Recaps

After Madara’s apparent death, Uchiha Gen discovered that he had faked it and found that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha stone tablet. Meanwhile, Hashirama and Uzumaki Mito considered sealing the Nine-Tails inside Mito.

• Uchiha Gen carried Madara’s body to the shrine, where Madara later revealed that he had faked his death and secretly left.
• Uchiha Gen examined the Uchiha stone tablet and found that its latter half had been altered, suspecting Black Zetsu’s involvement.
• Uchiha Gen held Madara’s funeral, and Hashirama asked him not to blame Konoha for Madara’s death; Gen said he would hold a grudge.
• Hashirama convened the Jōnin to discuss the Nine-Tails and rejected killing it after considering that the Tailed Beasts might not die.
• Hashirama and Uzumaki Mito observed the Nine-Tails, and Mito proposed sealing it inside herself to suppress it with her will.

Uchiha Gen oversaw the eye replacements for his three young disciples and continued developing Rōran as years passed. By Konoha’s twelfth year, the children had completed their training, while his longtime followers Kuroto and Heiyan died of old age, leaving Gen to honor Heiyan’s final request.

• Hashirama and Mito decided that Mito would become the Nine-Tails’ Jinchūriki, and Uchiha Gen learned of it a week later.
• Uchiha Gen’s Shadow Clone discovered that the cultivated bodies for the children’s eye replacements had no souls, and Gen concluded that the Sage of Six Paths might be responsible.
• Uchiha Gen replaced the three children’s eyes, explained that their clones had no souls, and assured them he would not harm them.
• Uchiha Gen’s visits to Konoha became rare as Rōran’s construction advanced and the three disciples grew stronger than his five followers.
• In Konoha’s twelfth year, Uchiha Gen decided he had nothing more to teach the three children, and Kuroto and Heiyan died of old age.
• Heiyan asked Uchiha Gen to take his ashes back to his clansmen, and Gen agreed.

Uchiha Gen sent his three disciples back to Konoha after grieving the deaths of his longtime companions. While visiting Hashirama, he met the young Tsunade and gave her a strange glass bead as a meeting gift.

• Uchiha Gen let Yuki Kiyoshi, Uzumaki Shibaki, and Meigetsu leave after they mourned their dead companions.
• Uchiha Gen told Itono, Yanta, and Miyue that their apprenticeship was over and took them back to Konoha despite Itono's tearful protests.
• Uchiha Gen warned his three disciples that they were not yet strong enough to travel the Shinobi World alone, then decided to look around Konoha.
• Uchiha Gen spotted covered cages containing Tailed Beasts at the Senju Clan Grounds but decided against taking any tails.
• Uchiha Gen visited Hashirama, met his granddaughter Senju Tsunade, and offered her a patterned glass bead that frightened her into tears.

Uchiha Gen gave Little Tsunade a protective bead that frightened her, then left Konoha for the Land of Water to deliver ashes to the Hoshigaki Clan. Black Zetsu watched him and began to suspect he was connected to its mother, while Kirigakure shinobi followed Gen after he entered the village.

• Uchiha Gen gave Little Tsunade an eyeball-shaped bead, and Hashirama carried her away when she began to cry.
• Uzumaki Mito recognized the bead’s powerful sealing as protective and accepted it as a valuable gift for Little Tsunade.
• Black Zetsu considered how to advance its plans, noticed Uchiha Gen, and wondered why his scent resembled its mother’s.
• Uchiha Gen traveled to Kirigakure to deliver ashes to the Hoshigaki Clan and said he needed to post a commission.
• A Kirigakure shinobi let Uchiha Gen enter, then called a companion and followed him toward the mission hall.

Uchiha Gen posted a commission in Kirigakure to find the Hoshigaki clan and Hoshigaki Kuroto, then tried to settle into the damp village while waiting for news. After narrowly avoiding poisonous pufferfish sashimi, he rented a bath suite in a pleasure district and prepared to spend the night.

• Uchiha Gen posted a D-rank commission asking Kirigakure to locate the Hoshigaki clan and Hoshigaki Kuroto, and was told to return in a week.
• Uchiha Gen ordered pufferfish sashimi at a deserted restaurant, discovered the owner had left the poisonous innards in it, and warned him about the danger.
• Uchiha Gen found a pleasure district and recognized aphrodisiac powder in the graffiti inside an establishment.
• Uchiha Gen rented a superior room with a bath, rejected the proprietress's advances, and went inside to change and bathe.

Uchiha Gen comforted Yuki Ren after discovering the young former Yuki clansman had been sent to his room, then resumed searching for the remaining clans. By dawn, he had confirmed the Hoshigaki village and set out to find the Tenbin Clan, unsure where to begin.

• Uchiha Gen rejected the Yuki clansman the proprietress had sent, then brought the shivering Yuki Ren inside and gave him money after learning he was Yuki Kiyoshi's clan nephew.
• Uchiha Gen left the inn and infiltrated Kirigakure's records to investigate the Hoshigaki Clan's location.
• Uchiha Gen confirmed the Hoshigaki Clan was a small fishing village and left Kuroto's urn, a note, and money at the village chief's home.
• Uchiha Gen began searching for the Tenbin Clan, recalling its connection to Jūgo and Natural Energy but realizing he did not know where it was.

After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Gen was attacked by an assassin from his own clan and discovered that the Uchiha’s growing population and unequal conditions had caused a crisis. He gathered the clan to address the problem, ending as he demanded an explanation for why their numbers had doubled despite his population policies.

• Uchiha Gen returned to Konoha after failing to locate Shikkotsu Forest and was ambushed by an assassin disguised as an old woman.
• Uchiha Gen sensed that the assassin had fled into the Uchiha Clan Grounds, absorbed his Shadow Clone’s memories, and recognized a serious problem within the clan.
• Uchiha Gen called a clan assembly and led thousands of Uchiha outside Konoha, where Hashirama Senju joined them despite Gen’s warning not to interfere.
• Uchiha Gen told the assembly that a clan member had tried to assassinate him and explained that the clan’s population had grown to nearly twenty thousand.
• Uchiha Gen recalled the policies limiting births and increasing benefits, then demanded to know why the Uchiha population had doubled anyway.

Uchiha Gen confronted his clan over its hidden population and unequal treatment, then gave them three days to choose whether to stay in Konoha or leave with him. When the departing Uchiha gathered outside the village, Gen resolved to pursue power beyond the role of Hokage.

• Uchiha Gen denounced the clan elders for concealing half the clan’s numbers and letting its benefits be divided among more people.
• Uchiha Gen warned the Uchiha against plotting a coup or assassinating him, and his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan pressure forced many clansmen to their knees.
• Uchiha Gen gave the clan three days to choose between staying in Konoha and leaving with him, while Hashirama worried he would become Konoha’s enemy.
• Tobirama read an Anbu report about the failed attempt on Uchiha Gen, and Konoha’s other clans chose not to intervene.
• Uchiha families who chose to leave formed a long procession outside Konoha’s gates, and Uchiha Gen decided he would aim to rule the world.

Itono caught up with Uchiha Gen and asked to join his journey because she could not bring herself to take Root or commission missions. As they traveled, Gen sparred with Little Kuro after learning she had mastered Sage Arts, and the chapter ended as she prepared a powerful attack in her gigantic form.

• Itono rushed from Konoha's gates, clung to Uchiha Gen, and asked to travel with him rather than stay in Konoha.
• Itono admitted she did not want to join Root or take commission missions because she could not bring herself to hurt people, and Gen questioned whether she would defend her companions.
• Gen learned that Little Kuro had reached roughly Kage-level strength and mastered Sage Arts, then arranged a spar while his team continued onward.
• Little Kuro attacked with Sage Arts while Gen defended with Susanoo, and their initial exchange caused no injuries.
• Gen unleashed his Complete Body Susanoo, and Little Kuro used the Multi-Size Technique to grow to the size of a small mountain.
• Little Kuro gathered dark brown energy in her mouth for her strongest move, surprising Gen.

Little Kuro attempted a five-attribute Chakra technique that tore open space, but exhausted herself before she could control or launch it. Uchiha Gen rescued her and examined the crater before taking the group toward Kyoto, where he planned to establish a new government after the Daimyo abdicated.

• Little Kuro gathered a slowly growing energy sphere by fusing Chakra from five attributes while Uchiha Gen and Itono watched.
• When Kuro reached her limit, Uchiha Gen used the Summoning Technique to pull her away, caught her, and escaped with Itono using Flying Thunder God.
• Uchiha Gen found a huge crater filled with spatial turbulence and explained that Kuro's half-finished technique had shattered space and kept annihilating matter underground.
• Kuro collapsed from exhausting her stored Chakra and shrank to the size of an ordinary cat; Uchiha Gen said she would recover after resting for a few months.
• Uchiha Gen considered developing Kuro's potential through Natural Energy and then led the clan members toward Kyoto to prepare for establishing a new government.

Uchiha Gen told his traveling clan that he intended to become Daimyo, then continued toward Kyoto as the Uchiha prepared to follow his lead. In Konoha Year 13, a shadow clone visited Hashirama to discuss recruiting Root members from the Ninja Academy, surprising Tobirama, who had assumed Gen had left with the departing clan.

• Uchiha Gen stopped rumors that the clan was leaving the country and announced that he would become Daimyo in Kyoto.
• The Uchiha clansmen protested, but Gen invoked his past leadership and promised to usher in a new era, renewing their resolve.
• Itono asked why the older Uchiha were so excited, and Gen explained that many remembered his earlier era and wanted a better life.
• In Konoha Year 13, many Uchiha left the village, reducing its strength by thirty percent and easing Tobirama’s concerns about the clan.
• Shadow Clone No. 3 entered the Senju Clan Grounds and went to Hashirama to discuss recruiting gifted students from the Ninja Academy for Root.
• Tobirama realized that Uchiha Gen himself had not left Konoha and wondered how he could endure the memories carried by so many shadow clones.

As the great nations descended into conflict, Hashirama learned that the Land of Whirlpools had requested aid and convened an emergency meeting. Konoha decided to support the Uzumaki while deploying forces to guard its borders and manage village affairs.

• Uchiha Gen argued that the attacks on the Land of Whirlpools threatened Konoha and urged the village to intervene.
• Hashirama and Tobirama supported Uchiha Gen's proposal in the final vote.
• Hashirama decided to personally lead a force to support the Uzumaki.
• Hashirama assigned Uchiha Gen and Root with one thousand shinobi to guard the northeastern border, and ordered the Hyuga Clan head to defend the far west with three thousand shinobi.
• Hashirama tasked the Nara Clan head with attending the Daimyo's ascension ceremony and left Tobirama in charge of village affairs.

Uchiha Gen helped complete the transfer of power in the Land of Fire, then investigated the source of Natural Energy beneath the Ninja Cat Clan Grounds. He discovered a hidden underground route leading toward a pool of highly corrosive purple liquid.

• Konoha mobilized shinobi and supplies while Uchiha Gen’s people quietly took control of the Land of Fire and installed one of his tools as Daimyo.
• Uchiha Gen discussed his plans to challenge shinobi’s dominance with Itono and explained why he trusted an ordinary clansman to serve as Daimyo.
• Uchiha Gen waited with Kuro for Natural Energy to emerge from the spring, then dived into it when it began bubbling.
• Uchiha Gen found a crack at the spring’s bottom and followed the flow of Natural Energy through an underground passage.
• Uchiha Gen detected danger ahead, identified unusual bedrock, and found dark purple liquid that corroded the ground.

Uchiha Gen crossed the acid barrier into Shikkotsu Forest and met the Slug Sage, who guided him toward Ryūchi Cave. At the sealed entrance, he began drawing in Natural Energy to learn Sage Arts on the spot.

• Uchiha Gen protected himself with Uchiha Shell, crossed the acid sea, and flew to the Slug Sage’s mountain-sized body.
• The Slug Sage recognized Uchiha Gen as a friend of Hashirama and gave him a small split body to guide him to the other sacred lands.
• Uchiha Gen asked for directions to Ryūchi Cave and explained that he was searching for a hidden village above the Three Sacred Lands.
• The Slug’s split body led Uchiha Gen to the fork and explained that Sage Arts were needed to open the stone door to Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Gen sat before the door and began absorbing Natural Energy, shocking the little Slug.

Uchiha Gen entered Ryūchi Cave, left a Flying Thunder God mark, and returned to the Ninja Cat Clan Grounds. While flying toward the Land of Earth, he encountered a battle between Konoha shinobi and Iwagakure forces and prepared to intervene.

• Uchiha Gen opened the stone door to Ryūchi Cave using Sage Chakra and explained his method to the little slug, who began calling him Gen-Gen.
• Uchiha Gen reached the Snake Sage's domain, marked its door with Flying Thunder God, and vanished before Garaga could catch him.
• Tagorihime heard the Snake Sage confirm that a human had approached and disappeared, but was likely not an enemy because he carried the scent of a slug.
• Uchiha Gen returned to the Ninja Cat Clan Grounds after three days, spoke with Kuro, and learned that one of his marks lay far to the west.
• Uchiha Gen flew toward the Land of Earth, then descended after sensing a battle and saw four Konoha shinobi facing more than a hundred Iwagakure Shinobi.

Uchiha Gen rescued a Konoha squad from an Iwagakure attack and discovered that its youngest member was Kagami Uchiha. After healing the squad’s Jōnin and questioning him about the ambush, Uchiha Gen listened to how the low-ranked reconnaissance mission had turned into a battle.

• Uchiha Gen used Dust Release to wipe out the attacking Iwagakure Shinobi and finish off those who fled.
• Uchiha Gen healed the wounded Konoha Jōnin with Yang Release Chakra.
• Uchiha Gen recognized the five-year-old Kagami as a member of his Uchiha clan and scolded the squad for taking him on a mission.
• Kagami asked why the Uchiha kept their affairs separate from Konoha, and Uchiha Gen struggled to answer before teasing him about sharing family and a future wife.
• The Konoha Jōnin explained that the squad had accepted a low-ranked reconnaissance mission in the Land of Fire before the battle began.

After learning that the Shinobi World War had begun, Uchiha Gen took Kagami away from a Konoha squad to keep him from fighting at his age. While flying, Gen explained how he had built the clan’s prosperity and argued that Kagami should grow rather than risk his life in war; the chapter ended with Gen threatening to expel him from the Uchiha clan.

• Uchiha Gen learned from a Konoha Jōnin that the Shinobi World War had begun after the Land of Whirlpools was attacked.
• Uchiha Gen took Kagami from the Konoha squad and told the Jōnin to deliver a cryptic message to the Hokage.
• Uchiha Gen flew away with Kagami and refused to let him return to the war, despite Kagami’s protests.
• Uchiha Gen explained that he had used money and material support to improve the Uchiha clan’s living conditions and longevity.
• Kagami argued that he wanted to contribute and share the clan’s resources, so Uchiha Gen threatened to expel him from the clan.

Uchiha Gen reached the Tenbin Clan’s hidden home and encountered a transformation crisis, then arrived at Konoha’s western front and agreed to lead an attack against Iwagakure. He activated a powerful chakra mode before the assembled armies, preparing to show Kagami the Uchiha Clan’s strength.

• Uchiha Gen scolded Kagami about the Uchiha Clan’s resources, and Kagami cried as they flew to the Tenbin Clan’s hidden mountain home.
• Uchiha Gen and Kagami heard that someone inside the Tenbin Clan had transformed and gone mad.
• After Konoha declared war on the four other great shinobi villages, Uchiha Gen landed at the western battlefield and used Susanoo to prove his identity to Konoha’s troops.
• Uchiha Gen learned the western front was stalled and persuaded Hyuga Himan to let him clear out the Iwagakure Shinobi.
• Uchiha Gen gathered Konoha’s forces and told Kagami he would demonstrate the Uchiha Clan’s true power.
• Uchiha Gen activated Five Transformations: Chakra Mode before the assembled armies and promised the Iwagakure Shinobi a Warring States-era shock.

Uchiha Gen annihilated the Iwagakure force with a Tailed Beast Bomb and Susanoo, then headed for the northern border of the Land of Fire. Konoha discovered that his attack had accidentally killed the First Tsuchikage.

• Uchiha Gen fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that devastated the Iwagakure Shinobi and left a vast crater, while his Susanoo shielded the Konoha forces from the blast.
• Uchiha Gen summoned a thousand-meter Susanoo and used its bow to hunt down fleeing Iwagakure Shinobi before checking the camp for survivors.
• Uchiha Gen flew away with Kagami, leaving Hyuga Himan and the Konoha shinobi to clean up the battlefield.
• Hyuga Himan learned from an intelligence scroll that a corpse found on the battlefield seemed to be Iwagakure's Kage.
• Uchiha Gen, unaware that his attack had killed the First Tsuchikage, hurried toward the northern border of the Land of Fire.

Hashirama returned to Konoha believing the conflict over the Land of Whirlpools had ended peacefully, but learned that Uchiha Gen had destroyed Iwagakure and Kumogakure forces and killed both villages’ Kage. Gen explained that he wanted to secure peace for the Land of Fire, then proposed unifying the Shinobi World by killing everyone outside it, leaving Hashirama stunned.

• Hashirama returned to Konoha after reaching an agreement with Sunagakure and Kirigakure, but Tobirama reported that Konoha had wiped out three thousand Iwagakure shinobi and killed their Tsuchikage.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that Uchiha Gen had killed the Raikage and destroyed five thousand Kumogakure troops, then pushed onward to demand a national war.
• Uchiha Gen arrived and announced that the Land of Lightning had surrendered, and three days later Hyuga Himan credited Gen with breaking the western stalemate.
• Gen recalled that his Shadow Clone had destroyed enemy garrisons in the Land of Iron and the Land of Frost before ambushing and killing the Raikage and defeating his forces.
• Hashirama confronted Gen about killing the two Kage, and Gen argued that the victories would secure decades of peace for the Land of Fire.
• Gen proposed unifying the Shinobi World by killing everyone outside the Land of Fire, leaving Hashirama shocked.

After the First Shinobi World War ended, Uchiha Gen began reorganizing the Land of Fire under its new Daimyo, pushing reforms that restricted the old nobles and shinobi clans. His land policies unsettled Hashirama, who was told Konoha only had to accept the limits for five years.

• Hashirama left Uchiha Gen after receiving an ambiguous answer about peace and considered how to handle the war’s aftermath.
• When Konoha declared the war over and called for negotiations, Uchiha Gen left the village and summoned his senior subordinates to plan reforms for the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Gen ordered his officials to build roads, reclaim land, conduct a census, and implement the first phase of a Five-Year Plan.
• Uchiha Gen told his officials to negotiate with Konoha to exchange money or land for the businesses and territory held by shinobi clans outside the village.
• At the end of Konoha Year 16, the Daimyo declared all land state-owned, and nobles who had opposed the policy soon announced their support.
• A Daimyo’s envoy told Hashirama that Konoha would have to accept limits on its clans’ businesses and influence for five years.

Hashirama learned that the Uchiha had taken control of the Land of Fire, but Tobirama’s warnings led him to reconsider arresting them. Meanwhile, Uchiha Gen arrived in Rōran to claim the Dragon Vein, and Queen of Roran began undoing its seal.

• Anbu reported to Hashirama and Tobirama that Uchiha had infiltrated the Land of Fire and replaced its Daimyo with a Uchiha peddler.
• Tobirama urged Hashirama to arrest the Uchiha in Konoha and capture Uchiha Gen, but Hashirama refused after concluding he understood their wider ambitions.
• Uchiha Gen traveled to Rōran, where glass factories had helped turn the desert settlement into an industrial center.
• Uchiha Gen learned that Queen of Roran had nearly reached the end of her life and had devoted herself to guarding the Dragon Vein.
• Queen of Roran sent golden chains into the Dragon Vein seal, causing the underground chamber to shake as she began unsealing it.

Uchiha Gen tried to contain the freed Dragon Vein, but its immense energy transformed his bloodline and began awakening his Rinnegan before Hagoromo Otsutsuki pulled him into the Pure Land. Hagoromo warned that Gen had taken a wrong step and that “her” had noticed him, leaving Gen uncertain whether his body would survive.

• Queen of Rōran used Adamantite Sealing Chains to help break the seal, then collapsed and died as the Dragon Vein awakened.
• Uchiha Gen summoned his own Adamantite Sealing Chains, Susanoo, and Wood Release to restrain the golden dragon, but discovered vast Dragon Vein Energy surging beneath it.
• Unable to restore the damaged seal, Uchiha Gen decided to become the Dragon Vein’s Jinchūriki and pulled the golden dragon into himself.
• The Dragon Vein’s energy flooded Uchiha Gen and pushed his bloodline toward awakening the Rinnegan, but the transformation abruptly stopped as he lost consciousness.
• Uchiha Gen found himself in the Pure Land, where Hagoromo Otsutsuki said that “she” had noticed him and warned that collecting the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra was a wrong step.

Hagoromo warned Uchiha Gen that further evolution could make him a vessel for Kaguya’s resurrection, but Gen continued absorbing the Dragon Vein’s energy. His eyes unexpectedly evolved into the Tenseigan, and he ended the chapter recovering the Divine Robe from his scroll.

• Hagoromo explained that Gen’s copied genes, combined with the Rinnegan and Tailed Beast Chakra, could make him a perfect vessel for Kaguya to resurrect through.
• Gen spent ten days absorbing Dragon Vein energy while resisting the urge to evolve his eyes.
• A golden jade stone fused into Gen’s palm, and his eyes absorbed his unstable energy, losing their Mangekyō patterns and developing into the Tenseigan.
• Gen tested his new powers with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and All-Killing Ash Bones, then realized his clothes had been destroyed.
• Gen found the Divine Robe in his scroll, carefully folded it, and sealed it away again.

Uchiha Gen settled Queen of Roran’s burial before returning to the Ninja Cat Clan Grounds, where his shadow clone reunited with Itono and took her out with Kuro. Meanwhile, the original Uchiha Gen struggled to control the jade fused into his body and began trying to develop a cultivation method before its energy overwhelmed him.

• Uchiha Gen gave Queen of Roran’s corpse to Rōran’s attendants and ordered them to bury her beneath the castle.
• Shadow Clone Zero returned to the Ninja Cat Clan Grounds, found Itono at the Cat House, and comforted her after she clung to him in tears.
• Shadow Clone Zero agreed to take Itono out, and Kuro carried them away from the grounds despite her annoyance.
• Uchiha Gen sensed that the jade fused into his body was absorbing energy and feared it would make him burst apart.
• Uchiha Gen decided to fuse Dragon Vein Energy into himself and searched his memories for a cultivation method.
• Shadow Clone Zero, Itono, and Kuro wandered through a forest while Itono scolded her master for being clueless.