Recaps

On a rainy night, Grandma Chiyo and Ebizo reflected on their family and Hoshino’s place in it before Hoshino came to ask where she had found him. After learning he had been discovered near the Rōran Ruins, Hoshino left for a new world, and Grandma Chiyo feared he might never return.

• Grandma Chiyo looked at treasured family photographs and mourned the family life she had once wished for.
• Ebizo brought Grandma Chiyo miso soup and recalled how he had come to accept Hoshino as family rather than a replacement for Sasori.
• Hoshino arrived and asked Grandma Chiyo where she had found him.
• Grandma Chiyo told Hoshino she had found him in a damaged formation near the Rōran Ruins, on the border of the Land of Wind.
• Grandma Chiyo asked whether Hoshino would return from the new world, but he did not answer before leaving.

Hoshino left the Shinobi World through the Dragon Vein, beginning a dangerous crossing into another universe. The Dragon Vein spent its power forcing open a passage, and Hoshino descended toward a blue planet as a purple-tailed meteor.

• Hoshino told Grandma Chiyo that the Shinobi World was his home and promised to return, while Ebizo and Chiyo watched him leave.
• Hoshino entered the Dragon Vein’s light at the Rōran Ruins as Shion silently blessed his departure.
• While traveling through the void, Hoshino saw visions of other Shinobi Worlds and recognized that the crack ahead led to a different universe.
• The Dragon Vein sacrificed its origin power to force the crack open, then promised to come for Hoshino in half a year as he crossed through.
• Hoshino regained some awareness while hurtling toward a blue planet, trailing purple light as its land came into view.

Black Pipe explained that the board sent the temporary workers to Biyou Village because a power there might push the Outcast population past the tolerated red line. After Ren Fei changed the mission and military forces blocked the road, the workers were allowed through and directed to a meeting point.

• Black Pipe told the workers that the board feared a power in Biyou Village could turn ordinary people into Outcasts and cross the population red line.
• Ren Fei called Black Pipe and instructed him to contact a number near Biyou Village, but gave no further details.
• The workers saw three military helicopters flying toward Biyou Village, prompting Zhang Chulan and the others to suspect the situation had worsened.
• Old Meng drove the minivan to a military checkpoint, where soldiers stopped them at gunpoint.
• Black Pipe called the number Ren Fei had sent, and an officer soon ordered the soldiers to let the minivan pass and directed them to turn right five hundred meters ahead.

Zhang Chulan and the other temporary workers entered Biyou Village to investigate the connection between Ma Xianhong and the powerful person who had fallen from the sky. They met Ma Xianhong’s younger brother, Hoshino, who claimed to be an immortal.

• Ren Fei briefed the temporary workers on the celestial arrival and assigned them to enter Biyou Village under the pretext of their original mission.
• The group reached Biyou Village and convinced Har Chagai to take them to Ma Xianhong by claiming they wanted to join the village.
• Ma Xianhong recognized Zhang Chulan and identified the visitors as company agents, but welcomed them inside and sent Har Chagai away.
• Ma Xianhong introduced Hoshino as his younger brother, and Feng Baobao touched Hoshino’s hair without provoking a reaction.
• Hoshino revealed that he had wanted to experience this world’s immortal and claimed that he himself was currently one.

Hoshino revealed that he came from a world threatened by a war between parallel space-times and sought to make Blue Star a refuge. He offered cooperation and advanced technology in exchange for shelter, leaving Ren Fei and the others to weigh an agreement against the threat of war.

• Hoshino told Zhang Chulan and the others he knew about the military deployment, the nuclear submarine, and their real purpose in coming to Biyou Village.
• Hoshino demanded that Ren Fei join the discussion and warned he would visit Beijing Capital if they deceived him.
• Ren Fei arrived and confirmed she could report directly to the highest authority.
• Hoshino showed the group parallel worlds colliding and explained that he wanted a safe base on Blue Star for his world’s people.
• Hoshino offered energy, biotechnology, and space technology in return for refuge, while Zhang Chulan, Wang Zhenqiu, and Xiao Zizai questioned the risks and credibility of his proposal.

Ren Fei took Hoshino’s demand for cooperation to the higher-ups, who weighed the risks of making Blue Star a passageway for his people amid a multiverse war. The old man leading the meeting decided to visit Biyou Village the next day, before Hoshino’s three-day deadline expired.

• Hoshino gave Ren Fei three days to deliver the higher-ups’ answer, and Ren Fei left Biyou Village with the temporary workers.
• Ma Xianhong asked Hoshino whether he had other plans, but Hoshino dismissed his suspicions.
• Chen Duo quietly made tea in the old warehouse while Chen Junyan reacted to the sounds outside.
• Ren Fei briefed five elderly officials in Beijing, and they argued over whether to cooperate with Hoshino, deceive him, or capture him.
• After learning Blue Star would be a landing point for Hoshino’s people, the old man in the middle decided to visit Biyou Village the next day, and the head of the technical department asked to accompany him.

Hoshino offered Zhang Chulan and Wang Ye one of four supernatural powers in exchange for their skills, and Zhang Chulan chose Priestess Power for Feng Baobao. Feng Baobao recovered clearer memories pointing to a cave in Sichuan, while Wang Ye postponed choosing and Hoshino departed.

• Hoshino offered to trade one of four powers for Wang Ye's Feng Hou Qimen and Zhang Chulan's Old Farmer's Skill, and both men agreed to the exchange.
• When Feng Baobao reached toward Priestess Power, she said it might help her remember, and Zhang Chulan chose it for her instead of keeping it for himself.
• Priestess Power strengthened Feng Baobao, eased the fog and pain in her head, and brought back fragmented memories of a cave in Sichuan.
• Feng Baobao told Zhang Chulan that the cave and its answers were in Sichuan, and he promised to go there with her after they settled matters.
• Wang Ye considered choosing the Power of Jashin to offset Feng Hou Qimen's backlash but asked to decide later, and Hoshino accepted.
• Hoshino reminded them to send him the skills they had promised, wished Feng Baobao well, and vanished.

Hoshino met with the Chief in Biyou Village and explained the Shinobi World's political structure and the threat of the dimensional war. He formally invited Blue Star to join the Shinobi Alliance, while the Chief sought time to consider a decision that could bind humanity to the war or leave it vulnerable to the Alliance.

• The Chief arrived in Biyou Village under heavy security and met Hoshino and Ma Xianhong at the village entrance.
• Hoshino hosted the Chief for tea and described how shinobi villages formed and balanced power with their nations.
• Hoshino warned that his arrival had revealed Blue Star's coordinates to other dimensions, making it impossible for Blue Star to remain safely uninvolved.
• Hoshino invited Blue Star to become a strategic ally, serving as a logistical and technological partner while the Shinobi Alliance fought on the front lines.
• The Chief said Hua Country could not decide for the whole planet and that any decision involving humanity would take time.
• Hoshino insisted the Chief could speak for the United Nations, while the Chief weighed the danger of joining the Alliance against the risks of refusing.

After striking a deal with the chief, Hoshino studied Feng Hou Qimen and the Old Farmer's Skill, then tested whether their powers could help suppress Jashin. He attacked Behemoth's headquarters and killed its top executives, while Shadow Clones began operations across the empire; the chief received a warning that he had four months to prove the planet's value.

• The temporary workers discussed the global turmoil in Biyou Village as transport planes flew toward the East Sea, and Zhang Chulan suspected Hoshino wanted the Eight Extraordinary Skills.
• Hoshino mastered Feng Hou Qimen and absorbed the Old Farmer's Skill, then combined their energies with the Power of Creation and briefly restrained the Power of Jashin.
• Hoshino concluded that he needed to obtain the remaining Eight Extraordinary Skills to suppress Jashin completely.
• At Behemoth headquarters, Carlson ordered the genetic experiments to continue, while Emma noticed the test subject L-107 briefly open her eyes with a golden glimmer.
• Ward presented Behemoth's Titan project to the board as Hoshino's power disrupted the building and aged the executives to death.
• More than a hundred Shadow Clones began operating across the empire, and the chief received Hoshino's message giving him four months to prove the planet's value.

At Rōran, Shion inspected the Shinobi Alliance’s puppet prototypes while Temari worried about Hoshino’s long absence. At the Valley of the End, Hashirama and Madara fought until Hashirama used a new Wood Release technique to persuade Madara to stop, then Shikaku announced that the Resurrection Plan had reached its experimental stage.

• Shion discovered that only 378 of Temari’s 500 puppets passed inspection because the others’ cores reacted dangerously with Dragon Vein energy.
• Temari denied worrying about Hoshino, then left to check the patrol’s barrier while Shion reflected on his return ten months later.
• Madara overpowered Hashirama with his Rinnegan and Limbo, but Hashirama countered with the Butterfly Mode Technique, which drained Madara’s Chakra.
• Hashirama talked Madara into ending their fight, though Hashirama secretly admitted that the technique had nearly exhausted him.
• Shikaku arrived and told Hashirama and Madara that the Shinobi Alliance’s Resurrection Plan had entered the experimental stage.

Mei Terumi led the reformists to victory over Karatachi Yagura after he broke free of Obito Uchiha’s control, but Yagura killed himself in remorse. Mei abolished the Bloody Mist rules and began reopening Kirigakure to the outside world.

• Mei Terumi confronted Karatachi Yagura during the civil war and reminded him of his promise to protect Kirigakure’s people.
• Karatachi Yagura regained control of himself as Obito Uchiha’s visual power faded, and Mei Terumi trapped him and Isobu in a Water Prison Technique.
• Karatachi Yagura remembered his past, realized what he had done, and stabbed himself with a Kunai.
• Mei Terumi caught Karatachi Yagura as he died, and the Bloody Mist loyalists surrendered after seeing their leader fall.
• Mei Terumi ordered the Bloody Mist rules abolished, Kirigakure’s borders opened, and the battlefield cleared.

Mei Terumi sent a Jonin and three Genin from Kirigakure to Konoha to seek the lifting of maritime restrictions and restore trade. As they traveled through the Land of Fire, they witnessed the Shinobi Alliance’s advanced infrastructure and cooperation, leaving the Jonin to recognize how far Kirigakure had fallen behind.

• Mei Terumi sent a Jonin and three Genin by ship to meet the Hokage and negotiate trade and strategic supplies for Kirigakure.
• The four arrived at the Land of Fire and were stunned by its automated port, airships, and chakra-powered technology.
• The Jonin stopped at a workshop when he saw shinobi receiving mechanical prosthetics advertised at a marked price.
• The group watched an automated fishing vessel use an improved Water Release technique and saw the Shinobi Alliance’s west coast development plan, which did not include Kirigakure’s symbol.
• The four saw Konoha and Iwagakure shinobi cooperating on agricultural research and visited a town selling goods and services from across the Shinobi World.
• The Jonin read a poster recruiting for a lunar exploration project powered by Tailed Beast Chakra and a new type of Chakra crystal.

Wuyue led Kirigakure’s delegation to Konoha to negotiate aid, where Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura sought to bring the weakened village into Konoha’s economic sphere. After securing food and medical supplies, the delegation left to tour Konoha, where Xiao Tao saw Naruto and Sasuke arguing over being sent back to school.

• Wuyue and three Genin arrived at Konoha Station, registered their ninja tools, and traveled to the Hokage Building with receptionist Xiao Kui.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura discussed Kirigakure’s weakness and planned to use aid and economic ties to draw it into the Shinobi Alliance’s mainstream system.
• Wuyue presented Mei Terumi’s letter, and the delegation negotiated with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura for food aid and basic medical equipment in exchange for future technological discussions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered the visitors food and arranged for them to see Konoha’s medical center and schools the next day, while Xiao Tao grew impressed by the village.
• Xiao Kui guided the delegation through Konoha’s commercial district, where they encountered Naruto and Sasuke complaining that ninja under eighteen had to return to school and complete their basic education.

Hoshino prepared to return to the Shinobi World while searching for Grand Luo Insight, and Ma Xianhong chose to remain in Biyou Village and lead the New Jie Sect. Hoshino then entered Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, where its strange temporal and spiritual phenomena suggested a new path to insight.

• Hoshino had gathered seven of the Eight Extraordinary Skills but still could not find Grand Luo Insight or determine Gu Jiting’s whereabouts.
• Ma Xianhong recovered memories of his family and refined the Self-Cultivation Furnace with principles from the extraordinary skills.
• Hoshino asked Ma Xianhong to accompany him to the Shinobi World, but Ma Xianhong refused because Biyou Village and the New Jie Sect needed him.
• Hoshino accepted Ma Xianhong’s decision and departed, while Ma Xianhong resolved to continue building the New Jie Sect.
• Hoshino explored Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, encountered fragments of the Thirty-Six Thieves’ memories, and saw a stele shatter as the valley’s spiritual energy resonated with his seven skills.

Hoshino uncovered Gu Jiting’s hidden body in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, defeated his attempt to take over Hoshino’s body, and obtained the complete inheritance of Grand Luo Insight. When Hoshino returned to the Shinobi World through the Dragon Vein, the crossing permanently connected its universe with Blue Star.

• Hoshino saw Gu Jiting’s fragmented consciousness, learned that his body was hidden in the valley, and suspected that Gu Jiting wanted a replacement.
• Hoshino rejected the Awakening of Insects area as a trap, followed the valley’s time-space clues, and found Gu Jiting’s body in a hidden cellar beneath the Frost's Descent area.
• Gu Jiting tried to assimilate Hoshino’s consciousness, but Hoshino’s paradoxical timeline thwarted the scheme and the Jashin contract devoured Gu Jiting’s remaining consciousness.
• Hoshino obtained Gu Jiting’s complete understanding of Grand Luo Insight, and the valley’s time-space distortion ended after Gu Jiting’s destruction.
• One month later, Hoshino entered the Dragon Vein’s purple pillar of light, and its passage permanently connected the Shinobi World’s universe to Blue Star.
• Hoshino returned to the Shinobi World as a new purple star appeared in both skies, marking the connection between the two worlds.

The Shinobi Alliance reviewed intelligence on the Heavenly Martial Empire and decided to invade its continent, deploying its elite forces and intelligent puppets while preparing young ninja to observe the campaign. The airborne fortress and fleet assembled at the Land of Rain as the expedition began to mobilize for its march in three days.

• Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru presented intelligence showing that the Heavenly Martial Empire had five knight orders, five hundred elite guards, and twelve Martial Saints.
• Hoshino ordered a five-front campaign against the empire, assigning forces to Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Hashirama and Madara, and the remaining Shinobi Alliance members.
• Hoshino instructed the commanders to rely on intelligent puppets, avoid needless casualties, and spare civilians unless necessary.
• The Shinobi Alliance assembled its airborne fortress, fleet, supplies, and more than twenty thousand intelligent puppets over the Land of Rain.
• Tobirama Senju directed young ninja to observe the battle from protected observation posts as elite forces boarded the fortress.

Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato watched Ancor Vantian depart and chose to remain in Amegakure to protect the Land of Rain. Three days later, the fortress and allied fleet began their voyage toward the Heavenly Martial Continent as the shinobi prepared to explore, with a storm gathering on the horizon.

• Nagato showed Yahiko and Konan the fleet’s route and said he would stay in the Land of Rain, and Yahiko chose to stay with him and Konan.
• Konan sent a paper crane after the departing fleet as the three friends reaffirmed their commitment to protecting Amegakure’s peace.
• Off the coast of the Land of Lightning, Ancor Vantian and its fleet accelerated toward the Heavenly Martial Continent, unleashing a massive shock wave across the sea.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Shinki, Utakata, Deidara, Kurotsuchi, and Sakura discussed the intelligent combat puppets and the expedition’s exploration plans.
• Sakura explained that the shinobi could explore beyond the observation points with their puppets, and Naruto said he would visit the empire’s capital as thunderclouds gathered ahead.

The Shinobi Alliance reached the Heavenly Martial Continent and launched its invasion by testing Ancor Vantian’s main cannon against Iron Wall Fortress. The blast destroyed most of the fortress, and Martial Saint Tieshan watched the enemy forces approach as he struggled to understand their strength.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and the other shinobi sighted the Heavenly Martial Continent as the fleet prepared for battle.
• The Raikage ordered the combat units into position, and supply ships landed to deploy engineering puppets and establish a beachhead.
• Hoshino outlined the five-route invasion plan and ordered Ancor Vantian to fire its main cannon at Iron Wall Fortress.
• Tieshan dismissed the cannon as ineffective, but its blast shattered the fortress’s defenses and devastated the garrison.
• Tieshan survived the blast and saw enemy troops landing alongside powerful fighters, while his deputy reported that the enemy had reached shore.

After Iron Wall Fortress fell to the invading forces, Tieshan and his survivors fought to the death against intelligent puppets and Fourth Raikage A. At the Martial Capital, Heavenly Martial XIII ordered an empire-wide mobilization and the unsealing of secret weapons as the empire prepared for war.

• Tieshan sent a warning to the emperor reporting Iron Wall Fortress’s destruction, the enemy’s floating city and city-destroying cannon, and more than ten Martial Saint-level experts.
• A blood-draining banner absorbed the fallen soldiers’ souls, and Tieshan led the remaining warriors in a last stand against the intelligent puppets.
• Fourth Raikage A challenged Tieshan, defeated him with a single punch, and invited him to attack again as Tieshan charged back into the fight.
• Heavenly Martial XIII received Tieshan’s dispatch and ordered four knight orders, nearby Martial Saints, and the Heavenly Craft Institute to prepare for war.
• The Sword Saint urged the emperor to recall every Martial Saint and open the secret vault, and Heavenly Martial XIII ordered mobilization, defensive preparations, and the unsealing of the weapons.

After the Shinobi Alliance captured Iron Wall Fortress, its leaders divided their forces to invade the Heavenly Martial Empire and gave each army a fragment of Hoshino’s Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke entered Azure Creek Town to observe the civilians, where soldiers began forcibly conscripting young men and Naruto intervened.

• Hoshino collected the battlefield dead’s souls with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner while the leaders planned five routes into the Heavenly Martial Empire and split the banner among their armies.
• The Shinobi Alliance’s five forces departed Iron Wall Fortress with intelligent puppets, tasked with destroying the empire’s armed forces while limiting civilian casualties.
• Naruto and Sasuke left their observation post and entered Azure Creek Town disguised as civilians, where they sampled local food.
• Imperial soldiers arrived and announced the conscription of men aged sixteen and older, then began dragging young men away and forcing their way into a shop.
• Naruto rushed to stop the soldiers from taking a shopkeeper’s fifteen-year-old son, and Sasuke followed him.

Naruto and Sasuke uncovered the Red Eyebrow Army’s growing resistance in Azure Creek Town, and the Shinobi Alliance opened a mission to investigate it. Ten days later, as the Alliance occupied the border provinces, Iron Wall faced an overwhelming enemy at Dragon-Locking Pass.

• Naruto and Sasuke drove imperial soldiers out of Azure Creek Town and learned from the townspeople about the Red Eyebrow Army and its leader, the Red Eyebrow General.
• Sasuke reported the information to Iron Wall Fortress, prompting the Shinobi Alliance to issue an A-rank mission to investigate the Red Eyebrow Army.
• Shikamaru noticed the mission at an observation point and set out to train on his own with his intelligent puppets.
• Over ten days, the Shinobi Alliance captured two northern provinces and three eastern provinces, established temporary governance, and gained help from some local civilians.
• Iron Wall surveyed the defenses at Dragon-Locking Pass and worried that its hundred thousand defenders could not withstand at least twenty thousand Faceless monsters.

Martial Saint Iron Wall and his forces prepared Dragon-Locking Pass for the Shinobi Alliance’s arrival, while Tsunade sent envoys to seek a peaceful surrender. The negotiations ended in an ambush, and Iron Wall ordered his troops to attack as Tsunade prepared to respond.

• Iron Wall readied Dragon-Locking Pass with Wind Chaser, Heaven Burner, the Third Knight Order, and the Fallen Star Sword as the enemy approached.
• Tsunade halted the Shinobi Alliance and sent Kakashi, Shizune, and medical Jonin to offer the garrison safe surrender; Minato stood ready to rescue them.
• The garrison refused to surrender, and Heaven Burner and Wind Chaser attacked the envoys as they tried to leave.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evacuate the envoys, while Dragon-Locking Pass’s cannons fired at their former position.
• Iron Wall drew the Fallen Star Sword and ordered all troops to attack, while Tsunade watched the gun smoke from the mountain road.

Tsunade ordered the intelligent puppets to attack Dragon-Locking Pass while giving civilians a chance to evacuate, and the Shinobi Alliance’s forces overwhelmed the defenders with advanced weapons and coordinated tactics. Martial Saint Iron Wall unleashed the life-draining Fallen Star Sword, but the battle left him, Wind Chaser, and Heaven Burner surrounded and near defeat.

• Tsunade sent the intelligent puppet army toward Dragon-Locking Pass and warned civilians to evacuate through the east gate, which the garrison opened despite Iron Wall’s orders.
• Iron Wall’s steam cannons failed against the puppets’ shields, and the puppets destroyed the artillery with precise Chakra beams before the Third Knight Order and garrison troops charged.
• The puppets used bone blades, Swift Release, missiles, and coordinated attacks to inflict heavy losses, while Heaven Burner and Wind Chaser were driven back by concentrated fire and encirclement tactics.
• Iron Wall struck the battlefield with the Fallen Star Sword, destroying over a hundred puppets, and Tsunade’s group identified the weapon as one that consumed life force to amplify its power.
• The puppets adapted by evading Iron Wall’s sword strikes and binding him with Chakra nets as the sword’s backlash weakened him, while Wind Chaser and Heaven Burner stood wounded and surrounded.

Martial Saint Iron Wall died when the Fallen Star Sword consumed his life, and Minato Namikaze sealed the weapon before the intelligent puppets overwhelmed Dragon-Locking Pass. A month into the Shinobi Alliance’s offensive, the Heavenly Martial Empire had lost nearly half its territory and faced a deepening crisis in its capital.

• Martial Saint Iron Wall died as the Fallen Star Sword drained his life, forcing the imperial troops to retreat from the battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze used a layered sealing system to contain the Fallen Star Sword, then took it back to the Shinobi Alliance for study.
• Two thousand intelligent puppets stormed Dragon-Locking Pass, adapted to the defenders’ techniques, and killed Martial Saint Heaven Burner, Martial Saint Wind Chaser, and the remaining defenders.
• The Shinobi Alliance’s forces reduced the Heavenly Martial Empire’s territory by nearly half in a month, capturing cities, resources, and seven of its twelve special weapons.
• The imperial court split between factions advocating resistance, peace, and flight as reports described Madara Uchiha crushing two Martial Saints and part of the capital’s wall with meteors.

Heavenly Martial XIII ordered a desperate assault on the Shinobi Alliance, engineering a civilian massacre to turn the empire against the invaders. As the battle raged, Madara Uchiha fought Heavenly Martial XIII and Sword Saint while Hashirama Senju tried to protect civilians; the chapter ended with Sword Saint thrown into the air and the sickle flying toward his chest.

• Heavenly Martial XIII learned that the empire had lost half its territory and decided to attack the Shinobi Alliance with the roughly twenty thousand troops left in the capital.
• Heavenly Martial XIII ordered the capital’s stores burned and wells poisoned, then sent a decree calling the provinces to rise against the invaders.
• Heavenly Martial XIII’s forces provoked the puppet legion into attacking a crowd of civilians, making the massacre appear to prove that the Shinobi Alliance was slaughtering the city.
• Heavenly Martial XIII and Sword Saint charged into the battle, while Hashirama Senju tried to shield civilians and Madara Uchiha engaged the two leaders.
• Heavenly Martial XIII wounded Madara Uchiha’s armor, but Madara broke the emperor’s shoulder and flung Sword Saint into the air as his sickle flew toward him.