Chapter Summaries

Ren unleashed Meteor Sword Rain from his Complete Body Susanoo, clashing with Hashirama Senju’s True Several Thousand Hands at the Valley of the End. Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that Hashirama was fighting of his own will and wielding far more of his strength than they had expected.

• Ren fired tens of thousands of Spiral Swords at the Wood Buddha’s descending fists, and the collision sent devastating shockwaves across the battlefield.
• Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, Kakuzu, and Orochimaru were driven back by the blast, while Orochimaru’s awe and greed toward Ren grew.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed toward the Valley of the End but were struck by the shockwave and forced to halt.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen saw Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands clash with Ren’s Meteor Sword Rain and recognized the Sage Art as Hashirama’s own technique.
• Tsunade concluded that Hashirama was not being controlled and could use at least seventy to eighty percent of his peak strength; Hiruzen realized the Impure World Hashirama could be exceptionally difficult to defeat through attrition.

Ren fought Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands head-on with his Complete Body Susanoo, leaving Hiruzen and Tsunade stunned by his power. Fugaku, Shisui, and Uchiha elites arrived at the battlefield’s edge to guard against anyone interfering in the duel.

• Hiruzen warned Tsunade to retreat as a deflected Spiral Sword and falling wooden palms devastated the battlefield’s edge.
• Ren’s Spiral Swords clashed evenly with Hashirama’s wooden fists, reshaping the land around the Valley of the End.
• Hiruzen realized Ren could destroy Konoha alone, and Tsunade acknowledged that he remained evenly matched with Hashirama.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Uchiha War Hall, and dozens of Uchiha elites arrived and took positions around the battlefield to prevent a sneak attack.
• The Uchiha watched Ren wield the Complete Body Susanoo with pride, recognizing him as the second clan member after Madara to reach that form.

Uchiha Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo fought Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands on equal footing, alarming Obito and Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu judged Ren’s strength close to Madara’s Sharingan-era power, but Ren’s rapidly draining ocular power revealed a possible weakness.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha clansmen watched Ren hold his ground against Hashirama, and Shisui declared that the Shinobi World could no longer treat Ren as an ordinary Mangekyo wielder.
• Obito, Black Zetsu, and White Zetsu observed the clash from hiding as Black Zetsu explained that Hashirama retained his consciousness and possessed roughly seventy to eighty percent of his living strength.
• Black Zetsu said Ren’s strength was close to Madara’s when Madara had only the Sharingan, but still below Madara after gaining the Rinnegan or becoming the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Obito and Black Zetsu agreed to continue gathering the Tailed Beasts and carry out their plan to revive Madara and make him the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• White Zetsu noticed fluctuations in Ren’s Susanoo, and Black Zetsu identified Ren’s rapidly consumed ocular power as a weakness that could damage his eyesight.
• Obito’s wariness turned to killing intent when he learned that Ren’s eyesight might decline.

Obito and Black Zetsu waited for Ren and Hashirama to weaken each other, while the battle’s aftershocks forced the other fighters to retreat. After their final clash damaged both Top Transformed Buddha and Complete Body Susanoo, Hashirama and Ren remained standing, visibly strained.

• Obito and Black Zetsu decided to wait until Ren and Hashirama were exhausted, then planned to kill Ren before he could leave the Valley of the End.
• The Third Kazekage, Hozuki Gengetsu, Tobirama, Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori retreated as the battle’s aftershocks and stray attacks damaged their Impure World bodies and defenses.
• Orochimaru and Sasori agreed to cooperate if Ren died, with Sasori claiming his body and Orochimaru claiming his eyes and some of his cells.
• The final wave of wooden fists and Spiral Swords collided, destroying many wooden arms and leaving both Top Transformed Buddha and Complete Body Susanoo badly damaged.
• Hashirama praised the battle as exhilarating, while Ren stood before Susanoo with heavy Chakra consumption, stabbing Mangekyo pain, and visible exhaustion.

Ren unveiled Layered Evening Elephant, a taijutsu technique that stacked more than a hundred Air Cannons into devastating impacts and shattered Hashirama’s Wood Golem. Hashirama escaped the first attack, but Ren trapped him between crossing barrages, overwhelming his regeneration as Tobirama and Hozuki Gengetsu watched.

• Ren ended the warm-up, explained that he had adapted the Eight Gates’ principles into a personal technique, and named it Layered Evening Elephant.
• Ren struck Hashirama’s Wood Golem with over a hundred overlapping Air Cannons, destroying it despite its regeneration.
• Hashirama escaped the first barrage by launching himself into the sky, but Ren appeared behind him and fired a second Air Cannon.
• Ren’s crossing barrages trapped Hashirama in a crushing force field that tore apart his body faster than it could regenerate.
• Tobirama realized Hashirama was trapped, while Hozuki Gengetsu watched in alarm as the battlefield blurred.

Ren used Idaten and his other abilities to recreate and surpass the Eight Gates’ Evening Elephant without opening the Gate of Death. His layered Air Cannons overwhelmed Hashirama’s regenerating Impure World body, while Orochimaru discovered that his control over Hashirama was failing.

• The Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand was torn apart as Kakuzu and Orochimaru realized Ren’s intersecting Air Cannons could continually destroy Hashirama’s body.
• Might Guy identified Ren’s attack as a layered version of Evening Elephant, and Tsunade feared Ren had opened the Gate of Death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Guy determined that Ren had not opened the Eight Gates; Hiruzen explained that Idaten, Tiger Leopard Thunderclap, and Chakra True Essence let Ren reproduce the technique without burning his life.
• Shisui warned the Uchiha not to approach the force field as Ren added more Air Cannons from new angles and further shredded Hashirama’s body.
• Orochimaru tried to command Hashirama through Impure World Reincarnation, but the chakra connection struck resistance and a breaking sound came from Hashirama’s body.

Ren destroyed Hashirama’s Control Cursed Seal with layered Air Cannons, leaving Orochimaru unable to control him as the battle turned against the rogue ninja. Fugaku and the Uchiha forces surrounded Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori, and Fugaku formally placed Orochimaru under arrest.

• Ren’s layered Air Cannons shattered Hashirama’s Control Cursed Seal, and Orochimaru lost his ability to command him.
• Orochimaru ordered Hozuki Gengetsu and the Third Kazekage to rescue Hashirama, but Shisui and Itachi blocked them with their Susanoo.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to attack Ren, but Ren struck him with layered Air Cannons and pinned him beneath the earth.
• Fugaku arrived with Uchiha clan members, surrounded Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori, and announced Orochimaru’s arrest.

The Uchiha Shrine completed its encirclement of the battlefield, leaving Orochimaru and his allies with no clear escape as Ren continued suppressing Hashirama and Tobirama. Watching the Uchiha’s strength grow, Tsunade challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to guide and integrate them rather than treat them as a threat.

• Fugaku led the Uchiha Shrine in sealing off the battlefield, and Kakuzu recognized that their coordinated force made escape unlikely.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the Uchiha clansmen’s strength and discussed how their power had transformed after the war with Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that the Uchiha could become a danger to Konoha, while Tsunade argued that a Hokage should balance and guide them instead of excluding them.
• Orochimaru searched for an escape route as Kakuzu remained injured, Sasori’s forces were crippled, and the Impure World fighters were held back by Ren, Shisui, and Itachi.

Orochimaru’s attempt to resist Fugaku’s encirclement ended when Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi, while Ren defeated Hashirama with Layered Evening Elephant. Hashirama acknowledged Ren’s victory and asked what greater plan he was pursuing.

• Orochimaru failed to recall Hozuki Gengetsu and the Third Kazekage as Shisui and Itachi kept them occupied, while Fugaku demanded that he surrender.
• Itachi trapped Orochimaru in Tsukuyomi and inflicted such severe mental trauma that Orochimaru lost his sight and could barely stand.
• Ren’s final Layered Evening Elephant destroyed much of Hashirama’s Impure World body, and Hashirama admitted defeat.
• Ren noted that Hashirama had fought below his peak, but Hashirama replied that Ren had not yet reached his own limits.
• Hashirama asked Ren what greater plan he was pursuing beyond defeating him and claiming the title of God of Shinobi.

Ren explained that Hashirama’s decision to abandon unification and distribute the Tailed Beasts had entrenched division and led to generations of war. He declared that he would ascend above the countries and villages as the Shinobi World’s sole god, imposing rules and deciding its future.

• Ren told Hashirama that his dream of ending war had failed, and Hashirama admitted that it had.
• Ren argued that Hashirama had missed the chance to unify the Shinobi World and had instead strengthened rival villages by distributing the Tailed Beasts.
• Hashirama asked what Ren intended to do, and Ren said the world needed a counterbalance above every country and ninja village.
• Ren rejected becoming a conventional ruler and proposed a supreme authority that would forbid wars and judge disputes.
• Ren declared that he would ascend the Shinobi World’s throne as its only god and decide where the world went.

Ren declared that he intended to rule the Shinobi World with absolute authority, sparking a dispute with Hashirama and Tobirama over whether force could bring peace. Tobirama warned that Ren’s order would collapse after his death and leave the Uchiha facing a devastating backlash.

• Ren declared that he would stand above the Five Great Countries and decide the Shinobi World’s future, prompting Tobirama to call him more dangerous than Madara.
• Tobirama accused Ren of seeking absolute rule, while Ren argued that ending war mattered more than the title or method.
• Hashirama warned that fear could halt wars but could not erase hatred, and Ren challenged him over the decades of conflict caused by waiting for peaceful understanding.
• Tobirama argued that Ren’s power and lifespan were limited, and asked who could preserve his order after he died.
• Tobirama predicted that the suppressed countries would unite against Konoha and the Uchiha, slaughter Ren’s clansmen, and ignite an even bloodier war.

Ren explained that he would restrain the Shinobi World through rules rather than govern its countries directly, and revealed that the Uchiha could continually produce Kage Level fighters through new cultivation techniques. He answered Tobirama’s concern about what would happen after his death by claiming he could live for at least several thousand years.

• Ren told Hashirama and Tobirama that the countries and villages could govern themselves so long as they obeyed his rules against war.
• Ren revealed that the Uchiha had four Mangekyō Sharingan wielders, thirteen Temple squads, and a cultivation system that surpassed the old limits of Jonin.
• Ren named the Great River Qi Refinement Method and Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique as the methods behind the Uchiha’s advancement.
• Ren said ten Uchiha had already reached Kage Level, including all seven clan elders and three veteran Temple Jonin.
• Tobirama questioned whether the Uchiha’s power would prevent future conflict or survive Ren’s death, and Ren claimed he could live for at least several thousand years.

Ren defended his plan to unite the Shinobi World through overwhelming power, arguing that bonds and understanding had failed to stop generations of war. He then invited Tobirama to join the Uchiha Shrine, and Tobirama demanded to know why Ren wanted him.

• Hashirama rejected Ren’s plan to impose peace by force, arguing that suppression would leave hatred and resistance behind.
• Ren countered that bonds and love had failed across the Shinobi World’s wars, and that only supreme power could end conflict.
• Tobirama challenged whether Ren could make others accept his rules, and Ren said he would strip rule-breakers of the ability to resist.
• Ren explained that he would use greater strength to maintain a unified order, while Hashirama admitted the plan seemed more feasible than simply hoping for mutual understanding.
• Ren invited Tobirama to join the Uchiha Shrine, stunning Hashirama, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the Third Kazekage.
• Tobirama questioned whether the offer was an insult, and Ren said he was recruiting Tobirama himself; Tobirama then asked why Ren wanted him.

Ren tried to recruit Tobirama to the Uchiha Shrine by offering research opportunities and access to new cultivation methods, then revealed that the Senju and Uchiha shared an ancient origin. Hashirama and Tobirama were left considering that their clans descended from the Sage of Six Paths’ two sons.

• Ren explained that Tobirama’s talents in ninjutsu, space-time techniques, and soul research made him more valuable to recruit than Hashirama.
• Ren offered Tobirama access to the Great River Qi Refinement Method, Tiger Leopard Thunderclap, and extensive resources if he joined the Shrine.
• Tobirama questioned why he should help the Uchiha grow stronger, and Ren said the Senju and Uchiha originally came from the same source.
• Ren traced the Uchiha to Indra and the Senju to Asura, the sons of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.
• Hashirama and Tobirama recognized how the Sage Eye and Sage Body could explain their clans’ contrasting abilities, and Hashirama asked if they were descendants of two brothers.

Ren revealed that the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga descended from the same ancient Otsutsuki bloodline, while Hashirama and Tobirama learned why the Uchiha and Senju had been enemies for generations. The chapter ended with Ren explaining that Hagoromo had created separate trials to choose whether Indra or Asura would inherit Ninshū.

• Ren told Hashirama and Tobirama that the Uchiha and Senju descended from Indra and Asura, two sons of the same ancestor.
• Obito concluded that Ren’s Meteor Sword Rain and Layered Evening Elephant could overcome Kamui’s defenses, then retreated with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, abandoning Orochimaru and the others.
• Ren revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki came from beyond the heavens, ate the God Tree’s Chakra fruit, and gave birth to Hagoromo and Hamura.
• Ren explained that the Hyuga descended from Hamura, while the Uchiha and Senju traced their bloodlines to Hagoromo’s sons.
• Ren said Hagoromo founded Ninshū and set trials for Indra and Asura to choose a worthy successor.

Ren explained that the Ten-Tails was the source of the God Tree and the nine Tailed Beasts, whose names and personalities the Sage of Six Paths had created by dividing its chakra. Hashirama asked about the Twin Trial, and Ren began recounting Indra's role, revealing that Indra created the Hand Seal Technique.

• Ren told Hashirama and Tobirama that the God Tree, Chakra Fruit, and Tailed Beasts were connected to the Ten-Tails, which had consumed the life of a planet.
• Ren explained that Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths had become Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and that the Sage later divided its chakra into nine named Tailed Beasts while sealing away its shell.
• Hashirama realized that the Tailed Beasts had names, personalities, and emotions, and recalled distributing them without asking whether they were willing.
• Hashirama pressed Ren to explain the Twin Trial and why the Sage had not entrusted Ninshū to Indra, and Ren said the brothers had been sent separately to resolve disasters caused by the God Tree's remnants.
• Ren said Indra had shown exceptional talent from childhood and had created the Hand Seal Technique, shocking Tobirama.

Ren explained how the Sage of Six Paths chose Asura over Indra, whose lifelong efforts and belief in personal strength were rejected, igniting a conflict that ultimately led to the Uchiha-Senju feud. At the Uchiha Shrine, Fugaku trapped Orochimaru in Tsukuyomi and left him reeling as he declared the fight over.

• Ren explained that Indra created the hand-seal system and excelled at the inheritance trial, while Asura united villagers and grew stronger by working with them.
• Ren said the Sage of Six Paths chose Asura to lead Ninshū because he valued connection and cooperation, though Asura initially lacked Indra's strength and skill.
• Ren explained that the Sage's decision denied Indra's lifelong expectations, causing him to turn against Asura and drawing Ninshū into a conflict that eventually became the war between the Uchiha and Senju.
• Fugaku trapped Orochimaru in Tsukuyomi, subjecting him to repeated illusions of torture before returning him to reality moments later.
• Fugaku told the disoriented Orochimaru that it was over.

Fugaku and the Uchiha War Battle Hall overwhelmed Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori, but Obito intervened just as Fugaku prepared to seal Orochimaru. Fugaku blocked Obito’s surprise attack with Susanoo and turned to fight him.

• Fugaku closed in on Orochimaru, whose Tsukuyomi injuries left him unable to control his body or chakra even after using Substitution Technique.
• Kakuzu and Sasori attacked to prevent Orochimaru from being captured, but Nanami Uchiha and the Uchiha War Battle Hall coordinated their assaults and drove the two rogue ninjas back.
• Fugaku prepared to seal Orochimaru while the Uchiha held Kakuzu and Sasori at bay.
• Obito emerged from the Kamui Dimension and kicked at Fugaku, who stood firm behind Susanoo and blocked the attack.
• Fugaku swung Susanoo’s arm at Obito as the Uchiha War Battle Hall continued fighting Kakuzu and Sasori.

Obito rescued Kakuzu and Sasori with Kamui but left Orochimaru behind, while Ren allowed their escape and explained his plan to use the coming catastrophe to become the Shinobi World's savior. He then revealed that Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju were the latest reincarnations of Indra and Asura.

• Obito used Kamui to escape with Kakuzu and Sasori, while Fugaku and the Uchiha War Hall kept Orochimaru surrounded.
• Ren chose not to stop Obito, planning to let the Eye of the Moon Plan unfold so he could later save the world and win its faith.
• Ren explained that a hidden mastermind had fueled Indra's resentment, leading Indra to kill his closest friend and challenge Asura.
• Ren told Hashirama and Tobirama that Indra and Asura's souls had reincarnated through their descendants after their deaths.
• Ren revealed that Madara Uchiha was Indra's reincarnation and Hashirama Senju was Asura's.

Ren explained that Hashirama and Madara had been Asura and Indra's reincarnations, and that their inherited chakra shaped their power and drew them together. Hashirama accepted that he was still himself, while Tobirama questioned Ren, who denied being Indra's reincarnation and said the current era's reincarnations had already appeared.

• Hashirama and Tobirama learned from Ren that Madara was Indra's reincarnation and Hashirama was Asura's.
• Ren explained that Indra and Asura's chakra had passed through their descendants for a thousand years, repeatedly producing powerful Senju and Uchiha rivals.
• Hashirama questioned why he had never sensed Asura, and Ren clarified that Hashirama remained himself and had inherited Asura's chakra rather than his soul or memories.
• Ren connected Hashirama's vitality, rapid healing, Sage Mode, and Wood Release to Asura's chakra.
• Tobirama suspected Ren was Indra's reincarnation, but Ren denied it and said Indra and Asura's current-era reincarnations had already appeared.