Recaps

Pain attacked Kushina and Uya with Shinra Tensei, but Uya stopped the initial blast and answered Pain’s Super Shinra Tensei with a Shockwave Slash. The slash split the attack and cut toward Deva Path Pain, leaving him stunned and unable to evade.

• Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei, forcing Kushina to retreat with Konan and Yahiko while her Nine-Tails Chakra claws helped her escape the blast.
• Uya stood his ground and stopped Shinra Tensei with his Power of Tremors.
• Uya confronted Pain over his attempt to take the Nine-Tails, and Pain declared that he cared even more about it.
• Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei across the canyon, driving Kushina, Konan, and Yahiko farther away.
• Uya formed the Kusanagi Sword and used a Shockwave Slash to split Super Shinra Tensei and send the slash toward Pain.

Uya’s Shockwave Slash broke through Super Shinra Tensei, split Deva Path Pain and tore open the clouds above the Land of Rain. After failing to find Nagato’s real body, Uya returned to Kushina and decided to interfere with Madara Uchiha and Nagato’s plans to collect the Tailed Beasts.

• Uya’s Shockwave Slash pierced Super Shinra Tensei, cut Deva Path Pain in two and split the clouds, allowing sunlight to reach the Land of Rain.
• Nagato felt the force of Uya’s strike through Deva Path Pain, considered using his strongest Chibaku Tensei, then agreed with White Zetsu to plan carefully.
• The ninja and civilians across the Land of Rain saw the sunlight before the clouds closed and the brief light disappeared.
• Uya searched the destroyed canyon for Nagato’s real body but could not find him, then returned to Kushina and checked his depleted natural energy.
• Uya resolved to disrupt Madara Uchiha and Nagato’s plans by catching some of the Tailed Beasts himself.

After Hanzo's death left Amegakure without a leader, Yahiko asked Uya to take control of the Land of Rain. Uya agreed to stay there for now, leaving Yahiko and Konan to follow his lead.

• Uya warned Yahiko and Konan that Hanzo's death could plunge Amegakure and the Land of Rain into turmoil or bring annexation.
• Yahiko, shaken in his convictions, asked Uya to become Amegakure's leader.
• Uya considered staying in the Land of Rain to gather intelligence and search for Nagato, and Kushina agreed it was a suitable place to remain.
• Uya agreed to stay, telling Yahiko that he could not keep the Land of Rain safe from the Five Great Nations by leading Amegakure.
• Yahiko felt relieved and entrusted himself to Uya's direction, while Konan remained content to stay by Uya's side.

Uya entered Amegakure with Kushina, Yahiko, and Konan to take control after Hanzo of the Salamander’s death. When Rain Ninja tried to stop them, Uya unleashed Mental Shock across the village, leaving nearly everyone unconscious and the lead Jonin recognizing him.

• Uya explained that Amegakure had no Kage and that Hanzo of the Salamander had ruled it with absolute authority.
• Uya led Kushina, Yahiko, and Konan through Amegakure without notifying its authorities.
• Rain Ninja surrounded the group and demanded to know why they had entered the village.
• Yahiko asked the Rain Ninja to summon their highest-ranking authority, but they mocked him and prepared to seize the group.
• Uya released Mental Shock across Amegakure, knocking out its inhabitants and most of the Rain Ninja.
• The lead Jonin remained barely conscious, recognized Uya, and reacted with horror.

Uya used Mental Shock to knock out nearly everyone in Amegakure, then Yahiko revealed Hanzo of the Salamander’s severed head. The surviving Rain Ninja realized Uya had killed their leader as reinforcements rushed toward him.

• Uya unleashed Mental Shock across Amegakure, leaving only a handful of people conscious.
• Amegakure’s leading Jonin recognized Uya and demanded to know why he had come.
• Yahiko opened a storage scroll and tossed Hanzo of the Salamander’s head before the Jonin.
• The Jonin collapsed in shock and understood that Uya had killed Hanzo.
• Amegakure’s remaining Jonin and Elite Jonin gathered and rushed toward Uya.

Uya killed Hanzo of the Salamander and took control of Amegakure after intimidating its shinobi into submission. News of Hanzo’s death and Uya’s new leadership spread across the Shinobi World, confirming that Uya had left Konoha and established himself independently.

• Amegakure’s shinobi found Hanzo of the Salamander’s head and realized Uya had killed him.
• Uya declared himself Amegakure’s new leader and killed a shinobi who challenged his claim.
• The Amegakure shinobi submitted to Uya, while Yahiko, Konan, and Kushina reflected on the village’s change of leadership.
• News of Hanzo’s death and Uya’s takeover spread through the Shinobi World, alarming the villages and exciting Konoha’s rivals.

As the great ninja villages prepared for war against Konoha, Uya’s rule brought peace to Amegakure and won the admiration of its people. Konan reported that the village’s ninja had been reorganized and its Anbu disbanded, while Kushina neared completion of a sensory barrier.

• The four great ninja villages began large-scale operations against Konoha, while their forces were ordered to avoid the Land of Rain and withdraw from it.
• The Land of Rain grew peaceful under Uya’s rule, and its people came to admire him more than Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Uya watched over Amegakure from his office as Konan reported that its ninja had been reorganized and the Anbu disbanded.
• Konan told Uya that Kushina was nearly finished creating a sensory barrier around Amegakure.
• Konan praised Kushina’s strength and abilities, and Uya reflected that she had been acting unusually gentle around others.

Uya prepared to leave Amegakure for several months to continue cultivating his Sage Body at Mount Myōboku, entrusting Konan with village intelligence and giving Kushina the Kusanagi Sword for protection. Kushina accepted his explanation and the sword, allowing him to depart without worrying about her safety.

• Uya reassured Konan that her strengths suited her work managing Amegakure’s daily affairs.
• Kushina completed the village’s Sensory Barrier, and Uya recognized that it had begun operating.
• Uya told Konan he planned to leave for several months and ordered her to control the intelligence department, monitor Nagato, and gather information on the tailed beasts.
• Kushina told Uya that one of his disciples seemed to have feelings for him, and he teased her about being jealous.
• Uya explained that he was going to Mount Myōboku to cultivate his Sage Body and gave Kushina the Kusanagi Sword before leaving.

Uya returned to Mount Myōboku and absorbed natural energy on a massive scale, replenishing his vitality and strengthening his True Eight Gates Released Formation. He realized that his cultivated Sage Body could slow his aging, and continued reflecting on immortality in the Shinobi World.

• Uya's return caused natural energy across Mount Myōboku to surge toward him, disrupting the toads' training.
• The Great Toad Sage briefly opened his eyes, while Fukasaku and Toad Shima reacted with wry smiles.
• Uya absorbed natural energy within a ten-li radius, forcing the toads to train farther from the mountain's center.
• The natural energy replenished Uya's life force and made his True Eight Gates Released Formation more complete.
• Uya realized that his Sage Body could continually restore vitality and might let him age far more slowly than other ninja.
• Uya considered ways beings in the Shinobi World could survive death, but had no desire to die and be revived.

Jiraiya visited Uya at Mount Myōboku to ask him to return to Konoha and help prevent the approaching Third Shinobi World War. Uya listened as they shared tea, leaving Jiraiya’s request unanswered.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled with the choice between inviting Uya back to Konoha and risking the political problems his return would bring.
• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uya was training at Mount Myōboku and offered to ask him to return, but Danzo opposed the idea.
• Jiraiya arrived at Mount Myōboku, where Toad Shima and Fukasaku warned him not to fight Uya.
• Uya sensed Jiraiya’s arrival while absorbing natural energy, then accepted a cup of Mount Myōboku tea from him.
• Jiraiya asked Uya whether there was any way he would return to Konoha.

Uya rejected Jiraiya’s request to promise support for Konoha, then spent two months cultivating as the Third Shinobi World War began and Amegakure remained peaceful under his protection. After returning from Mount Myōboku, he reunited with Kushina at home, where their teasing turned into a playful struggle in the bath.

• Uya questioned whether Konoha would welcome Kushina or accept him as Hokage, and Jiraiya left without securing a promise of help.
• During Uya’s cultivation, the Third Shinobi World War began, but Konoha held its ground while the other four great shinobi villages struggled to contend with him.
• The Land of Rain stayed peaceful, and the four other great shinobi villages sought equal alliances with Amegakure, which the world regarded as the sixth great shinobi village.
• Uya returned from Mount Myōboku and surprised Kushina in the bath, explaining that he had not bathed during his stay there.
• Uya and Kushina traded jokes about bathwater and toad stink before Uya pulled her into the bath and subdued her playfully.

After reviewing Konan’s intelligence, Uya chose to capture the free-roaming Seven-Tails, hoping to disrupt Madara’s plans and potentially gain a flying summon. He reached its hiding place with Rain Ninja, where Chōmei discovered them and prepared to attack.

• Konan reported that the Akatsuki still existed outside the Land of Rain and that Nagato might be leading it, while the Seven-Tails was roaming in a neighboring country.
• Uya decided that capturing the Seven-Tails would hinder Madara’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails and set out alone.
• Konan asked whether Uya should notify Kushina, but he refused and vanished to pursue the Seven-Tails.
• Uya arrived in a forest with Rain Ninja, who offered to guide him to the tailed beast.
• Chōmei appeared overhead, revealed that it had noticed the trackers, and threatened to eat them as the Rain Ninja braced for a direct fight.

Uya fought the Seven-Tails, overpowering it with his physical strength and Power of Tremors. After its escape attempts and attacks failed, he beat it until it submitted, while the Rain Ninja watched in disbelief.

• Uya leaped onto the Seven-Tails and pinned it to the ground with one stomp.
• The Seven-Tails burrowed underground, but Uya shattered the earth with the Power of Tremors and forced it back out.
• The Seven-Tails blinded the Rain Ninja with its Scale Powder Concealment Technique and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Uya shattered.
• Uya repeatedly punched and stomped the Seven-Tails, overwhelming its attempts to fight back.
• The Seven-Tails went from enraged to submissive under Uya's beating.

After forcing the Seven-Tails to become his Summoning Beast, Uya flew with it above the Land of Rain and experimented with walking on air. He found that his improved strength and Sage Mode let him begin developing Geppo, an advanced form of the Body Flicker Technique: Soru.

• Uya teased the Seven-Tails about its unwillingness to become his Summoning Beast, and it insisted that it was honored to serve him.
• Uya ordered the Rain Ninja to keep monitoring the Land of Rain’s borders, then flew away on the Seven-Tails.
• High above the clouds, Uya stepped off the Seven-Tails’ back and walked across the air without falling.
• Uya explained that he wanted to advance his Body Flicker Technique: Soru into Geppo, which would let him move quickly through the air.
• Uya tested Geppo and found that his stronger body and Sage Mode now let him barely gain purchase on the air.

Uya practiced moving through the air with his Body Flicker Technique: Geppo, astonishing shinobi below as he left giant footprints in the clouds. He returned to Amegakure on Seven-Tails, whose intimidating descent frightened the village’s defenders.

• Uya practiced Geppo in the clouds, gradually increasing his aerial speed while Seven-Tails watched.
• Shinobi battling on the ground spotted enormous footprints forming across the clouds and wondered who could walk in the sky.
• Uya traveled over the Land of Rain and found that moving through the air was much harder outside the clouds, so he stopped training.
• Uya asked Seven-Tails to carry him toward Amegakure, and Seven-Tails denied thinking he might fall.
• Amegakure’s ninja recognized Seven-Tails, and its release of chakra terrified civilians and defenders, including the former Anbu Captain.

Uya returned to Amegakure with the Seven-Tails subdued, and the village’s people hailed him as a god. During the year that followed, the Third Shinobi World War engulfed the other nations while the Land of Rain remained secure, but the four great ninja villages deployed their Jinchūriki and pushed Konoha into a string of defeats.

• Uya ordered the Seven-Tails to behave, and the tailed beast landed obediently on Amegakure’s tallest building as the village recognized its leader.
• Uya reunited with Kushina and Konan, and Kushina complained that his return had frightened the village.
• Uya kept the Seven-Tails in Amegakure, while his forces crushed smaller countries that threatened the Land of Rain and annexed one of them.
• The Third Shinobi World War spread across the shinobi world, while the Land of Rain stayed largely out of the fighting.
• Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s war efforts against the four great ninja villages.
• The four great ninja villages deployed their Jinchūriki, broke Konoha’s border defenses, and left Hiruzen Sarutobi overwhelmed as Konoha suffered repeated defeats.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders confronted the village’s worsening position as enemy tailed beasts advanced through the Land of Fire. They decided to ask Uya for help through Tsunade, though Hiruzen feared she would refuse because of her anger over Konoha’s treatment of Uya and the Senju Clan.

• An Anbu ninja reported that Iwagakure had routed Konoha’s Fourth Defense Unit with the Five-Tails and was advancing into the Land of Fire.
• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had begun fighting but their tailed beasts continued attacking Konoha.
• Danzo argued that Konoha should have controlled Kushina to gain leverage over Uya, while Hiruzen insisted they needed a solution to the tailed beasts.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura joined Hiruzen and Danzo, and Koharu concluded that Konoha needed Uya’s help.
• Hiruzen proposed asking Tsunade to persuade Uya, and Mitokado Homura urged him to send her.
• Hiruzen recalled Tsunade’s anger over Uya’s departure and the Senju Clan’s losses, then prepared to approach her while Danzo looked furious.

Tsunade agreed to ask Uya to help Konoha after Hiruzen promised to accept any conditions Uya set, even if he wanted to become Hokage. She reached Amegakure and met Uya, who was nearing completion of his Sage Body.

• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over his past restrictions on Uya and suppression of Konoha’s major clans.
• Tsunade agreed to approach Uya only after Hiruzen promised to accept any conditions he demanded, including becoming Hokage.
• Hiruzen stood by his promise despite Danzo’s objections, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported him.
• Tsunade traveled through the peaceful Land of Rain and saw the Seven-Tails flying over Amegakure.
• Rain Ninja escorted Tsunade to Uya, who greeted her in his office and had nearly completed his Sage Body.

Tsunade visited Uya and Kushina to ask for help as Konoha faced a crisis, and she admitted she could not let her grandfather’s village perish. Uya refused the offer to make him Hokage, but teased Tsunade by saying she was what interested him, prompting Kushina to pinch his hands.

• Tsunade visited Uya and Kushina and said she had been staying in Konoha’s rear, treating the wounded.
• Tsunade explained that she would help Konoha because she could not watch her grandfather’s village perish, despite hating its politicians.
• Tsunade told Uya that Konoha’s leaders would grant him anything he wanted, even the Hokage position.
• Uya said he was not interested in becoming Hokage because he wanted to remain free of the responsibilities of governing.
• Uya told Tsunade that he was interested in her, and Kushina pinched his hands.

Uya persuaded Tsunade to stay in Amegakure, then set out for Konoha with the Seven-Tails to intervene in the Third Shinobi World War and search for Madara Uchiha. As Uya departed, Tsunade realized the Nine-Tails had briefly taken over Kushina and prepared to fight before Kushina apologized.

• Uya urged Tsunade to stay in Amegakure and offered to handle the Jinchūriki and tailed beasts on Konoha’s behalf.
• Tsunade agreed to remain in the Land of Rain, and Uya immediately announced that he was leaving for the battlefield.
• Uya called the Seven-Tails, climbed onto his back, and headed toward Konoha to join the war and seek Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade recognized that the Nine-Tails had spoken through Kushina and took a fighting stance.
• Kushina regained control and apologized to Tsunade for the Nine-Tails’ interruption.

Uya left Kushina and Tsunade in Amegakure, then flew with the Seven-Tails over the devastated Land of Fire toward a battlefield where Hatake Sakumo’s forces faced Sunagakure and the One-Tail. The chapter ends as Shukaku’s sweeping quicksand attack engulfs the Konoha front line.

• Uya decided to leave Kushina and Tsunade in Amegakure, then departed on the Seven-Tails.
• The Seven-Tails carried Uya over the Land of Fire, where he saw towns and mountains devastated by war.
• Hatake Sakumo prepared more than a thousand Konoha ninjas to fight Sunagakure and temporarily contain the One-Tail.
• Shukaku appeared with the Sand Ninja, and Hatake Sakumo ordered six Konoha jonin to use a barrier.
• Shukaku unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow, sweeping up both armies and hitting the Konoha ninjas hardest.

Hatake Sakumo’s forces trapped Shukaku with the Six Violet Flames Formation, but Shukaku broke free and forced the Konoha Ninja to retreat. Their escape route was cut off when the Seven-Tails arrived carrying a familiar figure, who remarked that Konoha was struggling against the One-Tail.

• Six Konoha Jonin formed the Six Violet Flames Formation around Shukaku, stopping the surging sand and giving Konoha’s forces hope.
• Shukaku broke the barrier with his chakra, killing the six Jonin and terrifying the Konoha Ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered a retreat and protected his forces from Shukaku’s Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet.
• The Seven-Tails descended ahead of Konoha’s escape route, trapping the retreating forces between two tailed beasts.
• A familiar figure standing on the Seven-Tails spoke to Hatake Sakumo and the Konoha Ninja.

Uya arrived on the battlefield riding the Seven-Tails and helped turn the tide as the Seven-Tails clashed with Shukaku. He met Hatake Sakumo and observed the young Kakashi, who questioned why Konoha’s forces were not retreating.

• Uya arrived on the battlefield on the Seven-Tails’ back, and the Konoha ninjas recognized him with joy.
• Shukaku called for the Seven-Tails to help kill the humans, then attacked him when he got no answer.
• The Seven-Tails destroyed Shukaku’s Drilling Air Bullet and charged at him, starting a destructive battle that forced the Konoha ninjas to retreat from the fighting.
• Uya stepped down and approached Hatake Sakumo, who admitted that Konoha needed his help in the war.
• Kakashi Hatake asked Hatake Sakumo why they were not retreating, and Uya praised Kakashi’s early graduation and promotion.

The One-Tail and Seven-Tails fought fiercely, and their Tailed Beast Bombs threatened the Konoha Ninja. Uya shattered a descending bomb with a finger flick and prepared to remind the One-Tail who he was.

• The One-Tail and Seven-Tails exchanged blows and collided their Tailed Beast Bombs in midair.
• The One-Tail launched another Tailed Beast Bomb, and the Seven-Tails dodged it toward the Konoha Ninja.
• Kakashi feared the bomb would kill everyone, while Hatake Sakumo could not stop it.
• Uya flicked a finger and shattered the descending Tailed Beast Bomb before it could reach the Konoha Ninja.
• Uya told the One-Tail that he would refresh its memory of him.

Uya effortlessly defeated the rampaging One-Tail, terrifying the Sand Ninja and impressing the Konoha Ninja. He had the Seven-Tails capture the battered One-Tail Jinchuriki, while the One-Tail retreated into his host and vowed to avoid Uya.

• Uya appeared above the One-Tail and shattered his claw with the Power of Tremors.
• Uya stomped the One-Tail into a crater, leaving him defeated and forcing Shukaku back into his Jinchuriki.
• Kakashi and the Konoha Ninja watched in awe as the Sand Ninja recognized Uya and feared his power.
• Uya ordered the Seven-Tails to take the One-Tail Jinchuriki, and it picked him up.
• In the shared consciousness space, the Seven-Tails mocked the One-Tail, who admitted Uya had hurt him badly and resolved not to fight him again.