Recaps

Tsunade ended Konoha’s dependence on the Daimyo Court’s mission contracts after Ren’s Uchiha-backed agreement offered one hundred billion ryo for projects and missions. The nobles warned that Konoha’s withdrawal would weaken their control and cause disorder, but Tsunade had not yet responded.

• Tsunade told the Land of Fire Daimyo and the nobles that the Uchiha’s one hundred billion ryo agreement would fund Konoha missions, and she said the village would no longer rely on the Daimyo Court’s mission distribution.
• Tsunade explained that Konoha’s ninjas would take Uchiha-funded missions according to their abilities and would not work for other ninja villages in the Land of Fire.
• Ren’s agreement prepared Konoha for the Daimyo Court’s pressure and also established plans for railroads, trade routes, and Uchiha Myriad City branches across the Land of Fire.
• When nobles pleaded for Konoha’s protection of their caravans, industries, and fiefs, Tsunade told them to use their own samurai and said Konoha would not suppress farmers or help nobles fight over land.
• Tsunade said Konoha would still respond to major rebellions threatening the country and its people, while an elderly noble warned that the Daimyo Court would lose control of local territories without Konoha’s help.

Tsunade told the Daimyo Court that Konoha would prioritize the Uchiha Clan’s missions and refuse work that harmed its interests, including helping expose the Dark Exchange House’s backers. The nobles then proposed that Konoha destroy the Uchiha Clan in exchange for its wealth and a massive mission reward.

• Tsunade reminded the Daimyo and ministers that the Uchiha Clan’s contracts had ended Konoha’s dependence on the Daimyo Court for missions.
• The Daimyo argued that the Uchiha Clan’s funding would eventually run out, but Tsunade said Konoha would prioritize its missions and put the Daimyo Court behind them.
• Tsunade declared that Konoha would reject missions that harmed the Uchiha Clan and help it eliminate the Dark Exchange House’s remaining forces and expose its backers.
• The Daimyo warned that pursuing the Dark Exchange House could destabilize the Land of Fire and that the Uchiha Clan’s growing power threatened Konoha.
• A noble urged Konoha to eliminate the Uchiha Clan, offering its wealth and an S-Rank Mission reward as payment.

Tsunade confronted the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and nobles after they proposed using Konoha to destroy the Uchiha and seize their wealth. She left them shaken by demonstrating her power and warning that Uchiha Ren could destroy Konoha and the capital, forcing the court to recognize the danger he posed.

• A minister argued that Uchiha Ren and his clan threatened Konoha and urged the court to eliminate them for their wealth.
• Tsunade warned that Ren could defeat all of Konoha and destroy the capital, while the nobles and a Guardian Ninja dismissed her claims and proposed using the Nine-Tails against him.
• Tsunade unleashed her Chakra, overwhelming the nobles and all Twelve Guardian Ninja as she declared Ren an Asura-class powerhouse who might surpass even Hashirama.
• Kazuma challenged Tsunade for intimidating the Daimyo, but Asuma intervened and urged her to stop before anyone died.
• Tsunade withdrew her Chakra, leaving the Daimyo, nobles, and Guardian Ninja shaken by the power of top-tier ninja.

Tsunade revealed that Orochimaru resurrected Hashirama to fight Uchiha Ren, but Ren defeated him. Hashirama acknowledged Ren as a powerhouse comparable to Madara, leaving the nobles stunned.

• Tsunade explained that Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Hashirama back and make him fight Ren.
• The nobles celebrated Hashirama’s return, while the Daimyo privately resented the fame he believed his ancestors deserved.
• The Daimyo and nobles assumed Hashirama had easily defeated Ren, but Tsunade told them Hashirama had lost.
• Tsunade said Ren blocked Hashirama’s Top Transformed Buddha with Complete Body Susanoo and destroyed his Impure World Body with his own taijutsu.
• Tsunade revealed that Hashirama considered Ren comparable to Madara and noted that Ren had not yet reached his limit.

After Uchiha Ren defeated Hashirama, the Daimyo Court’s attempt to threaten the Uchiha collapsed, and Tsunade left with the cooperation agreement. Tobirama told Tsunade that he planned to join the Uchiha, explaining their shared ancestry and Ren’s ambition to impose a supreme order on the Shinobi World.

• The nobles and the Land of Fire's Daimyo feared Uchiha Ren after learning he had defeated Hashirama and could threaten Konoha and its rulers.
• Tsunade challenged the doubters to inspect the devastation at the Valley of the End, then left the Daimyo Court with the cooperation agreement.
• Tobirama told Tsunade he planned to join the Uchiha, and she questioned why he would ally with the clan he had guarded against.
• Tobirama revealed that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Asura and Indra, the sons of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, and that Hashirama and Madara were their reincarnations.
• Tobirama explained that the Senju clan had effectively vanished and that Ren's shrine would become an independent force gathering talent from every clan.
• Tobirama revealed Ren's goal of imposing shared supreme rules on nations and villages, with Ren himself ruling above them as the Shinobi World's one and only god.

Tsunade accepted Tobirama’s decision to join Uchiha after realizing Ren’s rise could fulfill the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy. Ren reassured her that he planned to make Konoha the Shinobi World’s sacred land and bind it closely to Uchiha through shared interests, leaving their future partnership dependent on Konoha’s loyalty.

• Tsunade connected Ren’s victories, Uchiha’s growing power, and the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy about one figure ruling above the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama said he would join the Temple to study its techniques and observe Ren, despite not fully approving of Ren’s path.
• Tsunade agreed not to oppose Tobirama joining Uchiha and told him the Senju no longer had reason to cling to their old grievances.
• Tsunade asked Ren how he would treat Konoha if he gained the highest position in the Shinobi World, and Ren said Konoha would become its sacred land while countries and villages retained local authority.
• Ren explained that Uchiha would remain independent of Konoha’s leadership but integrate into village life as an ally, with trade and shared projects binding the two sides.
• Ren promised that Uchiha’s commercial network would send more than half of its shinobi-related missions to Konoha, and Tsunade accepted the partnership’s potential benefits.

After Tsunade agreed to support the Uchiha, Ren asked her to publicize his victory over Hashirama so the Land of Fire’s elites would understand his power. The Daimyo sent investigators to the Valley of the End, where they confirmed the battle’s overwhelming destruction and discovered that Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands still stood.

• Ren asked Tsunade to announce at the Daimyo Court that he had defeated Hashirama, and she agreed.
• Tsunade revealed the battle’s outcome, shocking the Daimyo and nobles who had been preparing to purge the Uchiha.
• The Daimyo ordered Kazuma to investigate the Valley of the End and sent Asuma to Konoha to seek confirmation from Hiruzen Sarutobi and witnesses.
• Kazuma, Chiriku, and the other Guardian Ninja reached the valley and found its river severed, cliffs collapsed, and ground torn open by the battle.
• Chiriku identified the surviving wooden Buddha as Hashirama’s Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and explained that its living wood would remain unless destroyed.

At the Valley of the End, Kazuma and the Guardian Ninja realized that Uchiha Ren had defeated Hashirama’s enormous True Several Thousand Hands, and feared what Ren could do to the Daimyo Court. They hurried to report what they had seen as noble scouts and independent-clan envoys arrived to inspect the devastation.

• Chiriku explained that Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands was larger than the version described in ancient records and powerful enough to overwhelm even the Nine-Tails.
• Kazuma accepted that Ren had defeated Hashirama and understood that the Daimyo Court’s threats against the Uchiha had put the capital at risk.
• Kazuma ordered the Guardian Ninja to document the destruction and leave immediately to report everything to the Daimyo.
• Scouts sent by the great noble families arrived, saw the transformed valley, and concluded that Tsunade’s account of Ren’s victory was true.
• Envoys from independent ninja clans examined a mountain gouge and recognized that sheer impact, rather than ninjutsu, had caused it.

After Uchiha Ren defeated Hashirama at the Valley of the End, shinobi from the Five Great Villages inspected the devastation and recognized Ren as a monster on Madara Uchiha's level. Ōnoki learned that a Uchiha Shrine squad had entered Iwagakure territory, and he angrily wondered whether they intended to start a war.

• Shinobi from the major villages inspected the Valley of the End and confirmed that Ren had defeated Hashirama after several past Kage had been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kitsuchi reported the battlefield's destruction to Ōnoki, including the abyss, giant handprints, True Several Thousand Hands, and ravines attributed to Ren.
• Ōnoki concluded that Ren had become a monster on the same level as Madara Uchiha and that the Five Kage could not balance his power.
• An Iwagakure shinobi reported that a Uchiha Shrine squad had broken through the Land of Earth's border defenses and entered Iwagakure territory.
• Ōnoki slammed his palm on the desk and demanded to know whether Uchiha intended to start a war.

Nanami Uchiha led a four-person squad into the Land of Earth and reached Iwagakure, where Ōnoki confronted them over crossing the border. Nanami warned that attacking them would bring the full force of the Uchiha Shrine, leaving Ōnoki to weigh the danger of escalation.

• An Uchiha squad of four Elite Jonin broke through the Land of Earth's border and continued toward Iwagakure, alarming the small shinobi villages.
• Kitsuchi urged Ōnoki to determine the squad's purpose, suggesting they were following clues about Bounty Exchange branches rather than seeking war.
• The squad stopped outside Iwagakure and requested entry to negotiate, and Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to bring them in.
• Ōnoki threatened to annihilate the four Uchiha, but Nanami remained calm and warned that the Shrine's thirteen squads and Ren would retaliate if they were killed.
• Nanami cited Kumogakure's defeat in its war against the Uchiha and challenged Ōnoki to consider whether Iwagakure could withstand a full conflict.

Nanami revealed her overwhelming strength to Ōnoki and explained that she was only one of thirteen Uchiha Shrine Squad Captains. She then told Iwagakure that the Uchiha had come to hire the village for a mission: purging bounty exchanges and their backers across the Land of Earth.

• Nanami released her True Essence Chakra, demonstrating strength that threatened even peak Kage Level fighters and silencing the Iwagakure shinobi.
• Kitsuchi warned Ōnoki that the intelligence on Nanami was outdated, and Ōnoki recognized her as a serious threat.
• Nanami clarified that she was only the First Division captain and that the other twelve Squad Captains held the same position.
• Ōnoki demanded to know why Nanami had entered the Land of Earth, and she said the Uchiha had come to issue Iwagakure a mission.
• Nanami explained that the Uchiha had purged bounty exchanges in the Land of Fire and would next target those in the Land of Earth.

Nanami Uchiha pressed Ōnoki to have Iwagakure purge the Dark Exchange Houses in the Land of Earth, warning that the Uchiha would invade in force if Iwagakure refused. She argued that destroying the exchanges would redirect their missions to Iwagakure, and Ōnoki began to consider accepting in exchange for compensation.

• Nanami asked Ōnoki to assign Iwagakure the task of locating and destroying every Dark Exchange House in the Land of Earth, but he refused because it would anger the country's nobles and threaten Iwagakure's funding.
• Nanami warned that the Uchiha would send thirteen divisions into the Land of Earth if Iwagakure declined, and that any force opposing them would risk war with Ren and the Shrine.
• Kitsuchi demanded compensation for the commissions Iwagakure might lose, and Nanami explained that those missions would return to Iwagakure once the underground exchanges were gone.
• Kitsuchi and Ōnoki realized that the Dark Exchange Houses had been taking missions from Iwagakure and that eliminating them could leave Iwagakure with a larger share of the Land of Earth's ninja work.
• Ōnoki's anger faded, and he said that Iwagakure should receive mission compensation for accepting the assignment.

Nanami secured Ōnoki’s agreement for Iwagakure to purge the Dark Exchange Houses in the Land of Earth, with Iwagakure keeping half the seized assets. Villages across the Shinobi World began accepting the Uchiha’s commissions and raiding the underground bases, while Amegakure remained undecided.

• Ōnoki weighed the Uchiha’s threat against the benefits and accepted the mission to eliminate the Dark Exchange Houses in the Land of Earth.
• Ōnoki required Iwagakure to control the purge and handle any evidence against local nobles; Nanami agreed that the Uchiha would not interfere in the details.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to investigate and seal off every base, seize its assets and records, and kill anyone who resisted.
• After Nanami and her squad left, Ōnoki said Iwagakure would reclaim the missions lost to the underground exchanges, and Kitsuchi vowed to destroy every base.
• Sunagakure launched raids after the Uchiha’s notice arrived, and Kirigakure, Takigakure, and Kusagakure also accepted commissions and purged their Bounty Exchanges.
• The Dark Exchange Houses across the Shinobi World came under attack, but Amegakure still gave no clear answer.

Nagato refused to accept the Uchiha Shrine’s mission to purge the Bounty Exchanges in the Land of Rain and considered rescuing Orochimaru from Konoha. Obito warned him not to provoke Uchiha Ren, whose strength had surpassed every living ninja, but Nagato remained unconvinced as Obito revealed how Ren had fought Hashirama.

• Konan reported that the Uchiha Shrine’s ordinary squads could coordinate their strength to briefly reach Kage Level and that Orochimaru remained captive in Konoha.
• Nagato refused the Uchiha mission, defended Amegakure’s Bounty Exchanges as vital intelligence channels, and said Pain could act if the Uchiha interfered.
• Obito emerged from the Kamui Dimension and warned Nagato that Ren was stronger than he was and that Pain must not go to Konoha.
• Nagato argued that Ren’s victory over a Reanimated Hashirama did not prove he could defeat the Six Paths of Pain.
• Obito explained that Hashirama had retained seventy to eighty percent of his peak strength, used Sage Mode and True Several Thousand Hands, and that Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo blocked Top Transformed Buddha head-on.

Obito persuaded Nagato that Amegakure could not afford a war with Ren and the Uchiha Clan, so Nagato accepted the mission to purge the Dark Exchange Houses in the Land of Rain. In Konoha, Orochimaru was summoned from prison to meet Ren, believing his forbidden techniques made him valuable.

• Obito warned Nagato that Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo had defeated Hashirama head-on and could threaten the Rinnegan.
• Obito argued that refusing the Uchiha Shrine’s mission would make Amegakure a target and endanger the Akatsuki Organization’s plans.
• Konan urged Nagato to avoid a full-scale conflict, and Nagato assigned her to accept the mission and purge the Land of Rain’s Dark Exchange Houses without exposing the Akatsuki.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to monitor the Uchiha Clan’s movements, especially Ren’s plans.
• In Konoha, an Uchiha ninja brought Orochimaru out of his cell to meet the clan head, and Orochimaru expected his knowledge and techniques to keep him alive.

Ren offered Orochimaru a place with the Uchiha to continue his research, provided he did not experiment on living people without authorization or endanger the clan’s reputation. He showed Orochimaru a medicine that could transform innate talent, leaving the researcher astonished and calling it a Divine Creation.

• Orochimaru told Danzo that he believed his value would keep the Uchiha from killing him.
• Ren met Orochimaru in a secluded courtyard and offered him resources and a workspace for his research, while forbidding unauthorized experiments on living people.
• Ren explained that the Uchiha needed to protect their reputation as they sought recognition across the Shinobi World.
• Ren placed a pale golden medicine on the table, and Orochimaru examined it and realized it could transform the body and erase innate differences in talent.
• Orochimaru called the medicine a Divine Creation.

Ren explained to Orochimaru that the bloodline-tempering potion could strengthen the Uchiha and Senju by restoring power inherited from Indra and Asura, the sons of the Sage of Six Paths. Orochimaru recognized the potion’s potential to reshape the clans, and Ren warned him not to treat Uchiha clan members as experimental subjects.

• Ren told Orochimaru that the potion could purify bloodlines and enhance Kekkei Genkai, and offered him a bottle if he joined the Uchiha and followed research rules.
• Ren revealed that the Uchiha and Senju descended from Indra and Asura, explaining the origins of the Sharingan and the Senju’s vitality.
• Orochimaru realized that the potion could reverse generations of bloodline decline and potentially restore the Uchiha’s and Senju’s ancestral powers.
• Orochimaru began speculating about researching Indra’s bloodline, the Mangekyo, and combining it with the Senju’s Sage Body.
• Ren warned Orochimaru that Uchiha clan members were not experimental subjects and threatened to deal with him personally if he crossed that boundary.

Ren offered Orochimaru a place in the Uchiha by creating him a new body with Orochimaru's genes and Ren's Uchiha Bloodline, then recruited him to develop practical potions from the Basic Bloodline Tempering Potion. He left Orochimaru to confront the flaws in his pursuit of immortality through Living Corpse Reincarnation.

• Orochimaru resisted his urge to study Ren's bloodline, and Ren told him to officially join the Uchiha.
• Ren explained that he planned to transfer Tobirama Senju's soul into a genetic infant and offered to create Orochimaru a new body carrying both Orochimaru's genes and Ren's Uchiha Bloodline.
• Ren said he would not rely on a Cursed Seal to control Orochimaru, arguing that shared Uchiha interests would better protect the clan's research.
• Ren offered Orochimaru the complete potion formula and tasked him with finding common substitutes and developing practical lesser potions; Orochimaru accepted the research.
• Ren warned Orochimaru that repeatedly using Living Corpse Reincarnation damaged his soul and pointed to Fugaku's Tsukuyomi as evidence that his pursuit of immortality was failing.

Ren explained to Orochimaru that the Great River Qi Refinement Method could extend life and eventually grant a three-thousand-year lifespan, unlike Living Corpse Reincarnation. Orochimaru became eager to join the Uchiha Temple, but Ren said access to the method would depend on his trustworthiness and contributions.

• Orochimaru questioned Ren about whether the Uchiha possessed a better path to immortality after realizing Living Corpse Reincarnation had damaged his soul.
• Ren explained that Kaguya Otsutsuki had survived a thousand-year seal without aging because she had transcended ordinary life.
• Ren described how the Great River Qi Refinement Method could extend a cultivator’s lifespan by hundreds of years at the Fourth Level and up to three thousand years after entering the transcendent realm.
• Orochimaru dropped his teacup in shock and asked why the method had never become widely known.
• Ren said the Uchiha kept the method internal and offered Orochimaru a chance to earn access by researching potions and making contributions, provided he proved worthy of trust.

Orochimaru abandoned Living Corpse Reincarnation and joined Uchiha Ren’s Shrine to pursue the Great River Qi Refinement Method. After the Bounty Exchange House was destroyed across multiple countries, Ren surveyed the Shrine’s disciples and found that most had completed their first stage of cultivation, bringing them closer to Kage Level.

• Orochimaru pledged loyalty to Uchiha Ren, offered his research to the Uchiha Shrine, and agreed to stop cultivating Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• The Dark Exchange House’s strongholds were raided across several countries after Uchiha Ren’s mission mobilized shinobi villages throughout the Shinobi World.
• Nobles and underground forces realized the Uchiha could compel shinobi villages across national borders to act, and began treating the clan as untouchable.
• Uchiha Ren ordered the Shrine’s disciples to release their chakra and observed their powerful, unified True Essence Chakra.
• Fugaku reported that most Shrine disciples had completed the first stage of the Great River Qi Refinement Method, and Ren predicted they would eventually reach Kage Level.

Ren distributed Basic Bloodline Tempering Potions to the Uchiha Shrine’s twelve Squad Captains and explained that they purified the Uchiha bloodline inherited from the Sage of Six Paths. The captains learned the potions could improve their Sharingan, natural talents, and cultivation, leaving them with the prospect of progressing beyond Kage Level.

• Ren summoned the twelve Squad Captains and gave each one a Basic Bloodline Tempering Potion.
• Nanami Uchiha revealed that she had used a potion to reach Kage Level, prompting excitement among the captains and disciples.
• Ren explained that reaching Kage Level was only a side effect; the potion’s purpose was to purify the Uchiha bloodline diluted over a thousand years.
• Ren said purification could improve Sharingan aptitude, mental and physical abilities, Chakra talent, and cultivation of the Great River Qi Refinement Method.
• Haito and Naoto Uchiha realized that Nanami’s potion had helped her keep surpassing them, while Nanami confirmed it had made her stronger and allowed her to advance further.
• The Squad Captains understood that the potion could raise their potential beyond Kage Level and make Super-Kage easier to reach.

Ren distributed the first batch of Basic Bloodline Tempering Potions to the remaining Uchiha Shrine Squad Captains and promised future access through clan merit. Kakashi and Kurenai arrived in the rebuilt Uchiha District to seek Ren’s help with Kakashi’s Sharingan seal and Kurama Yakumo’s dangerous genjutsu.

• Yao Wu asked whether Ren could mass-produce the potion, and Ren explained that rare ingredients and a difficult process limited the first batch to thirteen vials.
• Ren gave the twelve remaining potions to the Shrine Squad Captains and promised Temple members priority access in the future for earning merit.
• Kakashi and Kurenai walked through the newly rebuilt Uchiha District, which had been renovated with Kumogakure’s war reparations.
• Kakashi came to ask Ren to remove the seal restricting his Sharingan, while Kurenai hoped Ren could help Kurama Yakumo escape her own genjutsu.
• Kurenai worried Ren might refuse them, but Kakashi assured her that rumors about Ren being difficult to approach were exaggerated.

Kurenai Yuhi asked Ren to save her student, Kurama Yakumo, whose powerful genjutsu was destabilizing her mind and body. Ren recognized the cause of Yakumo’s condition but had not yet decided how to help her.

• Kakashi asked Ren to remove the seal on his Sharingan, and Ren agreed to do so after hearing Kurenai Yuhi’s request.
• Kurenai Yuhi explained that she trusted Ren to act for reasons, despite his fearsome reputation, and asked him to save Kurama Yakumo.
• Kurenai Yuhi described Yakumo’s extraordinary genjutsu talent, frail body, and worsening mental instability, which Tsunade could not treat.
• Ren recognized that Yakumo’s immense mental power, lack of guidance, and emotional distress had caused an uncontrollable second personality.

Kurenai Yuhi asked Ren to help Kurama Yakumo control the backlash from her powerful genjutsu, and he agreed after clarifying that Tsunade would need to treat Yakumo’s physical condition. Meanwhile, Asuma returned to Konoha to investigate Ren for the Daimyo, but Hiruzen Sarutobi warned him not to provoke Ren and revealed that the First Hokage’s reanimated body had retained most of its strength.

• Kurenai Yuhi explained Yakumo’s genjutsu talent and asked Ren to help her, and Ren agreed because he wanted to examine the Kurama Clan’s Kekkei Genkai.
• Ren told Kurenai Yuhi that he could address Yakumo’s mental and genjutsu problems but could not treat physical illness, so she promised to seek Tsunade’s help.
• Asuma met Hiruzen Sarutobi after returning to Konoha and said the Daimyo had sent him to investigate Ren.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Asuma not to provoke Ren or approach the Uchiha Shrine’s secrets, saying only the First at his peak and Madara in his prime could face Ren head-on.
• Asuma questioned whether Ren’s victory over the reanimated First proved his strength, and Hiruzen said the First’s Impure World Body had retained seventy to eighty percent of his living strength and could use Sage Mode and powerful Wood Release techniques.

Hiruzen Sarutobi explained Ren’s overwhelming power to Asuma, while Ren agreed to visit Kurama Yakumo and assess her spiritual problem. As Ren, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi headed to the Kurama District, Konoha residents and Tsunade learned of his ordinary outing, and Tsunade ordered ANBU to stop reporting his routine movements.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Asuma that Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo and strength surpassed even Madara Uchiha’s, and Asuma struggled to comprehend his power.
• Ren agreed to visit Kurama Yakumo at home, then set out with Kakashi and Kurenai Yuhi, postponing Kakashi’s seal treatment until their return.
• Civilians mistook Ren for an ordinary young ninja until Konoha ninja recognized him as the Uchiha Clan Leader and spread word of his presence.
• An ANBU reported Ren’s movements to Tsunade, who ordered them not to report his ordinary activity unless something significant occurred.