Recaps

Xuandou demonstrated three Flash Release techniques and made the kekkei genkai part of the Uchiha Clan's legacy. He was granted a noble title and Azure Tide Port, married Kushina, Kurenai, Pakura, and Anko, and ended the night asking for all his brides except pregnant Kushina.

• Xuandou showed the Uchiha a devastating S-rank Flash Release technique and announced that eligible clansmen could learn the kekkei genkai.
• Half a month later, Adachi Yuto formally granted Xuandou the title of Kuni no Miyatsuko Shugo-kō and Azure Tide Port as his inheritable fief.
• Xuandou announced his wedding during the investiture ceremony and married Kushina Uzumaki, Kurenai Yuhi, Pakura, and Mitaraishi Anko.
• At the bridal chamber, Xuandou told the head maid that he wanted all his brides except Kushina, who was pregnant.

Itachi returned to Hidden Xuan Village after safely relocating the Kajiya Clan to Azure Tide Port, and Xuandou decided to reward him by helping him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Xuandou used a Mangekyō Awakening Card on Itachi, leaving the result of the awakening unrevealed.

• Itachi reported that he had safely brought all 137 members of the Kajiya Clan to Azure Tide Port, where Xuandou offered them support as they settled in.
• Xuandou told Itachi to rest, then decided to help him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• At breakfast, Xuandou left with Naruto to visit Sasuke, while the four brides reacted to the previous night.
• Xuandou told Itachi and Mikoto that he would help Itachi awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, shocking them both.
• Xuandou pressed a Mangekyō Awakening Card against Itachi's shoulder and channeled chakra as the card dissolved into his body.

Itachi relived Shisui’s death and the Uchiha massacre in an illusion, awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan. Afterward, he agreed to teach Sasuke ninjutsu and took Sasuke and Naruto to the Training Ground, while Mikoto and Xuandou were left alone.

• Itachi watched an illusion of Shisui giving him his Sharingan before leaping into the Naka River.
• Itachi witnessed the Uchiha massacre and his parents accepting his choice before he killed them in the illusion.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Xuandou told him to get familiar with its power and spend time with Sasuke.
• Itachi promised to teach Sasuke ninjutsu and took Sasuke and Naruto to the clan’s Training Ground.
• Mikoto remained angry with Xuandou, who teased her about thanking him for helping Itachi awaken his Mangekyō.

Xuandou learned the details of Itachi’s Mangekyō abilities and considered training in taijutsu. At Kushina’s room, they discussed their unborn child and reaffirmed their relationship before she revealed a red sealing scroll.

• Itachi told Xuandou that his Mangekyō granted him Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and a red Susanoo equipped with the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror.
• Xuandou praised Itachi’s powers and told him to master them, spend time with Sasuke, and help his mother.
• After dinner, Xuandou decided he should train in taijutsu and went to Kushina’s room for the night.
• Kushina showed Xuandou a book about caring for newborns, and they talked about their child and what they might teach them.
• Kushina told Xuandou she accepted his other relationships as long as he stayed true to her, and he promised he would.
• Kushina produced a red sealing scroll decorated with gold patterns and the Uzumaki clan crest.

Xuandou received Mito’s scroll of Uzumaki sealing techniques as Hidden Xuan Village prospered and his Imperial Palace was completed. Kushina safely gave birth to their first son, and the system offered Xuandou a choice of talents for the child, including the additional Six Paths Body trait.

• Kushina gave Xuandou the scroll containing the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques, which Mito had entrusted to her.
• Xuandou’s Imperial Palace was completed, while Hidden Xuan Village expanded and its population grew beyond five thousand.
• Xuandou arranged security around Kushina’s delivery, with Shisui, Fugaku, Itachi, and the village’s Jōnin on alert.
• Kushina gave birth to a healthy boy, and Xuandou checked that she was safe before holding their son.
• The system presented Xuandou with five possible talent traits for his son and an additional Six Paths Body trait triggered by the child’s Uchiha and Uzumaki heritage.

Xuandou chose the Six Paths Body trait for his newborn son, Uchiha Hanyu, and received a gift of chakra metal. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage confronted Kumogakure’s leaders about a drop in high-rank commissions.

• Xuandou chose Six Paths Body for Uchiha Hanyu, and the trait bound to the baby, who would awaken the Rinnegan at eighteen.
• Xuandou and Kushina named their son Uchiha Hanyu, and Xuandou received one hundred kilograms of chakra metal from the system.
• Xuandou thought of Kajiya Tarō as someone who could forge tools from the chakra metal.
• In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage, A, gathered his leaders, including Yugito Nii and Mabui, and demanded to know why S-rank and A-rank commissions had dropped.
• A’s gaze settled on Mabui as the conference room fell silent.

Raikage A ordered Yugito Nii to lead a thousand Kumogakure ninja into the Land of Hot Water to pressure Hidden Xuan Village over the missions it had taken from Kumogakure. The chapter ended with A demanding a treaty that would make Hidden Xuan Village compensate Kumogakure, surrender a share of its mission payments, and recognize Kumogakure's leadership.

• Mabui explained that Hidden Xuan Village's location, the Uchiha's reputation, and their generous payment split had increased their mission commissions by nearly thirty percent.
• A declared that Hidden Xuan Village had infringed on Kumogakure's interests and ordered a special military operation rather than a war.
• A assigned Yugito Nii a force of one thousand elite ninja to demonstrate Kumogakure's strength and compel the Uchiha to negotiate.
• Yugito asked what would happen if the Uchiha refused to submit, and A told her to show them the power of a perfect jinchuriki.
• A ordered Mabui to draft a treaty demanding compensation, a share of Hidden Xuan Village's high-rank mission payments, restrictions on its commissions, and public recognition of Kumogakure's leadership.

Yugito Nii and Darui led a thousand Kumogakure ninja openly toward the Hidden Xuan Village to intimidate the Uchiha and demonstrate Kumogakure’s power. In Konoha, Mitokado Homura arranged for the surviving Chinoike Clan to settle there, while Hiruzen welcomed news of Kumogakure’s advance and ordered the Anbu to watch the coming confrontation.

• Yugito questioned Darui’s conspicuous march, and Darui explained that he wanted the shinobi world to hear about Kumogakure’s move against the Hidden Xuan Village.
• News of the thousand-strong Kumogakure force spread, and other nations expected the Uchiha to be defeated.
• Mitokado Homura told Hiruzen that the Chinoike Clan had been freed from Hell Valley and that just over a hundred members remained.
• Hiruzen offered Chinoike Chitose the Uchiha’s former clan grounds in Konoha, and Chitose accepted the offer on behalf of his clan.
• Mitokado Homura reported Kumogakure’s advance, and Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to monitor the Land of Hot Water so he could watch the Uchiha suffer.

Xuandou arranged for the Kajiya Clan to forge him a special ninja tool using chakra metal and an ancestral branch given by the Sage of Six Paths. After learning that a Kumogakure force led by Yugito Nii was approaching the Land of Hot Water, he ordered Hidden Xuan Village to prepare for their arrival.

• Kajiya Tarō told Xuandou that the Kajiya Clan was thriving in Hidden Xuan Village and thanked him for helping them relocate.
• Xuandou gave Kajiya Tarō one hundred kilograms of chakra metal and asked him to forge a ninja tool with special abilities.
• Kajiya Tarō offered an ancestral branch bestowed by the Sage of Six Paths and promised to use it to forge Xuandou a top-grade weapon within three months.
• Shisui reported that one thousand Kumogakure ninja led by Yugito Nii were advancing toward the Land of Hot Water.
• Xuandou told Shisui to prepare with Fugaku, Itachi, and the Anbu, and said he would personally welcome the approaching force.

Xuandou rejected Kumogakure’s demands and fought Yugito Nii, deflecting her Tailed Beast Bomb with his complete Susanoo. As Xuandou and Matatabi battled away from the main field, Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi revealed their Susanoo to face Darui’s larger force.

• Yugito Nii demanded that Hidden Xuan Village pay Kumogakure, surrender a share of its missions, and acknowledge Kumogakure’s leadership, but Xuandou refused.
• Yugito transformed into Matatabi and formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, while Xuandou summoned his complete Susanoo and knocked the attack into the sky.
• Xuandou fought Matatabi with Susanoo, deliberately testing his strength as their battle moved toward a distant forest.
• Darui challenged the two hundred Uchiha Anbu, but Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi manifested their Susanoo to shield them.

Xuandou defeated Yugito Nii by trapping her in Yomotsu Space, while Shisui routed Darui’s Kumogakure force and captured more than three hundred prisoners. After demanding a ransom from the Raikage, Xuandou returned to the Imperial Palace and entered Yomotsu Space to confront Yugito.

• Darui and a thousand Kumogakure ninja attacked the Uchiha, but Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and the Uchiha Anbu held them off.
• Xuandou fought Yugito Nii for half an hour before using Yomotsu to pull her transformed body into Yomotsu Space.
• Xuandou returned to find Shisui had defeated the Kumogakure force, captured Darui, and taken more than three hundred prisoners.
• Xuandou ordered a surviving genin to tell the Raikage to bring a ransom within three days or the hostages would die.
• Xuandou sent the Uchiha Anbu back to Hidden Xuan Village, received a mission reward, and used Flying Thunder God to return to the Imperial Palace.
• Xuandou entered Yomotsu Space, intending to deal with Yugito Nii.

Xuandou confronted the exhausted Yugito Nii in Yomotsu Space, where she revealed she still had enough strength to ambush him. After a close-quarters fight, he wore her down and restrained her with the Five Binding Yin-Control Rings.

• Xuandou scanned Yugito Nii and found she was a Kage-level S-rank ninja and a Perfect Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Yugito Nii threatened Xuandou and the Hidden Xuan Village, then suddenly attacked him with a series of strikes and kicks.
• Xuandou activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and defended against Yugito Nii's taijutsu while she continued fighting despite the drain from Yomotsu Space.
• Xuandou exploited Yugito Nii's growing fatigue, caught her ankle after her high kick missed, and pulled her to the ground.
• Xuandou bound Yugito Nii's wrists, ankles, and neck with the Five Binding Yin-Control Rings and told her she was at his mercy.

Xuandou subdued Yugito Nii, brought her to the Desire Hot Springs, and received an S-rank reward for completing his objective with her. After claiming a Ninja Tool Upgrade Card and a Charm Gourd, he used the card to transform the gourd into a Pink Gourd.

• Yugito Nii attacked Xuandou after the Yin Seal was placed on her, but he immobilized her with another seal.
• Xuandou confronted Yugito Nii about her attack on the Uchiha and then used Flying Thunder God to take her to the Clan Head's private Hot Spring Bath.
• The system rated Yugito Nii an S-rank dual cultivation partner and awarded Xuandou an S-Rank Clan Treasure Chest.
• Xuandou opened the chest and received a Ninja Tool Upgrade Card and a Charm Gourd.
• Xuandou used the card on the Charm Gourd, transforming it into a Pink Gourd.

Xuandou tested the Pink Gourd on Yugito Nii, then imprisoned her to prevent her escape. Hozuki Mangetsu reported in with Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation scroll, and Xuandou began planning to use it to resurrect Rin Nohara.

• Xuandou used the Pink Gourd around Yugito Nii and collected one charm point before carrying her to the Uchiha prison and sealing her chakra.
• Hozuki Mangetsu reported to Xuandou and said Suigetsu was safe with Orochimaru, who was studying his liquefying constitution and teaching him water release ninjutsu.
• Xuandou assigned Mangetsu to serve in the Anbu under Shisui.
• Xuandou opened Orochimaru’s scroll and found his improved version of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Xuandou considered using Impure World Reincarnation and his Life Reincarnation Card to bring Rin Nohara back to life.

After Hidden Xuan Village defeated Kumogakure’s invasion, Xuandou prepared to negotiate the prisoners’ ransom with the Fourth Raikage. The two leaders met at the Land of Hot Water’s border, where A opened with an attack on Xuandou.

• Xuandou sent two Uchiha Anbu to Konoha to retrieve Rin Nohara’s remains for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Uchiha Anbu returned to Hidden Xuan Village with more than three hundred Kumogakure prisoners, and news of Kumogakure’s defeat spread across the Shinobi World.
• The Fourth Raikage A learned that Yugito Nii and Darui had been captured and that four Susanoo had overwhelmed his forces.
• A assembled two thousand ninja and Killer B, then proposed meeting Xuandou to discuss the prisoners’ ransom.
• Xuandou accepted and brought three hundred Anbu to the border with the prisoners, while A arrived with his force.
• A charged Xuandou, but a short sword blocked his punch.

Shisui battled the Fourth Raikage, A, with Susanoo, while Itachi stepped in to face Killer B. The two fights were about to continue as the opposing forces watched.

• Shisui blocked A’s attack and used his clones and skeletal Susanoo to withstand the Raikage’s blows.
• Shisui summoned his Perfect Susanoo, and A countered with golden Lightning Release Armor, meeting its sword with his fists.
• A and Shisui traded powerful blows while the Kumogakure and Uchiha ninja retreated from the battlefield.
• Killer B charged at Shisui in his Tailed Beast Transformation, but Itachi raised his red Susanoo to block him.
• Killer B attacked Itachi, who manifested his Mangekyō and used Amaterasu.

Xuandou forced the Raikage to negotiate for Kumogakure’s captured ninja after Amaterasu wounded Killer B, demanding ransom that exceeded the Raikage’s available funds. Mabui offered to make up the difference in other ways, and Xuandou became interested in her after his system identified her as a suitable partner.

• Xuandou used Amaterasu to burn one of the Eight-Tails’ tentacles, and the Raikage severed it to save Killer B.
• Xuandou restrained his desire to wipe out the Kumogakure team and insisted that the Uchiha would fight if the Raikage wanted war.
• Xuandou presented more than three hundred captured Kumogakure ninja and demanded five billion ryo for them and fifteen billion for Darui.
• The Raikage objected that fifteen billion exceeded Kumogakure’s available funds, and Xuandou justified the price by pointing to Darui’s Storm Release and future as Fifth Raikage.
• Mabui offered to negotiate a lower ransom and make up the difference in other ways, while Xuandou’s system identified her as a suitable partner.

Xuandou negotiated a ransom with the Raikage, who abandoned Yugito Nii and agreed to pay five billion ryo for the ordinary prisoners and fifteen billion within a year for Darui. After leaving the Uchiha camp, the Raikage redirected Kumogakure’s forces toward the Land of Fire, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of their movement and reacted with alarm.

• Xuandou demanded fifty billion ryo for Yugito Nii, but the Raikage said Kumogakure no longer wanted her and negotiated only for Darui and the other prisoners.
• Xuandou set a final payment of five billion ryo immediately for the ordinary prisoners and fifteen billion within a year for Darui; the Raikage accepted.
• Shisui verified the payment, and the Uchiha released over three hundred Kumogakure prisoners while keeping Darui captive; Yugito Nii silently followed Xuandou back to the Uchiha camp.
• The Raikage decided to recover Kumogakure’s losses by invading the Land of Fire and ordered his forces to change course.
• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu celebrated the Uchiha’s supposed defeat until an Anbu reported that Kumogakure’s shinobi were heading toward the Land of Fire.

Hiruzen called Konoha’s clan heads together after learning that the Raikage was leading Kumogakure forces toward the Land of Fire, but the clans refused to volunteer. Their leaders blamed Hiruzen and his advisors for years of mistreatment and political exclusion, leaving Hiruzen to face the invasion with Konoha’s strength fractured.

• Hiruzen convened Konoha’s High Command and told the clan heads that two thousand Kumogakure ninja, led by the Raikage and accompanied by the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, were approaching the Land of Fire.
• Hiruzen asked the clans to send troops to the border, but Tsume Inuzuka, the Aburame Clan head, and Hyuga Hiashi described their losses, unpaid compensation, and past mistreatment.
• Shikaku Nara accused Hiruzen and his advisors of holding on to power, denying the Ino-Shika-Cho clans their rightful positions, and driving the Uchiha away.
• Shikaku left the meeting, followed by Inoichi Yamanaka, Akimichi Chōza, Hyuga Hiashi, Tsume Inuzuka, and the other major clan heads.
• The remaining small-clan heads suggested negotiating with Kumogakure, while Hiruzen reflected on how Konoha had lost the Uchiha and the loyalty of its shinobi clans.

Hiruzen led a poorly prepared Konoha force to confront the Raikage, who demanded twenty billion ryō over the Uchiha’s actions. The Raikage attacked, and Killer B’s assault shattered Konoha’s lines as Hiruzen fought to defend himself.

• Hiruzen ordered Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to bring five hundred ninja each and assembled a force of two thousand Konoha ninja.
• Hiruzen met the Raikage, who blamed Konoha for the Uchiha’s departure and demanded twenty billion ryō in compensation.
• When Hiruzen could not agree to pay, the Raikage attacked him with Lariat and ordered the Kumogakure forces to advance.
• Killer B transformed partially and swept through Konoha’s front ranks, while the Raikage continued attacking Hiruzen.
• Konoha’s conscripted ninja fled and its Anbu retreated as the battle line collapsed.

Kumogakure routed Hiruzen’s forces and began plundering the Land of Fire, prompting Iwagakure and Sunagakure to prepare invasions. In Hidden Xuan Village, Xuandou received word that Rin Nohara’s remains had been retrieved.

• Hiruzen fled the battlefield with fewer than half his troops after the Raikage overwhelmed Konoha’s forces.
• The Raikage ordered Kumogakure to keep plundering border towns while wondering why Konoha’s Jinchūriki had not appeared.
• Ōnoki agreed to send three thousand ninja under Kitsuchi toward the Land of Fire’s border.
• Rasa initially resisted joining the war but then ordered Sunagakure’s troops to march on the Land of Fire.
• Xuandou and Pakura were interrupted in the Clan Head’s Office by Anbu, who reported that they had retrieved Rin Nohara’s remains.

Xuandou used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Rin Nohara, then used a Life Reincarnation card to restore her to life. Rin awoke alive in the Imperial Palace, while Xuandou received a system notification identifying her as a suitable dual cultivation female ninja.

• Two Anbu reported that they had secretly taken Rin Nohara's remains from Konoha's Memorial Stone.
• Xuandou summoned Rin's soul into a White Zetsu body with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Rin woke and learned that many years had passed since her death and that Xuandou had summoned her for a future threat.
• Rin felt trust toward Xuandou after seeing the pink gourd at his waist and agreed to cooperate with him.
• Xuandou used the Life Reincarnation card to turn Rin's Impure World Reincarnation body into a living body.
• Xuandou received a system notification listing Rin Nohara as a Chunin with an A-Rank overall rating.

Xuandou brought the resurrected Rin Nohara to the Imperial Palace, where she reunited with Kushina and learned that Minato had died and Kushina had remarried. After Rin left with baby Uchiha Hanyu, Xuandou and Kushina began an intimate moment in her bedroom.

• Xuandou helped Rin leave the secret room and told her she would live in the Imperial Palace because Konoha had changed.
• Rin reunited with Kushina, who explained that Minato had died in the Nine-Tails' Catastrophe and that she had married Xuandou.
• Kushina introduced baby Uchiha Hanyu, and Rin held him before agreeing to stay in the Imperial Palace.
• Xuandou asked Rin to take Hanyu to the nursing maids and choose a bedroom, then Kushina called out that Rin had not gone far yet.
• Xuandou carried Kushina to bed, and they began kissing.

Xuandou learned that Hozuki Castle's warden sought Yugito Nii's chakra and decided to seize the prison as a site for his God Tree Seed. Shisui and Itachi secured control for the Uchiha, and Xuandou arrived to inspect the island.

• Rin settled into Xuandou's Imperial Palace and helped Kushina care for Hanyu.
• Itachi captured a Kusagakure spy and brought him to Xuandou for questioning.
• Xuandou used genjutsu to learn that Mui wanted Yugito Nii's chakra to power the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Xuandou dismissed the artifact's supposed wish-granting power and ordered Itachi and Shisui to obtain Hozuki Castle as a site for his God Tree Seed.
• Shisui reported eight days later that one hundred Uchiha Anbu had taken over Hozuki Castle and returned Mui and his subordinates to Kusagakure.
• Xuandou traveled to Hozuki Castle and inspected the island fortress under Uchiha guard.

Xuandou planted the God Tree on Hozuki Castle island and ordered criminals and battlefield corpses fed to it to hasten its growth. Meanwhile, the Three Great Shinobi Villages raided the Land of Fire, and Hiruzen failed to rally Konoha’s clans to defend it.

• Xuandou had Uchiha Anbu dig a pit below sea level, planted the God Tree Seed, and watched the tree grow until its crown covered Hozuki Castle island.
• Xuandou ordered Shisui to conceal the tree and instructed Itachi to send condemned criminals into its pit and Shisui to collect battlefield corpses as its nourishment.
• Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure forces invaded the Land of Fire, plundering towns and resources while dividing their raiding territories.
• Hiruzen returned to Konoha and ordered forces raised against the invaders, but the major clans and smaller clans refused to provide enough ninja.
• Konoha villagers mocked Hiruzen for invoking the Will of Fire to demand sacrifices while the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Shimura families did not fight.