Recaps

Uchiha Kyu learned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had recently visited the Shinobi World and helped Hyuga Hiashi understand that the clan was divided. On the moon, Ōtsutsuki Changhui failed to persuade the elders to unite against the Immortal Empire, while the teleportation array suddenly activated.

• Hizashi Hyuga identified one footprint as belonging to his clan but rejected another, and Uchiha Amaka reported the findings to Uchiha Kyu.
• Uchiha Kyu concluded that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had split internally and told Hyuga Hiashi he would intervene only if necessary.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki explained how to use the teleportation array after Uchiha Kyu pressed her about finding her a suitable body.
• Ōtsutsuki Changhui urged the elders to act against the Immortal Empire, but they resisted because they feared losing their power to him.
• Ōtsutsuki Changhui left in anger, and the elders admitted they would allow the Immortal Empire to grow rather than surrender their authority.
• The teleportation array outside the Ōtsutsuki Clan grounds flashed with light.

Hyuga Hiashi led a surprise attack on the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds on the moon while Uchiha Kyu entered the settlement to seize its resources and inheritance. The Hyuga overwhelmed the Ōtsutsuki, and the captured Grand Elder recognized Uchiha Kyu from intelligence gathered in the Shinobi World.

• Hizashi Hyuga reported that the teleportation array was guarded only by Genin, and Hyuga Hiashi led the Hyuga clansmen toward the undefended Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Uchiha Kage to collect lunar soil and samples while the Hyuga launched their attack.
• Ōtsutsuki Changhui confronted Hyuga Hiashi, but the Hyuga pressed their advantage and fought to take the Ōtsutsuki's Byakugan.
• Uchiha Kyu entered the Clan Grounds and ordered Uchiha Kage to collect the Ōtsutsuki Clan's inheritance.
• Uchiha Kage captured the Ōtsutsuki Grand Elder, who begged for his life and explained that he recognized Uchiha Kyu from intelligence reports and portraits.

Uchiha Kyu explored the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s inheritance chamber while his forces defeated Ōtsutsuki Changhui and the clan. Afterward, he rewarded Hyuga Hiashi with the clan’s Byakugan scrolls as the survivors were hunted down.

• The Ōtsutsuki Grand Elder led Uchiha Kyu through the clan compound, killed a loyal Ōtsutsuki ninja, and handed over inheritance scrolls.
• Uchiha Kyu read the clan’s records and learned that Hamura Otsutsuki’s descendants included the Kaguya Clan and that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had once guarded the world from cosmic threats.
• Uchiha Kage killed the Grand Elder on Uchiha Kyu’s unspoken order, while the battle outside ended with Ōtsutsuki Changhui as the last fighter standing.
• Ōtsutsuki Changhui admitted defeat and disemboweled himself, and Hyuga Hiashi ordered his corpse left intact before sending Hizashi Hyuga to hunt the remaining clan members.
• Uchiha Kyu gave Hyuga Hiashi the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Byakugan inheritance scrolls as a reward, and Hiashi thanked him.

Hyuga Hiashi’s forces hunted the Ōtsutsuki Clan across the moon while he studied how to fuse the Byakugan. Uchiha Shisui returned to the Immortal Palace with Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s corpse, and Uchiha Kyu discussed reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki to help him reach the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Otsutsuki Toneri lured Hyuga Clan ninjas toward a cave so the other Ōtsutsuki could flee, but he was struck by kunai and killed.
• A Hyuga Chunin removed Otsutsuki Toneri’s Byakugan and was scolded by his captain for standing alone on the battlefield.
• Hyuga Hiashi continued the moon-wide search and studied Uchiha Kyu’s materials about fusing the Byakugan and awakening the Tenseigan.
• Uchiha Shisui returned to the Immortal Palace with Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s corpse and said his twin brother had gone to see how the Empire had changed.
• Uchiha Kyu asked Kaguya Otsutsuki whether she wanted to meet her eldest son, but she refused and questioned whether Kyu intended to revive her.
• Uchiha Kyu assured Kaguya Otsutsuki that he planned to revive her and use her knowledge to guide him to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Mitaraishi Anko traveled through the desert to persuade Sunagakure’s peace-loving ninjas to join the Empire. After reaching the village’s outskirts, they planned to disguise themselves as villagers and infiltrate it.

• Sarutobi Yuezan and Namikaze Minato renewed Konoha’s alliance with Sunagakure as the Empire’s troops arrived.
• Might Guy questioned Kakashi’s map-reading as the group struggled through the shifting desert, and Kakashi explained that his counterpart had pledged allegiance after hearing the truth about his father.
• The group finally crossed the desert, where Kurenai Yuhi trapped two ambushing Sand Ninja with genjutsu and Mitaraishi Anko killed them.
• Kakashi insisted the group stay together and proposed disguising themselves as villagers to infiltrate Sunagakure.
• Mitaraishi Anko suggested waiting for villagers and taking them down, while Might Guy enthusiastically approved the plan.

Fugaku Uchiha handled the aftermath of an ambush that killed an Uchiha Chunin and ordered a campaign of daily surprise attacks. Hyuga Rishu apologized for the Hyuga Clan’s failure to warn the base, while privately fearing his clan would be merged with Hyuga Hiashi’s family.

• Shikaku Nara gave Fugaku Uchiha the casualty list, and Fugaku blamed himself for the death of an Uchiha Chunin in the attack by three Kage.
• Minato Namikaze apologized for arriving late, and Fugaku reassured him before ordering him to bring Jiraiya and Tsunade back ahead of an operation in four days.
• Minato Namikaze volunteered to lead the response and use the enemy’s methods against them.
• Fugaku Uchiha ordered at least twenty small-scale surprise attacks each day to harass the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hyuga Rishu knelt to apologize for the Hyuga Clan’s failure to react in time, and Fugaku helped him up and said he did not blame the clan.
• Hyuga Rishu feared that Hyuga Hiashi’s influence would lead the Empire to merge their clans, and he was determined not to submit to another version of himself.

Hyuga Rishu offered the Hyuga Clan’s assets to Fugaku Uchiha in exchange for the Empire’s goodwill and help securing a new clan settlement. After discussing Fugaku’s attack with Konan and Kaguya Otsutsuki, Uchiha Kyu was left waiting for Orochimaru, who had not returned.

• Hyuga Rishu agreed to join Fugaku Uchiha’s counterattack and presented him with a list of the clan’s members and industries.
• Fugaku Uchiha accepted the Hyuga Clan’s offer and promised to find them a good settlement in the Immortal Imperial Capital.
• Uchiha Kyu told Konan that Fugaku’s attack would keep him from becoming complacent, then spoke with Kaguya Otsutsuki about his plans to obtain a Divine Tree Fruit.
• Fugaku Uchiha wondered why Orochimaru and the others he had sent out had not returned.

Minato Namikaze led Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Rishu on a mission to destroy the Allied Shinobi Forces’ logistics supplies. They set the supplies ablaze, and Tsunade struck the Raikage while Hyuga Rishu protected the team.

• Fugaku Uchiha assigned Minato Namikaze to lead Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Rishu in an attack on the Allied Shinobi Forces’ supplies.
• Minato reminded Jiraiya not to hold back against people from his former world, and Jiraiya said he now understood the value of the Empire’s peace.
• The group infiltrated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ base using Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique and Hyuga Rishu’s Byakugan.
• Hyuga Rishu spotted the Raikage guarding the supplies, and Tsunade volunteered to fight him while the others carried out the mission.
• Minato transported the team into the supply area, where Jiraiya set the food and supplies ablaze.
• Tsunade struck the Raikage as he landed, sending him flying, while Hyuga Rishu used Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven to block incoming attacks.

Minato Namikaze, Hyuga Rishu, and Jiraiya attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces' supply depot while Fugaku Uchiha led an assault on the front lines. Tsunade and the Raikage fought until Minato's team escaped, but the Raikage pursued them with an Aburame tracker who followed their trail.

• Minato Namikaze trapped Tsunade and the Raikage inside a barrier while Hyuga Rishu and Jiraiya spread flames through the supply depot.
• Fugaku Uchiha led the Empire's shinobi through the Allied Shinobi Forces' defenses, preventing them from sending substantial reinforcements to the depot.
• The Raikage severed Tsunade's arm with Lightning Release, but she reattached and healed it before forcing him back with Heaven Kick.
• Minato Namikaze, Hyuga Rishu, and Jiraiya withdrew after the flames destroyed most of the supplies, escaping with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Raikage ordered a pursuit, and an Aburame Clan Jonin used insects to track the escaping group.

Minato Namikaze's team rested and ate Empire-made self-heating meals while Jiraiya struggled with the war's divisions. Uchiha Daiki and Black Zetsu discussed staying hidden from both sides, and the chapter ended as Hyuga Rishu spotted the pursuing force approaching.

• Minato Namikaze's team washed away their scent by a stream, rested to recover chakra, and ate Empire-made self-heating rice meals.
• Minato Namikaze reminded Jiraiya that the war could have only one winner, and Jiraiya reluctantly accepted the reality while Tsunade comforted him.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Daiki that the Immortal Empire was searching for them, and Daiki ordered their allies to stay hidden from the Empire and Allied Forces.
• Uchiha Daiki said they could not risk traveling through the Dragon Vein because of the powerful Uchiha guarding it.
• Hyuga Rishu spotted the approaching force with his enhanced vision and called the others to leave.

Minato Namikaze and his team tried to escape the Raikage, but Namikaze Minato used the same Flying Thunder God Marks to pursue them. Minato stayed behind to fight his other self while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hyuga Rishu went to seek reinforcements, and the chapter ended with news reaching the frontline that Minato was delayed.

• The Raikage intercepted Minato Namikaze and his companions, but Minato used Flying Thunder God to teleport them away.
• Namikaze Minato appeared along Minato's Flying Thunder God route and revealed he could follow using the same marks.
• Jiraiya urged Minato to retreat while he, Tsunade, and Hyuga Rishu escaped the approaching pursuers.
• Minato stayed behind to battle Namikaze Minato, and Tsunade persuaded Jiraiya to seek reinforcements instead of returning.
• At the frontline, Shikaku Nara told Fugaku Uchiha that Minato was held up by the Raikage and Namikaze Minato.

Obi arrived in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran to expand the Empire’s industry, secure mining resources, and produce weapons in this world. With Fugaku Uchiha’s support and Uchiha Yun assigned as his guard, Obi headed to the Grass Country and ordered a factory workforce assembled within ten days.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Shikaku Nara discussed Minato’s delay and arranged reinforcements to prevent further trouble.
• Obi met Fugaku Uchiha and Shikaku Nara, explained his plans to build factories and develop local resources, and secured their cooperation.
• Fugaku Uchiha assigned Uchiha Yun to protect Obi as he prepared to inspect the Grass Country.
• Obi told his assistant to establish production lines quickly and recruit local workers in the Grass Country.
• Obi ordered an Akimichi Jonin to provide five thousand people for factory construction within ten days.

Ryoichi Akimichi and Uchiha Obi oversaw the forced construction of an Imperial factory in the Grass Country, while Fugaku Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Shikaku Nara planned how to exploit the weakened Allied Shinobi Forces. Shikaku proposed capturing this world's Namikaze Minato so Minato could impersonate him, and identified Shisui as key to the plan.

• Ryoichi Akimichi persuaded the Grass Country daimyo to conscript five thousand people to build a factory for the Empire.
• Uchiha Obi drove the laborers relentlessly, and the factory was completed within ten days despite many workers dying.
• Minato Namikaze thanked Fugaku Uchiha for supporting him during the previous operation, and they discussed the Allied Shinobi Forces' weakened state.
• Shikaku Nara proposed capturing this world's Namikaze Minato so Minato could impersonate him and use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Shikaku Nara said Shisui would be needed to capture Namikaze Minato.

Uchiha Shisui agreed to help restrain Namikaze Minato in a mission to support the Empire, bringing Uchiha Tomebi along. Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha’s attacks depleted the Allied Shinobi Forces’ supplies, and he and Shikaku Nara prepared to put their plan into action.

• Uchiha Shisui accepted Fugaku Uchiha’s mission and invited Uchiha Tomebi to join him.
• Uchiha Tomebi agreed to help preserve the Empire, and the two traveled to the parallel world on the Dragon Vein timeline.
• Fugaku Uchiha welcomed Shisui and Tomebi with a feast, where Shikaku Nara and Namikaze Minato explained their roles in the mission.
• Uchiha Shisui confidently said he knew how to counter the Flying Thunder God Technique and could hold Minato back.
• After a week of fierce attacks, Fugaku Uchiha found an opportunity to enact the plan as the Allied Shinobi Forces neared the end of their supplies.

Fugaku Uchiha approved an operation to infiltrate the Allied Shinobi Forces and weaken their combat strength, sending Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Tomebi, and Minato Namikaze to carry it out. The plan succeeded in replacing the Allied commander with an impostor, and the real Namikaze Minato ended the chapter trapped in a barrier as Shisui prepared to capture him.

• Shikaku Nara reminded Fugaku Uchiha that the war was training Empire ninja, and Fugaku decided to send another batch of recruits to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Tomebi, and Minato Namikaze began their operation after Fugaku Uchiha gave the order.
• Two and a half days later, Shisui and Tomebi attacked Namikaze Minato's tent and used Kotoamatsukami to lure him away while Minato Namikaze impersonated him.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to chase the attackers in the wrong direction, successfully infiltrating them as their commander.
• After Kotoamatsukami wore off, Namikaze Minato found himself trapped inside a barrier, and Uchiha Shisui warned him that the Flying Thunder God could not help him escape.

Namikaze Minato infiltrated the Allied Forces camp and was assigned to transport supplies, intending to steal the route information for the Empire. The other Kage distrusted Konoha and planned to use Minato and decoy supplies while moving the real supplies secretly.

• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Tomebi trapped the real Namikaze Minato inside a barrier powered by Dragon Vein energy, preventing him from using the Flying Thunder God.
• The disguised Minato met with Sarutobi Yuezan and claimed Imperial elite Jonin had attacked his tent and escaped.
• Sarutobi Yuezan assigned Minato to transport supplies and reassured him that only the Kage knew the routes and that he could choose among several options.
• Minato planned to send the supply route information back to the Empire once he received it.
• The Mizukage, Kazekage, Raikage, and Tsuchikage decided to send Minato with decoy supplies while secretly transporting the real supplies themselves.

The Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage discussed the Empire’s plans and tried to raise morale as they considered the threat it posed. At the Immortal Academy, Orochimaru organized the school and investigated inactive Hagoromo Otsutsuki cells, while Uchiha Kyu reviewed Orochimaru’s proposal and continued studying the Dragon Vein.

• The Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage discussed whether Konoha’s defection was genuine and learned that the Empire was building factories in Grass Country for a war of attrition.
• The Raikage urged the others to focus on their duties, then adjourned the meeting.
• Orochimaru instructed an academy teacher to guide students through their books and arrange for promising students to observe real combat.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Orochimaru that Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s cells remained inactive, and Orochimaru shut himself in the laboratory to investigate.
• Uchiha Kyu reviewed Orochimaru’s proposal with Konan and said he would visit the other world later, while continuing his research into the Dragon Vein and ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kyu began researching how Yin-Yang Release could create inherited Kekkei Genkai, and he recruited Orochimaru to help develop the method. Orochimaru uncovered a password lock in Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s bloodline factors, while Uchiha Kyu arranged to study Hiruko’s preserved notes and supply the power needed for experiments.

• Uchiha Kyu reasoned that Kekkei Genkai were created within the body through Yin-Yang Release and that bloodline factors were their core.
• Uchiha Kyu watched Orochimaru work in the laboratory as Orochimaru discovered and unlocked a hidden password in Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s bloodline factors.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi to resume cultivating the embryo and left his notes on breaking and resetting the bloodline-factor lock.
• Uchiha Kyu asked Orochimaru about Hiruko’s research, and Orochimaru agreed to deliver the notes he had secretly preserved.
• Uchiha Kyu explained that he wanted to help ordinary people gain inheritable Kekkei Genkai and establish clans, then offered Orochimaru Yin-Yang Power for the experiments.

Uchiha Kyu worked through Orochimaru’s notes on Lineage Factors and used the Cultivation Template to rapidly develop and record improved research. He gave Orochimaru the new materials and books to support experiments before leaving to rest.

• Orochimaru brought Uchiha Kyu Hiruko’s copied notes on Lineage Factors, and Kyu took him to the Immortal Palace’s study to consult its catalogs and books.
• Uchiha Kyu read the Lineage Factor theory, began cultivating it through the Cultivation Template, and wrote down additional information for Orochimaru.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked about Lineage Factors, and Uchiha Kyu told her he was carrying forward her son’s work.
• By dawn, Uchiha Kyu’s Lineage Factor progress had reached twenty percent, and he gave Orochimaru his revised research materials for experiments.
• Uchiha Kyu offered Orochimaru help with Yin-Yang Power and let him take useful books, then Orochimaru left the Immortal Palace while Kyu went to catch up on sleep.

Fugaku Uchiha sent Shikaku Nara’s squad, including Tsunade and Uchiha Yue, to ambush a supply convoy led by Minato Namikaze. As the squad entered the combat zone, Hyuga Rishu spotted enemies ahead, and Shikaku ordered everyone to hide.

• Fugaku Uchiha received Minato Namikaze’s intelligence and assigned Shikaku Nara to choose a team to attack the supply convoy.
• Fugaku Uchiha named Tsunade, Jiraiya, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Hyuga Rishu, and Uchiha Yue for the operation.
• The chapter described Uchiha Yue’s tragic past, Mangekyō Sharingan techniques, and skill with the Thunder God's Sword.
• Shikaku Nara’s squad set out, and Jiraiya told Tsunade that Uchiha Yue was the strongest female ninja in the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Rishu spotted enemies about one thousand meters ahead, and Shikaku Nara ordered the squad to stop and take cover.

Shikaku Nara’s team discovered that the Allied Shinobi Forces were building an altar for Impure World Reincarnation, apparently to resurrect powerful dead warriors. They sent word to Fugaku Uchiha and continued their operation, leaving the Ninja Cat’s message arriving at his desk.

• Shikaku Nara ordered Uchiha Yue to send news of the enemy squad back through her Ninja Cat summoning contract.
• The team found Mist Ninja forcing exhausted civilians to build a large structure, and Inoichi Yamanaka learned from a farmer that construction had lasted half a month.
• Tsunade recognized the structure as an altar connected to Impure World Reincarnation, a forbidden technique for resurrecting the dead.
• Shikaku Nara warned that the enemy squad might be gathering corpses to resurrect powerful fighters, possibly including the First and Second Hokage.
• Uchiha Yue sent another message, and Shikaku Nara ordered the team to continue the operation because Minato had given them little time.
• A Ninja Cat appeared on Fugaku Uchiha’s desk and meowed insistently.

Fugaku Uchiha received Namikaze Minato as a prisoner after Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Tomebi captured him, while Minato secretly sent word that the Allied Forces’ real supply convoy was traveling by a different route. Shikaku Nara’s ambush squad learned their target was a decoy and prepared to gamble on finding the true route.

• Fugaku Uchiha read intelligence suggesting the Allied Forces might use Impure World Reincarnation and ordered his men to bring him Uchiha Shisui, who had returned with the captured Namikaze Minato.
• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Tomebi handed Minato over to Fugaku Uchiha, who ordered him imprisoned and guarded.
• While leading a decoy supply convoy, Minato Namikaze noticed its changing weight and secretly sent a message revealing that Ōnoki was escorting the real supplies along a secret route.
• Shikaku Nara’s squad prepared an ambush on the expected route using powerful new Explosive Tags brought by Uchiha Yue.
• Uchiha Yue received Fugaku Uchiha’s urgent message and told Shikaku Nara that Minato’s convoy was a decoy and the real transport route was unknown.
• Shikaku Nara concluded that the squad must gamble to discover the real route and asked whether they knew the roads from the Land of Fire to the front lines.

Shikaku Nara deduced that the Allied Shinobi Forces were using Kannabi Bridge to transport supplies and split his team to cover both possible routes. As Ōnoki’s convoy approached the bridge, Shikaku’s group found fresh cart tracks nearby.

• Shikaku Nara identified Kannabi Bridge as the likely supply route and explained that Konoha had secretly repaired it after the Third Shinobi World War.
• Shikaku Nara sent Jiraiya and Tsunade to watch White Leaf River while he, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Hyuga Rishu, and Uchiha Yue headed for Kannabi Bridge.
• Uchiha Yue sent word of the operation to Uchiha Fugaku, who could warn Minato Namikaze that his position might be exposed.
• Ōnoki escorted the supply convoy toward Kannabi Bridge, confident that his plan to use Minato as bait had put him ahead of Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara’s group raced toward the bridge, where Hyuga Rishu found fresh, deep tracks from horse-drawn carts.

Shikaku Nara’s team ambushed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ transport unit after Uchiha Yue diverted a scout and planted Explosive Tags. The attack devastated the convoy, and Hyuga Rishu infiltrated its ranks as Uchiha Yue struck at Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki.

• Uchiha Yue used her Mangekyō Sharingan to divert a scout bird while Shikaku Nara led the team toward the transport route.
• The team set an ambush, and Uchiha Yue detonated Explosive Tags as the transport unit entered the blast radius.
• Shikaku Nara coordinated the Ino–Shika–Cho combination attack, with Choza Akimichi crushing Allied Forces ninjas and smoke bombs disrupting their vision.
• Ōnoki raised the ground to escape the smoke, but Shikaku Nara sent Choza Akimichi crashing into it, causing the elevated earth to collapse.
• Hyuga Rishu infiltrated the Allied Forces with the Transformation Technique and attached Explosive Tags to their carts.
• Uchiha Yue lunged at Ōnoki with her weapon as her Mangekyō Sharingan glared at him.

Uchiha Yue survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release with Izanagi, severed his arms, and killed him. Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi destroyed the supply convoy before regrouping with Hyuga Rishu and Yue, who returned carrying Ōnoki’s head.

• Ōnoki’s mud clone was destroyed by Uchiha Yue’s strike, and he trapped her with Dust Release, but she returned using Izanagi and cut off both his arms.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi fought the Allied Forces ninjas while the convoy’s surviving supplies were protected and moved toward the front line.
• Uchiha Yue pursued Ōnoki and killed him with Chidori after his missing arms prevented him from using Dust Release.
• Shikaku Nara and the others destroyed the supply vehicles with Explosive Tags while Hyuga Rishu slipped away unnoticed.
• Hyuga Rishu rejoined the group, and Shikaku Nara helped the injured Choza Akimichi leave as Uchiha Yue returned with Ōnoki’s head.