Recaps

Meikyō forged new alliances and techniques before leading the fight that destroyed Muzan and the remaining Upper Ranks. After collapsing from exhaustion, he met Tsugikuni Yoriichi in a dream and learned why the world had brought him there.

• Meikyō visited the Swordsmith Village, demonstrated how to make Crimson Blades, and left a clone there to study Sun Breathing while new swords were forged.
• Meikyō treated Uchiha Tatsu, became Tsunade’s disciple, and learned the Mirror Body Flicker Technique with Minato and Kushina’s help.
• Muzan sent demons to attack the Swordsmith Village, where Meikyō killed Doma and Hantengu while the Tokito Brothers defeated Gyokko.
• Meikyō proposed drawing Muzan out with a poisoned imitation Blue Spider Lily, and the plan brought Muzan to the research institute, where the Corps sent him into the Infinity Castle.
• Meikyō helped defeat Enmu, guided Kokushibo to release his obsession, and worked with Yushiro to bring Muzan and the fighters out of the Infinity Castle.
• Meikyō and the Hashira battled Muzan through the night, using Crimson Blades and the Transparent World to hold him until dawn.
• Meikyō and Rengoku attacked Muzan as sunrise came, and Muzan turned to ash before Meikyō collapsed from exhaustion.
• In a dream, Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Meikyō that the world’s consciousness had created him to teach Breathing Techniques and help bring about Muzan’s defeat.

Meikyō returned to Konoha, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and rose to Jonin after surviving dangerous missions and political intrigue. As war with Sunagakure began, he fought Chiyo and forced her retreat, leaving the Sand forces wary of him.

• Meikyō returned to Konoha, trained until his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened, and accepted an S-rank mission to negotiate with Hanzo and recover the Thunder God Blade.
• Meikyō secured the Thunder God Blade and Aoi Rokushō from Hanzo, then defeated the Xuanyuan Group’s attackers with his Mangekyō before Minato and Jiraiya rescued him from their explosion.
• Meikyō returned the blade to Hiruzen, discussed the village’s future with him and Minato, and sparred with Hiruzen before being promoted to Jonin.
• After Sunagakure prepared to attack, Hiruzen sent Dan Katō and Tsunade to the western front, while Dan Katō assigned Meikyō to scout the Sand forces.
• Meikyō and his team raided a Sunagakure base, captured Sand Ninja who revealed information about the Puppet Force, and spotted Chiyo approaching with reinforcements.
• Meikyō fought Chiyo’s Chikamatsu Ten Puppets while withdrawing with his team, but her Three Treasures Absorption technique forced him to retreat.
• Tsunade arrived to help Meikyō, and together they broke through Chiyo’s defenses as the Sand forces withdrew, and Meikyō wounded Chiyo and collected poison samples for analysis.
• Chiyo returned to the Sand encampment, told Karura that Tsunade’s disciple had wounded her, and ordered Rasa to investigate Meikyō and warn the Sand Ninja about him.

Meikyō helped Konoha defeat Sunagakure’s forces and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan while stopping Shukaku. As he explored ways to protect his eyesight and traveled to the Pirate World, he began training young ninja and joined Fugaku in planning a secret effort to restore the Mangekyō’s power and reunify the Uchiha clan.

• Meikyō and Tsunade helped Konoha counter Chiyo’s poison, and Meikyō’s team stole Sunagakure’s poison-production records before Konoha drove Suna back.
• Yakushi Nonō left Root for the Medical Corps, while Iwagakure entered the war and Konoha faced growing pressure from multiple fronts.
• Rasa released Shukaku during a battle, and Meikyō awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan before destroying the One-Tail and forcing Suna to retreat.
• Tsunade warned Meikyō about his worsening eyesight, and he pursued remedies while Konoha pushed Sunagakure back and later agreed to a ceasefire.
• Meikyō traveled through the Dragon Vein to the Pirate World, fought Kizaru after killing Saint Charlos, and escaped back to the Naruto World.
• Meikyō became a Jonin Instructor, helped Minato and Jiraiya develop the Rasengan, and used his Sharingan to help Kushina suppress the Nine-Tails.
• Meikyō returned to the Pirate World in disguise, challenged Motto at his dojo, and studied the world’s swordsmanship and methods for cutting steel.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Meikyō, showed him the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and agreed to fund a laboratory as they discussed restoring ocular power and secretly unifying the clan.

Meikyō strengthened his ties in Konoha, trained its young shinobi, and served as chief examiner before war with Kirigakure interrupted the Chunin Exam. On the Kumogakure front, he fought the Fourth Raikage, then joined Orochimaru in a covert attempt to steal the Cloud’s secret techniques.

• Meikyō secured a place among the Uchiha leadership, helped Fugaku trap and kill Setsuna, and persuaded Yōsuke and Shinjō to side with them.
• Meikyō trained Kakashi, Might Duy, Might Guy, and others, and he accepted Dragon’s offer to become the Revolutionary Army’s Vice Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff before leaving the East Blue.
• Meikyō fought Minato in a training match, then served as chief examiner for the joint Chunin Exam, where Kakashi and Guy advanced through the early rounds.
• Hiruzen suspended the exam after Yagura declared war, and Meikyō left for the Kumogakure front as deputy commander while Minato headed to the Iwa front.
• Meikyō fought the Fourth Raikage and treated Konoha’s wounded as Orochimaru battled Kumogakure forces, and Orochimaru later told him that the Third Raikage had died fighting Iwa’s army.
• Meikyō and Orochimaru studied Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Meikyō tested a counterfeit One-Finger Nukite before the pair decided to infiltrate Kumogakure for its secret techniques.
• Meikyō and Orochimaru entered the Raikage Building to reach the Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll, but their attempt to open its sealed archive triggered alarms as the new Fourth Raikage was warned of spies.