Recaps

Xia Yu defeated the Funato invasion, won the villagers’ support, and became the Land of Sea’s daimyo while planning to strengthen the Uchiha bloodline. As Kirigakure attacked the Funato Clan’s base on Wave Island, Mei Terumi entered the palace and Ao faced Funato Aopon outside.

• Xia Yu evolved the Yingying Beast into a speaking, winged giantess named Ying, then sailed with Uzumaki Honoka to claim the Mother Island bounty.
• Xia Yu encountered Orochimaru during a Funato attack, offered her captured clan members as test subjects, and negotiated for her to stop abducting Land of Sea villagers.
• Xia Yu returned to Taro Island as Funato Kuromu invaded, defeated the pirates, and persuaded Hai Xing and Hai Shen to help him become daimyo.
• The villagers petitioned Xia Yu to lead them, and he accepted while urging them to grow the country’s population.
• Xia Yu killed Funato Arumi with a massive water dragon after Arumi threatened Honoka and tried to flood Taro Island.
• Xia Yu sent the surviving Funato pirates to prison as Funato Daika prepared to fight Kirigakure at Wave Island.
• Mei Terumi led Kirigakure’s assault on Wave Island, then entered the palace while Ao stayed outside to face Funato Aopon.

Mei Terumi defeated Funato Daika and Kirigakure later pursued a political marriage with the Land of Sea, only for Uchiha Xia Yu to secure the country and marry Mei. The arc left Xia Yu facing Funato Aopon, while the awakened Yingying Beast devoured her pufferfish.

• Mei Terumi dissolved Funato Daika with her Boil Release, then trapped him in a sealed barrier after he regenerated by absorbing moisture.
• A giant pufferfish attacked Kirigakure’s warships, but Funato Aopon escaped with the Funato widows and became their new clan leader.
• Uchiha Xia Yu learned that Kirigakure planned to marry Mei Terumi to the former Daimyo of the Land of Sea, and decided to make Mei marry him instead.
• Mei Terumi and the Land of Water’s Daimyo arrived at Taro Island and discovered that Xia Yu had become the people’s Daimyo and was marrying Uzumaki Honoka.
• Xia Yu demonstrated his strength, agreed to an alliance with the Land of Water, and secured the return of ten years of tribute and Kirigakure ninja to teach the Land of Sea.
• Mei Terumi, Uzumaki Honoka, and Orochimaru married Xia Yu, while Kirigakure abandoned its planned attack after learning Xia Yu was an Uchiha from Konoha.
• Mei Terumi chose not to divorce Xia Yu and returned to Kirigakure, while Funato Aopon arrived at the port seeking revenge for her clan.
• Xia Yu summoned the Yingying Beast to fight Aopon’s pufferfish, and the beast ate several of them and swallowed Aopon’s Chakra arrow.

Xia Yu joined the Akatsuki while helping Mei Terumi end the Kaguya Clan rebellion and secure Kirigakure’s acceptance of the Uchiha Clan. The arc ended with the Uchiha No. 3 Clan Compound established and Pain summoning the Akatsuki members for work.

• Xia Yu defeated Funato Aopon, let Orochimaru take her for study, and learned that Orochimaru would give him Karin as well.
• Konan gave birth to a son, and the Akatsuki members named him Akatsuki and claimed him as their shared child.
• Xia Yu copied Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami, told Itachi he wanted to restore the Uchiha, and agreed to join the Akatsuki.
• Xia Yu established the Hidden Sea Village and went to Kirigakure after learning the Kaguya Clan had rebelled against Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi defeated the Kaguya Clan leader and ordered the clan killed, while Kimimaro fought Kirigakure’s ninja before Orochimaru rescued him.
• Xia Yu arrived in Kirigakure on the Yingying Beast, reunited with Mei Terumi, and spent the night with her.
• Mei Terumi announced her pregnancy and urged Kirigakure’s elders to accept the Uchiha Clan, and Xia Yu’s chakra persuaded them to agree.
• Kirigakure established the Uchiha No. 3 Clan Compound, while Konan introduced Akatsuki to the organization and Pain called the members to work.

Pain began Akatsuki’s immediate campaign to capture the tailed beasts, and the organization attacked the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails. The arc left the Eight-Tails battle ongoing after Xia Yu joined Kakuzu and Hidan and struck Gyuki with Amaterasu.

• Pain abandoned Akatsuki’s gradual plan and ordered the members to capture the tailed beasts immediately, assigning Itachi three days to capture Naruto.
• Sasori and Deidara attacked Sunagakure, where Sasori captured Gaara and Deidara fought Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
• Sasori revealed that he had killed the Third Kazekage and turned him into a Human Puppet, then fought Chiyo and Ebizo while Deidara’s blast and Sasori’s poison devastated Sunagakure.
• After telling Itachi he intended to build a family and unite the villages under Uchiha Village, Xia Yu offered to help Akatsuki capture the tailed beasts.
• Hidan and Kakuzu defeated Yugito Nii, and White Zetsu and Black Zetsu took her away to handle the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Kakuzu and Hidan confronted Killer B at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, but Killer B fought back with Gyuki’s chakra and escaped Kakuzu’s threads.
• Xia Yu arrived as Akatsuki’s newest member while Killer B summoned the Eight-Tails, then used his right Mangekyō Sharingan to cover Gyuki in Amaterasu as Kakuzu fled and Hidan climbed out of the ground.