Chapter Summaries

Seiji and Madara Uchiha fought an intense taijutsu duel that lasted nearly two hours and devastated the plain. Madara eventually abandoned the stalemate and attacked Seiji with ninjutsu, prompting Seiji to complain that he had broken their agreement.

• Seiji exploited an opening to kick Madara Uchiha into the air, but Madara grabbed Seiji's ankle and flung him away, ending the exchange in a draw.
• Seiji charged into a third round, and Madara Uchiha agreed to continue their taijutsu duel before fighting all out.
• Seiji and Madara Uchiha battled across the plain for nearly two hours, destroying the surrounding landscape and drawing attention from the major ninja villages.
• Seiji used Shikotsumyaku and Sukuna Hikona against Madara, but Madara dodged, broke Seiji's bone blade, and struck him into the air.
• Madara Uchiha changed his plan and launched Fire Release: Great Fireball Barrage at Seiji, who objected that Madara had broken their taijutsu agreement.

Seiji used his eye abilities and a series of attacks to overwhelm Madara Uchiha, who struggled to understand how Seiji could use techniques associated with the Rinnegan. Madara Uchiha countered Seiji’s latest assault with Wood Release, filling the forest with pollen as the fight continued.

• Seiji absorbed Madara Uchiha’s Fire Release, revealing his eye-switching ability and prompting Madara Uchiha to conclude that Ninjutsu would be ineffective against him.
• Seiji trapped Madara Uchiha in a swamp, but Madara Uchiha escaped with Susanoo and attacked with Yasaka Beads.
• Seiji repelled the Yasaka Beads with Shinra Tensei, pulled Susanoo off balance with Banshō Ten'in, and used Water Severing Wave to force Madara Uchiha to abandon it.
• Seiji attacked the exposed Madara Uchiha with Daikokuten, while Madara Uchiha used Tree World Descent to block the falling objects.
• Seiji teleported onto a marked Daikokuten to close in, but Madara Uchiha anticipated him and used Deep Forest Emergence to raise flowers that released pollen.

Seiji and Madara Uchiha continued their battle as Seiji destroyed Madara’s Majestic Attire Dragon with a powerful kick. Madara counterattacked with Wood Release, leaving Seiji injured but alive.

• Seiji launched a Daikokuten into the Flower Tree World, destroying its center, while Madara Uchiha transformed the remaining wood into a Wood Dragon.
• Madara Uchiha combined the Wood Dragon with Susanoo to create the Majestic Attire Dragon and attacked Seiji in the sky.
• Seiji used spatial transfer to approach a Daikokuten and then shattered the Majestic Attire Dragon with his Earth Shattering Kick.
• Madara Uchiha seized Seiji’s moment of vulnerability and struck with Wood Release: Hotei Technique, summoning eight giant wooden hands.
• Seiji used Sukuna Hikona to shrink into a gap between the hands, but the impact still injured him and left him coughing blood.

Madara Uchiha combined Susanoo with Wood Release to create an armored wooden giant, forcing Seiji to consider using Tenseigan Chakra Mode despite the cost to the Tenseigan’s progress. The immense chakra drew reactions from the shinobi villages, with several sending forces to investigate the Land of Frost.

• Madara Uchiha formed a Wood Human and armored it with Perfect Susanoo, creating an Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone.
• Seiji judged that the combined technique required him to use Tenseigan Chakra Mode, even though doing so would delay the Tenseigan’s third Fetal Movement.
• Ōnoki sensed the chakra near the Land of Frost, recognized Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo, and sent Anbu to investigate.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent two Root squads to investigate after Konoha’s Barrier Team reported the chakra.
• Third Raikage A led a team from Kumogakure to investigate, while Sunagakure sent no one and Kirigakure remained unconcerned because it trusted Seiji.

Seiji activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and gained the upper hand against Madara Uchiha’s Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone. After shattering its fist with a Truth-Seeking Orb-enhanced punch, Seiji pressed in with a black longsword while Madara prepared a counterattack.

• Black Zetsu hid in Madara Uchiha’s underground base and feared that Madara’s defeat would ruin his plan to save his mother.
• Seiji decided to use Tenseigan Chakra Mode despite the cost to the Tenseigan’s progress.
• Seiji transformed and confronted Madara Uchiha, who controlled the Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone.
• Seiji and the clone traded punches, but Seiji’s Truth-Seeking Orb-enhanced blow shattered the clone’s Susanoo-covered fist.
• Seiji pursued the retreating clone and formed a black longsword from his remaining Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara turned the clone’s damaged arm toward Seiji and formed a deep blue chakra greatsword in its left hand.

Seiji used the Truth-Seeking Orbs and his Tenseigan to bait Madara Uchiha into attacking, then trapped the Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone in the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. He followed with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Madara struggled to repair and escape the storm.

• Madara Uchiha struck Seiji with the clone’s chakra greatsword, but Seiji blocked the blow with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield and remained unharmed.
• Madara Uchiha kept his distance and attacked with chakra blade waves, then used Wood Release: Adamantine Prison to launch Seiji into the air.
• Seiji deliberately let the tree hit him, expecting Madara Uchiha to pursue while the Truth-Seeking Orbs no longer protected him.
• Madara Uchiha charged the clone’s two chakra greatswords and attacked as Seiji unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at close range.
• Madara Uchiha tried to repair the battered clone and break free, while Seiji formed a golden Truth-Seeking Orb sword and struck with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Seiji cut apart Madara Uchiha’s Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone, but Madara survived with Izanagi and reappeared with his right Sharingan spent. Seiji immediately attacked again, kicking Madara’s Perfect Susanoo apart in a single blow.

• Seiji’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion split the Armored Susanoo Wood Release Clone and Madara Uchiha, while Madara used Izanagi to rewrite his death.
• The battle’s devastation prompted Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure to send forces toward the Land of Frost, while Black Zetsu prepared to retreat.
• Madara reappeared on the ground with his right Sharingan turned ash-gray, and Seiji dove toward him before he could recover.
• Madara fled while forming his Perfect Susanoo, but Seiji’s Instant Earth Burial Split kick pierced and shattered it.

Seiji overwhelmed Madara Uchiha, forcing him to use Izanagi and summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to buy time to replace his eyes. Seiji trapped the statue with Planetary Devastation, while Madara regained his sight and prepared to flee; underground, Black Zetsu recognized the technique that had sealed his mother.

• Seiji pierced Madara Uchiha's chest and cut him in two, but Madara used Izanagi to return to the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to block Seiji and give himself time to replace his eyes.
• Seiji evaded the statue's attack and used Planetary Devastation to imprison it inside a massive sphere of rock.
• Madara Uchiha regained his sight and escaped beyond Planetary Devastation's gravitational range, deciding he could no longer fight Seiji.
• Black Zetsu sensed Planetary Devastation underground and recognized it as the technique that had sealed his mother.

Seiji relentlessly attacked Madara Uchiha, destroying his Perfect Susanoo and forcing him to spend more lives through Izanagi while preventing him from replacing his Sharingan. Madara Uchiha’s borrowed life force ran out, leaving him old and dying as the battle continued.

• Black Zetsu escaped Mountain Graveyard using the Mayfly Technique, fearing Seiji would capture him after defeating Madara Uchiha.
• Seiji caught up with Madara Uchiha and struck his Perfect Susanoo with Divine Air Strike and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, forcing Madara Uchiha to use Izanagi and replace a blinded Sharingan.
• Seiji used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei to destroy the container of spare Sharingan before Madara Uchiha could replace his eyes.
• Seiji shattered Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo with the Ash Bone Technique, then stabbed him through the heart with a Truth-Seeking Orb spike, forcing another Izanagi.
• Madara Uchiha’s borrowed life force ran out after hours of fighting, and his body reverted to its decrepit, dying state.

Seiji defeated and killed Madara Uchiha, then returned to Kirigakure with Madara’s corpse and the corpse of the special White Zetsu Tobi. Madara’s Sharingan briefly flickered beneath his uniform before dimming, leaving open the possibility that Seiji’s victory was not as final as it seemed.

• Seiji used Banshō Ten'in to pull the aged Madara close, removed the Tobi shell, and shattered Madara’s heart with a palm strike.
• Madara acknowledged Seiji’s strength and died, while Seiji chose not to inspect his body closely.
• About two hours later, Seiji stored Madara’s and Tobi’s corpses, concealed the battlefield, and buried the sphere sealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Seiji returned to Kirigakure, where Third Mizukage Hyou and Elder Genji awaited him.
• Seiji placed Madara’s and Tobi’s corpses before the Kirigakure officials as Hyou asked how the battle had gone.

Seiji’s victory over Madara Uchiha appeared to leave the legendary shinobi dead, while the battle’s devastation shocked investigators from across the shinobi world. Three days later, a hidden Transcription Seal activated Izanagi and revived Madara, leaving Seiji to realize he had failed to kill him permanently.

• Seiji gave Madara Uchiha’s corpse and the unusual White Zetsu to Hozuki Chino for research, with instructions to send them to Amado afterward.
• Investigators surveyed the ruined Land of Frost battlefield, and Ōnoki recognized Madara’s Susanoo-infused attacks but chose to conceal that Madara was alive.
• Root Ninja recovered fragments of a Wood Release construct, fueling Shimura Danzō’s secret plans to research Wood Release and Hashirama Cells.
• Three days later, Hozuki Chino and Ringo Minako found a face and a lifeless Sharingan embedded in Madara’s chest, along with a faint Chakra fluctuation.
• Seiji identified the Transcription Seal and watched Madara’s corpse vanish as Izanagi revived him; he explained how Madara had pre-recorded the technique in the chest Sharingan.

Seiji concluded that Madara Uchiha was no longer a major threat and told Hozuki Chino to inform the others. Madara survived by using a prepared Izanagi and replenishing his life force, while Black Zetsu learned he was alive and regained hope of rescuing Mother.

• Seiji told Hozuki Chino that Madara Uchiha could no longer cause much trouble and said he would imprison Black Zetsu until he understood his connection to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from the void after using a Transcription Seal to activate Izanagi and replaced his eyes with two Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and connected it to himself to restore his life force.
• Madara Uchiha recalled how Seiji's strength had changed his assessment of him and how he had prepared Izanagi to survive their battle.
• White Zetsu sensed Madara Uchiha contacting him and told Black Zetsu that Madara was alive.
• Black Zetsu regained hope that he could still rescue Mother.

Black Zetsu moved Madara Uchiha to a new base in the Land of Grass, where Madara rested and searched for a successor. Three years later, Hidden Mist Village had grown stronger under Seiji, and the first class trained under the reformed six-year academy system graduated.

• Black Zetsu sent White Zetsu to guide Madara Uchiha from the Land of Frost to the Land of Grass.
• White Zetsu brought Madara Uchiha to a new base near Kannabi Bridge, where Madara retrieved his weapons and ordered the White Zetsu Clones to gather intelligence and find a successor.
• Madara Uchiha avoided provoking Hidden Mist Village and fell asleep beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Over three years, Hidden Mist Village increased its numbers of Jonin, Elite Jonin, and Kage-level fighters, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist reached Kage-level strength.
• In June of Hidden Mist Year 42, the first class under Seiji's six-year academy system graduated from the Kirigakure Ninja Academy.

Seiji explained why Kirigakure delayed the academy students’ graduation, aiming to protect its young people from becoming battlefield casualties too early. As the threat of another Great Shinobi War grew, he met Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan before their exams, while Kirigakure’s expanding trade tied its economy more closely to the wider world.

• Seiji kept young students from entering active ninja service prematurely because Kirigakure had enough combat-ready forces and needed them to grow into capable shinobi.
• Kirigakure’s villagers and ninja embraced shared values of unity, sacrifice, tolerance, and dedication under Seiji’s leadership.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan waited at Seiji’s home before the academy graduation exams, and Yahiko wondered why their teacher had told them not to eat breakfast.
• Seiji appeared before his disciples, who had been busy preparing for their exams as the first graduating class under Kirigakure’s six-year academy system.
• As the major villages armed themselves in Kirigakure Year 42, Seiji sensed that the shinobi world was approaching another war.
• Genji’s Finance Department expanded Kirigakure’s commerce, marine industries, exports, and trade with the Land of Water and other countries.

Seiji reflected on Kirigakure’s independence from the Land of Water’s daimyo before preparing to inspect Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko ahead of their graduation exam. He explained how he had deliberately limited their growth while building their foundations, and the chapter left their training assessment about to begin.

• Seiji considered Kirigakure’s escape from the daimyo’s financial control a necessary step toward becoming a true village.
• Seiji prepared to inspect The Trio’s training results on the day before their graduation exam.
• Seiji recalled defeating The Trio with a Shadow Clone three months earlier, even while limiting himself to one hand and staying in place.
• Seiji had strengthened Nagato’s body, including by having Sanzu Amado fuse White Zetsu cells into him, while keeping most of the Rinnegan’s power dormant.
• Seiji had focused Konan on strengthening her Chakra foundation and mastering nature transformations before she began developing Paper Style techniques.

Seiji held a strict graduation assessment for Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko before Kirigakure’s leaders and the Third Mizukage’s disciples. The Trio faced Seiji together, opening their battle with a coordinated attack.

• Seiji told the Trio that he would judge their abilities himself and award their Ninja Headbands only if they met his standards.
• Third Mizukage Hyou arrived with Uzumaki Kana, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Mei Terumi, and Kirigakure’s other higher-ups came to observe.
• Seiji started the assessment, and the Trio overcame their nerves and took their combat positions.
• Konan launched Paper Shuriken as Nagato used Wind Release: Gale Palm to propel them toward Seiji.

Seiji tested Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko in battle, countering their opening attacks with a Substitution Technique before using Hidden Mist and bone bullets against them. Nagato located Seiji, and Yahiko unleashed a highly controlled Exploding Water Colliding Wave, leaving the spectators and Seiji impressed by his Water Release skill.

• Seiji evaded Nagato and Konan's attack and Yahiko's hidden strike with a Substitution Technique, then clashed Water Waves with Yahiko.
• Seiji blanketed the field with Hidden Mist, and Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan formed a back-to-back triangular defense.
• Seiji fired Ten Finger Drilling Bullets through the mist, and Yahiko shielded the trio with an improved, spiraling Water Formation Wall.
• Nagato sensed Seiji's location and relayed it to Yahiko and Konan.
• Yahiko transformed the water barrier into an Exploding Water Colliding Wave and precisely sent the torrent toward Seiji.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan coordinated a series of attacks against Seiji during their graduation test, breaking through his defenses and unleashing a powerful combined strike. Their oil-coated paper cranes exploded around Seiji, leaving the outcome of the attack unresolved.

• Seiji chose not to use flight and blocked Yahiko's Water Surge Wave with an Earth Release barrier.
• Yahiko and Nagato combined water and lightning to shatter Seiji's earthen walls, then Yahiko detonated the water to clear the mist.
• Nagato dispersed the remaining mist with a Wind Release technique, then used Earth Release to make Seiji stumble.
• Konan sent paper cranes at the off-balance Seiji, and Yahiko coated them with black oil.
• Nagato hit the oil-coated cranes with Phoenix Sage Fire, causing a series of powerful explosions around Seiji.

Seiji continued fighting Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, using an underground ambush that injured Yahiko before Nagato’s punch blasted him back to the surface. With the trio nearly exhausted, Seiji launched a final assault, and Yahiko avoided his bone blades with a Water Clone.

• Konan sent paper after Seiji, who used Earth Release to hide underground while Nagato searched for him.
• Seiji pulled Yahiko underground with the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique, but Konan escaped with a prepared Paper Clone.
• Nagato smashed the ground to blast Seiji out, and the shockwave sent Yahiko flying; Seiji’s Yang Release Chakra healed most of Yahiko’s injuries.
• Seiji assessed that Yahiko and Konan were nearly out of strength, then charged the trio and hurled bone blades at them.
• Nagato and Konan dodged the blades, while Yahiko’s body turned into water, revealing that he had used a Water Clone.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan coordinated their attacks against Seiji during their graduation exam, using water, lightning, and explosive paper to weaken his Shadow Clone. Nagato launched a decisive Wind Release attack as Seiji remained trapped amid the blasts.

• Yahiko used a Water Clone and five Water Whips to restrain Seiji, then called for Nagato and Konan when Seiji began breaking free.
• Nagato struck Seiji with False Darkness, using the water droplets to amplify the lightning and briefly paralyze him.
• Konan followed with a barrage of paper shuriken mixed with Exploding Tags, cracking Seiji's bone shield while Nagato tracked him through the smoke.
• Nagato spotted the opening in Seiji's damaged defense and fired a Wind Release: Vacuum Great Bullet at him.
• Seiji heard the incoming attack and smiled, pleased with his disciples' performance.