd.
• The Red Ants lost their target and flew back into the Desert, and Nai Hyuga and Big Bear prepared to summon Yui.
• Nai Hyuga transferred chakra to Big Bear as he formed the hand seals Orochimaru had taught him, while she wondered where Orochimaru had gone.
• A man dressed in white stepped out of a Black Mist Vortex in a star-filled space.

Kazama Ya escaped the sealing space but left his Divine Artifact behind, then emerged on a planet already occupied by one of his clansmen. He decided to feed on chakra from a local battle before fleeing, while Evil God Nami prepared to deal with the enormous eyeball watching her and Yui Hyuga.

• Kazama Ya realized he had forgotten to retrieve the Tower and accepted that he could not recover it without defeating the man who held it.
• Kazama Ya stepped through a spatial rift onto a golden desert planet and discovered that a fellow clansman had occupied it and cultivated a Chakra Fruit there.
• Kazama Ya sensed two factions of natives fighting and chose to consume their chakra quickly before leaving the planet.
• Evil God Nami examined Yui Hyuga, whose skin was stained purple by the curse, and touched her face and lips.
• Evil God Nami looked up at the enormous eyeball in the sky and said she would deal with the peeping Tom.

Evil God Nami killed the Red Ant Queen and wiped out the attacking Red Ants before turning her attention to the cursed Yui. She drained the purple curse from Yui by biting her arm, though she expected Yui to suffer lasting side effects.

• The Red Ant Queen tried to flee, but Evil God Nami bound it and dragged its enormous body back from the sky.
• Evil God Nami burned the Red Ant Queen, prompting the Red Ants across the desert to reveal themselves and swarm her.
• Evil God Nami unleashed Blood Mist, which melted the attacking Red Ants and cleared the area around Yui.
• Evil God Nami examined Yui, resisted taking advantage of her, and bit the arm where the curse had first entered.
• The purple curse receded from Yui and gathered at Evil God Nami's bite, while Evil God Nami suspected Yui would suffer lasting side effects.

Evil God Nami absorbed the Purple Mist curse from Yui and consumed a stone stele, but Yui was teleported away before Nami could investigate further. Elsewhere, Big Bear successfully performed the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Yui back.

• Evil God Nami drained the Purple Mist curse from Yui, leaving only minor marks as Yui's wounds healed.
• The Red Ants abandoned their attack on the blood mist and scattered back into the desert.
• Evil God Nami absorbed the diamond-shaped stone stele into her blood-red eye, exhausting her stored blood energy.
• When spatial fluctuations began around Yui, Evil God Nami returned to Yui's horn, and Yui vanished in a burst of white smoke.
• A few minutes earlier, Big Bear performed the Reverse Summoning Technique with chakra from Nai Hyuga, and white smoke burst from the summoning seal.

Yui woke after the curse left her unconscious and found no visible signs of it, though Nai Hyuga noticed four dark purple dots on her arm. Yui told Nai what had happened with Kazama Ya, and Nai began examining her for lingering effects of the curse.

• Nai Hyuga checked Yui’s unconscious body and found her unharmed, but noticed four dark purple dots on her left forearm.
• Yui regained consciousness and found her skin clear, with the burning pain in her arm still troubling her.
• Yui tried to hide the curse from Nai Hyuga, but Nai questioned her about the curse and Kazama Ya.
• Yui recounted how Kazama Ya had ambushed and cursed her in the Red Ant Desert.
• Nai Hyuga urgently examined Yui’s body for any remaining signs of the curse.

Yui recovered in the Sealing Space and learned that Kazama Ya had transformed into someone resembling an Otsutsuki before escaping with the Gourd. She believed the Gourd could help them leave, just as Orochimaru and Big Bear arrived.

• Yui stopped Nai Hyuga from examining her further and insisted she felt no serious effects from the curse.
• Yui noticed Nai Hyuga's injury and healed her with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Nai Hyuga told Yui about her fight with Kazama Ya, who had gained a body resembling Yui's, complete with Byakugan and horns, before using the Gourd to escape.
• Yui suspected Kazama Ya was an Otsutsuki and told Nai Hyuga that the Gourd could help them escape the Sealing Space.
• Orochimaru and Big Bear arrived, and Orochimaru questioned Yui's claim that they could get out.

Nai Hyuga told Orochimaru that Kazama Ya had left the ruin, while Big Bear explained that Kazama Ya’s soul and body had been separated and that he had used Big Bear’s parents’ bodies to search for his own. Yui Hyuga connected this to their earlier theory about the ruin and proposed testing her possible way out, though she remained unsure what conditions they needed to meet.

• Orochimaru asked Nai Hyuga what had happened to Kazama Ya, and she said he had left the ruin’s space.
• Yui Hyuga admitted that she had found a possible way out but still needed to test it.
• Big Bear said Kazama Ya had told him his body and soul consciousness were separated, and that he had sought Big Bear’s help to find his body.
• Big Bear realized Kazama Ya had taken his parents’ bodies to use their invisibility ability, prompting Yui to reconsider their theory about escaping the ruin.
• Yui looked at the Gourd in her hand and suggested they test whether they could leave the space.

Yui tried to open the Gourd and release the purple mist that Nai Hyuga said had helped Kazama Ya escape through a spatial gate, hoping to use the Black Mist Vortex to leave their space. The Gourd held only water, leaving Yui and Nai Hyuga to wonder how the mist could be summoned.

• Yui reasoned that the Black Mist Vortex might serve as a spatial gate and decided to test the Gourd's purple mist.
• Nai Hyuga stopped Yui from opening the Gourd, warning that the purple mist was dangerous, but agreed to let her try after Yui explained it might help them escape.
• Yui told Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear to move away before she removed the Gourd's lid.
• No purple mist appeared, so Yui poured out the water stored inside the Gourd and wondered how to summon the mist.
• Yui recalled the purple curse spreading through her left hand, and Nai Hyuga watched her struggle to understand why the Gourd had produced no mist.

Yui figured out how to make the Gourd release purple mist by willing it to move, but the mist overwhelmed her consciousness before she could seal it. Nai Hyuga watched in alarm as Yui lost control.

• Nai Hyuga considered telling Yui how Kazama Ya had released purple mist from the Gourd, but decided Yui would work it out herself.
• Yui tried feeding chakra into the Gourd, but it had no effect, and she wondered whether using it required Susanoo.
• Remembering Big Bear had said she was the Gourd's owner, Yui willed it to spin and release purple mist.
• Yui sensed the mist weakening her body and consciousness, then tried to cover the Gourd but hesitated when she felt no danger.
• The purple mist overtook Yui, and she lost consciousness as Nai Hyuga watched, stunned that she had not put the lid on.

Yui Hyuga became unresponsive after purple mist emerged from the Gourd, prompting Nai Hyuga to rush to her aid. Orochimaru learned from Big Bear that the Gourd was needed to escape, then Yui awoke in a black-mist-filled place with a crushing heaviness in her head.

• Nai Hyuga noticed Yui was not moving and used the Body Flicker Technique to race toward her.
• Orochimaru asked Big Bear about the Gourd, and Big Bear said it had accepted Yui as its master and was needed to leave the space.
• Orochimaru asked whether the Gourd could seal things away, but Big Bear denied knowing and resolved not to reveal anything.
• Orochimaru wondered whether the Gourd was really the Totsuka Blade.
• Yui opened her eyes in a place filled with black mist and struggled with the heavy sensation in her head.

Yui regained awareness inside the Black Mist Vortex, where she was embracing Nai Hyuga and saw Orochimaru below them. Before Nai Hyuga woke her, Yui watched a huge vortex open and glimpsed something pale green emerging from it.

• Yui realized she was inside the Black Mist Vortex, apparently inhabiting the version of herself there.
• Yui used her Byakugan to survey the empty darkness and saw Nai Hyuga holding her and Orochimaru reaching for Nai’s ankle.
• Yui noticed a strange fluctuation that intensified into a large Black Mist Vortex.
• Yui felt Nai Hyuga waking her and, as her consciousness faded, glimpsed a small pale-green corner emerging from the vortex.

Yui recovered after being affected by the purple mist and told Nai Hyuga she had found clues to escaping. She suspected the Mirror was connected to the Black Mist Vortex, but hesitated to explain what she had seen when Orochimaru and a bear approached.

• Nai Hyuga checked Yui after she collapsed and found her breathing and heartbeat were steady.
• Yui woke, remembered entering the Black Mist Vortex, and told Nai Hyuga she had found clues to escaping.
• Yui retrieved the Mirror from the Stone Tower and saw the Black Mist Vortex swirling across its surface.
• Yui considered whether the Mirror showed events inside the vortex in real time.
• Yui prepared to tell Nai Hyuga what the purple mist had shown her, then stopped when Orochimaru and a bear approached.

Yui discovered that the purple mist had returned her consciousness to her real body inside the Black Mist Vortex, and she suspected the Mirror could reveal what happened there. She proposed testing whether its images were shown in real time by letting the mist affect her again.

• Yui used the Mirror to confirm that Nai Hyuga was not using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Big Bear and Orochimaru arrived, and Yui told them the purple mist had revealed clues that might help them escape.
• Yui explained her theory that their consciousnesses had been displaced from real bodies inside the Black Mist Vortex, connecting the purple mist, Kazama Ya’s escape, and the Mirror.
• Yui asked Nai Hyuga to watch the Mirror while she let the purple mist affect her again and explored the space inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Yui admitted she could not be certain her discoveries would help them escape, and Orochimaru nodded after hearing her explanation.

Yui tested whether the Mirror could show events inside the Black Mist Vortex in real time while Orochimaru, Nai Hyuga, and Big Bear watched. The Mirror showed Yui moving inside the vortex, confirming her theory, while Big Bear remained unable to voice their concern about not having an original body there.

• Orochimaru asked to enter the Black Mist Vortex, but Yui refused to let anyone else be affected by the purple mist until they understood its effects.
• Yui asked Nai Hyuga to watch the Mirror for signs that her counterpart inside it would wake, then prepared to enter the vortex again.
• Big Bear tried to tell Yui they might not have an original body inside the vortex, but could not bring themself to ask before Yui left.
• Yui opened the Gourd, inhaled its purple mist, and lost consciousness before awakening in her original body inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched the Mirror as Yui's body began moving, and Nai concluded that it showed events inside the vortex in real time.

Yui explored the weightless, pitch-black space inside the Black Mist Vortex while Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched her through the Mirror. When Yui flew beyond its view, the anxious observers considered whether they could control what the Mirror displayed.

• Yui regained consciousness in the black mist space, activated her Byakugan, and found no sign of the emerald green sight she had glimpsed earlier.
• Yui broke free from Nai Hyuga's embrace, discovered she could move freely without gravity, and created a Shadow Clone.
• Yui asked her Shadow Clone to take her place in Nai Hyuga's arms, then flew into the darkness to search for a way out.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear became anxious after Yui flew beyond the Mirror's field of view.
• Orochimaru urged Nai Hyuga to test whether the Mirror could move its image, and Big Bear suggested she might control the area it displayed.

Nai Hyuga discovered she could control the Mirror’s viewpoint with her thoughts and used it to find Yui in the Black Mist Space. Yui continued exploring until she realized she was nearing the limit of her reference points, but she still had no clue how to escape.

• Orochimaru suggested that Nai Hyuga try controlling the Mirror with her thoughts, and she successfully made its image shift left.
• Nai Hyuga used the Mirror to catch up with Yui, while Orochimaru and Big Bear watched anxiously.
• Nai Hyuga reported that controlling the Mirror increased her chakra consumption but caused no other noticeable effects.
• Yui used Flying Ninjutsu to explore the Black Mist Space, convinced that the emerald-green corner she had seen earlier was real.
• Yui stopped after flying roughly three kilometers, realizing she might lose her bearings if she went farther from the three figures behind her.

Yui flew deeper into the Black Mist Space and discovered a Black Mist Vortex slowly forming ahead of her. She watched it develop and began considering why it had appeared there.

• Yui used Flying Ninjutsu to travel deeper into the Black Mist Space while scanning her surroundings with the Byakugan.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched Yui through a mirror, and Nai demonstrated that Yui was moving forward by briefly stopping the viewpoint.
• Yui detected a faint disturbance above her and stopped to observe it rather than approach.
• The disturbance expanded and began swirling, leading Yui to recognize it as a Black Mist Vortex forming slowly.
• Yui deactivated her Byakugan and considered whether the vortex was drawing black mist out of the space, then focused on finding out why it had appeared.

Yui created a Shadow Clone to investigate the Black Mist Vortex, but a terrifying sensation of being watched interrupted her. As Yui fled through the Black Mist Space, Nai Hyuga and Orochimaru realized the Mirror had reacted to Nai's chakra, and Nai seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

• Yui summoned a Shadow Clone, which entered the Black Mist Vortex before Yui could give it instructions.
• Yui sensed an eerie gaze, activated her Byakugan, and found that the sensation had vanished along with the vortex and her clone.
• Yui fled deeper into the Black Mist Space, wondering whether Nai Hyuga's Mirror had caused the feeling of being watched.
• At the Red Ant Desert, Nai Hyuga admitted that her actions had made Yui nervous, while Orochimaru questioned her about the Mirror's ripple.
• Nai Hyuga focused on the Mirror and appeared to discover something extraordinary.