Recaps

Yemu overwhelmed Nagato’s Deva Path and shattered Konan’s attack with Super Shinra Tensei, leaving the Akatsuki’s defeat apparent. The surviving fighters launched a counterattack as Deidara landed among the Stone Ninja.

• Yemu pinned Deva Path Pain down, destroyed its head, and severed Nagato’s connection to the puppet.
• Konan attacked Yemu with a storm of explosive tags, while Kakuzu realized Deva Path Pain was only a puppet and declared the Akatsuki finished.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Ninja to charge and counterattack, and Shikamaru, Choji, Rock Lee, and Tenten watched Yemu’s overwhelming strength.
• Yemu unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, destroying Konan’s explosive tags and blasting her into rubble, convincing her that the Akatsuki could not win.
• Deidara fled the force field and landed among the Stone Ninja, where Kurotsuchi greeted him.

After the Akatsuki retreated, Yemu rejected the Kage’s demand to redistribute the tailed beasts and declared the shinobi world beneath him. Black Zetsu and Obito moved to seize the tailed beasts while the Allied Shinobi Forces faced the prospect of another war.

• Deidara stopped resisting Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi, then watched Yemu and questioned whether he was stronger than the Akatsuki leader.
• The Akatsuki retreated as Yemu returned to the four Kage, who praised his strength and the Fourth Raikage proposed dividing the tailed beasts.
• Yemu refused to share the tailed beasts, provoking the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi to accuse him of threatening the shinobi world.
• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Yemu’s defiance would help their plans, and they set out to retrieve the tailed beasts.
• Yemu faced the Kage and gathered shinobi, called them all trash, and left them stunned and furious.

Yemu declared that he would unify the Shinobi World and refused to let Konoha or the other nations stop him, widening the divide between him and his former allies. Naruto tried to reason with him, but Yemu blasted him away, while Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga chose to stand by Yemu.

• Yemu’s declaration provoked the Fourth Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki, while Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga stepped forward in support of him.
• Kakashi Hatake admitted that Konoha could not control Yemu, and Ōnoki’s accusations deepened the distrust between the allied nations.
• Yemu warned that he would fight Konoha too if it tried to stop him, dividing Konoha’s ninja over his plan to unify the Shinobi World.
• Naruto Uzumaki challenged Yemu and tried to talk him out of starting a war, but Yemu called him naive and blasted him away with Repulsive Force.
• Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga approached Yemu and pledged to stand with him, even if the entire Shinobi World opposed them.

After the Kage’s campaign against Yemu ended without a fight, they discovered the tailed beasts had vanished from Akatsuki’s base. Obito recruited Orochimaru to oppose Yemu, while Tsunade and Kakashi faced the looming question of which side Konoha would take.

• Ōnoki and Mei Terumi pretended they needed time to consider Yemu’s offer, and Yemu gave them one week to respond before visiting their villages himself.
• The Kage searched Akatsuki’s underground base for the tailed beasts but found the sealing formation destroyed and the beasts missing, so the allied forces withdrew in frustration.
• Obito Uchiha entered Orochimaru’s laboratory, offered an alliance against Yemu, and promised Orochimaru Konoha and Yemu’s remains if they won.
• Orochimaru accepted Obito’s proposal, and Sasuke questioned him about joining forces against Yemu.
• Kakashi told Tsunade that Yemu intended to unite the Shinobi World, and Tsunade worried the nations would surround Amegakure.
• Kakashi asked Tsunade whether Konoha should fight alongside the other nations against Yemu or oppose them.

Tsunade refused to commit Konoha to Yemu’s fight, while Yemu summoned the forces he had secretly gathered in Amegakure. His hidden organization assembled under his command and began moving toward Kirigakure’s border.

• Tsunade told Kakashi that Konoha would not be forced to help Yemu, though she would not stop individual ninja from joining him.
• Yemu told Hinata that he would fight the shinobi world without Konoha’s support, and Hinata left to deliver his message.
• Qingxue told Yemu that the Land of Iron could shelter them if they failed, but Yemu activated a black Token to summon his forces.
• Ino was inexplicably drawn toward Amegakure, and Shikamaru and Choji set off after her as other figures across the shinobi world headed there too.
• Zabuza, Haku, Gekko Hayate, Neji, Baki, and their squads assembled with more than a hundred ninja and five hundred puppets beneath Yemu’s command.
• Yemu ordered the assembled forces to disperse, and they moved toward Kirigakure’s border.

Yemu faced the allied shinobi army outside Amegakure and effortlessly shattered their first attacks with his power. As the assembled leaders realized the battle might be beyond them, the chapter ended with the Fourth Raikage looking up in horror at the sky.

• The Fourth Raikage questioned Orochimaru's presence and challenged the mysterious White Masked man, whom Orochimaru called his lab assistant.
• Obito Uchiha and the Fourth Raikage urged the allied forces to attack Yemu, while Konan asked Nagato what they should do after the Akatsuki's defeat; Nagato said they would wait and turn hunter against prey.
• Yemu stood on Amegakure's wall as five hundred Cloud Ninja combined their lightning into a dragon, which he restrained and shattered with his Tenseigan power.
• Ōnoki launched Dust Release at Yemu, but Yemu's gravity forced him down before he could complete the attack.
• The allied shinobi called out in alarm as the Fourth Raikage looked up and turned deathly pale.

Yemu summoned more than ten meteors to shatter the Allied Shinobi Forces’ morale, then ordered the Shadow Organization to attack and rout the remaining troops. The battle ended with the allied army collapsing as it realized the Shadow Organization and its allies were overwhelmingly strong.

• The Fourth Raikage, Mei Terumi, Kurotsuchi, and Ōnoki watched as more than ten enormous meteors formed overhead, and Ōnoki ordered the allied troops to retreat.
• The meteors struck the battlefield, devastating the army and causing the fifty thousand allied troops to flee in terror.
• Yemu declared that the shinobi world needed only his voice and ordered the Shadow Organization to attack.
• Zabuza led an assault that broke enemy formations, while Haku’s squad incapacitated targets and Neji and Ino coordinated reconnaissance and communications.
• Baki led Sunagakure ninja in a Wind Release attack that destroyed the enemy flank and joined the allied assault with Konoha.
• The major villages’ forces collapsed, recognizing that the Shadow Organization was powerful and that the Sand Ninja had joined Yemu.

With the Allied Shinobi Forces collapsing before Yemu, Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon powerful shinobi from the past. The Fourth Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki recognized the resurrected warriors as the Third Raikage, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, while Orochimaru declared the war was far from over.

• The Fourth Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki admitted that Yemu had overwhelmed the allied army and considered retreating.
• Orochimaru dismissed the Kage’s despair and summoned more than ten coffins with Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Third Raikage emerged and vowed to fight again to wipe away the Land of Lightning’s disgrace, shocking the Fourth Raikage.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu emerged from the next coffins, and Mei Terumi and Ōnoki recognized the legendary shinobi.
• The final coffin opened to reveal the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa.

Orochimaru summoned Hozuki Gengetsu, Second Tsuchikage Mu, and the Third Raikage through Impure World Reincarnation and ordered them to fight the Shadow Organization. The Third Raikage attacked Zabuza, who revealed his Hidden Mist Chakra Mode and prepared to test his training against him.

• Hozuki Gengetsu and Second Tsuchikage Mu recognized each other as sworn enemies before Orochimaru reminded them they shared a target and ordered them to attack the Shadow Organization.
• The Third Raikage activated his Lightning Release Armor and charged into battle while Mu asked Ōnoki what had happened on the shattered battlefield.
• Yemu saw the Third Raikage approaching Zabuza's squad and decided to intervene, noting that he had earned enough emotion points for his third-stage advancement.
• The Third Raikage attacked Zabuza, who blocked his punch with Kubikiribōchō but was driven back and recognized his opponent as the legendary Third Raikage.
• Zabuza unleashed his Water Release and formed Hidden Mist Chakra Mode, astonishing the Third Raikage as he prepared to fight back.
• Yemu watched from above with his purple Tenseigan and approved of Zabuza's newly developed chakra mode.

Yemu entered the battlefield and confronted the reanimated Third Raikage, whose speed had overwhelmed Zabuza. Elsewhere, the reanimated Fourth Kazekage Rasa challenged Baki after finding him fighting for Yemu.

• The Third Raikage repeatedly outsped Zabuza and forced him to rely on Hidden Mist Chakra Mode to evade his attacks.
• The Third Raikage destroyed Yemu's puppets to rescue a Kumogakure Chunin, then turned toward nearby Kirigakure Ninja.
• Yemu descended onto the battlefield and used an unknown ocular power to immobilize the Third Raikage as Orochimaru ordered him to attack.
• The Third Raikage activated his Lightning Release Armor at full power while the Fourth Raikage watched anxiously from the rubble.
• The reanimated Rasa found Baki fighting for Yemu and accused him of betraying the Land of Wind.
• Baki declared his loyalty to Yemu, and Rasa summoned golden sand to fight him.

Baki overwhelmed the reanimated Fourth Kazekage Rasa with his Wind Release Chakra Mode, while Yemu sent the Third Raikage crashing into a hill with Almighty Push. The Third Raikage rose from the rubble, recognizing that Yemu was far stronger than he had expected.

• Baki split Rasa’s Gold Dust Storm with Wind Release: Vacuum Slash and mocked the reanimated Kazekage.
• Rasa unleashed a barrage of gold dust spikes, but Baki activated Wind Release Chakra Mode and destroyed the attack with a storm dragon.
• Baki’s wind dragon broke through Rasa’s Gold Dust Barrier and swept him away, impressing the Sand shinobi who followed Baki and joined Yemu.
• Ōnoki and Orochimaru watched Baki defeat Rasa, and Ōnoki remarked that Mu was the one to look to in a real battle.
• The Third Raikage charged Yemu with Four-Finger Nukite, but Yemu repelled him with Almighty Push and smashed him into a rocky hillside.
• The Third Raikage rose from the rubble and acknowledged that Yemu was much stronger than he had predicted.

Yemu activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and his Martial God Body to overwhelm the reanimated Third Raikage with taijutsu. He buried the Raikage underground with a finishing strike, leaving the watching shinobi stunned by his strength.

• The Third Raikage recovered from Yemu's Repulsive Force attack and charged at him with One-Finger Nukite.
• Yemu activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and his Chakra Prayer Beads forced the Third Raikage to evade instead of attacking.
• Yemu activated his Martial God Body and struck the Third Raikage with a series of powerful punches and kicks.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and the Fourth Raikage watched in shock as Yemu battered the Third Raikage.
• Yemu finished the Third Raikage with Falling Thunder Strike, driving his reanimated body deep underground.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu saw the beating and complained that Yemu's raw strength was far too overwhelming.

Yemu fought the reanimated Third Raikage while his shadow clone engaged Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, drawing the Allied forces into a coordinated attack. The chapter ended with Yemu arriving before five opponents after crushing the Third Raikage and challenging them for daring to fight “God.”

• Yemu created a shadow clone to keep Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu occupied while he continued fighting the Third Raikage.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu attacked Yemu's clone as the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi moved to support the battle.
• Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Mu surrounded Yemu's clone, seeking a victory to restore the Allied forces' morale.
• Yemu's clone revealed that the real Yemu was approaching and dispelled itself.
• Yemu arrived holding the shattered body of the Third Raikage, dropped it before the five fighters, and asked whether they wanted to challenge “God.”

Yemu effortlessly defeated the Five Kage-level fighters and shattered the Allied Shinobi Forces’ morale. Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha, who recognized Yemu as his sole opponent and prepared to face him.

• The Fourth Raikage, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, Mu, and Hozuki Gengetsu launched a coordinated attack on Yemu, but he destroyed their techniques and knocked them all down.
• Yemu’s victory left the Five Kage-level fighters injured and the Allied Shinobi Forces terrified, while Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Shizune, and Shikamaru Nara watched from a distant hill.
• Orochimaru arrived and told the defeated fighters that the truly powerful opponent had not yet appeared.
• Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha assessed the battlefield, learned that the others had failed to defeat Yemu, and looked toward him as his sole enemy.

Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara challenged Yemu after taking an interest in his Tenseigan. Yemu countered Madara’s attacks and stopped his Susanoo blade, prompting Madara to prepare to fight seriously.

• Orochimaru revealed that he had summoned Madara Uchiha, shocking Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and the watching ninja.
• Yemu descended before Madara, who asked about his unusual eyes, but Yemu told him to survive their fight before asking his name.
• Madara charged Yemu with a punch, but Yemu’s Tenseigan repulsive force blasted him into a crater.
• Madara used Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Yemu drew the flames into the sky and blasted them apart with Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei.
• Madara formed Susanoo and attacked with its blade, but Yemu’s six chakra prayer beads stopped the strike.
• Madara acknowledged Yemu as a worthy opponent and pressed his palms together to fight seriously.

Madara Uchiha attacked Yemu with a meteor and then Perfect Susanoo, but Yemu stopped the meteor and blocked Susanoo’s blade as his Tenseigan reached its final stage. Yemu’s golden chakra burst into space and awakened Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a meteor, but the Allied Shinobi Forces stayed calm after Ōnoki said Yemu had summoned far more and larger meteors.
• Yemu trapped Madara Uchiha’s meteor in an invisible force field and crushed it into dust.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Yemu as a formidable opponent and unleashed Perfect Susanoo, bringing its blade down toward him.
• Qingxue Uchiha formed her third-stage Susanoo and rushed to protect Yemu as Madara Uchiha’s blade descended.
• Yemu’s Tenseigan completed its advancement, and his golden chakra stopped the blade and shot into space, awakening Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon.

Yemu unveiled his silver-white God-Slaying Form and overwhelmed Madara Uchiha, leaving Madara’s Susanoo cracked and his reanimated body split in two.

• Yemu transformed into silver-white armor and summoned a dragon-shaped katana, declaring his God-Slaying Form to Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha attacked with Yasaka Magatama, but Yemu stood unharmed and revealed the vast gap between their powers.
• Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Jiraiya, and Kakashi Hatake reacted to Yemu’s dominance over Madara.
• Yemu flashed away after challenging Madara to continue, then cut through Madara’s Susanoo and split his body in two.

Yemu effortlessly defeated Madara Uchiha and stunned the watching shinobi, who realized they could not challenge him. Madara restored his Perfect Susanoo and attacked again, but Yemu’s dragon-shaped slash tore through it and sent him crashing from the sky.

• Yemu cut through Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo and split his body, leaving the battlefield stunned by Madara’s defeat.
• Kakuzu warned Hidan that Madara remained powerful despite losing, while the other ninja froze in fear of Yemu.
• Orochimaru and the Kage questioned whether they could continue fighting, as Madara’s defeat made Yemu’s judgment seem more relevant than any battle plan.
• Madara restored his body and Perfect Susanoo, then launched a sweeping attack toward the ninja below.
• Yemu fired a silver-white dragon-shaped slash that tore apart Madara’s attack and Susanoo, then shredded Madara and sent him plunging from the sky.

Yemu defeated Madara Uchiha so thoroughly that the Kage considered surrendering, while Konoha’s shinobi discussed Yemu’s strength. Madara released himself from Impure World Reincarnation and vanished, leaving Orochimaru to plan how to deal with the escaped reanimated shinobi.

• The Fourth Raikage agreed with Mei Terumi that surrender might be necessary, while Ōnoki resisted and then admitted the shinobi world was about to change.
• Kakashi Hatake and the Konoha shinobi praised Yemu’s strength, and Kurenai Yuhi revealed that Yemu had taught her taijutsu.
• Qingxue Uchiha threatened Hinata Hyuga for her feelings toward Yemu, but Hinata said she was no longer afraid of death.
• Madara Uchiha acknowledged Yemu as the strongest shinobi he had fought, released himself from Impure World Reincarnation, and disappeared after promising they would meet again.
• Orochimaru realized Madara Uchiha had escaped his control and began considering how to handle the runaway pawn.

After Yemu forced the Allied Shinobi Forces to surrender, he scheduled a Five Kage Summit to establish a new order. Later, at the Tower in Amegakure, Hinata openly pursued Yemu until Qingxue confronted her.

• Ōnoki raised a white flag, and the Five Kage and Allied Shinobi Forces surrendered to Yemu after his victory over Madara Uchiha.
• Yemu announced that the Five Kage Summit would be held in the Land of Iron in one week, while Naruto's group prepared to report the outcome to Tsunade.
• Sasuke challenged Orochimaru over his broken promises, but Orochimaru knocked him unconscious and carried him away from the battlefield.
• At the Tower in Amegakure, Hinata tried to seduce Yemu while Qingxue was away bathing.
• Qingxue caught Hinata by the wrist, and Hinata declared that she liked Yemu and wanted to be near him.

Yemu fell into a deep sleep as his Tenseigan began its true evolution, leaving Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga to fight over him and the Shadow Organization without its leader. Four years later, with the Land of Iron losing ground in a new war against several nations, the Akatsuki, and a hundred thousand White Zetsu, Yemu finally opened his eyes.

• Hinata Hyuga confronted Qingxue Uchiha over Yemu, and the two fought until Yemu stopped them and went to rest.
• The next morning, Yemu sent a message saying he needed to sleep and postponed the Five Kage Summit; Qingxue took him to the Land of Iron while Hinata fought her and destroyed the top of Amegakure's Tower.
• Qingxue Uchiha subdued Hinata, and Zabuza organized the Shadow Organization's withdrawal from Amegakure to the Land of Iron.
• Yemu remained asleep for years as the nations grew restless, Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage, Killer B escaped the Akatsuki, and the Akatsuki and several nations began pressing the Land of Iron.
• A new war erupted after negotiations failed; the Land of Fire joined the fighting, but the Land of Iron steadily lost territory to four nations, the Akatsuki, and a hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• At the beginning of the fourth year, Yemu slowly opened his eyes, golden light shining within them.

After waking from three years of unconsciousness, Yemu found himself chained in an underground chamber with Hinata Hyuga trying to take advantage of him. Hinata explained that much had happened while he was asleep, but Qingxue Uchiha attacked her before Yemu could learn more.

• Yemu woke in chains and pretended to remain asleep when Hinata Hyuga entered the chamber.
• Hinata tried to touch Yemu, but he woke fully, stopped her, and broke free of his restraints.
• Yemu sensed that he was in the snowy northern Land of Iron and learned from Hinata that three years had passed.
• Hinata claimed she had visited Yemu nearly a hundred times and continued to press herself against him despite his demand for consent.
• Qingxue Uchiha attacked Hinata with a Susanoo slash, and Hinata taunted her before blood-red chains appeared and locked onto her.

Yemu woke after years unconscious and learned that the Shadow Organization and its allies had become enemies of the Shinobi World, while the Land of Iron had lost nearly a third of its territory. He arrived at a wartime conference as the Land of Lightning’s allied forces joined with the Akatsuki, ready to respond.

• Qingxue Uchiha attacked Hinata Hyuga with her Susanoo, then stopped when Yemu woke.
• Hinata Hyuga told Yemu that Qingxue Uchiha had once tried to keep him from waking, but his defense mechanism repelled her.
• Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga explained that Konoha had cut ties with them and that the Hyuga Clan had relocated to the Land of Iron.
• Yemu learned that the Shadow Organization had suffered losses and vowed to make their enemies suffer, then told Qingxue Uchiha to rest.
• The next day, Zabuza reported that the Land of Lightning’s allied forces had joined the Akatsuki, and he welcomed Yemu back as the Land of Iron’s borders had been pushed back by nearly a third.

Yemu returned to the Land of Iron after learning that most of the Shadow Organization’s fighters had died and Haku remained unconscious. He confronted the allied forces attacking the Capital City, and the chapter ended with him preparing a devastating attack as the enemy realized how powerful he was.

• Yemu learned from Zabuza that only about twenty of their hundred ninja had survived, Haku was unconscious, and Baki had lost an arm to Mu.
• Yemu went toward the Capital City, where Hidan and Cloud Ninja were attacking the Land of Iron’s samurai, and found Neji confronting Hidan.
• Yemu struck Hidan with a single punch, sending him crashing into a hillside, while Omoi recognized Yemu and ran to warn the Fourth Raikage.
• Yemu’s return terrified the allied jonin, but ten Cloud Ninja attacked him and were killed by his repulsive-force storm.
• Yemu gathered a white sphere of compressed repulsive force as the charging ninja realized that space around him was breaking.

Yemu returned and overpowered Hidan, ordering Neji to imprison him before turning toward the distant battlefield. At the Land of Iron border, Darui learned Yemu was alive and placed the rebel army on high alert as he prepared for his arrival.

• Hidan hypnotized himself into attacking Yemu, but Yemu shattered his scythe with one punch and beat him into submission.
• Yemu bound Hidan with a chakra chain and ordered Neji to lock him up until he had united the Shinobi World.
• Cloud Ninja soldiers reported to Darui that Yemu had appeared in the sky with golden eyes and silver-white chakra flames.
• Darui accepted that Yemu had returned, ordered his army to prepare for his arrival, and sent a subordinate to warn the Fourth Raikage.