Recaps

Sasuke protected Konoha from debris spilling out of the battle between Feng Yao, Hashirama, and Madara, then assessed the fighters’ chances. Tobirama proposed peace talks and a united front against Feng Yao and Amegakure.

• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to divert a massive log away from Konoha Hospital, then covered the village with Susanoo to block incoming debris.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Sasuke who would win, and Sasuke said the fight was evenly matched but Feng Yao’s unusual Sage Mode continually restored his chakra.
• Danzo asked whether Konoha’s fighters could defeat Feng Yao together, and Sasuke said they might in theory but could not keep him from escaping.
• Asuma, the Konoha F4, and Obito reacted bitterly to Sasuke’s assessment and their inability to eliminate Feng Yao.
• Tobirama urged them to negotiate peace, arguing that Konoha should avoid further losses and unite with the other villages against Amegakure.

Tobirama persuaded the others to seek peace with Feng Yao and expose his plan to unite the Shinobi World, while the enormous battle outside Konoha raged on. After Tobirama explained their decision to Hashirama and Madara, Madara grew eager to learn how Feng Yao planned to govern the world.

• Tobirama proposed negotiating peace with Feng Yao and making his ambition to unite the Shinobi World public, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others agreed.
• Hashirama was distracted by Konoha's safety, allowing Feng Yao to cut through the Buddha statue's wooden hands before Hashirama resumed fighting.
• Madara and Feng Yao continued their exhausting battle until Sasuke and Tobirama left Konoha to intervene.
• Tobirama told Hashirama and Madara that the others had agreed to make the world oppose Feng Yao, and Hashirama reluctantly accepted the plan.
• Madara questioned what governing body Feng Yao intended to establish and became eager to ask him about his plans.

After Feng Yao and Hashirama ended their destructive battle, their allies gathered on the battlefield, where Shin revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. The two sides remained in a tense standoff, with the Uchiha directing their hostility at Tobirama.

• Hashirama dispelled his Wood Release statue, Feng Yao dismissed his Susanoo and Sage Mode, and Sasuke lowered Konoha's chakra barrier.
• Pain, Fugaku, and the others arrived beside Feng Yao as Shin revealed his newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sasuke recognized Shin from the future and realized that Feng Yao's presence had changed the timeline.
• Feng Yao praised Shin, who blamed himself for being too weak to accompany Feng Yao earlier.
• Pain checked that Feng Yao was unharmed, while Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama assessed Feng Yao's group.
• The two sides faced each other in a tense standoff as the Uchiha voiced their hostility toward Tobirama.

The Uchiha confronted Madara for siding with Konoha, while Hashirama proposed peace to Feng Yao. Feng Yao refused to back down, and the two sides faced off again after Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with over a thousand Konoha ninja.

• The Uchiha recognized Madara and demanded to know why he was standing with Konoha, but Madara ignored them.
• Hashirama greeted the Uchiha, who blamed him for taking Madara away, until Feng Yao quieted the crowd.
• Hashirama asked Feng Yao to make peace, but Feng Yao argued that the Impure World Reincarnation vessels could collapse before his chakra ran out.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with over a thousand Konoha ninja and joined Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara.
• Feng Yao and Madara showed no concern about the reinforcements as both sides resumed their standoff.

Hashirama and Feng Yao negotiated peace after Konoha’s attempt to refuse his demand descended into chaos under Uchiha genjutsu. Konoha agreed to pay 400 million ryo, while a mysterious observer with a Byakugan and a Black Swastika-Shaped Eye watched Feng Yao as a potential vessel.

• Hashirama asked Feng Yao what it would take for peace, and Feng Yao demanded one billion ryo.
• Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the demand, and insults between the two sides escalated into chaos as Uchiha genjutsu ensnared Konoha ninja.
• Hashirama proposed private negotiations, and Feng Yao released the genjutsu before both sides sent representatives to talk.
• Kakuzu negotiated with Tobirama and Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Konoha agreed to pay Feng Yao 400 million ryo for peace.
• Feng Yao departed with the payment, while a pale, bald figure with a Byakugan and a Black Swastika-Shaped Eye watched him and called him a perfect vessel.

Isshiki considered implanting Kāma in Feng Yao but chose to wait and seek out Urashiki, while Feng Yao realized Isshiki had been watching him. During the group’s rest in the Land of Rain, Feng Yao kissed Yugito after she admitted her feelings, and Uchiha onlookers cleared the area.

• Isshiki weighed the risks of implanting Kāma in Feng Yao and decided to look for a chance to test him while concealing his identity.
• Isshiki turned his attention to finding Urashiki and learning about the Shinobi World’s future.
• After the group entered the Land of Rain and rested, Feng Yao used the system to confirm that Isshiki had most likely been watching him.
• Yugito approached Feng Yao, admitted she had come to check whether he was hurt, and blushed when he asked if she liked him.
• Feng Yao kissed Yugito, while Fugaku and Shin sent the curious onlookers away and some Uchiha women resolved to tell Izumi.

After the battle in Konoha, the village leaders prepared for the consequences while Madara challenged Hashirama and Tobirama’s faith in Konoha’s peace. Madara refused to return to the village and concluded that the future’s unity depended on the Ōtsutsuki threat, leaving Hashirama to face his warning.

• Sasuke stayed in Konoha to await Urashiki, while Hashirama assigned Hiruzen Sarutobi the post-battle arrangements and called for a Jonin meeting.
• Hashirama asked Madara to return to Konoha, but Madara refused and said he had only opposed Feng Yao.
• Madara pointed to the wars and the Senju Clan’s decline as evidence that Konoha had fallen into darkness, and Tobirama challenged his past plan to use Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara admitted that Infinite Tsukuyomi was wrong and reflected on how his search for peace had led him to abandon the One Country, One Village System.
• Madara rejected Hashirama’s hope that the future was truly peaceful, arguing that the Shinobi World had united because of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and that the future resembled Konoha’s founding era.

After Madara left Konoha, reports of the battle spread to Kumogakure and Iwagakure, where A and Ōnoki considered what Konoha’s powerful fighters meant for their villages. Ōnoki suspected the red-armored figures in the reports might be Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

• Madara left Konoha, and Tobirama gave up trying to stop him because he could not defeat him and Sasuke was absent.
• Intelligence operatives reported Konoha’s battle to other villages, describing chakra giants, a Wood Release giant, and massive damage to the surrounding land.
• A and Mabui read the report in Kumogakure, and A ordered continued funding for the Chakra Cannon despite the village’s debt.
• A asked about Yugito’s progress, and Mabui said Yugito had taken a trip with Feng Yao and several others, possibly including the fighter from Konoha.
• Ōnoki received reports of the giants and learned Konoha claimed the First Hokage had summoned the Wood Golem and Buddha statue.
• After hearing that two figures wore red armor resembling that of the Warring States Period, Ōnoki recalled an imposing figure from his past.

Ōnoki concluded that Konoha had used Tobirama Senju’s forbidden technique to revive Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and ordered Iwagakure to watch Konoha and the Uchiha closely. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi and the others agreed to hold their position and wait for Feng Yao’s instructions after learning of the destruction in Konoha.

• Ōnoki recalled his past encounter with Madara Uchiha and reasoned that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had been revived using Tobirama Senju’s forbidden technique.
• Ōnoki told Akatsuchi to monitor the other villages’ reactions, Konoha, Amegakure, and the Uchiha.
• Kisame and Jūzō were summoned to the Mizukage Building, where Mei Terumi shared intelligence about what had happened in Konoha.
• Kisame suspected that Genji and the other elders might exploit the news to resist Feng Yao, but Uchiha En assured him they had no such intentions.
• Mei Terumi agreed with Uchiha En that Kirigakure should hold its position, take precautions, and wait for Feng Yao to give further orders.

After Sunagakure's leaders discussed Konoha's hidden strength, Rasa sent Chiyo to seek an alliance with Amegakure. Feng Yao returned to the village, where his allies welcomed him and Uchiha Setsuna urged him to bring the clan along on future attacks against Konoha; the chapter ended with Izumi hinting at a surprise.

• Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo discussed the intelligence about Konoha's powerful shinobi and decided Sunagakure needed an alliance with Amegakure.
• Rasa assigned Chiyo to lead a diplomatic mission to Amegakure.
• Konan, Setsuna, and the others welcomed Feng Yao and his group back, and Izumi tearfully embraced him.
• Setsuna said he wanted to join Feng Yao on a future attack against Konoha, and Feng Yao promised to take the Uchiha with him next time.
• Konan told Feng Yao that Nagato wanted him to live long enough to see the world he had described, and Feng Yao vowed to see unification through.
• Feng Yao went to the Uchiha Clan Compound with Izumi and Yugito, where Izumi hinted that she had a surprise for him.

Izumi revealed that she had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Feng Yao learned that her eyes granted powerful space-time abilities. She promised to use them to help him, while Feng Yao urged her to be cautious; the chapter left the Uchiha’s growing number of Mangekyō users under discussion.

• Izumi showed Feng Yao and Yugito her newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, and Feng Yao realized she had suffered to gain it because she worried about him.
• Feng Yao hugged Izumi, and she explained that she wanted to protect him and asked him not to leave her out of missions.
• Izumi revealed that her left eye could mark one location and open a spatial passage to it, and Feng Yao learned she had marked him.
• Izumi explained that her right eye could freeze space within her field of vision for a few seconds, and Feng Yao told her to use her left eye to escape danger.
• Izumi asked about Shin’s Mangekyō, and Feng Yao confirmed he had awakened it; Izumi counted six pairs in the Uchiha Clan, including Shisui’s pair held by Feng Yao.

Feng Yao reassured Izumi of his love and found Yugito cooking, while Amegakure’s new Ninja Academy revealed his broader plans for education. The chapter ended with the academy teaching practical knowledge and moral, historical, and medical subjects alongside ninja skills.

• Izumi learned that Feng Yao and Yugito were together, accepted his other relationships, and received his promise to marry her when she turned eighteen.
• Izumi left to visit Karin and the others, and Feng Yao went to the kitchen and embraced Yugito while she cooked.
• Amegakure’s free Ninja Academy welcomed children and existing ninja, with tuition, tools, and food provided.
• Feng Yao envisioned training ninja to serve practical roles beyond fighting and missions.
• Feng Yao introduced courses in psychology and emotions, morality, historical truth, and medical and survival fundamentals.

Amegakure’s psychology lessons eased the burdens of its adult ninjas, while Karin, Sasuke, and Ajisai wondered about the Uchiha clan’s activity the previous night. The chapter left the cause of the mobilization and Shin’s absence unexplained, with knowledge of Feng Yao’s danger kept among the Uchiha and Amegakure’s leaders.

• Ninjas left Feng Yao’s psychology lesson reflecting on how it validated their emotions and encouraged them to seek support.
• An Uchiha ninja who had attended reluctantly gained greater admiration for Clan Head Feng Yao after the lesson.
• Karin asked Sasuke why Uchiha members had mobilized the previous night, but he said he did not know.
• Karin said she wanted to grow up and help Feng Yao, while Ajisai and Karin wondered why Shin was absent.
• Sasuke privately hoped to gain the Mangekyo and protect the clan like his relatives.
• Fugaku and the other two had told only the Uchiha and Amegakure’s leaders that Feng Yao was in danger.

Sasuke and the other young ninja reunited with Itachi and Shin at the Ninja Academy, where Shin explained Feng Yao’s recent clash with Madara and Hashirama. The group admired Feng Yao, while Sasuke vowed to defeat the legendary shinobi once he awakened his Mangekyo, and Karin worried about Feng Yao’s condition.

• Suigetsu spotted Shin returning to the Ninja Academy with Itachi, and Sasuke rushed out to greet his brother.
• Itachi praised Sasuke for learning the Body Flicker Technique and encouraged him to take his theory classes seriously.
• Karin, Ajisai, Haku, Suigetsu, Kimimaro, and Jūgo joined Itachi, Shin, and Sasuke at the academy.
• Itachi told Shin that he could explain what had happened with Feng Yao, and Shin described the clash that shocked the young ninja.
• Sasuke called Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju relics and vowed to beat them after awakening his Mangekyo, while Karin asked whether Feng Yao had been hurt.

Konoha’s leaders debated how to oppose Uchiha Fengyao, with Danzo urging them to unite the great villages and attack Amegakure. The meeting ended with warnings that Kumogakure and Kirigakure might already be allied with or controlled by Fengyao.

• Karin felt relieved that Feng Yao was safe, and Shin, Suigetsu, and the others planned to eat at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s leaders to discuss the destruction caused by the recent battle and Fengyao’s power.
• Danzo urged Konoha to contact the other great villages, form the Allied Shinobi Forces, and attack Amegakure while Hashirama, Madara, and Future Sasuke fought Fengyao.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama that Fengyao intended to reshape the Shinobi World and that resisting him could bring even greater bloodshed.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned that Kumogakure might have allied with Amegakure and that Mei Terumi’s Kirigakure might be under Uchiha control.

At Konoha’s meeting, Danzo argued that the village should exploit Kumogakure’s debt and Kirigakure’s unrest to oppose Feng Yao. The room was impressed by his proposal to ally with the Fourth Raikage and help Yagura reclaim Kirigakure, while Danzo imagined Tobirama praising him.

• Kakashi reported that Anbu had seen Uchiha En in Kirigakure, alarming the assembled leaders.
• Danzo explained that Yugito had been forced to Amegakure and that Kumogakure was heavily indebted to Feng Yao, making the Fourth Raikage a potential ally.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed sending an envoy to persuade the Fourth Raikage to join Konoha.
• Danzo said Konoha should help Kirigakure’s opponents and revealed that Yagura was alive and serving as an elder.
• Danzo proposed winning Yagura over with aid so he could regain the Mizukage position, leaving the room impressed.

Konoha's leaders debated who should lead a mission to save Kirigakure, while the clan heads avoided putting themselves at risk. Danzo volunteered after Jiraiya and Kakashi hesitated, leaving the others alarmed at the prospect of him leading the team.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Danzo's plan, though Tobirama Senju still doubted that Uchiha Fengyao would spare a removed Kage's life.
• Utatane Koharu asked who would lead the Kage-level team, and the gathered ninja clans looked to Hyuga Hiashi.
• A Hyuga Elder said Hiashi could not risk himself and promised that the Hyuga Clan would send elite members instead.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans also offered support while keeping their strongest fighters out of the mission.
• Tsunade declined to lead, Jiraiya recommended Kakashi, and Kakashi hesitated when Hiruzen Sarutobi asked him.
• Danzo volunteered to lead the team, prompting everyone present to frown at the idea.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Danzo to lead a mission to Kirigakure, with Kakashi and Obito Uchiha joining the team, while Mitokado Homura was tasked with arranging an alliance with four other nations. In Amegakure, Konan and the village learned that Granny Chiyo was coming in person to seek an alliance, leaving Sasori visibly affected but focused on his research.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Danzo's offer to lead the Kirigakure mission after Danzo argued that his knowledge and leadership made him the best choice.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kakashi and Obito Uchiha to accompany Danzo, while Danzo secretly plotted to kill Obito and take his Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tasked Mitokado Homura with pursuing an alliance with the other four nations.
• Granny Chiyo left Sunagakure for Amegakure to seek an alliance, and Konan called a meeting to inform the village.
• Amegakure residents noticed Sasori's complicated reaction to news of his grandmother's visit, while he continued researching mecha theory.
• Karin and Ajisai proudly told Yugito and Izumi that Granny Chiyo was coming to Amegakure.

Feng Yao hosted a hot pot meal as Amegakure’s reforms strengthened the village and earned recognition from other great ninja villages. When Chiyo’s Sunagakure delegation arrived to negotiate a secret alliance, Konan brought them to meet Feng Yao at an underground base.

• Feng Yao told Yugito, Izumi, Karin, and Ajisai that Chiyo was secretly coming to form an alliance with Amegakure, then introduced them to hot pot.
• Over the following days, Feng Yao checked the progress of his policies, while Konan and Nagato welcomed Amegakure’s growing influence and recognition.
• Konan notified Feng Yao that Chiyo’s party was near Amegakure, and she went to receive them with Kakuzu, Fugaku, and several ninja.
• Konan brought Chiyo and her Sunagakure delegation to an underground base, where Feng Yao waited to meet them.

Feng Yao met with Chiyo, who proposed a secret alliance between Sunagakure and Amegakure against Konoha. He agreed and, taking advantage of Sunagakure’s mistaken beliefs, claimed Konoha had secretly resurrected powerful figures from its history.

• Konan introduced Feng Yao to Chiyo, who proposed an alliance on Sunagakure’s behalf.
• Feng Yao invited Chiyo and several guards into a negotiation room with Konan and Fugaku.
• Chiyo said Sunagakure needed allies because Konoha was too powerful and had hidden strength, including Wood Release and a Uchiha traitor.
• Feng Yao agreed to unite against Konoha, while Konan and Fugaku recognized that Chiyo had misunderstood the recent events.
• Feng Yao told Chiyo that Konoha could resurrect the dead and had secretly brought back powerful figures from its history, leaving Chiyo and her companions pale.

Feng Yao took Fugaku, Itachi, Izumi, and Yugito to Shikkotsu Forest to begin training in Senjutsu. The Katsuyu Sage welcomed them and warned that learning Sage Mode was difficult and dangerous.

• Chiyo left Amegakure with the Sunagakure group to report Konoha's supposed ability to revive the dead, while Baki and two other ninja hurried ahead to Sunagakure.
• Fugaku and Itachi visited Feng Yao, who announced that he would take them to Shikkotsu Forest; Izumi was excited to join them.
• Feng Yao used the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Fugaku, Itachi, Izumi, and Yugito to Shikkotsu Forest.
• The Katsuyu Sage welcomed Izumi and agreed to guide all four visitors' Senjutsu training.
• The Katsuyu Sage cautioned them that learning Senjutsu was difficult and dangerous before beginning their training.

Feng Yao sent Fugaku, Itachi, Izumi, and Yugito to Shikkotsu Forest to learn Sage Mode, then returned to Amegakure and arranged for Tekka to take over Fugaku’s duties and for Itachi to leave his Anbu post. After teasing Konan about being jealous, Feng Yao left for Otogakure’s Underground Base in the Land of Rice Fields.

• Feng Yao urged Fugaku, Itachi, Izumi, and Yugito to learn Sage Mode without putting themselves in danger, and Fugaku and Itachi offered to give up their positions.
• Feng Yao left Shikkotsu Forest using Kamui and returned to his courtyard in Amegakure.
• Feng Yao visited Konan, reviewed Amegakure’s administrative report, and told her he had sent the others to learn Sage Mode.
• Feng Yao teased Konan for sounding jealous, then instructed her to appoint Tekka to Fugaku’s duties and remove Itachi from his Anbu squad leader position.
• Feng Yao used Kamui to leave Amegakure and arrived at Otogakure’s Underground Base in the Land of Rice Fields.

Feng Yao had Orochimaru transplant tissue containing Indra's chakra into his left shoulder, beginning the process that might eventually awaken his Rinnegan. The tissue fused quickly, and Feng Yao saw his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan evolution progress rise slightly before Orochimaru's intense scientific curiosity made him wary.

• Feng Yao visited Orochimaru's underground laboratory and asked about extracting Sasuke's chakra.
• Orochimaru showed Feng Yao a rice-sized piece of tissue containing Indra's chakra, derived from Madara's remains.
• Orochimaru transplanted the tissue into Feng Yao's left shoulder, where it rapidly fused with his body and introduced a faint trace of unfamiliar chakra.
• Feng Yao checked his system panel and saw his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan progress increase from 3.16% to 3.17%.
• Orochimaru stared at Feng Yao with intense curiosity, and Feng Yao warily questioned his motives.

Feng Yao told Orochimaru about Karasuki and the Dragon Vein, prompting them to plan an operation to seize the Dragon Vein at the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran. Before Feng Yao left, Orochimaru said he would study the improved Impure World Reincarnation and prepare to face the powerful enemies ahead.

• Feng Yao told Orochimaru about Hashirama and Madara being revived, Sasuke's time travel, and Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Orochimaru became fascinated by Karasuki, and Feng Yao said it had been salvaged from underwater ruins but did not know where they were.
• Feng Yao told Orochimaru about the Dragon Vein and how Minato had sealed the memories of those who traveled through time to protect history.
• Feng Yao and Orochimaru planned to seize the Dragon Vein and establish a base at the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Orochimaru told Feng Yao that he would study the improved Impure World Reincarnation after learning that Hashirama and Madara had been beyond Feng Yao's power to defeat.

Feng Yao explained to Orochimaru how the reincarnated Hashirama and Madara had broken free of Impure World Reincarnation, while asserting they still could not stop him. At the Land of Rain’s border checkpoint, a red-clad figure approached as Rain Ninja inspected travelers and cargo.

• Feng Yao told Orochimaru that reincarnated people who knew the hand seals could reverse Impure World Reincarnation and free themselves from control.
• Feng Yao confirmed Hashirama, Madara, and the Third Hokage had all broken free, and Orochimaru warned that weak sacrifices could not sustain powerful reincarnated bodies.
• Feng Yao said Hashirama and Madara could not stop him and asked Orochimaru to focus on his research projects, which excited Orochimaru.
• At the Land of Rain–Land of Hot Water border, Rain Ninja checked documents and cargo as merchants and travelers entered the prosperous Land of Rain.
• A red-clad figure headed straight toward the checkpoint, seemingly ignoring everything around him.