Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya explained to Tsunade that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Asura and Indra, leading her to reconsider Uchiha Ren and agree to meet him before deciding whether to become Hokage. Meanwhile, Ren tested three cultivation methods and found that his lack of an innate Cultivation Physique hindered the Great River Qi Refinement Method, while body tempering progressed too slowly for an imminent breakthrough.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade and Shizune that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Asura and Indra, whose inherited powers shaped the two clans.
• Tsunade recognized that Uchiha Ren's strength might be tied to his lineage and circumstances, and said she would meet him before deciding whether to return as the Fifth Hokage.
• Ren tested the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique and concluded that its slow, decades-long progression made it unsuitable as his main path to a near-term breakthrough.
• Ren advanced the Great River Qi Refinement Method to its third level, improving the strength and stability of his chakra.
• Ren found that he could not retain much of the spiritual energy needed for the method's fourth level because he lacked an innate Cultivation Physique.

Ren cultivated three new arts and assessed their benefits and limits, then met Tsunade as she came to discuss becoming the Fifth Hokage. He acknowledged that no Hokage could bypass the Uchiha, leaving Tsunade’s candidacy and their relationship unresolved.

• Ren found that the Heart Sea Spirit Refinement Art strengthened his senses and stabilized his Sharingan, but rapidly consumed his vital essence.
• Ren decided to restrict access to the cultivation techniques, spreading only their first three levels while reserving the full arts for himself and core clansmen.
• Tsunade arrived at the Uchiha District with Shizune and Jiraiya to meet Ren.
• Tsunade said she had come to judge what Ren wanted because she believed his support was essential to becoming Hokage.
• Ren agreed that no one becoming Hokage in Konoha could bypass the Uchiha.

Ren proposed that the Uchiha fund a new commercial city between their district and Konoha, with the village providing support, to strengthen the economy and connect trade between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. Tsunade recognized the plan’s potential but asked whether Ren intended to build only Super Amazing City.

• Ren told Tsunade he would not seek the Hokage position or support an Uchiha candidate, and said he wanted Konoha to avoid further decline.
• Ren presented a map and proposed that the Uchiha fund Super Amazing City on the wasteland between their district and Konoha.
• Ren outlined plans for the city to bring together trade, entertainment, lodging, auctions, ninja tools, medicinal herbs, and goods from both the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
• Ren argued that the city would benefit Konoha’s residents, merchants, shinobi, village revenues, and military resources while turning the buffer zone into a busy commercial hub.
• Tsunade considered the proposal’s scale and asked Ren whether he wanted to build only one Super Amazing City.

Ren proposed a trade network centered on Super Amazing City and negotiated Konoha’s cooperation with Tsunade. Tsunade agreed to advance the plan while requesting Uchiha squads to help stabilize Konoha, and Ren set terms for their deployment.

• Ren explained how Uchiha would expand trade routes, businesses, resources, and intelligence networks through the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
• Ren demanded Konoha’s approval for road planning, caravan access, and commercial administration, while offering economic growth, resources, stability, and Uchiha’s support for Tsunade as Hokage.
• Tsunade reviewed Ren’s detailed plan and said she could push the cooperation through, but asked to borrow Uchiha squads for Root purges, ANBU reorganization, border defense, and other critical missions.
• Ren required a limited deployment period, advance notice, the right to reject unreasonable missions, S-rank compensation, and joint review authority over specified sensitive matters.

Ren and Tsunade agreed to limited cooperation while maintaining the Uchiha’s independence, and Tsunade promised to investigate Konoha’s past abuses. At the Hokage Office, Shikaku recognized that Ren planned to build Uchiha power through commerce rather than compete for control of Konoha.

• Tsunade and Ren agreed that the Uchiha would cooperate with the Hokage on limited missions without becoming the Hokage Tower’s tool again.
• Tsunade promised to investigate Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the First Hokage Cells matter for Konoha’s sake.
• Ren named Shisui as the Uchiha representative and described Super Amazing City as a gateway for the clan’s future trade and influence.
• Tsunade presented Ren’s plan to Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza, Hiashi, and the others at the Hokage Office.
• Shikaku concluded that Ren intended to free the Uchiha from dependence on Konoha and build influence through commerce, which could benefit the village even as it reduced its control over the clan.

Tsunade confronted Hiruzen and the elders over their past suppression of the Uchiha, arguing that Ren’s Super Amazing City plan would reconnect the clan with Konoha and benefit the village. Hiruzen warned that the Uchiha’s growing influence could overshadow Konoha’s leadership, but Tsunade insisted that cooperation could turn that strength into protection for the village.

• Tsunade told Hiruzen that Ren’s plans showed he had no interest in taking the Hokage’s seat, making the Hokage Tower’s past suppression of the Uchiha misguided.
• Tsunade challenged Utatane Koharu’s defense of the village’s precautions and argued that commerce and shared interests could bring the Uchiha back into Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara, Hyuga Hiashi, and Choza Akimichi supported Tsunade’s view, noting that Super Amazing City could connect the Uchiha District to the village and increase trade and revenue.
• Hiruzen warned that Ren could become an immense force influencing Konoha even without holding the Hokage’s position.
• Tsunade argued that the Uchiha’s strength could deter foreign enemies and serve as Konoha’s backing if the Hokage chose cooperation over suspicion and suppression.

Tsunade committed to working with the Uchiha and ending Konoha’s old secretive practices, while Ren welcomed Mabui and Samui as Kumogakure’s attendants and discussed the failures of the shinobi village system. The chapter left Mabui considering how village rivalries had expanded warfare rather than ended it.

• Tsunade declared that she would advance the Super Amazing City plan, honor the Uchiha’s spoils and trade routes, continue investigating Root, and establish new rules as Hokage.
• Mabui and Samui, transferred to the Uchiha under Kumogakure’s surrender terms, met Ren in their guest courtyard.
• Ren accepted Mabui’s guardedness and told the women to complete their treaty-assigned work without revealing secrets they were unwilling to share.
• Ren asked Mabui and Samui where the Shinobi World’s problems lay, then argued that the One Country, One Village System had shifted conflict from clans to larger wars between nations and villages.
• Mabui fell silent as Ren described the human costs of war, which she knew from handling Kumogakure’s logistics and military documents.

Mabui argued that resource inequality drove war and that unifying the Shinobi World was the only theoretical way to end it, though its entrenched interests made it nearly impossible. Ren agreed that unification would fail, but said peace could be maintained by making war too costly through overwhelming deterrent strength; Samui thought of Kumogakure.

• Mabui explained how differences in each country’s resources fueled competition and war, then proposed unification as the only theoretical solution.
• Mabui warned that regional identities and entrenched interests would make forced unification unstable, while Samui considered the burden it would entail.
• Ren praised Mabui’s clear judgment and agreed that the Shinobi World could no longer be unified.
• Ren explained that governing the different countries and dismantling their systems would provoke constant resistance and rebellion.
• Ren said peace could instead come from making war’s cost unbearable through strength capable of deterring the entire Shinobi World.
• Samui immediately thought of Kumogakure.

Ren explained that he wanted to build the Uchiha into a force powerful enough to deter wars across the Shinobi World. Convinced by his goal, Mabui and Samui pledged their service, and Ren bestowed the Uchiha surname upon them.

• Ren said Hashirama had once prevented great wars through his strength, but that he wanted the entire Uchiha clan—not one person alone—to become a deterrent.
• Ren explained that Uchiha wealth, trade routes, intelligence, resources, and armed forces would help the clan detect and suppress wars.
• Mabui and Samui agreed that the Uchiha could reduce large-scale wars and said they were willing to serve Ren's goal.
• Mabui and Samui knelt before Ren and pledged to follow him and serve the Uchiha.
• Ren bestowed the Uchiha surname on Mabui and Samui, and they greeted him as Clan Head.

Ren revealed Kagami Uchiha’s Assimilation Hypnosis eye and explained how he planned to use it to protect the Uchiha from internal betrayal. He also described how the clan’s new cultivation methods could strengthen both its members and the damaged eye, leaving his plan for safeguarding the clan in place.

• Ren revealed the vertical Mangekyo eye from Kagami Uchiha and explained that its Assimilation Hypnosis gradually made targets accept his ideals and loyalty as their own.
• Ren told Mabui and Samui that Danzo had used the eye to make Root shinobi fanatically devoted to him, but said he had not used it to influence their choice to submit.
• Ren warned that the Uchiha’s greatest danger lay within the clan, as Shisui, Itachi, or Fugaku could be swayed by outsiders despite their strength.
• Ren announced that he would introduce three cultivation methods and use Assimilation Hypnosis to guard the clan’s core fighters against betrayal.
• Ren explained that he had transplanted the damaged eye into his forehead and that the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique could help repair it.

Tsunade became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and announced a joint development plan with the Uchiha Clan to build Super Amazing City between the Uchiha District and Konoha Main District. The announcement won the villagers’ interest with promises of jobs, trade, and new opportunities.

• Tsunade was formally named Konoha’s Fifth Hokage as villagers and ninja gathered to welcome her.
• Tsunade promised to investigate Root, settle old debts, and reorganize Konoha’s services and defenses.
• Tsunade announced that the Uchiha Clan would fund Super Amazing City between the Uchiha District and Konoha Main District.
• Tsunade described the city’s markets, trade routes, and expected jobs, prompting villagers and ninja to discuss its potential benefits.
• Shikaku Nara recognized that the city could reduce hostility toward the Uchiha Clan by tying the clan’s prosperity to Konoha’s.

At the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration, Uchiha Mabui announced that she had left Kumogakure and pledged loyalty to Uchiha Ren as she took charge of Super Amazing City’s preparations. Three days later, she impressed Konoha’s officials with her organized planning and answered their doubts with a detailed survey map.

• Tsunade announced that Konoha and the Uchiha Clan would cooperate on Super Amazing City, with Mabui overseeing the project for the clan.
• Mabui revealed that she had served as the Fourth Raikage’s personal secretary and senior Jonin before declaring that she had taken the Uchiha name and would obey Ren alone.
• Mabui presented a clear plan for construction zones, roads, supplies, local workers, merchant caravans, and ninja security, impressing Tsunade and Shikaku.
• Three days later, Konoha officials questioned Mabui’s knowledge of the village and whether Kumogakure’s methods would work there.
• Mabui placed a survey map on the table showing old roads, abandoned drainage channels, widening areas, and derelict warehouses between Konoha Main District and the Uchiha District.

Mabui organized Super Amazing City’s preparations so effectively that Tsunade wished she could recruit her, but Mabui remained loyal to Uchiha Ren. Meanwhile, Uchiha Ren summoned the clan’s elites and battlefield veterans to the Naka Shrine, where they awaited an announcement beyond ordinary battle rewards.

• Mabui presented construction supplies, staffing plans, escort arrangements, and merchant review rules, bringing Konoha’s preparations for Super Amazing City into order.
• Tsunade praised Mabui’s administrative abilities to Shikaku but accepted that Mabui’s loyalty to Uchiha Ren made recruiting her impossible.
• Uchiha clansmen gathered at the Naka Shrine and discussed the clan’s victories over Kumogakure, their battle merits, and the Temple Formation.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, Nanami, Tekka, and other leaders waited as the assembled Uchiha anticipated Uchiha Ren’s purpose for summoning them.

Uchiha Ren addressed the clan after their victory over Kumogakure, honoring those who died or were wounded and warning the Uchiha not to celebrate yet. He declared that he was still not strong enough to match Madara Uchiha’s power to suppress an entire era.

• Ren appeared unnoticed in Naka Shrine, startling Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi with his improved stealth.
• Ren reminded the Uchiha that they had won the Battle of Kumogakure but said he had called them together not to celebrate.
• Ren named the fallen Uchiha and other wartime companions, then led the shrine in three minutes of silence.
• Ren told the clan that their prestige had been bought with the lives of those who fought and declared that he was still not strong enough.
• Ren compared himself with Madara Uchiha, saying he could defeat the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki but had not reached the level where Madara had once suppressed an entire era.

Ren rallied the Uchiha behind his ambition to end the Shinobi World’s wars and establish a new order under Uchiha rule. After the clan pledged to follow him, he announced that he had created a new technique, leaving everyone confused.

• Nanami, Tekka, and other Uchiha praised Ren and declared that he would surpass Madara.
• Ren used his damaged Mangekyo to guide the Uchiha’s emotions toward unity before teaching them the three great arts.
• Ren told the clan he would lead the Uchiha to dominate the Shinobi World, end its wars, and govern its order.
• Nanami, Tekka, Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, the elders, and the other Uchiha knelt and pledged to follow Ren.
• Ren signaled for the clan to rise and announced that he had created a new technique during seclusion, leaving the Uchiha bewildered.

Ren demonstrated the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique to the Uchiha clan, showing how its controlled vibrations strengthened the whole body. He revealed that the method had nine levels and could refine even the eyes, leaving the clan focused on its potential to reduce the strain of using the Sharingan.

• Nanami asked Ren what kind of technique he had developed, and Ren introduced it as the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique.
• Ren demonstrated the technique, using coordinated movements and controlled internal vibrations to temper his body.
• Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi recognized that the method could strengthen the body's organs as well as its muscles and bones without causing damage.
• Ren revealed that the technique had nine levels and could strengthen sinew, bone, organs, skin, blood, and vitality.
• Ren said the technique could refine the eyes, prompting the Uchiha to consider whether it could ease the strain their Sharingan caused.

Ren revealed that the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique could strengthen Uchiha eyes enough to prevent and gradually repair Mangekyō-related blindness. The Uchiha celebrated the solution, and Ren ordered the Grand Elder to organize and spread the technique’s first stage throughout the clan.

• The Grand Elder warned Ren and the Uchiha that Mangekyō use damaged its wielders’ eyes and that the clan could face enemies if its strongest fighters went blind.
• Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi asked whether the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique could protect or repair Mangekyō eyes.
• Ren explained that the technique strengthened the eyes and said continued training could eliminate the risk of blindness and gradually repair existing damage.
• The elders and clansmen celebrated the prospect of overcoming the Mangekyō’s flaw, while Ren credited the Uchiha’s own efforts for finding this path.
• Ren told the Grand Elder to organize, teach, and supervise the technique’s first stage so every Uchiha could begin practicing it.

Ren introduced the Great River Qi Refinement Method to the Uchiha clan, demonstrating that it could cultivate dense, stable True Essence far beyond ordinary Chakra. The clan recognized its potential to improve combat power and formations, and the Great Elder pressed Ren about what else the method could do.

• The Great Elder organized clan-wide training and progress records for Ren’s Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique, while Tekka and Nanami offered help with instruction.
• Ren revealed that Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap was only his first method and introduced the Great River Qi Refinement Method.
• Ren displayed a dense blue energy that he called True Essence, and Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, Nanami, and the others recognized that it was not ordinary Chakra.
• Ren explained that True Essence was more stable, powerful, economical, and self-renewing than Chakra, improving endurance, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and Temple Formations.
• The Great Elder asked Ren whether the Great River Qi Refinement Method had potential beyond tempering Chakra.

Ren explained that the Great River Qi Refinement Method let the Uchiha refine spiritual energy into True Essence and surpass their former Chakra limits, making Kage Level and even Super-Kage attainable. He revealed that combining it with body and spirit cultivation could lead the clan toward Six Paths Level, leaving the Uchiha ready to follow a new cultivation path.

• Ren explained that the Great River Qi Refinement Method absorbed spiritual energy and refined it into True Essence, unlike the temporary power of Senjutsu.
• Ren told the Uchiha that continued cultivation could break their Chakra limits and make Kage Level and Super-Kage attainable.
• The Uchiha reacted with excitement, while Fugaku recognized that Ren's method could strengthen the whole clan rather than only a few geniuses.
• Ren described the Heart Sea Spirit Refinement Art and said that uniting body, energy, and spirit could let the Uchiha reach the Sage of Six Paths' level.
• Ren declared that the Uchiha would advance along all three paths and no longer depend on hatred, battlefield sacrifices, or a handful of geniuses.

Ren announced that Uchiha War Hall members and clanspeople with significant contributions could cultivate the first three stages of the Great River Qi Refinement Method. The grand elder warned that the foundational method was too dangerous to share freely and urged Ren to restrict access or bind cultivators with a Cursed Seal.

• Ren made the first three stages of the Great River Qi Refinement Method standard training for the Uchiha War Hall and offered special permission to clanspeople with battle merit or major contributions.
• Ren assigned Nanami, the grand elder, and Tekka to review records so that deserving clanspeople would receive permission without favoritism.
• Nanami promised to reassess the records, and clanspeople celebrated that their work for the clan could earn them access to the method.
• The grand elder objected, warning that enemy villages, spies, and traitors might steal the method and use it to threaten the Uchiha.
• The grand elder advised Ren to limit cultivation to trusted core members or require a Cursed Seal before allowing others to learn the method.