Recaps

After defeating Kumogakure’s forces, Enkō’s group formed a temporary alliance with Sunagakure and followed his trail through the desert. Enkō caught up with Baihe and faced her allies Shuiwu, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the concealed Mu, leaving a clash between the gathered Kage-level fighters imminent.

• Kinkaku carried the badly wounded A and Ginkaku away, while A vowed to train and surpass Enkō.
• Shamon agreed to Izuna’s terms for a temporary alliance, and the Third Kazekage affirmed Sunagakure’s commitment.
• Izuna, Juri, and their new allies followed Enkō’s markers through the desert to catch up with him.
• Baihe used Mist Release to flee with the stolen scroll, but Enkō sensed her in Sage Mode and pursued her with lightning armor.
• Baihe confronted Enkō, then Shuiwu and Hozuki Gengetsu emerged from an ambush; Enkō revealed that Mu was concealed above them.

Enkō used the standoff between Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu to recognize that other teams were moving against their rivals. After Izuna and the others arrived, Enkō allied with Shamon and proposed setting a trap for Konoha.

• Hozuki Gengetsu proposed teaming up with Enkō, but Enkō revealed that Mist Hidden Village had the auxiliary scroll numbered '1.'
• Hozuki Gengetsu sent Baihe away with the scroll while Shuiwu and he stayed behind, and Enkō pointed out that Mu was stalling them for his teammates.
• Enkō warned that fighting would leave them vulnerable to the missing team's attack, and an explosion sounded in the distance.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Shuiwu rushed toward the disturbance while Mu concealed himself, leaving Enkō to wait for his teammates.
• Izuna and the others arrived, and Enkō proposed that Sand Hidden Village ally with them to ambush Konoha.

Baihe lost Mist Hidden Village’s scrolls to Tobirama and his Konoha team after Poison Bee and Zhen pursued her across the desert. Shimaizumi then gave Gengetsu and Mu scrolls that set Mist and Iwagakure against each other, while he worried that something could still go wrong for Konoha.

• Poison Bee tracked Baihe with bees as Zhen bombarded her with explosive stones, forcing her to abandon four scrolls.
• Tobirama and Kurama Qiye seized the scrolls, and Shimaizumi stayed behind to hold off Poison Bee’s insects while the others fled.
• Tobirama blasted Zhen away with a Water Shockwave, then Baihe apologized to Gengetsu for losing Mist’s scrolls.
• Shimaizumi gave Gengetsu and Mu two scrolls, prompting them to recognize that Konoha had maneuvered Mist and Iwagakure into fighting over the remaining sets.
• Gengetsu and Mu began battling as Shimaizumi watched and wondered why he had a bad feeling despite Konoha’s apparent advantage.

The Second Raikage accepted the risk of becoming a Jinchuriki so he could grow stronger, while Tobirama Senju and Kurama Qiye were intercepted in the desert. Kurama Qiye trapped their pursuers in his Real-Scene Genjutsu and summoned Senju Hashirama, leaving Izuna, Enkō, and Shamon facing the God of Shinobi.

• The First Raikage told the wounded Second Raikage that the Lightning Country would receive a Tailed Beast and explained the risks of the Jinchuriki project.
• The Second Raikage agreed to become a Jinchuriki to gain strength and avenge his defeat.
• Tobirama Senju and Kurama Qiye raced toward the scroll submission point but were confronted by Izuna, Enkō, and Shamon.
• Tobirama tried to break through while Kurama Qiye held off the others, but Kurama Qiye transported the pursuers into his Real-Scene Genjutsu of Konoha.
• Kurama Qiye manifested Senju Hashirama before Izuna, Enkō, and Shamon.

Enkō, Izuna, and Shamon fought a Hashirama illusion inside Kurama Qiye’s spatial genjutsu, with Shamon defeating it using his puppets. Enkō then used Kanata to teleport the three away, leaving Kurama Qiye to wonder what Tobirama would make of their escape.

• Shamon asked how strong the Hashirama illusion was, and Enkō estimated it had no more than half of Hashirama’s original strength.
• Hashirama attacked with Wood Release, and Shamon countered with his five puppets and their elemental techniques.
• Hashirama destroyed Shamon’s water puppet and trapped him with a Wood Dragon, but Shamon’s coordinated attacks dispersed the illusion.
• Kurama Qiye told the three that Tobirama was nearly at the hand-in point and claimed they had lost.
• Enkō placed his hands on Izuna and Shamon’s shoulders and used Kanata to teleport them away.
• Kurama Qiye collapsed in the desert and realized the three had escaped using Flying Thunder God.

Tobirama was ambushed by Juri, Monzaemon, and the Third Kazekage near the competition’s finish line, but used the fight as a diversion to race for the goal. Just as he was stopped by a thrown blade, a powerful figure arrived to face him.

• Tobirama destroyed the Sand Iron projectiles and fought off attacks from Monzaemon and Juri, damaging Monzaemon’s puppet and striking Juri’s shoulder.
• The Third Kazekage blocked Tobirama’s shadow-cloned shuriken with a Sand Iron Wall.
• Juri realized that Tobirama had marked the shuriken to conceal his escape, but he had already raced toward the finish line.
• An unknown figure seized Juri’s Cold Edge and hurled it, blasting a crater in Tobirama’s path.
• Tobirama looked up to see the imposing figure approaching through the wind and sand.

Enkō forced Tobirama to surrender his scrolls, then divided the collected scrolls with Shamon and headed to submit them. The competition ended with the Flame Hidden Village in first place, and the first Six Kage Summit began the next morning to distribute resources.

• Enkō and five allies surrounded Tobirama, who conceded and handed over his scrolls.
• Enkō and Shamon combined their scrolls, found three complete sets, and agreed to divide them according to their partnership.
• The Kage watched the competition results, and Madara received Hashirama's congratulations as the Flame Hidden Village's victory became clear.
• Tobirama returned to claim third place for Konoha after gathering scrolls from the exhausted Mist Hidden Village and Hidden Stone forces.
• The villages' final rankings were announced, and twelve representatives gathered at the Kazekage Building the next morning for the first Six Kage Summit.

The Kage provisionally allocated resources, Tailed Beasts, and land, then signed Hashirama’s peace agreement. After the other Kage departed, Reto privately confronted Madara and Enkō, asking whether the Land of Flame intended to start a war.

• Enkō agreed to negotiate limited mineral and medicinal resource purchases with Konoha, but Tobirama refused to sell Konoha’s ninjutsu.
• Reto offered the South Silver Plains of the Land of Fire in exchange for payment, and Tobirama agreed to the sale.
• The villages distributed the remaining Tailed Beasts: Konoha took the Eight-Tails and Seven-Tails, Kirigakure the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, Iwagakure the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and Kumogakure the Two-Tails.
• The Kage signed Hashirama’s peace agreement, then left to return to their villages.
• Reto invited Madara and Enkō to a private meeting and asked Enkō whether the Land of Flame planned to start a war.

Enkō and Madara negotiated a mineral trade and a closer partnership with Reto, who hoped to ally with them against Konoha. After leaving Sunagakure, Enkō confirmed they would stick to their own plan and began a hunt with Izuna.

• Reto revealed Sunagakure's interest in cooperating with the Land of Flame, and Madara deduced that he wanted help attacking the Land of Fire.
• Reto proposed an alliance against Konoha, while Enkō and Madara agreed only that their goals were aligned and secured a favorable iron ore deal.
• Reto personally escorted Enkō's group to the gates, where Enkō advised him to prepare for a rainy day.
• After leaving Sunagakure, Enkō told Izuna that their agreement did not mean they would attack Konoha and that they would follow their own plan.
• Izuna said Juri was watching their prey, and Enkō declared that the hunt would begin.

Aboard the ship returning to the Water Country, Byakuren agreed to let Shuiwu deal with the pirates troubling the coast. Shuiwu sensed an attacker breaking into his room and recognized the blade as the assailant rushed him.

• Byakuren discussed Kirigakure's relative weakness and the need to address its isolation and lack of mainland trade.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Shuiwu agreed that the pirates had to be dealt with, and Shuiwu offered to handle them after coastal villagers were evacuated.
• Byakuren approved Shuiwu's plan but warned him to stay within limits.
• Shuiwu reflected on his bloodthirsty Kekkei Genkai and watched the waves from his room aboard the ship.
• Shuiwu sensed danger, dodged as his window shattered, and recognized the blade that the attacker used to charge at him.

Enkō attacked Shuiwu aboard the ship, overpowering him before Byakuren intervened with Ice Release. Enkō used Changing Places to summon a powerful ally, who faced Byakuren’s ice attack with a war fan.

• Baihe asked Byakuren to teach her Ice Release, but he sensed an intruder and rushed toward the disturbance.
• Enkō fought Shuiwu inside the ship’s tower, killed two Kirigakure guards, and nearly captured Shuiwu before Byakuren’s ice attack forced him outside.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and the Kirigakure ninja surrounded Enkō on the deck as Byakuren demanded an explanation.
• Enkō declared that he intended to take Shuiwu to Flame Hidden Village over a private grudge, and Byakuren attacked him with Ice Pillar Swallow.
• Enkō used Changing Places to summon a tall figure, who raised a white war fan against Byakuren’s incoming ice spikes.

After Uchiha Madara’s attack sank the ship, Byakuren and Hozuki Gengetsu rescued the surviving Kirigakure forces and learned that Madara’s group wanted Shuiwu. Byakuren held off Madara so Shuiwu could flee toward the Water Country, but an unseen threat surfaced beneath Shuiwu before he could escape.

• Baihe survived the shipwreck and watched Byakuren and Hozuki Gengetsu bring unconscious ninjas to safety.
• Byakuren recognized Uchiha Madara, and Shuiwu suspected that Madara’s group was targeting him.
• Byakuren recalled finding Shuiwu after he had slaughtered a village and taking him in as a personal guard.
• Byakuren told Shuiwu to flee while he and Hozuki Gengetsu held Madara’s group back.
• Madara’s attack raised a towering wave, which Byakuren froze before battling the incoming Yasaka Beads with ice dragons.
• Shuiwu raced toward the Water Country, but ripples suddenly erupted beneath his feet.

Uchiha Izuna fought Shuiwu and Hozuki Gengetsu while Enkō rushed to his aid, and Madara overwhelmed Byakuren. Byakuren returned with a vast freeze that sealed the sea in ice, prompting Madara to welcome the renewed challenge.

• Izuna ambushed Shuiwu, who escaped after Izuna's fire attack collided with his Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Izuna pierced Hozuki Gengetsu with his sword, but Gengetsu used the Hydrification Technique and counterattacked with a Water Gun Technique.
• Izuna burned Gengetsu's chest with crimson flames, and Gengetsu summoned a giant clam to continue the fight.
• Enkō asked Madara to send him after Shuiwu, and Madara hurled him toward the horizon with Susanoo.
• Byakuren attacked Enkō, but Madara struck him through an ice shield and sent him crashing into the sea.
• Byakuren emerged again and froze the sea for thousands of miles, and Madara urged him to fight.

Enkō fought Shuiwu across the frozen sea and gradually overwhelmed the Mizukage, who unleashed a powerful Blood Release technique before fleeing toward the coast. Shuiwu spotted a Kirigakure fleet and believed he had been saved as Enkō pursued him.

• Enkō caught up with Shuiwu over the frozen sea, and the two crashed through the ice into the water.
• Shuiwu used blood armor to block Enkō’s dōjutsu and attacked with weapons formed from blood, while Enkō countered with Susanoo.
• Enkō battered Shuiwu until Shuiwu drank stored blood and unleashed Blood Release: Blood Burial.
• Enkō’s Crow Tengu Susanoo split Shuiwu’s blood-red vortex with a spear strike, leaving Shuiwu badly injured and missing his right arm.
• Shuiwu fled toward the coast, but Enkō chased him; Shuiwu then spotted a Kirigakure fleet and rushed toward it for help.

Byakuren used his ultimate Ice Release technique to freeze and shatter Madara, but Madara reappeared and brutally struck him down. The Kirigakure spectators’ cheers faded as the fight’s outcome turned against their leader.

• Madara overwhelmed Byakuren in a fierce battle, forcing him to use his ultimate technique.
• Byakuren froze Madara with Ice Release: Ice Yan and shattered the ice sculpture, prompting Kirigakure ninja to celebrate.
• Byakuren considered killing Izuna and Hozuki Gengetsu to prevent Flame Hidden Village from retaliating against Kirigakure.
• Madara’s Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in Byakuren’s spiritual space, and Madara struck him in the chest.
• Madara grabbed Byakuren’s ankle, dragged him back, and smashed him into the water.

Madara defeated Byakuren and spared the Kirigakure guards, then stopped Izuna from continuing his fight with Hozuki Gengetsu so they could pursue their mission. Enkō cornered Shuiwu aboard a ship, where Shuiwu discovered Uchiha Chiri and the Funato Clan waiting alongside the outsiders.

• Madara defeated Byakuren, caught Baihe’s shuriken, and left after Byakuren begged him to spare the Kirigakure guards.
• Baihe gave Byakuren healing medicine, and he ordered her to return to Kirigakure before passing out.
• Izuna broke Hozuki Gengetsu’s Mirage, but Madara called him away to prioritize their mission.
• Shuiwu used Byakuren’s blood to boost his speed and reached a ship while Enkō pursued him.
• Shuiwu called for help, but he froze when Uchiha Chiri and the Funato Clan appeared among the ship’s crew.

Enkō’s alliance with the Funato Clan helped him defeat and capture Shuiwu, while he urged Funato Tenzui to expand across smaller island nations and eventually attack the Whirlpool Country. The chapter ends with Madara and Izuna returning to the Flame Hidden Village with Enkō and Shuiwu, as Tenzui realizes Enkō’s plan could ignite another war.

• Funato Tenzui revealed that the Funato Clan had joined Enkō’s operation and explained how they had used a Kirigakure banner to lure Shuiwu into the trap.
• Shuiwu tried to kill himself, but Juri cut off his forearm, and Enkō caught him after he fell under genjutsu.
• Funato Tenzui arranged emergency treatment for Shuiwu and asked Enkō how the Flame Hidden Village would help the Funato Clan fight Kirigakure.
• Enkō advised Tenzui to conquer smaller island nations and unite their forces before confronting Kirigakure, beginning with the Whirlpool Country.
• Enkō promised to keep Konoha occupied when the Funato Clan moved against the Whirlpool Country, and Tenzui agreed to consider the plan.
• Madara and Izuna arrived, and they returned to the Flame Hidden Village with Enkō and the captured Shuiwu as Tenzui suspected another war was approaching.

Hashirama and Tobirama analyzed why the Uchiha had captured Shuiwu and worried about the consequences for peace. In the Flame Hidden Village, Enkō began an experiment involving Shuiwu’s Blood Release and two Mangekyō Sharingan.

• An intelligence operative told Hashirama that the Uchiha had ambushed Kirigakure’s delegation, taken Shuiwu, and badly injured Mizukage Byakuren.
• Tobirama reasoned that the Uchiha might use Shuiwu’s Blood Release to alter or purify bloodlines and evolve the Sharingan.
• Hashirama worried that the Uchiha’s actions could break the peace, while Tobirama said Konoha should prepare for war and then left to research a ninjutsu.
• Madara gave Enkō two Mangekyō Sharingan belonging to Uchiha Shan as Izuna voiced concern about the experiment.
• Enkō activated Kagami no Mitama and directed his left eye toward the bound Shuiwu.

Enkō had Uchiha Shan’s Sharingan transplanted and used Blood Release to overcome bloodline incompatibility as his pupil powers fused. After enduring the painful process, he removed his bandages and revealed his Eternal Eyes.

• Enkō infused the Sharingan in nutrient solution with his blood, then asked Madara to transplant them.
• Madara transplanted Uchiha Shan’s eyes, and Enkō’s chakra replaced the eyes’ residual chakra.
• Enkō used Blood Release to assimilate the eyes’ bloodline and endured the clash as their pupil powers fused.
• Enkō spoke with the recovered little Fang in his mental space, then said the time had come to experience the shinobi world.
• Enkō removed his bandages and opened his newly evolved Eternal Eyes.

Enkō discovered that someone had altered the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet with Yin–Yang Release and chose to destroy it rather than leave the false teachings in place. After meeting Uchiha Juri on his way to the hospital, he learned that Tian Yuan had developed the medical ninjutsu he had requested.

• Enkō read the altered stone tablet with his Mangekyō Sharingan and realized its text had been changed using Yin–Yang Release.
• Mad Fang explained that sage art could destroy the tablet but could not restore its original contents, so Enkō chose to destroy it.
• Enkō met Uchiha Juri, apologized that her Mangekyō side effects remained unresolved, and suggested she become the Second Flame Shadow after the war.
• Uchiha Juri agreed to consider the position and urged Enkō to focus on the coming war as they parted at the road fork.
• Enkō arrived at the hospital, where Tian Yuan excitedly announced that he had developed the medical ninjutsu Enkō had mentioned.

Tian Yuan demonstrated the Medicine Clan’s newly developed Mystical Palm Technique, and Enkō ordered him to train a medical force quickly. Tian Yuan also revealed an improved Hero’s Water, while Enkō considered how it might empower ordinary people; the chapter ended with Shentai presenting the completed ultimate weapon despite his exhaustion.

• Tian Yuan brought Enkō to the ninja hospital and demonstrated the Mystical Palm Technique by healing a snow rabbit’s wound.
• Enkō praised the Medicine Clan’s breakthrough and ordered Tian Yuan to train at least 50 medical ninjas within a month.
• Tian Yuan explained that improved Hero’s Water burned chakra to grant temporary explosive strength and healing, and could equip an army of a thousand.
• Enkō wondered what the improved Hero’s Water would do to an ordinary person and told Tian Yuan to seek financial support for medical ninjas as needed.
• Enkō visited the Flame Hidden Armory, where Shentai revealed that the ultimate weapon had been built after five days without sleep.

Enkō inspected newly developed weapons and planned to obtain a powerful chakra source for the Steel Behemoth. After meeting Madara and Izuna, he proposed traveling to the Country of Roran to borrow chakra.

• Shentai showed Enkō 5,000 sets of improved armor and katanas, along with 500 repeating crossbows.
• Enkō examined the Steel Behemoth and learned it needed seven Chunin or two Jonin to power a single attack, leaving its operators nearly drained.
• Enkō told Shentai he would find a vast chakra source without side effects and ordered him to build at least four Steel Behemoths once Konoha's resources arrived.
• Enkō urged Shentai to rest, then sensed Madara and Izuna and vanished to meet them.
• Izuna suggested retrieving their spoils from Konoha, but Madara warned him not to reveal their plans before preparations were complete.
• Enkō told Madara and Izuna they would visit Konoha and then travel to the Country of Roran to borrow chakra.

Enkō secretly infiltrated Konoha’s Intelligence Department while Kakuzu negotiated supplies with Toka Senju, and he discovered an intriguing note in an old intelligence scroll. After leaving Konoha with Kakuzu, Enkō prepared to travel to the Land of Wind to mine gold dust.

• Kakuzu pressured Toka Senju into agreeing to trade rare metals and medicinal herbs for the Flame Hidden Village, while Enkō silently observed.
• Enkō used a genjutsu planted in Sarutobi Hiruzen to make him open the barrier to Konoha’s Intelligence Department.
• Enkō searched the Intelligence Department’s records and found a notable detail in an old scroll about the Warring States Period.
• Enkō left Konoha and reunited with Kakuzu, whose shadow clone had completed the negotiations.
• Kakuzu questioned Enkō about the gold dust location, and Enkō said they would travel to his Flying Thunder God mark in the Land of Wind.

Enkō traveled to the Country of Roran to acquire the Dragon Vein, while Kakuzu stayed behind to mine gold with Gold-Seeking Bees. Enkō broke through Roran’s defenses and faced a burly guard who barred his way.

• Kakuzu summoned Gold-Seeking Bees to mine four placer gold deposits, and Enkō gave him a Flying Thunder God kunai before leaving for Roran.
• Enkō approached Roran’s city gate, ignored the soldiers’ warning, and withstood their volley of arrows using Susanoo Skeleton.
• Enkō smashed the city gate and entered the city as the frightened guards scattered.
• The Queen of Roran and an elder learned that a ninja had invaded and feared he had come for the Dragon Vein.
• A burly armored man confronted Enkō inside the city and warned him that trespassers would die, but Enkō told him to scram.

Enkō defeated Iwanami Yuto and seized several scrolls of Dragon Vein Chakra before its eruption trapped him in a ruined, deserted version of Roran. There he encountered a fleeing Mangekyō Sharingan user and then came face-to-face with Uchiha Obito.

• Iwanami Yuto challenged Enkō to defend Roran, but Enkō struck him down with a single chakra-infused palm.
• Enkō reached the altar and drained Dragon Vein Chakra into six storage scrolls while an old man warned him to stop.
• Enkō killed the old man, triggering the Dragon Vein to erupt and seal space, which transported Enkō into a ruined, deserted Roran.
• Enkō realized he was isolated from Mad Fang and his Flying Thunder God marks, then headed toward lingering Dragon Vein Chakra in the southeast.
• A young man with a Mangekyō Sharingan fled past Enkō, who tried to seize him before a boy pursuing the stranger arrived.
• Enkō recognized the boy as Uchiha Obito, while the Mangekyō user escaped into the city.