Ch. 422Three Requests

Genkawa Uchiha assured the gathered leaders that he would not interfere with their affairs, then made three demands in exchange for his cooperation during the war. He revealed that he planned to explore the stars after the war and might rarely return, and the Kage agreed to make the necessary arrangements.

  • Genkawa Uchiha told A that he would not interfere in his own affairs, easing the gathered leaders’ fears that he intended to rule the Ninja World.
  • Genkawa Uchiha returned everyone to the conference room and asked them to maintain stability across the Ninja World while the war continued.
  • Genkawa Uchiha demanded that every village hand over all its jutsu after the war, promising not to share them with others so he could use them for inspiration.
  • Genkawa Uchiha announced plans to establish an organization to explore the stars and invited villages and factions to send participants.
  • Genkawa Uchiha told A that he would leave to explore the stars after the war and might rarely return, and A and the other Kage agreed to make arrangements.

Ch. 423The Beginning of the End

Genkawa Uchiha maintained peace across the Ninja World by coordinating intelligence sharing and swift operations, clearing the way for the final war. In the Land of Hot Water, he confronted Madara Uchiha, who said he could not yet end the conflict, and Genkawa prepared to act.

  • Ninja villages and other forces shared intelligence and cooperated to eliminate dangerous organizations, making the Ninja World temporarily safer.
  • Genkawa Uchiha directed the cleanup to prevent disruptions before the final war, knowing peace would not last afterward.
  • Madara Uchiha emerged from a Space-Time rift in a deserted, sulfurous region of the Land of Hot Water.
  • Genkawa Uchiha revealed that he had found Madara using Kaguya Otsutsuki's chakra and called for everyone to come out so they could end the conflict.
  • Madara Uchiha refused to end the conflict yet, and Genkawa Uchiha raised a finger as fluorescent light appeared around it.

Ch. 424Sea of Trees Reincarnation

Madara Uchiha unveiled his modified Wood Release technique, Sea of Trees Reincarnation, which filled the area with pale trees that sealed space and probed the mind. Genkawa Uchiha recognized the Rinnegan-based modifications, then prepared to face Madara as their final battle began.

  • Madara Uchiha used Wood Release: Sea of Trees Reincarnation, rapidly covering the surrounding land with pale trees bearing Rinnegan-patterned leaves.
  • Genkawa Uchiha sensed that the trees reinforced and sealed the surrounding space while probing his senses and consciousness.
  • Madara Uchiha confirmed that he had modified Hashirama's Wood Release by incorporating Rinnegan ocular techniques to fight Genkawa Uchiha.
  • Genkawa Uchiha praised Madara Uchiha's technique, then said he admired Tobirama Senju's useful Water Style.
  • Genkawa Uchiha raised himself atop surging water and began the fight by transforming the waves into a water dragon that writhed toward Madara Uchiha.

Ch. 425Infinite Tsukuyomi Within Wood Release

Genkawa Uchiha resisted Madara Uchiha’s Wood Release genjutsu, which used the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s principles to impose an ordinary life on its victims. Genkawa formed a giant Susanoo Armor and prepared to continue fighting, while Madara kept the God Tree’s traits a secret.

  • Madara Uchiha evaded Genkawa Uchiha’s water dragon and activated a mental attack through his Wood Release forest.
  • Genkawa experienced illusions of his past and an ordinary life, but recognized the technique and broke free.
  • Genkawa identified the genjutsu as based on the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara confirmed that it could put even the soul to sleep.
  • Genkawa formed a giant blue Susanoo Armor and asked whether Madara had incorporated the God Tree’s traits into his Wood Release.
  • Madara refused to explain how he had altered Wood Release, and Genkawa said he would work out the principle as they continued fighting.

Ch. 426Come On, Entertain Me

Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha fought at high speed in the white forest, with Madara using the trees’ sounds to disrupt Genkawa’s movements. Genkawa identified the technique as sound-based genjutsu, and Madara’s silence confirmed his conclusion.

  • Genkawa Uchiha taunted Madara Uchiha and shattered Susanoo Armor’s head with a sudden punch.
  • Genkawa struck Madara again, but Madara blocked the next attack and used the forest’s sounds to briefly restrain Genkawa.
  • Madara landed a counterpunch that sent Genkawa flying, and Genkawa laughed before charging back into the fight.
  • Genkawa and Madara exchanged rapid blows as the forest’s rustling repeatedly disrupted Genkawa, allowing Madara to gain the upper hand.
  • Genkawa stopped and recognized Madara’s technique as pure sound-based genjutsu, and Madara’s silence confirmed it.

Ch. 427Sudden Assassination

Genkawa Uchiha trapped Madara Uchiha in a powerful sound-based genjutsu, but Madara escaped by forming his Susanoo Armor. As Genkawa said he wanted Madara alive, an unseen attacker suddenly appeared and impaled him.

  • Genkawa Uchiha used a snap to ensnare Madara Uchiha in a sound-based genjutsu and repeatedly attacked him while he struggled to escape.
  • Madara Uchiha activated his Susanoo Armor, shielding himself from the genjutsu and restoring his senses.
  • Madara Uchiha admitted that Genkawa Uchiha's growth unsettled him and said they might have been companions if they were not enemies.
  • Genkawa Uchiha said he would not kill Madara Uchiha because he was more valuable alive.
  • A stranger suddenly appeared beside Genkawa Uchiha and drove a chakra-glowing blade through his chest, then mocked Madara Uchiha for needing help.

Ch. 428Fishing with a Straight Hook

Genkawa Uchiha appeared to be trapped by Tobirama Senju’s sealing technique after Madara Uchiha’s plan succeeded. He revealed that the seal had been reflected onto Tobirama Senju, freed himself, and left Madara Uchiha uneasy.

  • Tobirama Senju stabbed Genkawa Uchiha and reinforced the spreading seal with hand signs.
  • Madara Uchiha noticed Genkawa Uchiha’s faint smile and warned Tobirama Senju to retreat.
  • Tobirama Senju found that the sealing patterns had spread across his own body and were suppressing his chakra.
  • Genkawa Uchiha freed himself as the patterns vanished from his body, then said he had drawn out Madara Uchiha’s backup plan.
  • Madara Uchiha watched Genkawa Uchiha regain his freedom and grew more troubled.

Ch. 429Power Beyond Another Dimension

Genkawa Uchiha revealed that he had deliberately let Tobirama Senju stab him, then overpowered and sealed Tobirama in a scroll. He turned to Madara Uchiha and began the battle they had both been waiting for.

  • Genkawa Uchiha pulled the Kusanagi Sword from his chest and tested its sharpness by cutting through several trees.
  • Genkawa Uchiha compressed Tobirama Senju into a small gray ball and sealed him inside a scroll for research.
  • Madara Uchiha watched, recognizing that Genkawa Uchiha's strength had made his own techniques and strategies ineffective.
  • Genkawa Uchiha challenged Madara Uchiha to continue their fight, and Madara took his stance.
  • Genkawa Uchiha charged and swung his sword at Madara Uchiha's Complete Body Susanoo.

Ch. 430Completely Outmatched

Genkawa Uchiha’s blazing strike shattered Madara Uchiha’s Complete Body Susanoo Armor and destroyed the Kusanagi Sword. Madara tried to escape through a Space-Time rift, but Genkawa confronted him, and a hand reached out of the rift to grab Genkawa.

  • Madara Uchiha blocked Genkawa Uchiha’s blade of light with the Complete Body Susanoo Armor, but the impact devastated the surrounding landscape and crippled the armor.
  • Madara Uchiha was thrown from the Susanoo Armor as Genkawa Uchiha’s Kusanagi Sword melted from the heat of the strike.
  • Madara Uchiha opened a Space-Time rift to escape, but Genkawa Uchiha appeared in front of him and challenged his attempt to leave.
  • Madara Uchiha withdrew his hand from the rift, then a hand reached out from it and grabbed for Genkawa Uchiha.

Ch. 431Still Fishing

Genkawa Uchiha effortlessly broke free of Black Zetsu’s possession and followed Madara Uchiha through a Space-Time rift. He entered a desolate dimension and wondered whether the Otsutsuki were hiding there.

  • Black Zetsu covered Genkawa Uchiha with its shadow, claiming it had caught him, while Madara Uchiha warned it not to lower its guard.
  • Madara Uchiha realized Genkawa Uchiha was still baiting them and fled through the Space-Time rift, shouting for Black Zetsu to run.
  • Genkawa Uchiha split Black Zetsu’s shadow from his body, compressed it into a ball, and ignored its shocked protests.
  • Genkawa Uchiha reopened the rift, followed Madara Uchiha into it, and said their battle was not over.
  • Genkawa Uchiha arrived in a desolate dimension and wondered whether the Otsutsuki were hiding there.

Ch. 432Origins of the Other Dimension

Genkawa Uchiha explored a vast, desolate space and determined it was land stripped of life and natural energy, likely harvested by the Otsutsuki. After calling for the hidden Otsutsuki and remarking that Madara Uchiha had escaped quickly, he detected a powerful chakra fluctuation and hurried toward it.

  • Genkawa Uchiha examined the air and found low oxygen, almost no natural energy, and matter formed from death energy.
  • Genkawa Uchiha used his enhanced vision to identify the space as a huge piece of land cut from a planet and bounded by a solidifying film.
  • Genkawa Uchiha concluded the land had been drained by a God Tree, possibly after the Otsutsuki harvested it.
  • Genkawa Uchiha called out for the Otsutsuki and mocked Madara Uchiha for running away, then continued searching the empty land.
  • Genkawa Uchiha sensed chakra on the level of a Tailed Beast and sped toward its source.

Ch. 433The Ten-Tails' Roar

Genkawa Uchiha reached the ruins where a colossal Ten-Tails confronted him, and he challenged the creature as it prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb. The chapter ends as Genkawa’s golden blade attack and the Ten-Tails’ bomb collide.

  • Genkawa Uchiha spotted the Ten-Tails among the ruins and flew toward it.
  • The Ten-Tails sensed Genkawa Uchiha, roared at him, and lashed its tails across the ground.
  • Genkawa Uchiha called the creature unusual and asked whether all Ten-Tails were like it.
  • The Ten-Tails formed and launched a massive Tailed Beast Bomb at Genkawa Uchiha.
  • Genkawa Uchiha formed a golden blade and swung it to release an attack toward the bomb.
  • Genkawa Uchiha’s blade attack collided with the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb.

Ch. 434One Slash Cleaves the Tailed Beast Bomb

Genkawa Uchiha cleaved the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb and severed its forelimb with a golden blade of light. He stopped near the enraged beast and taunted it about being abandoned by the others.

  • Genkawa Uchiha's golden slash passed through the Tailed Beast Bomb, splitting it in two before both halves exploded.
  • The slash continued toward the Ten-Tails, passed through its raised foreclaw, and cut through a distant building.
  • The Ten-Tails' forelimb split apart, and its severed claw fell to the ground.
  • The Ten-Tails roared and lashed its tails about, smashing the earth and nearby ruins as it searched for its attacker.
  • Genkawa Uchiha flew within a few hundred meters of the Ten-Tails and asked whether it resented the others for leaving it behind.
  • The Ten-Tails fixed its eye on Genkawa Uchiha as crimson chakra surged from its severed forelimb.

Ch. 435Special Wood Release: God Tree Birth

Genkawa Uchiha faced the Ten-Tails as it regenerated its severed limb and prepared ten enormous chakra spheres. He countered with Wood Release: God Tree Birth, and the chapter ended as the spheres struck the rapidly growing tree.

  • The Ten-Tails regrew its severed forelimb and leaped several miles away from Genkawa Uchiha.
  • The Ten-Tails transformed its ten tails into giant hands and gathered a massive chakra sphere in each palm.
  • Genkawa Uchiha used Wood Release: God Tree Birth, causing a giant tree to rise rapidly from the ground.
  • The Ten-Tails hurled its ten chakra spheres at the tree, and they descended amid explosions and thunderous roars.

Ch. 436Special Weapon: Disposable Ten-Tails

Genkawa Uchiha used a special Wood Release to turn a giant tree into a weapon resembling the Ten-Tails, which absorbed the energy left by the Ten-Tails’ attack. He challenged the Ten-Tails to fight the new creature and hinted that he might offer it another choice in the future.

  • Ten massive chakra spheres exploded around the God Tree, but the tree survived and rapidly grew to nearly a thousand meters tall.
  • The Ten-Tails noticed the giant tree absorbing the explosions’ lingering chakra, and Genkawa Uchiha explained that he had developed the Wood Release from the Otsutsuki clan’s God Tree.
  • Genkawa Uchiha transformed the tree into a colossal creature resembling the Ten-Tails, with four limbs, one eye, and ten tails.
  • Genkawa Uchiha named the creature the “Disposable Ten-Tails,” and it swallowed the remaining energy from the explosions.
  • Genkawa Uchiha challenged the Ten-Tails to battle the weapon and said he would spare its life, perhaps giving it another choice later.

Ch. 437The True and False Ten-Tails

Genkawa Uchiha set the Weapon Ten-Tails against the genuine Ten-Tails to test its combat power. The two beasts began a fierce clash while Genkawa watched and studied the genuine Ten-Tails.

  • Genkawa Uchiha told the genuine Ten-Tails to fight the Weapon Ten-Tails after the Otsutsuki refused to appear.
  • Genkawa Uchiha compared the beasts, noting that the genuine Ten-Tails was stronger and more intelligent while the Weapon Ten-Tails relied on animal instincts.
  • The genuine Ten-Tails charged first, and the Weapon Ten-Tails lunged to meet it.
  • The two Ten-Tails collided and tore at each other, shaking the ground and blasting stones and dust into the air.
  • Genkawa Uchiha hovered above the fight, satisfied with the spectacle and studying the genuine Ten-Tails.

Ch. 438Deciding the Victor

The genuine Ten-Tails and the counterfeit Ten-Tails fought a savage battle, with the genuine one gradually gaining the upper hand through superior endurance and regeneration. Genkawa Uchiha watched as the genuine Ten-Tails pinned its opponent and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at its head.

  • The genuine Ten-Tails struck the counterfeit with a Tailed Beast Bomb, but the counterfeit retaliated by firing a golden beam that severed one of the genuine Ten-Tails's tails.
  • The two Ten-Tails continued fighting until the surrounding land became a wasteland of craters, fissures, and elemental destruction.
  • Genkawa Uchiha observed the genuine Ten-Tails with his Byakugan and noted its impressive nature as the battle turned in its favor.
  • The genuine Ten-Tails healed its wounds with scarlet chakra while the counterfeit Ten-Tails's injuries slowed its movements and weakened it.
  • The genuine Ten-Tails pinned the counterfeit to the ground with its claws and tails, then formed a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at its head as Genkawa watched without intervening.

Ch. 439An Invitation to Follow

The genuine Ten-Tails destroyed the counterfeit Ten-Tails with a point-blank Tailed Beast Bomb, though it survived with heavy injuries and began healing. Genkawa Uchiha invited the genuine Ten-Tails to follow him, but it charged at him, prompting him to launch golden light from his palm.

  • The genuine Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb engulfed both beasts and blasted Genkawa Uchiha backward with its shockwave.
  • The genuine Ten-Tails remained standing and began healing its burned, wounded body, while the counterfeit Ten-Tails was reduced to lifeless fragments.
  • The furious Ten-Tails turned its eye toward Genkawa Uchiha, who flew closer and offered it a chance to follow him.
  • The Ten-Tails lunged at Genkawa Uchiha, and he fired the golden light gathered in his palm toward it.

Ch. 440Ten-Tails God Tree Transformation

Genkawa Uchiha wounded the Ten-Tails, which transformed into the God Tree and began enclosing him with rapidly regenerating roots. Genkawa realized the growing confinement was tightening around him, and something seemed wrong.

  • Genkawa Uchiha pierced the Ten-Tails with golden light and carved a deep gash across its body.
  • The Ten-Tails spread its ten tails around Genkawa Uchiha, anchored them in the ground, and held itself aloft.
  • The Ten-Tails transformed into the God Tree as roots, branches, and leaves grew across its body.
  • Genkawa Uchiha cut through the enclosing tails with golden light, but they immediately reconnected and regenerated.
  • Genkawa Uchiha felt the roots compressing the space around him and realized something was wrong.

Ch. 441Four Ōtsutsuki Appear

Genkawa Uchiha tested the Ten-Tails’ space-stabilizing roots and realized they could trap him by manipulating space-time. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Hamura Otsutsuki emerged from the tails, and Genkawa Uchiha demanded to learn the Ten-Tails’ true ability.

  • Genkawa Uchiha struck at the closing roots, but his attack could not damage the space they had stabilized.
  • Genkawa Uchiha concluded that the Ten-Tails possessed an innate space-time ability tied to the Ōtsutsuki.
  • Four figures emerged from bulges in the tails: Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Hamura Otsutsuki.
  • Genkawa Uchiha inferred that the Ōtsutsuki had been swallowed by the Ten-Tails and recognized its true power.
  • Genkawa Uchiha asked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to explain the ability and offered to spare him if he did.
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