Recaps

Madara toured the Uchiha Library Pavilion, then learned Xuandou had revived Hashirama and rushed to Konoha to see him. After Hashirama calmly outmatched Madara’s boasting by showing off four-year-old Shiwa’s Wood Release, Madara demanded that Xuandou find him a young Uchiha genius to train.

• Madara admired the Uchiha’s flourishing Library Pavilion and told Xuandou he had achieved what Madara once hoped to accomplish.
• Xuandou revealed that he had revived Hashirama with Impure World Reincarnation, so Madara ordered him to take them to Konoha.
• Madara burst into the Hokage’s Office, called for Hashirama from Hokage Rock, and used Sensory Ninjutsu to locate him outside the village.
• Madara found Hashirama playing with Shiwa and boasted about the Uchiha, but Hashirama calmly pointed to Shiwa’s Wood Release as proof that his descendant was a genius.
• Madara left in frustration and ordered Xuandou to find a young Uchiha genius for him to train.

Xuandou took Madara to the Uchiha training ground to choose a student, where Uchiha Hanyu impressed him during a spar with Itachi. Madara recognized that eight-year-old Hanyu had already begun using Yin-Yang Release, making him a remarkable candidate for training.

• Xuandou promised Madara he would find a suitable Uchiha student and led him to the clan's training ground.
• Uchiha Itachi challenged Uchiha Hanyu under the rule that Itachi would win if Hanyu stepped outside a marked circle.
• Hanyu used his Sharingan and precise kunai work to repel Itachi's repeated attacks while staying inside the circle.
• Hanyu dodged Itachi's Fire Release and broke free of his genjutsu before blocking the final kunai, though one cut his shoulder.
• Hanyu used Yin Release to resist the genjutsu and Yang Release to heal his wound, and Madara recognized his rudimentary mastery of Yin-Yang Release.

Hanyu fought Itachi with patience and clever tactics, nearly forcing him out of the circle before failing to complete a Truth-Seeking Orb and losing. Afterward, Madara admired Hanyu’s talent and composure as Xuandou introduced them.

• Hanyu endured Itachi’s kunai barrage, using his healing and stamina to press forward until Itachi ran out of ninja tools.
• Hanyu’s Lightning Fire Bullet missed because Itachi had subtly placed him under genjutsu, and their fight continued as Hanyu steadily closed the distance.
• Hanyu began forming a Truth-Seeking Orb, but it dissipated before it was complete, allowing Itachi to restrain him and win.
• Itachi praised Hanyu’s tactical choices, while Xuandou commended his performance and Hanyu thanked his teacher.
• Xuandou introduced Hanyu to Madara, who approved of the boy, and Xuandou asked Madara what he thought of him.

Madara chose four-year-old Uchiha Yunyou as his disciple after hearing the child’s dream of exploring the world. Meanwhile, Xuandou prepared to intervene in the Land of Lightning after its nobles begged him for help.

• Madara rejected eight-year-old Hanyu as too old and asked Xuandou to show him another child.
• An Anbu brought back Yunyou from Azure Tide Port, and Yunyou told Madara he wanted to leave the village and see the world.
• Madara accepted Yunyou as his disciple and promised to teach him ninjutsu so he could travel far and wide.
• Mabui reported that the Raikage had nearly finished purging the Daimyō’s clan and major nobles in the Land of Lightning.
• Xuandou ordered Shisui to assemble three thousand shinobi and summoned the fleeing nobles, who pleaded for him to send troops.

Xuandou invaded the Land of Lightning, installed the young Ashikaga Masanobu as its daimyo, and defeated the Raikage before setting out to negotiate with Kumogakure. At the village entrance, he encountered the jōnin Samui.

• Xuandou agreed to send troops into the Land of Lightning, and his army departed from Azure Tide Port three days later.
• Xuandou left Mabui and a thousand ninja to protect Ashikaga Masanobu and help restore order at the Daimyo's Residence.
• Xuandou challenged the Raikage to a battle and fought him for three days and three nights; afterward, the Raikage had disappeared and Kumogakure's ninja fled.
• Xuandou returned to the Daimyo's Residence and told the nobles he would negotiate with Kumogakure, then set out with five hundred elite ninja.
• Samui and a group of Kumogakure ninja stopped Xuandou at the village entrance, and his system identified her as an S-rank jōnin.

Xuandou negotiated Kumogakure’s incorporation into Hidden Xuan Village, offering restored funding and missions while threatening anyone who resisted. After Samui accepted the preliminary terms and joined him privately to discuss details, Xuandou drugged her with a Charm Pill and left her unable to resist.

• Xuandou offered to restore Kumogakure’s funding through the Land of Lightning’s taxes, forgive shinobi who had followed the Raikage, and provide steady missions under Hidden Xuan Village.
• When Kumogakure shinobi questioned his promises and resisted becoming a subordinate unit, Xuandou summoned his Susanoo and warned he would eliminate destabilizing elements.
• Samui supported Xuandou’s terms, and the Kumogakure shinobi accepted the preliminary agreement without further objection.
• Xuandou asked Samui to accompany him to the Raikage’s Office for detailed negotiations, and she went with him after dismissing the others.
• In the office, Xuandou crushed a Charm Pill and drugged Samui, then told her he had a closer way for them to cooperate.

After winning Samui over, Xuandou appointed her Acting Raikage and received two Life Reincarnation Cards. He restored the Land of Lightning's administration, while news of the upheaval left Rasa fearing that Uchiha Xuantou would annex another country.

• Samui resumed negotiations with Xuandou, and the system awarded him an S-Rank Clan Treasure Chest containing two Life Reincarnation Cards.
• Xuandou appointed Samui Acting Raikage and ordered her to work with Mabui on reorganizing Kumogakure's forces.
• Xuandou returned to the Daimyo's Residence and told Mabui about Samui's appointment and the restructuring plans.
• Xuandou rebuilt the Land of Lightning's government by appointing returning nobles and transferring civil officials from the Land of Hot Water.
• Rasa read a report about the upheaval in the Land of Lightning and feared Uchiha Xuantou would annex another country.

Ōnoki sought an alliance with Sunagakure and Kirigakure to stop Hidden Xuan Village’s expansion. At the Land of Lightning’s first court assembly after its restoration, Xuandou took temporary control of its government, and the grateful new officials and nobles publicly backed his rule.

• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to approach Rasa and Mei Terumi about imposing sanctions and allying against Hidden Xuan Village and Konoha.
• Xuandou told the Land of Lightning’s court that Kumogakure had been disbanded and reorganized under Hidden Xuan Village, which would provide security.
• Xuandou announced that he would administer the Land of Lightning until Ashikaga Masanobu came of age, and Masanobu thanked him.
• Mitsui Fukutarō praised Xuandou for restoring his holdings and appointed him finance minister, promising to rebuild the economy.
• The assembled nobles, merchants, and officials applauded Xuandou and Mitsui’s speeches.

After stabilizing the Land of Lightning, Xuandou returned to Hidden Xuan Village and used two Life Reincarnation Cards to restore Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to life. He then learned that Ōnoki was organizing an alliance against Hidden Xuan, and Uchiha Mirai suggested using Mei Terumi as a pawn.

• Xuandou returned to Hidden Xuan Village after the Land of Lightning stabilized and reunited with Kushina and Hanyu.
• Xuandou summoned Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha and told them he would bring them fully back to life.
• Xuandou used two Life Reincarnation Cards on White Zetsu bodies, restoring Hashirama and Madara to living flesh and blood.
• A Kirigakure Anbu delivered Mei Terumi's letter informing Xuandou that Ōnoki was forming an alliance against Hidden Xuan and that Rasa had agreed to join.
• Uchiha Mirai read the letter and proposed that Mei Terumi join the alliance so she could serve as a pawn.

Xuandou ordered the Akatsuki to destabilize the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, then visited his three female disciples and tested their teamwork in training. He ended by asking Uzuki Yugao to spar with him and demonstrate combat for their students.

• Xuandou told the Kirigakure Anbu to deliver his reply accepting Ōnoki's request and acting as an inside agent.
• Xuandou convened the Akatsuki and assigned its members to assassinate supporters of Rasa and Ōnoki in the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth.
• Xuandou visited Hinata, Sakura, and Ino, then led them to the training ground for Taijutsu instruction.
• Hinata, Sakura, and Ino attacked Xuandou together, but he dodged or deflected every move without moving his feet.
• Xuandou approached Uzuki Yugao and challenged her to spar for their students' benefit.

Xuandou sparred with Uzuki Yugao, then invited her to afternoon tea to discuss teaching and student development. As their conversation continued, Xuandou secretly released pink vapor from a Charm Pill toward Yugao.

• Uzuki Yugao accepted Xuandou's challenge and attacked him with a series of rapid sword strikes, which he dodged without counterattacking.
• Xuandou used Yin Healing: Acupoint-Passing Finger to seal Yugao's chakra points, caught her as she fell, and later unblocked her points.
• Xuandou and Yugao taught the six students combat techniques and teamwork before ending the lesson.
• Xuandou invited Yugao to afternoon tea at the Imperial Palace, where they discussed their students' abilities and teaching.
• Xuandou crushed a pink Charm Pill and sent its vapor drifting toward Yugao.

Xuandou used a Charm Pill on Uzuki Yugao, then claimed an A-Rank Family Chest and used its two Sharingan Awakening Cards on Mitianxia and Mikazuki. After several busy days, he received more good news in an intelligence report.

• Uzuki Yugao succumbed to the Charm Pill’s effects and kissed Xuandou, while he later received an A-Rank Family Chest for completing her mission.
• Xuandou opened the chest and obtained two Sharingan Awakening Cards.
• Xuandou summoned Mitianxia and Mikazuki and used one card on each, awakening their Sharingan with one tomoe.
• Xuandou continued teaching Hinata, Sakura, and Ino by day and visiting his partners at night.
• A few days later, Xuandou received more good news in an intelligence report.

Over three years, Xuandou used Akatsuki’s assassinations to keep Ōnoki and Rasa from forming an alliance while consolidating control of the Land of Lightning and absorbing Kumogakure into the Hidden Xuan Village. He visited the Daimyo’s Residence and saw seven-year-old Uchiha Yutianxia capably overseeing ministers, ending with the officials and Yutianxia welcoming him as their true sovereign and father.

• Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan assassinated nobles and aides in the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, forcing Rasa and Ōnoki to focus on protecting their nobles and abandon plans for an alliance.
• Xuandou won an SSS-rank World Origin Stone in the lottery and stored it for the future.
• Over three years, Mitsui Fukutarō restored the Land of Lightning’s treasury to surplus, while Mabui and Samui reorganized Kumogakure’s more than fifteen thousand shinobi into the Hidden Xuan Village.
• Xuandou installed Ashikaga Masanobu as Daimyo, and his officials promoted policies that improved the people’s lives and increased their loyalty to Xuandou.
• Xuandou arrived at the Daimyo’s Residence and watched Uchiha Yutianxia question Mitsui Fukutarō about a reconstruction budget and require more detailed documentation.
• The ministers rose to welcome Xuandou as their true sovereign, and Yutianxia stood and addressed him as Father.

Xuandou maneuvered Ashikaga Masanobu into relinquishing the position of Daimyō and took office as the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. He announced that the Land of Lightning would merge with the Land of Hot Water and the Land of the Moon, then turned his attention to uniting the Shinobi World.

• Xuandou heard a minister explain that officials wanted him to take over as Daimyō and agreed to raise the matter at court.
• At the first court assembly, ministers accused Ashikaga Masanobu of neglecting his duties and demanded his abdication, but Xuandou publicly defended him and refused to accept the position.
• At the next two assemblies, officials repeated their accusations and Masanobu again asked to abdicate, while Xuandou refused each time.
• At the fourth assembly, thousands of people joined Masanobu and the officials in urging Xuandou to become Daimyō, and he finally agreed, promising Masanobu privileges as a prince.
• At his inauguration, Ashikaga Masanobu handed Xuandou the Daimyō's seal and jade sword, and Xuandou announced that the Land of Lightning would unite with the Land of Hot Water and the Land of the Moon.

Xuandou prepared the Land of Lightning for a coming war of unification and sent Itachi to recruit Orochimaru. In Hidden Xuan Village, Kakashi unexpectedly reunited with the resurrected Rin while Obito watched from afar and chose not to approach her.

• Xuandou consolidated control of the Land of Lightning, stockpiled military supplies, and prepared for war against the other lands and the approaching Ōtsutsuki.
• Xuandou sent Itachi to Otogakure to offer Orochimaru funding and resources in exchange for all his research findings.
• Xuandou considered deploying his forces and locating the White Zetsu army, then brought Obito to watch Kakashi encounter Rin in Hidden Xuan Village.
• Kakashi recognized Rin outside a dango shop, and she told him Xuandou had brought her back to life and that she was happy with him and Yunyou.
• Xuandou offered to take Obito to reunite with Rin, but Obito refused and silently cried as he watched her with Yunyou.

Obito showed Xuandou the Mountain Graveyard and handed over the thousands of White Zetsu stored there. A few days later, Orochimaru joined Hidden Xuan Village and agreed to lead research and development, while Xuandou kept Tayuya behind to ask about her abilities.

• Obito took Xuandou to the Mountain Graveyard and revealed the White Zetsu army created with tailed beast chakra and Hashirama cells.
• Itachi returned to Hidden Xuan Village with Orochimaru and his subordinates, including Kabuto Yakushi, Kimimaro, Jūgo, Guren, Tayuya, Jirobo, and Sakon and Ukon.
• Itachi explained that Orochimaru had attacked him and agreed to come after Itachi subdued him with genjutsu.
• Xuandou offered Orochimaru unlimited research funding, priority access to materials, and freedom to conduct research as long as he served Hidden Xuan Village's interests.
• Orochimaru agreed to improve Impure World Reincarnation and lead research into ninja tools, communications, and medical technology.
• After the others left, Xuandou asked Tayuya to explain her sound-based ninjutsu, then made a suggestive remark about her flute skills.

Xuandou secured Tayuya as a resident of the Imperial Palace and received intelligence that the Land of Earth and Land of Wind were organizing a Five Kage Summit to combat the Akatsuki. He accepted the invitation and planned to attend with Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, intending to use the summit for his own scheme.

• Tayuya flirted with Xuandou, demonstrated her talent, and earned a B-rank Family Chest containing ten advanced Explosive Tags.
• Xuandou ordered Tayuya to stay in the Imperial Palace, and she left with a maid after teasing him about what tune she would play next time.
• Mabui reported that Rasa and Ōnoki had invited the Five Kage to a summit in the Land of Iron to coordinate against the Akatsuki.
• Xuandou accepted the invitation and ordered Mabui to tell Tsunade and Mei Terumi to attend and follow his arrangements.
• Xuandou told Mabui he would bring Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju as his bodyguards.

Xuandou oversaw war preparations and Orochimaru’s new laboratory before Hashirama brought him news that the Great Toad Sage wanted to meet him. Xuandou traveled to Mount Myōboku and stood before the ancient sage, who greeted him with, “You’ve come...”

• Xuandou ordered Mabui to send his message, then considered how the Five Kage Summit could let him eliminate Ōnoki and Rasa.
• Xuandou supervised the transfer of Orochimaru’s equipment and research materials to a new laboratory near the Imperial Palace.
• Xuandou spent time with Tayuya and considered summoning Guren before Hashirama arrived with Shiwa.
• Hashirama told Xuandou that Shiwa was rapidly learning Sage Mode and that the Great Toad Sage had requested a meeting.
• Hashirama used the Reverse Summoning Technique to take Xuandou to Mount Myōboku, where Xuandou entered the Great Toad Sage’s cavern alone.
• The Great Toad Sage opened his eyes, studied Xuandou, and told him, “You’ve come...”

The Great Toad Sage told Xuandou that his vision showed the Shinobi World destroyed by powerful Ōtsutsuki, but said Xuandou’s unpredictable fate could create a path to survival. Xuandou left resolved to explore senjutsu as a way to fight the Ōtsutsuki and planned to have Orochimaru develop a human-compatible training method.

• The Great Toad Sage described a bleak future in which white figures slaughtered the Shinobi World, Xuandou fought them, and the world was ultimately destroyed.
• He explained that the future held countless branches and that Xuandou was a variable whose obscured fate might reveal a way to avert destruction.
• Xuandou considered why the new prophecy differed from earlier visions and concluded that the Ōtsutsuki might be too powerful for the Shinobi World to face easily.
• As he prepared to leave Mount Myōboku, Xuandou realized senjutsu could harm the Ōtsutsuki and decided to pursue its development.
• Xuandou recalled that Orochimaru had already begun studying natural energy through the Cursed Seal and left further research to him.

Xuandou stayed at Mount Myōboku to learn Senjutsu under Sage Fukasaku, but struggled to sense and control natural energy. After a month of training, he still could not maintain balance long enough to enter Sage Mode, and Fukasaku suspected the Toad Clan's methods did not suit his constitution.

• Xuandou asked the Great Toad Sage to let him train in Senjutsu, and the Great Toad Sage assigned Sage Fukasaku to teach him.
• Sage Fukasaku explained natural energy and began Xuandou's training by having him sit and sense his surroundings.
• After ten days of trying, Xuandou finally sensed natural energy for the first time.
• Xuandou tried absorbing natural energy but lost his balance and began turning into a toad, so Sage Fukasaku stopped him.
• Xuandou repeatedly failed to balance natural energy over the next month and could not reliably enter Sage Mode.
• Sage Fukasaku said Xuandou's constitution seemed unsuited to the Toad Clan's training methods.

Xuandou left Mount Myōboku without mastering Sage Mode and returned just in time to travel to the Five Kage Summit. At the summit, Ōnoki and Rasa called for the other villages to pressure Hidden Xuan Village, but Xuandou arrived and challenged them.

• Xuandou thanked Fukasaku for his guidance, then left Mount Myōboku using Flying Thunder God to attend the summit.
• Xuandou returned to his office in Hidden Xuan Village, reassuring the worried Mabui, and they set off for the Land of Iron.
• Mifune prepared to oversee the summit and keep Hidden Xuan Village's expansion in check, while the Kage and their guards gathered in the hall.
• Ōnoki and Rasa criticized Xuandou's annexations and proposed that the villages unite to pressure Hidden Xuan Village.
• Mei Terumi considered Ōnoki's warning about the Land of Water as Xuandou arrived and asked who wanted to put pressure on him.

Xuandou arrived at the Five Kage Summit with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, whose attack on Rasa and the meeting hall escalated into a threat against everyone present. Ōnoki and Rasa stopped Madara’s first meteorite, but a second one began falling.

• Xuandou entered the summit with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and Ōnoki recognized Madara from his youth.
• Rasa challenged Xuandou for arriving late, and Madara summoned Susanoo and blasted Rasa, Baki, and another Jōnin through a wall.
• Mifune confronted Madara and surrounded the ruined meeting hall with samurai, but Madara declared he would fight them and used Tengai Shinsei.
• Ōnoki flew up and slowed the falling meteorite with the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, while Rasa supported it with an iron sand hand.
• Madara pointed out that a second meteorite was falling.

Madara Uchiha crushed the defenders of the Land of Iron and captured Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mifune for Xuandou. With the Land of Iron’s leader and two influential Kage in his hands, Xuandou was poised to advance his plans to unify the shinobi world.

• Ōnoki failed to stop the second meteorite, and its impact left him and Rasa gravely injured while Mifune survived with superficial wounds.
• Mifune ordered the fleeing samurai to attack Madara, who defeated the first wave using only taijutsu.
• Thousands of samurai surrounded Madara, but he burned hundreds with Majestic Destroyer Flame and defeated the rest in close combat.
• Madara dragged Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mifune back to Xuandou and presented them as captives.

Xuandou took control of the Land of Iron by deploying shinobi and officials to secure its cities, then prepared Konoha and Kirigakure for his coming campaign against the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind. Back in Hidden Xuan Village, he visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to check on his research.

• Xuandou brought Uchiha shinobi, former Kumogakure shinobi, and trained officials to the Land of Iron’s ruins and ordered Itachi to send the fallen samurai’s bodies to Hozuki Island.
• Xuandou ordered Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami on Mifune so Mifune would command the Land of Iron’s garrisons to surrender, while Mabui organized city governments and shinobi patrols.
• Xuandou praised Madara for defeating Mifune, Ōnoki, and Rasa; Madara then left with Hashirama.
• Xuandou asked Tsunade and Mei Terumi to keep Konoha and Kirigakure aligned with him as he prepared to attack the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, and both agreed to support him.
• Xuandou returned to Hidden Xuan Village and went to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where the guards said Orochimaru had been working continuously since it opened.

Xuandou tasked Orochimaru with preparing a first batch of Impure World Reincarnations to support the war for shinobi-world unification. After news of the Five Kage Summit attack reached Sunagakure, Ebizo proposed Gaara as acting Kazekage while Rasa remained missing.

• Xuandou gave Orochimaru a list of renowned deceased shinobi and ordered him to prepare them for Impure World Reincarnation within seven days.
• Xuandou promised Orochimaru the best research conditions after the shinobi world was unified, and Orochimaru agreed to begin immediately.
• Sunagakure's leaders learned that Madara Uchiha had defeated and captured Rasa, Baki, and another jōnin at the Five Kage Summit.
• Ebizo called for an acting Kazekage and, after the leaders argued over candidates, recommended Gaara.
• Ebizo defended Gaara's character and ability, saying he could earn the village's respect while Rasa's fate remained uncertain.