Recaps

Yechen uncovered the Scroll of Seals, then pursued Orochimaru and brought him under the Gods Alliance’s control after defeating Danzō. Back in Konoha, Yechen advanced his powers as Orochimaru resumed research, while White Zetsu appeared to approach him.

• Yechen secretly read the Scroll of Seals, severed Minato’s Flying Thunder God Mark, and escaped before Minato discovered the break-in.
• After Orochimaru escaped Konoha, Minato sent Yechen to intervene if Jiraiya failed to bring him back, and Yechen followed the two into the forest.
• Jiraiya fought Orochimaru and entered Sage Mode, but Orochimaru escaped the battle and headed toward the Land of Fire’s border.
• Yechen confronted Orochimaru, defeated the reanimated Danzō, and forced Orochimaru to submit after destroying his arms.
• Yechen used Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru, brought him into the Gods Alliance, and set rules for his research before returning him to Konoha.
• Yechen trained until his Mangekyō Sharingan became the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then learned Orochimaru had resumed research with equipment from Kakuzu.
• Yechen recognized that White Zetsu was following him and confronted him in a forest outside Konoha.

Yechen seized the Nine-Tails during Naruto’s birth, rescued Kushina, and persuaded Minato and Jiraiya to work with the Gods Alliance. Minato began reforming Konoha as Yechen helped unite three villages and prepared for further cultivation.

• Obito recruited Yechen to help capture Kushina, but Yechen refused to commit and later defeated Obito’s genjutsu with his own illusion technique.
• As Kushina gave birth, Obito attacked Konoha, kidnapped Naruto, and extracted the Nine-Tails, while Minato fought to protect his family and the village.
• Yechen restrained the Nine-Tails with Wood Release, took Kushina and the beast to the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, and brought Minato and Jiraiya there to negotiate.
• Yechen healed Kushina with the Immortal Essence Breath-of-Life Fruit and persuaded the Nine-Tails to become a summoned beast, then returned Naruto to Minato and Kushina.
• After Yechen showed Minato evidence of Konoha’s misconduct, Minato joined the Gods Alliance and began purging and reorganizing Konoha with support from Yechen, the Uchiha Clan, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
• Mei Terumi’s coup succeeded with the Gods Alliance’s backing, and Yechen obtained Isobu while considering how to acquire the remaining tailed beasts without harming their jinchūriki.
• Yechen proposed that the villages take control of their nations’ economies and offered to supply them at half the current price, prompting Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure to prepare a formal alliance.
• Yechen advanced his Wood Release and Flying Thunder God Technique as the three villages formed an unconditional alliance, opened most clan Ninjutsu to their shinobi, and grew with the Gods Alliance’s support.

Yechen advanced to the Immortal Shadow Realm, expanded the Gods Alliance, and brought Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, Obito, and Mount Myōboku into his plans. After visiting Ryūchi Cave to seek its allegiance, he left the Shinobi World’s unification still underway.

• After a year in seclusion, Yechen reached the limit of his basic attributes, reincarnated Ito Miyuki with Orochimaru’s help, and reunited with her in Konoha.
• Yechen proposed training gifted children as inner disciples, then opened the Gods Alliance assessment to young shinobi from Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure and negotiated for villages to contribute powerful recruits.
• Yechen and Orochimaru developed a method for transferring tailed beast factors, while the Gods Alliance spread through the Five Great Nations and the villages signed a treaty recognizing one another as equals.
• Yechen broke through to the middle Immortal Shadow Realm, evolved his Sharingan into the Five-Tomoe Rinnegan and his Byakugan into the Tenseigan, then emerged powerful enough to end thoughts of challenging him.
• Yechen confronted Nagato in Amegakure, exposed the cost of his Rinnegan, and persuaded Nagato and Konan to join the Gods Alliance after bringing Yahiko back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Yechen reunited Obito with Rin Nohara and had Obito agree to monitor Zetsu undercover while continuing to follow the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Yechen persuaded the Great Toad Sage to join the Gods Alliance and moved Mount Myōboku into the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace.
• Yechen and Orochimaru visited Ryūchi Cave, where Yechen subdued Garaga and challenged the snakes over their treatment of guests.

Yechen expanded the Gods Alliance, brought Tsunade and legendary shinobi into its ranks, and arranged Kaguya Otsutsuki’s revival to recruit her against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Kaguya rejected his offer and trapped the group in a collapsing dimension, leaving Yechen to find a way out.

• Yechen won the White Snake Sage’s approval, brought Ryūchi Cave into the Gods Alliance, and later recruited Tsunade to lead its medical academy.
• Yechen secured the Katsuyu Sage’s support, evolved the alliance’s summoned beasts, and spent more than half a year training before evolving Ito Miyuki.
• Yechen tested Black Zetsu’s loyalty, summoned Dan Katō and Nawaki for Tsunade, and brought Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, and Tobirama Senju back to life.
• Yechen defeated Madara, explained the Ōtsutsuki threat, and evolved Hashirama and Madara to immortal shadow level.
• Yechen had Madara raise the God Tree, then used Black Zetsu to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and joined the battle against her with the Three Great Sage Lands’ Sages.
• Kaguya rejected Yechen’s invitation to join his team, but Yechen stopped her Infinite Tsukuyomi and overwhelmed her with a series of attacks.
• Kaguya transported Yechen and the others into her Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb dimension and began collapsing it, while Yechen decided to break the dimension rather than risk the unstable escape passage.