Recaps

Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage routed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces, leaving Konoha too weakened to continue the war. When Hiruzen refused Kumogakure’s demand to cede occupied Land of Fire territory, Ziyun and the Third Raikage chose to keep fighting.

• Yeyue Ziyun mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi’s claim to be the Strongest Hokage, defeated Jiraiya with Divine Judgment, and struck Hiruzen with lightning.
• Hiruzen led Konoha’s retreat while Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage pursued them, and Orochimaru covered the retreat as Konoha lost nearly a thousand ninja.
• Hiruzen decided to seek a ceasefire after Konoha’s forces fell below ten thousand, and Kumogakure demanded the occupied Land of Fire territory.
• Yeyue Ziyun persuaded the Third Raikage that Kumogakure should insist on taking the land for its long-term development.
• Hiruzen rejected the territorial demand and offered ten billion ryo and supplies instead, so Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage decided to continue the war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi bought alliances with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain to stop Kumogakure from forcing Konoha to cede territory. The Third Raikage learned of the four-country alliance and called an emergency meeting.

• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure's envoy to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure would keep fighting unless Konoha ceded the land.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's suggestion to use the Reaper Death Seal and invited Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Hanzo of the Salamander to negotiate an alliance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi paid the Third Kazekage three billion ryō and supplies, and Sunagakure left Bunpuku in Konoha while preparing to fight Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated thirteen billion ryō for Iwagakure's support, including deploying the Four-Tails and Five-Tails if necessary, and four billion ryō for the Land of Rain.
• The Third Raikage learned that Konoha had allied with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain, then summoned Kumogakure's leadership for an emergency meeting.

After Konoha allied with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain, Ziyun devised a plan to keep the villages from uniting their forces and sought reinforcements. He awakened Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to return to the front with her and Uzumaki Clan seal specialists.

• The Third Raikage executed leaders who blamed Ziyun for the crisis, then asked him how Kumogakure should face the four allied villages.
• Ziyun told the Third Raikage to keep Konoha occupied while he returned to Kumogakure to find reinforcements.
• Ziyun gave Mikoto a Mangekyō Sharingan Advancement Card, and she awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan with Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
• Kushina offered to fight for Kumogakure, but Ziyun told her to stay in the village.
• The Uzumaki Clan Head brought seal specialists to help Kumogakure, and Ziyun accepted their offer.

Ziyun arrived at the Kumogakure camp with Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki sealing specialists, then set out alone to stop Sunagakure from joining Konoha’s alliance. He destroyed Sunagakure’s supplies and attacked its forces, leaving the Third Kazekage alive but struggling to protect his troops from Ziyun’s lightning.

• Ziyun brought Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Clan members to the Kumogakure camp, while Blue B stayed behind.
• Ziyun told the Third Raikage he would prevent the enemy villages from forming an alliance by defeating them one at a time, then set out alone for Sunagakure’s force.
• Ziyun used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame to destroy Sunagakure’s supplies and confronted the Third Kazekage, who refused his offer to withdraw from the alliance.
• The Third Kazekage and Sunagakure ninja attacked Ziyun, but he avoided their techniques with his lightning body and struck the Kazekage with Divine Judgment, falling thunder.
• The Third Kazekage survived by using a Sand Clone, while Ziyun unleashed Mamaragan and killed groups of Sunagakure ninja with falling lightning.

Ziyun devastated Sunagakure’s force, forcing the Third Kazekage to flee, then moved to intercept Iwagakure’s army on its way to support Konoha. Iwagakure’s vanguard triggered Ziyun’s traps, but Ōnoki’s forces regrouped and found no attacker, leaving Ziyun’s next move unresolved.

• Ziyun absorbed the Third Kazekage’s magnetic sand and nearby ninja tools, grew enormous, and drove the Kazekage to flee.
• Ziyun killed many Sunagakure ninja as the main force retreated, leaving nearly six hundred dead and its supplies lost.
• Ziyun entered an alternate space and prepared to confront Iwagakure, whose army was marching under Ōnoki with Roshi among its ranks.
• Ziyun’s traps struck Iwagakure’s vanguard, killing dozens of Stone Ninja and prompting a Jonin to alert Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki ordered his troops to regroup and search for the attackers, but the sensory ninja detected no further chakra.

Ziyun ambushed Iwagakure, destroyed its supplies, and devastated its forces with lightning while Ōnoki’s attacks failed to harm him. Ziyun offered to let Iwagakure withdraw, but Ōnoki refused unless he could recover the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha.

• Ziyun killed an Iwagakure sentry and destroyed the force’s supplies before Ōnoki and the troops confronted him.
• Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure ninja to attack, but their Earth Release techniques passed through Ziyun without harming him.
• Ziyun unleashed Raging Thunder and killed or seriously injured hundreds of Iwagakure ninja as Ōnoki tried to disperse his forces.
• Ōnoki struck Ziyun with Dust Release, but Ziyun re-formed from lightning and left Ōnoki and the troops stunned.
• Ziyun called down lightning with Mamaragan and offered to spare Iwagakure if Ōnoki withdrew and rejected Konoha’s alliance.
• Ōnoki refused unless Ziyun could help him recover the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha.

Ziyun attacked Iwagakure after Ōnoki refused to withdraw, then fought Roshi when the Four-Tails Jinchūriki entered the battle. He defeated Roshi and took him prisoner, leaving Ōnoki behind and considering a ransom for Dust Release.

• Ziyun demanded that Ōnoki withdraw and resumed killing Iwagakure Ninja when Ōnoki refused.
• Roshi partially transformed into the Four-Tails and attacked Ziyun with Lava Release Chakra Mode, but his blows failed to hurt him.
• Ziyun used the Combine-Combine Fruit to grow into a giant, and Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure forces to retreat.
• Ziyun struck Roshi repeatedly, while Ōnoki tried and failed to stop him with the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Ziyun spared Roshi's life, captured him, and left after telling Ōnoki that he was lucky to be spared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha’s 5,000-ninja army to attack Kumogakure while Yeyue Ziyun was away, but Ziyun returned just as the Third Raikage considered retreating. Konoha fled after learning Ziyun was back, leaving him to recognize that Kumogakure still lacked capable high-level fighters.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Yeyue Ziyun was pursuing Iwagakure and ordered Konoha’s army to attack Kumogakure.
• Kumogakure’s scouts reported Konoha’s approaching force, and the Third Raikage’s leaders agreed to retreat without Ziyun.
• Ziyun returned to camp carrying the barely alive Roshi and recommended retreating so he could recover.
• A Kumogakure scout reported that Konoha had suddenly withdrawn after discovering Ziyun’s return.
• The Third Raikage and Ziyun mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi’s retreat, while Ziyun noted Kumogakure’s shortage of high-level fighters.

After learning that the Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and Hanzo of the Salamander had joined forces with Konoha, Ziyun planned to pressure Sunagakure and Iwagakure by attacking their villages. He brought Mikoto and the captured Roshi to Iwagakure, where Mikoto controlled the released Four-Tails and began its rampage.

• Ziyun rested for two days after capturing Roshi, whom Kumogakure treated while he recovered.
• The Third Raikage told Ziyun that the Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and Hanzo of the Salamander had led their forces into Konoha, and Ziyun revealed that his prisoner was Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Roshi.
• Ōnoki confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha's failure to warn Iwagakure about Ziyun, but Danzo pressured him to focus on defeating Kumogakure, and the allied villages agreed on a strategy.
• Ziyun proposed attacking Iwagakure and Sunagakure to force their leaders to return home, then left with Roshi and Mikoto while the Third Raikage held Kumogakure's main force back.
• Ziyun reached Iwagakure with Mikoto and Roshi, released the Four-Tails, and Mikoto used her Sharingan to control it as it rampaged through the village.

Ziyun and Mikoto attacked Iwagakure, where Ziyun stole the village’s Scroll of Seals before unleashing more destruction. As the Four Great Shinobi Villages began their assault on Kumogakure, Ōnoki learned that Iwagakure was under attack and needed his forces to return.

• Mikoto used the Four-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb to devastate part of Iwagakure while Ziyun disguised himself and infiltrated the Tsuchikage’s office.
• Ziyun killed Bunji and the office guards, then disguised himself as Bunji to obtain the Scroll of Seals from Iwagakure Anbu.
• Ziyun dispelled the scroll’s seal, confirmed it contained Dust Release and other techniques, and took it with him.
• Ziyun joined Mikoto and struck Iwagakure with Mamaragan, while deliberately allowing the village’s ninja to identify him and alert Ōnoki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the assembled allied forces to attack Kumogakure, assigning Ōnoki’s Iwagakure forces to lead the breakthrough.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Ziyun, Mikoto, and the Four-Tails were attacking Iwagakure, prompting Ōnoki to react in shock.

Yeyue Ziyun’s raid on Iwagakure forced Ōnoki to abandon Konoha’s planned battle, and the alliance of the Four Great Shinobi Villages quickly collapsed. After devastating Iwagakure, Ziyun withdrew with Uchiha Mikoto and the Four-Tails, then encountered the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure’s main force on the way to the Land of Wind.

• Kitsuchi reported that Yeyue Ziyun and the Four-Tails were attacking Iwagakure, so Ōnoki demanded the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and withdrew with Iwagakure’s main force.
• The Third Kazekage demanded the One-Tail Jinchuriki, slapped Danzo, and threatened to ally Sunagakure with Kumogakure, so Hiruzen Sarutobi returned the Jinchuriki to him.
• Hanzo of the Salamander withdrew the Land of Rain’s ninja after returning three billion ryo to Konoha, and the alliance of the Four Great Shinobi Villages fell apart.
• Yeyue Ziyun sealed the Four-Tails back inside Roshi and withdrew with Uchiha Mikoto when Ōnoki’s forces approached.
• Ōnoki found much of Iwagakure destroyed and Elder Bunji and several Genin dead, then ordered Kitsuchi to focus on helping villagers and rebuilding instead of pursuing Ziyun.
• Yeyue Ziyun ran into the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure’s three thousand ninja on the way to the Land of Wind.

Yeyue Ziyun secured Sunagakure’s withdrawal from the alliance and returned to Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage prepared to name him Fourth Raikage. After Hiruzen Sarutobi delayed responding to Kumogakure’s territorial demands, Ziyun ordered an attack, leaving 5,000 Kumogakure ninja facing Konoha’s 5,000 troops outside the village.

• The Third Kazekage agreed to abandon the alliance with Konoha, and Yeyue Ziyun promised to leave Sunagakure in peace before departing with Mikoto.
• Yeyue Ziyun returned to Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage praised him and offered to step down so Ziyun could become Fourth Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received Kumogakure’s demand for territory in the Land of Fire, and he slapped Danzo when Danzo taunted him about using the Reaper Death Seal.
• After Konoha failed to respond for several days, Yeyue Ziyun urged the Third Raikage to attack, and the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s forces to advance.
• The next day, 5,000 Kumogakure ninja set out for Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to assemble 5,000 Konoha Ninja and block them ten kilometers from the village.

Ziyun and the Third Raikage routed Konoha’s army and pursued it to Konoha’s gates. Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Konoha’s ninja that ceding territory would protect the village, then boldly offered Kumogakure the territory on the condition that it never return or harm Konoha’s people.

• Ziyun drove Hatake Sakumo from the battlefield with a lightning strike, and the Third Raikage led Kumogakure’s five thousand ninja into battle.
• Ziyun and the Third Raikage cleared Konoha’s traps, routed its army, and pursued the fleeing ninja after Ziyun urged them onward.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted Hatake Sakumo, framed the defeat as his own fault, and told the returning ninja he would accept Kumogakure’s territorial demand to prevent further casualties.
• Hiruzen’s speech moved the Konoha ninja to praise his sacrifice, while Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado privately marveled at his performance.
• When Kumogakure’s army arrived, Hiruzen stepped forward and offered to cede territory, demanding that the Third Raikage keep his promise to stay away and harm no Konoha people.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to cede land to Kumogakure, and three days later the Third Raikage and Ziyun returned to Konoha to sign the treaty. Their open threats and Ziyun’s attack on Jiraiya nearly sparked a fight before Hiruzen intervened.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Kumogakure’s demands, while Konoha’s ninja praised him for bearing the blame to protect them.
• Ziyun recognized Hiruzen’s attempt to frame the surrender as self-sacrifice, and Hiruzen proposed signing the treaty three days later.
• The Third Raikage, Ziyun, Dodai, and Kumogakure’s higher-ups returned to Konoha, where they openly discussed taking its fertile land.
• The Third Raikage and Ziyun unleashed their auras after Konoha’s escorts reacted to the Raikage’s threats, and Ziyun slapped Jiraiya when he protested.
• Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the Anbu prepared to attack Ziyun, but Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared and ordered everyone to stop.

Hiruzen Sarutobi endured Yeyue Ziyun’s taunts and signed a postwar agreement that ceded territory to Kumogakure, while Ziyun was revealed as the Fourth Raikage. The ceremony ended in chaos when Tsunade confronted Hiruzen over the Senju Clan’s treatment and deaths.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi silenced a Konoha Anbu who tried to blame Kumogakure, and the Anbu slapped himself on the Hokage’s command.
• The Third Raikage announced that he had stepped down and named Ziyun the Fourth Raikage, who then mocked Hiruzen and warned him not to squander Konoha’s assets.
• Hiruzen’s concessions allowed the agreement with Kumogakure to be signed while Konoha’s ninja watched in anger.
• Tsunade arrived with Senju Kazami and other Senju Clan ninja, broke into the Hokage’s office, and demanded an explanation from Hiruzen.
• Tsunade accused Konoha of driving the Senju Clan toward suicide and described repeated failures in mission intelligence that had led to ninja attacks.

Tsunade and the Senju Clan confronted Konoha’s leadership over Senju Nawaki’s death on a supposedly C-rank mission, accusing the Konoha High Command of targeting them. As tensions escalated in the Hokage’s office, Yeyue Ziyun ordered Kumogakure shinobi to slap Danzo.

• Senju Kazami revealed that Senju Nawaki, Hashirama Senju’s grandson, had died during a C-rank mission against enemies far stronger than the mission report had indicated.
• Senju Kazami accused the Konoha High Command of repeatedly arranging dangerous missions to target the Senju Clan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Danzo had acted behind his back.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to investigate, but Tsunade rejected his assurance and insisted that the Senju Clan could not trust Konoha’s leadership.
• Yeyue Ziyun mocked the suspicious mission and Danzo ordered Kumogakure to leave Konoha, prompting Yeyue Ziyun to challenge Danzo for addressing him by name.
• Yeyue Ziyun ordered Dodai and a Kumogakure Elite Jonin to slap Danzo, and they began striking him in the Hokage’s office as Konoha’s leaders watched in shock.

Yeyue Ziyun forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to address Konoha’s baseless accusation that the Senju Clan had colluded with Kumogakure. Hatake Sakumo called the accusation a misunderstanding and apologized, prompting Tsunade to erupt in anger.

• Yeyue Ziyun ordered Danzo beaten again while Konoha’s leaders and clan heads refused to defend him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the Kumogakure leadership to leave, but Ziyun demanded proof that the Senju Clan had secretly colluded with Kumogakure.
• Tsunade backed Ziyun’s demand for an investigation, while Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled because he had no evidence for the accusation.
• Ziyun demanded an apology from Hiruzen Sarutobi, who hesitated rather than risk provoking the Senju Clan.
• Hatake Sakumo stepped in, called the accusation a misunderstanding, and apologized to Kumogakure on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s behalf.
• Tsunade erupted at Hatake Sakumo after he dismissed the accusation as a misunderstanding.

Tsunade confronted Konoha’s leaders after learning they had concealed evidence clearing the Senju Clan, then decided to lead her clan out of Konoha. Ziyun offered the Senju Clan refuge in Kumogakure, but Tsunade refused for now, while Hiruzen secretly arranged to expose their departure to hostile villages.

• Tsunade struck Hatake Sakumo and accused him and Hiruzen Sarutobi of letting the Senju Clan suffer despite evidence that cleared them.
• Tsunade rejected the Konoha High Command’s excuses and decided to leave Konoha with Senju Kazami and the clan.
• Ziyun warned Tsunade that other villages would target the Senju Clan and offered to recruit them into Kumogakure, but Tsunade declined.
• After Ziyun and the Kumogakure leadership left, Hiruzen ordered Anbu to spread word that the Senju Clan had left Konoha so someone would attack them.
• The Third Raikage suggested eliminating the Senju Clan rather than letting them join another village, but Ziyun said they would serve Kumogakure sooner or later.

After Kumogakure’s victory in the Second Shinobi World War, Ziyun claimed his rewards, gained a Perfect Sage Body, and experimented with Mangekyō Sharingan abilities. He discovered and killed a White Zetsu spy, prompting Madara Uchiha to consider approaching him as a potential successor.

• Ziyun ordered Dodai and ten Elite Jonin to watch the Senju Clan and kill them if they tried to join another village.
• Ziyun claimed his mission rewards, received a Perfect Sage Body and new abilities, and saw his Chakra reserves rise to Super Kage Level.
• Ziyun spent all 300,000 points on Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered his Dōjutsu were Time Reversal and Tsukuyomi.
• Ziyun sensed White Zetsu infiltrating Kumogakure, dragged him out with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and killed him.
• Madara Uchiha learned his White Zetsu Clone had been discovered and decided to wait for a chance to approach Ziyun as a possible successor.

Ziyun became the Fourth Raikage, delegated his paperwork to Mikoto and Kushina, and trained with the Third Raikage until his Combine-Combine Fruit awakened. After discovering its power could affect all of Kumogakure, he decided to go after Madara Uchiha.

• Ziyun prepared for his inauguration, gave Kushina a Rasengan scroll, and tried on his Raikage robe.
• At the inauguration, Ziyun refused Iwagakure’s offer to ransom the Four-Tails, extracted it from Roshi, and kept it under his control; the Third Raikage formally handed over the office.
• Ziyun arranged for Mikoto and Kushina to handle Raikage documents so he could focus on training.
• Ziyun sparred with the Third Raikage every day for three months until the Combine-Combine Fruit awakened and his rating rose to super Kage Level.
• Ziyun tested his awakened power and stopped it when objects throughout Kumogakure began rising to combine with him.
• Convinced his new strength could make him invincible, Ziyun decided to seek out Madara Uchiha.

Yeyue Ziyun left Kumogakure to draw Madara Uchiha into meeting him, while the other villages watched his movements with alarm. After receiving an S-rank mission to find Madara, Ziyun encountered White Zetsu and agreed to be led to him.

• Ziyun told Mikoto and Kushina he would be away for a few days, then left Kumogakure and inspected its prosperous new territory in the Land of Fire.
• The major shinobi villages learned Ziyun was traveling alone and ordered their forces to monitor him, while Madara Uchiha sent White Zetsu to bring him in.
• Ziyun received an S-rank mission to find Madara, with the Dark-Dark Fruit and other rewards, and considered how he might use Devil Fruits to strengthen Kumogakure's Anbu.
• White Zetsu found Ziyun and revealed that Madara Uchiha had sent him to arrange a meeting.
• Ziyun accepted White Zetsu's offer to lead him to Madara Uchiha without showing surprise at Madara's name.

Ziyun met the surviving Madara Uchiha, rejected his vision of peace through the Eye of the Moon Plan, and mocked him as a dupe. Madara grew enraged and began powering up, apparently preparing to make Ziyun suffer by attacking Kumogakure.

• White Zetsu led Ziyun to Madara Uchiha’s hidden cave, but Ziyun demanded that Madara come out to meet him.
• Madara emerged and questioned why Ziyun was unsurprised to find him alive; Ziyun asked what Madara wanted and dismissed his talk of the recent war.
• Madara described the cycle of war and hatred, then explained the Ten-Tails and the Eye of the Moon Plan as a path to lasting peace.
• Ziyun refused to join Madara, saying there was no lasting peace and that he cared about protecting and strengthening Kumogakure.
• Ziyun mocked Madara as a village idiot, and Madara’s aura surged as his hair turned black and he contemplated making Kumogakure suffer.

Madara Uchiha used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s life force to unleash his Perfect Susanoo against Ziyun. Ziyun awakened the Combine-Combine Fruit, grew to nearly a thousand meters tall, and proved he could damage Madara through the Susanoo; Madara asked him to stop as Ziyun prepared another punch.

• Madara Uchiha drained life force from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and activated his Perfect Susanoo.
• Ziyun awakened the Combine-Combine Fruit and absorbed inorganic matter across the surrounding countries, growing to nearly a thousand meters tall.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Ziyun with the Susanoo’s swords, but the strikes barely wounded him and his body quickly healed.
• Ziyun struck the Susanoo with a fist coated in Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo, cracking its armor and injuring Madara Uchiha inside.
• Ziyun raised his fist for another blow, and Madara Uchiha asked him to stop fighting for a moment.

Madara Uchiha ended his fight with Ziyun and, under threat, agreed to have White Zetsu serve Kumogakure for ten years. After ordering White Zetsu to gather intelligence in Kirigakure, Ziyun encountered Konoha scouts and sensed Tsunade at a casino in a nearby shopping district.

• Madara Uchiha deactivated his Perfect Susanoo, withdrew, and agreed to send White Zetsu to serve Kumogakure for ten years after Ziyun threatened to kill him.
• Ziyun ordered White Zetsu to investigate Kirigakure’s Kekkei Genkai clans and gifted geniuses.
• Ziyun encountered Hatake Sakumo and Konoha Ninja, confirmed that he had caused the enormous monster, and watched them retreat.
• Ziyun went to a shopping district to buy gifts for Kushina and Mikoto, then sensed Tsunade inside a casino.

Ziyun met Tsunade at a casino, lent her money to buy supplies for the Senju Clan, and followed her when their encampment came under attack. He rescued the Senju and Kumogakure shinobi, then killed most of the invading force and ordered Dodai to identify the bodies.

• Ziyun won a large pile of chips by betting against Tsunade, who had lost the Senju Clan's supply money gambling.
• Tsunade asked Ziyun for a loan to buy food, and he agreed to purchase supplies directly so she could not gamble the money away.
• Tsunade sensed that the barrier around the Senju grounds had been breached, and Ziyun carried her to the besieged clan members and Dodai's group.
• Tsunade joined the battle while Ziyun's arrival caused the attackers to flee.
• Ziyun used lightning attacks, including 100 Million Volts: Thunder Dragon, to kill dozens of enemies and clear the battlefield.
• Ziyun ordered Dodai to identify the attackers' corpses.