Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu praised Orochimaru’s breakthroughs in Kekkei Genkai research, reorganized the research institutes, and promised him funding for further work. Inspired by the findings, Tokimitsu began considering how to combine all nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra and summoned Matatabi to train.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu reviewed Orochimaru’s research reports and praised his theories on Kekkei Genkai, Kekkei Tōta, and Chakra conservation.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the Uzumaki Research Institute’s unfinished projects transferred to Orochimaru and elevated the institute to the Shogunate Engineering Academy.
• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Tokimitsu for more money and upgraded equipment to support his research into a Longevity Technique, and Tokimitsu agreed.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu considered fusing the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts into himself to create power beyond Kekkei Tōta.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu summoned the Two-Tails Matatabi and told her to stop eating and train with him.

Uchiha Tokimitsu experimented with using Tailed Beast Chakra and Natural Energy to nourish his body, replacing the Five-Attribute Chakra in his seal with Sage Chakra. After stabilizing the transformation with Chōmei’s and Nine-Tails’ Chakra, he left Matatabi convinced he was well while continuing to investigate Asura’s reincarnation.

• Tokimitsu brought Matatabi into the cultivation chamber and began refining her Chakra while receiving sealed Chakra from Chōmei and the Nine-Tails.
• Tokimitsu drew in Natural Energy and tried replacing the Five-Attribute Chakra in his Five Release Seal with Sage Chakra, but the mixture became unstable.
• Tokimitsu absorbed Chōmei’s Chakra to calm the disorder and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to suppress the Nine-Tails’ stronger Chakra.
• Tokimitsu asked Matatabi about Tailed Beast strength and Asura, and she said she had little familiarity with Asura or Indra.
• Tokimitsu refined the Nine-Tails’ Chakra into condensed Sage Chakra that circulated through his seal and nourished his body.

Uchiha Tokimitsu explained his Chakra conservation laws and demonstrated how Natural Energy could strengthen him while the Five-Colored Divine Light could strip Chakra from others. Orochimaru eagerly agreed to complete Tokimitsu’s research assignments in exchange for learning the secret technique.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu gave Orochimaru his research findings, and Orochimaru recognized the conservation laws as foundations for Chakra theory.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu demonstrated five-attribute Sage Chakra absorbing Natural Energy and explained how it could nourish and strengthen the body.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used the Five-Colored Divine Light to permanently remove Chakra from Orochimaru’s left palm, increasing his own power.
• Orochimaru asked to learn the technique, and Uchiha Tokimitsu handed him a stack of research assignments as the price for teaching it.
• Orochimaru eagerly accepted the assignments and left, motivated to earn the secret technique.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Chakra research helped five Uchiha Jonin awaken Yin Fire, and he discussed the clan’s future structure with Great Elder Setsuna. Setsuna approved Tokimitsu’s plans to fold the clan more firmly into the Shogunate and began arranging changes to its leadership and Kamon’s position.

• Five Uchiha ninja who had not awakened the Sharingan fused Yin Style and Fire Style into Yin Fire after studying Tokimitsu’s research and techniques.
• Tokimitsu nourished Great Elder Setsuna with Sage Mode Five Elemental Chakra and gave him a weakened Sage Art Seed.
• Tokimitsu told Setsuna he would relinquish the Samurai Division command, bring the Dark Guard directly under his command, and rename the clan-head position Grand Custodian.
• Tokimitsu and Setsuna discussed Fugaku’s performance in the west and the Uchiha Clan’s secure future as the Shogunate Clan.
• Tokimitsu proposed renaming the Kamon Shogunate the Northwest Garrison, and Setsuna agreed to explain the change to Kamon.

Uchiha Kamon returned to Konoha and discovered that the clan and village had changed, while Asura secretly entered the prosperous Konoha New Area to investigate. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku and his family concealed the extraordinary Yin Fire abilities of his infant son, Uchiha Itachi.

• Uchiha Kamon accepted his reduced authority, reached Konoha, and learned from a patrol ninja that even ordinary Uchiha had mastered Yin Fire.
• Asura watched Uchiha Kamon enter the village, then disguised himself as a merchant and slipped into Konoha to assess the Shogunate's power.
• Asura followed merchants to a market, where a vendor was arrested as a suspected spy after an old merchant recognized his samurai background.
• Uchiha Fugaku proudly showed Uchiha Shifang and Uchiha Mikoto that three-month-old Uchiha Itachi could wield Yin Fire.
• Uchiha Shifang, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Mikoto agreed to hide Itachi's unusual abilities from outsiders.

Uchiha Tokimitsu rewarded a Kaguya Ninja for delivering the Three-Tails sealing chest and considered absorbing more Tailed Beast Chakra. Meanwhile, Asura toured Konoha, confronted Tokimitsu’s judgments of history, and continued toward Hokage Rock with his doubts about peace unresolved.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu praised and rewarded the Kaguya Ninja who delivered the Three-Tails Chakra sealing chest, then examined the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Chakra scrolls.
• Asura sold his goods in Konoha’s New Area, entered the village with visiting merchants, and noticed its modernization slogan and prosperity.
• Asura visited Hokage’s Ruins and read Uchiha Tokimitsu’s appraisals of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, which left him crying and reflecting on the brothers’ failed pursuit of peace.
• Asura decided to walk to Hokage Rock rather than take a shuttle bus, then waited in line and climbed the mountain.
• Asura read Tokimitsu’s inscription, “Heroes are always battered by wind and rain,” and resented Tokimitsu’s presumption as he continued upward.

Asura explored Konoha while searching for the blond-haired ninja named by the Great Toad Sage, but the village’s prosperity and Tokimitsu’s influence weakened his hostility toward the Shogunate. After sensing Space-Time Ninjutsu near the Konoha New Area Police Directorate, he decided to stay nearby and investigate who had used it.

• Asura watched Tokimitsu and Makoto arrive at the observation deck, recognized Kushina as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and left to continue searching for the blond-haired ninja.
• Asura wandered around Konoha’s institutions, unaware that the Sealing Squad’s Sky Eye System had flagged him as a suspicious person.
• Asura heard merchants discuss housing and their hopes for the Shogunate, prompting him to reflect on Konoha’s cohesion and Tokimitsu’s influence.
• Asura sensed Space-Time Ninjutsu near the Konoha New Area Police Directorate and chose to stay at a nearby hotel while investigating its user.

Asura discovered that Mount Myōboku’s Sage Chakra had been subtly influencing his will, so he destroyed the foreign Chakra and severed his ties to Mount Myōboku. He embraced the ordinary happiness he saw in Konoha New Area, while the Great Toad Sage lamented that his plans had collapsed.

• Asura woke in agony, recognized a foreign strand of Mount Myōboku Sage Chakra influencing him, and realized it had driven him to act out of character.
• After an inn attendant brought him sweet soup and spoke of Tokimitsu’s kindness, Asura questioned whether Mount Myōboku had ever asked ordinary people what they wanted.
• Asura ground away the foreign Sage Chakra, destroyed Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Contract, and temporarily sealed his Ryūchi Cave techniques.
• Asura admired Konoha New Area and savored the attendant’s sweet soup as he reflected on the small moments of happiness he had seen in the world.
• The Great Toad Sage accepted that Asura’s resolve left no chance to repair their relationship and lamented that his ancient plans had been destroyed.

Asura went to the Konoha Military Police Force to meet Namikaze Minato and offer information about Mount Myōboku in exchange for a pardon. Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to consider amnesty after verifying the information and placed Asura under house arrest at the Rabbit Goddess shrine.

• Asura revealed his identity at the New Area Police Directorate, where the Uchiha receptionist raised the alarm and the police surrounded him.
• Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Tokimitsu arrived, and Asura explained that he had broken with Mount Myōboku and wanted to redeem himself through meritorious service.
• Asura gave Uchiha Tokimitsu a map and coordinates for Mount Myōboku, then asked for a pardon and permission to travel openly under his real name.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu offered to pardon Asura after verifying the location in two months, provided Asura accepted house arrest; Asura agreed after the barrier was lifted.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu took Asura to the Rabbit Goddess shrine and assigned him to stay in its Side Hall under Priestess Risa’s supervision.

Uchiha Tokimitsu discussed the secret Mount Myōboku reconnaissance and ocean expedition before meeting the house-arrested Asura, who questioned Tokimitsu’s origins and the meaning of his actions. Tokimitsu challenged Asura to examine his beliefs for himself and released him early so he could travel through the Ninja World.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu kept Asura’s surrender secret, approved preparations for the reconnaissance teams and the Ten-Ten Fleet, and ordered an additional bonus for Leader Susuki.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu met Asura at the shrine after receiving his letter and dismissed Asura’s suspicion that he was Indra’s reincarnation.
• Asura used Tokimitsu’s Sayings as evidence, but Tokimitsu showed him a different edition and explained how public accounts were edited and how people could be guided by filtered information.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu pressed Asura to explain his ideas about justice, order, and the future, leaving Asura unable to say how he would achieve his ideals.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu gave Asura the Shogunate Top Secret Edition of Tokimitsu’s Sayings and released him from house arrest early, urging him to travel the Ninja World and experience ordinary people’s lives.

Asura left Konoha New Area to travel the Ninja World as an ascetic monk, seeking redemption and planning to record his insights in a travelogue. Meanwhile, Uchiha Itachi silently lamented that Asura had been misled again, and Uchiha Seiji led the Shogunate Exploration Team into the Barbaric Zone.

• Asura told Uchiha Tokimitsu he intended to travel the Ninja World for redemption, and Tokimitsu gave him a travel credential, money, and a commission to write a travelogue.
• Asura left without receiving the Pardon Order and mistakenly took Tokimitsu's personal copy of Tokimitsu's Sayings, leaving Tokimitsu with an attendant's copy.
• Outside Konoha New Area, Asura tried to contact Indra, guessed that his brother had reincarnated as a baby in the Uchiha Clan, and left when he received no response.
• Uchiha Itachi cried in his cradle and silently thought that Asura had once again been fooled by his descendant.
• Asura resolved to help people and spread his ideals through labor, guided by a line in Tokimitsu's Sayings.
• Uchiha Seiji rallied the Shogunate Exploration Team with promises of promotions and rewards, then led them across the edge of the Ninja World into the Barbaric Zone.

Uchiha Tokimitsu continued strengthening his Five-Colored Divine Light while seeking Shukaku’s Chakra from the Land of Wind. In the Land of Earth, Ōnoki confronted Kitsuchi and the Daimyo over Iwagakure’s weakness and urged the Daimyo to resist the shogunate.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu found his Five-Colored Divine Light too weak and stalled, so he had sent Rasa a proposal to trade shogunate aid for Shukaku’s Chakra.
• Uchiha Makoto visited Uchiha Tokimitsu in his cultivation chamber, and he promised to teach her a secret technique.
• Sage Fukasaku reported Asura’s death at a secret meeting, prompting Ōnoki to suspect a leak and condemn the ministers’ empty denunciations.
• Ōnoki exposed Kitsuchi’s plans involving the Southern Garrison Ninja Army and ordered its Jonin to relinquish their military power by the next day.
• Ōnoki’s outburst prompted the ministers to pledge large sums of military funds, after which he privately told the Daimyo that the Land of Earth faced the shogunate’s economic pressure.
• Ōnoki urged the Daimyo to refuse surrender, arguing that the Tachibana Clan’s ruler could not yield even if others did.

Rasa moved to disband Sunagakure’s Sealing Squad and secure Shogunate aid by exchanging the One-Tail’s Chakra, escalating his conflict with Pakura and the village’s higher-ups. Meanwhile, Ōnoki approved a joint operation to undermine Sunagakure, leaving Kitsuchi’s former supporters assigned as its first, expendable force under the codename “Red Sand.”

• Rasa declared that Sunagakure’s Sealing Squad would be disbanded and its work transferred to the Ninjutsu Research Institute, provoking Pakura’s fierce opposition.
• Rasa threatened to disband the Inspection Department, and Pakura left the meeting; the remaining Sunagakure higher-ups agreed to exchange the One-Tail’s Chakra for Shogunate aid.
• Ōnoki identified Sunagakure as the weak point in the current order and proposed using it to strike at the Shogunate and expand his camp’s influence.
• Fukasaku offered Mount Myōboku’s Reverse Summoning Technique to transport personnel, while A pledged Kumogakure’s Heavenly Transfer Technique and fifteen Combat Jonin.
• Ōnoki assigned twenty-one Iwagakure Jonin squads, drawn from the former Southern garrison army, to the operation and named Akatsuchi its commander, leaving Kitsuchi to approve the plan despite fearing for his former subordinates.
• Ōnoki named the joint overthrow operation “Red Sand.”

Uchiha Sekka escorted aid supplies and valuable Tailed Beast Chakra for Sunagakure when his detachment encountered Sasori in a sandstorm. The Shogunate Ninja Army overwhelmed Sasori with coordinated tactics and powerful weapons, but an unknown black substance rescued him underground.

• Rasa entrusted Uchiha Sekka with the escort mission and warned him to watch for the missing rogue whose whereabouts remained unknown.
• Uchiha Sekka’s detachment took shelter from a sandstorm, detected approaching intruders, and prepared for battle using the Ninja Army’s standard procedures.
• The detachment identified the attacker as Sasori and countered his iron sand with explosive tools, a rocket launcher, and coordinated Ninjutsu.
• Sasori’s Hiruko puppet was destroyed, his escape underground was blocked by the hardened ground, and the detachment shot down the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• As Sasori lay injured, a mass of black mud broke through the barrier, grabbed him and the damaged puppet, and burrowed underground.

Black Zetsu rescued Sasori, restored him with White Zetsu matter, and argued that Sasori had lost because he underestimated modern, heavily armed ninja armies. Sasori agreed to serve Black Zetsu, while Uchiha Tokimitsu rewarded Uchiha Sekka for capturing Shukaku’s Chakra and ordered an intelligence push into the Land of Lightning to investigate the Eight-Tails.

• Black Zetsu showed Sasori the White Zetsu creatures and explained that Sasori’s defeat stemmed from falling behind the times and underestimating organized ninja armies.
• Black Zetsu told Sasori that the Shogunate army issued three hundred Explosive Tags per soldier, and Sasori bowed and agreed to serve him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu praised Uchiha Sekka for defeating Sasori and capturing One-Tail Shukaku’s Chakra, then granted him the Flying Tag Formation technique and thirty thousand Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu refined Shukaku’s Chakra but found that it barely improved his power.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the Intelligence Department and Internal Affairs Department to increase their presence in the Land of Lightning and gather information about the Eight-Tails.

Uchiha Seiji’s expedition into the barren Wilderness uncovered a field of ancient humanoid fossils, while Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that the oceanic fleet had vanished inside a colossal hurricane. The fleet remained trapped at sea, cut off from headquarters and unable to sense Natural Energy.

• Uchiha Seiji’s exploration team ran short on water in the Wilderness, lost members, and discovered a field of humanoid fossils beneath the rocks.
• Uchiha Seiji declared that he understood the meaning of the expedition after seeing the fossilized remains.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the search teams to return and directed specialists to study the hurricane that had swallowed the oceanic fleet.
• Uchiha Makoto entered Uchiha Tokimitsu’s office and comforted him as he grieved for the missing soldiers.
• Uchiha Runbu’s fleet remained lost in the storm for seven days, unable to contact headquarters or navigate by compass.
• Uchiha Runbu recalled seeing unfamiliar constellations and realized that he could no longer sense Natural Energy around the fleet.

Uchiha Seiji’s exploration team reached the ocean at the edge of The Wilderness and found Mount Myōboku’s mist, prompting Uchiha Tokimitsu to prepare for war. After the team’s scouts triggered an explosion and broadcast their location, the Great Toad Sage realized ninja had reached Mount Myōboku and ordered the Ninja Frogs to attack.

• Uchiha Seiji encouraged his team to continue despite dwindling water, and the members detected moist sea wind and Mount Myōboku Sage Mode Chakra.
• Uchiha Shisui reported the First Team’s signal to Uchiha Tokimitsu, who ordered the Second Team to prepare and the Shogunate Engineering Academy to produce one thousand Chakra Cannons.
• The Great Toad Sage foresaw fire and blood threatening Mount Myōboku, appealed to Hagoromo, and decided to visit White Snake to restore order.
• Uchiha Seiji’s team reached the ocean and mist surrounding Mount Myōboku, replenished its water, and sent nine combat ninja on close reconnaissance.
• An explosion sounded inside the mist, so Uchiha Seiji activated the beacon before the Radio burned out.
• The Great Toad Sage learned that ninja had reached the mist and ordered Gamahiro to gather the Ninja Frogs and kill them.

Uchiha Seiji led the exploration team in a fighting retreat from Mount Myōboku after Ninja Frogs attacked them, while Uchiha Tokimitsu received word of the battle and prepared for the fallen. The team remained under pursuit, and the chapter left the rear guard facing another wave of enemies.

• Uchiha Seiji rejected the strategist ninja’s suggestion to abandon the reconnaissance team and rallied the Ninja Army to stand by their comrades.
• Uchiha Seiji led the support squads to retrieve a wounded ninja, then ordered the team to withdraw as more than a hundred Ninja Frogs charged from the mist.
• The Ninja Army used ninjutsu and Explosive Tag kunai to repel the Ninja Frogs, but Gamahiro caught up and killed several ninja during the retreat.
• An Akimichi ninja wounded Gamahiro with Butterfly Bomb Impact and detonated Explosive Tags, buying time for the exploration team to escape.
• The strategist ninja and six volunteers stayed behind to cover the retreat as Uchiha Seiji led the others onward.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu marked Mount Myōboku on the map, learned that the first unit was retreating and the second had taken position, and ordered preparations for the Heroic Spirit Festival and victory banquet.

The Shogunate’s exploration team returned from The Wilderness with Mount Myōboku’s location confirmed, while Toad Gamabunta withdrew after the Ninja Frogs suffered heavy casualties and ran short of supplies. Uchiha Tokimitsu then began preparing Konoha and the Shogunate for a campaign against Mount Myōboku, despite Tsunade’s grave doubts.

• Toad Gamabunta ordered the remaining Ninja Frogs to retreat after another booby trap exploded and they ran out of water.
• Uchiha Seiji and the exploration team returned to the Land of Wind, where Uchiha Shisui arranged medical treatment and Pakura deduced that they had encountered Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu declared that Mount Myōboku must be destroyed and ordered the village to stockpile military supplies and extend its bonds.
• Mitokado Homura reported Konoha’s reserves, while Tsunade worried that Tokimitsu was pushing the village toward a disastrous war.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the expansion of reserve Skeleton Columns and military medical training, including the transfer of half of Kirigakure’s Medical Ninja, and Hatake Sakumo agreed to help mobilize recruits.

Uchiha Tokimitsu defended Konoha’s arms buildup as a way to stimulate its economy, while the Shogunate’s industrial and financial strength alarmed Iwagakure and Kumogakure. The chapter left both villages preparing to expand their armaments despite their failed institutions and lack of funds.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu convinced Hatake Sakumo that Konoha’s arms procurement would circulate money through clans, businesses, and civilians, then return revenue through taxes and rent.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s leaders to develop domestic production of ninja tools, but Kitsuchi’s proposals ran into objections over quality, clan secrets, and investment.
• Kitsuchi criticized Ōnoki’s plan under his breath, then changed his words when Ōnoki demanded to know what he had said.
• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to accelerate its arms expansion, and A volunteered to pressure the Daimyo for more military funding.