Recaps

Uchiha Minato welcomed Orochimaru to Amegakure but demanded that he share his forbidden techniques, including Impure World Reincarnation and his research into immortality. Frightened by how much Minato knew, Orochimaru agreed to share his core techniques and establish research institutes in the village.

• Uchiha Minato welcomed Orochimaru to Amegakure and asked him to share Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru denied knowing the technique, but Uchiha Minato revealed that he also knew about Orochimaru's immortality research.
• Orochimaru realized Minato's intelligence network had uncovered his secrets and stopped considering a sneak attack.
• Kabuto Yakushi saw Orochimaru humbled and felt an urge to follow Uchiha Minato instead.
• Orochimaru promised to share his core forbidden techniques after settling in Amegakure, and Uchiha Minato accepted.

With Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi joining Amegakure, Ning Feng expanded the village’s capabilities and began gathering bodies for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. He then used Amegakure’s strength and generous offers to bring surrounding small villages under its influence.

• Orochimaru joined Amegakure and gave Ning Feng the Longevity Jutsu and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, so Ning Feng sent Nagato and Konan to find the graves of powerful figures.
• Ning Feng told Nagato to notify him immediately if the team found Madara Uchiha’s grave.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived after the Fourth Hokage agreed to let him join Amegakure, and Ning Feng welcomed his help.
• Amegakure’s population of ninja exceeded seventy thousand, and Ning Feng decided to expand by bringing nearby villages into its territory.
• Ning Feng sent Uchiha Itachi with over thirty thousand Amegakure ninja to invite small villages to join, offering protection and ninjutsu support.
• Within half a month, many villages around the Land of Rain agreed to become Amegakure’s vassals.

Ning Feng oversaw Amegakure’s rapid growth while Nagato searched for materials for Impure World Reincarnation, but Nagato was attacked by Kirigakure ninja. After Uchiha Minato rescued him, Ning Feng decided to take revenge on Kirigakure and confront its secrets.

• Nagato gathered many samples for Impure World Reincarnation, but he could not find Madara Uchiha’s grave.
• Ning Feng saw Amegakure’s forces grow to over eighty thousand ninja as the village expanded and took on missions from Konoha.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Nagato had been attacked in Kirigakure, and Ning Feng headed to the Land of Water.
• Four Kirigakure assassination squads cornered the wounded Nagato, but Uchiha Minato defeated the ninja outside his cave and rescued him.
• Ning Feng suspected Obito Uchiha was behind the attack and told Nagato to recover before they went to take revenge on Kirigakure.

Obito Uchiha learned that Ning Feng had come to Kirigakure after Nagato was pursued and wounded, and prepared for a confrontation. Ning Feng planned to seize Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Blades, while Obito recognized that Ning Feng’s actions seemed to advance the Eye of the Moon Plan more effectively than his own.

• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Ning Feng had likely come because Kirigakure’s forces pursued and wounded Nagato.
• Ning Feng and the recovered Nagato entered Kirigakure, where Nagato reported that the Mizukage was recalling Jonin and might know Ning Feng was there.
• Ning Feng chose to continue his plan to take Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Blades and said he would wait for the returning forces before wiping them out.
• Hozuki Zangetsu ordered Kirigakure’s elite Jonin and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to assemble, hoping to prepare against Ning Feng.
• Obito Uchiha wondered whether Ning Feng was the true heir to Madara Uchiha’s legacy because his actions seemed better suited to carrying out the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Obito Uchiha learned that Ning Feng had entered Kirigakure and prepared to confront him with help from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning. Ning Feng killed the Kirigakure Anbu sent to invite him to the Mizukage's residence, prompting Obito Uchiha to go stall him until the allied Ninja arrived.

• Obito Uchiha questioned White Zetsu about whether Uchiha Minato was the executor of the Eye of the Moon Plan, then decided to seek reinforcements.
• Ning Feng explored Kirigakure's outskirts and learned that Hozuki Zangetsu had become the Fifth Mizukage and a perfect Jinchuriki.
• Obito Uchiha secured support from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning by offering part of Madara Uchiha's legacy.
• Kirigakure Anbu told Ning Feng that the Fifth Mizukage wanted to meet him, and Ning Feng burned them before they could react.
• Obito Uchiha learned that the allied Ninja had gathered at the Mizukage's residence and set out to stall Ning Feng.

Ning Feng attacked Obito Uchiha as soon as he appeared, forcing him to rely on Kamui against a barrage of powerful ninjutsu. With Obito near his limit and Kirigakure's reinforcements approaching, Ning Feng slowed his assault after Obito asked to negotiate.

• Ning Feng tried to hit Obito Uchiha with a Spiral Shuriken as he emerged from Kamui, but Obito sent it into the Kamui Dimension.
• Ning Feng entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, made three shadow clones, and bombarded Obito with powerful ninjutsu while Black Zetsu watched.
• Hozuki Zangetsu rallied the reinforcements from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth and led them toward the battlefield.
• Obito's Kamui reached its limit, and he feared Ning Feng would kill him despite his use of Izanagi.
• Obito shouted that he had come to negotiate, and Ning Feng slowed his assault and asked what he wanted to discuss.

Ning Feng lured Obito Uchiha into delaying their confrontation until elite forces from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure surrounded him. As the armies attacked, Ning Feng began an enormous meteor-like ninjutsu that Black Zetsu recognized as Tengai Shinsei, leaving the battlefield beneath a descending, flaming rock.

• Ning Feng pretended to consider Obito Uchiha's offer while secretly gathering chakra, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as Obito retreated into hiding.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu watched tens of thousands of ninja from three villages gather, and Obito believed their numbers would overwhelm Ning Feng.
• Hozuki Zangetsu ordered the forces to attack Ning Feng with continuous long-range ninjutsu while they kept their distance from his Susanoo.
• Ning Feng formed a two-faced golden Susanoo and began hand seals as the ninjutsu barrage struck around him.
• Black Zetsu recognized the signs of Tengai Shinsei and urgently told the forces to defend themselves, but a vast flaming rock appeared above Kirigakure and began descending.

Ning Feng summoned Tengai Shinsei over Kirigakure, sending the allied forces into panic as Obito Uchiha and others tried to escape. The meteor struck Kirigakure, and its distant impact shook Konohagakure, where Minato Namikaze began investigating the tremors.

• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu recognized the enormous burning meteor as a threat, and Obito ordered Hozuki Zangetsu to tell everyone to use defensive ninjutsu.
• The Kumogakure and Iwagakure ninja fled in chaos while Kirigakure's ninja raised earthen defenses, and Obito Uchiha used his spatial technique to escape the meteor's path.
• Ning Feng watched as Tengai Shinsei descended toward Kirigakure, while the Three-Tails Isobu abandoned its attempt to escape and accepted its fate.
• The meteor crashed toward Kirigakure, and its impact caused violent tremors across Konohagakure.
• Minato Namikaze asked an Anbu ninja to investigate the earthquake after the tremors subsided.

Ning Feng’s Tengai Shinsei devastated Kirigakure and wiped out most of the combined force, leaving Hozuki Zangetsu badly injured and the village in ruins. Zangetsu agreed to bring his clan into Amegakure, then returned to deliver the order to leave Kirigakure.

• Ning Feng survived the meteorite’s impact and attacked the few remaining Ninja, while Nagato hurried to fetch reinforcements.
• Hozuki Zangetsu asked Ning Feng if he intended to wipe out everyone, and Ning Feng offered to spare him if he brought the Hozuki Clan to Amegakure.
• World announcements reported that Uchiha Minato had defeated the ten-thousand-strong combined force of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure.
• Hozuki Zangetsu accepted Ning Feng’s offer, fearing the Three-Tails would rampage and cause even more casualties.
• Kirigakure’s survivors saw the destruction left by the meteorite, and Hozuki Zangetsu ordered his clan to leave the village and join Amegakure.

Ning Feng coerced Hozuki Ryogetsu into bringing the Hozuki Clan into Amegakure and demanded that dissenters be eliminated. When nearly half the clan opposed the decision, Ning Feng took charge of the purge, and Ryogetsu agreed to lead him to them.

• Ning Feng used his chakra pressure to frighten Hozuki Ryogetsu into agreeing that the Hozuki Clan would join Amegakure.
• Ning Feng ordered Ryogetsu to gather willing clan members and leave no potential source of hatred behind among those who refused.
• Ryogetsu learned that nearly half the clan opposed joining Amegakure and hesitated over whether to fight Ning Feng to protect them.
• Ryogetsu offered to deal with the dissenters, but Ning Feng said he would handle them as a chance to remove voices that opposed the clan leader.
• Ryogetsu agreed and invited Ning Feng to accompany him to the dissenting clansmen.

Ning Feng crushed the Hozuki Clan's resistance with a devastating Lightning Release attack, forcing Hozuki Ryogetsu and most of the other clans to submit to Amegakure. After learning that several bloodline clans still refused to join, Ning Feng set out to confront them.

• Hozuki Ryogetsu tried to persuade the protesting Hozuki clansmen to join Amegakure, but Ning Feng stepped forward to address them.
• Ning Feng revealed that he had crippled Hozuki Zangetsu and summoned the meteorite, then called down a qilin-shaped Lightning Release attack on the Hozuki Clan.
• Ning Feng's lightning killed or injured over half of the Hozuki ninja, leaving Ryogetsu and the survivors too afraid to resist.
• Half a day later, Ryogetsu told Ning Feng that most clans had submitted, though many bloodline clans still refused.
• Ning Feng decided to go confront the clans that remained unwilling to join Amegakure.

Ning Feng crushed Kirigakure clans that refused to submit and gathered willing clans and other ninja to bring back to Amegakure. As Obito Uchiha struggled to stop him, Nagato’s warning prompted Konan and Uchiha Itachi to prepare a rescue, but Ning Feng returned before they could leave.

• Ning Feng ordered Hozuki Ryogetsu to help him eliminate clans that refused to join Amegakure and set out with the Hozuki Clan.
• Obito Uchiha learned that Ning Feng was taking Kirigakure’s clans and told Black Zetsu to alert him when Ning Feng left.
• Ning Feng crushed more resistant clans, then stopped pursuing the remaining dozen and led the gathered ninja toward Amegakure.
• Nagato rushed back to Amegakure with news of the battle, collapsed, and prompted Konan and Uchiha Itachi to prepare a rescue mission.
• Amegakure’s ninja announced that Lord Minato had returned, and Ning Feng entered the room.

After Uchiha Minato destroyed Kirigakure’s forces and brought most of its clans to Amegakure, the village was dissolved and Amegakure was recognized as the fifth great Ninja Village. Obito Uchiha was left amid Kirigakure’s ruins, unable to see how to continue the Eye of the Moon Plan with Uchiha Minato as its greatest variable.

• Ning Feng told Konan and Uchiha Itachi that he had taken Kirigakure’s clans for Amegakure and ordered them to settle and monitor the newcomers.
• Reports revealed that Uchiha Minato had defeated Kirigakure’s forces and caused devastating losses for Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• The remaining Kirigakure clans withdrew, and Obito Uchiha failed to stop the village’s dissolution.
• Amegakure declared itself the fifth great Ninja Village, and other nations accepted its new status without objection.
• Konan and Ning Feng discussed how the weakened nations gave Amegakure an opportunity to develop and grow stronger.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu surveyed Kirigakure’s ruins, and Obito worried that Uchiha Minato had disrupted the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Minato Namikaze worried that A and Ōnoki might target Ning Feng after Amegakure’s expansion damaged their villages. At a secret meeting, A urged Ōnoki to join him in forming an assassination unit against Uchiha Minato, and Ōnoki began to consider the plan.

• Minato Namikaze saw Konoha gain missions and resources as Kumogakure and Iwagakure declined, but worried that A and Ōnoki might attack Ning Feng in secret.
• Kakashi Hatake praised Ning Feng’s strength, while Minato Namikaze considered sending guards to Amegakure but decided Konoha lacked the manpower.
• A and Ōnoki met secretly at the border between Kumogakure and Iwagakure and reviewed reports showing their villages had lost missions to Konoha and Amegakure.
• A argued that Uchiha Minato’s presence was causing their decline and urged Ōnoki to act before Amegakure grew stronger.
• Ōnoki reflected on Ning Feng’s past damage to Iwagakure and the failed expedition, while A waited for his decision about an assassination unit.

Ning Feng oversaw Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation research and Amegakure’s growth while waiting for tailed beast extraction to progress. When he sensed a powerful group infiltrating the village and closing in on the laboratory, he realized they had come for him.

• Orochimaru explained that his improved Impure World Reincarnation gave him greater control over reincarnated fighters, though he had not found Madara Uchiha’s grave or successfully reincarnated Konoha’s former Hokage.
• Ning Feng noted Amegakure’s rising mission demand and economic growth as merchants traveled through the Land of Rain under his rule.
• Orochimaru told Ning Feng that extracting the Three-Tails from Hozuki Zangetsu would kill him, so Ning Feng ordered him to hurry while keeping Zangetsu alive.
• Ning Feng sensed several dozen powerful chakra signatures sneaking into Amegakure and approaching the laboratory.
• Orochimaru remarked that the village’s security had eased, and Ning Feng recognized that the infiltrators were formidable shinobi targeting him.

Ning Feng fought off an assassination squad of Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninjas in Orochimaru’s underground laboratory, using Sage Mode to defeat their Kage-level leaders and slaughter the reinforcements. As more attackers arrived, he reflected an Earth Dragon Bullet with his Gunbai and prepared to retaliate.

• Orochimaru sensed the approaching squad, slipped underground, and asked Ning Feng to avoid damaging the laboratory.
• Ning Feng entered Sage Mode and blocked the opening attacks from the Iwagakure and Kumogakure leaders with Water Formation Wall.
• Ning Feng used Frog Kata to strike both leaders without touching them, leaving the Iwagakure ninja badly injured and the Kumogakure ninja still able to fight.
• Ning Feng dodged the Kumogakure ninja’s False Darkness and killed him, then stabbed the unconscious Iwagakure ninja through the heart.
• Ning Feng cut down the arriving ninjas until an Iwagakure ninja used Earth Dragon Bullet at close range.
• Ning Feng blocked the Earth Dragon Bullet with his Gunbai and returned it with Uchiha Reflection.

Ning Feng learned that his mutated body could not be replicated and that he needed more Tailed Beast chakra to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha arrived at Iwagakure to meet Ōnoki, where Kitsuchi attacked him.

• A concluded that Amegakure would suspend its offensive against Uchiha Minato after its recent operations failed and cost elite ninja.
• Nagato reported that he had found few graves of powerful ninja in Kirigakure, and Ning Feng told him to stop the excavations.
• Orochimaru reported that only Lightning Release Kage-level ninja could endure Ning Feng’s cells, but they gained less than a tenth of his abilities.
• Orochimaru concluded that Ning Feng needed to increase the Tailed Beast chakra inside him, and Ning Feng focused on obtaining the Three-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha arrived at Iwagakure and addressed Ōnoki familiarly, prompting Kitsuchi to attack him with Earth Release.

Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha and approached Ōnoki, arguing that they shared an enemy in Uchiha Minato. Ōnoki let him into Iwagakure to discuss their possible alliance, while remaining wary of his identity and motives.

• Kitsuchi attacked the Mysterious Masked Man with Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique, but Obito emerged unharmed using his Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Obito declared that he was Madara Uchiha, shocking Ōnoki with the name of the legendary enemy who had haunted him.
• Obito asked to speak inside Iwagakure, but Ōnoki initially refused to let him enter the village.
• Obito revealed that he had come because Uchiha Minato had encroached on his interests and admitted that he could not defeat Minato alone.
• Ōnoki ordered the gates opened and dismissed his guards, despite Kurotsuchi's objections, so he could speak privately with Obito.

Obito Uchiha persuaded Ōnoki that a group battle could neutralize Uchiha Minato’s greatest advantage and offered an alliance to attack Amegakure. He revealed that Madara Uchiha and Raikage A had signed the agreement and claimed he had fifty thousand Hashirama-cell creations to fight for them.

• Obito Uchiha considered taking control of Ōnoki but decided an alliance would serve him better.
• Ōnoki concluded that Uchiha Minato would be vulnerable in a group battle and imagined joining other villages to attack Amegakure and Konoha.
• Obito Uchiha proposed that Ōnoki join forces with Madara Uchiha and Raikage A to wage war against Amegakure.
• Ōnoki questioned where Obito Uchiha would get troops and suspected the agreement or Raikage A’s signature was fake.
• Obito Uchiha produced a pale creature made with Hashirama Cells and claimed he had fifty thousand that could absorb chakra and copy appearances and abilities.

Obito Uchiha secured an alliance with Ōnoki and A, but Black Zetsu warned that they needed a supreme commander and proposed reviving Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Amegakure continued to prosper, and Ning Feng learned that his reforged Sword of the Thunder God was ready.

• Ōnoki signed an alliance with Obito Uchiha after learning about the White Zetsu, while planning to uncover their weakness and defeat Uchiha Minato.
• Obito Uchiha used Ōnoki's agreement and the White Zetsu to secure A's alliance, bringing all three sides together.
• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that their allied force needed a supreme commander and proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu explained that Obito Uchiha should watch Uchiha Minato while Madara fought him, then capture him for questioning about the Tailed Beasts.
• Ning Feng heard from a guard that the Sword of the Thunder God had been completed in the Land of Iron.

Ning Feng traveled to the Land of Iron to collect the reforged Sword of the Thunder God and hoped its lightning power would strengthen his Flying Thunder God Technique. Mifune challenged him to a deadly sword duel, and the chapter ended as Mifune unleashed a lightning-fast Iaido strike.

• Ning Feng recalled that Obito still bore his Flying Thunder God mark and planned to combine the technique with the Sword of the Thunder God.
• Ning Feng entered the Land of Iron with his subordinates, respecting Mifune's refusal to let the country become part of a ninja village.
• At the daimyo's residence, Mifune presented Ning Feng with the reforged Sword of the Thunder God and insisted they fight.
• Ning Feng sensed Mifune's murderous intent and took a stance with the sword as Mifune drew and struck with Iaido.

Ning Feng and Mifune tested their swordsmanship, and Ning Feng adapted to Mifune’s techniques before defeating him with a copied Iaido strike. Mifune admitted defeat and collapsed, leaving Ning Feng standing victorious.

• Ning Feng used his Sharingan to follow Mifune’s feints and Flash strikes, then countered with lightning-enhanced sword attacks.
• Mifune evaded Ning Feng’s lethal thrust with Flash Step and explained the samurai technique to him.
• Ning Feng acknowledged Mifune’s skill and challenged him to continue the duel.
• Ning Feng copied Mifune’s Iaido stance and struck with the Sword of the Thunder God.
• Mifune conceded defeat and crumpled as Ning Feng opened his eyes.

Ning Feng defeated Mifune and used the match to force the Land of Iron’s daimyo to send renowned blacksmiths to the Land of Rain. He brought them to the Land of Rain’s forge and ordered his blacksmiths to learn their advanced techniques.

• Ning Feng defeated Mifune with one slash and asked the Land of Iron’s daimyo to send skilled blacksmiths to the Land of Rain.
• Ning Feng reminded the daimyo that Mifune had supposedly agreed to provide blacksmiths if he lost, and the frightened daimyo agreed to the deal.
• The daimyo selected renowned blacksmiths, and Ning Feng intimidated their protesting leaders into accompanying him.
• Ning Feng brought the blacksmiths to the Land of Rain’s ninja tool forge and told his own blacksmiths to learn their techniques.

Obito Uchiha, Ōnoki, and A prepared to decide who would command their alliance, while Ning Feng responded to Iwagakure and Kumogakure’s border clashes by sending Nagato and Yahiko to investigate. Black Zetsu recruited Kabuto Yakushi with forbidden knowledge and research resources, and Kabuto left Amegakure with him.

• Obito Uchiha, Ōnoki, and A agreed that the strongest among them would become Supreme Commander of their alliance.
• Ning Feng learned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had begun clashing with Amegakure along their borders.
• Ning Feng ordered Nagato and Yahiko to take three thousand elite ninja to investigate and attack if the provocations continued.
• Black Zetsu tempted Kabuto Yakushi with experimental materials, equipment, and knowledge of the Sharingan, Rinnegan, and forbidden techniques.
• Kabuto Yakushi agreed to leave Amegakure with Black Zetsu, as a black-robed figure with scarlet eyes approached from the shadows.

Kabuto Yakushi escaped Amegakure with Obito Uchiha, bringing stolen experimental materials and reincarnation supplies to their secret base. There, he saw Madara Uchiha’s preserved corpse and thousands of bodies cultured from Hashirama Senju’s cells, which Obito planned to use for Impure World Reincarnation.

• Black Zetsu introduced Kabuto Yakushi to Obito Uchiha, who offered to get him through Amegakure’s defenses.
• Kabuto Yakushi gathered his experimental equipment and reincarnation materials, and Obito transported him and the scrolls with Kamui.
• At their secret base, Kabuto Yakushi discovered Madara Uchiha’s preserved corpse and agreed to perfect the Impure World Reincarnation technique before using it on him.
• Obito Uchiha showed Kabuto Yakushi tens of thousands of White Zetsu bodies cultured from Hashirama Senju’s cells as potential reincarnation vessels.