Recaps

Hatake Ziyan forced the shinobi leaders to accept his terms, then trained in Ryūchi Cave and acquired the Chaos Immortal Stone from Hoshigakure. After discovering rare materials for an Immortal Sword, he sent Hatake Yuichi to retrieve items from Konoha, where Sakumo recognized that Yuichi’s stated purpose was not the whole story.

• Hatake Ziyan stopped the tailed-beast sealing, confronted the Allied Shinobi Forces, and forced the leaders to accept his conditions before leaving for the Land of Iron with Orochimaru and several followers.
• After Minato Namikaze resigned as Hokage and Tsunade took the position, Hatake Ziyan went to Ryūchi Cave to cultivate, where his natural-energy vortex alarmed the White Snake Sage and Orochimaru.
• Hatake Ziyan ended his Ryūchi Cave training and chose to remain in the world, then sent Hatake Yuichi to retrieve a special stone from Hoshigakure.
• Hatake Yuichi allied with Natsuhiboshi, helped defeat Akahoshi and his men, and took the meteorite in exchange for helping end the rebellion.
• Hatake Ziyan uncovered the Chaos Immortal Stone inside the meteorite’s casing and cultivated with it until he began draining its energy faster than it could replenish.
• Hatake Ziyan searched for rare ores and learned that the Sage of Six Paths’ tablet, Kubikiribōchō, and Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword contained materials for an Immortal Sword.
• Hatake Ziyan sent Hatake Yuichi to steal the tablet from the Uchiha Clan’s Naka Shrine and retrieve Kubikiribōchō, but Yuichi met Kakashi and Sakumo in Konoha, where Sakumo’s test revealed Yuichi’s explanation was suspect.

The Akatsuki captured the Eight-Tails and nearly seized Kushina, prompting the Five Great Shinobi Villages to unite against Nagato and Madara. After Ziyan refused to help unless the villages came to him in person, the Kage tried to apologize as Madara attacked them with falling meteorites.

• Hatake Ziyan forged a black sword from the Three-Star Stone and spent three years cultivating while the Akatsuki gathered the tailed beasts.
• Nagato captured the Eight-Tails, and Kakashi's team fought Akatsuki members as Jiraiya investigated Nagato and sent Konoha a warning before his fate became unknown.
• Uchiha Shin lured Minato and Kushina into a trap, and Nagato's forces captured Kushina and extracted half the Nine-Tails' chakra before Sakumo and the allied shinobi reached her.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages advanced on Amegakure, where Nagato joined forces with Kabuto and Madara was revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Tsunade sent Minato and Sakumo to ask Ziyan for help, but Ziyan refused unless the Kage came to him in person.
• Ziyan gave Sakumo a Jade Talisman and sent him and Minato back, then killed Kitsuchi when the Allied Shinobi Forces complained that he should accept their apology.
• Tsunade persuaded the Kage to apologize to Ziyan through his sword, but Madara interrupted Gaara and summoned a series of enormous meteorites against the Alliance.

Hatake Ziyan stopped Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi, defeated Kaguya, and made her his subordinate before confronting Kara and Isshiki. After years of cultivation, Ziyan reached the Heavenly Immortal realm just as Kaguya fought Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and he arrived to intervene.

• Madara Uchiha became Six Paths Madara, but Hatake Ziyan destroyed the falling meteors and accepted the Five Kage’s apology and offer to unite their villages under his leadership.
• Hatake Ziyan protected people from Infinite Tsukuyomi, defeated Madara, exposed Black Zetsu’s manipulation, and destroyed Black Zetsu, but Kaguya Ōtsutsuki revived.
• Hatake Ziyan fought Kaguya, learned about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, then subdued her with a Soul Restriction and ordered her to dispel Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hatake Ziyan warned the Five Kage about future Ōtsutsuki threats, returned to the Land of Iron with Kaguya, and later attacked Kara as Isshiki neared reincarnation.
• Hatake Ziyan killed Kara’s fighters and defeated Isshiki, whom Kaguya devoured to gain his abilities, then freed Jiraiya from a metal pod and began secluded cultivation.
• After three more years, Kaguya confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, trapped Momoshiki, and devoured Kinshiki to increase her strength.
• Hatake Ziyan completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm and arrived in Kaguya’s alternate dimension, catching Momoshiki’s Red Long Blade as he attacked her.