Recaps

Shin'yu helped end the war between the Hidden Leaf and Hidden Cloud, settled his conflict with Kagami, and had the Uzumaki Clan seal his Karma for twenty years. When Uzumaki Haruna went missing, he tracked her to a Hidden Sand fortress and confronted the Third Kazekage as Garaga was being captured.

• Mito killed the Second Raikage while Harukaze defeated Ginkaku with Aoyama's help, and Kagami captured Kinkaku and subdued the Two-Tails.
• Ginkaku attacked the Hidden Leaf and held Tobirama hostage, but Kagami's bloodied trophies helped force peace talks that secured the release of Tobirama and a treaty between the villages.
• Kagami became Third Hokage, then Shin'yu killed Tobirama and later rescued Kagami from execution before killing him and taking his eyes at Kagami's request.
• Shin'yu and the Uzumaki elders developed Infinite Sealing and removed his Karma, which would remain dormant for twenty years.
• Kongming revealed that Uzumaki Haruna and other shinobi had disappeared, and Nen used Kuenbiko to locate Haruna imprisoned in the Land of Wind.
• Shin'yu and Orochimaru found the Third Kazekage trying to capture Garaga for a sealing experiment, while masked attackers revealed signs of an internal Hidden Sand plot.
• Shin'yu attacked the fortress, sent Orochimaru to free the prisoners, and fought the Sand Ninja while declaring that he would take Garaga and kill everyone inside.

Shin'yu defeated the Third Kazekage, rescued scattered Uzumaki clansmen, and helped Orochimaru pass Ryuchi Cave’s trials and master Sage Mode. After sparring with Orochimaru, Shin'yu sent him back to Hiruko and began seeking a Sage Art suited to shinobi.

• Shin'yu defeated the Third Kazekage, took his Magnet Release scroll, and spared him after warning him not to attack the Uzumaki Clan again.
• Shin'yu restored Garaga’s eye, earning its acceptance of the lost wager, then accompanied Haruna’s group to Rain Country to find missing clansmen.
• Shin'yu and Orochimaru rescued imprisoned Uzumaki clansmen and found Fuso, her husband, and their son Nagato, whom Shin'yu brought back with them to the Land of Whirlpools.
• Garaga guided Shin'yu and Orochimaru to Ryuchi Cave, where Orochimaru passed the three trials set by Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime.
• The White Snake Sage tested Orochimaru with Natural Energy, and he survived his transformation to achieve Perfect Sage Mode.
• Shin'yu sparred with Orochimaru, defeated him, and restored his condition before sending him to the Land of Iron to help Hiruko with Kimaera Plant research.
• After Bochi demanded two billion ryo for his Sage Art scroll, Shin'yu left and decided to develop a Sage Art suited to shinobi, while Hikari accepted the scroll to cultivate.

Tsunade and Jiraiya brought Kushina from the Uzumaki Clan to the Hidden Leaf, where she faced hostility and found support from Minato and Nawaki. As the Second Shinobi World War began, Danzo’s schemes and Hiruko’s Kimaera experiments unfolded, while Hanzo and Chiyo fought in the Rain Country.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Nawaki negotiated with the Uzumaki Clan and left Whirlpool Tide Village with Kushina, while Tsunade fought Orochimaru until Uchiha Nen intervened and saved her and Jiraiya.
• Kushina joined Minato’s class, stood up for her red hair, and later lured Inaho and his lackeys into the forest and beat them after they bullied her.
• The Hidden Leaf Police Force tried to intimidate Kushina, but her Water Clone revealed that Nawaki and a Chunin squad were nearby to protect her.
• Jiraiya and Nawaki traveled to the Rain Country, where Stone Ninja ambushed them before Hatake Sakumo arrived and reported that their base had been recovered.
• Hiruzen confronted Danzo over the ambush and his plan to manipulate Hanzo, then stripped him of his role in high-level deliberations and disbanded Root.
• As the Second Shinobi World War began, Hiruko demonstrated his Kimaera Technique to Orochimaru and Nian, then recruited them to help capture an Explosion Release user for his planned Devouring.
• Hanzo fought Chiyo in the forest, evading her chakra threads and countering her attack with Explosive Flame Formation before summoning a gigantic salamander.

Nian and his allies subdued Rōshi and turned back the Stone Ninja, while Sakumo became the White Fang and the Sand Village allied with the Sky Ninja. Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Nen raided Angkor Fortress to steal its flight technology, reaching the Main Control Room.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Sage Fukasaku fought Rōshi, whose Four-Tails transformation was restrained when Nian arrived and drained its Chakra with Wood Release.
• Hiruko and Orochimaru rescued Sakumo and Kato Dan, and Tsunade thanked them before Nian took the unconscious Four-Tails Jinchuriki away.
• Shin'yu tested Hikari’s Sage Art abilities, and Hiruko successfully devoured Shū, gaining Steel Release.
• The Sand Village allied with the Sky Ninja, whose aerial assault destroyed a Leaf supply convoy, while Sakumo’s victories left Red Sand Gorou’s forces devastated.
• Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Nen planned to steal the Sky Ninja’s flight technology so Hiruko could later challenge the Third Kazekage.
• The trio attacked Angkor Fortress, and Nen teleported them out of an Energy Heavy Cannon blast while Orochimaru and Hiruko fought off the Sky Ninja.
• Nian shattered Angkor Fortress’s Barrier, and Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Nian entered the fortress and fought their way toward the Main Control Room.