Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru explained how Ren’s Merit System kept the Uchiha striving to improve, while Obito and Black Zetsu summoned Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation. Madara discovered they had revived him without permission and demanded an explanation for changing his plan.

• Orochimaru praised Ren for using the Merit System to keep the Uchiha clan motivated and strong.
• Obito and Black Zetsu completed a refined Impure World Reincarnation ritual using a powerful White Zetsu and Madara Uchiha’s preserved genetic sample.
• Madara Uchiha awakened in an Impure World body and realized he had been summoned back instead of truly revived with Rinne Rebirth.
• Madara questioned Black Zetsu about why he had not used Rinne Rebirth, and Black Zetsu blamed an unexpected crisis in the Shinobi World.
• Madara demanded that Obito and Black Zetsu explain why they had changed his plan without permission, threatening everyone involved with consequences.

Madara Uchiha emerged through an unusually powerful Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito and Black Zetsu feared his strength might make him uncontrollable. Obito revealed that a fifteen-year-old Uchiha had defeated Hashirama head-on, leaving Madara astonished.

• Madara released a massive surge of chakra that shattered the altar and nearly brought down the underground space.
• Obito and Black Zetsu assessed Madara's enhanced Impure World Body and worried that his will might overcome the control seal.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that a fifteen-year-old Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and mastered the Complete Body Susanoo.
• Obito explained that the junior had blocked Hashirama's Top Transformed Buddha and destroyed Hashirama's Impure World Body in a fair fight.
• Madara's fury subsided, and he repeatedly questioned how a fifteen-year-old could have defeated Hashirama.

Madara learned that the Uchiha Clan had changed greatly since he left the Shinobi World, including producing four Mangekyo wielders. He remained interested in the clan's new strength, though he had not yet learned its full extent.

• Madara questioned White Zetsu about Uchiha Ren, his abilities, and the current state of the Uchiha Clan.
• White Zetsu explained that the Uchiha had been suppressed by Konoha but had established the Uchiha Shrine and cultivated Kage Level experts.
• White Zetsu told Madara that only seven or eight years had passed since his true death, and Madara doubted that the clan could have changed much in that time.
• White Zetsu revealed that the Uchiha had at least four Mangekyo wielders: Uchiha Ren, Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha Shisui, and Itachi Uchiha.
• Madara confirmed the report and acknowledged that the Uchiha had not fallen completely into decline.

Madara learned how Uchiha Ren became clan leader and heard Obito recount Ren’s battle against Hashirama’s Impure World Body. The account ended with Hashirama conceding after Ren destroyed his body alone.

• Madara dismissed ordinary Mangekyo users and asked Obito about Uchiha Ren, the junior who had defeated Hashirama.
• Obito and Black Zetsu described Ren as a monstrous prodigy who became Uchiha Clan Leader after impeaching Fugaku at fifteen.
• Obito explained that Orochimaru summoned Hashirama through an improved Impure World Reincarnation, allowing him to fight with most of his strength and full consciousness.
• Obito recounted how Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo fought Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands and Top Transformed Buddha, devastating the Valley of the End.
• Obito said Ren blocked Hashirama’s attacks, destroyed his Impure World Body with space-warping taijutsu, and fought without assistance until Hashirama admitted defeat.

Madara learned that Uchiha Ren had united the clan under the Uchiha Shrine, whose training and formations created a growing force capable of challenging Konoha. He approved of Ren’s openly displayed strength, then learned that Ren had also revealed secrets of the Sage of Six Paths to the clan.

• Madara heard that fifteen-year-old Uchiha Ren had defeated Reanimated Hashirama with Complete Body Susanoo and became interested in meeting him.
• White Zetsu and Obito explained that Ren had united the Uchiha and established the Uchiha Shrine, with thirteen Squads and several Kage Level Captains.
• Obito and White Zetsu described Ren’s training method and Formation Secret Art, which strengthened Shrine members and let teams combine their power.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu said Ren publicly demonstrated all thirteen Squads before Konoha’s leaders and major clans, forcing Konoha to withdraw restrictions and surveillance.
• Madara praised Ren’s boldness, and Black Zetsu revealed that Ren had also shared secrets of the Sage of Six Paths with the Uchiha.

Obito and Black Zetsu told Madara that the Uchiha and Senju shared the Sage of Six Paths as an ancestor, then described how Uchiha Ren had defeated Kumogakure without using Complete Body Susanoo. Madara learned that the Uchiha Shrine’s formations and Ten Thousand Lightning had driven the invasion, leaving him impressed by the clan’s large-scale combat system.

• Black Zetsu explained that the Uchiha descended from Indra and the Senju from Asura, citing Madara’s Rinnegan as proof of their shared origins.
• Obito revealed that he and Black Zetsu had provoked Kumogakure into testing Ren because they feared the Uchiha Shrine’s growing strength.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu reported that Ren declared war after Kumogakure targeted the Uchiha, then forced the village to surrender and pay enormous compensation.
• Madara learned that Ren had not used Complete Body Susanoo during the war and demanded to know how the Uchiha had won.
• Obito described how four-person squads used Formation Secret Art and Ten Thousand Lightning to break Kumogakure’s defenses and advance into the Land of Lightning.

Obito and Black Zetsu explained how Ren defeated the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Hashirama with Idaten and Hundredfold Strike, then revealed his other Mangekyo ability: switching his body between reality and illusion. Madara realized Ren’s intangibility was not a space-time transfer like Kamui and was left questioning how the ability worked.

• Obito told Madara that Ren defeated the Fourth Raikage and Killer B without using Susanoo, relying on his Mangekyo dojutsu.
• Black Zetsu explained that Ren used Idaten to speed up his attacks and stack Chakra Enhanced Strength into powerful strikes.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Ren had advanced from Twentyfold Strike at Kumogakure to Hundredfold Strike, which defeated Hashirama.
• Obito revealed that Ren’s second Mangekyo dojutsu was a self-genjutsu that let him switch between reality and illusion, making attacks pass through him.
• Madara realized Ren’s intangibility was not a space-time transfer like Kamui and asked whether Ren transferred his body into another dimension.

Obito, Madara, and Black Zetsu discussed how Ren’s Self-Genjutsu let him become intangible and why it was nearly impossible to counter. They identified strain on his ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan as a limitation, but Obito rejected exhausting Ren’s eyes as the worst option.

• Obito explained that Ren remained in the same place when intangible, but physical attacks passed through him and he could not affect the outside world.
• Madara proposed using Divine Foresight to attack Ren as he became tangible, but Obito said Ren could switch back to intangibility too quickly for the plan to work.
• Madara and Black Zetsu concluded that they knew no current way to break Ren’s ability, though Black Zetsu suggested Six Paths-level Yin–Yang Release might work in theory.
• White Zetsu observed that Ren could evade even stronger enemies and escape at will, and Madara acknowledged that the combination of Ren’s powers made him nearly invincible.
• Black Zetsu pointed out that repeated use of Self-Genjutsu would damage Ren’s ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually cause blindness.
• Madara suggested forcing Ren to use his eyes until they failed, but Obito rejected that as the worst option.

Obito and Black Zetsu explained to Madara that Ren's greatest threat was not just his current strength but a universal cultivation method driving rapid breakthroughs across Uchiha Shrine. Madara accepted that the Temple's repeated collective advances pointed to a cultivation path capable of surpassing the Shinobi World's established limits.

• Obito warned Madara that Ren could evolve his Mangekyo and that Uchiha Shrine's strength was growing at an extraordinary rate.
• Black Zetsu claimed Ren possessed a universal cultivation method that could help ninja advance from Jonin through Kage Level and toward Super-Kage.
• Madara argued that no such systematic path could exist, citing the limits of bloodlines, secret techniques, and his own failed efforts to create one.
• Black Zetsu described how Uchiha Shrine's members improved after fighting Kumogakure and later purged the Dark Exchange House and bounty hunters.
• Obito reported that groups of Temple members broke through Jonin and Kage Level bottlenecks in a short time.
• Madara concluded that Ren must possess a special cultivation Secret Technique capable of breaking the Shinobi World's power limits.

Madara learned that Ren had transformed the Uchiha into a rapidly strengthening force whose true numbers and abilities were hidden inside a heavily defended Inner Court. Unable to obtain reliable intelligence, Madara decided to investigate in person despite Black Zetsu’s warning that Ren would be alerted.

• Madara questioned Black Zetsu about the Shrine’s head count, Squad strength, and hidden Kage Level members, but Black Zetsu could not confirm the information.
• White Zetsu explained that Ren had divided the Uchiha district into an open Outer Court and a restricted Inner Court containing the Shrine and the clan’s core facilities.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu reported that underground defenses blocked infiltration, while Obito’s Kamui was detectable by Inner Court guards.
• Obito revealed that Tobirama Senju had been resurrected as Uchiha Jian and could use Flying Thunder God to respond to spatial fluctuations.
• Madara reviewed the Uchiha’s Mangekyo users, cultivation techniques, and growing Squads, then decided to investigate the Inner Court himself.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara that approaching the Inner Court would likely alert Ren.

Madara set out to investigate Ren and the Uchiha Shrine while Yaonai took Sakura and Ino to Myriad City and the Uchiha District. At the Inner Court’s enormous gates, Yaonai explained that entry depended on strength, leaving Sakura and Ino stunned by the gates’ immense weight.

• Madara continued toward his meeting with Ren, and Obito and Black Zetsu let him proceed with their plan.
• Yaonai met Sakura and Ino, and the three explored Myriad City before Sakura and Ino asked to visit Sasuke.
• Yaonai explained that Sasuke lived in the restricted Inner Court and offered to try to take them inside using her strength.
• Yaonai showed Sakura and Ino the seven nested Sunken Gold Iron gates and explained that each successive gate was heavier.
• Sakura failed to move the smallest gate, and Ino was shocked to learn that its two sides weighed four tons in total.

Ino and Sakura learned that entering the Uchiha Inner Courtyard by climbing the walls would trigger an immediate, potentially lethal response, while bringing them in normally required Yaonai to open a sixteen-ton gate. Yaonai removed her wristguards, revealing their immense weight and leaving the girls stunned.

• Ino and Sakura considered climbing over the wall after failing to move the smallest gate, but Yaonai warned that the Sensing Barriers would treat unauthorized entry as a declaration of war.
• Yaonai explained that guards would suppress intruders before questioning them, and Ino and Sakura abandoned the idea of climbing in.
• Yaonai said that bringing two guests required opening a gate weighing sixteen tons in total, prompting Ino to suggest they leave.
• Yaonai removed her wristguards, which crashed into the ground and formed deep pits, stunning Ino and Sakura.

Yaonai revealed that she had been wearing about three tons of weights and explained that the Uchiha Inner Court required strength to enter. Ino gave up on pursuing Sasuke after learning the threshold, but Sakura tried to push open the four-ton gate once more.

• Yaonai removed her weights, and their impact left deep pits in the ground, shocking Sakura and Ino.
• Yaonai said the weights totaled about three tons and explained that she could push open the first gate even while wearing them.
• Yaonai explained that she had to remove the weights to push open the third gate and prove she could protect Sakura and Ino.
• Yaonai said a prospective wife of an Inner Court core member had to be able to push open the first gate, and Ino decided she no longer liked Sasuke.
• Sakura returned to the four-ton gate and said she wanted to try pushing it open again.

Sakura and Ino tried to push open the Sunken Gold Iron gate, but its seals repelled their Chakra-fueled effort and injured Sakura. Yaonai caught them and explained that only physical strength could open the gates, leaving Sakura in pain with a possible arm injury.

• Sakura repeatedly tried and failed to push the four-ton gate using her strength and Chakra.
• Ino joined Sakura, and together they briefly moved the gate before its sealing Patterns reflected their force and threw them backward.
• Yaonai caught Sakura and Ino, then explained that the gates’ sealing Jutsu Formulas neutralized Chakra and that only physical strength could open them.
• Ino noticed Sakura was pale and trembling, and Yaonai examined Sakura’s injured arm.

After Sakura hurt her arm trying to open the first Sunken Gold Iron Gate, Luna set out to open the sixteen-ton third gate herself. She succeeded, leaving Ino and Sakura stunned by the strength of the academy’s top girl.

• Yaonai examined Sakura and said her arm had suffered a minor bone concussion, so Ino helped her sit and rest.
• Luna told Ino and Sakura she would open the third Sunken Gold Iron Gate, despite their warnings that it weighed sixteen tons.
• Luna unleashed her Chakra and revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, overwhelming Ino and Sakura with her power.
• Luna used the Tiger Leopard Thunderclap breathing technique and pushed the third gate open.
• Luna turned to Ino and Sakura, who stared in disbelief at the opened gate.

Luna welcomed Sakura and Ino into the Uchiha Inner Courtyard after opening the third gate. At the hot spring, Ren stayed with Tsunade and Mabui before sensing Madara Uchiha’s arrival at the Uchiha Wall, where Madara assessed the clan’s defenses and waited for the welcoming bell.

• Luna explained that releasing chakra had not triggered the gates and welcomed Sakura and Ino into the Inner Courtyard.
• Ren relaxed with Tsunade at the hot spring, where Mabui brought food and wine.
• Ren held Tsunade close and explained that Hashirama had dispersed after seeing Konoha stable and Tsunade able to face the future.
• Ren sensed that a special Uchiha had returned, and Madara Uchiha arrived outside the Uchiha District.
• Madara surveyed the Uchiha’s layered defenses and sensed several presences carrying Hashirama’s cells.
• Madara waited before the seven gates, knowing that eighteen peals of the welcoming bell would bring the Clan Leader out to greet him.

Madara tested the Uchiha Wall and opened all seven gates with physical strength alone, triggering the clan’s highest welcoming ceremony. As eighteen bells rang across the clan grounds, Orochimaru oversaw a secret alchemy ritual in the Inner Court.

• Madara identified the gates’ sealing formula as a means of absorbing Chakra and restricting supernatural strength.
• Madara pushed open the first six gates with his bare hands as Uchiha clansmen and Temple disciples watched in disbelief.
• Madara forced open the seventh gate, revealing the Inner Court buildings and activating all seven formulas.
• The Inner Court’s bell rang eighteen times, signaling Uchiha’s highest welcoming ceremony.
• Orochimaru inspected the formulas on a pentagram altar in the Alchemy Workshop and instructed five Uchiha clansmen to keep their Chakra output consistent.

Orochimaru and five clansmen successfully used a shared transmutation array to mass-produce Bloodline Refinement Pills from common ingredients, which could strengthen the Uchiha bloodline over generations. Eighteen welcoming bells then announced a visitor who Uchiha Jian identified as Madara Uchiha, summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, and Jian went to confirm his arrival.

• Orochimaru directed five clansmen as they used a Pentagram Transmutation Array to refine medicinal ingredients into stable Bloodline Refinement Pills.
• Orochimaru explained that the pills were weaker than the Basic Bloodline Tempering Potion but could be made from common, cultivable ingredients and administered across generations.
• Eighteen tolls rang, signaling that someone had pushed open seven Uchiha Walls and received the highest welcoming ceremony.
• Uchiha Jian sensed the visitor’s Chakra and identified him as Madara Uchiha, concluding that someone had used Impure World Reincarnation.
• Uchiha Jian accepted responsibility for the forbidden technique and used a Flying Thunder God Mark to go confirm Madara’s arrival.

The Uchiha rang their bell eighteen times after someone pushed open all seven Gold-Sinking Iron Gates, drawing attention across Konoha and bringing the Inner Court’s powerful defenders to the mountain gate. Madara Uchiha witnessed dozens of Kage-Level auras united by a formation and began urging the Uchiha to use their strength to dominate the Shinobi World.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that eighteen bell peals marked the Uchiha’s highest welcome ceremony, awarded only to someone who opened all seven gates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent an ANBU to identify the newcomer while warning him not to approach or spy on the Inner Court.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha Shisui, and Itachi Uchiha confirmed that someone had opened all seven gates without disrupting their sealing formulas.
• Dozens of Kage-Level Chakra signatures emerged from the Inner Court and synchronized through a formation.
• Madara Uchiha sensed the assembled power and decided that the Uchiha should use it to overturn the existing order of the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Jian confronted Madara with Flying Thunder God and revealed that Hashirama and Tobirama’s Chakra signatures were gathered inside him. He used ten seemingly identical physical phantoms to attack Madara and drove him back with a position-swapping strike.

• Uchiha Jian attacked Madara with Flying Thunder God, but Madara blocked his opening strikes and matched him in close combat.
• Madara sensed Hashirama and Tobirama’s Chakra within Uchiha Jian and recognized Tobirama, while Jian said Hashirama had left the Shinobi World and he was no longer the Tobirama Madara knew.
• Uchiha Jian created ten indistinguishable physical phantoms, and the Temple disciples could not identify the real one even with their Sharingan.
• The ten figures attacked Madara from all sides, and he knocked aside their kunai before grappling with one of them.
• Uchiha Jian’s figures exchanged positions during the fight, allowing a fist charged with True Essence to hit Madara and drive him back more than ten meters.