Chapter Summaries

Mingye confronted Funazai Yuraya and learned that the apparent killing of Yuraya’s daughter had been staged to deceive Sato. After receiving a suspicious letter, Mingye met Fujiwara Muneyoshi, who revealed his support for restoring the Daimyo’s authority, while Mingye insisted that power came from those who could make others submit.

• Mingye threatened Funazai Yuraya’s daughter, but Tobirama intervened and fought him until Mingye escaped.
• Funazai Yuraya revealed to Tobirama that his daughter was alive and offered support for Shimura Sasuke’s return to Okayama Castle in exchange for Mingye’s assassination.
• Mingye received a letter linked to Fujiwara Muneyoshi and decided to meet him rather than risk acting on a possible test from Sato.
• At the Chess Pavilion, Fujiwara Muneyoshi identified the letter as a secret message from Tokugawa Ieteru asking him to monitor Sato.
• Fujiwara Muneyoshi explained that he had served Sato to help restore the Daimyo’s power, while Mingye dismissed divine rule and asserted that he could make people submit.

Mingye secured Fujiwara Muneyoshi’s agreement to grant Konoha sweeping control over the Land of Fire’s military and missions, then learned that Uzumaki Mito and hidden Senju survivors had arrived in Okayama Castle. As Mingye worried about Senju Hashirama and spoke with Izuna about the clan’s future, Izuna asked him to share his plans and burdens.

• Mingye demanded that Fujiwara Muneyoshi give Konoha control over national weapons, missions, and state-backed military action, and Fujiwara agreed to consider the arrangement.
• Mingye ordered a ninja to monitor Fujiwara Muneyoshi and learned that Senju survivors and Uzumaki Mito had arrived with the Land of Whirlpools’ delegation.
• Mingye suspected Fujiwara Muneyoshi had manipulated Sato and Funazai Yuraya for years, and feared Senju Hashirama would destroy what he had built.
• Mingye skipped the Evaluation Assembly and asked Izuna how they should treat the people around them.
• Izuna said Mingye should consult Madara and the clan before taking dangerous actions, then asked Mingye to share what was in his heart.

Mingye rejected Hashirama’s plea for peace and predicted that the Senju Clan was seeking a pardon so it could resume opposing the Uchiha. After Madara returned from a political meeting, the brothers discussed Konoha’s official status, their plans to unite the ninja clans, and the threat Hashirama posed.

• Hashirama appeared on the city wall, and Mingye mocked his desire for peace while insisting that their hatred could not be set aside.
• Mingye warned Hashirama that a village relying on his strength would only postpone war until his death, then left for the Tenshukaku with Izuna.
• Mingye realized the Senju Clan had gathered in Okayama Castle to seek a pardon and return to moving openly across the Land of Fire.
• Mingye and Izuna found Madara exhausted by a political meeting, where Sato had reported that Konoha Ninja Village should become the Land of Fire’s official-use ninja.
• Mingye said they would gather the remaining ninja clans once Konoha received its official certificate, killing those who refused to submit.
• Izuna and Madara questioned how they would deal with Hashirama and whether the Senju Clan could cultivate Sage Arts.

Mingye discussed the possibility of the Sharingan evolving into the Rinnegan, then met Uzumaki Mito and realized she was quietly building influence in Okayama. After the village secured official ninja status, Madara and Izuna prepared for war while Mingye remained in Okayama to manage intelligence and watch Mito’s moves.

• Izuna argued that Senju Hashirama might possess the Sage Body, and Mingye suggested the Mangekyō Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan.
• Madara announced that he would lead a full-scale attack on the Senju Clan after securing his formal title, while Izuna was assigned to coordinate allied clans and gather supplies.
• Mingye met Uzumaki Mito by a lake, and she teased him about his reputation as the Uchiha Clan’s Venomous Snake of the Shinobi.
• Konoha Ninja Village obtained official ninja status, after which Madara returned to prepare for war and Izuna left to procure weapons.
• Mingye received a report that Mito had visited Okayama’s nobles, clan heads, and generals with lavish gifts, and he considered how the Uzumaki Clan might eventually be destroyed.

Mingye clashed with Senju Tobirama at Uzumaki Mito’s residence and threatened the Uzumaki Clan to deter Mito from aiding the Senju. Sato then ordered Mingye to destroy Qiuliang Valley, and Mingye accepted after realizing a shipment there might be supporting Senju Hashirama.

• Mingye fought Senju Tobirama at the inn before a substitute ninja summoned him to meet Sato and Uzumaki Mito.
• Mingye waited outside and saw Sato leave, then refused Senju Tobirama’s request to meet Hashirama and threatened to send Anbu to slaughter people in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uzumaki Mito confronted Mingye, who warned that the Uzumaki Clan would be destroyed unless she tried to kill him.
• Sato ordered Mingye to kill everyone in Qiuliang Valley and promised him a shipment of supplies and weapons as a pretext.
• Mingye accepted the order after suspecting the shipment was intended to support Senju Hashirama, then told Sato he had visited Mito’s inn to draw Hashirama out and kill him.

Mingye and Madara led Konoha’s new mission-type jonin to seize supplies in Qiuliang Valley and lure the Senju into a confrontation. Madara prepared to face Senju Hashirama, while Mingye used the operation to draw out a suspected hidden backer of the Senju Clan; a coordinated force then attacked Konoha’s position.

• Sato ordered Mingye to suppress news of Senju Hashirama, and Mingye returned to Konoha and joined Madara and Izuna’s planned deployment.
• Mingye and Madara led three hundred Konoha ninja toward Qiuliang Valley, intending to seize supplies and defeat the defenders before Shimura Sasuke’s Ashigaru reinforcements arrived.
• Madara insisted he would finish Senju Hashirama, while Mingye warned that fighting him was unnecessary and could harm Konoha’s future.
• Konoha’s ninja surrounded thirty-five people in a valley and waited for Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to come to their rescue.
• Mingye told Izuna he suspected an unknown intermediary was manipulating events and revealed that the operation was meant to expose anyone aiding the Senju Clan.
• Half a day later, a coordinated force appeared outside the forest and launched a frontal attack on Konoha’s ninja.

Mingye fought Tobirama to keep him from reaching the battlefield, but Uzumaki Mito’s barrier trapped Izuna’s forces and changed the battle. After the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques thwarted Mingye’s attack, he signaled for his backup plan.

• Izuna ordered Konoha’s forces to trap the enemy in an iron-walled forest and set it ablaze while Madara and Hashirama battled.
• Mingye intercepted Tobirama and harassed him with stealth attacks, keeping him from reaching the battlefield.
• Tobirama used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to ambush Mingye, but Mingye recognized his plan and focused on delaying him.
• An invisible barrier sealed part of Izuna’s forces inside the iron cage, and Mingye spotted Uzumaki Mito directing the barrier.
• Mingye summoned three snakes to attack the Uzumaki Clan ninja maintaining the barrier, but their Four Symbols Seal protected them.
• Mingye recognized that the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques had upended his plan and launched a signal firework to begin his second plan.

Mingye blamed the Senju Clan and the Land of Whirlpools after a black-clad ninja killed Uchiha Gu, then planned a night ambush on the Senju brothers. At their camp, Mingye and Madara attacked Hashirama and Mito, and Hashirama refused to leave Mito behind to face Mingye.

• A black-clad ninja delivered Uchiha Gu’s head to Mingye, evaded his pursuit, and escaped while Tobirama held Mingye off.
• Mito ordered an orderly retreat, and Mingye halted Izuna’s pursuit before learning that his summoned snake was hidden among the goods the merchants had taken away.
• Mingye told Madara that Gu had been killed by a ninja using black feathers, then planned to ambush the Senju brothers’ hiding place that night.
• At the camp, Hashirama comforted Mito, pulled her away from Mingye’s sudden attack, and defended her from Madara’s Susanoo with a wooden man and dragon.
• Madara demanded that Hashirama put Mito down and face him, but Hashirama refused to leave her alone with Mingye.

Mingye and Uzumaki Mito fought with summoning techniques and Adamantine Attacking Chains while Madara battled Hashirama nearby. Izuna and Tobirama intervened, and the chapter ended with Mingye and Hashirama both injured as Hashirama began an uncontrolled technique.

• Madara rejected Hashirama's plea to spare the encampment and pressed him to resume their fight while Hashirama protected Uzumaki Mito.
• Mito broke free of Hashirama, revealed her ninja outfit, and attacked Mingye with Adamantine Attacking Chains.
• Mingye summoned Manda, Wu, and Mie, then used a sea of snakes to hold off Mito's many chains as both fighters weakened.
• Izuna and Tobirama attacked, interrupting Mito and Mingye; Mingye struck Mito down while Izuna's eyes caused Tobirama and him to vanish.
• Hashirama turned his attention toward Mito, allowing Madara to cut down the Wood Golem and knock Hashirama into the forest.
• Mingye injured his hand against Hashirama's Wood Shield, and Hashirama began forming seals for a technique he could not fully control.

Hashirama defeated Madara in a clash between the Thousand-Handed Buddha and Corporeal Susanoo, while Mingye rescued Mito with Reverse Summoning. Mingye then prepared an assault on an Uzumaki sealing barrier, determined to eliminate the Senju loyalists trapped inside.

• Hashirama summoned the Thousand-Handed Buddha, and Madara answered with Corporeal Susanoo despite the technique’s strain on his body.
• Mingye used Reverse Summoning to take Mito away as the Buddha and Susanoo collided; after the battle, Hashirama stood while Madara was left gravely weakened.
• Izuna carried Madara away, and Hashirama realized that Mito and Mingye had vanished; Tobirama caught him as he collapsed.
• Mingye found Konoha ninja unable to break an Uzumaki sealing barrier around a cave, then learned from Izuna’s note that Madara had lost and should retreat.
• Mingye refused to withdraw and persuaded Izuna to use the Uchiha Flame Formation to shield him while he prepared a Sage Method.
• Mingye ordered Earth Style ninja to reinforce the cave, Fire Style ninja to attack when the barrier fell, and Water and Wind Style ninja to drive the resulting smoke inside.

Mingye and Izuna defeated the Uzumaki Clan forces, while Madara struggled with the consequences of his Mangekyō Sharingan. After realizing Zetsu might help him address the looming dangers, Mingye went to Madara to arrange their next steps.

• Izuna and Mingye attacked the cave, using coordinated fire, water, wind, and earth techniques to trap the Uzumaki Clan ninjas and order the survivors captured.
• Mingye argued that the Uzumaki forces had to be crushed to prevent them from serving the Senju Clan again, then went with Izuna to check on Madara.
• Mingye noticed Madara’s eyes were suffering from excessive Mangekyō use and explained that transplanting a close relative’s eyes could awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara vowed he would never take Izuna’s eyes, while Mingye promised he needed time to find another solution to the Sharingan’s loss of vision.
• After spotting a pangolin, Mingye thought of Zetsu and planned to capture the nine tailed beasts and find the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Mingye went to Madara near the main tent and said they needed to make arrangements early.

Mingye told Madara the hidden history behind the tailed beasts and urged him to capture all nine so they could summon the Ten-Tails. After sensing a dangerous presence near the camp, Mingye resolved to reveal everything to Madara despite the risk.

• Mingye told Madara that their first step was to capture all nine tailed beasts, but Madara initially argued that the Nine-Tails alone would be enough.
• Mingye claimed he knew the secrets of the Naka Shrine tablet and recounted how the Rabbit Goddess gained power, became violent, and planned to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Mingye explained that the Sage of Six Paths and his brother defeated their mother, and that the Sage split the Ten-Tails into nine beasts before his death.
• Madara realized Mingye intended to gather the tailed beasts and summon the Ten-Tails, while Mingye stressed that this was only their first step.
• Mingye sensed a trace of deadly intent nearby and searched the camp as Madara guarded the tent, but neither identified the intruder.
• Madara returned and said the intruder probably had not heard their conversation, and Mingye decided to tell him everything even if it cost him his life.

Mingye explained his theory about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s hidden third son, Zetsu, and the Uchiha curse to Madara and Izuna, and the brothers agreed to use Zetsu to seek a cure. Later, Madara returned to Konoha after the attack on Qiuliang Valley, while Mingye headed to the Land of Whirlpools.

• Mingye took Madara to Ryūchi Cave and revealed his theory that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had created a hidden third son who would use a Ten-Tails summoner to revive her.
• Madara realized the brothers could let the third son attach himself to a vessel and exploit him to find a way to overcome the Mangekyō Sharingan’s flaw.
• Mingye summoned Izuna and told both brothers what he knew about the Sage of Six Paths, Zetsu, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Mingye said Madara and Senju Hashirama were reincarnations of the Sage of Six Paths’ sons and that summoning the Ten-Tails could draw the Sage’s attention.
• Madara declared that the brothers would do whatever was necessary to remove the Uchiha curse.
• Madara returned to Konoha after leading the ninja army in the slaughter at Qiuliang Valley, while Mingye led fewer than twenty ninja to the Land of Whirlpools.

Uchiha Mingye tortured Uzumaki Mito by making her witness the destruction of Xiaoliang Village, then took her to the Uzumaki Clan and demanded a forbidden sealing technique. Uzumaki Jingting recognized the Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals and challenged Mingye’s intentions.

• Mingye used sage energy to incapacitate Uzumaki Mito and sent twenty ninja to burn Xiaoliang Village, blaming her for the villagers’ deaths.
• Mito cursed Mingye and fainted from grief and her injuries, while he ordered his ninja to treat her and scout the Land of Whirlpools.
• Mingye entered the Uzumaki Clan’s territory and confronted Uzumaki Jingting, announcing that he held Mito captive.
• Mingye demanded the Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals, and Jingting admitted the clan had records of the technique but had not inherited it.
• Mingye threatened Mito’s condition and the marriage alliance with the Senju Clan, prompting Jingting to warn him about the technique’s danger and ask what he intended to do.

Mingye obtained two sealing techniques from Uzumaki Jingting and led his ninja into the Land of Water to capture the Six-Tails. At Yinzhong Mountain, the Six-Tails’ corrosive attacks forced Mingye to retreat as Tsuchigumo Clan ninja arrived nearby.

• Mingye threatened Uzumaki Jingting with Uzumaki Mito and secured the Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals and the Four Symbols and Five Elements Double Layered Sealing Technique.
• Mingye’s Anbu discovered traces of the Six-Tails at Yinzhong Mountain, and Mingye ordered his ninja to keep the capture plan secret.
• Mingye reached the lava cave and learned from Ara that even the White Snake Sage might struggle to withstand the Six-Tails’ acid.
• Mingye’s ninja reported that members of the Tsuchigumo Clan had arrived, and Mingye ordered his subordinates to stop them from interfering or escaping.
• The Six-Tails attacked Mingye with corrosive bubbles and a tentacle, forcing him to withdraw from the cave.

Mingye led Konoha’s ninjas in an effort to capture Saiken, while Uzumaki Mito asked to be expelled from her clan and revealed a plan to undermine the Uchiha Clan from within. After Saiken was sealed, a man in a black robe appeared and claimed the vessel, prompting Mingye to attack him.

• Mingye and the Konoha ninjas attacked Saiken with wind and fire, but Saiken resisted and Mingye’s poison failed against it.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Uzumaki Jingting to expel her from the Uzumaki Clan and revealed that she planned to have the Senju Clan join Konoha under the Daimyo’s authority.
• Mingye’s team drove Saiken from its cavern, trapped it in a barrier, and restrained it with Manda, Wu, and Mie.
• Mingye and three ninjas used a sealing technique to draw Saiken into a large vessel, while Mingye severed his corroded arm.
• A man in a black robe broke the barrier, claimed the vessel, and confronted Mingye, who drew his blade and attacked.

Mingye lured Tsuchigumo Yuzuo and his ninja into a cave, then used Sage Art: Dragon Prohibition Martial to overwhelm them and kill Yuzuo. Afterward, Manda asked Mingye to bring a strand of the Six-Tails' chakra to Ryūchi Cave.

• Yuzuo gathered his Tsuchigumo ninja and pursued Mingye and the Konoha ninja into a cave after Mingye ordered his forces to retreat.
• Mingye unleashed Sage Art: Dragon Prohibition Martial, disrupting chakra control and leaving Yuzuo and the cave's other ninja helpless.
• Yuzuo's subordinates used Substitution Technique to help him escape and charged Mingye, but Mingye defeated them with Wind Chaos Performance.
• Mingye caught Yuzuo near the cave entrance and killed him with Manda blocking the way out.
• Manda told Mingye that Granny Mingye wanted a strand of the Six-Tails' chakra brought to Ryūchi Cave, and Mingye agreed to get it.

Mingye recruited Hozuki Gengetsu to connect him with dissenting members of the Yuki and Kaguya Clans, while offering information about Konoha’s organization in exchange. Gengetsu and Byakuren agreed to use Mingye’s proposed structures to strengthen the Land of Water, but Gengetsu ended by worrying that helping Mingye recruit Kekkei Genkai clans would aid their enemy.

• Mingye met Hozuki Gengetsu and asked him to introduce dissenters from the Yuki and Kaguya Clans.
• Gengetsu demanded more than money, so Mingye agreed to explain Konoha’s internal structure in exchange for introductions.
• Gengetsu showed Byakuren Mingye’s booklet, and Byakuren said the Land of Water had gained valuable information about Konoha’s methods.
• Gengetsu argued that institutional rules could unite the Land of Water’s many clans, and Byakuren authorized him to bring resentful members of weaker factions to meet Mingye.
• Gengetsu reconsidered the plan and warned Byakuren that helping Mingye take Kekkei Genkai clans could aid the enemy.

Mingye discussed the Land of Water’s violent clan politics with Hozuki Gengetsu and trusted him to help approach its bloodline clans. Gengetsu introduced the Sky Hook Group’s Lava Release and another clan’s Boil Release, leaving Mingye interested in their techniques.

• Mingye sent a sealed letter to his eldest brother or, failing that, his second brother, and ordered the messenger to destroy it if intercepted.
• Mingye explained to Ara that poverty, blood feuds, and powerful bloodline abilities had made the Land of Water chaotic, and reasoned that its elders tolerated brutal policies to produce strong ninja.
• Three days after their meeting, Hozuki Gengetsu told Mingye that he could introduce him to a clan before the Kaguya and Yuki clans were ready.
• Hozuki Gengetsu described how the Sky Hook Group’s ninja developed corrosive Lava Release through Earth- and Water-nature chakra and secret techniques.
• At Mingye’s request, Hozuki Gengetsu explained that the Boil Release clan produced acidic mist through Water- and Fire-nature chakra, which could persist and take attacking forms under chakra control.

Mingye used Izuna’s arrival to explain his plans in the Land of Water: finding Isobu, recruiting dissatisfied Water Country ninja into Konoha, and using new arrivals to counterbalance Konoha’s clans. He left Izuna understanding that the controversy of migration was part of Mingye’s plan to reduce Konoha’s dependence on Uchiha power.

• Mingye learned that Hozuki Gengetsu had visited a guarded courtyard and ordered a ninja to meet his second brother at the docks.
• Izuna arrived secretly and asked why Mingye had stayed after Saiken was captured; Mingye said he suspected Isobu might be in the Land of Water or the Land of Rainbows.
• Mingye told Izuna he was investigating Hozuki Gengetsu and needed help gaining an advantage while under surveillance.
• Mingye explained that he hoped to obtain the Land of Water’s secret techniques, recruit dissatisfied ninja into Konoha, and locate Isobu.
• Mingye argued that bringing in Water Country ninja would create controversy and form a counterweight to Konoha’s existing clans, reducing the village’s reliance on Uchiha strength.