Recaps

Uchiha Natsu met Flame Shadow King and the clan leaders of Flame Ninja Village, explaining that he had crossed worlds because this world's surviving Uchiha might still have hope. He left them facing the question of whether the clan deserved a chance at lasting security.

• Natsu introduced himself to King, who treated him with caution and led him into the inner room.
• King brought Madara, Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi before the Kaguya, Minazuki, and Uzumaki clan leaders.
• The clan leaders reacted with surprise to Madara's arrival, while Ashina Uzumaki sensed something unknowable about Natsu and his companions.
• King introduced Natsu as an Uchiha from another world whose depths even Madara could not fathom.
• Ashina asked whether Natsu's arrival concerned the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Natsu said he had come to judge whether this world's surviving Uchiha deserved lasting security.

Natsu questioned Uchiha King about his vision for the Ninja World's future and the risks he would take for the Uchiha, while revealing that Madara would leave with him. He offered King a chance to prove he could protect the clan in exchange for the source power of Indra, leaving King stunned.

• Natsu asked Uchiha King where he came from and what had happened to the Uchiha in his world, then said he would offer a trump card if King's answers satisfied him.
• Natsu explained that Madara would eventually leave with him, disrupting King's plans to rely on Madara against Hashirama and support Flame Ninja Village.
• Uchiha King admitted that Flame Ninja Village could not face Hashirama without Madara, despite King's own strength.
• Natsu offered King a chance to shoulder the Uchiha's future and promised him the source power of Indra.
• Uchiha King reacted with disbelief and glanced at Madara, who turned away coldly.

Natsu revealed that he had visited the One Piece world and offered King a First-Generation Gene Serum to unlock the Uchiha bloodline. King explained the Flame Ninja Village’s political position and threats, leaving his plans unsettled now that Madara was departing with Natsu.

• Natsu had Yakumi bring him the First-Generation Gene Serum and told King it had been developed using the One Piece world’s science to elevate the Uchiha bloodline.
• King recognized the serum’s potential to break his Mangekyo Sharingan’s limits and give him a chance at a complete Susanoo.
• King agreed to answer Natsu’s questions and explained that the Land of Fire’s daimyo supported the Flame Ninja Village only as a counterweight to Konoha.
• King described how the Kaguya, Minazuki, and Uzumaki Clans joined his village, noting that Ashina Uzumaki had been persuaded by evidence of the Ōtsutsuki threat.
• King warned that Tobirama Senju’s growing influence could push Konoha toward attacking the Flame Ninja Village once Madara left with Natsu.
• King said Madara’s departure had forced him to abandon and rebuild his plan to use Madara’s power to balance Hashirama.

Natsu approved King’s plan to defend Flame Ninja Village and advised him that strength could turn Tobirama Senju from an enemy into a pragmatic ally. Madara then revealed that King’s son was betrothed to Hashirama’s granddaughter, leaving Natsu waiting for King to explain.

• King described his contingency plan for Flame Ninja Village and admitted he wanted Natsu’s trump card to make the village’s future easier.
• Natsu told King he would warn Tobirama Senju before leaving and explained that Tobirama might accept Flame Ninja Village as a useful barrier if King became strong enough.
• Natsu argued that Tobirama valued systems, balance, and power, and might prefer cooperation with the Uchiha over a mutually destructive conflict.
• Madara interrupted Natsu and revealed that King’s son and Hashirama’s granddaughter had long been betrothed.
• Natsu set down his teacup and waited for King to explain as King’s composed smile stiffened.

Natsu learned that King had arranged a marriage between the Senju and Uchiha children, explaining Tobirama Senju’s resentment toward Flame Ninja Village. He gave King the genetic serum and warned him not to rely on daimyo for the Uchiha Clan’s survival, then declared that their next meeting would leave King only two choices: submit or die.

• King explained that Hashirama had arranged the marriage after King persuaded him that the Senju and Uchiha children were suited to each other, and Madara confirmed the account.
• Natsu connected the marriage arrangement to Tobirama Senju’s grudge, while King defended it as a safeguard for Flame Ninja Village.
• Natsu handed King the pale-blue genetic serum and warned that daimyo would turn against the Uchiha Clan once it was no longer useful to them.
• King solemnly agreed not to stake the Uchiha Clan’s future on the mercy of daimyo.
• Natsu said he would remain in the world for at most a month, then warned King that their next encounter would end with King either submitting to him or being buried.
• King answered Natsu’s threat with a fierce smile.

Natsu and Madara departed Flame Ninja Village after Natsu entrusted King with protecting the Uchiha and King promised to build a better future for them. As they headed back toward Konoha, Natsu explained that he supported King because he considered him a child compared with his own strength, prompting Madara to complain that Natsu sounded like Tobirama Senju.

• King accepted the genetic serum and pledged to survive, while Madara told him, “Stay alive.”
• Natsu warned King not to let the Uchiha repeat Konoha’s mistakes with Uchiha Itachi, and King promised to protect his clan.
• Natsu left the Flame Shadow’s office with Madara, Yaoyu, and Yakumi, then said they would return to Konoha and visit Tobirama Senju before going home to Izumi.
• Madara asked why Natsu supported King if he intended to destroy him should he refuse to submit.
• Natsu compared King to the Five Kage Madara had once treated as children and said he was now stronger than Madara had been at his wartime peak.
• Madara complained that Natsu’s sharp tongue reminded him of Tobirama Senju.

Natsu explained that the Rinnegan could revive the dead through a technique that cost the caster their life, confirming Madara would have to die to bring Izuna back. Natsu then shared the fragmentary story of his parents’ deaths, leaving their ambush and the secrecy surrounding their mission unexplained.

• Natsu said he would support King's efforts to protect the Uchiha while taking over Flame Ninja Village if King failed to safeguard the clan's future.
• Madara accepted Natsu's explanation but warned that he would deal with King himself if King betrayed them.
• Natsu teased Madara about breaking his promise to Hashirama not to leave Konoha, making Madara embarrassed as Yaoyu and Yakumi stifled their laughter.
• Madara asked Natsu whether the Rinnegan could revive the dead, and Natsu confirmed that the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique could do so by consuming the caster's life.
• Madara concluded that reviving Izuna would cost him his own life, and Natsu acknowledged that this was true in theory.
• Natsu told Madara that his parents had died during a secret mission after an enemy ambush, despite only the clan head and the Hokage knowing their route.

Natsu and Madara shared their grief over the loved ones they had lost, and Natsu later learned from his system that he could survive using Rinne Rebirth and that Madara would unlock all Family Traits if he joined his Uchiha branch. The chapter ended with Natsu resolved to keep Madara’s regret from becoming eternal as research on the second-generation Light of Susanoo advanced.

• Natsu told Madara that he understood his wish to bring Izuna Uchiha back, and explained why he would not use the Rinnegan to resurrect his own parents.
• Madara remembered his father, Uchiha Tajima, bringing him and Izuna rice cakes, then wondered whether Izuna would blame him.
• Natsu said Izuna would scold Madara but would first ask whether Hashirama had bullied him, prompting Madara to laugh.
• After Madara returned to the guest room, Natsu asked his system whether he could withstand Rinne Rebirth’s backlash, and it confirmed his remaining lifespan could cover the cost.
• Natsu learned that Madara would unlock all Family Traits upon joining his Uchiha branch and resolved to prevent Madara’s regret from becoming eternal.
• At Origin Island’s exclusive laboratory, Vallen and Caesar Clown continued developing the second-generation Light of Susanoo technology.

Natsu invited Madara Uchiha to join the Divine Clan, promising an independent future for the Uchiha and the chance to revive Izuna. Madara accepted, joining Natsu’s effort to build an era shaped by the Uchiha.

• Natsu prepared to travel to Konoha and planned to warn Tobirama Senju about Flame Ninja Village’s schemes.
• Natsu presented Madara Uchiha with a Light of Susanoo gene serum and asked him to join the Divine Clan.
• Natsu explained that his world’s Uchiha controlled their own future instead of remaining caught in Konoha’s power struggles.
• Natsu told Madara that joining could help him bring Izuna Uchiha back and witness a prosperous Uchiha era.
• Madara accepted the serum as proof of joining, and Natsu welcomed him into the Divine Clan.

Madara joined Natsu’s Divine Clan and felt its powers awaken his bloodline, strengthen his Sharingan, and begin healing an old injury. After Natsu promised that Madara could one day revive Izuna himself, Madara agreed to leave for Origin Island after saying goodbye to Hashirama.

• Madara accepted Natsu’s invitation to join the Divine Clan, triggering an immediate change in his body and Sharingan.
• Natsu explained the clan’s traits, including a ten-thousand-year lifespan, enhanced training potential, and the ability to learn powers from other worlds.
• Madara asked whether he could bring Izuna back, and Natsu said Madara could revive him with the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Madara asked when they would leave, and Natsu said they would go at once after warning Tobirama Senju and letting Madara say goodbye to Hashirama.
• Madara tucked Izuna’s Kunai into his robe, said he would speak to Hashirama himself, and thanked Natsu.

Natsu learned that Izuna Uchiha's remains were preserved beneath Naka Shrine and planned to revive him without sacrificing Madara. Hashirama arrived at Madara's empty home and found a letter bearing Izuna's kunai, leaving him uneasy about Madara's departure.

• Madara agreed to become an honorary elder on Origin Island.
• Madara told Natsu that he had sealed Izuna Uchiha's body in a hidden chamber beneath Naka Shrine.
• Natsu proposed using Impure World Reincarnation and the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Izuna without cost to Madara, and Madara chose Natsu to perform it.
• Natsu planned to have Yaoyu and Yakumi secretly retrieve Izuna's remains after returning to Konoha.
• Hashirama visited Madara's home and found it empty, with a letter held down by Izuna's kunai.

Hashirama learned Madara planned to leave for another world, then found him at the Hokage Building with Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi. Madara confirmed he was leaving, promised to treat Hashirama to dumplings when he returned, and departed with the others toward the Uchiha Clan District.

• Hashirama read Madara's letter saying he was leaving for another world and promising to return.
• Hashirama hurried to the Hokage Building to tell Tobirama Senju about Madara's departure, but found Madara there with Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi.
• Madara confirmed to Hashirama that he had made up his mind to leave, and Hashirama asked him to return.
• Madara promised to treat Hashirama to dumplings next time, and they touched fists before parting.
• Madara followed Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi out of the Hokage Building and headed toward the Uchiha Clan District without looking back.

Madara retrieved Izuna Uchiha’s remains from Naka Shrine and left Konoha with Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi, heading for a new Uchiha homeland overseas. Natsu’s Wood Release Clone stayed behind to confront Hashirama and Tobirama, warning that he would destroy the Senju Clan if they threatened the Uchiha.

• Madara opened the sealed tomb beneath Naka Shrine and entrusted Izuna Uchiha’s remains to Natsu for testing and preparations for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara left Konoha with Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi, accepting that his future lay in a new Uchiha world overseas.
• Natsu’s Wood Release Clone formed in the clearing and went to the Senju Clan District while his original body departed with Madara and the others.
• Tobirama sensed the clone’s chakra and rushed into the courtyard, where he stood beside Hashirama to face it.
• Natsu’s clone warned Tobirama not to exploit Madara’s departure to attack the Uchiha, threatening to uproot the Senju Clan if they did.

Natsu secured Tobirama Senju’s oath not to persecute the Uchiha before leaving Konoha with Madara and the others. In a remote mountain valley, Natsu began searching underground for White Zetsu to bring back to the New World.

• Natsu warned Hashirama and Tobirama Senju that future leaders could persecute the Uchiha, then demanded a promise.
• Tobirama Senju swore not to attack, discriminate against, or tolerate the systematic persecution of the Uchiha, accepting that Natsu could kill him if he broke the oath.
• Natsu told Hashirama that Madara had left with Izuna Uchiha’s remains, and Hashirama asked him to remind Madara about the dango he owed.
• Hashirama reassured Tobirama Senju that he would help shoulder the responsibility of maintaining balance, while Tobirama returned to reviewing documents.
• Natsu, Madara, Yaoyu, and Yakumi arrived at a deserted mountain valley, where Natsu used Observation Haki to search underground for dormant White Zetsu.
• Natsu explained that he wanted to find the White Zetsu as useful materials to bring back, and Madara asked what he intended to do with them.

Natsu found ancient White Zetsu bodies and used one as a vessel to bring Izuna Uchiha back through Impure World Reincarnation. Izuna awakened in front of Madara, leaving the brothers poised to reunite.

• Natsu explained that White Zetsu could aid research and serve as vessels to reincarnate Izuna Uchiha.
• Natsu used Observation Haki to locate a cavern containing sleeping ancient White Zetsu and opened a passage into it with Wood Release.
• Natsu selected three White Zetsu bodies for the jutsu and sealed the remaining White Zetsu for Vallen to study.
• Madara agreed to wait as Natsu performed Impure World Reincarnation using Izuna Uchiha's remains and a White Zetsu body.
• Izuna Uchiha awakened and fixed his gaze on Madara, who stood waiting with an old kunai in hand.

Madara reunited with Izuna after restoring him through Impure World Reincarnation, and the brothers left the cavern together. More than a year after the Summit War, West Blue had been reshaped under the Uchiha into a unified, prosperous region whose new order alarmed the World Government.

• Izuna woke in an underground chamber and asked Madara where he was, whether the war had ended, and where Hashirama and Tobirama were.
• Madara broke down at seeing Izuna alive, and Izuna gently teased him for claiming that sand had made him cry.
• Madara offered his hand and told Izuna they would talk when they got home, and Izuna grasped it.
• Setsuna and Fugaku carried out Natsu's plans to abolish old noble privileges, consolidate island resources, and unify West Blue's shipping routes.
• West Blue's guard islands, merchant routes, patrol ships, and perception barriers formed a powerful new system that unsettled Mary Geoise.

The World Government recognized that the Uchiha were replacing its rule in West Blue and raised them to a World Government-level threat. On Origin Island, Fugaku and Setsuna prepared the Clan Academy’s first graduates for field experience in the New World.

• The World Government’s intelligence minister warned the Five Elders that the Uchiha were systematically taking over West Blue, and recommended raising their threat level to World Government level.
• The Five Elders locked the Uchiha dossier in the Room of Authority alongside records of figures who had threatened the world order.
• Fugaku reviewed the Clan Academy’s first graduating class, which included eleven students with stable Three-Tomoe Sharingan and two who had reached Kage Level.
• Setsuna noted that Royal Academy students had also produced promising recruits, while Tekka complained that the Nightingale Guard kept winning recruitment contests.
• Fugaku and Setsuna agreed to send thirty outstanding graduates to gain experience in the New World, accompanied by battle-hardened Elite Jonin from the Nightingale Guard.

Fugaku and Setsuna arranged a sea-bound wilderness training mission for the first graduating class, with Uchiha Kei leading thirty graduates and senior guards barred from intervening except in life-threatening danger. Chunwu and Rin learned they had been selected and eagerly anticipated the voyage, while younger students admired them as Night Owl Guard members.

• Fugaku named Uchiha Kei team leader and assigned two veteran Night Owl Guard members and five battle-tested Nightingale Guard Jonin to protect the graduates, with strict limits on their intervention.
• Setsuna agreed to coordinate the route and personnel with Kei and asked him to bring the graduates’ ability assessment files to a meeting at Naka Shrine.
• Rin told Chunwu that thirty graduates had been selected for the voyage, with her first on the list and him second.
• Chunwu and Rin shared their anticipation for exploring the New World and discussed their training goals for the journey.
• Younger students spotted Chunwu and Rin and excitedly noted their Three Tomoe Sharingan and Night Owl Guard membership.

Uchiha Chunwu led twenty Uchiha graduates from Spirit Awakening Island toward Alcoron Island for their first real-combat training mission in the New World. Uchiha Kei and veteran guards secretly followed behind, ready to intervene if the youths faced danger.

• Chunwu and Rin heard younger students say they hoped to join the Night Owl Guard and become like Senior Kei, and Rin resolved to push himself harder.
• Chunwu studied the route and danger zones on his sea chart before accepting command of the vanguard team.
• Several days later, Chunwu and twenty graduates sailed from Spirit Awakening Island toward Alcoron Island, an island divided among rival factions.
• Kei followed half a nautical mile behind with Night Owl Guard veterans and Nightingale Guard Jonin, monitoring the students with Observation Haki.
• Kei revealed that he had secretly placed a Flying Thunder God mark inside each child's collar so he could rescue them if they were in danger.

After a storm forced the Uchiha trainees to shelter at Whiskey Peak, Chunwu led them in assessing the island’s strength and strategic value. Their survey found scattered bounty hunters but no top-tier combat threats.

• Kei silently watched over the twenty youths as their ship passed Twin Cape and entered the Grand Line’s violent weather.
• Chunwu sensed nearby waters and ordered the crew to steer toward Whiskey Peak, where the ship reached a sheltered bay.
• Chunwu established rotating watches after the Uchiha youths docked, drawing wary attention from the island’s residents.
• A merchant captain offered Chunwu a navigation plaque, and Chunwu agreed to let the Uchiha flag fly while refusing to guarantee private fleet protection.
• Chunwu sent the team to survey Whiskey Peak, and Rin reported that its bounty hunters lacked unified command and posed no fatal combat threat.

Chunwu led the Uchiha youths to Sabaody Archipelago after discovering a leak in their water stores, while Uchiha Kei followed them covertly. A CP0 agent reported their arrival and strength to the Five Elders, who feared the Uchiha clan’s growing power.

• Rin discovered that damage to the ship’s waterproofing had caused their freshwater reserves to fall by thirty percent, and Chunwu ordered the crew to resupply at Sabaody Archipelago.
• Chunwu warned the youths to stay alert and avoid trouble, but not to yield if anyone targeted the Uchiha clan.
• Uchiha Kei followed the group from a distance and, seeing that none of his Flying Thunder God marks had been triggered, ordered his boat to keep following.
• A CP0 agent sent Mary Geoise a report stating that twenty-one Uchiha youths had entered the Grand Line, including Chunwu and Rin, who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Five Elders reviewed the report and worried that the Uchiha clan’s young fighters could grow into a force capable of shaking the sea.

The World Government and Big Mom learned that Uchiha’s young squad had entered the Grand Line and ordered their agents to monitor the group without provoking it. Both sides feared Uchiha’s ability to produce powerful fighters, while Katakuri held back a further revelation from his future sight.

• Saint Saturn and the Five Elders ordered CP0 to surveil the Uchiha squad, investigate its abilities, and avoid direct conflict outside the West Blue.
• A CP0 agent received the orders and recalled the disciplined Uchiha youths at Whiskey Peak, realizing the World Government was afraid to confront them.
• Big Mom read a report that twenty-one Uchiha youths, including two with Three Tomoe, had entered the Grand Line without visible escorts.
• Katakuri corrected Big Mom, noting that Natsu’s bounty was fifteen billion and that the squad’s escorts were likely concealed.
• Big Mom ordered her forces to watch the Uchiha without acting, while Katakuri privately waited to reveal another event he had seen in his future sight.

Kaido and Shanks discussed the Uchiha youths setting out on a training voyage, with Kaido ordering the Beasts Pirates to hold position and Shanks anticipating their journey. The Red Hair Pirates then considered Luffy’s whereabouts as the Uchiha youths’ route brought them close to the end of his two-year training.

• Kaido read that twenty-one Uchiha youths had sailed through the West Blue without visible protection, but King warned that Natsu could reach them instantly and advised against attacking.
• Kaido ordered the Beasts Pirates to hold their position and said he wanted to see how far the youths could travel through the New World.
• Shanks read the report about the Uchiha youths, and Beckman reminded him that Natsu stood behind them just as Roger had once supported Shanks.
• Shanks said he wanted to see how far the youths would go, and Beckman suggested their new legend had begun.
• Lucky Roux wondered where Luffy was, while Yasopp recalled that Rayleigh had told him Luffy was training in seclusion near Sabaody for two years.
• Yasopp realized the Uchiha youths’ route overlapped with the Straw Hat Pirates’ likely path as Luffy’s training period neared its end.

The Red-Haired Pirates discussed the possibility of Luffy meeting the Uchiha squad and worried that other powers might exploit the encounter. At Revolutionary Army headquarters, Dragon learned that the Uchiha’s rising generation had left the West Blue and recognized the move as a declaration of their ambitions.

• Beckman predicted that Luffy would approach the Uchiha squad with curiosity and ask to find Natsu for a match.
• Shanks reasoned that the Uchiha would know of Luffy’s ties to Natsu and Ace, but feared Blackbeard, the Marines, or the World Government might exploit their meeting.
• Shanks ordered Beckman to monitor the first half of the Grand Line for contact between the Straw Hat Pirates and the Uchiha squad, and Beckman said he already had people watching the routes.
• Dragon received an encrypted report that the Uchiha’s rising generation had left the West Blue and was advancing along the Grand Line toward the New World.
• Dragon interpreted the Uchiha’s voyage as an open declaration that their clan was ready to expand beyond the West Blue and thought of Natsu’s past actions against the Celestial Dragons and Marines.

Dragon assessed the Uchiha Clan as a potential ally against the Celestial Dragons and ordered the Revolutionary Army to monitor their young squad cautiously. Meanwhile, Chunwu’s group arrived near Iron Reef Port, where they planned to confront the Hyena Pirates.

• Dragon concluded that the Uchiha Clan’s opposition to the Celestial Dragons made them valuable potential allies despite their different ideals.
• Dragon ordered Sabo to withhold public comments on the Uchiha youths’ voyage and instructed intelligence agents to track the squad and seek only cautious, discreet contact.
• Chunwu’s squad set its course for Iron Reef Port, where the Hyena Pirates and their 230-million-Beli captain controlled the harbor.
• The Uchiha youths stopped at Taling Island to replenish supplies, drawing wary attention from local fishermen.
• Chunwu unfolded a sea chart at the harbor and pointed out Iron Reef Port to Rin.