Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sanpo battled Jiraiya, who entered Sage Mode and unleashed powerful attacks, but Sanpo overwhelmed him with his Seraph Form and fire techniques. Sanpo declared victory and flew away with Uzumaki Huiyi and Terumi Mei, leaving Jiraiya furious in the ruined canyon.

• Uchiha Sanpo dodged the toads' attacks while Jiraiya gathered Natural Energy and entered Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya, Shima, and Fukasaku used Sage Art: Goemon, but Uchiha Sanpo transformed into Seraph Form and flew into the air.
• Uchiha Sanpo fired waves of fire dragons, forcing Gamaken, Gamahiro, and Gamabunta to withdraw from the fight.
• Jiraiya dodged the fire dragons and used Sage Art: Water Release: Water Formation Wall to survive their bombardment.
• Uchiha Sanpo scooped up Uzumaki Huiyi and Terumi Mei and flew away to collect his winnings, while Jiraiya vowed to make him pay.

After Uchiha Sanpo refused the daimyo’s banquet invitation to eat barbecue, the daimyo invited Konoha’s leaders and proposed appointing Sanpo as Advisor Elder of Konoha. Sanpo recognized the appointment as an attempt to divide him from Uchiha Fugaku.

• The Land of Fire’s daimyo ordered a grand banquet for Uchiha Sanpo and invited Konoha’s important figures.
• Uchiha Sanpo demanded his 660 million ryo gambling winnings, then refused the daimyo’s invitation and went to Yakiniku Q with Terumi Mei and Uzumaki Huiyi.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Sanpo had refused and prepared to attend the daimyo’s second invitation alongside Konoha’s leaders.
• At the banquet, the daimyo unveiled a scroll appointing Sanpo Advisor Elder of Konoha, and Uchiha Fugaku accepted the offer on Konoha’s behalf.
• Uchiha Shisui told Sanpo about the appointment at Yakiniku Q, and Sanpo said the daimyo was trying to drive a wedge between him and Fugaku.

Uchiha Sanpo accepted the Daimyo’s Advisor Elder appointment after learning its salary, and Uchiha Yashiro revealed that the Valley of the End match had earned Konoha 60.08 billion ryo. Konoha celebrated Sanpo as its God of Wealth, and a billboard advertised the 598 Brothel.

• Uchiha Sanpo rejected the Daimyo’s appointment until Uchiha Fugaku told him the Advisor Elder salary was ten million ryo per month, prompting him to accept.
• Uchiha Yashiro reported that ticket sales, casino bets, and surrounding businesses brought Konoha roughly 60.08 billion ryo in profit from the match.
• Konoha’s residents spread news of the windfall and dubbed Uchiha Sanpo the God of Wealth.
• A giant billboard featuring Uchiha Sanpo appeared on the commercial street, advertising the 598 Brothel.

After Konoha’s match earned 60 billion ryō, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure each considered staging their own exhibition fights. The chapter ended with Chiyo suggesting that Rasa fight his wife, Karura, for higher ticket sales.

• Ōnoki returned the Third Raikage’s body to Kumogakure with an embellished account of his final battle, and the villages signed a ceasefire.
• Ōnoki ordered preparations for a match against the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, and offered him an appearance fee of 100 million ryō.
• The Fourth Raikage, A, ordered a dangerous exhibition match against Killer B, with expensive suspended viewing platforms and higher ticket prices.
• Rasa lamented that Konoha’s 60 billion ryō earnings exceeded Sunagakure’s wartime gains, and Chiyo proposed a match between him and his wife, Karura.

Uchiha Sanpo explained why the other villages could not profit by copying Konoha’s tournament, pointing to their remote and hazardous locations. Iwagakure and Kumogakure held poorly attended matches that lost money, while Sunagakure canceled its event.

• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure were preparing tournaments modeled on Konoha’s.
• Uchiha Sanpo told the conference that Konoha’s convenient location and nearby wealthy population made its success difficult for the other villages to imitate.
• Ōnoki held Iwagakure’s match despite sparse attendance and low betting, then admitted that copying Konoha’s model had failed.
• The Fourth Raikage, A, found that Kumogakure’s event attracted few spectators and that the village could not afford wages after building the Suspended Observation Deck.
• Sunagakure canceled its competition after the Land of Wind’s nobles and merchant guilds refused to attend.

The Daimyo set up a Strongest Ninja Tournament with lucrative champion slots for Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Sanpo, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jikai, and Tsunade, aiming to recruit experts and keep Konoha in check. Uchiha Fugaku and Tsunade agreed to participate, while Konoha's leaders questioned why the tournament was scheduled for the day the Daimyo's colossal statue would be completed.

• The Daimyo revised the tournament rules to allow contestants of any nationality, dead or alive, and offered five champion slots with 300 million ryo in appearance fees for each.
• The Daimyo assigned champion slots to Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Sanpo, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jikai, and Tsunade, and set the tournament for March 3rd.
• Uchiha Sanpo, Nara Shikaku, and Namikaze Minato discussed the Daimyo's motives after Konoha received the invitations.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted the invitation despite Uchiha Sanpo's concerns about his failing eyesight.
• Tsunade agreed to compete for the appearance fee and a share of ticket revenue.
• Nara Shikaku questioned the tournament date, and Yamanaka Inoichi speculated it was timed to coincide with the completion of the Daimyo's colossal statue.

Uchiha Sanpo awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered the ocular techniques God's Eye and God Speed. After testing their limits and confirming his eye could recover from the damage, he asked Uzumaki Huiyi to keep his Mangekyō secret.

• Uchiha Sanpo's Uzumaki Sage Body advanced after he dual cultivated with Uzumaki Huiyi.
• Uchiha Sanpo's Three-Tomoe Sharingan reached its threshold at midnight, and he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The system gave Uchiha Sanpo God's Eye in his left eye and God Speed in his right eye.
• Uchiha Sanpo used God's Eye to view across Konoha, then stopped when his left eye began bleeding.
• Uzumaki Huiyi examined Uchiha Sanpo's eye and found that it had already healed, and she agreed to keep his Mangekyō secret.
• Uchiha Sanpo tested God Speed on a clock, speeding its second hand up to eight times before stopping to recover his ocular power.

The Strongest Ninja Tournament moved into its major battles as Roshi defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen and was awarded advancement by the Daimyo. Ōnoki was granted a free advance, while Uchiha Fugaku fought Fourth Raikage A and ended the chapter still standing after striking him back.

• Roshi challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen, transformed into Four-Tails, and overwhelmed Hiruzen and the injured Enma.
• The Daimyo stopped the battle and declared Roshi master of the sixth arena, while Hiruzen retained his original ranking.
• Ōnoki challenged Jikai, but the Daimyo exempted Ōnoki from fighting and advanced him to master of the seventh arena.
• Fourth Raikage A challenged Uchiha Fugaku, who used his Mangekyō Sharingan to summon Susanoo and withstand the Raikage's attacks.
• Fugaku's Susanoo struck Fourth Raikage A and sent him flying, though Fugaku's eye bled and his ocular power was draining.

Killer B defeated Chief Monk Jikai with the Eight-Tails Gyuki’s power and Jikai’s senjutsu, earning the ninth arena master position. Later, Kakuzu overwhelmed Sarutobi Hiruzen in their battle, and the Daimyo tried to intervene before Kakuzu could deliver the final blow.

• Killer B challenged Chief Monk Jikai after Gyuki warned him not to fight Uchiha Sanpo, and Jikai accepted the match.
• Jikai’s senjutsu-based Furious Wisdom King and golden dragon stopped Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Ball and knocked the Eight-Tails back.
• The Daimyo ended the battle and promoted Killer B to ninth arena master.
• Kakuzu arrived and challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose injured Monkey King Enma and depleted combat strength left him at a disadvantage.
• Kakuzu’s combined elemental attacks suppressed Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Daimyo called out to Kakuzu as he approached to finish him.

After the tournament, Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan backlash rapidly worsened his eyesight, and his fear of becoming blind drove him to lash out at his family. Uchiha Sanpo discovered the abuse and worried that Fugaku could no longer accept his declining vision.

• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, Roshi, and Killer B received eight hundred million ryō each and recognized the Land of Fire’s wealth as a reason to pursue greater power.
• Tsunade warned Fugaku that overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan was eroding his vision, but Fugaku refused to leave the banquet early.
• At the Daimyo’s banquet, the Daimyo questioned Fugaku about Konoha’s numbers, and Fugaku abruptly left with Tsunade and Uchiha Sanpo.
• Fugaku’s eyesight continued to blur until he could barely read, and he violently threw Mikoto against a wall when she asked about his eyes.
• Sanpo saw that Itachi was buying groceries alone, used his Mangekyō visual jutsu to discover Mikoto’s bruises, and concluded that Fugaku could not accept his deteriorating eyesight.

Uchiha Sanpo visited Uchiha Fugaku and offered ways to restore his failing eyes, but Fugaku grew suspicious of Sanpo’s hidden strength and secrets. After Sanpo left, Fugaku warned Uchiha Itachi that Sanpo was selfish and took him into the night to show him the dark side of the world.

• Uchiha Fugaku sensed Sanpo’s immense chakra as Sanpo arrived to check on him.
• Sanpo proposed temporarily transplanting Three-Tomoe Sharingan and later cloning Fugaku’s Mangekyō, but Fugaku rejected the eight-to-nine-year wait.
• Sanpo suggested Hashirama Cells might repair Fugaku’s eyes, then denied having injected them himself.
• Fugaku concluded Sanpo was hiding his use of Hashirama Cells and sent him away.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Sanpo had plotted to kill Shimura Danzō and was selfish, then took Itachi out to witness the world’s darkness.

Uchiha Fugaku injected himself with Hashirama Cell culture fluid in the Root base to restore his vision and increase his chakra, but he lost control and turned into a tree. Before he died, he gave his Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi and told him to study the ancestral stone tablet.

• Fugaku brought Itachi through Root's cultivation rooms and specimen room, where Itachi saw the bodies and organs of child test subjects.
• Tsutsumi’s records revealed that Sanpo had taken Hashirama Cell culture fluid and Hashirama blood three months earlier.
• Fugaku injected four tubes of Hashirama Cell culture fluid, boosting his chakra and restoring his vision before the cells overwhelmed him.
• As Fugaku began turning into a tree, he removed his Mangekyō Sharingan and told Tsutsumi to preserve it for Itachi.
• Tsutsumi placed Fugaku’s Mangekyō in a nutrient tank and handed it to Itachi, who wondered what he and his mother would do without Fugaku.

After Uchiha Fugaku died from losing control of Hashirama Cells, Konoha prepared his funeral and debated who would become the Fifth Hokage. Uchiha Sanpo backed Tsunade for Hokage, then left Fugaku’s funeral fixated on claiming Mikoto for himself.

• Uchiha Tsutsumi explained that Fugaku had become a tree after injecting too much Hashirama Cells culture fluid, and Itachi awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan while witnessing his father’s death.
• At a meeting about the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Sanpo rejected the clan’s support for his candidacy and recommended Tsunade, arguing that her appointment would bring stability.
• At Fugaku’s rainy funeral, Sanpo reassured the Uchiha clan and explained to Itachi why the clan members seemed more concerned about their interests than their grief.
• Mikoto sensed Sanpo’s possessive interest in her, thanked him for comforting Itachi, and left the cemetery with her son.
• Sanpo watched Mikoto leave and resolved that he would never give up on making her his.

Uchiha Ryuka stole Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan and used them with Hashirama Cells to challenge Uchiha Sanpo for the Fifth Hokage position, but Sanpo defeated him and claimed leadership of the Uchiha Clan. Sanpo returned the eyes to Itachi's care and offered to train him, while Mikoto and Itachi grew closer to him.

• Uchiha Yashiro learned that Itachi had Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Uchiha Ryuka to steal them without alerting Uchiha Sanpo.
• Uchiha Ryuka took the eyes from Itachi's room, had them transplanted, and received Hashirama Cells, awakening Mangekyō powers and Susanoo.
• At the Hokage selection meeting, Uchiha Yashiro nominated Ryuka, who challenged Sanpo after revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Sanpo defeated Ryuka's Green Susanoo with his larger Orange Susanoo, reclaimed Fugaku's eyes, and declared himself clan head while stripping Yashiro of his elder position.
• Uchiha Sanpo returned the eyes to Itachi for safekeeping, promised to protect and train him, and reassured Mikoto about the family's security and property.
• After Sanpo left, Itachi asked Mikoto whether she liked him and said he would accept her remarrying; Mikoto embraced him and told him not to say such things.

Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, but villagers questioned her appointment until Uchiha Sanpo publicly endorsed her and explained why he had declined the position. At a leadership meeting, the village’s wartime losses prompted plans to recruit outside clans and encourage marriage and childbirth, while Sanpo privately looked forward to pursuing Uchiha Mikoto.

• Tsunade took office as Fifth Hokage, but Konoha villagers praised Uchiha Sanpo and questioned why he had not become Hokage.
• Uchiha Sanpo told the crowd he had proposed Tsunade’s appointment to avoid making Konoha appear controlled by the Uchiha, and the villagers applauded her.
• Nara Shikaku reported Konoha’s severe wartime losses, its reduced shinobi population, and the shortage of young graduates after children died on the Kirigakure battlefield.
• Nara Shikaku proposed recruiting unaffiliated shinobi clans and encouraging marriage, childbirth, remarriage for widows, and multiple wives for male shinobi.
• Uchiha Sanpo praised Shikaku’s proposal and privately celebrated having begun a plan to pursue Uchiha Mikoto.

Uchiha Sanpo pushed through a controversial proposal before arguing that the Daimyo had engineered the Third Shinobi World War to weaken the villages and was now hollowing out Konoha. He left the village leaders troubled by the possibility of conflict with the Daimyo, while privately revealing that he wanted to become Daimyo himself.

• Tsunade reluctantly approved Sanpo's proposal to allow marriage and concubines, with restrictions that women must consent.
• Sanpo asked Nara Shikaku to estimate wartime costs and the strength of Konoha's shinobi, then claimed the Daimyo had used the Third Shinobi World War to weaken the villages.
• Sanpo warned that the Daimyo's Guardian Shinobi Army would let him gradually hollow out and eventually purge Konoha.
• Tsunade challenged Sanpo for acting as though he could adjourn the meeting, then adjourned it herself and left in anger.
• Konoha's higher-ups left the conference room troubled by Sanpo's claims, while Sanpo privately admitted he wanted to become Daimyo and marry dozens of princess consorts.

Uchiha Sanpo met Tsunade in her bedroom and urged her to prepare Konoha for the daimyō’s growing ninja forces by reforming the village’s economy. Tsunade agreed to begin adjusting the economy while Sanpo continued secretly preparing for the coming conflict.

• Uchiha Sanpo used a shadow clone to distract the Anbu and slipped into Tsunade’s residence through an unlocked window.
• Tsunade confronted Uchiha Sanpo about his public criticism at a meeting and warned that Konoha needed stability.
• Uchiha Sanpo said the daimyō had recruited over five thousand ninjas and proposed using five years to strengthen Konoha and build an independent economic system.
• Uchiha Sanpo revealed that Uchiha and other clan outcasts had volunteered to infiltrate the Daimyo Residence.
• Tsunade agreed to gradually adjust Konoha’s economic structure and told Uchiha Sanpo to appear publicly as though he had been forced to compromise.
• Uchiha Sanpo and Tsunade spent the rest of the night together, and his system recorded repeated dual cultivation gains.

Uchiha Sanpo studied the Flying Thunder God Technique but could not understand its advanced sealing formula, so Tsunade taught him chakra compression and helped him complete a marked kunai. He successfully used the technique with his Mangekyō’s aid and ended the night with Tsunade.

• Uchiha Sanpo identified advanced sealing, sensory ability, and spatial talent as the Flying Thunder God Technique’s main requirements, then admitted he lacked knowledge of advanced sealing.
• Tsunade explained the six layers of the formula and offered to teach Uchiha Sanpo chakra compression techniques.
• Tsunade showed Uchiha Sanpo how Hashirama Senju’s chakra was arranged in the Green Crystal Necklace, and Uchiha Sanpo used his Mangekyō to condense his own chakra.
• Uchiha Sanpo created a Flying Thunder God-marked kunai and found he could sense its mark only within a hundred meters without his Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Sanpo used God's Eye to extend his Flying Thunder God range to seventy-two kilometers and successfully teleported his shadow clone.
• Uchiha Sanpo picked up Tsunade, and they kissed before spending the night together.

Uchiha Sanpo sought combat experience to improve his Flying Thunder God Technique and forced Namikaze Minato into a spar by threatening to pursue Kushina Uzumaki. After defeating Minato and copying his technique, Sanpo demanded another spar the next day, leaving Minato battered and resentful.

• Uchiha Sanpo watched Tsunade sleep and decided he needed to spar with Namikaze Minato to improve his beginner-level Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Sanpo went to Namikaze Minato’s home and used his interest in Kushina Uzumaki to persuade Minato to spar.
• At the training ground, Uchiha Sanpo dodged Minato’s Flying Thunder God attacks, struck him repeatedly, and revealed that he had learned the technique.
• Uchiha Sanpo checked his system and found his Flying Thunder God Technique had advanced to intermediate proficiency.
• Uchiha Sanpo told Minato to return the next day, and Minato complained that he had been used as a punching bag.

Uchiha Sanpo reached Rōran ahead of Minato’s team, rescued Princess Sara from her bedchamber, and showed her proof that Anrokuzan had murdered her mother and enslaved workers underground. The underground factory began collapsing, and Sanpo carried Sara and Grandpa Kuzuha toward safety.

• Uchiha Sanpo learned that Minato’s team had been sent to Rōran and used a Shadow Clone to handle his duties before flying there in Seraph form.
• Uchiha Sanpo entered Princess Sara’s bedchamber, gave her the Queen’s secret letter, and convinced her that Anrokuzan had poisoned her mother.
• Princess Sara changed into court attire and followed Uchiha Sanpo through a secret passage beneath the Royal Palace.
• Princess Sara found Grandpa Zhuge in Anrokuzan’s underground factory and learned that he had been abducted and forced to work there.
• The underground factory began shaking and collapsing, so Uchiha Sanpo grabbed Princess Sara and Grandpa Kuzuha and leaped toward safety.