Recaps

Ye Liang rescued Anko, became Team 7’s teacher, and disrupted plans involving the Three-Tails before seeking Sage Arts to increase his Chakra. After returning to Konoha during the Nine-Tails attack, he took the beast into himself and confronted the Masked Man, whom he identified as Uchiha Madara.

• Ye Liang rescued Anko from Orochimaru with Shinra Tensei, then settled in Konoha and repelled Danzo’s Anbu attack.
• Ye Liang became Team 7’s temporary teacher and led Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on missions, including the fight at Kannabi Bridge.
• Ye Liang traveled to the Land of Waves, uncovered Gato’s exploitation of the fishermen, and defeated Juzo Biwa, who revealed Kirigakure’s plans for Three-Tails experiments.
• Ye Liang suspected Uchiha Madara was targeting him, then sought Ryūchi Cave and trained in Sage Arts with the White Snake Sage for three years.
• Ye Liang returned to Konoha as Tobi attacked with the Nine-Tails, while Minato prepared to seal the beast and Anko reunited with Ye Liang.
• Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to begin sealing the Nine-Tails, and Ye Liang offered to become its vessel so Naruto could be spared.
• Kushina transferred the Nine-Tails into Ye Liang, who promised Minato to protect Kushina and Naruto before rescuing Hiruzen from the Masked Man.
• Ye Liang identified the Masked Man as Uchiha Madara, who removed his mask and revealed the Rinnegan.

Ye Liang protected the Uchiha, oversaw Konoha’s Chunin Exams, and uncovered a White Zetsu plot that left him near death. After recovering, he left Konoha and, five years later, took a bounty on Hanzō the Salamander before an Iwagakure Rogue Ninja attacked him.

• Ye Liang defeated Uchiha Madara, returned to Konoha as a Guest Elder, and accepted responsibility for Kushina while insisting he would not leave Otogakure.
• Ye Liang uncovered plots against him and Kushina, protected the Uchiha from Shimura Danzō, and helped the clan avoid a confrontation with Konoha.
• Ye Liang became chief examiner for the Chunin Exams, where Obito fought Kurotsuchi and Ye Liang confronted Yagura during a forest battle disrupted by swarming insects.
• Ye Liang exposed Ōnoki as White Zetsu and joined Mei Terumi in rescuing captured shinobi and students from Orochimaru’s former laboratory.
• Ye Liang used Night Guy against the White Zetsu, then collapsed and accepted the Nine-Tails’ help before his system removed the Nine-Tails’ presence from his body.
• After recovering, Ye Liang left Konoha when Anbu tried to assassinate him.
• Five years later, Ye Liang took the 100-million bounty for Hanzō the Salamander, and an Iwagakure Rogue Ninja attacked him outside the Assassination Tavern.

Ye Liang killed Hanzō, uncovered White Zetsu plots across several lands, and fought a false version of himself while seeking the mastermind. After destroying a vast White Zetsu army, he followed Fake Ye Liang into the sea, where both pursued the Time-Space Turtle.

• Ye Liang defeated Hanzō and uncovered his plan to sacrifice a thousand children, then agreed to help Kurotsuchi investigate Iwagakure’s strangely controlled residents.
• Ye Liang joined Kurotsuchi and Deidara in Iwagakure, where Kitsuchi revealed himself as a White Zetsu copy and Ye Liang’s attack left the village in ruins.
• Ye Liang traveled to the Land of Snow, helped Kazahana Koyuki pursue the throne, and entered the Sword Mound, where he defeated a White Zetsu double and claimed Demonic Blade Onikiri.
• Ye Liang and Uchiha Itachi explored the Land of Craftsmen ruins, destroyed Fake Ye Liang’s White Zetsu army, and encountered Orochimaru, who revealed his role in the experiments.
• Ye Liang, Uchiha Itachi, and Orochimaru fought a giant White Zetsu, which Ye Liang overwhelmed with Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Ye Liang followed Fake Ye Liang beneath the sea as they both pursued the Time-Space Turtle into a deep ravine.

Ye Liang was thrown into a parallel Naruto world, where he trained Team 7 and helped Nanako confront Hidden River Village’s conspirators and Obito. After returning to Konoha, he gained Hinata’s tutelage and led her and Team 7 into the Summoning World.

• Ye Liang escaped the Blood-Sucking Seaweed and Fake Ye Liang with help from the Golden Turtle, but a lightning Kirin sent him five years into the future and into a parallel Naruto world.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi spared Danzō at Ye Liang’s request, Ye Liang claimed to be Minato’s relative and joined Team 7 as their teacher.
• Ye Liang trained Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, then took Team 7 on a mission where they encountered Nanako and Chikado amid a struggle over the Land of Rivers.
• Ye Liang confronted Kurama An and his allies in Hidden River Village, killed Kurama An, and learned that Kirigakure had taken control of the Land of Rivers’ leaders.
• At the general’s residence, Ye Liang discovered Obito and Yagura’s plot, then killed Yagura after he awakened Isobu and battled Obito.
• Nagato rescued Obito through Kamui, while Ye Liang defeated Isobu and the Golden Turtle absorbed its chakra, and Nanako pointed Ye Liang toward the Land of Craftsmen’s ruins to open the treasure box.
• Back in Konoha, Ye Liang was mistaken for a missing Hyuga relative and agreed to teach Hinata after the clan offered him a position.
• Ye Liang began training Hinata with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, then transported the group into the Summoning Space and explained that they were heading to the Summoning World.