Chapter Summaries

Ren tried to recruit Tobirama into the Uchiha Shrine by offering him access to new cultivation methods and a path to a living body. Tobirama tacitly accepted the possibility of joining so he could continue his research and watch the Uchiha from within.

• Ren explained that the reincarnations of Indra and Asura might no longer be driven into conflict, and that the Senju and Uchiha did not have to repeat their past tragedies.
• Ren invited Tobirama to join the Uchiha Shrine and help build a new force that would bring together the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, and other shinobi clans.
• Tobirama considered the hidden secrets and research opportunities Ren had uncovered, and his desire to remain in the world of the living grew.
• Ren offered Tobirama the Great River Qi Refinement Method and said Tiger Leopard Thunderclap could help him overcome his body's shortcomings.
• Ren proposed cultivating a new body from Senju cells and using Tobirama's Spirit Transformation Technique to transfer his soul into it.
• Tobirama neither agreed nor refused, but tacitly accepted the possibility of joining the Shrine so he could keep studying and monitor the Uchiha.

Itachi and Shisui sealed Hozuki Gengetsu and the Third Kazekage, ending the battle at the Valley of the End. Ren returned with Hashirama and Tobirama, and Tsunade reunited with her grandfather before revealing that she was the Fifth Hokage.

• Itachi used crows and the Sharingan to create an opening, then sealed Hozuki Gengetsu with the Totsuka Blade.
• Shisui evaded the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand attack and cut off his head while Uchiha Shrine members sealed him.
• The remaining fighters ended the battle and tended to the battlefield after the last two Impure World Kage were sealed.
• Ren arrived with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju after their Control Cursed Seals were destroyed.
• Tsunade rushed into Hashirama's arms and complained about the wars Konoha had endured since his death.
• Tsunade told Hashirama that she was the Fifth Hokage, and his surprised reaction angered her.

After the Uchiha Shrine’s victory over Kumogakure, Ren ordered it to destroy the Dark Exchange House’s outposts in the Land of Fire for placing bounties on Uchiha Sharingan. The raids shook the country, and the Daimyo summoned Tsunade to answer for the deaths and confiscated property.

• Hashirama questioned whether Tsunade had gambled away Konoha’s public funds, and Tobirama rebuked him for criticizing her.
• Ren praised the Uchiha Shrine’s performance in battle, then condemned the Dark Exchange House for placing bounties on Uchiha eyes.
• Hiruzen warned Ren that attacking the Dark Exchange House could provoke powerful interests, but Tobirama argued that Konoha should not yield to threats against its clans.
• Ren ordered the Uchiha Shrine to destroy every Dark Exchange House outpost in the Land of Fire and seize the assets of its financiers.
• Uchiha Ninja raided outposts across the Land of Fire, defeating samurai and onmyoji and confiscating records, money, equipment, and supplies.
• The Daimyo summoned Tsunade and demanded an explanation for the raids, deaths, and confiscated noble property.

Tsunade faced the Daimyo and nobles as they demanded punishment, returned property, and compensation from the Uchiha for destroying Dark Exchange House strongholds. After the nobles threatened to cut Konoha’s missions, Tsunade calmly put a thick agreement on the table, leaving her response unknown.

• Tsunade told the Daimyo that Uchiha Ren had been angered, prompting nobles to demand punishment and an apology from him.
• The nobles called for confiscated property to be returned and demanded compensation, with one noble naming 30 billion ryo.
• The Daimyo and nobles sought to use the dispute to seize part of the Uchiha’s war reparations and curb their growing influence.
• The Daimyo declared that Konoha must punish the Uchiha Ninja involved, return the property, and compensate those killed and injured.
• A white-haired minister warned Tsunade that the Daimyo Court could reduce Konoha’s missions if it did not comply.
• Tsunade waited for the nobles to finish, placed a thick agreement on the table, and asked if they were finished.

Tsunade told the Daimyo Court that the Uchiha would fund railway and Myriad City projects worth one hundred billion taels, with Konoha handling the work. She announced that Konoha would suspend private employment cooperation with the Daimyo Court, leaving the nobles alarmed and questioning how Konoha would pay its shinobi.

• Tsunade revealed that the Uchiha would invest fifty billion taels in railways connecting the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, with Konoha undertaking the shinobi work.
• Tsunade announced another fifty-billion-tael investment to build Myriad City in each of the Land of Fire's ten major cities.
• Tsunade said Konoha's shinobi would be occupied by the projects and declared that Konoha would suspend its employment cooperation with the Daimyo Court indefinitely.
• The Daimyo accused Tsunade of threatening the One Country, One Village System, and Tsunade clarified that Konoha would still defend the borders and intervene in major rebellions.
• Tsunade said Konoha would stop taking private missions for the Daimyo and nobles, prompting a noble to ask how Konoha would pay its shinobi without those missions.

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.