Chapter Summaries

After recovering, Uchiha Kō met with Sarutobi Hiruzen and learned that Tobirama had sent troops to attack Yugakure. Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to persuade Kō to spare the village, but Tsunade and the assembled shinobi reacted with fury, leaving Hiruzen under hostile scrutiny.

• Uchiha Rou woke briefly, spoke with Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and went back to sleep while Uchiha Itachi watched over her.
• Uchiha Kō woke after a day of rest, drank honey water from Tsunade, and asked about events in the Ninja World.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Kō that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to see him, so Kō invited Hiruzen to the Hokage Villa.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Uchiha Kō that Tobirama had sent troops to attack Yugakure and argued that Konoha should support smaller nations rather than punish the whole village for Hidan's actions.
• Tsunade angrily confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen for opposing revenge after Uchiha Rou's assassination attempt, as Hatake Sakumo, Anbu, and Hyuga Clan ninja appeared ready to defend Uchiha Kō.

Sarutobi Hiruzen failed to persuade Uchiha Kō against punishing Yugakure, as Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya backed Kō. Kō endorsed Minister Tobirama’s actions, while Shimura Danzō’s forces advanced through the Land of Rivers with Ao’s help.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Uchiha Kō, but Tsunade and the Anbu turned against him, and Orochimaru and Jiraiya joined them.
• Uchiha Kō rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s proposal and fully supported Minister Tobirama’s actions against Yugakure.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left, and Uchiha Kō discussed firearm manufacturing and the intelligence system with the gathered figures.
• Orochimaru asked Jiraiya whether he blamed him for forcing a choice, and Jiraiya said Konoha’s future mattered more than his bond with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Shimura Danzō’s forces entered the Land of Rivers, and Ao killed the border guards to keep their advance secret.

Shimura Danzō led Kirigakure’s army to attack Yugakure after Hidan’s actions put the village in danger. As the gates came under assault, Yugakure’s leader agreed to release Jashin, despite knowing the village might not survive.

• Shimura Danzō praised Ao and ordered him to lead the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist in eliminating Yugakure’s watchtower guards.
• Ao and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist killed all eight guards without allowing them to raise the alarm.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Kirigakure’s three thousand ninjas to charge Yugakure’s gates.
• A Yugakure ninja urged the frightened Yugakage to release Jashin, warning that Konoha would destroy the village over Hidan’s attack.
• The Yugakage agreed to release Jashin and asked the ninja to obtain a writ to carry out the plan.

Jashin Cult followers killed the Yugakure Daimyo and sacrificed themselves to release Jashin from her seal. After awakening, Jashin remembered Uchiha Kō, who dreamed of a past life in which he sealed her, leaving him shaken and questioning the system.

• A Jashin Cult ninja used Jashin's blood to paralyze and kill the Yugakure Daimyo, then presented the Daimyo's order to the dungeon guardian.
• The followers revealed their allegiance and attacked the guardian with Jashin's blood, then sacrificed their blood to break the seal on Jashin's coffin.
• Jashin emerged from the coffin, absorbed the followers' souls, and remembered Uchiha Kō after a thousand years.
• Uchiha Kō dreamed that he had been Qing Xiao and Tsunade had been Yun Shou, and that he had sacrificed himself to seal Ruan Yu.
• Uchiha Kō woke in fear, and the system confirmed that his dream was not ordinary before he realized its figures had powers beyond the Ninja World.

Uchiha Kō learned from the system, revealed as a fragment of Qing Xiao’s remnant soul, how Qing Xiao, Yun Shou, and Ruan Yu’s tragic past unfolded and led to their reincarnations in the Hokage world. The system fell dormant after time resumed, and Uchiha Kō reassured Tsunade that he was fine, though Ruan Yu’s revival meant their past connection still awaited resolution.

• Qing Xiao explained that Uchiha Kō’s dream came from his past life’s past life and revealed that the system was a fragment of his remnant soul.
• Qing Xiao recounted how Ruan Yu’s love for him became an obsession, leading her to become a Demon Emperor and attack Yun Shou.
• Qing Xiao, Yun Shou, and Ruan Yu fought in the Hokage world until Ruan Yu struck Yun Shou down and Qing Xiao sealed Ruan Yu in a coffin.
• Qing Xiao preserved Yun Shou’s soul in the Hokage world, then left a remnant to find his reincarnation and guide him toward resolving their unfinished ties.
• Uchiha Kō rejected responsibility for Qing Xiao’s past actions, while Qing Xiao warned that Ruan Yu had been revived and their bond would have to be settled.
• Qing Xiao returned to the history panel and time resumed, after which Uchiha Kō reassured the worried Tsunade.

Uchiha Kō confronted Ruan Yu after she slaughtered Yugakure to restore her strength, but she mistook him for her long-dead beloved, Qing Xiao. Ruan Yu learned that Qing Xiao had truly died, and as she faltered, Tsunade arrived beside Uchiha Kō.

• Tsunade let Uchiha Kō leave to handle something, then secretly followed him as he rushed toward Yugakure.
• Ruan Yu escaped confinement, killed Yugakure’s inhabitants to cultivate, and grew to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Shimura Danzō entered Yugakure, sensed Ruan Yu’s danger, and fled with his forces, while Ruan Yu trapped Jinin Akebino.
• Uchiha Kō rescued Jinin Akebino and confronted Ruan Yu, who recognized him as Qing Xiao and became jealous of the woman whose scent he carried.
• Uchiha Kō insisted he was Qing Xiao’s reincarnation’s reincarnation and urged Ruan Yu to let go; after confirming Qing Xiao was dead, she broke down.
• Tsunade appeared beside Uchiha Kō and asked who Ruan Yu was.

Ruan Yu attacked Tsunade after recognizing her as Yun Shou’s reincarnation, but Qing Xiao’s remnant soul intervened and chose to leave with Ruan Yu. Uchiha Kō and Tsunade settled their past-life entanglement and continued their life together.

• Ruan Yu recognized Tsunade as Yun Shou’s reincarnation and attacked her, but Tsunade fought her to a draw.
• Uchiha Kō’s Blazing Heaven Fan transformed into the Chixiao Sword, and the Flame Demon Necklace became a Qiongqi that overpowered Ruan Yu.
• Qing Xiao’s remnant soul took control of Uchiha Kō, then explained that he was meant to dissipate after the confrontation.
• Uchiha Kō agreed to let the remnant soul leave with Ruan Yu, and Qing Xiao passed his cultivation inheritance and Ninja World techniques to Uchiha Kō.
• Ruan Yu collected Qing Xiao’s soul and left through a portal, while Uchiha Kō destroyed the object she had planted.
• Tsunade scolded Uchiha Kō for keeping the matter from her, and they made up as their past-life entanglement came to an end.

Uchiha Kō rewarded the Kirigakure ninja for helping rescue his daughter, then returned to Konoha with Tsunade and reunited with Uchiha Rou. At home, Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Izuna confronted him about Rou Rou’s ordeal and questioned Uchiha Itachi about his feelings for her.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki briefly awakened inside Jigen, sensed a faint power, and fell asleep again before finishing his threat against Princess Kaguya.
• Uchiha Kō met Shimura Danzō and the Kirigakure ninja, accepted their submission, and thanked them for risking themselves to help his daughter.
• Uchiha Kō gave the Kirigakure ninja generous mission rewards, and Shimura Danzō led them back to Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Kō and Tsunade returned to Konoha, where Uchiha Rou greeted them and Tsunade urged her not to overexert herself again.
• Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Izuna confronted Uchiha Kō over Rou Rou’s injuries, and Uchiha Kō brought Uchiha Itachi forward to explain what had happened.
• Uchiha Itachi admitted that he liked Rou Rou and had been willing to die for her, leaving the elders to consider his confession.

Uchiha Itachi faced Madara and the other elders to prove he was worthy of being with Uchiha Rou, then accepted Senju Hashirama’s challenge to fight for two hours. The chapter ended as Itachi prepared to attack Hashirama with the Chixiao Sword.

• Madara questioned Uchiha Itachi about what he would do if Uchiha Rou could not bear him a son, and Itachi said his younger brother could inherit the clan-head line.
• Madara accepted Itachi’s answer, warned him not to mistreat Rou Rou, and turned the questioning over to the others.
• Senju Hashirama challenged Itachi to last two hours against half his strength, and Itachi accepted despite Uchiha Kō’s objections.
• Uchiha Kō brought everyone to his training ground and lent Itachi the Chixiao Sword, whose power made Hashirama take the fight seriously.
• Hashirama invited Itachi to attack first, and Itachi raised his sword to begin the battle.

Uchiha Itachi fought Senju Hashirama with the Chixiao Sword, Phantom Body Flickers, and powerful techniques, steadily overwhelming him. Hashirama recognized that he had lost but continued fighting, summoning the Wood Golem as Itachi evaded its attack.

• Uchiha Itachi sent six Phantom Body Flicker figures at Senju Hashirama, and one clone wielding the Chixiao Sword sliced through Hashirama’s Wood Dragon.
• Senju Hashirama used Deep Forest Emergence, but Uchiha Itachi and his clones cut through the trees with the Chixiao Swords and set the forest ablaze with golden flames.
• Uchiha Kō explained to Uchiha Izuna that he had made the battle fairer, while Uchiha Madara suspected he simply wanted to see Hashirama make a fool of himself.
• Uchiha Itachi emerged from the forest and used Wind Release to fan the flames, but Senju Hashirama countered with a Water Formation Wall and summoned another Wood Dragon.
• Uchiha Itachi caught Hashirama’s escape with Amaterasu, but Hashirama evaded the black flames and sent his burning Wood Dragon toward him.
• Uchiha Hashirama summoned the Wood Golem, knowing he had already lost, and Uchiha Itachi avoided its crushing fist with the Crow Clone Technique.

Uchiha Itachi fought Senju Hashirama until Uchiha Kō stopped the match and declared Itachi the winner. After everyone returned to the Hokage Villa, Otsutsuki Hagoromo appeared to see Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, and Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan transformed as he glared at him.

• Uchiha Itachi used Susanoo and the Totsuka Blade to bind Senju Hashirama's Wood Dragon, then withstood a powerful punch from the Wood Golem.
• Uchiha Kō intervened with golden sealing chains, stopped both fighters, and declared Uchiha Itachi the winner after Senju Hashirama had used nearly sixty percent of his strength.
• Uchiha Kō restored Uchiha Itachi's chakra and ocular power, let him keep the Chixiao Sword for now, and teleported everyone back to the Hokage Villa.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared as a projection, recognized Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara as the reincarnations of Asura and Indra, and said he had come to see Uchiha Kō.
• Uchiha Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan changed into a hexagram, his chakra turned purple, and he glared furiously at Otsutsuki Hagoromo.

Uchiha Kō revealed Indra and Asura within Madara Uchiha and Senju Hashirama, and Indra confronted Otsutsuki Hagoromo over favoring Asura and fearing his power. The brothers reconciled after Hagoromo admitted his motives, but Hagoromo ended by insisting he would make the same choice again.

• Uchiha Kō identified Madara Uchiha as Indra and Senju Hashirama as Asura, then took on Indra's appearance and challenged Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Indra mocked Asura's failed ideals of peace and accused Hagoromo of fearing him and using Asura to restrain his power.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo admitted that he had feared Indra's strength and had favored Asura to keep his eldest son in check.
• Asura broke down and apologized to Indra, who forgave him and explained that kindness alone could not govern the shinobi world.
• Indra described Hagoromo's ruthless political methods, prompting those present to view the Sage of Six Paths with contempt.
• Uchiha Kō asked whether Hagoromo regretted his choices, and Hagoromo said he did not and would choose power again.

Uchiha Kō arranged for Indra and Asura to empower Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama in preparation for a coming war, then began planning intense training for Uchiha Itachi. The chapter left Itachi set to train with Uchiha Kō while Uchiha Rou continued school, and showed Orochimaru selling beauty serum in a livestream.

• Otsutsuki Hagoromo apologized to Indra and Asura, who returned to dormancy inside Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, and then left Uchiha Rou’s body at Uchiha Kō’s demand.
• Uchiha Kō asked Indra and Asura to help protect the Ninja World during a crisis, and they agreed to raise Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama to Otsutsuki-level strength.
• Uchiha Kō told Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama to remain in Konoha to adapt to their new power before returning to their territories.
• Uchiha Kō praised Uchiha Itachi’s victory over Senju Hashirama, then ordered him to begin grueling training aimed at reaching the half-step Six Paths realm.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Rou he would train with Uchiha Kō, and Uchiha Rou agreed to keep attending school until his training ended.
• Orochimaru promoted his beauty serum in a livestream, presenting safety paperwork and limiting each viewer to two bottles.

Orochimaru’s beauty medicine sold out in two livestream batches, and he agreed to share ten percent of his profits with Uchiha Kō in exchange for faster government approvals. Kō then urged Orochimaru to develop standardized weapons for civilians, but a shortage of iron left Kō searching for a solution.

• Orochimaru’s first ten thousand bottles sold out in five seconds, so he ordered Kimimaro to list another thirty thousand.
• The second batch sold out in two minutes, and Orochimaru ended the livestream before answering Uchiha Kō’s call.
• Kō requested ten percent of Orochimaru’s net profits, and Orochimaru agreed in exchange for priority handling of his company’s products.
• Kō asked about standardized weapons and explained that firearms could let ordinary civilians fight ninja; Orochimaru warned that Konoha lacked enough iron to mass-produce them.
• Kō promised to find a way to secure iron and hung up to consider how to strengthen Konoha.

Uchiha Kō heard Black Zetsu’s warning about the Ōtsutsuki and agreed to free Kaguya, while threatening to seal her again if she endangered the Ninja World. He then ordered Black Zetsu to secretly watch Jigen, revealing that Jigen was Isshiki’s vessel.

• Uchiha Kō met Black Zetsu, who presented a recording stone showing Kaguya, Hagoromo, and Hamura’s past and pleaded for Kō to rescue his mother.
• Uchiha Kō revealed that he knew about Isshiki and had already confined Momoshiki, then promised to free Kaguya under strict conditions.
• Black Zetsu accepted Kō’s conditions and left, knowing Kō had marked him and could kill him if he tried to escape.
• Uchiha Kō called Black Zetsu back and ordered him to watch Jigen at the Fire Temple without alerting him, because Jigen was Isshiki’s vessel.

Uchiha Kō left Tsunade and arrived at Kumogakure’s iron mine, where Konoha ninja guarded mining slaves. After confirming the slaves had received fair food, rest, and wages, he backed his own ninja and punished the slaves who harbored hatred toward him.

• Black Zetsu agreed to head for the Fire Temple, while Uchiha Kō assured Tsunade that peace was near and departed for Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Kō arrived at the iron mine and greeted the Konoha ninja stationed there.
• After sensing a mining slave’s hatred, Uchiha Kō praised the guard who had whipped him and lashed the slave and others himself.
• Uchiha Kō asked whether Konoha had denied the slaves food, rest, or wages, and they lowered their heads when they could not name any mistreatment.
• Uchiha Kō warned that he would punish any Konoha ninja who broke his rules, and the guards realized he would not reprimand them for enforcing the mine’s work.

Uchiha Kō crushed the mine slaves’ resistance, imposed harsher work terms, and secured his Konoha subordinates’ loyalty before going to inspect Kumogakure’s iron ore for weapon research. Senju Nawaki led him into the mine’s guarded warehouse, where Uchiha Kō saw the stockpile of raw and refined iron.

• Uchiha Kō rejected the mine slaves’ demands for mercy and declared that he would always side with his own people.
• Uchiha Kō forced the hostile mine slave to submit, then gave the workers a choice between leaving with their wages or staying.
• The mine slaves chose to stay, and Uchiha Kō canceled their weekends for a month and doubled their workload without raising their pay.
• Uchiha Kō asked his Konoha ninja to expand mining, and they promised to bring in more prisoners to work.
• Uchiha Kō asked to inspect the iron ore, and Senju Nawaki led him into Kumogakure’s warehouse, where they found raw ore and refined iron.

Uchiha Kō secured a vast supply of Kumogakure iron ore and ordered Orochimaru’s team to accelerate standardized equipment production as he prepared Konoha for a looming conflict. After returning to the villa, he swept Tsunade into his arms, and she protested that it was daytime.

• Uchiha Kō took part of Kumogakure’s iron ore and told Senju Nawaki to reserve the rest for the village’s needs.
• Uchiha Kō ordered Kumogakure’s miners to expand production, then delivered the iron ore to Orochimaru for standardized equipment.
• Orochimaru assigned urgent work to Kabuto and Kimimaro, who both pledged to help, and promised again to find a cure for Kimimaro’s bloodline disease.
• Uchiha Kō returned to the villa, where Tsunade rushed outside after sensing his arrival.
• Uchiha Kō used the Body Flicker Technique to pull Tsunade into his arms, and she protested that it was daytime.

Uchiha Kō learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had briefly awakened inside Jigen and agreed to help Black Zetsu free Kaguya. They reached the moon after confronting Otsutsuki Hagoromo, where Otsutsuki Toneri approached them and sensed Kō’s overwhelming chakra.

• Black Zetsu reported that Jigen had been fighting Isshiki’s influence, then escaped when Isshiki briefly attacked him.
• Uchiha Kō told Black Zetsu to use his White Zetsu army to gather intelligence and agreed to help rescue Kaguya in exchange for Black Zetsu’s service.
• Uchiha Kō and Black Zetsu flew to the moon, while Otsutsuki Hagoromo tried to stop them and fled after Kō threatened him.
• Uchiha Kō sensed Kaguya’s power within the moon and the Tenseigan on its surface as he and Black Zetsu approached.
• Otsutsuki Toneri met the pair and sensed the immense chakra within Uchiha Kō.

Uchiha Kō subdued Otsutsuki Toneri, freed Otsutsuki Kaguya from her lunar seal, and found that she was immediately attracted to him. He left the story trying to keep the newly released Kaguya at a distance as she moved to embrace him.

• Otsutsuki Toneri agreed to let Uchiha Kō unseal Kaguya, but Kō warned him not to touch Hyuga Hinata or Hyuga Hanabi and overpowered him when he resisted.
• Uchiha Kō used his chakra and Rinnegan to break Kaguya’s seal, restoring his power with Resurrection when the process drained him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned from Black Zetsu that Uchiha Kō had disrupted his plans and watched as Kaguya emerged from the moon.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya asked whether Uchiha Kō had released her to kill or save her, then tried to kiss him after he said he had not come to kill her.
• Uchiha Kō used a spatial leap to escape Kaguya’s embrace, but she approached him again, calling him her dear.