Recaps

Tobirama Senju ordered the Senju forces to retreat into a layered defense, frustrating the Uchiha side’s attempts to break through. Uchiha Jobu considered whether Izuna Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan might awaken soon, then decided he would rather awaken his own.

• Uchiha Jobu, Izuna Uchiha, and Hyuga Tensei discussed the Senju Clan’s retreat and condemned its disregard for clan honor.
• Tobirama Senju assigned the Senju, Uzumaki, Sarutobi, and Shimura ninja to separate defensive lines and ordered the wounded to throw ninja tools.
• The Senju forces used their layered defenses to kill many attacking ninja and prevent the Uchiha side from advancing.
• Hyuga Tensei explained the defenders’ arrangement, while Uchiha Jobu and others considered ways to break through without summoning Garaga.
• Uchiha Jobu recalled that Izuna Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan might awaken in the future, but decided he would rather awaken his own.

Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara continued their exhausting battle while Shimura Yuichi decided to betray the Senju Clan to save his own clan. After Hyuga Tensei revealed the plan to Uchiha Jobu and Izuna Uchiha, Jobu prepared to break through the first defensive line with Shikotsumyaku.

• Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara fought on despite their dwindling strength, as both clans watched and weighed the likely outcome.
• Shimura Yuichi chose to turn against the Senju Clan, believing that siding with the Uchiha Clan was the only way to protect the Shimura Clan.
• Tobirama Senju continued commanding the defense, unaware of Shimura Yuichi's plan.
• Hyuga Tensei told Uchiha Jobu and Izuna Uchiha that the Shimura Clan intended to betray the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Jobu announced that he would destroy the first defensive line's Earth Flow Wall with Shikotsumyaku: Bracken Dance.

Uchiha Jobu’s Shikotsumyaku shattered Tobirama Senju’s first defensive line, while the Shimura Clan betrayed the Senju and attacked their wounded allies. The Uchiha and their allied clans advanced, and Uchiha Jobu gained Wood Release fragments from treasure chests.

• Uchiha Jobu unleashed the Shikotsumyaku, destroying the Senju Clan’s Earth Flow Wall and first line of defense.
• Shimura Yuichi ordered the Shimura Clan to attack wounded Senju ninja, openly admitting that he was betraying them.
• Tobirama Senju’s Water Dragon Bullet Technique was countered by several Shimura ninja using Wind Release, and he declared the Shimura Clan enemies of the Senju.
• Izuna Uchiha ordered the Uchiha and their allied clans to advance and decided that Shimura Yuichi must die rather than become a future threat.
• Uchiha Jobu opened more than thirty treasure chests and obtained fragments of Wood Release Power.

Uchiha Jobu unleashed Wood Release to break through the Senju defenses, while Uchiha Madara demanded Senju Hashirama surrender and give up Tobirama. Hashirama refused, and when Tobirama was threatened again, Hashirama erupted with immense chakra as Jobu pursued Tobirama with living vines.

• Uchiha Jobu used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and rapidly growing trees destroyed the Senju Clan's second line of defense.
• Izuna Uchiha and Hyuga Tensei were shocked that Jobu possessed Wood Release, while Hyuga Tensei ordered the Hyuga Branch Family ninjas to fight harder.
• Uchiha Madara offered to spare the Senju Clan if Hashirama surrendered and allowed Tobirama Senju to die, but Hashirama refused and defended his dream of peace.
• Uchiha Madara attacked Hashirama again, and Hashirama briefly lost his will to fight before Tobirama's perilous position sparked an immense chakra eruption.
• Tobirama escaped Jobu's wooden spike with the Body Flicker Technique, and Jobu pursued him with giant living vines, determined to kill him.

Uchiha Jobu pursued and killed Tobirama Senju with Fire Release after countering his Water Release and Wood Release attacks. Senju Hashirama saw Tobirama swallowed by flames, while Uchiha Jobu spoke of meeting again in the Pure Land.

• Tobirama Senju fled as Uchiha Jobu pursued him with Wood Release vines, but he cut them apart with Water Severing Wave.
• Uchiha Jobu crushed Tobirama Senju's Water Dragon Bullet with a wooden hand and attacked him with Great Fire Annihilation.
• Tobirama Senju's Great Exploding Water Shock Wave clashed with Uchiha Jobu's flames, and the two confronted each other amid the steam.
• Tobirama Senju launched Hard Whirlpool Water Blade, but Uchiha Jobu's Wood Dragon blocked it.
• Uchiha Jobu killed Tobirama Senju with Dragon Flame Technique as Senju Hashirama cried out and witnessed his brother engulfed in flames.

Uchiha Jobu killed Tobirama Senju and joined the battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, hoping Madara would obtain Hashirama’s flesh and blood to protect his Mangekyō Sharingan from blindness. Madara refused Jobu’s help and charged Hashirama alone.

• Uchiha Jobu killed Tobirama Senju with Fire Release as Senju and Sarutobi ninjas continued fighting around them.
• Hyuga Tensei reminded Uchiha Jobu and the others that the battle was not over, while Jobu believed the Senju Clan had already lost.
• Uchiha Jobu decided he needed Senju Hashirama’s cells to prevent Mangekyō Sharingan blindness and rushed toward Madara and Hashirama.
• Uchiha Jobu urged Uchiha Madara to take some of Hashirama’s flesh and blood, preferably an arm, but Madara insisted Hashirama was his opponent.
• Uchiha Jobu summoned a Wood Dragon to help Madara, but Hashirama destroyed it, and Madara questioned how Jobu could use Wood Release.
• Uchiha Madara charged at Senju Hashirama alone, telling Uchiha Jobu that he was enough on his own.

Uchiha Jobu dealt with the clans left behind after Senju Hashirama fled, bringing the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Uzumaki Clans under Uchiha control. The chapter ended with Ashina Uzumaki breaking ties with the Senju, leaving the Senju Clan isolated.

• Senju Hashirama fled to the Senju grounds with his remaining clansmen, leaving the Sarutobi and Uzumaki ninja behind as they called for help.
• Uchiha Jobu offered Sarutobi Sasuke leadership of the Sarutobi Clan if he killed his uncle and made the clan a Uchiha dependent; Sarutobi Sasuke killed his uncle.
• Shimura Yuichi offered the Shimura Clan's loyalty, and Uchiha Jobu agreed to take them in and place sealing formulas on their members.
• Uchiha Jobu asked Ashina Uzumaki whether the Uzumaki Clan would be erased or become Uchiha dependents.
• Ashina Uzumaki chose to make the Uzumaki Clan a dependent clan, citing Senju Hashirama's failure to help them, and Uchiha Jobu concluded that the Senju Clan stood alone.

After Tobirama’s death, Senju Hashirama wrestled with murderous thoughts until Black Zetsu appeared and claimed to be his dark side. Black Zetsu persuaded him that the Uchiha were evil and directed him toward Sage Mode, leaving Hashirama intent on gaining power to defeat Madara Uchiha.

• Senju Hashirama raged alone over Tobirama’s death, then questioned his hatred and whether it contradicted his dream of peace.
• Black Zetsu emerged from the shadows, claimed to be born from Hashirama’s will, and restored Hashirama’s severed arm by merging with him.
• Black Zetsu convinced Hashirama that the Uchiha were inherently evil and that destroying them was necessary for peace and revenge.
• Hashirama declared that he needed greater power to defeat Madara Uchiha, and Black Zetsu suggested learning Sage Mode at one of the three Holy Lands.
• Black Zetsu gave Hashirama vague directions to a Holy Land while planning to use him to weaken Madara Uchiha.

Senju Hashirama tested Black Zetsu’s claim that it was his dark side and accepted it after Black Zetsu revealed embarrassing secrets involving Uchiha Madara. Meanwhile, Uchiha Jobu organized mixed-clan teams and considered his promise to cultivate a shinobi with the Shikotsumyaku for the Hyuga Clan.

• Senju Hashirama questioned Black Zetsu and demanded proof that it knew him.
• Black Zetsu mentioned Hashirama’s private contests with Uchiha Madara, convincing Hashirama that it was an extension of his will.
• Uchiha Madara returned to his clan and shut himself inside the training grounds to grow stronger.
• Uchiha Setsuna reported that the Senju Clan had shown no unusual activity, while Uchiha Kagami urged an attack and an elder warned against it.
• Uchiha Jobu ordered shinobi from allied clans to form mixed teams and gave his subordinates half a month to make them combat-ready.
• Uchiha Jobu recalled his promise to the Hyuga Clan, and a bone blade emerged from the back of his hand and cut the table.

Hyuga Tensei agreed to let Branch Family shinobi participate in the Uchiha experiment, on the condition that she could seek the Shikotsumyaku herself. As the Hyuga participants prepared to arrive, Uchiha Jobu considered the institutions needed for a future shinobi village.

• Hyuga Tensei agreed to provide Branch Family participants for the experiment in exchange for more Gentle Fist techniques and two clan council seats, then demanded that her own name be added.
• Hyuga Tennin warned Tensei that the experiment had a low survival rate and that the Caged Bird would still bind her, but agreed to arrange her participation.
• Izuna Uchiha noticed Tensei's name on the list and questioned why the Hyuga Clan was so eager to begin the experiment.
• Izuna suspected the Hyuga Clan's motives and said he would handle killing them when they were no longer useful.
• Uchiha Jobu reviewed plans for a shinobi academy and medical department while the Shimura, Uzumaki, and Sarutobi clans relocated under Uchiha control.

Uchiha Jobu ordered the destruction of the Tsuchigumo Clan after it rejected his recruitment offer, then visited the Aburame Clan to demand its answer. He gave the Aburame Clan half a day to decide, balancing threats with a show of goodwill.

• Uchiha Jobu learned that the Tsuchigumo Clan had rejected his invitation and that the Inuzuka Clan had agreed to contribute fifty ninja, while the Ino-Shika-Cho families could not be found.
• Uchiha Jobu ordered Uchiha Setsuna to destroy the Tsuchigumo Clan and arranged to visit the Aburame Clan with Uchiha Kagami and Izuna Uchiha.
• Uchiha Setsuna led three squads to wipe out the Tsuchigumo Clan as Uchiha Jobu departed for the Aburame Clan.
• Uchiha Jobu pointed out that Aburame insects had detected their arrival, and Uchiha Kagami apologized for overlooking them.
• Aburame Shizhen said he could not decide for the clan, so Uchiha Jobu gave the Aburame Clan half a day to accept or refuse.

Uchiha Jobu explained his Ninja Village Plan to the Aburame Clan, which agreed to join the village and help persuade the Inuzuka Clan. The Nara Clan had already left the Land of Fire, leaving an empty compound behind.

• Uchiha Jobu invited the Aburame Clan to join the Ninja Village Plan, and the Aburame Clan head initially offered to become a subsidiary of the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Jobu clarified that he wanted the Aburame Clan to help build a village where shinobi and civilians shared resources and institutions.
• The Aburame Clan head and elders listened as Uchiha Jobu explained the village’s academy, hospital, council, and other organizations, then agreed to join.
• Uchiha Jobu asked about the Aburame Clan’s ties to the Inuzuka Clan, and the Aburame Clan head promised to persuade Inuzuka Mu’s clan to join.
• Uchiha Jobu concluded that the Inuzuka and Aburame Clans were settled, while the Nara Clan had fled the Land of Fire and left its compound empty.

Uchiha Jobu decided to name the planned ninja village Konoha and arranged for Mito Uzumaki to marry Uchiha Madara. He later encountered Chinoike Qian Hong at the Uchiha underground base and suspected she had killed Uchiha ninja.

• Uchiha Jobu chose Konoha as the name for the village he planned to establish.
• Uchiha Jobu asked Ashina Uzumaki to let Mito Uzumaki marry into the Uchiha Clan, and Mito agreed.
• Uchiha Jobu clarified that Mito would marry Uchiha Madara, and Ashina accepted the arrangement.
• Uchiha Jobu considered marriage alliances for himself and Izuna Uchiha before going to the underground base.
• Uchiha Jobu found Chinoike Qian Hong at the base, activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and demanded to know whether she had killed Uchiha ninja.

Uchiha Madara learned he had to marry Mito Uzumaki to secure an alliance between the Uchiha and Uzumaki Clans, then considered Uchiha Jobu’s plan to subdue the Nine-Tails and use it in battle. He decided he would rather beat the Nine-Tails into submission than try to befriend it.

• Uchiha Jobu told Uchiha Madara that he had to marry Mito Uzumaki, and Madara unsuccessfully suggested that Izuna take his place.
• Uchiha Jobu considered whether he could propose to someone in the Hyuga Clan’s Branch Family.
• Uchiha elites decorated the clan grounds for Madara’s wedding while Madara left an invitation to Senju Hashirama unsent.
• Izuna Uchiha asked Madara what he thought of Jobu’s plan to help him subdue the Nine-Tails and use it as a combat summon.
• Madara decided to beat the Nine-Tails into submission, while the Nine-Tails sneezed at the Land of Fire’s border.

As Uchiha Jobu worried that Senju Hashirama’s growing strength had emboldened clans to reject the Uchiha, the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families arrived with a gift that could advance the Uchiha’s Ninja Village Plan. Their list of clans willing to join left Jobu surprised.

• Uchiha Jobu suspected Senju Hashirama might be developing powerful Wood Release through Senjutsu, but decided the Uchiha could not capture the Nine-Tails before Madara’s wedding.
• Uchiha Jobu noted that Tobirama Senju was dead and worried about the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families, who had previously rejected the Uchiha’s goodwill.
• Kōhei Akimichi worried that the Uchiha would retaliate against the three families, while Shikadai Nara said their prepared gift might restore goodwill.
• Uchiha Jobu demanded to know the gift and threatened to wipe out the three families if it was not worthwhile.
• Jun Yamanaka presented a list of nearly a dozen ninja clans that had agreed to join the Uchiha’s Ninja Village Plan, including the Hatake Clan, Gekkō, Kurama, and Mito.

Uchiha Jobu explained the Ninja Village Plan to the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families, who agreed to join and negotiated for a position in the Shadow Guard. The chapter ended as guests gathered for Uchiha Madara’s wedding the next morning, while the Uchiha prepared to deal with clans aligned with the Senju afterward.

• Uchiha Jobu described the Ninja Village Plan to Shikadai Nara, who suggested limiting the Anbu’s and Jonin Council’s authority and requested a Shadow Guard position for the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families.
• Jun Yamanaka pledged his younger brother, a Jonin-level ninja skilled in the Yamanaka Clan’s secret techniques, for the Shadow Guard position.
• Uchiha Jobu saw off the three families and ordered them to send their elderly and children to Uchiha territory, threatening war if they refused.
• Uchiha Jobu went to sleep after learning that most Land of Fire clans had joined the Uchiha or left the country, leaving the Senju Clan as their main rival.
• Uchiha Clan ninjas organized over a thousand attendants and seated nobles, merchants, and commoner representatives arriving for Uchiha Madara’s wedding.

Senju Hashirama interrupted Uchiha Madara’s wedding and challenged him, blaming him for Tobirama’s death and for marrying the woman Hashirama had once been engaged to. Madara and Uchiha Jobu fought Hashirama with colossal techniques, leaving Hashirama at a disadvantage as Madara wondered how he had become so cold.

• Senju Hashirama threatened to destroy the Uchiha clan grounds, and Uchiha Madara left his wedding to confront him.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem, while Madara manifested a fully formed Susanoo and Uchiha Jobu joined the fight with another Wood Golem.
• Hashirama accused Madara of taking his woman and killing Tobirama, then declared that they would settle matters in battle.
• The three colossal fighters clashed, and Madara’s Susanoo severed one of Hashirama’s Wood Golem’s arms.
• Hashirama’s Wood Golem punched through Uchiha Jobu’s, leaving Hashirama outnumbered and at a disadvantage.
• Madara allowed Uchiha Jobu to help but felt unsettled by Hashirama’s cold aura and killing intent.

Senju Hashirama activated Sage Mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, overpowering Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo. As Uchiha Jobu sensed a hidden watcher and then attacked the wooden Buddha with Shikotsumyaku, the battle took an unexpected turn.

• Uchiha Jobu summoned a Wood Golem to create an opening, but Senju Hashirama blocked Uchiha Madara’s Great Fire Annihilation with an enlarged Wood Blooming Wall.
• Senju Hashirama activated Sage Mode and raised True Several Thousand Hands, while Uchiha Madara eagerly enlarged Susanoo to face it.
• Uchiha Jobu sensed a presence near Senju Hashirama’s shadow, where Black Zetsu watched him and judged that he could never awaken the Rinnegan.
• Senju Hashirama shattered Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo with the Thousand-Armed Buddha, and Uchiha Jobu leapt onto it and used Bracken Dance to cover it in bone spikes.

Uchiha Jobu and Uchiha Madara combined Wood Release and Susanoo to fight Senju Hashirama, whose Sage Mode was nearing its limit. Hashirama’s final barrage broke through Jobu’s defenses and left both Uchiha badly injured.

• Uchiha Jobu summoned a Wood Golem and Wood Dragon, then asked Uchiha Madara to cover the golem with Susanoo.
• Uchiha Madara took control of the Susanoo-clad Wood Golem while Uchiha Jobu supplied chakra, and they attacked Senju Hashirama together.
• Senju Hashirama countered with Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands, and the clash devastated the surrounding land as the Uchiha onlookers watched.
• Black Zetsu warned Senju Hashirama that his Sage Mode was almost over, but Hashirama chose to launch one final attack against Uchiha Jobu.
• Uchiha Jobu raised a Shikotsumyaku bone barrier, but Hashirama’s fists destroyed it and struck Susanoo, causing Uchiha Madara to bleed from his eyes and Jobu to suffer internal injuries.

Hyuga Tensei chose to risk a dangerous experiment to gain the Shikotsumyaku, while Uchiha Madara challenged the Nine-Tails and defeated it. The chapter ended with Madara holding a blade to the Nine-Tails’ neck and declaring that it had lost.

• Uchiha Madara left the wedding banquet to seek out the Nine-Tails, while Mito Uzumaki changed her name to Mito Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jobu warned Hyuga Tensei that the experiment’s success rate was below thirty percent, but she refused to wait.
• Chinoike Qian Hong told Hyuga Tensei that the success rate was twenty-seven percent, and Tensei chose to undergo the experiment despite the risk of death.
• Uchiha Madara confronted the Nine-Tails and announced that he would make it his pet if he won.
• The Nine-Tails attacked with Tailed Beast Bombs, but Madara’s Susanoo stopped them and placed its blade against the Nine-Tails’ neck.

Hyuga Tensei emerged from the laboratory with Shikotsumyaku fused into her body and tested her new power against Hyuga Tennin. She revealed that the procedure had killed more than a hundred Branch Family ninja, leaving the Hyuga clan to weigh its devastating cost as the Uchiha prepared to attack the Senju.

• Uchiha Jobu waited outside the underground laboratory and learned that Hyuga Tensei had successfully gained Shikotsumyaku.
• Hyuga Tensei asked for a battle to test her new abilities, and Uchiha Jobu proposed attacking the Senju Clan.
• Hyuga Tensei returned to the Branch Family grounds and fought Hyuga Tennin, combining Gentle Fist techniques with Shikotsumyaku attacks.
• Hyuga Tennin used Rotation to defend himself as Hyuga Tensei’s bone attacks wrecked the training ground.
• Hyuga Tensei told Hyuga Tennin that more than a hundred Branch Family ninja had died during the experiment and that the success rate was below twenty percent.

Uchiha Jobu led the clans in a massive assault to destroy the Senju Clan while Uchiha Madara fought Senju Hashirama. As the battle raged, Jobu raided the Senju archives and collected Tobirama Senju’s ninjutsu scrolls.

• Uchiha Jobu ordered the allied clans to attack, while Uchiha Madara challenged Senju Hashirama to a fight to the death.
• Uchiha Madara summoned the Nine-Tails and battled Senju Hashirama’s Wood Golem as the clans attacked the Senju stronghold.
• Hyuga Tensei and Hyuga Tennin led assaults on Senju fighters and the main gate, while the Shimura and Sarutobi clans poisoned and cut off the water supply.
• Uchiha Jobu took Uchiha Hato and Uchiha Yashin to the Senju archives and seized Tobirama Senju’s ninjutsu scrolls.
• Uchiha Jobu discovered prototypes of the Flying Raijin and Bringer-of-Darkness techniques, along with the completed Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags, and regretted killing Tobirama Senju too soon.

After the Uchiha defeated the Senju, Uchiha Jobu guided Uchiha Madara and Izuna Uchiha toward negotiating with the Land of Fire’s daimyo to establish a Ninja Village. The daimyo agreed to provide funds and civilians in exchange for a say in the village’s leadership and access to information.

• Black Zetsu escaped from Senju Hashirama’s grave and headed for the Uchiha Clan to approach Uchiha Madara.
• The Uchiha took control of the Land of Fire and acquired the Senju Clan’s forbidden scrolls and techniques.
• Uchiha Jobu, Izuna Uchiha, and the injured Uchiha Madara discussed funding the village and rejected robbing other ninja clans as too risky.
• Uchiha Jobu proposed giving the Land of Fire’s daimyo public credit for the village while leaving negotiations to professionals, and the Uchiha chose Shikadai Nara to negotiate.
• Shikadai Nara secured the daimyo’s agreement to fund the village and relocate civilians, while the daimyo retained approval rights over leadership appointments and access to information.

Konoha’s inauguration brought together the daimyo, foreign ninja clans, and visitors who saw how a village could unite ninjas and serve its people. Uchiha Madara became Konoha’s First Hokage and demonstrated his power, leaving the foreign visitors stunned.

• The daimyo of the Land of Fire toured Konoha and looked forward to hiring ninjas through village missions.
• Visitors from other nations watched Konoha’s construction, and Moonlit A and his father discussed founding a village in the Land of Lightning.
• Shamon considered how a village and protective barrier could help the Land of Wind, while the Yuki Clan preferred Konoha’s environment but had no wish to establish a village.
• Uchiha Jobu and Izuna Uchiha presented Uchiha Madara with the Hokage robes and hat, and he accepted the role of First Hokage.
• Uchiha Madara activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, shocking the gathered visitors as he declared himself Konoha’s First.

Uchiha Jobu attacked the Three-Tails in the Land of Water and overwhelmed Isobu, prompting Bailian to intervene to protect the beast. Bailian's Water Release forbidden technique failed to penetrate Uchiha Jobu's Susanoo armor, leaving the Land of Water shinobi shocked.

• Bailian prepared to force reluctant clans to join the Land of Water's Ninja Village Plan as the Kaguya Clan submitted.
• Uchiha Jobu battled the Three-Tails, deflected its Tailed Beast Bombs, and cracked its shell with a Bone Spear.
• Bailian recognized Uchiha Jobu as a threat to the Land of Water and demanded that he stop taking the Three-Tails.
• Uchiha Jobu refused Bailian's demand and claimed the Three-Tails as the Uchiha Clan's pet.
• Bailian attacked with Water Release: Water Heaven and Earth as One, but Uchiha Jobu's Susanoo armor withstood the forbidden technique.