Recaps

"Xiao You" defeated Taiichirō by reflecting his Sword Auras with Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, while Yui and Nai Hyuga helped finish the fighting around Mifune. Mifune saw "Xiao You" standing unharmed but wondered where the Swift Sword Saint had gone, while He Liu continued fighting with his betrayal exposed to Yui.

• Taiichirō unleashed Secret Art: Swift Blade Cuts Through the Tangle, and "Xiao You" protected herself with Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, reflecting his Sword Auras until they killed him.
• He Liu struck a fellow samurai while covertly signaling that someone was watching, and Yui recognized him as a traitor beside Mifune.
• Nai Hyuga killed her opponent with Ice Release and a shuriken to the heart.
• "Xiao You" stopped spinning and saw that the surrounding battles were nearly over, while He Liu remained in a fight.
• Mifune thanked Yui and, seeing "Xiao You" unharmed but Taiichirō gone, wondered whether she had driven off the Swift Sword Saint.

He Liu revealed that he had been planted at Mifune’s side by a mysterious lord and had betrayed him, but an unseen attacker killed He Liu before he could name his master. As the Land of Iron Patrol Guard approached, Yui and Xiao You prepared to leave Mifune with the aftermath.

• He Liu killed a samurai who had fought alongside Lord Rengo, while Xiao You defeated another attacker and left a gruesome heap of flesh.
• Mifune suspected He Liu had betrayed him after recalling He Liu’s recent behavior and realizing he had known about the meeting.
• Yui’s pointed attention unsettled He Liu, and Mifune confronted him about tipping off their enemies and his true allegiance.
• He Liu confessed that he had been planted at Mifune’s side and had informed the mysterious lord that Master Iinaka was secretly forging another sword.
• Before He Liu could identify his master, an arrow from the alley struck his neck with poison, and Xiao You found the attacker dead.
• As the Land of Iron Patrol Guard approached, Yui and Xiao You exchanged a glance and prepared to leave.

Mifune confronted Yui after realizing that she and Xiao You were the same person, and Yui admitted she had used different identities for safety. After revealing her real name and merging with her duplicate, Yui left Mifune wondering what she looked like beneath her mask.

• Mifune pursued Yui, Xiao You, and Nai Hyuga back to the inn, recognizing that Yui and Xiao You moved alike.
• Mifune accused Yui and Xiao You of being the same person and using a Clone Technique to deceive him.
• Yui admitted she had deceived Mifune for safety and confirmed she was the person Master Iinaka sought.
• Nai Hyuga turned her attention to studying Ice Release ninjutsu while Yui and Mifune spoke.
• Xiao You fused with Yui and told Mifune that Yui was her real name.
• Mifune asked what Yui looked like beneath her mask, drawing a fierce stare from Nai Hyuga.

Yui went to Master Iinaka’s shop to retrieve her finished sword, but a samurai named Rengo trapped her and attacked. She wounded him with a Water Release technique, leaving him screaming on the floor.

• Mifune delivered Master Iinaka’s letter to Yui and left the inn, while Yui noticed his apparent fear of Nai Hyuga.
• Yui read that Master Iinaka had hidden her sword beneath the forge and advised her to leave the Land of Iron, but she decided to retrieve it and help him.
• Yui slipped past a samurai patrol and entered the emptied shop, where an iron cage sprang from the floor and trapped her.
• A samurai in dark red armor introduced himself as Sword Saint Rengo and demanded to know what Master Iinaka had hidden.
• Yui blocked Rengo’s Sword Aura, then struck him with a Water Release: Fang-Coating Slash that cut through his armor and left him howling in pain.

Yui killed Lian Huo after learning he had lied about being the Sword Saint Rengo, but Rengo arrived and attacked her. Rengo realized Yui was Iinaka’s friend and demanded she reveal where the Famous Blade was hidden.

• Yui tested lightning-infused Sword Aura and discovered it struck almost instantaneously with great destructive power.
• Lian Huo claimed his older brother was the Sword Saint Rengo, but Yui killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Rengo arrived, found Lian Huo dead, and hurled Yui into a shop wall with a powerful attack.
• Yui blocked Rengo’s next slash and asked why he had attacked her, then explained that Lian Huo had tried to capture her.
• Rengo recognized Yui as Iinaka’s friend and demanded she reveal where the hidden Famous Blade was, offering to spare her life.

Yui fought Rengo over the missing blade, using ninjutsu and sword techniques while dodging his powerful attacks. Rengo unleashed his Secret Technique, Full Moon Moment, and shattered Yui’s short blade as the clash left the fight unresolved.

• Rengo demanded that Yui reveal where the blade was, then attacked her with his massive sword.
• Yui dodged Rengo’s strikes with the Body Flicker Technique and wounded him with Lightning Release Sword Aura.
• Rengo charged his sword with chakra and repeatedly slashed through the shop, but Yui evaded his attacks.
• Yui struck Rengo with Water Release and Lightning Release Sword Aura, then used the Swift Sword Saint’s Secret Technique, Swift Blade Cuts Through the Tangle.
• Rengo unleashed Secret Technique, Full Moon Moment, erased Yui’s Sword Aura, and shattered her short blade when she tried to block.

Yui survived Rengo’s devastating sword technique, though Wave Breaker broke, and searched the ruined forge for the sword she had come to find. She uncovered a wooden case marked “Hakutaku” while Rengo pursued her.

• Rengo’s attack collapsed the structure, but Yui emerged with only a bleeding wrist and a broken Wave Breaker.
• Rengo resumed attacking Yui, while the Iron City patrol arrived and recognized him.
• Yui dodged Rengo’s strikes and spotted scorched blue bricks near the sword-forging furnace.
• Yui used Earth Release, Crushing Rock to open the ground and retrieve a wooden case.
• Yui read “Hakutaku” on the case and identified it as her renowned blade.

Yui revealed the Famous Blade Hakutaku and fought Rengo, who tried to take it for himself. After she used Wind Release to fly beyond his reach, she launched a fiery sword slash at him from the sky.

• Yui broke open the wooden case and revealed Hakutaku, which the Patrol Guard Captain recognized as one of Master Iinaka’s Famous Blades.
• Rengo demanded the sword, then charged Yui with his greatsword when she refused.
• Yui blocked Rengo’s strike with Hakutaku, badly notching his blade.
• Rengo prepared his Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting Slash, but Yui used Wind Release: Wind-Riding Technique to rise into the sky and evade him.
• Yui coated Hakutaku with Fire Release chakra and attacked Rengo with Fire Release: Fang-Coating Slash.

Yui defeated Rengo by combining her Fire Release Sword Aura with a tornado, then spared him and demanded to know where Iinaka was and how the Land of Iron had multiple Sword Saints. Rengo recognized that she had killed Taiichirō and learned his Secret Technique, and began explaining what had happened.

• The Patrol Guard Captain ordered the samurai to retreat rather than get caught near Rengo and Yui.
• Yui used the tornado beneath her feet to spread her Fire Release Sword Aura into a Blazing Tornado that overwhelmed Rengo.
• Yui stopped the flames once Rengo could no longer move, then held Hakutaku to his neck as he begged her to spare him.
• Yui asked Rengo where Iinaka was and where he and the Swift Sword Saint had come from.
• Rengo realized Yui had killed Taiichirō and learned his Secret Technique, then swallowed his resentment and began to explain.

Yui forced Rengo to reveal that Master Iinaka had been taken by the General of the Land of Iron, then searched Rengo’s memories to confirm it. She decided Rengo might help her retrieve Iinaka, leaving him alive despite his injuries.

• Rengo offered Yui the Moon Art scroll in exchange for his life, but Yui took it without agreeing to spare him.
• Yui stabbed Rengo and demanded to know where Iinaka was, and Rengo said the General of the Land of Iron had taken him.
• Yui used the Spirit Transformation Technique to search Rengo’s memories and confirmed that Iinaka had been taken by the General.
• Yui woke Rengo and revealed that she had searched his memories, while he begged her to kill him.

Yui spared Rengo in exchange for his promise to rescue Iinaka, then returned to the inn and found Nai Hyuga waiting for her. Nai persuaded Yui to spend the day with her, and Yui realized Nai intended to take advantage of that promise.

• Yui told Rengo she would spare him if he brought Iinaka out safely, and warned him not to betray her.
• Yui healed Rengo's injuries and left, while Rengo resolved not to make an enemy of her.
• Yui returned to the inn at dawn and quietly went to sleep beside Nai Hyuga, who was mastering a Ninjutsu.
• Nai Hyuga woke Yui, questioned her about leaving overnight, and asked her to stay with her all day.
• Yui agreed, then realized Nai had already undone her clothes.

Yui discovered that the letters on the Vellum Rengo gave her moved when she looked at them without her Byakugan, and she used their motions to practice swordsmanship. Meanwhile, Rengo convinced the General to hold a Famous Blade Ceremony for the remaining blade, and Yui and Nai Hyuga headed to the ceremony before leaving the Land of Iron.

• Yui saw the Vellum’s tiny letters move and began copying their sword swings with Hakutaku, making her movements smoother and stronger.
• Rengo told the General that Iinaka’s white Famous Blade had been taken by a powerful woman and persuaded him not to kill Iinaka.
• Rengo urged the General to secure the other blade and hold a Famous Blade Ceremony, and the General agreed.
• Three days later, Yui heard that the ceremony was taking place at the General’s Residence and learned Hakutaku had debuted four days earlier.
• Yui told Nai Hyuga they would leave the Land of Iron that day, and they set off to see the ceremony.

Yui watched Iinaka unveil Blackwater, the sister blade of Hakutaku, at the Famous Blade Ceremony before leaving Iron City with Nai Hyuga. She headed toward the Land of Whirlpools to learn sealing jutsu, unsure whether it had already been destroyed.

• The General introduced the Famous Blade Ceremony and invited Iinaka to present his new sword.
• Iinaka unveiled Blackwater, the sister blade of Hakutaku, and named it the sword of conviction.
• Mifune admired Blackwater while Yui prepared to leave Iron City with Nai Hyuga.
• Yui told Nai that powerful enemies might threaten the world and that they needed to grow stronger.
• Yui flew with Nai and chose a route to the Land of Whirlpools that skirted the small nations instead of crossing the Land of Fire.

Yui and Nai Hyuga reached the Land of Hot Water and tried to visit a hot spring resort, but left after Xiaocui quoted a high price and pushed an annual membership. Nai secretly attacked Xiaocui with an ice needle, and Yui suggested they find a wild hot spring, while a shadowy figure watched them from a rooftop.

• After two days of flying, Yui and Nai Hyuga landed in the Land of Hot Water and hurried to a resort to soak in its hot springs.
• Xiaocui quoted Nai Hyuga twenty-two hundred ryo and tried to sell the pair an annual membership, so Yui led Nai out of the resort.
• Xiaocui insulted them as they left, and Nai secretly shot a nearly invisible ice needle at her.
• Yui suggested they find a hot spring in the wilderness, and a shadowy figure overheard them from a secluded rooftop.

Yui and Nai fled from Jiraiya, who mistook them for cultists near the Land of Hot Water, and continued searching for a natural hot spring. After an hour of running, they stopped in a treetop as a crimson haze of blood spread around them.

• Jiraiya approached Yui and Nai, but Yui recognized him and hurried Nai away to avoid being caught.
• Jiraiya called after them and revealed his identity, prompting Nai to remember him from childhood.
• Yui told Nai that Jiraiya wanted to take her back because they were listed as S-rank missing-nin, and the pair fled into the forest.
• Jiraiya noticed they had run toward a cultists' hideout and decided to report the suspected cult activity before leaving to search for the Child of Prophecy.
• Yui and Nai kept running until they stopped in a treetop, where Yui warned Nai about a spreading crimson haze of blood.

Yui and Nai Hyuga discovered a Jashin Cult ritual site surrounded by the corpses of villagers and confronted the cultists who had abducted children. Nai killed the cult leader, and as the remaining cultists charged, she began testing her new Ice Release technique.

• Nai Hyuga tracked the scent of blood to a cliff symbol and a pile of dead villagers, which Yui recognized as Jashin's Cursed Seal symbol.
• Six or seven masked cultists arrived carrying abducted children, and Yui warned Nai Hyuga not to let their weapons wound her.
• The cult leader ordered his followers to attack Yui and Nai and make them sacrifices to Lord Jashin.
• Nai Hyuga killed the cult leader with an ice spike, and one cultist killed another for showing fear.
• The surviving cultists rallied and charged Nai Hyuga with whip-like weapons, so she used Ice Release: Ice Mist and filled the area with freezing mist.

Nai Hyuga froze the Jashin Cultists and freed the children with Yui, but the Evil God Cursed Seal mentally attacked Yui when she approached it. Yui drove the voice away with Sage Mode, only for the seal to flare back to life and engulf her.

• Nai Hyuga's Ninjutsu froze the cultists, and she shattered their ice-bound bodies without spilling blood.
• Nai Hyuga and Yui took off their masks, then freed the captured children and began waking them.
• Yui heard a voice from the Evil God Cursed Seal and endured its attempt to corrupt her mind.
• Yui used Sage Mode to repel the voice, and the Cursed Seal dimmed as she believed it was safe.
• The corpses beneath Yui shriveled, their blood flowed into the seal, and its renewed red light engulfed her.

Yui was trapped inside a blood-red space, where the Evil God tricked her and bit her neck, marking her with the Evil God’s Cursed Seal. Nai Hyuga freed Yui from the fading cocoon and found the matching mark on her neck.

• Nai Hyuga tried to break the blood cocoon around Yui, but her attacks were repelled and destroyed.
• Inside the cocoon, Yui confronted the Evil God and used senjutsu-infused Mental Energy to force her to speak.
• The Evil God appeared as a blood-red snot bubble, then influenced Yui’s thoughts and bit her neck.
• The Evil God transformed into a woman, called Yui one of her own kind, and said the Cursed Seal would grant her power before disappearing.
• Nai Hyuga found Yui as the blood-red space vanished, recognized the Evil God’s Cursed Seal on her neck, and watched her treat it with senjutsu chakra.

Yui summoned Xiao You to examine the evil god’s Cursed Seal and learned that it could eventually let Evil God Nami possess her. Xiao You could not seal it with her current abilities, so Nai Hyuga urged them to seek sealing techniques in the Land of Whirlpools, though Yui said there was time.

• Yui summoned Xiao You and asked her to seal the blood-red mark on her neck.
• Xiao You recognized it as Evil God Nami’s Cursed Seal and recalled that her clan had sealed Nami’s avatar long ago.
• Xiao You explained that the seal could gradually alter Yui’s body, increase her power, and eventually let Nami possess her.
• Xiao You admitted she could not seal the mark without studying other Sealing Jutsu.
• Nai Hyuga proposed going immediately to the Land of Whirlpools to find sealing techniques, but Yui reminded her that the process could take years.
• Nai Hyuga remained worried because they did not know whether the Cursed Seal’s powers had changed.

Yui and Nai Hyuga met Uesugi Yuri, a rescued girl who pleaded to travel with them. Yuri revealed that she came from the Land of Whirlpools and knew Kushina Uzumaki, leaving Yui stunned by the name.

• Nai Hyuga questioned why Uesugi Yuri had stayed behind, and Yuri said she had no home.
• Uesugi Yuri asked to accompany Yui and Nai, offering to guide them to hot springs and saying she knew the way around.
• Yui told Uesugi Yuri that they were heading to the Land of Whirlpools, and Yuri revealed that she had run away from Uzushiogakure.
• Uesugi Yuri explained that she belonged to the small Uesugi clan and had black hair, then said she was friends with Kushina Uzumaki.
• Yui reacted in disbelief when Uesugi Yuri mentioned Kushina Uzumaki.

Yui agreed to take Uesugi Yuri back to the Land of Whirlpools after learning that enemy ninja had gathered near the Uzumaki village. Yuri recognized Yui as a Konoha ninja from the Hyuga Clan, but Nai Hyuga warned that Yui’s Cursed Seal made it unsafe for her to carry Yuri while flying.

• Uesugi Yuri explained that she and her father had left the Land of Whirlpools to seek help, but enemy ninja captured her after her father was lost.
• Yui said she was going to the Land of Whirlpools to learn the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu, frightening Yuri because only allies could learn it.
• Yui revealed her white eyes, and Yuri recognized her as a Konoha ninja from the Hyuga Clan.
• Yui checked the map and prepared to carry Yuri to the Land of Whirlpools using Flying Ninjutsu.
• Nai Hyuga stopped Yuri from hugging Yui and offered to carry her instead because Yui still had a Cursed Seal on her neck.

Nai Hyuga and Yui brought Uesugi Yuri back to the Land of Whirlpools, where Mito Uzumaki was waiting for news as the Uzumaki Clan faced a crisis. Mito learned that two Byakugan-wielding Konoha ninja had arrived and went to meet them.

• Nai Hyuga carried Uesugi Yuri through the air toward the Land of Whirlpools, and Yui followed using Flying Ninjutsu.
• Mito Uzumaki told the clan leader that she had requested aid from Konoha and was trying to buy time against the threat from Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure.
• Kazumi reported that Uesugi Yuri had returned with two Konoha women, while Yuri's father had not come back.
• Mito questioned Kazumi about the visitors and learned that both had white eyes and one had especially pale skin.
• Mito asked Kazumi to take her to meet the two women, while Uesugi Yuri led Yui and Nai Hyuga toward the reception hall.

Yui Hyuga and Nai Hyuga arrived in the Land of Whirlpools seeking to learn Sealing Jutsu, but Yui was alarmed when she recognized Mito Uzumaki among the clan’s leaders. Mito questioned whether the two women were from Konoha and challenged Yui’s identity.

• Uesugi Yuri led Yui Hyuga and Nai Hyuga through the deserted streets to the reception room while ships from other villages blocked the island’s waterways.
• Nai urged Yui to obtain Sealing Jutsu so Xiao You could help her, and Yui considered how to persuade the Uzumaki Clan leader.
• Mito arrived with Ashimura Uzumaki, recognized Yui and Nai as possible rogue ninjas from Konoha, and sent Kazumi to fetch Tsunade.
• Yui recognized Mito and worried that their encounter would ruin her plan to learn Sealing Jutsu.
• Nai told Mito they had come from Konoha to learn sealing, but Yui stopped her; Mito then questioned why she did not remember them and scrutinized Yui’s changed appearance.

Yui and Nai Hyuga were discovered by Mito while secretly visiting the Land of Whirlpools to learn Sealing Jutsu. Tsunade arrived and recognized them, and the chapter ended with her realizing Yui and Nai had already established Yin Seals.

• Mito questioned Yui about her identity and why she had come to the island, and Uesugi Yuri revealed that Yui and Nai wanted to learn the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu.
• Mito confronted Yui about sneaking into the Land of Whirlpools, but Tsunade arrived before Yui answered.
• Tsunade greeted Yui, and Mito identified her and Nai as Yui Hyuga and Nai Hyuga.
• Tsunade discovered that Nai had recovered and examined her, finding no apparent mental problems.
• Mito noticed the marks on Yui and Nai's foreheads, and Tsunade recognized them as Yin Seals and marveled that Yui had established hers so quickly.

Yui asked Mito to teach her the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu, and Mito agreed in exchange for help evacuating children from the Land of Whirlpools if danger came. Yui gave Mito a scroll for Wind Release: Wind-Riding Technique, then followed Mito to begin her lessons.

• Yui told Tsunade and Mito that she had come to learn the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu so she could seal dangerous things.
• Mito agreed to teach Yui Sealing Jutsu if Yui would help the Land of Whirlpools escape a crisis, including evacuating some of its children with Flying Ninjutsu.
• Yui accepted the deal and gave Mito a scroll containing Wind Release: Wind-Riding Technique, which could only be learned by those with a wind chakra nature.
• Mito ordered Ashimura Uzumaki to find clan members with a wind chakra nature to learn the technique.
• Ashimura took Uesugi Yuri to see her mother, and Yui promised Yuri she would visit.
• Yui asked to begin her Sealing Jutsu lessons, and Mito led her away.