Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen, Utsuki Ruri, and Sarutobi Enju passed Ryūchi Cave’s final trial and met the White Snake Sage, who recognized Gen as the Descendant of Indra before dismissing them. The White Snake Sage warned the Three Divine Princesses not to let Gen die, while Gen offered Ruri a guess about why the sage had reacted to his Uchiha heritage.

• Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju recovered from Ichikishimahime’s illusion trial.
• Ichikishimahime challenged the group to escape her maze, and Uchiha Gen led them out using a method based on his map and sense of direction.
• The Three Divine Princesses brought Uchiha Gen, Utsuki Ruri, and Sarutobi Enju to meet the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage called Gen the Descendant of Indra, then sent the group flying out of Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage told Tagorihime to treat the group as Orochimaru’s summoning contractors and to make sure Gen did not die.
• Utsuki Ruri asked about Indra, and Gen guessed that the White Snake Sage’s reaction had something to do with the Uchiha Clan’s ancestor.

After passing the White Snake Sage’s test, Uchiha Gen searched Ryūchi Cave for a powerful snake to summon and defeated a giant python called Blood Spot. Blood Spot agreed to become his summoned beast in exchange for a sheep’s worth of blood food after each battle.

• Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri split up to search Ryūchi Cave for snakes to contract.
• Uchiha Gen found a powerful Red-Spotted Black Python and fought it until it was exhausted.
• Uchiha Gen offered the python a sheep’s worth of blood food after each battle, and it accepted his contract.
• The python introduced itself as Blood Spot, and Uchiha Gen asked it to lead him to other giant snakes nearby.

Uchiha Gen returned to Ryūchi Cave, recognized Karasu as a serpent he had fought before, and secured two powerful snake summons. He then attended his first Uchiha clan meeting, where the opening ritual ended with Uchiha Hisa activating a mechanism beneath the offering table.

• Uchiha Gen went to the eastern cave and found Karasu, the Black Scale Serpent he had defeated a month earlier, so he did not need to fight it.
• Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri returned from Ryūchi Cave, where Uchiha Gen had contracted two powerful giant snakes.
• Uchiha Gen left his teammates to prepare for the clan meeting, then changed into traditional Uchiha clothing and headed to Naka Shrine.
• The Great Elder told Uchiha Gen that he would sit in the last row based on the meeting's order of precedence.
• Uchiha Hisa offered incense to the statue of Indra God, and the Uchiha members bowed before he pressed a mechanism on the offering table.

At the Uchiha clan assembly, Uchiha Gen was recognized for awakening his One-Tomoe Sharingan, and Clan Head Uchiha Hisa announced that the clan would join the war. The assembly began assigning Uchiha to the front, where Uchiha Hane started reading the list of those leaving the Konoha Military Police Force.

• Uchiha Gen displayed his newly awakened One-Tomoe Sharingan and received Uchiha Hisa’s praise.
• The clan assembly recognized Uchiha Yama’s evolution to Three-Tomoe and Uchiha Yao’s evolution to Two-Tomoe.
• Uchiha Hisa announced that the village had approved the Konoha Military Police Force’s request to join the war after the Kumogakure Delegation’s abduction attempt.
• Uchiha Gen helped the Great Elder quiet the gathered clansmen as they clamored to go to battle.
• Uchiha Hisa called forward clansmen who had already received war deployment orders, including Uchiha Gen, whose squad was assigned to the Strategic Support Unit heading to the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Hane began reading the list of clansmen temporarily leaving the Konoha Military Police Force for frontline combat.

Uchiha Hisa assigned the Uchiha combat roster and gave Uchiha Gen a large battle subsidy. After the meeting, the Great Elder brought Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Mikoto to a private collection of Uchiha armor and weapons, where he began preparing gifts connected to Clan Head Tajima.

• Uchiha Hisa announced the combatants’ duty handovers and ordered them to register for battle subsidies, and Uchiha Gen received 100,000 Ryo.
• The Great Elder led Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Mikoto to a private building and explained why its contents had once been sensitive.
• The Great Elder showed them Uchiha Madara’s old armor and armor used by Tajima, while recounting Madara’s departure from Konoha.
• The Great Elder selected two Ninja Swords to give Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Mikoto, saying the gifts were connected to Tajima.

The Great Elder gave Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Mikoto heirloom Ninja Swords and advised them to stock up on battlefield medicine before their squad deployed to the Land of Rain. The next day, Orochimaru held sparring drills, where Gen fought both Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri as the squad prepared to leave for the front.

• The Great Elder gave Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Mikoto two swords once used by Madara and Izuna, and Gen recognized how well his sword suited him.
• Uchiha Gen asked how to spend his war subsidy, and the Great Elder urged him to buy Ration Pills and medicine, offering to sell him supplies at last month's prices.
• The Great Elder invited Uchiha Gen and Mikoto to dinner, where he recounted stories of the Uchiha clan's past and the First Ninja World War.
• Orochimaru arranged sparring drills for his squad before their deployment, and Uchiha Gen fought Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri together.
• Uchiha Gen overpowered Enju's Fire Style and blocked Ruri's sword attack, while Enju summoned Yuan Long and charged at him with an iron staff.

Orochimaru’s squad received a top-secret A-Rank mission to guard the Senju Ancestral Home during the Nine-Tails’ transfer ritual. Orochimaru explained that the ritual would move the beast from Mito, whose life was nearing its end.

• Orochimaru watched Uchiha Gen’s improved swordsmanship and suspected the Uchiha Clan had invested heavily in his training.
• An Anbu Ninja delivered a temporary top-secret mission from the Third Hokage, and Orochimaru learned it would begin in half an hour at the Senju Ancestral Home.
• Orochimaru stopped the sparring and told Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri that their squad would guard the tailed beast transfer ritual.
• Orochimaru explained that Konoha’s Nine-Tails was sealed within Mito and that her declining lifespan made the transfer necessary.
• Orochimaru told the squad that the ritual would also be Mito’s final day.

Uchiha Gen arrived at the Senju Old House, where he reunited with his frail cousin Uchiha Sumi and affirmed that those gathered were inheritors of the Will of Fire. Inside, Mito Uzumaki prepared for the Nine-Tails’ seal transfer with Tsunade and Kushina as Konoha’s senior leaders watched.

• Anbu guarded the Senju Old House as Uchiha Gen and the Orochimaru Squad entered its courtyard, where Jiraiya, Senju elders, and others waited.
• Uchiha Gen recognized his sickly cousin Uchiha Sumi, helped him take his medicine, and reassured him that the gathering’s attendees inherited the Will of Fire.
• Uchiha Sumi asked Uchiha Gen to visit the next morning so he could give him something, and Orochimaru confirmed that Gen would be available then.
• Mito Uzumaki rested inside the main hall while Tsunade and Kushina attended her, with sealing runes arranged to suppress the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and Konoha’s senior leaders present.

At Mito Uzumaki’s farewell, she recognized in Uchiha Gen the same ideals and loneliness she had seen in Hashirama. She asked him to describe his dream world, and he answered with a vision of security, education, peace, and opportunity for all.

• The Third Hokage began Mito Uzumaki’s farewell ceremony, and Tsunade led the grieving Kushina aside at Mito’s request.
• Mito welcomed Shota Senju, May, and the other visitors, then spoke of Hashirama’s dream and the village’s future resting with the younger generation.
• Mito thanked Uchiha Gen for helping save Kushina and said his eyes reminded her of Hashirama’s.
• Mito explained that she sensed Gen shared Hashirama’s conviction that the world could be changed, then asked him what his ideal world looked like.
• Uchiha Gen described a peaceful, stable world where people had their needs met, children received an education, and the village could defend itself from war and invasion.

Mito Uzumaki recognized Uchiha Gen as a successor to the Will of Fire, then prepared to die as Hiruzen Sarutobi began the final vigil. After the Nine-Tails’ chakra was suppressed, Gen’s teammates vowed to carry on Hashirama’s dream, and Orochimaru took Gen away.

• Mito Uzumaki told Gen he was not alone in pursuing a better world and named him among those carrying on Hashirama’s path, earning Gen her personal recognition.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others knelt before Mito, who comforted Tsunade and Kushina before telling Hiruzen to begin.
• Hiruzen ordered the alert plan, sent the young ninja to their posts, and stayed at the Senju Old House’s courtyard gate to guard the final door.
• The Nine-Tails’ chakra surged from the Senju Old House, but golden chains suppressed it, and a whistle signaled that the alert was over.
• Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri promised Gen they would realize Hashirama’s dream, while Jiraiya stayed outside instead of visiting Tsunade.
• Orochimaru dismissed his squad and took Gen with him, leaving Jiraiya watching the Senju Old House.

Uchiha Gen discussed ideals and immortality with Orochimaru, encouraging his teacher to pursue ambitions that could change the Ninja World. Orochimaru agreed to see what they might accomplish together, then reminded Gen to focus on growing stronger and surviving the war.

• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Gen whether his earlier claims were true, and Gen said Mito could sense lies.
• Orochimaru described how his ambitions had grown from mastering every ninjutsu to learning all truths, then toward escaping death.
• Uchiha Gen quoted a Warring States Daimyo’s death poem, prompting Orochimaru to reflect on how time erased even remarkable people.
• Uchiha Gen urged Orochimaru to pursue immortality, knowledge, or changing the world together, and Orochimaru welcomed the idea.
• Orochimaru warned Uchiha Gen to grow stronger and survive the war before they could pursue their greater ambitions.

Orochimaru prepared a temporary Snake Body Soft Modification treatment to soften Uchiha Gen’s body so he could withstand the first Rashomon Gate. After enduring the painful medicinal bath and using Chakra to aid absorption, Uchiha Gen emerged when Orochimaru judged the treatment sufficient.

• Orochimaru brought Uchiha Gen to his home and explained that the modified Snake Body Soft Modification would temporarily soften his body for two hours.
• Orochimaru prepared the medicinal broth while Uchiha Gen filled the barrel with purified water and ate a Nara Clan Ration Pill.
• Uchiha Gen stripped, entered the heated medicinal broth with a bamboo straw, and endured the pain while directing Chakra through his body.
• Orochimaru monitored the broth as it changed from pale green to nearly transparent, then told Uchiha Gen to come out.

Uchiha Gen used Orochimaru’s reverse summoning scroll to enter the Pure Land and followed a canyon passage toward the Rashomon Gate. As the gate’s eerie bell began to ring, he pressed onward with his snake-softened body and Sharingan, knowing the effect would last only three hours.

• Orochimaru warned Uchiha Gen about King Yama, the Rashomon Gate’s bell chimes, and the three-hour limit of his Snake Body Soft Modification.
• Uchiha Gen swallowed a ration pill, signed the Rashomon Gate scroll, and reverse-summoned himself away.
• Uchiha Gen arrived in a freezing canyon beneath a starry sky and followed its only path into a cave lit by green ghost flames.
• Uchiha Gen tested the cave wall with Wind Release and realized its mineral deposits might be useful for making Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Gen continued down the passage as a faint bell rang from the depths, unsettling his mind and body.

Uchiha Gen endured the Rashomon Gate’s bell-driven pressure to contract the first and second gates before returning to Orochimaru’s residence. Orochimaru confirmed that summoning both gates would provide a defense difficult to break without a Jonin-level attack.

• Uchiha Gen approached the first Rashomon Gate while resisting its bells’ mental and physical effects.
• Uchiha Gen stained the first gate with his chakra-infused blood and opened it, establishing a contract.
• Uchiha Gen continued onward through stronger bell chimes and lingering resentment, eventually reaching the second Rashomon Gate.
• Uchiha Gen smeared his blood on the second gate, opened it, and used the Reverse Summoning Technique to return to Orochimaru’s residence.
• Orochimaru examined the exhausted Uchiha Gen and said the two gates together could withstand attacks weaker than a Jonin’s destructive power.

Uchiha Gen learned why the mineral-rich mountain could not supply Konoha’s Explosive Tags, then gained a new item card and prepared his Ninja Crow flock before departing for the front lines. The chapter ended as he headed to meet Uchiha Sumi.

• Orochimaru explained that Yin Release had made the mountain’s minerals unsuitable for Explosive Tags and that the Second Hokage’s proposed Flying Thunder God Formation had not solved the problem.
• Orochimaru treated Uchiha Gen, who stayed overnight and reached level twelve after the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki transfer mission.
• Uchiha Gen used his gacha pull to obtain five Premium Ration Pills and tested one.
• Uchiha Gen trained with his squad the next morning and noticed that the Snake Body Softening Transformation had slightly improved his flexibility and strength.
• Uchiha Gen bought enough Ninja Crows to bring his flock to thirty, then went to meet Uchiha Sumi.

Uchiha Gen visited his frail cousin Uchiha Sumi, who gave him the sealed Phantom Body Flicker Technique left by Kagami Uchiha. After lunch with Sumi and Yuna, Gen joined Konoha’s forces as they assembled to depart for war.

• Uchiha Gen arrived at Uchiha Sumi’s residence with a gift and met Yuna, who called Sumi her neighbor.
• Uchiha Sumi revealed that the sealed box contained Kagami Uchiha’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique and explained how to undo its seal.
• Uchiha Sumi gave the technique to Uchiha Gen, who accepted it and thanked him.
• Uchiha Gen, Uchiha Sumi, and Yuna shared lunch before Gen left for the scheduled assembly.
• Several thousand Konoha Ninja gathered at the village gates with the Third Hokage, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and the Hokage’s three disciples, ready to depart.

Konoha’s forces marched out to confront the escalating war, and Orochimaru assigned Uchiha Gen and other young ninja to attack an enemy stronghold as combat training. The squad entered the forest, where Inoichi and another sensory ninja identified seventeen enemies and singled out three with the strongest Chakra.

• Konoha mobilized more than eight thousand ninja, with the Third Hokage’s force preparing to clear threats inside the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Mikoto said farewell to Uchiha Gen as the Uchiha of the Military Police Force left for the Kumogakure front.
• Minato Namikaze left with Jiraiya and the newly graduated class, while Kushina watched the departing troops from the Hokage Building, unable to leave the Sealing Barrier.
• Orochimaru sent Uchiha Gen, Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Chōza, Yamanaka Inoichi, and other young ninja to attack an enemy stronghold in the forest.
• Inoichi sensed seventeen enemies, and another sensory ninja reported that three enemies near the six o’clock direction had the strongest Chakra fluctuations.

Uchiha Gen and Hizashi Hyuga led Konoha’s forces in a coordinated assault on a rogue-ninja stronghold, clearing its sentries and traps before launching a surprise attack. The enemy leaders tried to escape, but Gen and his teammates intercepted them, and the battle continued as Gen charged the tall ninja.

• Uchiha Gen assigned the Ino-Shika-Cho team to command the main force and Hizashi Hyuga’s team to use the Byakugan to track and contain fleeing enemies.
• Uchiha Gen and Hizashi Hyuga silently eliminated the stronghold’s perimeter sentries and marked nearby traps.
• Yamanaka Inoichi relayed Nara Shikaku’s commands as the Konoha force advanced and caught the stronghold’s enemies by surprise.
• Uchiha Gen, Utsuki Ruri, and Sarutobi Enju summoned giant snakes and used them to clear a path through the stronghold.
• Three enemy leaders emerged from a cave and attempted to break out, but Sarutobi Enju and Uchiha Gen struck them with a combined fire-and-wind attack.
• The enemy leaders split up to flee; Uchiha Gen and his teammates intercepted them, and Gen pressed his attack on the tall ninja with a sword strike and Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.

Uchiha Gen used a combination of Fire and Wind Release to defeat the Hidden Rock Chunin, while Orochimaru observed and praised Gen’s talent. The chapter left Orochimaru wondering how long Gen would need to become a shinobi capable of changing the world.

• Uchiha Gen assessed the enemy as a likely Iwagakure Chunin and kept him suppressed while observing the battle around him.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi kept the Konoha team’s fight under control, while Hizashi Hyuga intercepted fleeing enemies and Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri struggled with their lack of experience.
• Uchiha Gen used the Summoning Technique: Twin Rashomon Gates to block the Hidden Rock ninja’s escape, then distracted him with a Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Gen launched the Combined Ninjutsu: Great Fire Gale Technique and burned the Hidden Rock ninja to death.
• Orochimaru praised Gen’s powerful composite Ninjutsu, and asked Mitarai Zixiao how long Gen would need to become a shinobi capable of stirring the world.

Uchiha Gen defeated an Iwa Shinobi and then helped Sarutobi Enju by disguising himself as badly wounded to lure their opponent into a trap. As Enju unleashed the Sarutobi Clan’s Art of Great Fire, the fight against the last Iwa Shinobi remained underway.

• Uchiha Gen defeated the formidable Iwa Shinobi with a coordinated attack and sent Blood Spot to assist Utsuki Ruri.
• Uchiha Gen assessed his remaining Chakra and headed to help Sarutobi Enju, who was locked in a difficult fight with another Iwa Shinobi.
• Uchiha Gen smeared blood on himself to appear injured, then joined Enju and drew the enemy’s attention with shuriken.
• Uchiha Gen used Elastic Steel Wire to prepare a trap, then suddenly charged with Uchiha Style: Sword Leap Flame and broke the Iwa Shinobi’s sword.
• Sarutobi Enju exploited the opening and attacked the Iwa Shinobi with Fire Release: Art of Great Fire.