Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen provoked Tsunade by declaring his desire for her and challenged her and Jiraiya to test his strength away from town. After reaching a forest, he doubled down on his intentions, and the furious pair attacked him.

• Uchiha Gen blocked Tsunade's first punch with Susanoo armor, but her next strike cracked it before he repaired it with Chakra.
• Tsunade secretly signaled Jiraiya to help test Uchiha Gen, and the two pursued him away from town while Shizune followed.
• Uchiha Gen led Tsunade and Jiraiya deep into a forest, keeping pace with them without tiring.
• Uchiha Gen dismissed their objections and declared that Tsunade was his, insisting he would uncover the Power of All Things by any means.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya forgot their plan to test him and charged at Uchiha Gen in anger.

Uchiha Gen fought Tsunade and Jiraiya, then agreed to spend time alone with Tsunade in exchange for continuing their spar. As Tsunade, Jiraiya, and their summons prepared to face him, Gen summoned Manda, who attacked Gamabunta after being mocked.

• Uchiha Gen exchanged attacks with Tsunade and Jiraiya, evading their taijutsu and striking Jiraiya underground with Wusheng’s lightning before Tsunade intervened.
• Uchiha Gen said he would stop fighting unless they offered him a benefit, and Tsunade agreed to spend time alone with him afterward.
• Tsunade activated Mitotic Regeneration and summoned Katsuyu, while Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and the two toad sages.
• Uchiha Gen summoned a Fire Dragon and a white cloud, then called forth Manda, who immediately showed fear and obedience toward him.
• Gamabunta mocked Manda, and Manda attacked him after Uchiha Gen gave a slight nod.

Uchiha Gen and his summons battled Jiraiya, Tsunade, and their allies, escalating the fight with a lightning storm, a flame barrier, and a lightning Kirin. Gen countered Fukasaku and Shima’s sound-based genjutsu, but his dragon roar left Jiraiya, Bunta, and Katsuyu trapped instead.

• Manda, Katsuyu, and Gamabunta fought Tsunade and Jiraiya’s team while Uchiha Gen’s summons clashed with them.
• Uchiha Gen sent Qiangliang into the sky to summon storm clouds, then trapped the combatants within an Uchiha Flame Formation as Gamabunta crashed into its wall.
• A lightning Kirin descended from the clouds, and Jiraiya, Fukasaku, Shima, Tsunade, and Katsuyu combined their attacks against it.
• Fukasaku and Shima used Frog Song, trapping Manda in a genjutsu, but Uchiha Gen and Zhurong answered with Sage Art: Dragon's Roar to the Nine Heavens.
• Fukasaku and Shima resisted Gen’s dragon roar, freeing Manda while Jiraiya, Gamabunta, and Katsuyu fell under their genjutsu.

Uchiha Gen overwhelmed Jiraiya, Tsunade, and their summons in the barrier before Tsunade’s hemophobia flared up. He used a powerful ocular genjutsu to convince her she was cured, leaving Jiraiya stunned and Tsunade angry at Gen for holding her.

• Tsunade resisted the sound-based genjutsu, while Fukasaku and Shima woke Jiraiya and Gamabunta.
• Uchiha Gen flooded the barrier and attacked the group with giant sharks, water beasts, lightning, and Zhurong’s flames.
• Fukasaku and Shima tried to reach Gen but were driven back by the water creatures, and they identified his technique as Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Tsunade saw blood in the water and froze in terror, so Uchiha Gen stopped the attacks and rescued her.
• Uchiha Gen used Ama-no-Uzume's Decree to make Tsunade believe she no longer had hemophobia, and Jiraiya tested her by cutting his wrist.
• Tsunade showed no fear of Jiraiya’s blood, leaving Jiraiya questioning his life, then demanded that Gen release her.

Uchiha Gen defeated Tsunade and Jiraiya in their spar and revealed his plan to unite the nations and ninja villages under a single system, even if the entire world opposed him. As the group traveled back, Tsunade was shaken by Gen’s resolve and memories of Dan Katō, while Jiraiya asked Gen what he believed a ninja was.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya conceded that they could not defeat Uchiha Gen, and the summoned toads and Katsuyu departed.
• Uchiha Gen rescued Shizune from the flood, then carried Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune on Qiangliang as they headed back.
• Uchiha Gen confirmed that his Mangekyō Sharingan was special and that his ability to absorb souls let him evolve without merging with another pair of eyes.
• Uchiha Gen said he was too busy to become Hokage for now and proposed that Tsunade live with him, prompting her and Jiraiya to react with irritation and disbelief.
• Uchiha Gen revealed that he wanted to unite the nations and ninja villages and end the old political order, declaring that he would pursue peace even if the whole world became his enemy.
• Tsunade remembered Dan Katō’s confidence and support for her, then returned to the conversation as Jiraiya asked Gen what he thought a ninja was.

Uchiha Gen argued that ninja should overthrow the nobles and take control of the world, while Tsunade and Jiraiya debated whether his approach or Jiraiya’s ideal of forgiveness could bring peace. Tsunade ultimately admitted she would kill Gen if he murdered her loved ones, leaving Jiraiya confronted with how hard it was to forgive such a crime.

• Uchiha Gen rejected the idea that ninja should endure their lot and revealed that he and Orochimaru funded themselves by secretly taking money from wealthy merchants and nobles.
• Gen argued that nobles and ninja leaders used morality and rules to control ninja, then outlined how ninja could replace officials and train future generations to govern.
• Tsunade said Gen’s plan offered a feasible new way to think about peace, while Jiraiya insisted that mutual understanding and the prophesied Child of Prophecy could end hatred.
• Gen challenged Tsunade to say whether she would forgive him if he killed her younger brother and Dan Katō; Tsunade said she would kill him and then make Jiraiya forgive her.

Uchiha Gen defended his vision of peace through absolute force and warned Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune not to obstruct his plans. He said he was confident Konoha could succeed, but would wait until he was fully prepared before striking.

• Uchiha Gen argued that enforcing order through overwhelming force and eliminating those who resisted would bring peace, while Jiraiya objected that violence and power would become corrupt.
• Uchiha Gen threatened to kill anyone who stood in his way, and Tsunade calmed the confrontation by assuring him Jiraiya would follow his own path without obstructing Gen.
• Jiraiya vowed to stop Uchiha Gen if he endangered Konoha, and Uchiha Gen acknowledged Jiraiya's resolve while maintaining that time would prove whose ideals were right.
• Uchiha Gen claimed he was fully confident in his plan if Konoha worked together, but said he would not act until he was prepared and could crush the shinobi world's resistance at once.
• Uchiha Gen warned Jiraiya and Tsunade to dissuade the Third Hokage from extreme actions and threatened them as well if they tried to interfere; Shizune realized neither Jiraiya nor Tsunade challenged his warning.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya told Kushina about their concerns over Uchiha Gen and asked her to help restrain him if necessary. Two days later, Uchiha Gen returned to Kushina’s bedroom, and she shared her stance with him before they became intimate.

• After returning to Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade visited Kushina and met Naruto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya explained their concerns about Uchiha Gen’s ambitions and asked Kushina to support them if she thought his decisions were wrong.
• Kushina told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya that she would judge Uchiha Gen’s decisions for herself and support whichever side she believed was right.
• Two days later, Uchiha Gen appeared in Kushina’s bedroom with her and said he wanted to rest there before returning.
• Kushina told Uchiha Gen that Jiraiya and the others had visited, and he said he expected them to worry about him but would not hold it against them.
• Uchiha Gen said he would accommodate Kushina regardless of her stance, and she told him what she had decided before they became intimate.

Uchiha Gen reminded Tsunade of their agreement and offered to help her see Nawaki and Dan Katō again through Impure World Reincarnation. Tsunade agreed to let him study the Power of All Things, and Gen brought her to the Memorial Stone to locate the graves, leaving her alarmed that he intended to dig them up.

• Uchiha Gen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to enter Tsunade's body and reminded her of their agreement to meet.
• Gen cooked dinner at Tsunade's home, then told her that Orochimaru's perfected Impure World Reincarnation could restore the dead with their consciousness intact.
• Tsunade agreed to let Gen study the Power of All Things after he suggested asking Dan Katō whether he wanted her to move on.
• Tsunade urged Gen to take her to Orochimaru, but Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring her to Konoha's Memorial Stone instead.
• Gen explained that they needed genetic material to revive Nawaki and Dan Katō, and Tsunade realized he wanted to dig up their graves.

Uchiha Gen helped Tsunade obtain skeletal material from Nawaki and Dan so Orochimaru could use Impure World Reincarnation to bring them back. Orochimaru prepared to perform the technique the next morning, and Tsunade rushed to Uchiha Gen’s door before six o’clock to find out what had happened.

• Tsunade led Uchiha Gen to Nawaki’s and Dan Katō’s graves, where he retrieved bones from both remains.
• Uchiha Gen took Tsunade to Orochimaru’s secret base in the Land of Whirlpools, where they asked him to revive Nawaki and Dan.
• Orochimaru agreed to prepare the genetic material that night and perform Impure World Reincarnation the next morning.
• Uchiha Gen sent a Shadow Clone to capture two wandering ninja as sacrifices, then returned to Konoha with Tsunade.
• Tsunade stayed awake all night and went to Uchiha Gen’s door before six o’clock the next morning.

Uchiha Gen helped Tsunade and Orochimaru use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Nawaki and Dan Katō, then followed their souls into the Pure Land to investigate it. He discovered that souls could enter a hidden space through an aerial spatial node and began exploring its grave mounds.

• Mikoto teased Uchiha Gen about Tsunade becoming his wife, and he left to meet Tsunade after reassuring her.
• Uchiha Gen and Tsunade traveled to the secret base in the Land of Whirlpools, where Orochimaru prepared two wandering ninja as sacrifices.
• Orochimaru performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, bringing Nawaki and Dan Katō back, while Uchiha Gen left them space to reunite.
• Uchiha Gen waited outside and used his spiritual power to track two souls as they rose and entered the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Gen emerged from Nawaki's grave mound, identified the Pure Land's aerial entrance, and observed that its coffin-shaped grave mounds varied in solidity and light.

Uchiha Gen discovered that he could devour souls in the Pure Land, while Tsunade chose to let Nawaki and Dan rest rather than risk Dan’s soul. Gen continued exploring and found a gathering of exceptionally powerful souls.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade that he could keep Nawaki and Dan in the living world, but warned that Gen could devour Dan’s soul and erase him permanently.
• Tsunade declined Orochimaru’s offer and asked him to use Impure World Reincarnation cautiously, then warned him not to disturb her grandfather or second grandfather.
• Uchiha Gen tested his Mangekyo ability on a soul in a pale-white coffin and successfully devoured it, then began consuming more souls to increase his power.
• Uchiha Gen found Hozuki Gengetsu’s brilliantly glowing coffin but left without devouring him because his soul was too powerful and Gen respected him.
• Uchiha Gen explored further, saw many famous shinobi and deceased Kage, and stopped in astonishment before an even more brilliant pillar of light.

Uchiha Gen explored a radiant region of the Pure Land, found the souls of Madara Uchiha and Indra, and encountered Ōtsutsuki Hamura in a protected homestead. After learning that the Uchiha descended from Indra, Gen called Hamura his great-uncle and joined him for tea.

• Uchiha Gen crossed into the light and found Madara Uchiha resting in a coffin, then saw Indra and inferred that the coffins held successive reincarnations of Indra's and Ashura's Chakra.
• Uchiha Gen discovered two houses and cultivated fields protected by a barrier, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura invited him inside for a chat.
• Uchiha Gen recognized Ōtsutsuki Hamura, asked about his connection to the Sage of Six Paths, and accepted his invitation to share tea.
• Uchiha Gen introduced himself as the current Uchiha Clan Head, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura recalled that the Uchiha descended from his nephew Indra.
• Uchiha Gen bowed to Ōtsutsuki Hamura and addressed him as Great-Uncle.

Uchiha Gen spoke with Ōtsutsuki Hamura in the Pure Land and learned how it worked and what might eventually destroy the world. Hamura agreed to send him back, while Gen left wondering whether the world itself had guided his arrival.

• Uchiha Gen told Ōtsutsuki Hamura that a Soul Projection ninjutsu had drawn him into the Pure Land, and Hamura promised to send him back.
• Uchiha Gen asked about the Pure Land, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura explained that it was as large as the living world but lonelier and still held some ancient terrain.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura told Uchiha Gen that souls could remain in the Pure Land forever and that the world might be destroyed if the Pure Land could no longer contain them.
• Uchiha Gen wondered whether devouring souls helped preserve the world and whether its will had brought him there, then continued talking with Ōtsutsuki Hamura about the living world.
• Uchiha Gen considered how the Ōtsutsuki family’s conflicts had affected the world and burst out laughing, prompting Ōtsutsuki Hamura to ask what amused him.

Uchiha Gen returned from the Pure Land, then confronted Tsunade after she tried to sneak out of Konoha with Shizune. Tsunade admitted she had panicked and asked him for another chance, while Gen remained unconvinced.

• Uchiha Gen left the Pure Land through a portal opened by Ōtsutsuki Hamura and returned to the living world.
• Uchiha Gen rejoined Orochimaru and Tsunade, shared lunch with them, and later heard that Tsunade’s answer from Orochimaru was that he hoped she could be happy.
• Uchiha Gen demanded that Tsunade set a date for their agreement, and she chose seven o’clock three days later before going to rest.
• Uchiha Gen cast a Soul Locking Boundary around Tsunade’s apartment, then caught Tsunade and Shizune sneaking out of Konoha at two in the morning.
• Uchiha Gen threatened to visit Orochimaru for supplements, prompting Tsunade to stop him and admit she had wanted to flee because she was confused and afraid.

Uchiha Gen reassured Tsunade that he would punish her rather than turn against her, then took her to a lakeside clearing to carry out his chosen punishment. The chapter ended with the two together beneath a barrier as a storm began.

• Tsunade agreed to let Uchiha Gen punish her, and he revealed that a sensory barrier at her home had tracked her movements.
• Uchiha Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade home, then brought blankets, food, and a lamp to a nearby lake.
• Uchiha Gen set up a barrier and used a miniature Susanoo to clear the clouds and reveal the moon.
• Uchiha Gen beckoned Tsunade to the bedding and pulled her down onto him when she hesitated.
• Dark clouds covered the moon, and heavy rain fell around the pair inside the barrier.

Five years passed as Uchiha Gen cultivated in secret while Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao returned to mission work with their Military Police Force positions intact. He reached the final realm of Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness, gained a powerful primordial spirit, and left confident he could face the Ōtsutsuki.

• Five years passed, and the year changed from Konoha Year 58 to Konoha Year 63 as the ninja world remained relatively calm and Akatsuki expanded its influence.
• Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao returned to mission work while keeping their Military Police Force squad leader positions, and Kurenai asked Uchiha Gen to arrange a student for her.
• Uchiha Gen cultivated in a secret chamber, drew in Natural Energy, and caused three flowers to bloom before they merged into a golden primordial spirit.
• Uchiha Gen declared that he had reached the final realm of Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness and believed he no longer needed to fear Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Uchiha Gen formed a pure white fireball, vanished as it struck the ground, and the blast collapsed the secret chamber.

Uchiha Gen’s family celebrated Sasuke’s graduation, and Sasuke edged out Naruto in the Academy exams before they were assigned to Team 7 with Sakura and Kakashi. As the Chunin Exams approached, Akatsuki agreed to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts and assigned teams to target several jinchūriki, while Obito took responsibility for the Nine-Tails.

• At family dinner, Sasuke declared he would surpass Itachi, and Mikoto, Kurenai, Yugao, Anko, Itachi, and Uchiha Gen promised him rewards if he came first in his graduation exams.
• Sasuke scored 100 points to Naruto’s 98, and the two were placed on Team 7 with Sakura under Kakashi; Karin went to work at Konoha Hospital.
• After more than two months passed, Nagato used Deva Path Yahiko to announce that Akatsuki would begin capturing the Tailed Beasts, and Zetsu identified their jinchūriki and recommended exploiting the Chunin Exams to target Gaara and Naruto.
• Deva Path Pain assigned Sasori and Deidara to capture the One-Tail, Kakuzu and Hidan the Eight-Tails, Kisame and Jūzō the Four-Tails, and himself, Konan, and Mei Terumi the Six-Tails.
• After Zetsu warned that Konoha’s forces made a direct attack too dangerous, Obito volunteered to capture Naruto and the Nine-Tails, and Deva Path Pain ended the meeting.

Uchiha Gen received intelligence that Obito was preparing to act and sent Pakura a message, while Akatsuki captured the Four-Tails and Six-Tails but failed to capture the Eight-Tails. Konoha’s Joint Chunin Exams grew into an unprecedented event as ten villages accepted, and Gen ordered the Military Police Force to enforce Konoha’s laws equally as visitors arrived.

• Jūzō Biwa and Kisame Hoshigaki sent a scroll of intelligence to Uchiha Gen, who recognized that Obito was making a move and rewrote the message for Pakura.
• Uchiha Gen summoned Fēng Wú, who delivered his scroll to Pakura in Sunagakure; Pakura decided to travel under the pretext of responding to the intelligence.
• Akatsuki secretly captured the Four-Tails and Six-Tails, but Killer B defeated Kakuzu and Hidan when they attempted to capture the Eight-Tails.
• Konoha invited ninja villages to its Joint Chunin Exams, and all five great villages plus five small villages accepted, drawing attention from nobles and merchants across the countries.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders struggled to prepare for the event, while Jiraiya brought Tsunade back to help and Orochimaru retreated to a secret base to conduct research.
• Uchiha Gen instructed Military Police Force leaders to punish anyone who violated Konoha’s rules, regardless of status, and promised to take responsibility for their actions.

Sasuke asked Uchiha Gen to help him awaken the Sharingan before the Chunin Exams, and Gen used a powerful genjutsu that made him relive the clan massacre. Sasuke awakened a two-tomoe Sharingan but emerged terrified and traumatized, clinging to Gen and Mikoto.

• After dinner, Uchiha Gen stressed the importance of preventing outsiders from receiving special privileges.
• Sasuke told Uchiha Gen he wanted to strengthen himself for the Chunin Exams and awaken the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Gen warned that his method could cause a mental breakdown, and Mikoto agreed to let Sasuke undergo it.
• Uchiha Gen trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu that made him relive his childhood and the clan massacre while Mikoto watched anxiously.
• Sasuke broke free with a two-tomoe Sharingan and clung to Uchiha Gen and Mikoto, trembling from the experience.