Recaps

Ye Feng took Minato Namikaze away as the Lightning Kirin devastated the battlefield, killing the ninja caught in its reach. Pakura took command of the grieving Sunagakure forces and ordered them to advance into the Land of Fire, while an Iwagakure elite unit secretly crossed the border to stir conflict between Konoha and Sunagakure.

• Ye Feng escaped with Minato Namikaze as the Lightning Kirin struck, while the remaining Konoha forces retreated toward Orochimaru's camp.
• The lightning subsided, revealing that more than two hundred ninja in its reach had been killed, and the Sunagakure commander broke down in grief.
• Pakura arrived, learned the scale of the loss, and took over after the commander resigned and left to face the Third Kazekage.
• Pakura merged the Third and Fourth Combat Units into the Third Battle Unit and ordered them to advance into the heartland of the Land of Fire.
• More than a hundred Iwagakure elites secretly crossed into the Land of Fire on a mission to sow discord between Konoha and Sunagakure.

After Ye Feng’s Kirin attack killed over forty Konoha ninja, Orochimaru ordered Konoha to avoid fighting and let Sunagakure advance deeper into the Land of Fire. Ye Feng tracked the Sand Ninja to their camp to recover the dead, then learned from Orochimaru that Akatsuki had sent intelligence about Sunagakure’s changed route.

• Ye Feng told Orochimaru that he had controlled Kirin and killed over forty Konoha ninja, and Orochimaru insisted their plan would continue.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha ninja to retreat from Sunagakure, conduct distant reconnaissance, and let the enemy enter the heart of the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru asked Ye Feng to bring back the dead Konoha ninja, and Ye Feng found Sunagakure’s camp after the bodies had been removed from the battlefield.
• Ye Feng returned to camp and learned that Orochimaru wanted to see him, then accepted intelligence bearing Yahiko’s signature.
• Orochimaru explained that Akatsuki had separated publicly from Amegakure and that Sunagakure had bypassed the Land of Rain by traveling through the Land of Rivers.

After learning that an Iwagakure force of over a hundred ninjas had secretly entered the Land of Fire, Ye Feng decided to lead Minato Namikaze and several Jonin to deal with them. He left the others uncertain about his plan, but reassured them that they would only provide support and stay safe.

• The Akatsuki discovered an Iwagakure unit entering the Land of Fire and sent the intelligence to Orochimaru, who passed it to Ye Feng.
• Ye Feng and Orochimaru realized Konoha lacked the manpower to find and defeat the unit without disrupting their plans.
• Ye Feng thought of Minato Namikaze as the person who could drive out the enemy, then told Orochimaru to focus on Sunagakure.
• Ye Feng selected Minato Namikaze and several Jonin, including Fujiwara Inomura, and rallied Minato by urging him to fight for Konoha.
• Ye Feng told the group they would face the Iwagakure unit, then reassured them that they would provide support rather than serve as the main fighting force.
• The Jonin repeatedly asked Ye Feng about his plan, but he refused to reveal it.

Ye Feng infiltrated the Sunagakure Camp to locate the bodies of the Konoha Ninja, killing three Sand Ninja on patrol and using genjutsu to question a Chunin. He learned the bodies were managed beside the central tent, where Pakura had moved the department, leaving him wary of her reasons.

• Ye Feng left his tent at night and hid near the Sunagakure Camp after spotting three Sand Ninja on patrol.
• Ye Feng sent the Kusanagi Sword flying, killing all three Sand Ninja, then stored their bodies in a scroll to delay discovery.
• Ye Feng used Sage Art Earth Release to enter the camp and searched for the place where the Konoha Ninja's bodies were kept.
• Ye Feng followed a Chunin from the central tent, subdued him with his Sharingan genjutsu, and asked where the bodies were stored.
• The Chunin resisted the genjutsu briefly, but Ye Feng strengthened it and learned Pakura had moved the body-handling department beside the central tent.

Ye Feng infiltrated a Sunagakure tent to retrieve Konoha ninja bodies, but discovered Pakura had laid a trap for him. After outsmarting her and taking her hostage, he forced the Sand Ninja to hand over a scroll containing the bodies.

• Ye Feng entered the department tent, killed two guards, and used the Sharingan to silence the third.
• Pakura and her Sand Ninja surrounded Ye Feng, refused to give him the bodies, and revealed the tent was a trap.
• Ye Feng escaped the net by using a Shadow Clone as bait and appeared behind Pakura with a kunai at her throat.
• Pakura tried to break free and used Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder, but Ye Feng knocked her unconscious.
• Ye Feng threatened to kill Pakura unless the Sand Ninja surrendered the Konoha ninja bodies, and their commander returned with a scroll and handed it over.

Ye Feng exchanged Commander Pakura for the recovered Konoha Ninja remains, then returned to Orochimaru and promised to deal with Iwagakure. The next morning, Ye Feng made Minato Namikaze the main force for the coming fight and tested his reflexes with a sudden attack.

• Ye Feng inspected the Sand Ninja's jars of Konoha Ninja remains, confirmed they were genuine, and released the unconscious Pakura to the Sand Ninja commander.
• Ye Feng returned to Orochimaru's tent with the scroll, and they spoke about achieving peace before Orochimaru reminded him to deal with Iwagakure.
• Ye Feng promised to handle Iwagakure the next day, then left Orochimaru's tent.
• Ye Feng gathered the recovered team and told Minato Namikaze to bring all his Flying Thunder God Kunai because he would be the main force.
• Ye Feng abruptly struck Minato Namikaze and a nearby Jonin; Minato blocked the punch, while the Jonin demanded an explanation after getting back up.

Ye Feng led his team to investigate a Flying Thunder God Mark that had been activated, only to arrive amid a group of Iwagakure ninja and three dead Konoha scouts. After teleporting away, he returned invisibly to track the enemy, but Kitsuchi sensed something and looked toward him.

• Ye Feng teased a Jonin about failing to block his punch, then sent the team to prepare for a mission.
• Ye Feng monitored the Flying Thunder God Marks until one was activated, then teleported there with seven others.
• Ye Feng’s team found three dead Konoha Ninja surrounded by Iwagakure ninja and escaped before the enemy could attack.
• Kari recognized Ye Feng and Minato Namikaze, while Kitsuchi ordered the Iwagakure group to move on quickly.
• Ye Feng sent the other seven to wait, used an Invisibility Spirit Talisman, and returned to spy on the Iwagakure group.
• Kitsuchi sensed a presence and looked toward Ye Feng, but did not see him.

Ye Feng tracked Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure team and prepared an ambush with Minato Namikaze and the rest of his squad. When Kitsuchi detected them and tried to leave, Ye Feng signaled the attack, but the Stone Ninja easily blocked the first wave of kunai.

• Ye Feng secretly followed Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure team after storing the three Konoha corpses in a scroll.
• When the Iwagakure team stopped near sunset, Ye Feng brought the other seven over and assigned Minato Namikaze as the main fighter, with the others spreading Flying Thunder God Kunai around the enemy.
• Ye Feng lent Minato Namikaze his Kusanagi Sword, which shrank into a kunai-sized weapon and boosted Minato Namikaze’s confidence.
• Kitsuchi sensed the hidden attackers and tried to lead his team away, while Kari recognized Ye Feng and demanded revenge.
• Ye Feng launched a Warning Firework to signal his squad, and the Iwagakure team blocked the kunai thrown at them from all sides.

Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God attack devastated Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure force, and Ye Feng confronted Kitsuchi before withdrawing. Kitsuchi, shaken by the losses and Ye Feng’s warning that Minato could strike again after recovering, ordered his troops to return the next morning.

• Ye Feng sent Minato Namikaze into the Iwagakure ranks, where Minato killed at least thirty ninja and badly wounded more than a dozen before chakra exhaustion forced him to retreat.
• Kitsuchi attacked Ye Feng with an earthen sphere, but Ye Feng escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique, activated the Eight Gates Released Formation, and met Kitsuchi’s rock-covered punch head-on.
• Ye Feng teleported behind Kari and struck him, then rebuked Kitsuchi for calling him shameless and warned that Minato could attack again once he recovered.
• Ye Feng vanished after giving Kitsuchi until the next day to leave the Land of Fire, and Kitsuchi angrily smashed a tree before ordering his troops to head back in the morning.
• Iwagakure ninja protested Kitsuchi’s decision and suggested fighting on or scattering to ambush Konoha ninja.

After Ye Feng’s team defeated the Iwagakure force, Minato Namikaze’s overwhelming strength became the talk of the camp. Orochimaru then revealed that the Third Kazekage had placed a bounty on Ye Feng, and ordered him to draw out the infiltrating ninja.

• Kitsuchi ordered the Iwa ninja to stop arguing, rest, and return home the next day.
• Ye Feng returned to camp with his team, where the others celebrated Minato Namikaze’s battlefield performance and spread an exaggerated account of the victory.
• Ye Feng reported the battle to Orochimaru, who was astonished by how many Iwagakure Jonin Minato had killed and wounded.
• Ye Feng told Orochimaru that Kitsuchi would withdraw and warned that another clash would become a fight to the death.
• Orochimaru told Ye Feng that the Third Kazekage had offered fifty million and an S-rank Ninjutsu manual for his life, and that about a thousand ninja had infiltrated the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru ordered Ye Feng to appear in public and travel through other countries to draw out the infiltrators.

Ye Feng visited Tsunade while she worked on antidotes and pulled her away from the lab to make her rest. After teasing her about his intentions, he massaged her as Konoha ninja outside heard her reaction.

• Orochimaru told Ye Feng the war was nearly settled and encouraged him to travel, so Ye Feng agreed to leave the next day.
• Ye Feng learned that Tsunade was developing antidotes in camp and went to visit her.
• Tsunade rushed Ye Feng out of the poison-filled tent and scolded him for entering without protective gear.
• Ye Feng noticed Tsunade looked exhausted, took her to his tent, and made her lie down.
• Ye Feng massaged Tsunade, and her audible moan made the Konoha ninja on patrol look suspiciously toward his tent.

Ye Feng left the Land of Fire after giving Tsunade two spirit talismans to protect her. Tsunade discovered their power might involve natural energy and Mount Myōboku, then summoned Minato Namikaze to question him about Ye Feng.

• Ye Feng told Tsunade he planned to leave the Land of Fire and explained what he had learned from Orochimaru.
• Tsunade fell asleep in Ye Feng's tent, and he covered her with a blanket before spending the night cultivating on the floor.
• Ye Feng left Tsunade a note explaining an Invisibility Spirit Talisman and a Wood Spirit Talisman, then quietly departed.
• Tsunade asked Katsuyu to examine the Wood Spirit Talisman, and Katsuyu said its power resembled an advanced form of natural energy with a trace of Mount Myōboku's toads.
• Tsunade summoned Minato Namikaze and angrily confronted him about what he and Uchiha Yefeng had done.

Tsunade tried to trick Minato Namikaze into revealing his and Ye Feng’s experiments with Mount Myōboku’s toads, but Minato escaped before saying much. Ye Feng traveled openly from the Land of Fire into the Land of Rain, where he ran through the rain and left his pursuers behind.

• Tsunade bluffed that she knew about the toads of Mount Myōboku, and Minato Namikaze nearly revealed their experiments before realizing she was fishing for information.
• Minato Namikaze left using the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Tsunade concluded that the Spirit Talisman was connected to him and Ye Feng.
• Ye Feng set out alone for the Land of Rain to search for traces of Madara Uchiha and openly crossed the Land of Fire, drawing attention from nearby ninja.
• Ye Feng spotted two assassination attempts in advance, toyed with the attackers, and sent them away stripped of everything but their shorts.
• Ye Feng entered the Land of Rain and, as the rain grew heavier, raced freely through the country without paying attention to the enemies following him.

Ye Feng discovered that he could sense and control rainwater as he traveled toward Amegakure. After meeting Hanzo of the Salamander and rejecting his offer to join Amegakure, Ye Feng left to explore the village alone, while Hanzo asked Shinzō of the Salamander to assess him.

• Ye Feng used the rain to sense a wide area and learned he could freeze, shape, and redirect water, though his attacks were still too weak to damage trees.
• Ye Feng allowed an Amegakure ninja squad to escort him to the village, where the rainwater continued to avoid touching him.
• Hanzo of the Salamander threatened Ye Feng, then offered him control of Amegakure in exchange for joining him.
• Ye Feng rejected Hanzo of the Salamander's offer and declined to have someone guide or monitor him as he explored Amegakure.
• After Ye Feng left, Hanzo of the Salamander asked Shinzō of the Salamander for his assessment, and Shinzō said Ye Feng had noticed him in hiding and was unusually sharp.

Hanzō ordered Shinzō of the Salamander to protect Ye Feng and get him out of Amegakure quickly, wary that the young Uchiha could threaten him and provoke Konoha. Ye Feng shared a meal with Yahiko, learned about the hardship and corruption in Amegakure, and accepted an invitation to visit Akatsuki’s base.

• Hanzō agreed that Ye Feng seemed capable of hurting him and ordered Shinzō of the Salamander to keep him safe and arrange his departure.
• Ye Feng entered a busy Amegakure izakaya and ordered one of every specialty, prompting the hesitant server to stall.
• Yahiko arrived, paid for the meal, and explained that many shinobi took advantage of local businesses while Hanzō subsidized the proprietors.
• Yahiko told Ye Feng he had come to welcome him and thank him, but regretted that their efforts had not ended the war.
• After their meal, Yahiko invited Ye Feng to Akatsuki’s base, and Ye Feng accepted so he could meet Nagato and the others.

Ye Feng accompanied Yahiko toward the Akatsuki's base after discovering that his ability kept the rain from touching them. White Zetsu escaped Ye Feng's genjutsu, and Madara and Black Zetsu planned to eliminate Ye Feng before Nagato and Konan ordered the Akatsuki to seize him and Yahiko.

• Ye Feng took Yahiko outside into the rain, where Yahiko discovered that it flowed around him and excitedly played in the downpour.
• As Yahiko led Ye Feng out of Amegakure, Ye Feng struck the ground and forced White Zetsu to emerge, but White Zetsu escaped after briefly falling for his Sharingan genjutsu.
• Ye Feng told Yahiko that White Zetsu was a cultivated monster, and Yahiko continued guiding him toward the Akatsuki's base.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that White Zetsu had encountered Ye Feng and that Ye Feng was following Yahiko toward Nagato.
• Madara and Black Zetsu discussed choosing Uchiha Shinichi, Obito Uchiha, or Shisui Uchiha for their plan, then decided to arrange Ye Feng's elimination.
• When Ye Feng and Yahiko reached the Akatsuki's base, Nagato and Konan ordered the members to seize them, leaving both sides confused.

Ye Feng and Yahiko were surrounded by Nagato and Konan, who suspected them of being infiltrators after Akatsuki members were attacked. Ye Feng exposed the dead member as White Zetsu and suggested testing them with questions only the real people would know.

• Konan ordered her group to seize Ye Feng and Yahiko, while Yahiko demanded to know why they were being arrested.
• Ye Feng escaped the encirclement and stabbed an Akatsuki member, then revealed the dead figure was White Zetsu in disguise.
• Konan led Ye Feng and Yahiko to Akatsuki’s meeting room, where Nagato said he could not detect anything unusual about them.
• Ye Feng suggested that White Zetsu could imitate appearances but not memories, so Nagato and Konan could identify impostors by asking them private questions.

Ye Feng proved his identity to Konan and Nagato by escaping their locked cage with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Nagato explained that impostors had attacked Konan and killed an Akatsuki member, and Yahiko asked Ye Feng to help catch them.

• Ye Feng placed a permanent Flying Thunder God Mark on Yahiko before entering a wooden cage for Konan’s test.
• Ye Feng escaped the cage and appeared beside Yahiko, proving he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Konan became angry when Ye Feng left the cage before she had agreed to begin the test, then stopped wrapping it in chains.
• Nagato apologized and explained that impostors posing as Ye Feng and Yahiko had tried to kill Konan, while an Akatsuki member died protecting her.
• Yahiko asked Ye Feng to help identify and catch the impostors and their hidden master.

Ye Feng refused to reveal the mastermind behind the attack, warning Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato that Nagato’s hidden power could not defeat that person and urging them to grow stronger. After leaving them, Ye Feng appeared in Amegakure, where Shinzō of the Salamander offered to guide him and cover his expenses on Hanzō’s orders.

• Nagato offered to take revenge, but Yahiko and Konan tried to stop him because using his full power would shorten his life.
• Ye Feng refused to identify the mastermind and warned Nagato that even his hidden power posed no threat to that person.
• Ye Feng told the group that five people he knew of already knew Nagato’s secret, then vanished after the rain stopped.
• Ye Feng appeared in Amegakure using a Flying Thunder God Mark, and Shinzō of the Salamander approached him as Hanzō’s appointed guide.
• Shinzō of the Salamander offered to take Ye Feng somewhere enjoyable and said Amegakure would cover his expenses.

Shinzō of the Salamander brought Ye Feng to a manor outside Amegakure, where Ye Feng relaxed in a hot spring and tested his Water Control ability. Two maids tried to assassinate him, but he caught them in the act.

• Ye Feng followed Shinzō of the Salamander out of Amegakure and searched the route and manor with his divine sense, finding no apparent threat.
• Shinzō of the Salamander introduced Ye Feng to the manor steward and instructed the staff to serve him carefully.
• Ye Feng bathed in the hot spring, tested his ability to remain underwater, and sensed the heated stone at its bottom.
• Two maids entered the hot spring and approached Ye Feng, who pretended to be distracted as they drew short blades.
• Ye Feng raised the maids' weapon-holding hands from the water, exposing their assassination attempt.

Ye Feng foiled two maids’ assassination attempt at Hanzō’s manor and captured them to question later. After dinner with Shinzō of the Salamander, he returned to his room, where the unconscious maids awaited.

• The maids attacked Ye Feng with poisoned blades, but he used his Water Control ability to avoid the poison and knocked them unconscious.
• Ye Feng covered and tied up the maids, deciding to interrogate them when they woke, while his Divine Sense found no other suspicious people nearby.
• The butler invited Ye Feng to dinner, and Ye Feng went with him without explaining what had happened to the maids.
• Shinzō of the Salamander entertained Ye Feng over dinner and tried to steer him toward attractions outside Amegakure, but Ye Feng left before he could make his pitch.
• Ye Feng returned to his room, locked the door, and looked at the unconscious maids lying on the bed.

Ye Feng interrogated two maids who had attempted to assassinate him and used Genjutsu to uncover their motive. They revealed that they sought revenge on two wandering ninja sheltered by Hanzo of the Salamander, while the reason they named Hanzō as their employer remained unresolved.

• Ye Feng untied the two maids and asked why they had tried to assassinate him.
• The maids said Lord Hanzō had sent them, and Ye Feng suspected they were lying.
• Ye Feng restrained one maid when she tried to kill herself, then used Genjutsu on the other to make her explain.
• The maid identified herself and her companion as Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna, both survivors of attacks by wandering ninja.
• Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna learned that the Land of Birds' surviving attackers had become Hanzo of the Salamander's subordinates, so they went to Amegakure seeking revenge.

Ye Feng learned why Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna had tried to assassinate him and decided to let them leave. After he told them Hanzo of the Salamander would die within three to five years, they returned to his room instead of departing.

• Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna revealed that their hatred of Hanzo of the Salamander had grown after he honored the leaders they blamed for their families' deaths.
• Ye Feng freed Qiuyu Yuna from his control and explained that Matsumoto Tiannai was caught in Genjutsu, then let both women go.
• Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna cautiously headed for the door, stumbled, and left after Ye Feng laughed at them.
• The women returned to ask whether Hanzo of the Salamander truly had little time left, and Ye Feng said he would be killed within three to five years.
• Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna stepped back into Ye Feng's room and closed the door.

Ye Feng reluctantly agreed to take Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna back to the Land of Birds after they insisted on following him. That night, the two women tried to coax him into bed and then touched him under the covers, but he stopped them.

• Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna asked Ye Feng to take them in, offering to work and serve him.
• Ye Feng warned that following him was dangerous, but the women insisted they would accept the risk.
• Ye Feng agreed to take them back to the Land of Birds and decide what to do once they arrived.
• While Ye Feng cultivated, Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna whispered suggestively about him and urged him to rest in bed.
• The women pulled Ye Feng onto the bed, undressed him, and climbed under the covers beside him.
• When their hands began roaming over him, Ye Feng stopped them and told them to behave.

Ye Feng discovered that bounty hunters and ninjas had surrounded the estate, with Kakuzu among them, and went out to confront them. He killed the attackers who rushed him, exposed many hidden ninjas, and challenged the rest to fight.

• Ye Feng sensed dozens of people laying traps outside the estate and spotted Kakuzu among the distant experts.
• Ye Feng dressed and told Matsumoto Tiannai and Qiuyu Yuna that intruders had come, then leaped out of the window.
• Ye Feng walked through a field of Explosive Tags, destroying their patterns with true qi so they could not detonate.
• A crowd charged Ye Feng for the bounty, and he cut them down with a single strike from his miniature Kusanagi Sword.
• Ye Feng called out hidden ninjas and identified several hiding places, prompting more than two dozen to emerge.
• Ye Feng detected nine ninjas who remained concealed and taunted the gathered enemies to attack him.