Recaps

Gaara learned that Rasa had foreseen his death and left warnings about enemies who could use Impure World Reincarnation, then prepared to travel to Konoha and strengthen Sunagakure. Meanwhile, Orochimaru confronted Jiraiya and demanded Hinata’s Byakugan, ending with a challenge about whether Jiraiya could kill him.

• Baki told Gaara that Rasa had planned his succession and appointed him the next Kazekage, then sent him to negotiations in Konoha.
• Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari opened Rasa’s scroll and saw fragments of the future; Rasa warned them about the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and enemies inside Sunagakure.
• Gaara decided to seek Uchiha Yan’s help in training Sunagakure’s ninja and planned to discuss Buddhadharma with Naruto in Konoha.
• Sasuke and Hinata practiced Rasengan, and Jiraiya was astonished when Hinata used chakra nature transformation and Sasuke threw his Rasengan.
• Hinata sensed approaching chakra, and Orochimaru arrived and demanded that Hinata give him her Byakugan in exchange for letting Jiraiya and the others leave.

Orochimaru and Kabuto summoned powerful dead ninja to fight Sasuke and the others, but the battle turned against them when Tsunade arrived with reinforcements. Tsunade confronted Tobirama about his views on the Uchiha and revealed his history of human experimentation, prompting Sasuke to react.

• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta while Orochimaru summoned Manda, and Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back numerous powerful ninja, including Tobirama Senju, Fugaku, and Ōnoki.
• Sasuke, Hinata, and Naruto prepared to fight as Manda attacked, and Sasuke blasted Tobirama with fire and lightning before destroying him.
• Sasuke played the Ancient Zither to summon a fire phoenix, while Hinata's Eight Trigrams Formation empowered the phoenixes as the revived Kage launched attacks.
• The Third Raikage nearly struck Hinata, but Tsunade arrived with Sakura, Shizune, and Konoha Anbu to drive him back.
• Tsunade confronted Tobirama over his prejudice against the Uchiha and told him that he had conducted human experiments; Sasuke asked whether Tobirama had experimented on people like Orochimaru.

Sasuke and the Konoha fighters battled Orochimaru’s reanimated forces, while Sasuke’s Haoran qi tortured Tobirama. After Hinata killed Orochimaru with a trap prepared by Uchiha Yan, Kabuto withdrew, and Sasuke mocked Tobirama as innately evil.

• Sasuke’s Haoran qi caused Tobirama to writhe in pain, and Sasuke explained that it burned away resentment in the soul.
• Sakura attacked the Second Tsuchikage as Sasuke summoned a lightning kirin and destroyed many reanimated fighters, then sent the kirin toward Orochimaru.
• Hinata was immobilized by a reanimated Nara Clan member, but Uchiha Yan’s dōjutsu trap struck Orochimaru when he tried to take her Byakugan.
• Hinata hit Orochimaru with eight Rasengan and burned his remains with green flames while Jiraiya urged Kabuto Yakushi to retreat.
• Kabuto Yakushi withdrew, and Tobirama Senju broke free of Impure World Reincarnation before Sasuke restored his breath and called him an innately evil Senju brat.

Tobirama Senju returned to Konoha with Tsunade to investigate Uchiha Yan’s rule and the upheaval across the Shinobi World. After seeing how Konoha had changed, Tobirama questioned Yan about his ambitions and Madara Uchiha’s fate, ending by asking what made Madara so powerful.

• Sasuke mocked Tobirama and offered to teach him haoran qi if he became Sasuke’s disciple, while Tobirama urged Tsunade to return to Konoha with him.
• Tsunade explained to Tobirama that Uchiha Yan had become Hokage after Danzo died and that Yan had the ability to lead Konoha.
• Jiraiya declined to accompany Tsunade and Tobirama, choosing instead to take Naruto and the others to meet the Toad Sage.
• On the way to Konoha, Sakura told Tobirama that the Four Great Ninja Villages had attacked because the Daimyō’s bloodline had ended, leaving civilians to fight over succession.
• Tobirama was astonished by Konoha’s expansion and by Uchiha dancing beside the Naka River before he went to the Hokage Office.
• Tobirama questioned Yan about killing the Daimyō and sending Madara Uchiha away, and Yan said he wanted to change the Shinobi World; Tobirama then asked whether Madara’s power came from the Rinnegan or the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan left Tobirama Senju in charge of Root while he traveled to Jinghai Town to meet Mei Terumi. He explained how Konoha’s influence had weakened Kirigakure’s resistance to his plans, then offered Mei a scroll on Scientific Ninja Tools in exchange for a condition.

• Uchiha Yan showed Tobirama Senju Konoha’s ninja files, and Tobirama was shocked by the village’s strength and Sakura Haruno’s Yin Seal technique.
• Uchiha Yan told Tobirama Senju to oversee Root and help Konoha unify the Land of Fire, then left Hayate to assist him.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Utatane Koharu about Uchiha Yan’s strength and history, but doubted her account of how Yan awakened his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yan traveled to Jinghai Town, where Mei Terumi was waiting for him and said Zabuza had gone to deal with Kakashi.
• Uchiha Yan explained that Konoha’s factories and protection of trade routes had made the people of the Land of Water favor Konoha, leaving Kirigakure little choice but to accept his expansion.
• Uchiha Yan offered Mei Terumi a scroll about making Scientific Ninja Tools in exchange for a condition, and she asked to hear it.

Uchiha Yan pressured Mei Terumi to accept Konoha’s factory plans, while Kirigakure weighed the political risks and sought allies. Back in Konoha, Yan recruited Tobirama to help unify the Land of Fire and teased him with an outrageous fictional romance involving Izuna.

• Uchiha Yan warned Mei Terumi that refusing Konoha’s factory proposal would turn the Land of Water’s citizens and factions against Kirigakure, then gave her seven days to investigate.
• Mei Terumi ordered envoys sent to Kumogakure and Sunagakure, and told Kisame to assess Kirigakure’s clans’ positions on war and peace.
• Mei Terumi suspected Uchiha Yan was using the Land of Water dispute to distract other villages while Konoha prepared to unify the Land of Fire, so she ordered an investigation into Konoha’s movements.
• Uchiha Yan returned to Konoha and told Tobirama to take charge of Root and the Anbu as part of his plan to unify the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan threatened to summon Izuna and invented a story about Tobirama’s love for Izuna until Tobirama shouted at him to stop.

Uchiha Yan secured Sunagakure’s agreement not to interfere with Konoha’s plans and outlined schemes to destabilize rival villages while preparing to unify the Land of Fire. He then assigned Konoha teams to support military campaigns across the country.

• Gaara negotiated for Sunagakure to receive wind power technology and for Konoha to stay out of the Land of Wind’s internal affairs, and Uchiha Yan agreed while warning him about internal threats.
• Uchiha Yan explained to Tobirama that Konoha would foment divisions in Sunagakure and hatred between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, then left Root and the Anbu under Tobirama’s command for operations outside the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan summoned Might Guy, Aoba Yamashiro, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Uchiha Tekka and ordered them to help end the war in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan sent Might Guy to protect the Mōri Clan and conquer nearby prefectures, Kurenai Yuhi to support Anko, Asuma to support Haruki, Uchiha Tekka to assist Kakashi, and Aoba Yamashiro to join Hyūga Maki in the Capital.

Mei Terumi tried to use Kirigakure spies to disrupt Uchiha Yan’s plans, but Yan countered by sending Iwagakure spies to the Land of Water and turning their deaths into a trap. The chapter ended with Mei unable to break with Konoha without destroying trust in Kirigakure, as someone demanded that she come out.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure agents to gather intelligence openly in the Land of Fire and planned to use any deaths as grounds to break with Konoha.
• Uchiha Yan sent two Iwagakure spies and Root ninja to the Land of Water to purchase wedding supplies and provoke a response from Mei.
• Shiori warned Mei that Yan was likely setting a trap, but Mei refused to kill her own spies.
• Mangetsu reported that Jonin Oda Nobunobu had killed the supposed Konoha purchasers inside the Kirigakure Garment Factory, claiming Uchiha Yan was unworthy of marrying Mei.
• Shiori concluded that Oda was a Konoha spy and warned that breaking with Konoha would split Kirigakure; Mei realized the deaths had been Iwagakure spies, and someone outside called for her to come out.

Uchiha Yan publicly accused Mei Terumi of breaking their engagement and killing Konoha ninja, then privately pressured her to blame Oda Nobunobu on Iwagakure. After Mei Terumi punched him, Uchiha Yan summoned his Perfect Susanoo, leaving Mei Terumi to weigh the danger of conceding against Konoha’s growing power.

• Uchiha Yan arrived over Kirigakure and loudly accused Mei Terumi of killing Konoha ninja and abandoning their engagement, while villagers listened and blamed her.
• Uchiha Yan privately told Mei Terumi to identify Oda Nobunobu as an Iwagakure spy or he would plunge Kirigakure into internal strife.
• Mei Terumi punched Uchiha Yan, and he used the incident to summon his Perfect Susanoo in the middle of Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi’s advisers urged her to blame Oda Nobunobu to prevent Uchiha Yan from attacking the village, but Mei Terumi worried about Konoha’s future dominance.

Uchiha Yan left Kirigakure after calming the villagers and promising peaceful cooperation, while Mei Terumi and her allies weighed how to resist Konoha’s growing influence. His actions also alarmed other ninja villages and sparked jokes among Konoha residents.

• Uchiha Yan publicly claimed Mei Terumi still loved him and suggested she was being controlled by genjutsu, prompting Kirigakure’s villagers to question her leadership.
• Mei Terumi denied knowing about Oda’s killing of Konoha ninja and reaffirmed her engagement to the Hokage, while Uchiha Yan accepted her explanation and promised to cooperate with the investigation.
• Uchiha Yan offered Kirigakure’s villagers discounts in Konoha and its ninja a water release technique attributed to the Second Mizukage, then departed after urging them to shape the future.
• Mei Terumi ordered Hozuki Mangetsu to recall their people from the Land of Fire, and she and Shiori concluded Kirigakure should build strength through Konoha before joining other villages against it.
• The Raikage and Dodai discussed Uchiha Yan’s motives and prepared Kumogakure to move quickly, while Konoha residents dismissed his performance as another act.

Uchiha Yan prepared Konoha for war as Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure began mobilizing, and he called a meeting of Konoha’s Jonin to begin his unification plan. Meanwhile, Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze to capture Dodai and promised him a chance to see Naruto, sending Minato toward North Mountain City.

• Uchiha Yan learned that Orochimaru had survived and that Kitsuchi was assembling Iwagakure’s Ninja while contacting Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yan remembered his system and his goal of learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, then ordered Konoha’s Jonin to gather for a meeting.
• Orochimaru and Black Zetsu discussed obtaining a Byakugan and releasing the Three-Tails, while Orochimaru planned to use Minato Namikaze to seize Dodai.
• After waiting in the Land of Lightning, Orochimaru learned Dodai was traveling to North Mountain City and used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Minato.
• Orochimaru told Minato that Naruto was safe and promised he could see him after capturing Dodai, so Minato hurried to North Mountain City.

Minato returned from the dead and swiftly captured Dodai, but Orochimaru escaped with him to Ryūchi Cave before Uchiha Yan could arrive. After Minato learned about the years he had missed, he offered to end the war by killing rebel leaders, and Tobirama explained why Konoha was keeping its ninja out of the fighting.

• Minato located Dodai, grabbed him, and brought him to Orochimaru's base before returning to Konoha.
• Black Zetsu warned Orochimaru that Uchiha Yan was coming, so Orochimaru took Dodai to Ryūchi Cave; Yan and Minato arrived too late.
• Tobirama discussed Orochimaru's possible Tenseigan plans with Yan and urged him to focus on unifying the Land of Fire.
• Yan showed Minato memories of the years he had missed, including Naruto's life and Boruto.
• Minato decided to end the war by killing rebel leaders, but Tobirama explained that Konoha was keeping its ninja out of the fighting to show they could save people rather than serve as tools for killing.

Uchiha Yan confronted the resurrected Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fought over Sarada. After Obito and the others went to seize another Ten-Tails, Yan offered Isshiki Sarada’s freedom in exchange for learning Haoran Qi, then prepared to fight him.

• Uchiha Yan, Tobirama, and Minato sensed enormous chakra and found Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki facing off against Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki.
• Kaguya attacked Isshiki over her granddaughter, and both vanished into an alternate dimension before their clash could threaten the Shinobi World.
• Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki explained that Sasuke Uchiha had brought them back, and Nagato warned that they needed to recover the turtles to prevent the destruction of both Shinobi Worlds.
• Uchiha Yan demanded that the three help deal with Kaguya and Isshiki, but Obito, Nagato, and Urashiki left to capture this world’s Ten-Tails when Kaguya and Isshiki reappeared.
• Uchiha Yan recognized Isshiki’s captive as Sarada and offered to teach Isshiki Haoran Qi if he released her; Isshiki attacked Yan with Black Rods, which struck his golden light without harming him.

Uchiha Yan defeated Isshiki’s attempt to capture Sarada and gave him the Heart-Mind Learning cultivation method, then brought Kaguya to the Uchiha compound. As Kaguya settled in and began teaching Sarada, Yan worried that a greater threat was growing within the Shinobi World.

• Uchiha Yan’s golden palm pursued Isshiki through shrinking and space, forcing Isshiki to bargain for the Haoran Qi cultivation method in exchange for Sarada.
• Minato brought Isshiki a scroll of the Heart-Mind Learning method, and Isshiki left after learning about Taichi Ōtsutsuki and his Primordial One Qi.
• Kaguya chose to stay at the Uchiha Clan Compound with Sarada and demanded a palace, servants, and other comforts.
• Uchiha Yan told Tobirama that the arrival of two Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Isshiki could mean a formidable enemy would emerge, and he feared the Hyuga Clan might become hostile.
• Kaguya ordered Itachi to destroy Hagoromo’s memorial tablet, then said she would teach Sarada and eventually lead the Uchiha back to confront the Ōtsutsuki Main Family.

Uchiha Itachi welcomed Sarada, explained the value of the classics, and offered to take her to meet her grandmother and get new clothes. Meanwhile, Jigen chose to join forces with the alternate-world Isshiki against Nagato’s group, and their battle began in the Alternate Dimension.

• Uchiha Itachi told Sarada about Izanagi, the classics, and the need to study Haoran Qi before asking her to wait while he read.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Sasuke was with Boruto and the Seventh, then promised to take Sarada to see her father when he returned and bring her to her grandmother for new clothes.
• Uchiha Itachi summoned Huo Yu, who showed Sarada a color-changing Wide-Sleeved Flowing Fairy Dress, and Sarada eagerly asked for one.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Obito, and Urashiki tried to persuade Jigen to join their respective sides in the fight for the Ten-Tails.
• Jigen chose to ally with his alternate-world self, Isshiki, and attacked Nagato’s group as Isshiki sent black cubes at them.
• Orochimaru watched Kimimaro in Ryūchi Cave with anticipation.

Orochimaru prepared to awaken the Tenseigan while Black Zetsu abandoned his schemes and joined Kaguya, who turned him into a child and ordered him to attend Uchiha Kindergarten. At the Hokage Building, Black Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had a Hyūga Shinkō clone, raising a new question about his Tenseigan plan.

• Orochimaru and Kabuto prepared a body for his Tenseigan experiment, while Hiruko considered taking over a White Zetsu body.
• Black Zetsu warned Orochimaru that Nagato had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cautioned him not to attack Konoha.
• Black Zetsu found Kaguya, who made him a six-year-old boy, told him she would release the other Kaguya after defeating the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, and ordered him to attend kindergarten.
• Black Zetsu went to Uchiha Itachi to arrange kindergarten, then headed to the Hokage Building after Itachi said Uchiha Yan wanted to see him.
• Uchiha Yan questioned Black Zetsu about Orochimaru's plans, and Black Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had a Hyūga Shinkō clone.

Uchiha Yan learned that Orochimaru might use the Box of Ultimate Bliss and Impure World Reincarnation to create a dangerous weapon, but Tobirama explained that the Shinigami could not provide a path to the Pure Land. Yan then returned to the Land of Rain, where Nagato demanded that he stop the war in the Land of Fire, and Konan revealed Yan’s engagement to Mei Terumi.

• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Yan that Orochimaru and Hiruko were developing ways to refine the Box of Ultimate Bliss and absorb kekkei genkai.
• Uchiha Yan feared Orochimaru could use Impure World Reincarnation to gather souls, so he questioned Tobirama about the Pure Land and the Shinigami.
• Tobirama explained that the Shinigami was an Uzumaki-created vessel and that Impure World Reincarnation summoned souls from the Pure Land using sacrifices.
• Uchiha Yan decided to find Orochimaru through Karin Uzumaki and traveled to the Land of Rain to prevent Orochimaru from joining forces with Nagato.
• Obito told Uchiha Yan that Jigen and Isshiki had stopped them from obtaining the Ten-Tails, while Nagato demanded Yan halt the war in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan offered to help control the Land of Water, and Konan revealed that Mei Terumi and Yan were engaged.

Uchiha Yan learned that Nagato planned to end the shinobi war by destroying any faction that continued fighting, so Konoha’s leaders decided to accelerate their unification of the Land of Fire. Konoha mobilized its forces across several countries, while Kakashi learned only that he was to assemble at Jinghai Town.

• Nagato told Uchiha Yan he would soon end the war and described the powerful Orochimaru in Isshiki and Jigen’s world; Yan asked Karin to help find a Human Emperor Banner.
• Obito asked Yan to support the Eye of the Moon Plan if Nagato failed, but Nagato promised to use Infinite Tsukuyomi himself and revive Rin Nohara if needed.
• Yan returned to Konoha and warned Tobirama, Shikaku, Minato, and the others that Nagato would annihilate any village, city, or country that continued fighting.
• Tobirama and the Konoha leaders agreed to unify the Land of Fire quickly, and Yan ordered ninja recalled and assigned forces to subdue factions in the Lands of Hot Water and Rivers.
• Konoha’s sudden mobilization alarmed the other hidden villages, while Kakashi was told to assemble at Jinghai Town and protested being addressed as the Fourth Hokage instead of the Fifth.

Minato led Konoha forces to bring the Land of Rivers under Konoha’s jurisdiction, while Tobirama imposed Konoha’s rule on the Land of Hot Water. Uchiha Yan confronted the Land of Fire’s leaders with his Susanoo and demanded to become daimyō.

• Minato reunited with Kakashi in Jinghai Town, explained that Obito was alive and warned Kakashi that he could become an enemy.
• Minato used Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport Konoha troops to the Land of Rivers.
• Minato killed De Kang Chuan after he refused to submit, then assigned Kakashi to help establish Konoha’s rule in the capital.
• Tobirama forced Wu Tian Jia Xuan to accept Konoha’s jurisdiction over the Land of Hot Water and threatened to kill anyone who resisted.
• Uchiha Yan used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to summon a towering Susanoo and demanded that Feng Chen Le accept him as daimyō of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Yan clashed with Nagato over his expansion into the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Rivers, revealing a mighty Dharma Form before they agreed to halt the fight. Yan kept the occupied territory for now and prepared to have Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze return, while Feng Chen Le submitted and Shikaku warned him that unifying the country would bring further upheaval.

• Feng Chen Le submitted to Uchiha Yan, who told him to keep his subordinates from provoking Konoha as the Land of Fire was absorbed.
• Nagato confronted Yan over his occupation of smaller nations and threatened to destroy the Land of Fire's Capital when Yan refused to withdraw.
• Yan broke through Nagato's attacks and barrier, then summoned Dharma Form Heaven and Earth to overwhelm the battlefield.
• Nagato agreed to let Yan keep the territory already occupied in the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Rivers, provided Konoha made no further moves, and Yan agreed to recall Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze.
• Feng Chen Yue asked Shikaku about Yan's power, and Shikaku warned that the country would face clashes and major changes after unification.

Nagato Uzumaki threatened the Shinobi World into halting its wars and summoned the Five Kage to the Land of Rain, while Uchiha Yan and Konoha’s leaders considered the dangers still ahead. The chapter ended with Tobirama asking whether Yan would truly abandon his plan to unify the Shinobi World.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure’s factions to stop fighting after Nagato’s Tailed Beast Bombs destroyed Haishan County and other targets.
• Nagato told Konan he planned to use force to enforce peace while the countries developed their economies, and they discussed Yahiko, crime, and Ino Yamanaka’s legal training.
• Konan warned Nagato that his methods could not create lasting peace and that powerful threats, including Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Orochimaru, remained.
• Uchiha Yan told Konoha’s senior officials that Obito planned to use Infinite Tsukuyomi and that Nagato might be needed to stop Orochimaru if he awakened the Tenseigan.
• Tobirama asked Uchiha Yan whether he would halt his campaign to unify the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yan outlined Konoha’s future as a talent-training institution and began arranging a successor Hokage and advisers. Tobirama took Yan and Minato to meet Kaguya, who asked Yan to teach her the chakra apparition technique he had used.

• Uchiha Yan said Konoha would train the Land of Fire’s officials and called for candidates for the next Hokage and two advisers.
• Tobirama proposed restoring Minato as Hokage and appointing Uchiha Itachi and Neji Hyuga as advisers, while Minato insisted he wanted to find Kushina in the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Itachi said he and Neji should not become Hokage or Daimyō so the Uchiha and Hyūga clans would remain balanced.
• Tobirama took Uchiha Yan and Minato to see Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Kaguya asked Uchiha Yan to teach her the chakra apparition technique infused with natural energy.

Uchiha Yan had Kaguya revive Tobirama and Minato, then stopped Tobirama from planning human experiments and left Minato in charge of the village. Before heading to Amegakure, Yan returned to find Mikoto and Sarada arguing about tomatoes and Sarada's place in this world.

• Uchiha Yan gave Kaguya Ōtsutsuki the cultivation method for Dharma Form Heaven and Earth and asked her to revive Tobirama and Minato.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki revived Tobirama and Minato, then explained Isshiki's plans and her own path to godhood.
• Tobirama asked Uchiha Yan for human test subjects, but Yan refused and told Minato to stop him from conducting experiments.
• Uchiha Yan left Minato in charge of the village and said he was going to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Yan returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found Mikoto trying to make Sarada eat stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.
• Sarada asked whether she would disappear if Sasuke and Sakura did not marry, and Uchiha Yan said he would explain later.

Uchiha Yan gathered the Kage and Nagato to discuss ending wars and reorganizing the shinobi nations, while Nagato set conditions for peace and Yan promoted the Great Qin Empire’s model. The meeting ended with Mei Terumi explaining that Yan’s reforms could help him unify the shinobi world.

• Uchiha Yan learned where Ryūchi Cave was, then arranged a large-scale expedition against Orochimaru and traveled to the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Yan met the other four Kage, Deidara, and the Leg Kage, and told A that Orochimaru had captured Dodai and revived Minato Namikaze.
• Nagato entered with Konan and forbade the Five Great Nations from starting wars or blocking access to survival resources, threatening to replace leaders who failed to govern effectively.
• Uchiha Yan urged the Kage to adapt ninja work for public services and model their nations on the Great Qin Empire, while Nagato insisted he would not interfere in internal affairs.
• Nagato asked Yan to distribute Konoha’s Law Net formation plans, but Yan said the other nations lacked the specialists needed to use it and urged them to maintain patrols and prepare for peace.
• Mei Terumi told Kitsuchi that Yan wanted other nations to adopt the Land of Fire’s customs so unification would face less resistance, and said his books had made him highly respected in Kirigakure.

Uchiha Yan ended the tense meeting by inviting the assembled leaders to help deal with Orochimaru, then traveled to Ryūchi Cave and confronted him after he awakened the Tenseigan in Hyūga Shinkō’s body. Yan called in the others, who appeared beside Orochimaru and launched a coordinated attack.

• Mei Terumi rejected the proposed marriage alliance, and Uchiha Yan ended the meeting by asking interested leaders to join him against Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yan summoned Konoha’s elite forces, while Obito urged Nagato to join a plan to destroy Konoha and revealed that he and Urashiki had obtained shinjutsu.
• Uchiha Yan traveled to Ryūchi Cave, where Tagorihime appeared before him, and then sensed Orochimaru’s chakra nearby.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had awakened the Tenseigan in Hyūga Shinkō’s body and insisted he had not created the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Uchiha Yan dodged Orochimaru’s Truth-Seeking Orbs and threw kunai, bringing a group of allies to Orochimaru’s side, where they attacked him with their techniques.