Chapter Summaries

Onmyo Seimei persuaded Sarutobi and Inuzuka to keep fighting, and the battle erupted. Shin instantly killed three Peak Jonin before appearing in front of Uzumaki Mito as she faced four Elite Jonin.

• Nara Clan Head argued that Sarutobi and Inuzuka would gain more by joining his side, but Onmyo Seimei countered that sharing Nanban City with five clans would leave them with less.
• Onmyo Seimei ordered an attack, and the two sides clashed as Uzumaki Mito struggled against the Elite Jonin pursuing her.
• Three Peak Jonin attacked Shin together, but he used the Time Domain and genjutsu to immobilize one, Amaterasu to burn another, and Susanoo to cut down the third.
• Shin killed all three Peak Jonin within seconds and then vanished from the battlefield.
• Uzumaki Mito trapped one pursuer with a sealing technique but was overwhelmed by the others until a figure appeared before her and struck one attacker away.

Shin protected Uzumaki Mito while the Sarutobi and Inuzuka Clan Heads joined the Onmyo School against the Uchiha and Nara alliance. Shin and Onmyo Seimei traded powerful techniques, ending with their attacks colliding in a blast that shattered the hall’s pillars.

• Shin killed three Elite Jonin who had surrounded Uzumaki Mito, while another escaped.
• The Sarutobi and Inuzuka Clan Heads sided with the Onmyo School, forcing the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka Clan Heads to prepare an escape plan focused on getting Uzumaki Mito out.
• Onmyo Seimei attacked Shin with Fire God, but Shin countered with a Water Formation Wall and struck at him with Amaterasu.
• Shin dispersed Seimei’s concealing mist with Earth Flow Rock, and Seimei unleashed Eight Desolation Wild Thunder.
• Shin shaped black flames into eight swords with Kagutsuchi and sent them against Seimei’s lightning, causing an explosion that shattered the hall’s pillars.

Shin and Onmyo Seimei’s battle destroyed the Onmyo School’s great hall, while clan leaders fought across the courtyard. Seimei then unleashed the Four Spirits Curse: God Slayer against Shin, threatening everyone nearby.

• Shin shielded Uzumaki Mito from falling rubble as the great hall collapsed.
• The Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka Clan Heads fought alongside the Inuzuka Clan Head against Sarutobi Tenmei and Onmyo Clan ninja.
• Uchiha Kangyi, Uzumaki Jun-Kage, Onmyo Kippei, and Onmyo Kichō joined the battle as the gathered clans watched in shock.
• Onmyo Seimei rose into the sky and unleashed the Four Spirits Curse: God Slayer at Shin.
• The curse’s roar wounded a Chunin and overwhelmed nearby ninja, prompting a southern clan head to flee.

Onmyo Seimei trapped the gathered ninjas behind the Onmyo School’s barrier and unleashed the Four Spirits Curse against Shin. As the attack overwhelmed his Susanoo, Shin revealed that he had recently mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique’s Third Stage.

• The fleeing guests were repelled by the Onmyo School’s barrier as Onmyo Seimei gathered chakra beneath a darkened sky.
• Onmyo Seimei combined the Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger into a devastating attack aimed at Shin.
• Shin expanded his Susanoo and met the Four Spirits Curse with his Amaterasu Longsword, while the shock wave killed many weaker ninjas.
• Onmyo Seimei intensified the curse and said Shin had ruined Lord’s plan, forcing Shin’s Susanoo toward collapse.
• Shin formed Hand Seals, opened a black portal before his sword, and announced the power of the Flying Thunder God Technique’s Third Stage.

Shin protected Uzumaki Mito from the Four Spirits Curse, then rejected Onmyo Seimei’s demand and challenged him and the other fighters to attack together. As the clans withdrew to give them room, the Yamanaka Clan Head revealed he had prepared a way to escape.

• Shin expanded his spatial rift to contain the Four Spirits Curse’s energy, but the Onmyo School’s barrier prevented him from transferring it away.
• The curse erupted against the barrier, killing many fighters from smaller and medium-sized clans, while Shin’s Susanoo protected Uzumaki Mito.
• Onmyo Seimei and the surviving fighters gathered opposite Shin’s group, and Seimei demanded that they leave Shin and Uzumaki Mito behind.
• Shin sent Uzumaki Mito to the Uzumaki Jun-Kage and challenged everyone on Seimei’s side to fight him together.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head told the Nara Clan Head that he had tampered with the barrier to prepare an escape, and the Nara Clan Head ordered the others to step back.

Uchiha Shin trapped the Sarutobi Clan Head and the allied fighters inside his Flying Thunder God Barrier, using rapid teleportation and the Amaterasu Longsword to overwhelm them. He wounded the Inuzuka Clan Head and declared that he always prevailed within the barrier.

• Uzumaki Jun-Kage led Uzumaki Mito and Ino-Shika-Cho into retreat, while Shin ordered Kangyi and Siquan to fall back.
• Shin raised Susanoo and activated the Flying Thunder God Barrier, enclosing himself with the Sarutobi Clan Head and the others.
• Shin teleported behind the Sarutobi Clan Head and struck him, but the man escaped with the Substitution Technique before Shin blasted him underground with another attack.
• Shin attacked the gathered fighters in rapid succession, burning two Peak Jonin of the Onmyo Clan and grazing the Inuzuka Clan Head's Ninja Dog.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head unleashed Lava Burst, Muddy Swamp, and Fangs of Frost, but only froze an illusion of Susanoo.
• The Inuzuka Clan Head and his Ninja Dog charged the Sarutobi Clan Head's opponent, but Shin intercepted them and wounded the Inuzuka Clan Head before proclaiming his dominance inside the barrier.

Shin used the Flying Thunder God Barrier to attack the clan leaders from any direction, while Onmyo Seimei tried to expose and disrupt him. Shin redirected their combined attacks through spatial fissures, then struck Seimei as his shield broke.

• Shin attacked the fighters inside the barrier with Susanoo and his Amaterasu Longsword, evading their counterattacks with the Flying Thunder God.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head and Inuzuka Clan Head concluded that they needed to destroy the barrier’s Kunai markers, but could not do so safely while Shin attacked them.
• Onmyo Seimei used Wild Sand to reveal Shin’s movements, then disrupted Susanoo with his Disorder curse.
• The Sarutobi and Inuzuka Clan Heads and Onmyo Seimei launched powerful attacks at Shin, but Shin redirected them through spatial fissures to explode overhead.
• Onmyo Seimei retreated from the blast, but Shin’s black sword struck his shield and shattered it.

Shin fought Onmyo Seimei, Sarutobi, and Inuzuka inside his Flying Thunder God Barrier, where he had the advantage. Black Zetsu emerged through Onmyo Seimei and disrupted the barrier, but Shin revealed he had marked Seimei earlier and used a sealing technique to separate Zetsu from him.

• Onmyo Seimei used a Shikigami scroll to swap positions, but Shin followed and cut him down, only for Seimei to turn into a paper doll engulfed in black flames.
• Shin attacked Sarutobi and Inuzuka, injuring both clan heads, while Onmyo Seimei escaped the flames by discarding his robe.
• Shin explained that his Flying Thunder God Barrier let him move freely and redirect ninjutsu, giving him the advantage in the sealed courtyard.
• Black Zetsu appeared on Onmyo Seimei and used Yin-Yang Release to disrupt Shin’s barrier.
• Shin teleported to Onmyo Seimei using a Flying Thunder God formula he had planted with his earlier sword strike, then used the Spirit Transformation Seal to pull Black Zetsu from his body.

Shin separated Black Zetsu from Onmyo Seimei with the Spirit Transformation Seal and dragged Black Zetsu into his Kamui Dimension. There, Shin and Black Zetsu discussed the failed assassination plot before Black Zetsu declared that Shin would die without learning his motives.

• Shin used the Spirit Transformation Seal to separate Black Zetsu from Onmyo Seimei, then pulled Black Zetsu into his Kamui Dimension with Intangibility.
• Onmyo Seimei collapsed, while Nara Clan Head recognized that the sudden turn of events seemed favorable.
• Shin introduced himself to Black Zetsu in the Kamui Dimension, and Black Zetsu questioned how Shin had discovered his existence and plot.
• Shin explained that he had not seen through the assassination plan but had prepared for danger, then asked why Black Zetsu had targeted Uzumaki Mito.
• Black Zetsu refused to explain and said the outcome was unchanged because Shin would die, but Shin insisted that even the dead deserved answers.

Shin fought Black Zetsu in deep space and analyzed how his enemy’s shadows could absorb ninjutsu and pass through physical defenses. Shin used a reality-affecting Tsukuyomi technique to draw one of Black Zetsu’s copies into a phantom blade, and Black Zetsu recognized the technique and warned that it could blind Shin.

• Shin attacked Black Zetsu with a Kunai, but Black Zetsu stretched his body to evade and tried to coil around him.
• Shin used Fire Style, Amaterasu, and explosive Kunai, but Black Zetsu absorbed or shed away the attacks.
• Shin summoned Susanoo and struck at Black Zetsu’s shadows, but they passed through its defenses and moved toward him.
• Shin used Shadow Clones to test Black Zetsu’s abilities, then concluded that the enemy’s shadows could corrode anything they touched and that he needed to make them merge.
• Shin formed a blood-red phantom sword with Susanoo and used Tsukuyomi to pull a Black Zetsu copy inside.
• Black Zetsu identified Shin’s technique as Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto and warned that forcing Tsukuyomi to affect reality could make Shin go blind.

Shin used his Tsukuyomi Longsword to fight Black Zetsu, but learned that Yin Release alone could not seal his true body. He froze time with his hidden Mangekyo ability and restored his chakra, leaving Black Zetsu restrained but still difficult to seal because Shin lacked Yang Style.

• Shin used his Susanoo's Tsukuyomi Longsword to seal Black Zetsu's clones and clashed with Black Zetsu's true body.
• Black Zetsu let the Tsukuyomi sword pass through him, then said that only Yin-Yang Release could seal him and lunged at Shin.
• Shin revealed his time-manipulation eye technique, freezing Black Zetsu just before he could grab him.
• Shin ordered the system to restore his chakra, recovering his nearly blinded eye and freezing Black Zetsu completely.
• Shin realized that he could restrain Black Zetsu but could not seal him without mastering Yang Style.

Shin failed to harm or seal Black Zetsu, so he abandoned the fight and left him trapped in the Kamui Dimension. Black Zetsu vowed to escape and take revenge.

• Black Zetsu unleashed his Yin-Yang Release and briefly shook Shin's Time Domain, but Shin strengthened it at the cost of bleeding from his left eye.
• Shin concluded that he could neither kill nor seal Black Zetsu without Yin-Yang Release, so he released the Time Domain and withdrew.
• Shin told Black Zetsu he would leave him imprisoned until he obtained Yin-Yang Release, then used his Mangekyo to escape the Kamui Dimension.
• Shin recalled that he had used the Spirit Transformation Seal to separate Black Zetsu from Onmyo Seimei and had chosen the Kamui Dimension as a fail-safe prison.
• Black Zetsu remained alone in the dimension and vowed that Shin could not keep him trapped.

Shin returned to the ruined Onmyo School estate and killed the wounded Onmyo Seimei after the Sarutobi and Inuzuka clan heads fled. A black shadow then entered Seimei’s body, and he escaped before Shin could react.

• The Ino-Shika-Cho, Uzumaki, and Uchiha fighters attacked the exhausted Onmyo School forces while Onmyo Seimei ordered the barrier lowered.
• Shin returned from the Kamui Dimension, summoned Susanoo, and struck at Onmyo Seimei, but the Inuzuka Clan Head rescued him.
• The Inuzuka and Sarutobi clan heads abandoned Seimei and fled with their Peak Jonin as the barrier came down.
• Shin used the Flying Thunder God Technique to pierce Onmyo Seimei’s heart with a Kunai.
• A black shadow emerged through a crack in space and entered Seimei’s body, after which Seimei fled into the distance.

After Black Zetsu escaped, Shin and the Ino-Shika-Cho forces wiped out the remaining Onmyo School fighters and returned to Nanban City. While reflecting on the battle, Shin was told that the Uzumaki Princess had come to see him.

• Black Zetsu escaped the Kamui Dimension, fled from Shin, and vowed to prepare a seal before confronting him again.
• Shin and Ino-Shika-Cho defeated the remaining Onmyo School forces, ending the school’s power in the Warring States Period.
• The Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka clan heads celebrated their gains, while Ino-Shika-Cho hurried off to claim the Onmyo School’s holdings in Nanban City.
• Shin returned to his lodgings, rested, and reviewed the battle and the strength of the Warring States Period’s Kage-level fighters.
• A messenger told Shin that the Uzumaki Princess was waiting to see him in the reception room.

Uchiha Shin and Uzumaki Mito faced their imminent departure from Nanban City and agreed to spend their last day together. After Shin warned off the Uzumaki clansman watching them, he and Mito went out on a date.

• Shin startled Mito, moved in to kiss her, and was bitten; he soothed her with affectionate words.
• Mito told Shin that she and her clan were leaving for the Land of Whirlpools the next day and asked if he would miss her.
• Shin said he had etched Mito's face in his heart, and she confessed he was the first man she had feelings for.
• As Mito started to leave, Shin stopped her and invited her on a date, which she happily accepted.
• Shin signaled the red-haired Uzumaki clansman hidden in a Parasol Tree not to follow them, and the clansman let them go.

Shin and Uzumaki Mito spent a lively day exploring Nanban City before releasing goldfish into the river and sharing a barbecue and wine outside the city. As night fell, Shin proposed they camp there, leaving Mito embarrassed after she misunderstood his intentions.

• Shin followed Mito around Nanban City as she caught three goldfish and bought two jars of wine.
• Mito released the goldfish into the river and made a secret wish.
• Shin suggested they stay by the river for a barbecue, and he cooked a wild rabbit for them to eat.
• After drinking wine and watching the sun set, Shin proposed they spend the night outside the city.
• Mito asked where they would sleep, and Shin produced a tent, prompting her to wonder why he had only one.

Shin and Uzumaki Mito shared a quiet night by the campfire, where Mito revealed that her engagement to Senju Hashirama was a political arrangement and confessed she wanted to be with Shin instead. Shin decided he would not let the original course of events dictate their future and asked Mito to return to the Uchiha with him.

• Shin told a tipsy Mito the story of Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo, and she grew emotional over their tragic love.
• Mito asked Shin about Senju Hashirama, then explained that her clan had arranged their marriage when she was born.
• Mito confessed that meeting Shin had made her regret the engagement and that she would rather be with him than marry Hashirama.
• Shin realized he wanted Mito for himself, pulled her into his arms, and asked her to return to the Uchiha with him the next day.

Mito refused to return to the Uchiha Clan with Shin, choosing her duty as the Uzumaki princess, but spent her last night with him dancing and singing. Shin let her leave at dawn and headed back toward Uchiha territory, where shifting clan alliances had reshaped control of Nanban City.

• Mito told Shin she would return to the Uzumaki Clan because she had to protect her people and uphold its alliance with the Senju.
• Mito kissed Shin and danced and sang for him beside the campfire before leaving at dawn; Shin did not stop her.
• Shin returned to the Uchiha temporary residence, where Uchiha Kangyi reported that the Uzumaki Clan had departed.
• The Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka Clans seized the Onmyo Clan's former territory, then negotiated a new division of interests with the Sarutobi and Inuzuka Clans.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho returned the Uchiha Clan's gifts to Shin and sent him a chest of treasures as he traveled back toward Uchiha territory.

Xuan returned to Uchiha territory after learning that Madara’s surprise attack on Chiba had failed and the Uchiha were fighting a stalemate on the southern front. He told Uchiha Yutaka that the Onmyo School might be destroyed, then went to see the seriously injured Madara.

• Xuan learned from an enemy shinobi that the fighting was deadlocked and the Uchiha were not under as much pressure as he had feared.
• Xuan returned to Uchiha territory with his companions, while Uchiha Kangyi and the other shinobi went to report on their mission.
• Uchiha Yutaka told Xuan that the failed attack on Chiba had left Madara seriously injured and killed one Peak Jonin, while Uchiha Zhan and Uchiha Yujian reinforced the southern front with Uchiha Burin.
• Xuan told Uchiha Yutaka that Onmyo Seimei had plotted against them and that the Onmyo School might be wiped out.
• Xuan visited Madara, who was resting at the Clan Head’s Residence, and remarked on how terrible his injuries looked.

Shin returned to find Madara injured and learned that Madara suspected Onmyo Seimei was behind the ambush. Shin revealed that Seimei was dead and the Onmyo School was about to be destroyed, then agreed to prepare for a possible war with the Senju and the Southern Three Clans.

• Madara told Shin that the Uchiha had been ambushed by the Southern Three Clans and suspected Onmyo Seimei was targeting them.
• Shin told Madara that Onmyo Seimei was dead and that the Onmyo School would soon be swallowed up, with the Uzumaki Clan and Ino-Shika-Cho involved.
• Madara explained that the Uchiha had repelled the Southern Three Clans’ first attack but feared the Senju might exploit the conflict.
• Shin said Hashirama might avoid war but warned that the Uchiha still needed to prepare for a fight.
• Madara assigned Shin to prepare for the front lines, and Shin left after protesting the workload.