Setting Out Again

After Iwagakure was conquered, Kirigakure did not hold out for long before vanishing from the shinobi world as well.

Less than two months after Uchiha Chen gave the order to unify the shinobi world, all four great shinobi villages had fallen under Konoha's rule.

After successfully taking control of the four great shinobi villages, Uchiha Chen returned to Konoha.

Before the eyes of Konoha's countless villagers and the other four Kage, he officially renamed Konoha the Land of Dust, declaring himself the first Emperor of the Land of Dust!

He also issued a final ultimatum to the smaller nations and shinobi villages that had yet to submit.

They were to announce their surrender and merge into the Land of Dust within one month.

Otherwise, one month later, their fate would be the destruction of both their nations and villages.

The moment this order was issued, the vast majority of the remaining smaller nations and shinobi villages across the shinobi world saw the shape of things to come.

The great unification of the shinobi world surged onward like an irreversible torrent of time. Anyone who tried to stand in its way would be crushed beneath the wheels of history.

Yet there were always those self-important fools who could not see the situation clearly, rejecting Uchiha Chen's goodwill like clowns leaping about on a stage.

Within a spacious, brightly lit palace, Uchiha Chen sat high above, one leg crossed over the other as he looked down at the people standing on either side below. He asked lazily, "The one-month deadline has arrived. My mercy is limited!"

"Shikaku, tell me—which ungrateful fools have rejected my goodwill?"

At his words, Shikaku Nara stepped forward from below.

"Your Majesty!"

"Throughout the shinobi world, the vast majority of shinobi villages and nations have accepted Your