Recaps

Meihui grew up alongside Naruto, became a genin with him and Sasuke, and led Team 7 through the Land of Waves mission. He saved Haku and Zabuza, began planning a village of his own, and turned his attention toward Kusagakure, where Orochimaru sensed an unexplained unease.

• Meihui and Naruto endured the villagers’ hostility, entered the Ninja Academy, and graduated after Naruto learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Meihui earned a perfect score.
• Meihui, Naruto, and Sasuke formed Team 7, passed Kakashi’s bell test together, and accepted a mission to protect Tazuna in the Land of Waves.
• Team 7 fought the Demon Brothers and Zabuza, then trained under Kakashi while Meihui secretly warned Haku about his and Zabuza’s fate.
• Haku trapped Meihui, Naruto, and Sasuke in the ice mirrors, and Naruto’s sacrifice helped Sasuke awaken his three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Meihui used Flying Thunder God to save Zabuza from Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and persuaded Zabuza and Haku to join his planned village.
• Team 7 returned to Konoha, and Meihui claimed his system rewards and began practicing Sealing Jutsu while Naruto and Sasuke trained.
• Meihui visited Haku and Zabuza, found them on a date, and left after their affectionate teasing made him uncomfortable.
• Meihui considered taking Kusagakure from Orochimaru to establish his village, while Orochimaru sensed an unexplained unease during an experiment.

Meihui and his teammates survive the Forest of Death, where Orochimaru marks Sasuke with a Cursed Seal that Meihui later suppresses. As the Chunin Exam preliminaries unfold, Meihui watches Naruto and Sasuke advance, then claims and eats the Perfect Ice-Ice Fruit before leaving for secluded training.

• Meihui encountered an Uchiha girl bathing in the forest, escaped her attacks, and was trapped in her Tsukuyomi before she released him.
• Meihui returned home, strengthened the seal on the Nine-Tails, and later trained Naruto and Sasuke before all three signed up for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Meihui intimidated the exam candidates, passed Ibiki Morino’s written test, and entered the Forest of Death with Naruto and Sasuke.
• Meihui and his teammates defeated Rain Ninja, helped Karin, and fought Orochimaru, who placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on Sasuke before fleeing.
• Meihui found Naruto injured by Dosu, Zaku Abumi, and Qin, drove them away, then sealed Sasuke’s Cursed Seal and led the group to the Central Tower.
• Meihui watched Sasuke defeat Akado Yoroi and defeated Dosu himself, while Naruto beat Kiba and Rock Lee lost to Gaara after opening the Eight Gates.
• Meihui left before Naruto’s match, claimed and ate the Perfect Ice-Ice Fruit, discovered he could create ice, and departed for secluded training using Flying Thunder God.

Meihui witnessed Orochimaru’s attack on Konoha, helped Tsunade overcome her fear and become Fifth Hokage, and failed to stop Sasuke from defecting. During training with Jiraiya, Meihui gained the Nine-Tails’ cooperation just as a mysterious presence began heading toward Earth.

• Orochimaru attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, summoned Hashirama and Tobirama, and ultimately sealed away Hiruzen’s arms before escaping Konoha.
• Meihui helped Gaara reconcile with Kankuro and Temari, and Tsunade returned to Konoha to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Itachi and Kisame came for Naruto, but Jiraiya forced them to retreat after Itachi trapped Kakashi in Tsukuyomi and used Amaterasu to escape.
• Tsunade overcame her fear of blood during the battle with Orochimaru, agreed to become Hokage, and gave Meihui her grandfather’s necklace.
• Sasuke left Konoha to seek power from Orochimaru, and Naruto failed to bring him back after fighting him at the Valley of the End.
• Meihui and Naruto set out with Jiraiya for a training journey, and Meihui later trained with the Nine-Tails until it shared its chakra with him.
• Meihui told Jiraiya that Konoha’s villagers had abused and excluded him and Naruto, and vowed to find those still hiding in the shadows.
• A nearly transparent figure sensed a bloodline connection on the moon and vanished through a rift toward Earth, frightening Otsutsuki Toneri and alarming Kaguya.

After surviving Ōtsutsuki Zero’s attack, Meihui reunited with Naruto and returned to Konoha, where the team fought the Akatsuki and lost the Three-Tails. As the Akatsuki captured more Tailed Beasts and Jiraiya went to investigate them, Sasuke began assembling a team of his own.

• Meihui asked Kurama for all its chakra to fight Ōtsutsuki Zero, but Zero pierced his heart and left him for dead as Naruto and Jiraiya escaped.
• Naruto trained under Jiraiya for three years, returned to Konoha, and joined Sakura in passing Kakashi’s bell test.
• Meihui’s system revived him, and Uchiha Shizuku cared for him through his recovery before he returned to the fight against Deidara and reunited with Naruto.
• Chiyo revived Gaara at the cost of her own life, and Meihui returned to Konoha with Naruto and later brought Shizuku back to the village.
• Meihui and Naruto joined Kakashi’s team against Kakuzu and Hidan, defeated Kakuzu with their combined Spiral Shuriken, and helped Shikamaru bury Hidan.
• Tsunade warned Meihui and Naruto that the Spiral Shuriken caused cellular damage, then appointed Meihui temporary captain for the mission to capture the Three-Tails.
• Obito and Deidara killed the Three-Tails and escaped, while the Akatsuki captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails and Jiraiya left to investigate them.
• Sasuke defeated Orochimaru, freed Suigetsu, and recruited Karin and Jūgo to join his team.