Recaps

After gaining Saitama’s strength, Liumu trained with Jiraiya, intervened in Hanzō’s attack on Yahiko’s group, and returned to Konoha amid rising tensions with the Uchiha. He joined Kakashi and Suiguang for the Chunin Exams in Kumogakure, where he passed the written stage by tricking the other candidates and headed into the second exam.

• Liumu received the Saitama template, discovered his new strength, and began training with Might Guy while drawing attention at the Academy.
• Jiraiya tested Liumu, took him from Konoha, and made him a Genin before Liumu gained the Taotie template and its power to devour.
• Liumu stopped Hanzō from forcing Yahiko to kill himself, rescued Konan, and defeated Hanzō’s salamander before declining Yahiko and Nagato’s invitation to join Akatsuki.
• Liumu and Jiraiya faced Root in the Land of Rain, where Liumu absorbed their ninjutsu and knocked the agents unconscious, then continued training with Jiraiya for a year.
• Liumu returned to Konoha, confronted Uchiha Izumi and other Uchiha, and was escorted home by Uchiha Fugaku after a fight at Obito’s birthday gathering.
• Liumu joined Kakashi and Suiguang for the Chunin Exams in Kumogakure, fought Killer B during a nighttime encounter, and absorbed his Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Liumu changed his written exam answers to fool the candidates copying him, restored the correct answers before time ran out, and went with Kakashi and Suiguang to the second exam.

Liumu’s Chunin Exams end with a mission to Kirigakure, where he searches for the Three-Tails and discovers Han’s past as a Kekkei Genkai test subject. After learning the secret of Han’s origins and recovering her family’s sealed box, Liumu leaves Kirigakure with her and rejoins Minato’s group.

• Liumu’s team qualified for the third exam after he defeated the Iwagakure shinobi and Kakashi submitted both scrolls first.
• Liumu defeated Asuka, fought through the tournament, and ended his final match with Han in a draw before receiving his mission rewards.
• Tsunade, Minato, Orochimaru, and Yuhi Shinku recruited Liumu for a mission to find Isobu in Kirigakure.
• Liumu and Orochimaru infiltrated Kirigakure, discovered evidence of brutal Kekkei Genkai training, and reported possible hiding places for Isobu.
• Liumu found Han being treated as a defective test subject and offered to take her away from Kirigakure.
• After the search for Isobu failed, Liumu asked his team for time to investigate Han’s origins, and Han chose to leave with him.
• Liumu confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, learned that Juzo Biwa knew Han’s history, and persuaded the Third Mizukage to take him to Juzo.
• Juzo revealed Han’s origins and led Liumu to a stone box left by her parents, and Liumu later returned to the boat with Han inside his mind.

Liumu challenged Konoha’s authority, helped Kakashi and assessed a genin team before joining Jiraiya and Han on the Rōran mission. After defeating Anrokuzan and absorbing Ryūmyaku energy, he reunited with Jiraiya and Han in the Land of Rain, where he learned his new power had worsened his control and that he needed a summon on Taotie’s level.

• Liumu returned to Konoha with Han, comforted her, and later watched Kakashi grieve Hatake Sakumo before urging him not to surrender his ability to choose.
• Liumu refused Danzo’s offer to join Root, defeated Danzo and his guards with genjutsu, and copied techniques from the Scroll of Seals.
• Liumu assessed Hechi, Xiaojin, and Matsushita, who repaired their rift and passed, while Kakashi told him the Third Hokage had wanted to step down over Hatake Sakumo’s disgrace.
• Liumu celebrated his sixth birthday with Han, his classmates, and Tsunade, then demonstrated his strength to Minato, who asked for his help on a mission to Rōran.
• Liumu, Jiraiya, and Han left Konoha, but Minato’s Reverse Summoning sent Liumu alone to Rōran, where he met Sara and discovered that Anrokuzan controlled the city through puppets.
• Liumu and Minato fought Anrokuzan, and Liumu used Taotie to absorb the Ryūmyaku’s energy, cut off Anrokuzan’s regeneration, and destroy him.
• Sara reactivated the Ryūmyaku’s key and Minato sealed it, while Liumu absorbed the energy Anrokuzan had drawn from it and left Sara to protect Rōran.
• Liumu reunited with Jiraiya and Han in the Land of Rain, learned Jiraiya had blocked his Jonin promotion, and discovered that his increased strength had worsened his control and that he needed a summon as powerful as Taotie.

Liumu returned to Konoha, became a Special Jōnin, and helped guide Team 7 through the escalating conflict in the Land of Grass. After Minato and Liumu helped defeat Iwagakure’s forces, Liumu intervened to save Might Duy from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and sent Juzo Biwa to Yahiko.

• Liumu declined Nagato and Yahiko’s plan, gave them the Zero and White rings, and showed Yahiko a genjutsu of a future shaped by Nagato’s eyes.
• After three years away, Liumu returned to Konoha, passed Guy’s challenge, and supervised the Academy graduation assessment that brought Obito, Rin, and Kakashi onto Team 7 under Minato.
• Minato took Liumu and Team 7 on a mission to investigate foreign ninja in the Land of Fire, where Liumu rescued Konoha ninja from Kirigakure attackers and confronted A and Killer B.
• Fugaku told Liumu about Kagami’s son Shisui and asked him to look after the boy, so Liumu and Han began raising and training Shisui.
• Liumu joined Minato’s squad in the Land of Grass, where he protected Team 7 through ambushes and healed Kakashi’s destroyed eye with Heluo.
• Obito awakened his Sharingan after Kakashi saved him, and Liumu helped Team 7 prepare an ambush before obliterating an Iwagakure force with Normal Punch.
• Liumu and Minato attacked the Iwagakure position, let its survivors escape, and investigated signs of a hidden threat before returning toward Konoha.
• When Might Duy opened the Eighth Gate to face the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Liumu offered Heluo to keep him alive, killed the swordsmen except Juzo Biwa, and sent Juzo to Yahiko with Kubikiribōchō.