Recaps

Ye Feng secured the Daimyō’s agreement not to interfere with Konoha’s reforms, though the Land of Fire ended its financial support, and urged him to improve conditions for commoners. The Daimyō ordered his envoy back to the capital to support a crackdown on crime, prompting the envoy to flee Konoha before his ties to dark forces were exposed.

• The Daimyō agreed to stop interfering with Konoha’s reforms but withdrew the Land of Fire’s financial support.
• Ye Feng criticized the squalid conditions in the Land of Fire and urged the Daimyō to improve them, then teleported him back to his room and returned to Konoha.
• Ye Feng informed Minato Namikaze that the dispute had been settled, while the Land of Fire’s envoy waited several days without meeting the Hokage.
• The envoy learned that the Daimyō had ordered his party to return to the capital and was using Lord Yoshino’s apparent murder to justify a crackdown on crime and dark forces.
• The envoy hurried out of Konoha with his party so he could cut ties with the dark forces that had benefited him.

Ye Feng visited the village of refugees he had rescued from Black Wind Stockade to investigate whether their gratitude could explain his sudden increase in comprehension. He offered the villagers the chance to move to Konoha, and they eagerly accepted as they thanked him.

• Ye Feng learned that the villagers he had rescued provided free meals and lodging to Konoha ninja out of gratitude for their rescue and protection.
• Ye Feng met the village chief and proposed that the villagers move to Konoha as part of the village’s reforms.
• The village chief gathered the villagers, and Ye Feng explained his offer to them.
• The villagers enthusiastically welcomed the chance to move to Konoha, and some knelt to thank Ye Feng.

Ye Feng discovered that the villagers’ faith accelerated his understanding of Origin Force, so he decided to establish a religious organization around himself. After founding the “God” organization and owing his shadow clones ten million, he made Spirit Talismans to sell to Minato Namikaze and arrived at the Hokage Office.

• The villagers’ gratitude and faith boosted Ye Feng’s understanding of Origin Force, leading him to consider gathering followers to speed his progress.
• Ye Feng proposed creating the “God” organization, and his shadow clones agreed to help only after he wrote them a ten-million IOU.
• Ye Feng named himself the Sacred God, designated ten shadow clones as Divine Envoys, and established the Village of the Gods with a masked statue.
• Ye Feng used his remaining Gamabunta blood to make thirty basic and six Intermediate Spirit Talismans, keeping four Intermediate Talismans for Tian Nai and another woman.
• Ye Feng went to the Hokage Office to sell the remaining talismans, where he found Minato Namikaze buried in towering stacks of paperwork.

Ye Feng advised Minato Namikaze to delegate Hokage duties, then offered Konoha a collection of powerful Spirit Talismans. Minato bought them for the village and suggested tricking Gamabunta into supplying more, but Ye Feng warned that doing so could ruin Konoha’s reputation.

• Yoshino Nara delivered documents to Minato Namikaze, and Ye Feng mistakenly assumed she was someone Minato favored.
• Ye Feng urged Minato Namikaze to delegate routine decisions and consult the Third Hokage about the drawbacks of centralized authority.
• Ye Feng showed Minato Namikaze more than fifty types of Spirit Talismans, including the powerful Flame Dragon Spear and Shield of Life Intermediate Spirit Talismans.
• Minato Namikaze bought the talismans for Konoha, offering ten million up front and promising to pay the rest later.
• Minato Namikaze proposed tricking Gamabunta again to obtain more blood, but Ye Feng refused because the deception could damage Konoha’s reputation.

Ye Feng used the Sacred God’s growing reputation to turn an approaching army into followers, while the Village of the Gods drew attention from the Five Great Nations and Akatsuki. As Akatsuki began preparing to strengthen itself against the God organization, Ye Feng’s cultivation continued to advance rapidly.

• Ye Feng purified and healed fifty thousand soldiers who had approached the Village of the Gods, leading nearly ten thousand to stay and follow the Sacred God while the rest spread his fame.
• The Five Great Nations sent envoys to investigate the Village of the Gods, but a Divine Envoy defeated a Kumogakure Jonin with a glance and explained that the Divine Envoys could only use the Sacred God’s power in self-defense.
• Black and White Zetsu and Obito failed to infiltrate the God organization, and Black Zetsu stopped Nagato from visiting the Village of the Gods himself.
• Black Zetsu taught Obito Yin-Yang Release techniques and encouraged Nagato to recruit missing-nin and strengthen his team, while revealing some of the Rinnegan’s abilities.
• Ye Feng’s understanding of the Five Elements Origin advanced quickly, with wood and water nearing major attainment and metal reaching minor attainment.

Ye Feng investigated a sudden unease by searching for Obito in the Land of Rain, then discovered that Miroku had given birth to his daughter. He left the chapter at Miroku's palace, recognizing the newborn through their bond of blood.

• Ye Feng sensed that something important had happened and rushed to the Land of Rain to look for Obito.
• Ye Feng found no trace of Obito in Amegakure and used his Sharingan to question Konan, who said she did not know where the Mask Man had gone.
• Ye Feng felt a mysterious connection and used a drop of his blood to trace it west, toward the Land of Demons.
• Ye Feng arrived at Miroku's palace, where Miroku had given birth to a baby girl.
• Ye Feng recognized the baby as his daughter and realized his past encounter with Miroku had truly happened.

Ye Feng reunited with Miroku after she gave birth to their daughter, Shion, and healed her with his energy. Miroku stepped down as Miko and agreed to leave the Land of Demons with Ye Feng and raise Shion in Konoha.

• Ye Feng entered Miroku's bedchamber, and Miroku told the guards he was the child's father.
• Ye Feng met their newborn daughter and used his energy to restore Miroku after childbirth.
• Miroku named the baby Shion, and Ye Feng said he liked the name.
• Ye Feng asked Miroku to return to Konoha with him, and she agreed after he reassured her about the Land of Demons.
• Miroku appointed Huiming to oversee the Land of Demons and announced she was stepping down as Miko.
• Ye Feng stayed with Miroku and Shion, then spent the night in Miroku's bedchamber.

Ye Feng returned to Konoha with Miroku and Little Shion, and Miroku was welcomed into his household and introduced to his friends. The next day, Ye Feng went to Orochimaru's laboratory to attempt reviving Rin Nohara, and Orochimaru brought out a mysterious metal box.

• Ye Feng and Miroku spent three days sightseeing before returning to Konoha with Little Shion.
• Minato Namikaze welcomed Miroku to Konoha after learning that she and Ye Feng had a child.
• Miroku greeted Tian Nai and Yuna as sisters, and the three women quickly bonded.
• Minato hosted a gathering where Ye Feng introduced Miroku and Little Shion to his friends.
• Ye Feng decided to test the Reanimation Technique on Rin Nohara and asked Orochimaru to assist him.
• Orochimaru hurried into the depths of his laboratory and returned with a plain metal box.

Ye Feng and Orochimaru used an improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Rin Nohara, then Ye Feng revived her with the Rinnegan’s Outer Path technique. The revival left Ye Feng aged and drained, and Orochimaru activated a rune formation that began glowing green after Ye Feng disrupted it.

• Orochimaru summoned Rin Nohara’s soul into her clone, and she recognized Ye Feng while learning that they intended to revive her.
• Ye Feng activated the Rinnegan and used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to restore Rin Nohara to life.
• Ye Feng collapsed from an excessive loss of life force as his hair turned white and his body rapidly aged.
• Orochimaru stopped Rin Nohara from treating Ye Feng and placed him on a rune formation that gathered natural energy and trace wood origin power.
• Ye Feng dispersed the formation’s true qi, but it lit up again with a green glow.

Ye Feng’s attempt to use a formation to restore his vitality caused it to explode, but he survived and revived Orochimaru after treating his injuries. He gave Orochimaru an improved Spirit Talisman to study, then took Rin Nohara to the Village of the Gods while keeping her revival secret from Konoha.

• Ye Feng’s wood origin grew stronger in Orochimaru’s formation, but the formation exploded and injured Orochimaru while Ye Feng protected Rin Nohara.
• Ye Feng healed Orochimaru and explained that reviving Rin Nohara had cost him at least two hundred years of lifespan, prompting Orochimaru to suggest seeking the White Snake Sage’s blood.
• Ye Feng postponed visiting the White Snake Sage until he recovered and gave Orochimaru a higher-grade Spirit Talisman to study.
• At Orochimaru’s Laboratory, Ye Feng inscribed an intermediate Wood Spirit Talisman called Shield of Life and left Orochimaru its formation diagram.
• Ye Feng told Rin Nohara she could not return to Konoha or see Kakashi yet, but she would see Obito, then took her to the Village of the Gods.

Ye Feng brought Rin Nohara to live in the Village of the Gods under the protection of his shadow clones, then waited for Obito to visit. When Obito finally arrived, Ye Feng took him to Rin, and Obito froze upon seeing her.

• Ye Feng introduced Rin Nohara to his ten shadow clones, who joked with her before agreeing to protect her in the Village of the Gods.
• Ye Feng returned home to recover and waited more than a month for Obito to contact him.
• Obito arrived at Ye Feng’s home, where Ye Feng introduced Miroku, Tian Nai, the other woman, and the baby as his family.
• Ye Feng took Obito and the three women to the Village of the Gods, despite Obito’s fears about the Divine Envoy.
• Rin Nohara trained outside her home in a mask, and Obito stopped in shock and trembling excitement when he saw her.

Obito reunited with Rin Nohara, confessed his guilt, and let her see his disfigured face, which she accepted with tenderness. He later kept visiting the Village of the Gods until the shadow clones limited his visits to protect Rin from Black Zetsu.

• Rin Nohara recognized Obito, and he apologized for what had happened to her before she comforted and hugged him.
• Obito hesitated to embrace Rin and tried to keep her from seeing his face, but she insisted that his appearance would not change who he was to her.
• Rin removed Obito's mask and gently stroked his disfigured face, making him break down in tears.
• Ye Feng and the three women left the pair alone, then returned to the wooden house where the shadow clones joked about getting Obito and Rin together.
• Obito began visiting the Village of the Gods frequently, so the shadow clones limited him to two visits a week to keep Black Zetsu from suspecting anything and endangering Rin.

Ye Feng and Orochimaru returned to Ryūchi Cave to seek the White Snake Sage’s blood, and Ye Feng subdued Tagorihime, who offered to lead them onward. They reached Ichikishimahime’s territory, where she confronted Tagorihime.

• Ye Feng and Orochimaru entered Ryūchi Cave, where Tagorihime attacked them with an illusion and hundreds of snake-shaped guards.
• Ye Feng dispelled the illusory guards, sensed Tagorihime while she was invisible, and captured her when she tried to strike.
• Tagorihime transformed into her true snake form, then returned to human form and agreed to lead Ye Feng to the White Snake Sage.
• After learning Ye Feng’s name, Tagorihime became eager to present him to Lady White Snake and guided the group to Ichikishimahime’s territory.
• Ichikishimahime accused Tagorihime of betraying Lady White Snake, and Tagorihime warned her not to interfere with the Sage’s guest.

Ye Feng confronted the Snake Princesses and met the White Snake Sage, who explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s arrival had depleted the world’s natural energy. She asked to study Ye Feng’s cultivation method, but he rejected her offer of Ryūchi Cave’s techniques as inadequate compensation.

• Ye Feng sensed Ichikishimahime draining his chakra and struck her, then warned Tagorihime not to provoke him again.
• Tagorihime led Ye Feng and Orochimaru past Tagitsuhime to the White Snake Sage’s temple.
• The White Snake Sage told Ye Feng that natural energy had dwindled since the Ōtsutsuki Clan arrived and pleaded for his help.
• Ye Feng refused to share his cultivation method, and the White Snake Sage offered Ryūchi Cave’s cultivation method and secret techniques in exchange.
• Ye Feng demonstrated a tiny flame of true qi that burned the White Snake Sage’s conjured fingers, then questioned whether her offer was worth anything to him.

Ye Feng refused the White Snake Sage’s offers and demanded that she sign a master-servant contract in exchange for his cultivation method. After he claimed compensation for her injury to Orochimaru, the White Snake Sage attacked him and Orochimaru with the White Rage Technique.

• Ye Feng asked the White Snake Sage if she would trade anything for the cultivation method, then demanded her as payment.
• The White Snake Sage attacked Ye Feng, but he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reappear beside Orochimaru.
• The White Snake Sage offered Ye Feng anything in Ryūchi Cave except herself, but he insisted that she sign a master-servant contract.
• Ye Feng rejected her further offers after revealing that he knew the cave’s natural energy could let her control those who absorbed it.
• When the White Snake Sage ordered Ye Feng to leave, he demanded compensation for her injuring Orochimaru, whom he called one of his people.
• The White Snake Sage unleashed her Sage Art: White Rage Technique, sending a red light dragon carrying a black orb toward Ye Feng and Orochimaru.

Ye Feng fought the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave while Orochimaru collected her blood. After trapping her beneath falling rocks, Ye Feng escaped with Orochimaru, leaving the Sage furious and vowing revenge.

• The White Snake Sage's explosive technique shook Ye Feng's earthen shelter, but he protected himself and Orochimaru from the blast.
• Ye Feng pierced the White Snake Sage's tail and hurled her through the temple, giving Orochimaru time to start collecting her blood.
• Ye Feng bound the White Snake Sage with an elastic earthen dragon and buried her beneath falling rocks.
• Orochimaru collected the blood, and Ye Feng grabbed him and vanished from Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage broke free and vowed to make Uchiha Yefeng pay next time.

Ye Feng and Orochimaru tested the White Snake Sage’s blood but found Konoha’s chakra metal too weak, so Ye Feng decided to seek Hiramekarei in the Land of Water. When Minato asked him to take Kushina and Naruto along, Ye Feng reluctantly agreed to bring them on the trip.

• Ye Feng and Orochimaru returned to Konoha with the White Snake Sage’s blood, but the chakra metal shattered when Orochimaru tried to inscribe it.
• Orochimaru said Hiramekarei was the best sword for the blood, with Samehada as a less stable alternative, and Ye Feng decided to acquire a suitable blade in the Land of Water.
• Ye Feng’s three women persuaded him to take them on the trip, and he told Minato Namikaze that their party of five planned to visit the Land of Water.
• Minato returned with Kushina Uzumaki and Little Naruto, asking Ye Feng to take them along because Kushina wanted to travel.
• Ye Feng agreed after Minato warned that Kushina would be angry if they left her behind, and the group prepared to depart.

Ye Feng and his companions reached the coast hoping to travel to the Land of Water, but learned Kirigakure had sealed its waters and chose to fly there instead. Kirigakure ninja surrounded them at sea, and Ye Feng explained their presence to Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura.

• Ye Feng's group reached the harbor and learned Kirigakure had restricted passage through the surrounding waters, leaving travelers to wait for designated ships.
• Miroku suggested that Ye Feng carry them through the air, and Kushina persuaded him to avoid the crowded harbor and fly toward the Land of Water.
• Ye Feng took the group on a detour around the destroyed Land of Whirlpools, but they encountered and were surrounded by Kirigakure ninja.
• Karatachi Yagura confronted the group, and Ye Feng identified himself as Uchiha Yefeng and explained they had entered Kirigakure's territory by mistake while avoiding the Land of Whirlpools.

Karatachi Yagura forced Ye Feng and his companions to travel to Kirigakure, where Ye Feng suspected the village was preparing to capture the newly revived Three-Tails, Isobu. Ye Feng secretly left the boat and found Isobu hidden beneath the seabed, directly below the Fourth Mizukage, leaving him to decide how to intervene without alerting the Mizukage.

• Karatachi Yagura recognized Kushina and pressured Ye Feng and his companions to return to Kirigakure, and Ye Feng agreed to go with him.
• On the boat, Kushina suspected Karatachi Yagura was concealing an important mission, and Ye Feng guessed that Kirigakure was targeting Isobu.
• Ye Feng made a Wood Clone to remain with the women, then put on the Demon Face Mask and flew toward the Fourth Mizukage.
• Miroku noticed something unusual about Ye Feng's clone, but played it off by teasing him about meeting another woman.
• Ye Feng used his divine sense to find Isobu buried in silt on the seabed directly beneath the Fourth Mizukage, and realized that capturing him could alert the Mizukage.

Ye Feng watched the Fourth Mizukage and his elite ninja attack Isobu, only to see the Three-Tails withstand their assault and overwhelm them underwater. The Fourth Mizukage then enlisted his younger sister, Karatachi Yuzuki, whose ability to briefly control Isobu could help Kirigakure capture him.

• Ye Feng created a whirlpool beneath the Fourth Mizukage's ship, prompting Isobu to emerge from the seabed and attack.
• The Fourth Mizukage and more than a dozen Kirigakure ninja attacked Isobu underwater, but their techniques failed to injure him, and his tail sent them flying.
• The Fourth Mizukage retreated and ordered his ninja to prepare to keep Isobu at the surface while the Sealing Squad worked.
• Ye Feng watched as the Fourth Mizukage met privately with Yuzuki and asked her help capturing the Three-Tails.
• Yuzuki agreed to help, and Ye Feng learned that Karatachi Yuzuki was Karatachi Yagura's younger sister and could briefly control Isobu.

Karatachi Yagura and the Kirigakure ninja tried to capture Isobu, but Ye Feng disrupted Yuzuki’s control to prevent her death. As Isobu rampaged and the injured Karatachi Yagura struggled to stop him from sinking, a young girl attacked Isobu and was secretly rescued from his tail by a masked figure.

• Karatachi Yagura ordered Yuzuki to manifest the Three-Tails, and Kirigakure ninja began trying to seal Isobu.
• Ye Feng saw Yuzuki’s life force draining and knocked her unconscious with a thread of energy, freeing Isobu from her control.
• Isobu rampaged, overturning boats and attacking the ninja, while Karatachi Yagura struck him with Water Release: Thousand Feeding Sharks.
• Isobu flung off the sharks, hit Karatachi Yagura, and began sinking again as the injured Mizukage struggled to stop him.
• A reddish-brown-haired girl harmed Isobu with crimson liquid, then froze when Isobu swung his tail at her.
• A masked figure rescued the girl and vanished, leaving her and an Elite Jonin uncertain whether anyone else had been there.

Ye Feng saved Mei Terumi, then secretly stole the sealed Three-Tails from Karatachi Yagura and returned to his ship. Yagura suspected the Konoha group and pursued them, confronting Ye Feng as he lounged on deck.

• Ye Feng rescued Mei Terumi while Kirigakure's Ninja gained control of Isobu and began sealing the Three-Tails into Karatachi Yagura.
• A giant seawater hand created by Ye Feng seized the sealed Three-Tails and carried it into his Small World.
• Ye Feng returned to his ship, where Miroku teased him and confirmed she could tell him apart from his clone.
• After Kirigakure's search found no culprit, an Elite Jonin suggested the Konoha group had taken the Three-Tails, and Yagura led a pursuit.
• Ye Feng spotted Yagura's ship approaching but continued relaxing until Yagura boarded and stood before his lounge chair.

Ye Feng and his group reached Kirigakure, where Karatachi Yagura and Genji treated them with wary hospitality while keeping them under surveillance. Ye Feng searched the village with his divine sense but found no trace of Hiramekarei or the other ninja blades, leaving him unsure whether they had been hidden or taken away.

• Karatachi Yagura questioned Ye Feng about his visit, then let the group go while ordering increased surveillance because he had no evidence against them.
• Two days later, Ye Feng and his companions reached the Land of Water, where Genji greeted Ye Feng with elaborate compliments and bowed after Mei Terumi called their exchange hypocritical.
• Ye Feng followed Genji to Kirigakure and noticed that fewer but stronger ninja were watching him.
• Ye Feng searched Kirigakure with his divine sense and found neither Hiramekarei nor any of the other ninja blades.

Ye Feng tried to find a way to learn where Kirigakure kept the Ninja Blade while avoiding suspicion, but Mei Terumi’s tour led him into a confrontation at the training ground. After a boy loudly revealed that Ye Feng was Might Duy’s disciple, Kirigakure’s ninjas approached him with hostility, and Ye Feng saw an opportunity in the situation.

• Ye Feng worried that searching blindly for the Ninja Blade would take too long and that Kirigakure might suspect him once it noticed the blade was missing.
• Mei Terumi arrived early to guide Ye Feng around Kirigakure, then entered his lodging and accidentally saw the three women sleeping naked, prompting a commotion.
• Mei Terumi grew close to the women during the tour while Ye Feng quietly thought about how to locate Hiramekarei.
• At a training ground, a boy recognized Mei Terumi and asked about Ye Feng, so she introduced him as Might Duy’s disciple.
• The boy shouted Ye Feng’s connection to Might Duy, drawing the attention of the Kirigakure ninjas, who approached Ye Feng with hostile looks.

Ye Feng fought Hozuki Xieyue, a Hozuki Clan genius who used the Hydrification Technique to withstand physical attacks. After realizing the technique could be overcome with relentless speed and repeated strikes, Ye Feng began pummeling Xieyue’s water form while the onlookers expected him to fail.

• Hozuki Xieyue confronted Ye Feng and declared that he intended to become the next wielder of Hiramekarei and join the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Ye Feng mocked Xieyue, then charged him after Xieyue insulted Might Duy; his punch passed through Xieyue when the latter activated the Hydrification Technique.
• Xieyue attacked Ye Feng with Water Release: Water Shrapnel, but Ye Feng evaded the attack with his speed and struck Xieyue from behind.
• Ye Feng explained that rapid, repeated attacks could exploit the Hydrification Technique, despite the onlookers doubting him.
• Ye Feng repeatedly punched Xieyue’s liquefied body, preventing him from reforming as the crowd watched and expected Ye Feng to fail.