Recaps

Sakura and Ino fought over Sasuke until he disappeared, then Sakura attacked Naruto when he laughed at the scene. Naruto restrained her with a Shadow Clone and warned her not to attack him again, while Hinata stepped in to calm them down.

• Sakura and Ino clung to Sasuke and argued over who deserved him, driving him to flee with a substitution technique.
• Naruto laughed at Sasuke's predicament, and Sakura blamed him before swinging at him.
• Naruto dodged Sakura's punches and summoned a Shadow Clone, which pinned her arms behind her back.
• Naruto released Sakura and warned that he would get rough if she attacked him again.
• Hinata stepped between Naruto and Sakura and told Sakura that attacking a Jonin was inappropriate.

Naruto, Hinata, and their friends joined Konoha’s festivities and entered Yakiniku Q’s first Glutton King challenge. Hinata stunned the restaurant by eating fifty plates and surpassing Choji, while the contest was still underway.

• Shikamaru ended the argument by inviting Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and Choji to get free barbecue, and Sakura followed after seeing Naruto and Hinata walk away together.
• At night, people from the Heavenly Imperial Space joined Konoha’s celebrations as the village held a festival honoring the Hokage’s unification of the Shinobi World.
• The Yakiniku Q owner announced a half-hour eating contest with a lifetime discount card as the prize, and Choji, Naruto, Kiba with Akamaru, Yamato, and Hinata entered.
• Choji ate forty plates in fifteen minutes while Kiba, Naruto, and Yamato slowed down or stopped, but Hinata continued eating elegantly.
• Hinata asked for more food after eating fifty plates, leaving Choji and the other spectators stunned.

Hinata won a barbecue eating competition and gave her prize card to Naruto to celebrate his promotion to jonin. Elsewhere, Jiraiya celebrated with shinobi from various villages, while Uchiha Fugaku praised Sasuke and sent him to join the village festivities.

• Hinata ate ninety-six plates and won the competition after Choji collapsed from overeating.
• Hinata gave her lifetime discount card to Naruto as a gift for his promotion, and Naruto embraced her gratefully.
• Jiraiya toasted with shinobi from various villages at a Konoha izakaya and urged them to celebrate together.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Sasuke for awakening powerful eyes and earning the title of jonin.
• Fugaku encouraged Sasuke to celebrate with his companions, and Sasuke agreed.

Konoha celebrated the unification of the Shinobi World with a feast and fireworks, while Uchiha Yao watched the display with Kurenai Yuhi, Sara, and Tsunade. He said unification was only the first step toward achieving lasting peace.

• Konoha delivered extra food and liquor to the Hidden Cloud prisoners, and their Jonin declared they should eat the supplies to drain Konoha's resources before eagerly joining in.
• Naruto pulled Hinata through Konoha's crowded streets to reach the Fireworks Festival, while Choji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Sakura, and Ino made their way there too.
• At nine o'clock, fireworks lit up the sky above Konoha as the villagers watched from the streets.
• Uchiha Yao watched the fireworks from the Hokage Building terrace with Kurenai Yuhi, Sara, and Tsunade.
• Tsunade reflected on how quickly the Shinobi World had changed, and Uchiha Yao told her that lasting peace was his goal.

Uchiha Yao isolated Tsunade on the Hokage Building terrace and pressed her to take their relationship further. He carried her to a private residence in the Heavenly Imperial Space, where she tried to escape across the bed.

• Kurenai Yuhi led Sara away from the terrace, leaving Uchiha Yao and Tsunade alone.
• Uchiha Yao asked Tsunade whether they should take their relationship a step further, while she nervously cited village and Medical Department work as excuses to leave.
• Uchiha Yao lifted Tsunade in a bridal carry despite her protests and used Heavenly Might to transport them from the terrace.
• Uchiha Yao brought Tsunade to a luxurious residence in the Heavenly Imperial Space and carried her to the bedroom.
• Tsunade scrambled across the bed to get away from Uchiha Yao.

Uchiha Yao forced Tsunade to stop resisting and spend the night with him in Heavenly Imperial Space. The next morning, Tsunade woke beside him, and they were intimate again before getting dressed.

• Uchiha Yao restrained Tsunade and kissed her until she stopped resisting.
• Uchiha Yao and Tsunade spent the night together in Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Tsunade woke sore and embarrassed, but felt reassured by Uchiha Yao holding her.
• Uchiha Yao pulled Tsunade back when she tried to get out of bed, and they were intimate again.
• Uchiha Yao and Tsunade emerged from the bathroom dressed, with Tsunade walking awkwardly.

After the Fireworks Festival, Tsunade returned to the Hokage Building and prepared for a meeting about the Hidden Cloud prisoners. In the Heavenly Imperial Space, Uchiha Yao confronted the imprisoned Fourth Raikage and offered him one last chance to submit.

• Uchiha Yao teased Tsunade about their night together, then used Heavenly Might to send her to the Hokage Building.
• Shizune welcomed Tsunade back and told her that Lord Shikaku had arranged a leadership meeting about the Hidden Cloud Village prisoners.
• Tsunade told Shizune she had fallen after drinking too much and asked her to prepare the relevant information.
• Uchiha Yao released part of the seal on the Fourth Raikage, who recognized him and tried to attack but was forced back down by spatial pressure.
• Uchiha Yao told the Fourth Raikage that he could keep leading the Hidden Cloud Village under Konoha if he submitted, calling it his last chance.

The Fourth Raikage tried to bargain with Uchiha Yao rather than accept surrender, but Yao killed him and placed his body and soul in the Yomi Reincarnation Pool. The Fourth Raikage emerged with a restored body, leaving his new obedience unresolved.

• The Fourth Raikage weighed surrendering to preserve the Hidden Cloud Village but decided to demand better terms from Uchiha Yao.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded autonomy, control of the Land of Lightning's resources, and recognition for the Hidden Cloud Village Division.
• Uchiha Yao rejected the demands and used Heavenly Imperial Space, absolute dominion, to crush and kill the Fourth Raikage.
• Uchiha Yao carried the Fourth Raikage's corpse and soul to the Yomi Reincarnation Pool to restore him as a subordinate.
• The Fourth Raikage rose from the pool with a fully restored body and opened his eyes.

Uchiha Yao revived the Fourth Raikage A and used the Yomi Reincarnation Pool to make him loyal, then appointed him head of Konoha’s Hidden Cloud Division. A went to the prisoner camp to bring the Hidden Cloud prisoners into Konoha, while Darui and the other captives remained uncertain about their fate.

• A revived in the Yomi Reincarnation Pool and found his memories intact, but his will and loyalties had been altered to revere Uchiha Yao.
• A pledged himself to Uchiha Yao, who ordered him to pacify the Hidden Cloud prisoners and integrate them into Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao brought A to the Hokage’s office, where Shikaku Nara recognized the Fourth Raikage and learned that A was now on Konoha’s side.
• Uchiha Yao appointed A head of the Konoha Hidden Cloud Division and sent him with ANBU to the prisoner camp.
• At the camp, Darui and the other Hidden Cloud prisoners discussed their defeat and worried about what Konoha would do with them.

The Fourth Raikage returned to the prisoner camp and announced that Hidden Cloud Village would become Konoha’s Hidden Cloud Division, with him as its first director. After the prisoners accepted the order, Ōnoki arrived, shocked to see the Fourth Raikage had apparently submitted to Uchiha Yao.

• The Fourth Raikage entered the prisoner camp, where Darui and the Hidden Cloud Village ninja cheered at his return.
• The Fourth Raikage admitted he had made mistakes and said Kumogakure was gone, but its people could survive by joining Konoha.
• When a Jonin protested, the Fourth Raikage seized him and declared the merger an order from Hokage-sama and his first order as director.
• Darui and the other Hidden Cloud Village ninja accepted the decision and began preparing for life in the Konoha Hidden Cloud Division.
• Ōnoki flew to the camp after hearing the news and arrived, incredulous that the Fourth Raikage had become the division’s director.

Ōnoki confronted A in the prisoner camp and became alarmed by the Fourth Raikage’s devotion to Uchiha Yao. More than ten days later, Shikaku reported that the major nations had been integrated under Konoha, while Uchiha Yao teased Tsunade after she caught him with Kurenai.

• Ōnoki mocked A for serving Uchiha Yao, but A declared his loyalty to the Hokage and boasted that the Hidden Cloud Division would surpass the Iwagakure Division.
• Ōnoki suspected that Uchiha Yao had altered A’s will and flew back to the Iwagakure Division; A ordered Darui to prepare the Hidden Cloud shinobi to prove their division’s strength.
• Shikaku told Uchiha Yao that Kazahana Koyuki had defeated Kazahana Dōtō and incorporated the Land of Snow, while the Land of Iron had joined the Land of Fire after its Daimyō abdicated.
• Shikaku reported that the Five Great Nations and surrounding minor nations were under Konoha’s rule, and Uchiha Yao considered the integration nearly complete.
• Tsunade overheard Uchiha Yao and Kurenai together, fled after Uchiha Yao invited her inside, and left him amused.

After the Shinobi World was unified, Daimyō Chiba feared that Konoha and Uchiha Yao no longer needed him. He punished a minister who proposed putting Uchiha Yao in his place, then decided to enjoy his position while he still could.

• Chiba attended a celebration where officials toasted him as the ruler of the unified Shinobi World.
• Chiba reflected that Uchiha Yao controlled the Shinobi World and that he was only a replaceable puppet Daimyō.
• A minister proposed rewarding Uchiha Yao and summoning him to the Capital so Chiba could put him in his place.
• Chiba struck and kicked the minister, then ordered guards to throw him into death row.
• Chiba set aside his worries and resumed the celebration with music, dancing, and wine.

Uchiha Yao confronted Chiba in the Daimyō’s hall and told him the old system had to end. Chiba agreed to abdicate and hand all secular authority and the Daimyō’s assets to Konoha, while Uchiha Yao promised not to treat him poorly.

• Uchiha Yao arrived in the hall and found Chiba enjoying himself among dancers and officials.
• Chiba panicked, crawled to Uchiha Yao, and ordered everyone else out of the hall.
• Uchiha Yao told Chiba he had not come to kill him and praised his obedience as Daimyō.
• Uchiha Yao explained that the unified Shinobi World no longer needed the Daimyō system.
• Chiba eagerly agreed to abdicate and transfer authority, property, land, and troops to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao praised Chiba’s cooperation and said he would not treat him poorly.

Uchiha Yao arranged Chiba’s abdication and told him that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s Mansion, assess its officials, and provide Chiba with money and protection. Chiba announced his resignation to the ministers and nobles, who erupted in protest over the threat to their positions and wealth.

• Uchiha Yao told Chiba that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s Mansion, retain capable officials, dismiss useless ones, and remove some nobles.
• Uchiha Yao promised Chiba money and lifelong protection in exchange for cooperating with the transfer of authority.
• Chiba gratefully accepted the terms and promised to arrange his abdication and complete the handover promptly.
• After Uchiha Yao left, Chiba summoned the ministers and nobles to the Council Hall.
• Chiba announced that he was abdicating as Daimyō of the Land of Fire, and the ministers and nobles protested in alarm.

Chiba announced that he was abdicating and transferring the Land of Fire’s authority and assets to Konoha. Konoha took control of the Capital, purged corrupt officials, and Shikaku Nara declared the start of a new age under Konoha’s rule.

• Chiba told the officials that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s authority and assess them, dismissing or punishing those who were corrupt or unfit.
• When officials protested, Chiba warned them that resisting Konoha would lead to their deaths, and they fell silent.
• Konoha ninja entered the Capital, assumed control of its defenses and administration, and arrested corrupt officials while retaining capable ones.
• At a public ceremony, Chiba proclaimed his abdication and transferred the Land of Fire’s secular authority, territory, troops, and wealth to Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara accepted the edict on Konoha’s behalf and announced that Konoha would take over the land.

Shikaku Nara announced Konoha’s plans to abolish noble privileges, seize and redistribute land, and cut taxes, prompting nobles to resist. Kakashi and the ANBU crushed a revolt in the Capital, and several days later Shikaku reported to Uchiha Yao about the situation there.

• Shikaku Nara announced Konoha’s new policies, including abolishing hereditary privileges, redistributing noble land to commoners, and granting tax relief.
• The Fujiwara Family Head and other nobles conspired to attack Konoha’s administrative office in the Capital.
• Kakashi led Konoha ANBU into the Fujiwara estate and killed the assembled samurai, hired ninja, and conspirators.
• Konoha eliminated nobles who rebelled elsewhere, forcing the remaining nobles to submit.
• Several days later, Shikaku Nara brought documents to Uchiha Yao, who asked how matters in the Capital had been handled.

After Konoha secured the unified Shinobi World, Uchiha Yao received the system rewards for conquering the nations and abolishing the Daimyō System. He broke through to the Divine Realm, awakened the Nirvana Rinnegan, and felt a new power emerge from his brow.

• Shikaku Nara reported that Kakashi and the ANBU had crushed rebellion in the Capital, while Konoha suppressed resistance across the other regions.
• Uchiha Yao ordered the confiscated wealth invested in roads, schools, and reclaimed land to improve commoners’ lives and strengthen Konoha’s rule.
• After Shikaku left, the system confirmed that Uchiha Yao had unified the Shinobi World and began distributing his rewards.
• Uchiha Yao traveled to the Heavenly Imperial Space and broke through from the peak Six Paths level to the Divine Realm, causing the space to expand.
• Uchiha Yao’s Rinnegan transformed into the dark-gold Nirvana Rinnegan, amplifying its inherited Dōjutsu.
• A dark-gold beam shot from between Uchiha Yao’s brows as he felt a strange tingling there.

Uchiha Yao awakened a third divine eye and gained two powerful dōjutsu, an enhanced Eight Gates form, and Causal Severance. He used the new ability to scan the Shinobi World and found countless people hostile toward him.

• Uchiha Yao awakened his third divine eye and gained Divine: Return to Silence, which could strip abilities from targets and bestow them on others.
• Uchiha Yao examined Boundless Void, which blocked others’ space-time abilities while granting him control over space, and demonstrated it by creating a miniature black hole.
• Uchiha Yao’s Eight Gates transformed into Finale: Eight Gates, giving him planet-shattering physical strength and precise control of his power for ten minutes.
• Uchiha Yao received Causal Severance, which let him detect hostility and locate targets he had previously contacted.
• Uchiha Yao returned to the Hokage Building and activated Causal Severance, revealing countless hostile people across the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yao adjusted Causal Severance to detect dangerous hostility, then used it to locate Orochimaru on a remote island and confront him. He offered Orochimaru a better laboratory in Konoha and demanded that he return to serve him.

• Uchiha Yao limited Causal Severance’s alerts to Kage Level or stronger enemies and considered his mission to eliminate hidden threats and strengthen Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao chose Orochimaru as his first target because of his scientific talent and used Causal Severance to find him overseas.
• Uchiha Yao opened a spatial vortex with Heavenly Might and appeared in Orochimaru’s laboratory beneath a remote island.
• Orochimaru was terrified to see Uchiha Yao and asked how he had found the island.
• Uchiha Yao refused to explain how he tracked Orochimaru and ordered him to return to Konoha and put his skills to work.

Uchiha Yao invited Orochimaru back to Konoha and offered to blame Danzo for his crimes, but Orochimaru summoned Hozuki Gengetsu and fled. Yao stripped Gengetsu of his signature Steam Imp technique, then faced the reanimated Mizukage’s next attack.

• Uchiha Yao offered to clear Orochimaru’s name by placing the blame for his experiments and crimes on Danzo.
• Orochimaru rejected the offer, summoned Hozuki Gengetsu with Impure World Reincarnation, and escaped as a swarm of snakes.
• Hozuki Gengetsu used Steam Imp against Uchiha Yao and warned him about the technique’s escalating explosions.
• Uchiha Yao activated [Divine: Return to Silence] and stripped Hozuki Gengetsu of Steam Imp, sealing the technique within the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Hozuki Gengetsu attacked Uchiha Yao with Water Release: Water Gun Technique: Rapid fire.

Uchiha Yao captured Hozuki Gengetsu, then pursued Orochimaru to Ryūchi Cave and imprisoned him. He ordered the terrified Great Snake to take him to the White Snake Sage, intending to bring Ryūchi Cave under Konoha’s service as well.

• Uchiha Yao stopped Hozuki Gengetsu’s water bullets, sealed him, and imprisoned him in the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Orochimaru escaped to Ryūchi Cave through Reverse Summoning and promised Great Snake a thousand living sacrifices in exchange for shelter.
• Uchiha Yao used Causal Investigation and Heavenly Might to locate and reach Ryūchi Cave.
• Great Snake recognized Uchiha Yao, remembered their past fight, and blamed Orochimaru for bringing him there.
• Uchiha Yao immobilized Orochimaru with Boundless Void and imprisoned him in a spatial vortex.
• Uchiha Yao told Great Snake to take him to the White Snake Sage and said Ryūchi Cave should serve Konoha like Mount Myōboku.

Uchiha Yao visited Ryūchi Cave and demanded a Summoning Contract for Konoha, which the White Snake Sage granted. He left after promising that only qualified ninja would be allowed to sign it.

• Great Snake led Uchiha Yao through Ryūchi Cave, where Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and Tagorihime hurried out to welcome him on the White Snake Sage's orders.
• The three Snake Princesses escorted Uchiha Yao to the Dragon Ground Palace, where he met the White Snake Sage.
• Uchiha Yao demanded that Ryūchi Cave establish a Summoning Contract with Konoha and let Konoha's ninja summon its giant snakes.
• Tagorihime objected, but the White Snake Sage reprimanded her and agreed to Uchiha Yao's demand, handing him the contract scroll.
• The White Snake Sage asked that only suitable, capable ninja be allowed to sign, and Uchiha Yao promised to approve candidates carefully before departing through a spatial vortex.

After Uchiha Yao left Ryūchi Cave with permission to take its Summoning Contract, the White Snake Sage explained to the three Snake Princesses why she had yielded to him. She warned them to treat him and Konoha’s contract holders with respect if they ever returned.

• Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime questioned why the White Snake Sage had let Uchiha Yao take the contract, while Tagitsuhime listened.
• The White Snake Sage released her natural energy, forced the three Snake Princesses to their knees, and rebuked them for underestimating Uchiha Yao.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that even she and all of Ryūchi Cave would likely lose to Uchiha Yao, whom she believed surpassed the Sage of Six Paths.
• The three Snake Princesses realized that Uchiha Yao’s request had given Ryūchi Cave a chance to avoid destruction.
• The White Snake Sage ordered them to treat Uchiha Yao and Konoha’s contract holders respectfully and threatened to punish anyone who displeased him.

Uchiha Yao rejected Orochimaru’s offer to return to Konoha, then used the Yomi Reincarnation Pool to erase Orochimaru’s disloyalty while preserving his memories and scientific intellect. Orochimaru emerged completely loyal and bowed to Lord Yao.

• Uchiha Yao partially released Orochimaru’s restraints in the Heavenly Imperial Space and listened as Orochimaru offered to serve Konoha in exchange for his life.
• Orochimaru proposed blaming Danzo for his past crimes, but Uchiha Yao refused to cooperate with him.
• Uchiha Yao activated the Yomi Reincarnation Pool and threw Orochimaru into it despite his desperate protests.
• The pool preserved Orochimaru’s personality, memories, and intellect while removing his disloyalty and fear of Uchiha Yao.
• Orochimaru emerged from the pool and bowed to Uchiha Yao, pledging his respect.

Uchiha Yao arranged Orochimaru’s return to Konoha by having Shikaku Nara expose Shimura Danzō’s crimes and recast Orochimaru’s defection as an act of sacrifice. After the village accepted the new account, Orochimaru stood beside Uchiha Yao on the Hokage Building rooftop, ready to take up his new role.

• Uchiha Yao told Orochimaru that he would lead Konoha’s new Research Institute once public opinion had been prepared for his return.
• Uchiha Yao gave Shikaku Nara a plan to reveal Root’s crimes and embellish the circumstances of Orochimaru’s defection.
• Shikaku Nara arranged for rumors to spread that Shimura Danzō had forced Orochimaru to take the blame for Root’s human experiments.
• Shikaku Nara publicly released an announcement detailing thirty-eight of Shimura Danzō’s crimes and supporting evidence, turning villagers’ anger toward him.
• Orochimaru’s reputation changed from that of a condemned rogue ninja to a victim who had supposedly protected Konoha, and he praised Shikaku Nara’s methods to Uchiha Yao.