Recaps

Tian Uguisu and Madara Uchiha fought to defend Iwagakure as multiple supernatural forces invaded the Land of Earth, while Tsubasa handled threats in the Land of Ghosts and the Land of Hot Water. The Hell Oni Clan then invaded the Land of Fire, and Konoha stopped its advance with Tsubasa’s nuclear weapon, though the wider conflict remained unresolved.

• Tian Uguisu and Madara Uchiha crushed the nobles’ rebellion in Iwagakure, but the captured nobles summoned Moryo and brought invasions from neighboring lands.
• Moryo’s puppets, the Immortal Golden Crow, cursed samurai, ghosts, and Star Ninja besieged Iwagakure until Tsubasa arrived, sealed the Golden Crow and Moryo, and defeated the invading armies.
• Tian Uguisu led Iwagakure forces against the nobles of the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears, while Tsubasa sealed the rift in the Land of Ghosts and went to confront the vampires in the Land of Hot Water.
• Tsubasa defeated the Blood Ancestor and received Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s mark, but the Hell Oni Clan emerged from a rift and began moving toward the Land of Fire.
• Kagami Uchiha led Konoha’s reinforcements against the oni, but Kagami and Uchiha Tomioki died as the invasion overwhelmed their forces and advanced toward Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi mobilized Konoha’s forces, sending its corps to defend the line as the oni approached.
• The oni broke through the second defensive line, killing Hidemune Hatake, Miyamoto Jūni, Hōō Aiko, Kaima Senju, Akira Senju, and Koboku Ito among many others.
• Chen Shenji and Kyōgoku Saburō sacrificed themselves against the oni commanders, then Konoha’s nuclear weapon killed millions of oni and forced the survivors to retreat.

Tsubasa helped defeat the Oni invasion, reorganized the Shinobi World under seven factions, and prepared it for the Ōtsutsuki threat. The new trial towers opened paths to otherworlds, where Tian Mai, Tian Muyan, and Tian Uguisu faced powerful enemies and returned with rare treasures.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi seized power and became Fifth Hokage, but his envoy to the Oni Clan failed and the Oni forces pressed toward Konoha.
• Tsubasa and Konoha’s fighters defeated the Oni forces, while Tsubasa confronted the Oni Emperors at the Gate of Hell and learned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan remained a threat.
• Tian Flying Swallow aided refugees and united the nations as Yan, while Tian Yueqing and her allies fought the black-winged dragon that emerged from the Abyss Altar.
• The White Tiger Corps imprisoned Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hatake Sakumo became acting Hokage before Tsubasa and the Sage of Six Paths closed the Gate of Hell and prepared the dead for war against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Tsubasa established Yan Emperor City and reorganized the Shinobi World into seven chakra factions, then launched cultivation programs and built trial towers connected to otherworlds.
• The Kage and their disciples explored the Aquatic Otherworld tower, where Madara Uchiha helped defeat Blood Rose warriors and the group escaped after the Azure Dragon’s seal broke.
• Tian Mai and Tian Muyan entered Hell, fought ghost kings, and returned to Tsubasa with valuable ores and a black dragon crystal core.
• Tian Uguisu defeated the Fat Ghost King and Skeleton King in Mist Prison, then escaped with Tsubasa’s clone and her collected Soul Crystals.

Tsubasa’s allies explored Hell, confronted Isshiki and the zombie threat, and joined Kaguya in preparing the Shinobi World for the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The arc ended with Tenkō choosing cautious diplomacy with the Western Continent while prioritizing space exploration.

• Tian Yueqing and Tian Zhiyun survived dangerous trials in Hell, while Tian Flying Swallow escaped Asura Prison with Soul Crystals and a damaged jade seal.
• Tsubasa negotiated a contract allowing Oni Clan members to draw on Yan Nation’s national fortune, and the Ghost Emperors offered human cultivators access to Hell’s holy lands.
• Tsubasa investigated the zombies in Moon Forest, captured the flying zombie and Isshiki, and assigned Konoha researchers to study them.
• Tsubasa freed Kaguya in exchange for her help defending the Shinobi World, and she revealed the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s plans and the threat of the Starry Sky Insect Race.
• Orochimaru survived absorbing the flying zombie’s death energy and began developing zombies as weapons, while Tsubasa and Kaguya prepared the Shinobi World for the coming war.
• Tian Yu showed Kaguya the peaceful, technologically advanced Shinobi World, and Tsubasa reunited her with memories of Hagoromo and Hamura’s love and gave her Hagoromo’s protective pendant.
• Tsubasa shared his plan to move the God Tree’s remaining roots to Mars, while Tenkō rejected an immediate invasion of the Western Continent and chose trade, espionage, and space exploration.

Tsubasa learned how the Ōtsutsuki harvested worlds and helped establish Mars as a living planet while the clan’s forces invaded the Shinobi World. The defenders trapped the invaders at sea, where Orochimaru’s zombies turned the battle against them, but the fleeing Ōtsutsuki split up to escape.

• Tsubasa watched Kaguya’s and Isshiki’s memories, learned how the Ōtsutsuki harvested planets, and warned Tenpi that the Shinobi World faced invasion.
• Tian Mai and Tian Flying Swallow completed their Golden Core breakthroughs as Tsubasa recorded the family’s experiences with tribulations.
• Agin, Ayu, and Atsu joined Retsu’s mission to find the missing Ōshiki Squad and God Tree, and the Ōtsutsuki destroyed the Silver Shield Kingdom and massacred the Western Continent.
• Tsubasa, Princess Kaguya, and the Azure Dragon Corps developed Mars, awakened its planetary will with Ōshiki’s remains, and returned when the invasion threatened the Shinobi World.
• Tenbutsu, the seven Shadows, the Immortal Venerables, and the holy lands organized the defenders, built a Space-Time Suppression Barrier, and prepared for the decisive sea battle.
• Tsubasa and Princess Kaguya located an Ōtsutsuki Divine Wood ship in an asteroid belt, and Tsubasa stayed behind to attack it while Kaguya returned to Shinobi Planet.
• Tian Muyan and Uchiha Fugaku drew Retsu’s force into the barrier, where the Immortal Venerables confronted the Ōtsutsuki and Orochimaru unleashed zombie Isshiki and the Flying Zombie.
• Orochimaru grew stronger by drinking Ōtsutsuki blood as the zombies overwhelmed the invaders, and Retsu ordered a retreat before the clansmen split into teams to escape.