Recaps

Xuandou learned that Kushina was pregnant, then set out with Kurenai to rescue her father, Yuhi Shinku, who had been captured during a mission in Amegakure. He suspected Konan was responsible and planned to use Kotoamatsukami if he encountered her.

• Xuandou received a system notification that Kushina was pregnant, and he resolved to protect her during the pregnancy.
• Xuandou, Kushina, and Naruto ate ramen at Ichiraku before Xuandou went to the Mission Hall.
• Kurenai told Xuandou that Yuhi Shinku and three other squad members had been captured after completing an intelligence mission in Amegakure.
• Xuandou agreed to help Kurenai rescue Shinku and left for the Land of Rain with her.
• Xuandou planned to use Kotoamatsukami to control Konan if he encountered her.

Xuandou infiltrated Amegakure by posing as an Akatsuki informant and located the organization’s hidden underground base. He found Yuhi Shinku alive in a cell, where Konan was interrogating captured Konoha ninjas.

• Xuandou hid Kurenai in Yomotsu Space and went alone to Amegakure to find someone monitoring Hanzō.
• Xuandou identified a suspicious peddler, took control of him, read his memories, and learned he was Sōsuke, an Akatsuki informant.
• Xuandou killed Sōsuke, concealed the body in Yomotsu Space, and transformed himself into Sōsuke.
• Xuandou used Sōsuke’s memories to enter Akatsuki’s underground base and persuaded the guards to let him pass by claiming he had urgent intelligence for Lady Angel.
• Xuandou reached the third underground level and found Yuhi Shinku and three other Konoha ninjas bound in a cell, with Konan interrogating them.

Xuandou attacked Konan to capture her, but their battle was interrupted by her attempt to threaten his comrades. In Konoha, Danzo persuaded Hiruzen to lure Kushina into a trap and use her to pressure Xuandou.

• Xuandou approached Konan under the guise of reporting intelligence, but she attacked him with explosive paper and raised the alarm.
• Xuandou used genjutsu, Susanoo, and Yomotsu to pursue Konan, but the Konans he seized were Paper Clones.
• When the real Konan moved to attack the bound Konoha ninjas, Xuandou appeared behind her and trapped her with the Five Binding Yin-Control Rings.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that Xuandou had bought Kushina a home and enrolled Naruto Uzumaki in Uchiha's Ninja Academy, then proposed using Kushina to pressure Xuandou.
• Hiruzen agreed to summon Kushina and have her restrained with Sealing Jutsu so she could be used against Xuandou.

Xuandou escaped the Akatsuki base after discovering that the Konan he had restrained was a Paper Clone, then reported his abilities to Nagato and the Masked Man. Back in Konoha, Uchiha Itachi confronted three Anbu at the Uchiha compound and was struck by their leader’s Wind Blade.

• Konan’s Paper Clone scattered into sheets, and Xuandou took the four captured Konoha ninja into Yomotsu Space before escaping with space-time ninjutsu.
• Konan reported Xuandou’s abilities to Nagato and the Masked Man, who learned that he was Uchiha Xuantou and decided to prioritize overthrowing Hanzō.
• Nagato detected Xuandou on the outskirts of Amegakure, where Xuandou used a Flying Thunder God mark to return to Konoha.
• Three Anbu approached the Uchiha compound, but Itachi stopped them and said the Clan Head had forbidden outsiders from entering.
• The Anbu leader attacked Itachi with Wind Release: Wind Blade, piercing his body as the two other Anbu stood ready to support.

Itachi killed three Anbu at the entrance to the Uchiha Clan Compound, then rushed to Kushina’s home after an explosion revealed Danzo and Root trying to take her. Xuandou arrived as Shisui defended the courtyard, and a system quest presented him with choices for dealing with Danzo.

• Itachi saw through an Anbu captain’s genjutsu, killed him and two other Anbu, and confirmed their deaths.
• An explosion destroyed part of Kushina’s courtyard wall, where Shisui and four Uchiha Anbu faced Danzo and his Root ninja.
• Danzo claimed he had come on the Hokage’s orders to summon Kushina, but she refused to go with him.
• Danzo ordered Root to attack, and Shisui used Susanoo to shield the courtyard entrance from their ninjutsu.
• Xuandou arrived by Flying Thunder God and confronted Danzo as a system quest offered rewards for repelling, wounding, or killing him.

Uchiha Xuantou fought Danzo after he invaded the Uchiha compound, but Danzo seized Naruto as a hostage and forced Xuantou to submit to sealing. As Danzo lunged to kill the sealed Xuantou, Xuantou activated Tokitsumori.

• Uchiha Xuantou attacked Danzo with Susanoo, while Shisui stabbed Danzo with his own Susanoo sword.
• Danzo survived the attack using Izanagi and tried to escape as Fugaku and the Uchiha clan members arrived.
• A Root ninja took Naruto hostage, and Danzo used the boy to force the Uchiha to retreat.
• Danzo demanded that Xuantou trade himself for Naruto, then ordered Root ninja to seal Xuantou with the Four Symbols Seal.
• Danzo lunged at the sealed Xuantou, who calmly activated Tokitsumori.

Xuandou used his dōjutsu and iron rings to subdue Danzo, exposing his crimes against the Uchiha and his plot with Hiruzen to destroy the clan. Xuandou killed Danzo despite Hiruzen’s arrival, and the system then gave him a quest to leave Konoha and establish an Uchiha ninja village.

• Xuandou broke free of Danzo’s seal, restrained Danzo with iron rings, and compelled him to order Root to surrender.
• Kushina found Naruto unconscious but alive, while Xuandou forced Danzo to reveal that he had stolen Sharingan from Uchiha killed on missions and had implanted Hashirama cells in his arm.
• Xuandou removed Danzo’s nine Sharingan as the Uchiha raged, but Hiruzen arrived with Koharu, Homura, and a large Anbu force before Xuandou could kill Danzo.
• Xuandou confronted Hiruzen, and Danzo revealed that he and Hiruzen had planned to use Kushina to eliminate Xuandou and eventually exterminate the Uchiha.
• Xuandou crushed Danzo with Susanoo, and Danzo’s Hashirama cells grew into a giant tree as the system rewarded Xuandou with a Family Migration Card and tasked him with establishing a ninja village.

Xuandou killed Danzo and confronted Hiruzen and the advisers, accusing Hiruzen of neglecting Kushina and Naruto and exploiting them as political tools. As Anbu’s doubts about Hiruzen grew, Hiruzen ordered them to attack Xuandou.

• Xuandou mocked Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, then slammed his Susanoo’s fist beside them and threatened to kill Koharu if she spoke again.
• Hiruzen called Danzo’s public killing an act of rebellion and offered Xuandou a chance to submit to an investigation.
• Xuandou challenged Hiruzen over his promises to Minato and accused him of taking Minato’s assets while leaving Kushina and Naruto in a filthy apartment.
• Xuandou blamed Hiruzen for failing to protect Naruto and Kushina from abuse and accused him of using them against the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen denied Xuandou’s accusations, then ordered Anbu to take Xuandou into custody.

Xuandou defeated Hiruzen’s forces, declared the Uchiha’s departure from Konoha, and decided to establish a village in the Land of Hot Water. He traveled there with Shisui to approach the daimyō, where he discovered Tsunade and Shizune nearby.

• Xuandou and the Uchiha fought Hiruzen’s Anbu until Shikaku and the other clan heads intervened; Xuandou stopped short of killing Hiruzen and collected his blood.
• Xuandou announced that the Uchiha were leaving Konoha and insisted on taking Kushina and Naruto; Hiruzen reluctantly yielded, and Yuhi Shinku chose to leave with Xuandou and Kurenai.
• Xuandou ordered outsiders to leave the Uchiha Compound and told Fugaku to recall Uchiha members on missions beyond the village.
• Xuandou reviewed Shisui’s intelligence on potential countries and chose the prosperous Land of Hot Water as the site for a new Uchiha village.
• Xuandou and Shisui traveled to the Land of Hot Water to meet its daimyō, and Xuandou spotted Tsunade and Shizune near a casino.

Uchiha Xuantou paid Tsunade’s gambling debt to stop a gang from harassing her and Shizune, then introduced himself as the Uchiha Clan Head. Tsunade refused to return to Konoha, while Xuantou’s thoughts turned to pursuing her and Shizune; Shisui later returned the money, prompting Xuantou to scold him for not collecting interest.

• Tsunade and Shizune were confronted by a bald thug demanding five million ryo and threatening them.
• Xuandou offered to pay Tsunade’s debt, and Shisui handed the thug the money after Xuandou signaled him.
• Xuandou introduced himself to Tsunade as Uchiha Xuantou, and Tsunade said she would repay the favor before leaving with Shizune.
• Shizune urged Tsunade to return to Konoha because the village was weakened and relations with the Uchiha were tense, but Tsunade refused.
• Xuandou watched Tsunade leave and considered pursuing her and Shizune, then Shisui returned the five million ryo and Xuandou complained that he had collected no interest.

Xuandou and Shisui gained Adachi Yuto’s allegiance through Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami and secured permission to establish a new Uchiha Ninja Village in Cloudspring Port. Adachi returned to the banquet hall to announce the decision to the assembled guests.

• Shisui led Xuandou to the Daimyō’s palace, where they waited three hours before being summoned to a lavish banquet.
• Xuandou warned Adachi Yuto that rogue ninja planned to assassinate him and persuaded him to leave the banquet discreetly.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to rewrite Adachi Yuto’s loyalties, making him devoted to Xuandou.
• Xuandou ordered Adachi to disband Yugakure, publicly announce a new Uchiha Ninja Village, and grant him a noble title and fief.
• Adachi identified Cloudspring Port as the country’s wealthiest city outside his residence, and Xuandou chose it as the Uchiha’s fief.
• Adachi returned to the banquet and called the guests’ attention to his announcement.

Adachi Yuto disbanded Yugakure, appointed Uchiha Xuantou as a noble with Cloudspring Port as his fief, and allowed him to rename it Azure Tide Port. Xuandou reached the port with Shisui, restored Shisui’s eye after Kotoamatsukami, and confronted the magistrate who had just bowed to his new authority.

• Adachi Yuto announced that Yugakure would be disbanded and appointed Uchiha Xuantou as Kuni no Miyatsuko Shugo-kō with Cloudspring Port as his fief, which Xuandou renamed Azure Tide Port.
• Xuandou refused to stay overnight and left with Shisui to choose a site for the new ninja village, carrying the letter of appointment.
• Shisui told Xuandou that using Kotoamatsukami had left his left eye nearly blind, so Xuandou replenished his ocular power and accelerated the eye’s recovery and cooldown.
• Xuandou and Shisui arrived at Azure Tide Port the next day and went to the magistrate’s office.
• Kurai Masanobu treated Xuandou and Shisui with condescension until Xuandou showed his appointment letter, then bowed and apologized to Xuandou.

Xuandou chose a site near Azure Tide Port for a new ninja village and sent Shisui to prepare the Uchiha relocation. In Konoha, Hiruzen rejected Koharu’s proposal to attack the Uchiha, while Homura claimed he knew a clan that could replace them.

• Xuandou named Kurai Masanobu bugyo of Azure Tide Port and ordered him to find land for a ninja village.
• Kurai led Xuandou to a spacious plot by the main street and docks, which Xuandou chose for the village.
• Xuandou told Shisui to return to Konoha and keep the Uchiha clansmen in their homes so he could move them all at once with a forbidden technique.
• Koharu urged Hiruzen to attack the Uchiha and seize their wealth, but Hiruzen refused and warned that Konoha would be vulnerable after they left.
• Homura told Hiruzen that he knew a shinobi clan capable of filling the void left by the Uchiha.

Xuandou relocated the Uchiha Clan Compound from Konoha to the Land of Hot Water, where the clan founded Xuan Hidden Village. After earning a God Tree Seed as a reward, he faced Kushina and Kurenai, who approached him with hostile looks.

• Mitokado Homura proposed recruiting the Chinoike Clan to replace the Uchiha in Konoha and exploit their hatred of the Uchiha, and Hiruzen assigned him the task.
• Hiruzen arrived at the Uchiha Clan Compound and found that its buildings, streets, trees, and land had vanished.
• Xuandou used a Family Migration Card to transfer the intact Uchiha Clan Compound to the land beside Azure Tide Port.
• Xuandou and the Uchiha clan agreed to name their new village Xuan Hidden Village and use the Uchiha fan crest on their forehead protectors.
• Xuandou received a God Tree Seed for completing the mission to establish a ninja village and considered where to plant it.
• Kushina approached Xuandou with Kurenai while Anko and Pakura watched.

Xuandou tried to soothe Kushina and Kurenai after they confronted him about pursuing multiple women, then brought them to a seaside mansion arranged by Kurai Masanobu. That night, Xuandou promised Kushina a public wedding after his investiture ceremony and left her room in the small hours.

• Kushina and Kurenai challenged Xuandou about his womanizing, but Kurai Masanobu arrived and told him he had arranged a temporary mansion for him and his family.
• Xuandou persuaded Kushina to inspect the seaside mansion, where she and the others were impressed by the residence and its servants.
• Xuandou asked Kurai Masanobu to announce that the Uchiha had joined the Land of Hot Water and established Hidden Xuan Village so the clan could attract missions.
• Naruto arrived after dinner and excitedly explored the mansion before Kushina settled him into his room for the night.
• Xuandou went to Kushina's room, promised to marry her publicly after his investiture ceremony, and kissed her.
• Xuandou quietly slipped out of Kushina's room in the small hours.

Xuandou learned that Kushina was pregnant and told Naruto he might soon have a younger sibling, while reassuring Kurenai that he would marry her and the other women. After taking Naruto to school, Xuandou went to meet a renowned craftsman about building his residence and was surprised to recognize him.

• Xuandou promised Kurenai he would marry her and the other women after the investiture ceremony, and she softened toward him.
• Kushina became sick after breakfast, and Xuandou revealed that she was pregnant; Naruto was excited to become a big brother.
• Xuandou took Naruto to school and told him to study hard, while Naruto asked whether Xuandou would marry Kushina.
• Kurai Masanobu told Xuandou that a renowned craftsman from the Land of Iron wanted to meet him before designing his residence.
• Xuandou entered the craftsman's workshop and recognized the old man, who also appeared surprised to see him.

Xuandou arranged for Goumu Yanō to build his Imperial Palace and advised the Goumu Clan to relocate to the Land of Hot Water. As Hidden Xuan Village's missions overwhelmed the Uchiha, Xuandou received a commission from Orochimaru involving the mysterious Angel, whom he recognized as Konan.

• Xuandou reunited with Goumu Yanō and showed him that he had moved the Uchiha Clan Compound intact to the Land of Hot Water.
• Yanō agreed to build Xuandou's Imperial Palace, promising to finish a third of its main structure before the investiture.
• Xuandou warned Yanō that war might break out in the Land of Fire and urged the Goumu Clan to move to the Land of Hot Water under Uchiha protection.
• Hidden Xuan Village's reputation and convenient port brought the Uchiha a surge of missions, leaving them short of ninja and forcing them to reject some commissions.
• Xuandou read Orochimaru's secret commission to oppose the Angel and help seize two Kekkei Genkai ninja from Kirigakure's Anbu, then realized the Angel was Konan and saw a chance to win her over.

Xuandou accepted Orochimaru’s mission to rescue Hozuki Mangetsu and seize the Hozuki brothers, negotiating for Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and Mangetsu. After the system offered him a Mangekyō Awakening Card for bringing Mangetsu into the Uchiha, Xuandou set out for Kirigakure with Orochimaru and Itachi.

• Xuandou summoned Orochimaru, who described Karatachi Yagura’s Bloody Mist purges and revealed that he had rescued Kimimaro from the slaughtered Kaguya Clan.
• Orochimaru told Xuandou that the Fourth Mizukage had turned against the Hozuki Clan and asked him to capture Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Xuandou received a quest to rescue Mangetsu and bring him into the Uchiha, with a Mangekyō Awakening Card as the reward.
• Xuandou demanded Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and Mangetsu as payment, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Xuandou told Itachi to join the mission, and Orochimaru examined the young Uchiha genius with interest.

Xuandou traveled with Orochimaru and Itachi to Kirigakure, where they joined Mei Terumi’s group to ambush the escort transporting Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu. As the escort arrived, Xuandou’s system identified an Anbu with an ordinary face as Konan.

• Xuandou warned Orochimaru not to target Itachi, and the group sailed toward the Land of Water.
• Orochimaru led Xuandou and the others into a concealed room, where Mei Terumi, Chōjūrō, and Ao briefed them on Yagura’s plan to move the Hozuki brothers.
• Ao revealed that the escort would pass through an abandoned mining area, and Mei Terumi asked Xuandou to help intercept it.
• Xuandou’s group hid near the mine as Ao spotted an approaching column of about forty Kirigakure Anbu escorting Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu in a sealed iron cage.
• Xuandou’s system identified one of the escorting Anbu as Konan, a Kage-level ninja.

Xuandou ambushed a Kirigakure escort, rescued Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu, and captured Konan by luring her into his Yomotsu Space. Konan was left bound and unable to control her body, while Obito learned that the attackers had included Uchiha ninja with Space-Time Ninjutsu.

• Xuandou and his allies attacked the Anbu escort, where Kisame Hoshigaki fought Itachi and White Zetsu was revealed among the Kirigakure forces.
• Xuandou reached the prison cart and used Yomotsu to rescue Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu, then called for the group to retreat.
• Xuandou seized Konan, who was disguised as an Anbu, and transported them both into Yomotsu Space.
• Kisame discovered the attackers had escaped, and Obito appeared and heard that the Hozuki brothers were taken by enemies including Uchiha ninja.
• Konan explored Yomotsu Space until it drained her chakra; Xuandou then restrained her with Iron Rings and made her walk toward him against her will.

Xuandou used Kotoamatsukami to make Konan believe in him and become his loyal undercover agent in the Akatsuki. He then brought the Hozuki brothers to meet his allies, where Mangetsu agreed to join his Anbu but bristled when Xuandou demanded that Suigetsu help Orochimaru with his research.

• Xuandou restrained Konan, kissed her, and used Kotoamatsukami to alter her thoughts and make her devoted to him.
• Konan embraced Xuandou and agreed to serve as his undercover agent in the Akatsuki.
• Hozuki Mangetsu interrupted Xuandou and Konan, so Xuandou took him and Suigetsu out of Yomotsu Space to meet Orochimaru and the others at a coastal cave.
• Xuandou offered Mangetsu protection in exchange for joining the Uchiha Anbu, and Mangetsu accepted.
• Xuandou told Mangetsu to hand Suigetsu over to Orochimaru for Kekkei Genkai research, and Mangetsu shielded his brother and reacted with killing intent.

Xuandou arranged for Mangetsu to accompany Orochimaru and offered Mei Terumi help overthrowing Karatachi Yagura. He returned to Hidden Xuan Village with Itachi, then took Konan to a private hot spring and began helping her relax.

• Xuandou reassured Mangetsu that Suigetsu would be safe with Orochimaru and suggested Mangetsu accompany them to verify it.
• Mei Terumi revealed that Karatachi Yagura was being controlled, and Xuandou gave her a Flying Thunder God Kunai and offered to help her claim the title of Fifth Mizukage.
• Xuandou used Flying Thunder God to return to Hidden Xuan Village with Itachi, then sent Itachi to record the mission while he went to the hot springs.
• Xuandou released Konan from Yomotsu Space and asked her to change into a swimsuit before joining him in the private pool.
• Xuandou carried Konan into the hot spring and used Yin Healing: Acupoint-Passing Finger to help her relax after her years undercover in the Akatsuki.

Xuandou used his chakra technique to win Konan’s trust and learn that the Akatsuki planned to overthrow Hanzo within two years. Konan returned to Nagato and the masked man while secretly pledging herself to Xuandou, who then received an S-rank clan treasure chest.

• Xuandou used a medical ninjutsu on Konan, restoring her chakra and healing hidden injuries.
• Xuandou asked Konan for Akatsuki intelligence, and she told him that the group planned to overthrow Hanzo within two years.
• Xuandou told Konan to keep gathering intelligence, and she agreed before returning to the Akatsuki base.
• Konan told Nagato and the masked man that she had escaped after fighting Uchiha Xuantou, while Nagato defended her from suspicion.
• Xuandou received an S-rank clan treasure chest and chose to open it.

Xuandou received a major chakra increase and a Kekkei Genkai Creation Card, then agreed to help the Kajiya Clan leave the Land of Iron in exchange for forging tools for Hidden Xuan Village. He sent Itachi and Anbu to escort the clan, though Kajiya Tarō doubted Itachi was old enough to protect them.

• Xuandou gained fifty percent more chakra and received a card that could create a learnable kekkei genkai by fusing two chakra natures.
• Goumu Yanō introduced Kajiya Tarō, who explained that the Land of Iron's War Faction threatened his clan's safety and blocked its relocation.
• Tarō revealed that the Kajiya Clan had forged Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swords and could make powerful tools if it had chakra metal.
• Xuandou agreed to protect and relocate the Kajiya Clan in exchange for its future work manufacturing Uchiha ninja tools.
• Xuandou ordered Itachi and a dozen Anbu to escort Tarō to the Land of Iron, and Tarō questioned whether the young Itachi could handle the danger.

Xuandou used the Kekkei Genkai Creation Card to create Flash Release by combining fire and lightning, then went to the Uchiha training ground to test it. He demonstrated its B-rank Lightning Fire Bullet before a crowd of clan members, leaving them stunned by its speed and destructive power.

• Xuandou instructed Itachi to accompany Kajiya Tarō to the Land of Iron and speak with its head of state, then watched them and Goumu Yanō leave.
• Xuandou combined fire and lightning chakra to create Flash Release and learned its fusion method and three accompanying ninjutsu.
• Xuandou went to the Uchiha training ground, where Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka, and more than a hundred clan members gathered to watch his demonstration.
• Xuandou fired Flash Release: Lightning Fire Bullet at a target thirty meters away, blasting through refined iron and leaving a crater behind it.
• The crowd marveled at the attack's speed and power, and Inabi questioned whether it could really be a B-rank ninjutsu.