Chapter Summaries

Shin led a thousand Uchiha shinobi to reinforce Fengling River, where the Senju were expected to arrive the next day. He ordered the unfinished defenses completed before dawn and began considering how to hold the exposed battlefield.

• Shin led a hastily assembled force of more than a thousand Uchiha shinobi on a rapid march to Fengling River.
• Shin arrived at the camp and learned from Uchiha Yamashin that the Senju were expected the next day and the defensive fortifications were still incomplete.
• Shin reprimanded Yamashin and ordered him to finish the defenses before dawn, warning that he would be sent to work in the mines if they remained unfinished.
• Shin ordered scouts to track the Senju and sent word to Uchiha Dou at Kazama Valley that he had arrived.
• Shin considered the difficult defense of Fengling River, an exposed, flat outpost that had been a frequent target of the Senju.

Shin took command of the Uchiha defenses at Fengling River ahead of the Senju's arrival and assessed the exposed terrain. He ordered the stored Explosive Tags used to complete the defenses, expecting a supply shipment within three days.

• Shin concluded that a thousand men were not enough to attack and decided to hold Fengling River until reinforcements arrived.
• Uchiha Kangyi reported that the clan members had settled in, and Shin asked him to show him the terrain before the Senju arrived the next day.
• Kangyi explained that Fengling River was flat and lacked natural defenses, while Shin found no suitable place for an ambush.
• Uchiha Yamashin told Shin that the defenses would be finished by the next day but that they lacked enough Explosive Tags.
• Shin ordered Yamashin to use every stored Explosive Tag on the defenses and said supplies would arrive within three days.

Shin learned that Senju Rajin was approaching Fengling River with nearly three thousand Senju, and prepared the Uchiha forces to meet them. Despite his commanders’ concerns about the enemy’s numbers, Shin chose to launch an attack when Rajin arrived, leaving the battle about to begin.

• An intelligence Jonin reported that Senju Rajin was leading nearly three thousand Senju toward Fengling River and would arrive around noon the next day.
• Shin suspected Rajin had come to confront him and reassured Uchiha Kangyi, Uchiha Yamashin, and the other Uchiha that they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• Uchiha Yamashin asked who was commanding at Kazama Valley, and Shin said Elder Dou could handle the main battlefield.
• After a quiet night, Shin assembled the Uchiha at noon and prepared to attack the arriving Senju.
• Uchiha Kangyi urged Shin to defend their fortifications and wait for reinforcements, but Shin insisted they needed to test the Senju’s strength and Kangyi agreed to trust him.

At Fengling River, Shin faced the arriving Senju forces and launched a surprise attack before they could prepare. The battle began with Shin’s explosive-tagged kunai and the Uchiha’s fire jutsu, while Senju Rajin countered with Wind Style.

• Shin waited in the open with more than a thousand Uchiha as the Senju and Uzumaki forces approached Fengling River.
• Shin recognized Senju Rajin and Uzumaki Gufeng among the enemy leaders, who were backed by several powerful experts.
• After a Senju expert challenged him, Shin ordered an attack and hurled kunai attached to Explosive Tags toward the enemy.
• The Uchiha unleashed hundreds of Great Fireballs, igniting the weeds and driving flames toward the Senju.
• Senju Rajin used Wind Style: Twin Streams to sweep the incoming kunai off course.

Shin and the Uchiha fought the outnumbering Senju with coordinated ninjutsu and explosives while Shin faced Senju Rajin in midair. After escaping Rajin’s attacks, Shin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed Amaterasu on the Senju forces.

• The Uchiha opened with coordinated Fire Style attacks, while the Senju recovered and began flanking them with their greater numbers.
• Shin detonated Explosive Tags along both flanks, forcing the Senju to abandon their encirclement and exchange ninjutsu from a distance.
• Senju Rajin charged Shin in midair, but his sword strike destroyed a Shadow Clone, and Shin’s counterattack was stopped by Spirit Chains.
• Shin broke free of the Spirit Chains and dodged Rajin’s Pressure Damage by teleporting to scattered Kunai on the ground.
• Shin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu, burning more than a dozen Senju ninja as an elite jōnin ordered countermeasures.

Gen fought Senju Rajin and Uzumaki Gufeng, then revealed Susanoo’s mature form and forced the Senju to halt their advance. He ordered the Uchiha to retreat and left a chasm as a deadly boundary between the clans.

• Gen countered Senju Rajin’s Wind Style attacks with Amaterasu weapons while Uzumaki Gufeng trapped him with a sealing technique.
• Gen broke free, used Flying Thunder God and Susanoo to attack Uzumaki Gufeng, and nearly struck him with the Sword of Amaterasu.
• Senju Rajin rescued Uzumaki Gufeng and unleashed a powerful tornado, but Gen’s mature Susanoo erased it with one swing.
• Gen ordered the exhausted Uchiha to retreat, then carved a chasm before the pursuing Senju and warned that anyone who crossed it would die.

Shin assessed the Senju force massed against Fengling River and concluded that he could not defeat them without reinforcements or greater strength. He considered exchanging for the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to gain the power needed to turn the battle around.

• Shin noted that Senju Rajin had brought three Quasi-Kage Level deputies, including Uzumaki Gufeng, four Peak Jonin, and three thousand shinobi to Fengling River.
• Shin judged that he could hold off the Senju leaders but would lose a drawn-out battle because his thousand shinobi were outnumbered.
• Shin doubted the Uchiha Clan could send meaningful reinforcements while fighting the Senju, Uzumaki, Chiba Clan, Fuma Clan, and Aburame Clan on multiple fronts.
• Shin decided he needed to become stronger and opened the system's exchange shop.
• Shin focused on the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, considering its ability to grant the Complete Body Susanoo.

Shin led the Uchiha defense at Fengling River as the Senju and their allies opened attacks across several fronts. The war intensified, with the Uchiha holding Fengling River while Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama arrived at Kazama Valley.

• Shin realized the Hatake Clan and Onmyo School battles had earned him fewer points than expected, leaving him short of the Eternal Mangekyo's cost and uncertain whether Onmyo Seimei had survived.
• An Elite Jonin reported that the Senju had attacked Fengling River, and Shin went to oversee the Uchiha defense.
• The Uchiha fortifications and Explosive Tags slowed the Senju, who withdrew after a half-day probe; Uchiha Siquan later arrived with supplies and Shin's three Peak Jonin joined the battlefield.
• The Uzumaki joined the Senju on the main battlefield, while the Chiba, Fuma, and Aburame clans attacked the Uchiha from the south, spreading the war across the land.
• The fighting at Fengling River grew fiercer and caused Uchiha casualties, but Shin's strength helped the Uchiha hold their position.
• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama recovered from their injuries and arrived at Kazama Valley.

Uchiha Shin defended the Uchiha position at Fengling River as the Senju launched a sustained assault and sent an elite force around the right flank. He moved to face Senju Rajin and roughly a hundred attackers alone while the main battle raged.

• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama arrived at the main battlefield, where Madara led an immediate attack before the Uchiha withdrew to defend Kazama Valley.
• The Senju pressed the Uchiha at Fengling River for three days, while Uchiha Yutaka waited anxiously for reinforcements.
• Uchiha Shin calmly directed the defense as the Senju advanced through the Uchiha's first explosive zone.
• Senju forces attacked the Uchiha right flank with Wind Style, and Shin stopped the wind blades with Flame Dance and steadied his troops.
• Shin identified Senju Rajin leading roughly a hundred elite attackers around the flank, ordered the Uchiha to hold their positions, and rushed out to fight them alone.

The war between the Senju and Uchiha clans reached a stalemate as Uchiha Shin repeatedly thwarted Senju Rajin’s attempts to break through at Fengling River. After Shin wiped out a Senju ambush force, the Senju began calling him the Uchiha’s Flash of Blood.

• Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Uchiha Izuna gained fame for their abilities and actions during the war.
• Three months into the war, the Uzumaki Clan increased its support for the Senju, forcing Uchiha Madara to divert supplies and reinforcements from Fengling River to the main front.
• Senju Rajin attacked Shin’s Fengling River defenses repeatedly, but Shin’s Susanoo stopped the Senju forces from capturing the positions.
• Senju Rajin sent a Quasi-Kage fighter and an elite squad to intercept Uchiha supplies, but Shin used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel there and wipe them out.
• After the Senju won at Kazama Valley, Shin detected Senju Rajin’s plan to send three hundred ninja around the Uchiha positions and killed the entire ambush force.
• The Senju at Fengling River began calling Shin the Uchiha’s Flash of Blood because his Gunbai was stained with Senju blood.

After two years of war, Shin had grown powerful enough to push the Senju onto the defensive at Fengling River, though the Uchiha still struggled on the main battlefield. He decided to concentrate on breaking the Senju defenses at Fengling River before sending aid elsewhere.

• Shin asked for updates and learned the Senju had withdrawn to their defenses after he badly wounded Senju Rajin two days earlier.
• Uchiha Yamashin reported that the main battlefield was under heavy Senju pressure, while Elder Zhan's front at Nara Slope remained calm.
• Shin rejected sending reinforcements to the main battlefield, reasoning that Madara would ask for help if Kazama Valley were truly in danger.
• Shin kept Uchiha Kangyi, Uchiha Yamashin, and Uchiha Siquan to discuss how to break through the Senju defenses.
• After hearing their ideas, Shin said he had a plan and would soon launch an all-out attack to end the fighting at Fengling River.

At Fengling River, Senju Rajin ordered his forces to abandon the offensive and hold Uchiha Shin in place, while Senju Hashirama considered an urgent report from the front. The Uzumaki Great Elder advised Hashirama to capture Kazama Valley before sending the Senju’s full strength against Shin.

• Senju Rajin reviewed the Senju’s defeats and ordered his fighters to defend Fengling River and keep Uchiha Shin from reinforcing the main battlefield.
• Senju Hashirama read Rajin’s urgent letter and praised Shin for turning the fighting around despite the Uchiha’s disadvantage.
• Senju Tobirama reacted with disbelief and urged Hashirama to send reinforcements to Fengling River.
• The Uzumaki Great Elder advised Hashirama to press the advantage at Kazama Valley, then bring the clan’s full strength against Shin.

Senju Hashirama rejected immediate plans to reinforce Fengling River or launch an assault on Kazama Valley, warning that Madara was concealing the Uchiha’s true strength. He explained that he needed to leave to find the final advantage against them and revealed that the Hyuga Clan’s ten-year seclusion had just ended.

• Senju Hashirama told Senju Tobirama and the Uzumaki Great Elder that he needed to leave for a few days, prompting both to object during the war’s fiercest stage.
• Senju Hashirama rejected Tobirama’s proposal to send reinforcements to Fengling River, arguing that the Senju should avoid giving Madara an opening and that Luo Jian could hold the position.
• Senju Hashirama agreed that an assault on Kazama Valley could be useful but opposed launching it immediately, warning that the Uchiha were not as weakened as they seemed.
• Senju Tobirama realized the Senju had suffered heavier losses over the past six months and asked whether Uchiha Madara had deliberately feigned weakness to wear them down.
• Senju Hashirama said he would leave to find the final “straw” that could crush the Uchiha and revealed that the Hyuga Clan’s ten-year seclusion ended that day.

Senju Hashirama left Kazama Valley to seek an alliance with the Hyuga, leaving Senju Tobirama and the Uzumaki Great Elder in charge. Uchiha Madara continued his carefully planned defense and prepared to collapse the mountain if the Senju launched an all-out attack, while Hashirama reached Hyuga territory to request a meeting with Hyuga Tenin.

• Senju Hashirama told Senju Tobirama and the Uzumaki Great Elder that he planned to recruit the Hyuga and left them to keep up the attack on the Uchiha while he was away.
• The Senju attacked the Uchiha at Kazama Valley, where Uchiha Madara arrived and questioned a Peak Jonin about the battle.
• Uchiha Madara judged that the Senju's apparent advantage at Kazama Valley was part of his strategy and considered the situation on the other fronts.
• Uchiha Madara revealed that the Uchiha had secretly hollowed out the mountain and prepared a million Explosive Tags to bury the Senju if they attacked with their full force.
• Senju Hashirama reached Hyuga territory after a Byakugan-wielding ninja attacked him and introduced himself, asking to visit Hyuga Tenin.

Hashirama visited the secluded Hyuga Clan to request an alliance against the Uchiha, but the elders rejected him and questioned his standing. He challenged Hyuga Tenin to prove himself, and the hall fell silent.

• Hashirama saw the Hyuga Clan's rundown mountain compounds and gaunt children before meeting its elders, including Hyuga Tamamo.
• Hashirama told the Hyuga leaders that Senju Butsuma had died and described how the Warring States Period had changed while they were secluded.
• Hyuga Tamamo recognized Uchiha Shin's role in the recent upheavals and recalled her past plot against him.
• Hashirama asked the Hyuga Clan to renew its alliance with the Senju, but the elders mocked his request and Tenin told him to return when he had reached a clan head's level.
• Hashirama challenged Tenin to instruct him, and Hyuga Shinshu said Hashirama would have to get past him first.

Senju Hashirama defeated Hyuga Shinshu and asked the Hyuga Clan to trust his offer of an alliance. He knelt before them, apologized for the Senju’s past failure to help, and described his dream of ending the wars by establishing a village where shinobi could live together in peace.

• Hyuga Shinshu challenged Senju Hashirama but was bound by Wood Style and conceded defeat.
• The Hyuga leaders returned to the main hall and treated Hashirama with greater respect after witnessing his strength.
• Hyuga Tenin questioned whether the Senju could be trusted, citing their failure to help the Hyuga ten years earlier.
• Hashirama apologized for the Senju’s past actions and insisted that he had come sincerely to form an alliance.
• After Hyuga Tamamo asked him to prove his sincerity, Hashirama knelt and described his dream of a village where shinobi could live without hatred, persecution, or war.

Hyuga Tamamo agreed to support Senju Hashirama and revealed a plan targeting Uchiha Madara or Uchiha Shin. At Fengling River, Shin prepared to face the Senju alone, hoping the battle would help him reach Kage Level and earn enough points for the Eternal Mangekyo.

• Senju Hashirama secured Hyuga Clan's support by promising supplies and discussing the battlefield situation with Hyuga Tamamo and Hyuga Shinshu.
• Hyuga Tamamo said she would not send Hyuga straight to the front and asked whether she could seek help from the Uzumaki Great Elder in Kazama Valley.
• Hyuga Tamamo revealed that either Uchiha Madara or Uchiha Shin would die.
• At Fengling River, Uchiha Kangyi reported that Senju Rajin's forces had stayed defensive despite repeated provocations.
• Shin rejected an assault plan and said he would face the Senju position alone, seeking to break through to Kage Level.

Shin tried to break through the Senju defenses alone, using Intangibility to survive a barrage from over a thousand shinobi before launching a Susanoo assault. The chapter ended as Senju Rajin countered Shin’s strike with Wind Style: Wind God Spear.

• Shin ordered Uchiha Kangyi and the Uchiha clan members to surround the area while he approached the Senju position alone.
• Senju Rajin mobilized the Senju shinobi and ordered them to attack Shin with their jutsu once he came within range.
• The Senju unleashed a barrage of jutsu, but Shin used Intangibility to pass through the attacks unharmed.
• Senju Rajin warned his shinobi to blow away Shin’s kunai, but Shin used Flying Thunder God to appear beside the redirected weapons.
• Shin activated Susanoo and charged at the Senju position with his Amaterasu Longsword.
• Senju Rajin formed Wind God Spear and sent it against Susanoo’s sword.

Shin faced Senju Rajin and more than a thousand Senju in a fierce battle, using Susanoo and Mangekyo techniques to withstand their coordinated assault. As Kamui strained his eye and drained his chakra, Shin welcomed the pressure as the challenge he needed to break through to Kage Level.

• Senju Rajin’s wind attack clashed with Shin’s Susanoo, and Shin countered with the Sword of Amaterasu, killing and burning Senju fighters.
• Uzumaki Gufeng bound Susanoo with chakra chains, but Shin broke free before a Senju Quasi-Kage trapped it in hardened mud beneath a huge earthen lid.
• Senju Rajin led more than a thousand Senju in a barrage of ninjutsu, including S-rank attacks from three Quasi-Kage-level Experts.
• Shin countered with nine Amaterasu dragons, but the Senju barrage overwhelmed them and continued toward Susanoo.
• Shin used Kamui to warp the space around Susanoo and send the incoming attacks into the Kamui Dimension, accepting the strain as the pressure he needed to reach Kage Level.

Uchiha Shin fought three thousand Senju shinobi and endured their combined attacks as he pushed himself toward Kage Level. Senju Rajin’s deadly Fuma Severing blade pierced Susanoo and raced toward Shin, leaving the battle at a decisive moment.

• Senju Rajin urged the Senju forces to keep attacking while Shin sent their ninjutsu into the Kamui Dimension.
• Shin unleashed Amaterasu and Kamui attacks, burning and killing Senju shinobi as he assessed his dwindling chakra.
• Uzumaki Gufeng used Pressure Seal to suppress Shin, but Shin shattered the seal and endured coordinated Earth and Lightning Style attacks.
• Senju Rajin prepared his Fuma Clan ultimate technique and launched a lethal wind blade through Susanoo toward Shin.
• Shin chose to face the wind blade head-on as it reached him.