Chapter Summaries

As the Land of Fire’s clans gathered to watch Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara duel, Eighth Master demonstrated his skill and Zenith’s organization. The duel began at sunrise, and after Zenith killed stray ninja who entered the valley, Eighth Master reconsidered how his combat units should be structured.

• The Land of Fire’s ninja clans and wandering ninja gathered in Uchiha territory, and Eighth Master arranged for Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara to duel in a valley at sunrise.
• When Uchiha Madara attacked him with shuriken, Eighth Master redirected them, blinded Madara with a Solar Flare, and countered his attacks; Madara acknowledged Eighth Master’s skill.
• The next morning, Zenith’s red-clad combat ninja and white-clad medical ninja assembled alongside the Senju and Uchiha, while Eighth Master ordered stray ninja to remain on the surrounding hills.
• Eighth Master told Senju Tobirama that wandering ninja were destroyers, then the duel’s immense Chakra sent a gale across the valley as the sun rose.
• When stray ninja ran from the valley, Eighth Master ordered their deaths, and Zenith’s coordinated units overwhelmed them with ninja tools and combined ninjutsu.
• After seeing how several Jonin nearly exploited the large units’ poor spacing, Eighth Master concluded that three-person teams better suited powerful ninja, while forty-five-person units remained useful for Genin.

Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara escalated their duel into a battle between enormous Wood Release constructs and Susanoo, transforming the valley and endangering the watching ninjas. As the day ended without a victor, Eighth Master intervened with a rock giant and called on both Clan Heads to stop.

• Eighth Master and Senju Tobirama watched as Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara unleashed their full power, with Hashirama raising a vast forest against Madara’s Susanoo.
• Hashirama’s Wood Dragon bound Susanoo, but Madara transformed the giant, broke free, and fought back with four Chakra blades.
• Hashirama countered with a Wood Golem and another Wood Dragon, leaving the Uchiha and Senju clans unsure who would win.
• Aburame Tetsumaru sensed that Eighth Master had created a Parallel Timeline and worried the Dragon Vein might not be able to bring him back.
• As the battle continued toward sunset, Eighth Master calmed his worried ninjas, stopped flying tree trunks with a transparent cube, and formed a rock giant.
• Eighth Master sent the rock giant toward the battlefield and asked Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara if they had fought enough.

Eighth Master declared Senju Hashirama the winner of his duel with Uchiha Madara, exposing the danger to Madara’s eyesight and explaining possible treatments. As the new alliance prepared to form, Aburame Tetsumaru continued studying the Dragon Vein and revising a sealing array.

• Eighth Master revealed that Uchiha Madara’s Mangekyō Sharingan was damaging his eyesight and described treatments involving Izuna’s eyes or Senju Hashirama’s flesh and blood.
• Uchiha Madara admitted defeat and accepted Senju Hashirama as leader of the new alliance, while Eighth Master planned a later operation for Izuna.
• The three returned to cheering ninjas, and Uchiha Madara publicly announced that Senju Hashirama had won the duel.
• Eighth Master invited clans to join the alliance at the Uchiha clan grounds the next day, then ordered the spectators to disperse.
• Senju Tobirama considered developing a Genjutsu to counter the Sharingan, while Eighth Master privately said he would have killed Uchiha Madara if Madara had refused to concede.
• Aburame Tetsumaru recorded the Space-Time Anomaly, studied the Dragon Vein’s power, and continued modifying the Earth Release Sealing Technique.

Aburame Tetsumaru agreed to arrange a temporal jump for Warhammer to test his powerful Nuclear Release, then rushed back to work on the preparations. Meanwhile, Eighth Master implanted Senju Hashirama’s flesh near Uchiha Madara’s heart, and Madara collapsed unconscious after the operation.

• Warhammer explained that he wanted to test a delayed, enormous Nuclear Release blast in another Timeline, and Aburame Tetsumaru agreed to prioritize his temporal jump.
• Aburame Tetsumaru returned to preparing the jump, then sensed an alarming Dragon Vein disturbance and blamed Eighth Master.
• Eighth Master removed two pieces of flesh from Senju Hashirama and preserved one with Sealing Technique.
• Uchiha Madara chose to have Hashirama’s remaining flesh implanted near his heart, accepting the risk of a fatal fusion failure.
• Eighth Master and Senju Hashirama discussed medical ninjutsu and plans for a Ninja Academy to train specialized shinobi.
• Uchiha Madara collapsed unconscious, and Senju Hashirama caught him.

Uchiha Madara woke after his Hashirama-cell fusion and discovered he could use Wood Release, while Eighth Master managed Izuna’s recovery and the new alliance’s rapid construction. Two days later, Eighth Master opened a meeting attended by the alliance’s newly assessed Jonin to discuss its future.

• Uchiha Madara woke when he heard that Izuna had exhausted himself, then recovered his strength and accidentally transformed a bed into a thicket with Wood Release.
• Eighth Master gave Izuna a potion that put him into a two-day sleep, and Madara carried his brother home.
• Uchiha Madara saw the new village rising near the old Uchiha grounds, where Senju Hashirama had built houses and six ninjas paved a broad avenue with Earth Release.
• Uchiha Izuna woke two days later, and more than one hundred ninety recognized Jonin from the new alliance gathered for a meeting.
• Eighth Master struck a bronze bell and called the meeting to order.

Eighth Master rejected Hashirama’s plan to establish a shinobi village, arguing that its mission-based structure would undermine the goal of creating peace and stability. He proposed a nation governed by shinobi, with nobles serving only as supervised administrators, while Hashirama remained troubled by his lack of governing experience.

• Aburame Tetsumaru sensed the Space-Time Anomaly intensify and worried that it might lead to a “Save Eighth Master” drama.
• Hashirama proposed forming a shinobi village, but Eighth Master argued that its scale, funding, and dependence on missions made it unsuitable for their gathered forces and their goal of peace.
• Eighth Master warned that a village reliant on missions would have conflicting interests: lasting peace would eliminate the work that sustained its shinobi.
• Eighth Master accused the nobles and Daimyo of seeking to regain authority through the shinobi, then proposed a nation directly governed by shinobi with nobles serving as supervised administrators.
• Madara and Izuna supported Eighth Master’s proposal, while Tobirama stayed silent and Hashirama questioned whether shinobi could govern a nation.
• Eighth Master told Hashirama that professionals could manage the country, but shinobi had to retain political authority and the power to dismiss them.

Eighth Master persuaded the gathered ninja to establish a nation of their own, then outlined its government and began assigning officials. The chapter ended with Senju Hashirama named Hokage, Uchiha Madara assigned to taxation and defense, and Eighth Master taking education and medicine.

• Eighth Master explained how the new nation would fund and govern itself, and the ninja agreed to build a nation ruled by ninja.
• Eighth Master urged the ninja to unite the Shinobi World and give future generations a safer life, stirring the gathered Jonin to support the plan.
• Eighth Master and the others deferred choosing a name for the new nation, confirmed the Uchiha Compound as its capital, and approved a proposed set of government divisions.
• Senju Tobirama explained why the nation needed agriculture and transportation divisions, including food reserves, infrastructure, and military logistics.
• Eighth Master assigned Senju Hashirama as Hokage, Uchiha Madara to the Taxation Division and Defense Department, and himself to the Education Division and Medical Division.

Eighth Master assigned the new state’s departments and explained the Anbu, term limits, and the Jonin Council’s powers to Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Izuna. The new state took shape, and the Daimyo of Fire reluctantly became its chief State Affairs Advisor before accepting Senju Hashirama’s offer of a marriage alliance.

• Eighth Master assigned the Intelligence Division to the Yamanaka Clan, the Ninja Army Department to the Nara and Akimichi Clans, Internal Affairs to the Hyuga Clan, Justice to Uchiha Izuna, Agriculture to the Yamada Clan, and Transportation to Yamashiro.
• Senju Tobirama asked why he had received no post and pointed out flaws in the state institutions, prompting Eighth Master to reveal plans for the Anbu, Hokage term limits, and the Jonin Council.
• Eighth Master explained that the Anbu would handle urgent secret missions, that the Hokage would serve limited terms, and that the Jonin Council would approve major decisions and determine whether the Hokage remained in office.
• Eighth Master outlined the Anbu’s fixed size and leadership, convincing Uchiha Izuna that its structure would limit the Hokage’s power and address his concerns about Senju influence.
• The new state advanced under Eighth Master’s guidance, and the Daimyo of Fire accepted the position of chief State Affairs Advisor in Konoha after his bid to reverse the balance of power failed.
• Senju Hashirama gave the Daimyo a large residence, and the Daimyo decided to betroth his newborn daughter to Hashirama’s son.

After Konoha subdued the Land of Fire’s ninja clans and stabilized the region, Eighth Master joined Uchiha Izuna to clear a mountain route for the new roads. He used Dust Release to carve a huge tunnel through Mount Odaigahara, leaving Izuna stunned as they entered it.

• Uchiha Madara defeated the Kaguya Clan and other ninja clans, while Konoha exiled captured Kaguya survivors and hunted down groups that refused to register.
• The Transportation Department began building roads across the Land of Fire, and Jonin Yamashiro asked Eighth Master to help clear routes blocked by mountains.
• Uchiha Izuna accompanied Eighth Master to Mount Odaigahara and explained that he was frustrated by his brother Madara’s constant absences and their brief conversations.
• Eighth Master used Earth Release to flatten hills and fill ravines, extending a smooth stone road toward Mount Odaigahara’s main peak.
• Eighth Master used Dust Release to erase a forty-meter-wide passage through the mountain, astonishing Izuna with its power.
• Eighth Master invited Izuna into the dark tunnel, and Izuna followed to observe the technique more closely.

Eighth Master cleared mountain routes while Izuna warned Madara about Dust Release, and Zenith Civilization prepared to expand its work in Rōran. After Shooting Star reached the star system containing Six-String Star, he reported that a fleet had attacked his spacecraft, prompting Zenith Civilization to mobilize for an interstellar war.

• Eighth Master used Dust Release and Earth Release to open routes through Mount Odaigahara and Mist Mountain, while Izuna returned to Madara and explained Dust Release's power.
• Madara concluded that Susanoo could not withstand Dust Release and reassured Izuna that Eighth Master was an ally with similar goals for the Shinobi World.
• Zenith Civilization completed construction in Rōran, and Torch Dragon returned in a young body after Doctor developed a way for Advent bodies to keep growing.
• The Avatars gathered in the Spirit Sea when Shooting Star called for help, and Tetsumaru initially failed to recognize him.
• Shooting Star described the damage and supply losses his spacecraft suffered during faster-than-light travel, then revealed that a fleet of warships had attacked him after he entered the Six-String Star system.
• Zenith Civilization began mobilizing reinforcements, spacecraft, and its insect forces for an interstellar war.

Shooting Star reported that Six-String Star had a vast fleet of likely AI-controlled warships, prompting Zenith Civilization to redirect major resources and personnel toward the system. The chapter ended with support forces and transport infrastructure being prepared for war, while construction of the second Dyson Ring was suspended again.

• Shooting Star described how he passed Six-String Star under tens of thousands of attacks without being hit and shared six photographs of its fleet.
• Dice, Warhammer, Turing, and the others judged the fleet’s coordinated attacks likely to be controlled by artificial intelligence, and Aburame Tetsumaru ordered supplies and an Insect Swarm sent to support Shooting Star.
• Alchemy proposed launching spacecraft in shielded groups, and Warhammer secured command of the first support wave while Dice was assigned to the third wave.
• Aburame Tetsumaru committed half of the year’s resources and one quarter of Zenith Civilization’s core manpower to a three-wave deployment of eight Advents and one hundred and ten Avatars.
• Alchemy requested two additional Heavenly Transfer Gates, and Dragon Heart agreed to redirect resources from the second Dyson Ring while asking Aburame Tetsumaru and Alchemy to support his future compensation demands.

Aburame Tetsumaru organized a six-person raid on Orochimaru’s snake den to help feed and strengthen Hinata, while the new Land of Fire consolidated its power and tax revenue. When Senju Hashirama warned Uchiha Madara that war with the other nations would undermine peace, Madara sought Eighth Master’s advice and found him performing surgery.

• Aburame Tetsumaru decided to take Hinata, the Station Master, Grand Yang Fish, Politician, and Butler to raid Orochimaru’s nest in Ryūchi Cave.
• Eighth Master recorded the names of fourteen million people in the Land of Fire, and the surrounding nations established the Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were stunned when Konoha’s first tax collection brought in forty-five billion ryō.
• After Uchiha Madara discovered that infiltrators from the Land of Earth had sabotaged Konoha, Senju Hashirama argued that attacking across the border could trigger a prolonged war.
• Uchiha Madara went to Eighth Master with his doubts and found him operating on a ninja with a severely broken leg.

Eighth Master convinced Senju Hashirama that Konoha should punish those who threatened the Land of Fire and prepare to unify the Shinobi World, while warning that peace would not last after Hashirama and Uchiha Madara died. Madara attacked the Land of Earth and later fought its army, leaving Ishikawa shocked to discover the lone ninja causing chaos was extraordinarily powerful.

• Eighth Master treated an injured ninja and told Uchiha Madara that unification by force should wait until Konoha had enough soldiers and officials to govern conquered territory.
• Eighth Master argued that Konoha should keep striking its enemies to make them expand their armies and mistreat their people, and he persuaded Senju Hashirama to support punishing those who attacked the Land of Fire.
• Eighth Master explained that other countries would eventually invade the prosperous Land of Fire once Hashirama and Madara were gone, and Hashirama asked for time to consider his arguments.
• Uchiha Madara destroyed three fugitive ninja clans in the Land of Earth and defeated an Iwagakure army of four thousand, prompting the First Tsuchikage, Ishikawa, to lead another army toward the Land of Fire.
• Senju Hashirama led Konoha's army to confront Ishikawa's forces, while Uchiha Madara charged into their disorganized ranks alone.
• Ishikawa used Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to rise above the battlefield and realized that one exceptionally powerful ninja was creating the illusion of fighting everywhere.

Uchiha Madara defeated Iwagakure’s army and forced the Tsuchikage to accept Konoha’s demands, while Senju Hashirama resolved to demonstrate the Hokage’s strength. Konoha’s victories later subdued the Shinobi World and built a lasting peace, until Sunagakure’s Kazekage captured Shukaku, the One-Tail.

• Uchiha Madara defeated Tsuchikage Ishikawa and routed Iwagakure’s army, sparing the children and leaving Ishikawa gravely wounded.
• Senju Hashirama ordered Ishikawa treated, then Uchiha Madara demanded that Iwagakure hand over fugitive shinobi and pay compensation through resources and economic concessions.
• Senju Tobirama explained that Konoha’s power rested on the deterrence provided by Hashirama and Madara, and Hashirama vowed to show the Shinobi World the Hokage’s strength.
• Senju Hashirama crushed Kirigakure’s incursion, and Hashirama and Uchiha Madara later defeated challenges from Sunagakure and Kumogakure, establishing Konoha’s dominance and an era of peace.
• The Land of Fire’s economy grew to dominate the other nations, while the great nations continued seeking strength to challenge Konoha’s hegemony.
• The Kazekage of Sunagakure led his shinobi in surrounding and capturing Shukaku, the One-Tail, in the desert.

After Sunagakure captured One-Tail, Konoha decided to seize the other Tailed Beasts before rival villages could, using Eighth Master's intelligence and a plan to display Konoha's strength. As Konoha's leaders set out, the Tailed Beasts sensed a growing danger but did not know humans were coming for them.

• Sunagakure's capture of One-Tail became known after Shukaku broke free and rampaged through the village before being sealed again.
• Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Eighth Master decided Konoha would capture the Tailed Beasts, and Eighth Master revealed a map of their locations.
• Eighth Master proposed that Konoha publicly bring the captured Tailed Beasts home, and the group assigned targets among Hashirama, Mito, Madara, and Eighth Master.
• The Tailed Beasts mocked Shukaku and Nine-Tails Kurama taunted him, unaware that Konoha was preparing to capture them.
• Two-Tails Matatabi, Five-Tails Kokuō, Four-Tails Son Goku, Seven-Tails Chomei, Three-Tails Isobu, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails sensed a growing danger and advised one another to be cautious.

Eighth Master defeated the Four-Tails, renamed him King Kong, and sealed him before preparing to capture the approaching Five-Tails. Meanwhile, Aburame Tetsumaru confronted Orochimaru in his laboratory with a group that included Hyuga Hinata and Uchiha Itachi.

• The Tailed Beasts sensed Matatabi's distress, then heard the Three-Tails report that a terrifying attacker was absorbing his Chakra before he lost contact.
• Eighth Master trapped the Four-Tails, flattened Flower Fruit Mountain, absorbed his Tailed Beast Bomb, and briefly underwent a transformation caused by Isshiki's Kama.
• Eighth Master beat the Four-Tails into submission, named him King Kong, and sealed his consciousness and Chakra.
• Eighth Master learned that Kokuō was approaching and activated distant traps to capture the Five-Tails.
• Aburame Tetsumaru revealed to Orochimaru that he had been sending Jiraiya information about Orochimaru's whereabouts, and Orochimaru recognized several people accompanying him.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s group used Orochimaru’s summoned White Snake to enter Ryūchi Cave and seize control, while Hinata unexpectedly subdued Orochimaru when he attacked Grand Yang Fish. The White Snake Sage rallied the Snake Sages against the intruders, and Tetsumaru introduced his group as snake catchers.

• Grand Yang Fish offered Orochimaru a place in Zenith Civilization and asked for his help entering Ryūchi Cave to obtain Senjutsu: Inorganic Reincarnation and snake meat.
• Orochimaru summoned a White Snake, and Aburame Tetsumaru altered its summoning contract so he and the Politician, Butler, and Station Master could travel to Ryūchi Cave.
• After Tetsumaru’s group departed, Orochimaru attacked Grand Yang Fish to take Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but Hyuga Hinata knocked him unconscious and then restrained him with her powerful Gentle Fist.
• Orochimaru overheard Itachi and Hinata discuss awakening the Rinnegan and Tenseigan, and concluded that Hinata was an extraordinary Hyuga.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and the others arrived in Ryūchi Cave and began placing marks to strengthen their control, prompting the White Snake Sage to summon the other Snake Sages and great snakes.
• When Tagitsuhime confronted the intruders, Aburame Tetsumaru told her that they were snake catchers.

Aburame Tetsumaru found Ryūchi Cave hidden beneath Mount Myoboku and forced the White Snake Sage to agree to share its Senjutsu inheritance and allow construction there. When he demanded giant snakes to eat, the Sages attacked, and the battle ended with the White Snake Sage petrifying a swarm of Blade Mantises and Aburame Tetsumaru wondering if her technique involved the Dragon Vein.

• The Station Master used a satellite to locate Ryūchi Cave beneath Mount Myoboku, and Aburame Tetsumaru’s group confronted the White Snake Sage and her snake horde.
• Aburame Tetsumaru subdued Tagitsuhime and made the White Snake Sage agree to provide Ryūchi Cave’s inheritance scrolls and permit construction and markers.
• Aburame Tetsumaru asked for giant snakes to eat, provoking the White Snake Sage, Tagorihime, and Ichikishimahime to attack.
• The Butler used Vibration Release to destroy stone projectiles and collapse the cave, while Aburame Tetsumaru’s insects overwhelmed the White Snake Sage’s petrifying rock creatures.
• The White Snake Sage used an inaudible hiss to petrify thousands of Blade Mantises, and Aburame Tetsumaru restored them with Chakra and asked whether the technique involved the Dragon Vein.

Aburame Tetsumaru forced the White Snake Sage to surrender and secured snake meat and territory in Ryūchi Cave. Meanwhile, Nine-Tails realized that the other Tailed Beasts had vanished and was left alone.

• Aburame Tetsumaru identified the Natural Energy in Ryūchi Cave as Dragon Vein power and persuaded the White Snake Sage to surrender by offering food in exchange for land and fifteen dead giant snakes.
• Station Master mapped Ryūchi Cave and suspected it was formed around an enormous, possibly still-living giant python, while the group identified the cave’s water source and Dragon Vein node.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and the others chose the cave’s hot tail tip as their territory, prepared the giant snake meat with insects, spices, and fruit, and started roasting it.
• Nine-Tails discovered that the other Tailed Beasts, including Eight-Tails Gyuki and Five-Tails Kokuō, had disappeared from their Chakra communication channel and cried alone in its valley.

Eighth Master persuaded Senju Hashirama to capture the Nine-Tails and argued that Konoha should embrace a villainous reputation to discourage opposition and reduce deaths during unification. After Uzumaki Mito reported that their sealing tools would fail within a year, the group planned to capture the Nine-Tails and obtain Kumogakure’s treasured sealing tools.

• Uchiha Madara complained that Eighth Master had captured three Tailed Beasts, then demanded they capture the Nine-Tails as compensation.
• Eighth Master convinced Senju Hashirama that capturing the Nine-Tails would prevent deaths among foreign ninja who might otherwise pursue it.
• Uzumaki Mito warned that their current sealing tools would break within a year, and Eighth Master said Kumogakure had two suitable Sage of Six Paths relics.
• Eighth Master argued that Konoha should build a fearsome reputation to deter demands from other countries and make future unification less bloody, persuading Senju Hashirama to accept the idea.
• The group agreed to capture the Nine-Tails and send Uchiha Madara to demand Kumogakure’s tools, while Uzumaki Mito insisted on joining so the Tailed Beast would not be beaten up before she could see it.