Chapter Summaries

Madara entered the Hell Road and fought off a swarm of crimson bats before taking refuge in a cave, where he encountered the Seven-Headed Bat King. After the creature injured his ears with its roar, Madara attacked and cut off one of its heads.

• Madara learned from Kelder that the Hell Road changed for each person and that he would have to face its trial alone.
• A vast swarm of crimson bats attacked Madara, forcing him to fight while retreating because he could not use soul skills.
• Madara entered a cave, and the bats stopped at its entrance, afraid to follow him inside.
• The Seven-Headed Bat King emerged from the cave ceiling and injured Madara’s ears with its roar.
• Madara unleashed his killing intent and cut off one of the Seven-Headed Bat King’s heads.

Madara confronted the Asura Demon Stone Statue blocking the route out of the cave and searched for a weakness while evading its devastating attacks. He reached the statue’s sword hand and struck at an intersection of its glowing scarlet patterns.

• Madara subdued the Seven-Headed Bat King and forced it to lead him up the cave’s spiraling staircase.
• The Three-Headed Bat King refused to enter a plaza, so Madara went ahead and discovered a giant Asura statue.
• The statue awakened, its scarlet markings spreading across its body, and attacked Madara with a massive stone sword.
• Madara dodged the statue’s strikes and used his Sharingan to spot energy flowing through its scarlet patterns.
• Madara leapt onto the statue’s sword hand, secured himself with a kunai, and swung his weighted scythe at an intersection of the patterns.

Madara discovered that the Asura Demon Stone Statue’s glowing nodes were its weakness and fought his way toward the Asura Mark on its forehead. He tore out the object stored inside the mark, causing the statue to go dark.

• Madara shattered several nodes with his scythe and identified the Asura Mark on the statue’s forehead as his target.
• Madara climbed the Asura Stone Sword and destroyed the node controlling the statue’s thumb, making it drop the sword.
• Madara dodged a storm of rubble, damaged more nodes on the statue’s arm, and used the Flying Sky Divine Claw to swing toward its face.
• Madara reached the Asura Mark just as the statue’s hands closed around him, but survived between its fingers.
• Madara tore an object from the Asura Mark, and the statue’s scarlet patterns vanished as it went dark.

Madara defeated the Asura Demon Stone Statue trial and claimed Asura Blood God Iron, then used the reward to advance to Soul Saint. He awakened his Martial Soul Avatar, Susanoo, and left the trial stronger than before.

• Madara took the Asura Blood God Iron from the Asura Mark, and Kelder explained that it was a divine material meant as the trial’s reward.
• Kelder told Madara that he had passed the trial and would receive two more God-Bestowed Spirit Rings, then raised his Soul Power to level 63.
• Madara cultivated as his Soul Power surged, breaking through the bottleneck and becoming a Soul Saint with a seventh spirit ring.
• Madara recognized his Martial Soul Avatar as the ultimate warrior form of Susanoo.

Madara entered the Divine Blood pool, the final trial to become an official inheritor of the Asura God, and endured its corrosive pain and vicious spirits. After disappearing beneath the blood, he emerged with a terrifying aura and manifested his Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Madara learned that his seventh soul ring supplied power to his Susanoo and reduced the strain on his eyes.
• Madara and Kelder reached the final trial, where Kelder explained that the pool contained Divine Blood from gods slain by the Asura God.
• Madara entered the pool and pushed through searing pain as blood creatures attacked him, while the Divine Blood corroded his scythe and transformed his War Fan.
• Madara vanished beneath the pool, then erupted from it and released an overwhelming tide of blood energy that wiped out the attacking blood fish.
• Madara manifested his Divine Slaughter's Domain, intimidating every living creature nearby.

Madara met the Asura God's blood incarnation, which confirmed that another candidate had passed the trials and was stronger than him. Madara learned that his rival was in the City of Slaughter and resolved to challenge him after leaving the tower.

• Madara's Divine Slaughter's Domain summoned the Asura God's blood incarnation, and Kelder knelt to greet it.
• The Asura God tested Madara's resolve, and Madara refused to kneel before him.
• The Asura God revealed that another candidate had passed the trials and was stronger than Madara.
• Kelder protested that the rival had been chosen by the Bat King, who had defected to the Rakshasa God, but the Asura God said he had made arrangements.
• Madara learned that his rival was in the City of Slaughter and vowed to defeat him there once he was stronger.
• The Asura God's incarnation dissolved, and Madara prepared to leave the tower after two years in seclusion.

After leaving the City of Slaughter, Uchiha Madara emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Spirit Hall patrolmen abusing their authority. He announced his return to Spirit Hall and continued on, leaving Chrysanthemum Douluo to arrive too late to catch him.

• Madara left the forest and learned from a patrol squad leader that the area was Spirit Hall's hunting grounds near Spirit City.
• The squad leader threatened Madara and tried to extort him, then blamed him when a bishop arrived.
• The bishop recognized Madara and, terrified, agreed to deliver Madara's marked Kunai and message to Spirit Hall.
• Madara took back the bishop's money pouch, gave the Spirit Hall children Gold Soul Coins for candy, and went on his way.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived about fifteen minutes later and realized Madara had escaped.

Madara visited Jerry’s intelligence network in Plank City to learn what had happened across the continent during his two-year absence. After reading about Spirit Hall’s growing aggression and Qian Renxue’s political rise, he released the old man sealed in his Kamui dimension, placed him under Kotoamatsukami, and named him Obito.

• Madara entered Jerry’s hotel and requested a room and a report on the continent’s events over the past two years.
• Madara read that Spirit Hall had created a Soul Hunting Division led by Yan, attacked its opponents, and pressured or destroyed sects.
• Madara learned that Xue Qinghe had risen in the Heaven Dou Empire’s court and suspected Qian Renxue was pursuing a vast plan.
• Madara released the dwarfish old man from his Kamui dimension and used Kotoamatsukami to make him believe Madara was his master.
• Madara renamed the old man Obito and left the hotel with him that afternoon.

Madara reached the Star Dou Great Forest, left Obito to experiment with Secret Medicine, and headed into the forest to find Mumu. After encountering the Titan Giant Ape, he was about to fight it when a familiar child called out to him.

• Madara arrived at the forest and assigned Obito to make Secret Medicine from Spirit Beasts under the protection of a Shadow Clone.
• Madara sensed a fleeting malicious intent from the forest’s depths as Di Tian noticed his godlike aura and, urged by an ethereal voice, returned to healing.
• The Titan Giant Ape confronted Madara, and Madara asked it to take him to Xiao Wu.
• The Titan Giant Ape recognized Madara and attacked, but Madara dodged its punch and prepared to respond.
• A familiar child cried out to Madara, interrupting the fight.

Madara visited Xiao Wu and Mumu in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he found his disciple thriving but still too weak to accompany him. He left Mumu in Xiao Wu’s care and promised to take him traveling once he grew stronger.

• Madara reunited with Mumu, reprimanded him for his filthy appearance, and followed him and Er Ming to Xiao Wu’s cabin.
• Xiao Wu dressed Mumu in bright clothes and asked Madara how Xiao San was doing; Madara said Xiao San was training with his father.
• Er Ming complained that Mumu caused trouble constantly and urged Madara to take him away, but Madara decided Mumu was too weak to leave.
• Mumu was disappointed when Madara said he must stay, then cheered up after Madara promised to take him across the continent when he became stronger.
• Madara left Mumu with Xiao Wu, who asked him to tell Third Brother that she missed him.

Madara returned to Tang Hao and Tang San after two years away, testing himself against Tang Hao before reuniting with Tang San. The chapter ended with Tang Hao and Madara clashing their Divine Slaughter's Domains, which Tang Hao stopped when Tang San struggled to withstand them.

• Madara reached Tang Hao and Tang San's training ground, where Tang Hao attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Madara used his War Fan to rebound Tang Hao's hammer, then withstood a stronger strike by raising his Complete Body Susanoo.
• Madara landed on the cliff and embraced Tang San, who happily welcomed his brother home.
• Madara tested Tang Hao by releasing Divine Slaughter's Domain, forcing Tang San to stagger back under its pressure.
• Tang Hao countered with his own Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Madara's domain held its ground until Tang Hao stopped to protect Tang San.

Tang Hao and Tang San forged Madara a blood-red scythe that bonded with him, and Madara later repaired Tang San’s Kunai while helping Tang Hao recover. After sensing information from his Shadow Clone about Dugu Bo, Madara said goodbye and departed through a spatial distortion.

• Tang Hao and Tang San forged a new scythe for Madara, using his blood to bind it to him and tailoring it for his left hand.
• Madara tested the finished scythe and felt it respond to him as though it were an extension of his body.
• Madara used his Sage Art Spirit Power to improve Tang Hao’s condition and repaired the Kunai Tang San had forged.
• Madara received information from his Shadow Clone about Dugu Bo and prepared to leave.
• Madara reassured Tang San, told Tang Hao to send him to the place he had prepared when the time came, and vanished in a spatial distortion.

Madara met Prince Xue Xing at a banquet arranged by Dugu Bo and learned that Xue Xing wanted him to protect his nephew, Xue Beng, from danger within the royal family. Tempted by Xue Xing’s lavish deposit, Madara accepted the commission.

• A messenger told Madara that Dugu Bo had sent for him after someone at the Rhine Hotel revealed his whereabouts.
• Dugu Bo brought Madara to Prince Xue Xing, who apologized for his past conduct and asked him to hear out a request.
• Prince Xue Xing explained that he feared for Xue Beng’s safety as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe gained power, and Madara realized Xue Beng might be pretending to be a fool.
• Prince Xue Xing presented Madara with a chest of Gold Soul Coin deposit cards, and Madara accepted the job of protecting Xue Beng.

Madara discovered that Tang Hao’s severe injuries had left him near death and resolved to seek treatment despite Tang Hao’s refusal. He then enlisted Tang Hao and Tang San to forge a new sickle from the rare Asura Blood God Iron.

• Madara suggested that Tang San needed to leave the forest and gain experience, and Tang Hao agreed that he would arrange it when the time was right.
• Tang Hao suffered a coughing fit, and Madara found that his internal organs had shifted out of place; Tang Hao refused treatment with the Nine Heart Begonia.
• Madara decided to find a healer anyway, then asked Tang Hao to forge a replacement sickle after his old one was ruined.
• Madara presented the Asura Blood God Iron, and Tang Hao praised the material before agreeing to use it for a weapon.
• Tang Hao called Tang San back from training and told him they would begin forging Madara’s weapon that night.

Uchiha Madara visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to meet its sect master, but Yu Luomian tried to turn him away and provoke him. Yu Tianheng intervened with the sect master's invitation, and Madara began climbing the mountain to meet him.

• Madara left Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo after their drinking session and headed for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• A gate disciple reported Madara's arrival to Yu Luomian, who dismissed him and hurried to the gate with a scheme in mind.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Madara was waiting at the mountain gate and rushed to warn his grandfather.
• Yu Luomian confronted Madara and claimed the sect master would not see him, while Madara prepared to attack.
• Yu Tianheng announced the sect master's invitation, and Madara went up the mountain with him.

Madara challenged Yu Yuanzhen to earn the right to take Thunderclap Academy, and their sparring match ended with both fighters proving their strength. Yu Yuanzhen acknowledged Madara, leaving their negotiations poised to continue.

• Madara told Yu Yuanzhen he wanted Thunderclap Academy, but Yu Yuanzhen insisted they settle the matter through strength first.
• Yu Tianheng tried to intervene, but Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to stand down and led Madara to the training ground.
• Madara blocked Yu Yuanzhen's punch with the Uchiha War Fan, then used Uchiha, Reflect! to force him back.
• Madara attacked with his upgraded scythe, and Yu Yuanzhen caught the blade with his transformed dragon claw, injuring his hand.
• Madara and Yu Yuanzhen each halted a lethal counterattack just before it landed, and Yu Yuanzhen acknowledged Madara's strength.

Madara negotiated with Yu Yuanzhen to acquire Thunderclap Academy in exchange for a series of inheritable Self-Created Soul Skills. After Yu Yuanzhen forced Yu Luomian to accept the transfer, Yu Luomian secretly sent news to Spirit Hall.

• Yu Yuanzhen dismissed the elders and explained that Thunderclap Academy supported the clan by training lightning-attribute affiliates.
• Madara offered Yu Yuanzhen a series of Self-Created Soul Skills, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to transfer Thunderclap Academy in exchange for them.
• Yu Luomian protested the deal, but Yu Yuanzhen's authority forced him to accept it.
• Yu Luomian secretly went to a hidden cave and sent carrier pigeons bearing the Spirit Hall insignia to inform his master.

Madara bid farewell to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and encountered Qian Renxue, who warned him that Spirit Hall knew he was nearby and might target him. Qian Renxue reflected on the allies behind Madara and wished him luck as he headed into danger.

• Madara left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Tianheng to see him off, and Madara offered Yu Tianheng a chance to join him.
• Xue Qinghe arrived at the clan and asked Yu Tianheng to give him and Madara a moment alone.
• Qian Renxue warned Madara that Spirit Hall might no longer tolerate his conspicuous actions, and Madara promised he would not expose her identity or plan.
• Qian Renxue told Madara that Spirit Hall might already know he was nearby and urged him to be careful on the road.
• After resuming the Xue Qinghe identity, Qian Renxue considered Madara's allies and blamed Bibi Dong for the danger surrounding him.

Madara sensed Spirit Hall’s ambush as he hurried toward the Star Dou Great Forest, only to find his space sealed by a formation of Titled Douluo. Surrounded by eight enemies, he unleashed multiple powers and prepared to fight to the death.

• Madara sensed danger and discovered that Ghost Douluo had sealed the space around him with a formation cast by four Titled Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo confronted Madara, then Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Long Douluo joined them as four more Titled Douluo held the perimeter.
• Madara recognized that Spirit Hall had secretly gathered eight Titled Douluo to kill him and decided to fight rather than flee.
• Madara dropped his weights, opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, and unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and Sage Mode.

Madara summoned Kurama and joined with him to form Armored Susanoo, overwhelming the Titled Douluo with its power. The elders strengthened their domain and launched a coordinated attack, while Ghost Douluo phased through Susanoo’s defenses and reached Madara.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo attacked Madara with a combined move, while Jiang Long Douluo struck Susanoo from behind and Ghost Douluo followed up with Vile Soul Reaping.
• Madara cut through Ghost Douluo’s attack and summoned Kurama, who agreed to fight alongside him.
• Madara formed Armored Susanoo around Kurama, and the Titled Douluo resolved to kill Madara as the Four Royal Banners strengthened their domain.
• Madara’s armored Kurama unleashed a huge X-shaped slash, forcing the Titled Douluo to evade before Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Long Douluo damaged its armor.
• Ghost Douluo feinted toward the opening in Kurama’s armor, then phased through Susanoo’s defense and charged directly at Madara.