Recaps

Uya captured the One-Tail Jinchuriki and returned to Konoha on the Seven-Tails, whose arrival alarmed the village before its people recognized Uya. Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed him nervously, leaving Uya to judge the Hokage’s political nature as Konoha faced the Third Shinobi World War.

• Uya left the battle after capturing the One-Tail Jinchuriki, and the Konoha ninja pursued the retreating Sand Ninja.
• Kakashi marveled at Uya’s strength, while Hatake Sakumo advised him to seek Uya’s guidance.
• Uya flew toward Konoha on the Seven-Tails and drew the village’s attention by releasing its intimidating chakra.
• The Konoha villagers and ninja recognized Uya and felt relieved at his return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Uya with visible nervousness, and Uya privately compared the Hokage’s conduct to that of a politician.

Uya agreed with Hiruzen Sarutobi to capture the Jinchūriki in exchange for Tsunade remaining in Amegakure, then left to confront Kirigakure. He arrived at the front where Konoha had been pushed back by the Three-Tails, as Might Guy trained in the camp.

• Uya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi about Danzo and learned that he had gone to the Kirigakure front.
• Uya agreed to capture the Jinchūriki in exchange for Tsunade staying in Amegakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted.
• Uya declared that he would go alone to the Kirigakure battlefield, then summoned the Seven-Tails and flew away on its back.
• Uya reached the front, where Kirigakure's Three-Tails had driven Konoha's forces inland.
• Might Guy trained in Taijutsu at the camp, determined to follow his father Might Duy's example.

Guy returned from training and challenged Uya to a spar, eager to test his mastery of the Eight Gates Released Formation. Uya restored Guy’s strength and accepted the challenge, then let Guy’s opening kick pass through his body.

• Guy finished training and found Might Duy and Uya waiting in his quarters.
• Might Duy praised Guy’s progress, and Guy asked Uya to spar with him.
• Uya accepted the challenge, though Might Duy worried Guy would use the Eight Gates Released Formation after exhausting himself.
• Uya tapped Guy’s arm with the Power of Tremors and restored his strength.
• Guy charged at Uya with a kick, but his leg passed straight through Uya’s body.

Uya effortlessly outmaneuvered Might Guy during a training bout, then encouraged him to keep pursuing taijutsu. At Konoha’s beleaguered Kirigakure front, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the Three-Tails prepared to face Uya, while Hozuki Mangetsu rejected Uya’s title.

• Might Duy told Might Guy to go all out, and Guy opened the Third Gate before advancing to the Fourth Gate as Uya dodged his attacks.
• Uya caught Guy’s full-speed punch, stopped the chakra surging through him, and told him that continued training could let him surpass Uya as he was now.
• Uya’s arrival renewed the fighting spirit of Konoha’s ninja, who faced the Three-Tails and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist while Danzo avoided direct combat.
• Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the Three-Tails Jinchūriki assembled at the front of their ranks as Juzo reported that Uya had arrived after defeating Sunagakure’s One-Tail.
• Hozuki Mangetsu dismissed the title “Demigod of the Ninja World” as the opposing forces prepared for battle.

Uya confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and Kirigakure’s forces alongside the Konoha ninja. After walking down through the air, he caught Juzo’s thrown Severing Greatsword barehanded and began crushing its blade.

• Suikazan Fuguki and Juzo led the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and Kirigakure’s bloodthirsty forces toward the Konoha position.
• Uya and Jiraiya faced the approaching Kirigakure force from a cliff as the Konoha ninja braced themselves against its killing intent.
• Uya stepped off the cliff and walked down through the air, shocking both armies.
• Hozuki Mangetsu dismissed Uya’s ability as a parlor trick, and Juzo hurled the Severing Greatsword at him.
• Uya caught the Severing Greatsword by its cutting edge and squeezed until it cracked.

Uya crushed Juzo Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō with his fingers, then used two strikes of the Kusanagi Sword to split and shatter a massive water attack from Hozuki Mangetsu and the Three-Tails Jinchūriki. He continued toward the Kirigakure ninja without getting wet, leaving them stunned.

• Uya shattered the Kubikiribōchō with his fingers, shocking Juzo Biwa and the surrounding Mist Ninja.
• Hozuki Mangetsu launched the Great Waterfall Technique, while the Three-Tails Jinchūriki added the Super Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Uya swung the Kusanagi Sword once and severed the towering wave and its water dragons.
• Uya struck upward with his second swing, breaking the falling upper half of the wave into scattered water.
• Uya continued toward the Kirigakure ninja with his robe completely dry.

Uya stunned both Konoha and Kirigakure by splitting a towering wave with two sword slashes and overwhelming the Mist Ninja with his aura. As the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist remained frozen before him, the Three-Tails inside its Jinchūriki broke free and went berserk.

• Uya cleaved the wave and shattered it with a second slash, leaving the battlefield awestruck.
• Might Guy, Jiraiya, and Might Duy recognized the scale of Uya’s power, and Might Duy said he could become the God of the Shinobi World if he ended the war.
• Uya approached Hozuki Mangetsu and the Mist Ninja, whose fear made them retreat and left them unable to move.
• The Three-Tails Jinchūriki roared as the beast’s chakra surged and the Three-Tails temporarily broke free of his control.

Uya effortlessly defeated the rampaging Three-Tails, forcing it to retreat into its Jinchūriki, then turned his attention to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Terrified by his power, the swordsmen fled while the Konoha ninja watched.

• The Three-Tails transformed and attacked Uya with his tails, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist retreated and planned to use the beast to hold Uya off.
• Uya shattered the Three-Tails' tails with a casual sweep of his hand.
• Uya stomped the Three-Tails into the ground, crumbling his shell with the Power of Tremors.
• The Three-Tails withdrew into his Jinchūriki, ending his rampage almost as soon as it began.
• Uya faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who turned and fled as the Konoha ninja watched.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist used the Hidden Mist Technique to escape, but Uya tracked them through the chakra-infused fog and killed six of them. He confronted Hozuki Mangetsu, who prepared to fight back as a ninja of the Hozuki Clan.

• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the other Kirigakure Ninja fled under cover of the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Jiraiya led the Konoha ninja in pursuit and tried to disperse the mist, while Uya disappeared into it.
• Uya used his Shockwave Sensing to navigate the fog and rapidly caught up with the fleeing swordsmen.
• Uya killed six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist in succession.
• Hozuki Mangetsu fled, but Uya appeared directly in front of him, and Mangetsu declared that killing him would not be easy.

Uya effortlessly defeated Hozuki Mangetsu, whose Hydrification Technique could not protect him from Uya’s attacks. After Mangetsu died and the mist cleared, Jiraiya believed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had escaped, but startled cries interrupted the Konoha forces’ retreat.

• Hozuki Mangetsu attacked Uya, but Uya cut through his sword and body with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Mangetsu re-formed as water and struck Uya from behind, but Uya stopped the blow and shattered Mangetsu’s blade with his power of tremors.
• Mangetsu tried to escape as water through a stream, but Uya pinned him with the Kusanagi Sword and killed him.
• As the mist dispersed, Jiraiya’s sensory ninja reported no signs of life nearby, and Jiraiya assumed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had fled.
• Jiraiya prepared to end the pursuit, but startled cries from ahead prompted him to investigate.

Jiraiya discovered that Uya had killed all Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and the remaining Kirigakure forces fled as Konoha pursued them. While guiding Might Guy’s training, Uya realized that an unyielding drive to surpass all limits was the heart of true strength, and his Sage Mode began its final transformation.

• Jiraiya found the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist dead and concluded that Uya had wiped them out with overwhelming power.
• Might Duy killed a fleeing Kirigakure ninja, while Might Guy resolved to make Uya his goal.
• Uya stayed on the Land of Water battlefield as Konoha’s forces overwhelmed Kirigakure, and he began guiding Might Guy’s training.
• Uya reflected on Might Duy and Might Guy’s persistent passion and recognized that the strong never give up or stop striving to surpass everything.
• Uya’s soul and will subtly rose, and his Sage Mode entered its final transformation.

Uya completed his Sage Body, transforming his body and nearly doubling his soul’s strength. Confident that he could surpass even Six Paths beings, he opened the Sixth Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation.

• Uya’s cells transformed as he advanced from Sage Mode to the Sage Body, bringing his body to a state of perfection.
• Uya’s will and spirit strengthened, nearly doubling his soul power and replacing his doubts about the Eight Gates with certainty.
• Uya decided to use his momentum to open the Sixth Gate, which lay between and slightly below his shoulders.
• Uya sent chakra through the first five gates and forced it against the Sixth Gate until its barrier shattered.
• Uya opened the Sixth Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation.

Uya opened the Sixth Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation and reached super Kage-level power, strong enough to sense and warp space with a punch. He resolved to grow stronger still as he turned his attention to the enemies and challenges ahead.

• Uya opened the Sixth Gate, and his Sage Body quickly adapted as the gates linked together and greatly increased his chakra and strength.
• Uya gained complete control of his new power and found he could compress or spread his tremor attacks across different ranges.
• Uya gathered his strength into one punch, warped space, and sent a ripple through a distant mountain.
• Uya considered testing his strength against Complete Body Susanoo and Hashirama Senju's Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, but noted that Madara Uchiha was an empty shell and Hashirama Senju was in the world of the dead.
• Uya remembered the Sage of Six Paths and Black Zetsu as enemies still ahead, and vowed to reach the pinnacle of the final stage.

Uya left the stalemated Konoha–Kirigakure battlefield and considered how to break through the limits of his perfected body to open the seventh gate. Unable to find Madara, he headed toward Orochimaru’s front to learn about his research into souls.

• Uya used Geppo to survey the battlefield and saw that Konoha had driven Kirigakure back to the Land of Rain, where the two sides remained at a stalemate.
• Uya searched Kirigakure’s battlefield for Madara Uchiha, found no trace of him, and decided Madara would have to emerge eventually.
• Uya considered his body’s limits and weighed breaking through via chakra or the soul, concluding that the Ten-Tails route was too dangerous because of Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Uya recalled how his soul’s earlier transformation had strengthened his Mental Shock and sensed that further spiritual growth might help him open the seventh gate.
• Uya decided to visit Orochimaru and flew toward the front where Orochimaru was leading Konoha’s forces against Iwagakure.

The Fourth Raikage vowed to defeat Uya with his superior speed, while Ōnoki approved an Iwagakure surprise attack on Konoha’s front lines. Uya arrived at Konoha’s camp from the sky, where the ninja mistook him for Ōnoki and prepared to attack.

• The Fourth Raikage blamed Sunagakure and Kirigakure for failing to stop Uya and vowed that his speed would give him the advantage.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s elders discussed Uya’s strength and agreed to keep their Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki together.
• Ōnoki proposed sending fifty Jonin and a thousand elite ninja to surprise the battlefield, and the elders voted to support the attack.
• Iwagakure assembled its force and crossed into the Land of Fire toward the front-line battlefield.
• Uya descended alone from the sky toward Konoha’s camp, and the Konoha Ninja mistook him for Ōnoki and prepared to fight.

Uya arrived at the Konoha camp and met with Orochimaru to learn about his research into souls. Orochimaru gave him new findings suggesting chakra could anchor a soul in the world, leaving Uya to consider how the Sage of Six Paths and tailed beasts might endure indefinitely.

• Uya flew into the Konoha camp, where the ninja recognized him and let him pass without resistance.
• Uya went to the prison and laboratory area to find Orochimaru, and discovered that the first Orochimaru he encountered was an illusion.
• Orochimaru revealed he could activate Mangekyō Sharingan after experimenting with Hashirama cells, but said its power was useless against Uya.
• Uya asked about Orochimaru's soul research, and Orochimaru handed him a scroll with findings that chakra could control a soul and keep it from returning to the World of the Dead.
• Uya considered how the Spirit Transformation Technique, the Sage of Six Paths, and tailed beasts might use chakra to persist beyond the limits of physical bodies.

Uya traded Orochimaru’s scroll for the Four-Tails’ and Five-Tails’ chakra, then flew alone to Iwagakure’s frontline camp to seize the two Tailed Beasts. The Stone Ninja spotted him descending and realized he was not Ōnoki.

• Orochimaru asked Uya for the Four-Tails’ and Five-Tails’ chakra in exchange for his scroll, and Uya agreed.
• Orochimaru sensed that Uya’s chakra and body had become more formidable, but decided that asking to study him would be dangerous.
• Uya left Orochimaru’s laboratory and flew directly to Iwagakure’s frontline camp to capture the two Jinchūriki.
• Uya located the Jinchūriki with Shockwave Sensing and descended openly into the camp.
• The Stone Ninja mistook Uya for Ōnoki at first, then recognized that the descending ninja was someone else.

Uya entered the Iwagakure camp alone and announced that he had come to capture the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails. He knocked out nearly the entire camp with Mental Shock and focused on the barrier-protected building holding the two jinchūriki.

• The Stone Ninja recognized Uya as the Demigod of the Ninja World and reacted with fear as he entered their camp.
• Uya told the Iwagakure commander that he had come to capture the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.
• The commander ordered his forces to attack after Uya ignored him and noticed the barrier around a nearby building.
• Uya unleashed Mental Shock, causing thousands of Stone Ninja to collapse unconscious while only a few Quasi-Kage and Kage Level fighters remained standing.
• Uya ignored the survivors and kept his attention on the building containing the Four-Tails Jinchūriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

Uya released the Four-Tails and Five-Tails from their Jinchūriki and overwhelmed both with sheer strength. After destroying the Four-Tails with a distant punch, he left the Five-Tails terrified and hiding inside its Jinchūriki.

• Uya's Mental Shock incapacitated the two Jinchūriki, causing the Four-Tails and Five-Tails to break free and destroy the barrier.
• The Stone Ninja fled the camp as the two Tailed Beasts turned to confront Uya.
• The Four-Tails attacked Uya, but he punched it out of the camp and sent it crashing into distant mountains.
• Uya stomped the Five-Tails into the ground, then struck the Four-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb from afar and shattered the beast with the same punch.
• The Five-Tails retreated into its Jinchūriki's body after seeing the Four-Tails destroyed.

Uya captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki from Iwagakure and returned them to Konoha, leaving the Shinobi World shaken by his overwhelming strength. He stayed at Konoha’s camp to study Orochimaru’s soul research, then went to find him after struggling to develop the next stage of his technique.

• Uya subdued the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, carried him and the Five-Tails Jinchūriki back to Konoha’s camp, and handed them to Orochimaru.
• The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to hold their positions, while the Fourth Raikage decided to go to the front himself in case Uya appeared there.
• Uya studied Orochimaru’s latest soul research and found that it offered too little progress to make developing the second stage of his Soul Strengthening Secret Technique easy.
• Konoha’s ninjas greeted Uya with reverence as he crossed the camp to find Orochimaru in the prison and interrogation area.

Uya visited Orochimaru’s laboratory and asked him to prioritize research into the soul using the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki as test subjects. Orochimaru reported early progress, and Uya left to wait for more complete findings.

• Uya helped Mitarashi Anko catch the experimental bottles and jars she dropped, then recognized her by name.
• Orochimaru emerged, introduced Anko as his disciple and assistant, and let her carry the materials into the next room.
• Uya entered Orochimaru’s laboratory and saw the unconscious Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki restrained by seals.
• Uya asked Orochimaru to focus his research on the soul, and Orochimaru said the tailed beasts had already helped him make progress.
• Uya left without demanding Orochimaru’s preliminary findings, and Orochimaru promised to produce results soon.

Uya experimented with using natural energy to enhance other people's vitality, hoping to find a way to prevent Kushina from aging. With Anko's willing cooperation, he completed two stages of body modification that greatly increased her strength and vitality, and began exploring what her unusual constitution could tolerate.

• Uya taught Anko precise Chakra control while he waited for Orochimaru's research to progress.
• After Anko agreed to take part in risky experiments, Uya formed a natural-energy mark between her eyebrows, raising her strength from nearly Chunin to nearly Jonin level.
• Orochimaru observed Anko's transformation with interest but continued focusing on his research into the soul and Chakra.
• Uya confirmed the modification could increase cell activity and vitality, estimating that it could extend a person's lifespan by about thirty percent.
• Uya stopped each experiment whenever Anko felt discomfort, and after more than a dozen failed attempts, he completed the second stage of her modification.

After Orochimaru uncovered how chakra nourished the soul, Uya found a way to strengthen his soul with chakra that had no consciousness or soul. He identified several possible sources and saw a path toward breaking his body's limits and opening the Seventh Gate, while continuing to pursue greater strength.

• Anko completed the second Sage Body modification without pain, and the transformation raised her strength to jonin level.
• Orochimaru abandoned his interest in studying Anko after Uya warned him not to interfere with his disciple.
• Orochimaru discovered that chakra nourished the soul and explained how chakra exhaustion could weaken the soul and lead to death.
• Uya concluded that chakra from another soul could not safely strengthen him, so he needed chakra without a soul or consciousness.
• Uya identified Rōran's Dragon Vein and Hoshigakure's star as potential sources of pure chakra that could strengthen his soul and help him open the Seventh Gate.

Minato Namikaze and his students ran into the Fourth Raikage and Killer B in the forest, just as the two sides were preparing to fight. Uya appeared and interrupted the confrontation, remarking that events still resembled the plot despite many changes.

• Minato Namikaze assigned Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara to attack Kumogakure's rear supply lines while he drew fire on the front lines.
• Minato Namikaze sensed danger and stopped his squad as they encountered the Fourth Raikage's squad, including Killer B.
• Kakashi Hatake recognized Killer B and realized the Fourth Raikage was leading the enemy squad.
• The Fourth Raikage prepared to attack Minato Namikaze, while Minato told Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara to retreat and leave the fight to him.
• Uya appeared on a nearby tree and made both sides pause.

Uya arrived at the Kumogakure front after obtaining Hoshigakure’s star to develop the second stage of the Soul Secret Technique. When the Fourth Raikage charged at him in fury, Uya remained seated in the treetop.

• Uya obtained Hoshigakure’s star and used its ownerless chakra to work on strengthening his soul as he traveled toward the battlefield.
• Uya witnessed Minato Namikaze and the Fourth Raikage facing off, then revealed himself in a treetop.
• Kakashi Hatake recognized Uya, and Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara realized that the seemingly ordinary man was the legendary Demigod of the Ninja World.
• The Fourth Raikage grew furious at Uya’s casual demeanor and charged at him with a lightning-wreathed punch.
• Kakashi Hatake, Rin Nohara, and Obito Uchiha were stunned by the Fourth Raikage’s speed as he reached Uya in the treetop.