Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha learned that Genkawa Uchiha had become a major threat and ordered his forces to pull back while gathering intelligence and accelerating the collection of the Tailed Beasts. After breaking Obito Uchiha’s control Cursed Seal, Madara decided to confront Genkawa before his rapid growth endangered the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Obito Uchiha told Madara Uchiha that Genkawa Uchiha had disrupted their plans and now possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, the Byakugan, Ice Style, and a Sage Body.
• Madara Uchiha blamed Obito for overlooking Genkawa and ordered Black Zetsu to withdraw White Zetsu surveillance and avoid underestimating the boy’s perception.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that he had placed a control Cursed Seal on Madara, but Madara shattered it with his chakra and left Obito behind.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to investigate Nagato, recall the White Zetsu, gather detailed intelligence on Genkawa, and help reclaim the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu reported that Genkawa was collecting Tailed Beast chakra, and Madara decided to meet him before his growth made the Eye of the Moon Plan impossible.

Genkawa Uchiha spent five days failing to catch fish before abandoning the river and going to an izakaya with Yugito Nii. There, Tsunade confronted him, and he warned her that the town might soon become a battlefield.

• Genkawa Uchiha spent five days fishing while Yugito Nii waited with him, but he caught only a battered shoe and stormed toward the river.
• Yugito Nii stopped Genkawa Uchiha from charging into the water, gathered his fishing gear, and followed him to an izakaya.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii sat down for food and sake, and Genkawa pushed the grilled fish plate toward Yugito Nii.
• Tsunade joined their table, drank from their bottle, and asked Genkawa Uchiha why he had stayed in town.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Tsunade he was waiting for someone and warned her that the town might soon become a battlefield.

Genkawa Uchiha confronted Tsunade at a tavern, then left with Yugito Nii after warning that the area would soon become a battlefield and the Ninja World would change. Tsunade and Shizune followed him to a hill, where they waited for the powerful figure Genkawa had sensed approaching.

• Genkawa Uchiha warned Tsunade to stay out of his affairs, and his killing intent triggered her hemophobia.
• Genkawa Uchiha paid for the meal and left the tavern with Yugito Nii, warning that a battlefield was coming.
• Tsunade recovered and told Shizune to follow Genkawa Uchiha.
• Genkawa Uchiha explained to Yugito Nii that White Zetsu had resumed openly watching them and that someone was coming for him.
• Tsunade and Shizune caught up with Genkawa Uchiha on a hill, where they waited through the night.
• At midnight, Genkawa Uchiha sensed someone approaching, and Tsunade recognized the figure on the horizon.

Madara Uchiha appeared before Tsunade, Shizune, Yugito Nii, and Genkawa Uchiha, who challenged him despite refusing his invitation. Genkawa and Madara began fighting, and the chapter ended as they charged at each other again.

• Tsunade recognized the approaching figure as Madara Uchiha, while Shizune trembled and Yugito Nii braced for battle.
• Genkawa Uchiha greeted Madara excitedly and said he had long wanted to meet him.
• Madara asked whether Genkawa feared him, and the two laughed together before Genkawa asked if Madara had come to kill him.
• Madara said he had come to invite Genkawa, but Genkawa refused and told him not to interfere in the affairs of the living.
• Genkawa and Madara vanished, clashed fists in midair, and landed apart before preparing to fight in earnest.

Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha tested each other in taijutsu and kenjutsu, earning Madara’s recognition as a worthy opponent. They escalated the duel with matching Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation techniques, then prepared to fight without holding back.

• Genkawa Uchiha attacked Madara Uchiha with a rapid barrage of taijutsu, and Madara blocked the strikes while recognizing Genkawa’s original fighting style.
• After they traded blows and stepped apart, Genkawa Uchiha took a Ninja Blade from Yugito Nii and challenged Madara Uchiha to swordsmanship.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha fought with matching Uchiha Style Kenjutsu, exchanging lethal strikes until they separated and sheathed their blades.
• Madara Uchiha acknowledged Genkawa Uchiha as a strong opponent, and Genkawa immediately charged again while forming hand seals.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha completed matching seals and unleashed Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation, their flames colliding in a massive fireball.
• Madara Uchiha said he would stop holding back, and Genkawa Uchiha welcomed the challenge.

Genkawa Uchiha fought Madara Uchiha as Madara unleashed Wood Release to overwhelm him. Genkawa answered with beams of light that cut down the forest, then teleported beside Madara and kicked toward his head.

• Madara Uchiha created a vast Wood Release forest that surged toward Genkawa Uchiha.
• Genkawa Uchiha retreated through the forest, cutting apart the attacking trees with his Ninja Blade.
• Tsunade, Yugito Nii, and Shizune recognized Madara Uchiha's Wood Release and feared the power he possessed.
• Genkawa Uchiha fired two beams of light from his palms and rotated them through the forest, cutting every tree in half and slicing the hillside.
• Genkawa Uchiha vanished and reappeared beside Madara Uchiha, then kicked toward his head.

Genkawa revealed that his Light Style combined Lightning and Fire chakra, then used its speed and Yasakani Magatama to battle Madara. The chapter ended as Genkawa and Madara summoned golden and dark blue Perfect Susanoo and charged at each other.

• Genkawa used Light Style to strike Madara, who analyzed it as a fusion of Lightning Style and Fire Style.
• Genkawa attacked Madara from multiple directions at high speed, forcing Madara to raise his Susanoo Armor.
• Genkawa unleashed Yasakani Magatama, and the light bullets damaged Madara's Susanoo Armor.
• Madara expanded his Susanoo Armor into Complete Body Susanoo, and Genkawa formed a golden Perfect Susanoo.
• Genkawa and Madara challenged each other from within their Susanoo, then charged into battle.

Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha fought an even battle with their Complete Body Susanoo Armors until Madara summoned a giant meteorite with Tengai Shinsei. Genkawa revealed a new golden-eyed power and prepared to face the falling meteorite.

• Genkawa Uchiha and Madara Uchiha clashed with their Susanoo Armors across the battlefield while Tsunade, Yugito Nii, and Shizune retreated several miles away.
• Madara Uchiha realized their Susanoo were evenly matched and used his Rinnegan to summon a massive meteorite with Tengai Shinsei.
• Tsunade, Yugito Nii, Shizune, and people in a distant town watched in fear as the meteorite blotted out the moonlight.
• Genkawa Uchiha laughed, returned his eyes to the Byakugan, and revealed three golden chakra orbs and a pale golden aura.
• Genkawa Uchiha declared that he would show Madara Uchiha the power represented by his eyes.

Genkawa Uchiha used his immature Tenseigan to split Madara Uchiha’s first meteor and destroy a second with a massive tornado. He then prepared his final chakra sphere, Jade Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, as Madara sensed he could not withstand it.

• Genkawa Uchiha explained that his Tenseigan and Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan were both incomplete and that his golden chakra spheres were formed from Tenseigan power.
• Genkawa Uchiha used Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to slice Madara Uchiha’s falling meteor cleanly in two.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a second meteor, and Genkawa Uchiha used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to sweep the first meteor’s halves into it and shatter it.
• Tsunade punched apart a meteor fragment, Yugito Nii cleaved another, and Shizune took shelter behind them as debris fell across the battlefield.
• Genkawa Uchiha took his last golden sphere and began Jade Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, while Madara Uchiha sensed he could not face the technique directly.

Genkawa Uchiha used a golden beam to split Madara Uchiha and his Complete Body Susanoo in two, disrupting Madara’s reanimated body and infinite chakra. After the attack exhausted Genkawa’s Tenseigan power, he laughed and walked toward the struggling Madara.

• Genkawa Uchiha’s golden beam pierced Madara Uchiha and his Susanoo, dissolving the armor and cutting both of them in half.
• The attack’s high-frequency shriek injured Tsunade, Shizune, and Yugito Nii before fading.
• Madara Uchiha’s reanimated halves repeatedly failed to reconnect, while his Susanoo dissolved into chakra fragments.
• Genkawa Uchiha’s golden armor and Tenseigan state faded, leaving him with bleeding eyes and temporarily depleted ocular power.
• Genkawa Uchiha laughed and strode toward Madara Uchiha.

Genkawa Uchiha defeated Madara Uchiha, whose body was revealed to be a White Zetsu, and heard Madara urge him to investigate the Uchiha Stone Tablet. After sensing a fleeing chakra signature, Genkawa pursued it while Yugito Nii followed.

• Genkawa Uchiha questioned the defeated Madara Uchiha, who praised his technique and asked whether he had read the Stone Tablet beneath the Shrine in the Old Clan Grounds.
• Madara Uchiha urged Genkawa Uchiha to use his power to change the Ninja World and seek the truth on the Stone Tablet, then disintegrated and left a White Zetsu corpse behind.
• Genkawa Uchiha realized Madara Uchiha had used a backup plan to escape the sealing effect of his Tenseigan chakra and sensed a faint chakra signature fleeing into the distance.
• Genkawa Uchiha gave the Sealing Scroll back to Yugito Nii and vanished in pursuit of the fleeing chakra.
• Yugito Nii chased after Genkawa Uchiha, leaving Tsunade and Shizune beside the crumbling White Zetsu corpse.

Genkawa Uchiha caught Obito Uchiha and Pitcher Plant Zetsu as they tried to flee after Madara Uchiha lost. He immobilized Obito, severed his arm, and demanded to know where Madara was.

• Obito Uchiha began using Kamui to escape while Zetsu warned that Genkawa Uchiha was approaching.
• Genkawa Uchiha arrived and stopped Kamui’s spatial vortex, trapping Obito halfway inside it.
• Black Zetsu berated Obito, and Genkawa confirmed that he had them cornered.
• Obito threw a kunai at Genkawa and tried to run, but Genkawa froze the space around him with the Eternal Realm.
• Genkawa severed Obito’s arm and asked Black Zetsu where Madara was and what backup method they had used.

Genkawa Uchiha killed Obito Uchiha—or seemed to—while capturing Pitcher Plant Zetsu, but Obito escaped using Izanagi and Kamui, leaving behind his severed arm. Genkawa, too drained to pursue him, turned his attention to the captured Zetsu as Yugito Nii arrived.

• Genkawa Uchiha froze Obito Uchiha and Pitcher Plant Zetsu, then pierced Obito’s throat with a Ninja Blade.
• Genkawa examined the trapped Zetsu while Yugito Nii arrived and watched it warily.
• Obito Uchiha used Izanagi to undo his fatal injury, then escaped with Kamui, leaving his severed arm behind.
• Genkawa Uchiha chose not to chase Obito because his eyes were strained from using his powers.
• Yugito Nii asked what Zetsu was, and Genkawa Uchiha said it was worth studying.

Genkawa Uchiha examined the captured Zetsu and confronted Black Zetsu about its origins. After identifying Black Zetsu as far older than Obito Uchiha, Genkawa decided to seal both creatures for later study.

• Yugito Nii and Genkawa Uchiha examined Zetsu, and Genkawa identified its white half as an artificial life-form and its black half as a spiritual entity.
• Tsunade and Shizune arrived, and Genkawa told Tsunade that Obito Uchiha had been responsible for what happened.
• Genkawa released Zetsu from its spatial freeze while keeping it trapped, and Black Zetsu claimed that Obito Uchiha had created them and controlled them.
• Genkawa questioned Black Zetsu's story and concluded that it had existed longer than Obito Uchiha, the Uchiha Clan, and the ninja villages.
• Genkawa ordered the two Zetsu sealed so he could study them later.

Genkawa Uchiha separated White Zetsu from Black Zetsu, sealed White Zetsu in a scroll, and trapped Black Zetsu in a small jar. Tsunade decided to return to Konoha and report what she had learned about Madara Uchiha, while Genkawa and Yugito left the battlefield.

• Genkawa Uchiha used a chakra thread to draw White Zetsu into the Sealing Scroll while Yugito Nii guarded him.
• Genkawa Uchiha sealed Black Zetsu inside a Chakra Crystal jar and tied it to his waist.
• Tsunade confirmed she would tell Konoha about Madara Uchiha's return from the dead.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii walked into the forest, and Tsunade and Shizune headed in another direction toward Konoha.

Obito Uchiha escaped Genkawa Uchiha and used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Madara Uchiha back in a weaker White Zetsu body. Madara ordered Obito to find Nagato so he could obtain the Rinnegan.

• Obito Uchiha fled to a mountain hollow, where he raged over losing another arm to Genkawa Uchiha and accepted that he could not defeat him alone.
• Obito Uchiha traveled to his hidden chamber near the border of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rain and summoned Madara Uchiha's corpse from a sealing scroll.
• Obito Uchiha used a White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation to revive Madara Uchiha, despite his injuries and dwindling chakra.
• Madara Uchiha examined his Reanimated Body, noticed it was weaker than before, and sensed that something was missing.
• Obito Uchiha told Madara Uchiha that Genkawa Uchiha had taken Black Zetsu and threatened their plan, but Madara ordered him to assist instead of objecting.
• Madara Uchiha told Obito Uchiha to find Nagato because he needed those eyes, and Obito agreed.

At a Konoha jonin meeting, Orochimaru and the village leaders debated how to prepare for Madara Uchiha, who had been resurrected and defeated by Genkawa Uchiha. Orochimaru proposed reviving the First and Second Hokage, while Fugaku Uchiha left the village to seek Genkawa.

• Orochimaru asked the jonin to decide how Konoha should respond to Madara Uchiha's return, and they argued over defense, alliances, and contacting Genkawa Uchiha.
• Fugaku Uchiha urged the village to bring Genkawa back, since he was the only known shinobi capable of defeating Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru ended the meeting without a decision and returned to his office with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Orochimaru proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First and Second Hokage, but Hiruzen objected and asked for time to think.
• An Anbu reported that Fugaku Uchiha and his people had left to find Genkawa Uchiha, and Orochimaru told Hiruzen to let them go.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to restore the First and Second Hokage, then overruled Hiruzen Sarutobi’s objections as Hokage. In Kumogakure, Raikage A’s council decided to ask Yugito to persuade Genkawa Uchiha to join their village.

• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation on two White Zetsu, restoring Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju as Reanimated Bodies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Orochimaru and condemned his actions, but Orochimaru insisted the village needed the power and reminded Hiruzen that he was Hokage.
• Raikage A and Kumogakure’s leaders discussed Madara Uchiha’s resurrection and Genkawa Uchiha’s role in defeating him.
• Raikage A ordered the Anbu to send Yugito a message asking her to bring Genkawa to Kumogakure.
• Kumogakure’s leaders agreed to try to win Genkawa over through Yugito, despite expecting him to refuse.

Genkawa Uchiha continued west toward Sunagakure with Yugito Nii while keeping Black Zetsu sealed in a jar. Fugaku Uchiha arrived with Mikoto and the Uchiha clan, bringing an ancient Stone Tablet that Genkawa deciphered before warning that it should not have been taken out.

• Genkawa Uchiha traveled west with Yugito Nii and taunted the sealed Black Zetsu as they rested.
• Genkawa Uchiha sensed a group approaching their camp and recognized Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, and more than a dozen Uchiha shinobi.
• Fugaku Uchiha summoned an ancient Stone Tablet and told Genkawa Uchiha that he had deciphered only part of it.
• Genkawa Uchiha used his Mangekyō to read the tablet's account of the Sage of Six Paths, the Ten-Tails, the God Tree, chakra, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Genkawa Uchiha warned Fugaku Uchiha that he should not have brought the Stone Tablet out, while Black Zetsu grinned inside its jar.

Genkawa rejected Fugaku’s attempt to reconcile and told the Uchiha that his ties with the clan had ended. After the Uchiha departed, Genkawa told Yugito that Konoha was no longer his home.

• Genkawa realized Fugaku had brought the Stone Tablet to seek him out rather than choosing to return to Konoha, and refused the Uchiha’s goodwill.
• Fugaku stopped an angry young Uchiha from speaking, admitted he had been wrong, and apologized to Genkawa for ignoring his feelings.
• Genkawa offered the Uchiha a meal, but Yugito stopped him from going to catch fish, and she and Mikoto prepared food for everyone.
• After the group ate in silence, Genkawa told the Uchiha to leave and declared that his ties with them had ended.
• Mikoto cautioned Fugaku not to believe everything on the Stone Tablet, and the Uchiha left with Fugaku carrying it.
• Yugito asked whether Genkawa planned to return, and he said Konoha was no longer his home.