Recaps

Feng Yao defeated Hashirama and proposed uniting the Shinobi World, but the threat of Urashiki and doubts about Feng Yao’s rule drew Konoha, Madara, and Sasuke into a new battle against him. The arc ended with Hashirama and Madara joining forces against Feng Yao as debris threatened Konoha Hospital.

• Sasuke confronted Feng Yao about Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Feng Yao argued that unifying the villages would bring peace before he fought Hashirama and defeated his giant constructs.
• Urashiki captured Naruto and extracted Nine-Tails chakra, but Feng Yao wounded Urashiki and drove him away with help from the others.
• Hashirama accepted Feng Yao’s victory and agreed to cooperate against the Ōtsutsuki, while Feng Yao declared he would unite the Shinobi World.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi turned against Feng Yao and used Impure World Reincarnation to control Hashirama and Tobirama, while Danzo recruited Madara with Obito’s help.
• Madara freed himself from Danzo’s control and agreed to fight Feng Yao, while Sasuke joined the opposition because Danzo held Boruto.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Sasuke confronted Feng Yao, but his Susanoo overwhelmed their attacks and his clones multiplied the battlefield’s giant warriors.
• Hashirama summoned the Thousand-Armed Buddha and Madara covered it with Susanoo chakra as they attacked Feng Yao together, sending debris toward Konoha Hospital.

After Feng Yao’s battle with Konoha ended in a costly peace, the villages weighed alliances and prepared for a wider conflict. Feng Yao strengthened Amegakure, sent allies to learn Sage Mode, and began working with Orochimaru on Impure World Reincarnation and the Dragon Vein.

• Sasuke and Tobirama joined the battle at Konoha, then helped secure a truce in which Konoha paid Feng Yao 400 million ryo.
• Isshiki watched Feng Yao as a potential vessel, while Feng Yao returned to the Land of Rain and kissed Yugito.
• Madara left Konoha after rejecting Hashirama’s faith in its future, and the other villages began assessing Konoha’s power and Amegakure’s growing influence.
• Feng Yao returned to Amegakure, where Izumi revealed her Mangekyō Sharingan and Feng Yao promised to marry her when she turned eighteen.
• Feng Yao established a free Ninja Academy with practical and emotional education, while Konoha’s leaders planned alliances against Amegakure and Danzo took charge of a mission to Kirigakure.
• Chiyo sought an alliance with Amegakure, and Feng Yao told her that Konoha had revived powerful figures from its past.
• Feng Yao took Fugaku, Itachi, Izumi, and Yugito to Shikkotsu Forest to train in Sage Mode, then visited Orochimaru to receive tissue containing Indra’s chakra.
• Feng Yao and Orochimaru discussed time travel, the Dragon Vein, and the risks of Impure World Reincarnation as a red-clad figure approached the Land of Rain checkpoint.

Feng Yao defeated Konoha’s invasion of Kirigakure and seized control of the Land of Water, installing Haruhime as its Daimyo. As Konoha sought allies and investigated Yugito, Tobirama uncovered evidence of Danzo’s crimes and confronted Kumogakure over an alliance.

• Madara entered the Land of Rain without travel papers, and Feng Yao chose to meet him after Konan alerted Akatsuki to his presence.
• Konoha and the Daimyo Mansion joined forces against Kirigakure, but Feng Yao’s forces trapped them in the mist and drove them into a disastrous defeat.
• Obito failed to control Yagura, survived a fatal wound with Izanagi, and escaped with Black Zetsu’s help as Kisame’s forces overwhelmed Danzo’s troops.
• Feng Yao ended the fighting with Hashirama, then seized the Land of Water’s capital, killed the Daimyo and resisting officials, and installed Haruhime as the new ruler.
• Feng Yao assigned Yashiro to manage the Land of Water and returned to the Land of Rice Fields, while Danzo and the surviving Konoha forces came home defeated.
• Konoha sought Kumogakure’s support against Feng Yao, but A demanded help rescuing Yugito, money, and intelligence before considering an alliance.
• Tobirama learned that most of the Senju had died or disappeared and deduced that Danzo had likely used Senju clansmen as test subjects, while Hiruzen feared Tobirama had uncovered the truth.
• Tobirama offered Kumogakure a reduced loan on Konoha’s behalf, and A rejected it angrily after Tobirama raised the possibility of Konoha allying with Iwagakure.