Chapter Summaries

The allied clans broke through the Uchiha barrier and attacked Nanshan City, forcing Uchiha Yujian and his people onto the defensive. As the battle reached the city wall, a mysterious flash of light raced toward the fight.

• The Sarutobi Clan Head’s white fire dragon cracked the Uchiha barrier, but the barrier began repairing itself.
• The Akimichi Clan Head punched through the damaged barrier, and the allied clans’ attacks made it collapse completely.
• Nara Shefeng ordered the allied forces to attack and led the charge toward Nanshan City.
• The Nara-clad group raised earthen stairways to the wall while Uchiha Yujian ordered his people to defend it.
• The Akimichi Clan Head’s Butterfly Transformation attack tore open the city wall, and Uchiha Yujian escaped with Body Flicker.
• A flash of light sped toward the battle from the east.

Uchiha Shin arrived at Nanshan City and rescued Uchiha Yujian from Ino-Shika-Cho. Shin defeated the three clan leaders in seconds, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Yamanaka Hailin immobilized Uchiha Yujian while Nara Shefeng attacked with shadow blades and declared that Ino-Shika-Cho would take Nanshan City.
• Uchiha Shin appeared beside Yujian, redirected Nara Shefeng's shadow blades through a space fissure, and wounded him with his own jutsu.
• Shin attacked Yamanaka Hailin with Dragon Flame Song, then used Scorch Style to steer the flames past Hailin's energy waves and break through his barrier.
• The Akimichi Clan Head struck Shin with Ten Thousand Pound Fist, but Shin blocked the punch with Susanoo and slammed him into the ground.
• In less than ten seconds, Shin had defeated Ino-Shika-Cho, leaving all three clan leaders injured.

Shin arrived to reinforce the Uchiha and faced the Sarutobi Clan Head as the battle for the city turned into a clash between their strongest fighters. Shin countered the Sarutobi Clan Head’s attacks with Amaterasu and began pursuing him with controlled flames.

• Shin arrived after the Akimichi Clan Head was driven back, and Uchiha Yujian gathered the Uchiha Clan members at his command.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head assessed Shin’s strength and stepped forward to confront him while Nara Shefeng and the Akimichi Clan Head prepared to support him.
• Nara Shefeng sent Yamanaka Hailin to the rear to gather their people as the allied forces regrouped by clan.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head used the Body Flicker Technique to attack Shin with a chakra-charged kick, but Shin blocked it with a shield of Amaterasu.
• Shin shattered the shield and sent Amaterasu flames after the Sarutobi Clan Head, anticipating where he would reappear and forcing him to leap away.

Gen defeated the Nara and Akimichi clan heads with ease, leaving the Sarutobi Clan Head to face him alone. The Sarutobi Clan Head combined all five chakra natures into an unexpected ultimate technique, and Gen sensed danger as it formed.

• Nara Shefeng and the Akimichi Clan Head attacked Gen together, but Gen broke the shadow restraint and shattered the Akimichi Clan Head’s arm with Susanoo.
• Nara Shefeng helped the weakened Akimichi Clan Head, while the Sarutobi Clan Head’s confidence faltered after seeing Gen defeat them.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head unleashed ninjutsu using all five chakra natures, prompting Nara Shefeng to order the clansmen to retreat.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head fused his Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning, and Earth techniques into an ultimate technique, and Gen sensed danger.

Sarutobi Clan Head unleashed God's Technique, combining five elemental ninjutsu into an apocalyptic attack aimed at Shin and Nanshan City. Shin answered with his Complete Body Susanoo and a devastating sword strike, and the two powers collided in a blinding flash.

• Sarutobi Clan Head fused five A-rank elemental techniques into God's Technique, whose power grew as the elements reinforced one another.
• Nara Shefeng evacuated his clansmen and wondered whether the attack might give them a chance to win.
• Sarutobi Clan Head collapsed from exhaustion after unleashing the technique, while Uchiha Jonin and Uchiha Yujian feared for Nanshan City and trusted Shin to stop it.
• Shin transformed his Mangekyo and summoned his hundred-meter Complete Body Susanoo.
• Shin declared that he would kill the god, then swung Susanoo's sword with all his power gathered into one strike.
• Shin's sword energy collided with God's Technique, and a burst of light spread across a hundred miles.

Shin defeated the Southern Allied Forces’ five-ninjutsu attack with his Complete Body Susanoo and protected the Uchiha clan from the blast. He found the critically injured Sarutobi Clan Head and offered to spare his life in exchange for learning the fusion technique.

• Shin’s Samsara Sword cut through the Sarutobi Clan Head’s fused ninjutsu, devastating the area around Nanshan City.
• Shin dismissed his Complete Body Susanoo and saw that many Southern Allied Forces shinobi had escaped while more than a thousand were likely killed.
• Uchiha Yujian asked whether Shin had protected the clan, and Shin ordered him to count their casualties.
• Shin uncovered the wounded Sarutobi Clan Head from the rubble and offered to spare him if he taught Shin his technique.

Shin defeated the southern coalition at Nanshan City, but the Sarutobi Clan Head killed himself before Shin could learn the clan’s secrets. Uchiha Zhan arrived with reinforcements unaware of the Uchiha-Senju truce or the Great Elder’s death, and Shin realized Madara had left him to explain the situation.

• The Sarutobi Clan Head bit through his tongue and died rather than reveal his clan’s techniques, so Shin decided to search the clan compound for answers.
• Uchiha Yujian reported that 471 Uchiha had been killed, and Shin ordered their bodies gathered for burial before returning to Nanshan City.
• Shin and Uchiha Yujian helped restore order in Nanshan City after the battle and rested while the wounded received treatment.
• Uchiha Zhan arrived with about a thousand reinforcements and asked Shin why the Uchiha had made peace with the Senju.
• Uchiha Zhan explained that he had missed Madara because the clan was holding the Great Elder’s funeral, and Shin realized Madara had deliberately left him to explain the truce.

Shin secured Uchiha Zhan's tacit agreement to peace talks, then ordered Uchiha forces to pursue the retreating Southern Alliance. The exhausted Ino-Shika-Cho leaders debated their next move, and Nara Shefeng proposed a plan in a secluded gorge.

• Shin explained Uchiha Dou's death to Uchiha Yujian and called a strategy meeting.
• Shin ordered Uchiha Yujian to pursue along the western route, Uchiha Zhan to attack from the east, and his own forces to take the central route.
• Uchiha Zhan and Uchiha Yujian led their shinobi out of Nanshan City to pursue the retreating enemy.
• The injured Akimichi Clan Head and Yamanaka Hailin discussed whether to return to their clan grounds with Nara Shefeng.
• Nara Shefeng rejected returning home and said he had an idea they could try.

Senju Hashirama arrived after Senju Tobirama had been forced to retreat by the Shimura, Aburame, and Inuzuka alliance. When their leaders mocked his warning and maimed his envoy, Hashirama unleashed Wood Style against them, routed their forces, and ordered the Senju to pursue.

• The Shimura, Aburame, and Inuzuka Clans surprised the Senju southern camp, defeated them, and forced Senju Tobirama to retreat with heavy losses.
• Senju Hashirama reached Tobirama’s defensive position, then sent the three clan heads a letter urging them to withdraw.
• The Shimura Clan Head tore up the letter, detained the envoy, and sent him back with one hand cut off.
• Hashirama declared that the Senju would fight to the death the next day.
• Hashirama used “Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom” to devastate the alliance and drive the three clans into retreat.
• Hashirama ordered the Senju to pursue the fleeing clans, and they charged after them.

Shin halted the Uchiha pursuit of the Southern Allied Forces after receiving a summons from Madara. He returned to the clan compound and learned that Madara was waiting in his loft with an unfamiliar visitor who claimed to know Shin.

• Hashirama ordered the Senju to stop pursuing the fleeing Shimura, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans and camp while he exchanged information with the Uchiha.
• Shin reprimanded Uchiha Zhan for leading the Uchiha into a canyon ambush, then used Flying Thunder God to bring the wounded back to Nanshan City.
• Shin received Madara's letter summoning him to the clan compound and suspended the pursuit of the Southern Allied Forces.
• Shin left Uchiha Yujian in command of the south and returned to Uchiha land.
• Shin learned that Madara was waiting in his loft with an unfamiliar person who said he was Shin's acquaintance.

Shin returned to the Uchiha compound and found Senju Hashirama meeting with Uchiha Madara to discuss the alliance and the southern war. The three began considering how to use the conflict to bring their clans closer, but Hashirama was left waiting for Shin to explain his plan.

• Shin found Senju Hashirama in the tower with Uchiha Madara, who revealed Hashirama had come secretly after dealing with attacks from the southern clans.
• Uzumaki Mito told Xiaoying that Hashirama was the Senju clan head and said his visit signaled that the Uchiha-Senju alliance was inevitable.
• Shin told Madara that Uchiha Zhan's reckless pursuit had led to an ambush by Nara Shefeng and the deaths of over a hundred Uchiha, and Madara deferred judgment until after the war.
• Madara and Hashirama discussed how the southern forces had retreated and worried that pursuing them would fail to end the hatred between their clans.
• Shin argued that they could use tricks and go easy on the southern clans to bring Uchiha and Senju together on the battlefield, and Hashirama asked what he meant.

Shin, Uchiha Madara, and Senju Hashirama planned a joint campaign south that would bring Uchiha and Senju clansmen together while keeping their leaders out of direct combat. The southern clans turned the region into a guerrilla battlefield, leaving the allied armies stalled until they ordered mixed Uchiha-Senju squads to pursue them.

• Shin proposed that the Uchiha and Senju send clansmen south in shared units while their leaders monitored the fighting, and he predicted Nara Shefeng would use guerrilla tactics.
• Madara argued for crushing the southern leaders by force, while Hashirama urged them to seek peaceful surrender; Shin stopped their argument, and the three finalized their plan.
• Madara and Hashirama each sent eight thousand shinobi south as the Uchiha and Senju forces advanced toward the southern clans.
• Nara Shefeng persuaded the southern clan leaders to spread their forces across the region, empty their compounds, and enlist smaller clans to harass the advancing armies.
• The Uchiha and Senju armies became bogged down by scattered attacks, so their leaders ordered smaller pursuit squads made up of both clans.

The Uchiha and Senju gradually overcame their distrust and began cooperating against the southern coalition, despite heavy losses. At the valley command center, Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, and Shin planned to end the war before the New Year so their clans could return home.

• The southern clans united against the Uchiha and Senju, forcing both clans into a costly struggle across the Southern Battlefield.
• Uchiha and Senju fighters set aside their grudges under pressure and developed joint tactics that helped them advance south.
• A report described Uchiha and Senju fighters breaking an Aburame and Shimura ambush together, with a Senju carrying a wounded Uchiha to safety.
• Senju Hashirama read the report at the valley command center and reflected on the friendship forming between the clans.
• Uchiha Madara acknowledged their heavy losses and proposed ending the war before the New Year, while Shin doubted that the plan would go smoothly.

Shin, Uchiha Madara, and Senju Hashirama planned a final campaign against the southern clans after their forces had scattered. They chose to seize Nanban City and prepared to gather their clans for the battle.

• Senju Hashirama asked Uchiha Madara and Shin how to find the scattered southern leaders, and Madara suggested using the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to locate them.
• Hashirama objected that the Hyuga might refuse and that winter and the south’s vast territory would make reconnaissance difficult.
• Shin proposed gathering their clansmen and attacking Nanban City to force the southern clans to defend their strategic stronghold.
• Madara approved the plan and left to gather the Uchiha for the final battle before the New Year.
• Shin and Hashirama agreed to prepare their forces, and Hashirama set out to gather the Senju.

Uchiha Madara led the allied Uchiha and Senju forces toward Nanban City while the southern clans planned an ambush at Shanghua Ridge. Madara anticipated the trap but pressed ahead, and the southern shinobi attacked as the allied army entered the ridge.

• Uchiha Madara led the allied forces toward Nanban City with Senju Xiangyang as deputy commander.
• Nara Shefeng convinced the southern clan leaders to defend Nanban City and prepare an ambush at Shanghua Ridge.
• The southern clans planted Explosive Tags along the route and harassed the allied forces during their march.
• Uchiha Madara suspected Nara Shefeng had prepared an ambush but ordered the allied forces to advance through Shanghua Ridge.
• After the allied forces entered the ridge, a flare signaled the southern shinobi to attack, and kunai rained down on them.

Uchiha Madara led the Uchiha and Senju forces in repelling a surprise attack by the Southern Allied Forces, then charged into their ranks alone and overwhelmed their fighters. He confronted the Aburame clan leader and a Shimura ninja, with the battle still raging.

• The Southern Allied Forces ambushed the Uchiha and Senju, who formed a defensive wall and counterattacked with Fire Style.
• Madara ordered his troops to hold their ground, then used Great Flame Myriad Flower Break to force fifty Southern Water Style users to defend against his fireballs.
• Madara leaped into the Southern Allied Forces and killed or incapacitated attackers, turning an Elite Jonin’s sword against him before sending him flying.
• The new Aburame clan leader tried to trap Madara with swarms of insects, but Madara unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame against them.
• A Shimura ninja attacked Madara with Wind Barrage Technique, and Madara dismissed the two opponents as an easy challenge.

Uchiha Madara repelled a coordinated assault by the Southern Allied Forces’ clan heads and revealed his enormous armored Susanoo. He challenged the survivors to begin a second round of battle.

• Shimura Ken ordered the Southern Allied Forces to withdraw as Madara’s attacks overwhelmed them.
• Yamanaka Hailin’s mind technique briefly controlled Madara, but he broke free and struck back, injuring Hailin.
• Nara Shefeng restrained Madara with his shadow while the clan heads launched a coordinated barrage of attacks.
• Madara awakened a more intricate Mangekyo pattern and summoned a towering, blue-armored Susanoo that withstood the assault.
• Madara looked down at the gathered shinobi from inside Susanoo and declared that the second round would begin.

As the Uchiha and Senju forces besieged Nanban City in heavy snow, Shin, Madara, and Hashirama warmed themselves and discussed the aftermath of Madara’s victory at Shanghua Ridge. Madara was celebrated as the Asura of the Ninja World, while the battered enemy forces remained trapped in the city.

• Shin visited Madara in the allied forces’ camp and explained that Hashirama was distributing warm clothes and quilts to the ninja caught in the sudden snowfall.
• Hashirama joined Shin and Madara, reported that the snowfall was unusually heavy, and praised Madara for routing the Southern Allied Forces.
• Madara dismissed the praise, though Shin recognized that he was pleased by his new reputation.
• At Shanghua Ridge, Madara had used Complete Body Susanoo to defeat the Southern Allied Forces, killing the new Aburame and Sarutobi Clan Heads and Shimura Ken, while the Inuzuka Clan Head’s Ninja Dog died protecting him.
• Nara Shefeng escaped with the surviving Ino-Shika-Cho, whose Akimichi Clan Head and Yamanaka Hailin were gravely injured; they retreated with only a small force to Nanban City.
• The Uchiha and Senju forces won with almost no casualties, captured many southern prisoners, and began calling Madara the Asura of the Ninja World and him, Shin, and Hashirama the Three Gods of the Ninja World.

Senju Hashirama persuaded several southern clans to join the village and sought surrender from the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans. After Nara Shefeng sent back a surrender letter with ten demands, Shin took over negotiations and sent him a blunt warning.

• Hashirama proposed offering the defeated southern clans a chance to surrender, while Uchiha Madara argued they should be wiped out.
• Shin settled their dispute with an odd-or-even game, and Hashirama won the chance to persuade the clans before the snowfall ended.
• Hashirama returned with the Inuzuka, Sarutobi, Aburame, and Shimura Clans agreeing to join the village, and said he had sent envoys to Nanban City.
• Nara Shefeng agreed to surrender on behalf of the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans but attached ten conditions.
• Shin sent an envoy back to Nanban City with the message, “Don't push your luck.”

Nara Shefeng agreed to surrender the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans after their defeat, but insisted they surrender only to the Senju Clan. His condition angered Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, leaving the alliance leaders to decide how to respond.

• After Yamanaka Hailin’s injuries worsened, Nara Shefeng told the envoy they would answer after the snow stopped.
• Nara Shefeng concluded the clans had no choice but to surrender and ordered that they surrender only to the Senju Clan to exploit tensions between Senju and Uchiha.
• The snow stopped overnight, and Shin, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara waited for the clans’ reply while preparing their forces to resume the attack if needed.
• A Nara Jonin informed the alliance leaders that Nara Shefeng was gathering the clans to surrender that afternoon, but only to the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Madara threatened Nara Shefeng, while Shin worried the condition could reignite conflict between the Senju and Uchiha clans.