Chapter Summaries

Madara fought Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Yu Tianheng, overcoming their coordinated attacks while they tried to defeat him. The incense burned out with Madara unharmed and the opposing team defeated.

• Madara struck Huo Wu's water clone, then evaded Feng Xiaotian's wind blades and seized him by the throat, eliminating him.
• Huo Wu gathered a powerful fireball while Yu Tianheng charged Madara and unleashed a lightning attack to create an opening.
• Shui Bing'er concealed herself and dropped a wide field of ice meteors, while Yu Tianheng dragged Madara back into their range and was frozen.
• Shui Bing'er attacked with her Ice Phoenix, but Madara deflected it with his War Fan as Huo Wu launched her finished Blazing Sun.
• The Blazing Sun destroyed Madara's afterimage, while the real Madara remained unharmed beside the frozen Yu Tianheng as the incense burned out and Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu lost.

Madara reached the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain outpost and challenged its Soul Douluo, Hao Tiansong. After defeating and subduing him, Madara headed up the mountain to visit the sect itself.

• Madara followed Tang Yuehua’s map to the village at the foot of the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain.
• Hao Tiansong confronted Madara and attacked him with his Clear Sky Hammer after Madara recognized his cultivation.
• Madara dodged Hao Tiansong’s attacks, caught his hammer during the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique, and trapped him in a Sharingan genjutsu.
• Madara intimidated the affiliated soul masters at the outpost with Divine Slaughter’s Domain and dragged Hao Tiansong up the mountain toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Uchiha Madara reached the Clear Sky Sect and challenged its elders for hiding from the world, then met Sect Master Tang Xiao, whose strength and presence reignited Madara’s interest. The chapter ended with Madara asking whether the sect still had the courage to stand against the world.

• Madara raced up the mountain, defeated the sentries in his path, and dragged two Clear Sky Sect soul masters to the gate.
• Madara mocked the five elders and the disciples for the sect’s fearful retreat, then declared that the Clear Sky Sect was no longer the strongest sect under heaven.
• The elders and disciples bristled at Madara’s insults, but he dismissed them as a fallen household and turned to leave.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the gate and challenged Madara to settle their disagreement with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Madara released his Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and Tang Xiao acknowledged his strength as Madara asked whether the Clear Sky Sect still dared to stand against the world.

Tang San reunited with his Shrek Academy companions after five years and shared news of Xiao Wu, Mumu, and his late big brother. At the academy, he learned that a mysterious figure had united the Four Great Academies and might know where his brother’s body was taken.

• Tang San embraced Ma Hongjun and reunited with Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others, who shared updates on their lives.
• Tang San explained that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself to save him and could now only remain in her rabbit form, prompting the group to mourn his big brother as well.
• Tang San told them Mumu had killed Ghost Douluo while defending Xiao Wu and had left to seek a way to bring peace to the world.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender welcomed Tang San back, and Yu Xiaogang said Tian Heng and the others were still missing.
• Flender reported that a mysterious cloaked figure had absorbed the Four Great Academies and might be the unnamed expert who took Tang San’s brother’s body from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San resolved to find out where his brother’s body was, even if his brother’s eyes had already been given to Mumu.

After securing an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, Madara took Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu to Metal City to buy ninja tools and find a more efficient way to produce them. There, he learned about a blacksmith who had been ostracized for developing machines to mass-produce ironware, and decided to seek him out.

• After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect suffered a devastating attack, Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders agreed to ally with Madara and the Ninjutsu Sect.
• Madara ordered Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu to accompany him to Metal City to purchase ninja tools for the Ninjutsu Sect’s disciples.
• Madara explained that ninja tools could help Soul Masters compensate for weaknesses in close- or long-range combat.
• In Metal City, Madara and his companions saw the thriving weapons trade and discussed how its prosperity pointed to an approaching war.
• A blacksmith was thrown out of a shop for advocating machines that could mass-produce ironware, and Madara decided to follow him.

Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian fought Tang San in the arena, but Madara intervened to save them from Tang San’s hidden weapons and ended the match. As Madara departed with the pair, Tang San demanded to know where his brother’s body was, and Madara left him with a cryptic answer and instructions about Lou Gao’s compensation.

• Huo Wu used her Phoenix Fire Wings and Heavenly Fire Descends, forcing Tang San to evade a spreading field of flames.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass to pull Huo Wu from the sky, then struck her with his Mysterious Jade Hand before Feng Xiaotian blasted him with Wind Release: Rasengan.
• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian combined their wind and fire skills, and Tang San countered with a Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gall.
• Madara absorbed the hidden weapon’s poison and needles with a spatial vortex, declared Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian defeated, and prepared to leave with them.
• Tang San asked where his brother’s corpse was, and Madara answered cryptically before telling him to give the owed compensation to Divine Craftsman Lou Gao.

Madara put the Ninjutsu Sect disciples through a combat simulation inside his Tsukuyomi world, demonstrating how they might face powerful enemies. The simulation ended with Madara defeating the disciples, while Feng Xiaotian remained outside to oversee the sect.

• Madara gathered the academy disciples in his Tsukuyomi world and explained that he was training them to face formidable opponents.
• Yu Tianheng transformed into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and led the disciples in a charge against Madara.
• Madara smashed through the advancing Soul Masters, then phased through Yu Tianheng’s Chidori and Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu’s Taiji Rasengan, causing Yu Tianheng to be struck by the explosion.
• Madara unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, and hundreds of Skywater Academy disciples countered with Water Formation Wall, filling the battlefield with steam.
• Madara moved through the mist and killed Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu, ending the simulation in an overwhelming victory while Feng Xiaotian watched from outside.

Madara learned that Spirit Hall had entered Heaven Dou Palace to help Crown Prince Xue Qinghe stage a coup, and hurried there to investigate. He killed the disguised Spirit Hall guards outside the palace and pushed open the gates to confront what Qian Renxue had prepared within.

• Yu Tianheng reported that Tang San and Dugu Bo had rushed into Heaven Dou Palace, and Madara ordered the elite disciples to prepare for action.
• Madara sent Huo Wu to monitor Spirit Hall's intelligence and used Kamui to travel to an alley outside Heaven Dou Palace.
• Madara used his Sharingan to learn from a disguised guard that Spirit Hall's elite were assisting Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with a coup.
• Madara sensed Titled Douluo auras inside the palace and hurried toward the gates, worried about Tang San and Dugu Bo.
• Madara killed the wolf-attribute Soul Saint and the other Spirit Hall guards with Amaterasu, then opened the palace gates.

Uchiha Madara appeared in Heaven Dou and saved Tang San from Snake Lance Douluo, revealing that he had survived. The chapter ended as Snake Lance Douluo unleashed his strongest attack and Madara answered with Kamui.

• Yang Wudi and Tang San’s allies struggled against Qian Renxue, Porcupine Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo as Tang San neared collapse.
• Snake Lance Douluo thrust his spear at Tang San, but Madara appeared and caught it with one hand.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo recognized Madara, while Qian Renxue was distracted and Yang Wudi struck her.
• Madara reminded Tang San of his promise to protect his brother, then kicked Snake Lance Douluo through several walls.
• Snake Lance Douluo launched his Snake Spear Soul Seizing Spear, and Madara invoked Kamui.

Madara rescued Tang San, defeated Porcupine Douluo, and drove Snake Lance Douluo away during the battle at Heaven Dou Palace. He spared Qian Renxue in repayment for the times she had spared him, though he warned her they would be enemies next time.

• Madara sent Snake Lance Douluo's weapon back through space, wounding him, while Dugu Bo carried the injured Tang San away for treatment.
• Madara recognized Qian Renxue and fought Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo, phasing through the poisonous spikes and killing Porcupine Douluo.
• Snake Lance Douluo blasted Madara away, but Madara reappeared behind Porcupine Douluo and killed him before knocking Snake Lance Douluo into the distance.
• Qian Renxue expected Madara to kill her, but he acknowledged her burdens and told her she could leave.
• Madara let Qian Renxue go to repay her past favors and warned that they would be enemies the next time they met.

Madara sent the Ninjutsu Sect to help defend Xue Ye’s palace, and they joined Shrek Academy in routing Spirit Hall’s forces. After the battle, Madara reunited with his friends and tenderly greeted the injured Tang San.

• Madara summoned Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the Ninjutsu Sect disciples, then ordered them to attack Spirit Hall’s forces outside Xue Ye’s bedchamber.
• The Ninjutsu Sect disciples used fire, ninja tools, and other ninjutsu to overwhelm the Spirit Hall Soul Masters, while Feng Xiaotian fought their commander.
• Flender and the Shrek Academy reinforcements arrived, and the disorganized Spirit Hall forces were routed.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Grandmaster, and Ning Rongrong recognized Madara and learned that he had survived and was the mysterious cloaked man.
• Tang San, wounded and supported by Dugu Bo, approached Madara, who stroked his hair as they welcomed each other home.

Madara learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu were engaged, then reunited Wang Zi'an with the truth about his father and gave him a pearl containing Wang Yuyue's power. After the engagement celebration, the Shrek Seven Devils departed for Sea God Island to train, while Madara watched them leave with concern.

• Tang San showed Madara the matching rings he and Xiao Wu had received from their mother as engagement gifts, and Madara decided to find a gift for them.
• Madara encountered Wang Zi'an, gave him the pearl entrusted by Wang Yuyue, and told him his father was alive but could never return to the continent.
• Madara advised Wang Zi'an that power mattered but should not come at the cost of losing himself, then left him with the pearl.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu held a modest engagement ceremony attended by family, friends, and allies, while Xue Ye rewarded Tang San for helping the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dugu Bo told Madara that his granddaughter would soon be engaged to Yu Tianheng, making their families doubly connected by marriage.
• Three days later, the Shrek Seven Devils set out for Sea God Island, and Madara warned them to retreat if they faced danger.

Spirit Hall summoned Soul Masters across the continent and began expanding by force, prompting Madara to prepare for the coming war. He revived Fanma with the Water of Life and recruited him to help wipe out their enemies.

• Yu Xiaogang reported that Spirit Hall had demanded the submission of every Soul Master, while Prince Xue Xing revealed that it had amassed over a hundred thousand Soul Masters and was invading border territories.
• Madara rejected surrender, left the meeting, and returned to the Ninjutsu Sect’s base to carry out his preparations.
• Madara poured Water of Life from the Lake of Life onto Fanma’s corpse, restoring him and awakening his body’s power as a Titled Douluo.
• Fanma challenged Madara to fight, but Madara instead asked for a favor and proposed wiping out everyone in the world.
• Fanma eagerly agreed to help Madara with the mass killing.

Madara returned and rescued Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian from a Spirit Hall ultimatum, then took command of Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy. The Fire Leopard Sect and Wind Sword Sect publicly joined Spirit Hall while denying responsibility for the academies’ breakaway.

• A Spirit Hall envoy demanded that Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian join Spirit Hall and threatened them with the fate of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan when they refused.
• Feng Xiaotian restrained his anger as Huo Wu recalled Madara and mourned his supposed death.
• A cloaked Madara killed the envoy, entered the room, and calmly controlled Huo Wu’s powerful fireball.
• Madara revealed himself and ordered Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy to submit, and Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian accepted his command tokens.
• Madara visited the Fire Leopard Sect’s old master and called in the promise the man had made.
• The Fire Leopard Sect and Wind Sword Sect announced that they were joining Spirit Hall and disavowed the academies that had broken away.

Madara reunited with Shui Bing'er and returned to Skywater Academy to claim it under their old agreement. After the dying Ancestor asked him to kill Yu Luomian, Madara accepted Shui Bing'er as the academy's new headmaster and took Skywater Academy as his own.

• Madara reached Skywater Academy and reunited with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who had believed he was dead.
• Madara explained that he was a corpse kept moving by a secret technique, then met with Skywater Academy's Ancestor about their agreement.
• Skywater Academy's Ancestor asked Madara to kill Yu Luomian, revealing her Water Dragon martial soul and connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Madara agreed to the request, and the Ancestor declared Skywater Academy his before dying.
• Shui Bing'er became Skywater Academy's new headmaster and knelt to acknowledge Madara as Lord.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin avenged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by killing Yu Luomian with Madara’s help. After honoring Yu Yuanzhen, they pledged Thunderclap Academy’s loyalty to Madara.

• Yu Tianheng returned to the former Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan grounds and drew Yu Luomian away from the mountain stronghold.
• Madara appeared as Yu Luomian tried to kill Yu Tianheng, then overwhelmed him in battle and trapped him in an illusion.
• Madara brought the helpless Yu Luomian before Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, who killed him at the graves of their clan.
• After paying respects to Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin swore that Thunderclap Academy would follow Madara.

Uchiha Madara gathered the four elemental academies and offered them power in exchange for following his ideal. The leaders and disciples pledged allegiance, and Madara established the Ninjutsu Sect with the academies as its branches.

• Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Yu Tianxin encountered one another in the forest and realized they had all been summoned for the same reason.
• The leaders arrived at the forest base, where Yu Tianheng and the gathered Thunderclap Academy disciples awaited Madara.
• Madara revealed his identity, silenced the crowd with Divine Slaughter's Domain, and condemned them for lacking the strength to resist Spirit Hall.
• Madara promised the gathered Soul Masters power and declared that the four elemental academies would unite under his command as the Ninjutsu Sect.
• Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianheng, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the academies' disciples pledged allegiance to Madara.
• Madara named the four academies branch schools of the Ninjutsu Sect and appointed their existing leaders to continue guiding them.

Madara challenged the four branch academy heads to test their abilities while limiting himself to their level of strength. They coordinated attacks using flame, wind, ice, and fog, but Madara adapted quickly and spotted Huo Wu before the incense had burned halfway.

• Madara called back Shui Bing'er and the other three academy heads and challenged them to fight him under a time limit.
• The four rushed Madara, but his Sharingan tracked their movements and he threw Kunai at them.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring, and Madara's War Fan turned the flames into a massive fire tornado resembling Feng Xiaotian's soul skill.
• Shui Bing'er froze the tornado, filling the training ground with mist that concealed the four from Madara's Sharingan.
• Yu Tianheng attacked through the fog with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Madara dodged, and Huo Wu blasted Yu Tianheng away with Repelling Fire Ring.
• Madara sensed Huo Wu's exposed position and declared that he had found her while the battle was still underway.

Madara traveled to Heaven Dou City to seek help from Tang Yuehua, the master of Moonlight Pavilion and a member of the Tang Family. After asking her where the Clear Sky Sect was, he left, while Tang San wondered how many heroes would emerge amid the continent's turmoil.

• Madara arrived in Heaven Dou City and forced the guards at Moonlight Pavilion to let him meet its master by spreading Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Yuehua welcomed Madara inside, and he explained that Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao had sent him to seek her help.
• Madara asked Tang Yuehua where the Clear Sky Sect was, and she did not reveal its location in the conversation.
• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua whether she needed help after hearing that someone had caused trouble, and she told him Madara was a friend of an old acquaintance.
• Tang San said that if his brother were still alive, the era would belong to him alone.

Madara tried to persuade the Clear Sky Sect to join forces against Spirit Hall, provoking a fierce dispute with the Great Elder. Tang Xiao weighed the sect’s reluctance against Madara’s warnings and asked what price he would offer.

• Tang Xiao invited Madara into the grand hall, but the Great Elder objected to giving him a seat.
• Madara challenged the Great Elder’s authority and declared that he had come to ally with the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall.
• The Great Elder and other elders opposed entering the conflict, arguing that the sect was too weak to confront Spirit Hall.
• Madara warned that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and would threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect next.
• Madara urged Tang Xiao to consider whether the sect’s disciples still had the will to fight, and Tang Xiao asked what price Madara would offer.