Recaps

Yemu returned to the Land of Iron border and overwhelmed Darui and the Land of Lightning forces with devastating Lightning Release attacks. As the surviving ninja fled, Yemu made clear that his reckoning had only begun.

• Yemu arrived above the battlefield, and Darui attacked him with Double Black Panther.
• Yemu stopped Darui’s lightning panthers with an invisible barrier and hurled Darui and his Shadow Clone away with Repulsive Force.
• Darui ordered the Land of Lightning ninja to attack, and they launched the Four Symbols: Thunderblast Wind Abyss Formation at Yemu.
• Yemu summoned a massive lightning blade and destroyed the allied forces’ frontline, killing many ninja and blasting a vast crater into the ground.
• Darui ordered a full retreat while Yemu watched the fleeing ninja and declared that the reckoning had only begun.

Yemu annihilated Darui’s forces at the Land of Iron’s border with his Lightning Release: Divine Punishment Judgment. After learning Yemu had returned and communications with Darui were lost, the Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to prepare defenses and retreat south to rendezvous with the Land of Earth.

• Yemu unleashed a storm of precise lightning strikes, routing the fleeing Cloud Ninja and leaving Darui’s forces in ruins.
• A messenger told the Fourth Raikage that Yemu had returned and Darui’s troops had been routed, while Samui reported that the front’s communications were cut off.
• The Fourth Raikage told Killer B that Yemu had once fought ten Akatsuki members and three Kage, and called him a monster beyond their level.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Samui to put the Land of Lightning on full alert, assemble its forces, and withdraw south to meet the Land of Earth.
• Killer B accepted the danger and said he would prepare for the coming fight.

Yemu destroyed Kumogakure by collapsing the mountain beneath it, deepening the Land of Lightning’s panic. The Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki agreed to secretly gather the other Kage in Iwagakure for a Shinobi World Restoration Conference.

• Yemu sensed the retreating groups across the Land of Lightning, then collapsed Kumogakure with a streak of lightning.
• The Fourth Raikage received news of Kumogakure’s destruction at a temporary command post while Killer B watched in grim silence.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived in Iwagakure with Samui, Killer B, and other Lightning Ninja to meet Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi.
• The Fourth Raikage told Ōnoki that Yemu had not pursued them because he considered them unworthy of hunting.
• The Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki chose Iwagakure for a secret summit, renamed it the Shinobi World Restoration Conference, and called for the other Kage to come quickly.

Tsunade chose Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki to accompany her to the Five Kage Summit in Iwagakure, where Konoha feared Yemu had returned. Yemu decided to attend the summit to declare war, while Hinata Hyuga caught him with Qingxue Uchiha and lunged at him.

• Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka suspected the Raikage’s summit invitation was a response to Yemu’s return, and Tsunade volunteered to lead Konoha’s delegation.
• Tsunade selected Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki as her guards, and Naruto resolved to prevent a war and persuade others not to treat Yemu as an enemy.
• Kakashi told Naruto the summit was connected to Yemu, and Naruto accepted the mission despite worrying that fear could lead the shinobi world into war.
• Qingxue Uchiha told Yemu that the summit was meant to discuss how to deal with him, and Yemu decided to attend and declare war.
• Hinata Hyuga entered Yemu’s room, found him with Qingxue, and lunged toward him in anger.

The Five Kage argued over whether Konoha was responsible for Yemu’s actions, but the dispute revealed that the Raikage had called the meeting to discuss stopping Yemu. Yemu arrived by destroying the conference hall’s roof and left the Kage stunned as he told them to carry on.

• Tsunade accused the Fourth Raikage of causing the shinobi world’s turmoil, and he blamed Konoha for allowing Yemu to act unchecked.
• Gaara realized the meeting was about dealing with Yemu, while Mei Terumi and Ōnoki challenged the Raikage’s motives and Tsunade defended Yemu.
• An Iwagakure shinobi announced that Yemu had arrived, silencing the Five Kage and alerting Naruto and Kakashi.
• Yemu burst through the conference hall’s roof in a blaze of golden chakra, and his presence frightened the assembled Kage and shinobi.
• Yemu told the gathered leaders to carry on, leaving them silent beneath the ruined roof.

At the Five Kage’s conference, Naruto confronted Yemu and tried to persuade him not to start another war. Yemu rejected Naruto’s plea and declared that the war would begin.

• Yemu’s presence silenced the Five Kage as he hovered above Iwagakure’s conference hall.
• Naruto stepped forward and asked Yemu whether he intended to start another war and take on the shinobi world.
• Yemu told Naruto he was only taking back what belonged to him, alarming the Kage.
• Naruto reminded Yemu of his past as a Konoha shinobi and argued that war would harm the vulnerable and could not bring peace.
• Yemu praised Naruto’s ideals, then declared that the war would begin, leaving Naruto stunned and the Kage on their feet.

At the Five Kage summit, Yemu condemned the Kage for their hypocrisy and declared that he would meet their Allied Shinobi Forces at the Land of Iron in one week. After effortlessly knocking the Fourth Raikage out of the hall, he threatened to destroy the hidden villages if they failed to appear, leaving Tsunade to ask how the Kage would respond.

• Yemu accused the Kage of hypocrisy for condemning his threat of war after they had attacked the Land of Iron.
• The Fourth Raikage charged at Yemu, who sent him crashing through the conference hall and into the street with a single counterattack.
• Yemu ordered the Kage to bring their Allied Shinobi Forces to the Land of Iron's border in one week and threatened their villages if they refused.
• Yemu departed as the Kage and shinobi fell silent, while Cloud Ninja rushed to help the injured Fourth Raikage.
• Tsunade asked the remaining Kage how they intended to respond.

The Five Kage agreed to unite against Yemu and meet at the Land of Iron’s border for a final battle. Three days before the attack, the Raikage and Ōnoki met with Akatsuki, Obito, and Orochimaru, who revealed a massive army and resurrected fighters to strengthen their alliance.

• Ōnoki accused Konoha of enabling Yemu, while Gaara urged the Kage to stop arguing and decide whether to face him at the Land of Iron’s border.
• Tsunade agreed that Konoha would join the war but refused to let its forces lead the charge against Yemu.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki met with Pain, Konan, Kakuzu, Obito Uchiha, and Orochimaru to coordinate their resistance.
• Obito revealed an army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu to ambush Yemu’s elite forces.
• Orochimaru announced that he had begun resurrecting six hundred elite warriors, including famous Kage and the Former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and had enhanced Madara Uchiha.

Naruto and his former comrades faced the return of Yemu as the Five Kage assembled an enormous army to fight him at the Land of Iron. Yemu effortlessly crushed the allied forces’ first assault, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Naruto vowed to confront Yemu himself and bring him back rather than give up on another comrade.
• Over a hundred thousand allied shinobi gathered at the Land of Iron, where the Five Kage prepared to fight Yemu and Naruto hoped to learn what Yemu had become.
• Yemu descended alone before the army, and his overwhelming presence frightened even veteran shinobi and caused the Fourth Raikage to hesitate.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the first column to attack, but Yemu defeated the charging shinobi with Taijutsu and scattered Temari’s Wind Release and Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• After routing most of the first column in minutes, Yemu called the allied forces too weak and warned them to prepare to die.

Yemu faced the allied army’s ultimate combined attacks and destroyed them with his golden chakra and repulsion. The defeated army fled or knelt beneath his power, leaving Yemu as the uncontested victor over the shinobi world.

• Ōnoki ordered the allied forces to unleash the Thousand Seals: Great God Sealing Destruction, forming a hundred-meter stone giant, while the Fourth Raikage rallied thousands of Cloud Ninja to create a lightning dragon.
• Yemu stopped the lightning dragon with a golden barrier and cut it in two with a slash of golden chakra.
• Ōnoki sent the stone giant to attack Yemu, but Yemu’s repulsive wave shattered the technique’s core and reduced the giant to rubble.
• Yemu mocked the allied army, breaking its morale as thousands of ninja fled, sobbed, or abandoned their armor.
• The four Kage and the allied ninja knelt in fear beneath Yemu’s golden Tenseigan, accepting that he could not be defeated.

The Allied Forces faltered as Yemu overwhelmed them, and Orochimaru revealed that his Impure World Reincarnation shinobi had been strengthened with Hashirama cells and White Zetsu vessels. The resurrected legends awakened and prepared to face Yemu, while Orochimaru watched from the battlefield.

• Kakashi Hatake questioned whether Naruto Uzumaki could still stop Yemu, and Naruto struggled to answer as he realized the gulf between them.
• Ōnoki learned that the Allied Forces had lost contact with the Akatsuki and told Kurotsuchi that they had no way back.
• Orochimaru told the Fourth Raikage that he had enhanced the reincarnated shinobi with Hashirama cells and White Zetsu vessels.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Kage, and other legendary shinobi emerged from their coffins, while Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu complained about being summoned again.
• Madara Uchiha greeted Hashirama Senju and looked forward to seeing Yemu defeat him, while Tobirama Senju realized they had been resurrected as tools for the war.
• Orochimaru watched the awakened shinobi and challenged Yemu to face the warriors of the Shinobi World's past.

The reincarnated shinobi powerhouses arrived to face Yemu, whose immense presence overwhelmed the battlefield. As Hashirama challenged Yemu’s rejection of peace and Madara provoked him, Kinkaku and Ginkaku prepared to fight, insisting they would never bow to one man.

• Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and other reincarnated powerhouses surveyed the ruined battlefield and recognized Yemu as the enemy.
• Madara Uchiha told Hashirama Senju that he had fought Yemu three years earlier, while Tobirama Senju connected Yemu to the masked man from Konoha’s internal conflict.
• Minato Namikaze spotted his son Naruto Uzumaki among Konoha’s forces.
• Yemu descended before the reincarnated shinobi and told the dead to return to where they came from.
• Hashirama Senju urged Yemu to use his power to protect others, but Yemu rejected Hashirama’s idea of peace and declared that the shinobi world needed true rule.
• Madara Uchiha challenged Hashirama Senju to respond to Yemu’s rejection of his ideals, while Kinkaku and Ginkaku vowed not to bow to Yemu.

Yemu faced the resurrected legendary warriors as the Konoha group watched from the sidelines. He effortlessly crushed their coordinated assault and destroyed Tobirama, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Tsunade warned the Konoha group not to interfere, while Kakashi asked Naruto whether he still intended to stop Yemu.
• Danzo realized he had been revived and blamed Hiruzen for the disaster, then found no sign of him.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and the Third Raikage launched a three-sided attack on Yemu.
• Yemu seized Tobirama, blasted the Third Raikage into a crater, and crushed Hashirama's flowering trees with repulsive force.
• Yemu shattered Tobirama into ash as Hashirama cried out and Madara watched with interest.

Yemu repelled the resurrected shinobi’s combined ninjutsu and revealed his strongest armored form, leaving the battlefield’s fighters terrified and Madara and Hashirama agreeing to fight together. He summoned the Silver Dragon Battle Blade and declared that the real battle was about to begin.

• Orochimaru ordered the resurrected shinobi to attack Yemu with everything they had and wear him down.
• Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Third Raikage, the Second Mizukage, and Mu unleashed powerful ninjutsu against Yemu.
• Yemu raised a golden barrier that repelled or absorbed the attacks, then released a towering surge of chakra and emerged in silver-white battle armor.
• Madara Uchiha urged Hashirama Senju to join forces, and Hashirama agreed that Yemu was beyond what either could face alone.
• Yemu shattered space and summoned the Silver Dragon Battle Blade as Danzo, Naruto, and Kakashi Hatake watched in fear and awe.
• Yemu declared that the real war was beginning and challenged the gathered fighters to dance.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha joined forces to attack Yemu, but he overwhelmed their strongest techniques with his Silver Dragon World-Ending Slash. The battlefield was left in stunned silence as Yemu’s power surpassed anything the shinobi could imagine.

• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wooden Giant, and Madara Uchiha wrapped it in Perfect Susanoo to form their combined warrior.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God against Yemu, but Yemu shattered every sealing gate with a single slash.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Perfect Susanoo: Cross Slash while Hashirama Senju summoned the Thousand-Armed Buddha to strike Yemu.
• Yemu released Silver Dragon World-Ending Slash, destroying the Thousand-Armed Buddha and splitting Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo as both men fell to the ground.
• Yemu descended onto the battlefield and declared their partnership amounted to nothing, while the allied shinobi stood frozen in fear.

Yemu’s overwhelming defeat of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha terrified the Allied Forces, prompting Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu to urge Ōnoki and Mei Terumi to retreat. Obito Uchiha then revealed a hundred thousand White Zetsu and sent them charging toward Yemu, while Naruto Uzumaki and Tsunade remained confident he could handle them.

• Yemu’s silver dragon slash shattered Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s attacks, leaving Orochimaru, Sasuke Uchiha, and the Allied Forces stunned.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku decided not to fight Yemu, while the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki feared his attack could wipe out the Allied Forces.
• Mu appeared before Ōnoki and urged him to withdraw Iwagakure, warning that Yemu was beyond the Allied Forces’ power.
• Hozuki Gengetsu told Mei Terumi to pull Kirigakure out of the battle, warning that continued fighting would destroy the village.
• Obito Uchiha appeared and revealed an army of a hundred thousand White Zetsu, which poured out of hiding and charged toward Yemu.
• Kakashi Hatake worried about the danger to the Land of Iron, but Naruto Uzumaki and Tsunade believed Yemu could defeat the White Zetsu.

Yemu annihilated the advancing White Zetsu army with a single attack, leaving Obito Uchiha shaken. Madara Uchiha released Impure World Reincarnation and headed for Nagato to return to life, while Obito Uchiha secretly resolved to prevent him from doing so for now.

• Yemu arrived above the Land of Iron and destroyed the hundred thousand White Zetsu, renewing the samurai's fighting spirit and shocking Obito Uchiha.
• The Fourth Raikage reacted to Yemu's overwhelming power, while Hashirama Senju urged Madara Uchiha to stop him.
• Madara Uchiha released Impure World Reincarnation and announced he would return to life to fight Yemu with his true body.
• Madara Uchiha's Susanoo carried him toward the rear of the Land of Iron to find Nagato and have him use Rinne Rebirth.
• Obito Uchiha received Madara Uchiha's instructions but secretly decided to stop his resurrection for now.

Obito Uchiha revealed himself to Kakashi Hatake and confessed that he caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage, killing Naruto Uzumaki’s parents. After declaring his intention to destroy Konoha, Obito used Kamui to pull Kakashi into another dimension for a one-on-one fight.

• Obito Uchiha appeared at the Allied Shinobi Forces Camp and removed his mask, revealing himself to Kakashi Hatake.
• Obito told Naruto Uzumaki that he had caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage and killed Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto and the Konoha ninja reacted with shock and anger as Obito mocked Minato and admitted he did not regret his actions.
• Obito declared that he would destroy Konoha, and Tsunade ordered the ninja to take him down.
• Obito used Kamui to pull Kakashi into his dimension, leaving the other Konoha ninja stunned by Naruto's parentage.

Madara Uchiha attacked Nagato and demanded that he use Rinne Rebirth to restore Madara to life, while Akatsuki learned Nagato was their true leader. Nagato fought Madara’s control and began breaking free, but his chakra surged violently as his mechanical supports shattered.

• Madara Uchiha arrived at the Land of Iron battle in a Perfect Susanoo and found Nagato’s hiding place by slicing through the mountain.
• Madara demanded that Nagato use Rinne Rebirth to bring him fully back to life, but Nagato refused and Konan attacked Madara unsuccessfully.
• Konan revealed that Nagato was Akatsuki’s true leader and the Six Paths of Pain were extensions of his will; Kisame attacked Madara and was hurled into a mountainside.
• Madara’s control forced Nagato to form the hand seals for Rinne Rebirth, while Nagato struggled to resist and Konan urged him to remember Yahiko and their vow.
• Nagato’s memories began loosening Madara’s hold, and his body convulsed as his chakra flared and his mechanical supports shattered.

Nagato sacrificed himself to resurrect Madara Uchiha, who then turned on the Akatsuki and overwhelmed its members. Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga left the battlefield prepared to fight, while Madara faced Sasori’s puppets and promised to prove Fire Release could kill shinobi.

• Nagato used Rinne Rebirth to fully resurrect Madara Uchiha, then collapsed and lost consciousness as Konan grieved beside him.
• Madara’s Rinnegan shattered after his resurrection, and he began slaughtering the Akatsuki members attacking him.
• Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga watched from the Land of Iron’s border, recalled the Akatsuki’s attacks on their allies, and left to prepare for the battle ahead.
• Hidan and Kakuzu attacked Madara together, but he trapped them in Chibaku Tensei and dismissed Hidan’s claim of immortality.
• Sasori summoned the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets, and Madara prepared to demonstrate that Fire Release could kill shinobi.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Akatsuki, took back his Rinnegan, and set off for the Land of Iron, where the allied shinobi forces’ Tailed Beast Bombs failed to hurt Yemu. Kakashi and his allies fought Obito, who escaped and decided to wait for Madara and Yemu to weaken each other.

• Madara Uchiha defeated Kakuzu, Sasori, and Hidan, then gouged a Rinnegan from Nagato and implanted it in himself.
• Madara Uchiha declared that his plan could no longer be stopped and headed toward the Land of Iron.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the allied forces and tailed beasts to fire five Tailed Beast Bombs at Yemu, but the attacks left him unharmed.
• Yemu confronted Hashirama Senju as the allied forces and tailed beasts watched him from below.
• Kakashi Hatake emerged from the Kamui Dimension after piercing Obito Uchiha with Lightning Blade, but Obito fought back and escaped using Kamui.
• Obito Uchiha watched Yemu face the tailed beast alliance and resolved to wait for Madara Uchiha and Yemu to weaken each other.

Yemu declared that the Shinobi World would have only one voice, while Madara Uchiha absorbed Hashirama Senju’s senjutsu chakra and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The statue bound the tailed beasts and began draining their chakra as Yemu watched the escalating conflict.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju admitted they could not defeat Yemu, and Madara Uchiha offered a remaining plan that required Hashirama’s chakra.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to help Madara Uchiha, who drove Tobirama back and absorbed Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra to increase his power.
• Yemu declared that the Shinobi World would have only one voice—his—while Sasuke Uchiha sensed that Naruto Uzumaki had received the Sage of Six Paths’ power.
• Madara Uchiha used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to bind the tailed beasts with chakra chains and drain their power.
• The tailed beasts struggled against the statue’s chains as Hashirama Senju watched Madara’s plan unfold and Yemu observed from above.

Madara Uchiha began using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract the tailed beasts while Yemu refused to intervene. Naruto broke free of the statue’s chains and challenged Madara, as the Konoha shinobi rushed to protect him.

• Obito watched Madara summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Black Zetsu feared that Yemu could defeat Kaguya if she were revived.
• Madara’s chains pierced Naruto and began dragging him toward the statue, but Naruto used a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to sever them and escape.
• Naruto demanded that Yemu stop Madara, but Yemu said Naruto first needed to decide whether Yemu was an enemy.
• Naruto resolved to protect Kurama and the tailed beasts, then launched Rasenshuriken at Madara as Madara mocked his ideals and renewed the attack.
• The allied shinobi hesitated over whether to oppose Madara, but Konoha’s fighters charged to protect Naruto, and Minato Namikaze raced toward the battlefield with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Madara Uchiha absorbed the Eight-Tails, the Seven-Tails, and Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra as the Allied Shinobi Forces failed to stop him. Minato Namikaze rescued Naruto, while Madara prepared to evolve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails and challenged Yemu to watch.

• Madara Uchiha drained the Eight-Tails and Seven-Tails, and Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to attack him.
• Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy charged Madara, but his five Shadow Clones unleashed devastating Fire and Wood Release attacks that overwhelmed the battlefield.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path extracted Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra, leaving him limp and seemingly near death.
• Minato Namikaze broke free of Impure World Reincarnation’s control, carried Naruto away with Flying Thunder God, and escaped the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed Naruto’s escape and focused on Yemu as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path prepared to evolve into the God Tree.

Minato revived Naruto by transferring his remaining Nine-Tails chakra, while Yemu devastated the Ten-Tails and Madara absorbed it to become a Six Paths-level being. The Sage of Six Paths revealed that Naruto and Sasuke were the only ones who could seal Yemu, leaving Naruto determined to find Sasuke and stop Yemu.

• Sakura and Tsunade treated Naruto as his heartbeat and chakra faded, and Minato transferred his Nine-Tails chakra to revive him.
• The Ten-Tails awakened and attacked Yemu, who split its Tailed Beast Bomb and badly wounded the beast with his Silver Dragon: Sky-Rending Slash.
• Madara absorbed the damaged Ten-Tails and transformed into a Six Paths-level being as Obito and Orochimaru watched.
• Obito refused Orochimaru's suggestion that he abandon his humanity, while Orochimaru wondered whether Sasuke had chosen a side after transplanting Itachi's eyes.
• Minato's chakra helped Naruto recover, and the Sage of Six Paths told him that Sasuke had accepted power but disappeared, and that only Naruto and Sasuke could seal Yemu.
• Naruto gained the Sage's sun mark, rose with a chakra cloak, and vowed to stop Yemu and change Sasuke's mind.