Recaps

During a war between the Uchiha and Senju clans, Uchiha Gen was badly injured and taken to the infirmary. After waking, he realized he was Lu Ziyuan in the world of Hokage, and his unexpectedly youthful voice left him confused.

• Hashirama and Madara fought with kunai as the Uchiha and Senju clans battled around them.
• Uchiha Gen suffered a serious head wound, and Uchiha Izuna and Uchiha Madara anxiously asked the medical worker Ueki about his condition.
• Uchiha Gen woke up, thinking of himself as Lu Ziyuan, and recognized the Uchiha crest while mistaking it for anime merchandise.
• Lu Ziyuan called out for food, then noticed that his voice sounded unusually tender.

Lu Ziyuan woke in the body of Uchiha Gen, Madara and Izuna’s younger brother, during the dangerous Warring States Era. As Tajima planned to use the Kaguya Clan to disrupt a Senju-Uzumaki marriage alliance, Gen realized his knowledge of the Naruto world offered little help with surviving his fate.

• Uchiha Tajima learned that Gen was out of danger and planned to test the Senju Clan after its recent losses.
• Izuna vowed to avenge Gen, while Madara restrained him and worried over the blood feud with Senju Tobirama.
• Tajima considered Hashirama’s likely marriage alliance with the Uzumaki Clan and planned to recruit the Kaguya Clan with Frostbone Grass.
• Lu Ziyuan realized he had transmigrated into Uchiha Gen, Madara’s little-known younger brother, and panicked about being killed in the Warring States Era.

After realizing he had no system or other cheat, Lu Ziyuan accepted his identity as the twelve-year-old Uchiha Gen and began planning how to survive and grow stronger. He explored the Uchiha clan grounds, still recovering from his injuries and estimating that he had about ten years before Konoha was founded.

• Lu Ziyuan woke with the body’s original memories, tried to summon a system, and became despondent when nothing appeared.
• Uchiha Izuna visited Uchiha Gen and tried to cheer him up with food, training, and jokes.
• Uchiha Gen accepted Izuna’s genuine concern and resolved to take responsibility for his new life.
• Uchiha Gen sensed his chakra, considered his potential, and planned to avoid battle while growing strong enough to survive future threats.
• Uchiha Gen left the house, recognized the area as housing for injured clan members, and wondered why he was so short compared with other Uchiha.

Uchiha Gen tested his ninjutsu and replenished his Chakra after waking in the hospital, then returned to rest. The next morning, Madara and Izuna visited and found him meditating, leaving Madara curious about his younger brother’s secrets.

• Uchiha Gen reached the Training Ground and successfully used the Great Fireball Technique on his first attempt.
• Uchiha Gen practiced his other ninjutsu, assessed his Chakra as roughly Elite Chunin level, and reflected on how to strengthen his physical and spiritual energy.
• Uchiha Gen returned to the hospital room, noticed the door had been moved, and fell asleep after replenishing his Chakra.
• Madara and Izuna grilled fish, discussed Gen’s condition, and brought him the leftovers when they went to visit him.
• Madara and Izuna found Uchiha Gen sitting still with his eyes closed; Izuna assumed he was refining Chakra, while Madara suspected he had a secret.

Uchiha Gen studied a Chakra Breathing Method to strengthen his body but found that changing his ingrained Chakra habits would take time. A week later, Uchiha Tajima ordered the Uchiha to prepare for battle against the Kaguya Clan over its interest in Frostbone Grass.

• Uchiha Gen studied the Chakra Breathing Method and realized that his body’s established Chakra circulation made automatic breathing-based refinement difficult to develop.
• Uchiha Gen found a warm grilled fish outside his hospital room and suspected Izuna had left it for him.
• Uchiha Tajima asked Madara and Izuna for their views on the Kaguya Clan, and Madara advocated wiping it out while Izuna said he would follow his brother.
• Uchiha Tajima ordered the Uchiha to prepare for battle and punish the Kaguya Clan.
• The chapter explained that the Kaguya Clan relied on Frostbone Grass to alleviate its Shikotsumyaku bloodline disease, but the rare plant was becoming scarce.

Uchiha Gen stayed behind while Izuna joined a campaign against the Kaguya clan, then developed the Yuan Breathing Method and tried to access the Uchiha Scroll Archive to learn ninjutsu. After Madara and Izuna returned, Gen braced himself to face them.

• Izuna urged the injured Gen to join the battlefield, but Gen pretended he was still recovering and persuaded Izuna to leave without him.
• The Uchiha defeated the Kaguya clan, and Gen devoted himself to training at the training ground and infirmary.
• Gen completed the Yuan Breathing Method, which used Chakra to strengthen his cells and body, and planned to learn ninjutsu without hand seals.
• Gen went to the Uchiha Scroll Archive to learn ninjutsu, but the guards told him he needed an order from the clan head.
• Madara and Izuna returned from the campaign, and Gen calmed himself with reminders that he was their third brother before the door opened.

Uchiha Gen used his brothers’ affection to obtain ninjutsu scrolls and studied them while weighing the risks of changing Madara and Izuna’s fates. When Izuna invited him to the next battle, he hesitated after hearing that clan rumors called him a coward, and Izuna demanded to know what was troubling him.

• Uchiha Gen welcomed Madara and Izuna, then asked for more ninjutsu scrolls and Chakra nature transformation notes.
• After his brothers left, Uchiha Gen decided against interfering with Madara and Izuna’s fates because he feared disrupting the future and attracting Black Zetsu’s attention.
• Uchiha Gen studied the scrolls and notes, learned several ninjutsu, and continued developing his Chakra reserves.
• Izuna visited Uchiha Gen and asked him to join the next battle, explaining that rumors claimed he had been frightened by the Senju.
• Uchiha Gen hesitated, and Izuna angrily pressed him to explain his concerns.

Uchiha Gen avoided joining the Uchiha’s latest battle against the Senju and used the time to develop the Rasengan and practice the Body Flicker Technique. As the clansmen remained away, he went to the waterfall to catch fish for dinner.

• Uchiha Gen persuaded Izuna to let him stay behind by claiming he was studying and developing a hand-signless ninjutsu.
• After seeing most of the Uchiha fighting force prepare to fight the Senju, Uchiha Gen went to the Training Ground to learn the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Gen used two clones to feed Chakra into his palm and made a Rasengan in about three seconds.
• Uchiha Gen practiced the Body Flicker Technique and wondered how Shisui had combined it with the Clone Technique.
• With no one left to prepare his meals, Uchiha Gen went to the waterfall where Madara had taken the brothers and caught fish.

Uchiha Gen survived an ambush on his way back to the Clan Grounds and discovered that the Kaguya were attacking the Uchiha. He rushed to protect his injured clansmen, but became badly wounded while fighting the attackers.

• Uchiha Gen caught and grilled a large fish, then checked his reflection and saw that his Sharingan had two tomoe.
• Uchiha Gen's danger sense warned him of an ambush, and he defeated four or five unidentified ninjas with a clone, a trap, and Fire Release.
• Uchiha Gen hurried toward the Clan Grounds and found the area under attack, with blood and fighting filling the air.
• Uchiha Gen encountered Kaguya ninjas, used Phoenix Flower Fire to escape them, and raced into the Clan Grounds to check on his clansmen.
• Uchiha Gen fought Kaguya attackers near the wounded Uchiha, suffered several serious injuries, and killed seven or eight of their clansmen.

Uchiha Gen fought off a Kaguya assault despite severe injuries, awakened a third tomoe, and killed a Kaguya Jōnin with a desperate trick. Meanwhile, the Kaguya Clan attacked the Uchiha Shrine, where exhausted defenders struggled to protect the women and children as their wall of fire faded.

• A Kaguya Jōnin overwhelmed Uchiha Gen with bone armor and attacks, leaving him badly wounded.
• Uchiha Gen awakened a third tomoe and killed the Kaguya Jōnin by tricking him into the path of a thrown kunai, then tore out his spine.
• The surrounding Kaguya ninja rushed Uchiha Gen as he faced them with the Jōnin’s spine in his hand.
• At the Uchiha Shrine, the Kaguya clan head ordered his forces to wipe out the injured Uchiha defending the women and children.
• The Uchiha defenders used their remaining Chakra to raise a wall of fire, but it dwindled and vanished, leaving them collapsed and surrounded.

Uchiha Gen arrived as the Kaguya attacked his clan and used his speed to evade their assault, but the Kaguya chief impaled him with Bracken Dance. Gen survived by manifesting Susanoo, then launched a counterattack with clones while gravely wounded and running out of time.

• Uchiha Gen emerged from the firelight and killed two Kaguya Chunin before the clan chief ordered a ranged assault.
• Gen evaded hundreds of attacks with Body Flicker and Clone Techniques, while the Kaguya chief prepared to intervene.
• The Kaguya chief struck Gen with Bracken Dance, piercing him and driving him through a forest of bone spikes.
• Gen's Susanoo burst out of the bone forest, shocking both clans.
• Despite his severe injuries, Gen divided his attention between Susanoo, ten clones, the Kaguya forces, and his own clansmen.

Uchiha Gen used his awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to protect the Uchiha Clan Land from the Kaguya clan, then collapsed as his life ran out. Meanwhile, Madara and Hashirama ended the battle between their clans after their fathers died, and the Uchiha returned to find their home in ruins.

• Uchiha Gen fought the Kaguya Clan leader with Susanoo and a giant Rasengan until the Kaguya forces retreated.
• Uchiha Gen fired a Susanoo arrow at the retreating Kaguya, killing more than a dozen and severely injuring many others, then fell as his Susanoo vanished.
• The Kaguya Clan leader decided to move his clan away to avoid Uchiha retaliation.
• Hashirama Senju stopped Tobirama from pursuing the Uchiha after Senju Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima died, and both clans withdrew.
• Uchiha Madara and Izuna hurried back to their Clan Land, worried about Gen, and found the settlement burned and ruined.

Uchiha Gen awakened after nearly two months in a coma, having survived because hundreds of clansmen supplied him with Chakra and his enhanced cells repaired his body. As the Uchiha recovered from their battle with the Senju and crushed the Kaguya Clan, Gen struggled with nightmares and anxiety about his weakness.

• Uchiha Madara found Uchiha Gen alive in the shrine, absorbing Chakra from hundreds of surviving clansmen, and ordered that no one disturb him.
• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna led the Uchiha in a devastating assault that drove the Kaguya Clan into the sea and left fewer than two hundred survivors.
• Uchiha Madara entered seclusion while the Uchiha rested and rebuilt over the following two months.
• Uchiha Gen woke from a nightmare in the repaired infirmary and apologized to the clanswoman caring for him.
• Uchiha Gen reflected on how the clansmen's Chakra and his enhanced cells had kept him alive, and wondered whether Hashirama's death had another cause.

Uchiha Gen recovered enough to leave his bed, though he still needed a wheelchair and Chakra from other clan members. Meanwhile, Madara met Hashirama by a stream to discuss peace between the Uchiha and Senju, leaving Madara to consider whether their childhood dream could come true.

• Uchiha Gen woke and reassured Madara and Izuna that he was recovering, while Madara promised to protect his standing in the clan.
• Uchiha Gen received Chakra from several Chunin, but their combined reserves barely affected his depleted body.
• Uchiha Gen designed a wheelchair, had the clan members build it, and asked Haru about the Uchiha clan's sources of income.
• Madara left the Uchiha grounds at night and met Hashirama by a stream.
• Hashirama said he had taken control of the Senju and argued that strong leaders could establish peace and pass its ideals to successors.
• Madara challenged Hashirama on how the clans could overcome their blood feuds and wondered whether their childhood dream could be realized.

Uchiha Gen began training ten low-talent Uchiha clan members to build a commercial network while recovering from his injuries. A year passed peacefully, and the trainees set out across the Land of Fire as Gen’s health and confidence improved.

• Hashirama Senju told Madara about Tobirama’s plan to unite the ninja clans by having the Uchiha secretly conquer smaller clans before staging a fight with the Senju.
• Uchiha Gen learned from Haru that ten clan members with poor talent were ready, and he decided to use them to make money under new identities.
• Gen explained his plan for a commercial empire to the ten youths, who eagerly agreed to serve him despite his doubts about their fervor.
• Over several months, Gen taught the group bookkeeping, diversified lending, and business management, while also asking Haru about factions within the Uchiha Clan.
• After a peaceful year, Gen’s body began recovering and his nightmares stopped, while the ten trainees spread out across the Land of Fire to pursue his business plans.

Uchiha Gen discovered that his Mangekyō Sharingan could seal senses and alter cognition, then learned Madara had assigned him to handle the Uchiha Clan’s affairs. The chapter left Gen facing a half-meter pile of overdue documents.

• Uchiha Gen tested Heavenly Lock and Earth Bind on himself, discovering that one could control sealed senses and the other could alter cognition.
• Uchiha Gen reflected on his possessiveness and speculated that his Mangekyō abilities reflected his heart.
• Madara told Uchiha Gen that he and Izuna had decided he would handle the clan’s affairs while Madara focused on training.
• Madara explained that neither he nor Izuna wanted to give up training time or entrust the clan’s authority to someone else, then vanished before Gen could object.
• Uchiha Gen found a half-meter stack of documents and realized they were already a week overdue.

Uchiha Gen handled clan affairs, learned how the Uchiha replenished its ranks, and expanded a profitable network across the Land of Fire. The chapter ended with Haru explaining why few Uchiha members summoned the Ninja Cat Clan.

• Uchiha Gen had Haru sort routine documents while he reviewed major matters, including the arrival of 153 children with ninjutsu talent.
• Uchiha Gen discovered that the Uchiha Clan had registered nearly a thousand talented children and set their assignments aside for Madara to decide.
• Tobirama investigated the sudden spread of new industries in the Land of Fire and learned that an uprising by the Southern Grand General's Residence had failed.
• After two months of handling clan affairs under Madara's guidance, Uchiha Gen ordered his ten outer clan members to reinvest their profits and build an underground intelligence network around Bounty Stations.
• On the way home, Uchiha Gen asked Haru about the Ninja Cat Clan, and she said few Uchiha members had contracts with them because they provided little combat power.

Uchiha Gen studied the Summoning Technique, added his name to the Ninja Cat Clan contract scroll, and used Reverse Summoning to visit their clan land. He offered the cats a chance to become his personal summoning beast, but ended his proposal with a threat against the entire clan if one betrayed him.

• Uchiha Gen entered the scroll archive and studied the Summoning Technique, suspecting its spatial principles could help him develop the Flying Thunder God.
• Uchiha Gen added his name to the Ninja Cat Clan's summoning scroll and used Reverse Summoning to reach their clan land.
• A white elder cat welcomed Uchiha Gen and led him to meet the clan head, who allowed him to choose a personal summoning beast.
• Uchiha Gen addressed several hundred Ninja Cats, promising food, protection, and freedom to whichever cat chose to serve him.
• Uchiha Gen warned the cats not to disobey or betray him and threatened to make the entire Ninja Cat Clan die with any cat who brought persecution upon him.

Uchiha Gen recruited Little Kuro, prepared the Uchiha Clan for its renewed conflict with the Sarutobi Clan, and began planning a future beyond the clan’s political entanglements. Meanwhile, Madara’s final battle of the year brought him face-to-face with Hashirama, and both unleashed powerful techniques.

• Uchiha Gen invited the Ninja Cats to join him, and the Black Cat Little Kuro stepped forward and accepted.
• Uchiha Gen arranged supplies for two thousand Uchiha fighters as Uchiha Madara prepared to battle the Sarutobi Clan, then declined to join the battle himself.
• Uchiha Gen considered establishing a laboratory, studying bloodlines, and eventually leaving the Uchiha Clan to explore the wider world.
• Uchiha Madara fought several clans before facing the Senju as the year’s final battle, while he and Hashirama continued to conceal their clans’ schemes from outsiders.
• Uchiha Madara summoned his third-form Susanoo, and Hashirama answered with Wood Release: Forest Sea Descent.

Madara and Hashirama led their clans in a battle that ended without casualties, while Izuna gained the upper hand against Tobirama with his Mangekyō Sharingan. On New Year’s Eve, Uchiha Gen drank for the first time in his new body, became drunk, and went to rest.

• Hashirama and Madara fought with their Wood Human Technique and Susanoo while their clans held back from attacking.
• Izuna and Tobirama clashed with swords and ninjutsu, and Izuna summoned Susanoo to overpower Tobirama’s attacks.
• Madara and Hashirama ended their sparring and ordered both clans to retreat without casualties.
• Madara scolded Uchiha clansmen who considered attacking the withdrawing Senju from behind.
• Uchiha Gen drank a bottle of wine on New Year’s Eve, became drunk, and accepted Haru’s suggestion to return and rest.

Uchiha Gen rewarded the clan with generous year-end dividends, strengthening his standing as acting clan head. The next morning, he overslept and kept Madara and Izuna waiting before offering to cook for them.

• Uchiha Gen awarded fivefold dividends to selected clan members and doubled dividends for everyone else.
• Madara and Izuna waited at the Training Ground to test Uchiha Gen’s abilities, while Madara warned Izuna not to underestimate Tobirama.
• Uchiha Haru woke Uchiha Gen and reminded him that Madara and Izuna were waiting.
• Uchiha Gen hurried to the living room, apologized, and offered to prepare a feast for his brothers.
• Izuna praised Uchiha Gen’s cooking and revealed that he had assumed Madara had already tried it.

Uchiha Gen impressed Madara and Izuna with his cooking, then sparred with Izuna at the training ground. After Gen was overwhelmed in close combat, he used a marked shuriken to appear behind Izuna and win the match.

• Uchiha Gen served Madara and Izuna a lavish meal, and Madara gave him the first bowl of chicken soup.
• Madara supervised a spar between Uchiha Gen and Izuna, who agreed not to use their Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Gen overwhelmed Izuna with powerful seal-less Fire Release techniques until they nearly exhausted their Chakra.
• Izuna gained the advantage in close combat and battered Gen, who responded by throwing three shuriken marked with his Chakra.
• Uchiha Gen used the marked shuriken to appear behind Izuna and held a kunai at his neck, declaring that Izuna had lost.

Uchiha Gen taught Madara and Izuna how to develop the Substitution Technique into a marked teleportation ninjutsu, then faced Madara in another sparring match. Madara was fooled by Gen’s clones, but Gen remained outmatched in taijutsu as the fight continued.

• Gen explained the principles behind his modified Substitution Technique, and Izuna asked him to demonstrate it again.
• Madara imprinted a mark on a kunai and switched places with it, while Izuna succeeded after Gen explained how to apply Chakra.
• At home, Haru wondered aloud to the Black Cat about Gen’s future wife and where she would live if she left his household.
• Gen and Madara began another sparring match under the same restrictions, and Gen used the Clone Technique to attack him.
• Madara realized Gen had hidden his real body among the clones, but he continued overpowering Gen’s clones with taijutsu.

Uchiha Gen sparred with Madara, demonstrating his advanced ninjutsu and clever use of clones and substitution before Madara called off the match. Gen then began explaining his experiments with an enhanced Clone Technique to Madara and Izuna.

• Uchiha Gen accelerated his clone attacks, but Madara destroyed the clones with Fire Release: Overblaze Wind.
• Gen used his Breathing Technique and Earth Release against Madara, who escaped the traps and answered with Fire Release: Fire Flow Arrow.
• Gen closed the distance with stones and used the Substitution Technique to keep pace with Madara’s Super Strength.
• Gen surprised Madara with a Rasengan, and Madara praised its power before ending the spar.
• Gen explained how extra Chakra and Yin-nature Chakra let him sense through his clones, while privately recognizing the technique as a form of Shadow Clone Technique.

Uchiha Gen demonstrated powerful ninjutsu to Madara and Izuna, then pondered how to develop his strength further. His search for inspiration led him to discover Madara and Hashirama secretly discussing their plans for peace and unification.

• Uchiha Gen demonstrated the Rasengan and Big Ball Rasengan, impressing Madara and Izuna with their destructive power.
• Uchiha Gen described the Rasengan’s potential advanced forms and outlined ways the Summoning Technique could be developed into Flying Thunder God techniques.
• Uchiha Gen wandered through the snow, weighing different martial arts and considering Ice Release as another path for developing his abilities.
• Uchiha Gen found Madara and Hashirama drinking together on a frozen river and discussing their plans to unite the ninja clans under one regime.
• Uchiha Gen surprised Madara and Hashirama, then jokingly asked what conspiracy they were plotting.