Recaps

Uchiha Yū entered Konoha after the war’s outcome had been decided and visited the Hyuga Clan compound, where his arrival alarmed the clan until Hyuga Reiko recognized him. He told the Hyuga that Konoha had been defeated and that Minato Namikaze would soon announce the end of the war.

• Uchiha Yū entered the Hyuga Clan compound and found young Hinata and Neji together.
• Neji shielded Hinata from the stranger, while Uchiha Yū introduced himself as a friend of their father and gently greeted them.
• Two Hyuga ninjas recognized Uchiha Yū’s name and raised the alarm, prompting the clan’s strongest members to gather.
• Hyuga Reiko ordered the clan ninjas to stand down and welcomed Uchiha Yū into the compound.
• Uchiha Yū told the Hyuga Clan that Konoha had been defeated and that Minato Namikaze would soon announce the war’s end.

After Konoha’s defeat, Uchiha Yū returned to the Hyuga Clan and faced the anger of his former student, Anko Mitarashi, over the war and the deaths of her companions. Anko reconciled with him emotionally, while Shan Juhua arrived and began consoling her.

• News of Konoha’s defeat spread, prompting villagers to flee and sell their property as Shan Juhua arranged to acquire assets from merchants who had opposed Dawn.
• Anko Mitarashi hurried to the Hyuga Clan to confront Uchiha Yū after learning he had returned.
• Uchiha Yū apologized for leaving without explanation as Anko blamed him for the war and the deaths of their companions.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he had started the war to confront hidden enemies and had tried to keep Anko safe, and she cried and embraced him.
• Shan Juhua arrived, waited for Anko to vent her anger, then took her hands and comforted her.

After Konoha surrendered, Uchiha Yū announced that he would take control and unify the shinobi world, warning against resistance. He summoned the major villages’ Kage to the Dawn Hidden Village, leaving Mei Terumi to prepare Kirigakure for the possibility that she would not return while Ōnoki considered Iwagakure’s uncertain future.

• Minato Namikaze ordered Konoha’s ninjas to stop resisting, and Tsunade relayed the news that Konoha had been defeated.
• Uchiha Yū addressed the gathered ninjas, promised Konoha rapid development under his rule, and threatened those who plotted rebellion.
• Kirigakure surrendered after hearing of Konoha’s defeat, and Uchiha Yū summoned the major villages’ Kage to meet at the Dawn Hidden Village.
• Mei Terumi asked the Great Elder to prepare a successor and an evacuation plan, then set sail with two ninjas for the Dawn Hidden Village.
• Ōnoki reflected on Uchiha Yū’s strength and secretly relied on Deidara and his son to manage Iwagakure, while Ebizo reassured him that Uchiha Yū did not want his wealth.

Uchiha Yū gathered the Five Kage and showed them Dawn Hidden Village’s automated weapons factory and scientific ninja tools, explaining that he wanted to prepare for an approaching crisis. The leaders learned that their villages would come under his administration but retain some autonomy, and the chapter ended before he revealed the crisis or his full proposal.

• Ōnoki worried that Deidara might be unable to handle the pressure and that Iwagakure could fall under someone else’s control, while Ebizo urged him to focus on the younger generation.
• Delegations from Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure arrived at Dawn Hidden Village for the Five Kage Summit, where Akatsuki ninja monitored the visiting Kage.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Deidara a seat and told him to stop playing with clay bombs before the meeting began.
• Mei Terumi offered to accept reasonable war reparations to protect Kirigakure, and Uchiha Yū assured her that her village would retain some autonomy under his administration.
• Uchiha Yū led the Kage to an automated factory, where he showed them mass-produced kunai and scientific ninja tools that could let ordinary people use ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yū told the stunned Kage that they could have the scientific ninja tools too, saying he wanted to use them to deal with the crisis ahead.

Uchiha Yū explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan posed a future threat and said the ninja world had to unite and develop before they arrived. The villages agreed to support his plan as long as their vital interests remained protected, and Minato was assigned to investigate traces of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya in the north.

• Uchiha Yū revealed that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had mastered Six Paths Mode and warned that they would eventually descend upon the ninja world.
• Uchiha Yū said he had started the war and sought unity to prepare the ninja world for the coming crisis.
• Deidara and Mei Terumi declared their confidence in fighting the Ōtsutsuki, and Mei Terumi agreed to support Uchiha Yū provided Kirigakure's vital interests were not sacrificed.
• Uchiha Yū urged the villages to study Dawn Hidden Village's development model and connect their economies, while privately aiming to draw talent toward his village.
• Uchiha Yū gave Minato a map and ordered him to investigate traces of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya in the northern region.

Uchiha Yū assigned the villages tasks and introduced the Kage to Dawn Hidden Village’s systems while they studied there for several days. Their villages grew anxious at the silence, and Minato Namikaze finally realized they had forgotten to report back.

• Uchiha Yū sent Minato Namikaze to investigate the far north and tasked Deidara with digging up the buried White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Sunagakure to build roads and Kirigakure to salvage the ocean’s resources and Ōtsutsuki relics.
• Uchiha Yū guided the Kage through Dawn Hidden Village and explained its systems, including changes to the Ninja Academy.
• The villages feared the Kage had been captured and prepared to evacuate, while spies failed to infiltrate Dawn Hidden Village.
• The Kage spent several days studying without contacting their villages, and Minato Namikaze realized they had forgotten to send word back.

After unifying the ninja world, Uchiha Yū prepared to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan so he could face the Ōtsutsuki threat. He traveled to the moon, discovered Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s descendants still lived there, and left Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sealed for now.

• Uchiha Yū asked Orochimaru and Uchiha Shisui to create an illusion that would forcibly stimulate his mind and help awaken his Sharingan.
• Orochimaru and Shisui warned Uchiha Yū about the risks, but agreed to prepare the machine and illusion after he insisted.
• Uchiha Yū entered Six Paths Mode and rose into the void, absorbing its radioactive energy as he approached the moon.
• Uchiha Yū sensed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki stirring beneath her seal, but decided he would not release her until he could control her and obtain information.
• Uchiha Yū landed on the moon and observed Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s descendants, whose numbers had dwindled under a hereditary blood disease.

Uchiha Yū attacked the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon to seize their incomplete Tenseigan and stop them from invading the ninja world. After defeating their guards, he faced the clan head, who activated the Tenseigan to oppose him.

• Uchiha Yū overheard the moon-dwelling Ōtsutsuki Clan planning to sacrifice themselves to create the Tenseigan and turn their attention to the ninja world.
• Uchiha Yū used Nuclear Release: Atomic Fission to destroy the clan's buildings and confronted the Ōtsutsuki gathered there.
• Uchiha Yū overwhelmed the Ōtsutsuki fighters and demanded that they hand over the Tenseigan.
• Ōtsutsuki Sheyi questioned Uchiha Yū, who seized him and killed him.
• The Ōtsutsuki clan head activated the incomplete Tenseigan in Hamura Shrine, and Uchiha Yū introduced himself before the two prepared to fight.

Uchiha Yū fought Ōtsutsuki Shiyi to take the incomplete Tenseigan, using his Six Paths-level power to overcome Shiyi’s attacks. When he tried to seize the eye, it began draining his chakra, so he let go rather than destroy the only Tenseigan in existence.

• Uchiha Yū refused Shiyi’s demand to withdraw, and his Radiation Element killed the retreating Ōtsutsuki clansmen.
• Ōtsutsuki Shiyi used the Tenseigan’s gravity to lift Uchiha Yū and trap him in dust, but Uchiha Yū broke free.
• Uchiha Yū revealed a Truth-Seeking Orb and explained that Shiyi’s incomplete Tenseigan could not defeat a Six Paths-level opponent.
• Ōtsutsuki Shiyi unleashed immense gravity, threatening to disrupt the moon’s orbit and damage the seal holding Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Uchiha Yū stabilized the moon and reached for the Tenseigan, but the eye began draining his chakra, so he pulled his hand away.

Uchiha Yū defeated Ōtsutsuki Sheyi and took possession of the Tenseigan, but discovered Otsutsuki Urashiki had found the hidden world. In the ruins, he found the child Sheyi had protected and recognized him as Otsutsuki Toneri.

• Ōtsutsuki Sheyi sacrificed himself to awaken the Tenseigan, but Uchiha Yū’s Mutually Multiplying Fission overwhelmed its power and destroyed the temple.
• Sheyi died as the Tenseigan absorbed him, and Uchiha Yū took the eye using repulsive force to keep it from touching his hands.
• Uchiha Yū spotted Otsutsuki Urashiki above the hidden world and realized he needed to advance his plans before powerful Ōtsutsuki arrived.
• Uchiha Yū found purple energy in the temple ruins and saw a sleeping child inside it.
• Uchiha Yū identified the child as Otsutsuki Toneri and pulled him out of the purple energy.

Uchiha Yū brought Ōtsutsuki Toneri and the Tenseigan back to Dawn Hidden Village, where Orochimaru began studying Toneri’s blood to advance genetic medicine. After Uchiha Yū warned that Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had found the ninja world, Orochimaru turned to developing a genetic virus to prepare for their invasion.

• Uchiha Yū spared Ōtsutsuki Toneri, took the Tenseigan, and returned to the ninja world with the sleeping child.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki and Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki investigated a barrier around the moon and vowed to uncover Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s whereabouts.
• Uchiha Yū brought Ōtsutsuki Toneri to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru was drawing blood from Kimimaro.
• Orochimaru studied Toneri’s blood and genes, hoping to use them to cure Kimimaro and other Kaguya Clan members.
• Uchiha Yū told Orochimaru that Ōtsutsuki forces had located the ninja world and warned that powerful enemies might soon invade.
• Orochimaru decided to use Toneri’s blood to develop a genetic virus to defend Dawn Hidden Village.

Uchiha Yū left Otsutsuki Toneri with Orochimaru and returned to Konoha, where Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki were preparing to build roads between the villages. His arrival brought the former friends face-to-face after their wartime rift.

• Uchiha Yū asked Orochimaru to capture the Ōtsutsuki alive whenever possible and left Otsutsuki Toneri in his care.
• Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha and saw Shan Juhua driving merchants out of the businesses she had reclaimed.
• Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki discussed clearing the forest around Konoha to lay roads connecting the major villages.
• Nawaki asked Yamato to use Wood Release to remove the forest roots, but Yamato said he could not handle the task.
• An ANBU told Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki that Uchiha Yū was waiting outside, and Nawaki chose to meet him openly.

Uchiha Yū visited Konoha and gave Hyuga Reiko the Tenseigan, explaining how it could strengthen the Hyuga Clan. He warned Reiko and Nawaki that Six Paths-level enemies were coming and left with Nawaki’s approval to try summoning the First Hokage to help defend the shinobi world.

• Uchiha Yū arrived at the Hokage's office, greeted Nawaki and Hyuga Reiko, and asked them to clear the room for a private discussion.
• Uchiha Yū revealed the Tenseigan to Hyuga Reiko and explained its origins, power, and danger to anyone who touched it.
• Uchiha Yū warned Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki that Six Paths-level enemies were coming, and Reiko pledged to speed up road construction and connections between villages.
• Uchiha Yū proposed using White Zetsu as sacrifices to summon the First Hokage, and Nawaki agreed to the plan to help protect the shinobi world.

Uchiha Yū used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, hoping the First Hokage could help strengthen their forces and ease the burden of expanding roads between villages. Hashirama learned that Konoha had been conquered and confronted Uchiha Yū, setting up a clash between them.

• Uchiha Yū explained to Hyuga Reiko that Hashirama could not be revived perfectly and said he would seek a path to the Six Paths level.
• Nawaki agreed to summon his ancestor to help with the plans to connect the villages, and Uchiha Yū prepared a White Zetsu and Hashirama's cells.
• Uchiha Yū performed Impure World Reincarnation, and Hashirama Senju emerged from the coffin.
• Hashirama asked about the technique and who ruled Konoha, and Uchiha Yū told him the Fourth Hokage was in power.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that he had conquered Konoha, and Hashirama's chakra surged as he warned Uchiha Yū that summoning him had been a mistake.

Uchiha Yū and Nawaki persuaded Hashirama Senju to help clear the forest for Konoha’s railway, and Hashirama used Wood Release to tear up the trees and roots. The enormous disturbance alarmed the village, and Nawaki realized Tsunade might punish him for summoning their grandfather without telling anyone.

• Uchiha Yū entered Six Paths Mode and stopped Hashirama Senju from fighting inside Konoha, then introduced him to his grandson Nawaki.
• Nawaki told Hashirama that four Ninja World Wars had followed his death, while Uchiha Yū explained that centralized rule had unified the ninja world and suppressed war.
• Hyuga Reiko explained that Konoha needed Hashirama to clear the dense forest and its roots for a railway, and Hashirama agreed after seeing the village’s changes.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to uproot vast stretches of forest and clear the railway route.
• The rumbling alarmed Konoha’s villagers and ninja, while Tsunade and the clan heads rushed toward the Forest of Death.
• Nawaki realized that Tsunade would be furious because he had summoned Hashirama without notifying the village.

Hashirama Senju cleared the Forest of Death with Wood Release and reunited with Tsunade, while Uchiha Yū questioned him about the Underworld. Hashirama described a boundary region between the Ninja World and the Underworld, and Uchiha Yū left to continue plans for Underworld experiments and a new supply route.

• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to level the trees, while Yamato managed only a tiny sapling with his Wood Release.
• Tsunade arrived, recognized Hashirama Senju as her grandfather, and threatened Nawaki for summoning him with White Zetsu sacrifices.
• Uchiha Yū explained the summoning and gave Hashirama one day to tour modern Konoha, including the areas Uchiha Yū had built.
• Hashirama Senju told Uchiha Yū that he had lived in a region where the Ninja World and the Underworld met, but could not travel farther into the Underworld.
• Uchiha Yū left the Forest of Death as plans advanced to build a road for transporting supplies between the two sides.

At a meeting about the coming war and the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Orochimaru and Uchiha Shisui used Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan to pull Uchiha Yū into an illusion to help awaken his Mangekyō. The meeting ended with everyone waiting anxiously as Shisui tried to keep the illusion stable.

• Shan Juhua reported that she was merging the Land of Wind Weapons Shop with Dawn Weapons Store.
• Uchiha Yū convened Dawn Hidden Village’s leaders and assigned Minato Namikaze to gather intelligence before the coming war.
• Minato Namikaze presented records from a northern shrine describing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s arrival and her high status within the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Orochimaru revealed a genetic drug extracted from Kimimaro that could weaken powerful enemies if injected into them.
• Orochimaru explained that he and Uchiha Shisui planned to use an illusion to stimulate Uchiha Yū’s nerves and awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shisui began crafting the illusion while the others worried that Uchiha Yū might break free and mistake reality for the illusion.

Uchiha Yū was pushed toward awakening his eyes while trapped in a carefully staged illusion, and Orochimaru’s machine struggled to contain the power he unleashed. As the restraint chains began to crack, Orochimaru refused to stop the plan, leaving everyone at risk.

• Uchiha Yū saw Dawn Hidden Village destroyed and fought three Ōtsutsuki Clan members while trying to protect his injured companions.
• Uchiha Shisui maintained the illusion as Orochimaru’s modified ninjas restrained Uchiha Yū and used a machine to absorb his Chakra and life force.
• Orochimaru warned that Uchiha Yū’s Six Paths-level power was overwhelming the machine and that he needed to awaken his eyes before it overloaded.
• Minato Namikaze evacuated nearby personnel while Uchiha Yū continued fighting in the illusion and watched his companions fall.
• Uchiha Yū’s Chakra cracked the restraint chains, prompting Kakuzu to demand that Orochimaru stop, but Orochimaru insisted they were one step from success.

Uchiha Yū awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after Uchiha Shisui trapped him in an illusion, then discovered that his new eyes could absorb and redirect energy. He learned the ability had limits, but his powerful body let him absorb chakra-based attacks and turn them against their users.

• Uchiha Shisui maintained an illusion of Uchiha Yū fighting the Ōtsutsuki Clan until Uchiha Yū awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, then dispelled it.
• Orochimaru explained the illusion, and Uchiha Yū promised to find a way to heal Uchiha Shisui's damaged eyes.
• Uchiha Yū tested his new eyes by catching and absorbing Kakuzu's Fire Release ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he could absorb energy to strengthen his body and release absorbed chakra without spending his own strength.
• Uchiha Yū warned that absorbing energy too quickly could overwhelm his body, though its exceptional strength gave him a large capacity.

Uchiha Yū awakened the nine-tomoe golden eye and demonstrated Six Paths Mode, including his ability to disassemble and reshape matter at the molecular level. He argued that the ninja world needed to help others reach Six Paths Mode to prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and began explaining how inherited bloodlines could provide a path.

• Uchiha Yū opened the golden eye on his forehead after using his Mangekyō Sharingan as a medium to enter Six Paths Mode.
• Uchiha Yū restored the damaged hall and explained that his nine tomoe let him break matter into molecules and reassemble it into new forms, at great chakra cost.
• Muichiro Tokito resolved to develop a ninja tool capable of countering Uchiha Yū's ability, though he kept his ambition to himself.
• Uchiha Yū told the gathered ninjas that their current strength was insufficient against the Ōtsutsuki Clan and that they needed to bring their companions into Six Paths Mode.
• Uchiha Yū explained that many ninja descended from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and that purifying inherited bloodlines could lead to Six Paths power, citing the Hyuga Clan's Tenseigan and the Uchiha Clan's Rinnegan as keys.

Uchiha Yū explained ways to reach Six Paths-level power and rallied Dawn Hidden Village before overseeing Uchiha Madara’s resurrection. Madara returned in a living body but discovered that his eyes were missing and demanded them from Obito.

• Uchiha Yū described improving one’s bloodline or seizing outside power as paths to greater strength, and Orochimaru and Muichiro Tokito voiced confidence in their technology and research.
• Uchiha Yū urged the shinobi to keep fighting for victory, then hurried to the revival site because Uchiha Shisui’s eyes were nearly blind.
• Nagato agreed to die again to revive Uchiha Madara, while the gathered shinobi anticipated confronting the man who had shaped their lives.
• Uchiha Yū used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique as Orochimaru raised the prepared coffin, restoring Uchiha Madara to a living body.
• Uchiha Madara emerged without his eyes, realized the Rinnegan remained with Nagato, and demanded that Obito return his eyes.

Uchiha Yū revived Uchiha Madara to obtain Hashirama Senju’s cells, but Madara resisted and tried to seize control of the Ten-Tails. After Yū and the other ninja restrained him, Madara agreed to fulfill their bargain if Yū fought him; the chapter ended with Yū accepting the challenge without using his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Madara that Obito could not give him the Rinnegan, and Madara received ordinary Sharingan instead.
• Uchiha Madara challenged Yū and tried to use a contingency plan to take control of the Ten-Tails inside him.
• Uchiha Yū countered Madara’s attempt with sealing chains, while the surrounding ninja restrained Madara and Orochimaru drained his chakra.
• Uchiha Yū demanded Hashirama Senju’s cells, and Uchiha Madara promised to provide them but insisted on a genuine battle first.
• Uchiha Yū explained that the ninja world was unified and agreed to fight Uchiha Madara without activating his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Madara fought at full intensity, matching each other in taijutsu and Fire Style before Yū gained the advantage with his chakra armor and poison. As Madara accepted the possibility of death and demanded a meaningful fight, Yū removed the radioactive poison and revealed a ray of light.

• Uchiha Yū chose to face Uchiha Madara directly, and nearby ninjas sealed off the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū gained the upper hand in their taijutsu clash, then exchanged Great Fireball Jutsu with Madara.
• Uchiha Yū manifested dark-purple chakra armor that repeatedly repaired itself, while Madara's hands became bloodied from attacking it.
• Uchiha Yū told Madara that he was the Poison Ninja, and Madara said he wanted to fight freely even if he died.
• Uchiha Yū made the red spots on Madara's arm disappear and lowered his hand as a ray of light appeared.

Uchiha Yū defeated Uchiha Madara after Nuclear Release overwhelmed him and impaired his vision. Before the battle ended, Madara acknowledged Yū’s strength and told him to seek the Uchiha Clan shrine’s stone tablet, but Yū revealed that Black and White Zetsu had manipulated Madara and that Infinite Tsukuyomi was meant to free Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

• Uchiha Madara spotted the safe area beside Uchiha Yū and survived Atomic Fission by lunging toward him and anchoring himself to the ground.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Madara continued fighting as Nuclear Release forced Kakuzu and the other shinobi to retreat from the area.
• Flashing light impaired Uchiha Madara’s vision, and Uchiha Yū struck him with Monstrous Strength Fist, sending him crashing across the ground.
• Uchiha Madara admitted that Uchiha Yū was stronger, praised the battle, and pointed him toward the stone tablet beneath the Uchiha Clan shrine.
• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Madara that Black and White Zetsu had used him and that Infinite Tsukuyomi was intended to break Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s seal.

Uchiha Madara died after revealing where Hashirama's cells were hidden, and Uchiha Yū arranged to recover them and preserve Madara's body for research. As the group headed to the Uchiha shrine, Uchiha Yū offered to bring Sasuke to see Itachi.

• Uchiha Madara told Uchiha Yū that Hashirama's cells and other items were hidden beneath the Uchiha shrine, then died.
• Uchiha Obito and Nagato expressed their hatred of Uchiha Madara but refrained from attacking his corpse.
• Uchiha Yū placed Madara's body in a coffin and instructed Orochimaru to take it and examine Uchiha Shisui before any Hashirama cell procedure.
• Uchiha Yū led Uchiha Shisui and Itachi Uchiha toward the abandoned Uchiha shrine to search for the hidden cells.
• Itachi Uchiha admitted that he missed Sasuke and wanted to visit him in Sunagakure, so Uchiha Yū offered to have Sasuke brought to the shrine.