Chapter Summaries

Shin and Uchiha Dou attacked Senju Butsuma, with Shin using his Mangekyo ability, a barrage of Kunai, and Flying Thunder God to pressure him. The fight left Butsuma wounded in the left arm as the two Uchiha kept up their assault.

• Senju Butsuma launched his Ghost-Slaying Slash, but Shin blocked it by slowing Butsuma’s perception of time with his left eye.
• Shin summoned a storm of Kunai and detonated their Explosive Tags, forcing Butsuma to shelter inside an Earth Prison Dome.
• Shin used Flying Thunder God to reappear around Butsuma and attack from multiple angles.
• Uchiha Dou joined Shin’s assault, doubling the pressure on Butsuma.
• Senju Butsuma blocked attacks from both opponents, but Shin cut his left arm.

Shin and the Uchiha reinforcements helped drive Senju Butsuma’s forces from the battlefield, turning a desperate defense into a victory. The Uchiha celebrated Shin as their Star of Hope, while Butsuma demanded to know how the reinforcements had gone undetected.

• Senju Butsuma ordered an organized retreat after Shin, Uchiha Dou, and the other Uchiha fighters pressured his forces.
• The Senju withdrew after losing more than two hundred men, and the exhausted Uchiha celebrated their survival.
• Uchiha Dou asked Shin about Uchiha Tajima, but Shinji vaguely claimed that the clan head was away on an important mission.
• Uchiha Zhan thanked Shin and Shinji for their reinforcements, and the Uchiha repaired their defenses and shared a meal.
• The Uchiha hailed Shin as the Star of Hope and their greatest prodigy.
• Senju Butsuma angrily questioned his intelligence officers about how the Uchiha had obtained reinforcements.

Uchiha Shin pushed Uchiha Dou to reveal that Uchiha Tajima had died, then learned the clan leader had fallen while responding to an attack on supplies. The Uchiha elders began confronting the loss as Shin concluded that Tajima had likely died alongside Senju Unjin.

• Uchiha Dou reassigned the defenders at Kazama Valley and discussed the Senju threat with the assembled Peak Jonin.
• Uchiha Kangyi pressed Uchiha Dou about Uchiha Tajima’s whereabouts, but Uchiha Dou and Uchiha Zhan changed the subject to delayed reinforcements.
• Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Shinji insisted that the clan leader’s whereabouts be addressed, prompting Uchiha Dou to announce that Uchiha Tajima had died.
• Uchiha Dou explained that Uchiha Tajima had gone to assist the supplies bound for Fengling River after Senju Unjin attacked them, and that an elite squad later returned with Tajima’s body.
• Uchiha Shin judged that Uchiha Tajima had most likely fallen into a Senju ambush and died alongside Senju Unjin.

Shin blamed Uchiha Tajima’s death on Senju Unjin and persuaded the elders to appoint Uchiha Madara as the new clan leader. The Senju abandoned their camp, but Shin suspected their withdrawal was connected to Madara’s attack on the Senju Clan Grounds, after which Madara and his squad went missing.

• Shin claimed Senju Unjin had killed Uchiha Tajima in a mutual fight and urged the Uchiha to present Tajima’s death as a victory over the Senju.
• Shin nominated Uchiha Madara as clan leader, and Uchiha Shinji, Uchiha Dou, and Uchiha Zhan’s silence cleared the way for the decision.
• A War Hawk was sent to summon Uchiha Madara from Nara Slope to Kazama Valley.
• The next morning, Shin learned that the Senju had abandoned their camp and grew suspicious of their sudden retreat.
• Uchiha Dou revealed that Uchiha Madara had led an elite squad to attack the Senju Clan Grounds, and that Madara and his group could no longer be contacted.

After the Senju withdrew, Uchiha Shinji volunteered to rescue Uchiha Madara from the Senju Clan Grounds and chose to go alone. He left Uchiha Dou in charge of the camp and gave Uchiha Shinji instructions for the clan's withdrawal.

• Uchiha leaders debated how to rescue Madara without pursuing the Senju army into its clan grounds.
• Uchiha Dou offered to lead the rescue, but the Peak Jonin urged him to remain with the clan.
• Shinji volunteered for the mission, and Uchiha Dou authorized him to form an elite squad.
• Shinji refused the squad and said he would use his Space-Time Ninjutsu to travel alone and bring Madara and the others back.
• Shinji told Uchiha Shinji to take the northern clansmen and Akabane Koromo back to the clan grounds during the withdrawal.

Uchiha Madara and Izuna fled after attacking the Senju Clan Grounds, evading a Senju search party and killing its members. Senju Hashirama and Tobirama followed their trail, and Hashirama finally chose to pursue them south toward Kaguya territory.

• Senju Butsuma returned from the battlefield after hearing that the Senju Clan Grounds had been attacked and ordered shinobi to search for the Uchiha, while worrying about Senju Unjin.
• Madara and Izuna hid from a Senju squad, then attacked and killed its Jonin, two Special Jonin, and several Chunin before escaping.
• Madara led Izuna west to disguise their route, then turned south toward Kaguya territory because Senju forces had blocked the way back to the Uchiha compound.
• Senju Hashirama identified Madara’s swordsmanship at the scene, while Senju Tobirama argued that Madara would not have fled west into a trap.
• Tobirama found the trail heading south, and Hashirama decided to pursue Madara and Izuna in that direction.

Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna fought their way through the Senju pursuit and tried to escape through a forest, but Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama cornered them. Hashirama’s Wood Style trapped the brothers as Tobirama and the other Senju Jonin closed in to attack.

• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna broke through the Senju search party, killing several pursuers and setting the forest ablaze to cover their escape.
• Madara and Izuna fled south through the burning forest, but Senju ninjas extinguished the flames with powerful Water Style techniques and surrounded them.
• Senju Hashirama urged Madara to surrender, but Madara refused and attacked, using fire dragons to create an opening in the encirclement.
• Madara called for Izuna to run through the gap, but Hashirama trapped both brothers’ ankles with Wood Style roots.
• Senju Tobirama charged at Izuna with a Kunai as the surrounding Senju Jonin rushed in to attack.

Madara and Izuna fought Senju Hashirama, Tobirama, and their Jonin for half an hour before Shin arrived and turned the battle around. Shin’s return left Madara relieved and Hashirama conflicted as the Senju regrouped.

• Madara and Izuna used Fire Style and sword techniques to resist the Senju’s coordinated Water Style and Wood Style attacks.
• Hashirama offered to guarantee Madara’s safety, but Tobirama charged with the Jonin, giving Madara a chance to escape the encirclement.
• Shin appeared after a volley of marked kunai, killing six Senju Jonin and badly wounding four while Tobirama evaded him by turning into water.
• Madara and Izuna recognized Shin, and Hashirama asked why he had come.
• Shin teased Hashirama about his appearance, while Madara briefly remembered the three of them sharing a dream six years earlier.

Shin tried to negotiate the release of Madara and Izuna, but Hashirama refused after Tobirama argued that the Uchiha should answer for the Senju dead. Shin challenged both brothers and began fighting them, leaving the battle ongoing as he prepared to return Tobirama’s water attack.

• Madara and Izuna thanked Shin for coming to rescue them, and Madara asked whether Shin had come alone.
• Hashirama decided he could not let the Uchiha leave, after Tobirama reminded him of their clan’s dead and their father’s judgment.
• Madara proposed that he and Izuna use a smoke bomb to escape, but Shin told them to watch as he confronted Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Tobirama attacked Shin with Flying Thunder God Slash, but Shin cut through his water replacement and Tobirama reappeared unharmed.
• Hashirama used Wood Style: Double Wood Kill, but Shin escaped the logs; Tobirama then fired Water Style: High Pressure Water Gun, and Shin prepared to send it back.

Shin overwhelmed Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama with a powerful combination jutsu, then wounded Tobirama by using a Flying Thunder God mark. Hashirama rescued his brother and unleashed Wood Style: Tree World Emergence against Shin.

• Shin dodged Tobirama's reflected water spear and escaped Hashirama's chakra-draining Wood Binding Technique with Flying Thunder God.
• Shin combined Fire, Wind, and Lightning Styles into a vast attack that devastated the lake and surrounding forest, while Hashirama and Tobirama evaded it.
• Shin used a Flying Thunder God mark he had placed on Tobirama to teleport behind him and stab him after the lake had been vaporized.
• Hashirama trapped Shin in a wooden cage, caught the wounded Tobirama, and shielded him.
• Hashirama unleashed Wood Style: Tree World Emergence against Shin.

Hashirama unleashed Tree World Emergence after Shin critically wounded Tobirama, but Shin used Susanoo to smash through the forest and defeat him. As Shin claimed victory, Senju Butsuma’s chakra rushed toward them.

• Hashirama released his full chakra, unleashing Tree World Emergence and filling the area with towering trees and vines.
• Shin burned and cut through the plants but realized he had to defeat Hashirama or destroy the forest to stop the jutsu.
• Shin summoned his first-stage Susanoo and struck Hashirama with Fist of Time, breaking through the Wood Locking Wall and halting Tree World Emergence.
• Hashirama conceded defeat as Shin panted from the strain of using Susanoo.
• Shin sensed Senju Butsuma approaching at incredible speed.

Shin rescued Madara and Izuna from the Senju, then revealed that Uchiha Tajima had died and the clan was in political disarray. After the Uchiha completed their evacuation from Kazama Valley, Madara, Izuna, and Shin prepared to return to the clan grounds.

• Shin used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Madara and Izuna away, and Hashirama realized Shin had been able to rescue them from the start.
• Senju Butsuma arrived, learned that the Uchiha had escaped, and sent Hashirama and Tobirama back to recover.
• Shin told Madara and Izuna that Uchiha Tajima had died fighting Senju Unjin and that the clan's leadership was unstable, then warned Madara that he had been recommended as the next clan leader.
• Shin, Madara, and Izuna returned to the Uchiha camp, where Uchiha Dou explained that the clan was evacuating and that Tajima's body had been sent to the clan grounds.
• The Uchiha completed their evacuation from Kazama Valley, and Shin, Madara, and Izuna set out for the clan grounds after confirming no one else would return.

After the war ended, Shin used supplies from the north to help Uchiha Yutaka cover the clan’s postwar costs and won widespread gratitude among the Uchiha. As Uchiha Tajima’s funeral approached and clan leaders maneuvered for power, Shin believed his generosity would protect him from future criticism.

• The Uchiha and Senju Clans returned from the war heavily weakened, with Uchiha Tajima and Senju Unjin among the dead.
• Uchiha Yutaka struggled to provide rewards for returning warriors and support for the families of the fallen because the clan compound lacked supplies.
• Shin approved transporting money, food, weapons, fabric, and medicine from the north, with the condition that the clan knew he had provided them.
• Shin oversaw the distribution of supplies, earning the gratitude of clan members and surpassing Uchiha Tajima in popularity.
• Uchiha Madara and Izuna kept vigil over Uchiha Tajima’s body as disputes over power began, while no one openly raised the question of the next clan head.
• Exhausted after distributing supplies, Shin told his maid that his efforts would keep people from criticizing him in the future.

After Uchiha Tajima's death, Shin took the grieving Madara to the cliff where they had once dreamed of building a village and discussed Madara's plans as the next clan head. Shin tested whether Madara still wanted peace with the Senju, hoping that disrupting the clans' conflict would draw Black Zetsu out of hiding.

• Shin paid his respects at Uchiha Tajima's memorial, then led Madara away from the mourning hall to the cliff overlooking the forest.
• Shin told Madara he would have Uchiha Shinji propose Madara as the next clan head after the funeral, and Madara questioned whether the elders would support him.
• Madara declared that the Uchiha needed absolute power and would not simply follow the elders' schemes.
• Madara asked whether Shin wanted to join the highest decision-making body, and Shin said Madara could nominate him after becoming clan head.
• Shin asked how Madara would use the Uchiha's power to change the world and suggested that peace might be possible if the Senju also wanted it.
• Madara rejected the possibility, while Shin privately hoped that a move toward peace would provoke Black Zetsu to reveal himself.

At Uchiha Tajima’s funeral, Madara and Izuna awakened their Mangekyo Sharingan through grief and their bond as brothers, and Shin used the moment to awaken his own. The chapter ended with Uchiha Dou and the others rushing over in astonishment.

• Madara and Izuna led the Uchiha procession as Tajima was buried, while Shin joined the mourners.
• As Izuna wept in Madara’s arms, Madara felt a surge of yin energy and awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Izuna’s eyes changed as the energy passed to him through his connection to Madara, and he awakened his Mangekyo as well.
• Shin realized the brothers’ awakenings gave him a chance to explain his own Mangekyo, then awakened it at Tajima’s funeral.
• Uchiha Dou and the other senior clan members noticed the three sets of changed eyes and hurried over, with Dou asking what had happened.

After Uchiha Madara and Izuna briefly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at Uchiha Tajima’s funeral, Shin kept his knowledge to himself and decided he would shape the future of the Warring States Period. Back home, he enjoyed lunch and teased Akabane Koromo, ordering her to serve him wine.

• Madara, Izuna, and Shin’s eyes briefly displayed Mangekyō patterns, but Shin pretended not to know why they had changed.
• Madara placed Uchiha Tajima’s ancestral tablet in the Ancestral Hall, completing the funeral.
• Shin decided he could influence when the Warring States Period ended and hoped to become one of Konoha’s founders.
• Shin returned home in a good mood, ate lunch with Akabane Koromo and the maid, and asked for wine.
• Shin called Akabane Koromo over and had her pour and serve him wine.

Shin attended the first Uchiha Clan Meeting since the war ended, where Uchiha Shinji nominated Uchiha Madara as the next clan head. The meeting awaited the clan members’ response to the nomination.

• Shin spent the morning at home before a Special Jonin summoned him to the clan meeting.
• Shin arrived at the Conference Hall and took a seat beside Uchiha Shinji, across from Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Dou opened the first Clan Meeting since the end of the war.
• Uchiha Shinji nominated Uchiha Madara to succeed as clan head.

At the Uchiha Clan Meeting, members argued over whether the young Uchiha Madara was ready to become clan leader. Shinji and Yujian supported Madara, but Zhan urged the clan to delay the decision, leaving Madara to face a powerful opponent.

• Uchiha Shinji nominated Madara as clan leader, while Uchiha Mingquan and other Peak Jonin questioned Madara’s age and ability.
• Shin watched the debate and waited for members of the highest decision-making body to take a position.
• Madara looked to Uchiha Yujian, who silenced the arguing Jonin and declared his support for Madara.
• Uchiha Zhan called for the clan to take its time and seek a middle ground, and Shin watched to see how Madara would respond.

At the clan meeting, Uchiha Zhan tried to limit Madara’s authority by proposing that the elders govern in his place until he grew stronger. Madara challenged Zhan to a duel to prove he could lead the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Yujian openly backed Madara’s immediate succession and confronted Uchiha Zhan.
• Uchiha Zhan argued that the clan needed a powerful leader and suggested Shin as another possible successor.
• Shin rejected Zhan’s attempt to draw him into the succession dispute and declared his support for Madara.
• Uchiha Shinji reaffirmed the north’s support for Madara as the debate between Zhan and Madara’s supporters intensified.
• Uchiha Zhan proposed that Madara take the title of clan head while the elders temporarily exercised his authority.
• Uchiha Madara challenged Zhan to a duel so the clan could judge his strength.

Uchiha Madara challenged Second Elder Uchiha Zhan to a duel, intending to defeat him and secure his authority as clan leader. The clan gathered at the Martial Arts Arena, where most expected Zhan to win, while Shin and Izuna trusted Madara’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Madara challenged Zhan and agreed that the loser would accept the winner’s terms, with Uchiha Dou witnessing the duel.
• Madara and Zhan left the Clan Meeting Hall for the Martial Arts Arena as the Uchiha followed.
• Shin realized Madara had arranged for news of the duel to spread so he could build his reputation by defeating Zhan.
• Dou, Shinji, Yujian, and other clan members doubted Madara could beat the renowned elder, while Shin believed they would be proven wrong.
• Izuna asked Shin whether Madara would win, and Shin asked about the brothers’ Mangekyō abilities.