Recaps

Uchiha Itachi sealed Orochimaru and defeated Sasuke Uchiha, then collapsed after tapping Sasuke on the forehead. Obito Uchiha arrived to take the brothers, but Inori Yuzuriha confronted him while Lin Guang and his companions prepared to intervene.

• Uchiha Itachi used Susanoo's Totsuka Blade to seal Orochimaru and the Eight-Headed White Snake, though a small white snake escaped.
• Uchiha Itachi's illness weakened him, but Susanoo blocked Sasuke Uchiha's explosive tags and sword attack as he advanced.
• Lin Guang sensed Obito Uchiha arriving with Black Zetsu, and Black Zetsu left to search for Lin Guang while Obito Uchiha moved toward the brothers.
• Uchiha Itachi tapped Sasuke Uchiha on the forehead and collapsed beside him as Susanoo vanished and Amaterasu burned the escaped white snake.
• Obito Uchiha tried to take Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha, but Inori Yuzuriha shot at him and warned him not to interfere.

Lin Guang and Inori Yuzuriha escaped Obito Uchiha after Mana Ouma briefly fought him, while Tamayo and Lin Guang saved Uchiha Itachi. Itachi woke up healed, and Lin Guang asked whether he still wanted to die.

• Obito Uchiha tried to capture Inori Yuzuriha after Uchiha Itachi vanished, but her bullets and Mana Ouma's crystal attacks failed to stop him.
• Lin Guang summoned a wooden door and called Mana Ouma back, allowing Inori Yuzuriha to escape while Obito Uchiha realized Lin Guang used space-time ninjutsu.
• Tamayo used Sacred Recovery to preserve Uchiha Itachi's dwindling vitality and told Lin Guang that Itachi's will to die was too strong for her healing to overcome.
• Lin Guang healed Uchiha Itachi's injuries and restored his sight with the Horse Talisman, then Uchiha Itachi woke up.
• Lin Guang welcomed Uchiha Itachi back and asked whether he still wanted to die.

Lin Guang healed Uchiha Itachi, whose Sharingan evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and privately told him that the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet might have been altered to conceal a conspiracy. Itachi asked Lin Guang what he intended to do, leaving their plans unresolved.

• Lin Guang restored Uchiha Itachi’s health and eyesight, and Itachi discovered that his Sharingan had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Lin Guang moved Itachi and himself to a private space and explained that he had saved Itachi partly out of respect for his loyalty to Konoha and concern for his younger brother.
• Lin Guang claimed he had found signs that someone had altered the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet and concealed information about the Sharingan and the clan’s salvation.
• Uchiha Itachi considered Lin Guang’s claims and asked what his goal was and what he intended to do.

Lin Guang sent Uchiha Itachi to investigate who was manipulating events around the Uchiha Clan and the tailed beasts, while warning him that the Akatsuki might be involved. Half a month later, Itachi reported that the Akatsuki planned to attack Konoha and capture Naruto, leaving Lin Guang to consider what to do next.

• Lin Guang explained that he wanted to investigate the conspiracy behind the Uchiha Clan and asked Uchiha Itachi to look into it secretly; Itachi agreed, with the condition that he would intervene if Sasuke were threatened.
• Lin Guang gave Itachi a Fox Mask and cloak, then sent him through a wooden door to a desert in the Land of Wind to investigate the Akatsuki.
• Inori Yuzuriha, Tamayo, and Kanae Kocho discussed the danger of the mastermind with Lin Guang and promised to fight alongside him.
• Half a month later, Uchiha Itachi told Lin Guang that the Akatsuki might attack Konoha to seize Naruto.
• Itachi explained that he had disguised himself with a genjutsu and had learned of Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan awakening and his fight with Killer B, the Eight-Tails.

Lin Guang confirmed that Yugito Nii and Matatabi had survived, then returned to Konoha as Pain launched an attack on the village. Pain killed patrol ninja Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō, leaving them unable to warn the village.

• Lin Guang learned from Uchiha Itachi that Sasuke had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and fought Killer B, then returned to Kumogakure to check on the jinchūriki.
• Lin Guang found Yugito Nii hiding with Matatabi and confirmed that she and Killer B had survived before departing through a spatial doorway.
• Pain appeared on the outskirts of Konoha and repelled Hyūga Jō's attack.
• Satō Maji attacked Pain with his sword, but Pain broke the blade and pierced his heart with a black rod.
• Hyūga Jō charged Pain in grief, but Pain repelled him and killed him with another black rod.

Pain and the Six Paths invaded Konoha to capture Naruto Uzumaki, spreading destruction while searching for his location. Mitsuri Kanroji recognized Pain from a previous battle and asked Iruka to let her join the fight.

• Deva Path Pain divided the Six Paths into diversion and search groups, then sent Animal Path into Konoha to summon the others.
• Asura Path Pain and Animal Path Pain attacked the village while Preta Path Pain absorbed ninjutsu, and the search group questioned and killed Konoha ninja for information about Naruto Uzumaki.
• Shinobu Kocho left Lin Guang's laboratory and flew toward the destruction to defend Konoha.
• Mitsuri Kanroji destroyed a centipede summoned by Animal Path Pain and helped Sakura Haruno protect and heal a fallen child.
• Mitsuri Kanroji identified Pain to Iruka and asked to join him in fighting the attackers.

As Akatsuki attacked Konoha, Tsunade ordered Naruto and Jiraiya summoned, but confronted the elders when they tried to keep Naruto at Mount Myōboku. She defended Naruto as a ninja who could protect the village, and Lin Guang arrived as she finished speaking.

• Mitsuri Kanroji joined Iruka to help in the damaged area while Sakura headed to the hospital.
• Tsunade learned that Akatsuki forces had entered Konoha and ordered an emergency alarm and Naruto and Jiraiya summoned.
• Danzo told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Pain was leading the attack and Naruto was the target.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu urged Tsunade to leave Naruto at Mount Myōboku, but Tsunade rebuked them and said Konoha had to trust its children.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu left the Hokage Office, and Lin Guang appeared behind Shizune and praised Tsunade's words.

Lin Guang returned to Konoha as Pain’s assault continued and Tsunade assigned him to hold off the Six Paths of Pain. Shinobu Kocho defeated Preta Path Pain with her poison, prompting Deva Path Pain to seek Naruto Uzumaki.

• Lin Guang met Tsunade in the Hokage Office, where she ordered him to hold off the Six Paths of Pain and protect Konoha.
• Lin Guang sent word through the Communicating Frog that Naruto should focus on his training and Jiraiya should hurry to the village.
• After Lin Guang left, Danzo emerged from hiding and wondered whether Lin Guang had mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Shinobu Kocho lured Preta Path Pain into her Poison Cloud and defeated him with venomous Poison Butterflies.
• Shinobu Kocho warned the Konoha ninja not to touch Preta Path Pain, while Deva Path Pain noticed the loss of contact and decided to find Naruto Uzumaki.

Deva Path Pain attacked Konoha while searching for Naruto Uzumaki, but Lin Guang joined Kakashi and the other defenders and helped stop Pain's Paths. When Pain abandoned his search, he rose into the sky to unleash a devastating attack on the village.

• Deva Path Pain demanded that Iruka reveal Naruto Uzumaki's location, but Kakashi intercepted Pain's attack and told Iruka to escape with a wounded person.
• Lin Guang left Tsunade to treat the wounded and used a spatial portal to reach Kakashi as Deva Path Pain pulled him toward Asura Path Pain's blade.
• Kakashi used a lightning clone to evade the blade, and Choji Akimichi and Choza Akimichi arrived to assist while Lin Guang pinned Asura Path Pain with an ice spike.
• Lin Guang and Kakashi protected the gathered ninja from Deva Path Pain's repulsive attack and explained the five-second interval in his attraction-and-repulsion technique.
• Deva Path Pain gave up searching for Naruto Uzumaki, flew into the sky, and declared that Konoha would accept pain as Lin Guang prepared Flying Star Ice Blade.

Lin Guang froze Deva Path Pain’s Super Shinra Tensei, limiting the destruction of Konoha, and reunited with Jiraiya and Naruto as they arrived in Sage Mode. He transported all Six Paths of Pain to a barren mountain, where the fight could begin away from the village.

• Lin Guang warned Kakashi to evacuate the villagers, while Animal Path summoned the Six Paths of Pain and Konan outside Konoha as Nagato prepared his ultimate technique.
• Lin Guang brought Mitsuri Kanroji, Inori Yuzuriha, and Arisa Shūkyōin to safety, then used Space Freeze against Deva Path Pain’s Super Shinra Tensei.
• The clash shattered the space above Konoha and leveled much of the village, but Tsunade’s Katsuyu protected people in the center.
• Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki arrived in Sage Mode, and Lin Guang brought Inori to join them as Deva Path Pain confronted Naruto.
• Konan dispersed her Paper Clone after Nagato’s other Paths were restored, and Animal Path summoned all six Pains together.
• Lin Guang used the Space Stone to transport everyone to a barren mountain far from Konoha, preparing to fight the Six Paths of Pain.

Lin Guang and his allies launched a coordinated attack on the Six Paths of Pain after Lin Guang unleashed Ice Age. Mana Ouma defeated Human Path Pain with the Apocalypse Virus, while the remaining fighters continued battling the other Paths.

• Lin Guang used Ice Release: Ice Age, freezing the battlefield and slowing the Six Paths of Pain.
• Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki attacked Pain with Sage Art Rasengans as Animal Path Pain summoned beasts, which the toad brothers, Jiraiya, and Naruto defeated.
• Inori Yuzuriha and Mitsuri Kanroji emerged to fight Human Path Pain and Animal Path Pain, while Lin Guang pinned Asura Path Pain with an ice spike.
• Naraka Path Pain blocked Jiraiya's attack with Enma as Preta Path Pain absorbed Naruto Uzumaki's Rasengan.
• Mana Ouma took control inside Inori Yuzuriha, infected Human Path Pain with the Apocalypse Virus, and crystallized his body, knocking out his Black Rods.

Lin Guang and his allies defeated several of Pain’s bodies while Deva Path Pain debated justice and peace with Lin Guang, Jiraiya, and Naruto. Pain revealed his plan to use the tailed beasts to create a devastating weapon, and Lin Guang and Naruto rejected the peace he hoped to impose through fear.

• Mana Ouma withdrew after Lin Guang reminded her of their previous encounter, and Deva Path Pain attacked the weakened Inori Yuzuriha, who escaped through a wooden door.
• Mitsuri Kanroji defeated Animal Path Pain with a punch and returned to Lin Guang, who praised her before she fainted from embarrassment.
• Deva Path Pain noted that Asura Path, Animal Path, and Human Path had been defeated and said Lin Guang’s companions had surprised him.
• Pain described how wars between great nations had devastated smaller countries and asked Lin Guang and Naruto how they would confront hatred to create peace.
• Lin Guang argued that absolute peace was impossible and warned that a world of dreams would mean the real world’s destruction.
• Pain revealed his plan to use the tailed beasts to make a weapon capable of destroying a nation and suppressing war, while Naruto and Lin Guang called that peace false.

Lin Guang challenged Nagato’s plan for peace and began fighting Deva Path Pain while Naruto and Jiraiya engaged the other Paths. Lin Guang froze Pain’s water attack, but Pain’s Planetary Devastation began as the battle continued.

• Lin Guang argued that using the Tailed Beast Weapon would fuel ambition and could end with humanity destroyed, making Nagato reconsider a weakness in his plan.
• Nagato acknowledged Lin Guang’s warning but said he would eliminate ambitious people after obtaining the Nine-Tails, then resumed the fight.
• Lin Guang used Hyōrinmaru to send an ice dragon at Deva Path Pain, while Naruto and Jiraiya charged at Preta Path Pain and Naraka Path Pain.
• Lin Guang attacked Pain with repeated ice dragon pillars and an ice prison, then used the Space Stone to intercept him and freeze his Black Rods.
• Pain summoned a river with Water Release, Lin Guang froze it with Ice Age, and Pain launched Planetary Devastation.

Lin Guang used his Perfect Susanoo to break free of Nagato's Planetary Devastation and struck it down, leaving Deva Path Pain defeated. After Jiraiya and Naruto dealt with Naraka Path Pain and Preta Path Pain, Naruto regained his resolve and prepared to track Nagato, but was unsure how to sense his location.

• Lin Guang formed his Perfect Susanoo, escaped Planetary Devastation, and cut through the black sphere with Hyōrinmaru.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima attacked Naraka Path Pain with Sage Art: Goemon while Naruto Uzumaki kept Preta Path Pain from intervening.
• Jiraiya's flames engulfed Naraka Path Pain, and Naruto Uzumaki knocked Preta Path Pain down.
• Jiraiya reminded Naruto Uzumaki that Lin Guang and their friends believed he could change the Shinobi World, restoring Naruto's resolve to become Hokage.
• Naruto Uzumaki used a prepared summoning array to return in Sage Mode, then wondered how to sense Nagato's location.

Jiraiya and Naruto used the Black Rods to trace Nagato’s chakra, and Naruto set off to confront him while Jiraiya returned to Konoha. Lin Guang returned to the village and spoke with Isobu about visiting Kurama.

• Jiraiya realized the Black Rods on the Pains could carry Nagato’s chakra and showed Naruto how to trace it with Sage Mode.
• Naruto sensed Nagato’s location, and Jiraiya encouraged him to go convince his former student while Jiraiya headed back to Konoha.
• Nagato felt someone sensing him after the last Pain was defeated and wondered whether Lin Guang or Jiraiya had found him.
• Lin Guang removed the Black Rods from Deva Path Pain and reflected that Naruto was likely already tracking Nagato.
• Lin Guang returned to Konoha, where Inori Yuzuriha and Mitsuri Kanroji emerged with Pikachu and Isobu; Isobu agreed to visit Kurama.

Lin Guang returned to Konoha after defeating Pain and encountered Isobu, Mitsuri Kanroji, and Tsunade amid the village’s rescue efforts. Tsunade confronted him about their bet and told him to stay in the village, while praising the women who had helped save villagers.

• Isobu agreed to visit Konoha, and Lin Guang teased him about wanting to see whether Kurama was still acting tough.
• Katsuyu praised Lin Guang for subduing the Three-Tails, while Mitsuri mistook Isobu for Lin Guang’s pet and joked about making turtle soup.
• Isobu claimed he could perform tricks to avoid being eaten, and Mitsuri called him Little Isobu after he demonstrated a rolling trick.
• Tsunade stopped Isobu, asked Lin Guang whether Pain had been dealt with, and learned that Lin Guang had returned ahead of Naruto and the others.
• Tsunade scolded Lin Guang for disappearing during their bet, told him to stay in the village, and praised the women who had helped treat and rescue Konoha’s villagers.

Lin Guang explained that Nagato had used the Rinnegan’s resurrection technique to restore Konoha’s dead, dying in the process. After Konan chose to carry on Yahiko and Nagato’s dream alongside Naruto, Lin Guang asked to speak with her, but she refused.

• Lin Guang told Tsunade that Naruto had persuaded Nagato to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, which resurrected Konoha’s dead.
• Lin Guang left Tsunade to oversee the village and traveled to Naruto, Nagato, and Konan, where he found Nagato dead.
• Konan recovered Yahiko’s body and told Naruto she would leave the Akatsuki and help Amegakure pursue Yahiko and Nagato’s dream through him.
• Konan gave Naruto a bouquet of paper flowers and wished that he would become a flower of hope that never withered.
• Lin Guang asked Konan to speak with him, but she refused and told him to return to his resurrected friends in Konoha.

Lin Guang warned Konan that Tobi might pursue Nagato’s Rinnegan after the failed operation, then returned to Konoha as the village celebrated Naruto and his role in saving it. Jiraiya told Tsunade he would stay in the village, while Tsunade redirected the crowd to help the injured.

• Lin Guang told Konan that Tobi had influenced Nagato’s plan and warned her that he might come after Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Konan returned to Amegakure with Nagato’s and Yahiko’s bodies and resolved to prepare for Tobi and Lin Guang’s Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Lin Guang returned to Konoha and watched the villagers celebrate Naruto before they recognized Lin Guang and carried him into the crowd.
• Jiraiya revealed himself among the villagers, and Tsunade asked whether he would leave Konoha again.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he would stay and rest in the village, and Tsunade ordered the crowd to help Konoha’s injured.

After Konoha finished rebuilding, Naruto Uzumaki gained the village’s recognition and Lin Guang became famous across the Shinobi World. Lin Guang unlocked ten abilities and discovered that Ice Breathing and Sun Breathing had merged with Water Breathing into Yin-Yang Breathing Style, while he considered how to stop the coming war.

• Tsunade praised Lin Guang and Naruto Uzumaki for their role in protecting Konoha, then assigned Naruto to help rebuild the village.
• Over the following months, Konoha was rebuilt, Naruto Uzumaki won the village’s recognition, and Lin Guang’s fame spread across the Shinobi World.
• The system offered Lin Guang ten ability unlocks, and he reviewed his abilities while thinking about the events leading to the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Lin Guang learned that he could only obtain Treasure Chests by defeating hostile factions during wartime and considered targeting Kabuto and Obito Uchiha.
• Lin Guang unlocked ten abilities, and Ice Breathing and Sun Breathing merged with Water Breathing to become the advanced unique skill Yin-Yang Breathing Style.

Lin Guang discovered that his fused Yin-Yang Breathing Style kept his body and emotions balanced, while the great villages learned of Konoha’s victory over Pain. The chapter ended with the Fourth Raikage calling for a summit of the five Kage.

• Lin Guang understood why his Breathing Styles had fused and found that Yin-Yang Breathing kept him calm and balanced.
• Kankuro reported Konoha’s victory over Pain to Gaara, who ordered him to keep investigating the Akatsuki.
• A ninja informed Ōnoki of Lin Guang and Naruto Uzumaki’s victory, and Ōnoki anticipated a five Kage summit.
• Ao brought Konoha’s news to Mei Terumi, who told Rose and Lin Mei to prepare for a possible reunion with Lin Guang.
• Mabui reported that Sasuke Uchiha had taken Killer B, and the Fourth Raikage ordered a summit with the other four Kage.

Lin Guang tested the first two forms of Yin-Yang Breathing in the Land of Wind with Arisa Shūkyōin. After Gaara sensed the chilling attack and recognized Lin Guang, they left before he could discover them.

• Lin Guang learned that Yin-Yang Breathing had only two forms and decided to test them, taking Arisa Shūkyōin to the Land of Wind.
• Lin Guang used the First Form, Heavenly Light, Ten Thousand Flames, turning the surrounding sand into quartz and causing explosions across the desert.
• Gaara noticed the distant light and tremors, then sent a sand eye to investigate while Lin Guang unleashed the Second Form, Darkness in the Cold Night.
• The second form froze the sand eye, and Gaara recognized the familiar cold as Lin Guang's.
• Lin Guang judged the two forms to be as powerful as the strongest forms of Sun Breathing and Ice Breathing, then left with Arisa Shūkyōin before Gaara could find them.

Lin Guang returned to Konoha after training, then learned that the Five Kage Summit would address Sasuke Uchiha, Killer B, and the Akatsuki. He joined Tsunade for the summit and argued that the Akatsuki’s supposed Madara Uchiha might be an impostor.

• Lin Guang and Arisa Shūkyōin left before Gaara reached the area where Lin Guang had tested his sword techniques.
• Lin Guang returned to Konoha, told Tsunade he was going to train, and entered the alternate space.
• Tsunade received the Raikage’s request for a Five Kage Summit after Sasuke Uchiha abducted Killer B, and she worried the dispute could lead to war.
• After a week, Lin Guang received Tsunade’s message about the summit, left the alternate space, and volunteered to accompany her.
• Lin Guang told Tsunade that records described Madara Uchiha as lacking Space-Time Ninjutsu, leading her to suspect that the Akatsuki’s Madara was an impostor.

Lin Guang and Tsunade discussed the identity of the figure calling himself Madara Uchiha and prepared for the Five Kage Summit. After Tsunade asked whether Lin Guang wanted to become Hokage, he declined, then learned from Jiraiya's letter that his senior brother had gone to Mount Myōboku.

• Lin Guang suggested that someone might have inherited Madara Uchiha's desire to destroy Konoha, but Tsunade decided to use the name in their intelligence at the Five Kage Summit rather than share their speculation.
• Tsunade asked Lin Guang if he had considered becoming Hokage, and he said he preferred freedom to office work.
• Lin Guang asked where Jiraiya had gone, and Tsunade gave him a letter explaining that Jiraiya had left Konoha to visit Mount Myōboku.
• Lin Guang teased Tsunade about Jiraiya, dodged her punch with the Space Stone, and agreed to accompany her to the Five Kage Summit.
• After Lin Guang left the Hokage Office, he wondered what Danzo would do now that he had failed to take the Hokage position.

Danzo reconsidered his plans after Tsunade’s standing rose, while Tsunade, Lin Guang, and Shinobu Kocho traveled to the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit. At the summit, Gaara condemned the Kage for ignoring Akatsuki’s threat until their own jinchūriki were captured, and Ōnoki dismissed his criticism.

• Danzo realized that Nagato’s Rinne Rebirth had ruined his plan to force Tsunade out and began considering what to do next.
• Lin Guang and Shinobu Kocho accompanied Tsunade to the Land of Iron, where Tsunade met Mifune and the three waited for the summit.
• Mifune opened the Five Kage Summit, and Gaara began speaking before Ōnoki interrupted him with mocking remarks.
• Gaara said Akatsuki was dangerous and criticized the Kage for ignoring his warnings until their own jinchūriki were taken.
• Ōnoki argued that the villages should recover captured jinchūriki in secret rather than ask other countries for help.

The Five Kage argued over the capture of a Jinchūriki, then clashed when Fourth Raikage A accused the hidden villages of using the Akatsuki as mercenaries. As the summit continued, Lin Guang noticed Danzo and Sasuke arriving at the venue.

• Ōnoki criticized the Mist for asking other nations for help after a Jinchūriki was captured, while Mei Terumi and Tsunade discussed how difficult Tailed Beasts were to control.
• Fourth Raikage A struck the table, prompting the Kage's guards to ready themselves; Lin Guang secretly told Rose and Lin Mei to pretend not to know him.
• Mifune called for restraint, and Tsunade, Gaara, Mei, Ōnoki, and A had their guards stand down.
• Fourth Raikage A accused the hidden villages of using the Akatsuki, and Ōnoki explained that the mercenary group had served as an inexpensive way to maintain wartime experience.
• Lin Guang noticed Danzo and Sasuke entering the summit venue.