Recaps

Zhang Jingxiu, reborn as an Uchiha infant after failing to achieve immortality in his previous life, grew up determined to pursue it again. At five, he trained with his brothers Madara and Izuna, then sensed a watcher outside their room and prepared to defend them.

• Zhang Jingxiu recalled how his attempt to unite many cultivation methods and attain immortality had failed, but vowed to keep pursuing immortality in his new life.
• Madara Uchiha held Jingxiu and Izuna while Uchiha Tajima left for clan business, and Madara vowed to become strong enough to protect his brothers and end the chaotic age.
• At five, Jingxiu tricked Izuna into falling during their spar, while Madara tested Jingxiu with kunai and criticized him for not resisting.
• Jingxiu explained that resistance would be pointless if Madara had truly reached them as an enemy, then joined Izuna in a coordinated attack against Madara.
• That night, Jingxiu sensed someone watching him, drew the short swords Madara had given them, and woke Izuna.

Uchiha Tajima and Butsuma Senju clashed at Eight-Banner Plain while a Senju-Hyuga force attacked Ueno Camp. Jingxiu stayed behind to fight Hyuga Chenxi as Izuna fled with their younger brothers, and the shadow helping Jingxiu vanished completely.

• Uchiha Tajima attacked Butsuma Senju, who used earth techniques to throw Tajima off balance before freezing just as his blade neared Tajima’s throat.
• Madara Uchiha fought Senju squads at Ueno Camp while Hyuga Chenxi ordered his men to pursue the Uchiha children.
• Jingxiu told Izuna to escape with Chōta, Kō, and Takashi, and Izuna carried Takashi as he led the boys toward the clan grounds.
• Jingxiu confronted Hyuga Chenxi with a Great Fireball and exchanged dozens of blows with him using his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• A voice told Jingxiu it had done all it could and entrusted the Uchiha’s future to him before the shadow behind him dissipated completely.

Jing Xiu defeated Hyuga Chenxi with a lightning technique but collapsed from the spiritual strain as the Ueno Camp was devastated. After waking in the Uchiha Clan Compound five days later, he discovered his abilities had grown and found something extraordinary within his spirit.

• Jing Xiu borrowed a deceased Uchiha Special Jōnin’s ability and trapped Hyuga Chenxi in a lightning prison, leaving Chenxi burned and himself unconscious.
• Uchiha Izuna succumbed to his wounds while thinking of his brothers and his unfinished rivalry with Jing Xiu.
• Mingjian Senju pulled a katana from his abdomen and regretted failing to kill the unconscious Madara Uchiha.
• Hagoromo Genichiro and Uchiha Yamashiro returned to Ueno Camp and found only seven rescued Uchiha children, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Jing Xiu still alive.
• Jing Xiu woke in the Uchiha Clan Compound, realized the two spirits’ soul origins had strengthened him, and discovered something extraordinary within his spirit.

Jing Xiu discovered the three divine artifacts of Hades within his sea of consciousness and pursued his goal of becoming the Underworld’s Hades in the Shinobi World. After the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga agreed to an armistice, Madara grew angry at his clan’s elders and returned home to Jing Xiu and Izuna.

• Jing Xiu sensed the Underworld King's Blade, the Hades Surplice, and the Urn of Life in his sea of consciousness, but could not use them.
• Jing Xiu taught Madara and Izuna the Baji Fist and gave them the Golden Light Mantra.
• Butsuma Senju offered Riverbend Valley and Greenleaf Cliff to secure the return of Hyuga Chenxi's Byakugan, while secretly hoping the Uchiha and Hyuga would weaken each other.
• The Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga signed an armistice after Hyuga elders confirmed that Hyuga Chenxi's Byakugan had been destroyed.
• Uchiha Tajima asked Madara how to deal with the Senju and Hyuga, and Madara advised attacking whichever clan was weaker before resenting the elders' criticism.
• Jing Xiu stopped Izuna from rushing at Madara when Madara returned home angry, and Madara told Izuna to call him Elder Brother.

The Uchiha elders planned to lure the Hyuga into an ambush by using Uchiha Jing Xiu as bait, and Uchiha Tajima assigned the mission to his son. Jing Xiu asked what reward he would receive if he completed it.

• Uchiha Motoi proposed luring the Hyuga out by putting a young Uchiha at risk, and Uchiha Tajima considered using Madara as bait.
• The First Elder argued that Uchiha Jing Xiu could serve as bait because he had killed Hyuga Chenxi, and Tajima approved the plan.
• A Hidden Ninja arrived to give Jing Xiu his mission, but Madara blocked him until Tajima ordered Madara to stand down.
• Tajima told Jing Xiu to hold out for ten minutes while a Uchiha force waited in ambush, and promised him access to the clan storehouse for supplies.
• Jing Xiu asked Tajima what reward he would receive for completing the mission.

Jing Xiu prepared magical artifacts and supplies for a dangerous mission, while Madara and Izuna resolved to protect him. The mission’s cover would be an elaborate defection by a grieving Uchiha Jōnin.

• Uchiha Tajima sent Jing Xiu on a mission and promised him two B-rank ninjutsu if he completed it.
• Jing Xiu gathered ores and prepared to test the Urn of Life, which he suspected could heal him and enhance his life essence.
• Madara helped arrange for craftsmen to forge Jing Xiu’s plans, then received Devouring Pouches and Golden Light Jewels from him.
• Madara insisted on joining the mission to protect Jing Xiu, while Izuna spent his savings on ninja tools and supplies for him.
• Uchiha Tajima and the others arranged for a three-tomoe Uchiha Jōnin to stage a defection after losing his wife and child in the Battle of Ueno.

Uchiha Jing Xiu traveled with the defecting Uchiha Black Wolf through the Land of Rain, then helped trigger an ambush by Uchiha forces and the Yuki Clan. Black Wolf fought his way through the attackers, while Jing Xiu revealed his surprising strength; the battle remained unresolved when a scream broke the standoff.

• Jing Xiu ignored Black Wolf's questions until Black Wolf revealed that his wife's and child's deaths had driven him to defect from the Uchiha.
• Jing Xiu drew a map and suggested Black Wolf plan how to escape Uchiha territory, but Black Wolf mocked him and continued onward.
• Black Wolf stepped into an explosive-tag trap as an Uchiha upper ninja and three chunin surrounded him, while Jing Xiu wounded a chunin who tried to escort him away.
• Black Wolf used a Great Flame Ball and shuriken to evade the Yuki Clan's ice attack and take down one chunin, prompting White Lotus to praise his skill.
• Black Wolf faced White Lotus and the remaining Yuki Clan fighters again, and a scream abruptly broke the standoff.

Jing Xiu and Black Wolf escaped the Yuki Clan and traveled to Hyuga territory disguised as a samurai father and son, hoping to join a caravan bound for the Kaguya Clan. After training together in Biei Town for a month, they finally met the caravan’s Hyuga guards, and Black Wolf faced a test to earn them passage.

• Jing Xiu killed a Yuki Clan Chunin, and White Lotus ordered the Yuki Clan to retreat into a Hidden Mist Technique.
• Jing Xiu persuaded Black Wolf that their route to Rain Country was too dangerous and proposed posing as father and son to join a Hyuga caravan.
• Jing Xiu and Black Wolf reached Biei Town, where they waited for a caravan while Jing Xiu trained and Black Wolf began practicing alongside him.
• The Hyuga Third Elder’s caravan arrived weeks late, and a Hyuga Branch Family member challenged Black Wolf to withstand four strikes before allowing him and Jing Xiu to join.

Jing Xiu and Black Wolf attacked the Hyuga caravan after a Genin tried to mistreat Jing Xiu, turning their covert journey into a battle with Hyuga Kiyomei's forces. Jing Xiu was about to inspect the cargo when blades came slicing through the air behind him.

• Hyuga Kiyomei ordered the caravan to cross Gale Gorge at sunrise and warned his men to behave while promising a chance to learn Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms.
• When a Hyuga Genin ordered Jing Xiu to massage his feet, Jing Xiu stabbed him and killed several samurai guards, prompting Black Wolf to join the fight.
• Black Wolf killed a Hyuga Chunin, but Hyuga Kiyomei used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to strike him and revealed himself as the caravan's Jōnin commander.
• Black Wolf identified Hyuga Kiyomei as a Main Family member and charged into the central tent, while Jing Xiu fought through the caravan's defenders.
• Jing Xiu killed the Genin who had flicked his forehead, cleared a Chunin squad and many samurai, then heard blades cutting through the air behind him.

Jing Xiu and Black Wolf escaped into Gale Gorge after Fūma Sasaki tried to capture Jing Xiu, and they sheltered in a cave. Jing Xiu planned to raid the Hyuga shipment before it reached the Land of Rain, warning Black Wolf that the Hyuga could expose their plans to the clans in the Land of Water.

• Fūma Sasaki arrived with three genin and proposed capturing Jing Xiu to use him as a bargaining chip with the Uchiha Clan.
• Jing Xiu possessed a Hyuga genin with Spirit Summoning and Dispatching, while Black Wolf used his Sharingan to escape with him into Gale Gorge.
• Hyuga Kiyomei pretended to be caught by Black Wolf's genjutsu and let the two escape so he could protect the shipment.
• Jing Xiu sensed wind-nature qi in Gale Gorge and found a cave using the possessed genin's Byakugan.
• Jing Xiu killed a brown bear in the cave, then proposed returning after midnight to steal the Hyuga shipment.
• Jing Xiu explained that the Hyuga might reveal their identities to the Land of Water clans if they reached the Land of Rain, and asked Black Wolf what they should do.

Jing Xiu and Uchiha Black Wolf sabotaged the Hyuga convoy with explosive tags enhanced by natural chakra, setting the camp ablaze and destroying its cargo. As Hyuga Kiyomei and Fūma Sasaki pursued them, Black Wolf realized they would be caught before reaching Gale Gorge and asked Jing Xiu what he planned to do.

• Jing Xiu and Black Wolf reached the Hyuga Camp under cover of night, with Jing Xiu using a captured Hyuga Chunin's spirit to guide them past detection.
• Jing Xiu stopped Black Wolf from attacking with Fire Release and helped him plant explosive tags at weak points in the armored carriages, enhancing the tags with natural chakra.
• The tags detonated before dawn, setting the Hyuga Camp on fire and destroying an armored carriage in a violent explosion.
• Hyuga Kiyomei identified Black Wolf and pursued him with Hyuga clansmen, while Fūma Sasaki left three Genin to fight the fire and joined the chase.
• Kiyomei ordered two Hyuga Chunin to scan for traps, and Black Wolf warned Jing Xiu that they would be caught before reaching Gale Gorge.

Jing Xiu fled into Gale Gorge and hid in a cave while Hyuga Kiyomei recruited Fūma Sasaki to help hunt Uchiha Black Wolf. The two Hyuga Chunin found Jing Xiu, but one walked into a trap as Jing Xiu taunted them.

• Jing Xiu and Black Wolf evaded Hyuga Kiyomei’s pursuit, and Kiyomei sent two Hyuga Chunin after Jing Xiu while he tracked Black Wolf.
• Kiyomei bowed to Fūma Sasaki and promised to seek compensation and closer cooperation between their clans in exchange for help killing Black Wolf.
• Jing Xiu escaped into Gale Gorge, used natural-chakra-infused Explosive Tags to break the Chunin’s line of sight, and rested in a prepared cave.
• The two Hyuga Chunin searched the gorge and found Jing Xiu sitting cross-legged in the cave, unaware of them.
• One Chunin moved to attack Jing Xiu, but the other spotted seven or eight Explosive Tags and realized the cave was trapped as Jing Xiu mocked them.

Jing Xiu survived a cave trap that killed two Hyuga Chunin and prepared to wait out the battle. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kiyomei manipulated Uchiha Black Wolf into killing Fūma Sasaki and offered him an alliance against the Uchiha, leaving Black Wolf to consider the proposal.

• Jing Xiu’s explosive tags killed the two Hyuga Chunin, but the faulty protective barrier nearly killed him, and he survived by spending his source of life.
• Jing Xiu set another barrier in the cave and planned to rest there while Black Wolf and Hyuga Kiyomei fought.
• Hyuga Kiyomei and Fūma Sasaki attacked Uchiha Black Wolf together, and Kiyomei caught him in the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Hyuga Kiyomei withheld help when Black Wolf’s Sharingan genjutsu began affecting Sasaki, and Black Wolf decapitated Fūma Sasaki.
• Hyuga Kiyomei offered Black Wolf cover and a chance to take revenge on the Uchiha, including Uchiha Tajima, by joining forces with the Hyuga.

Hyuga Kiyomei killed Uchiha Black Wolf, but Black Wolf survived his counterattack with Izanagi and escaped with Jing Xiu. Their movements set the clans’ plans in motion as the Senju prepared to exploit a coming clash between the Uchiha and Hyuga.

• Hyuga Kiyomei killed Uchiha Black Wolf and tried to take his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but Black Wolf attacked with Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Black Wolf used a substitution to evade Kiyomei’s Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, then struck him with another Great Dragon Fire Technique before fleeing toward Gale Gorge.
• Jing Xiu recognized that Black Wolf had used Izanagi, and Black Wolf later explained that he had failed to kill Kiyomei and had run out of chakra.
• Jing Xiu and Black Wolf traveled into the Land of Rain, where Jing Xiu gave Black Wolf a list of materials for smoke bombs intended to block the Byakugan.
• The Hyuga Elders Council made Kiyomei deputy captain of the Uchiha Black Wolf Hunting Squad, while Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Tajima followed the tracking orb toward Jing Xiu.
• Butsuma Senju anticipated that Uchiha Tajima and Hyuga Tennin would draw their forces into battle, giving the Senju a chance to gain the advantage.

Jing Xiu and Uchiha Black Wolf were cornered by Hyuga and Fūma forces, and Hyuga Sesei attacked Jing Xiu with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. As Black Wolf tried to escape, he exposed a rift between the Fūma Second Elder and Hyuga Kiyomei over Fūma Sasaki’s death; Jing Xiu had already endured sixteen strikes, and Sesei warned that the next sixteen could kill him.

• Jing Xiu and Black Wolf watched a ruined village, while Jing Xiu noticed a badly burned child survive among the rubble and chose not to help him.
• Black Wolf learned that Hyuga and Fūma forces had surrounded them, with Hyuga Sesei leading the attack.
• Jing Xiu set off a Firework Bomb, but Sesei reacted quickly and struck him with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Black Wolf fled toward the mountain’s foot and accused the Fūma Second Elder of letting Hyuga Kiyomei kill Fūma Sasaki.
• Black Wolf exploited the Fūma Second Elder’s hesitation and killed a Hyuga Chunin as he escaped.
• Sesei told Jing Xiu that he had endured the first sixteen palm strikes, but the next sixteen could destroy his chakra pathways and flesh.

Madara Uchiha rescued Jing Xiu from Hyuga Sesei, while Uchiha Tajima fought Hyuga Tennin on the battlefield in the Land of Rain. As the Uchiha claimed major gains, Tennin warned Tajima that Butsuma Senju was acting elsewhere.

• Hyuga Tennin overwhelmed Uchiha Black Wolf and stopped him from destroying his remaining Sharingan.
• Hyuga Sesei battered Jing Xiu and knocked him unconscious, but Jing Xiu's magical artifact blocked Sesei's killing blow.
• Madara Uchiha arrived, defeated Hyuga Sesei with genjutsu and fire, then carried Jing Xiu back to the Uchiha clan grounds.
• Uchiha Tajima fought Hyuga Tennin without Madara's support and helped the Uchiha gain the upper hand, while two elite Hyuga Jōnin died.
• Hyuga Tennin warned Uchiha Tajima not to celebrate and asked what Butsuma Senju was doing.

Butsuma Senju prepared to march while Madara Uchiha returned to a clan threatened by the Senju and struggled to choose a strategy. Jing Xiu warned Madara that his father’s death could doom the Uchiha, proposed retreating across the sea as a last resort, and asked whether he knew a story about a tiger, a wolf, and a dog.

• Butsuma Senju ordered most of the Senju Clan to march, while Tobirama explained that the Senju could profit from the Uchiha-Hyuga conflict.
• Madara Uchiha avoided the Senju army at Greenleaf Cliff and carried the unconscious Jing Xiu back to the Naka River.
• Uchiha Yamashiro told Madara that the clan faced imminent danger, but the elders disagreed over whether to attack or hold the clan grounds.
• Jing Xiu described the danger of Hyuga Tennin surviving while Madara’s father died, then advised Madara to lead the Uchiha east across the sea if that worst case occurred.
• Madara favored taking risks in the current war to preserve the clan’s future, and Jing Xiu asked him about the tiger, the wolf, and the dog.

Jing Xiu advised Madara that the weakened Uchiha should ally with the Hyuga to stand against the Senju, and Madara sought the First Elder’s help preparing the plan. The chapter ended with Uchiha Black Wolf nursing his hatred for Uchiha Tajima and vowing revenge.

• Madara let Izuna stay and hear his confidential discussion with Jing Xiu after Izuna promised to keep it secret.
• Jing Xiu compared the Senju to a tiger, the Uchiha to a wolf, and the Hyuga to a dog, then agreed with Madara that the Uchiha needed an alliance with the Hyuga.
• Madara visited Uchiha Yamashiro, who proposed sending the Fourth Elder to the Hyuga as an envoy to signal weakness and take responsibility for the Ueno defeat.
• Madara thanked Uchiha Yamashiro and asked for his support at the next day’s clan meeting, while privately recognizing that the clan’s factions required careful balancing.
• Uchiha Black Wolf hid in a cave, blamed Uchiha Tajima for his suffering, and vowed to make him pay in blood.

Hyuga Tennin used the Hyuga Clan’s secret medicine and Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to defeat Uchiha Tajima, but the Uchiha Gunbai helped Tajima survive, and the two leaders agreed to join forces against the Senju. Madara Uchiha then confronted Hyuga Kiyomei on Greenleaf Cliff as the Hyuga Clan faced a crisis.

• Uchiha Tajima pursued the wounded Hyuga Tennin to Riverbend Valley and threatened to kill him.
• Hyuga Tennin used secret medicine to restore and greatly amplify his chakra, then struck Tajima with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, devastating the valley and aging Tennin.
• Tajima survived the attack by using the Uchiha Gunbai, and he and Tennin agreed to return to their clans and cooperate against the Senju.
• Senju Hazama arrived with two elite squads after the battle and regretted missing the chance to finish off either wounded leader.
• Madara Uchiha confronted Hyuga Kiyomei on Greenleaf Cliff and asked whether the Hyuga Clan was ready to be wiped out.

Madara and Hyuga Kiyomei exchanged alliance agreements at Greenleaf Cliff just as the Senju destroyed a dam and sent the Shinano River surging toward them. Madara assembled the Uchiha forces and laid out a strategy to hold Greenleaf Cliff while the Hyuga attacked the Senju from behind.

• Madara rebuked the Hyuga Fourth Elder, and Hyuga Kiyomei exchanged alliance agreements with Madara as the ground began to shake.
• A Hyuga Jōnin reported that the Senju had appeared and the rising Shinano River threatened to sweep the clans away, prompting Madara and Kiyomei to prepare for battle.
• Madara ordered the Uchiha army assembled and proposed that his clan hold Greenleaf Cliff while the Hyuga circled around to attack the Senju rear.
• Madara explained that the flooded river blocked support between the clans but also hindered Senju surprise attacks, making Greenleaf Cliff a key position for protecting the Uchiha compound.
• When the Third Elder asked what the Senju might do with only a small force at Greenleaf Cliff, Madara outlined three possible plans and recalled Jing Xiu dismissing the Senju's ideals as a tool used by clan leaders.

Madara recalled the strategic discussion with Izuna and Jing Xiu, then used Greenleaf Cliff’s terrain and explosive tags to inflict heavy losses on Hashirama Senju’s forces. After the first battle, Butsuma Senju challenged Hashirama to learn from the seventy-seven clansmen who had died under his command.

• Madara and Jing Xiu explained to Izuna how the Senju’s possible routes and the Uchiha clan compound’s hidden reserves shaped the war’s strategy.
• Madara recounted the discussion to the Uchiha elites at Greenleaf Cliff, where Hashirama Senju began the battle with a Water Release technique that cloaked the battlefield in steam.
• Madara led the Uchiha down the cliff and detonated hundreds of natural-chakra explosive tags beneath the Senju vanguard, causing severe casualties.
• Madara and Hashirama faced each other after the first clash, and the Senju suffered greater losses over the day’s engagements.
• Butsuma Senju questioned the despondent Hashirama about whether he had won or lost, then urged him to learn from the seventy-seven clansmen who had died.

After the Uchiha won the opening battle, Madara personally patrolled the camp, following Jing Xiu’s warnings about a Senju night raid. Butsuma Senju ambushed and gravely wounded Madara, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hashirama grieved for the seventy-seven companions lost in battle and was urged to reclaim his warrior’s heart on the battlefield.
• Madara planned the next battle with the Second Elder and patrolled the Uchiha camp, remembering Jing Xiu’s advice to stay alert for Senju schemes.
• Butsuma Senju and three elite Jōnin infiltrated the Uchiha camp, but Madara spotted them and secretly alerted the Second Elder, Fourth Elder, and Hidden Ninja.
• Butsuma’s group surrounded Madara in the forest; two Senju turned back toward camp while Butsuma and another attacked him.
• The Hidden Ninja reached Madara after he had fallen into a pool of blood, and Butsuma declared that Madara had been exceptional.

Butsuma Senju used a two-person tactic to kill the Uchiha Hidden Ninja and prepared to finish off the apparently lifeless Madara. In Madara’s mind, Jing Xiu explained that the essence of golden light was not overwhelming force or defense, but a natural state of being that brought out an object’s inherent ability.

• Butsuma Senju distracted the Uchiha Hidden Ninja, allowing a Senju elite Jōnin to behead him with a surprise attack.
• The Senju elite Jōnin urged Butsuma Senju to capture Madara, but Butsuma Senju refused and prepared to stab him.
• Madara’s body had stopped breathing and its heart had stopped, though chakra still circulated as he relived Jing Xiu’s lesson about the Golden Light Mantra.
• Madara told Jing Xiu that true power meant having enough strength to crush everything, and that golden light was such a power.
• Jing Xiu challenged Madara’s understanding of the mantra and explained that true golden light was a natural state that revealed an object’s inherent ability.

Madara Uchiha awakened with a new power and drove Butsuma Senju to retreat as Uchiha Tajima and Hyuga Tennin arrived. After the clans returned to camp and prepared for further conflict, an Uchiha chunin reported that Madara was missing.

• Madara Uchiha merged his chakra with natural chakra and condensed a faint, illusory golden pill.
• Madara opened his eyes as Butsuma Senju attacked, seized his tachi, and unleashed fire dragons, prompting Butsuma to order a retreat.
• Uchiha Tajima and Hyuga Tennin confronted Butsuma Senju, then pursued him and the Senju forces to Greenleaf Cliff.
• Tajima returned to the Uchiha camp, ordered heightened security, and arranged treatment for the injured Tennin.
• An Uchiha chunin told Tajima that Madara Uchiha was missing.

Madara recovered in Ryūchi Cave, survived Tagitsuhime’s attack, and was brought before the White Snake Sage, who offered him the power of the cave in exchange for a summoning contract. Madara refused, insisting his own strength could bring peace, and the White Snake Sage sent a tiny snake darting into his arm.

• Natural Chakra dissipated as Madara regained consciousness, leaving his body more attuned to nature.
• Madara resisted Tagitsuhime’s illusion, but she coiled around him until the White Snake Sage declared that he had passed the trial.
• Tagitsuhime escorted Madara through Ryūchi Cave to the White Snake Sage’s chamber.
• The White Snake Sage offered Madara a summoning contract and the chance to use Ryūchi Cave’s power to bring peace.
• Madara refused the offer and said his own strength was sufficient, so the White Snake Sage sent a tiny white-scaled snake into his arm.