Chapter Summaries

After Uchiha Kyu declared the world safe following Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s defeat, he celebrated with his allies and persuaded Uchiha Shisui to consider finding a partner and starting a family. The conversation ended in a toast to the Uchiha who had died before they could enjoy the peace they helped secure.

• Uchiha Kyu told Hyuga Hiashi and the others that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had been defeated and invited them to celebrate Fugaku and Minato’s new children.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Minato how fatherhood felt, and Minato said raising and protecting a child had given him a new responsibility.
• Uchiha Kyu noticed Uchiha Shisui was single and took him aside to persuade him to find a partner and have children.
• Uchiha Shisui objected that women could interfere with his training, but Uchiha Kyu described the comforts of having a family and offered to ask Mikoto to find him someone.
• Uchiha Kyu and Uchiha Shisui poured wine onto the ground in remembrance of the clansmen who had died before seeing the peace they helped create.

Uchiha Kyu considered how the Uchiha Clan’s sacrifices should be remembered, while Hyuga Hiashi decided to seek approval to abolish the Main and Branch Family system. At a banquet celebrating Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha having sons, Uchiha Kyu began speaking about the world beyond the Dragon Vein.

• Uchiha Kyu proposed recording the Uchiha Clan’s sacrifices and achievements for future generations, and Uchiha Shisui agreed before leaving for the evening.
• Hyuga Hiashi urged Hizashi Hyuga to search for a passage, calling it key to the Hyuga Clan’s future, but kept his knowledge of the Tenseigan secret.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Hizashi Hyuga he wanted to abolish the Main and Branch Family system, and Hizashi agreed to support him.
• Hyuga Hiashi said he would seek His Majesty’s approval before attempting to change the clan’s system.
• Uchiha Kyu arrived at the banquet celebrating Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha having sons, then announced that the guests had long coveted the world beyond the Dragon Vein.

Uchiha Kyu planned an expedition through the Dragon Vein to reclaim Konoha’s foothold in the parallel world, appointing Fugaku Uchiha to lead the vanguard. The clans competed to join and funded the campaign, while Fugaku returned home late, exhausted but excited.

• Uchiha Kyu explained that the vanguard would reclaim the Dragon Vein and establish a defensive line, then invited volunteers to join.
• Fugaku Uchiha volunteered to lead the force, and Uchiha Kyu accepted him after the others raised no objections.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Fugaku to choose the members, with unconditional conscription across the Empire and a minimum strength of Chunin.
• Minato Namikaze resolved to join the expedition, while the gathered clan leaders sought places for their people in the vanguard.
• After Uchiha Kyu left the banquet with Konan, Fugaku said the Empire lacked funds, prompting the clans to offer their wealth to support the war.
• Fugaku accepted the clans’ contributions, which could supply a force of over ten thousand for a year, and returned home in the middle of the night, tired but excited.

Uchiha Kyu accepted the clans’ nearly three billion in funds and assigned Fugaku Uchiha to negotiate a merger with the Uchiha Clan in the Dragon Vein World. As preparations for the invasion began, Kakashi, Might Guy, and other young shinobi signed up for the vanguard, while Shikaku Nara revealed he would join too.

• Fugaku Uchiha reported that the clans had contributed nearly three billion, and Uchiha Kyu approved his plan to negotiate a merger with the other world’s Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Kyu said he would let the invasion continue so Uchiha clansmen could awaken their Sharingan through battle.
• Kakashi and Might Guy decided to join the vanguard to earn money, and Kurenai Yuhi and other young shinobi prepared to sign up as well.
• Shikaku Nara explained that the clans’ payment served as a guarantee because Uchiha Kyu knew their plans to merge with their counterparts in the Dragon Vein World.
• Shikaku Nara announced that he planned to join the vanguard and asked Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka whether they would join him.

The Immortal Empire’s clan leaders prepared for a vanguard mission while keeping their clans obedient, and Uchiha Kyu reassured Konan that he had deliberately prevented her from becoming pregnant. Half a month later, Uchiha Itachi wanted to join the vanguard, while Uchiha Shisui and Orochimaru completed work on the Illusion Realm.

• Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi insisted on joining Shikaku Nara’s vanguard, and the clan leaders arranged for their clans to behave while they were away.
• Uchiha Kyu learned that Konan’s gloom came from worrying she could not bear a child, then told her he had taken precautions and agreed to leave it to nature.
• Uchiha Itachi devoted himself to caring for infant Sasuke Uchiha and asked to join the vanguard, but Fugaku Uchiha told him to wait until the second wave and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shisui finished improving the Illusion Realm with Orochimaru, who swallowed his scroll of notes and planned to seal away his memories of the forbidden grounds.

Uchiha Kyu approved the Illusion Realm’s use to help clan members awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered the Uchiha to prepare for war in another world. A week later, Fugaku Uchiha led a vanguard of twenty Mangekyō users through the Dragon Vein, where their Susanoo swept away Konoha’s forces near Roran.

• Uchiha Kyu authorized the Illusion Realm and told Uchiha Shisui to have older Three-Tomoe users test it first.
• Uchiha Okamoto and Huo Uchiha entered the Illusion Realm and awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan without investigating how it had happened.
• Uchiha Shisui arranged for Uchiha Kage to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and gave him eye drops.
• A week later, Fugaku Uchiha arrived at the Land of the Dragon Vein with a prepared vanguard to conquer another Parallel World.
• Fugaku Uchiha led twenty Mangekyō Sharingan users, including Uchiha Okamoto and Huo Uchiha, whose Susanoo overwhelmed Konoha’s forces near the Dragon Vein in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.

The Immortal Empire's vanguard established a base near the Dragon Vein as Konoha sent five thousand troops to seize it. Minato Namikaze led the Imperial forces into battle against his counterpart, and Kakashi and Might Guy broke through Konoha's formation.

• Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka discussed the Uchiha's many Mangekyō Sharingan and their own clans' plans.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Shikaku Nara for advice on securing a rear base, then ordered the vanguard to work in groups and beware of Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God.
• Minato Namikaze led a thousand Imperial vanguard members against Namikaze Minato and Konoha's five thousand troops, which Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent to test the Empire's strength.
• Might Guy warned Kakashi about an attack, and Kakashi killed a Konoha Jonin with White Fang Swordsmanship.
• Kakashi and Might Guy fought together, tore open Konoha's attacking formation, and helped the vanguard split the Konoha forces in two.

Namikaze Minato’s forces were routed by the Immortal Empire’s Uchiha, and Fugaku Uchiha established a forward base while planning further operations against Konoha. Uchiha Kyu refused to evacuate the Uchiha Clan from Konoha, instead ordering a bloody purge of those who remained loyal to the village.

• Namikaze Minato ordered his forces to narrow their attack, but the battle continued as the Empire’s Uchiha overwhelmed Konoha’s ninja.
• Namikaze Minato ordered a retreat, and Fugaku Uchiha commanded his forces to pursue the fleeing Konoha ninja.
• Shikaku Nara proposed infiltrating Konoha to destroy it from within, and Fugaku Uchiha approved the plan and reported that the Empire had secured a forward base.
• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku Uchiha to keep the war within sustainable limits, then learned that agents had contacted Uchiha Kyugaku and offered to move the Uchiha Clan to the Empire.
• Uchiha Kyu refused to bring the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha and directed Uchiha Kage to eliminate those who remained loyal to the village.

Uchiha Kyugaku decided to lead his clan out of Konoha as the village’s suspicions and the Empire’s advance left them with no safe path forward. After Namikaze Minato returned defeated, Kyugaku ordered the Uchiha to move toward their dawn beyond the village.

• Uchiha Kyugaku accepted that a peaceful escape was impossible and ordered preparations to leave, while Uchiha Kage sent two Mangekyō Sharingan shinobi to monitor him and kill him if necessary.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Shikaku Nara decided the captured Konoha shinobi were a burden, and Fugaku ordered them killed after the battle ended.
• Shikaku Nara’s forces took control of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, executed its Queen and officials, and conscripted its population to build an Imperial forward base.
• An Uchiha shinobi warned Uchiha Kyugaku that Namikaze Minato had been defeated, prompting Kyugaku to act before the news spread further.
• Namikaze Minato returned to Konoha after two days of flight, and news of his defeat plunged the village into grief.
• Uchiha Kyugaku addressed his armed clan and ordered them to move outside the village.

The Uchiha Clan rebelled against Konoha, but Uchiha Kage’s forces and defectors from other clans arrived to help them break through the village’s defenses. As Uchiha Kyugaku led his clansmen toward an opening, Orochimaru slipped into Konoha for his own reasons.

• Sarutobi Yuezan received word that the Uchiha Clan had rebelled and ordered Anbu to summon the advisors and Namikaze Minato.
• Uchiha Kyugaku urged his clan to hold on for reinforcements while Uchiha Kage’s forces monitored the battle and waited for the right moment to act.
• Uchiha Kyugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and confronted Sarutobi Yuezan and Namikaze Minato as the Uchiha fought while surrounded.
• An explosion at Konoha’s entrance let Uchiha Kage and Mangekyō Sharingan-wielding Uchiha forces, accompanied by brainwashed Kage Guard Unit members from other clans, attack the village shinobi.
• Uchiha Kyugaku used Susanoo to hold off Sarutobi Yuezan and Namikaze Minato while his clansmen fled through the gap, and Orochimaru slipped into Konoha.

Uchiha Kyu ordered Genin to enlist in an imperial campaign to open new territory, while considering how to expand across parallel worlds and grow stronger. The recruitment drew a vast queue, and Uchiha Sora and Uchiha Akira ended up helping process registrations.

• Uchiha Kage reported that Lord Fugaku had established an impregnable forward base, and Uchiha Kyu asked whether the newly arrived Uchiha had integrated smoothly into the clan.
• After learning the two Uchiha families had merged, Uchiha Kyu ordered that Genin willing to open new territory for the Empire could enlist.
• Hyuga Hiashi announced the recruitment order throughout the Empire.
• Uchiha Akira told Uchiha Sora about the opportunity, and the two hurried to register amid an enormous queue.
• Uchiha Akira and Uchiha Sora signed up early, then helped run a new registration site until they were exhausted and hungry.

The Empire’s conscription drive drew huge numbers of eager recruits, including members of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans, as leaders prepared them for a long war. Uchiha Kyu approved the enlistment despite the expected casualties, and the chapter ended with one hundred thousand recruits selected from two hundred thousand applicants.

• Hizashi Hyuga reported to Hyuga Hiashi that he had registered the clan members called up for the battlefield, and Hiashi urged him to earn merit and stay safe.
• Uchiha Kyugaku agreed to help Uchiha Yuu meet his other self, then told Uchiha Miho he intended to join the fighting and protect the Empire’s peace.
• Uchiha Kyu heard Uchiha Kage’s report and supported the clan members who had volunteered, arguing that battle would make them stronger.
• The Empire selected one hundred thousand conscripts, including seventy thousand Genin, from two hundred thousand applicants.

Uchiha Kyu awakened Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness through the Dragon Vein and demanded to learn about the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Kaguya revealed how the clan used Divine Tree Seeds, leaving Uchiha Kyu aware that the seeds were fiercely protected.

• Uchiha Kyu returned to the Land of the Dragon Vein and used its power to restore Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness within the Ten-Tails.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki mistook Uchiha Kyu for Indra at first, then learned he claimed to have dealt with her contingency and killed Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Kyu threatened to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness again unless she told him about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki explained that adult clan members took Divine Tree Seeds to planets and cultivated trees that produced power-enhancing fruit.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki said the clan relentlessly pursued anyone who took a Divine Tree Seed.

Uchiha Kyu learned the coordinates of the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s cosmic realm from Kaguya Otsutsuki and planned to use Orochimaru to prepare a body for her in exchange for keeping her under his control. Meanwhile, a Hyuga ninja reported that the Hyuga Clan had found what they were looking for.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan feared new rivals capable of consuming Divine Tree Fruits, and Uchiha Kyu concluded that their strength depended on those fruits.
• Uchiha Kyu rejected Kaguya Otsutsuki’s attempt to gain his sympathy and demanded the location of the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s headquarters.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki gave Uchiha Kyu the cosmic coordinates and taught him how to read them, then asked him to find her a body so she could revive.
• Uchiha Kyu ignored Kaguya Otsutsuki’s demands and considered having Orochimaru cultivate a body for her, intending to make her surrender her freedom in return.
• Uchiha Kyu gave the coordinates to Uchiha Kage to safeguard and asked whether Orochimaru had returned.
• A Hyuga ninja told Hyuga Hiashi that the Hyuga Clan had found what they were seeking and confirmed the discovery three times.

Hyuga Hiashi told Uchiha Kyu that he had found the entrance to the moon, where the Ōtsutsuki Clan lived, and asked for help. Uchiha Kyu agreed to accompany him, while Kaguya Otsutsuki recognized the lunar clan as descendants of her son Hamura.

• Hyuga Hiashi summoned the clan and told Hizashi Hyuga that the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon shared the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan.
• Hizashi Hyuga explained that the Hyuga Clan in the other world resisted integration into the Empire, and Hyuga Hiashi reassured him that resolving the lunar matter would raise their standing.
• Hyuga Hiashi visited Uchiha Kyu and reported that he had found the entrance to the moon but lacked the strength to proceed alone.
• Uchiha Kyu agreed to travel to the moon with Hyuga Hiashi, and Uchiha Kage began arranging for the emperor’s departure.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki identified the lunar Ōtsutsuki Clan as descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki who had been tasked with watching over her.

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.