Recaps

Jiraiya brought Feng Yao to Mount Myōboku and began a battle against him, with Fukasaku, Shima, and the toads watching. After Feng Yao overwhelmed Gamabunta, Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and launched a powerful attack that left the fight unresolved.

• Jiraiya introduced Feng Yao to Fukasaku and Shima, who explained that the Great Toad Sage had fallen asleep a few days earlier.
• Fukasaku and Shima led Jiraiya and Feng Yao to the training ground, where Gamabunta and other toads were sparring.
• Jiraiya attacked Feng Yao with fire techniques and clones, while Feng Yao dodged and used Susanoo to knock Gamabunta flying.
• Jiraiya used a clone to escape Feng Yao's fireball, then entered Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima's help.
• Jiraiya and the two sages covered the battlefield in burning oil, and Jiraiya appeared behind Feng Yao with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.

Feng Yao defeated Jiraiya and the toads on Mount Myōboku, then revealed he had not come to learn Sage Mode. As Jiraiya prepared to leave, the Great Toad Sage delivered a vague prophecy about coming events and enemies before falling asleep.

• Feng Yao's attacks passed through Jiraiya's techniques, and he used clones and full-body Susanoo to overwhelm Jiraiya's summoned toads.
• Jiraiya conceded the wager, and Feng Yao confirmed his intangibility was his Mangekyo ocular technique.
• Feng Yao said he had not come to learn Sage Mode, declined Sage Shima's offered bugs, and returned to the shinobi world.
• A small toad summoned Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima to the Great Toad Sage, who spoke of major events, a white figure beneath a lone red moon, and many enemies before falling asleep.

Jiraiya returned from Mount Myōboku after hearing a prophecy of a coming war, while Feng Yao prepared Naruto and Sasuke for further training and considered the growing conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha. After Jiraiya questioned the Third Hokage’s opposition to the Uchiha, Danzo urged Hiruzen to strike first against Feng Yao and the clan.

• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima warned Jiraiya that a great war and many enemies lay ahead, and the toads resolved to train harder so they could help him.
• Feng Yao returned and met Naruto and Sasuke, who had failed to master Water Walking, and he planned to continue their training at the Valley of the End.
• Feng Yao reflected that he could not take Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, with him if the Uchiha left Konoha, and considered Jiraiya a suitable person for Naruto to turn to.
• Jiraiya reported his defeat to the Third Hokage, then challenged him over his opposition to the Uchiha before leaving the Hokage’s office.
• Danzo emerged from hiding and urged the Third Hokage to strike first, claiming Feng Yao was plotting a coup and accusing Jiraiya of siding with the Uchiha.

Danzo persuaded the Third Hokage and the elders to fund a joint strike against the Uchiha with Hanzō and a hired assassin organization. Meanwhile, Pain prepared the Akatsuki to act as Obito trained with newly transplanted Sharingan and plotted against Feng Yao.

• Danzo told the Third Hokage that he had negotiated Hanzō’s fee down to five hundred million ryo and secured help from an assassin organization.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura accepted Danzo’s plan to attack the Uchiha.
• In Amegakure, Pain prepared to act with Konan, Sasori, Juzo Biwa, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, and Zetsu, while Black Zetsu explained that Madara Uchiha would join later.
• Obito trained with transplanted Three-Tomoe Sharingan, used Wood Release, and vowed to kill Uchiha Fengyao and reclaim his Mangekyo.
• Obito restrained his desire to take Nagato’s Rinnegan, regarding the eyes as his own while leaving them with Nagato for now.

Feng Yao visited Ryūchi Cave with Orochimaru and used his system to acquire Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode without meeting its sages. Afterward, he asked Orochimaru about improving Impure World Reincarnation so he could bring Shisui back and strengthen the Uchiha.

• Feng Yao pulled Orochimaru into the Kamui Dimension, where Orochimaru explained the Akatsuki's operation and Feng Yao reacted angrily to Danzo's involvement.
• Feng Yao asked Orochimaru to take him to Ryūchi Cave, then checked in and acquired Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode before asking Orochimaru to return.
• The White Snake Sage sensed Orochimaru's return with Feng Yao and recognized a cold, sinister presence associated with a descendant of outsiders.
• Feng Yao asked Orochimaru whether Impure World Reincarnation could restore the dead to their full strength, and Orochimaru said it could not yet do so but might be improved.
• Feng Yao considered using the jutsu to revive Shisui, whose body Itachi had disclosed the location of, because the Uchiha needed more powerful fighters.

Feng Yao visited Orochimaru’s laboratory in Otogakure to meet Shin, a boy with a rare constitution that could accept any Kekkei Genkai. He gave Shin the name Uchiha Shin and promised to take him away after leading the Uchiha out of Konoha, while Orochimaru agreed to transplant Sharingan into him.

• Feng Yao asked Orochimaru to take him to see Shin, and they used the Reverse Summoning Technique to reach the laboratory in Otogakure.
• Feng Yao advised Orochimaru to nurture Kabuto’s research talent, and Orochimaru agreed to give him more attention.
• Orochimaru explained that Shin’s unusual body rejected no Kekkei Genkai and that Shin had sought him out.
• Feng Yao gave Orochimaru a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan and ordered him to transplant them into Shin.
• Feng Yao named the boy Uchiha Shin and promised to take him away after the Uchiha left Konoha; Orochimaru accepted the arrangement in exchange for compensation.

Akatsuki launched its attack on the Uchiha Clan Compound, only to find Setsuna and Fugaku had prepared an ambush. As Obito and Black Zetsu reacted to the fighting and Danzo’s arrival, Itachi confronted them and exposed Obito’s identity, with Uchiha reinforcements arriving behind him.

• Konan led Kakuzu, Sasori, Orochimaru, and Juzo Biwa through Konoha’s rear gate while Deva Path Pain provided cover.
• Konan entered the Uchiha Clan Compound and triggered an attack from the prepared Uchiha forces led by Setsuna and Fugaku.
• Obito and Black Zetsu heard the fighting, and Black Zetsu told Obito that Danzo had arrived with his men.
• Obito and Black Zetsu sensed danger and dodged as Itachi appeared among a flock of crows.
• Itachi called Obito by his real name, and more than a dozen Uchiha figures descended behind Itachi, surrounding Obito and Black Zetsu.

Feng Yao and Itachi repelled Obito’s attack on the Uchiha, while the Third Hokage and Danzo prepared to move against the clan. As Pain joined the battle, Feng Yao pulled Deva Path Pain into the Kamui Dimension, where Nagato realized he was facing Feng Yao.

• Itachi struck Obito with Amaterasu, but Obito used Izanagi and Wood Release to escape underground with Spiral White Zetsu and Black Zetsu.
• Itachi refused to pursue Obito, while the Third Hokage told Jiraiya to hold Itachi off as he and Danzo planned to attack Fugaku.
• The Six Paths of Pain arrived to help Konan, Kakuzu, Sasori, Orochimaru, and Juzo Biwa against their opponents.
• Feng Yao appeared before Deva Path Pain, caught his punch, and used Kamui to pull him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Nagato confirmed that his connection to the Six Paths remained intact and recognized Feng Yao as his opponent.

Feng Yao revealed his identity and claimed to know the truth behind Pain, Nagato, and the man posing as Madara. Nagato learned that Madara Uchiha’s eyes had become his Rinnegan, leaving him to confront the origins of his power.

• Feng Yao told Deva Path Pain that he was Uchiha Fengyao, the Uchiha Clan head, and an enemy of the man calling himself Madara.
• Feng Yao identified the masked man as Obito Uchiha and said he had taken Obito’s Mangekyo.
• Nagato invited Feng Yao to join the Akatsuki, and Feng Yao claimed he could see the past and future.
• Feng Yao revealed that Deva Path Pain was made from Yahiko’s corpse, prompting Nagato to react to his friend’s name.
• Feng Yao told Nagato that his Rinnegan had evolved from Madara Uchiha’s eyes and that Obito and Black Zetsu were Madara’s contingencies.
• Nagato laughed sorrowfully as he began piecing together the truth about his Rinnegan.

Feng Yao convinced Nagato to keep pursuing peace despite learning the Rinnegan had been implanted in him, and the two returned to the Uchiha compound as the battle resumed. Hiruzen and Danzo then arrived with a large force to destroy the Uchiha, while Jiraiya struggled to justify the village’s actions.

• Nagato accepted that the Rinnegan was not his but vowed to pursue Yahiko’s dream, and he and Feng Yao agreed to discuss their plans in Amegakure.
• Feng Yao and Deva Path Pain returned to the Uchiha compound, where Feng Yao told Fugaku and Setsuna to proceed as planned before leaving with Pain to fight in a distant valley.
• The Uchiha and Akatsuki resumed fighting, with Sasori deploying the Third Kazekage puppet and Fugaku engaging Orochimaru and Juzo Biwa.
• Hiruzen and Danzo led more than a hundred Jonin and several hundred Chunin to surround the Uchiha compound and launch an overwhelming attack.
• Jiraiya recalled Feng Yao’s accusations against Konoha and struggled to convince himself that Hiruzen’s actions were necessary to protect Naruto.

The Third Hokage and Danzo led Konoha forces against the Uchiha, but the Uchiha and Akatsuki had coordinated their defense and turned the attack into a battle on two fronts. Feng Yao arrived and rejected the Third Hokage’s offer of a future Hokage position, declaring that Konoha had betrayed the Uchiha.

• The Third Hokage ordered Jiraiya to fight Fugaku while he and Danzo attacked Itachi and Setsuna, but Jiraiya found Orochimaru fighting alongside Fugaku.
• The Uchiha and Akatsuki launched a coordinated counterattack against the Konoha force, while Itachi fought the Third Hokage and Setsuna fought Danzo.
• Setsuna overwhelmed Danzo, who fled as Root members moved to protect him, while Jiraiya struggled against Orochimaru and Fugaku.
• Feng Yao appeared, and the Uchiha and Akatsuki gathered beside him as the Konoha forces regrouped around the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage offered to support an Uchiha Hokage at the next election, but Feng Yao rejected the offer and said Konoha had betrayed the Uchiha.

Feng Yao declared that the Uchiha were leaving Konoha and used his golden Susanoo to raze the Sarutobi and Shimura clan compounds. The chapter ended with the onlookers stunned by his overwhelming power.

• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya tried to placate Feng Yao and defend Konoha, while Danzo drew the anger of Jiraiya and the Akatsuki members.
• Feng Yao told Setsuna, Fugaku, and the Uchiha that their clan had finished relocating, then declared that the Uchiha were leaving Konoha.
• Jiraiya and the Third Hokage called the departure desertion and refused to let the Uchiha leave, while Danzo urged them to kill the clan.
• Feng Yao summoned a complete golden Susanoo and slashed through the landscape, destroying the Uchiha Clan Compound and razing the Sarutobi and Shimura compounds with thousands of clan members.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya watched in fury as their clans were destroyed, while Kakuzu, Sasori, Juzo Biwa, and Orochimaru reacted to Feng Yao's power.

Feng Yao used his Perfect Susanoo to devastate Konoha and overawe its defenders before announcing that the Uchiha were leaving the village. The Uchiha and Akatsuki followed him into the forest, leaving the Third Hokage and Jiraiya to face Konoha’s loss.

• Feng Yao’s Perfect Susanoo terrified the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, Danzo, the villagers, and the Akatsuki as the Uchiha celebrated their Clan Head’s power.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya urged Feng Yao to stop, while Danzo used the Third Hokage as a shield.
• Feng Yao dismissed his Susanoo and declared that the Uchiha were officially leaving Konoha.
• Feng Yao led the Uchiha toward the forest, and Pain led the Akatsuki after them.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya remained in Konoha, accepting that the village had lost the Uchiha.

Konoha villagers blamed the Uchiha for the previous night's destruction and celebrated as other clans took over their interests. News of the Uchiha's power reached the other hidden villages, whose leaders debated recruiting, rejecting, or capturing them.

• Konoha villagers condemned the Uchiha, while Teuchi and a few others questioned the public account; Konoha's clans divided up the Uchiha's interests.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to contact the Uchiha and offer them benefits if they would live in Iwagakure, while warning him not to provoke them.
• Rasa and Granny Chiyo agreed to give up on recruiting the Uchiha for Sunagakure.
• A ordered Darui to approach the Uchiha about joining Kumogakure and to capture some of them if they refused.
• Kirigakure's leaders examined the report, and Yagura remained wary of the Uchiha because an Uchiha's Sharingan had controlled him for years.

Feng Yao brought the Uchiha Clan to Amegakure, where Konan welcomed and settled them as members of the village. News of their arrival reached Konoha, and Danzo urged Hiruzen to pursue them, but Hiruzen refused to risk a confrontation.

• Pain told Feng Yao that the Uchiha Clan would become part of Amegakure and left Konan to settle them in.
• Konan led the Uchiha through Amegakure, where villagers welcomed them, and she assigned their clan compound a central location.
• News of the Uchiha joining Amegakure spread throughout the Five Great Nations.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen provide Anbu and funding so he could hunt down the Uchiha, but Hiruzen argued that attacking them would endanger Konoha.
• Danzo called Hiruzen indecisive, and Hiruzen asserted his authority as Hokage before Danzo stormed out.

After the Uchiha joined Amegakure, the great nations reacted cautiously while Obito and Black Zetsu argued over Uchiha Fengyao. Black Zetsu saw Fengyao as a possible ally for Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Obito agreed to cooperate only if Fengyao returned Rin’s body and his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Fourth Raikage A ordered Darui to capture Uchiha if possible, told him to retreat if necessary, and sent Killer B with the group while Yugito stayed behind.
• Ōnoki decided Iwagakure would watch Amegakure closely, while Kirigakure and Sunagakure also chose not to act against the Uchiha.
• Obito rejected the news that Nagato had brought the Uchiha into Amegakure and blamed Fengyao for taking his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kamui.
• Black Zetsu recalled seeing Fengyao use Perfect Susanoo and take the altered stone tablet, and concluded Fengyao might support Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Obito agreed to work with Fengyao only if Fengyao returned Rin’s body and Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Black Zetsu said he would ask him.

After learning that the Uchiha had defected, Naruto was bullied for being close to Sasuke and Feng Yao, until Jiraiya rescued him and promised to train him. Jiraiya told Naruto that his parents were away on a secret mission, leaving Naruto hopeful and under Jiraiya’s care.

• Naruto heard that the Uchiha clan had defected and searched the crowd for Sasuke.
• Villagers accused Naruto of being an Uchiha spy, and several boys beat him after he defended Sasuke.
• Jiraiya stopped the fight, checked Naruto’s injuries, and hid the truth about Konoha’s actions against the Uchiha.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that he needed to grow stronger before he could understand the misunderstanding involving Feng Yao and Sasuke.
• Jiraiya revealed that he had been Minato’s teacher and told Naruto that his parents were away on a secret mission.
• Jiraiya offered to take Naruto as his student, and Naruto called him the Pervy Sage, embarrassing Jiraiya and the watching Third Hokage.

After Naruto became Jiraiya’s student, the Third Hokage worried about Konoha’s weakened position and Feng Yao’s power. In Amegakure, Feng Yao delegated clan affairs, checked in to gain Hanzō’s peak strength, and recruited Ibuse as his summon.

• Jiraiya took Naruto as his student, while the Third Hokage reflected on Konoha’s losses and feared Feng Yao’s strength.
• Feng Yao left Setsuna, Fugaku, and the other elders to organize the Uchiha clan, then reassured Itachi that the clan would accept him in time.
• Feng Yao checked in at Amegakure and gained Hanzō’s peak strength, greatly improving his swordsmanship and Water Body Flicker.
• Feng Yao summoned Ibuse in the Kamui Dimension and told him that Hanzō was dead.
• Feng Yao asked Ibuse to sign a contract with him, and Ibuse agreed.

Feng Yao left the Kamui Dimension, reunited with Izumi, and shared a date with her before Karin arrived in search of the man who had saved her and Xiang Nai. Karin met Feng Yao with Ajisai, but seeing Izumi beside him left her disappointed.

• Feng Yao left the Kamui Dimension with Crow and Ibuse as his summon beasts, and Uchiha clansmen greeted him enthusiastically.
• Izumi thanked Feng Yao for protecting the Uchiha Clan, then shared dango with him as the clansmen and Setsuna gave them space.
• In Amegakure, Karin told Ajisai that Feng Yao had come to the village, and Xiang Nai agreed to let the girls visit him.
• Feng Yao told Izumi about Karin and Xiang Nai's ordeal, and Izumi condemned the Grass Ninja who had harmed them.
• Karin arrived with Ajisai and saw Izumi beside Feng Yao, leaving her disappointed and upset.

Feng Yao showed Pain and Konan the future of the Shinobi World, including Akatsuki’s downfall and Amegakure’s worsening condition. The vision ended with the Ōtsutsuki threat still looming, leaving Konan shaken and uncertain whether Feng Yao had deceived them.

• Feng Yao reunited with Karin and met Ajisai, then introduced them to Izumi, who shared dango with the girls.
• Feng Yao asked Karin about life in Amegakure, and she eagerly told him about her experiences there.
• Konan arrived and escorted Feng Yao to meet Pain, who agreed to see the future through Feng Yao’s genjutsu.
• Feng Yao showed Pain and Konan visions of Akatsuki capturing Tailed Beasts, Nagato’s death, Konan’s death, and the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Feng Yao showed them that Amegakure remained neglected and chaotic decades later, then revealed the coming Ōtsutsuki invasions.
• Konan emerged from the vision deeply troubled by the threats and the destructive power of the figures in the future.

Feng Yao explained to Nagato and Konan that the ninja and noble systems perpetuated war and hatred, and proposed unifying the Shinobi World under a new nation. His vision stirred them, and they wondered whether he resembled Yahiko.

• Nagato broke down after learning that his life and Rinnegan had been manipulated, then lost faith in Jiraiya and Naruto’s vision of peace.
• Feng Yao urged Nagato to stop pursuing extreme methods and argued that peace required changing thought, power, and institutions.
• Feng Yao explained that the ninja system made ninja tools of nobles and trapped them in cycles of hatred, while the One Country, One Village System turned national conflicts into village conflicts.
• Feng Yao declared that he intended to unify the Shinobi World, dismantle the noble and ninja systems, and establish a new nation.
• Nagato and Konan were moved by Feng Yao’s vision and asked whether he was Yahiko.

Feng Yao won Nagato and Konan’s trust and took charge of Amegakure and Akatsuki, while they agreed to keep watch on him. When Kumogakure’s team entered the Land of Rain, Feng Yao confronted them, and Gyuki sensed that he was terrifyingly powerful.

• Feng Yao persuaded Nagato and Konan that education should be the first step toward changing the Land of Rain, and Nagato entrusted Amegakure and Akatsuki to him.
• Feng Yao said Akatsuki should keep building its strength and revealed that he had taken Obito’s Mangekyo; Konan asked to join when Obito was killed.
• Nagato and Konan discussed whether to trust Feng Yao, then agreed that Konan would serve as his deputy and monitor his actions.
• Nagato sensed lightning-nature chakra from intruders in the Land of Rain, and Feng Yao identified them as Kumogakure shinobi before leaving to confront them.
• Darui led Yugito, Killer B, and more than a dozen Kumogakure elites through the rain, where Feng Yao appeared behind Darui and let Killer B’s shuriken pass through him.
• Gyuki warned Killer B to retreat, sensing that Feng Yao’s chakra and presence resembled Madara Uchiha’s.

Feng Yao overwhelmed Killer B and the Kumogakure ninja with his Mangekyo Sharingan and a devastating gale. Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails to protect his comrades and attacked Feng Yao, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Gyuki recognized Feng Yao’s immense chakra and warned Killer B to retreat, but Feng Yao used the Mangekyo Sharingan to place Killer B under genjutsu.
• Feng Yao summoned a gigantic tornado with the Uchiha Gunbai, scattering the Kumogakure ninja and knocking Killer B unconscious.
• Killer B awakened, remembered being controlled, and transformed into the Eight-Tails so his comrades could escape.
• Darui led the Kumogakure ninja away while the Eight-Tails attacked Feng Yao with all eight tails.
• The Kumogakure ninja watched from a distance as dust billowed, while Darui suspected Feng Yao had survived the attack.

Feng Yao used Perfect Susanoo and genjutsu to defeat Killer B, then took him into the Kamui Dimension. Darui’s Kumogakure squad was left to report the capture to the Fourth Raikage.

• Feng Yao revealed Susanoo and expanded it into its Perfect form, stunning Killer B, Gyuki, Darui, and the other Kumogakure ninja.
• Darui ordered his squad to retreat as he recognized the golden giant from reports about Feng Yao’s previous destruction.
• Killer B charged Perfect Susanoo, but Feng Yao caught his fists and placed him under genjutsu.
• Feng Yao confronted Darui, who admitted the Fourth Raikage had sent them to invite the Uchiha to Kumogakure.
• Feng Yao demanded Kumogakure offer enough in exchange for Killer B, then used Kamui to take him away.
• Darui and the remaining ninja decided to notify the Fourth Raikage.

Feng Yao demonstrated his power by defeating the Eight-Tails, then accepted Nagato’s decision to hand him leadership of the Akatsuki. The members unanimously approved Feng Yao as their new leader, while the Fourth Raikage raged over the Uchiha.

• Feng Yao controlled the Eight-Tails in the Kamui Dimension, cut off one of its tentacles, and left Killer B unconscious.
• Nagato watched the fight and agreed to commit fully to Feng Yao’s cause, then summoned the Akatsuki for a meeting.
• Obito sent Black Zetsu to the meeting and urged him to investigate Feng Yao’s intentions toward Rin’s body.
• Pain announced that he was stepping down and naming Uchiha Fengyao as the Akatsuki’s new leader, and Sasori, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Jūzō, and Black Zetsu agreed.
• Feng Yao became the Akatsuki’s leader and said the organization would continue as usual, with Pain and Konan handling everyday matters.
• Fourth Raikage A smashed his desk in anger and accused the Uchiha of going too far.