Chapter Summaries

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.

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.