Chapter Summaries

Senyo arranged Elite Class training and encouraged Light to inherit En no Gyōja’s legacy and restore the Tsuchigumo Clan’s prestige. After Light joined the training, Senyo received intelligence from Sota about Jiraiya and learned that Tsunade had come to the Uchiha clan grounds.

• Senyo assigned Kuji Uchiha to test and train Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Gaara, Light, Hinata, Kimimaro, Haku, and Neji, with the goal of graduating them as Genin within three years.
• Senyo told Light that En no Gyōja had entrusted her with the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Forbidden Jutsu and its future, and Light resolved to restore the clan’s prestige.
• Senyo warned Light to keep the secret technique on her body hidden and sent her to train with Kuji Uchiha.
• Sota Hyuga told Senyo that Jiraiya had secretly left the village, and Senyo suggested that Naruto no longer needed to be monitored at home.
• Rinto told Senyo that Tsunade had arrived at the Uchiha clan grounds under the pretext of medical training, and Senyo went to meet her.

Tsunade visited the Uchiha compound to meet Orochimaru and discovered his research into extending life and a clone of Senyo's younger sister. Senyo offered to explain the reason for the cloning at his home.

• Fugaku showed Tsunade the Uchiha hospital, and she agreed to provide medical-ninjutsu training for their candidates.
• Senyo led Tsunade to Orochimaru's underground laboratory after Fugaku said the Uchiha could not force their guest to meet her.
• Orochimaru revealed his transformed appearance and said he was pursuing a long life to uncover the world's truths.
• Orochimaru showed Tsunade a child in a cultivation tank and explained that she was a clone of Senyo's younger sister.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Danzo had sought his help with Wood Release experiments and had supplied Hashirama Senju's corpse.
• Senyo invited Tsunade to his home to explain why he had cloned his younger sister.

Tsunade visited Senyo at the Uchiha compound, where he explained his plans to use cloning research to help disabled shinobi and challenged her to put her medical talent to better use. Senyo asked Tsunade to keep the Third Hokage from interfering with the Uchiha, leaving her with a warning and a promise of a future gift.

• Senyo introduced Tsunade to Ruri and Zhiyu at his home.
• Senyo told Tsunade that the Nine-Tails' Rampage had disabled Ruri and that he wanted cloning research to help injured Uchiha and Konoha shinobi.
• Senyo recounted taking missions from age ten to support his family and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo of threatening the Uchiha Clan.
• Senyo criticized Tsunade for gambling instead of using her medical talent, then told her not to interfere in Konoha affairs unless she intended to contribute.
• Senyo asked Tsunade to keep the Third Hokage from troubling the Uchiha and warned that further provocation could bring another disaster to Konoha.
• Senyo promised Tsunade a great gift if the Uchiha were allowed to develop peacefully.

Miroku refused Konoha’s invitation after seeing the future, but Kakashi, Shirakumo Hayama, and Tenzo still tried to abduct her. Miroku anticipated their break-in, trapped and incapacitated them, and ordered that they be placed under house arrest.

• Miroku declined to travel to Konoha and abruptly dismissed Kakashi and the others after experiencing a vision.
• Kakashi, Shirakumo Hayama, and Tenzo planned to infiltrate the Shrine Palace and take Miroku away, using Tenzo’s Wood Style Clone as a decoy.
• Senyo’s clone discovered that a massive formation protected the palace and began studying it.
• Kakashi, Shirakumo Hayama, and Tenzo slipped into Miroku’s bedchamber, where a translucent barrier trapped them.
• Miroku said she had seen their future, used unfamiliar sealing marks to make them lose consciousness, and ordered the guards to place them under house arrest when they awoke.

Senyo and Uchiha Kiyohiko began searching the Land of Wind border for an underground palace, while Senyo and Karatachi Yagura prepared to confront Kumogakure over a detained merchant ship. Karatachi Yagura left Mei Terumī in charge of the village as he planned to be away for an extended period.

• Uchiha Kiyohiko led thirty Uchiha clan members to a mountain hollow near the Land of Wind border, where Senyo marked out a vast region for them to search for an underground palace.
• Senyo returned to Kirigakure and reviewed documents about a Jie Shui Merchant Ship held at a port in the Land of Lightning.
• Senyo told Karatachi Yagura that they should go in person to address the detained ship and prevent future extortion of Land of Water merchant vessels.
• Karatachi Yagura convened the village's senior officials and discussed ending the unreasonable charges imposed on their merchant ships.
• Karatachi Yagura announced that he would be away from the village for an extended period and placed Mei Terumī in charge of its affairs.

Kurama Yakumo’s frail health prevented her from attending the academy, so her parents took her to Tsunade for help. Unable to diagnose the cause, Tsunade suggested Orochimaru, leaving Kurama Murakumo wary of the risks and the family undecided.

• Kurama Yakumo begged Kurama Murakumo to let her attend the academy, but he said her weak body could not handle chakra training.
• Amatsuko persuaded Kurama Murakumo to take Yakumo to Tsunade, and he agreed that they would visit Konoha Hospital.
• Tsunade reviewed Yakumo’s medical reports and said she could not treat her, then learned that Yakumo wanted to restore the Kurama Clan’s glory.
• Tsunade suspected Yakumo’s vitality was being drained by a cause doctors could not detect and suggested that Orochimaru might identify it.
• Kurama Murakumo feared Orochimaru might use Yakumo as a test subject, so he thanked Tsunade and left without deciding whether to seek Orochimaru’s help.

Kurama Yakumo pleaded with her father to seek Orochimaru for help with her illness, but Kurama Murakumo refused and took her shopping. At the commercial district, Senyo recognized Yakumo and sensed powerful energy inside her as he learned about her condition.

• Kurama Murakumo told Yakumo that Orochimaru was too dangerous to seek out, and he took her shopping when she became upset.
• Senyo brought Karin, Sasuke, Gaara, Kimimaro, Haku, and Light to the commercial district and told them to choose new clothes.
• Senyo went to buy candied hawthorn skewers while Kurama Yakumo argued with Kurama Murakumo about finding Orochimaru.
• Senyo steadied the vendor's rack when Yakumo nearly knocked it over, then asked why she wanted to see Orochimaru.
• Kurama Murakumo introduced himself and explained Yakumo's illness and Tsunade's advice, while Senyo sensed powerful energy inside Yakumo.

Senyo recognized that a dangerous entity was gestating inside Kurama Yakumo and arranged for Orochimaru to examine her. After spending the day shopping with the children in his care, Senyo brought Yakumo and her father to the hospital, where Orochimaru discovered she was using Spirit Nurturing.

• Senyo warned Kurama Murakumo that stopping Yakumo could get them both killed and told him to seek Orochimaru's help.
• Senyo explained that something was gestating inside Yakumo and arranged for Kurama Murakumo to meet Orochimaru that night.
• Senyo gave Gaara candied hawthorn and reassured him that Shukaku would not bother him unless he wanted to hear Shukaku's voice.
• Senyo took Karin, Sasuke, Kimimaro, Haku, Light, and the other children home after buying them clothes and sweets.
• Senyo had Rinto take Kurama Murakumo and Yakumo to the hospital and summoned Orochimaru to examine Yakumo.
• Orochimaru used hand seals and touched Yakumo's head, then exclaimed that she was using Spirit Nurturing.

Orochimaru diagnosed Yakumo’s condition as a spirit-nurturing process and offered to help her become a ninja if the Kurama clan agreed to his terms. After Orochimaru rejected Anko, Senyo restored her sealed memories and explained the circumstances behind Orochimaru’s defection.

• Orochimaru explained that Yakumo’s powerful spiritual energy was nurturing a second soul, warned that her emotions could shape it into a dangerous inner demon, and advised the Kurama clan not to extract her Chakra.
• Orochimaru offered to help Yakumo’s body withstand her growing spiritual power and suggested Senyo could teach her genjutsu, while Kurama Murakumo left to consult his clan.
• Anko confronted Orochimaru, who told her she had not recovered her memories and left, prompting her to collapse in grief and confusion.
• Senyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan to restore Anko’s sealed memories, revealing that she had refused to leave with Orochimaru rather than being abandoned by him.
• Senyo told Anko that Sarutobi Hiruzen had sought Wood Release to control the Nine-Tails and had used Danzo to arrange Orochimaru’s experiments, then said her lack of desire limited her potential.

Senyo weighed Anko’s lack of ambition against the drive needed to become strong, then focused on Orochimaru’s work and the Kurama Clan’s decision to seek help for Yakumo. The chapter ended with Senyo taking Yakumo to the Ninja Academy and promising to treat her condition.

• Senyo visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru explained that modifying Impure World Reincarnation would take time and that accelerating the growth of Senyo’s sister’s clone would cost four billion.
• Kurama Murakumo told Kurama Unkai that the clan had chosen to entrust Yakumo’s condition to Senyo, despite uncertainty about whether she would succeed.
• Mio brought Karin’s forgotten lunchbox to Senyo, and Karin cheerfully showed her affection for him before joining the other children.
• Senyo led Karin, Kimimaro, Haku, Gaara, Light, and Sasuke toward the Ninja Academy.
• Kurama Murakumo brought Yakumo to Senyo, who agreed to manage her condition and take her to school each day.
• Yakumo told Senyo she wanted to become a ninja and was not afraid of hardship, then went with him to attend classes.

Yomi reached Moryo’s hidden seal with help from Black Zetsu and Obito, then freed the demon and offered his body as a host. Moryo took control of Yomi, but Miroku arrived and attacked him with light.

• Yomi followed Black Zetsu to the underground palace, where Obito had already dealt with the guards.
• Yomi chanted at the stone door, broke its seals, and entered the underground chamber with Obito and Zetsu.
• Zetsu explained that Moryo had formed from the evil thoughts separated from an ancient Miko.
• Yomi shattered the six beams binding Moryo’s coffin and offered his body as a host.
• Moryo entered Yomi’s body and declared that his thousand-year dynasty would begin.
• Miroku broke through the chamber’s dome and struck at Moryo with beams of light.

Senyo sensed evil Chakra and discovered Miroku heading out alone, while Kakashi and his companions were awakened and evacuated as Miroku battled Moryo. Obito struck Miroku during her sealing ritual, killing her, but Amaterasu interrupted him and forced Moryo to flee in Yomi’s body.

• Senyo left the formation work to investigate the evil Chakra and saw Miroku leaving the palace with ritual implements.
• Ashihō woke Kakashi, Obito, and Rin and led them out with the princess, explaining that Miroku was fighting a demon and had hired them to protect her.
• Kakashi saw Miroku and Moryo fight, while Obito recognized Kakashi but chose not to confront him yet.
• Miroku’s ritual implement shattered, so she let Moryo possess her and activated a palace-wide formation to seal him inside her body.
• Obito pierced Miroku with a Wood Release spike, but Amaterasu struck him and forced him to use Izanagi; Miroku died as the sealing marks appeared across her body.
• Moryo escaped Miroku’s body, resisted Amaterasu with his purple-black Chakra, returned to Yomi’s body, and fled.

After Moryo’s escape and Miroku’s death, Uchiha Senyo let Miroku’s soul inhabit his clone and agreed to protect her daughter, Shion. When Zhiyan and two guards came to collect Miroku’s body, Senyo stopped them so Miroku could speak with them.

• Senyo emerged from hiding after Obito and Black Zetsu failed to return, then discovered Miroku’s soul still lingered in her miko crown.
• Miroku asked Senyo to protect her daughter, Shion, and he let her soul inhabit his special clone so she could continue living.
• Senyo introduced himself as Uchiha Senyo and learned that Miroku had arranged for someone she trusted to collect her body.
• Zhiyan arrived with two guards, mourned Miroku, and began directing them to move her body.
• Senyo grabbed Zhiyan to stop the group, but the guards ran off with Miroku’s body until Zhiyan called them back.

Senyo left the shrine with Miroku’s body and supplies while Shion learned of her mother’s death and Kakashi’s team realized their mission could not be completed. Meanwhile, Obito learned Senyo had attacked Moryo and recruited Yomi into an organization called Moon.

• Senyo placed Miroku’s body in a storage box, accepted scrolls and money, and left the shrine after telling Yuekong and Yuehong to contact him if trouble arose.
• Shion and Ashihō rested with Kakashi and the others, then saw the three-colored fireworks announcing Miroku’s death.
• Ashihō told Kakashi’s team that Shion had never learned Miroku’s Fuinjutsu and explained Moryo’s history as they prepared to escort Shion to Konoha.
• Zetsu told the injured Yomi that Uchiha Senyo had attacked him, and Obito ordered Black Zetsu to locate Kakashi while he replenished his Sharingan.
• Obito asked Yomi to join his organization, and Yomi agreed after learning it was called Moon.

Kakashi and his team escorted Shion and Ashihō from the Land of Demons toward Konoha after learning that Moryo had targeted Shion. Obito ambushed them to take Kakashi’s Sharingan, and the fight left Tenzo and Shirakumo Hayama trapped under attack.

• Kakashi learned that Moryo’s target was Shion, and Shirakumo Hayama led the group toward Konoha.
• Shion refused Ashihō’s offer to carry her, but he caught her when her legs gave out, and she cried over her mother.
• Shirakumo Hayama spotted Obito’s surprise attack and knocked Kakashi out of its path with Vacuum Sword.
• Obito attacked Kakashi with chains, bound him, and used his Sharingan to freeze Tenzo.
• Shirakumo Hayama tried to protect Tenzo, who raised Wood Golem Wall, but a black-and-white-faced pitcher plant appeared inside and wooden spikes pierced Tenzo.

Obito defeated Kakashi’s teammates and nearly took Kakashi’s eye, but Ashihō and Senyo intervened. Senyo exposed Obito’s claim to be Madara and deduced his identity, leaving Kakashi reeling as Obito denied being Uchiha Obito.

• Obito incapacitated Kakashi after killing his teammates, and he claimed to be Madara Uchiha before reaching for Kakashi’s eye.
• Ashihō fired an arrow at Obito, and Senyo used fire to pull Kakashi out of danger.
• Senyo mocked Obito’s impersonation of Madara and used his behavior and knowledge of Kakashi’s Sharingan to identify him as Obito.
• Obito’s chakra surged when Senyo named him, while Kakashi rejected the accusation.
• Senyo argued that Obito had learned the secret timing of Kushina’s delivery from Kakashi and accused him of betraying the Fourth Hokage and Kushina.
• Obito denied being Uchiha Obito despite Senyo’s accusations.

Lord Senyo drove Obito away, reunited Shion and Ashihō with Miroku, and tried to save the wounded Tenzo after Shirakumo Hayama died. The chapter ended with Kakashi preparing to transport Tenzo and storing Hayama’s body in a scroll.

• Lord Senyo provoked Obito, who escaped after tree roots attacked Senyo and Kakashi, and Miroku revealed she could create barriers against Space-time Ninjutsu.
• Lord Senyo reached Shion and Ashihō, and they recognized Miroku’s voice coming from him.
• Shirakumo Hayama warned Kakashi that the Third had been involved in past events and that Kakashi should not trust him before dying.
• Lord Senyo used the Mystical Palm Technique to stop Tenzo’s bleeding, then warned Kakashi that Tenzo’s survival depended on his fate.
• Kakashi asked Ashihō to watch over the group, prepared to carry Tenzo, and put Shirakumo Hayama’s body into a storage scroll.

Kakashi and Ashihō carried the unconscious Tenzo toward town with Shion, while Senyo and Orochimaru raided graves at the Memorial Stone to gather bodies. After escaping Senyo, Obito brooded over his exposed identity and worried that Senyo might dig up more graves.

• Kakashi and Ashihō carried Tenzo toward town, and Shion climbed onto Kakashi’s back to keep up.
• Senyo led Orochimaru and four clansmen to the Memorial Stone, where they dug up Uchiha Obito’s and Nohara Rin’s graves while Orochimaru secretly stole parts of other corpses.
• The Third Hokage arrived after Senyo had left and wondered why he had ordered the graves dug up.
• Zetsu helped Obito escape, and Obito fumed that Senyo had seen through his Madara disguise.
• Obito admitted that Senyo’s threats about digging up graves troubled him, but insisted the graves were only traces of a false world.

Obito learned to use White Zetsu to isolate Amaterasu and discussed recruiting more people and testing Nagato’s side. Meanwhile, Senyo and Orochimaru confirmed that the corpse Orochimaru had recovered was Kushina’s, setting up the use of Impure World Reincarnation.

• Obito asked Black Zetsu how to defend against Amaterasu, and Black Zetsu demonstrated how White Zetsu could envelop him so he could detach from the flames.
• Obito asked about other ways to counter Amaterasu, but Black Zetsu said it could only be isolated unless someone used a Tailed Beast’s Chakra.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed Moryo’s lost body, making him a new one, recruiting more people, and testing Nagato’s side.
• Senyo’s clone returned from Naruto’s home to Orochimaru’s laboratory with Kushina’s Chakra for comparison.
• Orochimaru’s formation reacted to Kushina’s corpse, confirming its identity, and Senyo and Orochimaru discussed how powerful their modified Impure World Reincarnation technique had become.

Senyo discussed the resonance between Kushina and Minato’s remains with Orochimaru, then shared a plan with Nagato and Konan to manipulate Obito’s Eye of the Moon ambitions. He began examining how his cheat handled borrowed ocular power and considered a path toward the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Orochimaru confirmed Minato’s corpse was genuine and explained how bodily fluids could leave a record that allowed resonance; he also described Mio’s healing as cellular erosion.
• Senyo warned Orochimaru to be careful with Mio, discussed Karin’s similar ability, and revealed that he had brought back children Orochimaru had planned to collect.
• Senyo contacted Nagato and Konan, warned that Obito might test them after learning his identity was exposed, and proposed helping Obito complete the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Konan told Senyo that Amegakure had talented children it could not manage, and Senyo invited her to send them to Konoha’s education system.
• Senyo found that Itachi’s replicated Mangekyō ocular power coexisted with his own, giving him a possible foundation for pursuing the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.