Recaps

Madara Uchiha unleashed his strongest Susanoo slash at Ren, expecting to test the limits of Ren’s transformed body. Ren stopped the blade above his palm without touching it, leaving Madara’s attack locked in place by an invisible force.

• Madara Uchiha poured more ocular power into his Complete Body Susanoo and enlarged its four-arm light blade.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Uchiha Jian protected or evacuated the Uchiha clansmen as the slash’s pressure tore through the Inner Court.
• Madara Uchiha brought the strengthened blade down on Ren and challenged him to withstand the full-power slash.
• Ren raised one hand beneath the blade and stopped it in midair without making contact.
• Fugaku realized an invisible force had trapped the blade and contained Madara’s Chakra and ocular power within it.

Ren used his Deification Technique to restrain and shatter Madara’s Susanoo weapon, then sent the Complete Body Susanoo flying with a barehanded punch. Madara countered by covering a massive Wood Golem with Susanoo armor to challenge Ren’s strength.

• Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui realized Ren had fused Susanoo’s divine power into his body, while the Uchiha clansmen hailed him as a god.
• Madara tried to free his light blade from Ren’s invisible restraint, but Ren clenched his hand and shattered the Susanoo weapon.
• Ren crossed the battlefield and punched the Complete Body Susanoo in the forehead, sending it crashing into a crater.
• Ren fired crimson Spiral Swords at Madara, who blocked them with the Wood Release Hōbi Technique.
• Madara summoned a giant Wood Golem and armored it with Complete Body Susanoo, seeking to close the gap with Ren.

Madara combined Complete Body Susanoo with a Wood Golem, creating a heavily armored giant that could absorb Chakra and regenerate. Ren answered its overwhelming cross-shaped slash with the Susanoo Coiling Dragon Longbow and a Spiral Sword, which pierced the attack and shattered the giant’s weapons as it struck.

• Madara covered a Wood Golem with Complete Body Susanoo, and Shisui, Itachi, and Uchiha Jian recognized how the powers reinforced each other.
• Madara challenged Ren to break through the fused giant, but Ren stayed at range and formed the Coiling Dragon Longbow and a Spiral Sword.
• Madara used the Wood Golem’s Chakra to unleash an enormous cross-shaped slash at Ren.
• Ren fired the Spiral Sword through the slash and into Susanoo’s defenses, shattering its four Chakra greatswords and beginning to break its arms.

Ren pierced Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo, Wood Golem, and body with one Spiral Sword, establishing overwhelming explosive power. Madara claimed Ren’s form would soon overwhelm his body, but Ren asked whether Madara had noticed an abnormality in his own body.

• Ren fired a Spiral Sword that pierced Madara’s Susanoo, Wood Golem, and Impure World Reincarnation body in one strike.
• The Uchiha and the distant observers watched in shock as Ren’s sword broke through the Shinobi World’s greatest defenses.
• Obito and White Zetsu learned from Black Zetsu that Ren’s Susanoo-enhanced Deity Transformation was straining his body and eyes, and that Madara could try to outlast him.
• Madara’s body regenerated, and he admitted that Ren’s explosive power surpassed his and Hashirama’s before arguing that his own immortality would let him win by waiting.
• Ren remained calm and asked Madara whether he had noticed the abnormality in his own body.

Ren used a Petrification Seal hidden in his Spiral Sword to turn Madara into a stone statue, defeating him despite his Impure World Reincarnation body. Obito and Black Zetsu escaped as Ren watched, leaving them aware that he had deliberately let them go.

• Ren revealed that the Spiral Sword had planted a Petrification Seal inside Madara, and Madara’s body reconstruction and Chakra circulation spread it further.
• Black Zetsu realized the seal had fused with Madara’s Impure World Chakra and could no longer be removed.
• Madara’s body and Susanoo petrified until he became a Stone Statue, while the Uchiha clansmen celebrated Ren’s victory.
• Obito grabbed Black Zetsu and escaped through Kamui as Ren watched without trying to stop them.

After Obito and Black Zetsu escaped, Ren ended his Susanoo and ordered Madara’s sealed Impure World body sent to the Forbidden Technique Division for Chakra extraction. He decided to display Madara’s Stone Statue as a warning and vowed to retaliate against the Akatsuki Organization for bringing the fight to Uchiha territory.

• Ren refused to pursue Obito and Black Zetsu, then released the Susanoo Divine Power before it caused irreversible damage to his body.
• Uchiha Jian confirmed that Madara’s soul and Impure World Reincarnation remained intact, and Ren ordered the Forbidden Technique Division to develop a way to extract Madara’s replenishing Chakra.
• Uchiha Jian and Fugaku discussed using Madara’s Chakra to power the Inner Court’s protective formation and blood-red barrier.
• Ren ordered Madara’s Stone Statue displayed prominently in Uchiha territory as a warning to visitors.
• Uchiha Jian considered using Madara as an experimental subject, while Ren declared that the Akatsuki Organization would pay for its attack on the Uchiha.

After defeating Madara Uchiha, Ren faced the Temple’s demand for an immediate assault on the Akatsuki Organization and instead gave Kumogakure ten days to surrender four Akatsuki members. He left the Temple on standby while summoning the Thirteen Squad Captains and Itachi to the council hall.

• The Temple disciples celebrated Ren’s victory over Madara Uchiha and called for permission to attack the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kasumi Uchiha and the Thirteen Squads requested the chance to fight, while Uchiha Shisui worried that a full deployment could harm surrounding areas.
• Itachi argued that the Uchiha had to strike back decisively after the Akatsuki Organization attacked the Inner Court, and Shisui agreed.
• Ren ordered a worldwide bounty for Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu, and Sasori and gave Kumogakure ten days to hand them over.
• Ren dismissed the Temple disciples to treat the wounded and repair the Inner Court, then summoned the Thirteen Squad Captains and Itachi to the council hall.

Ren reorganized the Uchiha Shrine, appointing Nanami Commander-in-Chief and establishing strength-based seated officer ranks. He then ordered four squads to campaign against the Akatsuki Organization, while Nanami stayed behind to manage the Shrine and guard the clan.

• Kasumi argued that Eleventh Squad could defeat the Akatsuki Organization alone, while other captains volunteered their squads for the campaign.
• Ren announced a complete reorganization of the Shrine and appointed Nanami Commander-in-Chief over Thirteen Squads.
• Ren introduced a seated officer system in which squad members would earn their ranks through strength and could challenge those above them.
• Nanami accepted her new post and agreed to arrange sparring to determine each squad's seated officers.
• Ren ordered Nanami to remain behind while Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteen Squads prepared to deploy against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kasumi pledged that she would not return to the clan unless Eleventh Squad helped crush the Akatsuki Organization and establish the Shrine's prestige.

Ren ordered four Squads to prepare an expedition against the Akatsuki Organization and Amegakure, but the captains underestimated their enemy and objected when he said he would join the campaign. Ren rebuked them for staking their commands on a war against an organization that had twice brought the Uchiha to the brink.

• The Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Squad Captains pledged their commands and promised to destroy Amegakure and capture the Akatsuki Organization.
• Ren ordered the four Squads to select officers and prepare for deployment, and Kasumi Uchiha vowed to cut down those responsible for the attack on the Uchiha District.
• Ren announced that he would accompany the army, stunning Nanami, Itachi, Kasumi, and the other Squad Captains.
• Kasumi and the other captains insisted that their Squads could handle the mission and asked Ren to rescind his order.
• Ren scolded the captains for treating war as a chance to prove their strength and reminded them that the Akatsuki Organization had summoned Hashirama and used Impure World Reincarnation on Madara Uchiha.

Ren reprimanded the Uchiha Temple’s captains for underestimating the Akatsuki and revealed that its leader, Pain, possessed the legendary Rinnegan and its formidable abilities. The captains accepted the warning and prepared to approach the campaign against the Akatsuki with greater caution.

• Ren rebuked the four captains who had demanded a battle, warning that their recklessness would put their subordinates’ lives at risk.
• Nanami Uchiha accepted responsibility for failing to restrain the captains and asked Ren to share the Akatsuki’s intelligence.
• Ren revealed that Pain possessed the Rinnegan and explained its Six Paths abilities and Planetary Devastation.
• Ren clarified that Pain could not match the Sage of Six Paths’ power, though the captains recognized the danger he posed.
• Nanami urged the captains to remember the lesson and investigate their enemies rather than letting their growing strength make them careless.

After Ren stopped the Uchiha Shrine’s captains from underestimating the Akatsuki, a battle between Ren and Madara shook Konoha. The village sensed that Ren faced an opponent with even greater chakra, while Tsunade remained trapped inside the sealed Uchiha District.

• Kasumi and the other three captains apologized for their arrogance, and Ren agreed to accompany their campaign against the Akatsuki while leaving the Squads responsible for the fighting.
• Shockwaves from Ren and Madara's battle shook Konoha as villagers evacuated and shinobi gathered near the sealed Uchiha District.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned from Shizune that Tsunade had entered the district before the battle began and could no longer be contacted.
• Kakashi warned that the battle's enormous ninjutsu and growing thundercloud could threaten Konoha if the Uchiha barrier failed.
• A colossal Thunder Dragon emerged above the village, and the Sensory Unit reported that the second chakra source in the district was stronger than Ren's.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others learned that Madara Uchiha was fighting Ren with a powerful, self-directed Impure World Body. Ren then merged his Complete Body Susanoo into himself, revealing an aura that Hiashi said had surpassed the limits of the Shinobi World.

• Hiashi used his Byakugan to see two Complete Body Susanoo fighting in the Uchiha District, one belonging to Ren and the larger blue one to Madara Uchiha.
• Kakashi and the others suspected Orochimaru had summoned Madara with Impure World Reincarnation, but Hiashi reported that Madara acted freely and possessed far greater power than Orochimaru's previous reincarnation.
• Hiruzen asked who was winning as Ren's Kurenai Susanoo shrank and its Chakra surged into Ren's body.
• Hiashi saw Ren merge his Complete Body Susanoo into his flesh, bones, and chakra pathways, then stop Madara's slash and shatter his Susanoo weapon with his bare hand.
• Hiashi told the stunned crowd that Ren had surpassed the limits of the Shinobi World and grasped the true power of a god.

Hyuga Hiashi recounted how Uchiha Ren fused the Complete Body Susanoo into himself and overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in battle. Ren achieved a complete victory by piercing Madara, his Susanoo, and the Wood Golem with one sword.

• Hyuga Hiashi told the Hokage Office that Ren had fused the Complete Body Susanoo into his body, retaining its power, defense, and Chakra-restraining Susanoo Divine Power.
• Hiashi explained that Ren stopped Madara Uchiha’s full-power Susanoo Light Blade with one hand and shattered the weapon by closing his fingers.
• Ren punched Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo in the forehead, sending Madara and the giant crashing into the ground.
• Ren formed the Coiling Dragon Longbow with Susanoo Divine Power and nocked the Spiral Sword onto its string as Madara used the Wood Golem wrapped in Complete Body Susanoo to defend himself.
• Ren’s sword pierced Madara’s Cross Slash, shattered four Susanoo Divine Weapons, and pierced the Complete Body Susanoo, Wood Golem, and Madara’s Impure World Body.

Tsunade informed Konoha’s leaders that the Akatsuki Organization had revived Madara Uchiha with the Impure World Reincarnation and sent him to attack the Uchiha residence. Though Ren defeated and sealed Madara, the attack enraged him, and the Uchiha Shrine was about to act against the Akatsuki Organization.

• Hyuga Hiashi explained that Ren defeated Madara by sealing his body and soul inside a Stone Statue with the Petrification Seal.
• Tsunade arrived at the office and warned Konoha’s leaders that the Uchiha Shrine was about to act again.
• The officials feared that the Uchiha Clan might blame Konoha, declare war, or withdraw its investments and missions.
• Tsunade assured them that the Uchiha Clan did not suspect Konoha or intend to wage war against the village.
• Tsunade revealed that the Akatsuki Organization had revived Madara and sent him to attack the Uchiha residence, completely enraging Ren.

Tsunade told Konoha’s leaders that Ren had given the Akatsuki Organization ten days to hand over four masterminds or face an Uchiha Shrine invasion of Amegakure. She warned that the Shrine’s strength had grown dramatically, revealing it now had nearly two hundred official members.

• Tsunade reported Ren’s ten-day ultimatum demanding that Amegakure hand over Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu, and Sasori, or the Uchiha Shrine would enter the village to seize them.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, and other Konoha shinobi discussed the likelihood of war and the Akatsuki Organization’s strength, including Pain’s Rinnegan and Amegakure’s defensive terrain.
• Tsunade declared that she was less concerned about the Shrine winning than about how long Amegakure could resist it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others questioned Tsunade’s assessment, believing the Shrine could not rival the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Tsunade revealed that the Uchiha Shrine had grown from just over thirty members during the Battle of Kumogakure to nearly two hundred official members.

Tsunade and Shikaku revealed that the Uchiha possessed more than seventy Kage-Level fighters, warning that the Shrine would become an overwhelming force if war broke out. In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage learned of the Akatsuki’s resurrection of Madara and Uchiha Ren’s ultimatum, then ordered the village to guard its dead as he studied the bounty notices.

• Tsunade told Konoha’s leaders that more than thirty members of the Uchiha Shrine had confirmed Kage-Level strength and warned that war could soon begin.
• Shikaku reported that at least forty or fifty more Uchiha could use Susanoo with Kage-Level strength.
• A Kumogakure shinobi delivered the Fourth Raikage four Uchiha bounty notices for Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu, and Sasori.
• The Fourth Raikage learned that the Akatsuki had revived Madara, that Ren had defeated and sealed him, and that the Uchiha had given Amegakure ten days to surrender four Akatsuki members.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to protect its graves and inspect corpses and relics to prevent another use of Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Fourth Raikage read the detailed notices for Zetsu and Tobi and showed undisguised astonishment.

Obito, White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu examined Uchiha Ren’s bounty warrants, which offered five hundred million ryo for Obito and exposed their identities, histories, abilities, and weaknesses. Obito realized the revelations would threaten their plans and began to doubt Black Zetsu’s story about being Madara’s will.

• Obito dismissed the threat of bounty hunters while White Zetsu noted that five hundred million ryo would attract many of them.
• White Zetsu discovered that its warrant revealed its origin, abilities, and one hundred thousand clones, while Black Zetsu’s warrant described his thousand-year existence and possession powers.
• Obito read a detailed account of his past and Kamui’s limits, including his weakness when he became tangible to attack or absorb someone.
• Obito crushed the warrant in anger after White Zetsu read aloud the insulting description of him as the Ninja Academy’s dead last.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that exposing their secrets would let powerful shinobi prepare countermeasures, and Obito questioned how Black Zetsu could have lived for over a thousand years.

After Uchiha Ren’s bounties spread across the Shinobi World, Amegakure received an ultimatum to hand over four Akatsuki members within ten days. Nagato faced the decision as the deadline approached, while Obito and Black Zetsu remained at large.

• Obito and Black Zetsu agreed that they could not turn against each other before completing their plan, and Obito said they would not act as Uchiha Ren wanted.
• The unprecedented bounties on Kakuzu, Sasori, Tobi, and Black Zetsu spread across the Shinobi World, along with news of Madara Uchiha’s defeat and sealing by Uchiha Ren.
• The Uchiha Family delivered Amegakure an ultimatum to hand over Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu, and Sasori within ten days or face an invasion by the Uchiha Shrine.
• Konan, Kakuzu, and Sasori blamed Tobi for secretly reviving Madara and bringing the Uchiha’s threat upon Amegakure.
• Konan, Kakuzu, and Sasori waited for Pain to decide what to do, noting that Tobi and Zetsu had already left Amegakure.

Pain refused Uchiha Ren’s ultimatum to hand over Akatsuki members, insisting the organization would not betray its own. Konan warned that the Uchiha Shrine would invade the Land of Rain after the ten-day deadline, leaving Pain to face a costly battle against Uchiha Ren.

• Pain declared that Akatsuki would not hand over Kakuzu, Sasori, Zetsu, or Tobi, and said the organization had never accepted the Uchiha’s orders.
• Kakuzu and Sasori accepted Pain’s decision, while Deidara, Kisame, and Hidan voiced their willingness to fight the Uchiha.
• Konan warned Pain that Uchiha Ren would likely lead the Uchiha Shrine into the Land of Rain when the ultimatum’s ten-day deadline passed.
• Konan recalled that Uchiha Ren had defeated Madara Uchiha despite Madara’s immense powers and warned Akatsuki could suffer unbearable losses.
• Pain looked out over rainy Amegakure and recognized Uchiha Ren as an obstacle to his plan.

Pain planned to use Uchiha Ren and the Uchiha Shrine as a chance to establish Akatsuki's power by defeating them or stopping their advance on Amegakure. He assigned Deidara and Sasori to intercept the shrine and declared that he would face Ren himself.

• Pain explained that defeating Uchiha Ren would raise Akatsuki's standing and give them access to his powerful body and techniques.
• Kakuzu, Sasori, Deidara, Kisame, and Hidan voiced confidence in fighting the Uchiha Shrine, while Konan warned that Ren's abilities and intelligence made him dangerous.
• Pain argued that Ren was still mortal and that his Rinnegan and Six Paths techniques could overcome Ren's Susanoo.
• Pain ordered Deidara and Sasori to block the Uchiha Shrine's approach to Amegakure, with Kisame and the others ready to support them.
• Pain said he would deal with Uchiha Ren himself.

Pain confronted White Zetsu outside Amegakure and declared that he would go to war with Uchiha Ren after rejecting the ultimatum. He used the threat of losing or destroying the Rinnegan to force Tobi and Black Zetsu to join the fight.

• Pain used Shinra Tensei to blast several White Zetsu out of hiding underground.
• Pain demanded to see Tobi, but White Zetsu said Tobi was busy dealing with bounty hunters and could not come.
• Pain used Banshō Ten'in to seize a White Zetsu and announced that Akatsuki would not surrender its members or accept Uchiha's orders.
• Pain blamed Tobi and Black Zetsu for starting the conflict and demanded that Tobi take action, threatening that the Rinnegan would be lost if he fell to Uchiha Ren.
• Pain released the White Zetsu and returned to Amegakure, leaving them to relay his warning to Tobi.

Obito and Black Zetsu planned to exploit the coming battle between Nagato and Uchiha Ren to reclaim the Rinnegan, but first warned Nagato that his failing body made victory unlikely. Nagato asked whether Obito had a solution, leaving the discussion unresolved.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Nagato had refused to surrender Akatsuki and would fight Uchiha Ren, putting the Rinnegan at risk.
• Obito recalled Ren's overwhelming power and doubted Nagato could escape if Ren used his Susanoo Empowered Deification Technique.
• Black Zetsu argued that Nagato might win by forcing Ren to maintain the technique until its physical burden wore him down, while Obito and Black Zetsu waited to seize the Rinnegan if both sides were crippled.
• Obito and Black Zetsu went to Nagato's sealed chamber in Amegakure, where Obito warned that Nagato's deteriorated body and divided use of the Rinnegan would leave him vulnerable.
• Nagato asked Obito whether he had a solution.

Obito offered Nagato a transplant of Hashirama's Cells, explaining that they might restore his body but could also consume him. Meanwhile, Ren trained in seclusion, using his newly advanced perception to refine his physical power.

• Obito showed Nagato and Konan Hashirama's Cells and explained that they could restore Nagato's legs, life force, and ability to use the Rinnegan directly.
• Obito warned that the cells could overwhelm Nagato's body, and he left the decision to Nagato.
• Uchiha guards sealed off Ren's compound while he practiced his fist art, producing powerful vibrations without using Chakra.
• Ren used his enhanced Mind-Spirit Power to perceive minute vibrations and changes within his own body.

After recovering from the damage caused by his battle with Madara Uchiha, Ren discovered that using the Susanoo-Enhanced Deification Technique had permanently harmed his foundation despite breakthroughs in all three of his cultivation methods. With Amegakure ignoring his ultimatum, he ordered the Temple to begin its original plan and set out with the Uchiha forces.

• Ren recovered by consuming a third of the Uchiha Treasury, breaking through to the fifth level of the Tiger Leopard Thunderclap Body Tempering Art and advancing his other cultivation methods.
• Ren used his Mind-Spirit Power to detect lingering damage to his bones, meridians, cells, and internal organs, and decided to reserve the Susanoo-Enhanced Deification Technique as a trump card.
• Ren reflected that the Uchiha and the Temple had grown strong enough that he no longer needed to bear every battle's burden alone.
• A First Squad ninja reported that Amegakure had ignored the ten-day ultimatum and handed no one over, so Ren ordered the Temple to set out according to the original plan.
• The Uchiha Inner Courtyard gates opened, and the Tenth Squad emerged as spies observed that even its weakest members had reached Elite Jonin.

Four Uchiha Shrine squads assembled to march against the Akatsuki Organization, revealing seventeen Kage-Level fighters and dozens of Elite Jonin. Spies realized the Temple’s full strength could be far greater, while Uchiha Ren emerged to lead the force.

• The Tenth Squad captain released nearly Kage-Level Peak pressure, and the Eleventh Squad followed with Kasumi Uchiha and several Kage-Level members.
• The Twelfth Squad and Thirteen Squads joined the formation, bringing the four squads’ openly displayed Kage-Level fighters to seventeen.
• Spies from several villages recognized the Temple’s strength and rushed to send urgent reports across the Shinobi World.
• The four squads declared themselves assembled as Uchiha Ren emerged from the Inner Court to lead the expedition against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Spies speculated that the nine other squads and the Uchiha clan’s absent fighters could raise the Temple’s total strength far beyond what they had witnessed.