Chapter Summaries

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.