Recaps

Feng Yao persuaded Kisame to abandon Kirigakure and join the Akatsuki by promising to end the shinobi world's cycle of war and hatred. Kisame accepted, and the chapter ended with him asking what they should do with the Kirigakure Anbu shinobi.

• Kisame admitted defeat and refused at first to betray Kirigakure, but Feng Yao challenged him to name anything in the village worth defending.
• Feng Yao explained Kirigakure's deep-rooted conflicts and revealed his identity as Uchiha Fengyao, whose reputation surprised Kisame.
• Feng Yao described his plan to end the shinobi world's corruption and build a unified nation where people could live in peace.
• Kisame decided to trust Feng Yao, knelt to join him, and accepted an Akatsuki robe.
• Kisame asked Feng Yao whether they should dispose of the Kirigakure Anbu shinobi.

Feng Yao learned that Suikazan Fuguki had betrayed Kirigakure and told Kisame that Samehada would suit him, then set out with him for Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Fuguki waited for the team sent to kill Kisame and recalled how he had long tried to eliminate Kisame, who had exposed his treason.

• Feng Yao confirmed that Suikazan Fuguki had sent Kisame and recognized that Kisame already knew Fuguki was selling Kirigakure's intelligence.
• Feng Yao said Kisame was still weak and that Samehada would suit him, then asked Kisame to lead the way to Kirigakure.
• Kisame hesitated about entering Kirigakure, but agreed to follow Feng Yao after resolving to trust him.
• Suikazan Fuguki waited at Kirigakure's intelligence base for news from the Anbu team he had sent after Kisame.
• Fuguki recalled that Yagura had spared him despite his treason, and that he had repeatedly sent Kisame on dangerous missions because he feared Kisame's talent.

Feng Yao and his companions entered Kirigakure, where Kisame confronted Fuguki over his betrayal of the village. As Yagura and Mei Terumi rushed to the Intelligence Building, Kisame and the others arrived there to face Fuguki.

• Shin used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to get past the guards, and Feng Yao, Kisame, and Kimimaro entered Kirigakure with him.
• Feng Yao asked Kisame to lead them to Fuguki, while a Kirigakure ninja spotted the group and reported their arrival to Fuguki.
• Fuguki learned Kisame was alive and accompanied by Kimimaro, killed the messenger, and ordered the Anbu to gather as he headed out with Samehada.
• A report of outsiders and an attack on the Intelligence Division reached Yagura, Mei Terumi, and the elders, who rushed toward the building.
• Feng Yao, Kisame, Shin, and Kimimaro entered the Intelligence Building, and Kisame accused Fuguki of selling the village's intelligence.

Feng Yao attacked Suikazan Fuguki to take Samehada, but the fight escalated when Yagura and Mei Terumi arrived and mistook Feng Yao’s intentions. Yagura recognized Feng Yao’s Intangibility and accused him of controlling him; Feng Yao countered their attacks and left both facing two enormous fireballs.

• Feng Yao demanded that Suikazan Fuguki hand over Samehada, and Kisame, Shin, and Kimimaro fought Fuguki and his Anbu forces.
• Yagura and Mei Terumi arrived and attacked Feng Yao with Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but his Intangibility made their attacks pass through him.
• Yagura mistook Feng Yao for the person who had controlled him, entered Three-Tails Tailed Beast Mode, and attacked; Feng Yao destroyed his Water Mirror copy and kicked him back.
• Mei Terumi intervened, and Yagura accused Feng Yao of controlling him and causing Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Village; Feng Yao said he had come to take something.
• Yagura and Mei Terumi attacked Feng Yao together with water and lava, but he evaded them with Intangibility and launched two Great Fireballs at them.

Feng Yao seized Samehada for Kisame and revealed his identity to Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s forces. When they refused to submit, he unleashed a towering golden form that destroyed the Intelligence Building, leaving Mei Terumi and the others stunned.

• Ao arrived with reinforcements, and Mei Terumi and Yagura identified Feng Yao as the culprit behind the Bloody Mist Village.
• Feng Yao kicked Fuguki away, took Samehada, and suppressed its resistance before giving it to Kisame, who became its new master.
• Mei Terumi confronted Feng Yao, who identified himself as Uchiha Fengyao and said he had come to take Samehada for his subordinate.
• Feng Yao declared that his grand undertaking would begin with Kirigakure and surrounded himself and his companions with golden chakra.
• Feng Yao’s complete golden form burst through the Intelligence Building, forcing Mei Terumi and the others to take cover behind an earthen fortress.

Feng Yao summoned his Perfect Susanoo over Kirigakure, prompting Yagura to transform into the Three-Tails and draw him away from the village. As their battle began in the mountains, Kirigakure’s leaders and ninja faced the likelihood of defeat and called for surrender.

• Feng Yao’s Perfect Susanoo appeared over Kirigakure, terrifying villagers and destroying the Intelligence Building.
• Genji recognized the golden giant as the Uchiha Clan’s Susanoo and ordered guards to stop Yagura and the others.
• Yagura transformed into the Three-Tails and challenged Feng Yao to fight outside the village.
• Mei Terumi and Ao led the evacuation while Feng Yao flew toward the mountains behind Kirigakure with Yagura following.
• Mei Terumi and Genji watched the distant battle begin and doubted Kirigakure could win against Feng Yao.
• Kirigakure’s ninja declared they were no match for Feng Yao and called for surrender.

Feng Yao defeated Yagura and the Three-Tails, prompting Kirigakure to surrender. At the Mizukage's Office, he proposed making Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage, claiming it was because she was pretty.

• Genji accepted that Kirigakure had no choice but to surrender after Mei Terumi shared what they had learned.
• Feng Yao ended the fight with Yagura by defeating the Three-Tails with Susanoo, then had Kisame carry the unconscious Mizukage.
• Mei Terumi and Genji led Kirigakure in surrendering to Feng Yao, who ordered them to take him to the Mizukage's Office.
• Feng Yao sat in the Mizukage's seat and asked Mei Terumi to become the Fifth Mizukage; she refused when she thought he meant to kill Yagura.
• Feng Yao denied controlling Yagura, blamed Obito Uchiha for the Sharingan control, and said he wanted Mei Terumi as Mizukage because she was pretty.

Uchiha Fengyao established control over Kirigakure after Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, appointing observers and imposing tribute while the village accepted his demands. Kirigakure’s leaders settled into their new arrangement as Feng Yao brought Juzo Biwa and Zabuza into his plans.

• Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, while Yagura learned Obito had controlled him and later agreed to serve as an elder.
• Yagura, Genji, and the other leaders accepted Feng Yao’s appointment of Juzo Biwa as an elder who would report developments to Amegakure.
• Juzo Biwa explained that he had defected because he believed the failed mission against the Hokage meant the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had to die.
• Feng Yao had Shin and Kimimaro copy Kirigakure’s ninjutsu collection and required the village to pay Amegakure half its annual income.
• Feng Yao discovered Zabuza was still serving as a Kirigakure Anbu squad captain and received him into his plans.

Feng Yao recruited Zabuza, rescued Haku and his mother Kunako, and brought Utakata to Otogakure. There, he used miniature Tailed Beasts cultivated by Orochimaru to begin creating a Limited Tsukuyomi world, then ordered Orochimaru to continue the experiments with more Tailed Beast chakra.

• Feng Yao accepted Zabuza as his subordinate and assigned him to follow Juzo Biwa.
• Feng Yao sent White Zetsu to find Haku, then rescued Haku and his mother, Mizunotsuki Kunako, from villagers who feared Haku's Ice Release and took them to Amegakure.
• Feng Yao located Utakata, subdued him with a glare, and took the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to Otogakure.
• Feng Yao visited Orochimaru's completed laboratory and learned that cultivated Tailed Beasts grew to a point before going berserk and dissipating.
• Feng Yao used his Mangekyō Sharingan to absorb miniature Eight-Tails and Two-Tails into a crystal ball to create the Limited Tsukuyomi world.
• Feng Yao gave Orochimaru the Three-Tails' chakra and three tails, along with Utakata, and told him to continue cultivating Tailed Beasts; Orochimaru asked about Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai disease.

Feng Yao learned that Orochimaru could suppress Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku disease and prolong his life, but not cure it completely. After arranging regular checkups, Feng Yao discussed Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode, leaving Orochimaru shocked by the possibility that Feng Yao had mastered Sage Modes from multiple sage lands.

• Orochimaru explained that Kimimaro’s exceptionally pure Shikotsumyaku was an incomplete ancestral reversion, and Feng Yao revealed its connection to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Orochimaru said he could ease Kimimaro’s pain and slow his decline, while Hashirama cells might prolong his life but could also run rampant and would not repair all the damage.
• Feng Yao agreed to have Kimimaro undergo regular checkups at the experimental base and asked whether Tsunade had learned senjutsu.
• Orochimaru said Tsunade had not learned senjutsu and warned Feng Yao that she could not be recruited, but Feng Yao praised Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode.
• Orochimaru realized Feng Yao might have learned the Sage Modes of Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myōboku, and was stunned by the prospect of him mastering all Three Great Sage Lands’ Sage Modes.

Feng Yao assigned Kimimaro to find Jūgo and bring him to Amegakure, hoping the two boys could support one another. Kimimaro reached Jūgo’s cave, subdued him without injury, and promised to restrain his rampages as they set out toward a new life together.

• Feng Yao asked Orochimaru about Jūgo, learned the White Zetsu had located him, and tasked Kimimaro with bringing him back.
• Kimimaro traveled alone to Jūgo’s cave and learned from Orochimaru’s intelligence that Jūgo had been shunned and confined himself because he lost control of his power.
• Jūgo went berserk when Kimimaro entered, but Kimimaro restrained him with a bone whip without hurting him.
• After Jūgo returned to his teenage form, Kimimaro shared his own painful past and assured Jūgo that he was not a bloodthirsty monster.
• Kimimaro promised to act as Jūgo’s restraint and explained that Orochimaru might help stabilize him, while Amegakure would offer companionship and Ninja Academy.

Hiruzen Sarutobi received intelligence that Uchiha Fengyao had killed Suikazan Fuguki, defeated Yagura, and helped install Mei Terumi as the Fifth Mizukage. He summoned Konoha’s leaders and Obito to discuss the threat, while Danzo continued to covet Obito’s Sharingan and questioned his loyalty.

• An Anbu ninja delivered a report that Suikazan Fuguki had died and Uchiha Fengyao had defeated Yagura, leading to Mei Terumi becoming the Fifth Mizukage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Danzo, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shikaku, and Obito to an urgent meeting.
• Danzo and Jiraiya arrived at the Hokage’s office, followed later by Tsunade, while Hiruzen waited for the others.
• Obito practiced Impure World Reincarnation and had successfully learned the jutsu.
• An Anbu ninja summoned Obito, and he went to the Hokage’s office, where Danzo looked at his Sharingan with greed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders agreed to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama and Tobirama against Uchiha Feng Yao. Hiruzen began the jutsu with two Kumogakure spies as sacrifices, and the two Hokage’s coffins opened.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Danzo not to target Obito, while Obito sat beside Kakashi and silently vowed to make him suffer.
• Hiruzen announced that Uchiha Feng Yao had defeated Yagura and installed Mei Terumi as the Fifth Mizukage.
• Danzo proposed summoning Hashirama and Tobirama with Impure World Reincarnation, and Hiruzen and the others agreed.
• Hiruzen brought in two Kumogakure spies, marked them with the jutsu’s formulas, and used them as sacrifices.
• Hiruzen performed Impure World Reincarnation, and two coffins opened to reveal armored figures.

Sasuke and Boruto arrived in the past and hurried to Konoha after Sasuke feared Naruto was in danger, but their entrance in a giant Susanoo terrified the villagers. Sasuke found no sign of Pain’s invasion and deactivated Susanoo, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others mistook the purple giant for another threat from the Uchiha.

• Sasuke and Boruto reached Konoha and Sasuke rushed toward the village, believing Naruto was in danger.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane stopped Sasuke and Boruto at the gate, so Sasuke raised his Susanoo and flew over Konoha.
• The villagers panicked at the purple giant and feared the Uchiha had come to take revenge.
• Sasuke saw no fighting and noticed that Hokage Rock had no Fifth Hokage, so he realized Pain had not invaded and dismissed Susanoo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Obito, the F4, Kakashi, and Tsunade saw the giant and feared it was another powerful Uchiha.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were revived through Impure World Reincarnation and reunited with Tsunade as Konoha faced Uchiha Fengyao’s threat. After the purple Susanoo vanished, Tobirama concluded it did not belong to Madara, and Hiruzen Sarutobi explained the Uchiha’s plans and the danger posed by Madara’s allies.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju awoke after being revived and saw the purple Perfect Susanoo looming over Konoha.
• Hashirama recognized Tsunade, and she embraced him and Tobirama before urging them to focus on the giant above the village.
• The purple Susanoo dissipated, and Hashirama mistook it for Madara’s, alarming everyone, including Obito.
• Tobirama argued that the Susanoo was not Madara’s because its color differed, and Hashirama eventually accepted his conclusion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the revived Hokage that Uchiha Fengyao and Madara’s allies planned to gather the tailed beasts and revive the Ten-Tails.
• Obito grew jealous and resentful when he heard that another Uchiha besides Feng Yao was powerful.

Hashirama and Tobirama learned that Madara and other powerful fighters planned to gather the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails, while Sasuke and Boruto arrived in Konoha and were mistaken for attackers. Hashirama misidentified Boruto as Naruto and battled Sasuke, sending his Susanoo out of the village.

• Hashirama and Tobirama questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Madara, the Rinnegan, and the plan to revive the Ten-Tails, then rushed toward Konoha when Jiraiya warned Naruto might be in danger.
• Sasuke and Boruto landed in Konoha, where frightened villagers mistook Sasuke for the Uchiha responsible for the destruction and begged him to spare them.
• Hashirama arrived and attacked Sasuke with a Wood Dragon, believing Sasuke was threatening the villagers and Boruto was Naruto.
• Sasuke blocked the Wood Dragon with Susanoo, but Hashirama summoned three more dragons and drove Susanoo out of the village.

Hashirama and Tobirama confronted Sasuke’s Susanoo while believing Boruto was a Konoha child in danger. Hashirama and Sasuke escalated the fight into a clash between their towering techniques as Hiruzen’s group watched from the battlefield’s edge.

• Jiraiya and the others found Naruto safe, but Hashirama had raced ahead on a Wood Dragon.
• Hiruzen stopped Jiraiya and Tsunade from joining the fight and sent Naruto away with Kakashi, Koharu, and Homura.
• Tobirama teleported to Hashirama and explained that the child inside Sasuke’s Susanoo was not Naruto.
• Hashirama attacked Sasuke’s Susanoo with the Wood Human Technique, and Sasuke answered by transforming it into Perfect Susanoo.
• Hashirama’s wooden human and Sasuke’s Perfect Susanoo collided while Tobirama waited for an opening and Hiruzen’s group watched in awe.

Sasuke and Boruto stopped fighting Hashirama and Tobirama, revealed that they had come from the future, and explained the threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and Black Zetsu’s plan. Their account left Konoha’s leaders torn between believing them and Obito, who denied Sasuke’s claims.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Shikaku and the Anbu to calm the panicking villagers while Tobirama asked about the blond boy beside the Uchiha.
• Tobirama joined Hashirama on the Wood Golem, and Sasuke dispelled his Susanoo before introducing himself and Boruto as visitors from the future.
• At the Hokage’s office, Boruto said he was Naruto’s son and introduced Sasuke as his teacher, astonishing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Hiashi.
• Sasuke told the village leaders about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Black Zetsu, and the future Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Obito denied Sasuke’s story, leaving the leaders unsure whom to believe.

Sasuke revealed the Uchiha Clan’s fate and the truth behind its massacre, prompting Hashirama to condemn Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha F4. Hashirama then turned his anger on Tobirama for creating the distrust that had driven the Uchiha away.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kakashi to take the increasingly deranged Obito away, while Jiraiya concluded that Naruto was the Child of Destiny.
• Tobirama asked Sasuke whether the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out in his timeline, and Sasuke confirmed it.
• Danzo raised the subject of Uchiha Feng Yao, so Hiruzen Sarutobi explained how Feng Yao and the Uchiha had left the village and recounted the events surrounding the clan’s massacre.
• Hashirama and Tobirama grew furious as they heard the truth, and Hashirama scolded Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha F4 for an hour.
• Hashirama also reprimanded Tobirama for using suspicion and blunt policies that deepened the divide between Konoha and the Uchiha.

Black Zetsu reported to Feng Yao that Hashirama had fought a mysterious wielder of a purple Perfect Susanoo in Konoha. Feng Yao suspected the man was a future Sasuke accompanied by Boruto, and prepared to seek Perfect Sage Mode before confronting the threat.

• Black Zetsu watched Hashirama fight a purple Perfect Susanoo in Konoha, then returned to Kumogakure to ask Feng Yao for help identifying its wielder.
• Feng Yao relaxed with Izumi in Amegakure while Yugito cooked and worried about how to follow A's advice to seduce him.
• Black Zetsu emerged to deliver urgent intelligence about Konoha, and Feng Yao took him into the Kamui Dimension to hear the details.
• Feng Yao suspected that the black-coated man with long bangs was a future Sasuke and that the blond boy was Boruto.
• Feng Yao concluded that Urashiki Otsutsuki might also have arrived and decided to go to Konoha for the coordinates of Shikkotsu Forest and seek Perfect Sage Mode.

Feng Yao decided to go to Konoha and summoned Fugaku and Itachi to accompany him. Meanwhile, Sasuke and Boruto enlisted Konoha’s help against Urashiki, then headed with Jiraiya to find Naruto while Tsunade left for a gambling den.

• Feng Yao told Black Zetsu he would personally confront the Uchiha with the Purple Susanoo, then asked Fugaku and Itachi to go with him to Konoha.
• Hashirama apologized to Sasuke for Konoha’s past tragedies, and Sasuke reassured him that Konoha would always be his home.
• Sasuke warned Konoha’s leaders that Urashiki planned to collect the Tailed Beasts and destroy the world, and Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to help him.
• Sasuke and Boruto left the Hokage Office to protect Naruto from Urashiki, while Jiraiya joined them and Tsunade went with Shizune to a gambling den.
• Boruto eagerly asked to see Naruto as a child, and Jiraiya agreed to take him and Sasuke to Naruto.

Jiraiya traveled with Boruto and Sasuke to meet Naruto while Tsunade gambled in Konoha and lost badly. Feng Yao arrived at the casino with Fugaku, Itachi, and Yugito, where Tsunade attacked him after he called her the Big Fat Sheep.

• Boruto praised Jiraiya, who was delighted to meet his grandstudent and set off with him and Sasuke to find Naruto.
• Tsunade lost repeatedly at Konoha's casino, accused the dealer of cheating, and bet Shizune's money after he promised she would win.
• Feng Yao arrived in Konoha with Fugaku, Itachi, and Yugito, learned Tsunade was at the casino, and went there with them.
• The casino patrons panicked at the sight of Feng Yao's group, while Tsunade recognized Fugaku and confronted them.
• Feng Yao called Tsunade the famous Big Fat Sheep, and Tsunade struck his golden skeletal frame in anger.

Feng Yao obtained Tsunade’s teleportation scroll to Shikkotsu Forest and used it to travel there with Fugaku, Itachi, and Yugito. After checking in at the sage land, he gained Perfect Sage Mode and began absorbing its natural energy.

• Feng Yao told Tsunade he wanted the Shikkotsu Forest teleportation scroll, and she gave it to him after warning him about the dangers of senjutsu.
• Tsunade considered revealing the truth about Infinite Tsukuyomi but stayed silent as Feng Yao and his companions departed through Kamui.
• Anbu reported Feng Yao’s arrival to the Hokage’s office, where Danzo urged Hashirama to confront him and Tobirama bristled at the suggestion.
• Feng Yao opened the scroll inside the Kamui Dimension and transported himself, Fugaku, Itachi, and Yugito to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Feng Yao checked in at Shikkotsu Forest, received Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and Perfect Sage Mode, and drew natural energy into his body as his companions watched in shock.

Feng Yao entered Perfect Sage Mode and transformed his Perfect Susanoo, reaching Six Paths-level strength before confronting the Slug Sage in Shikkotsu Forest. After calming her suspicions, he arranged for Itachi, Fugaku, and Yugito to learn senjutsu.

• Feng Yao activated Perfect Sage Mode and transformed his Perfect Susanoo into a gigantic blue-white form, which the system assessed as having Six Paths-level combat strength.
• Feng Yao sensed the Slug Sage, and she appeared before him in a giant form as Itachi, Fugaku, and Yugito prepared to defend themselves.
• Feng Yao dispelled his Susanoo and Sage Mode, apologized to the Slug Sage, and claimed Tsunade had referred them to learn senjutsu.
• The Slug Sage agreed to let Itachi, Fugaku, and Yugito try learning Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu, warning them about its risks and difficulty.
• Itachi and Fugaku chose to learn senjutsu, and Feng Yao reassured Yugito that she could learn it as well.

Yugito and the others chose to learn Senjutsu from the Katsuyu Sage before leaving Shikkotsu Forest. In Konoha, Sasuke grew suspicious that Feng Yao was involved in Madara and Black Zetsu’s plan and resolved to stop him, then asked Jiraiya what he knew about Feng Yao.

• Yugito took Feng Yao’s teasing about being his maid seriously and agreed with Konan and Izumi to learn Senjutsu.
• The Katsuyu Sage welcomed the three back to Shikkotsu Forest after they finished their other business.
• Naruto met Boruto and Sasuke, while Boruto kept Sasuke’s identity as Naruto’s future son secret.
• Sasuke reasoned that Feng Yao might be Madara’s backup plan and believed he had been deceived by Black Zetsu into pursuing the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Sasuke resolved to stop Feng Yao and asked Jiraiya how much he knew about him.