Chapter Summaries

Xuanyu interrupted Uchiha Itachi as he tried to kill Uchiha Izumi, then confronted Itachi and the masked Tobi. He summoned a Shadow Clone to face them, and the chapter ended as both Xuanyus unleashed Black Flames.

• Itachi raised his blade to kill Izumi, but Xuanyu threw a shuriken and stopped him.
• Xuanyu arrived with Uchiha Xia and Uchiha Fuling and warned Itachi to leave Konoha.
• Tobi joined Itachi, and the two prepared to attack Xuanyu.
• Izumi awoke from Itachi's Genjutsu and begged him to return, but Itachi tried to kill her again.
• Xuanyu blocked Itachi's blade, told Izumi to escape, and summoned a Shadow Clone to even the fight.
• Xuanyu and his Shadow Clone ignited Black Flames as they faced Itachi and Tobi.

Xuan Yu’s Black Flames pressured Obito and Itachi, while Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone kept Obito occupied. Itachi trapped Xuan Yu in Tsukuyomi and approached with his blade, leaving Xuan Yu’s fate uncertain.

• Xuan Yu’s Black Flames clung to Obito, followed him into his dimension, and drained his Chakra.
• Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone wounded Obito with a kunai and blasted him back with an invisible barrier.
• Obito agreed to stop fighting and watch while the Black Flames remained attached to him.
• Itachi activated Tsukuyomi on Xuan Yu, who appeared to become frozen as Itachi approached to kill him.

Xuan Yu revealed that he had resisted Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and overwhelmed him in combat. After Itachi was struck down, he refused to accept defeat and began gathering power for Susanoo.

• Uchiha Fuling tried to rush to Xuan Yu’s aid, but Uchiha Xia told him to wait after noticing Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone remained calm.
• Masked Obito questioned Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone about helping the original, but it said its mission was to watch Obito.
• Xuan Yu broke free of Itachi’s genjutsu, punched him away, and hit him with a Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Itachi charged Xuan Yu again, but Xuan Yu outmatched him in taijutsu and ninjutsu before using Shinra Tensei to send him crashing to the ground.
• As Xuan Yu approached, Itachi insisted he could not have lost and gathered red energy above himself with his Doujutsu Power.

Uchiha Itachi manifested Susanoo and attacked Uchiha Xuan Yu, who used his Gravity Domain to slow it down. The Uchiha Clan mistook the spectacle for training, while Uchiha Hanjō worried that Xuan Yu would survive.

• Uchiha Itachi summoned his first-form Susanoo and resolved to defeat Xuan Yu so he could complete the clan massacre and leave Konoha.
• Masked Obito admired Susanoo, while Uchiha Fuling and Uchiha Xia waited for Xuan Yu to call for help.
• Xuan Yu's Shadow Clone refused to assist the main body because it was guarding Obito, and Obito warned that Xuan Yu could be in danger.
• Uchiha Itachi swung Susanoo's skeletal palm at Xuan Yu, who dodged and activated his twofold Gravity Domain to slow Susanoo.
• Obito and the Uchiha onlookers marveled at Xuan Yu's abilities, while many clansmen mistook Itachi's Susanoo for a sign of the clan's growing strength.
• Uchiha Hanjō watched from the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force and hoped Xiao Yu would hold on.

As the Susanoo drew attention across Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Itachi had been held up and ordered Shimura Danzō to begin the massacre. Danzō prepared to send Root into the Uchiha Clan through the Military Police Headquarters.

• Uchiha Hanjō refused to leave the Merchant Guild undefended and urged Xuanyu to survive the battle.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Kakashi, and Nara's father noticed the Susanoo and wondered what was happening at the Uchiha grounds.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen used a Crystal Ball to see Itachi facing a short, black-robed figure in a Monkey Mask.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Sarutobi Asuma to tell Shimura Danzō to begin the slaughter because Itachi had been held up.
• Sarutobi Asuma told Danzō that Itachi had killed the guards at Military Police Headquarters and that Root could enter the Uchiha Clan from there.

Shimura Danzō ordered Root to join Uchiha Itachi’s clan massacre, assigning teams to attack Uchiha strongholds, the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force, and Uchiha Hospital. At the hospital, Hashira kept Might Guy occupied as the Root team approached.

• Sarutobi Asuma told Shimura Danzō to keep Root’s identities concealed, and Danzō assured him the operatives would pose as Itachi’s accomplices.
• Shimura Danzō summoned Root leaders 01, 02, 03, and 04 and ordered them to wipe out the Uchiha Clan.
• 01 and 02 were assigned sixty Root ninjas to attack the Uchiha Headquarters, while 03 was assigned twenty to tie down the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force.
• Shimura Danzō sent 04 and fifteen Root ninjas to kill Uchiha clansmen, their families, and anyone who interfered at Uchiha Hospital.
• Hashira stayed in the hospital ward with Might Guy, keeping him occupied as Root’s teams began their operations.

Root Ninja attacked the Uchiha hospital, killing civilians as they forced their way inside. Might Guy and the newly hair-cut Senju Hashirama heard the commotion and prepared to investigate.

• Might Guy cut Senju Hashirama's hair into a Watermelon Head before they noticed the disturbance outside.
• Hua Yu saw a Susanoo near the Uchiha Clan Grounds and brought Senju Suyu Ji and others into Xuanyu's fortified office.
• Uchiha Shisui asked Xuanyu's Shadow Clone whether they should go outside, but the clone refused to reveal their position unless the office was breached.
• No. 04 led Root Ninja to the hospital, announced their intent to wipe out the Uchiha Clan, and sent ten attackers inside.
• Root Ninja killed an elderly woman and her son, then attacked people fleeing through the hospital lobby.
• Might Guy and Senju Hashirama heard the screams, and Hashirama insisted on joining Guy to investigate.

Might Guy and Senju Hashirama fought Root ninjas attacking Konoha Hospital and the Uchiha clansmen. Hashirama killed one attacker with Wood Release and captured another, demanding to know who was targeting the Uchiha.

• Might Guy arrived at the hospital, opened the Sixth Gate, and fought the Root ninjas while two attackers slipped deeper inside.
• Senju Hashirama blocked the two Root ninjas and fought them after learning their orders were to kill everyone connected to the Uchiha Clan.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to bind and kill one Root ninja, revealing his strength to the remaining attacker.
• Hashirama bound the second Root ninja and demanded to know who wanted to attack the Uchiha clansmen.

Senju Hashirama and Might Guy stopped Root ninja from killing the Uchiha patients at the hospital, but the attackers died from Cursed Seals before they could be interrogated. As Owuya Bai resolved to study the seals, 03 led another team into the Merchant Guild Military Police Force’s jurisdiction.

• Senju Hashirama questioned a captured Root ninja, who falsely blamed Uchiha Itachi and then died after spitting blood.
• Senju Hashirama joined Might Guy’s fight, and the two helped defeat the attackers while sparing some for questioning.
• Root agent 04 fought Might Guy and claimed the assassins had been hired by Itachi before dying from a Cursed Seal.
• Owuya Bai examined the captives and found that the Cursed Seals on their tongues had killed them; he resolved to study how to remove such seals.
• Might Guy and Owuya Bai checked the wounded Uchiha guards after the hospital was secured, while 03 led a team into the Merchant Guild Military Police Force’s territory.

Uchiha Hanjō ordered the Merchant Guild’s forces to attack masked intruders after they denied being Konoha ninjas, while Danzo’s Root forces invaded the Uchiha Clan Grounds. The fighting escalated into a massacre, leaving Xuanyu, Uchiha Xia, and Uchiha Fuling trapped protecting their young master as flames and screams spread through the clan.

• Uchiha Hanjō recognized that the masked group was stalling and ordered Uchiha Tuan Shan and the others to kill them.
• Uchiha Tuan Shan questioned 03, who denied being from Root or Konoha, and then led the Uchiha forces in an attack.
• The Uchiha Merchant Guild’s fighters gained the upper hand against 03’s group.
• 01 and 02 led sixty Root ninjas into the Uchiha Clan Grounds, killed a man who confronted them, and split up to attack the residents.
• Root’s attackers killed men, women, elders, and children, while fires and screams spread through the clan.
• Xuanyu blamed Itachi for the invasion as Uchiha Xia and Uchiha Fuling remained behind to protect their young master.

Xuan Yu sent Uchiha Xia and Uchiha Izumi to rally help against the Root ninja while he stayed to face Itachi and Obito. He opened five Gates and clashed head-on with Itachi’s Susanoo, discovering that its palm could be damaged.

• Xuan Yu told Uchiha Xia and Uchiha Fuling to gather clan members and stop the Root ninja, assuring them that he could escape if necessary.
• Uchiha Izumi joined Uchiha Xia, and Uchiha Fuling went to the Merchant Guild to request reinforcements.
• Obito questioned why Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone risked itself for the Uchiha Clan, then returned his attention to Itachi and Xuan Yu’s fight.
• Uchiha Itachi sent Susanoo’s massive hand crashing down at Xuanyu as he adapted to the effects of gravity.
• Xuanyu opened five Gates and took Susanoo’s palm head-on, flying back more than twenty meters but seeing that its finger bones had fractured.

Uchiha Xuan Yu damaged Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, but Itachi forced it into a powerful, incomplete second form and trapped Xuan Yu in its grip. In the Hokage Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched and believed the assassin’s death would let Itachi continue the Clan Massacre.

• Uchiha Xuan Yu’s punch cracked Susanoo, while Uchiha Obito decided against attacking and kept his distance.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the fight through the Crystal Ball and speculated about the assassin’s ties to the Uchiha Clan and the Eight Gates Formation.
• Uchiha Itachi endured the strain of his Mangekyo and formed Susanoo’s incomplete second form, then advanced on Uchiha Xuan Yu.
• Uchiha Xuan Yu dodged Susanoo’s strike and attacked its abdomen, but his punch only made its defense ripple.
• Uchiha Itachi seized Uchiha Xuan Yu with Susanoo and began crushing him, while Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone calmly held off Uchiha Obito.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled as he watched, believing the assassin’s death would remove Konoha’s threats and allow Itachi to continue the Clan Massacre.

Xuan Yu escaped Itachi’s Susanoo and failed to stop him from advancing into the Uchiha grounds to massacre the clan. As Itachi’s Susanoo moved to crush a young girl who begged him to save her family, Hiruzen revealed he would want Sasuke killed too if Itachi died.

• Xuan Yu used Shinra Tensei to force open Susanoo’s hand and escaped, then continued attacking Itachi’s armor without breaking through it.
• Itachi abandoned his fight with Xuan Yu and drove Susanoo deeper into the Uchiha grounds to kill as many clansmen as he could.
• Obito and Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone followed, while Hiruzen praised Itachi and considered Sasuke expendable if Itachi died.
• Xuan Yu attacked Susanoo as it advanced through the clan grounds, where Root had already killed residents and fighting continued farther ahead.
• Itachi saw a little girl pleading for him to save her family, but he coldly raised Susanoo’s foot and lowered it toward her.

Xuanyu stopped Itachi from killing Xing Xing and challenged his belief that the Uchiha Clan was evil. As Xuanyu defended the Sharingan as a power born of love and protection, a Fifth Tomoe began to appear in his eyes.

• Itachi brought Susanoo’s palm down on Xing Xing, but Xuanyu caught the blow and used Shinra Tensei to repel it.
• Xuanyu accused Itachi of being cold-blooded and demanded to know why Xing Xing deserved to die.
• Xing Xing asked Itachi why he had killed her family and whether she had done something wrong.
• Itachi claimed the Sharingan came from the pain of losing loved ones and said killing Xing Xing would spare her suffering.
• Xuanyu pulled Xing Xing behind him and declared that the Sharingan represented love and the desire to protect family and friends.
• Xuanyu’s magatama began rotating faster, and signs of a Fifth Tomoe appeared.

Shimura Danzō learned that Might Guy had wiped out the Root team sent to Uchiha Hospital and abandoned plans to attack the hospital while he focused on the Uchiha Clan. Then 03 reported that the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force had killed his entire team, leaving Danzō facing further losses.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched an assassin take Susanoo's blow to protect a Uchiha child and concluded the assassin had ties to the Uchiha Clan.
• A wounded Root ninja reported to Shimura Danzō that Might Guy had fought the team at Uchiha Hospital, where 04 stayed behind and the rest were killed or captured.
• Shimura Danzō confirmed the messenger's Tongue Root Curse Seal and vowed revenge on Might Guy, but decided not to send more Root ninja to the hospital.
• 03 arrived wounded and told Shimura Danzō that the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force had wiped out his entire team.

Shimura Danzō learned that Root’s force at the Merchant Guild had been defeated, while Root’s attack on the Uchiha Clan Grounds continued. Uchiha Xia and the clan’s defenders struggled to hold back the attackers as their casualties mounted, and Xia waited anxiously for Uchiha Fuling’s reinforcements.

• 03 told Shimura Danzō that the Uchiha had killed all twenty Root ninja sent to the Merchant Guild, and Danzō blamed their defeat on revealing they were not Konoha ninja.
• Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Asuma watched Itachi’s Susanoo and believed Root still had the advantage in the clan massacre.
• Uchiha Xia gathered ordinary Uchiha ninja to defend their families and fought Root captains 01 and 02 with the Eight Branches Technique, wounding 01.
• Uchiha defenders, including Uchiha Izumi, fought Root’s elite Jonin as some clansmen awakened their Sharingan under the pressure of seeing loved ones killed.
• Uchiha Izumi used her Three Tomoe to hold off two Root Jonin despite her wounds, while Uchiha Xia worried that Uchiha Fuling’s reinforcements had not arrived.

Uchiha Xia and the arriving Uchiha reinforcements turned the battle against Root, while Uchiha Xuan Yu and Uchiha Itachi remained locked in combat. Xuan Yu awakened his Fifth Tomoe, whose ability amplified ninjutsu, his body, and secret techniques.

• Uchiha Xia held off 01, 02, and the Root ninja with his Eight-Headed Serpent technique while worrying that Xuan Yu had lost to Itachi.
• Uchiha Fuling arrived with dozens of elite Uchiha Merchant Guild Military Police Force ninja, interrupting the Root attacks and joining the fight.
• Uchiha Xia rallied his clansmen to kill the invaders, and the Uchiha counterattack began to overwhelm the Root ninja.
• Uchiha Fuling told Uchiha Xia that he had left ten Military Police Force ninja behind to guard their area.
• Uchiha Xuan Yu awakened his Fifth Tomoe, gaining the ability to amplify ninjutsu, physical strength, and secret techniques.

Uchiha Xuan Yu’s Fifth Tomoe amplified his power as he confronted Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, while Obito invited Xuan Yu to join Akatsuki. The chapter ended with Xuan Yu holding up Susanoo’s full-force palm strike with both hands.

• Xuan Yu and Itachi remained locked in a stalemate, each determined to win for the sake of those they protected.
• Xuan Yu advanced and condemned Itachi for massacring the Uchiha clansmen, while his Fifth Tomoe amplified his abilities and strengthened the pressure around him.
• Obito invited Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone to join Akatsuki, but the clone refused and revealed that Xuan Yu had founded the Zhatian Organization.
• Itachi attacked with Susanoo’s full-strength palm, and Xuan Yu stood his ground and caught it with both hands.

Xuanyu battled Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo and endured Amaterasu, while Itachi exploited Xuanyu’s attempt to protect Xing Xing to land a heavy blow. Xuanyu remained standing, and at the Ninja School, Iruka dismissed the students as Xuanyu’s clone watched the fight and anticipated Itachi’s defeat.

• Xuanyu punched Susanoo’s palm away and traded blows with Itachi, forcing him to spend more Doujutsu Power repairing it as his eyes bled.
• Itachi used Amaterasu on Xuanyu, but Xuanyu’s Devouring Black Flame consumed the flames and turned them into power.
• Itachi ignited Amaterasu on Xing Xing, and Xuanyu rushed to save her, driving the flames off her despite her burns.
• Itachi struck Xuanyu with Susanoo’s palm while Xuanyu was protecting Xing Xing, but Xuanyu remained upright in the crater beneath it.
• At the Ninja School, Iruka announced dismissal while Xuanyu’s clone watched the battle and believed Itachi could not hold out much longer.

Uchiha Xuan Yu fought Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo while condemning him for killing the Uchiha Clan and exploiting his clansmen’s lives. Sasuke entered the devastated clan grounds and saw the massacre’s aftermath, while the battle continued nearby.

• After school, Xuan Yu’s Shadow Clone followed Second Pillar toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds as Xuan Yu suspected that Uchiha Itachi had begun the massacre.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the battle through the Crystal Ball and realized that Itachi was struggling against the unknown assassin.
• Uchiha Xuan Yu and Uchiha Itachi traded attacks and argued over Itachi’s mission, the massacre, and Sasuke’s future.
• Uchiha Xuan Yu found a dead woman’s body and raised an Earth Wall to cover it before accusing Itachi of being responsible for his clansmen’s suffering.
• Second Pillar entered the clan grounds, saw the blood-soaked Military Police Headquarters and surrounding ruins, and dropped his schoolbag in shock.