Chapter Summaries

After Uchiha Tianqi defeated Indra, Asura refused Mandala’s plea to make peace and learned that Indra’s forces had captured most of his intelligence operatives. Asura gathered the Ninja Sect’s warriors to rescue them and asked Mandala whether he would come along.

• Tianqi caught Indra after their duel, and Indra acknowledged his defeat while Tianqi praised his strength.
• Karura told Mandala that Tianqi had defeated Indra, and Mandala urged Asura to reconcile with his brother.
• Asura rejected Mandala’s suggestion, insisting that Indra’s ideals would bring disaster if he ruled by force.
• A surviving intelligence operative reported that Indra’s men had surrounded the other nine members of Asura’s spy division.
• Asura ordered the Ninja Sect’s warriors to assemble for a rescue and asked Mandala whether he would join him.

After learning that Asura was marching to rescue nine captured spies, Indra refused Karura Ōtsutsuki’s plea to release them and prepared to meet the Ninja Sect in battle. Indra’s forces gathered, but his followers all insisted on marching with him.

• A subordinate told Indra that Asura had gathered his forces after nine spies were captured.
• Karura Ōtsutsuki urged Indra to release the prisoners and avoid a war, but Indra refused and ordered his combat personnel to assemble.
• Indra invited Tianqi to witness the battle and ordered Karura Ōtsutsuki to stay behind, but she followed them.
• Indra assembled more than a thousand combatants and announced that he would take only half to face Asura’s force of about five thousand.
• Indra’s followers refused to stay behind, declaring that they wanted to fight alongside him.

Indra prepared to face Asura, explaining to Tianqi how deeply he valued the fighters who had followed him as family. Karura insisted on joining the campaign, and Tianqi promised to face Mandala so she would not have to.

• Indra selected a force of about five hundred fighters, including a hundred especially powerful warriors, and sent them ahead.
• Tianqi asked Indra about his loyal companions, and Indra described them as family who shared his ideals and had helped him avoid defeat.
• Karura arrived despite Indra's order to stay at the clan grounds, and Indra warned her that Mandala might challenge her.
• Tianqi offered to fight Mandala, and Karura thanked him before blushing and running off.
• Indra laughed at Tianqi's gallantry, while Tianqi realized Indra had mistaken Karura's affection for anger.

Tianqi challenged Asura's belief that love could bring peace, arguing that neither love nor power could create a perfect world and that strength was needed to protect loved ones. Asura was left questioning his definition of love as both sides prepared for war.

• Asura's force of five thousand met Indra's few hundred followers in a dense forest, with Tianqi and Karura beside Indra and Mandala glaring at them.
• Asura accused Tianqi of falling into depravity, and Tianqi defended people's freedom to choose their beliefs and argued that conflict was part of human nature.
• Asura questioned whether Tianqi wanted Indra to rule through absolute power, and Tianqi argued that Asura's pursuit of love had destroyed families and rejected others' beliefs.
• Asura fell silent and began to doubt his definition of love after recognizing the harm caused by his war with Indra.
• Tianqi told Asura that strength was necessary to protect loved ones and urged him to protect what he cherished rather than try to save the world.

Tianqi’s argument delighted Indra but failed to sway Asura, and the brothers’ forces began fighting. As Indra and Asura clashed, Mandala blocked Tianqi from joining the battle, setting up their confrontation.

• Asura sent Mandala to hold off Tianqi while he fought Indra, and Mandala eagerly agreed.
• Indra ordered Raikage to attack the Ninja Sect army, and Raikage’s Heavy Style: Hell Stab killed hundreds and injured hundreds more.
• Asura tried to restrain Raikage with Wood Release, but Indra freed him and sent him to fight elsewhere before facing Asura himself.
• Indra and Asura fought with Susanoo and a Wood Dragon as their forces battled around them.
• Tianqi moved to join the fighting, but Mandala blocked his path, and Tianqi mocked Mandala’s belief that Indra had let him win.

Tianqi sent a physical clone to fight Mandala, then tried to join the battle between Indra’s followers and the Ninja Sect. Karura blocked him to keep him out of the Ōtsutsuki brothers’ conflict, and Tianqi agreed to watch instead.

• Tianqi created a flesh-and-blood clone to hold off Mandala and turned toward the battle below.
• Karura stopped Tianqi and asked him not to interfere in the fight between Indra and Asura.
• Tianqi argued that he only wanted to help the outnumbered fighters, but Karura saw Raikage overpowering the Ninja Sect and refused to let him pass.
• Tianqi sat on a boulder and told Karura he would stay out of the conflict, and she sat beside him and thanked him.

Tianqi watched Indra and Asura’s battle as Indra unleashed a devastating attack that carved a vast canyon and severed the Wood Golem’s arm. As the fighting continued, Karura asked Tianqi about where he came from, leaving him to answer her question.

• Tianqi told Karura that Indra and Asura’s conflicting ideals and pride made their feud difficult to end.
• Indra used Blade Severing Heaven and Earth, destroying Asura’s wooden defense, severing the Wood Golem’s left arm, and cutting a canyon into the ground.
• Asura restored the Wood Golem’s arm, rebuked Indra for risking the world’s destruction, and charged into close combat.
• Mandala fought Tianqi’s Susanoo clone with the Lava Beast, and the clone provoked him by pointing out that it was only a clone.
• Tianqi told Karura that he had never seen such a powerful battle in his own era and mentioned two people of comparable strength.
• Karura became curious about Tianqi’s origins and asked if she could ask him a question.

Karura asked Uchiha Tianqi about his origins, and he hinted that she should compare him with Indra without revealing that he had come from the future. Meanwhile, Indra and Asura’s battle escalated as Asura summoned True Several Thousand Hands and Indra transformed Susanoo to face him.

• Karura questioned Tianqi about his origins, and he pointed out how much he resembled Indra while warning her to keep his secret.
• Karura wondered if Tianqi was Hagoromo’s illegitimate son but failed to understand his hint.
• Indra refused Asura’s demand to release his companions, explaining that he wanted to prove himself after losing to Tianqi.
• Asura summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and offered Indra one last chance to release the captives.
• Indra expanded Susanoo with four arms and wings, and the brothers prepared to clash again.

Tianqi used his Rinnegan and Six Paths Power to stop Indra and Asura’s battle and bring Indra back to his clan grounds. As Indra withdrew into training and Tianqi reflected on his longing for home, Black Zetsu began plotting to eliminate Tianqi and resume his scheme to resurrect Kaguya.

• Tianqi activated his Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and Six Paths Mode, intervened between Indra and Asura, and persuaded them to end the battle.
• Tianqi took Indra back to the clan grounds, while Asura dispelled True Several Thousand Hands and worried about the powers Tianqi had revealed.
• Karura questioned Tianqi about his identity and abilities, but he refused to explain; Indra thanked Tianqi and secluded himself to train.
• Black Zetsu lamented that Tianqi had disrupted his plan to make Indra and Asura kill each other, then decided to target Asura and Kinnara.

Black Zetsu plotted to provoke Asura into war by killing Shuanghai and framing Uchiha Tianqi. After Shuanghai died, Black Zetsu altered the scene to implicate Tianqi, leaving Asura unaware of the deception.

• Black Zetsu chose to kill Shuanghai and blame Indra to drive Asura into an all-out war.
• Asura asked Shuanghai for the Nine Tailed Beasts’ locations so he could grow stronger against Indra and Tianqi.
• Shuanghai urged Asura to stop holding back against Indra, and Asura said he would make killing his brother his main goal.
• Shuanghai decided to take one last action for Hagoromo’s Ninja Sect, while Asura set out to find the Tailed Beasts.
• After Asura found the Tailed Beasts, a Ninja Sect member told him Shuanghai had been murdered.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he killed Shuanghai and made the scene look as though Uchiha Tianqi had done it.

After Shuanghai was murdered, Asura blamed Uchiha Tianqi and prepared to confront Indra, while Indra led his followers toward the Six Paths Tomb to claim its treasures. Karura tried to stop him from opening their father’s grave, but Indra refused to yield.

• Mandala identified traces of Uchiha Tianqi’s Chakra at Shuanghai’s body, and Asura ordered Taizo to gather the troops for a confrontation with Indra.
• Asura led more than fifteen thousand Ninja Sect members south as rumors spread that Shuanghai’s murder could spark another war.
• Indra told Tianqi and Karura that the Six Paths Tomb held the Sage of Six Paths’ buried possessions and revealed that he intended to open it.
• Karura stood in Indra’s way and pleaded with him not to disturb their father’s grave, but Indra demanded that she move.
• Karura wept and declared that the Indra before her was no longer the kind brother she had known.

Indra led his army south to enter the Six Paths Tomb and claim weapons his father had left for him, while Asura realized where he was headed and rushed after him. Tianqi feared the encounter would lead to Indra’s death, and Indra noticed his distress and asked him to explain it.

• Indra told Karura and Tianqi that the Sage of Six Paths had instructed him to search his tomb if he ever became powerless, and Karura stopped crying after she believed him.
• Asura learned that Indra had taken his army south, concluded he was heading for the Six Paths Tomb, and ordered Taizo to lead the army after him while he and Mandala raced ahead.
• Tianqi worried that fate would bring Indra and Asura together and that Indra would die, but he did not know how to save his ancestor.
• Karura asked Tianqi what was troubling him, and Indra walked beside him, patted his shoulder, and invited him to share his concerns.

Tianqi gave Indra a scroll containing Izanagi, a costly ocular technique that could rewrite unfavorable events, in case fate led him to lose to Asura. As Indra, Karura, and Tianqi continued toward the Six Paths Tomb, they sensed Asura and their eldest brother approaching.

• Tianqi asked Indra whether he could accept losing to Asura, and Indra said he would fight for his ideals until the end.
• Tianqi gave Indra a scroll explaining Izanagi and warned that each use permanently blinded one Sharingan.
• Indra memorized the technique and accepted the scroll, though he hoped never to use it.
• Tianqi and Karura discussed his mysterious abilities while the group traveled toward the Six Paths Tomb.
• Tianqi sensed two people approaching, and Karura recognized their Chakra signatures as her second brother and big brother.

Tianqi asked Karura whether she liked him, then rejected her by explaining that he would leave and was already married with a son. Asura and Mandala arrived furious with Tianqi, leaving the cause of their hostility unclear as the confrontation began.

• Indra asked Tianqi to hold Asura back while he and the others went ahead to the tomb, and Karura chose to stay with Tianqi.
• Karura admitted she had stayed to help, and Tianqi asked whether she liked him before urging her to give up because he would leave.
• Tianqi told Karura he was forty, then revealed he was married to Tsunade and had a son old enough to marry; Karura fell silent.
• Asura and Mandala arrived, and Asura confronted Tianqi with murderous anger.
• Karura defended Tianqi, but Mandala told her to step aside and stay out of the conflict.

Tianqi confronted Asura after being accused of killing Shuanghai, suspecting Black Zetsu had framed him. He lured Asura away to fight while Karura remained behind and learned why her brothers were angry.

• Tianqi stopped Karura from intervening and told Asura he would face him alone.
• Tianqi suspected Black Zetsu had manipulated events but chose not to explain himself, then led Asura away from the others.
• Mandala blocked Karura from following and began explaining what had happened to Shuanghai.
• Tianqi and Asura reached an open area, where Asura asked why Tianqi had killed Shuanghai.
• Tianqi accepted the blame and claimed he had killed Shuanghai simply because it was convenient; Asura decided there was nothing more to discuss.

Tianqi and Asura began their battle, each revealing Six Paths power and immense Chakra. Tianqi used several techniques to keep Asura occupied, leaving the fight unresolved as Asura countered his falling stone spheres with Wood Release.

• Tianqi activated his Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and Six Paths Mode, and Asura revealed Six Paths power enhanced by Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Tianqi attacked Asura with Yin Release Lightning Dispatch, but Asura deflected the lightning with a Black Rod.
• Asura used Body Flicker to attack Tianqi, who blocked with Susanoo and cut Asura's Black Rod with Light Fang.
• Tianqi created dozens of gravitational spheres that gathered rocks into massive stone spheres and sent them crashing down.
• Asura countered the falling stone spheres with Wood Release, shattering them with thick tree trunks while Tianqi bought time for Indra.

Tianqi summoned a meteor thirty kilometers across to challenge Asura, who stopped it just above the ground with a giant tree. Karura and Mandala arrived and tried to resolve the accusation over Shuanghai’s death, but Tianqi refused to stop fighting Asura so he could weaken him for Indra.

• Tianqi unleashed a massive meteor, shocking Asura, Karura, Mandala, and Indra.
• Asura condemned Tianqi for risking countless lives, then used a giant tree to halt the meteor a hundred meters above the ground.
• Karura reached the battlefield and pleaded with Tianqi to stop, while Mandala summoned the Lava Beast to help Asura hold the meteor.
• Mandala told Asura that Tianqi had not killed Shuanghai and that someone else had caused the misunderstanding.
• Tianqi dismissed their pleas and continued pursuing a fight with Asura to give Indra an advantage.

Tianqi and Asura fought after Tianqi sent Karura and Mandala into the Kamui Dimension and rejected Asura’s attempt to call their conflict a misunderstanding. Asura revealed that he had gathered all Nine Tailed Beasts, and the two began a high-speed clash in the sky.

• Tianqi froze Karura and Mandala with Time Stop and sent them into the Kamui Dimension to keep them out of the fight.
• Tianqi confronted Asura, who admitted by his silence that he had intended to eliminate Tianqi even without the dispute over Shuanghai.
• Tianqi summoned another meteor, which shattered against the first and crashed down; Asura survived inside a protective Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Asura surrounded himself with golden Chakra and revealed that he had gathered the power of all Nine Tailed Beasts to fight Tianqi.
• Tianqi used Kamui: Hyper-Speed World to create dozens of afterimages, and he and Asura raced through the sky, trading powerful blows.

Tianqi used the Ten-Tails to attack Asura, and the Ninja Sect arrived to support him. Asura rallied his companions and led them in an assault on the restrained Ten-Tails while Tianqi waited for it to gather power.

• Tianqi summoned the Ten-Tails, whose Tailed Beast Ball destroyed a distant village after Asura's Tenfold Rashomon only slightly deflected it.
• Taizo interrupted the Ten-Tails as it prepared another attack, and tens of thousands of Ninja Sect members arrived to help Asura.
• Asura initially ordered his companions to retreat, but Gaska, Zhishi, and Taizo reminded him of their bonds, and he agreed to fight alongside them.
• Asura bound the Ten-Tails with Wood Release while Taizo, Gaska, and Zhishi trapped it with Earth Release.
• Asura ordered the Ninja Sect to attack, and its members struck the restrained Ten-Tails with coordinated elemental ninjutsu as Tianqi watched.

Tianqi unleashed the Ten-Tails against Asura’s forces, then used his time-control dōjutsu to freeze the Ninja Sect and seal the Tailed Beasts within Asura. He spared Asura and left with Karura, while Asura hurried south to stop Indra from reaching their father’s tomb.

• The Ten-Tails broke free after charging its strength and devastated the battlefield with Heaven and Earth Change, killing more than two thousand people, including one of Asura’s sons.
• Asura charged Tianqi in grief and anger, but Tianqi froze him and tens of thousands of Ninja Sect members with his Time Eye Technique.
• Tianqi sealed the Tailed Beasts’ power within Asura and spared his life, warning him that he could seek revenge if he wished.
• Tianqi released the Mandala and left with Karura, while Asura ordered the Ninja Sect to hurry south and stop Indra.
• As they followed the crescent-moon marks Indra had left behind, Tianqi explained the battle to the bewildered Karura.