Recaps

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju accelerated bloodline experiments and summoned the other villages’ Kage to announce a unified Chunin and Jonin exam system. The chapter ended with Hashirama forcing the Kage to swallow pills offered as rewards, leaving them shocked and resentful.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju agreed to accelerate the Senju and Uchiha bloodline fusion experiments and put the other clans on the schedule.
• Madara Uchiha arranged garrisons for the other villages’ people, then kept their Kage and summoned Mu for a meeting.
• Madara Uchiha announced large-scale Chunin and Jonin exams, required villages to submit their ninjutsu for centralized management, and ordered their ninjas to wear Konoha forehead protectors.
• Hashirama Senju displayed pills that could increase strength and extend lifespan, then forced the four Kage to swallow them.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha gave four Kage chakra pills, which greatly boosted their strength and health, then ordered them to turn over their villages’ ninjutsu. Hashirama and Madara planned to bring the remaining ninja villages under Konoha’s control, while Hashirama urged Madara to prepare for his upcoming wedding to Kaori Yuhi.

• Mū and the other three Kage took chakra pills, gaining strength and improved physical health.
• Madara Uchiha told the Kage they would receive pills each month, warned them not to take the children’s rewards, and explained the mission-point system.
• Hashirama Senju ordered the Kage to hand over their villages’ ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and forbidden techniques, except for special clans’ inherited techniques.
• After the Kage left, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha agreed to bring all remaining ninja villages into Konoha, using force if they refused.
• Hashirama Senju reminded Madara Uchiha that his wedding to Kaori Yuhi was about a week away and told him to spend time with her; Madara Uchiha left embarrassed.

Senju Fujima prepared a wedding gift for Madara Uchiha and spent time with Shizuka Uchiha as Konoha prepared for its first Chunin and Jonin examinations after uniting the ninja villages. At Madara and Kaori Yuhi’s wedding, Madara was stunned when his father, Tajima Uchiha, appeared alive.

• Senju Fujima decided to give Kaori Yuhi the Yin Seal as a wedding gift and created a vast sea of flowers for Shizuka Uchiha.
• Senju Fujima and Shizuka discussed the upcoming examinations, and Fujima said he might send a clone instead of attending himself.
• Konoha absorbed the other villages, bringing its population to 450,000, including fewer than 150,000 ninja.
• Madara Uchiha reassured Kaori Yuhi before their wedding, and the two kissed before Izuna Uchiha called them to the ceremony.
• Madara Uchiha saw Tajima Uchiha alive at the doorway, and Tajima told him he was proud of his success.

Senju Fujima revived Tajima Uchiha as a surprise for Madara Uchiha’s wedding, and Tajima apologized to his son and blessed the newlyweds. The family reconciled, while Fujima’s other revived figure, Butsuma Senju, awoke confused about his new body.

• Senju Fujima asked Izuna Uchiha for Tajima Uchiha’s cells so he could revive Madara Uchiha’s father as a wedding surprise.
• Izuna Uchiha agreed despite worrying that Tajima might anger Madara, and Senju Fujima used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Tajima Uchiha and Butsuma Senju.
• Tajima Uchiha apologized to Madara Uchiha for his past actions and gave Madara and Kaori Yuhi his blessing.
• Madara Uchiha accepted his father’s apology, shed tears, and left with Kaori Yuhi to continue the wedding.
• Madara Uchiha struck Izuna Uchiha for surprising him with his father’s return, and Izuna explained that Senju Fujima had planned it.
• Butsuma Senju awoke before Senju Fujima and questioned where he was and why he could not move his body.

Senju Fujima revived Butsuma Senju and Tajima Uchiha, showed them the peaceful, unified Konoha, and explained that Madara Uchiha was getting married. He used the Outer Path—Rinne Rebirth Technique to restore both men to their peak condition.

• Senju Fujima told Butsuma Senju and Tajima Uchiha that the Senju and Uchiha clans had united and brought the Ninja World under Konoha's rule.
• Senju Fujima flew with the two elders over Konoha and showed them the village and its people from across the former countries.
• Tajima Uchiha and Butsuma Senju reflected on the clan warfare and losses that had shaped their lives.
• Senju Fujima warned the elders not to cause trouble, then used the Outer Path—Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive them at their peak.

Senju Fujima resurrected Tajima Uchiha and brought him to Izuna Uchiha, who planned a surprise reunion with Madara Uchiha. At Madara’s wedding banquet, Kurama stole dumplings from Shukaku while Gyuki hurriedly ate his own food to protect it.

• Senju Fujima revived Tajima Uchiha, then took him to meet Izuna Uchiha at Root.
• Tajima Uchiha learned that Izuna Uchiha had reached the Six Paths level, and Izuna planned to surprise Madara Uchiha with his father the next day.
• Izuna Uchiha revealed to Madara Uchiha that Senju Fujima had brought Tajima Uchiha back to life as a gift.
• At the wedding banquet, Kurama pinned Shukaku down and demanded his dumplings while Shukaku called to Gyuki for help.
• Gyuki swallowed all the food on his table to keep Kurama from stealing it, but Kurama bound Shukaku with his tails and took the dumplings.

Senju Fujima watched the Tailed Beasts bicker over food at Madara Uchiha’s wedding, where villagers celebrated Madara and his family took pride in the peaceful era. After Konoha’s three-day wedding feast, a man resembling Jishiki Otsutsuki discovered that Jishiki had died and vowed to kill Isshiki.

• Senju Fujima stopped Kurama from stealing Shukaku’s dango while the Tailed Beasts ate at the wedding.
• Shizuka Uchiha cuddled Kurama as Madara Uchiha and Kaori Yuhi arrived to a cheering crowd.
• Tajima Uchiha and Butsuma Senju watched Madara with pride and celebrated the peace in the Ninja World.
• Konoha celebrated Madara Uchiha’s wedding with a feast that lasted three days and three nights.
• A man resembling Jishiki Otsutsuki sensed his younger brother’s death, found Jishiki’s Soul Orb shattered, and swore to kill Isshiki.

Jishiki Otsutsuki’s older brother destroyed a planet in anger, while another Otsutsuki restored it and listed it for sale. In Konoha, excitement over the upcoming Chunin Exam turned into a confrontation when Xinmen attacked other young ninja and Kagami Uchiha intervened.

• Jishiki Otsutsuki’s older brother learned from a cracked Soul Orb that Jishiki was dead, destroyed a planet, and headed toward the Ninja World to avenge him.
• Another Otsutsuki restored the planet, listed it for sale with a jade token, and left through a black hole.
• Senju Fujima spent his days relaxing with Shizuka Uchiha while Konoha’s young ninja discussed the next day’s Chunin Exam and its rumored rewards.
• Xinmen mocked a group of young ninja, defeated them with his puppet, and bound them when one attacked him with Wind Release.
• A purple-haired girl urged Xinmen to stop causing trouble, and Kagami Uchiha cut through the puppet’s ironwood extensions and freed the captives.
• Kagami warned Xinmen and Shamon’s disciple that Konoha ninja could not attack one another and that everyone had to obey Konoha’s rules.

Kagami Uchiha encountered the powerful young ninja Luo Ai, while Konoha's leaders prepared for the Chunin Exams and explained the rules and rewards. The chapter ended with Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju anticipating the competitors, including Hatake Tianqi's son, who had returned from swordsmanship training.

• Xinmen left with the purple-haired woman after recognizing Kagami Uchiha's strength, while Jiraiya introduced himself and his companions as the Konoha Corps.
• Luo Ai appeared in a tree, challenged Kagami Uchiha to fight, and revealed his name before vanishing amid drifting sand.
• Madara Uchiha instructed the jonin to supervise the Chunin Exams, prevent unnecessary injuries, and prepare the teams, while outlining Chakra Pill rewards.
• Hashirama Senju explained that the exceptional chunin had been returned to genin rank so they could take the assessment alongside other villages.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju discussed Hatake Tianqi's son, who had returned from swordsmanship training and was expected to compete.

Senju Fujima reassured Shizuka Uchiha before the Chunin Exams and took her camping by the sea, where they shared a meal and watched the sunset together. The next day, genin rushed to the Forest of Death, and a young man with the Byakugan mocked them for being fooled by a genjutsu.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju traded remarks about comparing their swordsmanship before leaving.
• Senju Fujima warned Shizuka Uchiha to be careful in the Chunin Exams, and she said her Rinnegan and strength would protect her.
• Senju Fujima took Shizuka Uchiha to the seaside, prepared a barbecue, and pulled a giant octopus from the water for their meal.
• Senju Fujima and Shizuka Uchiha ate together, watched the sunset, and promised to visit beautiful places together.
• Genin hurried toward the Forest of Death for the Chunin Exams as examiners ordered them to enter before time ran out.
• A young man with the Byakugan mocked the genin, saying a low-level genjutsu had fooled them and they should go home.

The Genin examinees discovered that the supposed examination entrance was a genjutsu, and Senju Fujima’s group continued toward the real venue. Yamakimine reunited with Hyuga Tenkui, then clashed with a child from the Land of Lightning who provoked him by demanding Tenkui stay with them.

• A Hyuga boy exposed the false entrance as a genjutsu, and the examiners withdrew after declaring the group had passed that stage.
• Senju Fujima and his companions headed for the examination venue, while Yamakimine stopped to greet Hyuga Tenkui.
• Yamakimine and Tenkui joined the others, but Yamakimine bumped into a boy carrying a katana and senbon in the crowded path.
• A fierce child with a lightning tattoo accused Yamakimine and Tenkui of mistreating his brother and demanded that Tenkui stay with them for the night.
• Yamakimine reacted with killing intent, and the child revealed that he had provoked him to test his strength.

Yamakimine and Qida fought after Qida challenged him, with Yamakimine using wind and snake techniques against Qida’s lightning-powered attacks. Qida broke through Yamakimine’s defenses, but Yamakimine escaped a hand chop with a substitution and landed a punch that sent Qida flying.

• Qida challenged Yamakimine to take one punch from him, and Yamakimine accepted despite Hyuga Tenkui’s concerns.
• Qida activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and charged through Yamakimine’s Great Breakthrough wind attack.
• Yamakimine summoned snakes and a First Rashomon, but Qida destroyed the barrier and killed the snakes with lightning attacks.
• Yamakimine summoned a Myriad Serpent Array and giant snakes, while Qida cut through them and rushed toward him.
• Qida struck a mud substitute, and Yamakimine punched him and sent him flying.

Yamakimine defeated Qida with one punch but ended their fight to reach the Chunin Exams, where thousands of genin gathered for a written test. Shin Uchiha began the forty-minute exam, and the candidates started using their abilities to copy answers.

• Yamakimine sent Qida flying with Monster Strength Fist, then refused to continue fighting so he could reach the exams.
• Qida accepted the end of the fight and vowed to defeat Yamakimine after recognizing that neither of them had used their full strength.
• Yamakimine and Hyuga Tenkui hurried to the exam venue, where Senju Fujima observed the thousands of gathered candidates.
• Shin Uchiha introduced himself as chief examiner and instructed the candidates to enter the hall, find seats, and follow the rules.
• Shin distributed the papers and started the forty-minute written test, while candidates used techniques such as the Sharingan and Byakugan to copy answers.

Shin Uchiha tested the examinees’ resolve by offering rewards for withdrawing and warning that failures would wait ten years to try again. The remaining candidates advanced to a vast ocean, where Tobirama Senju appeared to introduce the second round.

• Senju Fujima easily completed the first test, while examinees caught cheating were expelled.
• Shin Uchiha offered withdrawing candidates ninjutsu and a Chakra Pill, while warning those who stayed about the consequences of failing.
• Several hundred candidates withdrew, and Shin Uchiha revealed that the remaining 1,221 had passed because they stayed.
• Senju Fujima, Shizuka, Might Je, and the other candidates entered the next venue and found a vast ocean.
• Tobirama Senju arrived with Root members and began explaining the second examination.

Tobirama Senju began the second assessment of the Chunin Exam, sending the candidates across a shark-filled lake toward a tower. As the candidates struggled to cross, Wo Yelai summoned Toad De, but a shark attacked just as he asked for a ride.

• Tobirama Senju explained the lake-crossing assessment, its rewards, and the three-day time limit before starting it.
• The candidates fought over the rewards until someone persuaded them to stop and head for the tower instead.
• Tobirama Senju used Water Release—Ten Thousand Sharks Roaming Technique, and sharks began attacking candidates in the lake.
• Luo Ai, Xinmen, and the purple-haired girl flew across the lake on sand while the other candidates tried to dodge the sharks.
• Wo Yelai summoned Toad De and asked him to carry him to the tower, but a shark lunged at him.

Senju Fujima and his group traveled toward the tower while Jiraiya and Toad De followed, and Kagami Uchiha fought through Tobirama Senju’s summoned attackers. Kagami activated Susanoo to face three powerful birds attacking him.

• Toad De destroyed the sharks attacking Jiraiya’s group and carried them toward the tower, while Senju Fujima used Umibozu to transport his own group.
• Senju Fujima noticed Jiraiya riding on the giant toad and continued toward the tower with Shizuka Uchiha and the others.
• Kagami Uchiha defeated more than a dozen sharks as Tobirama Senju watched from above.
• Tobirama Senju summoned birds to delay the genin and sent three especially powerful birds after Kagami Uchiha.
• Kagami Uchiha dodged the birds’ wind, fire, and water attacks, then used Susanoo as they pursued him.

Kagami Uchiha awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and used Susanoo to defeat one of Tobirama Senju’s summoned birds, while Luo Ai fled after witnessing its power. Tobirama then sent a disguised wooden clone to test Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the chapter left them fighting with ninjutsu.

• Kagami Uchiha manifested Susanoo and cut down one of the three birds, frightening Luo Ai into fleeing with Xinmen.
• Tobirama Senju recognized Kagami’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, called off the remaining birds, and let him pass.
• A shark dragged several hidden observers into the water, eliminating them from the competition.
• Tobirama Senju transformed a Wood Human Technique into an eliminated genin and sent it to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions.
• The disguised clone attacked Hiruzen’s group, and Hiruzen countered its water techniques with fire and a combined Water-Earth Twin Dragon Bullet.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies battled a mysterious man whose powerful Water Release broke through Tie Kui’s Susanoo. After Tie Kui fell unconscious protecting them, Hiruzen awakened the Rinnegan and faced the man with its powers, then unleashed Wood Release across the lake.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used an earth clone and combined Fire and Earth Style attacks, but the man countered his attempt to expose him underwater with a massive whirlpool.
• The man’s water dragon attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies, and Tie Kui summoned Susanoo to shield them.
• The man used Water Severing Wave to slice through Susanoo, then sent two water dragons at the group.
• Tie Kui pushed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to safety, but the attack struck her Susanoo and knocked her unconscious.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi awakened the Rinnegan, caught Tie Kui, and used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei against the man’s water bullets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Tie Kui to a Shadow Clone and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence across the lake.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions survived a powerful Water Release attack and continued toward the tower, while Tobirama Senju watched over them. At the tower, Senju Fujima detected a concealed sealing trap and stopped his group from entering.

• A mysterious man unleashed a massive tsunami against Hiruzen Sarutobi, who defended himself and his companions with Wood Release and Earth Release.
• The attacker disappeared after the wave subsided, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's group headed for the tower with Tie Kui unconscious.
• The man revealed that he was watching Hiruzen Sarutobi, praised his growth, and vanished as Tobirama Senju also left.
• Senju Fujima's group arrived at the tower, but he sensed a sealing technique and pulled Shizuka Uchiha back from entering.
• Hyuga Tenkui used her Byakugan to discover dense, disguised sealing formulas covering the tower, revealing it was a trap.

Senju Fujima and his group waited outside the tower while other participants faced its hidden trap during the second assessment. After the three-day test ended, Tobirama Senju declared that those who had avoided entering the tower had passed and handed the third test over to Izuna Uchiha.

• Senju Fujima built a villa near the tower and waited there with Shizuka Uchiha and his companions.
• Kagami Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group noticed the tower’s danger and chose not to enter.
• After a day of waiting, participants began entering the tower, while others stayed away; over three days, 453 were eliminated by sharks and 185 entered the tower.
• When the bells rang at the end of the countdown, Senju Fujima led his group to the tower, where those inside had been sealed in and disqualified.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the tower’s supposed rewards were a trap and announced that Fujima’s group had passed the second test.
• Tobirama Senju left the next stage to Izuna Uchiha, who arrived as he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Tie Kui’s Rinnegan power awakened while she lay unconscious, and its force broke Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu seal. Her original and implanted memories flooded back, leaving her confused about her identity and whom she loved as she woke calling for Fujima.

• Izuna Uchiha told everyone to gather at Training Ground 33 the next morning, and Senju Fujima took Shizuka Uchiha, Jun Tianze, Hyuga Tenkui, and the others camping at the beach.
• An Anbu member told Madara Uchiha that Tie Kui had collapsed and remained unconscious for three days, so Madara went to Konoha Hospital to see her.
• Madara sensed Tie Kui’s power awakening and believed she was developing the Rinnegan, while Tie Kui heard him call her his daughter and then lost consciousness again.
• Tie Kui’s second Rinnegan awakened and broke Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu seal, restoring both her original memories and the fabricated memories he had implanted.
• Tie Kui woke in the hospital confused about her memories and cried out for Fujima, puzzling the people watching over her.

Tie Kui confronted Madara Uchiha after awakening with two conflicting sets of memories, and he revealed that he was her father. The chapter ended with Tie Kui demanding to know why she remembered Fujima.

• Tie Kui woke after three days unconscious and told Hiruzen Sarutobi she felt well, while struggling to make sense of her memories.
• Madara Uchiha arrived at Konoha Hospital, took Tie Kui to Kage Rock, and listened as she questioned him about her memories and his sudden kindness.
• Madara Uchiha admitted that he had sealed Tie Kui's memories and implanted new ones, then explained the events that began twelve years earlier.
• Tie Kui learned that Madara Uchiha was her father and broke down in grief as Hiruzen Sarutobi overheard the revelation.
• Tie Kui asked Madara why she had memories of Fujima, but the chapter ended before he answered.

Tie Kui confronted Madara Uchiha after learning he had altered her memories to keep her away from Senju Fujima, then fled in grief. The third examination began with more than five hundred participants entering Training Ground No. 33 for seven days, unaware that food drops were planned to tempt them.

• Madara Uchiha admitted he had changed Tie Kui’s memories, and Tie Kui accused him of taking away her right to choose whom she loved before running home in tears.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Tie Kui had loved Senju Fujima and that he had been a substitute, then vanished after a cold look.
• Madara Uchiha questioned whether he had failed as a father as he watched Tie Kui leave.
• Izuna Uchiha explained that the examinees had to survive seven days in Training Ground Thirty-Three without bringing food, and warned that killing another participant would mean expulsion and imprisonment.
• More than five hundred participants entered Training Ground No. 33 after Izuna Uchiha announced a half-hour ban on fighting.
• Izuna Uchiha ordered Root to prepare food drops, while Luo Ai left with Xinmen and another man and other participants considered forming alliances.

The contestants discovered that the testing ground had no animals, and Izuna Uchiha announced limited food airdrops that would arrive at each mealtime. Senju Fujima chose to avoid the scramble, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions considered seizing enough food to last seven days.

• Several genin formed an alliance, while confident contestants set out alone.
• The contestants realized there were no birds, beasts, or fish in the testing ground, and Senju Fujima confirmed the absence of animals within twenty li using the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Izuna Uchiha announced that three hundred portions of food would be dropped across the area, prompting contestants to rush toward the airdrops.
• Senju Fujima decided he and Shizuka Uchiha would stay out of the food scramble because he had plenty of supplies, and he took her away to watch the others.
• Utatane Koharu urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to stockpile food early, and Hiruzen's companions agreed that they should seize airdrops before stronger contestants appeared.

As ninjas fought over food airdrops, Luo Ai stayed behind with a lunchbox and faced a seven-man squad. He used sand techniques to injure one attacker and trap the others.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used Banshō Ten'in to pull down an airdrop lunchbox, then headed with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura toward another drop.
• Luo Ai’s group spotted an airdrop as a seven-man squad approached, and Xinmen and the purple-haired woman left Luo Ai to face them alone.
• The seven genin demanded Luo Ai’s lunchbox, but he answered with Sand Shuriken.
• The genin blocked the shuriken and attacked with six ninjutsu, which struck Luo Ai’s Sand Clone.
• Luo Ai used Sand Binding Coffin to seize one fleeing genin and dislocate his foot, then raised walls of sand to trap the others.