Recaps

Fugaku Uchiha ordered the Empire's forces to tighten their assault as the Allied Forces collapsed. The surviving Shadows fled in separate directions, while Uchiha Kazama pursued Mei Terumi as she raced toward the Land of Water.

• Fugaku Uchiha gave the reserve troops permission to join the final battle and entrusted their command to Shikaku Nara.
• Might Guy, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi eliminated the enemies in their assigned area before Kakashi led Squad Nine to support Squad Ten.
• The Wind Shadow, Lightning Shadow, and Water Shadow split up with their remaining forces to escape the Empire's encirclement.
• Uchiha Kazama caught up with Mei Terumi and cut down the Mist Ninja fleeing alongside her.
• Mei Terumi's loyal subordinates stayed behind to delay Uchiha Kazama while she fled toward the Land of Water.

The Empire crushed the Allied Forces as Uchiha Kyu killed Uchiha Daiki and sealed Black Zetsu while the Divine Tree continued to grow. The Empire guarded the tree, and a gray-white-robed man from the distant universe sensed its appearance and rushed toward it.

• Uchiha Kazama pursued Mei Terumi while Uchiha Togawa and Uchiha Karashi overwhelmed the Raikage, and Uchiha Yue and Uchiha Tairoku completed their mission against the Fourth Kazekage.
• Uchiha Daiki and Black Zetsu planned to use the Divine Tree, but Uchiha Kyu killed Daiki, took his Mangekyō Sharingan, and sealed Black Zetsu.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed Uchiha Kyu’s strength and withdrew, while Uchiha Kyu chose to remain by the Divine Tree and wait for it to mature.
• Uchiha Yue and the other assigned clan members guarded the Divine Tree as Fugaku Uchiha told Shikaku Nara to delay merit rewards until the fighting was over.
• A middle-aged man in a gray-white robe sensed the Divine Tree’s appearance and rushed toward it from the distant universe.

Hiashi Hyuga tested his newly awakened Tenseigan against Hashirama after Fugaku encouraged him to join the battle. Hashirama defeated him, leaving Hiashi badly injured and unable to accept his loss.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Shikaku Nara congratulated Hiashi Hyuga on awakening the Tenseigan, and Hiashi boasted about the power it gave him.
• Fugaku encouraged Hiashi to test the Tenseigan against Hashirama, and Hiashi joined the fight while Madara Uchiha stepped aside.
• Hiashi initially gained an advantage over Hashirama, but Hashirama learned the Tenseigan's abilities and turned the battle around.
• Hashirama knocked Hiashi out with Thousand Buddha Hands, leaving him heavily injured and dazed.
• Fugaku tried to console Hiashi, while Hizashi learned that his elder brother could not accept the defeat.

After losing to Hashirama, Hyuga Hiashi recovered his confidence and planned to travel to the moon for another pair of Tenseigan. Uchiha Kyu agreed to the expedition, then let Uchiha Fugaku take over guarding the Divine Tree while warning him that the Ōtsutsuki Clan might be coming.

• Hizashi Hyuga reassured Hyuga Hiashi after Hashirama had easily defeated him, and Hiashi resolved to seek a second pair of Tenseigan on the moon.
• Uchiha Fugaku agreed that Hiashi could take a small squad to the moon while the rest of the Hyuga Clan helped protect the Divine Tree.
• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku that Hiashi’s defeat by Hashirama was unsurprising and discussed bringing Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna back to the Empire once their conflict was resolved.
• Uchiha Fugaku urged Uchiha Kyu to leave the Divine Tree’s guard to him and the other Mangekyō Sharingan users so Kyu could rest.
• Uchiha Kyu agreed to return and warned Fugaku that the Ōtsutsuki Clan, former owners of the Divine Tree, might already be on their way.

Uchiha Kyu and Fugaku Uchiha prepared for the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s possible arrival while the Divine Tree drained the Dragon Vein. Orochimaru brought Kaguya Otsutsuki’s cultivated body, and she was resurrected in it.

• Otsutsuki Sō sensed the Divine Tree’s aura, destroyed a planet in anger, and blamed Kaguya Otsutsuki for stealing a Divine Tree Seed.
• Fugaku Uchiha told the Uchiha clan members to defend the Divine Tree and hold out until Uchiha Kyu arrived if the Ōtsutsuki attacked.
• After half a month, Fugaku Uchiha reported that the Dragon Vein had weakened and that the Divine Tree would soon bear fruit.
• Orochimaru arrived with Kaguya Otsutsuki’s cultivated body, and Uchiha Kyu agreed to let her transfer into it.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki’s soul entered the new body, which transformed as she awakened and declared that she had been resurrected.

Kaguya Otsutsuki gave Orochimaru a Chakra Fruit after Uchiha Kyu helped restore her body, and Orochimaru swallowed it to gain vitality and a longer lifespan. Uchiha Kyu sensed approaching Ōtsutsuki experts and found Kaguya at her former home, where they discussed preparing for their arrival in about seven days.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki created a Chakra Fruit and gave it to Orochimaru as a reward for making her body.
• Uchiha Kyu explained the fruit’s benefits, so Orochimaru swallowed it instead of saving it for research.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki used Yomotsu Hirasaka to leave, and Uchiha Kyu sensed that Ōtsutsuki experts were approaching.
• Uchiha Kyu followed Kaguya Otsutsuki to her sealed former home in the Land of Fire and broke the entrance seal.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki estimated the Ōtsutsuki would arrive in about seven days, and Uchiha Kyu said he wanted to fight because he disliked anyone stronger than himself.

Uchiha Kyu and Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed that they needed to deal with the Otsutsuki Clan, while Kyu prepared to use the arriving enemy to test his strength. As the Divine Tree Fruit neared maturity, Madara Uchiha decided to stay for the coming battle, and Kyu warned that the world would soon be emptied of everyone but the Uchiha.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki recalled her former home and told Uchiha Kyu that she planned to wait for the Otsutsuki Clan's warriors rather than immediately restore the Divine Tree's rule.
• Uchiha Kyu declined Kaguya Otsutsuki's offer of help because he wanted to discover his limits by fighting the Otsutsuki himself.
• Otsutsuki Sō sensed the Divine Tree's location as Uchiha Fugaku and the others guarded its nearly blooming flower and prepared for the enemy's arrival.
• Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Izuna he would stay for the coming battle, but Izuna refused to leave him alone.
• Uchiha Kyu returned and told Madara Uchiha that the Otsutsuki powerhouse would arrive soon and that only the Uchiha would remain alive in the world before long.

As the Divine Tree blossomed, Kaguya Otsutsuki warned Uchiha Kyu that an Otsutsuki pursuer had arrived, and he prepared to face him. Otsutsuki Sō attacked the Uchiha guards protecting the tree, killed Uchiha Kazama—or seemed to—before Kazama reappeared, leaving Sō confused.

• The Divine Tree blossomed, and Kaguya Otsutsuki told Uchiha Kyu that an Otsutsuki pursuer had arrived.
• Uchiha Kyu welcomed the coming fight, while Kaguya Otsutsuki warned him not to underestimate the clan's warrior.
• Otsutsuki Sō arrived above the Divine Tree and coveted its fruit as Fugaku Uchiha ordered Uchiha Yue to signal Uchiha Kyu and protect the tree.
• Otsutsuki Sō attacked the guards, and Uchiha Kazama absorbed his first beam before Sō pierced Kazama's heart with a stronger one.
• Uchiha Kazama reappeared after Yue revived him, leaving Otsutsuki Sō questioning what he had seen.

Otsutsuki Sō tried to seize Uchiha Yue’s eyes, but Uchiha Kyu drove him back before Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared and joined the fight. The chapter ended with Kaguya’s attack forcing Otsutsuki Sō to evade her strike and take several of Kyu’s Miniature Tailed Beast Bombs.

• Otsutsuki Sō targeted Uchiha Yue’s eyes, but Uchiha Kyu intervened and ordered her and the others to leave.
• Uchiha Kyu used Space Crushing against Otsutsuki Sō, who escaped by splitting into clones.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Otsutsuki Sō with All-Killing Ash Bones, piercing his leg before he severed and regenerated it.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki confronted Otsutsuki Sō, and Uchiha Kyu joined her by readying Miniature Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki launched a sneak attack, forcing Otsutsuki Sō to dodge her strike and take several of Uchiha Kyu’s Tailed Beast Bombs.

Uchiha Kyu observed Kaguya Otsutsuki battling Otsutsuki Sō while testing his own power and studying the enemy’s abilities. As Otsutsuki Sō began gaining the advantage, Kyu launched a Truth-Seeking Orb blade at his back.

• Uchiha Kyu burned Otsutsuki Sō with Fire Release: Beacon Cage, while Kaguya Otsutsuki pursued him through the flames.
• Uchiha Kyu activated Six Paths Mode, and Otsutsuki Sō healed his injuries with energy released from his horns.
• Otsutsuki Sō fought Kaguya Otsutsuki, blocking her attacks and gradually gaining the advantage as she tried to seal him with her Yin–Yang Seals.
• Uchiha Kyu watched the battle and concluded that the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s power came from the same source as other chakra users.
• Fugaku Uchiha ordered his clan to protect the Divine Tree and called for the Sealing Team, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Izuna.
• Madara Uchiha arrived with Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Kyu sent a spinning Truth-Seeking Orb blade toward Otsutsuki Sō’s back.

Madara Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki fought Otsutsuki Sō while Uchiha Kyu watched for a way to counter his multiplying yaksha. Uchiha Kyu briefly sealed two yaksha, but they reappeared in greater numbers, leaving the threat unresolved.

• Otsutsuki Sō dodged Uchiha Kyu’s Truth-Seeking Orb attack with a jade-green barrier, but the attack wounded his shoulder.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki demanded Uchiha Kyu’s help, but he refused and asked to see Madara Uchiha’s true power instead.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Otsutsuki Sō with Limbo: Border Jail, while Kaguya Otsutsuki used All-Killing Ash Bones and Otsutsuki Sō summoned yaksha with Shared Netherworld: Yaksha.
• Otsutsuki Sō’s yaksha devoured attacks and split into more, overwhelming Madara Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki as Uchiha Kyu identified sealing or defeating Otsutsuki Sō as possible solutions.
• Uchiha Kyu sealed two yaksha in a scroll, but Otsutsuki Sō’s power made four yaksha reappear before him.

Uchiha Kyu and his allies struggled against Otsutsuki Sō's multiplying Yaksha and their sound-wave illusion, which disrupted their chakra. Kaguya Otsutsuki counterattacked by dragging Otsutsuki Sō into another dimension with her Yin–Yang Release, while Uchiha Kyu prepared to join the battle.

• Uchiha Izuna used Amaterasu to burn four Yaksha, but they multiplied and attacked him again.
• Otsutsuki Sō made the Yaksha unleash a sound-wave illusion that destabilized the chakra and emotions of Uchiha Kyu, Uchiha Izuna, Madara Uchiha, and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Otsutsuki Sō struck Kaguya Otsutsuki while she was weakened, but she recovered and used Yin–Yang Release: Yomi to counterattack.
• Uchiha Kyu decided to enter the fight, and Uchiha Yue climbed the Divine Tree with eye drops supplied by Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Tairoku.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki self-detonated and used her black hands to drag Otsutsuki Sō into the Yomotsu Hirasaka otherworld.

Kaguya Otsutsuki trapped Otsutsuki Sō in Yomotsu Hirasaka but could not finish him before he consumed a Divine Tree Fruit and escaped into the real world. Uchiha Kyu moved to confront the newly empowered enemy as Madara Uchiha stayed back.

• Uchiha Kyu told Uchiha Izuna that Otsutsuki Sō was still alive, while the Yakshas faded after losing their source's control.
• Uchiha Yue came to check on Uchiha Kyu, and he reassured her that she should stay with the clan.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki fought Otsutsuki Sō across icy and volcanic spaces, but he ate a Divine Tree Fruit to increase his power.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki transferred Otsutsuki Sō into the real world to avoid the backlash of him breaking out of Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Uchiha Izuna stopped Madara Uchiha from joining the fight, and Uchiha Kyu struck Otsutsuki Sō with his staff as the fruit's power overwhelmed him.

Otsutsuki Sō consumed a second Divine Tree Fruit and gained enough power to overwhelm Uchiha Kyu, but Uchiha Kyu burned him with Amaterasu. Otsutsuki Sō reappeared with a weakening aura, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Uchiha Kyu knocked Otsutsuki Sō into the ground, and Kaguya Otsutsuki revealed that Sō had consumed another Divine Tree Fruit.
• Fugaku Uchiha foresaw his death with his Mangekyō Sharingan and led the Sealing Team and Uchiha Tairoku away from Sō.
• Uchiha Kyu attacked Sō with Space Crushing, but Sō endured it, vanished, and shattered Uchiha Kyu's Susanoo before grabbing his wrist.
• Uchiha Kyu used Amaterasu to burn Sō's body away, but Sō reappeared, and Uchiha Kyu sensed his aura had weakened.

Uchiha Kyu sealed Otsutsuki Sō inside a gigantic meteor after immobilizing him with spatial power and a powerful seal. Kaguya Otsutsuki questioned what he planned to do next, and Uchiha Kyu said he would wait for the Divine Tree to bear fruit before dealing with Otsutsuki Sō permanently.

• Uchiha Kyu revealed that Otsutsuki Sō's resurrections consumed his soul and taunted him about having few chances left.
• Uchiha Kyu launched a black sphere infused with Ten-Tails power and sealing energy, drawing the battlefield and Otsutsuki Sō into the sky.
• Fugaku Uchiha ordered a retreat as Uchiha Tairoku and the others fled the sphere's immense gravitational pull.
• Uchiha Kyu froze Otsutsuki Sō with spatial power, bound him with a seal, and formed a gigantic meteor around him.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared beside Uchiha Kyu and reacted angrily when he compared the sealing to a familiar scene.
• Uchiha Kyu told Kaguya Otsutsuki he would wait for the Divine Tree to bear fruit before dealing with Otsutsuki Sō permanently.

Uchiha Kyu waited as the Divine Tree drained the world, then consumed its fruit and escaped with Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna. After absorbing its power, he returned to the flourishing Uchiha clan compound vastly stronger and gained two new abilities.

• Uchiha Kyu left Kaguya Otsutsuki behind and stayed with Uchiha Yue, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Izuna to guard the Divine Tree while Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi scavenged the dying world and discussed how to employ the ninjas.
• The Divine Tree drained the world until its rivers, greenery, animals, and people perished, and its fruit ripened above the barren land.
• Uchiha Kyu plucked and swallowed the Divine Tree Fruit, then used the last Dragon Vein power to cross back to the original world with Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna as Kaguya Otsutsuki followed at the last moment.
• Uchiha Kyu told Uchiha Kage to take Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna to the clan compound, then entered seclusion to absorb the fruit's power and gained Infinite Tsukuyomi and Infinite Regeneration.
• After half a month, Uchiha Kyu reached the strength Otsutsuki Sō had possessed after consuming two Divine Tree Fruits, while the completed Uchiha clan compound stood as a source of pride for its members.

With the world unified under the Immortal Empire, Uchiha Kyu’s ministers debated how to recover from the war and whether to eliminate the sealed Otsutsuki Sō. Orochimaru distracted the gathering by promising a way to live another life, but the ministers ultimately agreed to remove the threat immediately.

• Uchiha Kyu gathered the Empire’s upper echelon to discuss recuperation and recovery.
• Fugaku Uchiha identified the meteor sealing Otsutsuki Sō as the Empire’s remaining hidden danger.
• Shikaku Nara argued for maintaining the seal, while Minato Namikaze urged the Empire to eliminate Otsutsuki Sō before he could escape.
• Orochimaru offered to change people’s bodies and let them live another life, briefly turning the ministers’ attention to immortality.
• Uchiha Kyu brought the meeting back to its agenda, and the ministers unanimously decided to eliminate Otsutsuki Sō.

Uchiha Kyu released Otsutsuki Sō so the Empire’s leaders could witness his power, then defeated him in their ensuing battle. Otsutsuki Sō revived and unleashed his Hell Chain as Uchiha Kyu armored the Ten-Tails with Susanoo, leaving their clash to escalate.

• Uchiha Kyu ended the meeting, returned home to Konan, and left the next day to join the others at the sealed Otsutsuki Sō’s location.
• Uchiha Kyu removed the seal, and Otsutsuki Sō attacked the assembled leaders, defeating them in a single strike while Uchiha Kyu let them experience his strength.
• Uchiha Kyu swiftly overwhelmed Otsutsuki Sō, who unleashed an immense explosion, but Minato Namikaze evacuated the others before the blast hit them.
• Uchiha Kyu pierced Otsutsuki Sō with Susanoo and summoned the Ten-Tails, then clad it in armor as it disrupted the natural world.
• Otsutsuki Sō revived and attacked with Hell Chain: Eradication, while Uchiha Kyu challenged him to reveal the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s true power.

Uchiha Kyu wore down Otsutsuki Sō’s power and remaining revivals before using the Ten-Tails to capture his soul. Otsutsuki Sō could not revive after Uchiha Kyu crushed his heart, and his physical body truly died.

• Fugaku Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Madara Uchiha acknowledged their weakness and watched as Uchiha Kyu continued fighting Otsutsuki Sō.
• Otsutsuki Sō tried to conserve his dwindling revivals and seek an escape while Uchiha Kyu attacked him with the Ten-Tails.
• Uchiha Kyu used a Shadow Clone to conceal his position, then appeared behind Otsutsuki Sō and pierced his body to seize his heart.
• The Ten-Tails drew Otsutsuki Sō’s soul from his body, preventing him from reviving.
• Uchiha Kyu crushed Otsutsuki Sō’s heart, finally killing his physical body.

After defeating Otsutsuki Sō, Uchiha Kyu declared that the Empire would spend ten years recovering before conquering another world. Three years later, Uchiha Sota’s family faced a strained moment when his grandson Shingo lost a fight and pleaded for more time with his busy father, Uchiha Ryu.

• Uchiha Kyu captured Otsutsuki Sō’s pure Byakugan and told the clan that the Empire would rest for ten years before its next world conquest.
• Uchiha Sota reflected on how the Uchiha Clan’s fortunes had risen under Uchiha Kyu and how his son Ryu had become an Elite Jonin.
• Uchiha Shingo told his family that he had lost to Uchiha Kenichi and asked Ryu to train him.
• Uchiha Ryu scolded Shingo, who insisted he wanted to understand his defeat and ran to his room in tears.
• Uchiha Sota urged Ryu to spend more time with Shingo, who hoped to one day fight alongside his father.

Ryu Uchiha spent time with his son Shingo and taught him about the clan’s ideals as the Uchiha continued building its strength and population under Uchiha Kyu. The chapter ended with Konan returning from the hospital and telling Kyu that they had a child.

• Ryu Uchiha declined his friend’s invitation to train so he could spend time with his child.
• Ryu Uchiha took Shingo Uchiha to the training ground, where Shingo repeated the clan’s teachings about becoming strong and defending its honor.
• Ryu Uchiha promised to teach Shingo sword techniques and ninjutsu, while the clan continued its ideological education and training reforms.
• Uchiha Kyu’s clan had grown to ten thousand people, including 28 Mangekyō Sharingan wielders, and he planned to conquer the Ōtsutsuki Clan when the Uchiha were strong enough.
• Konan returned from the hospital and told Uchiha Kyu that they had a child.

Uchiha Kyu and Konan learned that they were expecting their first child, and the news brought Konan closer to the Uchiha family and drew congratulations from the Empire’s leaders. Kyu asked Orochimaru to become the child’s master, and Orochimaru began to reconsider his refusal.

• Uchiha Kyu arranged special care and meals for pregnant Konan after they returned home.
• Uchiha Mikoto, Kushina Uzumaki, and the wives of the Empire’s officials visited Konan to congratulate her.
• Orochimaru arrived to congratulate Uchiha Kyu, who asked him to teach the child once it was born.
• Orochimaru resisted, saying he was not suited to teaching and feared he might mislead the child.
• Uchiha Kyu praised Orochimaru’s teaching ability and said the child could grow into a powerful shinobi, stirring Orochimaru’s interest.

Uchiha Kyu prepared for the birth of his son while improving Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation technique. As Konan’s due date approached, Kyu entrusted her protection to Uchiha Kage and finally gave Orochimaru the improved technique.

• Orochimaru explained the limits of Living Corpse Reincarnation and gave Uchiha Kyu a scroll so he could improve it.
• Uchiha Kyu received congratulations and gifts from Imperial officials as the Uchiha Compound celebrated his coming heir.
• Hiashi's wife examined Konan and confirmed she was carrying a boy, with about a month remaining before the birth.
• Uchiha Kyu placed Immortal City under martial law and assigned Uchiha Kage and his guard unit to protect Konan.
• As Konan’s due date drew closer, Uchiha Kyu handed Orochimaru the improved Living Corpse Reincarnation.

Uchiha Kyu prepared for Konan’s delivery under extraordinary security, and she gave birth to a healthy son. Uchiha Kyu named the newborn Crown Prince and planned to leave his upbringing to Orochimaru, since he knew he would be too indulgent to discipline him.

• Uchiha Kyu kept the Medical Department and the routes around the delivery room under strict guard as Konan neared childbirth.
• Fugaku Uchiha reported that every possible entrance and exit within ten li had been secured.
• Hyuga Hiashi’s wife delivered Konan’s healthy baby boy, and Uchiha Kyu held his son for the first time.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Shikaku Nara, Hyuga Hiashi, and other clan leaders congratulated Uchiha Kyu and greeted the newborn as Crown Prince.
• Uchiha Mikoto suggested that the crying baby was hungry, so Uchiha Kyu carried him to Konan, who fed and soothed him.
• Uchiha Kyu reflected that he could not be strict with his son and decided to leave the child’s training to Orochimaru.

After consolidating his power and resolving the Hyuga Clan’s internal conflict, Uchiha Kyu prepared to launch the Empire’s next war after ten years of recovery. He appointed Orochimaru as vanguard commander and ordered Crown Prince Uchiha Jun to accompany the army.

• Hyuga Rishu argued with his elders that the Hyuga Clan needed to join forces with the Uchiha Clan to avoid becoming marginalized.
• Hyuga Rishu signaled a planned attack, killing most of the elders who opposed his plan, then secretly allied with Fugaku Uchiha.
• Over the next seven years, the Empire grew stronger, the Uchiha Clan surpassed ten thousand members, and the Sharingan awakening rate reached ninety percent.
• Uchiha Kyu assessed the Dragon Vein’s accumulated energy and declared that the Empire was ready for another war.
• Uchiha Kyu named Orochimaru vanguard commander and ordered Crown Prince Uchiha Jun to accompany the expedition.