Recaps

Xiao Tian Uchiha copied Ōnoki’s Dust Release technique and used it alongside Kamui and the Adamantine Staff to badly injure Raikage A. He then faced Mei Terumi’s protest at the Five Kage Summit and joked that the meeting was about handing out benefits.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha realized Ōnoki’s Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique after watching it destroy Naruto’s Shadow Clones.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha dodged Raikage A’s assault with Kamui Intangibility, then used Shadow Clones to unleash more than a dozen Dust Release attacks at him.
• Raikage A evaded several blasts, but Xiao Tian Uchiha froze the space around him, letting two attacks pierce his left shoulder and arm.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha evaded Raikage A’s Liger Bomb and struck him with the Adamantine Staff, fracturing the Raikage’s right shoulder and arm.
• Mei Terumi fired a Water Formation Pillar at Xiao Tian Uchiha, who shattered it with the Adamantine Staff.
• Mei Terumi reminded Xiao Tian Uchiha of the Five Kage Summit’s purpose, and he joked that the Kage were there to hand out benefits.

Xiao Tian Uchiha confronted Kumogakure’s leaders over compensation while Yugito came under attack by the Akatsuki. Raikage A agreed to pay ninety million and sent Samui to sign a contract as he rushed to rescue Yugito.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha refused to lower his ninety-million compensation demand despite threats from Raikage A, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki.
• Samui reported that Akatsuki members had attacked Yugito and that she needed immediate backup.
• After the Two-Tails’ chakra erupted at the edge of the village, Raikage A asked Xiao Tian Uchiha to help, but Xiao Tian demanded a signed contract and partial payment first.
• Dragon Emperor Zi Yan and Lightning Dragon Ao Kuang used spatial confinement to trap the leaders and their companions.
• Raikage A agreed to the ninety-million payment, ordered Samui to sign the contract, and broke through the confinement to rush toward Yugito.

Xiao Tian Uchiha forced Kirigakure and Iwagakure to accept compensation agreements and arranged a smaller payment from Sunagakure. After the contracts were signed, he privately suggested to Mei Terumi that a date might earn her a reduction in Kirigakure’s debt.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha threatened Mei Terumi and Ōnoki with attacks on their villages unless they agreed to compensation.
• Ōnoki accepted, while Mei Terumi objected that Kirigakure could not afford the demanded sum.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha offered Kirigakure a ten-year installment plan, and Mei Terumi accepted.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha had Kakashi review the contracts and secured five million in compensation from Sunagakure because Gaara was his friend.
• The leaders signed the agreements, and Xiao Tian Uchiha privately suggested to Mei Terumi that they go on a date in exchange for reducing Kirigakure’s compensation.

Xiao Tian Uchiha waited in Kumogakure for compensation while provoking its leaders, and Raikage A blamed Konoha for Yugito’s death. The village signed the contract, but Xiao Tian’s taunts and his companions’ readiness to fight left the confrontation on the verge of violence.

• Mei Terumi and Ōnoki left angrily, while Samui agreed to gather funds to pay Xiao Tian Uchiha.
• Raikage A and Killer B returned too late to save Yugito, who had died after Akatsuki extracted the Two-Tails.
• Xiao Tian told Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto the story of the man who cried wolf, and Kakashi called Yugito’s death retribution.
• Raikage A blamed Xiao Tian and the others for Yugito’s death, but Sasuke and Xiao Tian said Kumogakure had brought the trouble on itself.
• Raikage A learned that Kumogakure had signed the contract and ordered part of the compensation delivered to Konoha.
• Xiao Tian challenged Raikage A’s words, and Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi prepared for a fight.

Xiao Tian Uchiha returned from the Five Kage Summit with compensation agreements from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, while the Akatsuki captured the Two-Tails. He announced that he would select a Sixth Hokage and then travel the Shinobi World to oversee the payments, leaving Konoha’s leaders stunned.

• Raikage A agreed to pay five million gold coins immediately and one million for Sunagakure, with Kumogakure promising to deliver the rest of Sunagakure’s share later.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha teased Samui as she escorted the Konoha group out of Kumogakure, and he told her to contact Konoha if Raikage A wanted help dealing with the Akatsuki.
• The Animal Path summoned the Deva Path Body and the Asura Path Body to intercept Kakuzu and Hidan, and they obtained Matatabi, the Two-Tails.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha returned to Konoha and announced that Kumogakure and Iwagakure would each pay ninety million gold coins within a year, while Kirigakure would pay ninety million within ten years.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha announced that he would choose a Sixth Hokage and travel the Shinobi World to oversee the compensation payments, leaving the assembled Konoha leaders speechless.

Xiao Tian Uchiha stepped down as Hokage and began choosing a successor while Akatsuki tried to shift blame for its crimes onto him. Once Akatsuki’s goal of reviving the Ten-Tails was exposed, the nations united against it and called another Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Kakashi supported Xiao Tian Uchiha’s proposal, beginning the selection of the Sixth Hokage.
• Kirigakure reported that Akatsuki had raided its home base, killing many and stealing wealth and resources.
• Nagato spread rumors in the Land of Rain accusing Xiao Tian Uchiha of the attack and portraying Akatsuki as a force for peace.
• Akatsuki’s plan to capture the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails became public, and Raikage A confirmed that Akatsuki had captured the Two-Tails.
• Deidara sold information about Akatsuki’s bases, and Mizukage Mei Terumi led an army into the Land of Rain to destroy several of them.
• Mei Terumi invited Ōnoki, Raikage A, Xiao Tian Uchiha, and Gaara to another Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.

Xiao Tian chose the Preta Path as the next of his Six Paths Bodies and was visited by Hinata, who brought him a scroll of medicinal herbs. After Hinata left, he discovered the scroll contained a thousand-year-old blood ginseng, while Hyuga Hiashi confronted her about taking it from the clan storehouse.

• Xiao Tian decided to make the Preta Path his next Six Paths Body, dismissing the upcoming Five Kage Summit as unimportant.
• Hinata visited Xiao Tian and offered him a scroll of medicinal herbs, then tried to leave when he invited her to stay for lunch.
• Xiao Tian caught Hinata's hand and teased her until she pulled away and fled.
• Xiao Tian opened the scroll at Meihuizi's clothing shop and found many old herbs, including a portion of thousand-year-old blood ginseng.
• Hyuga Hiashi summoned Hinata and sternly asked why she had taken the blood ginseng from the warehouse freezer.

Hinata admitted giving the thousand-year-old blood ginseng to Xiao Tian, but Hiashi told her to send him more medicinal ingredients instead. That night, Xiao Tian visited Hinata and gave her a pill refined from the ingredients, which she ate before suddenly feeling ill.

• Hinata told Hiashi she had given the blood ginseng to Xiao Tian, and Hiashi ordered her to prepare more medicinal ingredients for him.
• Hinata practiced Gentle Fist in her backyard at night until Xiao Tian appeared and took her to her room.
• Xiao Tian gave Hinata a pill refined from her medicinal ingredients and told her to eat it and drink cola.
• Hinata ate the pill and drank the cola, then said her stomach felt uncomfortable and left to go to the bathroom.

Xiao Tian improved Hinata's appearance and chakra with a pill, then investigated a report about the Akatsuki. He traveled to the Land of Demons with Naruto and Kakashi for an S-Class mission, where Shion revealed they had to seal the demon Moryo.

• Xiao Tian gave Hinata a pill that enhanced her appearance and increased her chakra reserves.
• Xiao Tian ordered Zi Yan to take the Animal Path out of Konoha to investigate the Akatsuki's movements.
• A Shadow Clone told Xiao Tian about an S-Class mission from the Land of Demons, so he chose Naruto and Kakashi to accompany him.
• Xiao Tian, Naruto, and Kakashi met the priestess Shion at her palace in the Land of Demons.
• Shion told them their mission was to help her seal Moryo, a demon powerful enough to destroy the Shinobi World.

Xiao Tian Uchiha rejected Priestess Shion’s prophecy that he would die in the Land of Demons and chose to confront the Jashin Cult while Naruto and Kakashi escorted her to the sealed monster. He found the priestess’s guards under attack by a vast army of terracotta warriors.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi reacted to Shion’s warning that Xiao Tian would die unless he left the Land of Demons.
• Xiao Tian dismissed the prophecy and insisted on joining the mission to seal the monster.
• Naruto and Kakashi agreed to escort Shion while Xiao Tian dealt with the attacking Jashin Cult fighters.
• A messenger warned Shion that powerful Jashin Cult fighters were attacking, and she cautioned Xiao Tian about their leader, Yomi, and his dark Ninjutsu.
• Xiao Tian left the palace and saw terracotta warriors slaughtering the guards protecting Shion.

Xiao Tian Uchiha defeated Yomi and the Jashin Cult forces, then joined Kakashi and Naruto at the cavern where Shion was reinforcing Moryo’s seal. As Moryo used the image of Shion’s mother to manipulate her, a strange magnetic field began affecting Shion’s mind.

• Shion escaped with Kakashi and the others on the Somersault Cloud while Xiao Tian Uchiha stayed behind to fight the Jashin Cult.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha destroyed the puppets and killed the Jashin Cult ninjas with his staff and heavenly flames.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha ambushed and burned Yomi to death, gaining 200,000 system points.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha reached the cavern, where Shion reinforced the seal holding Moryo and two demons while Kakashi and Naruto stood guard.
• Moryo showed Shion the image of her mother and spread a magnetic field that began influencing Shion’s mind.

Xiao Tian Uchiha sealed Moryo inside himself using the Evil Transfer Technique, then vanished into the Kamui Dimension. With the Akatsuki members Hidan and Kakuzu arriving to hunt Naruto, Naruto entered Sage Mode, opened six gates, and attacked them with a Nine-Tails Rasengan.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha used the Evil Transfer Technique to draw Moryo into his body, reassuring Shion, Kakashi, and Naruto before disappearing into the Kamui Dimension.
• Shion feared Moryo would devour Xiao Tian’s soul, but Naruto and Kakashi trusted that he had a plan.
• Hidan and Kakuzu arrived, and Shion warned Hidan that he was going to die.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode, opened six gates, and asked Kurama for chakra while Kakashi protected Shion.
• Naruto unleashed Sage Art: Nine-Tails Rasengan, blasting Kakuzu away and nearly piercing Hidan’s abdomen.

Naruto Uzumaki overwhelmed Hidan with Shadow Clones and a Tailed Beast Bomb while Kakashi used Kamui to strike Kakuzu and escape the cave with Shion. Hidan survived the blast but was left incapacitated, and Kakuzu cleared Naruto’s remaining Shadow Clones with a wind attack.

• Kakuzu attacked Naruto Uzumaki with Lightning Release: False Darkness while Kakashi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Kamui to redirect a Lightning Release-infused shuriken into one of Kakuzu’s hearts.
• Naruto Uzumaki used Shadow Clones and Sage Art: Big Ball Nine-Tails Rasengan to injure Hidan, then trapped him with more clones as he prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto Uzumaki’s Tailed Beast Bomb collapsed the cave entrance and severely damaged Hidan.
• Kakashi used Kamui to tear through the cave wall and escape with Shion, while Kakuzu stayed behind to pursue the Nine-Tails mission.
• Kakuzu used Wind Release: Pressure Damage to destroy Naruto Uzumaki’s Shadow Clones as Hidan lay alive but unable to move.

Naruto and Kakuzu fought while Kakashi protected Shion, but Xiao Tian arrived after defeating Moryo and rescued them. Shion foresaw Xiao Tian repeatedly regenerating from destruction, and Kakuzu survived the golden flames with one heart left.

• Kakashi hid Shion and urged Naruto to stop the Akatsuki members from escaping.
• Naruto attacked Kakuzu, who fought back with a reinforced flying fist and elemental Ninjutsu while trying to retrieve Hidan.
• Kakuzu discovered that the Hidan he had pulled toward him was only a substitute, then was engulfed by golden flames.
• Xiao Tian appeared beside Naruto with Shion and explained that dealing with Moryo had delayed him.
• Shion saw a vision of Xiao Tian regenerating after his body was destroyed and blushed when he teased her.
• Xiao Tian noticed that Kakuzu had survived with one heart remaining.

Xiao Tian Uchiha persuaded Kakuzu to leave the Akatsuki and join him, then returned to Konoha with Kakuzu and Shion. The next day, Xiao Tian opened a new restaurant in Konoha.

• Naruto Uzumaki attacked Kakuzu with a Sage Art: Nine-Tails Big Ball Rasengan, but Xiao Tian Uchiha deflected it into the sky and offered Kakuzu a place with him.
• Kakuzu agreed to leave the Akatsuki and run with Xiao Tian, while insisting he was not joining Konoha and needed to replenish his hearts.
• Xiao Tian reassured Kakashi that he trusted Kakuzu, and Kakuzu later replenished his hearts by killing villains near the Land of Demons before rejoining the group.
• Xiao Tian and the others returned to Konoha, and Shion joined them after settling matters at the priestess's temple.
• Xiao Tian opened a new restaurant in Konoha after simple renovations.

Xiao Tian opened a Shaxian Delicacies eatery with Kakuzu, relying on his Hokage prestige and a cola machine to attract customers. Kakuzu became devoted to running the profitable shop and agreed to handle its finances and security.

• Kakuzu questioned whether the shabby eatery could earn enough and considered continuing bounty missions, but Xiao Tian assured him that the shop would draw customers.
• Kakuzu was shocked by the menu prices and by seeing Xiao Tian use a Shadow Clone to cook, then sampled the food and cola.
• Xiao Tian revealed that a Pay-to-Win Manual had inspired him to open the eatery, and that cola sales were his main source of income.
• Kakuzu found the cola refreshing and said it seemed to restore Chakra, then asked for a refill despite Xiao Tian saying it would come out of his dividends.
• Konoha advisers, Kakashi, shinobi, and clan members visited the shop, and the cola sold far better than the other food.
• Kakuzu volunteered to manage the finances, and Xiao Tian entrusted him with protecting the shop and operating the cola machine.

Xiao Tian Uchiha traveled with Kakashi to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, where Raikage A confronted him over Konoha sheltering Kakuzu. The summit’s discussion turned tense as Ōnoki backed the demand to eliminate Kakuzu.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha continued earning System Points from Shaxian Delicacies and ran a cola machine in Meihuizi's clothing shop.
• With Naruto missing, Xiao Tian Uchiha took Kakashi to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha and Kakashi arrived by Somersault Cloud and were greeted by the samurai Okisuke.
• Raikage A demanded to know why Xiao Tian Uchiha had recruited Kakuzu, who had helped extract the Two-Tails from Yugito.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha refused to hand Kakuzu over, and Raikage A rose in anger as Ōnoki warned that keeping Kakuzu in Konoha was dangerous.

Xiao Tian Uchiha refused to surrender Kakuzu and joined the Kage in assessing the Akatsuki’s threat. As the leaders discussed protecting the Jinchuriki, Xiao Tian learned that Jiraiya had found the Six Paths of Pain and was fighting them at Orochimaru’s underground base.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha refused Raikage A’s demand for Kakuzu and offered to arrange a later duel between them.
• The Kage assessed the Akatsuki’s likely location and discussed which Jinchuriki might be at risk.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha revealed that Konoha had lost track of Naruto, alarming the other Kage.
• Xiao Tian learned that Jiraiya had discovered the Six Paths of Pain at Orochimaru’s underground base and was already fighting them.
• Xiao Tian hurriedly summoned the Preta Path, Asura Path, and Human Path to assist.

Xiao Tian Uchiha secretly scouted Jiraiya’s fight against the Six Paths of Pain and discovered Orochimaru hiding nearby. The Deva Path overwhelmed Jiraiya with Shinra Tensei and struck his arm with a Chakra black rod.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha left the meeting, sent a Shadow Clone to the restroom, and followed the Animal Path through underground pipes with five Six Paths Bodies.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha scouted ahead and watched Jiraiya blast back the Asura Path, then summon Fukasaku and Sage Shima to help him fight.
• Jiraiya and the Toad Sages used Sage Art: Goemon to repel the Naraka Path and a summoned beast, while Konan attacked with Paper Shuriken Jutsu.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha spotted Orochimaru hiding nearby as the Deva Path joined the fight and declared it was time to end the battle.
• The Deva Path used Banshō Ten'in to pull Jiraiya close, broke apart Sage Art: Goemon with Shinra Tensei, and struck Jiraiya’s arm with a Chakra black rod.

Xiao Tian Uchiha rescued Jiraiya from Pain’s attack and drove off several of Nagato’s Paths. The Two-Tails and Three-Tails reappeared, leaving the Sage of Six Paths regretting their revival.

• Jiraiya’s left arm was immobilized by Pain’s black Chakra rod, but Xiao Tian Uchiha arrived and stopped another rod from striking Sage Fukasaku.
• Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Flames and Adamantine Staff to cripple Asura Path and Preta Path, while Animal Path summoned them away.
• Xiao Tian pulled the black Chakra rod from Jiraiya’s hand, and the two left together.
• Xiao Tian spotted Orochimaru in hiding, frightening him into planning to abandon the Sound Ninja territory and flee.
• A golden two-tailed creature appeared at Sasori’s death site and identified herself as Yugito, while a giant golden-spiked Three-Tails rampaged at sea.
• The Sage of Six Paths sensed the Two-Tails and Three-Tails had returned, then regretted feeling glad about their revival.

Xiao Tian Uchiha and Jiraiya raided Orochimaru's base, where the Animal Path captured Hong Lian and analyzed her Crystal Release. After Jiraiya shared intelligence about the Akatsuki and his former students, Xiao Tian and Jiraiya headed for the Land of Iron, where Orochimaru and his subordinates encountered the resurrected Two-Tails, Yugito.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha and Jiraiya ransacked Orochimaru's secret base while the Deva Path Body stole research records and captured Hong Lian.
• The Animal Path analyzed Hong Lian's blood and determined that Crystal Release involved earth, lightning, and a special Chakra attribute, with sound waves as its weakness.
• Jiraiya gave Xiao Tian a scroll of Akatsuki intelligence and told him about his former students Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
• Jiraiya urged Xiao Tian to reveal the Akatsuki's identity and gather the Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, while Xiao Tian said peace could come if no living beings remained.
• Xiao Tian sensed a familiar presence approaching from the Land of Rain as he and Jiraiya traveled to the Land of Iron.
• Orochimaru and his subordinates came face-to-face with the resurrected Two-Tails, Yugito.

Xiao Tian Uchiha shared new intelligence about the Akatsuki at the Land of Iron conference before leaving to investigate a disturbance. In the wilderness, Orochimaru and his allies struggled against a strangely transformed Two-Tails, which Kabuto suspected had advanced.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha revealed that his earlier appearance had been a Shadow Clone, then arrived with Jiraiya and presented the Kage with updated intelligence about the Akatsuki.
• Granny Chiyo warned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could be in danger, prompting Xiao Tian Uchiha to leave Jiraiya to continue the conference while he verified something.
• The mutated Two-Tails sent Manda crashing through the ground, and Orochimaru agreed to provide more sacrifices to keep helping fight it.
• Jugo's Air Cannon failed against the Two-Tails, and Kabuto suggested that it had advanced.

Orochimaru fought Two-Tails with help from Manda, Kabuto, and Jugo, and weakened her with his snake techniques and Triple Rashomon. Just as Orochimaru ordered her capture, a voice overhead startled him.

• Manda resumed fighting Two-Tails after Orochimaru promised him sacrifices, but her Tailed Beast Bomb badly wounded him and forced him to retreat.
• Orochimaru used Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes, but Two-Tails burned the snakes away.
• Orochimaru detonated giant snakes with Evil Snake Arm Explosion, dimming Two-Tails' flames and weakening her.
• Two-Tails fired a powerful Tailed Beast Bomb at Orochimaru, and his Triple Rashomon blocked it after the first two gates shattered.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto and Jugo to capture Two-Tails, but a voice overhead called out and made him tense.

Xiao Tian Uchiha took the revived Two-Tails from Orochimaru, then discovered it had revived as Yugito and seemed to recognize him as its creator. After realizing there were two Two-Tails, Xiao Tian set a plan in motion, while Orochimaru made a breakthrough extracting penicillin and began suffering its negative effects.

• Xiao Tian Uchiha used a space-time technique to take the Two-Tails from under Kabuto and Jugo, and Orochimaru let him go because he could not defeat him.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha met the revived Two-Tails outside the Land of Iron, where it called itself Yugito and said he felt like its creator.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha learned Yugito had revived in a burning forest in the Land of Rain and realized the Two-Tails in his system storage space was still there too.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha let an adorable blue-flamed Two-Tails roam until Akatsuki members captured it.
• Orochimaru successfully extracted penicillin and strengthened the white snake bloodline genes in his body, but negative effects followed.

Orochimaru’s experiment transformed him into a woman and gave him new powers, but also caused menstruation. Meanwhile, Sasuke learned the truth about his clan from Itachi, and Xiao Tian arrived just as Itachi was about to reveal how to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto that his experiment had changed his body and voice, more than doubled his chakra, and left him sensing a hidden danger.
• Orochimaru experienced menstrual pain and decided that solving it should be his next research project.
• Naruto and Sasuke teamed up to defeat Kisame, and Itachi answered Sasuke’s questions about the Uchiha clan and Konoha.
• Sasuke’s resentment toward Konoha’s former leaders eased, and his chakra cultivation increased as his agreement with Naruto continued.
• Xiao Tian stopped Itachi from removing his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Itachi explained that Sasuke and Xiao Tian could each take one of his eyes to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.