Recaps

Uchiha Xin secretly built his strength, survived the Uchiha massacre, and joined Team 7 while concealing his true abilities from Konoha and Root. As the Chunin Exams began, he unlocked the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and reached Hinata’s team in the Forest of Death.

• Uchiha Xin awakened his Sharingan, trained with Might Guy, defeated Sasuke, and advanced his Sharingan and Eight Gates before discovering that the Uchiha coup was imminent.
• Xin confronted Itachi, negotiated for Sasuke’s protection, and survived the massacre by staying with Might Guy, then returned to the emptied Uchiha Compound.
• Xin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, used Naruto’s theft of the Scroll of Seals to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and joined Team 4 with Root operatives Ichirō Kawaguchi and Shino Kobayashi.
• After Danzō used dangerous missions to provoke Xin’s Sharingan, Xin killed Kawaguchi, Kobayashi, and Root agents, then concealed his Mangekyō from Genma and the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage transferred Xin to Team 7, and Xin killed the Demon Brothers and defeated Zabuza during the mission to protect Tazuna in the Land of Waves.
• Xin manipulated Zabuza into killing Gato before taking his own life, then fought Gaara in Konoha and forced Shukaku to stop resisting.
• Xin killed Danzō’s Root Jonin Kunihito, decided to protect Hiruzen during Orochimaru’s coming attack, and unlocked the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Kamui, and Lightning Release Mastery.
• At the Chunin Exams, Xin spotted Orochimaru disguised as a Grass Ninja, evaded Danzō’s watchers, and reached Hinata’s team in the Forest of Death.

Xin protected Kazahana Koyuki, helped her reclaim the Land of Snow, and returned to Konoha after confronting Orochimaru. He revealed the history of chakra and the threat of the Akatsuki, then found Tsunade and prepared to face Orochimaru again.

• Xin offered Orochimaru a deal to spare Hiruzen in exchange for Sasuke, then left him to continue the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Xin encouraged Hinata against Neji, but she surrendered after defeating his Rotation, and he disrupted Shukaku’s chakra so Lee avoided a devastating injury.
• Xin protected Koyuki from her pursuers, killed Dōtō with Kirin, and repaired the geothermal machine that brought spring to the Land of Snow before Koyuki became queen.
• Xin returned to confront Orochimaru, fought the reanimated Hashirama and Tobirama, and cut off Orochimaru’s arms so they could not heal.
• Xin met Itachi and Kisame, explained why Sasuke was training under Orochimaru, and returned to Konoha, where the Third Hokage promoted him to Special Jōnin.
• Xin told the Third Hokage and Jiraiya about Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths, Madara, the Ten-Tails, and the Akatsuki’s interest in the Tailed Beasts.
• Xin left to find Tsunade, won money for Koyuki’s Chakra Armor research, and used gambling debt to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha.
• Xin called out Orochimaru and Kabuto after Tsunade agreed to return, and Orochimaru responded with killing intent.

Xin returned Tsunade to Konoha, defeated Danzo, secured his engagement to Hinata, and gained the Rinnegan. After subduing Kurama and seeking senjutsu, Xin was pulled through the Dragon Vein into ancient Roran, where he encountered Sara and Minato Namikaze.

• Orochimaru sent Sakon and three others to retrieve Sasuke, while Xin convinced Tsunade to return to Konoha and defeated Danzo after exposing his stolen Sharingan and experiments.
• Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, and Xin secured the Hyuga elders’ approval to become engaged to Hinata after revealing the clans’ shared ancestry.
• Xin evolved his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into the Rinnegan and became engaged to Hinata at a grand Hyuga ceremony.
• Xin defeated Hiruko in the Land of Snow, made Kazahana Koyuki his familiar, and granted her the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Xin entered Naruto’s seal, subdued Kurama, and secured the beast’s promise to cooperate with Naruto and lend him power.
• After Naruto left with Jiraiya, Xin went to Rōran to absorb the Dragon Vein, but a spatial rift carried him to ancient Roran.
• Xin confronted Queen Sara at the central tower, destroyed her puppet guards, and demanded to know where Mukade was before Minato Namikaze appeared.

Xin defeated Mukade and absorbed the Dragon Vein, erasing the parallel Rōran while saving Sara. After gaining the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, he returned to Konoha and helped Hinata awaken her own Tenseigan, while his eyes evolved into the Tensei Rinnegan.

• Xin defeated Mukade, rescued Naruto and Yamato, and absorbed the Dragon Vein, learning that its power had created a parallel world that would now disappear.
• Xin saved Sara from the erasing world by making her his retainer, then traveled to the moon and fought the Ōtsutsuki clan for the Giant Tenseigan.
• Xin defeated Tsukuyo, absorbed the Giant Tenseigan, and evolved his Byakugan into the Tenseigan before returning with Sara to the Land of Snow.
• Xin returned to Konoha, warned Tsunade about Akatsuki, visited the ailing Hiruzen, and tested Naruto’s growing strength.
• Xin agreed to prepare Hinata’s Tenseigan awakening, then absorbed three hundred Shadow Clones’ training and increased his power.
• Xin took Hinata to the moon, defeated Toneri’s puppets, and began transferring the Giant Tenseigan’s power to her.
• Xin strengthened Hinata with Kawaha’s bloodline, enabling her to awaken the Tenseigan, while he absorbed the remaining power and fused his eyes into the Tensei Rinnegan.
• Hinata emerged with blue Tenseigan and demonstrated her new abilities as Xin’s own eyes entered a gestation phase.