Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sanpo suppressed the restless Tailed Beast chakra inside him, then attacked Sunagakure and overwhelmed Rasa with his fiery Seraph Mode. As Karura joined the fight in her Shukaku-like form, young Gaara tried to help his parents but Temari held him back.

• Uchiha Sanpo sensed the Nine Tailed Beasts' chakra resonating inside him and sealed its agitation with the Celestial Sage Curse Mark.
• Uchiha Sanpo appeared above Sunagakure and challenged Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who attacked him with Gold Dust Rain.
• Uchiha Sanpo activated Seraph Mode, dodged Rasa's Gold Dust, and melted it with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Karura transformed into a giant tanuki-like form and attacked Uchiha Sanpo with Magnet Style techniques, but he evaded her strikes.
• Gaara tried to rush to his parents' aid, but Temari restrained him and warned that they could not defeat Uchiha Sanpo.

Uchiha Sanpo overwhelmed Sunagakure with his Perfect Susanoo, drained Shukaku’s chakra, and defeated Rasa and Karura. He ordered Rasa to send Enshi Xing to sign a mediation agreement and declared that he would marry Temari when she turned eighteen, leaving Sunagakure helpless and humiliated.

• Uchiha Sanpo activated Perfect Susanoo, towering over Sunagakure and terrifying its ninja and villagers.
• Susanoo seized Shukaku and drained his chakra while Chiyo and Ebizo’s puppets fell apart and Rasa’s Gold Dust failed to help.
• Uchiha Sanpo grabbed Rasa, drained Shukaku until he left Tailed Beast Mode, and set the weakened Rasa and Karura down.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered Rasa to have Enshi Xing sign a mediation agreement in the Land of Fire’s capital and threatened to destroy Sunagakure and the Land of Wind if they defied him.
• Uchiha Sanpo announced that he would marry Temari when she turned eighteen and threatened Sunagakure if she were harmed.
• Uchiha Sanpo vanished, and Rasa struggled to his feet beside Karura as Temari and Gaara remained frightened.

After returning to the Land of Water, Uchiha Sanpo calmed his restless Tailed Beast chakra with Uzumaki Huiyi. He then forced the five princes of the Land of Fire to sign a seven-year ceasefire agreement, leaving them to consider their chances after he departed.

• Uchiha Sanpo returned to the Land of Water and sought Uzumaki Huiyi, whose presence helped settle the agitation caused by the clashing Tailed Beast chakra within him.
• The five princes gathered in the Land of Fire's capital and argued over their conflict before Uchiha Sanpo arrived in his Perfect Susanoo.
• Kazami Tomohiko presented agreements requiring the princes to stop fighting for seven years while keeping the cities they currently controlled.
• Enshi Xiu, Enshi Qiang, Enshiryu, Enshi Xing, and Enshiko each signed the ceasefire agreements under Uchiha Sanpo's pressure.
• Uchiha Sanpo left with his people, while Enshi Xiu hoped the Land of Fire would find a turning point and Enshi Qiang resolved that they still had a chance.

Uchiha Sanpo’s agitation led him to pull Uzuki Yugao into an intimate encounter, and afterward he promised to transfer Gekko Hayate away from the border. The chapter left Yugao reassured in Sanpo’s arms as he vowed to protect her and handle her worries.

• Uchiha Sanpo struggled with the restlessness stirred by the Tailed Beast chakra while reviewing documents in the Water Kingdom Council Hall.
• Uzuki Yugao brought Sanpo reports and meeting materials, and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her despite her initial protests.
• Sanpo carried Yugao into the lounge and promised to take responsibility for her.
• Afterward, Yugao asked Sanpo to transfer Gekko Hayate from the dangerous border, and Sanpo agreed to draft an order the next day.
• Yugao thanked Sanpo and embraced him as he promised to protect her and take care of her concerns.

Mabui and Yugito worried that Uchiha Sanpo’s threats against Kumogakure would endanger their homeland, so they planned to become even closer to him and persuade him to show mercy. The chapter ended with both women telling Sanpo they wanted to have his child.

• Mabui found Yugao’s scattered immigration reports outside the Council Hall and decided she needed to protect Kumogakure.
• Mabui reminded herself that she and Yugito had refused to become Sanpo’s queens because of the political risks, but now feared his threat to destroy Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning.
• After Yugao left the Council Hall, Mabui told Sanpo that Yugito had invited him to her birthday and arranged for Yugao’s reports to be returned.
• At Yugito’s birthday dinner, Sanpo explained that his threats against the Raikage and Killer B were meant to pressure them into signing the Land of Fire mediation agreement.
• After Mabui left the celebration, Yugito asked Sanpo to stay the night, and he agreed.
• Late that night, Mabui joined Sanpo and Yugito in bed, and both women told him they wanted to have his child so they could feel secure about Kumogakure’s future.

Uchiha Sanpo fused the Nine Tailed Beasts’ chakra with Natural Energy and awakened a Golden Six-Tomoe Rinnegan. He reassured Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto, but had yet to discover what his new eyes could do.

• Uchiha Sanpo studied the Uchiha stone tablet and concluded that Ten-Tails Chakra, rather than the powers of Asura and Indra, was the key to awakening the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Sanpo used Celestial Sage Mode to control the Nine Tailed Beasts’ chakra while the System fused it into Ten-Tails Chakra.
• Uchiha Sanpo absorbed the Ten-Tails Chakra and endured severe pain as his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan transformed into a Golden Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Sanpo formed six golden-haloed Truth-Seeking Orbs and realized that producing them consumed a great deal of chakra.
• Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto entered the chamber after the palace barriers activated, and Uchiha Sanpo explained that he had calmed the Tailed Beasts’ chakra and awakened the Rinnegan.

Uchiha Sanpo used his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan to communicate with a dying planet and restore its vitality by raining meteorites onto it. He left after the planet’s consciousness began recovering and hoped to return with seeds so it could one day nurture life.

• Uchiha Sanpo examined his Rinnegan’s Heaven and Earth Imperial Command ability and traveled through a golden space gate to a dying planet.
• Uchiha Sanpo negotiated with the planet’s consciousness, which granted him its highest authority in exchange for his help.
• Uchiha Sanpo used God's Eye and gravitational manipulation to pull meteorite clusters toward the planet and heat its core.
• Uchiha Sanpo mixed icy meteorites into the barrage, producing water vapor, an atmosphere, and oceans of magma across the planet.
• Uchiha Sanpo sensed the planet’s vitality recovering, promised to bring seeds later, and returned through a golden vortex.

After exhausting his chakra controlling meteorites, Uchiha Sanpo returned to the palace and relied on Uzumaki Huiyi’s care and chakra to recover. Karin interrupted their private time, but after Sanpo played with her, he reunited with Huiyi and dual-cultivated with her.

• Uchiha Sanpo returned to the Water Kingdom Palace weakened after spending a day controlling meteorites and realized he needed greater chakra reserves.
• Uzumaki Huiyi supported Sanpo, made him Spirit Herb Soup, and shared her healing chakra with him through a kiss.
• Karin entered the bedchamber and demanded to sleep with Huiyi, interrupting the couple.
• Sanpo promised to play with Karin, then played hide-and-seek with her until she was happy and went back to her room with a maid.
• Sanpo returned to Huiyi, promised to spend more time with his family, and dual-cultivated with her, gaining 50 Special-grade Uzumaki Sage Body experience.

Uchiha Sanpo comforted Xingchi after Sasuke Uchiha’s taunts left him doubting his abilities, telling him his talent would emerge with time. He then reassured Sasuke Uchiha that his Sharingan made him strong while urging the brothers to support rather than belittle each other.

• Uchiha Sanpo woke beside Uzumaki Huiyi, whose chakra had helped him recover, and they joined the children for breakfast.
• Sasuke Uchiha bragged that his two-tomoe Sharingan had helped him defeat Xingchi, while Xingchi sat hurt and barely ate.
• Uchiha Sanpo encouraged Xingchi in private, calling him a once-in-a-century genius whose strength would emerge after deep accumulation.
• Sasuke Uchiha overheard Uchiha Sanpo say Xingchi could defeat a hundred of him and accused his father of favoritism.
• Uchiha Sanpo reassured Sasuke Uchiha that he was proud of his Sharingan and told both brothers to work hard without putting each other down.

Uchiha Shiryu defeated Sasuke Uchiha in a spar, then Uchiha Sanpo explained why Sasuke’s Sharingan and ninjutsu had not been enough. Sasuke admitted he was wrong to mock Xingchi and compare himself to others.

• Uchiha Shiryu challenged Sasuke Uchiha after he mocked Xingchi, and they began sparring in the courtyard.
• Sasuke Uchiha attacked with several Fire Release techniques, but Shiryu countered them with the Konoha Dragon God.
• Sasuke Uchiha activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, but Shiryu outmaneuvered him and knocked him to the ground.
• Sasuke Uchiha ran to Uchiha Sanpo in tears, and Sanpo explained that Sasuke’s young body could not yet keep pace with his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Sanpo reprimanded Sasuke for his arrogance and for mocking Xingchi, and Sasuke admitted he had been wrong.

Uchiha Sanpo spent the night with Uzumaki Huiyi, who teased him and helped him relax as he worked through a cultivation hurdle. After succeeding, he promised to visit the other sisters the next day, then stayed with Huiyi for the night.

• Uzumaki Huiyi teased Uchiha Sanpo about the other sisters missing him, including Yuhi Kurenai and Mirai.
• Uchiha Sanpo explained that intimate dual cultivation with Huiyi was helping him overcome a cultivation hurdle.
• Uzumaki Huiyi playfully ran behind a screen, and Uchiha Sanpo caught her and carried her back to the couch.
• Uzumaki Huiyi told Uchiha Sanpo she had been trying to help him relax, and he succeeded in breaking through.
• Uchiha Sanpo promised to spend time with the other sisters the next day, then began making it up to Huiyi.

Uchiha Sanpo used his powers to cool the nameless planet and plant vegetation on several islands before returning to the Water Kingdom Palace. There, Shizune confessed her feelings, and he asked her to become his princess consort.

• Uchiha Sanpo formed enormous icebergs at the planet’s north and south poles to help lower its temperature.
• He transplanted plants from the Land of Fire onto three islands, which he named the Three Sages Experimental Islands.
• Uchiha Sanpo returned to the Water Kingdom Palace and found Shizune sorting documents in the government hall.
• He pulled Shizune onto his lap and asked if she secretly liked him, and she confessed that she did.
• Uchiha Sanpo asked Shizune to become his princess consort, and she accepted through tears.

Uchiha Sanpo brought Shizune to his bedchamber and confessed that he had cared for her for years, then the two became lovers. The chapter ended with Shizune resting in his arms, happy that she no longer had to wait in secret.

• Uchiha Sanpo used the Flying Thunder God technique to bring Shizune from the Administrative Hall to his bedchamber.
• Sanpo told Shizune he had noticed her kindness and had held back because he wanted to protect her, then said he wished to change the lonely future he had foreseen for her.
• Shizune confessed that she was willing to accept Sanpo's feelings, and he asked her to call him Sanpo or husband.
• Sanpo and Shizune shared an intimate night together after he patiently waited for her to feel comfortable.
• Sanpo held Shizune beneath the quilt and promised she would no longer have to wait alone, and she told him she was happy.

Uchiha Sanpo recounted the tragic friendship and ideological split between Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju to explain his vision of unifying the Ninja World. He ordered Kazami Tomohiko to turn the story into a novel, manga, and movie, and Kazami began revising his manuscript.

• Uchiha Sanpo criticized Kazami Tomohiko's manuscript for omitting the reasons behind the village's founding and Madara and Hashirama's later conflict.
• Uchiha Sanpo told the gathered leaders how Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju became friends as children after losing siblings, then founded Konoha to protect children from war.
• Uchiha Sanpo explained that Madara wanted to unify the Ninja World to prevent future wars, while Hashirama refused to sacrifice lives for that goal, leading to repeated clashes between them.
• Uchiha Sanpo described the Battle of the Valley of the End, where Hashirama defeated Madara and fatally stabbed him after deceiving him with a Wood Release clone.
• Nara Shikaku recognized that Uchiha Sanpo wanted the story to promote unification, and Uchiha Sanpo confirmed that he wanted it distributed throughout the Ninja World.
• Kazami Tomohiko agreed to revise his manuscript into the fuller story Uchiha Sanpo had recounted.

Uchiha Sanpo resurrected Hashirama Senju and arranged for him to recreate the Valley of the End battle for a film crew. After a two-hour clash against Sanpo’s Susanoo-clad Nine-Tails, the director declared the footage perfect.

• Uchiha Sanpo summoned Hashirama Senju with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Hashirama agreed to reenact his battle with Madara.
• Hashirama possessed Senju Nawaki to regain his peak strength, while Uchiha Sanpo brought Naruto in and enlarged his Nine-Tails form.
• Uchiha Sanpo transformed into Uchiha Madara and covered the Nine-Tails with Susanoo as the film crew began recording.
• Hashirama unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, and the two fought for nearly two hours as the crew filmed.
• Nawaki collapsed after the battle, Hashirama praised Uchiha Sanpo’s strength, and the director celebrated the footage.

Uchiha Sanpo and his council planned a staged release of a novel, manga, and movie about Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama to promote unification across the Ninja World. After assigning the rollout and responses to potential bans, Sanpo looked ahead to visiting Amegakure to meet Nagato and Konan.

• Nara Shikaku proposed releasing the novel in three volumes, followed by a serialized manga and a movie in the third month.
• Kazami Tomohiko warned that the Wind, Earth, and Lightning nations, along with local nobles, might obstruct the works.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered Konoha ninja to counter unofficial obstruction and threatened war if governments officially banned the works.
• Uchiha Sanpo set tiered prices for the novel and manga, with collectible illustrations, a poster, and a movie voucher in premium editions.
• Uchiha Sanpo assigned Nara Shikaku, Namikaze Minato, Hyuga Hiashi, and Kazami Tomohiko responsibility for letters, obstruction response, surveillance, and production.
• Uchiha Sanpo said he would visit Amegakure to meet Nagato and Konan.

Uchiha Sanpo learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen had seized the Land of Fire’s throne by killing First Prince Enshi Xiu and ordered a response. As the four princes’ armies reached the capital, Sarutobi Hiruzen remained in the palace, apparently descending into madness.

• Kazami Tomohiko reported huge sales of the Madara and Hashirama novel and manga, while Nara Shikaku noted that the Land of Fire’s nobles had stayed unusually quiet.
• An Uchiha Shadow Guard reported that Sarutobi Hiruzen had killed First Prince Enshi Xiu’s family and declared himself daimyo, prompting Uchiha Sanpo to use God's Eye to survey the chaos.
• Sarutobi clansmen fled the Land of Fire as the Underground Bounty Office placed a bounty on the entire clan, while Sarutobi Hiruzen indulged himself in the royal palace.
• Uchiha Sanpo contacted Fifth Prince Enshiko and summoned Kakashi, then ordered Kakashi to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen and avenge Sakumo Hatake.
• The four princes marched on the capital, and Sarutobi Hiruzen remained drunk and unstable in the palace as the Second and Third Princes prepared to storm it and behead him.

Kakashi killed Sarutobi Hiruzen in the palace to avenge his father, Sakumo Hatake, then disappeared before the princes could question him. In the Land of Water, Uchiha Sanpo and Nara Shikaku watched the battle and anticipated that the Land of Fire’s turmoil would deepen.

• As the four princes’ armies stormed the capital, Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed warnings and used Fire Release to kill a clansman who reported their approach.
• Kakashi attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen from the rafters, but Hiruzen used a princess consort to block the kunai and retaliated with ninjutsu.
• Kakashi evaded Hiruzen’s Earth and Fire techniques, broke out of the Earth Prison, and pierced him with Chidori.
• Kakashi told his father he had avenged him, then vanished when the Second Prince, Enshi Qiang, and the Third Prince, Enshiryu, entered the hall.
• Uchiha Sanpo watched through God's Eye as Nara Shikaku predicted that Hiruzen’s death would worsen the Land of Fire’s chaos and make its people seek someone to unite them.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen's death, the four princes fought over the Land of Fire's cities while Uchiha Sanpo and his allies watched the turmoil from the Water Kingdom Palace. Enshiko secured a remote base in the south, and Sanpo concluded that the Ninja World needed a great villain before his plans for unification could succeed.

• Enshi Qiang, Enshiryu, and Enshi Xing each claimed cities and support from foreign nations, while Enshiko offered to give up the contest for the daimyo's seat in exchange for two southern cities.
• The three elder princes accepted Enshiko's offer and divided the remaining cities, leaving the Daimyo Residence as the main prize.
• Enshiko left the capital for his new southern cities, where he intended to build strength away from the other princes' influence.
• The three elder princes argued over control of the Daimyo Residence, then agreed to manage it jointly and divide its benefits until they chose a victor.
• Uchiha Sanpo, Nara Shikaku, and Hyuga Hiashi discussed how the Land of Fire's turmoil helped their unification ideology and planned to wait until people grew tired of war.
• Uchiha Sanpo decided that the Ninja World needed a great villain to make unification seem like salvation.

Uchiha Sanpo revealed that Uchiha Madara had implanted Nagato with the Rinnegan and proposed using the Akatsuki as a villainous force to prepare the Ninja World for unification. He threatened to take Nagato’s eyes and claim Konan if Nagato refused, leaving Nagato struggling to choose.

• Uchiha Sanpo appeared before Nagato and explained that Madara had secretly given him the Rinnegan to make him a vessel for resurrection.
• Uchiha Sanpo challenged Nagato’s plan to achieve peace through fear and proposed unifying the Ninja World under one regime.
• Uchiha Sanpo asked Nagato to occupy the Land of Grass and act as a feared villain so the Land of Water could later unite the nations as a savior.
• Konan accused Uchiha Sanpo of using them, but he insisted his plan would reduce casualties and remove the Daimyo and nobles who obstructed unification.
• Uchiha Sanpo threatened to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and make Konan his princess if Nagato refused, and Nagato struggled with the choice.