Recaps

Reborn as Uchiha Zongyan, Lin Yuan gained the Bloodline Altar and used it to strengthen himself and his clan while confronting Danzo’s efforts to control the Uchiha. The arc ended with Zongyan challenging Danzo and Hiruzen over the arrest of Shimura Hongyu as Fugaku expanded his influence in the Military Police Force.

• Lin Yuan was reborn as Uchiha Zongyan, the younger brother of Itachi, and realized his existence had already changed the Naruto story.
• After Sasuke was born, Zongyan witnessed Minato and Kushina’s deaths in the Nine-Tails’ rampage and reassured Itachi that their family would remain together.
• Zongyan discovered the Family Lottery System and won a Bloodline Altar that could nourish bloodlines and grant monthly awakenings, then secretly showed it to Fugaku.
• Zongyan defended Naruto from bullies, prompting Danzo to target him, but Itachi helped him defeat the Root operatives who attacked him.
• Fugaku used the altar to awaken Zongyan’s Sharingan and strengthen selected clansmen, while Zongyan trained with four jonin and received the cursed blade Murasame.
• Zongyan joined the Konoha Military Police Force as a squad captain, and Fugaku assigned him three officers he had personally selected.
• Zongyan arrested Shimura Hongyu for assaulting a ramen shop owner, then refused Danzo’s demand to release his nephew in front of the villagers.
• Hiruzen asked Zongyan to release Hongyu for the sake of restraint, but Zongyan challenged the appeal, and Fugaku later secured another South Street shop before Hongyu’s early release.

Zongyan uncovered Danzo’s crimes, helped Fugaku rally the Uchiha around the Bloodline Altar, and discovered a portal to the Demon Slayer World. He brought Fugaku and Itachi there to secure resources, while Itachi began learning about the demons and their hunters.

• Zongyan recognized that Danzo’s rogue-ninja mission was a trap, but he and his squad survived repeated ambushes and captured Kawano Shinji.
• Kawano told Zongyan that Konoha’s leadership had seized Kushina’s assets and that Danzo and Orochimaru had experimented on Uchiha, and Zongyan helped fake Shinji’s death and brought him to Fugaku.
• Fugaku convened the Uchiha Jonin, who verified Shinji’s memories and exposed Shisui’s opposition, and Zongyan then revealed the Bloodline Altar and its power to awaken the Uchiha bloodline.
• Zongyan proposed a contribution-point system, and the clan adopted it, increasing its storehouse reserves, and the Altar later awakened three tomoe in Zongyan’s Sharingan.
• Zongyan used his draw to obtain the Multiverse Portal, entered the Demon Slayer World, met Tanjiro, and killed the Hand Demon before capturing another demon to take back for study.
• Zongyan delivered the captured demon to Yashiro at the Uchiha outpost, then returned to Konoha and urged Itachi to keep persuading the imprisoned Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami for the clan.
• Zongyan told Fugaku and Itachi about the Demon Slayer World and proposed using Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to control Muzan and the demons, and Fugaku agreed to travel through the portal with them.
• Zongyan brought Fugaku and Itachi to Mount Fujikasane, where they agreed to control different countries and collect iron tribute, and Itachi used genjutsu on Yamada Tarō and learned about Japan’s demons and Demon Slayer Corps.

Zongyan captured Muzan, brought him under Uchiha control, and used his demons to help the Uchiha overthrow Konoha’s leaders. As Fugaku established Uchiha rule and Zongyan trained a new squad, neighboring villages prepared to invade, and Zongyan awakened Mangekyō Sharingan abilities before confronting Obito.

• Zongyan and Uchiha Itachi cornered Muzan in the Infinity Castle, forced him to surrender, and later used Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to make him loyal to the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo attacked the Uchiha, but Zongyan unleashed Muzan and the demons while Fugaku and the clan fought back and killed Konoha’s leaders.
• Fugaku became Hokage and ordered all clans to contribute to the Blood-Eyed Squad, while Zongyan freed Neji from his Caged Bird Seal and sent the recruits into the Infinity Castle for training.
• Rasa planned an invasion of Konoha with the Stone and Cloud villages, while Zongyan awakened Mangekyō Sharingan abilities called Control and Divine Descent.
• Zongyan attacked the Kumogakure forces, confronted Darui, and identified the masked figure Obito Uchiha, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha and attacked him with Kamui.
• Zongyan revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Obito staring in disbelief.