Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū and his companions returned to Konoha to check whether the Uchiha ancestral hall had survived the village’s redevelopment. They found it preserved behind a weapon shop, and Uchiha Yū left to pursue his urgent need for Hashirama's cells.

• Uchiha Obito complained that Konoha had erased the Uchiha Clan’s memorial site, while Uchiha Yū worried the ancestral hall’s underground structure might have been damaged.
• Uchiha Yū entrusted young Sasuke to Kakashi and suggested that Kakashi introduce him to Naruto and Kushina.
• Uchiha Obito and Kakashi traded insults and renewed their familiar bickering as Kakashi took Sasuke to Kushina’s home.
• Uchiha Yū, Uchiha Obito, and Itachi Uchiha found the ancestral hall preserved in the backyard of the weapon shop built above it.
• The shop owner offered to demolish his shop so the ancestral hall could be rebuilt, but Uchiha Yū declined because he urgently needed Hashirama's cells.

Uchiha Yū, Itachi Uchiha, and Uchiha Obito searched the underground shrine for Hashirama Cells and found them alongside Uchiha Madara’s records. Afterward, Yū urged Itachi to give Sasuke room to grow, while Naruto and Sasuke began fighting outside.

• Uchiha Yū opened the shrine’s hidden basement and led Itachi Uchiha and Uchiha Obito to the ancient stone tablet and the Uchiha Clan’s stored records.
• Uchiha Yū collected Uchiha Madara’s experimental notes, and the three found and took the Hashirama Cells.
• Itachi Uchiha went to check on Sasuke, but Uchiha Yū urged him to stop protecting his younger brother so closely.
• Itachi Uchiha agreed to see Sasuke less often so he could grow on his own.
• Naruto and Sasuke began shoving each other as the other children egged them on.

Uchiha Yū arranged for Sasuke to stay in Konoha with Kushina so he could build a bond with Naruto. Elsewhere, Deidara’s team uncovered a White Zetsu experimental base and requested reinforcements after being overwhelmed by the creatures inside.

• Itachi encouraged Sasuke to keep fighting after Naruto and the other children roughed him up.
• Uchiha Yū asked Kushina to let Sasuke stay in Konoha, and she agreed to care for him.
• Uchiha Madara gave Uchiha Yū the location of a White Zetsu experimental base, and Deidara led Iwagakure ninjas to excavate it.
• Deidara’s team awakened aggressive White Zetsu, and Deidara used explosive clay to cover the ninjas’ retreat.
• Deidara’s team regrouped and counterattacked, but the numerous White Zetsu forced Deidara to retreat and request reinforcements from Dawn Hidden Village.

Uchiha Yū discovered that Deidara’s explosive excavation had awakened the White Zetsu guarding the Chakra Tree’s roots, so he organized an evacuation and led Deidara into the exposed underground area to fight them. They entered the dark hole to confront the White Zetsu, where Uchiha Yū demonstrated his precise lightning control and Deidara complained that he was showing off.

• Uchiha Yū learned that Deidara’s explosions had awakened White Zetsu, who attacked Iwagakure’s shinobi and caused casualties.
• Uchiha Yū ordered elite shinobi to fight the wandering White Zetsu, activate the emergency alert, and evacuate nearby residents.
• At the blast site, Uchiha Yū scolded Deidara for ignoring his instructions to excavate with Earth Release, and Deidara accepted responsibility.
• Uchiha Yū warned Deidara to think before acting, then invited him to descend into the dangerous hole; Deidara agreed and summoned a giant clay bird.
• Uchiha Yū entered the hole using Six Paths Mode and destroyed a charging White Zetsu with lightning.
• Deidara envied Uchiha Yū’s attack and accused him of showing off, so Uchiha Yū zapped Deidara’s hair into an afro and explained the need for precise attacks.

Uchiha Yū defeated the guard White Zetsu and searched the underground ruins for ordinary White Zetsu, while Deidara was reduced to transporting bodies. Uchiha Yū discovered the breeding chamber but concluded that excavating it required village manpower and Muichiro Tokito’s support equipment.

• Uchiha Yū overwhelmed the guard White Zetsu by absorbing and controlling their ninjutsu, while Deidara watched from his clay bird.
• Uchiha Yū made shadow clones to search the damaged underground passages and assigned Deidara to carry the defeated White Zetsu away for research.
• Uchiha Yū sensed chakra in the tunnels and decided to collect the remaining Chakra Tree fragments without destabilizing the underground space.
• Uchiha Yū found a chamber filled with white cocoons where ordinary White Zetsu were bred and recognized the people inside as irreversibly transformed.
• Uchiha Yū told Deidara that excavating the chamber required many ninja and Muichiro Tokito’s support equipment, and Deidara fell from his clay bird in dismay.

Uchiha Yū organized the excavation and storage of more than one hundred thousand White Zetsu while Orochimaru advanced his genetic research. Orochimaru revealed an artificial human with Ōtsutsuki traits and proposed creating humanoid weapons to confront the coming crisis.

• Uchiha Yū ordered Hiruko and Deidara to stay behind and excavate the White Zetsu while Earth Release ninjas reinforced the pit.
• Muichiro Tokito supported the excavation with machinery, and Sasori studied the machines while overseeing construction of a warehouse.
• Uchiha Yū brought White Zetsu to Orochimaru's laboratory, where Orochimaru tested a new genetic agent on a death-row prisoner.
• Uchiha Yū saw a pale, unconscious artificial human in a nutrient tank and recognized its Ōtsutsuki traits.
• Orochimaru said he could create humanoid weapons to confront the crisis.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru discovered that their artificial human experiment produced a powerful but mindless body, prompting them to consider using such bodies as vessels and adapting White Zetsu’s centralized will. Uchiha Yū then asked Orochimaru to extract power from the withered branches of the Chakra Tree.

• Uchiha Yū warned Orochimaru that artificial humans might develop rebellious thoughts, and Orochimaru admitted he could create bodies but not loyal personalities.
• Orochimaru awakened the artificial human grown from Otsutsuki Toneri’s body and found it alive but blank and unable to understand anything.
• Uchiha Yū stimulated the artificial human with pain, and it showed awareness and struggled against him.
• Orochimaru decided to use the failed artificial human as a vessel rather than train it as a subordinate.
• Uchiha Yū suggested adapting White Zetsu’s limited intelligence and centralized will to make obedient artificial weapons, and Orochimaru embraced the idea.
• Uchiha Yū presented Orochimaru with withered Chakra Tree branches and asked him to extract their power.

Muichiro Tokito showed Uchiha Yū three costly remote-controlled war machines designed to fight Six Paths-level opponents without risking ninja lives. Uchiha learned that the machines had been built to withstand his Atomic Fission, leaving him stunned.

• Uchiha Yū visited the laboratory, where Muichiro Tokito arrived with three heavily modified war machines.
• Muichiro Tokito explained that ninja could control the machines from the rear, keeping them off the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū asked about the cost, and Muichiro Tokito admitted that rare deep-sea minerals and specialized tools made the machines too expensive for mass production.
• Uchiha Yū questioned whose data Muichiro Tokito had used to design the machines for Six Paths-level combat.
• Muichiro Tokito revealed that the machines were matched to Uchiha Yū and could endure several shots of his Atomic Fission.

Uchiha Yū warned Muichiro Tokito about the high cost of the new weapons as Otsutsuki Momoshiki, Otsutsuki Urashiki, and Otsutsuki Kinshiki breached the barrier around the Ninja World. The Great Toad Sage foresaw a calamity and urgently summoned Uchiha Yū to reveal his prophecy.

• Uchiha Yū warned Muichiro Tokito to report costly experiments before spending resources on them.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki broke through the Ninja World's barrier and ordered Otsutsuki Kinshiki to carry him down to find Otsutsuki Kaguya, while Otsutsuki Urashiki went separately.
• The Great Toad Sage awoke from a nightmare and told Sage Fukasaku that a calamity had arrived and that Uchiha Yū needed to hear his prophecy.
• Sage Fukasaku asked Minato Namikaze to take him to Uchiha Yū, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to bring him to Dawn Hidden Village.
• Minato Namikaze told Uchiha Yū that the Great Toad Sage had an urgent prophecy, and offered to take him there immediately.

Uchiha Yū refused Sage Fukasaku’s offer to visit Mount Myōboku, insisting Dawn Hidden Village was prepared for the Ōtsutsuki Clan and that the enemy should be lured into a trap. Minato Namikaze opposed using Uchiha Yū as bait, but reconsidered after seeing the village’s war machines, then learned that obtaining two would cost the equivalent of half of Konoha.

• Uchiha Yū told Sage Fukasaku that Dawn Hidden Village had prepared for the enemy and refused to visit the Great Toad Sage.
• Uchiha Yū ordered preparations with the major villages to begin and warned that the Ōtsutsuki might target ordinary ninja to force him out of hiding.
• Uchiha Yū proposed revealing a flaw to lure the Ōtsutsuki Clan into an attack, but Minato Namikaze refused to use him as bait.
• Uchiha Yū displayed three war machines designed to fight Six Paths-level experts and explained that ninjutsu could not damage their defenses.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Yū to make two war machines, then froze when he heard the materials would cost the equivalent of half of Konoha.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze prepared Dawn Hidden Village to face the Ōtsutsuki, while Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki set out to retrieve the Chakra Fruit. The village evacuated civilians and deployed modified ninjas as the enemy approached.

• Uchiha Yū convinced Minato Namikaze to commit to a plan to defeat the three Ōtsutsuki, and Minato decided to bring the strongest fighters to the village.
• Minato Namikaze returned to the Great Toad Sage and learned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had arrived in the Ninja World.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki learned that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had established a branch bloodline, while Otsutsuki Urashiki sensed powerful chakra to the south and withheld that information.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki left the northern temple to retrieve the Chakra Fruit, while Otsutsuki Urashiki stayed behind.
• Dawn Hidden Village evacuated most civilians and sent modified ninjas to patrol for the approaching Ōtsutsuki.

Uchiha Yū gathered the Ninja World’s leaders to prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s arrival and organize their defense. After enhanced ninja scouts were eliminated, Uchiha Yū and the others took up positions and spotted two Ōtsutsuki approaching.

• Minato Namikaze explained that simplifying the Flying Thunder God technique had proved difficult, while Mei Terumi and the other leaders discussed its potential.
• Uchiha Yū announced that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had arrived and assigned the Fourth Kazekage and others to hold Otsutsuki Kinshiki back while he faced the remaining enemies.
• A scout reported that the Ōtsutsuki were rushing toward the village, then the call ended in static after the enemies discovered the scouts.
• Uchiha Yū entered Six Paths Mode, urged the gathered fighters to prepare, and led them to the village’s outskirts.
• Uchiha Yū spotted two horned Ōtsutsuki flying toward them and told everyone to get ready.

Otsutsuki Momoshiki demanded Uchiha Yū surrender his power, then fought the Ninja World forces as combat machines harried him. Uchiha Yū pressed the attack while Otsutsuki Kinshiki faced ninjas whose abilities countered his, leaving both Ōtsutsuki under pressure.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki declared that he would reclaim chakra from the Ninja World and demanded Uchiha Yū hand over his power.
• Uchiha Yū searched for Otsutsuki Urashiki, found no sign of him, and signaled three ninjas to attack Momoshiki with combat machines.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki struck one machine from the sky, but it survived with only a few scratches.
• Muichiro Tokito urged the three pilots to show the machines’ abilities, and their coordinated weapons harassed Momoshiki.
• Uchiha Yū attacked Momoshiki relentlessly, forcing him to retreat while Otsutsuki Kinshiki fought ninjas whose powers countered his close-combat style.

Uchiha Yū and Otsutsuki Momoshiki exchanged powerful attacks as Momoshiki crippled the war machines and Uchiha Yū unleashed Atomic Fission. After absorbing each other’s attacks, both remained standing, with Uchiha Yū’s Mangekyō Sharingan fixed on Momoshiki through the settling dust.

• Itachi Uchiha and the nearby ninjas forced Otsutsuki Kinshiki away from Otsutsuki Momoshiki with Amaterasu and coordinated attacks.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki absorbed the chakra from the three war machines, weakening them enough to turn his attention to Uchiha Yū.
• Uchiha Yū absorbed Momoshiki’s flames and released Atomic Fission, forcing Momoshiki to shield himself with Inukai Takeru Mikoto.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki launched Kijigari through the collapsing earthen dragons, and the two attacks collided in a blast that shook the battlefield.
• Momoshiki absorbed Atomic Fission while Uchiha Yū caught and absorbed Kijigari, then Uchiha Yū stared toward the battlefield’s center through the dust.

Shisui Uchiha used Kotoamatsukami to stop Otsutsuki Kinshiki from breaking free, allowing the allied ninja to seal him. Otsutsuki Momoshiki saw Kinshiki imprisoned and vowed revenge as his battle with Uchiha Yū continued.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki transformed and ordered Otsutsuki Kinshiki to help him fight Uchiha Yū.
• The Fourth Kazekage, Shisui Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Nagato combined their abilities to trap Otsutsuki Kinshiki in a sealed pyramid.
• Otsutsuki Kinshiki attacked the seal with red chakra flames and began tearing through the Desert Funeral.
• Shisui Uchiha cast Kotoamatsukami, implanting a command for Otsutsuki Kinshiki to serve Uchiha Yū and leaving him unable to resist.
• The Fourth Kazekage completed the seal while Shisui Uchiha collapsed, having gone blind in one Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki saw Otsutsuki Kinshiki sealed in a stone sphere and threatened the ninja.

Otsutsuki Momoshiki unleashed Time Freeze and fought Uchiha Yū, whose Molecular Manipulation let him resist and counter the attack. Momoshiki was badly injured and began burning his bloodline, determined to defeat Uchiha Yū rather than retreat.

• Otsutsuki Momoshiki entered his powered-up form and used Time Freeze to immobilize the supporting ninjas, though Uchiha Yū could still resist the effect.
• Uchiha Yū used Molecular Manipulation to alter the battlefield and rescue the frozen ninjas, then disrupted a small part of Momoshiki's black staff.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki attacked Uchiha Yū, but a shield made from disintegrated war-machine materials blocked his weapon and forced him back.
• Uchiha Yū struck Momoshiki with Atomic Fission, severely damaging his right hand, while molecularly reconstructed armor protected Uchiha Yū from the counterattack.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki began burning his bloodline to keep fighting, despite the risk that doing so would diminish his power and threaten his lifespan.

Uchiha Yū outlasted Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s bloodline-fueled assault, but Momoshiki turned his final power into a Kāma and implanted it in Uchiha Shisui before disappearing. After the time freeze ended, Uchiha Yū explained the battle to the surviving ninjas and concealed his concern about Shisui.

• Uchiha Yū defended himself with a molecularly repaired shield while Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s power waned from burning his bloodline.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki declared that they would meet again, then turned his remaining bloodline power into a Kāma as his body dissolved.
• Uchiha Yū tried to stop him, but Momoshiki’s time-freezing ability let him implant the Kāma in Uchiha Shisui.
• The time freeze ended, and the assembled ninjas found the battlefield reduced to a massive crater while Shisui sensed something strange in his body.
• Uchiha Yū told the ninjas that Momoshiki had frozen time and that they had fought during that interval, then said the first battle was over.

After defeating the Ōtsutsuki vanguard, Uchiha Yū warned the ninjas to prepare for a greater war and began a plan to strengthen those with Ōtsutsuki bloodlines. He revealed that Otsutsuki Momoshiki had left a Kāma on Uchiha Shisui, which could let Momoshiki resurrect through him.

• Uchiha Yū ordered Kakuzu and Konan to investigate the damage and kept the village on high alert for the remaining Ōtsutsuki.
• Uchiha Yū told the ninjas that the battle was only the first war and urged them to grow stronger and prepare to enter the Six Paths.
• Uchiha Yū sent Nagato, Uchiha Itachi, and other trusted subordinates to cooperate with Orochimaru in using Ōtsutsuki blood to awaken their bloodlines.
• Uchiha Yū stopped Uchiha Shisui in the laboratory and showed him the diamond-shaped Kāma on his palm.
• Uchiha Yū explained that Otsutsuki Momoshiki had implanted the Kāma while time was frozen, and that it could allow Momoshiki to resurrect through Shisui and take his talent.

Uchiha Yū reassured Shisui that he could resist Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s revival through willpower and research, then promised to replace Shisui’s damaged eye with a Rinnegan. They left to find Orochimaru and investigate the Ōtsutsuki bloodline.

• Shisui hesitated after learning that Momoshiki’s Kāma could eventually revive and take over his body.
• Uchiha Yū encouraged Shisui, revealed Orochimaru’s body-possession research, and explained that strong spiritual power might let Shisui erase Momoshiki’s imprinted memories.
• Uchiha Yū promised to have Orochimaru study Otsutsuki Kinshiki’s bloodline before using Kinshiki’s eye to replace Shisui’s blind eye.
• Shisui accepted the plan to keep fighting for the village, and Uchiha Yū took him to find Orochimaru.

Orochimaru proposed using spiritual invasion to remove Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s consciousness from Shisui Uchiha so Shisui could use Momoshiki’s bloodline. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Urashiki arrived in the Ninja World, resolved to investigate Uchiha Yū, and secretly entered Dawn Hidden Village.

• Orochimaru drew blood from Itachi Uchiha and Nagato to research a way to enter Six Paths Mode, until Uchiha Yū and Shisui Uchiha interrupted him.
• Uchiha Yū and Shisui Uchiha told Orochimaru that Momoshiki’s memories and bloodline had been imprinted in Shisui’s body, and Orochimaru offered to erase Momoshiki’s spirit through spiritual invasion.
• Uchiha Yū left Shisui with Orochimaru and returned to dealing with the aftermath of the war.
• Otsutsuki Urashiki arrived at the site of Momoshiki’s defeat, recognized Uchiha Yū’s strength, and decided to investigate him while avoiding a direct fight.
• Dawn Hidden Village residents returned home and questioned the destruction near the village entrance, while Urashiki disguised himself and entered the village.