Recaps

Uchiha Jobu fought the Chinoike Clan ninjas, whose Blood Dragon Eye turned their clansmen into living bombs, while Ying protected Shinteng Zoi. After opening treasure chests for skill fragments, Jobu used Shadow Clones and Rust Release to deceive the surviving Chinoike Special Jonin and appear behind him.

• Ying calmed Shinteng Zoi and explained that Chinoike Clan ninjas had attacked him, while Uchiha Jobu engaged the attackers.
• Jobu charged with Dead Bone Pulse, then used Earth Release and Ten-Finger Bullets to fight the enemies and keep them at a distance from their living bombs.
• The Chinoike Special Jonin controlled his clansmen as bombs and laughed at Jobu, who feared that approaching him would lead to his own explosion.
• Jobu opened treasure chests from the fallen ninjas, found only skill fragments, and pieced together the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Jobu sent out Shadow Clones as a distraction and used Rust Release to turn invisible, appearing suddenly behind the surviving Special Jonin.

Uchiha Jobu learned that Shinteng Zoi believed the Chinoike Clan had tried to kill him to help their leader’s daughter become the Land of Lightning’s daimyo’s sole wife. After Shinteng Zoi offered one hundred million ryo to expand the mission, Jobu suspected another party had arranged the ambush and cleared the route.

• Shinteng Zoi blamed the Chinoike Clan for the attack and claimed they wanted to remove him so their leader’s daughter could become the daimyo’s only wife.
• Uchiha Jobu agreed to deal with enemies during the escort, while Shinteng Zoi demanded that the Uchiha Clan kill the Chinoike ninja and offered one hundred million ryo.
• Uchiha Jobu sent Ying back to the Uchiha Clan to report the attack and arrange for reinforcements.
• Uchiha Jobu questioned whether the Chinoike Clan had acted alone, noting that the attackers knew the terrain and had reached the border ahead of Shinteng Zoi.
• Uchiha Jobu suspected someone had cleared the route or helped the ambush, though he could not confirm who was behind it.

Uchiha Jobu’s mission to protect Shinteng Zoi revealed that the Chinoike Clan was involved in a plot in the Land of Lightning, prompting Uchiha Madara to prepare an attack. Izuna Uchiha asked to lead the mission and revealed that he had gained the Hagoromo Clan’s Kekkei Genkai.

• Shinteng Zoi begged Uchiha Jobu to protect him and vowed to kill the Chinoike Clan once he returned to the Land of Lightning.
• Ying returned to the Uchiha Grounds and reported what had happened, so Uchiha Madara announced that he would confront the Chinoike ninja.
• Uchiha Kagami and other Uchiha clan members debated how many fighters were needed, while Izuna Uchiha warned that the Senju Clan might exploit Madara’s absence.
• Izuna Uchiha proposed taking ten Uchiha, twenty Hagoromo Clan ninja, and twenty allied wandering ninja to the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Madara demanded a reason to let Izuna lead, and Izuna Uchiha revealed that he had gained the Hagoromo Clan’s Kekkei Genkai.

Qian Hong and her father continued their scheme to take control of the Land of Lightning, while the arrival of Uchiha ninja threatened their plans. The chapter ended with Qian Rou considering how to respond despite her forces being tied down.

• Qian Hong used the Blood Dragon Eye to trap the Land of Lightning's daimyo in a genjutsu, while her father told her she had to wait until her child was born before inheriting his position.
• Qian Hong warned her father that Shinteng Zoi had hired Uchiha ninja and added one hundred million ryo to the mission; her father dismissed the threat before vanishing into the shadows.
• Karui told Qian Hong that most of their people had defected to her father, and Qian Hong said she would take Karui's squad and leave if the scheme failed.
• Qian Hong reflected on the daimyo's privileged life and her own past hunger as she resolved to kill him herself before her father's plan succeeded.
• Qian Rou learned that a girl with Dead Bone Pulse had left the Uchiha group and that Shinteng Zoi wanted more Uchiha ninja, but her forces were occupied defending the daimyo's residence.

Uchiha Jobu learned that Izuna Uchiha had volunteered to lead the Land of Lightning mission and gained the Hagoromo Clan’s ninjutsu-altering ability. Izuna left declaring he would be reborn in his own way, and Jobu accepted him as someone who could bear the Uchiha’s darkness.

• A Ninja Cat told Uchiha Jobu that Shinteng Zoi wanted the Uchiha to wipe out the Chinoike Clan.
• Uchiha Jobu wondered why Izuna Uchiha had come instead of Uchiha Madara, then learned the team included only ten Uchiha alongside Hagoromo Clan members and rogue ninja.
• Izuna Uchiha explained that he had volunteered so his brother would not overuse his cursed Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Izuna Uchiha revealed that he had gained the Hagoromo Clan’s ability to redirect ninjutsu and change its form after release.
• Izuna Uchiha thanked Uchiha Jobu, said he could never become useless, and left to be reborn in his own way.
• Uchiha Jobu decided Izuna Uchiha could bear the darkness in his place.

Qian Rou and the Chinoike Clan used Ketsuryūgan-controlled people as living bombs to ambush Izuna Uchiha’s force, then chose the capital as the site of their decisive battle. As the explosions spread among civilians, the Uchiha and Hagoromo forces prepared to fight back.

• Qian Rou ordered her forces to wait until Izuna Uchiha’s group neared Cloud Gorge before attacking with living bombs.
• The first explosions killed several wandering ninjas, and Uchiha Jobu recognized the Ketsuryūgan’s power.
• Izuna Uchiha condemned the Chinoike Clan for sacrificing their own people and civilians.
• Qian Rou’s plan brought the conflict to the capital, where the Chinoike Clan intended to use citizens and imprisoned people as bombs.
• Qian Rou ordered the attack, and Uchiha and Hagoromo ninjas charged into battle amid the explosions.

Uchiha Jobu confronted Chinoike Clan Chief Qian Rou while Izuna Uchiha stayed behind to clear the battlefield. Qian Rou struck Jobu with ocular genjutsu, but he broke free and answered with Sharingan genjutsu.

• Uchiha Jobu chose to face the Chinoike Clan Chief while Izuna Uchiha remained to lead the fight against the other enemies.
• Izuna Uchiha agreed to Jobu's plan and continued killing Chinoike ninja with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Jobu attacked Qian Rou with Earth Spear, but she evaded it with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Jobu activated the Dead Bone Pulse, surprising Qian Rou, who used her Blood Dragon Eye to cast genjutsu.
• Jobu recognized the genjutsu, released himself from it, and retaliated with Genjutsu: Sharingan.

Uchiha Jobu struggled against Qian Rou and the Chinoike Clan’s Ketsuryūgan, which turned prisoners into living bombs. Surrounded by explosions and explosive Kunai, Jobu reassessed his confidence and resolved to take every opponent seriously.

• Qian Rou activated her Ketsuryūgan and sent controlled prisoners charging at Jobu as living bombs.
• Jobu used Wind Release to clear the smoke, but Qian Rou attacked with Kunai carrying Explosive Tags while more living bombs surrounded him.
• Jobu saw that Qian Rou was protected by more than twenty prisoners arranged in rings and realized a direct attack could kill him too.
• Jobu reflected on underestimating the Chinoike Clan and other threats, then steadied himself and resolved to give every enemy his full strength.

Uchiha Jobu’s ocular power increased as his self-awareness sharpened, while he fought Qian Rou and the Blood Dragon Eye clan amid heavy losses on both sides. He used a Water Release barrier against the living bombs and wondered what reward he might obtain by killing the Chinoike Clan head.

• Uchiha Jobu’s clearer vision revealed that his ocular power had increased after he recognized and corrected his arrogance.
• Qian Rou considered how to defeat Uchiha Jobu, while her clansmen reported their severe losses and the unusual form and behavior of his ninjutsu.
• Qian Rou saw Izuna Uchiha’s killing intent as he criticized the slow progress of the battle, though his allies explained the need to avoid the enemy’s living bombs.
• Uchiha Jobu relied on the Dead Bone Pulse, Sharingan, and five elemental attributes to fight Qian Rou and the other enemies.
• Uchiha Jobu raised a Water Formation Wall to block the approaching living bombs and wondered whether killing the Chinoike Clan head would earn him crimson Blood Dragon Eyes from a chest.

Uchiha Madara joined the battle against the Chinoike Clan and overwhelmed the enemy with his Susanoo and Fire Release. The fighting ended with Chinoike Qianrou dead, while Uchiha Jobu mourned the treasure chest destroyed in Madara’s attack and considered the Uchiha Clan’s plans for power.

• The Chinoike shinobi abandoned thoughts of retreat and fought desperately against the Uchiha and Hagoromo Clans.
• Uchiha Madara and leaders of the Moonlit, Ruka, and Lightning Ray Clans watched the battlefield and discussed their plan to let the Uchiha attack first.
• Uchiha Madara arrived inside his Susanoo and shrugged off the Chinoike Clan’s living-bomb attacks.
• Uchiha Jobu blocked an incoming attack with Shikotsumyaku as Uchiha Madara unleashed Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Uchiha Madara’s flames killed Chinoike Clan leader Qianrou and destroyed the treasure chest Uchiha Jobu had hoped to obtain.
• Uchiha Jobu accepted that the Uchiha Clan had gained substantial resources and planned to defeat the Senju Clan and establish an Uchiha-led Ninja Village.

Chinoike Qian Hong led the surviving Chinoike ninja after her father's failed attempt to take power, hoping to secure a future for her clan. She surrendered to her elder sister's forces, but the daimyo's death by genjutsu prompted his principal wife to seek Qian Hong's death and scheme to install her brother as the next daimyo.

• Qian Hong learned that her father had died and led the surviving Chinoike ninja out of the daimyo's residence after placing the daimyo under genjutsu.
• The daimyo's principal wife confronted Qian Hong and revealed that her hired ninja and the Uchiha were attacking the Chinoike Clan.
• Qian Hong chose not to flee and asked her elder sister to spare the surviving Chinoike ninja; the principal wife ordered them captured and imprisoned.
• The principal wife discovered that the daimyo had killed himself under genjutsu and ordered Qian Hong killed.
• The principal wife considered her brother Shinteng Zoi as the next daimyo and began planning for the Shinteng Family to take control of the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Jobu returned from the Land of Lightning and learned that Izuna Uchiha wanted to use the Ketsuryūgan to repair his damaged Sharingan. At home, Jobu reflected on how to build a village centered on the Uchiha and considered pursuing the Chimera Technique to strengthen himself and his subordinates.

• The Uchiha completed their assignment in the Land of Lightning, received two hundred million, and accepted a long-term job guarding the surviving Chinoike Clan ninjas.
• Uchiha Jobu returned to the clan and discussed with Izuna Uchiha whether Ketsuryūgan ocular power could repair Izuna's damaged Sharingan.
• Jobu agreed to speak with Madara Uchiha about how to handle the Chinoike Clan if transferring ocular power proved possible.
• At home, Jobu ate the meal Ying had prepared and considered how to establish a Ninja Village with the Uchiha at its core.
• Jobu decided that greater strength was essential to his plans and thought of the Chimera Technique as a way to strengthen himself and his subordinates.

Uchiha Jobu accepted the Hyuga Clan’s unusual mission to teach taijutsu to the head of its Branch Family, despite suspicions that it was a trap. Hyuga Tennin argued that the Hyuga Clan had to choose an ally to survive the growing conflict between the Uchiha and Senju Clans, and favored the Uchiha over the ruthless Tobirama Senju.

• Uchiha Madara told Uchiha Jobu that the Hyuga Clan had requested him as a taijutsu teacher for the head of its Branch Family.
• Uchiha Jobu accepted the mission despite the Uchiha elders’ suspicions that the Hyuga Clan intended a trap.
• Hyuga Tennin warned the Hyuga elders that the Uchiha and Senju Clans were gaining allies and that neutrality could lead to the Hyuga Clan’s destruction.
• Hyuga Tennin argued that the Hyuga Clan should side with the Uchiha because Tobirama Senju was ambitious and ruthless.

Hyuga Tennin asked his sister Hyuga Tensei whether the Hyuga Clan should join the Uchiha Clan, and she agreed after learning that Uchiha Jobu might possess the Kaguya Clan’s Dead Bone Pulse. The chapter ended with Tensei realizing Tennin might want her to marry into the Uchiha Clan, which she accepted to repay him for killing their father.

• Hyuga Tensei told Hyuga Tennin that she had accepted the Caged Bird and no longer hated him because he had killed their father.
• Hyuga Tennin asked Tensei whether the Hyuga Clan should join the Uchiha Clan, and she warned that joining the war against the Senju Clan too soon could bring disaster.
• Tennin explained that Uchiha Jobu possessed both the Sharingan and the Kaguya Clan’s Dead Bone Pulse, changing Tensei’s view of an early alliance with the Uchiha.
• Tennin asked Tensei to investigate whether Jobu truly possessed the Dead Bone Pulse, and she agreed.
• After Tennin left, Tensei inferred that he might want her to marry into the Uchiha Clan and said she would do it to repay her debt to him.

Uchiha Jobu arrived at the Hyuga Clan to fulfill a mission and spar with Hyuga Tensei, head of the Branch Family. After Tensei overwhelmed him with the Gentle Fist, Jobu agreed to use the Shikotsumyaku, leaving the Hyuga Clan eager to verify the kekkei genkai it hoped to see.

• Uchiha Jobu and Ying presented the mission commission to the Hyuga Clan guards and were allowed inside after it was verified.
• Hyuga Tensei asked Jobu to demonstrate the Shikotsumyaku, explaining that the mission called for a taijutsu spar.
• Jobu and Tensei began sparring without weapons, but Jobu initially chose not to use the Shikotsumyaku.
• Tensei struck Jobu with the Gentle Fist: Thirty-Six Palms, obstructing the chakra flow in one-third of his body.
• Jobu admitted he had underestimated Tensei and agreed to use the Shikotsumyaku as she had requested.

Uchiha Jobu sparred with Hyuga Tensei, then faced Hyuga Tennin, who recognized that Jobu still had most of his strength and suspected the Uchiha had found a way to steal other clans’ Kekkei Genkai. Their battle ended with Tennin’s Gentle Fist strike injuring Jobu, but Jobu’s fighting spirit only grew.

• Hyuga Tennin learned that Uchiha Jobu had Shikotsumyaku and that Hyuga Tensei had sent him flying in their first exchange.
• Tennin arrived at the training ground and told a Hyuga ninja to keep secret his suspicion that the Uchiha had found a way to steal Kekkei Genkai.
• Jobu struck Tensei hard enough to send her flying, and Tennin stopped their spar before offering to fight Jobu himself.
• Jobu complained about the assignment’s pay, then attacked Tennin with Five-Finger Drilling Bullets and Tessenka Flower Dance.
• Tennin countered Jobu’s attacks with Empty Palm and Mountain-Breaking Strike, injuring him despite his Dance of the Larch bone armor.
• Jobu rose with renewed fighting spirit, eager to grow stronger by battling Tennin.

Uchiha Jobu met with Hyuga Tennin, who sought the Uchiha Clan’s method for transplanting Kekkei Genkai in exchange for the Hyuga Clan joining its war against the Senju Clan. Jobu offered to create one Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku if the Hyuga Clan fully aligned with the Uchiha Clan, but warned that the process carried a high cost in lives.

• Uchiha Jobu reflected on Hyuga Tennin’s strength and endured the Hyuga Clan’s elaborate tea etiquette.
• Hyuga Tennin asked whether the Uchiha Clan could transplant the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku and other clans’ Kekkei Genkai.
• Uchiha Jobu explained that Ying gained the Shikotsumyaku through an experiment and that the method had only succeeded with it and the Hagoromo Clan’s Kekkei Genkai.
• Uchiha Jobu considered the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family structure and doubted how much battlefield strength the clan would contribute.
• Hyuga Tennin offered to have the Hyuga Clan join the war against the Senju Clan in exchange for the transplantation method.
• Uchiha Jobu promised to produce one Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku if the Hyuga Clan fully aligned with the Uchiha Clan, while warning that many test subjects had died.

Uchiha Madara asked Uchiha Jobu to accompany him to meet Senju Hashirama, while Tobirama Senju waited nearby. After Madara left with Hashirama to talk, Jobu confronted Tobirama and learned he was speaking through a Shadow Clone.

• Uchiha Madara invited Uchiha Jobu to accompany him to meet Senju Hashirama, and Jobu agreed.
• At the river, Uchiha Madara confronted Senju Hashirama over Tobirama Senju's presence, then left with Hashirama to talk privately.
• Uchiha Jobu stayed behind to face Tobirama Senju and warned that the Uchiha Clan would declare war on the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Jobu saw through Tobirama Senju's Shadow Clone and challenged him to bring out his real body, but Tobirama did not dare.

Tobirama Senju used a Shadow Clone to speak with Uchiha Jobu while keeping his real body hidden, as Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama discussed their childhood dream of creating peace. Madara remained unconvinced, and he returned to the Uchiha Clan with Jobu.

• Tobirama Senju hid nearby and let his Shadow Clone speak with Uchiha Jobu, refusing to be provoked into revealing himself.
• Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama met at the place where they had practiced taijutsu as children.
• Senju Hashirama urged Madara to build a village where clans could live together and end the cycle of war.
• Uchiha Madara doubted that a few words could overcome centuries of hatred and bloodshed between their clans.
• Uchiha Jobu waited with Tobirama Senju until Madara and Hashirama returned, then went back to the Uchiha Clan with Madara.

Uchiha Madara rejected Senju Hashirama’s proposal to end the feud and declared war on the Senju Clan, rallying the Uchiha Clan for battle. Uchiha Jobu also learned that Izuna Uchiha had overcome rejection from his transplanted Ketsuryūgan by injecting Chinoike Clan cells.

• Uchiha Madara told Uchiha Jobu that Senju Hashirama had proposed peace between the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan, but Madara refused to negotiate and declared war.
• The Uchiha Clan’s battle-ready members rejoiced at the news, eager to fight the Senju Clan and avenge their dead.
• An Uchiha ninja summoned Izuna Uchiha from his underground laboratory to answer the clan head’s call for the coming war.
• Izuna Uchiha told Uchiha Jobu that Chinoike Clan cells had stopped his body from rejecting the transplanted Ketsuryūgan.

Uchiha Jobu fought alongside the Uchiha against the Senju alliance and discovered a Ryūchi Cave summoning contract in his battle rewards. He used it during the battle and began summoning an unknown creature, spending more than half his chakra.

• Uchiha and Senju forces gathered for a battle, with the Senju side fielding roughly seven hundred ninja and the Uchiha alliance nearly five hundred.
• Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara clashed, while Hashirama argued for peace and Madara rejected his idealism.
• Uchiha Jobu transformed into a bone-armored demon and attacked enemies, earning items and skill fragments from treasure chest notifications.
• Uchiha Jobu found a Dragon Lair Summoning Beast Scroll and used it to form a contract with Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Jobu performed the Summoning Technique, draining more than half his chakra as he began to summon a creature.

Uchiha Jobu summoned the giant snake Garaga and tried to subdue him, but Tobirama Senju's new forbidden technique struck the snake with a barrage of explosions. As the battle continued, Izuna Uchiha used the Ketsuryūgan to turn Senju ninjas into living bombs, leaving the Senju and their allies under heavy attack.

• A space-time force summoned Garaga from Ryūchi Cave, and Uchiha Jobu declared himself Garaga's summoner.
• Uchiha Jobu used a Three-Tomoe Sharingan genjutsu on Garaga, but it failed to control the giant snake.
• Tobirama Senju used the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique on Garaga, and Garaga stopped shaking before demanding that Uchiha Jobu find his attacker.
• Izuna Uchiha withdrew from the clash between Garaga and Tobirama Senju, then used the Ketsuryūgan to turn two Senju ninjas into living bombs.
• The explosions killed at least six people, while the Uchiha continued to overwhelm the Senju and their Uzumaki and Sarutobi allies.

Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama renewed their battle after Senju Hashirama intervened to protect Tobirama Senju from Garaga. Madara's Second-Stage Susanoo clashed with Hashirama's Wood Release, while Uchiha Jobu watched their fight from afar.

• Tobirama Senju's Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique failed to kill Garaga, and he tried to flee as Garaga pursued him.
• Garaga created a huge crater with a headbutt, but Tobirama Senju escaped; Garaga said he could still sense him.
• Senju Hashirama used Wood-Style: Wood Dragon Technique to attack Garaga, prompting Uchiha Madara to cut the Wood Dragon apart with Susanoo and challenge Hashirama.
• Uchiha Madara accused Senju Hashirama of protecting Tobirama Senju while ignoring the danger to Izuna Uchiha, then strengthened Susanoo into its Second Stage.
• Senju Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem to catch Madara's Susanoo sword, then added a Wood Dragon that coiled around the Golem and attacked alongside it.
• Uchiha Jobu watched the Wood Golem and Wood Dragon fight Madara's Susanoo from a distance.

The Hyuga Clan joined the Uchiha Clan’s battle against the Senju Clan, turning the fight decisively against them and unsettling Senju Hashirama. Uchiha Jobu confirmed that Hyuga Tensei’s brother had agreed to the alliance in hopes of producing a Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku, leaving the clan’s future and its Caged Bird seal unresolved.

• Tobirama Senju evaded Garaga until Uchiha Jobu released the summon and sent Garaga back to Ryūchi Cave.
• Hyuga Tensei led more than a hundred Hyuga Clan Branch Family ninjas onto the battlefield and attacked the Senju Clan alongside the Uchiha.
• The Senju fighters questioned why the Hyuga Clan had sided with the Uchiha, while the Uchiha gained the upper hand.
• Hyuga Tensei’s arrival disrupted Senju Hashirama’s focus, allowing Uchiha Madara to suppress him and damage the Wood Golem.
• Uchiha Jobu asked Hyuga Tensei whether her brother had decided, and she confirmed that he had accepted the plan to produce a Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku.

Senju Hashirama unleashed Wood Release to hold Uchiha Madara back while the Senju forces struggled against the Uchiha and their allies. After Tobirama Senju escaped to the main force, he ordered the Senju to pull back and defend until Hashirama decided the battle.

• Senju Hashirama created Wood Clones and used Flower Tree World Advent to cover much of the battlefield in trees and blossoms.
• Uchiha Jobu and Izuna Uchiha discussed whether Chinoike Clan ocular power could help repair Izuna's Sharingan and strengthen the Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju escaped the battlefield with help from Uzumaki Clan ninja and returned to the Senju main force.
• Tobirama Senju assessed the Uchiha alliance's strength and ordered the Senju to pull back and hold their lines until Hashirama defeated Uchiha Madara.